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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 2024-12-12 MinutesCity of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Meeting Minutes Thursday, December 12, 2024 9:00 AM City Commission Meeting City Hall City Commission Francis X. Suarez, Mayor Christine King, Chair, District Five Joe Carollo, Vice Chair, District Three Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner, District One Damian Pardo, Commissioner, District Two Manolo Reyes, Commissioner, District Four Arthur Noriega, V, City Manager George K. Wysong 111, City Attorney Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk • City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 9:00 AM INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Present: Chairwoman King, Vice Chair Carollo, Commissioner Gabela, Commissioner Pardo Absent: Commissioner Reyes On the 12th day of December 2024, the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, met at its regular meeting place in City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, in regular session. The Commission Meeting was called to order by Chairwoman King at 9:47 a.m., recessed at 12:04 p.m., reconvened at 2:58 p.m., and adjourned at 5:02 p.m. Note for the Record: Commissioner Carollo entered the Commission chambers at 10:18 a.m. ALSO PRESENT: Arthur Noriega, V, City Manager George K. Wysong Ill, City Attorney Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk Chair King: And at this time, we are going to begin our prayer -- our meeting with prayer, as we do. We have today joining us Bishop Paul Moses from the St. Matthews Freewill Baptist Church. He will lead us in prayer. Paul Moses: Good morning, thank you, Commissioner Christine King. Somebody tell the Lord thank you. (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Mr. Moses: Come on, tell the Lord thank you. (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Mr. Moses: Amen. Let the devil know that you're alive and well. Tell the Lord thank you. (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Mr. Moses: Amen, amen. I thank you far this opportunity. Sister Christine King, first time I met her, I met her at my doorstep. Amen, and she was out doing the work of the Lord then, laboring for you. Let us pray. Invocation delivered. Chair King: Thank you, Pastor. At this time, we'll say the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge of Allegiance delivered. City of Miami Page 1 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PR - PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS PR.1 PROTOCOL ITEM 16878 Honoree Presenter Protocol Item Carmen Mir - 25 Years of Service General Services Administration Employee Mayor and Commissioners Proclamation FilmGate Miami Mayor and Commissioners Proclamation 1st Take Youth Film Program Mayor and Commissioners Proclamation City of Miami Florida Inland Navigation District Check Presentation RESULT: PRESENTED Chair King: Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the City of Miami Commission meeting for December 12, 2024. Happy holidays. We are going to start our meeting. We have some recognitions and proclamations, 1 believe, my colleagues. Presentations made. [Later...] Chair King: At this time, we have one more presentation, which is always a great thing where the City will he receiving a check. Presentation made. 1) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Proclamation to recognize the dedication and tenure of City of Miami General Services Administration (GSA) Employee Mrs. Carmen Mir. Mrs. Mir began her career with the City of Miami as a typist clerk in June of 1999, demonstrating a commitment to service that would mark her legacy in the Department of General Services Administration. Mrs. Mir achieved multiple promotions, ultimately, attaining the esteemed position of Fiscal Assistant, embodying a career of professionalism and service to the City of Miami. Mrs. Mir has proven to he a loyal and true steward of the Department, often referred to as the matriarch of the General Services Administration, exemplifying kindness, thoughtfulness, dedication, and deep knowledge that has earned her the respect and admiration of her colleagues and the broader community and with over her 25 years of service, Mrs. Mir has shown remarkable resilience and adaptability as the Department has evolved alongside the City of Miami, embracing new phases with professionalism and grace, symbolizing the essence of a true public servant. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations of governance to recognize Mrs. Mir's exceptional service, resilience, and dedication make her a distinguished example of civic service, representing the multifaceted spirit of the City of Miami that she has so loyally served. City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 ORDER OF THE DAY 2) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Proclamation to FihnGate Miami, a non-profit organization founded in 2012, has been a driving force in cultivating talent, promoting innovation, and empowering actors, producers, filmmakers and creators within South Florida's evolving film and media industry. FihnGate Miami has fostered a culture of creativity, collaboration, and innovation. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations of governance to recognize the organization's commitment to education and community engagement which is evident in its year- round programming, which includes a partnership with the Frost Museum of Science as well as workshops, screenings, networking events and a youth fihnrnaker summer bootcamp that has played a pivotal role in attracting talent and fostering a vibrant creative ecosystem that contributes to the city's cultural and economic growth in the City of Miami. 3) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Proclamation to Marco "Mall" Molinet who founded the 1st Take Youth Film Program providing a safe and supportive environment in which youth can learn the fundamentals of film production, while fostering collaboration, discipline, and self=confidence and fbrm working relationships with industry professionals. This program has taught 500 students over 10 years and is based in Overtown at the Dorsey Memorial Library, which was recently renovated by the Omni CRA, and soon expanding to Liberty City, Little Haiti and other parts of Miami -Dade and Broward counties. The 1st Take Youth Film Program has made a profound and lasting impact on the lives of young adults in Miami by empowering them to explore their creativity, develop technical skills, and express their unique voices through the art of filmmaking turning visions into reality. The program's dedication to youth development aligns with the City of Miami's commitment to fostering creativity, education, and opportunity for all its residents, particularly its young people. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations of governance to recognize the 1st Take Youth Film Program for its outstanding contributions to the lives of young adults and its role in shaping the next generation of storytellers and leaders within the City ofMiami. 4) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners received a grant check from the Florida Inland Navigation District. The Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND) provides grants to local governments for waterway -related projects. The City of Miami appreciates the partnership and acknowledged their assistance in uplifting the quality of life in the City of Miami. Chair King: Mr. City Attorney, would you please read your statement for the record? George Wvsong (City Attorney): Yes, Madam Chair, thank you. George Wvsong, City Attorney, City of Miami. 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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 you, Madam Chair. Chair King: Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. Mr. City Clerk, would you please read your statement? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Thank you, Chair. The procedures for individuals who will be providing testimony to be sworn in for Planning and Zoning items and any quasi-judicial items on today's City Commission agenda will be as follows: Members of the City staff or any other individual required to be sworn in who are currently present at City Hall will be sworn in by me, the City Clerk, immediately after I finish explaining these procedures. Those individuals who are preparing remotely may be sworn in now or at any time prior to the individual providing testimony for Planning and Zoning items and/or quasi-judicial items. Commissioners, are you all -- are you comfortable with all the notice provisions set forth in these uniform rules procedures we have established for this meeting? Chair King: Yes. Mr. Hannon: Chair, is it okay ifI administer the oath? Chair King: Please. Mr. Hannon: Thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. If you will be speaking on any of today's Planning and Zoning items, the PZ items, may please have you stand and raise your right hand? The City Clerk administered oath required under City Code Section 62-1 to those persons giving testimony on zoning items. Mr. Hannon: Thank you, Chair. Chair King: Thank you. [Later...] Chair King: And at this time, I will ask the City Manager if there are any items on the agenda that have been slated to be deferred and/or withdrawn. And please speak slowly. Arthur Noriega (City Manager): I will. I will make sure to pace myself. Good morning, Madam Chair, Commissioners, Mr. City Attorney, Mr. City Clerk. At this time, the Administration would like to defer and/or withdraw the following items: RE.1, to be withdrawn; RE.2, to be deferred to January 23rd; RE.8, to be withdrawn; RE.13, to be deferred to January 9th; FR.6, to be withdrawn; PZ.1, to be indefinitely deferred; PZ.2, to be indefinitely deferred; PZ.3, to be indefinitely deferred; PZ.4, to be deferred to the February 27th meeting; PZS, to be deferred to the February 27th meeting; and PZ.11, to be deferred to the January 23rd meeting. That concludes the items. Chair King: Thank you. I'm going to -- I'm going to ask my colleagues if there are any items that they would like to have withdrawn or deferred. Okay. At this time -- City of Miami Page 5 Printed 011 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): My apologies, Chair. Just a couple of things. One, I believe there may be two pocket items. Is that correct, or no? Chair King: Yes. There's supposed -- Mr. Hannon: If not, my apologies. I misspoke. Chair King: No, there are supposed to be at least one pocket item. Mr. Wysong: Yeah, I haven't received it yet, so as soon as I get it, I'll let you know. Mr. Hannon: Understood. Also, Commissioner Reyes will be co -sponsoring RE.9. Commissioner King will be sponsoring RE.12. And I also need to brief -- I also need to read a brief statement regarding indefinitely deferred items. Pursuant to Section 62-22 of the City Code, an indefinitely deferred action initiated by the City will cost the City mail, noticing, advertising, and posting of properties as applicable. Thank you, Chair. Chair King: Todd, would you also show me as a sponsor for RE.9? Mr. Hannon: Understood. Commissioner Pardo: And can you add me as a co-sponsor on RE.9? Chair King: May I have a motion to set the agenda? Commissioner Pardo: Make the motion. Chair King: Second? I'll second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Commissioner Gabela: I'm sorry, there's something (INAUDIBLE) -- Mr. Hannon: Chair, I'm sorry. Commissioner Gabela, I can't hear you. Commissioner Gabela: I'm sorry. Yes, I'm sorry. There is something that I would like to defer because I promised the people that we were going to defer it, which is the tree fund, the FR.5, so we can have more discussion on it. So, I just want to make that clear, I'm sorry. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: Frank, my chief of staff just -- I was in La -La Land. Chair King: You want to defer it? Commissioner Gabela: But yes, I want to defer it. Chair King: Until when? Commissioner Gabela: Until the latter part of January, the last meeting in January. If that's okay with you, ladies and gentlemen. Mr. Hannon: So -- City ofMiami Page 6 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: January -- Mr. Hannon: -- January 23rd? Commissioner Gabela: January 23rd. Chair King• Okay. Mr. Hannon: And Chair, we will need a motion fbr that because we've already voted on the other items. Chair King: May I have a motion fbr that as well? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: The agenda has been set. AM - APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS: MV - MAYORAL VETO(ES) There were no mayoral vetoes associated with legislation that is subject to veto by the Mayor. END OF MAYORAL VETO(ES) City ofMiami Page 7 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ALL ITEM(S) 17048 DISCUSSION ITEM Office of the City Clerk PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED ONLINE BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR THE DECEMBER 12, 2024 CITY COMMISSION MEETING. RESULT: PRESENTED Chair King: And at this time, I will open the floor for public comment. Elvis Cruz: I need to plug in so maybe you can (INAUDIBLE) -- Chair King: Good morning. Andy Parrish: Oh, I get to go before Elvis. That's amazing. Good morning, Commissioners. Even though it's been deferred, I'd like to talk to you a little bit about PZ.3, which is the Sable Palm SAP (Special Area Plan). Chair King: We're not -- we're not going to take -- we're not going to have public comments on items that have been deferred, but you will get a chance to speak when the item comes back. But it is indefinitely deferred. So (INAUDIBLE) -- Mr. Parrish: Well, this is -- this is a general statement about SAPs in general that I'd like to say because I may not be able to come back when this item is heard. Chair King: Okay, but I don't want to set the precedent. Mr. Parrish: I'll only take my two minutes. Chair King: No, no, no. I'm saying I don't want to set the precedent with everyone else to speak on items that have been deferred. I'm going to -- Mr. Parrish: Well, then I'd also like to speak on -- Chair King: I'm going -- Mr. Parrish: What was the other one that was noticed? So, Commissioner-, the other one that's going on in Little Haiti, I'd like to speak briefly on that as well, which is I guess coming before you that's supposedly an art complex. Chair King: Is that on the agenda? Mr. Parrish: I don't know what item it is. I was going to come down and speak on P -- I came down specifically to speak on PZ.3, and then you get down here after taking time from whatever you're doing, and you find out only when you get here that it's been deferred. So, I don't think it's right, if I'm here, only asking for my two minutes to say I'd like to speak. Chair King: Sir -- sir, I understand, but if everyone here speaks -- City ofMiami Page 8 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Mr. Parrish: How many other people are here for Sable Palm? Just two of us? That's it. And it's one of the biggest things that's ever happened to the city of Miami, and including in your district. Chair King: That's why it's deferred, sir. I don't want to argue with you. I've set the agenda. The items that have been deferred or withdrawn are not before us. If you want to speak an anything that's before us on this agenda, I don't have an issue with that. But -- Mr. Parrish: I'll look at the agenda and then I'll come back. Chair King: And come back. Mr. Parrish: Thank you very much, Chairwoman. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Parrish: Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Cruz: Thank you, Commissioner. Good morning. Elvis Cruz, 631 Northeast 57th Street. Regarding the deferral of PZ.1, 2, and 3, Sable Palm Village, the special area plan, it's a horrible plan. Please don't defer it. Chair King: Elvis, Elvis, Elvis, Elvis. Mr. Cruz: Commissioner, if I may. Chair King: Elvis, stop, stop. I just stopped the gentleman from speaking on PZ.1, 2, and 3. It has been indefinitely deferred. Don't skirt around that. You have FR.1, FR.5, RE.7. It's not fair if I don't allow him to speak on an item that has been deferred that you come up and you start talking about the same thing. That's not fair. You can speak on it when it conies back. And to his point that he came here and he didn't know the item was going to be deferred because he's not in my district, but you very well know that it was being deferred because everyone on the Upper East Side and everyone in my district knows that PZ.1, 2, and 3 has been deferred, as I have indefinitely deferred it since I got elected. So, please don 't do that to me. Mr. Cruz: My request was going to be that you kill it, not just defer it, and I would have been done. Chair King: I cannot kill it because it's not my item. It's the developer's item. Mr. Cruz: So, if I could continue. FR.1, please keep the weekly trash pickup. Don't make the neighborhoods suffer because commercial landscapers dump their trash in the city. You might consider setting up a reward program for the residents to take pictures and video of any illegal dumping. FR.5, the tree ordinance, cutting red tape is good, decreasing tree protection is bad. PZ.7, warrants for the parks, please keep what little public oversight we have. Lastly, RE.7, Morningside Park flooding. Here by the softball field, this was caused by the City itself when it built this walkway 12 years ago. Money to fix it was approved at the May 25th, '23 meeting over 18 months ago, but so far; nothing has happened. Please, City, let's fix this. Lastly, I want to thank Spencer Crowley for what he said earlier today about maintaining the public's voting access to the Spoil Islands. That's wonderful. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. City of Miami Page 9 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Jose Azze: Hi, good morning. Jose Azze, 788 Southeast Park Drive. I want to speak on the leasing of parks and recreation, RE.13. I want to speak on the -- on -- on like equity and inclusion. Chair King: I'm sorry, sir. One second. [Later...] Chair King: Okay, sir, you may continue. Thank you. Mr. Azze: Okay. Merry Christmas, happy holidays to everybody, happy new year. I want to speak on personal experience, the importance of equity and inclusion, from a personal experience that I've had many times, living in low-income, marginalized community. When we lease parks or we weaken ordinances, we make them weaker, it's more of a disadvantage to low-income communities that can't afford high attorneys and a lot of legal fees. And you've got to keep in mind that the people that lease parks, they're usually for the upper -income level. Be very careful when you lease it. I want to speak for personal experience in Hialeah. Right now, our former mayor, Robaina, is trying to lease a park, Slate Park, because he owns a charter company called Academia. The way they word it, the low-income community can't match the attorneys. And another example of how important ordinance -- I know you're trying to weaken the ordinance of the trees. That has a disproportional effect on low-income community because they don't have attorneys to fight themselves. Like, when you weaken the ordinance on the trees, it's not going to affect that much Coconut Grove or Edgewater or other parts of Miami. You're going to afford -- you're going to affect low-income communities. I'm going to give you an example. You have on your board a developer, Avra Jain, who 's developing a factory town in Hialeah. The only resource we have is the strong ordinance that the county has for noise. The noise is so loud that it's being heard in Miami Springs and in Brownsville because the county has an ordinance, low-income communities like us could defend themselves. So, if' you're thinking about weakening the tree ordinance, I know, Mr. Gabela, that's your neighborhood and you come from a -- you're representing a lot of low-income residents that won't be able to defend themselves against these developers. You should be the main one that should be against weakening any ordinance because an ordinance gives a little bit of power to those that can't afford high-powered attorneys. And like we're battling right now factory town and the whole developers, to have so much money is so hard. And if we didn't have the ordinance for the noise, the county ordinances, we won't be able -- right now those parties are going on till six in the morning. Hopefully, they'll be able to shut down at midnight or at 2 a.m. But ordinances help low-income communities. Keep that in mind. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Jeffrey Dorfman: Good morning. My name is Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman. I'm treasurer and on the board of directors of Biscayne Neighborhoods Association. First, I would like to greet the sergeant at arms. Sir, I am calmly speaking here as my constitutional right. For the record, when I was leaving the last Commission meeting, Mr. Carollo asked the sergeant to interrogate me in the outer hallway in front of the BNA (Biscayne Neighborhoods Association) president. Mr. Carollo, please feel free to ask me any questions here and now. The City cannot endure another $63 million lawsuit. I am speaking against PZ.7. There is no reason to usurp our civil rights. Mr. Carollo, I heard you on videotape after our last commission meeting. You said you don't care about the "30 people who speak at meetings" because you have thousands of followers. I disagree. This is an issue of civil rights. Therefore, I am having dinner in Coconut Grove this Sunday night with one of the greatest living City of Miami Page 10 Printed 011 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 civil rights leaders who is flying in from Washington, D.C. Dr. Benjamin Chavis is the. former CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the NAACP (National Association. for the Advancement of Colored People). He organized the Million Man March in Washington in 1995, and he worked directly with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as his youth coordinator. Ms. King, I'm sure you do not want to violate the civil rights of Miami citizens. You are a lawyer and a former president and CEO of the Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation. Mr. Carollo, do you want a Miami million -man march? Do you want a federal investigation of the city of Miami finances? Please stop the nonsense. Do not pass PZ.7. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Applause. Ruben Sanchez: Good morning. My name is Ruben Sanchez. My address is 234 Northeast 3rd Street, and this is for item -- on PZ.7. I give my time to Nicole Desiderio. Thank you. Chair King: I'm sorry, we're not yielding time. Your two minutes. Nicole Desiderio: I'm sorry, why aren't we yielding time? Is that allowed? Chair King: That is allowed. Ms. Desiderio: Okay. Chair King: The chair sets the tone. We're not yielding time to anyone. Everyone has their two minutes. Ms. Desiderio: Here's your two minutes right here. Mr. Sanchez: Yeah, so I'd like to play two minutes of a video. Nicole, can you go ahead and start it? Ms. Desiderio: Is the volume on? Christopher Arias (Information Technology Technician II, Information and Technology Department): Yeah. Ms. Desiderio: Okay. The volume's not on. Want me to try it again? No. I'm losing my time. Mr. Arias: Can we skip to someone else -- Ms. Desiderio: Technical issue -- Mr. Arias -- for the time being? Ms. Desiderio: -- on the City. Chair King • Next person. Ms. Desiderio: Let the other person go. No, no, no. Katrina Morris: Hi, Katrina Morris, 4130 Lybyer Avenue, Coconut Grove, 33133. I am going to speak on RE.11, which is a resolution for $67 million in flood mitigation. And what was just deferred, which I think should actually be withdrawn, City of Miami Page 11 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 was the ordinance for decreasing our protections on tree canopy. Trees are .free. They already exist. They already mitigate floods. The reason that we need to mitigate floods in the tune of $67 million is because we have hardscaped the C-R-A-P out of our city. So, I just am pleading with you as the stewards of our money, to please spend it wisely. Applause. Ms. Morris: And then furthermore, PZ.7, to remove all due process from putting whatever and this body from now going forward -- so, this is you guys now, you can say, oh, we're going to do the right thing, but going forward, who knows who's going to sit here? And to remove due process on what goes into our public parks, again, our parks, to give it to five people is -- it's insane. So, just, that's all. Thank you. Applause. Chair King: Good morning. Mr. Sanchez: I'm waiting for my video. Ms. Desiderio: Is the volume working? Mr. Arias: Yeah, we're having an issue with the volume. Chair King: Can you let someone -- can you let someone else come? There's no clapping in chambers. That was announced earlier with the City Attorney's statement. So, if you're going to be clapping, you will be removed from chambers. Ma'am, good morning. Jill Adams: Morning. My name's Jill Adams, a Miami native, Coconut Grove resident, live in the Center Grove. I'm here today to speak out against FR.1 and FR.5, which I understand was just deferred; agree it needs to he withdrawn. Both of these will have a profoundly negative impact on our quality of life and our environment. First, giving solid waste the power to eliminate recycling and bulky trash pickup, short-sighted and harmful. We're already grappling with pollution, flooding, rising ternperatures. These problems require action to strengthen our environmental policies, not dismantle them. Decisions that weaken or eliminate recycling send the wrong message about our citv's priorities and undermine efforts to reduce waste and protect our natural resources. Scaling back bulky trash pickup leads to problems like illegal dumping littering, and further strain on our already very fragile ecosystem. We need to see these issues fixed for our collective benefit, not eliminated. I understand that this measure was just deferred, but weakening requirements around tree removal -- Chair King: Ma'am? Ms. Adams: -- is deeply concerning. I'll move on. We're at a crossroads. We need to prioritize creativity and citizen input, not capitalism, not development. You've been entrusted with the power to shape the future of Miami for generations to come. Please don't wield that lightly or in the interest of just a few. These proposals seem like madness in 2024. So, please prioritize sustainable solutions. Listen to the residents who care about protecting our city's natural beauty and resilience. Thank you for your time and consideration. Chair King: Thank you. You guys want to go on this side until they figure out what's happening. Good morning. City ofMiami Page 12 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Jackeline Bonilla: Good morning. My name is Jackeline and I represent Urban Paradise Guild. We fight climate crisis here in South Florida. We specialize in green infrastructure far the last 15 years. I was originally here to talk about trees, but I learned about the flood mitigation issues and I just wanted to propose some solutions. Green infrastructure are practical solutions, and I also want to say that I'm from Little Havana. That's where I grew up. And I was very pleased to learn of the Mi Importa Master Plan that Commissioner Carollo signed off on. I just want to bring to attention that nature was one of the four pillars that focused on that. In Little Havana right now there's about a 30 percent area that's prone to flood issues. And so, some of the designs of green infrastructure involve tree canopies, involve open spaces, bioswales. And so, I'm just here because I've been doing this work since 2014. Started as a volunteer. We need to be creative. We need to think about these hybrid solutions and look at green infrastructures and amazing things that Commissioner Carollo has signed off on and Commissioner Gabela as -- thank you for hosting the town hall on Friday about trees. We should not be removing trees. We should be working with nature. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. John Snyder: Good morning. Good morning. My name is John -- Dr. John Snyder. I'm the president of the South Grove Neighborhood Association, and I'm here to speak about the opposition to FR.1. We live in an area that has a lot of tree canopy, in excess of 40 percent tree canopy. The leaves fall, branches often fall. We cannot survive without having regular bulk pickup of yard debris. So, we would very much like to have it continued. And we'd also like to continue having our tree canopy. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Rick Madan: Good morning, Madam Chair, Commissioners, Rick Madan, 2900 Northeast 7th Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33137. Here to talk on PZ.7. You know, as I shared with our residents what this ordinance does, they were shocked. At first, when I had this conversation with a group of people, they thought I was joking, that this can't be, right? You know, why would the commissioners want to take away the people's voice and do whatever they want with our city parks and the keyword being our? As you know, PZAB (Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board) denied this unanimously, and PZAB members tend to, you know, be experts in planning and I know you take their recommendations seriously. They heard this item in its entirety, read every line of the ordinance. It is simply not a good ordinance to pass, as you can see by the overwhelming vote against it. I mean, the item also states that existing facilities such as museums could be expanded by right, no warrant required. The people would have zero say. Look, I understand the need for streamlining the process, but we need to have checks and balances for our city. There needs to be accountability. And everybody talks about green space, but what is really being done about it? You should not be passing this ordinance. You're elected to empower the citizens, not take away their power. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Dave Doebler: Hi, good morning. Thank you for the time. My name is Dave Doebler. I live at 8000 West Drive in North Bay Village. I focus on marine debris, and very specifically, most recently, our waste crisis in Miami -Dade County. It is -- I'm here to speak on FR.1, and I'm concerned about the elimination of recycling programs and the reduction of bulky waste pickups. It is absolutely true that Miami, the City of Miami and Miami -Dade County have a waste crisis. Our incinerator burned down last year and now we're putting our trash on trains to send it to Central Florida and City of Miami Page 13 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Georgia, and this is going to continue costs. Street litter is clogging our stormwater systems, causing flooding. It's happening a lot in your district, sir, as well as in your district, Chairwoman. Litter is entering Biscayne Bay, creating huge problems, which our friend Spencer Crowley is giving the City $20,000 to help mitigate. Our per capita Miami residents create eight pounds of trash and debris, which is twice as much as the national average and over four times the worldwide average. And we are talking about where to place an incinerator. In Doral, our friends over there are fighting that. We don't know where to put a new incinerator, right, because we're creating too much trash. So, if we want to solve our waste crisis, we really need to focus on reduction and diversion. And even with its flaws, recycling plays an important role in the solution to reducing the amount of trash and waste that we send to landfills. So, in order to solve this problem, we must fbcus on zero waste solutions. How do we reduce? How do we divert? We need to invest in our infrastructure. We need to increase fees for landfill. We haven't increased our solid waste fees even though the costs have gone up significantly. And we must fax recycling, not cut it. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Doebler: Thank you for your time. Chair King: Thankyou. Good morning. Marcos Loureiro: Good morning, Madam Chairwoman and Commissioners. My name is Marcos Loureiro. I'm the vice president of BNA and a resident of Edgewater. I was reading the ordinance, and I noticed that it was voted on October 15th, 24th, and November 21, unanimously. There's a popular saying the devil is on the details. And when I was reading this, it really strike me, why are you guys doing this? Why me and us, as residents, cannot say, like I'm doing now, why we're doing a change on a park? A few months ago, we had the Centner here arguing about the Biscayne Park and the decision was the school to be built there. With this ordinance, you can change, sell the lot, or do a development, which was not what was discussed before. So, I really urge you to not pass this, to decline this, because I think, as a resident, we have a say. Thankyou. Chair King: Thankyou. Good morning. Chenell Tannure: Hi, good morning. Chenell Tannure, 3543 Loquat Avenue. I came here to plead for my beloved trees, as most Grovites here I'm sure did, to talk about the tree ordinance, but I'm so glad that I came because it seems to me that you are considering multiple items that are co -related. So, I live in Coconut Grove now, lucky me, but I grew up in Hialeah, so I know a little something about flooding during storms. I also grew up playing and hanging out in the parks of Hialeah, which don't really have a whole lot of shade. They're not very pleasant to hang out in until dusk comes. And we're talking about recycling and waste pickup, which obviously affects Hialeah as well. There's a lot of trash on the streets. At the end of the day, these are quality of life issues. And we all know, and I don't mean to sound arrogant, but let's be honest, all of us here in Miami, we love the Grove, we love Coconut Grove. Why do we love the Grove? When you look to buy a home in the Grove, you don't really look that closely at the house. You're trying to buy into the neighborhood, right? You're trying to buy into the trees, into the canopy. Every time we have a hurricane, we're spared from massive flooding. Hialeah, no trees; they are not. When we have our faithful waste pickup every Friday where they come and pick up the leaves and they regularly pick up the recycling, we don't have streets that are littered with trash as we do in Hialeah. When you talk about public parks and just kind of greenlighting anything that jive people choose to do at any given moment, which may not be the people in front of us here today, you 're pretty much guaranteeing that we won't have the stress and the expense and the hassle of City ofMiami Page 14 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 cleaning up under big, leafy trees. And that serves no one. Instead of truing to make areas like Coconut Grove and Coral Gables -- by the way, the highest property values in the city -- look less appealing to buyers, why don't we try to make the rest of the city of Miami look more like the parts of the city of Miami that everyone wants to be in. Thank you for your time. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Javier Arbeloa: Good morning, Commissioners, Commissioner Pardo. I want to use part of my two minutes to present a video from an eyes of Commissioner Eileen Higgins, expressing her support to Mayor Francis Suarez in this very same venue back in September 2019 when Francis Suarez blocked the upzoning of the Babylon land lot. Commissioner Higgins was squarely against that upzoning. However, now she is taking back that land lot under the RTZ (Rapid Transit Zone). I'm going to show a video, and I demand that Eileen Higgins, for the record, stick to her word. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): And I'm sorry, Chair, before the video, sir, we could have your name for the record? Mr. Arbeloa: Of course. Sorry, my name is Javier Arbeloa. I am a resident in Brickell Bay Drive. Thank you. At this time, an audiovisual presentation was made. Chair King: Sir? Good morning. Terrell Fritz: Good morning, Madam Chair, Mr. Co-chair, City Commissioners, and Mr. Manager. My name is Terrell Fritz, 111 East Flagler Street and executive director of the Flagler District BID (Business Improvement District). I'm here to speak on FR.7, special events. In 2017, the commercial property owners worked very hard to create Chapter 4, Section 4.5, Flagler Specialty District, which we celebrated when the City Commission approved it unanimously. Since then, the Flagler Business Improvement District has championed and celebrated our unique and historic district, and despite the pandemic and a challenging streetscape project, we've seen an amazing increase in the number and quality of our restaurants and entertainment offerings. I hope you've had an opportunity to visit East Flagler Street in recent weeks. First, the Sunday Flagler Market, then the DDA (Downtown Development Authority) Holiday Lighting Event, and the ongoing Holiday Market at Julia Henry's have transformed Flagler into a family friendly, day and night destination for the holidays. We had an amazing Miami Art Week last week and the market continues through January 1st, so we hope you'll join us before New Year's. On behalf of the Board of the Flagler District BID, we wholeheartedly support FR. 7 and commend you on undertaking to simplify the process for permitting special events. However, the proposed legislation appears to create an annual gap or annual cap of four events per location and a reduction of event duration. The Flagler market on the 200 block of East Flagler could use up that allocation in one month. We urge the Commission to consider how these proposed changes might unintentionally affect some of our most vibrant districts in the city of Miami, and we request that restrictions remain at least at the 10 events currently permitted. Thank you and happy holidays. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Alejandro Rivas-Micoud:: Good morning, Chairwoman and fellow commissioners. My name is Alejandro Rivas-Micoud. I live at 218 Southeast 14th Street in Brickell. I'm also the CEO of a high technology company that migrated here to Miami in 2018 with the expectation that Miami was a well -run city that had took into consideration City of Miami Page 15 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 not just the economic drives of developers, but also the aesthetics of the city, the living arrangements, and the people of the city. We are currently considering moving because of an incredible decision by the County to rezone -- the RTZ rezoning that took place in February, and the subsequent application to build a massive building with no setbacks against the zoning of the city of Miami such that the aesthetics, the living arrangements, the life of residents in Brickell, and even the safety, because structurally, as you all are aware of what happened in Surfside, building such a massive structure on what is no more than a sidewalk, there's this tiny sliver of land in front of our building is dangerous in my view, certainly disruptive, certainly incredibly ugly. And by the way, I think Brickell could use some more parks. So, if you are thinking of a use of that land, I think thinking about a children 's park or something would be appropriate given the amount of tax money that goes from Brickell to the City. Thank you so much for your time. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Raissa Fernandez: Good morning. Good morning, Commissioner. Good morning, everyone. So, my name is Raissa Fernandez. I'm at 992 Northwest 5th Street in Little Havana. I'm here for many various reasons, but one of the items was the tree ordinance. But I'mhere to also just generally speaking on a lot of the items here, especially trash and litter and waste pickup. I live in a neighborhood that's multifamily and different densities. I live in a single family home but next to me I have buildings so their pickup is very different. As a co-founder of Healthy Little Havana, we presented to our commissioner and to our Solid Waste Department many years ago, we did a policy scan. They gave recommendations for city departments for trash and illegal dumping issues. Supposedly, 25 cameras were bought by the City of Miami to crack down on illegal dumping in the neighborhood. And as you all know, that is the fightfor my life there. The trash in this neighborhood and in this city is a problem, and we have to address it, not by cutting back, by educating, by finding bold actions and different solutions to our issue, right? Tree canopy is a problem all over the city. I have a better idea for that park space or children's park. Let's make a forest. Let's make a forest in the city, right? We have great ideas, and we need to support. We did a $400 million bond to navigate climate, parks, and that money is going to go back and be wasted? No. We cannot continue to ask the city taxpayers and the residents of the city to invest in something and then you guys go back on it. Let's go bold. Let's go big. Miami has it. They have the money. Let's do this, please. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Dara Jeffries: Good morning. My name is -- I have to hold this down because I'm very short. My, name is Dara Jeffries. I'm representing my community in Edgewater. Very pleased and honored to be here today. And I'm reminded as I stand in this august chamber before all of you that we don't live in a banana republic, last I looked, and that there is a democratic process and that you all serve at the will of the people and that not five people will decide to do whatever they want when they want. I don't think that's the American way, not last I looked. And I would certainly urge you to reject the PZ.7 proposition, whichis undemocratic and outrageous. I only heard about it recently, and I couldn't even believe it. It just didn't even seem possible in Miami and in the U.S. that such a thing would even be considered. And are we to believe that if you were to have that such power, that you would really do wonderful things for the people, that you would make the parks better, bigger, more of them? I don't think so. So, I would urge you to reject that concept. Also, if it's money that we're after fbr Miami, one of the reasons people move to Miami is because how beautiful it is. Parks make it beautiful. I don't have to tell you what a park is. Everybody knows what a park is and what it's for. But think about what it looks like when there aren't any. Think about what that looks like. That's important City of Miami Page 16 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 to remember. Just have that picture in your mind, a city with no parks. And also, it's very important to remember that there is already a glut in inventory of co-ops and buildings. I don 't think we need to give developers even more opportunity to build even more that will eventually be empty. Let's remember that how important the parks are to the quality of life in Miami. Thank you very much. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Edward Martos: Good morning. Thank you, Chairwoman. Thank you, board members. My name is Edward Martos. I'm here on behalf of Waste Connections. My offices are at 2800 Ponce de Leon Boulevard. Waste Connections is the largest or second largest solid waste franchisee for the city. And we're here to ask that you defer and have a workshop with regard to FR.2. Now, you all have worked very hard to clean up the streets, to make your downtown, your commercial corridors vibrant to make sure sidewalks are clear and pleasant. And now FR.2 is an ordinance that includes this provision. Bulky trash may be placed on the public right-of-way as is done for non-commercial properties. Now I don't understand how cleaning the streets can be facilitated by encouraging property own -- commercial property owners to leave bulky trash on the streets. This is counterintuitive, and I have to say that even if this one provision was stricken from the law, the law would not be workable. It won't be workable because the definitions are off. You cannot treat commercial bulky trash the same as residential, and that's what this ordinance does. A commercial facility has furniture that they change out. Imagine a furniture store, they've got broken merchandise. You are now authorizing them to put their merchandise outside. Or even an office swapping out their printers, now they can put all their printers outside. There's also implementation issues. Different trucks are needed for this sort of waste, and your current waste franchisees don't have those kind of trucks. Your facilities, the commercial facilities, may not have containers. If your aspiration is that the containers will be used, well, the facilities don't have the containers now and there's no plan in place to get those new containers. They don't have a location. Not every commercial property has a trash room, so they don't have a location to put a container if you wanted it to be containerized. Commercial properties are picked up -- Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Martos: Okay. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Martos: Thank you very much. Just my request is defer it and let us workshop it. The industry has worked with you very closely. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Martos: And we're happy to do that again. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Martos: Thank you. Chair King: Good morning. Jason Jeffries: Good morning, Chairwoman King and thank you to the Board of Commissioners to allow the public to speak on these important issues facing the city. I would like to speak on PZ.7. I Pund about -- found out about this fairly recently. I think it's fairly unconscionable to have parks be open for development. Miami does City of Miami Page 17 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 not have a Central Park. Miami does not have a Rock Creek. We have little bits of uncontiguous [sic] parkland, of green spaces. We do not have enough green spaces as it is. We are one of the cities with the highest levels of development of any city in the country, even the world. I think that there's tons of space for development. There's tons of development that's happening now. We do not need to open our green spaces and our parks in order to have development in the city. We have enough as it is. I think these parks need to be open for the public. They need to be spaces that allow beauty to be seen in Miami, to have these pictures of Miami that the world can see of green parks, of beautiful spaces. That will not happen if it's all gray cityscape. We should maintain our parks. We should keep them. We do not have massive park areas. We do not have green spaces as it is, and opening it will be a travesty. I request that you listen to the public, you listen to the citizens of. Miami, and keep those parks open and do not open them to development. Thank you very much. I yield the remainder of my time. Thank you. Mr. Hannon: Chair, may I have the speaker's name? Chair? Mr. Jeffries: Jason Jeffries, sir. Mr. Hannon: I'm sorry, we still didn't catch it. Mr. Jeffries: Sorry, Jason Jeffries from Edgewater, 29th Street. I am also a student at FIU (Florida International University). Thank you. Mr. Hannon: Thank you. (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Daniel Quintana: Good morning. My name is Daniel Quintana and I'm a resident of downtown Miami, 234 Northeast 3rd Street, and I'm here for item PZ.7. And I would like for my fellow citizen, Nicole, to play the video. At this time, an audiovisual presentation began. Chair King: Thankyou. Mr. Quintana: Thank you. Mr. Sanchez: Chair, here I go again. My name is Ruben Sanchez, a resident of downtown, 234 Northeast 3rd Street, and I want to use my two minutes for the video. Thank you. At this time, the audiovisual presentation continued. Chair King: Ma'am, stop your video. Ms. Desiderio: I got two more minutes for you. Go ahead. May Ostrenko: Hi, I'm. May Ostrenko. I'm. at 9440 Fontainebleau Boulevard. I want to give my -- this is about PZ.7. I want to give my two -- At this time, the audiovisual presentation continued. Chair King: Thankyou. Ms. Desiderio: Nicole Desiderio of 900 Biscayne Bay. I'll finish it offhere. City of Miami Page 18 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 At this time, the audiovisual presentation continued and ended. Ms. Desiderio: All right, so as you can see, there's a big discrepancy here on whether or not there is a master plan for Ferre Park. There is indeed a master plan far that park. It was approved by City Commission in 2008. Here are the meeting minutes from that meeting. RE.2, a resolution of the Miami City Commission accepting and approving in principle the Museum Park Master Plan, as prepared by Cooper Robertson. Four votes for yes, Commissioner Gonzalez, Sarnoff,' Sanchez, and Regalado; one was absent. It is frustrating watching Joe Carollo sit here and lie over and over and over again saying that there's no master plan for this park. You know there's a master plan for this park, yet your ego won 't let you admit it because you think you know better than the world-renowned professional park planners. You're not a park planner. The approved master plan for Ferre Park, in fact, does not have a gym in it because they wanted to keep it as a passive park. City taxpayers paid a million dollars for this master plan, and you refuse to use it. Commissioner King, I'm sorry, but you tactfully continue to ask the City staff if there's a gymin the park's master plan. You don't specify Ferre Park and the City staff and the outside council give the same rehearsed response over and over again. The 2023 Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan contemplates a gym. One, it contemplates. Two, the MCNP (Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Plan) is not a master plan for Ferre Park. It's a generalized guideline created by Parks and Recreation. Ferre Park is not even governed by Parks and Recreation. Chair King: Thank you. Ms. Desiderio: Thank you. Vice Chair Carollo: Madam Chair -- Ms. Desiderio: Please go ahead. Vice Chair Carollo: -- can you tell me when 1 could respond? Because -- Chair King: After public comment. After public -- Vice Chair Caralla: -- this is every meeting. This is organized by Commissioner Pardo. Ms. Desiderio: Wrong. Vice Chair Carollo: He knows that -- Ms. Desiderio: I made that video myself. Vice Chair Carollo: -- some people -- Commissioner Pardo: Absolutely not. Vice Chair Carollo: -- some people -- Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: -- that are corning -- you are lying, sir. Chair King: After -- after -- after public corn -- Commissioner Pardo: Absolutely not. City of Miami Page 19 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: The (UNINTELLIGIBLE) -- Chair King: After public comment, please. Thank you. Good morning. Zaina Alsous: Good morning, Commissioners. My name is Zaina Alsous. I live on Northeast 2nd Avenue, and I'm here on behalf of my organization, WeCount!, and on behalf of our members who work in the construction industry here in South Florida. I'm here to say a warm thank you to Commissioner -- Chairwoman Christine King for adding the report that we produced on labor conditions in the construction industry as a discussion item today in the meeting. We surveyed over 300 construction workers this past summer. As you all know, we've experienced year after year the hottest ever recorded temperatures on record here in Miami. The construction workers who we rely on to build our beautiful buildings, our housing to rebuild after storms, what we found in these surveys are dealing with extremely difficult and degraded labor standards. Every four days on the job in Florida, a construction worker dies. We're also finding that, you know, through our survey, only 20 percent of construction workers had ever received any kind of training on how to protect themselves from extreme heat or how to even, you know, conduct first aid in the context of heat stress. While we do know, you know, that there's been preemption legislation preventing us from mandating protections, we're here because we're eager to collaborate with you all. We're eager to collaborate with physicians, climate experts, on common sense protections that can ensure that the workers that are so essential to our economy and our community are protected. So, thank you so much. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Ivan Duschatzky: Hi, good morning. My name is -- first of all, nice to meet you all. Thank you for your service. My name's Ivan. I live in 218 Southeast 14th Street, the Emerald at Brickell. I'm here to speak about the rezoning issue. And just want to say the previous person who spoke, that was a really nice message. I have the best construction recruitment company in Miami, so I appreciate that. I'm someone from Miami. I work very hard here. I try to do good things for the community, and I finally bought my dream apartment, you know, I made my research. And it's imposs -- it seemed impossible to me that they would build a building in that little spot of land and that's what they told me, that it was blocked by this commission from three, four years ago, right before I bought the apartment. Because have you guys been there? If you go to the apartment building, you put your arm out, you will literally -- you should be -- it's a little bit exaggerated, but you will be close to the building that they were trying to put in there. It's a very small plot of land. So, I went crazy, I went ahead and even got some offers to sell my building, but everybody -- to sell my apartment, but everybody in my family agrees with me, it's impossible that they would build such a big building in that small plot of land. So, I hope that you take that into consideration, it's crazy. From my understanding, they put this last second, this specific building, the one at the intersection of 14th Street and Brickell Bay Drive in that RTZ thing that they're doing. But it's not even going to do anything for that building. It's supposed to help ease homelessness. It's supposed to help bring prices down. But it's not going to do that. It's only going to ruin what a lot of hardworking people like myself worked so hard for. And it's not going to do anything. It's just going to make things more expensive. In addition, with my family, we've been working so hard. We bought a property. We went to the City before we bought it, and we told them that we wanted to make sustainable housing. They told us that we could do everything, you know, for people who cannot afford these high prices. And then after we bought it, we went back, and they told us that, you know, that we could actually not do what we wanted, you know, and that they told us that City of Miami Page 20 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 we could do it, but that they were going to block it at some point. And that just one minute away from there, there's all these big developers -- Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Duschatzky: -- that are building, and they don't fallow the rules, but us, the little people, they pay the price, but big developers -- Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Duschatzky: -- can break the rules. So, please -- Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Duschatzky: Thank you so much. Mr. Hannon: I apologize, Chair. Can I have your last name, sir? Mr. Duschatzky: Ivan Duschatzky. Mr. Hannon: Thank you. Mr. Duschatzky: Thank you. Chair King: Good morning. Nicole Vahlkamp: Good morning, Chairwoman King and Commissioners. Thank you so much for your time and your service. My name is Nicole Vahlkamp. I'm a resident of Edgewater. I live at Biscayne Beach and a condo association at 2900 Northeast 7th Avenue, and I'm here with a number of members from my community here today in opposition of PZ.7. The U.S. Government was built to represent and to enact the will of the people, and we were warned by our forefathers of the dangers of power taking more power for itself and from leaving power unchecked and from disenfranchising the people from being able to have a voice in the decisions that our elected officials make. If the commissioners are all given the power to make unilateral sweeping changes to the parks without input from the people, we all know what will happen to those parks and we know that it will not be long before the parks are gone. At a time when Miami is one of the most desirable places to live, and we all want to make Miami one of the best cities, if not the best city in America, to take away our public parks would be to take this city in the wrong direction. We know that parks make a great city. It creates all of the benefits that you all know, and it is not American to give a few people the power to unilaterally make changes without the input of the people. We need our parks. We know that you also want to do what is best for our city and I know that you know that it is not best to give this power to a few people when we don't know who these people, who these elected officials might be in the future. I urge you to oppose PZ.7 and to listen to us here today. Thank you so much. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Sona Vohra: Hi, good morning. My name is Sona Vohra. I live in Edgewater, 650 Northeast in Biscayne. I'm here to speak against PZ.7. PZ.7 takes away our civil rights. Now I really enjoyed walking around Art Basel, admiring art, but you know what else is beautiful? Trees, green spaces, and watching a community come together in a park, and our children having a place to play, our dogs having, you know, a small area to run in on or off leash. Yet the commissioners are considering granting themselves unchecked authority with this proposal to alter areas like our City of Miami Page 21 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 parks and repurpose them without our input. The other thing that I wanted to bring up was proposal FR.1. This threatens to disrupt a cornerstone of our city's functionality, reliable trash and recycling pickup. As you know, Miami has a lot of visitors, probably around thousands or ten thousand of them during Art Basel. Not having timely pickup could lead to unhygienic conditions, rodent, roach infestations, you know, and this is going to be detrimental to our environment, to our health, and to our city. Reliable waste management isn't just a convenience, it's a necessity. I'm not normally a public speaker, this made me nervous, but I felt these two issues have to be addressed. And thank you far your time. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Shashi Seth: Good morning. Thank you for having me here. I just wanted to say I am severely opposed to PZ.7. If you visit cities like New York and Chicago and many other great cities around this country, you notice that the public parks are really blossoming and showing those cities in the best light possible. We really do need more parks, more attention to those parks, and I think a lot of that comes from the community involvement. We know best what serves our community. We want to have a voice. We want to make sure that the best things are done with that. So, I really urge you to rethink PZ.7, take it back and really give the power back to all the people so that we can actually contribute to our communities and make it much more livable and provide green spaces that will really serve everybody in this city. The other one is FR.7 -- sorry, FR.1. Let's make sure that we pick up trash. It really does serve the community better. It makes it a better livable place, better hygiene and so on. Let's not go down that path and really let's focus on these two things and take them back. Appreciate your time and thank you very much. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Hannon: Chair, can I get the speaker's name for the record, sir? Sir, if we could just have your name for the record? Mr. Seth: Shashi Seth. Chair King: Good morning. Fernand Amandi: Good morning. Happy holidays. Fernand Amandi, City of Miami resident from the South Grove. A couple of weeks ago I paid my city property taxes. I like to get the discount so that you pay it early, you get that little discount. But imagine the shock to find out, not even two weeks after having paid that city property tax, to find out city services that I've been paying -- and many others have faithfully for years -- are going to be eliminated now. On FR.1, FR.2, bulky trash, we're going to go from weekly, which is the standard norm, especially where I live in the Grove, which is necessary, to now maybe a couple of times a month. And eliminate the recycling program. PZ.7, we're going to take away the ability for residents to have any input on what happens in public parks. It's hard to feel like there is not a war on residents with this elimination of services just because of concerns about misuse or mismanagement or inefficiency. Well, when the city weaponifed code enforcement, which cost us tens of millions of dollars, are we going to eliminate code enforcement? I don't think so. When there's mismanagement around tax collection, are we going to eliminate the tax collection department of the city? I don't think so. I think there is a way to do some of these things, reform, make more efficient without eliminating. Commissioner Gabela also, I wish he was here, he's to be commended for initiating a process of conversation and dialogue around the tree ordinance question. He's concerned about permitting. Permitting is a mess. He's not wrong. But a byproduct of permitting reform through this tree ordinance is to destroy our canopy. We shouldn 't do that as well. I ask you all to please consider the residents, City of Miami Page 22 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 not the other moments behind this. I wish you all a happy holidays, and also, get well soon to Commissioner Reyes who sadly isn't here today. I hope he recovers and he 's at the next meeting. Thank you all. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Grant Stern: Good morning. Grant Stern, 425 Northeast 22nd Street. I'd first like to ask everybody in the audience to please not clap, but if you're here opposing PZ 7, please raise your hand right now and let everybody see it. Raise both hands, in fact. Okay, if you hear anything you like me saying, raise both hands and shake your hands like this. That's the right way to do it in a public meeting. Otherwise, the chair might get mean and miserable and have you kicked out. We don't want that. So, who's here in favor of PZ7? Anybody? Bueller? Bueller? Anybody? Bueller? No? Nobody. Yeah, I think it's a bad idea and I think you guys shouldn't do it. The PZAB voted 9-0, 9-0 against cutting the warrant process for our city parks. Why? Because it cuts out the residents. Who here believes that this city commission is here to listen to the will of the people? Anybody? I want to see hands. Is the city cornrnission here to do what the people say? Or is the city commission here to do what makes them feel good? Okay, does anybody think the city cornrnission is here just to do what they feel like doing? Anybody? Anybody? Okay, I get the sarcasm, but it's not funny. We've already seen the red terror of certain people's terms of office, who are now lame ducks. We've seen them weaponize code olio. rcement. We've seen them waste millions of dollars in our parks without any checks and balances. And that's why we're all here, because of one apparatchik's grudge. That's communism. And it's coming from someone who's only worked in government their entire adult life. It's pathetic. It's sad. There are 64 million reasons why this Commission should vote no on PZ. 7 and one of them is sitting right in front of us. Thank you far your time. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Eric Cela: Good morning. Happy holidays. My name is Eric Cela. Can you hear me? I'm a resident of Brickell Bay Drive. Better? All right. I'm here to seek your support to urge the County to redesignate 240 Brickell Bay Drive under the original Miami 21 Zoning Code. As an RTZ site, the Babylon property would go up to a thousand feet. This would be detrimental to the safety and the well-being of my family, my neighbors, and I'm urging you to -- to really work with the County to reverse this -- this zone in order. Thank you so much. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Melissa Tapanes: Good morning. My name is Melissa Tapanes, and I have the pleasure of representing the Builders Association of South Florida as their incoming president. I'd like to speak just very briefly on FR.5. I understand that it's been deferred, but I hear a lot of public comment in opposition. I'd like to just say that Commissioner Gabela has been working with the industry -- Chair King: Ma 'am? Ms. Tapanes: -- to streamline -- I understand. Chair King: We're not talking about FR.5. It's not on the agenda. Ms. Tapanes: I understand. I just wanted to just let everyone know that we're working with the Commissioner's office to make it reasonable for both developers and property owners. And as a District 2 resident, we are very concerned about trees and we just want to make sure that there is reasonableness and developers and homeowners, especially homesteaded homeowners, which are the ones that call me City of Miami Page 23 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 on a pro bona basis, understand what the regulations are and to match up the county ordinance with the city ordinance to just bring fairness to the City of Miami residents. Thank you. Chair King: Good morning. Maji Ramos: Good morning. Wow, okay. Hold on. Sony, vertically challenged. Okay, I think it'd be easier to ask like what I'm not here for but okay. FR.1, FR.2, FR.5 -- I know that's been deferred -- FR.6, RE.11, PZ.7, pretty much all the rezoning agenda items, a lot of stuff I'm opposed to, actually questioning very seriously. I'm a realtor environmentalist. I do know what that sounds like. I have a unique perspective. The timing of all of this is really actually pretty frightening. It's aligned with the Live Local. Live Local really makes it easier for builders and developers to just rezone anything. And then now we're like taking away utilities, we're tearing down -- you know, making it easier for trees to be removed. All of these things, flood mitigation, all of these rezoning, it's a little alarming. The concern that I have is, you know, we are at a crossroads right now, and I really, honestly, do not envy any of you, because a lot of really serious decisions need to be made that will affect our city forever. This is going to be historical. We're at a crossroads of growth that's necessary for workforce housing and climate change. And I can tell you that climate change is going to not win if we keep going down the road that we're on. Very, very concerned. I really feel that we need to find nature - based solutions to a lot of these items. We need to grow, but we need to have smart growth with infrastructure, like all of the major cities of the world. If we build it, they will come? No, they won't. Not if there's like excessive heat that exceeds six months out of the year; not if there's permanent hurricane season, then you know, crazy rain events and flooding. Nobody's going to want to be here, and you would have in essence killed the city. So, that's really all I had to say. Sorry, I'm so dramatic. One last thing I want to mention that's nothing to do with this, but when I called yesterday, and I do want to go on record on this, somebody told me that I could not leave a message and they were actually not wanting to take my message. I had to kind of force it. 1 want you to know about that. I'm not going to mention who it was, but that happened. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Hannon: Chair, if I could have the speaker's name far the record. Ms. Ramos: Oh, sorry. Maji Ramos. I reside in Morningside. Chair King: Good morning. Marc Burton: Good morning. This is Marc Burton. I'm an attorney. I represent the plaintiffs in the litigation regarding the referendum that occurred over the ,gym equipment at Ferre Park. Madam Chairwoman, Mr. Vice Chairman, Commissioner Pardo, and to the two absent commissioners, I hope they're okay. I saw Commissioner Gabela step away. I hope everyone's doing okay. And of course, Commissioner Reyes, I wish him to come back soon healthy. A lot of people have stood up in opposition to PZ.7. You know, I'mhere for PZ.7, 8 and 9. People have explained why they think it's bad policy. I agree. I'm a lawyer, so I focus more on the legal side than the policy side; whether it's a good idea or a bad idea is for the Commission and for the citizens to weigh in on. My concern with respect to PZ.7, one that maybe I have not articulated before, Chapter 163, it's one of the subjects of the litigation, which I think we're familiar; prohibits referendums in regard to development orders. But Section 163.3164, subsections 15 and 16, provide that development permits, which are in turn prohibited by the referendum statute that we have been familiar with, prohibits any official action of local government having the City ofMiami Page 24 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 effect of permitting the development of land. So, for me, if PZ.7 were to pass, it actually, at least in my opinion, would not fix the problem. Because if -- I think the Commission's been very clear over and over again, that the impetus for PZ.7 is the referendum, and if that is the reason why this is passed, it would be an official action of government that had the effect of developing land. And so, for me, it's bad policy, but also, it doesn't solve the legal problem. I just wanted to put that out there for the Commission. But thank you all. I appreciate you all for doing your service to the city. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Nicole Crooks: Good morning. How are your Thank you to the Chair and all of the members of the dais. My name is Nicole Crooks. I reside in Historic Overtown and I'm here to speak about PZ.7, especially in -- first and foremost because of this. As I look through the agenda, so many things in the agenda are not written in layperson's terms. And so, a lot of times things come up and things are passed without the community even understanding what it means. And so that's one of the things that I would like to challenge and ask for. The other piece is when we talk about the importance of green spaces, we need to understand in spaces like I live, I live in Overtown, and we talk about climate change and Miami being ground zero of climate change, and if that is the case, communities like Historic Overtown, Coconut Grove, all of these spaces, Little Havana, are ground zero of ground zero. We need green spaces. In Historic Overtown, we have some of the highest disproportionate rates of respiratory illnesses and diseases, not just because the highway and another iteration of the highway has come through and it's began to plunder through our community, but first and foremost, we need to honor the people. We need to come together as community and work through this. Electeds, community members, we live together, we have to heal together, we have to be able to exist in dignity and in a healthy way. So, thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Stanley Young: Good morning, Commissioners. Thank you for this opportunity to stand before you. My name is Chaplain Young of Freedom Prison and Jail Ministry, 500 Northwest 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida. I want to speak on PH1, 2, 3, and 4 about housing and community development. President Biden promised to build from the bottom up. The bottom up is those that are homeless and those that are incarcerated that are coming out of our prisons and jails in our community. If we don't help these particular people groups, we are really doing a disservice to our community. There are men and women that I see every week that wants to get off the streets, that wants to get off drugs, that wants to get out of crime and stop doing things that they shouldn't do, but there's little to no groups that are out there that are actually targeting men and women that are coming out of our prisons and jails. There's over a thousand people that's corning out of your jails, out of Miami jails, that needs your help. There is hardly no program that helps them, that takes them from the front door to a place of help and security. They need your help. They can't be here on their own. I speak to them every week. They are telling me to continue my fight. I have a board. I have an organization. I have a CBO (Community Based Organization) that is targeting men and women that are coming out of your prisons and jails that really need your help, that really need your assistance. I would love to sit down with any of you to speak of a comprehensive plan, how we can help these men and women that are coining out of our prisons and jails. Thank you. God bless. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Laura Okamura: Good morning. Laura Okamura, 50 Biscayne Boulevard. I object to PZ.7 as it takes away the public's right to voice their opinion on civic properties. City ofMiami Page 25 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Citizens should maintain the right to have a say in how civic properties are developed in their communities. It also takes away PZAB's right to object. This removes a check and balance that is built into the system. To take away these rights is an abuse of power. The video that was shown earlier tells you exactly why the fate of our parks should not be determined by three commissioners without checks and balances of the public and PZAB. Please vote against PZ. 7. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Bob Powers: Good morning. Bob Powers, 565 Northeast 66th Street in the Upper East Side. I'm here to speak on FR.1 and 2. I think, because garbage is always an issue here in the city, and we -- 25 years in the Upper East Side, boy, did we deal with garbage and garbage issues. Before we go and start striking and changing that, I think you guys might want to study some of the other cities in the state of Florida that have the same issue. The other thing is our incinerator's gone. We don't have an incinerator, so there's all kinds of questions that need to be answered about that before we go out of our way to start just eliminating services. And if we do eliminate the services, is there going to be a reduction in the tax -- the taxes that I pay for my garbage pickup? Because here you're going to take away something, so is there going to be a reduction in taxes because of it? Then the other thing I'm speaking on is PZ.13 and 14, which is a project in the Upper East Side also, off of 2nd Avenue. And I would like you to support that project. It's up for second reading. And I know because I worked with the commissioner to do the outreach for that. We did a great job doing that. So, any complaints that are coming up now, it's kind ()Pike, I don't understand because we had so many public meetings about that. So, I just wanted to thank you very much for that. And those are my only two issues. The only thing I have to say to the city manager is that I still want to do those charrettes in the Upper East Side because we have so many projects coming online. We have Sable Palm. We have Curly being redone. We have Magic City. That's still -- we don 't know what's going on there. We have the -- well, we don 't. They haven 't done anything. So -- and they've been at this for seven years. We also have -- I'm just saying. We also have 79th Street and the old INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) building, and then of course, we also have 82nd Street and that whole -- that's all owned by one owner. So, we have a lot of things that are coming online for redevelopment, and I really think that we need to have the public, including your district, involved in all that. Thankyou very much. Chair King: Thankyou. Good morning. Eugene Noska: Good morning. My name is Eugene Noska. I'm a father of a child that goes to Ada Merritt school in Miami, which is on 660 Southwest 3rd Street. It's - - that's the second year that she goes to that school. She's a first grader, and it's really embarrassing for me to walk my child from the car to school every day through piles of garbage. It's literally piles of garbage. I'min contact with the city waste management and they send time to time to pick up bulk trash or carts, but for a year and almost a half, nobody ever swept the street. There is broken glass, there is plastic cups, you name it. There is potholes on the road. I just measured it yesterday, two feet by six feet. Nobody ever patched it. I mean, it's not that difficult, it's basic. We're discussing here million -dollar projects, but we don't do basics. And it's embarrassing to walk a child that going to speak in a school about Save Our Planet project and she walks through the piles of garbage. And I'm ready to work with the City if they need my help in that. I actually clean up myself a couple of times, basic stuff, but I cannot do it by myself. I'm asking the City for help ,and it should be a bigger program than that because there is a couple more schools in the area, the same problem. It's not the most expensive neighborhood, I understand that, but basic cleaning could be done a couple of times a week. Thank you. City ofMiami Page 26 Printed 011 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Frank Chatburn: Good morning. My name is Frank Chatburn, 1901 Brickell Avenue. Happy to be here. I'm here actually because I've been in Miami for 25 years. I love Miami and it's a city with beautiful people, healthy people, and I'm here to support the Babylon Racquet Club project on 240 Southeast 14th Street in Brickell Bay Drive. It's basically a sports, health, and wellness club, not the typical building with, you know, hundreds and hundreds of apartments, that's going to increase the density of traffic in the city. This is just, you know, something very positive for the community. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Brenda Betancourt: Good morning. Brenda Betancourt, 1436 Southwest 6th Street. Just in favor of PH 4 for the Homeless Trust. I think we need to do more than just the one we have and maybe that way we don't have that many in our Overtown area and we can ship them to the south. So, why not? In (UNINTELLIGIBLE), FR.2, the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) with the bulky trash from private businesses, I think we need more than that. And sometimes businesses abuse our city services, and they use our city services, they always try a way how to do it. So, everything that has to do with it with them assuming more responsibility will be always good. FR.5, the tree trust, we need to improve a lot of that. And the reason is as a -- as a -- oh, it's deferred, yes, I'm sorry. But FR. 7, the special permit is treated as sidewalk. I just want everybody to remember about Ultra. The same way with FR.8, to do the waiver for the special noises, just keep in mind that residents have to deal with it. Just because somebody wants to have a special party in the sidewalks or in the streets, we need to make sure we understand that the businesses in front of those areas, they pay a lot of money to be there, they need to be considered. And finally, just FR.3, for all the committees, I hope that we all that are in committees for a long time, that we can be sunset. And I would love to do the sunset. I've been in the Code Enforcement for over 14 years, and maybe it's time for me to go and other people to actually come and serve the city and to make sure that we protect the residents of the city of Miami. So, let's hope that all the committees that they are in, they'll get good members. Chair King: Thank you. Ms. Betancourt: Merry Christmas. Chair King: Merry Christmas. Good morning. James Torres: Good morning, Chairwoman. Happy holidays to everybody. My name is James Torres, president of the Downtown Neighbors Alliance. On behalf of the DNA, I'm here to support and address FR.8, an important change to the city code to reaffirm the city's public policy around the noise ordinance. We want to thank Commissioner Pardo for introducing this item as a direct response to the concerns of last month's issue in which an administrative order was done on an event at Watson Island. We believe wholeheartedly that that administrative waiver granted last month was an abuse of the process in which it happened and it occurred because there is nothing in the city code today that clearly identifies an administrative option. The proposed ordinance cemented what addresses as Section 36.5 in the City Code Ordinance has an exemption to the City -sponsored events. What we're looking for is to close the loophole on that item because it does affect the quality of life throughout the City of Miami on any of the City -sponsored events that may occur. Again, we support the ordinance, but want to make clear that there should be no loopholes in this. Administration should not be given a carte blanche to create an issue that occurred on Watson Island. Also, we want to address FR.7. We understand that the Commissioner's intent here is to wanting to streamline the ordinance for special City ofMiami Page 27 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 events permitting. Unfortunately, there's a few provisions that should be looked at before this gets approved. Chairwoman, I have a question jor you. I need to make sure. PZ.7, by warrant, not by right, did the attorney exclude the billboard scenario out of that? Can I get a verbal? George Wysong (City Attorney): There are no signs. There is no sign language. Mr. Torres: That has been removed 100 percent? Mr. Wysong: Yes. Mr. Torres: Okay. Mr. Wysong: It was removed after the last action and the agenda reflects it. Mr. Torres: Okay, so we all know what -- Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Torres: -- PZ.7. I'm just going to go -- extra time. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Torres: PZ.7 -- Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Torres: -- you know where we should go with that. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Torres: Happy holidays. Chair King: Happy holidays. Good morning. Silvio Pupo: Good morning, Chairwoman, Commissioners, Mr. Attorney, Mr. Manager. My name is Silvio Pupo. I'm a resident of Allapattah. First, I just want to say, this is the last Commission meeting of the year. You guys have done an amazing job. The new leadership has been very encouraging. Chairwoman, also thank you. So, I just want to commend also Gabela for hosting the town hall this last week. Thank you, Commissioner, for doing that. It boded very well. And I comment -- I came to comment on a couple of things, FR.1 and 2 on bulk waste. I mean, you know, I read into the details of this. I'm going to start sending an invoice fbr all the homework that I'm doing, but operations really is a big issue, maintenance is a big issue. It's corning -- we're seeing it all across the board. We need to have some type of operational maintenance conversation. I don't know where we're managing our assets, where we have the records and the logs for these things, but you know, I think that we can't let an operational and maintenance issue trainwreck the rest of our city. So, let's try to get on top of that. Consider a digital twin model to know where everything lies and its condition. PZ.7, involve community input as much as you can. REM, the 67 million fbr flood mitigation, it remind -- brings up an opportunity to remind us that there's a lot of research that has been done already, and this is a perfect example to highlight how flood mitigation could be resolved with natural nature -based solutions. And Walter Meyer did a study fbr City of Miami Stormwater Master Plan, and sorry I'mgoing a little over, on structural soils and tree plantings in key areas that could equally -- equal to 20 percent of the built environment, that could serve us a lot of money in stormwater mitigation. So, I want to bring that back City of Miami Page 28 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 up as an example to look at. And lastly, BC.5, you know, we need one more appointment to the Climate Resilience Committee. Thank you so much, and happy holidays. Chair King: Happy holidays. Thank you. Is there anyone else that would like to be heard far public comment? Seeing none, public comment period is now closed. PA - PERSONAL APPEARANCE PA.1 PERSONAL APPEARANCE 16975 A PERSONAL APPEARANCE BY COMMUNITY YOUTH AGAINST City Manager's VIOLENCE REGARDING JUVENILE CURFEW. Office RESULT: PRESENTED Chair King: Gentlemen, with respect to the consent agenda items, are there any items that you would like to pull for discussion? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): And just, Chair, a friendly reminder that SR.2 needs to pass. Chair King: I know. Mr. Hannon: Just a friendly reminder. Chair King: So, yes. Arthur Noriega (City Manager): There's a personal appearance as well, Madam Chair, that we -- that's on the agenda. (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Mr. Noriega: Well, she has to -- Chair King: Oh, no. Mr. Noriega: It's a personal appearance. Chair King: I would have called -- I didn't know you were here for personal -- I was looking for -- Richard Dunn: Okay, I'm sorry. Chair King: Oh, while they look through, we're going to have a personal appearance from one of my favorite constituents. Mr. Dunn: Thank you. Chair King: Thank you guys for coming. I'm so sorry. If I had known, I would have called you up sooner. Mr. Dunn: No worries. You got protocol. 'just took a nap. Chair King: Okay. Good morning. City of Miami Page 29 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Mr. Johnson: Good morning. My name is Lorenzo Johnson. I'm the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and founder of Community Youth Against Violence. We're here today to talk about briefly an initiative that is a county initiative that's been on the books for a while. And when COVID came in, everything kind of went sour. But we're here now because we know that there's a lot of shooting and killing going on in our cities. So, we're doing a countywide initiative in bringing the operation called Operational Team Curfew. And we've been meeting with all the municipalities throughout Dade County. And we also have met with the chief of -- Mr. -- the chief of City of Miami, Chief, we met with him and his staff as well. And we 're just trying to make this initiative a powerful initiative. It's not something to just run kids down or anything, but it's something to help develop accountability in the household. We're just trying to stop it from growing. If we can catch it where it starts from, we can kind of like, it can kind of be controlled a little bit. So, we [sic] doing a countywide initiative where we want the city to be a part of this initiative because we inet with other cities, and they got the thumbs up on it. We just going to have a groundbreaking on it, probably in February, or sometime in February, but we need to be able to have the City and give it more power. We don't want no city to have a gap because if everybody is doing it, it gives it more power throughout the whole Dade County. Parents need to be reliable for their kids anyway. So, this is just a demand. We've got to shake some things up in order to save lives. This is what we're about. We did initially gave -- I think initially gave a booklet to everyone. But I do have one, another one. So, I'll give it to each one of you guys and so -- Reverend Dunn. Mr. Dunn: To the Honorable Chair ivoman, to the Vice Chairman, and I need to get this out. I think the Vice Chairman would be pleased to hear this and the Honorable Commissioners. I owe my past political life to the Vice Chairman Joe Carollo and the Carollo family. That's truth. The late George DuPont, Igot to get that out. That's the truth. So, I owe that to you, sir. I wanted to also -- and I'll get right to the point, I know the clock is ticking. I'm just thrilled that one of our residents and one of our persons in the chamber is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee in the personage of Ron Book over the Homeless Trust. I think that is just amazing. I told him he's walking with Dr. King now, so that's good stuff Now, let me get to the point. When I served about 14 years ago as a city of Miami District 5 commission, there was a plethora of crimes being perpetrated against the youth because they were hanging out late, they were caught out at the wee-wee hours of the night. And so we implemented the teen curfew for District 5, that in fact the records will reflect that it reduced the crime that was being perpetrated against the young people. It was so effective that the rest of the city adopted the teen curfew. This teen curfew has been ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) tested and tried and tested and proven where there were no legal -- there were no illegal rules and regulations when we implemented it. So, it's soundproof: It is not designed, as you could imagine, to perpetrate criminal records against children, particularly brown and black children, which comprise a great deal of District 5, but we want the City to, you, to consider implementing or re - implementing this City Team curfew, which will be tied together with the County's unveiling of this. We believe it's effective and I believe in the old motto, it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. But we actually have it. It's on your books, in the fall of 2010, and you can do the research, and it will show that it was a deterrent and it did cause a decrease in the crimes being perpetrated against our young people. So, I would plead fbr your consideration, Honorable Chairlady and Commissioners. Thank you so much. Chair King: Thank you. END OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE City ofMiami Page 30 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 CA - CONSENT AGENDA The following item(s) was Adopted on the Consent Agenda MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes CA.1 RESOLUTION 16862 Department of Police A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "MIAMI SEATBELT ENFORCEMENT PROJECT FY 2025"; ACCEPTING A SUBGRANT AWARD FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("FDOT") IN THE AMOUNT OF $90,000.00 WITH NO LOCAL MATCH FUNDS REQUIRED; APPROPRIATING SAID FUNDS TO THE MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INITIATIVES AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE SEATBELT VIOLATIONS AND INCREASE HIGHWAY SAFETY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE SUBGRANT AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH FDOT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR ANY OTHER DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE ACCEPTANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SUBGRANT AWARD. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0481 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. City ofMiaini Page 31 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 CA.2 16863 Department of Police RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "FY 2025 MIAMI DUI PATROL OVERTIME PROJECT"; ACCEPTING A SUBGRANT AWARD FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ("FDOT") IN THE AMOUNT OF $120,000.00 ("FUNDS") WITH NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED; APPROPRIATING THE GRANT FUNDS TO THE MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO REDUCE ALCOHOL -IMPAIRED DRIVING FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE SUBGRANT AGREEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, WITH FDOT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR ANY OTHER DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE ACCEPTANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SUBGRANT AWARD. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0482 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. City ofMiaini Page 32 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 CA.3 16804 Department of Police CA.4 16884 Department of Police RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, ACCEPTING THE BID RESPONSES RECEIVED ON AUGUST 13, 2024, PURSUANT TO INVITATION FOR BID ("IFB") NO. 1834386, PRE - QUALIFIED POOL OF VENDORS FOR THE REMOVAL OF DERELICT VESSELS, ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, FROM THE RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS, DRC EMERGENCY SERVICES, LLC ("DRC") AND KEARNS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ("KEARNS") FOR AN INITIAL CONTRACT TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS, WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL THREE (3) YEAR PERIOD; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ("POLICE") GENERAL ACCOUNT FUNDS 12000.190101.531000.0000.00000 AND OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS FROM THE END USER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES; SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY CONTRACTS, AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, AND BUDGETARY APPROVALS HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY MADE, COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), INCLUDING, THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI - DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0483 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING A GRANT AWARD FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, DIVISION OF VICTIM SERVICES AND ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "2024-2025 VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT (VOCA') GRANT" CONSISTING OF SAID GRANT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $307,716.00, WITH NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR PERSONNEL SERVICES AND OPERATIONAL EXPENSES OF THREE (3) FULL-TIME TEMPORARY ADVOCATE POSITIONS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT AS WELL AS ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR ACCEPTANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANT. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0484 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. City ofMiaini Page 33 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 CA.5 RESOLUTION 16805 Department of Police & Department of Fire - Rescue A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, ACCEPTING THE BIDS RECEIVED, PURSUANT TO INVITATION FOR BID ("IFB") NO. 1781386 BOAT MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS, PARTS, AND RELATED MARINE SERVICE, CITYWIDE, ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS AND ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, FROM THE APPARENT RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS, BARNACLE KING, LLC ("BARNACLE KING"), CRG MARINE, INC., DBA STRICTLY YAMAHA ("CRG MARINE"), AND MIAMI SKI NAUTIQUE, INC. DBA MN MARINE GROUP ("MN MARINE"), ON A LINE BY LINE PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND TERTIARY BASIS, FOR AN INITIAL CONTRACT TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL THREE (3) YEAR PERIOD; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDS FROM THE END USER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES; SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY CONTRACTS, AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVALS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE), INCLUDING THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI - DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0485 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. City ofMiaini Page 34 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 CA.6 16951 Department of Procurement RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-113 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ACCESSING OF ALL COMPETITIVELY SOLICITED AND AWARDED CONTRACTS AVAILABLE VIA GOVMVMT, A PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROGRAM LAUNCHED BY THE NONPROFIT INNOVATIVE GOVERNMENT SERVICES ASSOCIATION ("IGSA"), SUBJECT TO ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, EXTENSIONS, NEW AND/OR REPLACEMENT CONTRACTS BY GOVMVMT, TO BE UTILIZED CITYWIDE ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; ACKNOWLEDGING THE COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT BENEFITS OF GOVMVMT THAT ENABLES THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"), AS A PARTICIPATING ENTITY, TO AGGREGATE ITS PURCHASING VOLUME WITH THAT OF OTHER PARTICIPATING MEMBER PUBLIC AGENCIES, IN ORDER TO REALIZE A LARGER PERCENTAGE DISCOUNT PRICING STRUCTURE TO THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, EXTENSIONS, NEW AND/OR REPLACEMENT CONTRACTS, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGETARY APPROVALS HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY MADE, COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, INCLUDING, THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0486 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. City ofMiaini Page 35 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 CA.7 RESOLUTION 16990 Department of Resilience and Public Works CA.8 16992 Department of Planning A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE CONCESSION AGREEMENT WITH DECO BIKE, LLC, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE AUTOMATED BICYCLE SHARE RENTAL PROGRAM, INITIATED UNDER RFP NO. 275267 AND AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION NO. R-13-0035,TO EXTEND THE TERM FOR SIX (6) MONTHS AND ALLOW FOR FURTHER EXTENSIONS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVALS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), INCLUDING THE PROCUREMENT AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0487 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. RESOLUTION - Item Pulled from Consent A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING THE UPDATED PLANNING AND ZONING SCHEDULE OF FEES, PURSUANT TO SECTION 62-22 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ("CITY CODE) TITLED "SCHEDULE OF FEES," AS DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0488 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: Gentlemen, may I take you hack to CA.8? May I have a motion for CA.8? Commissioner Gabela: CA.8. Commissioner Pardo: So moved. Chair King: I have a motion. City of Miami Page 36 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 CA.9 16927 Office of the City Attorney CA.10 17004 Office of the City Attorney Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: Second. Mr. City Clerk? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): And Chair, just for the record, CA.8 will be amended to include Ordinance Number 14337 adopted on December 12th, 2024. Chair King: Thank you. I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion passes as amended. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY MELBA MORALES, AS ADMINISTRATIX OF THE ESTATE OF ANGEL MORALES, WITHOUT ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE TOTAL SUM OF $290,000.00 IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS, INCLUDING ALL CLAIMS FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES, AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES, IN THE CASE STYLED MELBA MORALES, AS ADMINISTRATIX OF THE ESTATE OF ANGEL MORALES VS. CITY OF MIAMI, ET AL., PENDING IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, CASE NO. 1:24-CV-22798- KMW, UPON THE EXECUTION OF A GENERAL RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS BROUGHT UNDER 42 U.S.C. § 1983 AND STATE LAW PENDING IN FEDERAL COURT AND A DISMISSAL OF THE CITY AND ITS OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES WITH PREJUDICE; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NO. 50001.301001.545010.0000.00000. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0489 This matter was ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S)on the Consent Agenda. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($47,250.00) TO BUSCHEL GIBBONS, P.A. AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR LEGAL FEES IN THE CASE OF JANE DOE V. CITY OF MIAMI, ET AL., CASE NO.: 23-CV-23712-RNS IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NO. 50001.301001.545010.0000.00000. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0490 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. City ofMiami Page 37 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 CA.11 16947 Commissioners and Mayor RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, ACCEPTING THE BID RECEIVED ON AUGUST 27, 2024, FROM FLORIDA ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT CORP. ("FED"), THE SOLE RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, PURSUANT TO INVITATION TO BID ("ITB") NO. 23-24-034 TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR NORTHWEST 13TH STREET IMPROVEMENTS - D1, PROJECT NO. 40-B50104 ("PROJECT"), FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AWARD VALUE OF TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS ($2,286,180.60); ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF RESILIENCE AND PUBLIC WORKS ('RPW") PROJECT NO. 40-B50104; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH FED, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, AND EXTENSIONS, SUBJECT TO ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, AND BUDGETARY APPROVALS HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY MADE, AND IN 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 A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0491 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. END OF CONSENT AGENDA Chair King: And at this time, do we have any of the consent agenda items that you would like to pull for discussion? Vice Chair Carollo: No. I make a motion. Chair King: So, I have a motion to approve CA (Consent Agenda) -- Commissioner Pardo: Second. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): And Chair, just fbr the record, CA.9 will be as amended. Chair King: As amended, okay. So, if I -- I have a motion for CA.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, as amended, 10 and 11. Commissioner Pardo: I'll second it. City ofMiami Page 38 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. Commissioner Gabela: That was 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6? Chair King: 7, 9, 10 and 11. I can't -- we have to take up SR.2 before we can do CA. 8. City ofMiami Page 39 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PH.1 16881 Department of Housing and Community Development PH - PUBLIC HEARINGS RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ALLOCATING PROGRAM INCOME FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ("CDBG") FUNDS GENERATED FROM AUGUST 1, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, IN THE AMOUNT OF $46,693.90 FOR ELIGIBLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AS SPECIFIED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, EXTENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS, AS MAY BE NECESSARY, SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS, FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0492 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item PH.1, please see "Public Comment Period for All.ttem(s)." Chair King: Gentlemen, are there any items in the public hearing items, resolutions, that you would like to pull. for discussion? Commissioner Gabela: I'd like to defer RE.6. Chair King: We're on PH (Public Hearing). Vice Chair Carolla: I'd like to -- Chair King: Only the PHs right now. Vice Chair Carollo: -- pull out PH.5. Chair King: PH 5. Any other items? Commissioner Gabela: We're only on PH, right? Chair King: Only the PHs. Good? Okay. May I have a motion for PH.1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7? Vice Chair Carollo: Motion. Commissioner Gabela: Second. City ofMiami Page 40 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PH.2 16880 Department of Housing and Community Development Commissioner Pardo: 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), ALLOCATING PROGRAM INCOME FROM HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS ("HOME") FUNDS GENERATED FROM MAY 1, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,453.00 AND AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $86,020.00 OF RECAPTURED FUNDS FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $87,473.00, AS SPECIFIED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS, FOR SAID PURPOSES. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0493 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PH.2, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)" and Item PH.1. City ofMiami Page 41 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PH.3 16912 Department of Housing and Community Development PH.4 16920 Department of Housing and Community Development RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR ("FY") 2021-2022, TO REFLECT THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN PROGRAM ("HOME -ARP") ALLOCATION PLAN, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A"; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO SUBMIT THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ("HUD") FOR APPROVAL. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0494 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PH.3, please see "Public Comment Period for AllItem(s)" and Item PH.1. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE REALLOCATION OF HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS-AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT ("HOME -ARP") FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS ($8,000,000.00) TO MIAMI DADE COUNTY -HOMELESS TRUST ("HOMELESS TRUST"), AS A CONTRIBUTION FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10821 CARIBBEAN BLVD, CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA, (THE "PROPERTY"), AS SPECIFIED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS INCLUDING EXTENSIONS, AMENDMENTS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE TRANSFER OF SAID FUNDS. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0495 City ofMiaini Page 42 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PH.4, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)" and Item PHI. PH.5 RESOLUTION 16845 Department of Real Estate and Asset Management A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION AND FINDING, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY"); WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A REVOCABLE LICENSE AGREEMENT ("LICENSE"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, BETWEEN THE CITY AND MONK! BIZ, LLC. D/B/A FLO FOIL, ("LICENSEE") FOR THE LICENSEE'S USE OF PORTION OF CITY -OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3501 RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33149 FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING A RETAIL STORE OFFERING SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR WATERSPORTS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR A MONTHLY USE FEE OF FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($4,500.00) PLUS TAXES, WITH A GUARANTEE DEPOSIT OF NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($9,000.00), FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF ONE-YEAR, WITH A THREE PERCENT (3%) INCREASE IN BOTH THE MONTHLY USE FEE AND GUARANTEE DEPOSIT, IF APPLICABLE WITH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS MORE SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN SAID LICENSE AGREEMENT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS TO SAID AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS MAY BE NECESSARY. MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: FAILED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo NAYS: Carollo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: All right. We pulled -- Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. City ofMiaini Page 43 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: FR.1, FR.2. Chair King: I'm going front and then back. PH.5 was pulled. I don't remember which one of you pulled PH.5. Do we still have any questions about PH.5? Are we ready to move on it? Vice Chair Carolla: Hold on. Let me go to it. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: PH.5? Vice Chair Carollo: We were having so much fun, that I forgot what PH.5 was all about. Commissioner Gabela: When did we pull PH.5? Chair King: I think you pulled it. RLA (Revocable License Agreement). Commissioner Gabela: No, we voted on it. Vice Chair Carollo: No, I -- I asked for it to be pulled. Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: And, you know, I figured that Commissioner Pardo will be the one pulling it, but since he hasn't -- Commissioner Pardo: I don't have any questions. Vice Chair Carollo: -- maybe I could help him out. Because he's the one that's dead set against four fifth votes, unless I guess it only comes to Bayfront Park that you're against, right? Commissioner Pardo: No, sir, you're misrepresenting my -- my comments -- Vice Chair Carollo: No, no, no, no, I'm not misrepresenting your comments. Commissioner Pardo: I actually had a conversation with them about -- Vice Chair Carollo: I'm not misrepresenting your comments. Commissioner Pardo: -- the limited scope for this facility. Vice Chair Carollo: That's the only thing you ever concentrate on. Commissioner Pardo: I would appreciate it if you don't misrepresent my comments. Vice Chair Carollo: Your -- your whole thing -- Commissioner Pardo: You're no one to misrepresent my comments. Vice Chair Carollo: -- your whole thing, sir, is Bayfront Park, Bayfr•ont Park -- Chair King: I -- what are you guys talking about? City ofMiami Page 44 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Pardo: Unfortunate. Chair King: I'm sorry, I've missed -- what are you guys talking about? I don't know what you're talking about. Vice Chair Carolla: This PH.5 -- Chair King: We are on PH.5. Commissioner Pardo: Four fifths item. Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: Let me give you all a little history on this. Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: This is the old hut that was called, and for decades -- no? Andrew Frey (Director, Department of Real Estate and Asset Management): No, this is in the Marine Stadium Marina. The administrative office is in the small blue building. There's a little bit of surplus square footage that our staff does not -- Vice Chair Carollo: In the actual stadium? Arthur Noriega (City Manager): No, no, no, no. Mr. Frey: Within the Marina, within the fence of the Marina. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Mr. Frev: Yeah. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay, so that old lease, that's month to month, do we still have that? Mr. Noriega: No, they were evicted. Mr. Frev: No. Vice Chair Carollo: Okav -- Mr. Noriega: They were evicted. Commissioner Gabela: This is for a surfboard business. Vice Chair Carollo: All right. Mr. Noriega: They were evicted from that space. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. All right, so this is in the marina side. Mr. Noriega: Yeah. Commissioner Gabela: Surfboard business, right? Mr. Noriega: Yeah, yeah, yeah. City ofMiami Page 45 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: This is the surfboard business, okay. Vice Chair Carollo: I'm glad -- I'm glad that was cleared out. Look, I don't mind a business like this -- Mr. Frey: Yes. Vice Chair Carolla: -- but why can't we do a quick bid on it? I mean, it's not that big of a thing. Mr. Frey: Understood, Commissioner. So, you know, we had the space appraised, and the appraisals came back, and these folks were willing to pay the appraised price. So, yes. Vice Chair Carollo: I understand all that. But see, if you would come to Bayfront Park Trust and we have some space there that we could give you and we would do the same thing, Mr. Pardo would be accusing the Trust and me in particularly of all kinds of things. All kinds of stuff And this is the hypocrisy that I'mpointing out. Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair. Vice Chair Carollo: This is the hypocrisy that I'm pointing out. And you can Madam Chair her all you want, but you know what, I'm the one you're going to have to deal with. Commissioner Pardo: I'm not scared of you. Vice Chair Carollo: I'm not putting up -- Commissioner Pardo: I'm not scared of you. Vice Chair Carollo: Oh, Mr. Pardo, I know you're a tough guy. Chair King: Commissioner. Vice Chair Carolla: Farrell (phonetic) told me about how tough you were. Chair King: Commissioner, commissioners, please. Commissioner Gabela: Can we take a vote on PH.5? Chair King: Are we finished with the discussion, Commissioner Pardo? Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, I think we are. Commissioner Pardo: Yeah. Chair King: Are you finished, Commissioner? Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, what I'm asking is simply -- Commissioner Pardo: What l -- what I'd like to say -- Vice Chair Carollo: -- to be put to a quick bid and whoever wins it I'll vote for it. City ofMiami Page 46 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Pardo: What I'd like to say is that at no time am I attacking Commissioner Carollo. Vice Chair Carolla: Of course not. Commissioner Pardo: At no time am I attacking -- Vice Chair Carolla: Of course not. Commissioner Pardo: I'm simply representing residents in my area. That's it. It's that simple. Chair King: I understand. Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, of course not, Commissioner. Chair King: Okay. Okay. So -- Vice Chair Carollo: And we'll soon show you how you're not attacking me and how you're representing -- Commissioner Pardo: Right. Vice Chair Carollo: -- the residents in your area. Commissioner Pardo: You're just paranoid. Chair King: All right. Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah. Yeah, I'm paranoid. Chair King: Alright, so this requires -- this vote requires a four fifths. Mr. Noriega: So, what I would recommend if the Commissioner's uncomfortable with the idea that we just are leasing it and not -- it's a very, very small space obviously, which is why we didn't put it out for bid. But if he's concerned about that and he wants to have it bid, we don't -- we're not going to have the votes for -- to approve it anyway. So, we'll have to come back and -- and -- Commissioner Gabela: But isn't that the whole reason we're having a four fifths vote, because of that? Mr. Noriega: Yeah, because of Chair King: Yeah, but -- Commissioner Gabela: Okay, so I motion to -- I motion to move it. Is there anybody - Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: Hold on. If we're going to not have four -fifths, there's no point in voting for it. Mr. Noriega: (INAUDIBLE). Commissioner Gabela: All right, so motion fails? City ofMiami Page 47 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Mr. Noriega: (INAUDIBLE). Commissioner Gabela: Motion to defer or motion to -- Chair King: No, we could take the vote. If we take the vote and it fails -- Commissioner Gabela: Take the vote already. Chair King: -- then it goes to -- it goes out to bid -- Commissioner Gabela: He's not going to do it, so we don't have the four fifths. Right? Vice Chair Carollo: Correct, I'm not going to vote for it. Commissioner Gabela: All right. So, the motion to defer to what you - Mr. Noriega: (INAUDIBLE). Chair King: So, let's just take -- let's take the vote. I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Commissioner Gabela: Aye. Chair King: Aye. Commissioner Pardo: Aye. Vice Chair Carollo: No. Mr. Noriega: (INAUDIBLE). Chair King: No, 3-4 [sic] it fails. Okay. PH.6 RESOLUTION 16981 Department of Resilience and Public Works A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING THE PLAT TITLED "JAY ADDITION," A REPLAT IN THE CITY OF MIAMI OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT "1," SUBJECT TO SATISFACTION OF ALL CONDITIONS REQUIRED BY THE PLAT AND STREET COMMITTEE AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, AND THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 55-8 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; ACCEPTING THE DEDICATIONS SHOWN ON THE PLAT; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE PLAT AND CAUSE THE RECORDATION OF THE PLAT IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0496 City ofMiami Page 48 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PH.6, please see Item PH.1. PH.7 RESOLUTION 16980 Department of Resilience and Public Works A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING THE PLAT TITLED "SIDINVEST USA," A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MIAMI OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT "1," SUBJECT TO SATISFACTION OF ALL CONDITIONS REQUIRED BY THE PLAT AND STREET COMMITTEE AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, AND THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 55-8 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; ACCEPTING THE DEDICATIONS SHOWN ON THE PLAT; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE PLAT AND CAUSE THE RECORDATION OF THE PLAT IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0497 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PH.7, please see Item PH.1. END OF PUBLIC HEARINGS City ofMiaini Page 49 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 RE - RESOLUTIONS RE.1 RESOLUTION 16708 Department of Code Compliance A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MITIGATING/NOT MITIGATING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS RECORDED AGAINST PROPERTY ADDRESSES 740 NORTHEAST 86 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, CASE NUMBERS CE2020007576, CE2018020929 AND CE2015021548, AFTER A HEARING, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 2-817 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; AUTHORIZING THE AMOUNT APPROVED AS FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED LIEN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE PURPOSES STATED HEREIN. MOTION TO: Withdraw RESULT: WITHDRAWN MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item RE.1, please see "Order of the Day." RE.2 RESOLUTION 16685 Department of Code Compliance A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MITIGATING/NOT MITIGATING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN RECORDED AGAINST PROPERTY ADDRESS 6318 NORTHWEST 2 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, CASE NUMBER CE2018022165, AFTER A HEARING, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 2-817 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; AUTHORIZING THE AMOUNT APPROVED AS FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED LIEN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE PURPOSES STATED HEREIN. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: Item RE.2 was continued to the January 23, 2025, City Commission Meeting. City ofMiaini Page 50 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item RE.2, please see "Order of the Day. " RE.3 RESOLUTION 16932 Department of Code Compliance A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MITIGATING/NOT MITIGATING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS RECORDED AGAINST PROPERTY ADDRESS 268 NORTHWEST 34 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, CASE NUMBER 00019327, AFTER A HEARING, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 2-817 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; AUTHORIZING THE AMOUNT APPROVED AS FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED LIEN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE PURPOSES STATED HEREIN. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0498 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: RE.3, mitigation. Wade Sanders (Director, Solid Waste): Yes. Good to see you. Chair King: Good morning. Good to see you. Mr. Sanders: Madam Chair, Commissioners. Wade Sanders, Director of Solid Waste. Item RE.3, the location is 268 Northwest 34th Street, District 5. The violation was a failure to keep container screened in. It was opened on 7/29/22. The hearing was held on 4/6/23, complied on 5/7/24, which ran for 392 days. The lien is at 196, 000. The offer is 29,400, which is at 15 percent. Chair King: I'd be willing to accept that offer. Paul Savage: Yes, ma'am. As quickly as I can, my name is Paul Savage, with law offices at 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida. I'm here representing the respondent. And since time is short and I will pick up the signal that you're laying down and say that we appreciate the staff very much and accept the offer, and thank you, Chairwoman. Chair King: May I have a motion? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Commissioner Pardo: Second. City of Miami Page 51 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries as amended. RE.4 RESOLUTION 16995 Department of Code Compliance A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MITIGATING/NOT MITIGATING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN RECORDED AGAINST PROPERTY ADDRESS 2923 NORTHEAST 2 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, CASE NUMBER CE2021023123, AFTER A HEARING, AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 2-817 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; AUTHORIZING THE AMOUNT APPROVED AS FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED LIEN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE PURPOSES STATED HEREIN. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0499 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: RE.4. Robert Santos-Alborna: Good morning, Madam Chairwoman, Commissioners. Robert Santos-Alborna, Code Compliance Director. RE.4 is a mitigation of a property located at 2923 Northeast 2nd Avenue. Respondent is 2930 Northeast 2nd, LLC (Limited Liability Company). The violation in question is CE-2021-023123. The violations are for noncompliance with a temporary events permit, noncompliance with temporary occupancy permit and temporary use permit, failure to have BTR (Business Tax Receipt), failure to comply with food truck requirements, construction work without permits, and failure to register vacant lot. Vice Chair Carollo: Is that all? Mr. Santos-Alborna: Yes, sir. For this case. The NOV (Notice of Violation) was issued on November 5th, 2021, adjudicated on March 3rd, 2022. Violation ran for 614 days, complied on November 8th, 2023, accruing a total of $307,000. Respondent, according to my information, the offer is of 15,350, which makes it a 5 percent offer. Ethan Wasserman: Good morning. Ethan Wasserman with Greenberg Traurig, here on behalf of the property owner. The property owner is not the original violator. This was a food truck tenant in `21- `22. After the tenant was evicted or ejected from the property, our client took possession and immediately proceeded to cure the violation. This was removing tents, removing pavers. We needed an after -the -fact demo permit. So, jiom the time my client took possession, it was about three or four months working through the city after -the fact permit process. We were able to come into compliance and that violator is not on our properly. City ofMiami Page 52 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: Commissioner Pardo, I believe this is your district. Commissioner Pardo: Yeah, we had several conversations about it, and you said you're comfortable with that range? Mr. Santos-Alborna: Yes, sir. Commissioner Pardo: So, I'm good with it. Vice Chair Carollo: What's the range? Mr. Santos-Alborna: It's 5 percent of the total accrued amount. Commissioner Pardo: 15,350. Mr. Santos-Alborna: And for the benefit of the Commission, one of the things we have to take the nature of the violation and also the history. And this property does not have a long history of code violation. Does not, as a matter of fact. Mr. Wasserman: Thank you. Mr. Santos-Alborna: You're welcome. Vice Chair Carollo: Why are we going 5 percent when traditionally we have gone no less than 10? Mr. Santos-Alborna: You want to talk about --? That's up to the Commission. Rachel Dooley (Assistant City Attorney, Supervisor): Rachel Dooley, on behalf of the City Attorney's Office. I don't think it's we, the City, going 5 percent. I think that's the offer that's come from them. The Code Director didn't have an objection. I believe in this particular case under those facts, they could not comply it until they removed the tenant. Once that tenant was removed, they did pull all the permits and spend all of that time to get it back into compliance. So, that was the reason why it took as long as it did. But again, it's purely up to this commission as to what you wish to offer. Vice Chair Carollo: I just see that there's a tremendous amount of violations and somebody was making money. The landlord was making money on the tenant, the tenant was making money on the business, and the City was getting the short end of the stick. And even at 10 percent, which is the lowest we go at, it's really a very low amount of the overall liens that the City is collecting back. Mr. Wasserman: Again, I would just state again for the record that my client was not the violator. The tenant actually stopped paying rent for about a year. That's when the eviction proceedings began. And as soon as we came into possession, we came into compliance. So, we were a good faith actor. We did what we needed to do to come into compliance. We were not the tenant. We did not operate the food truck illegally. The tenant did, and we took action to get them off Vice Chair Carollo: And it tookyou a whole year to get them off the property? Mr. Wasserman: Yes. Yes, it took a while. I understand there was a little bit of difficulty. I wasn't the litigator, but I was told it wasn't easy to evict people at that time. And when we did get them out, again, it was about three, four months -- two months to get the property cleared, and then we had to get after -the fact permitting. City of Miami Page 53 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: Have you verified that, what he's saying? Mr. Santos-Alborna: What I did prepare in research and preparation is that the violation ran for as many days. They had to take the tenants out, and number two -- Vice Chair Corolla: How many days do you have that it ran? Mr. Santos-Alborna: 614, more than a year. Vice Chair Carollo: Close to two years. Mr. Santos-Alborna: Yes, sir. Vice Chair Carollo: A little under. Mr. Santos-Alborna: Now when I did run the property itself there were only three other complaints. So, I say that as a point of reference, right? Because I come before you and I often tell you this property has had 22 complaints and here are the violations, right? So, in this one, I want to provide you kind of a comprehensive picture. Yes, all these violations took place. Yes, it took nearly two years. Relative to that, the property did not have lots of complaints. Those are facts. Vice Chair Carollo: Has it had any complaints since then? Mr. Santos-Alborna: No, sir. Chair King: Commissioner Pardo? Commissioner Pardo: I'm comfortable with staff recommendation at 5 percent. Chair King: Have a motion? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Vice Chair Carollo: For the record, staff did not recommend; staff said this is what they offered. Mr. Santos-Alborna: This is what they're offering. I also had ready just in case there was questions, you know -- Commissioner Pardo: For the record, we had a lot of conversations, and they're good with it. I'm good with it. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King • Motion carries unanimously. Mr. Santos-Alborna: Thank you. Mr. Wasserman: Thank you very much. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): As amended? City of Miami Page 54 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: As amended. RE.5 RESOLUTION 16876 Office of Management and Budget A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING, AUTHORIZING, AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO UNDERTAKE THIS AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO ADD TO AND TO REVISE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF MIAMI'S ("CITY") FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 MULTI- YEAR CAPITAL PLAN ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2024, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-24-0328 ("ADOPTED CAPITAL PLAN"), AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDING FOR ADDED PROJECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY ACTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER AND DESIGNATED CITY OFFICIALS AND DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH FOR ONGOING CAPITAL PROJECTS, PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS, AND FOR GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES IN PROGRESS IN CONNECTION HEREWITH; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0500 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: Now, if I may have a -- are there any RE (Resolution) items that you would like to pull for discussion that remain? Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, I want to pull RE.12. Chair King.: RE.12? Commissioner Gabela: Yeah. Chair King: Okay. Any other items? Vice Chair Carollo: Hold on for a minute. Was 8 withdrawn? Chair King: Yes. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. And you're pulling 12 you said, Commissioner Gabela? Commissioner Gabela: Yes, sir. Yes, Commissioner. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: And 5, I believe, has been pulled also. City ofMiami Page 55 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Chair King: No, it hasn 't, but would you like to? Commissioner Gabela: I'm sorry? Chair King:: RE.5 hasn't been pulled; would you like to pull it? Commissioner Gabela: No, RE.5, nobody -- far discussion. Chair King: No? Commissioner Gabela: Yes. Chair King: You want to pull it? Commissioner Gabela: No, I don't want to pull it. Chair King: Oh, okay. Commissioner Gabela: But I think I heard somebody say RE.5 was for discussion. Chair King: No. Commissioner Pardo: No. Commissioner Gabela: No? Commissioner Pardo: Not me. Commissioner Gabela: Oh, sorry. Chair King: That's it? Vice Chair Carolla: I'm glad you pulled 12 because that's one I was going to ask to be pulled also. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: So, nobody pulled RE.5? Chair King: No. Commissioner Gabela: Is that correct? Chair King: That's correct. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Okay. Very good. Chair King: Okay, so may I have a motion for RE.5, 7, 9, 10, 11? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? City ofMiami Page 56 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. RE.6 RESOLUTION 16860 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION SUSPENDING THE UPFRONT PAYMENT OF LEGAL FEES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN CERTAIN CASES; PROVIDING FOR A REVIEW OF FUTURE CASES INVOLVING ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT REQUIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL DUE TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item RE.6 was continued to the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Chair King: We have now the resolutions. RE.3, mitigation. Commissioner Gabela: Can 'just defer RE. 6? Chair King: May I have a motion to defer RE.6? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Chair King: Second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): To what meeting would you like to move this item? Commissioner Gabela: To the later part of -- latter part of January. Mr. Hannon: January 23rd. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah. Chair King: Okay. City ofMiami Page 57 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 RE.7 RESOLUTION 16972 Office of Resilience and Sustainability A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION RESCINDING, IN ITS ENTIRETY, RESOLUTION NO. R-20-0108 ADOPTED ON APRIL 9, 2020; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ("TNC") FOR THE MORNINGSIDE PARK STORMWATER AND SHORELINE PROTECTION PROJECT, OFFICE OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT NO. 40-B173511A ("PROJECT") FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT IN AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND NINETY-THREE CENTS ($236,445.93) FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY- EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE DOLLARS AND THIRTEEN CENTS ($288,321.13) ("GRANT") FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 2024 AND ENDING MAY 31, 2025; APPROPRIATING THE GRANT FOR SAID PROJECT, SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT TIME OF NEED; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, RENEWALS, AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO IMPLEMENT THE ACCEPTANCE OF AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRANT AWARD. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0501 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item RE.7, please see "Public Comment Period for AllItem(s)" and Item RE.5. City ofMiaini Page 58 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 RE.8 RESOLUTION 16246 MAY BE DEFERRED / WITHDRAWN Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE RECONSTRUCTION AND RELOCATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND SDE MEDIA, LLC, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM. MOTION TO: Withdraw RESULT: WITHDRAWN MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item RE.8, please see "Order of the Day." RE.9 RESOLUTION 17003 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, BY A FOUR - FIFTHS AFFIRMATIVE (4/5THS) VOTE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 54-137 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE") WAIVING THE RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO STREET RENAMING CONTAINED THEREIN, CODESIGNATING NORTHWEST 11TH AVENUE BETWEEN NORTHWEST 58TH STREET AND NORTHWEST 60TH STREET AS "LUTHER CAMPBELL WAY," THEREBY ACKNOWLEDGING LUTHER CAMPBELL'S COMMUNITY SERVICE, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, AND ADVOCACY FOR FREE SPEECH; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0502 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item RE.9, please see "Order of the Day" and Item RE.5. City ofMiaini Page 59 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 RE.10 17012 Commissioners and Mayor RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION,WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE EXISTING AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND CENTER FOR BLACK INNOVATION, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("CFBI"), DATED JUNE 15, 2023, MODIFYING THE SCOPE OF THE GRANT TO INCLUDE THE MIAMI YOUTH GROW AND GLOW PROGRAM ("REVISED PROGRAM"), SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR SAID PURPOSE; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AND APPROPRIATE THE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED GRANT TO CFBI IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE REVISED PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, AND AMENDMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0503 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item REM, please see Item RE.5. City ofMiaini Page 60 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 RE.11 17014 Commissioners and Mayor RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPROVING THE AWARD OF A DESIGN -BUILD SERVICES AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") TO DAVID MANCINI & SONS, INC. ("DMSI"), THE TOP RANKED RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE PROPOSER TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ("RFP") NO. 23-24-025, FOR DESIGN -BUILD SERVICES FOR THE AUBURNDALE FLOOD MITIGATION IMPROVEMENTS - D4 PROJECT ("PROJECT"), WITH A CONTRACT VALUE OF SIXTY SEVEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($67,100,000.00), INCLUDING ELEVEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY-NINE CENTS ($11,304,472.59) FOR PHASE 1, CONSISTING OF NINE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE DOLLARS AND TWENTY-SIX CENTS ($9,776,793.26) FOR SECTION 2-CITY, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00) FOR CITY OF MIAMI PROJECT NO. B-173655, AND ONE MILLION TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE DOLLARS AND THIRTY-THREE CENTS ($1,027,679.33) FORATEN PERCENT (10%) OWNER'S CONTINGENCY ALLOWANCE (COLLECTIVELY "PHASE 1") AND FIFTY-FIVE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY- FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND FORTY-ONE CENTS ($55,795,527.41) FOR SUBSEQUENT PHASES INCLUDING TWELVE MILLION NINE HUNDRED THIRTY- SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY-NINE DOLLARS AND TWENTY-SIX CENTS ($12,936,649.26) FOR SECTION 1, FOUR MILLION EIGHTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY-THREE CENTS ($4,018,624.53) FOR SECTION 2-MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT, NINETEEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY- FOUR THOUSAND FIFTEEN DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-ONE CENTS ($19,754,015.81) FOR SECTION 3, THIRTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN DOLLARS AND FOURTEEN CENTS ($13,513,917.14) FOR SECTION 4, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00) FOR RIGHT OF WAY ENHANCEMENT OPTION AT SOUTHWEST 36TH AVENUE, AND FIVE MILLION SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS AND SIXTY-SEVEN CENTS ($5,072,320.67) FORATEN PERCENT (10%) OWNER'S CONTINGENCY (COLLECTIVELY "SUBSEQUENT PHASES"), ON A PHASED BASIS AND SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RESOLUTION NO. R-24-0138 OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND DISTRICT 4 FUTURE PROJECT BUDGETS, SUBJECT TO BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH DMSI, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, TO PROVIDE DESIGN -BUILD SERVICES FOR THE PROJECT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGETARY APPROVALS HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY MADE, COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF City ofMiaini Page 61 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ("CITY CODE"), INCLUDING, THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI - DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0504 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item RE.11, please see "Order of the Day," "Public Comment Period for AllItem(s)," and Item RE.5. RE.12 RESOLUTION 17019 Department of Real Estate and Asset Management A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LOCALLY FUNDED AGREEMENT ("LFA") WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, PROVIDING FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI'S CONTRIBUTION IN THE AMOUNT OF TEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,800,000.00) TO BE BUDGETED AND APPROPRIATED BY SEPARATE, FUTURE RESOLUTION AT THE TIME OF NEED OR BY OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENTS UNDERNEATH THE INTERSTATE 395 ("1-395") BRIDGE LOCATED BETWEEN NORTHWEST 3RD AVENUE AND BISCAYNE BAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RESOLUTION NO. R-24-0138 OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS, APPLICATIONS, REQUIRED JOINDERS, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS, AMENDMENTS, AND MODIFICATIONS TO SAID AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE SAID AGREEMENT. MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: FAILED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Pardo NAYS: Carollo, Gabela ABSENT: Reyes City ofMiaini Page 62 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 RE.12 RESOLUTION 17019 Department of Real Estate and Asset Management A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LOCALLY FUNDED AGREEMENT ("LFA") WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, PROVIDING FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI'S CONTRIBUTION IN THE AMOUNT OF TEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,800,000.00) TO BE BUDGETED AND APPROPRIATED BY SEPARATE, FUTURE RESOLUTION AT THE TIME OF NEED OR BY OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENTS UNDERNEATH THE INTERSTATE 395 ("I-395") BRIDGE LOCATED BETWEEN NORTHWEST 3RD AVENUE AND BISCAYNE BAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RESOLUTION NO. R-24-0138 OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS, APPLICATIONS, REQUIRED JOINDERS, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS, AMENDMENTS, AND MODIFICATIONS TO SAID AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE SAID AGREEMENT. MOTION TO: Reconsider RESULT: RECONSIDERED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes City ofMiaini Page 63 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 RE.12 RESOLUTION 17019 Department of Real Estate and Asset Management A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LOCALLY FUNDED AGREEMENT ("LFA") WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, PROVIDING FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI'S CONTRIBUTION IN THE AMOUNT OF TEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,800,000.00) TO BE BUDGETED AND APPROPRIATED BY SEPARATE, FUTURE RESOLUTION AT THE TIME OF NEED OR BY OTHER LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENTS UNDERNEATH THE INTERSTATE 395 ("1-395") BRIDGE LOCATED BETWEEN NORTHWEST 3RD AVENUE AND BISCAYNE BAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RESOLUTION NO. R-24-0138 OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS, APPLICATIONS, REQUIRED JOINDERS, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS, AMENDMENTS, AND MODIFICATIONS TO SAID AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE SAID AGREEMENT. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0512 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Pardo NAYS: Gabela ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: RE.12. Commissioner Gabela, I think you pulled RE.12. Commissioner Gabela: I think it was Carolla, or it was me. Vice Chair Carolla: You pulled it, but I was going to ask -- Commissioner Gabela: I got questions and whoever pulled it -- Chair King: Okay, so. Vice Chair Carollo: Well, let me tell you the problem that have with it. We're -- Chair King: Andrew. Vice Chair Carollo: Andrew. Andrew Frey (Director, Department of Real Estate and Asset Management): Sorry. Chair King: RE.12. Vice Chair Carollo: We discussed -- City of Miami Page 64 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Mr. Frey: Yes. Vice Chair Carolla: -- during my briefing. Mr. Frey: RE.12, this is -- Vice Chair Carolla: We're approving -- Chair King: The Underdeck. Vice Chair Carollo: No. No, this is not the Underdeck. This is the monies -- what? Yep. This is the -- Chair King: The LFA (Locally Funded Agreement). Vice Chair Carollo: -- I'm sorry. I'm sorry. This is the Underdeck. Mr. Frey: Yes. Chair King: Yes. Mr. Frey: Yeah. Vice Chair Carollo: Yes. Never mind. I thought it was something else that I missed it. Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: That's fine. We can vote on it. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela? Vice Chair Carollo: I'll make the motion. Commissioner Gabela: So, just wanted to -- Mr. Frey: Thank you. Commissioner Gabela: -- just want to know what the -- I'm sorry, the problem is I had the briefing with you guys yesterday, I usually write notes to be ready and then I left it at home. So, I got a new -- so how much was this? What I want to ask. How much was this again that we were -- Mn. Frey: This is $10.8 million in total of the City's contribution to the Underdeck. The total budget for the Underdeck is $80 million. $60.3 million is coming from the federal grant. $11.5 million corning from the State of Florida. And the City's contribution is $10.8. Commissioner Gabela: And the $10.8 is coming, what, Larry, from the general pot? Larry Spring (Chief Financial Officer): No. Mr. Frey: So, this is coming -- it -- we -- the agreement before you today gives us until July of 2026 to figure out where it's corning from. The concept is that the amount would be split three ways between the City and the two CRAs (Community Redevelopment Agency), but this gives us a year and a half to work out the details of that. City ofMiami Page 65 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: So, this gives us another vote before it's final? Mr. Frey: This would -- Chair King: No. No. Mr. Frey: This would be -- no -- Commissioner Gabela: Okay, I don 't -- yeah. Chair King: It's just to find the money. Mr. Frev: This -- this -- Vice Chair Carollo: No. Chair King: No, it's just to find the money. Vice Chair Carollo: Commissioner. Chair King: And the Southeast Overtown -- Vice Chair Carollo: Now you got to split it fbur ways with Allapattah. Chair King: The Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA has committed, the Omni CRA has committed. So, there isn 't that -- the delta isn 't that great because we 've already committed from the two CRAs. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, so the 10.8 is coming from the CRAs? Mr. Frev: And the City. Chair King: And the City. Mr. Noriega: A third, a third, and a third. Chair King: A third, a third, and a third. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, a third, and a third -- Mr. Frey: Roughly, yeah. Commissioner Gabela: So, 3.33 from you, 3.33 from you -- Chair King: Probably a little hit more from me. Commissioner Gabela: Okay. No, I vote against it. I vote against it on principle until the Allapattah Omni CRA is established. Now in January, February -- Commissioner Pardo: We don't even have a resolution. I mean, I haven't been briefed on this, so there's nothing -- Commissioner Gabela: Okay, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) it's here. Commissioner Pardo: There's nothing -- yeah, but it's -- there's nothing there -- City ofMiami Page 66 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: Oh, that's why I asked -- Chair King: Right -- Commissioner Gabela: -- is this going to be final. Chair King: -- he's a year and a half to -- Commissioner Pardo: Right. Exactly. Chair King: -- to -- so, okay. I have a motion and a second. A motion. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, so I'm going to ask it again. Mr. Frey: Yeah. Commissioner Gabela: Is this final? Mr. Frey: This -- Chair King: The amount. Mr. Frey: This would approve -- Chair King: The amount. Mr. Frey: -- the City -- this would approve the City entering into an agreement with FDOT (Florida Department of Transportation) for the total contribution amount and would give -- Commissioner Gabela: Got it. Mr. Frey: -- us an additional 18 months to figure out the details of where the -- Chair King: Where the money conies -- Commissioner Gabela: But it approves it. Mr. Frey: -- how to put that -- how to cobble that together. Commissioner Gabela: Got it. Mr. Frey: Yes. Commissioner Gabela: I'm voting no. Chair King: Okay. I have a motion. Do I have a second? Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? Commissioner Pardo: Aye. Commissioner Gabela: No. Chair King: Aye. Motion carries. City ofMiami Page 67 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: No. Chair King: What? Vice Chair Carolla: No. Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: I would -- Chair King: We'll come back -- Vice Chair Carollo: I would politely ask that we redo it so then we could defer it for the next meeting, which is what I was going to ask. Chair King: Okay. Motion for reconsideration. Vice Chair Carollo: Motion for reconsideration. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): So -- so my apologies. RE.12 was 2-2? Vice Chair Carollo: Yes. Chair King: Yes. Vice Chair Carollo: Motion for reconsideration. Chair King: So now, motion for reconsideration. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Mr. Hannon: Who is the mover on the reconsideration? Vice Chair Carolla: I am. Chair King: And he's the second. Mr. Hannon: Okay. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Vice Chair Carollo: Now I'll make a motion to defer it to the next meeting. Chair King: To the second meeting in January. Vice Chair Carollo: Second meeting in January. Chair King: Second meeting in January. I think, Mr. Springs [sic], do you have something to add? Oh, this is time sensitive, guys, and I don't want to get caught in the springs of whatever is going on here because if I have to give all the money from the Overtown CRA, I will. This Underdeckproject -- Vice Chair Carollo: Larry, Larry. City of Miami Page 68 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: -- is -- is important, and 4' we don 't pass this legislation, we're in jeopardy of losing the $60 million that we got -- Vice Chair Carolla: Larry. Chair King: --from the federal government. Mr. Springs [sic]. Vice Chair Carolla: Larry, can this wait far the first meeting -- Larry Spring (Chief Financial Officer): No. Arthur Noriega (City Manager): No. Vice Chair Carollo: -- instead of the second meeting? Mr. Spring: No. We need to sign before December 31 st -- Vice Chair Carollo: Why? Mr. Spring: Because that's what -- Chair King: Because we're in -- Mr. Spring: -- the federal government is requiring. Chair King: Right, they -- the federal government -- Mr. Noriega: The federal government is requiring it for that allocation. Chair King: They're going to take their money back from us unless you call your friend, because we have to say that we have -- Vice Chair Carollo: You want to come with me on the 20th? Chair King: I will if I have to, because this is important. We have to get this space right and I don't want us to lose a $60 million grant because we cannot get along. Commissioner Gabela: Can I -- can I say my piece? Can I just talk? Chair King: You can. Commissioner Gabela: All right. So, I wish that when this thing that we're doing with the CRA, I had the federal government deadlines too, you know, because so all of a sudden, you know, when something like this, oh, there's a deadline. You know, there's a deadline, you know what I mean? I've been waiting I don't know how many months for my stuff to get done here for the CRA and we've been on now for four months. And it was supposed to be done in January and February, you know what I mean? So, as for me, I will still vote no, okay? And I already said why. That is where I'm at. You guys know where I'mat, you know what I mean, and this is the reason. I have no choice because -- Chair King: Commissioner Gabela. Commissioner Gabela: -- things start getting done -- Chair King: I understand. City of Miami Page 69 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: -- but in my area, nothing gets done. Chair King: I understand. Commissioner Gabela: So, no. Chair King: Commissioner Gabela. Commissioner Gabela: Yes, Madam. Chair King: But let me just say this, to punish, to punish others -- Commissioner Gabela: It's not punishing. Chair King: It is punishment because you're putting us in jeopardy of losing a $60 million grant. Commissioner Gabela: So, I'm going to be the had guy? Chair King: You are the bad guy right now. Commissioner Gabela: Make me the bad guy. Miami Herald, make me the bad guy right now? Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, make me the bad guy right now. Chair King: It's fine. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, but then I'll tell you why -- Chair King: It's fine. Commissioner Gabela: Then I'll tell you why I'm doing it. Chair King: It's fine. Commissioner Gabela: Okay. Chair King: It's fine. It's fine. Commissioner Gabela: But ma'am, just like you're talking, I'm talking. This is what I'm going to say. Chair King: But you've had -- Commissioner Gabela: I'm going to end it with this. Chair King: You've had -- Commissioner Gabela: I'm going to end it with this. No, wait a minute. I'm a commissioner -- Chair King: We understand. You want a CRA in Allapattah. Commissioner Gabela: No, no, I'm a commissioner like yourself City of Miami Page 70 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: We get it. Commissioner Gabela: I am a commissioner like yourself and I'm talking. And when I'm talking, people will respect me like I've shut up and put up with 10, 15 minutes of Caralla and the gentlemen here and whatever. So, now -- Chair King: But are you going to say anything new -- Commissioner Gabela: -- I'm going finish. Chair King: -- other than -- Commissioner Gabela: You let me know when I can finish. Chair King: -- you 're against it? Commissioner Gabela: But I will finish. Chair King: You're not going to say anything new other than you're against it -- Commissioner Gabela: That's my problem -- Chair King: Okay, that's fine. We respect how you feel. Commissioner Gabela: Okay. All right, but let me -- Chair King: We just don 't have to hear it 100 times. Commissioner Gabela: You're right, I've heard 100 times Carollo says stuff for 20 minutes here. What about that? Chair King: You -- you're right. Commissioner Gabela: But now -- now me, all of a sudden -- Chair King: You're right. You're right. Commissioner Gabela: -- I've got a problem. I'm in and out. Chair King: You're right. Commissioner Gabela: When I say something, I'm in and out. Chair King: So, let's be bigger, let's be bigger. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, let's be bigger than that. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: Then here's the deal, okay? Right now, you're saying we're in -- in a big problem ()Posing the $60 million and it's because of Gabela's fault. Fine -- Chair King: It is not because of you. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, if 1-- City of Miami Page 71 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: It is not because of you. Commissioner Gabela: -- if I may finish. Chair King: It's not because of you. It was 2-2. It's not because of you. It's not because of you. Commissioner Gabela: I don't care if it is because of me. I don't care if it is because of me is what you guys don 't understand from me, okay? Because here's what I'm going to tell you. Right now, yesterday, I had a briefing where in my district, beds are not available, okay? Because somebody is not negotiating with somebody. Monies are needed for beds because I have a homeless situation in District 1, and nobody cares about that. But this has got to be done because then we'll lose the $60 million. What about my people? What about District 1? When do I get done? When do I get money to take care of that situation? That's all I'm saying to you guys, and I've been saying it for five or six months. So, from now on, until my stuff is resolved in District 1, that we've been taken for granted for a very long time and dumped on, and the -- and the example is right now, Camillus House was built in our area. And Camillus House is not taking people. You know why they're not taking people? Because they can't settle on money. It's about money right now. So, when my officers pick up a homeless, they don't have anywhere to take them. They don't have anywhere to take them. I spoke to Rodriguez three days ago. We're just shuffling them around. So, no, you know what, lose the $60 million. Because you know what, I'm losing a lot more than that. My constituents are losing a lot more than that. They call me. I got a big problem. You guys have known it for five or six months, and we keep delaying and delaying. So, that's my vote. Thank you very much. I'm. done. No. Chair King: And for the record. I did not vote for the extension of the Omni CRA because I support you -- Commissioner Gabela: Thank you. Chair King:: -- and your Allapattah CRA. Just for the record. So, there's no reason -- Commissioner Gabela: It's taking long. It's taking a long time. Chair King: There's no reason. Commissioner Gabela: No, there is, because this is the only leverage I've got to make you guys understand that something needs to happen here. Chair King: My point is that I support you. I support you. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, thank you. Chair King: I support your -- because there were votes to extend the Omni CRA. And I understood your argument, and I voted with you because I know that Allapattah needs the assistance that you are seeking. So, I get it. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, thank you. Chair King: Is your vote still the way you're -- Vice Chair Carollo: (INAUDIBLE). Chair King: Okay. So -- City of Miami Page 72 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: I -- Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair? Vice Chair Carolla: I have to take Larry at his word, so I will have to change my vote. I think you saw that I was backing you, Commissioner Gabela, just like I have backed you with Chairwoman King, an not extending the CRA. And as I've stated here, I've shown the kind of money that we could get fbr the Allapattah CRA to make a real impact, not to throw a bone at you, $10 million or whatever, but to make a real impact. But I can 't mix it now with this -- Commissioner Gabela: That's fine. Vice Chair Carollo: -- and I respect your opinion, so please understand why we're voting for it. That doesn't mean -- Commissioner Gabela: I just want you guys to realize something, you guys tell me all this. Meanwhile, ask, I've made all kinds of offers to the -- what I call the Gabela proposal for the Omni/Allapattah CRA. Has the other side come back? Has anybody come back to me and said, no, we're going to take it from here to here, here, and we're going to do this? Has that happened, Larry, up until now? First it was supposed to be January, and then you guys said no, and now it's February, right? But on the other side, has anybody -- I've given all types of reasons and numbers on how we can do this. Has anybody from the other side, I repeat, and I ask, come back to me and said, hey, here's where we're going to do this and we're going to -- Mr. Pardo, have you said to me, hey, we're going to give you this and we're going to try to help the others. Is that how it is? Commissioner Pardo: I can't. Commissioner Gabela: No. Commissioner Pardo: I can't. Commissioner Gabela: You can't? Okay, well there you go. I can't do this. Commissioner Pardo: No -- Commissioner Gabela: Does that make sense? Chair King: Commissioner Pardo -- Commissioner Pardo: Can we just -- Chair King: -- you need to withdraw your motion to defer so we could take it up again. Mr. Hannon: No, it was Commissioner Carollo. Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah. It's withdrawn. Chair King: And can I have a motion -- Vice Chair Carollo: It's a motion to -- Commissioner Pardo: Can I -- City of Miami Page 73 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: -- approve. Commissioner Pardo: Can I just ask, can we do a directive to the administration to expedite the Allapattah CRA? Chair King: Well, I -- Mr. Noriega: We -- we are expediting. Chair King: They are expediting. Mr. Noriega: We literally have a -- Chair King: So, let me -- okay. Mr. Noriega: -- kickoff meeting. Commissioner Pardo: It's already? Chair King: Okay. Mr. Noriega: Yeah, we're -- Chair King: All right. Commissioner Pardo: Okay. Mr. Noriega: -- we 're in the process of doing it. Commissioner Pardo: Okay, I'm just saying -- Commissioner Gabela: Okay. Mr. Noriega: Unfortunately, it's a little bit of a lengthy process. It doesn't -- it's -- it is -- Chair King: So, can -- can I just get the vote -- Mr. Noriega: -- I would offer -- Chair King: Can I just get the vote? Mr. Noriega: Sure. Chair King: So, I have a motion -- Commissioner Gabela: No, hang on a minute. Chair King: -- and a second -- Mr. Hannon: We need a second. Commissioner Gabela: Hang on a minute. Hang on a minute. Chair King: Second. City of Miami Page 74 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: Can you give me a minute to negotiate here? Give me a minute. Can I -- so, let me ask you this. Let me ask you this. Larry, Larry, give me a date concrete. Mr. Pardo, give me a date concrete when this is going to be taken a vote and you guys are going to say, we're talking the money from here, we're doing this, these are the terms, and let's get this done. Give me a date. Don't tell me I'm doing this, I'm doing that. No. Give me a date, a solid date just like you guys need fbr this right here, I need it also far my -- fbr my area, please. Get me a date, Larry. Mr. Spring: Give me one second. Mr. Hannon: Chair, in the meantime, is there a second to Commissioner Carollo 's motion to pass RE. 12? Commissioner Pardo: Second. Mr. Hannon: Thank you. Chair King: Can I take the vote? Because he's still a no. All in favor? Vice Chair Carollo: Aye. Chair King: Aye. Commissioner Pardo: Aye. Chair King: Motion passes. Mr. Noriega: But -- but for purposes of his concerns -- Chair King: No, no, no, no -- Mr. Noriega: -- I really want us to answer the question, because -- Chair King: -- I'm going to -- yeah, no, we're going to answer his question, and I feel like that's fair, but -- Mr. Noriega: No, it is, and he's -- he's, you know, genuinely concerned over the timeliness of it and we need to -- Commissioner Gabela: I've been -- I've been -- Mr. Hannon: Chair -- Commissioner Gabela: -- patient here. I've been patient. Mr. Hannon: -- for the record, the motion passes 3-1 with Commissioner Gabela voting no. Commissioner Gabela: It passes. You don't need a four -fifths? Chair King: No. Commissioner Gabela: Why didn't you guys say that? Mr. Spring: Huh? City of Miami Page 75 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: I'd like to be with you, but I need, you know, I need stuff to get done in my area, and I'd like to have a date, a date certain, not a date tomorrow, not a date, you know, in la -la land. No, no, a date -- Chair King: Commissioner Gabela. Vice Chair Carolla: Chair -- Commissioner Gabela: -- on such date, we're going to do this and we're going to do that. Chair King: Commissioner Gabela. Commissioner Gabela. Commissioner Gabela: Yes, Madam? Chair King: You do realise you need two other votes to get what you need done. Commissioner Gabela: How many times have I voted to help you guys out? Chair King: But I'm with you. Commissioner Gabela: How many times have I done that? Chair King: I am with you. Commissioner Gabela: How many times did I vote with you in the beginning? How many times have I voted with you guys because I'm not -- I'm not here to make trouble, but I'm. here to get things done for my district and things will be done for my district like it is for him, like it is for you, and like it is for you, so with all due respect, okay? I'm tired of waiting around. We've been at this for fbur or five months, talking about -- and still, I say again, has anybody come to me, Mr. Pardo, and say hey, you know what, Gabela? Out of what you're asking, I can do this, we can do that. No. Nothing. Never did you guys ask me once, hey, I'm curious, Gabela, what is your plan? Well, my plan was actually half fthe land mass -- Chair King: You -- Commissioner Gabela: -- less than 40 percent -- Mr. Spring: I -- I can't pull it up -- Commissioner Gabela: -- of the land mass originally -- Chair King: You do know we cannot -- Commissioner Pardo: I -- I'm happy to support -- Chair King: -- speak to you about this -- Commissioner Pardo: Right. Chair King: -- without being up -- you know we can't talk to you. We literally cannot talk to you about this unless we're at the commission meeting. Commissioner Gabela: No, at Sunshine meetings I'm talking about, ma'am. I called for Sunshine meetings four months ago and nobody wanted to come to my Sunshine meeting. Now a Sunshine meeting that everybody participated, because I did it three City of Miami Page 76 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 times, we put it on the record, and we put it on e-mail. Is this true, Larry, or is this not true? Mr. Spring: I -- Commissioner Gabela: That I asked far a Sunshine meeting? Mr. Spring: Let -- let -- Commissioner Gabela: No, no, but no, no -- Mr. Spring: No, no -- Commissioner Gabela: -- they're asking. Is it true or is it not true? Mr. Spring: It is -- it is true. Commissioner Gabela: It's true. Okay, so I've been trying to resolve this issue, but nobody came to the Sunshine meeting because it wasn't important maybe to you guys. It was important to me -- Vice Chair Carollo: I'm sorry, I -- I -- Commissioner Gabela: I listen to you guys when it's important to you. Vice Chair Carollo: -- I agreed to go to it, but it was canceled. Commissioner Gabela: It was canceled. Vice Chair Carollo: But I agreed to go. Commissioner Gabela: But we couldn't do -- me and you couldn't do it because we didn't have a quorum, hut I have had -- been at this for four or five months, okay? Four or five months I've been at this. You know, give me a date certain that we're going to have this done, please, and I will be happy -- Commissioner Pardo: I'm happy to support you and do anything possible. Anything, so through staff Commissioner Gabela: When, Larry? Yeah. (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Vice Chair Caroila: Larry. Don't give him a date -- Mr. Spring: No, I'm not -- Vice Chair Carollo: --just to give him a date -- Mr. Spring: I'm not going to give -- Vice Chair Carollo: You know you cannot give him a date -- Mr. Spring: I'm -- if you -- if you guys, through the Chair, if you'll allow me, please. Commissioner Gabela: Yes, sir. City ofMiami Page 77 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Mr. Spring: Commissioner, on the record, you know I've been meeting with you, and I've been engaging with you, weekly, with regards to this situation. All -- the consultant from BusinessFlare has been hired. We -- you and I have actually exchanged, or your staff has exchanged e-mails about your public meetings. I have the Gantt chart on the actual date we'll have everything finished, all the steps and to the -- to the County Commission, so -- because it's not just us. I -- I can't pull it up on my phone because of the type of file it is, but I will make sure you have it, and we have -- we've already started pulling the internal data, you know, the police calls, all of that stuff.So, we are absolutely in the middle of working. It is being done and I think I've given you my personal, professional word on this and your staff Commissioner Gabela: Here -- here's what going to say to you -- Mr. Spring: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: -- that I'm scared of People are sending people over, I'm not going to mention names, okay? And they continue -- for three months I've been at this, four months, continue to ask me what I'mgoing to do, how I'mgoing to do it. You know, this and that. Like -- like if they're going -- like if you're going to get a -- give a little kid a candy and then you ask them how you're going to chew it or when he's going to throw it away -- Mr. Spring: Right. Commissioner Gabela: -- and -- and I've said to the other -- and I get the feeling, but they never go where they should go, because Larry, you can't make the choice for him. Mr. Spring: Right. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, I can 't -- Mr. Spring: I can't. Commissioner Gabela: -- make the choice for her. He's got to make the choice. He's got to get on the negotiating table here like I have and I've come forward and said, give me this here. What about that? Can you do this? Can you do that? That's called negotiating, okay? The other side has not come to the table yet, and you know this. And I continue to be -- for people to be sent to my office truing to brainwash me, trying to tell me, oh, do this this way. But they never show up. Like I said the last time to the lady, I said, you know, every time you come here, you're asking me this, that, but you never come with anything else. You just come to tell me, and you've been at it for 24 years, I told her. You guys have been doing this for 25 years, and let me tell you, I've had a lot of -- I've heard a lot of negative, okay, comments and stuff come from these CRAs for years and years and years, okay, but they've been at it for 24 years. All of a sudden, what am I supposed to do here? Draw pie from the sky and tell you guys I want to do this, this and that without even knowing what kind of money I have? These are the questions that they send over to talk to me. So, I feel like on their part, it's not serious, man. Mr. Spring: Well, Commissioner -- Commissioner Gabela: Okay, I'm serious, but from their part, I feel like they're playing a game here to see the less that they can do. That's the way I feel. Mr. Spring: Commissioner. City of Miami Page 78 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: If you'll excuse me, Commissioner. That's the way, you know, that's what's going on. Mr. Spring: Through the Chair, and we're going to be transparent. I've asked you, professionally, to stop listening to that noise, because all it's serving to do is impede the process that your professional team is working on. I have literally worked on every single CRA in the City of Miami and North Miami. I've done this six times. I know what I'm doing. Commissioner Gabela: Okay. Mr. Spring: We just have to get through the process. I know it doesn't help that you do have people from the outside constantly coming to you. And you and I have had this conversation. We -- you know, if I could put a shelter around you with regards to this and assure you we're getting it done. But we are getting it done. Commissioner Gabela: You know what's happened when they tell me this, I get excited that I think they're going to offer something new and that we're going to finally move forward. Mr. Spring: I've -- I've told you how we're going to And the seed money. Commissioner Gabela: And this -- but you know -- Mr. Spring: I've walked you through everything. Commissioner Gabela: -- so guys, don't send me -- guys, don't send me anybody else with your -- to brainwash me, to try to get me to think another way because it ain't going to happen. You know, until you guys show up to the negotiating table, it ain't going to happen. So, you know what, Larry, I'm going to take your word, I promise. So, guys, so you guys know, so when you guys make an appointment with Frank Castaneda, or my secretary, please don 't be annoyed when they tell you we don 't want to talk to you guys. We're not being rude and we're not, you know, being like that, but, you know, we've been told not to talk to you guys. [Later...] Commissioner Pardo: I have a -- Madam Chair and I'm sorry to bring this up, but I did have one question for Larry, and that is if the funding sources have already been identified for the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency). Vice Chair Carollo: Can we leave this for another time, please? Commissioner Pardo: Just one question. Larry Spring (Chief Financial Officer): When you say the funding sources, what do you mean? Commissioner Pardo: For the $10 million that was going -- Mr. Spring: I have instructed the Commissioner that the money will come from the City of Miami general And. Vice Chair Carollo: So, this is only about $10 million? Mr. Spring: No, there -- it's not about anything -- City of Miami Page 79 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: What the heck is Allapattah going to do just with $10 million? Mr. Spring: I didn't say 10, I didn't say a number. Commissioner Gabela: No, no, no. That is not the agreement That is not the agreement. Mr. Spring: I didn't say a number. I -- he asked me where the source was, and he knows why I'm saying what I'm saying. Technically, the money will come from. the City of Miami. Chair King: Somewhere. Mr. Spring: Yes. Chair King: Over the rainbow. Mr. Spring: No, not over the rainbow. City ofMiami Page 80 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 RE.13 17027 Department of Parks and Recreation RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, CONSISTENT WITH THE BUSINESS TERMS SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED TERM SHEET, AND SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF CITY OF MIAMI CHARTER SECTION 29-B FOR THE CITY -OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 142 SOUTHWEST 11 STREET AND IDENTIFIED BY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FOLIO NO. 01-4138-051- 0380, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED FIRST MIAMI SCHOOL HOUSE ("SCHOOL HOUSE") BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND 191 SW 12 OWNER LLC ("DEVELOPER/LESSEE") FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACTIVATING THE SCHOOL HOUSE FOR PUBLIC USE AND ENJOYMENT, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING FOR COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, AND RESTAURANT/CAFE PURPOSES, AND INCLUDING INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AN AGREEMENT FOR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER FACILITIES BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE CITY AND ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVALS, AND ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI CHARTER AND CITY OF MIAMI CODE OF ORDINANCES, 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, AND FURTHER SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: Pursuant to Resolution R-24-0511, adopted on December 12, 2024, the January 9, 2025, and the January 23, 2025, City Commission meetings have been combined into one (1) meeting to be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, with all agenda items scheduled for the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting to be heard on January 23, 2025. Therefore, agenda item RE.13, although originally continued to the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting, will now be heard at the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item RE.13, please see "Order of the Day" and "Public Comment Period for All ltem(s). " City ofMiaini Page 81 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 END OF RESOLUTIONS City ofMiamni Page 82 Printed 011 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 SR - SECOND READING ORDINANCES SR.1 ORDINANCE Second Reading 16550 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING City Manager's CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE IV OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, Office FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/DEPARTMENTS" TO BE CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT PRACTICES AND DEPARTMENTAL UPDATES BY AMENDING DIVISION 9, TITLED "COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT," TO BE TITLED "HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT"; FURTHER AMENDING DIVISION 13, TITLED "RESERVED," TO ADD SECTIONS 2-526 TO 2-528, THEREBY ESTABLISHING "THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT"; FURTHER AMENDING DIVISION 14, TITLED "PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT," TO BE TITLED "HUMAN RESOURCES"; FURTHER AMENDING DIVISION 16, TITLED "MIAMI OFFICE OF SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES" TO BE TITLED "RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY"; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14338 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: Mr. City Attorney, would you please read the titles of our SR (Second Reading) items for the record? George Wysong (City Attorney): Yes, Madam Chair. SR.1. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: SR.2. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: SR.3. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: SR.4. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: That's it for the second reading. Chair King: Thank you. Gentlemen, are there any items Jroa second reading that you would like to pull for discussion? City ofMiami Page 83 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: Up to what item did you read, Mr. Attorney? ChairKing: SR.4. Vice Chair Carolla: FR.4? ChairKing: SR.4. Vice Chair Carollo: Oh, SR.4. Chair King: SR. 4. SR.1, 2, 3, and 4. Vice Chair Carollo: We haven't done any of the FRs (First Reading)? Chair King: No. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Let me -- okay. I don't think I've heard anything there. SR.4. Fine. Bear with me for a second, please. Okay, we're good. Chair King: May I have a motion for SR -- Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Chair King: -- 1, 2, 3, and 4? Commissioner Pardo: So move. Chair King: 1 have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Item passes. SR.2 ORDINANCE Second Reading 16788 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING Department of CHAPTER 62/ARTICLE VI/SECTION 62-22 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED Planning "PLANNING AND ZONING/ZONING AND PLANNING FEES/SCHEDULE OF FEES," TO ALLOW THE FEE SCHEDULE TO BE ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14337 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item SR.2, please see Item SR.l. City of Miami Page 84 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 SR.3 ORDINANCE Second Reading 16787 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING Department of CHAPTER 62/ARTICLE IV OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, Planning FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE") TITLED "PLANNING AND ZONING/NOTICE GENERALLY," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 62-20 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "SAME - TYPES," TO PROVIDE FOR CLARIFICATION REGARDING REQUIRED MAIL AND COURTESY NOTIFICATIONS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14339 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item SR.3, please see Item SR.l. City ofMiaini Page 85 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 SR.4 ORDINANCE Second Reading 16793 Off -Street Parking Board/Miami Parking Authority AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC," INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SECTION 35-1, TITLED "DEFINITIONS," DEFINING CURB LOADING ZONES, FREIGHT OR COMMERCIAL CURB LOADING ZONE, PARKING ENFORCEMENT SPECIALIST, AND SMART LOADING ZONE, SECTION 35-4, TITLED "HITCHHIKING," REVISING THE LANGUAGE TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT DAY RIDE -HAILING SERVICES, SECTION 35-10, TITLED "PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES PROHIBITED," ADDING LANGUAGE CONCERNING LOADING ZONES AND ENFORCEMENT SPECIALISTS, ADDING SECTION 35-11, TITLED "IMMOBILIZATION/ BOOTING OF MOTOR VEHICLES," REMOVING SECTION 35-163, TITLED "FAILURE TO APPEAR AND PAY FINE WITHIN PRESCRIBED TIME," AS THIS LANGUAGE IS CURRENTLY OBSOLETE, REMOVING SECTION 35-164, TITLED "PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF DIVISION," AS THIS LANGUAGE IS CURRENTLY OBSOLETE, ADDING SECTION 35-165, TITLED "INVOICE AND CITATIONS BY MAIL," SECTION 35-191, TITLED "ON -STREET PARKING METERS, AND MONTHLY ON -STREET PERMIT PROGRAM," REVISING LANGUAGE CONCERNING LOADING ZONES, SECTION 35-192, TITLED "MUNICIPAL PARKING GARAGES," ADDING LANGUAGE CONCERNING THE PUBLIC HEALTH TRUST PARKING FACILITY, SECTION 35-193, TITLED "MUNICIPAL OFF-STREET PARKING LOTS," ADDING THE MARINE STADIUM SITE AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADDITION OF NEW PARKING LOTS VIA RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING A/K/A THE MIAMI PARKING AUTHORITY ("MPA"), AND ARTICLE VIII, TITLED "PRIVATE PARKING LOTS," UPDATING THE LANGUAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14340 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item SR.4, please see Item SR.1. END OF SECOND READING ORDINANCES City ofMiaini Page 86 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 FR - FIRST READING ORDINANCES FR.1 ORDINANCE First Reading 16720 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING Department of CHAPTER 22/ARTICLE I OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, Solid Waste FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "GARBAGE AND OTHER SOLID WASTE/IN GENERAL, TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENT BY THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR PICK UP OF BULKY WASTE TO KEEP IN LINE WITH CURRENT NEEDS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Pursuant to Resolution R-24-0511, adopted on December 12, 2024, the January 9, 2025, and the January 23, 2025, City Commission meetings have been combined into one (1) meeting to he held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, with all agenda items scheduled for the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting to be heard on January 23, 2025. Therefore, agenda item FR.1, although originally continued to the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting, will now be heard at the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item FR.1, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s). " Chair King: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the City of Miami Commission meeting for December 12, 2024. We are now back in session. Mr. City Attorney, would you please read the first reading ordinances titles for the record? George Wysong (City Attorney): Yes, Madam -- Vice Chair Carollo: Before -- before we move, we're in the Omni CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency), right? Chair King: Yes, we're in the regular commission meeting now. Vice Chair Carollo: Oh, we're in regular commission meeting now. Chair King: Regular commission meeting now. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay, so that's -- Chair King: Mr. City Attorney? Mr. Wysong: Thank you, Madam Chair. FR.1. Let me just double check my list. City ofMiami Page 87 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: Wait, before you start reading, are there any items in the first reading ordinances that you would like to defer, gentlemen? Vice Chair Carollo: We're doing FR.1 to -- Chair King.: FR.1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9. Commissioner Gabela: No, I want to discuss FR.1 and 2. Chair King: Okay, so we 're going to pull for discussion FR.1 and 2, but if you could read the titles, please. Mr. Wysong: Yes, Madam Chair. FR.1. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: FR.2. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: FR.3. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: FR.4. I have a substitution, and I'll read the substitution title. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: FR.7. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Vice Chair Carollo: If you could -- if you could hold off for a second, Mr. City Attorney -- Mr. Wysong: Yes, sir. Vice Chair Carollo: -- I apologize. Madam Chair, I'd like to pull 7 and 8 separately. Chair King: Okay. He's just reading the title. We can pull them. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. All right, go ahead. Mr. Wysong: Okay. Thank you. Vice Chair Carollo: Thank you. Mr. Wysong: FR.7. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: FR.8. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: FR.9. City ofMiami Page 88 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: And that is the end of the first reading ordinances. Chair King: Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. We have pulled FR.1 and 2 for discussion and FR. 7 and 8. [Later...] Chair King: Okay. At this time, we have discussion items. Are there any items for discussion that we would like to do? George Wysong (City Attorney): Did we do FR.1 and FR.2? Chair King: Oh, well, let's -- FR.1, FR.2. Okay. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, I pulled those. Chair King: Do we want to -- do we want to hear them, or do we want to defer them? FR.1 and 2. Vice Chair Carollo: I -- I would rather defer them for a full commission meeting. Commissioner Pardo: Defer. Chair King: Commissioner Gabela, how do you feel about that? Commissioner Gabela: This has been going around for a while, and it's having an effect in my area. Chair King: The garbage? Commissioner Gabela: But if it's the will, you know, of this body to defer, I will go along with it. Chair King: Do I have a motion? Vice Chair Carollo: Motion. Chair King: Second? Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion -- Arthur Noriega (City Manager): To January -- to January 9th? Vice Chair Carollo: Yes, that's fine Mr. Noriega: Yes. Okay. Chair King: January 9th. Okay. City of Miami Page 89 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 FR.2 ORDINANCE First Reading 16743 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING Department of CHAPTER 22/ARTICLE II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, Solid Waste FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "GARBAGE AND OTHER SOLID WASTE/REGULATION OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN COMMERCIAL WASTE COLLECTION" PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT FRANCHISEES ALSO BE REQUIRED TO REMOVE BULKY TRASH FROM CONTRACT PROPERTIES; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Pursuant to Resolution R-24-0511, adopted on December 12, 2024, the January 9, 2025, and the January 23, 2025, City Commission meetings have been combined into one (1) meeting to he held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, with all agenda items scheduled for the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting to be heard on January 23, 2025. Therefore, agenda item FR.2, although originally continued to the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting, will now be heard at the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item FR.2, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)" and Item FR.1. City ofMiaini Page 90 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 FR.3 ORDINANCE First Reading 16842 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING City Manager's CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 2/SECTION 2-887 OF THE Office 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 REMOVING REFERENCES TO THE BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND CITIZENS' ADVISORY GROUPS (COLLECTIVELY, "CITY BOARDS") BEING SUNSET HEREIN; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 2/SECTION 2-892 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF BOARDS GENERALLY/"SUNSET" REVIEW OF BOARDS," MORE PARTICULARLY BY REMOVING REFERENCES TO THE CITY BOARDS BEING SUNSET HEREIN,TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY WITHIN THE CITY CODE, AND ALIGN THE CITY CODE WITH CURRENT STANDARDS AND PRACTICES; REPEALING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 3/SECTIONS 2-921 — 2-929 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS;" FURTHER REPEALING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 6/SECTIONS 2-1011 — 2-1019 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE;" FURTHER REPEALING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 7/SECTIONS 2-1051 — 2-1056 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/ OVERTOWN ADVISORY BOARD/OVERTOWN COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT BOARD;" FURTHER REPEALING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 12/SECTIONS 2-1150 — 2-1153 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD;" FURTHER REPEALING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 22/SECTIONS 2- 1329 — 2-1331 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/STARS OF CALLE OCHO ADVISORY COMMITTEE;" FURTHER REPEALING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 26/SECTIONS 2-1360 — 2-1368 OF THE CITY CODE TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/MIAMI TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL;" FURTHER REPEALING CHAPTER 22/ARTICLE VII/SECTIONS 22-170 — 22- 174 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "GARBAGE AND OTHER SOLID WASTE/COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE;" SUNSETTING THE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP LOAN PROGRAM TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-19-0508 ADOPTED ON DECEMBER 12, 2019; DECLARING THAT ALL POWERS, DUTIES, ASSETS, AND FUNDS OF THE CITY BOARDS SUNSET HEREIN SHALL REVERT TO THE CITY AND THE CITY SHALL RESUME THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY BOARD SUNSET HEREIN; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. City ofMiaini Page 91 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item FR.3, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)" and Item FR.1. Chair King: May I have a motion for FR.3 -- Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Chair King: -- 4, and 9. Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries. FR.4 ORDINANCE First Reading 15956 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING Wynwood CHAPTER 62/ARTICLE XIV/SECTION 62-645 OF THE CODE OF Business THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED Improvement "PLANNING AND ZONING/PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST District Board FUND/ESTABLISHED," TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF NRD-1 PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST FUNDS COLLECTED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") FINANCE DEPARTMENT ("FINANCE") TO A QUALIFIED PUBLIC DEPOSITORY HELD BY THE WYNWOOD BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ("BID"), ALLOWING FOR THE INVESTMENT OF NRD-1 PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST FUNDS COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY AND SECTION 218.415, FLORIDA STATUTES, PROVIDING FOR THREE (3) YEAR TERMS FOR NRD-1 PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST FUND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND CLARIFYING THAT THIRTY- FIVE PERCENT (35%) OF TOTAL NRD-1 PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST FUNDS COLLECTED SHALL BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS AFFORDABLE/WORKFORCE HOUSING; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading with Modification(s) RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item FR.4, please see Item FR.1 and Item FR.3. City of Miami Page 92 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 FR.5 ORDINANCE First Reading 16794 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION REPEALING CHAPTER 62/ARTICLE X OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "PLANNING AND ZONING/TREE TRUST FUND," IN ITS ENTIRETY; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 17 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION," TO RENAME CHAPTER 17 "TREE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION," TO CLARIFY DEFINITIONS AND PROCEDURES THROUGHOUT CHAPTER 17, INCLUDING PROVIDING NEW EXEMPTIONS, AND TO ESTABLISH A NEW CHAPTER17/ARTICLE IV, TITLED "TREE TRUST FUND" PROVIDING THAT PAYMENTS FOR TREE VIOLATIONS BE REMITTED TO THE TREE TRUST FUND AND TO PROVIDE THAT A SPECIFIED PERCENTAGE FROM THE TREE TRUST FUND BE EXPENDED FOR EDUCATING CITY RESIDENTS ON TREE PLANTING AND TREE MAINTENANCE AND A SPECIFIED PERCENTAGE BE EXPENDED BY THE CITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF TREES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND FURTHER SLIGHTLY ADJUSTING THE PERCENTAGES IN TREE TRUST FUND EXPENDITURES TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THESE NEW PERCENTAGES; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: Item FR.5 was continued to the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item FR.5, please see "Order of the Day" and "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)." City ofMiaini Page 93 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 FR.6 ORDINANCE First Reading 15645 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 62/ARTICLE I OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "PLANNING AND ZONING/IN GENERAL," SPECIFICALLY BY ADDING SECTION 62- 2.3 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "ZONING IN PROGRESS; APPLICABILITY; TEMPORARY HOLDS ON PERMITS AND LICENSES" TO ADOPT A ZONING IN PROGRESS PROVISION; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Withdraw RESULT: WITHDRAWN MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item FR.6, please see "Order of the Day" and "Public Comment Period for Alt ltem(s)." City ofMiaini Page 94 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 FR.7 ORDINANCE First Reading 16978 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ESTABLISHING CHAPTER 52 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "SPECIAL EVENTS," TO PROVIDE A CHAPTER DEDICATED TO SPECIAL EVENTS, UPDATING DEFINITIONS AND REGULATIONS TO SUCH SPECIAL EVENTS, AND CONSOLIDATING REGULATIONS CURRENTLY IN CHAPTERS 54 AND 62 OF THE CITY CODE; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 54/ARTICLE 1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS/IN GENERAL" TO DELETE REGULATIONS RELATED TO SPECIAL EVENTS TO BE CODIFIED IN CHAPTER 52 OF THE CITY CODE AND CLARIFYING DEFINITIONS; FURTHER REPEALING CHAPTER 62/ARTICLE XIII/DIVISION 1 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "PLANNING AND ZONING/PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVAL FOR TEMPORARY USES AND OCCUPANCIES; PERMIT REQUIRED/TEMPORARY EVENTS," TO DELETE REGULATIONS RELATED TO SPECIAL EVENTS REGULATIONS AND TEMPORARY EVENT PERMIT TO BE CODIFIED IN THE CHAPTER 52 OF THE CITY CODE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item FR.7 was continued to the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item FR.7, please see "Public Comment Period for Allltem(s." and Item FR.1. Chair King: We have FR. 7 and 8 in play. That was pulled. Vice Chair Carollo: That was 7 and 8. Yes, that was pulled. Chair King: Do we want to defer it? Vice Chair Carollo: I'm fine with deferring. Commissioner Pardo: I want to hear 8. Chair King: You want to hear 8. What about 7? There's FR.7 and 8. Commissioner Pardo: I'mokay deferring 7. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela? Commissioner Gabela: Whatever you guys want to do. City of Miami Page 95 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: Is there a motion to defer FR.7? Vice Chair Carollo: Motion. Chair King: Do I have a second? For FR -- Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second to defer FR.7 to the January 9th meeting or the second meeting in January? Vice Chair Carollo: Second meeting in January. Arthur Noriega (City Manage)): Second. Chair King: Second meeting in January. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries. That's January 24th, correct? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): January 23rd. Unidentified Speaker: 23rd. Chair King: 23rd, okay. FR.8 ORDINANCE First Reading 16979 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 36/SECTION 4 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "NOISE/OPERATION OF RADIOS, PHONOGRAPHS, OR OTHER SOUND -MAKING DEVICES; BANDS, ORCHESTRAS, AND MUSICIANS — GENERALLY,' TO PROVIDE FOR CITY COMMISSION WAIVER FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS AND OCCASIONS ON CITY OWNED, OPERATED OR LEASED PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item FR.8 was continued to the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item FR.8, please see "Public Comment Period for Allltem(s)" and Item FR.1. Chair King: And FR.8, Commissioner Pardo. You wanted to discuss it? City of Miami Page 96 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Pardo: No, D1.8. Sorry. Chair King: Oh, okay. We're on FR.8. Commissioner Pardo: I apologize. I got mixed up. Chair King:: You're a little punch drunk right now. Okay. Do we want to defer FR.8 to January 23rd? Commissioner Pardo: I'm fine deferring it. Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: Yes. Chair King: I have a motion. Vice Chair Carollo: Motion. Chair King: And a second. Motion and a second? Commissioner Gabela: What is this again? I'm sorry, DI (Discussion Item) -- FR (First Reading)? Chair King: FR.8. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Item is deferred until January 28th [sic], which now we -- Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): January 23rd. Chair King: I'm sorry. I wrote 23 and I said 28, sorry. City ofMiami Page 97 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 FR.9 ORDINANCE First Reading 17006 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 38/ARTICLE I OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "PARKS AND RECREATION/IN GENERAL," BY CREATING SECTION 38-35, TITLED "NAMING OF CHILDREN'S PARK," TO PROVIDE FOR THE NAMING OF THE PARCEL OF LAND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 16,222 SQUARE FEET LOCATED AT 1320 SOUTHWEST 12 AVENUE, 1330 SOUTHWEST 12 AVENUE, AND 1211 SOUTHWEST 14 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA AND OTHER CONTIGUOUS PARCELS THAT MAY BE ADDED IN THE FUTURE AS "CHILDREN'S PARK"; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE NAMING OF THE PARK; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item FR.9, please see Item FR.1 and Item FR.3. END OF FIRST READING ORDINANCES City ofMiaini Page 98 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.1 16510 Office of the City Clerk BC - BOARDS AND COMMITTEES RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP LOAN PROGRAM TASK FORCE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes City ofMiaini Page 99 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.2 16832 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT COUNCIL FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes City of Miaini Page 100 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.3 6672 Office of the City Clerk BC.4 15894 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE BAYFRONT PARK MANAGEMENT TRUST FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large City of Miaini Page 101 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.5 15417 Office of the City Clerk BC.6 16284 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King Commission -At -Large Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item BC.5, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)." RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEE: Arnulfo Ramos (Alternate At -Large Member) ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0506 MOTION TO: RESULT: MOVER: SECONDER: AYES: ABSENT: Adopt ADOPTED Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner Damian Pardo, Commissioner King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo Reyes NOMINATED BY: Commission -At -Large Chair King: Mr. City Clerk, do we have any hoard appointments? City of Miami Page 102 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.7 15122 Office of the City Clerk Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Yes, thank you, Chair. BC.5, Code Enforcement Board. Commissioner Gabela will be appointing Arnul b Ramos for the alternate at - large seat held by Martin Zilber. Chair King: Motion? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Vice Chair Carolla: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEE: NOMINATED BY: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN Commission -At -Large City of Miami Page 103 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.8 16511 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AND QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large City of Miaini Page 104 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.9 15420 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King Commissioner Christine King City of Miaini Page 105 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.10 16052 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King Commissioner Christine King IAFF FOP AFSCME 1907 City of Miaini Page 106 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.11 17000 Office of the City Clerk BC.12 7963 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King City of Miaini Page 107 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.13 16285 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES/CATEGORIES: NOMINATED BY: (Architect/Architectural Historian — Category 4) (Real Estate Broker — Category 5) (Citizen — Category 7) (Historian/Architectural Historian — Category3) (Business and Finance or Law — Category 6) (Architect — Category 1) (Alternate in Business and Finance or Law Category 8) (Landscape Architect — Category 2) RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN Commissioner Miguel Angel Gal: Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King City of Miaini Page 108 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.14 16055 Office of the City Clerk BC.15 16837 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER ("LGBTQ") ADVISORY BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Christine King Commission -At -Large RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION CONFIRMING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE LITTLE HAITI REVITALIZATION TRUST FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEE: NOMINATED BY: LRESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN Commissioner Christine King City of Miaini Page 109 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.16 15421 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King Commission -At -Large City of Miaini Page 110 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.17 16648 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI FOREVER BOND PROGRAM CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo City of Miaini Page 111 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.18 9270 Office of the City Clerk BC.19 16652 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEE: Javier A. Lopez ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0507 NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez City ofMiaini Page 112 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.20 3693 Office of the City Clerk MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): BC.19, Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board. Mayor Suarez will be appointing Javier Lopez. Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Chair King: Second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Mr. Hannon: That concludes the boards and committees. Thank you, Chair. Chair King: Thank you. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE STARS OF CALLE OCHO WALK OF FAME COMMITTEE FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Mayor Francis Suarez Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large Commission -At -Large City of Miami Page 113 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 BC.21 16286 Office of the City Clerk BC.22 16056 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD (UDRB) FOR TERMS AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEES: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN NOMINATED BY: Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Damian Pardo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Joe Carollo Commissioner Manolo Reyes Commissioner Christine King RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE VIRGINIA KEY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEE: NOMINATED BY: RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN END OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES Mayor Francis Suarez City of Miaini Page 114 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 DI - DISCUSSION ITEMS DI.1 DISCUSSION ITEM 16179 Commissioners and Mayor A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE LACK OF PROTECTION OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FROM COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS INTRUSION. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Pursuant to Resolution R-24-0511, adopted on December 12, 2024, the January 9, 2025, and the January 23, 2025, City Commission meetings have been combined into one (1) meeting to be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, with all agenda items scheduled for the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting to be heard on January 23, 2025. Therefore, agenda item DI.1, although originally continued to the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting, will now be heard at the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Chair King: Okay, we are on the discussion items now. Are there any of the items before us that you would like to defer? Vice Chair Carollo: I'd like to defer to everything that's left. Chair King: Everything that's left. I could -- Vice Chair Carollo: I want to go exercise. The mayor signed the ordinance already, so we'd go exercise out there. Chair King • I would like to at least defer Discussion Item 5 until Commissioner Reyes is here. And I will also -- I will defer the labor conditions, Discussion Item 3, so I'm offering Discussion Item 3 and Discussion Item 5 to be deferred. Vice Chair Carollo: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) -- Chair King: Are there any -- Vice Chair Carollo: -- you might -- you might as well go ahead with everything there. Chair King: Commissioner Pardo, you said you wanted to discuss -- Commissioner Pardo: DI8. Chair King: DI8. Okay, so -- Vice Chair Carollo: Defer everything for the next meeting so we could be done now. Chair King: Do -- City of Miami Page 115 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: Motion to defer all the DIs (Discussion Item) -- Commissioner Pardo: No, DI8 I want to hear it. Vice Chair Carollo: -- to the next meeting. Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: I have a motion to defer all the DIs for the next meeting. Chair King: Do I have a second? Commissioner Gabela: I'll defer DI [sic] through D7 [sic]. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: I'll stand with him. on D8 [sic]. Chair King: Okay. So, we have a motion to defer DI1 through -- we don't have a motion, because one is for 1 through 7 and one is 1 through 8, so I'm okay with hearing DI8 because then we won't have for 1 through 7. Vice Chair Carollo: Well, problem is that there are going to be things that will impact the one that he's trying to bring out. Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: So, Commissioner Gabela, I respectfully request if. . we could include all the DIs for the next January meeting, even if it's the first meeting in January, I don 't care -- Commissioner Pardo: I would like to hear DI8. Vice Chair Carollo: -- there's nothing -- there's nothing there in DI8 -- Commissioner Pardo: How do you know, it's my discussion item? Vice Chair Carollo: -- that can't wait until then. Well -- Commissioner Gabela: No, Carollo, I'm going to side with him on this one. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: With all due respect. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay, that's fine. Commissioner Pardo: I wanted to show, in video -- Chair King: Oh wait, we got to take a vote to just -- Commissioner Pardo: Okay. Chair King.: Okay, so I have a motion to defer DI1 through 7. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. City ofMiami Page 116 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): And the seconder was? 1 know Commissioner- Gabela made the motion; who 's the seconder? Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: Commissioner Pardo. Okay, 1 through 7 has been deferred until -- Mr. Hannon: January 9th. Chair King: Okay. DI.2 DISCUSSION ITEM 16942 Commissioners and Mayor A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING LOST INCOME TO THE CITY WITH VOTE FOR SOLUTION. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Pursuant to Resolution R-24-0511, adopted on December 12, 2024, the January 9, 2025, and the January 23, 2025, City Commission meetings have been combined into one (1) meeting to be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, with all agenda items scheduled for the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting to be heard on January 23, 2025. Therefore, agenda item DL2, although originally continued to the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting, will now be heard at the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item DL2, please see Item D11. DI.3 DISCUSSION ITEM 16910 Commissioners and Mayor A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING A REPORT ON LABOR CONDITIONS IN SOUTH FLORIDA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Pursuant to Resolution R-24-0511, adopted on December 12, 2024, the January 9, 2025, and the January 23, 2025, City Commission meetings have been combined into one (1) meeting to be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, with all agenda items scheduled for the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting to be heard on January 23, 2025. Therefore, agenda item DL3, although originally continued to the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting, will now be heard at the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. City of Miami Page 117 Printed 011 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item DL3, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)" and Item DL1. DI.4 DISCUSSION ITEM 17007 Commissioners and Mayor DI.5 16950 Office of the City Clerk A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY RAPID TRANSIT ZONE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Pursuant to Resolution R-24-0511, adopted on December 12, 2024, the January 9, 2025, and the January 23, 2025, City Commission meetings have been combined into one (1) meeting to be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, with all agenda items scheduled for the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting to be heard on January 23, 2025. Therefore, agenda item DL4, although originally continued to the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting, will now be heard at the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item D14, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)" and Item DL1. DISCUSSION ITEM A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE TERMS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AS MEMBERS OF VARIOUS TRUSTS, AUTHORITIES, BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND AGENCIES PURSUANT TO CITY OF MIAMI CODE SECTION 2-35. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Pursuant to Resolution R-24-0511, adopted on December 12, 2024, the January 9, 2025, and the January 23, 2025, City Commission meetings have been combined into one (1) meeting to he held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, with all agenda items scheduled for the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting to be heard on January 23, 2025. Therefore, agenda item DL5, although originally continued to the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting, will now be heard at the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item DL5, please see Item DL1. City ofMiamni Page 118 Printed 011 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 DI.6 DISCUSSION ITEM 17017 Department of Police A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING THE MARINE PATROL ACTION PLAN FOR THE MIAMI RIVER AREA. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Pursuant to Resolution R-24-0511, adopted on December 12, 2024, the January 9, 2025, and the January 23, 2025, City Commission meetings have been combined into one (1) meeting to be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, with all agenda items scheduled for the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting to be heard on January 23, 2025. Therefore, agenda item DL 6, although originally continued to the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting, will now be heard at the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item DL 6, please see Item DL1. DI.7 DISCUSSION ITEM 17022 Commissioners and Mayor A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING BAYFRONT PARK MANAGEMENT TRUST MIAMI NYE 2024 AND END OF YEAR DISCUSSIONS. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Pursuant to Resolution R-24-0511, adopted on December 12, 2024, the January 9, 2025, and the January 23, 2025, City Commission meetings have been combined into one (1) meeting to be held on Thursday, January 23, 2025, with all agenda items scheduled for the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting to be heard on January 23, 2025. Therefore, agenda item DL 7, although originally continued to the January 9, 2025, City Commission meeting, will now be heard at the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item DL 7, please see Item DL1. City ofMiarni Page 119 Printed 011 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 DI.8 DISCUSSION ITEM 17026 A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING CIVILITY. Commissioners and Mayor RESULT: DISCUSSED Chair King: Discussion item regarding civility. I believe we all need to hear that today. Commissioner Pardo: Well, and I want to specifically show some instances. (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Commissioner Pardo: Yeah. Vice Chair Carollo: The ones that he wants to pick out. Commissioner Pardo: Yeah, the ones that I want to look at. Vice Chair Carollo: The ones that he wants to pick out. Commissioner Pardo: Yes, that is correct. At this time, an audiovisual presentation was made. (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Commissioner Pardo: Yeah. Vice Chair Carollo: What's the problem with this one? Let's deal with them one on one. At this time, an audiovisual presentation was made. Commissioner Pardo: Bottom line, I was never in Spain on vacation. I don't know why you're such a fan of sausage in Madrid. It has nothing to do with me. And it's this idea that by bullying, you can just always get your way and get through every department, or every single thing you need. I'm not afraid of you, I'm embarrassed by you and there's a big difference with that. You know, you take a couple of fact.~ and you can spin a delusion, a paranoid delusion and start talking about it and making it a reality. I have no interest in doing that. I'm not attacking, I'm not pulling your items from the agenda like you're doing to me, not this meeting, not the last meeting. I'm not going to a building with graffiti in your district and trying to blow it up to make you look bad. I'm not talking about the gang of eight, and plumbers giving money to PACs (Political Action Committee) and all these other things. Tin not trying to defund Omni CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency). I'm not trying to hurt any of the staff in your office. None of that. None of that makes sense to me because at the end of the day, we're not serving our residents. We're playing political games that serve no one. Absolutely no one. And I think it's based on very false information. So, I would like the City Attorney, and we've talked about this, I would like the City Clerk, I would like Madam Chair, to come up with guardrails so that we can -- these things impact our bond rating as a city, they impact our image globally, they impact whether people even want to work here with us. So, let's take ownership of this and if we have to stop each other maybe, or politely put each other, City ofMiami Page 120 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 you know, in these guardrails, I think it's good. Because otherwise, people like me who are truing to abide by a certain code of conduct are handcuffed. We're put at a disadvantage. We can't, you know, give our information the same way. So that would be my ask. And if there are claims against me, these claims about PACs and money, go report it. Go to the State Attorney. Go to the Commission on Ethics. Go wherever you need to go. That's what I would do. I wouldn't just sit here and keep making false claims and taking time and putting residents and everybody else in a bad shape. Vice Chair Carollo: Madam Chairman, so we could end this. He had plenty of time, so now it's my time and let's close this meeting for today. Mr. Pardo is clearly concerned of things that he is wrong on that he knows are wrong. So, he comes with this today pretending that he's a hurt and offended party, that he's such a good guy. He's just Mr. Wonderful. And he cuts pieces from where he wants to cut them, stops, goes, and whatever he wants to show, with help from a few people that did this for him, so that he could pretend that gee, you know, I'm a victim. Well, come January, I want to talk about the guardrails that he's talking about. Because I stand by what I've stated, I'm fed up with the hypocrisy. He's on a mission, non-stop, against Bayfront Park Trust, and to go at me personally. It's non-stop. The first video that he had here, we both know who gave it to him, that he sent it to the Trust meeting to film that that day. Unfortunately, we didn't have the cameras from the Trust that we do now to have filmed the other way to see what they were saying and how they were trying to instigate me and the board to how they were behaving. But he is no little lost Mary, is what we say in Cuban slang, (FOREIGN LANGUAGE), the little cat, Maria Ramos, that throws the rock and hides the hand, so you won't see that he threw the rock. And you have all this time to think about your guardrails. I'm going to bring my guardrails and show everything, since I've been here, that you've been trying to do that's underhanded and have crossed the line, sir, crossed the line completely. And every meeting that we have here, you bring in your campaign group so that we have to spend another 45 minutes, another hour, in meetings that we wouldn 't have to spend otherwise, that depending on what's happening here, they could attack any one of us, but no doubt about it, every meeting, the attacks are mainly aimed at me. And I hear, I take it, you know, whatever little -- your buddy, Little Billy, says ain't going to rouse me up nor any of the people that you pull up, and there is truth that you're doing this on every meeting. And this is the kind of weaponizing and warfare that you bring up. You can't do it yourself, so you've got to go behind the scenes to get people to come, to get your campaign group, and you really think that you're going to get a guy like me to think that because you could bring in 15, 20, even 30 people here, that's going to make me think that you have everybody that's behind you? It's ridiculous. We saw this in the 80-20 vote. You lost by 80 percent, and you still haven't gotten over that. And you can't get over the fact that you haven't been able to run me over like you wanted to. I have voted in many things for your district, for you. I haven't held anything back from your district that I could certainly recall in voting for you, but you have gone out of your way to hurt whoever you have to, to see how you can come and hurt me. So, Chairwoman, you wanted to bring it up, he brought his little video up, trying to play victim again. When we come back at the next commission meeting, you will see that he's nowhere near the victim that he tries to play again. Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair, what we do in our office, and I'm actually very proud of it, is we do a very hard job with engagement. We do open forums; we do agenda reviews before and after. I believe in that. I'm an activist. I've been doing that for 35 years. It would go against me not to try to do that. We by to engage people every which way. Whenever we speak to people, we tell them, please come, please speak. I know it doesn't feel good. I know it doesn't feel like we listen, like I'm sure the Downtowners felt today. At no time do we try to manipulate anything or carve anything like that. Quite the opposite. We just think we're doing a very good job with engagement in our forums, we can get a few hundred people. We're happy City ofMiami Page 121 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 and proud that we can do that. This is not personal. I personally have nothing against you, Commissioner Carollo. Vice Chair Carolla: Extremely personal. Commissioner Pardo: If -- if the folks from Bayfrant are in my district and they come to be represented, we give them a platfbrm. That's all we do fbr them, and we want to do that. So, I'm just -- you know, I'm trying to be very clear on that because I don't want this spun in a way that's like -- we all have very little time to be invested trying to do this stuff; right? So, I'm not here trying to figure out how to target anybody, quite the opposite. I'm just trying to get as much done in our district and in our city as possible. And that's been clear from day one. Vice Chair Carollo: Bottom line is that when you say the Downtowners, you're talking about your campaign Downtowners, because the majority of Downtowners voted en masse against what you were calling vote against Carollo and the gym, 80- 20. And that's the bottom line. So, I respectfully say to you, sir, quit hiding and saying that the Downtown residents, that the residents, because what you have is a very small local minority and you're trying to control a huge majority, just like in communist countries, by using a very small vocal minority. Commissioner Pardo: I'll just leave it at this. I don't think a big majority is 27,000 people out of two -and -a -half; but what I wanted to leave it on is more often than not, I'm not going to jump into the mud fight because I realize when you jump into that mud fight, it's all of us and it's our city. And so, if people see me quietly here, never think that I'm agreeing with what's being said. What I'm thinking is do I really want to engage in this moment or present my case in an organized way at another time. And that's what I've tried to do here today. Vice Chair Carollo: Then why do you throw the mud, sir? Why do you have others throw the mud at me and others there? Commissioner Pardo: I don't. Vice Chair Carolla: Of course you don't. Commissioner Pardo: No, they come -- Vice Chair Carollo: And you know you do. Commissioner Pardo: -- you 've earned it from them. Chair King: So, I think we've heard. Do you -- and I think that we can all do better. I think we can all do better. I think we can all be a bit more civilised to each other. And there are times when we are very passionate about serving and protecting our districts. You rarely see me raise my voice, and I raised my voice at Commissioner Gabela, and I'm. sorry. You always raise your voice, though, sir. Commissioner Gabela: May I proceed to -- Chair King: Let me finish. So, the point I'm trying to make is that I do not think that it would be a waste of time for all of us to reflect on our conduct and come back next year with a renewed spirit of service and congeniality for our colleagues, because you are -- all of you are my colleagues and I respect all of you. I love all of you. And these are great times. We have been given a tremendous responsibility. Service is the highest honor. It is the highest honor. And the only way that we will do our communities well is if we can get along with each other. So, I would ask that we City of Miami Page 122 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 make an effort to continue to get along with each other. I believe Commissioner Gabela would like to weigh in? Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, so I've got a couple of things I'll be brief. You know, the reason I think we get into trouble here, number one, we don't have time limits. I, far one, when we started out, Carollo and I had our differences. You know, I try to be cordial. I don't like name-calling, you know. I don't think do a lot of name-calling here. I might not agree with you, but I'm not going to call you, you know, a name. I'm not into that. I hear what you're saying. On the other hand, I hear what he's saying also, and I hear what we 're all saying. In response to -- because sometimes I over -- you, Madam Chair, I don't mean any disrespect, but I think if I'm a gentleman here, and sometimes I've listened to Carollo go on for 20 minutes and 25 minutes. Everybody knows this. And Mr. Pardo today just spoke at length sometimes for 10 minutes. It's your right, you're a commissioner, just like, you know, people elected you, people elected Commissioner Carollo, and people elected you, Madam Chair, as they did me. And so, when you interrupted me that I can't talk because you want to set a time limit on me but not on him, that's not fair, and I'mnot going to stand for it. And so -- but I understand what you're hearing, and believe me, I have tried to be cordial here under the circumstances, and I think I have succeeded to some extent. I'mnot perfect. I have many flaws. I apologize for them. However, to you, sir, ill have to jump in the mud or the river or the ocean for my district, let it be known that I will, respectfully, with you guys. And -- and what you heard me say was, and why I got frustrated, is because we've been playing a lot of games, I think, you know, for four or five months with this Allapattah CRA business, and just like you, we're frustrated, correctly so, Commissioner Carollo, with the gym equipment, and you, because, you know, you're -- what you believe in, and everybody believes in what they believe in. I'mnot going to try to change you. You're not going to, you know, but the point of the matter is we must negotiate. You know, and my fustration is that nobody has been forthcoming from your team to me, only giving me the same story. I think it's important. I think we should set some guardrails of maybe say, hey, you know what? Each of us are going to get 10 minutes, okay? Let's call it that. And then somebody -- when you're done with that, and the other person answers you hack, then maybe we get 5 minutes for a rebuttal. And then maybe we can end it. I'll do whatever you ladies and gentlemen want me to do, okay? But please don't call me uncivil because, you know, today I'm trying -- because I'm upset, and I've got to take the opportunity of telling what's going on in my district. I was elected, I'm on the people's voice in my district, and I was elected to make my district better, okay? And this is one of the components that I need done. This thing with the Camillus House, I'm not making this up. We don't have people, we don't have beds, we can't take them anywhere. We're just shuffling around. We're wasting police resources. We 're not getting anything done and I'm suffering the consequences. My constituents are in District 1, okay, and like you, Commissioner Pardo, you have to hear about it, and you, Commissioner Carollo, and you, ma'am, you know, I have to hear about it, and I have to do something about it. I can't just sit here, you know, on my knees, on my hands, and not do anything about it. But pertaining to the subject that we're at hand, I think maybe we should vote on setting ourselves time limits of maybe 10 minutes, 12 minutes, okay, and then a rebuttal for 5 or 7, whatever you guys, ladies and gentlemen, agree on, and then start from there. But I will try to better myself in January, I can promise you that. I will come back, you know, a -- I've done it for some time where Commissioner Carollo and Manolo -- Commissioner Reyes got into a tiff a while back. I had nothing to do with that. Today you guys got in, had nothing to do with that. You know whatl mean? You know, I got into it. Vice Chair Carollo: That's because he didn't want to find the clips on you, only of me. And then cut him at the right time. Commissioner Gabela: I think you guys should resolve your issues. City of Miami Page 123 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: I believe we have some -- I'm sorry. I'm about to do it again. I didn't mean to interrupt you. The Manager had waved his hand. Finish. Finish. Commissioner Gabela: Okay. Well, that's all I've got to say. Chair King: Thank you. END OF DISCUSSION ITEMS City ofMiami Page 124 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PART B: PZ - PLANNING AND ZONING ITEM(S) PZ.1 ORDINANCE First Reading 6608 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10544, THE Planning FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, AS AMENDED, PURSUANT TO SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT PROCEDURES SUBJECT TO SECTION 163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM "MEDIUM DENSITY RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" TO "PUBLIC PARKS AND RECREATION" OF APPROXIMATELY 1.87 ACRES OF A PORTION OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5175 AND 5035 NORTHEAST 2 AVENUE AND FROM "MEDIUM DENSITY RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" TO "RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" OF APPROXIMATELY 24.10 ACRES OF A PORTION OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5175 AND 5035 NORTHEAST 2 AVENUE AND ALL OF 5125 NORTHEAST 2 COURT, MIAMI, FLORIDA, ALL AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A", ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Indefinitely Defer RESULT: INDEFINITELY DEFERRED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.l, please see "Order of the Day. " City ofMiaini Page 125 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.2 ORDINANCE First Reading 6117 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 3 AND 7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING Department of ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED Planning ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY REZONING CERTAIN PARCELS FROM "T5- 0", URBAN CENTER -OPEN, AND "T5-R", URBAN CENTER - RESTRICTED, TO "CS", CIVIC SPACE, AND "T6-8A-O", "T6-8B-O", AND "T6-12-0", URBAN CORE -OPEN, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 25.97 ACRES (1,131,253 SQUARE FEET) FOR THE "SABAL PALM VILLAGE SPECIAL AREA PLAN" ("SAP") GENERALLY LOCATED AT 5175 NORTHEAST 2 AVENUE, 5035 NORTHEAST 2 AVENUE, AND 5125 NORTHEAST 2 COURT, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A", CONSISTING OF A PHASED PROJECT DIVIDED INTO A MAXIMUM OF FOUR (4) PHASES WHICH INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 2,929 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS, 400 LODGING UNITS, 168,011 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE, 296,297 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, 43,760 SQUARE FEET OF SPECIAL TRAINING/VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, AND 4,782 PARKING SPACES; MODIFYING THE TRANSECT ZONE REGULATIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SUBJECT PARCELS AND WHERE A REGULATION IS NOT SPECIFICALLY MODIFIED BY THE SAP, THE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE MIAMI 21 CODE APPLY; THE SQUARE FOOTAGE NUMBERS ABOVE ARE APPROXIMATE AND MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE AT TIME OF BUILDING PERMIT BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED 5,899,658 SQUARE FEET OF TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AND SHALL CONTAIN A MINIMUM OF 195,272 SQUARE FEET OF CIVIC SPACE AND A MINIMUM OF 248,923 SQUARE FEET OF OPEN SPACE; MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATING CONCLUSIONS OF LAW; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Indefinitely Defer RESULT: INDEFINITELY DEFERRED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.2, please see "Order of the Day. " City ofMiaini Page 126 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.3 ORDINANCE First Reading 6118 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUES, BETWEEN SPV Planning REALTY LC AND THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") RELATING TO THE REZONING OF CERTAIN PARCELS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NET 22.47 ± ACRES FOR THE SABAL PALM VILLAGE SPECIAL AREA PLAN ("SPV SAP") COMPRISED OF AN ASSEMBLAGE OF PARCELS LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 5175 NORTHEAST 2 AVENUE, 5035 NORTHEAST 2 AVENUE, AND 5125 NORTHEAST 2 COURT, MIAMI, FLORIDA, ALL AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDEVELOPMENT OF LAND FOR MIXED USES; AUTHORIZING USES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, LODGING, CIVIC, EDUCATIONAL AND CIVIL SUPPORT, PARKING, AND ANY OTHER USES AUTHORIZED BY THE SPV SAP AND PERMITTED BY THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN — FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION AND ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Indefinitely Defer RESULT: INDEFINITELY DEFERRED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.3, please see "Order of the Day" and "Public Comment Period for Alt ltem(s)." City ofMiaini Page 127 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.4 ORDINANCE First Reading 15940 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10544, AS Planning AMENDED, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, PURSUANT TO SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT PROCEDURES SUBJECT TO SECTION 163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM "MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL" TO "RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" OF THE ACREAGE DESCRIBED HEREIN OF REAL PROPERTY AT 175 NORTHEAST 55 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF 184 NORTHEAST 56 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, ALL AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: Item PZ.4 was deferred to the February 27, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.4, please see "Order of the Day. " City ofMiaini Page 128 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.5 ORDINANCE First Reading 15941 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS OF ORDINANCE Planning NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE") BY CHANGING THE ZONING TRANSECT OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY BIFURCATED BY TWO (2) TRANSECT ZONES LOCATED AT 184 NORTHEAST 56 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, FROM "T4-R," GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE — RESTRICTED, TO "T5-O," URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN, AND THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 175 NORTHEAST 55 STREET FROM "T4-R," GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE — RESTRICTED, TO "T5-O," URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. PZ.6 16838 Department of Planning MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: Item PZ.5 was deferred to the February 27, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.5, please see "Order of the Day" and "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)." RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), MAKING FINDINGS AND APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS MODIFICATION OF THE WATERFRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(MM)(III) OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA; APPROVING A PARTIAL RELEASE/MODIFICATION OF AN AMENDED RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "C;" AND APPROVING THE PROFFERED SECOND AMENDED COVENANT, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "B," IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY AT 1633 NORTH BAYSHORE DRIVE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARITY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0505 City ofMiaini Page 129 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.6 16838 Department of Planning MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), MAKING FINDINGS AND APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS MODIFICATION OF THE WATERFRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(MM)(III) OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA; APPROVING A PARTIAL RELEASE/MODIFICATION OF AN AMENDED RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "C;" AND APPROVING THE PROFFERED SECOND AMENDED COVENANT, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "B," IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY AT 1633 NORTH BAYSHORE DRIVE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARITY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0505 MOTION TO: Reconsider RESULT: RECONSIDERED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes City of Miaini Page 130 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.6 16838 Department of Planning RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), MAKING FINDINGS AND APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS MODIFICATION OF THE WATERFRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(MM)(III) OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA; APPROVING A PARTIAL RELEASE/MODIFICATION OF AN AMENDED RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "C;" AND APPROVING THE PROFFERED SECOND AMENDED COVENANT, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "B," IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED APPROXIMATELY AT 1633 NORTH BAYSHORE DRIVE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARITY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0505 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: Okay. Now, we have our PZ (Planning and Zoning) items. Mr. City Attorney, would you please read for the record the titles of those PZ items? George Wysong (City Attorney): Yes, Madam Chair. Chair King: That would be PZ.7, PZ.12. Mr. Wysong: PZ.6, right? Unidentified Speaker: PZ.6. Chair King: No, PZ.6 doesn't -- the title doesn't need to be read into the record. Mr. Wysong: Oh, you're right. Thank you, Madam Chair. Vice Chair Carollo: Chair, was 1 deferred? Chair King: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and 11. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11. That's it. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay, thank you. Chair King: Um-hmm. Mr. Wysong: Okay, so PZ.7. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.12. City of Miami Page 131 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.13. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.14. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: In addition, a covenant will be provided by the applicant on PZ.14. PZ.15. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: All right, PZ.16, we have a substitute. I'll read the substituted title. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.16 -- PZ.17. The Ordinance was read by tide into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.18. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.19. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.20. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: And that item will be modified to include the PZ recommendations. Okay. I'm told that on PZ.19, there was a substitute, but the title was fine on that one. So, you '11 have to mention that (INAUDIBLE). PZ.21. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: And, finally, PZ.22. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: That is the end of the Planning and Zoning items. Chair King: Thank you. Gentlemen, are there any items on the PZ list that you would like to pull for discussion? Commissioner Gabela: I think 7, 8, and 9. Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah. The ones that you stated before. Chair King: Any others outside of 7, 8, and 9? Vice Chair Carollo: Which are those? City of Miami Page 132 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Chair King: Any other PZ items you want to pull. for discussion. Vice Chair Carolla: Okay, which ones are we pulling? Chair King: 7, 8, and 9. Vice Chair Carolla: 7, 8, and 9. Okay. Commissioner Gabela: We're doing 6, 10, and 12, right? From -- on (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Chair King: We are going to -- if you don't have any, I would ask for a motion to approve PZ.6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22. Commissioner Pardo: So moved. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): And then, Chair, just for the record. Again, PZ.14, 16, 19, and 20 are all amended. Chair King: As amended. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries. [Later...] Chair King: May I have a motion for -- do I have to do a reconsideration, Todd? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): For PZ.6, yes. Chair King: I need a motion for reconsideration of PZ.6 because there's a substitution item. May I have a motion? PZ.6. Vice Chair Carollo: (INAUDIBLE). Chair King: It's the partial release of a covenant for 16, I think, wait. Vice Chair Carollo: Motion. Chair King: I have a motion. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: I have a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: And now may I have a motion to pass PZ.6 with the substitution? Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Chair King: Second. All in favor? City of Miami Page 133 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries. Mr. Hannon: As amended. Chair King: As amended. PZ.7 ORDINANCE Second Reading 16687 Commissioners and Mayor - PZ AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE 4, TABLE 3 OF THE MIAMI 21 CODE, TITLED "STANDARDS AND TABLES/BUILDING FUNCTION: USES," TO PERMIT RECREATIONAL FACILITY USES AND CERTAIN COMMUNITY FACILITY USES IN "CS" CIVIC SPACE TRANSECT ZONES BY RIGHT; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14341 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela NAYS: Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item PZ.7, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)" and Item PZ.6. Chair King: Who would like to start the discussion on PZ.7, Vice Chair? Vice Chair Carollo: Madam Chair, we've discussed this and discussed this and discussed this. While it's listed as second reading, this is really third reading on this. So, I'm ready to vote. Commissioner Pardo: I'd like to discuss it. Chair King: No, I'm going to -- Commissioner Pardo: Okay. Chair King: Finished? Commissioner Pardo: So -- yeah, I just want to do -- this morning we heard very clearly part of the issue, which is that there's a master plan from 2008, it was adopted at commission, that residents want. They like it. It talks about green and passive space. It talks about wide boardwalks. They saw a gym installed in an area that they did not want it. Because there was a warrant available, they were able to appeal to PZAB (Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board). PZAB heard the issue. They were supported by a 7 to 1 vote. It came to commission. It won at commission by 3-2. There was a ballot measure that was introduced. Now, what they didn't realize with City of Miami Page 134 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 the ballot measure is that there's a state law that says a referendum cannot supersede municipal code. And because there was a lawsuit in between, that did not move forward, and the gym equipment wasn 't able to be opened. The answer in PZ.7 is incredibly flawed because it's asking us to eliminate all the warrants far the parks, with a few exceptions, museums, cultural centers, some other things. But that would mean that anyone in the city of Miami, the residents of the city of Miami, actually loses those rights to appeal if somebody's putting a pickleball court, if somebody's putting a skateboard ramp, something that the residents are just not in favor of So, the solution in PZ.7 is incredibly flawed because it impacts all of the residents of the city of Miami. And in fact, people leaving here today would leave with less rights than they did coming here this morning. That's not what we want to do as a commission. Chair King: I listened to the public comments, and I spoke to our city attorney about that losing of rights. Mr. City Attorney, could you respond to that please? George Wysong (City Attorney): Yes, Madam Chair, and I'll probably need assistance from the Planning Director, but some of the discourse today talked about losing one's civil rights for a park and I just wanted to sort of calm that down a little bit. Basically, you just have to look at the legislation. What does the legislation do? The legislation removes the requirement for recreational facilities to have a warrant. So, what that means is it's a change that if you're building a park in the city of Miami and you want to put a swing set in, you will no longer need a warrant. And whatever recreational facility is defined in Miami 21, that's what it applies to. Now, the other change is community facility. Previously, that required a warrant. Now, a warrant would not be required for a community facility. Imagine a building that is built where, you know, people gather to play dominoes or something like that. You wouldn't need a warrant for that. However, if you wanted to turn that building into a library or into a museum, then you would still need to get a warrant. And that's it. That's all it does. And so, the public will still have say. There are potentially other opportunities for permits, approvals, variances, et cetera, that depending on what type of park one is building, they would have to go to the Planning Department and get that information. But this does not divest the public of any and all say regarding parks. And quite honestly, this is not really just about the gym equipment in Museum Park. This is a more broader issue in relation to the ability of the administration to build parks and improve parks in a timely manner. David Snow (Director, Planning): Yeah, and Madam Chair, ifI may -- Mr. Wysong: One last thing I wanted to mention. There was also a comment where somebody indicated that this would eliminate parks, turn parks over into commercial property. And remember, this Commission was very, very keen on preserving parks by adopting the No Net Loss, which basically says if you take away park property, you'll have to replace it with more park property. So, if you convert something from a park into a commercial use, then you would have to do -- create, find another park space equal to that property. Mr. Snow: The warrant process today, simply a -- it's a conditional use permit, right? It's a conditional use permit. It's not a mechanism for outreach nor does it require outreach to be done. The warrant does have an appeal process, so that in the event that someone wants, you know, doesn't feel that the equipment or whatever is necessary, they can appeal it to go through this process. But the warrant today does not have an outreach, "outreach" process in place. It's simply there for conditional use purposes. Commissioner Pardo: Mr. City Attorney, both of you actually, this case kind of proves the need to keep the warrants because you have a park which does not fall City of Miami Page 135 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 into City parks, so the regular standard outreach feedback loop that the City might have established didn 't apply. You had people who felt disenfranchised, and they had a mechanism. They were able to present for the mechanism. They were able to file an appeal. They came before us as commission. PZAB sided with them unanimously. The Commission voted in their favor. The process worked to preserve that failsafe far the residents. Now, City may be having very good feedback today, but that may change tomorrow. And what do the residents do if that feedback loop changes? Or they have a grievance with a gym or a tennis court or a pickleball court, where do they go? It's by right, they have no say. So, while they may have used the wrong language in saying civil rights or something what they meant was their right as a resident, as a public resident taxpayer for public space to speak up and be heard. Chair King: Also, there was mention of a master plan in 2008. I wasn't here in 2008, so I did not know about a master plan. I was advised by staff that there was a parks master plan in place from 2023. Is there a difference in these master plans? Like, I don't know that we are holding on to a master plan from more than 10 years ago when you have one that was in 2023. But I do know that -- and we don't have -- Barbie, the City's parks master plan is created with citizen input, correct? Because it troubles me that the public comments were saying that we were taking away our residents' voice. That's troubling to me. I meet with my constituents regularly about what's happening in our parks. I, in my district, we don't make decisions in a vacuum on what is best for our parks. And gym equipment, which it's been my position all along, gym equipment is contemplated in the parks master plan. Now, can you explain to me if there is a difference between the master plan that was mentioned today in 2008 versus the master plan that was done in 2023? And also, after our commission meeting, I spoke to a couple of the residents that got up and spoke. I had the city attorney speak to them. And once we went through this, their position changed because they realized that we are not taking away anyone's right to be heard. That -- I would never be in favor of taking away someone's right to be heard. I just wouldn 't. So, can you, somebody, come up and discuss 2008 versus 2023? Because I don 't want -- I want the facts. I don 't want there to be misinformation. And again, I didn 't know about a 2008 master plan. I wasn't elected then. Vice Chair Carolla: Can I respectfully request that before the Park's Director does that -- and I think it's important that he does that, because I didn't know about the `23 until now. And the 2008 that they kept talking and talking, it was just finally today that I was going -- able to get something that's not quite what they've been saying. And I have been asking for if there was anything in 2008 for some time. Certainly, Bayfront Park Trust doesn 't have a copy of it. And let me -- let me begin, because this is important, that you hear exactly what's in 2008, not what a very minute minority wants to say, and then you can compare it to whatever is in '23. First and fbremost, the corporation out of New York, I don 't know what we're doing getting a New York firm to come to Miami since we have very different climates and needs from New York to Miami to come here. But the New York firm that was chosen, it was done in February 24, 2005. The amounts that were told to us today were quite low, what the City paid. The one that wanted this was Mayor Diaz at the time, and from, and correct me if I'm. wrong, Todd, but from what you gave me, it's $1,583,000 of back in 2005 -- $6, $7 , which today, you're probably looking at somewhere in the neighborhood of maybe $3 million, if not more, which I don't know where they had their minds at, paying this kind of money for anything, and particularly what I see that we've gotten. Now, let me go back. In what was approved, you're the record custodian of the City of Miami, and everything that's approved by the Commission here, as is given to the Commission, you keep from then after, correct? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Yes, sir. City of Miami Page 136 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: Mr. City Clerk? Am I correct that the only thing that you have from the attachments and the exhibits on -- back in 2008, beginning of 2008, when the City Commission dealt with this item in principle. It didn't vote for it, per se. It said in principle. I'm going to get into what in principle means here in a minute. But am I correct that the only thing that you have on the record was this one dark picture? That's what the Commission apparently saw? Mr. Hannon: That is what's in the City Clerk's repository. That is the exhibit associated with the resolution regarding Museum Park. Vice Chair Carollo: This is the custodian of our records, the City Clerk of the City of Miami. And this is the only thing, if ,you could make out, you know, whatever is here, that he has on file from the record back in early 2008. And let me see what date it was that this was approved, in theory. It's beginning '08. And bear with me so I could get the next one here. This is the minutes of that meeting where it said that the City Commission was adopting this resolution, approving in principle the master plan, March 13th, 2008. But this is from back in `05. We're looking at something that's about 20 years old. The handful of people that were here, I doubt if any of them even lived in the city of Miami then. I'm sure they were in New York or somewhere else. I know the person that owned all the land across the street. Every last inch of all that land where those big buildings are at today, his name is Hank Soifer. He's the one that introduced me to the gentleman that's going to make America great again, beginning January 20th. A fellow New Yorker. And he never talked to me about any of these ideas that are coming up now. But let me go back to what the Cooperson [sic] Robertson partners that did this plan, whatever it is, stated in some of the papers that I think carve from Planning. Is that correct, that you gave me, that you found there in the Planning Department? Mr. Hannon: There was a PowerPoint presentation from, I believe, 2007 -- Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Mr. Hannon: -- provided. Vice Chair Carolla: Please listen to this, because I think this is going to explain a lot. They say the design was programmed to accommodate both active and passive. They've been telling you up to now that the only thing that was done was for a passive park. A passive park. It says here the design was programmed to accommodate both active and passive recreation with play fields, playgrounds, and native planting fields with meandering pathways. I just got this today to look at. This is not what we have been told as the Bible. Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair. Vice Chair Carollo: Now -- no, sir, I'mspeaking now. What this in theory means? Well, it means without necessarily committing to all the specifics or details of implementing something. Now, it gets better. This gymarea is around 3,000 square feet in a park. Land that's got, taking the museums out of the equation, approximately, give or take, 900,000 square feet of land. However, the Clerk found these renderings that are not what you're supposed to get for $1, 583, 000, $3 million or more today's dollars. And what does this show me? Surprise, surprise. They got a big restaurant in here. This is your so-called master plan. Big restaurant. It's got another big building here. What does -- what do they call it, Will? A pavilion. A big pavilion between the land footprint of the big restaurant by the water in the slip and the pavilion, it's around the size of the Perez Museum. But maybe this is what we've got to do, build a restaurant, build a pavilion, and forget about the 3,000 square foot City of Miami Page 137 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 gym in there, that tiny little gym. It gets even better. A slip. They got all kinds of islands running around and connected in the slip, and a small little highway going from the Miami Arena site, or the Heat site, to Ferre Park, which means we 're going to do away with that waterway. Then, what I find in here that, Chairwoman, I'll show this to you because the only thing that this gives me the impression of what it is, since there's nothing here that says what it is, you know those waves that you find in different party places in Florida, like up in Tampa, Busch Gardens, those waves that come like that and you junip in there, or up in Paint Beach, one of those wave places, it's what it looks like. Look at that. I don't know. Maybe it's something else, but it seems like you've got people inside there, you've got other people standing, like, on the side, like a beach. So, I cannot for the life of me, to this day, believe or understand how individuals have made into a crusade worse than the Islamics over there in -- Unidentified Speaker: Wow. Vice Chair Carollo: -- the Middle East in the way they're coming at me and others because of this. Because we want to put a tiny outdoor gymlike some 40-plus parks in the city of Miami have. And what they're trying to avoid and not bring up in any way is that 80 percent of the people of Miami agree that they wanted the gym there. But of course, the question was misleading. What we put down was not true. And as you stated very elegantly, Chairwoman, at the last meeting, what is misleading by the question, it was straightforward. I should have frankly gone out and campaigned for it. I didn't. Not until the night before the election, that I was invited to a TV station that I spoke on it, but I should have because they used, Mr. Pardo used me to try to get votes against it. Making it into a referendum -- Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair. Vice Chair Carollo: -- against me. Commissioner Pardo: I'd like to reply. Vice Chair Carollo: No, sir. Well, you can reply when I'm done. Okay? You're not in Rodriguez Tejeda's radio station right now. And by the way, he's off the air by January 6th. Oh, yeah, like you don't care? That's where you bashed Mr. Gabela, your chairwoman, and myself, like you don't know. Bottom line is that if they want to talk -- Commissioner Pardo: I don't bash anybody, sir. Vice Chair Carollo: If they want to talk about master plans, let's talk about whatever was given to the City for a $1,583,000 by this New York firm that wanted a big restaurant in the park, wanted a huge pavilion to sell I don't know what, wanted what appeared to be one of those wave things with water, with a beach at the end, wanted to undo the big slip with all kinds of islands and connections and what have you, and more stuff that you can't tell what's in there. Now, I think it would be good to find out what `23 said, but going back 20 years ago, we don't have nearly the population of 20 years ago today in Downtown Miami. The population exploded in Downtown Miami. The population of Miami exploded. Twenty years ago, Miami was a little over 300, 000. We're getting close to half a million people today. You cannot tell me that any master plan that is made for whatever it's made has to be written in stone forever; no matter what changes come to a community or a city. The answer to why they didn't want the gym? We have a gym in our building. Well, the two precincts right across the street that cover all the buildings in front of Maurice Ferre Park, one voted 80 percent for the gymto stay. The other voted around 60 percent Jrothe gym to stay. And thus, with a jell campaign, where Mr. Pardo was asking for City of Miami Page 138 Printed 011 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 contributions to the PAC (Political Action Committee) that he created to do a campaign, and that's with him having recruited the six people that filed the lawsuit, and he told them not to worry, that he would open up the PAC, which he did, and they would pay the attorney, which is how the attorney that's sitting out there for them is getting paid, through the PAC that Mr. Pardo has raised the money for. So, let's stop the hypocrisy here. You know, the residents of Miami expressed themselves. We should respect those residents. A minority, a tiny minority, this is not Russia, this is not China, this is not Iran. A tiny minority does not dictate to the majority, not in a democracy. Chair King: Mr. -- I asked him. Commissioner Pardo: No, I mean, he invoked my name. I think I should be able to respond right now before we lose track of everything that he's -- right? Okay. Chair King: I just want to -- Commissioner Pardo: Thank you. No, but I -- Chair King: My question -- Commissioner Pardo: -- I get it, but I, but I -- Chair King: Go right ahead. Commissioner Pardo: --before I lose track -- Chair King: Go -- go -- Commissioner Pardo: -- because otherwise it's notfair. Chair King: No, no, no, I'in saying go -- Commissioner Pardo: You're putting me in a disadvantage. Chair King: No, go right ahead. Commissioner Pardo: Okay. Chair King: Go right ahead. Commissioner Pardo: First of all, I would never bash my colleagues. I realize that for some people the truth hurts. The truth in this case is that residents have been trying to reach you. They have been trying to communicate all these things that are coming through our office to you. If you had heard then a little bit, you would have known about the 2008 master plan. You would have known that Savino Miller did an update to that plan, comprehensive, that they have read and researched. They're not just picking little people and beaches, and they didn't just find this now. They have diligently done their homework. They're not a handful of people. They're a community. I have, you know, a petition with 760 people on it. They go to the forums, they speak out. Even today, it is humiliating, denigrating, and wrong to treat people this way. They don't deserve to be treated this way. And that's what they keep coining to us to say. And I think we need to listen to them. About the ballot election, yes, there was an election. When I looked at it, Precinct 980, ballot lost. There were a few where they were tied. There were 27,000 people that voted. 27 in favor, 7,000 against, out of 2.5 million people. So, take that for whatever it's worth. But the residents deserve to be heard. They've been trying for a very long time. And I think if City of Miami Page 139 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Carollo would open his door and listen a little bit and bring people in, we wouldn't even be here. Vice Chair Carolla: Chair, ifI could have a quick minute rebuttal. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, can I -- can I --? Chair King: Okay, okay -- Vice Chair Carollo: Just a quick rebuttal. Chair King: All -- Vice Chair Carollo: I've listened to -- Chair King: -- I under -- Vice Chair Carollo: I've listened to everybody -- Chair King: Let -- can we just have the park's director answer me on the 2008 master plan and the 2023 master plan. Can I just get an answer for that? Chris Evans: Right. Good afternoon, Chris Evans, Parks and Recreation director. The 2023 master plan is what we -- what I have the information on as far as the community engagement we did. For the master plan, it's more of a global master plan for our entire park system, for 154 different parks. We got public input from about 36,000 residents, which made it statistically valid for what we're trying to accomplish. It does mention in different sections of the master plan what different amenities go in different parkland. It doesn't go park by park. We work with all the district offices to schedule meetings to discuss specific parks. Chair King: Commissioner Gabela. Vice Chair Carollo: What did you say, Chris? Mr. Evans: Which part? Vice Chair Carollo: I don 't know, you went so quick. Mr. Evans: Trying to get out of the light here. It was statistically valid. 36,000 residents completed our master plan from throughout the city. It doesn't go directly into one -in -one. He was just kidding. Survey? Statistically valid survey, yes, for the entire city. So, it didn't go into direction on each individual park. We work with the commission offices to discuss those. Vice Chair Carollo: What was the survey all about? Mr. Evans: What amenities they would want in each park. Vice Chair Carollo: Oh, okay. Mr. Evans: What -- yeah, it ranked high priority, low priority, which different amenities, different programs that we need. It broke it down citywide and by districts in the master plan. Vice Chair Carollo: Thank you, Chris. City of Miami Page 140 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: You gentlemen done? Commissioner Pardo: I just had a question for him. Chair King: Chris? Commissioner Pardo: Yes. Does your park master plan, the 2023, include Maurice Ferro Park? Mr. Evans: No. Commissioner Pardo: No. And there was no outreach ever done to those communities in Downtown? Mr. Evans: Yes, to all communities -- Commissioner Pardo: From. the list that I saw -- Mr. Evans: Yes, all communities throughout the city. Commissioner Pardo: And you included downtown communities? Mr. Evans: Yes, yes, sir. Commissioner Pardo: And where did outdoor gym rank in your high priorities? Mr. Evans: Outdoor exercise equipment was -- Commissioner Pardo: For that kind of park. For that kind of park. Mr. Evans: -- a medium priority. Outdoor exercise equipment is in -- as a preferred amenity in all of our different types of parks. Commissioner Pardo: Not in that kind -- not in the master plan I saw. It wasn't listed in the higher priorities at all. A mid -level priority was an indoor gym. Mr. Evans: I'm going to page here 139 and then outdoor fitness, medium priority Commissioner Pardo: Outdoor fitness? Mr. Evans: Yes. Commissioner Pardo: Okay, like yoga, classes outside. Because you had an indoor gym, there was no outdoor gym. Mr. Evans: Understood. Commissioner Pardo: That didn't show anywhere. And to know that Maurice Ferro Park is not even included in the plan significantly changes it and this is what the Downtown residents are complaining about that they have not been included in this process. The kind of outreach that you're doing for the parks like Morningside, Margaret Pace, everything those are not being done for Bay/ront Park Trust, and that's what they keep, time and time again, stressing. Vice Chair Carollo: Chair. Chair King: Hold on, hold on a second. I believe that Commissioner -- City of Miami Page 141 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: I -- I -- he keeps saying that they were not included, and that's not true. And we have shown proof that they were included. Chair King: Chris said that the District 2 residents were included in the contemplation of the master plan. You just said that. Mr. Evans: I did and the -- the only thing I'll add is the outdoor fitness, just by national standards, includes different types of programming, different types of equipment. It didn't go to that level as far as exercise equipment. Vice Chair Carollo: Did you include the names of every park in the city? Mr. Evans: Yes, sir. Commissioner Pardo: Not Maurice Ferre. Chair King: Commissioner Gabela? Commissioner Gabela: Okay. So, we've beaten this horse to death, okay? A lot of us, you know, I'm tired fbr once, you know, not of doing my job, this is what I signed up for; but I'm tired of hearing the same thing over again. Let's simples it. The way this started out is we had the warrant thing, okay. He outwitted you guys, like I said befbre, we went to the voter. He went to the voter. And the problem is, for me, for somebody like me, is that you're saying one thing, but then there's the other -- on the other side you've got 80 percent of the people that said, yes, we want this. This is the main problem for me. Commissioner Pardo: Can I address -- Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, go ahead. Commissioner Pardo: When you said he outwitted, he didn't outwit. Commissioner Gabela: Well -- Commissioner Pardo: Well, let me just make the clarification. There's a state law that says a referendum can't supersede municipal code. And that's why we're here, because otherwise the gvm equipment would have been open. Commissioner Gabela: But here's the other thing that -- here's the other thing that you guys and people keep saying, that they're not being heard. You know, the way it was expressed to me, the warrant system works to people that are around the area, the most -- the ones that are going to be mostly affected. Commissioner Pardo: Right. Commissioner Gabela: But everybody outside of that, 90 percent of the other people, are not going to get a say. Those are the only guys that are going to get a say, you know. That to me, you know, is not fair also. I understand, but I don't understand because when you say, you know, these people are coming and they demand, and they -- well, what about the other, you know, the other -- the layer outside of that, which 90 percent of the people that make up, you know, that layer. Commissioner Pardo: But if eliminate warrants, nobody will get a say. City of Miami Page 142 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: But here's the thing -- here's the thing, because I asked, and I got a little bit educated on this. The warrant that he's talking about, okay, we're not going to take, you know, all warrants away, and there are multiple uses that warrants will remain, the way it was explained to me. Is that not right, Wysong, that we had this discussion yesterday, that there -- Mr. Snow: That is correct. Commissioner Gabela: -- are in the tens of probably hundreds of that warrants will remain in effect. The only thing that will change is that from now on, the exercise equipment and the use of a -- Mr. Snow: Community, community facility. Commissioner Gabela: -- facility community [sic] are the only ones that are not going to be required warrants. Everything else is still going to require warrants, period, end of story. That's what I was told. Is that correct? Mr. Snow: That is correct. That is correct. So, this is specific to the warrant for recreation facilities in CS (Civic Spaces), in community facilities in CS. Commissioner Pardo: Right, but that means if it's a tennis court or a pickleball court -- it's not just gym. Mr. Snow: Basketball court. Commissioner Pardo: It's not just gym equipment. That's what I'm trying to explain. It's not just a skateboard ramp. It's anything in any park in the entire city of Miami. Mr. Snow: Right. So, there's another piece of this that hasn 't really been talked about, but there are specific development requirements for our CS. So, only 25 percent of that CS space can be built on, all right? So, the rest of the space is reserved for the open space. Commissioner Gabela: Let me ask a legitimate question. Let me ask you a legitimate question, Commissioner Pardo. Okay, are we talking here that the problem (UNINTELLIGIBLE) because this is what I'm even considering. Why don't we just grandfather the gym over here and then not do anything in the warrants? Why can't we do it the other way around? Is there another way, you know, if legitimately you want to protect the warrants, and he, you know, I think he had a vote and he got 80 percent, I still remain with that. The problem fbr me is I -- look, I was with you in the beginning, but I'm not going to go against 80 percent of the people that voted. I'm not going to do that. Commissioner Pardo: I would choose to protect -- Commissioner Gabela: Whichever way it happened -- whichever way it happened, whether the sky was blue that day or it was whatever, it ain't going to happen with me. I respect the voter. That's why when it came to the -- you know, I listened. And when I got to back up my car, I back up my car. It happened with me with the retirement thing. You know, I realized I didn't want that to make noise. I had other important stuff to get done fbr my district, and I backed up my car and I withdrew. Right? Okay, you guys are locked in horn. Okay, you're locked, you know, we've been having this for I don't know how long, to the end of time, and I think it's today, we should draw these two in. For me, I want to get his gym. equipment open, and I want to protect your warrants. That's what I want to do, period, end of story. City of Miami Page 143 Printed 011 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Pardo: Okay. Then we have -- Commissioner Gabela: And let's take that vote, you know, whichever. Commissioner Pardo: All right, we have two other items. Chair King: Do I have a -- hold on a second, do I have a motion? Vice Chair Carona: Motion. Chair King: Do I have a second? Commissioner Gabela: I have a motion. I'll make it simple; I have a motion to open the gym equipment, okay? I -- am not -- if -- I am not in favor of removing the warrants, okay? Period. For me. Commissioner Pardo: So, that would be the other two items then. Chair King: The last -- Commissioner Pardo: The reconsideration. Chair King: Okay, so -- Commissioner Gabela: Would that take care of your problem, Commissioner? Chair King: No. Vice Chair Carollo: 1 defer to the city attorney -- Chair King: City Attorney? Vice Chair Carollo: -- because -- Commissioner Pardo: I'm fine. Vice Chair Carollo: -- I don't know if they're trying to lead you out into a different path so they could keep playing the game in court and keep spending monies. Mr. Wysong: Commissioners, Madam Chair, I'd love nothing more than to snap my fingers and say remove the fence, open up the park, whatever. But we're trying to do it the right way and we've been in litigation, and while the court has -- I'm sorry, while 80 percent of the population, the voting population, has said that the gym equipment should stay, the appropriate way to open it is by adopting PZ.7. Commissioner Pardo: And there's no way to do it without eliminating warrants for the whole city? Mr. Wysong: Well, and mind you, that sounds terrible. The only way to open up the gym equipment is by eliminating warrants. We're only talking about two warrants that really are -- one and a half warrants, really, because it's the one relating to recreational equipment and half of the warrant relating to the community facilities. Commissioner Gabela: And the other side -- I'm sorry to interrupt you, but real quick, the other side is that you are afraid that it gets open and then they go to court, right? Is this correct? City of Miami Page 144 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Mr. Wysong: Right. Yeah. Vice Chair Carollo: Well, they're going to keep -- Commissioner Gabela: And that's why -- Vice Chair Carolla: -- making the City spend all kinds of money. Commissioner Gabela: Wait a minute. Yes. Well, let me ask you a question. If we -- if' we guarantee that the -- that the warrants were not going to be removed and his gym equipment is going to be installed, would you guys remove the lawsuit and then that's it? Everybody's happy? We don't spend any more money -- Commissioner Pardo: No. Why don't they just -- Commissioner Gabela: -- we save the money -- we save the City money because this is costing us money also, right? On our side, to counter this situation -- Vice Chair Carollo: But -- but, Commissioner, hear what the City Attorney said. All the other warrant process are going to stay with the exception -- Commissioner Gabela: No, no, I heard that. I got that part. Vice Chair Carollo: -- you know, minute. And, you know what bothers me is they want it both ways. How many times, until I brought this up today, that I just found it today, were they saying that there was this master plan, we have to follow the master plan. Well, dammit, let's follow the master- plan right here. Let's put the restaurant, let's put the big, huge house that they want in there, the pavilion. Let's put, you know, the waving waters in there. Let's fill the slip up with islands and walkways and driveways. Commissioner Pardo: Let me -- Chair King: I -- I -- Vice Chair Carollo: You know, all of a sudden, they stopped talking about that when I brought this out. Chair King: I believe that we have -- oh, the City Manager wants to weigh in, please. I'm sorry. I -- Commissioner Pardo: Can't they just apply for a new warrant? Arthur Noriega (City Manager): Madam Chair, and I'll be brief So, the PZ.7, which is the item that we're hearing specifically right now, right, addresses the issue of whether we remove warrants specifically for those two specific uses. Philosophically, from a staff perspective, we think it's warranted. No pun intended. But I think that from a standpoint of public input, the problem is you don't govern based on the issue of the gym equipment in Maurice Ferre Park or not, because that's the anomaly, right? That's not the regular set of circumstances. Every time we build a park, or we rebuild a park, we have a considerable amount of public input, right? We have community meetings. At community meetings we get a lot of input from the community as it relates to how a particular park is programmed. Each and every one of you have experienced that, right? And so, PZ.7 is about good public policy, right? Of which I think it is. I think the concern is we bled Maurice Ferre Park into that discussion, and I think that's part of the issue. I think, you know, we -- I certainly stand behind -- in support of PZ.7, because as a general rule, it's good City of Miami Page 145 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 public policy. 1 think the warrant process is cumbersome as it relates to those particular uses, and public input is garnered in every park we build. So, I just wanted to kind of point that out because I think sometimes I don 't -- we get caught in this idea. We've been so focused on the gym equipment, the gym equipment, the gym equipment, which is obviously a significant issue. But that's an issue for 8 and 9. It's not really an issue of good public policy. I know it's hard for everybody to sort of untangle that a little bit. Chair King: Not for me. Mr. Noriega: No, I know, but I think sometimes it's difficult. If we could, that's what I'm trying to implore you to do. If we can't get there, we can't get there. But I wish we would focus on PZ.7 on the merits -- Chair King: If we -- Commissioner Gabela: Got an idea -- Chair King: Commissioner Gabela. Commissioner Gabela: -- let's take a vote on PZ.7. Chair King: Hold on. Commissioner Gabela: And then we talk about 8 or 9. Chair King: Hold on. Okay. Hold on. Commissioner Pardo: I just -- Chair King: 1 have a motion -- Commissioner Pardo: Can't we just apply fbr a new warrant? Chair King: Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. And I want to make this point for what the Manager just said. Over in District 5, Legion Park, we have tennis courts, we have a robust tennis program. There were some folks that wanted to put a pickleball court. Well, my neighbors said no. And we didn 't put a pickleball court because you do have input, you do have a voice. You have a voice with these parks. I have a motion and a second for PZ.7. All in -- Mr. Hannon: Oh, no, no. Chair? No, Chair. Chair King: What -- Mr. Hannon: Commissioner Carollo is the mover, who's the seconder? Chair King: Commissioner Gabela. Mr. Hannon: PZ.7 as is. Chair King: As is. Mr. Hannon: Understood. Chair King: All in favor? City of Miami Page 146 Printed 011 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Commissioner Gabela: Aye. Vice Chair Carollo: Ave. Chair King: Aye. Commissioner Pardo: No. Mr. Hannon: 3-1 with Commissioner Pardo voting no. Chair King: Okay. [Later...] Vice Chair Carollo: If -- if I may bring up the master plan again so that there's no mistake. The master plan that they want us to implement, again, talks about the design of this program to accommodate both active and passive recreation, not passive only like they were saying. And it says, with play fields. (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Vice Chair Carollo: Play fields. Now, play fields are soccer fields. It could mean maybe pickleball courts, but I pledge, since some there, pickleball courts is evil, I pledge that at least with my vote, I will not bring up pickleball courts at Maurice Ferre. Soccer; that's a different story. Our community needs and wants soccer. And since no one's had the guts, and nobody worries about that, to take on the Miami Heat on the jive acres in Parcel B that they were supposed to have made into soccer fields, and that's how they went out to get the vote, there needs to be some areas that people can do pickup soccer. They're doing it now in Maurice Ferre. Frankly, it's not as safe as it should be because the ground is not level, there's no drainage, and that's something that hopefully soon we will get fixed. But even though your master plan says that that's what we should do, I'll tell you now, I'm not going to go for pickleball courts. Chair King: Commissioner Pardo. Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair, just to clarify, the active is behind the arena and I think he 's just working off of old plans, doesn 't -- has never seen the updated plan? Vice Chair Carollo: Oh, now they're old plans. Commissioner Pardo: So, just for the record, I did want that to be known. Vice Chair Carollo: Now they're old plans. City of Miami Page 147 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.8 16562 Department of Planning RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION TO RECONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. R-24-0212, WHICH DENIED THE APPEAL FILED BY ARTHUR NORIEGA V, CITY OF MIAMI CITY MANAGER, AND MIGUEL FERRO, THE THEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BAYFRONT PARK, ("APPELLANT") OF THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING, ZONING, AND APPEALS BOARD THEREBY REVERSING THE CITY OF MIAMI PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S ISSUANCE OF WARRANT NO. PZ-23-16544 ISSUED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4, TABLE 12, AND ARTICLE 7, SECTIONS 7.1.1.2 AND 7.1.2.4 OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), TO ALLOW FOR THE RECREATIONAL FACILITY USE ON A PARCEL ZONED "CS," CIVIC SPACE TRANSECT ZONE, LOCATED AT 1095 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, MIAMI, FLORIDA; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela NAYS: Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item PZ.8 was continued to the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item PZ.8, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)." Chair King: Do we want to discuss PZ (Planning and Zoning) -- we have PZ.8 for discussion. George Wysong (City Attorney): I would recommend that we defer 8 and 9. Vice Chair Carolla: Okay. I make a motion to defer 8 and 9. Mr. Wysong: Let's say to January 23rd. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Chair King: Okay. I have a motion. Do I have a second? Commissioner Gabela: Second. Vice Chair Carollo: Thank you. Chair King: All in favor? Vice Chair Carollo: Aye. City of Miami Page 148 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.9 15113 Department of Planning Commissioner Gabela: Aye. Commissioner Pardo: No. Chair King: No. Okay. Vice Chair Carolla: Chairwoman? Chair King: So, deferred. Was anything else pulled in the PZs far discussion? Commissioner Pardo: Why don 't we withdraw it? RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DENYING THE APPEAL FILED BY ARTHUR NORIEGA V, CITY OF MIAMI CITY MANAGER, AND MIGUEL FERRO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BAYFRONT PARK, ("APPELLANT") OF THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING, ZONING, AND APPEALS BOARD THEREBY REVERSING THE CITY OF MIAMI PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S ISSUANCE OF WARRANT NO. PZ-23-16544 ISSUED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4, TABLE 12, AND ARTICLE 7, SECTIONS 7.1.1.2 AND 7.1.2.4 OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ("MIAMI 21 CODE") TO ALLOW FOR THE RECREATIONAL FACILITY USE ON A PARCEL ZONED "CS," CIVIC SPACE TRANSECT ZONE, LOCATED AT 1095 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, MIAMI, FLORIDA; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela NAYS: Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: Item PZ.9 was continued to the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.9, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s) " and Item PZ.8. City of Miami Page 149 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.10 16974 Department of Planning RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING AN EXCEPTION WITH CONDITIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4, TABLE 4 AND ARTICLE 7, SECTION 7.1.2.6 OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), TO ALLOW A PARKING REDUCTION OF UP TO 100% WITHIN A TRANSIT -ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ("TOD") AREA FOR A STRUCTURE WITH A FLOOR AREA OF LESS THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET AT THE REAL PROPERTY DESIGNATED "T4-R," GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE - RESTRICTED, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 933 SOUTHWEST 4 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARITY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0508 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.10, please see Item PZ.6. City of Miaini Page 150 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.11 16957 Department of Planning RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING AN EXCEPTION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4, TABLE 4, OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ("MIAMI 21 CODE") TO ALLOW A FIFTY PERCENT (50%) PARKING REDUCTION IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES FOR A PROJECT LOCATED WITHIN A TRANSIT CORRIDOR AREA, A WAIVER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7, SECTION 7.1.2.5.A.29 OF THE MIAMI 21 CODE TO PERMIT UP TO A TEN PERCENT (10%) REDUCTION IN THE LENGTH OF THE FACADE ALONG THE PRINCIPAL FRONTAGE LINE, AND A WAIVER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7, SECTION 7.1.2.5.A.29 OF THE MIAMI 21 CODE TO PERMIT UP TO A 10% REDUCTION IN THE OPEN SPACE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 459 NORTHEAST 25 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Carollo, Reyes Note for the Record: Item PZ.11 was continued to the January 23, 2025, City Commission meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.11, please see "Order of the Day. " PZ.12 ORDINANCE Second Reading 16824 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS OF ORDINANCE Planning NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM "T6-24A-O," URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN, TO "T6-24B-O," URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN, FOR THE PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1317 NORTH MIAMI AVENUE AND 1353 NORTH MIAMI AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14342 City of Miaini Page 151 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.12, please see Item PZ.6. PZ.13 ORDINANCE Second Reading 14742 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10544, AS Planning AMENDED, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, PURSUANT TO SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT PROCEDURES SUBJECT TO SECTION 163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM "SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL" AND "MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL" TO "MEDIUM DENSITY RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" AND "RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 160 NORTHEAST 50 TERRACE, 162 NORTHEAST 50 TERRACE, 170 NORTHEAST 50 TERRACE, 184 NORTHEAST 50 TERRACE, 183 NORTHEAST 50 STREET, 177 NORTHEAST 50 STREET, AND 169 NORTHEAST 50 STREET MIAMI, FLORIDA (COLLECTIVELY, "THE PROPERTY"), MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN COMPOSITE EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14343 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.I3, please see "Public Comment Period for All Item(s)" and Item PZ.6. City of Miaini Page 152 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.14 ORDINANCE Second Reading 14743 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS OF ORDINANCE Planning NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM "T4-L," GENERAL URBAN ZONE — LIMITED, TO "T5-O," URBAN CENTER ZONE — OPEN, FOR THE PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED AT 5010 AND 5040 NORTHEAST 2 AVENUE AND A PORTION OF 184 NORTHEAST 50 TERRACE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, A CHANGE OF ZONING DESIGNATION FROM "T4-R," GENERAL URBAN ZONE — RESTRICTED, TO "T5-O," URBAN CENTER ZONE — OPEN, FOR A PORTION OF 184 NORTHEAST 50 TERRACE (THE WEST 15.50' OF LOT 2, BLOCK 7 OF THE CORRECTED PLAT OF ALTA VISTA), MIAMI, FLORIDA, A CHANGE OF ZONING DESIGNATION FROM "T4-R," GENERAL URBAN ZONE — RESTRICTED, TO "T5-L," URBAN CENTER ZONE — LIMITED, FOR THE PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED AT 162, 170, AND A PORTION OF 184 NORTHEAST 50 TERRACE (LOT 3, BLOCK 7 OF THE CORRECTED PLAT OF ALTA VISTA), MIAMI, FLORIDA, A CHANGE OF ZONING DESIGNATION FROM "T4-R," GENERAL URBAN ZONE — RESTRICTED, TO "T4-L," GENERAL URBAN ZONE — LIMITED, FOR THE PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED AT 169, 177, AND 183 NORTHEAST 50 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND A CHANGE OF ZONING DESIGNATION FROM "T3-L," SUBURBAN TRANSECT ZONE — LIMITED, TO "T4-L," GENERAL URBAN ZONE — LIMITED, FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 160 NORTHEAST 50 TERRACE, MIAMI, FLORIDA (COLLECTIVELY, "PROPERTY"), AS PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14344 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.I4, please see "Public Comment Period for AllItem(s)" and Item PZ6. City of Miaini Page 153 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.15 ORDINANCE Second Reading 16700 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10544, AS Planning AMENDED, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, PURSUANT TO SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT PROCEDURES SUBJECT TO §163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM "DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL" TO "MEDIUM DENSITY RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" OF THE ACREAGE DESCRIBED HEREIN OF REAL PROPERTY AT 55 NORTHWEST 23 AVENUE, 2250 NORTHWEST FLAGLER TERRACE, AND 2260 NORTHWEST FLAGLER TERRACE MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14345 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.15, please see Item PZ.6. PZ.16 ORDINANCE Second Reading 16701 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS OF ORDINANCE Planning NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM "T4-R," GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE — RESTRICTED, TO "T5-L," URBAN CENTER ZONE- LIMITED, FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 55 NORTHWEST 23 AVENUE, 2250 NORTHWEST FLAGLER TERRACE, AND 2260 NORTHWEST FLAGLER TERRACE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14346 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.l6, please see Item PZ.6. City of Miaini Page 154 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.17 ORDINANCE Second Reading 16822 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10544, AS Planning AMENDED, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, PURSUANT TO SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT PROCEDURES SUBJECT TO §163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM "LIGHT INDUSTRIAL" TO "RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" OF THE ACREAGE DESCRIBED HEREIN OF REAL PROPERTY AT 1990 NORTHWEST 27 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14347 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.17, please see Item PZ.6. PZ.18 ORDINANCE Second Reading 16823 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS OF ORDINANCE Planning NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM "D1," WORK PLACE DISTRICT TRANSECT ZONE, TO "T6-12-0," URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN, OF THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1990 NORTHWEST 27 AVENUE , MIAMI, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14348 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.l8, please see Item PZ.6. City of Miaini Page 155 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.19 ORDINANCE Second Reading 16789 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY Department of Planning OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ("MIAMI 21 CODE") SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE 7, TITLED "PROCEDURES AND NONCONFORMITIES" TO HARMONIZE THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS TO THE LANGUAGE FOUND CHAPTER 62 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ARTICLE IV, TITLED "PLANNING AND ZONING" / "NOTICE GENERALLY"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. PZ.20 16917 Commissioners and Mayor - PZ ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14349 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.19, please see Item PZ.6. ORDINANCE Second Reading AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY AMENDING ARTICLE 3, TITLED "GENERAL TO ZONES", SECTION 3.4, TITLED "DENSITY AND INTENSITY CALCULATIONS," TO CLARIFY DENSITY STANDARDS IN CERTAIN TRANSIT CORRIDORS, AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE 3, TITLED "GENERAL TO ZONES," SECTION 3.14, TITLED "PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAM," AND ARTICLE 5, TITLED "SPECIFIC TO ZONES," ILLUSTRATION 5.5, TITLED "GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONES," TO ALLOW BONUS BUILDING HEIGHT WITHIN SPECIFIED TRANSIT CORRIDORS AND TRANSECT ZONES IN EXCHANGE FOR AFFORDABLE/WORKFORCE HOUSING; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14350 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.20, please see Item PZ.6. City of Miaini Page 156 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 PZ.21 ORDINANCE First Reading 16869 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE Planning ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE 1, TITLED "DEFINITIONS," TO ADD A DEFINITION OF PORTICO; AMENDING ARTICLE 3, TITLED "GENERAL TO ZONES," TO CLARIFY THE BUILDING AND STRUCTURE HEIGHTS IN THE "T3" SUB -URBAN TRANSECT ZONES AND FLOOR AREA FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVELS; AMENDING ARTICLE 4, TITLED "STANDARDS AND TABLES," TO UPDATE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR INGRESS CONTROL DEVICES; AMENDING ARTICLE 5, TITLED "SPECIFIC TO ZONES," TO UPDATE AND SIMPLIFY REGULATIONS RELATED TO SINGLE FAMILY AND TWO- FAMILY HOMES IN THE "T3" SUB -URBAN TRANSECT ZONES; AND AMENDING ARTICLE 7, TITLED "PROCEDURES AND NONCONFORMITIES," TO PROVIDE A WAIVER FOR RAISED DECKS; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.21, please see Item PZ.6. PZ.22 ORDINANCE First Reading 14139 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE Planning ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), MORE SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE 3, TITLED "GENERAL TO ZONES," TO CLARIFY DENSITY AND INTENSITY CALCULATIONS INCLUSIVE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATIONS AND TO REQUIRE PROVISION OF A DEED AND A SURVEY SHOWING RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATIONS SINCE THE LAST RECORDED PLAT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item PZ.22, please see Item PZ.6. END OF PLANNING AND ZONING ITEM(S) City of Miaini Page 157 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 FL.1 16955 Department of Planning FL - FUTURE LEGISLATION ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY AMENDING ARTICLE 7, SECTION 7.2, TITLED "NONCONFORMITIES: STRUCTURES; USES; LOTS; SITE IMPROVEMENTS; AND SIGNS," TO PROVIDE FOR REESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIFIC -PURPOSE DESIGNED STRUCTURES THAT ARE LOCALLY DESIGNATED HISTORIC SITES OR CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT FOR THE USES IN WHICH THEY WERE DESIGNED BY WARRANT AND FOR REESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIFIC - PURPOSE DESIGNED STRUCTURES THAT ARE 50 YEARS OLD OR OLDER BY PROCESS OF EXCEPTION; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN FL.2 ORDINANCE 17025 Commissioners and Mayor - PZ AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING ARTICLE 5, TITLED "SPECIFIC TO ZONES," TO ALLOW INCREASED HEIGHT FOR SOLID WOODEN FENCES IN THE FIRST LAYER FOR PROPERTIES IN THE "T3," SUB -URBAN TRANSECT ZONE; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN END OF FUTURE LEGISLATION City of Miaini Page 158 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 NA.1 RESOLUTION 17020 Department of Resilience and Public Works NA. NON -AGENDA ITEM(S) A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING FOUR (4) RIGHT-OF-WAY DEEDS OF DEDICATION AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED ("DEEDS"), FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY PURPOSES; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE RECORDATION OF THE DEEDS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO RETAIN A COPY OF THE DEEDS. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0509 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: We have the pocket items, and I want to give everybody an opportunity, if they choose, to speak on the pocket items. I'm going to have the City Attorney read them into the record, if that's okay. One second. George Wysong (City Attorney): Thank you, Madam Chair. Chair King: Mr. City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: Mr. City Clerk, the first pocket item is a resolution of the Miami City Commission, with attachments, accepting four right-of=way deeds of dedication, as described in Exhibit A, attached and incorporated, deeds for right-of-way purposes, approving and authorizing the recordation of the deeds in the public records of Miami -Dade County, Florida; further directing the City Clerk to retain a copy of the deeds. And the second pocket item is a resolution of. the Miami City Commission, with attachments, authorizing the City Manager to accept a perpetual sidewalk easement, in substantially the attached form, from OZPC No. 1, 2900 Biscayne Boulevard, LLC (Limited Liability Company), a Delaware limited liability company, for the purposes of public pedestrian access to portions of sidewalk constructed on Northeast 2nd Street, Miami, Florida. That concludes the pocket items. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): My apologies, Chair. So, that would be PI 1 for the right-of-way deeds and PL2 for accepting a perpetual sidewalk easement. Chair King.: Todd? [Later...] Chair King: And at this time, may I take up the pocket items? Pocket Item 1 and Pocket Item 2. May I have a motion? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Chair King: Second. All in favor? City of Miami Page 159 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 NA.2 17049 City Commission NA.3 17050 City Commission The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Pocket items passes unanimously. Thank you. Gentlemen, it is now 12 noon. Would you like to -- Vice Chair Corolla: Yes. Chair King: -- recess for lunch and the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) meeting? Vice Chair Carollo: We'll take them after lunch. Chair King: The CRA meeting after lunch? Okay. Is that okay with you guys? Commissioner Pardo: Yes. Chair King: Okay. At this -- at this time, the City of Miami Commission meeting for December 12, 2024 is now in recess. We will resume at 2:30 for the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA meeting, and directly following that meeting, we will resume the City of Miami Commission meeting. Thank you. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A PERPETUAL SIDEWALK EASEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, FROM OZPC NO. 1 2900 BISCAYNE BLVD, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO PORTIONS OF SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTED ON NORTHEAST 2ND STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0510 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Christine King, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item NA.2, please see Item NA.1. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION COMBINING THE JANUARY 9, 2025, AND THE JANUARY 23, 2025, CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS INTO ONE (1) MEETING TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2025, STARTING AT 9:00 A.M. TO BE HELD AT CITY HALL, 3500 PAN AMERICAN DRIVE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, WITH ALL AGENDA ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR THE JANUARY 9, 2025, MEETING TO BE HEARD ON JANUARY 23, 2025; DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS PROPERLY NOTIFIED OF THE CHANGE IN DATE. City of Miami Page 160 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-24-0511 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Reyes Chair King: Mr. Manager? Arthur Noriega (City Manages): I'd like to proffer an idea for our January meetings. The January 9th meeting, because of the logistics of the holidays and the deadlines required, also because of some events that are occurring that day, I'd like to see if there's any openness to consideration of combining the two January meetings, the 9th and the 23rd, to the 23rd, fbr purposes of just efficiency, if you'll entertain that at all. Vice Chair Carollo: That's fine. Chair King: I'm fine with that. Commissioner Gabela: Fine with me. Commissioner Pardo: All good. George Wysong (City Attorney): So, I've got a -- I can sort of read a resolution real quick to that effect. Chair King: Okay. The Resolution was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Chair King: Thank you. And at this time, I'm going to open the meeting fbr public comment on that item, moving the meeting -- combining the January 9th meeting with the January 23rd meeting. Nicole Desiderio: Hi. January 23rd. Chair King: To January -- January 9 -- (COMMENTS MADE OFF THE RECORD) Ms. Desiderio: Excuse me, this is my public comment, James. Chair King: Right, and her time is ticking. Ms. Desiderio: Okay. It is ticking. Chair King: (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Ms. Desiderio: Nicole Desiderio, 900 Biscayne Bay. I actually think that's a great idea, give everyone a little more holiday time, but I did want to set the record straight about something. You accused Pardo of sending me down to your Trust meeting to take a video, and I did not get sent by anyone. Chair King: Hold on. City of Miami Page 161 Printed on 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 Vice Chair Carollo: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Ms. Desiderio. Okay? Chair King: That's -- all right. Vice Chair Carollo: This is not open for this, okay? Chair King: She -- she finished. She got it out. Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah. This woman -- Chair King: Any -- anyone -- Vice Chair Carollo: -- is part of -- Chair King: Um-hmm -- that -- Vice Chair Carollo: -- his attacks on me -- Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: -- and on the Trust. Chair King: Okay. Anyone else for public comment on combining the January meetings to January 23rd? James Torres: I just want to say, please start on time. If you're coming back a month later, you're all going to be rested, please, so Wysong can give us the information we need. Please reduce the sidewalk at Morning Park. Thank you. Vice Chair Carollo: Mr. Wysong, last but not least, through the Chair -- Mr. Wysong: Sir. Vice Chair Carollo: What has happened with the graffiti filled building downtown? Mr. Wysong: I would prefer to defer to the City Manager who has some updated information. Mr. Noriega: Well, we -- we are in litigation on that, so I would -- I would prefer to brief you on that one on one. Mr. Wysong: Yeah. Could we brief you separately? Mr. Noriega: Yeah, I don't really want to have that conversation in public. Chair King: Okay. Tin being told by the City Clerk that I need to take care of the business at hand. May I have a motion to combine the January 9th meeting? Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Commissioner Pardo: So moved -- second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? City of Miami Page 162 Printed 011 1/15/2025 City Commission Meeting Minutes December 12, 2024 ADJOURNMENT The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries, unanimously. And you had a question? Did they answer? Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, well, they answered. They prefer to do it privately. Chair King: Okay. So that shall conclude the commission meeting far December 12, 2024. Thank you all, and you all have a happy holiday and a happy New Year. I will see you in January. The meeting adjourned at 5:02 p.m. City of Miami Page 163 Printed on 1/15/2025