HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 2025-09-13 AdvertisementCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF FIRST BUDGET HEARING
Pursuant to Resolution No. R-25-0304 adopted on July 24, 2025, the Miami City Commission will
hold its First Budget Hearing on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the City
Commission chambers located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133.
The September 13, 2025 First Budget Hearing will be broadcast live for members of the public to
view on the City's website (www.miami.gov/tv), Facebook, X (formerly "Twitter"), YouTube,
Comcast Channel 77 (Comcast only for residents living in the City of Miami), and AT&T Channel
99 (AT&T only for residents living in the City of Miami).
For your information, public comment on agenda items to be heard at this hearing can be
submitted via an online comment form and will be distributed to the Elected Officials and City
Administration and made part of the public record. The deadline to submit public comment via the
online comment form will occur when the Chairperson closes public comment for the hearing.
Public comment on agenda items to be heard at this hearing may also be provided live at City
Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, subject to any and all rules and procedures as
the City may implement or amend. Public comment will begin at approximately 10:00 a.m.
**Please visit https://www.miami.gov/meetinginstructions for detailed instructions on how to
provide public comment using the online public comment form.**
A copy of the agenda for the First Budget Hearing will be available at:
http://miamifl.igm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx
Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission with respect to any
matter to be considered at this hearing, that person shall ensure that a verbatim record of the
proceedings is made including all testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based
(F.S. 286.0105). Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Florida Statutes Sections
200.065(3) and 286.0105, and Florida Administrative Code Rule 12D-17.005(2)(c)22, no
verbatim record is required for the appeal of any decision made during public hearings
required by Chapter 200 (Determination of Millage).
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing special
accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305)
250-5361 (Voice) no later than three (3) business days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may
call via 711 (Florida Relay Service) no later than three (3) business days prior to the proceeding.
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MIAMI, FL 33133
mclopez@miamigov.com
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF HEARING TO IMPOSE AND PROVIDE
FOR COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Notice is given that the City Commission of the City of Miami
will conduct a public hearing to consider imposing Solid Waste
special assessments for the provision of Solid Waste services
within the City of Miami for the Fiscal Year commencing October
1, 2025 and ending September 30, 2026.
The hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m. on September 13, 2025, in
the City Commission Chambers of City Hall. 3500 Pan American
Drive, Miami, Florida, for the purpose of receiving public
comment on the proposed assessments. Alt affected property
owners have a right to appear at the hearing and to file
written objections with the City Commission within twenty (20)
days of this notice. If a person decides to appeal any decision
made by the City Commissioners with respect to any matter
considered at the hearing, such person will need a record of
the proceedings and may need to ensure that a verbatim record
is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which the
appeal is to be made. In accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, persons needing special accommodation or
a sign language interpreter to participate in this proceeding
should contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361, TTY
users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Service), at least seven (7)
days prior to the date of the hearing.
The assessment for each parcel of property will be based on
each parcel's classification and the total number of billing
units attributed to that parcel. The total Solid Waste estimated
amount to be assessed and collected for the Fiscal Year
commencing October 1, 2025, is $25.477 million, white the
full cost of Solid Waste services is approximately $53.170
million. The following table reflects the proposed Solid Waste
assessment schedule.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY RATE PER EACH
USE CATEGORIES DWELLING UNIT
Single Family & City -
Defined Multi -Family
$380.00
Copies of the Solid Waste Assessment Ordinance, Initial
Assessment Resolution, and the preliminary assessment roll
are available for inspection at the Office of the City Clerk of
Miami, Florida, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida.
Unless proper steps are initiated in a court of
competent jurisdiction to secure relief within
twenty (20) days from the date of City Commission
action at the above hearing (including the method
of apportionment, the rate of assessment, and the
imposition of assessments), such action shall be
the final adjudication of the issues presented.
The assessments will be collected on the same bill
as ad valorem taxes. Failure to pay the assessment
will result in either the commencement of
foreclosure proceedings or cause a tax certificate
to be issued against the property which may result
in a loss of title.
If you have any questions, please contact the
City of Miami at (305) 416-1570, Monday through
Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
TODD B. HANNON
CITY CLERK
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF HEARING TO IMPOSE AND PROVIDE
FOR COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Notice is given that the City Commission of the City of Miami
will conduct a public hearing to consider imposing Solid Waste
special assessments for the provision of Solid Waste services
within the City of Miami for the Fiscal Year commencing October
1, 2025 and ending September 30, 2026.
The hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m. on September 13, 2025, in
the City Commission Chambers of City Hall, 3500 Pan American
Drive, Miami, Florida, for the purpose of receiving public
comment on the proposed assessments. All affected property
owners have a right to appear at the hearing and to file
written objections with the City Commission within twenty (20)
days of this notice. If a person decides to appeal any decision
made by the City Commissioners with respect to any matter
considered at the hearing, such person will need a record of
the proceedings and may need to ensure that a verbatim record
is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which the
appeal is to be made. In accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, persons needing special accommodation or
a sign language interpreter to participate in this proceeding
should contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361, TTY
users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Service), at least seven (7)
days prior to the date of the hearing.
The assessment for each parcel of property will be based on
each parcel's classification and the total number of billing
units attributed to that parcel. The total Solid Waste estimated
amount to be assessed and collected for the Fiscal Year
commencing October 1, 2025, is $25.477 million, while the
full cost of Solid Waste services is approximately $53.170
million. The following table reflects the proposed Solid Waste
assessment schedule:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY RATE PER EACH
USE CATEGORIES DWELLING UNIT
Single Family & City -
Defined Multi -Family
$380.00
Copies of the Solid Waste Assessment Ordinance, Initial
Assessment Resolution, and the preliminary assessment roll
are available for inspection at the Office of the City Clerk of
Miami, Florida, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida.
Unless proper steps are initiated in a court of
competent jurisdiction to secure relief within
twenty (20) days from the date of City Commission
action at the above hearing (including the method
of apportionment, the rate of assessment, and the
imposition of assessments), such action shall be
the final adjudication of the issues presented.
The assessments will be collected on the same bill
as ad valorem taxes. Failure to pay the assessment
will result in either the commencement of
foreclosure proceedings or cause a tax certificate
to be issued against the property which may result
in a loss of title.
If you have any questions, please contact the
City of Miami at (305) 416-1570, Monday through
Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
TODD B. HANNON
CITY CLERK
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
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I MIAMI HERALD I 54
FAA closes latest SpaceX investigations,
opens door for next Starship launch
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oaLANDO
SpaceX has had a tough
year with its Starship
program, but the Federal
Aviation Administration
has cleared the path for
the next -generation rock-
et's 10th suborbital
launch attempt as early as
next weekend.
The FAA on Friday
closed investigations into
mishaps suffered on the
ninth launch in May in
which the Super Heavy
booster, the first ever
Down for a second time,
was destroyed on its reen-
try attempt while the
upper stage was lost over
the Indian Ocean.
"There are no reports of
public injury or damage to
public property. The FAA
oversaw and accepted the
findings of the SpaceX-led
investigation," reads a
statement from the FAA.
"The final mishap report
cites probable root
• for the loss of the
Starship vehicle as a fail-
ure of a fuel component.
SpaceX identified correc-
tive actions to prevent a
e of the
eve
nt."
The loss of the upper
stage before its planned
landing attempt marked
the third flight -related
mission failure for Star -
ship in 2025 after launch-
es Januaryand Mar-
chended with the upper
stage exploding and light-
ing up the skies across
South Florida, the Baha-
mas and Caribbean. The
company also lost a Star -
ship upper stage during a
static fire test that de-
stroyed one of its test
stands.
Despite the setbacks,
and with the FAA's clear-
ce SpaceX has slated
Starship Flight 10 for as
early as Aug. 24 launching
from its test site Starbase
in Texas during a window
that runs from 7:30-8:30
p.m.
The company on Friday
detailed its findings for
the Flight 9 issues as well
as the test pad explosion
on its website.
The angle with which
the Super Heavy booster
came back in fora landing
was more severe than
previous landing at-
tempts. Because it was the
first reuse of the booster,
SpaceX opted to not try
and recapture it like it had
on two previous Starship
flights using its "chop-
sticks" feature on the
launch tower. Instead, it
broke up during an "ener-
getic event" at an altitude
of about 3,200 feet.
SpaceX put said the
debris had no obvious
detrimental effect on
marine life.
"Space% works with an
experienced global re-
sponse provider to re-
trieve any debris that may
wash up in South Texas
and/or Mexico as a result
of Starship flight test
operations," the company
stated. "During the survey
of the expected debris
field from the booster,
there was no evidence of
any floating or deceased
marine life that would
signal booster debris im-
pact harmed animals in
the vicinity."
SpaceX stated it would
change the an
turnflights to put less
pressure on the booster.
For the upper stage,
video evidence pointed t0
the failure in the space-
craft's nosecone area of a
fuel diffuser canister that
used it to fill with liquid
methane that ended up
setting off a domino effect
that had it automaticalty
dumping fuel in space for
a safer return over the
designated entry area of
the Indian Ocean about
46 minutes after launch.
"To address the issue
n upcoming flights, the
fuel diffuser has been
redesigned to better direct
pressurized gas into the
main fuel tank and sub-
stantially decrease the
strain on the diffuser
stmcture," SpaceX post-
ed. "The new design urn
dement a more rigorous
qualification campaign,
subjecting it to flight -like
stresses and pinning for
more than ten times the
expected service life with
no damage."
For Flight 10, SpaceX
plans to fly the Super
Heavy booster with more
landing bum tests, mean-
ing once again there will
be no attempt for a tower
recovery, but instead aim
for an offshore landing
spot in the Gulf.
For the upper stage,
SpaceX will try again to
perform its first payload
deployment during a
suborbital flight that will
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PROJECT
areas to diminish any pos-
sible vehicle collisions with
wildlife, especially the en.
dangered Florida panthers
that roam that very stretch.
That approach could prove
prohibitively expensive.
"There's a benefit to
thinking about these elevat-
ed larger roadways that
avoid the impacts and keep
traffic off those more 011
nerable local and oral
roads," Lauritsen said. "But
it's costly to do it right."
Managing the habitat
once the road is built is also
concern. Prescribed bums
are critical for reducing
wildfire risk and promoting
healthy plant and animal
life, said Janet Bowman,
senior policy analyst with
The Name Conservancy in
Florida, which manages the
Disney Wilderness Pre-
scFor instance, the wood-
peckers that call the pre-
serve home require a specif-
ic of longleaf pine
forest, Bowman said. "Ilf it]
doesn't get regularpre-
scribed fire, it changes the
species distribution and it
affects wildlife that depend
on that particular habitat."
But the presence of a
road will upend that pro-
cess. "Smoke and highways
on t always mix," Bowman
said. "It would change the
way and when we conduct
prescribed fire."
The Disney Wildemess
Preserve was created when
the Walt Disney Company
purchased over 8,000 acres
of wetlands from a cattle
rancher in the 1990s to
offset environmental im-
pacts from its theme parks
and hotels.
The land, which sits at
the head of the greater
Everglades watershed and
borders Lake Russell, had
previously been eyed for
growth. It was slated to
become
a massive resi-
dential and commercial
project before Disney's
purchase and subsequent
transfer to The Nature
Conservancy.
Now, conservation ex-
perts worry the road will
propel more urbanization.
Charles Lee, the director of
advocacy at Audubon of
Florida, said he doesn't
believe the final portion of
the project connecting to
the Turnpike is necessary,
arguing it would increase
traffic, not reduce it.
"There really is no happy
ending," Lee said.
"There's only what 1 would
describe as a modest less-
ening of impacts."
Lee said he hopes the
connector can still be de-
yed. Cost and public
blowback have already
held back the road before.
In 2018, the CFX gov-
erning board voted not to
move forward with the
project due to low toll
revenue projections that
would not be able to cover
the road's cost.
The project also faced
years of delay brought by
pushback from Poinciana
residents, who argued the
elevated section above
Cypress Parkway would
create a "Great Wall of
Poinciana" and divide the
largely minority communi-
ty
An event last month to
educate residents on up-
comingroad projects was
packed
with older resi-
dents who told the Orlan-
do Sentinel they struggled
getting to doctor's appoint-
ments because of traffic,
Polk County residents who
said they felt left out of
road decisions that still
t them and
young impact who's commute
times take over 30 minutes
for just a couple of miles.
For 62-year-old David
Pitts, the traffic near Poin-
ciana
and Pleasant Hill
Road has gotten so bad he
is ring. The retired
son nation worker said he
d others are desperate to
have any significant infra-
structure improvements.
"I'm getting ready to
move and hopefully come
back when they get it
right," Pitts said. "I don't
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CFX spokesperson Brian
Hutchings said in an email
the project maybe built in
phases so that the agency
an prioritize working with
the local community.
The CFX governing
board will make the final
decision in December.
'm again for reentry in
the Indian Ocean off the
western coast of Australia.
The flight will also at-
tempt a relight of one of
its six Raptor engines
while in space.
"The flight test includes
several experiments fo-
cused on enabling Star-
ship's upper stage to re-
turn to the launch site,"
SpaceX stated. "A signif-
icant number of tiles have
been removed from Star -
ship to stress -test vul-
verable areas across the
ehicle during reentry."
The reentry is still de-
signed to test the upper
stage's structural limits,
so it could still suffer
some sort of demise be-
fore reentering.
"Flight tests continue to
provide valuable leanings
to inform the design of
the next generation Star -
ship and Super Heavy
ehicles," SpaceX stated.
FROM PAGE 3A
ERIN
205 miles.
The storm was skirting
Puerto Rico rather than
hitting it directly.
Erin was expected to lose
forward speed on Sunday
and then gradually hum to
the north on Monday and
Tuesday, the NHC said.
Erin's core was projected
to pass to the east of the
Turks and Caicos Islands
and southeastern Bahamas
on Sunday and Monday.
By Thursday, the storm
is forecast to be a few
hundred miles west of
Bermuda and just outside
the big tracking cone. Erin
is then forecast to travel
north hundreds of miles
from the U.S. East Coast.
Erin's otter bands will
produce rainfall of 3 to 6
inches across the Virgin
Islands and Puerto Rico,
with isolated totals of up to
8 inches. "Locally consid-
erable Dash and urban
Flooding, along with land-
slides or mudslides, are
possible," the NHC said.
Also, swells will affect
those places, as well as
Hispaniola and the Turks
and Caicos Islands, during
the next couple of days, the
agency said.
"Erin is expected to
produce life -threatening
surf and rip currents along
the beaches of the Baha-
much of the East
Coast of the U.S., Bermu-
da, and Atlantic Canada
during the nett several
days," Cangialsi wrote.
He wrote that interests
song the North Carolina
d mid -Atlantic coasts as
well in Bermuda "should
monitor the progress of
Erin as there is a risk of
strong winds associated
with the outer rainbands
during the middle of next
Alex Sosnowski, Arm.
Weather senior meteorol-
ogist, said portions of the
North Carolinas Outer
Banks and coastal Virginia
would experience several
feet of storm surge, leading
to significant coastal flood-
ing and beach erosion.
CITY OF MIAMI
NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY
SHIP FISCAL YEAR 25-26
Pursuant to Section 4209075(4)(b) of the Florida Statutes, the City of Miami's Department
of Housing 8 Community Development (DHCD) wig accept applications from income -eligible
osenoldsas noted annually based on County and household size at InOtjS00ousino any
owners-ano-rnanauersicornaliance/income-limits. for programs funded by the Slob Housing
Initiative Program (SHIP). The SHIP funds will he utilized for the strategies indicated below
n Fiscal Year 25-26 as detailed in the DNCD's Local Housing Assistance Plan for Fiscal Years
20253026, 2028-202T and 2027.2028, found at yw.w miamigov wm/GOvernment/Deoartments-
f)rsanoatinnVHonvnn-fommulN-leveinsorouPlans-and-Report, The total funding being
received from the State Is no less than S2,013,953.
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Applications will be available starting Wednesday, September 17, 2025, aM will be accepted
until funds are exhausted Applications can be picked up at t e DHCD office, 444 SW 2 Ave.,
Third Floor. Miami. FL 33130, M-F, 8 am-4 pm. or can be reque tad via e-mail to sergiogarda®
mamigovcom. To be eligible, the property to be rehabilitated or purchased must he located
within CM of Miami limits. All applications will be funded on a ref come, first ready first served
basis. suleecf to me everlebi00 of funds. Oueslions related t this funding can be directed to
Sergio Garda. Principal Housing Specialist. 305-416-2080, at 444 SW 2 Ave.. Ninth Floor. Miami.
FL 33132. o -mail to ye,giogarciaramiamnov rom In a cordance with the provisions of
the Amencn with Disabilities Act of 1990, documents referenced here can he requested in an
alternate format by calling 305-416-2080. Ada 46480.
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF HEARING TO IMPOSE AND PROVIDE
FOR COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
Notice is given that the City Commission of the City of Miami
will conduct a public hearing to consider imposing Solid Waste
special assessments for the provision of Solid Waste services
within the City of Miami for the Fiscal Year commencing October
1, 2025 and ending September 30, 2026.
The hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m. on September 13, 2025, in
the Clly Commission Chambers of City Hall, 3500 Pan American
Drive, Miami, Florida, for the purpose of receiving public
comment on the proposed assessments. All affected property
owners have a right to appear at the hearing and to file
written objections with the City Commission within twenty (20)
days of this notice. If a person decides to appeal any decision
made by the City Commissioners with respect to any matter
considered at the hearing, such person will need a record of
the proceedings and may need to ensure that a verbatim record
is made, including the testimony and evidence upon which the
appeal is to be made. In accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act, persons needing special accommodation or
a sign language interpreter to participate in this proceeding
should contact the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361, TTY
users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Service), at least seven (7)
days prior to the dale of the hearing.
The assessment for each parcel of property will be based on
each parcel's classification and the total number of billing
units attributed to that parcel. The total Solid Waste estimated
amount to be assessed and collected for the Fiscal Year
ng October 1, 2025, i5 525.477 million, while the
full corast of Solid Waste services is approximately 553.170
million. The following table reflects the proposed Solid Waste
assessment schedule:
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY RATE PER EACH
USE CATEGORIES DWELLING UNIT
Single Family & City -
Defined Multi -Family
5380.00
Copies of the Solid Waste Assessment Ordinance, Initial
Assessment Resolution, and the preliminary assessment roll
are variable for inspection at the Office of the City Clerk of
Miami, Florida, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida.
Unless proper steps are Initiated in a court of
mpelent jurisdiction to secure relief within
twenty (20) days from the date of City Commission
action at the above hearing (including the method
of apportionment, the rate of assessment, and the
imposition of assessments), such action shall be
the final adjudication of the issues presented.
The assessments will be collected on the same bill
as ad valorem taxes. Failure to pay the assessment
will result in either the commencement of
foreclosure proceedings or cause a tax certificate
to be issued against the property which may result
in a loss of title.
If you have any questions, please contact the
City of Miami at (305) 416-1570, Monday through
Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
TODD B. HANNON
CM CLERK
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
Ad No. 43772
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MIAMI, FL 33133
mclopez@miamigov.com;thannon@miamigov.com
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF FIRST BUDGET HEARING
Pursuant to Resolution No. R-25-0304 adopted on Juy 24, 2025, the Miami
City Commission will hold its First Budget Hearing on Saturday, September 13,
2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the City Commission chambers located at Miami City
Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133.
The September 13, 2025 First Budget Hearing will be broadcast live for
members of the public to view on the City's website (www.miami.gov/tv),
Facebook, X (formerly "Twitter"), YouTube, Comcast Channel 77 (Comcast only
for residents living in the City of Miami), and AT&T Channel 99 (AT&T only for
residents living in the City of Miami).
For your information, public comment on agenda items to be heard at this
hearing can be submitted via an online comment form and will be distributed
to the Elected Officials and City Administration and made part of the public
record. The deadline to submit public comment via the online comment form
will occur when the Chairperson closes public comment for the hearing.
Public comment on agenda items to be heard at this hearing may also be
provided live at City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, subject to
any and all rules and procedures as the City may implement or amend. Public
comment will begin at approximately 10:00 a.m.
"Please visit httpsi/www.miami.gov/meetinginstructions for detailed
instructions on how to provide public comment using the online public
comment form."
A copy of the agenda for the First Budget Hearing will be available at:
http://miamifLiqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx
Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission
with respect to any matter to be considered at this hearing, that person shall
ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all
testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Florida Statutes
Sections 200.065(3) and 286.0105, and Florida Administrative
Code Rule 12D-17.005(2)(c)22, no verbatim record is required
for the appeal of any decision made during public hearings
required by Chapter 200 (Determination of Millage).
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons
needing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact
the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later than three (3)
business days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may call via 711 (Florida
Relay Service) no later than three (3) business days prior to the proceeding.
Ad No. 43782
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MIAMI-DADE-FLORIDA
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared, the under-
signed, who on oath says that he/she is Custodian of Records of The
The Miami Herald, a newspaper published in Mlami Dade County, Flor-
ida, that the attached was published on the publicly accessible website
of The Miami Herald or by print In the issues and dates listed below.
Affiant further Says that the said Miami Herald website or newspaper
complies with all legal requirements for publication in chapter 50,
Florida Statutes.
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Online Notary Public. This notarial act involved the use of online audio/video communication
technology. Notarization facilitated by SIGNiX'
Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF FIRST BUDGET HEARING
Pursuant to Resolution No. R-25-0304 adopted on July 24, 2025, the Miami
City Commission will hold its First Budget Hearing on Saturday, September 13,
2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the City Commission chambers located at Miami City
Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133.
The September 13, 2025 First Budget Hearing will be broadcast live for
members of the public to view on the City's website (www.miami.gov/tv),
Facebook, X (formerty 'Twitter"), YouTube, Comcast Channel 77 (Comcast only
for residents living in the City of Miami), and AT&T Channel 99 (AT&T only for
residents living in the City of Miami).
For your information, public comment on agenda items to be heard at this
hearing can be submitted via an online comment form and will be distributed
to the Elected Officials and City Administration and made part of the public
record. The deadline to submit public comment via the online comment form
will occur when the Chairperson closes public comment for the hearing.
Public comment on agenda items to be heard at this hearing may also be
provided live at City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, subject to
any and all rules and procedures as the City may implement or amend. Public
comment will begin at approximately 10:00 a.m.
"Please visit httpsi/www.miami.gov/meetinginstructions for detailed
instructions on how to provide public comment using the online public
comment form.**
A copy of the agenda for the First Budget Hearing will be available at:
http://miamifliqm2.com/C&ens/Default.aspx
Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission
with respect to any matter to be considered at this hearing, that person shall
ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made including all
testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may be based (F.S. 286.0105).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Florida Statutes
Sections 200.065(3) and 286.0105, and Florida Administrative
Code Rule 12D-17.005(2)(c)22, no verbatim record is required
for the appeal of any decision made during public hearings
required by Chapter 200 (Determination of Millage).
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons
needing special accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact
the Office of the City Clerk at (305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later than three (3)
business days prior to the proceeding. TTY users may call via 711 (Florida
Relay Service) no later than three (3) business days prior to the proceeding.
Ad No. 43782
Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
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Olya, a combat medic, waits for a maternity uniform in Sloviansk, Ukraine, on Jan. 25.
Expecting on the front lines:
motherhood in Ukraine's military
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Crouching in a trench on
the front lines in eastern
Ukraine, Olena felt the
ovulation app on her
phone buzz.
"I realized that 1 really
needed to be at home
making a baby, not sitting
in this trench," recalled
Olena, a combat medic.
But that wasn't an imme-
diate option, and her de-
sire to start a family was as
strong as her need to
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After about six months
of trying — navigating
appointments with fertility
doctors around her limited
leave — "it finally hap-
pened," said Olena, who
like other women inter-
viewed for this article
requested that only her
first name be used for
reasons of military proto-
col. She got pregnant, but
continued to serve.
While some people
might think fighting a war
while pregnant is crazy,
Olena said, she sees it "a
bit differently." She added,
"War is war, but life goes
Ukraine's military is
finding it hard to recruit
young men as the war with
Russia grinds on, but wo-
men — all volunteers — are
a bright spot. The number
of women serving has
grown more Than 20% to
about 70,000 since Rus-
sia's invasion in 2022.
Those who become
pregnant often serve in
tough conditions under
relentless shelling, living
without heat in the winter,
or running water and prop-
er toilets.
"Ifs terrifying —every
single day," said Nadia,
25, who served as a front-
line radio operator until
she was 8 1/2 months
pregnant. "You wake up
wondering if everything is
OK, if everyone is still
alive," she said, describing
how every morning she
would brush plaster off her
bed that had fallen from
the ceiling after a night of
explosions.
Pregnancy, she said,
made it even more diffi-
cult. The clinic where she
would get ultrasounds
closed. So did many near-
by hospitals.
"You're constantly
thinking about your child's
well-being," said Nadia,
who gave birth to a boy,
Yaroslav, in February. "It
was nonstop stress every
day, combined with con-
stant physical activity."
While the U.S. Army and
many other militaries
remove pregnant soldiers
from combat zones, Ukrai-
Nadia, a military radio operator who served until she was 814 months pregnant, gets anrt
ultrasound at the Poltava hospital in central Ukraine on Jan. 28.
nian women usually serve
until their seventh month.
And that is in a military
that doctors and soldiers
say is ill-equipped to sup-
port them — from uni-
forms that don't fit preg-
nant women, to a lack of
prenatal care and nurseries
— amid the costs and chal-
lenges of fighting the war.
Despite the hardships,
many pregnant soldiers
say they understand the
military has more pressing
priorities and that they are
motivated to serve for the
future of Ukraine — and
their children.
"Our children are the
future of this country,"
said Olya, 39, a combat
medic in eastern Ukraine
who gave birth to a girl in
May. "We have to protect
our children. And we have
to liberate the country for
their future."
Once they give birth,
women also face wrench-
ing decisions about how
long to stay home wdh
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their babies, or whether to
return to a military that
desperately needs them.
Nadia said that after her
baby was bons, she was
allowed 126 days of paid
leave if she wanted to
return to the front. Other-
wise, she could take off
three years, unpaid.
"How can 1 leave him?"
she said she wondered,
before deciding to take the
three years, with the in-
tention of returning to
service after that.
Valentyna cut short her
maternity leave to return
to service.
In the military since
2019, she had worked as
an infantry mechanic be-
fore the full-scale invasion
— an unusual role for a
woman.
"1 wanted to challenge
society by saying that a
woman in a complex com-
bat position can perform
her duties on an equal
footing with a man," Val-
entyna said.
She had initially been
hesitant to return to serv-
ice after giving birth in late
2021, worried that a mil-
itary salary, would not
support her family. The
Russian invasion changed
everything, she said.
"Sometimes you have to
make difficult decisions to
make things better," she
said.
Finding a unit to accept
her back wasn't easy, Val-
entyna said, partly because
of the sexism that experts
say is pervasive in the
Ukrainian military. Several
mined her down, includ-
ing one whose commander
said she should stay home
with her baby. She did not
get approval until August
2023 —when her son was
18 months old.
Maj. Vittoria Kravchen-
ko has served in Ukraine's
military for more than 16
years and is a psychologist
who has researched the
issue of sexism in the
armed forces. She said
women who get pregnant
an face considerable
barriers, like commanders
who question their deci-
sion to return to the fight
after having babies or their
fitness to serve.
"It's no secret that gen-
der bias exists," Krav-
chenko said as her daugh-
ter chewed a mango slice
in her arms at their home
in Kyiv, Ukraine, last win-
ter.
She added that financial
concerns were also a chal-
lenge.
fit Ukraine, the military
covers 126 days of ma-
ternity leave. After that,
the state provides about
$170 a month for the child.
A number of private
entities are helping out.
One group, Zemliachky,
makes and sends materni-
ty uniforms to serving
soldiers. Kvitna, a non-
profit, provides free wom-
en's health care from a
mobile clinic.
"There was an urgent
need," said Tans Yefte-
mii, a gynecologist with
Kvitna. On one recent
rotation, he said, the mo-
bile clinic screened 573
female soldiers. Five were
pregnant.
The Ukrainian military
did not respond to ques-
fions about how many
women were pregnant or
had given birth in the
ranks, or about prenatal
ca
re for soldiers.
Dr. Vita Marchenko, 62,
has cared for pregnant
soldiers at her hospital in
Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine.
It lacks the staff and equip-
ment for advanced testing
but can deliver babies.
"1 never thought we
would have so many wo-
men at war," Marchenko
said. A female soldier's
pregnancy only differs
from a civilian's in that it
provides "more purpose,"
Marchenko said. "They are
reminded what they are
fighting for."
PUBLIC MEETING
The MiamrDado County Transportation Disadvantaged (TD) Local
Coordinating Board (LCB) will hold a Public Meeting on Wednesday,
September 17, 2025, at 10:30 AM in the Miami -Dade Transportation
Planning Organization Offices located at 150 West Flagler Street, Suite 1924
Miami, FL 33130 for the purpose of receiving input regarding unmet needs
or any other area(s) that relate to the local transportation services for the TD
community. All interested parties are invited to attend.
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HEARINGS MAY BE CONTINUED FROM TIME TO TIME
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City Commission wftl hold a Public Hearing on October 6, 2025, at 700 pm. Bch meetings will be hell
in the Palmetto CM Hall Chambers. 516 BM Avenue West pahneao. Florida, to consider an application by
Manatee County Handal for Humanity. Inc., to consider adoption of the idloveg O0000,5 ro'.
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF SECOND BUDGET HEARING
Pursuant to Resolution No. R-25-0304 adopted on July 24, 2025, the Miami City Commission
will hold its Second Budget Hearing on Thursday, September 25, 2025, at 5:05 p.m. in the
Clty Commission chambers located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami. FL
33133,
The September 25, 2025 Second Budget Hearing will be broadcast live for members of the
public to view on the City's websfte (www.miami.gov/tv), Facebook, X (formerly 'Twitter),
auTube, Comcast Channel 77 (Comeast only for residents living in the City of Miami), and
AT&T Channel 99 (AT&T only for residents living in the City of Miami).
For your information, public comment on agenda items to be heard at this hearing can be
submitted via an online comment form and will be distributed to the Elected Officials and City
Administration and made pan of the public record. The deadline to submit public comment
via the online comment form will occur when the Chairperson closes public comment for the
hearing.
Public comment on agenda items to be heard at this hearing may also be provided live at City
Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, subject to any and all rules and procedures
as the City may implement or amend. Public comment will begin at approximately 5:05 p m
"Please visit httos:Uwww.miami novlmeetinnincrruolitms for detailed instructions on how
to provide public comment using the online public comment form.-'
A copy of the agenda for the Second Budget Hearing will be available at:
htto://miamitl.iam2.comlC itfzenslDe( ault-asox
Should any person desire to appeal any decision of the City Commission with respect to any
matter to be considered at this hearing, that person shall ensure that a verbatim record of
the proceedings is made including all testimony and evidence upon which any appeal may
be based (F.S. 286.0105). Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Florida Statutes
Sections 200.065(3) and 286.0105, and Florida Administrative Code Rule 12D-17.005(2)
(c)22, no verbatim record is required for the appeal of any decision made during public
hearings required by Chapter 200 (Determination of Millage).
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, persons needing special
accommodations to participate in this proceeding may contact the Office of the City Clerk at
(305) 250-5361 (Voice) no later than three (3) business days prior to the proceeding. TTY
users may call via 711 (Florida Relay Service) no later than three (3) business days prior to
the proceeding.
Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Ad No. 43797
WEEK OF THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2025
PROFILE
MIAMI TODAY 5
...and teaches as he works on transformative developments
not just in Miami but in other jurisdictions
throughout Florida, and just hoping to
increase our presence.
1 am also hoping to increase our litiga-
tion practice in the land use field. A lot
of our work is in the entitlements and
in the applications process, but what I
particularly enjoy, and I think one of
the unique skills that I bring here, is the
litigation aspect of land use, which is a
pretty specialized area.
Q: Are you working on any new initia-
tives or projects within Akerman that you
are excited to start or see completed?
A: Yes, we recently obtained approval
from the City ofHomestead for an 80-year
lease to build a minor league soccer sta-
dium that will also house the Homestead
Championship Rodeo, as well as a youth
sports academy, and a renovated state-
of-the-art recreational facility that will
be available for use by the Homestead
community.
We think that it will be a transformative
project, and we were lucky to obtain this
lease for our clients, which is a consor-
tium of professional athletes, including
former soccer stars and former tennis
and basketball players. They bring a real
passion to this project, and we think it'll
be transformative for Homestead and its
residents.
Q: Is there a projected time frame the
developers have to have this stadium
completed?
A: Yes, the development and design
projects will be completed in various
phases. The recreational field's timeline
is currently to be delivered in September
2027, but the client is working on and
endeavoring to get at least some portion of
it up and running sooner than that, around
the same time the FIFA World Cup will
be hosted here in Miami.
The actual stadium would be deliv-
ered in November of 2029, and then the
academy is projected to be delivered by
November 2031, although they may run it
concurrently, but those are the deadlines
in the lease.
The freshest and the one we just got
approval for is to start working on some
projects within the rapid transit zone in
Miami -Dade County. We had one that
was approved last November, and then
we have another one that's coming out.
We hope to have a hearing in the next
couple of months.
Q: You are also a law professor for
Florida International University and St.
Thomas University. What are the big-
gest lessons or skills you want your law
students to leave with after completing
your courses?
A: So, 1 teach Florida constitutional
law and land use law. For Florida con-
stitutional law, I want them to have an
appreciation for some of the basic but
important skills that every lawyer has
to have in terms of interpreting text,
statutory construction, and how to read
constitutional provisions in accordance
with each other.
Hopefully, they come away with the
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skills and understanding that will help
them on the bar, because this is a subject
that's tested on the Florida Bar for land use.
1 want them to have an appreciation for,
one, the variety of work that's available
within the land use area, and the unique-
ness of interacting with local government
boards, typically on these areas and ofthe
legal prism that you have to travel through
while still working on something that is
ultimately a project that will be built to
better the community they live in.
1 want them to have a better under-
standing of those sorts of pathways and
pitfalls, and also to understand the legal
background and the constitutional under-
pinnings of some of this law, so that they
have an appreciation for why things may
have to proceed the way they do.
Q: Are there other goals you have set
in your private practice sector that you
want to accomplish?
A: I want to be able to say that I left
a positive mark on the community and
helped Miami -Dade County progress for-
ward. I think it's a great city with a lot of
really unique attributes and an enormous
amount of potential, and I just want to do
my part to help it improve even more than
it already has.
1 think my participation in the county's
Charter Review Task Force is a step in
that direction. I think the ability to help
shape the structure of the local govern-
ment is a significant responsibility, and 1
take it very seriously. I was very proud to
have been chosen as chair of the Charter
Review Task Force by the illustrious
members of the board, and I just hope to
produce something that the voters will
see the value of.
Q: Are there any specific projects
you're working on with the task force?
A: We are methodically going through
different areas of the charter that could
stand some refreshing to address modern
needs, and the immediate one that we've
been working on is the new Miami -Dade
County constitutional officers, which
include the Sheriff's Office, Property
Appraiser, Tax Collector, Supervisor of
Elections, and the Clerk's Office, which
has always been part of it but there were
changes to the clerk's role, and so the first
task has been figuring out how that change
fits with the structure of the county's gov-
ernment and Miami-Dade's unique home
rule authority, which is one of the things
that has allowed Miami -Dade as a whole
to progress in the manner that it has.
Q: Many years from now, what kind of
legacy would you like to leave behind?
A: I'd like to be able to drive my kids
and hopefully grandkids around the city
and say, I helped them build that. 1 want
to be able to look at a tangible thing in
the community and say, I worked on that.
Q: What are the best things to do
around Miami that you enjoy the most?
A: 1 take every opportunity I can to go
see live music. 1 like to go to the beach
and just experience the different restau-
rants and lounges at various areas that the
county has to offer.
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF FIRST BUDGET HEARING
Pursuant to Resolution No. R-25-0304 adopted on July 24, 2025, the Miami City Commission
will hold its First Budget Hearing on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the City
Commission chambers located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133.
The September 13, 2025 First Budget Hearing will be broadcast live for members of the
public to view on the City's website (www.miami.gov/tv), Facebook, X (formerly `Twitter"),
YouTube, Comcast Channel 77 (Comcast only for residents living in the City of Miami), and
AT&T Channel 99 (AT&T only for residents living in the City of Miami).
For your information, public comment on agenda items to be heard at this hearing can be sub-
mitted via an online comment form and will be distributed to the Elected Officials and City Ad-
ministration and made part of the public record. The deadline to submit public comment via the
online comment form will occur when the Chairperson closes public comment for the hearing.
Public comment on agenda items to be heard at this hearing may also be provided live at City
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extrema izquierda y a su
hqo frente a la Justicia
mediante la imputation
de cargos federates por
financier'protestas vio-
tentsa , el desorden sacioL
y continuer en su encar-
nada lochs contra EEUU y
Occidente.
'George Soros y su mare-
• hijo, ambos de tz-
quierda radical, deberian
ser usados y sentencia-
dos bjo la ley RICO debido
a u apoyo a las promotes
violenlas, y mucho main
ecribio Trump en su pla-
taforma Truth Social, en
referencia a le ley contra el
crimen organized° creada
en los ahos 197o pare cam -
he Is- la mele.
Soros 'y su grupo de
psico pates han causado
un enorme deno a nues-
tru pais. Eu inetuye a sus
amigos de la eosta oesle 6a
ultraizquierda de Califor-
nia)-, &Radio.
'No vamos a permilir
que estos lunaticos sigan
con la destruction de Es-
iado Unidos ; agree.
Mediante su maquina-
ria de lavado
de dinero, subvenciones
y sobornos, Soros ha eve-
dido miles de millones de
dolares en impuestos a
troves de su supuesto es -
querns de Yilaotropie.
que nos mas que una de
las grands fuentes de in-
greso del plan de action
del denominado 'Estado
Profundo . un gobierno
bjo las sombras desde
Washington al que Trump
ha aLacado desde su pri-
mer mandato y que repite
Moon con mayor fuerza.
Como to ha dejado saber
el lider republican, una
de sus prometidos lege-
dos antes de salir de la
Casa Blanca es desarticu-
lar este loader ocultoj que
open desde hate decades
pars miner la sociedad
estadounidense, su cul-
ture, su historic, eliminar
la clase media y atacar
la propiedad privada en
busca del control general
del eaten° federal y del
role de las institutions
del pais
Por tales causes, entre
otras, tempoco results
casual que el actual pre-
sidente de EEUU, elegido
por casi Bo millones de
estadounidenses en no-
viembre de ooze, tenge en
au ruin de vide cuatro in-
tentos de asesinato, (que
se ronozcanl. El primer°,
y del cual no se habla, ocu-
rri° a smanes de
dejar la CasaBlanca en
2011 con el impacto de un
proyecul de alto calibreen
una de las venenas blin-
dadas de su habitation en
Mar-a-Lago,justo cerca de
la cabecera de su came.
La noticio sabre este in-
tent° falido de asesinato
Network (LM6). nnanciada
por Lakestar Finance. aa-
Ilada • Fund Management,
fundada par George Soros.
En se enlonc0 la vice-
gobernado. de Florida, la
eubanuamerieana Jeanette
Nunez, senate: no pode-
os dejar que nuestrosjo-
victima del daho
que n os quiereh seer George
Soros', agrego la note.
Por su parte. la lider em-
presarial. Irina Vilariho,
aseveroque'habriaqueser
c i ego, sa rda y mudo pan no
entender las causes de esta
ampre, porque 'quien
eontrola el microfono, con-
trols las mesas'.
El tilintropo Soros, na-
cido en Hungria hace 95
ahos, page tambien par
la censure abierta o en -
cub erta a las ideologies o
tendencies de derecha en
las redes satiates.
En 2017, el magnate trans -
RHO ie.000 mdlaws dod6-
lares para las operations
futures de Open Society
Foundations, cilia que elevo
el dinero que destine a la po-
AleaanderSo,othijodel magnate, reelbelamedaitapresidancial de manes deleaprealdentoJoe Biderelaaasoxsaoernaea, Mica desde 1984 a Ines de
3a.00o millones de ddlars.
Supuestamente, las Open
Society apoyan eras ampba
game de niciatives' en
EEUU, Europa, Africa, Asia
y America Latina, Pero en
realidad tape.la verdadera
labor de Soros de former
eras elite •narquica globa-
lise que eimine la propte-
dad privada y controle la
econamia universal, el ca-
mercio global, las Fuentes
de ingresos de los ciuda-
danos y las institutions,
los sislemas financieros. la
education y sabre coda a la
poblaci°n.
No resulta extrano que su
Agenda (so3o1 proclame:
'no tendras nada y seras
foe fugas y desaparecia en
horas de agendas y noti-
cieros. Nunca mas se ha ha-
blado del sucso. Losdemas
ya son cantinas y como el
pear Ggura el atentado en
Butler, Pennsylvania, el
13 dejulio de 2024, meses
ants de las elections pre-
sidencials de naviembre.
En los medios de prensa
de extrema izquierda,
Soros es dibujado y catego-
rizado coma el Robin Hood
del siglo XX1, pero esa ase-
vevacian o empatia posee
diversas cortinas o lectu-
res de fondo.
Incluso, de manera in-
creible y como un insulto,
el expresidenle Joe Biden
impuso a Soros la Medalla
Presidential de la Libertad
por u 'apoyo' a'organize-
clones y proyeclos en todo
el mundo que 'fortalecen la
democracies, los derechos
humanos, la educecian y
la justicia saciaC, cuando
en realidad Soros to que
ha patrocinado siempre
s el desorden social, las
ruptures de las sistemas
democraticos de estados
soberanos y reel irrespeto a
las !eyes stituciones de
cede pais.
4Cessowedeaw.af
Esta figura del isquier-
dismo comenzo a amasar
su fortis. como enlists
de valores en bancos brita-
nicos en la decade de 1950.
Se made a Estados Uni-
do en 1956, donde trabjo
coma comerciante de arbi-
trje en la Boise de Nueva
York haste que en 1969
funds u primer fondo de
cobertun. Double Eagle,
que dio peso a Cuintico 0
'Quantum' en 1973.
Se Mao famoso el 18 de
septiembre de 1992, el lla-
mado Miercoles Negro,
cuando el gobierno del
Rein° Unido se via foraado
a retires- la Libra esterlina
del Mecanismo Eumpeo de
Tipos de Cambio (MTC) y
por ronsiguiente su rapida
devaluaci.n en media de
laa crisis peculativa en
sque Soros y su fondo de
cobertura obluvieron ese
die unos 1.00o milons de
delares en ganancias.
Sin embargo, en las ill -
limas dos decades incre-
ments tambien su poder
adquisitivo y su influen-
a politica mediante
donaciones, Tondos pro-
• entes de progromas
gubernamentals yen ac-
▪ s pdiltcas y finonete-
ras °scores. Su diner° y el
que logrs raper o aumen-
tar pare su cease de frag-
meneci.n social loemplea
en destruir, famentarideo-
logias y Corrientes 'pro-
gresistas'; no to hate pare
nstruir un mejor fuluro,
sin° pare incrementar el
control y el poder bajo las
fundamentos del denomi-
LASCIFRAS
$18.000mm
•E•2017
El magnate ennead618.000
millones de d6lares pare
las operations futuras de
Open Society Foundations,
cilia que elevo el dine° qua
destina a la politica desde
1984a min de 32.000 millo-
nes de d4lares.
$1.700mm
•En2e23
So lundan6n Open Society
Foundations dedic6 eats
cihaa suscontroversiales
vusas polnicaa, pero a Oa.
s de su red de movlmereoa
y organlzaciones la dha
puedeseraupeada 10 vecea
nado Marxism° Cultural
del siglo %xl.
Lo menos que desea el
magnate Soros y su hija co
la prosperidad de las socie-
dades, sino las refarmas ra-
dicals de sus bases con el
Unica proposito de implan-
ter anarquias socialises,
Iota li saris y globalie tos.
Entre sus principales
pro p°sitoe se encuentra el
control de los medios de
comunicacian pare !lever
hacia adelante u agenda y
censurer nda vets mas lac
voces nservadoras oc-
cidentales y anti-globalis-
tas. Pan lognrlo compra
stations de radio, espa-
cios televisivos y subven-
cions cientos de medios de
prensa • tray. de asocta-
ciones, fundaciones y las
famosas ONG. Casi siem-
pre utilize vine alternatives
o a tereeros pan evitar que
su nombre aparezca direc-
temente involucrado en las
actions que patrocina.
laabant3ueas
En el sus- de Florida, por
ejem plo, y en otrs ciudads
del pais como Nueva York,
Ls Angeles, Chicago, Da-
llas, San Francisco, Hous-
ton y Las Vegas, la mono
socialista de Soros Ilego
pare silenciar las votes de
lideres latinos conservedo-
res y defenures de la de-
mocracia. Asi to revel° una
note publicada en DIARIO
LAS AMERICAS del perio-
disu Daniel Geotropic
Las emblematicas emi-
sores Radio Mambi AM
710 y WQBA u4o, Is anti-
gun Cubanisima, fueron
adquiridas por el grupo
empresarial Latino Media
haneN3AorAs crisis
Machos sucesos sociales y
poitiros'progresistas- in-
volucran a su familia.
Las mas renames ecnsa-
ciones contra Soros y su
hijo heredero resurgieron
enjunio mend° stallaron
las violenlas promotes ca-
Ilejeras en Los Angeles. Ile-
vadas a cabo par grupos de
delincuentes pagedos par
la extrema izquierda.
Trump freee Ns supus-
tas 'ntanifestacionei de
'inmigrantes' y ordeno
desplegar la Guardia Na-
cional y mrembros del
Cuerpo de la Marina en la
eluded. gobernada por el
radicalism° democrats.
Lo misma hizo en Was-
hington DC, la capital este-
dounidense, y ahore dirige
sus sfuerzos hacia la ctu-
dad de Chicago que en la
Ullima decade se ha con-
vertido en elvortire del cri-
men organized° en EEUU.
No obstante, Chicago ha
sido por decades un nido
pare el crimen organized°
y cuartel de las Ilamades
'garages'
Al "f lnniroporadical lam-
bien to scown de fomen-
tar las crisis migratorias
en Europa y en la frontera
sur de Estados Unidas,
como de orquestar en
elpaisprotestas masivas
cant. la poltnin y los agen-
tes federates en 2010 tras
la muerte de George Floyd.
Soros 'nuncio en xo23
que dejaba su imperio a su
min Alexander. el mejorde-
Cenur de su legado de per-
juicios.
Pero Soros y su kiln stirs
-coma ounce antes- en la
mire de los repubecanos y
de Trump, no porser un ad-
ver'sario o enemigo politico,
sine por su culture a inten-
tosincesantesdepatentizar
el caos y la destruction de
la democracia y los valores
conservadores en EEUU y
en machos utros paises.
Cuando se Babe de la in-
jerencia de los Soros, es
porque mochas cases han
romenzadoaempeorar.Ese
o su verdadero legado •
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Aviso No. 43782
Todd B. Hannon
Secretarto de la Ciudad
8 The Miami Times
MIAMITIMESONLINE.COM j SEPTEMBER 3-9, 2025
Study: Billionaires' tax rate lower than average
STAGY M. BROWN an average total el-1 federal corporate About 9 percentage while in France, the
Black Press USA festive tax rate of 24 rate from 35 percent points of the top top 0.0002 percent
percent from 2018 to The top 0.0002 to 21 percent and ex- 400's 23.8 percept paid 26 percent in
A new study by the 2020. That compares panded provisions effective rate comes 2016. Still. U.S. bil-
National Bureau of with 30 percent for like full expensing of from corporate tax. lionaires' individual
Economic Research the overall US. popu- IL..."+— percent of investment, allowing By contrast, their income tax rates —
(NBER) reveals that lotion and 45 percent households companies to reduce individual income about 11 percent of
America's wealthi- for top labor income taxable income even taxes amounted to economic come —
est billionaires pay a earners. The authors paid an average with high book prof- just II percent of are than those
lower share of their define the effective its. economic income. in parts of Europe,
income in taxes than rate as all taxes paid
mostMOM
rate of 24
Estate and gift taxes When measured where personal hold-
ost workers and relative to "economic also make little differ- against wealth in- ing companies allow
even less than the na- income." which in- percent from ence. Decedents in stead of income. the greater avoidance.
tional average. dudes labor income, *Am rt ra A JP the Forbes 400 paid richest Americans The researchers
The analysis n- business profits and a ,x� 2018 to 2020, just 0.6 percent of paid only 1.3 percent caution that the ef-
ducted by economists capital gains. their wealth in estate of their holdings in fective rate at the
Akcan S. Balkir, Em- The report con- re compared with tax when married and taxes annually in very top is heavily
manuel Saar. Danny cludes that billion- 7 percent when sin- 2018-2020 — down dependent on how
Yagan. and Gabriel aires "appear less l hl 30 percent for gle. Annual charitable from 2.7 percent in economic incomeis
Zucman, used admin- taxed than the aver- r giving by the group 2010-2013. defined, buacross
istrative data from age American" when the overall U.S. equaled 0.6 percent multiple approach-
2010 through 2020. all sources of wealth f of wealth and 11 per- INTERNATIONAL es, the results remain
matching Forbes' are considered. 1 population. cent of economic in- COMPARISONSconsistent( the rich -
lit of the 400 rich- i come in 2018-2020. The United States is est households are
est Americans with WHY THE distribute relatively corporations — often aires' effective tax not alone in seeing taxed at lower rates
individual, business. WEALTHIEST PAY little in dividends, report negative tax- rates averaged about THE CORPORATE ultra -rich house- than most Ameri-
estate and gift tax LESS which minimizes in- able income despite 30 percent, but that TAX'S OUTSIZED holds taxed at lower cans. "Ultra -high -
returns. It found The findings point dividual income tax high profits, further fell to 24 percent in ROLE rates. Similar studies net -worth individu-
that the top 0.0002 to structural fea- unless the stock is limiting tax bills. the years after Don- Corporate taxes r show billionaires in als appear less taxed
percent of house- tures of the U.S. tax sold. Passthrough The researchers ald Trump's The Cuts main major source the Netherlands pay than the average
holds — roughly the code. Corporations businesses — such found that between and Jobs Act of 201Z ofgovemment faun less than 20 percent American," the au -
"Forbes 400" — paid owned by billionaires as partnerships and S 2010 and 2017, billion- The law slashed the nue from billionaires. of economic income, thors wrote.
CHAMBER
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community, and
1 look forward to
partnering with the
chamber throughout
my time here and to
pass it on to whoever
comes after me."
For RUDG Pres-
ident Alberto Milo
Jr., the opening of the
Chamber's new head-
quarters was a long
time coming.
He described how
the annual purchas-
ing power of the ap-
proximately 450 fam-
ilies living in Liberty
Square was less than
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site, which opened
July 1.
President Donald
Tramp toured the
facility in July and
suggested it could
be a model for future
lockups nationwide
as his administration
races to expand the
infrastructure need-
ed to increase depor-
tations.
The center has
bent plagued by re-
ports of unsanitary
conditions and de-
tainees being cut off
from the legal system.
CENTER FACES
SEVERAL LEGAL
CHALLENGES
It's also facing several
legal challenges, in-
cluding one that U.S.
District Judge Kath-
leen Williams ruled
an last Wednesday.
She denied requests
to pause her order to
wind down opera-
S9 million before the
redevelopmet ini-
tiative, but said that
number rose to 356
million after the proj-
ect's four phases.
"You can do rede-
velopment. You can
take care of the peo-
ple that live in the
community. You can
bring mixed income
and you can raise
the standards for the
whole community,"
Milo Jr. said on stage.
As RUDG prepares
far the next phases
of Liberty Square's
development, he esti-
mates the area's pur-
chasing power will
climb to $130 million.
"That's a dramatic
tions, after agree-
ing the week prior
with environmental
groups and the Mic-
cosukee Tribe that
the state and feder-
al defendants didn't
follow federal law
requiring an environ-
mental review for the
detention center in
the middle of sensi-
tive wetlands.
The Miami judge
said the number of
detainees was al-
ready dwindling and
that the federal gov-
ernment's immi-
gration enforcement
goals will not be
thwarted by a pause
in operations." That's
despite Department
of Homeland Securi-
ty lawyers saying the
judge's order would
disrupt that enforce-
ment.
When asked,
the Department of
Homeland Secu-
rity wouldn't say
how many detain-
ees remained and
how many had been
moved out since the
Miami Gardens Councilwoman Katrina Baskin, one of the many Miami -Dade
leaders at the ceremony. speaks to another attendee.
difference in the abil- for local businesses, ber's historic return
ity for people to do Black businesses to to Liberty City. He
business. That's why thrive and bring back reminded attendees
it was so important 15th Avenue," he said. That members had
to bring the sham- At the ceremony's been "nomads" since
ber here to be able to close, Knowles un- its founding in 1974,
have an opportunity derscored the Chaco- moving from univer-
This image from a video feed shows Gov. Ron DeSantn
speaking about deportation Sights Imm the remote
Everglades immigration lockup known as 'Alligator
Akatrat an July 25. 2025 in Oohopee. Florida.
judge's temporary in- had seen metal fram-
junction last month. ing for tents hauled
"DHS is comply- out but no signs of
ing with this order the removal of FEMA
and moving detain- trailers or portable
s to other facili- bathrooms.
ties," the department "1t definitely seems
said Thursday in an like they have been
a
mailed statement. winding down oper-
Env ental a ations" Namath said.
tivist Jessica Namath. Based on public -
who has kept a near- ly available contract
ly constant watch data, The Associat-
outside the facility's ed Press estimated
gates. said Thursday the state allocated
that fellow observers S50 million for the
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sities, banks and civic back. and the Mi- ty means a great deal
centers before inevi- ami-Dade Chamber to Miller. but he says
tably returning home. of Commerce plants it will only succeed
He stressed 15th its flag back in Gbcr- if the community is
Avenue's status m ty City after 51 years.' aware of the resourc-
one of Miami's "main said Knowles. "We've es they provide.
streets" essential to been on life support, Accessibility of
the city's economic but we're here to information and re -
lifeblood, and vowed pump up that volume sources will need to
that the new head- and keep it going." be at the front of the
quarters would be the Jelani Miner, a gen- Chamber's mind, and
center ofa new era of eral contractor who events like the cere-
econamic progress. grew up in Liberty many contribute to
Central to this mis- City, traveled to the that end, Miller said.
sion is the small bus ceremony to meet "You definitely got
ness incubator that with Knowles, hop- to educate," he said.
will be based out of ing to strike a part- "Educating and put -
the building, which nership with his cent- ting on enough of
aims to nurture early pang, 1. Mi11's R&R these to let the com-
stage businesses by Construction, and the munity know what's
providing critical re- Chamber. going on s far as
sources and guidance That the Chamber's they can know what's
services. office will be based going on and what's
"15th Avenue is out of his communi- coming"
bathrooms. Detain- Guthrie, said on Aug. since
a it hasn't spent only applied to the
ees and advocates 22 " are probably acent to build or federal agencies, not
have described toi- going to be down to operate the facility, the state of Florida.
lets that don't flush, 0 individuals within even though Florida Republican
flooding floors with a few days," in a mes- is seeking some fed- Gov. Ron DeSantis '
fecal waste, although sage to a rabbi about eral grant money to administration is
officials dispute such chaplaincy services fund a portion of the preparing to open a
descriptions. Funding is central detention center. second immigration
to the federal gov- "No final federal detention facility
FACILITY ALREADY ernment's arguments funding decisions dubbed "Deporta-
BEINO EMPTIED that Williams' order have been made," the Lion Depot" at a state
The facility was al- should be overturned attorneys said. prison in north Flor-
ready being emptied by an appellate court. Almost two dozen ida.
of detainees as of two Homeland Securi- Republican -led stales Civil rights groups
weeks ago, accord- ty attorneys said in a also urged the Appel- filed a second Jaw-
ing to an email ex- court filing last week late court to over- suit in July against
change shared with that federal environ- turn the order. The the state and federal
The Associated Press mental law doesn't 22 states argued in governments over
last Wednesday. The apply to a state like another court filing practices at the Ever-
ofcutive director Florida, and the fed- that the judge over- glades facility, claim -
the Florida Divi- eral government stepped her authority ing detainees were
ion of Emergency isn't responsible for and that the federal denied access to the
Management, Kevin the detention center environmental laws legal system.
CRY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF FIRST BUDGET HEARING
Pursuant to Resolution No R-25-0304 adopted on July 24, 2025, the Miami City Commission
will hold its First Budget Hearing on Saturday, September 13. 2025. at 10:00 a m. in the City
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