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Home My WebLink AboutCC 1978-06-13 Minutes• • TY OF MIAMI • 6F MEETING HELD ON Wr = =loam, IMMN NWF,' I SI TES June 13, 1978 PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CITY HALL RALPH G. ONGIE CITY CLERK M. I Di • • I NW' %Coat ITEM NO. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18• 19. III( tARI11A SUBJECT REPORT ON CURRENT BUDGET STATUS AND PRELIMINARY PRO- JECTION (FY-78-79) - (INCLUDES DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE EXCLUSION OF PENSION BENEFITS FROM THE 10 MILL CAP). MOTION OF COMMENDATION TO LEE EVANS (TOURIST PROMOTION DEPT.) AND TO CHAMPION SPARKPLUG CO. FOR REGATTA AT MIAMI MARINE STADIUM. STAFF'S PRESENTATION OF MARINA PROPOSALS FOR DINNER KEY AND MIAMARINA. ACCEPT COLILPLETED WORK: "CENTRAL DRAINAGE PROJECT E-41. ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: GRAND AVENUE PARK - SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING. ACCEPT 5 DEEDS OF DEDICATION: FOR N.W. 56 ST. - IMPROVEMENTS. ACCEPT DEED OF DEDICATION: N.W. 28 ST., WEST OF N.W. 24 COURT. DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION TO ACCEPT PLAT: "GREENTRAIL SUBDIVISTON." CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF MARINA PROPOSALS. (SEE ALSO ITEM 3). REPORT FROM CHILD CARE COMMITTEE. INITIATE BID FOR JACKSON-DADE CHILD CARE CENTER. DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION OF OFF-STREET PARKING AUTHORITY ITEMS: A) DEDICATION OF CHOPIN PLAZA. B) PROPOSED OFF-STREET PARKING AUTHORITY BUDGET. DEFERRAL OF APPROVAL OF STATION GROUP 4#5 - RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS. DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION TO URGE DADE COUNTY COMMISSION TO PROVIDE JOINT PRIVATE/PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS SITES. PERSONAL APPEARANCE:. AL SOKOLSKY REGARDING BID SPECIFICATION FOR MARINAS DEVELOPMENT. DISCUSSION OF: HOUSING BONDS FINANCING. SECOND READING ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE 8719 - ESTABLISH TRUST & AGENCY FUND " STRESS CONTROL TRAINING COURSES FOR POLICE OFFICERS IN REGION 14." EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTIONS 1 AND 5 OF ORDINANCE 8731- APPROPRIATE $34,000 TO COVER EXPENSES OF "INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL," COMMENDATION TO CHAIRMAN AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE "INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL COMMITTEE." EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 38-45.0F THE CITY CODE- RE -DEFINE "KNOWN PROSTITUTE AND PANDERER." tSO!NANCE Oft UlTTON NO DISCUSSION • M- 78-391 DISCUSSION R- 78-392 R- 78-393 R- 78-394 R- 78-395 Deferred DISCUSSION M- 78-396 Deferred Deferred Deferred Personal Appearance M- 78-397 Ord: 8809 Emergency Ord, 8810 M- 78-398 Emergency Ord, 8811 1- 10 11 - 12 12 - 23 23 24 24 25 25-27 27 - 31 31 - 32 32 - 33 33 - 43 43-45 45 - 46 46 - 47 48 48 P. 49 50 5051 JUN 13 978 IND cnnksicaff NO, SUBJECT DINANCE OR SOLUTION NO. PAGE NO, 21. 22. 23. 24.E 25. 26. - 27. 28. t. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE 8719- ESTABLISH TRUST AND AGENCY FUND- "DATA ACCESS RADIO NETWORK," AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT GRANT AWARD FOR "RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM." EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE 8719- ESTABLISH TRUST AND AGENCY FUND - " RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM." SECOND READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH DEPARTMENT OF LEISURE SERVICES AND TRANSFER CHILD CARE SERVICES TO SAID DEPARTMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE 8719- ESTABLISH TRUST AND AGENCY FUND- " STAFF TRAINING FOR ADAPTED RECREATION." EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE 8719- ESTABLISH TRUST AND AGENCY FUND " SUMMER TEEN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM." FIRST READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH TRUST & AGENCY FUND- "SENIOR ADULTS SPECIAL RECREATION GLASSES." FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND SECTIONS 54-36, 54-37, 54-39 and 54-41 OF CITY CODE- DELINEATE PURPOSE FOR REGULATION OF "BUS BENCHES" AND "BUS SHELTERS" STRUCTURES. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: GRANT SOUTHERN BELL TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE COMPANY PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY TO INSTALL NECESSARY TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO SELL OLD FIRE STATION NO, 5 1676 N.W. 7th AVENUE. ESTABLISH CITY COMMISSION POLICY REGARDING DISPOSITION OF CITY -OWNED PROPERTY. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE IN LIEU OF CONDEMNATION PROPERTY LOCATED AT: 229 N.W. 30 STREET. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT W/: - ROBERT M. WEBSTER (FIRE COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND RECORDS CONSULTANT). AUTHORIZE ISSUANCE OF: "WASTE COLLECTION LICENSES." ACCEPT BID: 1,250 GPM "FIRE PUMPERS." ACCEPT BID: WYNDWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT- PHASE III - BID "A" (HIGHWAYS). WYNDWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT- PHASE III & WYNDWOOD SANITARY MODIFICATION- PHASE III, BID "B" (DRAINAGE) AND BID "C" (SANITARY SEWER). AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT W/: - E. S. RIVAS; AS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO VICE MAYOR REBOSO. Emergency Ord, 8812 R- 78-399 Emergency Ord. 8813 M- 78-400 Ord. 8814 Emergency Ord. 8815 Emergency Ord. 8816 1st. Reading Ord. 1st. Reading Ord. lst, Reading Ord, R- 78-401 M- 78-402 R- 78-403 R- 78-404 R- .78-405 R- 78-406 R- 78-407 R- 78-408 R- 78-409 51-52 52 - 53 53 54 - 57 57 - 58 59-60 60 60 - 61 62-63 63 - 64 64 - 65 65 - 66 66-67 67-68 68 68 - 69 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47.E 48. 49. AtiisiUMETNim SUBJECT MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION ITEMS; A) TESTIMONIAL DINNER FOR DON HICKMAN. B) STATUS OF FP&L FRANCHISE. C) CONDOLENCES IN DEATHS OF JEANNE LEVY & WILLIAM SIMMONS. MEMORIAL COMMITTEE ENTRUSTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MEMORIALIZING JEANNE LEVY'S DEATH. AUTHORIZE REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR CITY OF MIAMI REPRESENTATIVES TO THE HAWAII PRESENTATION RE 1981 SUPERBOWL. DISCUSSION ITEMS: • (a) SALE OF BEER AT ORANGE BOWL STADIUM. (b) ORANGE BOWL STADIUM- CURRENT MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION RE SISTER CITIES' PROGRAM: INTENDED SALE OF CITY OF MIAMI SURPLUS' EQUIPMENT. DISCUSSION ITEM: COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR RETIRED EMPLOYEES. REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY. (SEE ALSO ITEM NO. 46). PRESENTATIONS, PLAQUES AND SPECIAL ITEMS., AUTHORIZE CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS ON: "COCONUT GROVE BUSINESS AREA- "DECORATIVE PEDESTRIAN SCALE STREET LIGHTING PROJECT B-6177." (CONTINUED DISCUSSED): BENEFITS FOR RETIRED EMPLOYEES; (SEE ALSO ITEM NO. 43). PERSONAL APPEARANCE: THOMAS DIXON RE PROPOSAL FOR CREATION OF "MIAMI WATERFRONT TRUST." REPORT ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH: MONTY TRAINER. ESTABLISH DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON: PROPOSED BUDGET FOR OFF-STREET PARKING AUTHORITY (FY-78-79). DINANCE SOLUTION NO, M- 78-410 M- 78-411 M- 78-412 DISCUSSION M- 78-413 DISCUSSION PRESENTATIONS R- 78-414 DISCUSSION Personal Appearance DISCUSSION R- 78-415 PAGE NO. 71-72 '73 73 - 75 75 - 76 76 - 77 77 .- 78 78 78-83 83 84 84-91 91 - 92 92 s MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLOSIbA ON THE 13TH DAY OP JUNE, 1978, THE CITY.COMMISSION OP IAMI, RIIDA MET AT IT REGULAR .MEET NG PLACE IN THE CITY ALL, 3b0U FAN AMERICAN DRIVE, MIAMI, MEETING IN REGULAR SESSION+ THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 9:10 O'CLOCK A.M. BY MAYOR MAURICE A, t-ERRE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOUND TO BE :PRESENT: Comm.ibe.i.onen J. L. P1 ummen., Js. Commi44ionen Roue Gondon Commieeioner (Rev.) Tha_odose Gibbon Mayon Maurice A. Fenne Vice -Mayon Manoto Reboba ABSENT: ALSO PRESENT: Joseph R. Gnaee.ie, City Manages R. L. Foemoen, AeeL4tan. City Managers George F. Knox, City A.ttonney Ralph G. Ong.ie, City CLerh Ma.t.y Hirai, Aee.ietan-t City CLekk An invocation was delivered by Reverend G.ibeon who then Led .thoe a pree enz in a pLedg e o i allegiance to .the stag A motion to waive the nead.ing of the m.inu.tee was .in.tnoduced and a econded and was pane ed unan.imou4Ly by .thoe a p/cee enti. Mayor Ferre: Good morning ladies and gentleman. This is a regular City of Miami Commission meeting. I would like to announce that I have to go catch an airplane this afternoon and it's the only flight for Venezuela. The last one is at 3:00 O'clock and sott_herefore, I hope that, Mr. Plummer and my fellow Commissioners, that we don't have to debate too much on too many things and we'll be able to expedite matters on this ... Mrs. Gordon: Where is Manolo, Maurice? Mayor Ferre: He just walked by, he'll be here in a second. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, if you leave at noon we'll charter a flight. 1. Report on CURRENT BUDGET STATUS and Preliminary Projection (FY-78-79) — (Includes discussion of possible exclusion of PENSION BENEFITS from the 10 mill cap). Mayor Ferre: Now, item A of the Committee of the Whole is a report on the current budget status and a preliminary projection for Fiscal Year 78-79. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, before Mr. Gary starts, may I suggest Mr. Grassie, that the calendar in front of us be kept current and that is,that the month we're in be to the left so that we'll know what the two upcoming months are? Mr. Grassie: I'll ask the Clerk to do that Commissioner Plummer. Mr. Plummer: Alright, because I'm very interested to know in particular the month of July. Mayor Ferre: And, we've talked about this before you know, because it's happened before and really and surely I don't really care what happened in April, I mean now. Mr. Plummer: Well, that's sQ we Can keep up with the minutes, Mayor Ferre: Very funny, 1 VICE MAYOR PERDSO ENTERS THE MEETING AT 9422 AM, Mayor Verre: No W ':re on Item As Alright, Mrs Gary? Mr, Grassie: Mr; Mayor and members of the City Commissions at the time that you adopted the budget for this fiscal year we auggested that it Would be well for us to give you an update on b.udge.t status during the year rather than wait until the end of the current year, so that is what Mr. Gary is going to be. addressing. First, the current budget and its status and secondly, a bra.ef projection of what it looks like for the coming year 78-79. Mr, Gary: Good morning Commissioners. Mr: Plummer: How come you're not dressed in black? , Mr. Gary: What I'd like to discuss. with you firstly, is .what we call the Midyear Budget Review. This review entails an analysis of our revenues and expenditures in the past and what we project for the future. In order for us to determine what the budget would be like at year-end, I'd like to caution everybody this is an estimate based on known information. Also, it allows us to determine the variances in revenues and expenditures, to determine the reasons why and to submit information to the City Manager and the City Commission in terms of policies that have to he made in order for us to stay in line with our budget. Also, it enables us to determine the policies that will probably have to be made in conjunction with next year's budget. Now, how was the data determined? Firstly, we have two Or sections, the revenues and expenditures. The revenues we took a five year projection. Based on that five year projection we projected this year's budget, then we went to those people who are most knowledgeable about those revenues, namely the State which provides us with various revenues, the County which provides us with. various revenues, the department which generates various revenues such as, business licenses, occupational licenses, and also, the Finance Department, who in his v*isdom,in terms of receipts of collections,knows something about the revenues. In terms of the expenditures, the expenditures were determined by analyzing expenditure reports as of a particular date, projecting those expenditures, and sitting down with the departments to determine if those expenditures were realistic. Now, if there was a disagreement between the Department of Management and Budget and the departments, we attempted to reason with the departments as to what is the most rational expenditure that can be expected for the end of the year. If their expenditures were anticipated to be highertwe made them justify why those expenditures were higher. If the reasons were reasonable we accepted the departments expenditure. Now, f what are our findings? Last night, I submitted to, at least I hand -delivered to most of the...all of the City Commissioners, a memo from myself to Joseph Grassie, entitled "Midyear Budget Review". But I would like to go over this with some charts that I have here. Ok, in summary form, this is 1977-78 budget, this is the current budget. We are projecting a $469,882 deficit. Now this deficit assumes that we're going to receive $97.4 million dollars in revenues and we're going to expend $97.9 million dollars in expenditures for a total deficit of $469,000. Now,by major category this is what is happening in terms of revenues, this top section right here. In ad valorem taxes we're anticipating that we will receive 1.4 million dollars more than we .had budgeted. The main reason for thisoaccording to Dade County,is last year we did not have Omni on our tax rolls, this year we have them. We have some other commercial developments as well as some condominium developments. Other sources, this includes everything other than ad valorem taxesi we are expecting a$629,000 decrease in revenues here. I'll explain each one of these items on the: next page. In Fund Balance, we're expecting a deficit of a million dollars. We anticipated a million, we're not going to get that million dollars. In Salary Savings, we anticipated•1.5 million dollars, we assume we are going to get, at least were projecting we're going to get $1,4 million, approximately $1.4 million, for a deficit of approximately $49,000 to $50,000. So, overallsour revenues are falling by $269,837 thq~'s the net effect. Now, in_terms o expenditures, we think we're doing pretty good in expenditures. We have budgeted $53,289,873 in expenditures. This is the modified budget. What I mean by modified is that some changes have occurred that you've acted on, that change these figures : 00 we're giving you the most current budget. We are anticipating that we're going to spend $51,000,000 in salaries or approximately $52,000,000 as opposed to $53,000,000, So we anticipate that we're going to have $1,450,000 in surplus in our salaries, This money will be used for the Salary Savings and revenues, In tests of 2 Other Expenses., we're projecting that were going to over -expend nur budget by $200,0001 and I'll explain this overexpenditure on the next sheet. Salary Savings, as I said before, we've got to pay this up to this revenue right bere,s;, this is why you see this $1.4 million. So overall we're going to over«expend our budget, our modified budget by approximately $200,000. Now, if you take this over -expenditure and this negative revenue figure this is how we arrived at our $469,000. Now, I'd like to explain to you in detail what's happening. This is really the detail that follows the summary sheet. Before I explain to you the ad valorem tax increase1 we ar.e anticipating a reduction in Metropolitan Dade County Court of approximately $1.2 million dollars. The reason for this is that the County imposed a higher fine for all violators. This was done prior to the adoption of the budget. We anticipated $2.1 million dollars.. We are anticipating we one going to $900,000. After the budget was adopted the Supreme Court overruled those fines. So as a result1we won't be getting this money from Dade County. Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute, where does the money go? Mr.'Gary: No, it's not collected. Mayor Ferre: Oh! Mr. Gary: See, they were basing it on increased rates. Mr. Plummer: What are we going to get? Mr. Gary: $900,000 approximately. Mr. Plummer: How does $900,000 compare to last year? Mr. Gary: $900.,0.00, about $200,000 less. Why don't you check those figures for me? I think we got $1.1 million last year. Now, Utility Service Tax, we're anticipating that we're going to gat $2.7 pillion More this year as a result of rate increases, Countercyclical , this is really based on a fluctuation that exists with. the formula and available revenues. We are taking a conservative estimate here in that we've taken a medium between what the low figure is and what the high figure is. Nobody really knows. what we will receive. Our man in Washington told us that we can be guaranteed that for the last payment we will get $550,000 at a low and approximatel-. $830,000 as a high. We are anticipating a reduction, in Cigarette Tax of approximately $540,000. This is mainly due to the reduction in Cigarette sales. (BACKGROUND COMMENTS MADE OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mr. Gary: That's what they said. ... Excuse me. Ok.. State Revenue Sharing . We're going to lose $495,000. This is a real sore issue with me, mainly because when they passed the 10 mill caplone of the, I would say, the plums that they told cities was that we would offset the loss by giving you State Revenue Sharing. Now1I've done an analysis. In 1976, we got $12.2 million from the State Revenue Sharing. This year, we antic- ipated $10.7 million . So from 1976 to 1978, we're losing approximately $1.5 million in State Revenue Sharing. Mayor Ferro: Tell me that again, how much? Mr. Gary: $1.5 million, from 1976 to 1978,it's constantly going down. 1976 - $12.2 million, 1977 - $11 million, and now we're downs to $10.7 million. Now it appears that either the State should guarantee you a certain amount of money that will fluctuate with inflation or either decide to take the ceiling off the 10 mill cap. Police Department Report, we anticipate losing approximately $121,000. This is mainly due to a new court ruling that says that we cannot charge for every copy that's made at the Police Department, prior to that ruling we were charging $5.00 for every copy. Mayor Ferri: Oh! 3 Mt. Gary: Other Miscellaneous Iteyenues total approximately $27040.00, Now in terms of the Fund Balance we anticipated $1,000,000 in Fund Balance. Our auditors while they were going through our books. found out that Dade County had made an error in overstating our tax delinquency receipts. As a result, this is for the last two or three years, As a result, they're going to correct that error so we would not be able to get the $1,000,000. Furthermore, that would probab.ly be causing us a problem in last year's budget of approximately $96,000. In terms of Court fees, instead of $1.1 million, it was S1.2 million, that's what we got, Now it's $900,000 so it's about a $300,000 decrease. Now, in terms of Salary Savings, we anticipated $1.5 million in Salary Savings. We are projecting that ve will get $1,450,000. So we are falling short here. approximately $49,000.. Then we come back to reduction of revenue approximately $269,000, Now, in terms of Expenditures, we've had approximately $200,000 net overrun. These overruns are attributable to a number of factors. Firstly, in the Police -Department, we anticipated them over-expenditing their motor pool account approximately $85,000. In the Second Dollar Training Program, last year they had a balance of approximately $82,000. This was not reserved last year and those funds were lapsed over into surplus. So as a result, because they're dedicated revenues we've got to give them that money back. The Dental and Hospital Services, this is overrun in the Police Department as a result of their requiting more physical exams. Maintenance of the Kennels, this is also an overrun, mainly because they took out the money for the hors.es and the dogs. In terms of K--9 Transportation, because they're taking the dogs home1they no longer need those funds. So the bottomline is that our expenditures will be down $200,000. Ok. Now in terms of the Parks Department, during the development of the budget some of the park; were not open. As a result, of us opening parks after the adoption of the budget there was some costs that were not included. For example, the electricity at some parks is causing an overrun of $70,000, this were the new parks that we opened after the adoption of the budget. Building materials and supplies are the same factor there because of the aew parks. The Water, because we have to water the grass so it costs an overrun of $3C,000. Mr. Plummer: Are you telling me w.e're watering the grass with. City water? Mr. Gary: I assume it's City water. Mr. Plummer: ... You don't assume, well, I'm not... Mr. Grassie? We can't afford City water to water my grass, I have to use the pump. Mr. Grassie: The City has pumps in a number of its parks, Commissioner, but not in all of them and we do have,particularly in some of the newer parks that have irrigation systems and in some of the fairways, some of the median strips, where we have irrigation systems, we don't have the practical alternative of putting in wells. In those cases, we do have to use City water, yes. Mr. Gary: Now, we've been able to save in this, Solid Waste Department, approximately $215,000. This $215,000 savings is due to the fact that a transfer station was delayed in opening so we did not have to pay those costs. So that's a savings. Now in Special Programs and Accounts ... Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie , while we're on the subject that Mr. Plummer brought up, I think it might be something that we could look into. Would you have the Parks Department make a study as to how much it would cost to put in pumps in all of our parks where we use water for ... Have we done that Vince? Mr. Grimm: Mr. Mayor, we have wells and irrigation pumps in all of our parks where fresh water is available through a well. But you know, you get into a park like Bicentennial or Bayfront Park, as an example, and you just can't drill a well when you're that close to the Bay. Mayor Ferre: Well, that's funny, I do. Mr. Grimm; Well, you're on a high ridge Mr. Mayor, your elevation is plus 20 and we're not that fortunate in Bayfront Park or Bicentennial Park. Mayor Ferre; In other words, we've tried and... 4 *JUN 131978 Mr. Grit n: Where we can het fresh water througha well we haye it, We even tried floating freshwater on top of the aalt water it Morningside ?ark,is an exampleshy uae of a big ditch., Mayor Ferre: Ok. Thank you. Rev. Gibson: Alright, Mr. Gary: Ok. We also have a $25,000 surplus in the 911 System, which will not be expended this year. Mr, Plummer: That's a fallacy. Mr. Gary: Well, it's not going to be expended this year. Mr. Plummer: Well, it's not going to be expended, but I don't anybody getting any false information because the Administration is suppos.ed to come back today with a report on what in fact 911 is going to cost this City, because I've been screaming up here that 457% increase in two years, don't get any funny ideas that we're saving anything on 911. ... I'm hoping the Administration will make that report. Mr. Grassie: No, it is not a saving in the sense that you'll never have to spend it, thatis correct, Commissioner. But it will not have to be spent in this particular fiscal year. Mr. Plummer: I understand, but I don't want... Mr. Grassie: The process to develop the report that you are talking about is ongoing right now. We have several departments that have to contribute to it and I would anticipate that that will be ready for you for the 22nd. Mr. Plummer: It's not going to be ready today? Mr. Grassie: That is correct it will not be ready today. Mr. Plummer: Alright. Mr. Gary: Ok. In summary, these are the reasons why we have the overruns in the modified budget. Mayor Ferre: Would you take those things and just line them up here one after the other from 1 to 5 so that we can.. Mr. Gary: Why don't you bring them a little closer? Mayor Ferre: No, just put them up against those... yes. Mr. Plummer: Are you finished Mr. Gary? Mr. Gary: No. Mayor Ferre: Alright, thank you. Mr. Gary: Ok. It appears that our first priority should be to resolve the deficit in this year's hudgetto the tune of $469,000 approximately $470,000. Now, we have an alternative to solving this problem,would he to use an available balance that exists within the Street Lighting Fund of approximately $953,000, plus we have approximately $9,000 available in the Tourism Promotion Funds, these are balances that do exist. That's an alternative to resolve this problem. This should be the first priority. Now, if the City Commission decides to resolve this problem by using those funds then those funds would... the remaining balance within those funds would be approximately $493,000. Now, to put everything in context1I think the City Commission should be aware that we are in .a process of firming up our first budget estimate for next year's budget. Now, our preliminary findings ,.our preliminary finding is that we will be $2.3 million short of revenues for next year, or I'll put it this way, our expenditures will be $2.3 million more than our revenues. That's going to require departments to cut their budgets by $2.3 million. Now, in addition, also I must also caution you that this estimate is very, overall 5 'JUN 131978 Fir is vety liberal. Some areas it's conservative, Someareas liberal. Anyone of those revenue items, could change. Anyone of those expenditure items could change. So any use of available resources should be taken into consideration of the liberalness of this report as well as our next year's budget problem . Now, we also have a budget problem that is still outstanding for this year. Those budget problems are on page 3 of the memo t hand delivered to you last night,it's the last page. If I may, I'd like to go down each one of them. The FY-76-77 budget deficit is $95,736. This is part of the problem I told you about in terms of the County making an error in overstating our tax deliquency receipts. So that has to be made up, because last year's budget has a deficit and we've got to offset that. The second budget problem is $98,000 for this year's University of Chicago contract. This contract is necessary for us to be in conformance with the Consent Decree as well as, the Cohen Decree and it's necessary for us to have them here to validate promotional exams. The 24 summer lifeguards, $46,000. This problem came about as a result of the freeze on C.E.T.A. When we were developing the budget initially, we took all of the vacancies that were proposed in the budget and we placed theta on C.E.T.A. of those positions 24 summer lifeguards were placed on C.E.T.A. Now it's time for us hire the 24 lifeguards for the summer, these are temporary lifeguards, to augment our pool operations. Now, we have the freeze, we cannot hire those 24 lifeguards under C.E.T.A. so we've got to put them on the General Fund. I think the criticalness of these 24 lifeguards is that instead of putting a full staff of lifeguards and waste time we have them schedule the lifeguards based on the peak season. The peak season, as everyone knows is during the summer. The fire medical exams, the Fire Department has implemented a Physical Fitness Program. Now. prior to the firefighters entering this program they should take a medical to determine the extent to which they can participate in this Physical Fitness Program, as well as ongoing monitoring in terms of the improvement in their health, so this is necessary in the Fire Department for their Physical Fitness Program. Mr. Plummer: It goes a little deeper than that. Mr. Gary: Yes, it does. Mr. Plummer: A new class has to be ... Mr. Gary: True. True. The Blind and Elderly Program, I think all of you know the Action Programffwhich is a transportation program which has been with us over 4 or 5 or 6 months,, the increase benefit for retirees, this is thd...I think the Finance Director submitted to you a proposal informing you how much it would cost to grant retirees increased benefits to go along with the City employees. This cost is just for a part of the year. Now, one thing that does not show in this cost is the fact that,if this is granted,it's going to increase our unfunded liability which has not been anticipated as an expenditure for next year. The last item is Additional Retirees group Insurance. This cost was just requested by the Finance Director and is required to pay this year's cost for a group insurance for retirees. Now, I think it's important in terms of available resources how we utilize them, for the City Commission to realize that anything we do now is going to affect us next year, especially if we take an action this year that's a reoccurring coat next which we have not anticipated. For example, if we decide,as I said before, to give these retirees you know, increased benefit, that cost for next year has not been included in $2.3 million problem, so automatically that $2.3 million problem will go up, so anything we do this year will affect next year, especially if it's a reoccurring cost. (BACKGROUND COMMENT MADE OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD,) Mr. Gary: Right, plus any increase, right. That's my report. I'll be happy to answer any questions. Mayor Ferre: Alright. Any questions from members of the Commission? Mr. Plummer: Sure. I want to know what the Manager's approach is? The Charter says we cannot end in a deficit. We know that we're a lot of dollars down and what are you going to do about it? 'JUN 131978 Mt, Crassi'e; Thies is what I ptopos:e to do, Cotiiniaa1ohet. ...I intend to Bring to a City Commmission a budget balancing ordinance modiUioation which:will p+covide from the Street Lighting Fund, the amount of money necessary and we're talking about the deficit figure of $469,00.0, the. amount of money Necessary to carry us through. the end of this year. In addition to that, we have obligations which_we. really cannot avoid and they repreaent $286,00.0, these are contractual obligations, things that we. have already thefirst four items on the list on page 3. Mr. Plummer; I disagree, but go ahead. Mr. Graasie: Those items, either are in the. nature of debts or things that we must go forward with. (BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD.) Fir. Grassie: Those two budget modifications would bepresented to the City Commission and will allow us to finish this year in a solvent position. The rest of the problem for next year is one that is being addressed right now. We have instructions, out to all departments. that they must cut their expenditures and they're in the process of doing that right now. Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Grassie, my opinion, which.I'm entitled to and you won't like, that's robbing Peter to pay Paul. It doesn't eliminate the problem, it merely soothes it over until the end of this year and then it compounds and gets worst next year. Sh Mayor Ferre: Well, that's a truism. Mr. Plummer: Well, if's a truism, but the truism better become reality and that is, that this is the kind of thing has got to stop. Now, just using one example, and I realize I'm going to step on some toes. But Mr. Grassie, you got C.E.T.A. people around this City, in my estimation,and it's my opinion,that are doing nothing, damn close to it. You got 700 plus C.E.T.A. people, am I correct in that statement? Mayor Ferre: More than that. Mr. Grassie: The only part that's correct Commissioner, is the number. Mr. Plummer: Alright, 700 plus? Mr. Grassie: Yes. Mr. Plummer; Alright, sir. Now, as far as I'm concerned, when I go out here and watch these peopleiand I'm watching twenty people on a sidewalk project, four working and sixteen watching. When I go out here and I watch them put in a sprinkler system that should have been put in in the first place and I'm not holding you responsible because it's not your responsibility, but every morning as I drive by and every afternoon, I'm watching two guys withshovels and six watching. I'm watching people going up and down these streets that in my estimation are not giving a full dollar for a full dollar. Now, one thing that I would eliminate immediately on this menu that you have here is, I wouldn't hire no new lifeguards I would eliminate 24 of the present C.E.T.A. positions which_in my estimation, we're not getting our money's worth and hire 24 life- guards under the C.E.T.A. program or turn 24 of these people into lifeguards. Now, to me that's the kind of thing this City better start addressing, that this is the kind of way that we're going to just say and bite the bullet that we've got to do. Now, I'm sorry. I just do not agree that we rob one fund, transfer if you wish, dollars from one fund to another, it doesn't accomplish anything. It gives you a little bit of relief. It's like treating cancer with an aspirin and this cancer is growing on us and growing and the Mayor doesn't like my statements. But I'm going to tell you something. Mayor Ferre: I didn't say anything. Mr. Plummer: It's got to come. Now, I realize you havean immediate defense, If this Commission would only have listened to you last year about police and fire,. if we'd made those reductions, we wouldn't be in this problem, but let ine tell you something, that wasn't the Commission's decision as far ae I'm concerned, 'JUN 131978 as much as it teas of the public telling this Coi isaion what they vatted, and 1 think it better be acdepted as such. What I'M saying to you is that this thing has got to stop and 1 don't see it with this kind of medication that it is anymore than just trying to treat this situation With. laetrii,because all it's doing is merely just getting you deeper in debt, I'm sorry, something has got to give. Mr. Grassier Well, I certainly agree with your Commissioner, that the question of productivity is a serious one and something that has to be addressed. Mr. Plummer: Well, I think Grassie, please... Mr. Grassie: In addition to that, we do have to realize that it is not a problem peculiar to the City of Miami. Mr. Plummer: I couldn't care less about the rest. Mr. Grassie: But it part of the real world, Commissioner. Mr. Plummer: I understand. Mr. Grassie: The real world does tell you that when you look at the Florida Power & Light crews and the Gas Compay crews and private crews, ycu see the same six people standing on their shovels and two people working. Now, you can do that any place in the City, and all I'•m suggesting to you is that you're very right we do have to address ourselves to the question of productivity... Mr. Plummer: Mr. Grassie... Mr. Grassie: ... within the context of what's real. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Grassie, I watch_ it in other funeral homes. It don't happen in mine. Now, because my competitor goes broke, I'm not. And, I want to correct or to emphasize, I do not make the same statement in the same proportion to regular people that are working for this City as I do for C.E.T.A. But when I see a man who is a janitor and then he is replaced with a custodian, he's still pushing the same broom, but doing half the work. Now, all I'm saying to you is I see crews running around this City. I see, what do you call them?, surveying crews, they've even got to the point now where they have drivers, you know, and I just tell you I don't know how much sophistication this City can take, but baby, we are getting so sophisicated we can't stand it. And, my father makes a statement, I want to tell you it's more true with City than I ever saw in my life‘ "Everything is fine until the computer gets nervous: And, I want to tell you Mr. Grassie, Mr. Gary just put the nervousness in the computer this morning. Mayor Ferre: Alright. Any other questions or statements? Mr. Plummer: Well, yes, I want a statement. Mr. Gary, I would like through Mr. Grassie, and I think this Commission better realize it and I think the Administration better realize it, I would like by the next meeting if possible, you know what happened in California? I think that's a fever that is going to spread across this country, and I want to be prepared by the next meeting to know and let the people of this community know that if some person right or wrongfully gets up and start screaming to put on a referendum exactly what Article XIII would do to this City. Mayor Ferre: Oh, you don't have to wait until next meeting, I'll give you a full report right now. Mr. Plummer: No, I don't want your report because I don't trust it. I want those people of high priced help that I pay to give me the expert advice. Mayor Ferre: Well, I'll give you some for free. Mr. Plummer: Well, wait a minute. Now, all I'm saying is, Mr. Gary, before the Mayor expounds and drives us completely into the ocean... tiayot Ferre: No, I want to catch an airplane is what I want to try to do, Mr. Piuii ler: Ok, I want a full report on what Article XIII would do this City, financially, if in fact it were to he passed? Mayor Ferre: It would cost us $32,000,000 and the City would have to foil. Mt. Plummer: 0k, if that's the case I want to know it Ok/ Mayor Ferre: And so would Metro bye -the -way. Mr. Plummer: I'm not saying that's such.a bad thing.. Mayor Ferre: And, so would every other City in the. State of Florida. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, again, if my competitors go broke.doesnq mean I have to go broke with. them. -Mayor Ferre: Anything else, Plummer? Mr. Plummer: No. Mayor Ferre: Any other questions at this time? Mr. Plummer: That airplane that's going to Venezuela, I'•m sure it'•ll be two hours late as usual. Mayor Ferre: Do you need anything else from this Commission, Mr. Grassie? Mr. Grassie: No, sir, only to indicate to you that in answer to Commissioner Plummer's question that we would be bringing back those ordinances modifications that I mentioned. Mayor Ferre: Alright, sir. Anything else? ... Our thanks again, Howard for your usual diligence frdm you and your staff. Mrs. Gordon: Just one clarification Mr. Grassie, please. Mr. Grassie: Yes, ma'am. Mrs. Gordon: On the list of items Mr. Gary has on page 3, in what way are you going to address them in its entirety or in a partial way or what? Mr. Grassie: No. I have two things that I would do. One, would be an ordinance modification which would deal with the $469,OQQ figure that you see at the bottom of this report. Now, in addition to that, I would be bringing to you individual modifications to take care of the first four items which I consider to be contractual, basically contractual obligations which we must fulfil. In other words, we really don't have an option about those things. (BACKGROUND COMMENTS MADE OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD). Mrs. Gordon: Ok. With regard to the other items, you're not going to prepare any ordinances relating to them? Particularly,I'm addressing myself to 7 and 8. Mr. Grassie: That is correct I would not, this, you know, I think that we have put in front of you the circumstances of the City, so that you have the picture, you're in a position to understand what our financial picture is. Mrs. Gordon: Ok. I would ask if you would then prepare 7 and 8, whether the Commission adopts it or not, it would be availahle. Mr. Grassie: Sure, we can do that. Mrs. Gordon: Thank you. Mr, Plummer; Mr. Mayor, let rc bring up one point because it'•s very important. Mr. Mayor, as projected this y(ar and I report to you now as a chairmanof one of the pension funds and I'm sure Mrs. Gordon's group has addressed the same. As projected this year by the actuaries Mr, Mayor, to keep the Pension Fund In balance, In my pension fund alone, will require a half a million dollar 9 'JUN 131978 increase.. Thia half a million dollars would repres.et►t baaed on ptojectiohs that we. have. today, taking this. City above. the. 4 mi1.1 cap that is presently in our own Charter. My Board Mr. Mayor, has, been considering and is considering the possibility and I would ask today that the Administration and the City Attorney both, study this thing as we are and come back to thin Commission with. a report that in the same way that the. 10 mill cap excludes certain thinga such_as Capital Improvements, that the possibility might exist that pension paid to employees could be. excluded from the 10 mill cap. Now, I'm not saying that it's a good thing, a bad thing, Ism merely reporting to this Commission that the Pension Board that I serve Oh is trying to develop alternatives to the problem which. is great and getting greater so I want that on the record. Mayor Ferre: That's a legal question. Mrs.. Gordon: Mr. Knox, correct me if I'm wrong, but theinclusion or exclusion -of the 4 mill cap on pension, isn't that by a legislative action and not by City Charter or is it City Charter? Mr. Plummer: No, it's both. It's hoth.. Mayor Ferre: It's. a legislativeaction.. hrs. Gordon: it's a legislativeaction that could, and the legislator didn't choose to exclude that. Mayor Ferre: 1 was there. I voted for it. Mr. Plummer: Well, all I'm saying is, that I would like. the Administration and the City Attorney's office to develop a paper so that this. Commission can act intelligently at a later date, because it will require legislation if this Crmmis.sion feels that that is an answer to pursue this thing through the legislaticn in next year's session. Mrs. Gordon: You know, this warrants quite a bit of discussion. I think. on the part of this Conission and not just,you know, a random statement because it is true the Plan has an increase which will add to the increase that the system has and between the two there is almost a million dollars, which does sizably increase the amount of money and it does exceed the 4 mill cap, but the way things are now, the 4 mills is. already into the 10 mills and that decreases the revenue to the City for all other purposes. Mr. Plummer: Well, Rose., what my Board has talked about is the possible exclusion of pension from the 10 mill cap, Mrs. Gordon: I know, but, I know, that's a legislative action . We don't have control over the legislation. Mr. Plummer: Ok. No. What I'm trying to say is that I'm asking these people to develop a position paper to give to us wi.th.all the research and if this Commission feels that that is a logical path_to pursue, we can,after having all of the informationhutuntil those position papers are developed this Commission will not even address the problem. Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mr. Grassie? Mr. Grassie: We'd be happy to do that, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: You need to get the Legal Department involved in that because • Mr. Plummer: And,also Mr. Siaser, because that's where the reality lies. Mayor Ferre: Alright. Anything else on this? 2. Motion of COMMENDATION to LEE EVANS (Tourist Promotion Dept) and to CHAMP/ON SDAHHPDHG CO. for REGATTA AT MAIMI MARINE STADIUM. Mayor Verret Net're on item No. B. Presentation of Marina Pr0l0aalst Mr. Gradate? Mr, Grassie: This presentation, Mr. Mayor and members of the City Commission, we would like to handle in various steps. I would like to ask Clark Merrill to begin the presentation by covering with you first the identification of all of the organizations that have made proposals to the City and second to describe for you without going into every detail, to describe for you the principal features of those proposals. We will then go to the question of committee recommendations with regard to the organizations that should be heard by the City Commission for further elaboration on the better proposals. So if we can start I would like to have Clark Merrill go through the summary chart with you which talks about the features on all of the proposals that we have received. It will take just a minute to set these up for you. You do have a copy of everything that you see On the board in your packet. Mr. Plummer: Is that the one that was delivered last night? Mr. Grassie: No, no, that came with your original ... but the print is a little hard to read because of all the information on it so that we are putting it up on boards for you. But we are handing out a different copy of the same material which has a little bit of a different type face and may be easier for you to read. The others a little blurred so... Mayor Ferre: Wow! You have copies of that for members of the public who may want to follow this? Mr. Grassie: There are additional copies that can be made, yes, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: Alright. Would you give them to the Clerk and those of you that would like to follow this can get a copy from the Clerk. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, while they're setting up, may I just say something for the record? I don't know if any of you got over to the Champion Spark Plug Regatta over last weekend. Mayor Ferre: Which Regatta? Mr. Plummer: The Champion Spark Plug Regatta. Mayor Ferre: 0h! Mr. Plummer: ... which there were about 12,000 people and I'm happy to report that Mr. Grassie tried to get there and because of traffic couldn't make it. The Causeways were jammed which says that the people were very, very much into that sport. Something happendd at that race Mr. Mayor, and I don't want any reflection to come back on our Publicity Department who in my estimation did a fantastic job of putting that thing together or Champion Spark Plug who worked their hearts out. Unfortunately, the mechanical problems with the boat didn't give for a good race of the day. And, really what I'm saying on the record, I would like a Resolution to go from this Commission to Mr. Lee Evans and the Publicity Department complimenting them for a job well, well done and also a Resolution to go to Champion Spark Plug thanking them for their participation, but more importantly, I just don't want because there were unhappy people due to the mechanical problems of the boat in the last race there were five boats only one could start. I don't want any reflection back on the Publicity Depart- ment or Champion Spark Plug because those people did their job and did it in a magnificent fashion and I want those people to be complimented for putting that thing together and I don't want anybody to point any fingers towards this City, because it was not our problem. So, I would ask that the... Rev. Gipson: Is that a motion? Mr. Plummer: I'll make it in the form of a motion that Mr. Lee Evans and the Publicity Department be complimented for a job well done, likewise Champion Spark Plug. Rev. Gibson; Second, 11 Mayor Ferrel There's a Motion and secondk Further discussion{ Cali the roll. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer; who noVed its adoption; MOTION NO. 78-391 A MOTION OF C0i.11ENDATION TO MR. LEE EVANS, OF THE CITY OF MIAMI PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT; AND TO THE CHAMPION SPARK PLUG COMPANY, CONGRATULATING THEM ON A JOB. WELL DONE IN CONNECTION W.ITH.THE RECENT REGATTA HELD AT THE MIAMI MARINE STADIUM AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO FORWARD COPIES OF SUCH COMMENDATIONS. Upon being seconded by Commissioner (Rev.) Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote; AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, let me add, the man from Champion Spark Plug for the benefit of Brother Plummer, was very high in his praise of this City, and he said while we were the first that he was very sorry that they came so late, and that he was more than grateful for the hospitality and the cooperation that he receives in this City, more so than most of the other places. Mr. Plummer: Father, this was the 8th Annual Race that have been jointly sponsored by the City and Champion. The City putsup a $25,0.00 guarantee in case they don't make ends meet and no time during that 8 years has the City ever had to dip into one penny of that guarantee money, that speaks for itself. 3. Staff's presentation of MARINA PROPOSALS for DINNER KEY and MIAMARINA. Mayor Ferre: Alright. Mr. Merrill, are you ready? Mr. Merrill: Yes, sir. Mayor Ferre: Alright, you can proceed now. Mr. Merrill: In response to Resolution 77-835, whichauthorized the City Manager to submit proposals for leasing and improvements to the Marina facilities at Dinner Key requiring that there be a total minimum of 500 slips, and also including the lease , the Miamarina, the City has nationally advertised the proposal specifications for the two Marinas on January 12, 1978. We had received over 100 requests for the proposal specifications from all parts of the United States. 0n March 31, 1978, we received 13 proposals from 9 bidders. During the intervening time after that the staff has made summaries of the proposals. These summaries that you see before you and which you have a copy of are strictly comparative overviews of all of the proposals that were submitted. The purpose for these overviews was so that when the City Manager, who appointed a committee to review the Marina proposals would have some basic• information of comparison for the deliberations. There were five committee meetings, I think the Manager, has indicated to you, did you mention the members of the committee? Mr. Grassie: No, we're going to do that when you're done. Mr. Merrill: Ok, fine. There have been five committee meetings, at least 25 hours of reviewing and interviewing the respective proposals on both Dinner Key and the Miamarina, and at this point, I would like to go through some of the proposals, all of the proposals, as we have them in the summary form. PAIN 13197B Mayor Perre: Aitight, Mr, Merrill: The fitat proposal Was and i apologize to the audience, We're getting some copies so that they will have then. And I also, apologize to the back you won't be able to see them if we turn them around, if you'll forgive us for a few moments, I'd like to go through the proposals. Biscayne Recreation Development Company, it's headed by Paul Walker, who is a former, I believe President of Richards Department Store, maybe you remember him by that. James Sprague is the Vice President and was at one the Dock Master for the City of Miami. I'll go through these very quickly, The Marine impact on slips, they're going to add 130 slips within two years, 800 within six years and a total of 930 new slips added to the 371 makes i,,300 new slips. Mayor Ferre: 0h I see,1,300 addition. Mr. Merrill: No, total. Mayor Ferre: Total. Mr. Merrill: 930 new slips. Mayor Ferre: Ok. Mr. Merrill: .I might add at this point that the committee wasnot able to review the ecological impact of the these hecause.that requires technical people from agencies to review. So there may be some prohlems in `he future in some of these proposals, but that has to be determined at a uture date. There will be a study for future moorings. Pier 1 to become a Causeway after permits to develop the Island.. Pier 1 to be rebuilt. Pier 1 will become a Causeway over to the north mole which will he subject to future development provided that permitting can take place. And that all piersto be repaired as necessary and a seawall repair and replacement of most pilings. They're going to construct the Causeway to mole 3 and provide parking in the additional 800 slips and a possible restaurant over on mole 3. The Marine impact 5,200..do you want me to go through each one of these specifically? Mayor Ferre: You know, we can all read. Mr. Merrill: Certainly. Mayor Ferre: I don't know that, unless there • are any... I think what you ought to do in my personal opinion is just get the highlights of what each proposal is and then, I mean, we can read, we all have copies of this and we can ask .iestions. Mr. Merrill: Ok. The depths with which the proposals went in the submission of their proposals was very good, and consequently, that not all of them are comparable and I would like to mention that although on some of the places we say that there were no specifics provided, on this sheet you don't see it, but on other ones you will, some of the proposals added things that we didn't ask for but needed to he compared. I'll go through all of the proposals at this point. Ok, Dinner Key Corporation is located in Miami. Sherwood Weiser is the Chairman, Lester Johnson is the President, Alexander Lankler, the Secretary. This particular, one of the highlights of this particular proposal is that they would provide a floating hotel, 160 unit floating hotel and restaurant, it would be located over on the south side of the Marina. The Dinner Key Marina Management, Inc., also located in Miami.,J. P. Sloane is the President and Stanley Pace, Secretary, they will add 160 new slips making a total of 535 slips and also 275 paying moorings, they will expand the mooring area, in the Marina. Dinner Key Marina, Incorporated, Spencer Meredith is President, Richard Bell, Secretary and a number of other officers. They are located in Miami. This particular proposal has a tremendous amount of depth to it with a great deal of background information provided and it's a very extensive proposal and will need a lot of time in which to go through each and everyone of the proposal aspects. I think essentially what we should say is that they will provide there all new docks, they'll replace the docks that exist , put all new ones in, they will provide for 527 docks and 4 mooring areas with an additional 315 paying moorings. The 7 new piers will be built in 3 years and they will be built in a different configure= tion than the ones that exist. They will contain 7 piers instead of 5, included in this particular proposal is a very large landside development which was included 13 'JUN 131978 by the proposer which includes a hotel around this, particular City Hall ih a Very, maybe in the future and also 4 restaurants,t the. Central Vasco Restaurant, and etc. There will be one floating restaurant as wellk This proposer differed from the other nroposers. in that they asked for a manage= ment contract as opposed to a lease agreement. The Ecclestone Management Company is doing business in West Palm Beach, Florida, they were the developers of a marina up in West Palm Beach, they will be building 520 slips. Again, this isthe only two. They will build all new slips, and in approximately the same configuration as the Dinner Key Marina, Inc., which. will be 7 piers, 200.paying moors.s.nd the last on Dinner Key Marina is the Miami Marina Management Corporate. It would be incorporated if and when if they receive the proposal to negotiate. They are known as .Nichols Yacht Yards in New York, they plan to build 672 slips and they will add some mooring areas but they have not defined them. I'd like to go on at this point to what we call the land impact and I covered some, Biscayne Recreation Develop ment Company will put a two story building at the Seminole with a restaurant. It -will provide for a Bait and Tackle Shop on 1st floor and then a restaurant on the second floor with the ... they'll build a gazebo down at the end of pier 5, that will probably be the location where during the boat shows, most of the activity will take place for the boat show having their water displays. The Dinner Key Marina will provide as [ said before, the 4 restaurants and a shopping village and I think that that is a significant, have a significant relationship to the Dinner Key area in that it provides for a tremendous amount of additional parking which is badly needed in the Grove, but will also create a large structure with shopping facilities on the top. I.'m not going into a lot of the details which the proposers would probably wisfi..to do at a future date. The Dinner Key Corporation, modernization of the lunch ramp and... as I had said before, they had specifically said they wanted to have a floating restaurant so they've indicated no landside restaurant, no landside hotel. Dinner Key Management, well, we have ii here that they say no specifics, a lot of these cases this. information wa3 included in addition to the specifications and it does not necessarily mean that These people did not respond to the specifications as were presented, and then the Eccles.tone will build a snack shop and upgrc3e the present facilities which we call for in the. specifications, particularly regarding the Dock Master's office. and child facilities. for the Marina people, and Nichols will includ.2 a Bait and Tackle Shop, Gas Docks, and so forth. Now, the last sheet that I lave is regarding a very technical and difficult area to try to explain and rather than read off all of the statistics I want you to understand how we approached trying to determine what the revenue to the City would be because not all of the proposers gave us information that would be comparable from one proposal to the other because there were six proposals and not all of them were in the same number of years and rates and so forth so what we try to do is to give you the financial impact which will be the minimum guarantee in the percentage schedule. And from now on I'm going to talk about proposal 1,2,3,4,5, and 6, because I believe you have the names in front of you. The financial impact for ##1 is,for the first 2 years a minimum of $150,000 with a 2-6 year minimum, within 2-6 years, with a minimum guarantee of $175,000 after 6 years and completion of all expansion - up to $400,000. of 15% of the gross receipts, that's assuming that they are able to build all 1,300 of the slips that they proposed. Proposal ##2, is $200,000 minimum or the various percentages that you see listed on there for the various types of businesses that they wish to proceed and in that particular development of their lease. #3, the minimum guarantee will be $75,000 or 13% of the gross receipts. #14, becomes more of a formula than it does a minimum guarantee but they do say they would, a minimum guarantee of $180,000 for the Marine and a minimum of $162,000 for the landside. Now, the way this will be put together is that they're asking that the City allow them to go to a bonding revenue, excuse me, revenue bonds, municipal revenue bonds, in which all of the revenue will be pledged from the operation of the Marina in the landside development.. Mayor Ferre: Are we allowed to do that consAtutionally? Mr. Merrill: We cannot pledge the credit of the City. Mayor Ferre: No, no, I'm not asking you that. Mr. Merrill; Ok. Mayor Ferre; It's not full faith in credit, you said a revenue bond. My question to you is can we do that legally? 4 'JUN 131978 Mr. Merrill: Well, I'm going to haveto defer it to the. Law Department. There is a provision like utilitiea,like Florida Power & Light) Metro did, you know, pass some bond isaues for Metro, they got tart ftee_bonds,1 and they were able to invest it in the utility but whether that extends: to the Marina I'm not exactly... Mayor Ferret Well, let's not... Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Merrill, can I ask you a very important question 7 And: I don't understand where this landaide development proposals are. coming in when your bid is for Marina proposals... Mr. Merrill: Alright, I'll be happy to... Mrs. Gordon: And furthermore,I don't even know why you're waating your time or ours discussing that kind of thing. Mr. Merrill: Well, in the proposal specification, we provided that certain guidelines and the... Mayor Ferre: It doesn't mean that we're going to do it. Mrs. Gordon: No, but it just seems like a exercise in futility. Mr. Merrill: Ok, but let me explain it. We setup certain guidelines so that the projects that we were hopeful to get back were water public waterfront recreation oriented. One of the proposers took the wording that we had in the Notice of Proposals saying that the Commission had the dicretion to accept or reject any proposal and overlook any irregularity, so that, they felt that that left the bidding process open to include landside improvements,. Now, this is some— thing that you're going to have to listen to, review, and make a decision on your own. But it is our responsibility to present to you the proposals as they were submitted. Nayor Ferre: And I think,in all fairness that we really have to approach this even though we all have opinions. I have mine and you and we. all have our opinions, but I think at this stage of the game we ought to really listen to everything that's been proposed so that we have the full spectrum, that doesn't mean that we're going to turn them all down. Mr.Plummer: Well, more important and let's have a clear definition. There was nothing in the bid proposalsor the specs as I refer to them that would prohibit this. Mayor Ferre: That's right. Mr. Merrill: Not specifically prohibit it. If you take the language in the request for proposals to say that the Commission had the option to,you know, approve or reject any ... Mr. Plummer: Clarifying the record, there was nothing to stop the proposers from doing so. Mr. Merrill: But we use that as standard nomenclature in many of our bids so... Mr. Plummer: I'm not arguing, I'm just making... Mr. Merrill: Well, unless there are any questions, I don't want to get into all of the different figures because, you know, they were projections, and they're not absolute. Mayor Ferre: Alright, thank you very much. Mr. Grassie: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission,as you can see from the detail that's been presented to you comparing these proposals is not an easy process. Now, in an effort to assist you and the City and particularly to assist me in making a recommendation to you. I asked that a Committee of Citizens join with us in evaluating these proposals. You have in.front of you a memorandum which lists the three citizen members of that Committee or at least it is coming to you right now. The first member of that Committee is B.P. Iaconis, 15 'JUN .31978 who is a tether of the Dinner Key Tenants Association, and is a local businessman and a management consultant, also Mr,, Richard Cuttings, who is the Outgoing President of the Marine Council and is l?ubliahetr of$4Go BoatineMagazine. The third member is Mr._ William (Pete.) Sawyer, who is. Vice President of Marine Council, a local businessman in marine supplies, Those three individuals assisted l-y Clark Merrill and other members of our staff constituted the Committee. But the Voting members of the Con4ttee Wete the three citizen members. Now, briefly there recommendation to me has been this and I will divide their recommendations first between the Miamarina facility and second refer to Dinner Key, In the case of Miamarina. It is their recommendation that the City Commission hear the proposal of what they consider to be the three best proposers are first Biscayne Recreational and Development Company... Mr. Plummer: Number one. Mr. Grassie: Biscayne, well, these are not in order. They are. listed alphabetically. They are not listed in order of preference. In alphabetical order the first one is Biscayne Recreation Development Company. The second alphabctically is Ecclestone Management Company and the third is New World I rinas, Inc. Mr. Fosmoen: You will not find New World Marinas on that materia]i they submitted a proposal on Miamarina only. The information that you have before you relates to Dinner Key. Mayor Ferre: Would you get on the microphone because I didn't hear a word you said, something about new marinas? Mr. Grassie: The statement was, Mr. Mayor, that the New World Marinas information was not on the summary that you heard just a minute ago. That summary referred to the proposals on Dinner Key. This particular organization, New World Marinas, only made a proposal on Miamarina and therefore we're not included in what you've seen so far. Most of the proposers proposed on both facilities. New World only on the one Downtown, but it is the recommendation of your Citizen Committee that the third organization to be interviewed then be New World Marinas, Inc. and they are listed on the first page of that memorandum that was just distributed to yo v. These t'zr€ recommendations with regard to Miamarina were unanimous on the part of the Committee. Now going to the question of Dinner Key, the Committee recommended that�and recommended unanimously; that the City Commission interview and hear presentations from Biscayne Recreation and Development Company, again listed alphabeticallyiand Ecclestone Management Company, those two companies were recommended unanimously. In the case of the third company,the Committee treated that as a special case, this is their wording, they treated it as a special case. The third company is Dinner Key Marinas,Incorporated. Two members of the Committee felt that the landside development should be considered separately from the waterfront development, should be heard, but should be considered separately. In the case of the third member of that Commi.ttee)he felt that the extensive landside development proposed by Dinner Key Marinas, Incorporated was enough out of the guidelines called for by the request for proposals that a basic decision should be made by the City as to whether or not it should be heard, because he felt that a landslidedevelopment proposed was so extensive that it would really raise significant questions about the bidding process if that landside development were allowed to be discussed. So he presented this as a caveat. He brought it to our attention, not saying that he was either recommending unilaterally against or unilaterally for, but in good conscience bringing up a point and making us aware of his feeling that in fact there was a serious problem with regard to this landside development because the other proposers had not in fact, apparently had not in fact felt that they were at liberty to make that kind of an extensive landside proposal development to the City. So we have unanimous recommendation on two of the firms and we have a condition recommendation on the third firm with all of the factors that I have just mentioned to you. Mayor Ferre: No, let him finish J. L. Mr. Plummer: I'm sorry. Mr. Grassie: I'm very pleased with the serious work that this Committee has done. I think that this Committee is well experienced in the field, they know what they're 16 rJUN 131978 talking ahnutt they,_through their own personal activity, have been committed tri voting in Miami and i'�T happy to receive theist reCOttendation and it is by recommendation to you that we. proceed as they have suggested and that the City Commission fix a date to heat proposals- from these six firms, really only four firsts, but that you hear three proposals on Miamarina and that you hear three proposals on Dinner Key, Mayor Ferret Very good. Is that the conclusion? Mr. Grassie.:' That is the conclusion of my recommendation and I would hope that that the next step if you concur in be for you to select a date for these hearings. Mayor Ferrer Alright. Now, let me ask you about the, you stuff, are you saying that we should hear three proposals. three. proposals for Miamarina?• Mr. Grassie: Yes. Mayor Ferrer Who are see the list ... to you Mr. Mayor, this procedure would know, the elemental for Dinner Key and the three that we should hear in Miamarina that I don'•t Mr. Plummer: Look on the first page. Mr. Grassie: The three on Miamarina, sir are first,B.iacayne.Recreation.& Development Company, that's the Paul Walker proposal. *Aayor Ferre: From Miamarina? Mr. Grassie: From, well, first on Miamarina, yes. Mayor Ferre: Oh.I see, ok. Biscayne Recreation... Mr. Grassie:. It just happens that they also are proposing on Dinner Key. Mayor Ferre: I see. I see. Mr. Grassie: But what I'm suggesting... Mayor Ferre: Biscayne Recreation, Ecclestone, and New World Marinas., that's for Miamarina. Mr. Grassie: That is correct. lok Mayor Ferre: Now, for Dinner Key it would be Biscayne Recreation, Ecclestone, and Dinner Key Associates. Mr. Grassie: Dinner Key Marinas. Mayor Ferre: Marina, whatever it is. Is that correct? Mr. Grassie: That is correct. There are basically four firms making six proposals. Mayor Ferre: I see. Mrs. Gordon: We don't have a back sheet on Miamarina though. Mr. Grassie; You mean on New World Marinas? Mayor Ferre: No, no, on Miamarina. Mrs. Gordon: Miamarina. Mayor Ferre: The one down there, Mr. Plummer; Miamarina is a separate item, All you have here is Dinner Key, Mr, Grassie.: That is correct,. 17 'JUN 131978 Mrs. Gordon; So we. dgtt kt hayea fact ahee.t. Mr. Grassie: 4e can summarizethat for you also# and get that to you. Mrs. Gordon: Well, something ought to tie said to that if We are going to schedule hearing something. We need to know something.. Mr. Grassie: It's a much less complicated sort of a presentation. We'll be happy to summarize it for you. Mr. Plummer: Well, Miamarina basically is a management contract because that's there presently can't very well be expanded upon all you can do is make a few improvements, so basically I would assume you're talking about management. Mrs. Gordon: We're talking about a revenue. Mr, Plummer: Well, but that's part of management contract. Mrs. Gordon: True, and we havent heard anything. Mr. Plummer: Whereas Dinner Rey is entirely different because there is going to be tremendous improvements included in the proposals of Dinner Key. Mayor Ferre: I would recommend then, my personal opinion is, that we then proceed to schedule a public hearing to get these people to make these presenta- tions so that we know, because frankly and withall due respects to you Clark, and to the Manager and staff, you know, I don't know what any of this. is all about. I need to see drawings, I need to see what the impact of it is, I want to see the magnitude of it, I want to see how we're going to go about doing it and this is just, you know, you can't tell my reading this what this is all about. I haven't got the foggiest idea. So I think that we followed ttie process, you've made your analysis, I think that was a very wise decision to get civilians involved in this thing, they have a recommendation and you concur with the recommendation. Now, I think what we. have to do is we have to set the time aside to listen to six proposals, that simple. Mr. Grassie: I agree. And, I should say just as a footnote that your Committee worked very hard at this, as Dick Fosmoen said, they put in more. than 25 hours analyzing these proposals and I think that that takes you a step forward. Mayor Ferre: I would also recommend that since this is something of serious intereat to the Coconut Grove Community that after the Commission has heard the six proposals that before we reach. any kind of final decision Rose, that we schedule a public hearing so that everybody will have the opportunity to express themaelves,. I know that there are a lot of people here who will want to express themselves, today is not the day, but we will have the opportunity at that public hearing. Is there anything else then? Mr. Grassie: If we could select the time now so that everyone will have plenty of forewarning Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre: You only have June up here so I don't know, we're going to have to Mr..,Grasaie: I don't take care of the calendar. Mayor Ferre: I'm lost beyond June 30th, you want to do it in June? Mr. Grassie: Could I suggest July 15th as a possible date for you, will that meet your calendar? Mr. Reboso: July, what? Mr. Grassie: July 15th? Mr, Plummer: Is that a regular Commission meeting? Mr. Reboso; That is a Saturday. Mr, Grassie; No, that's a Saturday. 18 re - Mayor Ferre; When are our Commission meetings in July; could you tell the that? flow much time do you think.we'-l1 need fot this., half a day, full day? Mr. Grassie: The way things ate looking at this -point we may have a fairly light Commission day on the 22nd, Mr. Plummer; You mean three hours? Mayor Ferre: Three hours? Mr. Plummer; Yes, take an hour for each group. Mayor. Ferret What are you shaking your head about, do you think.more? How many hours do you think, Dick? Mr. Plummer: If they can't say what they got to say in 30 minutes I don't want them. Mr. Grassie: Well, I think, on the Dinner Key proposals, Commissioner, I think that you're going to allow people a little more than 30 minutes if you want ... Mr. Plummer: Not if they send us the written material first. Mayor Ferre: No, that's not the point, J.L. I think you're absolutely right, half an hour for presentation is fine, hut do you knowwhat happens? We start asking questions and we want to know whether the ecological impact of this,and whether the State is going to approve, and whether we want this or that, and by the time you're through it's going to be more than three hours. Is the 22nd a scheduled Commission meeting? Mr. Grassie: The 22nd is a scheduled Commission meeting, and the way it looks now it can be light day. Mayor Ferre: It can be? Mr. Grassie: It can be a light day. Mayor Ferre: Well, why don't we schedule all the afternoon of the 22nd starting at 2:Q0? Mr. Grassie: Fine. 4 Mayor Ferre: We have Zoning that night but that's at night. Does anybody have any objections to that on the scheduling of this? Rose, is that acceptable? Father, the 22nd that's a regular Commission day ? Alright, Marie put it down. Mr. Plummer: Let me ask a question that Mr. Grassie might be asking of Mr. Grassie and the Clerk. I don't want anybody to come back shaking fingers at Commission that we didn't give adequate public notice of a public hearing, the 22nd is nine days off. Mr. Clerk, can you get adequate newspaper advertisement that we are having these public proposals on the 22nd? Mr. Ongie: Yes. Mayor Ferre: Do you want to make that the public hearing? Mr. Plummer: Well, ... Mr. Mayor, whether it's a public hearing or not, I want to make sure that all of the public is notified to be able to hear these presentations. Mayor Ferre: Well, the only way to do that is this then, let's make it an official public hearing and say that this will be open for public comment after the presentation. I don't want any interruptions during the presentation, but after the presentations, and the Commission has asked its questions and de°iberated, and etc,, etc., then we'll open it up for a public hearing. Mr. Plummer: Fine. Mayor Ferre:. And, that public bearing can be extended, if necessary, 19 Mrs Fosmoen: Rev. Gibaoh: Mt. Plummer: Mayor Ferre: Rev. Gibson: Mayor Ferre: Mr, Mayort When you aay extend it, what do you mean? If it needs more time. Suppose we don't finish It? ... to another day. We may need to do that. Yes,sir? Rev. Gibson: Let me ask you this other thing. After the public hearing, are you saying that if we are satisfied and can agree that we can vote to accept, is that what you're telling me? Mayor Ferre: That's up to the Commission. Rev. Gibson: No, I just want to make sure that I understand.. Mayor Ferre: I don't necessarily think that we may want to vote on that particular day because we may wantto have some additional time to think ahout it and to have puhlic reaction to it. Rev. Gibson: Alright. Mayor Ferre: It would be my opinion that we should not vote on July 22nd, of course, that would then mean that we would put it off until September. I don't think that we should preclude, and my personal opinion is that we should not vote on the 22nd. Mr. Grassie: But we are saying June 22nd. We are saying June 22nd, so that you ..ould have two meetings in July. Mayor Ferre: time between Mr. Grassie: ready. Oh, you're talking about June 22nd! Do these people have enough now and June 22nd? I thought you were talking about July 22nd. They've made all their presentations to the Committee so they're Mayor Ferre: Oh, I thought we ought take a position on on June 22nd. I thinkthat public and I think we ought until a July meeting. you were talking about July 22nd? Well, I think that. I really don't think that we should vote this is the first time that this is going to be to let another week or two and put the vote off Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor, what I would suggest is let nature take its course. Mayor Ferre: I accept that. Mr. Plummer: If in fact, we feel satisfied and the majority of this Commission feels satisfied if they've got sufficient information to make a determination so he it and if we don't we'll put it off until the next meeting. Mayor Ferre: Ok. I'll accept that. Rev. Gibson: Well, the reason I raised the question as I thought you were talking about July. I'm glad to know. Mayor Ferre: Yes, I thought he was talking about ... Rev. Gibson: And, the other thing is I want to say that you know we promised and I know haste makes a waste, but we promised those people who live on the water that we were going to do this business and they have been patient and I want to fulfiil'my commitment that I have no problem in hearing it on the 22nd of June, I'm glad for that. Then we could decide on the 22nd whether we're going to vote in July or vote on the 22nd of June, Beautiful, we're together. Mayor ferre: Alright. 20 MEER limmw rJUN 131978 Mr. Plummer: Mr, Clerk, what ate the meetings in July? Mr. Ongie: I'll get them Mr., Plummer, just a second; Mt. Plummer: Mt. Mayor, the only thing that bothers tne, and this was prompting another question, Mr. Grassie., Metropolitan Dade County Comission has already received their budget, they've already had some hearings early in the year. When is this. Commission Mr, Grass.i.e, going to receive our budget? Mayor Ferre: Well, J. L., can I Hold off that question? Mr. Plummer: Well, I think it has a b.ig bearing, Mr, Mayor, on this issue. hecause if we try, you know, when we go into budget this computer in my mind ia.solely dedicated and seesnothing else and I don't want to he forcing two major issues, these Marinas and Budget1into the samecomputer whichwon't hold it. Mayor Ferre: Ok. Alright. Mr. Ongie: Mr. Plummer, July 13th and 27th. Mr. Plummer: Now, Mr. Grassie, approximately and I'm not holding you to the day there is a provision and a policy of this Commission that the budget is to be to us no later than the 15th of July, I believe, that'•s an outstanding policy of this Commission. It might be the 1st of July, if I'm not mistaken. But I would like to ask you, sir, when are you proposing that the budget will be sent to this Commission? Mr. Grassie: We had anticipated sending it to you in the last week of July so that you have it available to you for your study during the August recess taking up meetings with the departments as soon as you get back from your August vacation. Mr. Plummer: Well, I'm going to just speak for one and I'm just going to put my thoughts on, I would prefer Mr. Grassie, if possible, to do i.t differently and that is to get the budget, speak to the Department Heads1prior to going on vacation hecause when you get back you're talking about September for a budget which is to be adopted the ls.t of October, and I just don't want to operate on crisis. So speaking for one I would like to have the meeting with the Department Heads prior to August 1. Mr. Grassie: Let us review that schedule Commissioner and see if we can advance r the present schedule. Mr. Plummer: Thank you, sir. Mayor Ferre: Alright then, we are agreed on this? No, I'm going to recognize you in a second. I also would like to make sure Mr. Grassie that even though we're going to publish this in the paper, I think the notice should be sent in writing to all civic clubs in the Grove, to all property owners in the vicinity of B,ayshore that are affected and I think the people in the Village Center who have an interest, I think it's important that everybody is aware of what's going to be happening here June 22nd. I don't want anybody coming here and saying well, why you're keeping it a secret and what's going on and that type of thing. Alright, sir. Mr. Sherman: Yes, Mr. Mayor, thank you. Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, my name is A.G. Sherman. I'm President of the Miami -General Employees Association, AFSCME Local 1907. We're representing 34 employees, who are currently employed at the Marinas. We were wondering are there any provisions which have been in relocating these employees in comparable positions,.I would like to ask the Administration? Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie, there is a question about 34%:employees. Mr. Grassie: Mr. Fosmoen, tells me that he has an answer that he would like to give you. Mayor Ferre: Mr, Fosmoen. 21 `JUN 131978 Mt, Fosmoeni Qut of those 34 employees., according to the. Human Pes.ourcee beparttnent, thete. ate 9. potential layoffs that Mould result f tots the elimination of the. City being the Marina business., Mayor Ferre: I see. Alright, sir thank you. Mr. Sokolsky. Mr. Sherman:: Excuse me, may I ask who those classifications are that are proposed? Mayor Ferret Mr. Sherman, I think were much.too early into this to have a definitive answer. Mr. Sherman: Well, I'll tell you Mr. Mayor, these people's future employment is at stake here and they are concerned. Mayor Ferre: Oh I don't blame them atd I understand, but I think it's too _early for us to make any kind of decisions like that.. You want to answer that? Mr. Sokolsky? Mr. Sokolsky: Evidently, I'm not her to argue for or against any ... Mayor Ferre: Did you.get your plane )ack? Sokolsky: Not yet, until these proposals are reviewed, however, a good point was brought up by the Commission, and the fact is, and also by the Citizens Committee that was put to work, and w! diligently attended most of those meetings, and I think that this Commission should vote today whether or not its going to hear any landside proposals for one reason, Mr. Plummer has said there is nothing withstanding th! bid proposals that would prohibit the hearing of s>>ch, and if you'll read tiie bid proposals it gives a prescribed area which the City wishes proposals rn. In that prescribed area in the bid proposal there is no mention made of all of the taking or any of the taking of th. landside area which is now public parks and since the City did not call for any innovative imagination, any bids or any thought whatsoever to the landside it's not fair to the peo)le who are being considered who have bid this to see that we get new marina facilities that any landside proposals be heard. In the event that you wish to have a landside proposal then I suggest, you re -advertise and re -open it up, because at the present time that is completely:out of context of what thi3 Commi.;sion has called for Mr. Plummer, whether you use your imagination or nat, if L were asked to bid on a job that encompassed 100,000 sq.ft. to build a building I certainly would be chagrined f the next man decided he was going 1:o take 500,000 sq.ft. and I think that you'll eliminate a lot of contention and a lot of arguing in this meeting on the 22nd if this Commission sticks st:-ictly to what was asked for on the bid specifications. I believe that should be put to a vote. Mrs. Gordon: I agree totally Mr. Mayor with the comments that's been made, because I would like to first of all, to have the Clerk recheck the resolution that began this whole process of bids, because I don't recall at any time that we ever contemplated development on the landside, even remotely contemplated development on the landside and if you would check that ? Mayor Ferre: Mr. Clerk? Mr. Ongie: Yes, sir, we'll get it. Mayor Ferre: Well, then we'll take that up as soon as you have the answers so that we don't sit around waiting for it. Mrs. Gordon: Alright. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I do have oppositions to what Mr. Sokolsky has said. Mayor Ferret Well, but let's not get into that... Mr. Plummer: Well, only one point that I want to make and that I'm not sticking to those bids because the way the thing was drawn was to use private enterprise imagination, Now, for some reason I find that in these bids it excluded the Marina, the Underwood Marina, and I for one am going to tell you that it was one of the intents and I was the maker of the motion was to get the City .out of the Marina business and here I find that in the bid specs they excluded the Underwood property and I'm not going through that. As far as I'm concerned I want somebody to come in, if in fact, that's what we do and take over the whole operation. Ok, that's why I'm saying that I can't agree that we go according to the specs per se. 22 JUN 131978 MayorTerre: Alright. Mrs, Gordon: I want to know what we. author ixed 3t t, thatwa Rifip1y what l'rt requesting. Mayor Ferre: You want to say something Mr.. Fosinoen' Mr. Fosmoen; In response. to Commissioner Plummet, this Contmias:i.on, tetra still under direction from this Commission to negotiatewith. a successful bidder when you put out Underwood shout two years ago and we' ve heen waiting until that property is out of court and then vel.re going to follow your directive. Mayor Ferre: Alright, that'•a something that I think Mrs Plummer is right wehave to deal withat the appropriate time. The. appropriate. timeis not now. Now, do we haveanything else? Mr. Plummer: No, sir. Mayor Ferre: We'll be waiting then this matter again. In the meantime 4. ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: for the C1erk1a...atid then we'll take. up we're going to go 110Q0 O'clock agenda, "Central Drainage Project E-41." Mayor Ferre: Item #1, which is accepting the completed work of D.M.P. Corp. for Central Drainage, Project E-41 for $12,955.53, the Manager recommends. Is there a motion? Mr. Plummer: Are there any objectors in the audience? Seeing none for the record, I'll move it. Mayor Ferre: Alright, it's moved by Plummer, seconded by Gibson. Further discussion on item 1. Call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78-392 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY D.M.P. CORPORATION AT A TOTAL COST OF $148,155.64 FOR CENTRAL DRAINAGE PROJECT E-41; AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $12,955.53. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner (Rev.) Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice Mayor Mano o Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Ro:;e Gordon Mayor Maurice I. Ferre NOES: None. 5. ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: Grand Avenue Park SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING. . Mayor Ferre; Take up item .j2.. ... rather Gibson moves, Mr. ,.Plummmer: Are there. any objectors in the audience? Seeing none, till second it. Mayor Ferret Plummer seconds. Further discussion. Call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Vice Mayor Reboso, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78r-393 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK. PERFORMED BY BRANAM ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. AT A TOTAL COST OF $209,572.48 FOR GRAND AVENUE PARK SPORTS FIELDS LIGHTING AND ELECTRICAL; AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $20.,957.24. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner J. L. Plummer,•Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. 6. Accept 5 DEEDS OF DEDICATION: For N.W. 56 St. - Improvements. Mayor Ferre: Take up item fi 3. .... the City Manager recommends. Mr. Plummer: Move it. Rev. Gibson: Second. Mayor Ferre: Moved by Plummer, seconded by Gibson. Further discussion on item 3. Call the roll. The resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78-394 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FIVE DEEDS OF DEDICATION CONVEYING CERTAIN STRIPS OF RESERVED ZONED STREET RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING N.W. 56TH STREET BETWEEN N.W. 7 AND 12TH AVENUES REQUIRED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF N.W. 56TH STREET. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner (Rev.) Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote; AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, and Mayor Ferre. NOES; None. ASSENT; None, rJUN 131978 • ..Aooel't DEED DE DEDICATION: Mayor Ferret Item #6. Mr. Plummer: Move it. N.W. 28 St., West of N.W.24 Court, Mayor Ferre: Moved by Plummer, seconded by Gibson. Further discussion. Call the roll on item 6. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78-395 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DEED OF DEDICATION FROM JUAN ANTONIO MANTECON AND SABINA MANTECON, HIS WIFE, CONVEYING A 10-FOOT STRIP OF RESERVED ZONED STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY ABUTTING SOUTH SIDE OF N.W. 28TH STREET WEST OF N.W. 24TH COURT. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner (Rev.) Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. 8. Deferral of Consideration to Accept Plat: "GREENTRAIL SUBDIVISION." Mayor Ferre: Item 1/7, which is an accepting of a plat on Greentrail Subdivision. Mrs. Gordonf Question, again, I thought I had stated my position very well 11,14 at the last Commission meeting, apparently I did not. I asked that all plats be taken up at the time of Zoning hearings and here we are again. I'm not saying I have objections to the plat. I'm just saying that I asked that it be placed ... Mayor Ferre: Procedure. Mrs. Gordon: ... on those agendas and here it is, so I move deferment until the 22nd. Mayor Ferre: Well, but much more than that. Why was it done after the statement was made by one member of the Commission? Would you explain that? Mr, Plummer: No, I think what you'll find in all fairness. It was asked that the Administration study and come back with a recommendation... Mrs. Gordon: No, Mr, Plummer: ,,, but Mr. Fosmoen had some very serious objections to during that and I think that it was to be 'deferred until that recommendation came back. 25 JUN 131978 Mr. Gfassie: fihatjs my iftipreasion, of course I had to teceive this through reports, but 1... there is a study in process tight noes and the report is coining to you and I believe Commissioner that is taas at your request, which analyzes all of the platting process, the time schedule, and then presents some options for you, so that you can understand what the consequence is to people who are trying to replat. Mrs. Gordon: We... you weren't here, but I did ask about the last two of them that were presented to us at the last meeting be deferred to the 22nd and I certainly didn't think that we would get one in between then and now to consider, so I would move you defer this to the 22nd, all three of them can come up at that time. Mayor Ferre: Alright, there is a motion to defer item #7, second by Gibson, further discussion, call the roll. Mayor Ferre: come here. THEREUPON THE FOREGOING MOTION TO DEFER ITEM NO. 7 to the Meeting of June 22, 1978, was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, and seconded by Commissioner Gibson, and was passed and adopted by unanimous vote. We will have to wait on item 8 until the people from Metro Mr. Plummer: 8 and 9 both. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: And 9. 10 has been withdrawn. Mayor Ferre: 10 has been withdrawn. Now, we are into... Mr. Plummer: 14. Mayor Ferre: Well, that's a public hearing. Mr. Plummer: So? Mrs. Gordon: Do you want to hear from the day care group? Mayor Ferre: I think the... yes, we are going to hear Ann Wilson's report in a moment. The confirming order of item ##14 in authorizing the City Clerk to advertise for sealed bids for the Coconut Grove Business Area Decorating Pedestrian -Scale Street Lights. Mr. Plummer: Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Plummer: Where are you? What number? Item 14. Is that going to have a... That's a public hearing. No, definitely not. Mayor Ferre: Alright, then let's see at... we will take up item #17 which is second reading of an ordinance creating a new department known as Leisure Services. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, I would prefer hearing the Day Care Committee report. Mr, Plummer: We11, Rose I don't think you can. Mayor Ferre; The chair recognizes... Mr, Plummer: Mr. Mayor, you are out of order. Mayor Ferre; Tell me why? Mr, Plummer; Well, simply look above it. Mayor Ferre; It says personal presentations„. u. Mt. plu er: it's 2:10. Mayor Ferret Yes? Mt, Plummet: And I think that you are opening up a pandbre'a boar by hearing it now for people who tight have Scheduled to be here. Mayor Ferre: They are all here. Mr. Plummer: I don't know that this is everyone. Mayor Ferre: I'll tell you what, the chair is going to rule as follows since we have time now we are going to listen to Mrs, Anne Wilson. If there are people at 2:30 that also wish to be heard,Anne you are going to have to repeat your story twice. If that's acceptable to you, it's acceptable to me. Mr. Plummer: It's acceptable to me Mr. Mayor, but I will just make a motion, not a motion, but I will just put it on the record that this is the problem that could create. Mayor Ferre: I understand. Mrs. Gordon: What did you say, I didn't hear you J. L. Mr. Plummer: Rose, I'm just saying that somebody might have seen this agenda schedule for 2:30 and come back down here and we got to go over it all over again. Mrs. Gordon: gone to take Mr. Plummer: Mrs. Cordon: Mayor Fc_rc: Mr. Plummer: Mayor Ferre: Yes? Right. I agree I worried about that, but the Mayor is a plane that's going to get him out of here at 2:15. Ok? ...and... I'm not talking about item 17. I'm talking about item 16. Alright, that's what I'm talking about. Mr. Plummer: Item 17, I think we can handle with no problem because it's not scheduled for a public appearance. Mayor Ferre: Well,... Anne go right...this is a personally presentation not a public appearance. Ms. Wilson: Thank you, Mayor Ferre. Mayor Ferre: I'll tell you, perhaps you better wait until Father Gibson gets back so we can have a full Commission and let's take a five minute break. Mr. Plummer: That's always in *rder. Ms. Wilson: Thank you, Mr. Mayor, I appreciate you taking us at this time. At the meeting of the parents last night and the staff, the announcement was made to the parents and staff last night J. L., that this meeting was moved to 10:30. There was a meeting at Moore Park. Mr. Plummer: Anne, the only problem I have is I just don't want to hear it twice. Ms. Wilson; Ok? Well, I don't blame you, I wish I didn't have to do it once. 9, Continued Discussion of MARINA PROPOSALS. (See also Item 3). Mrs. Gordon: Now, could you... Anne, could you let me just read this information the Clerk handed ve? It will take a ;minute, there is some People that are vatting for it. The 26th of October. the City Commission by motion and it reads; s motion authorizing and directing the City Manager sae 27 rIUN 131978 to proceed with advertising inviting qualified firms and developers to submit proposals for leasing and improvements to Marina facilities located at Dinner Key within the perimeters contained in the memo froth the City Administration, dated October 18, 1977 with the modification that both slips will be developed the total five hundred minimum and that Miamarina be included in said advertising for lease, but that the bidder -developer be permitted to submit proposals on either or both facilities as they deem appropriate. Nothing whatsoever by the intents of this Coission indicated any kind of other imaginative mmor otherwise, land cevelopments. So, Mr. Mayor, I feel that for us to hear any proposals with landside developments is improper based on any action this Commission has taken. Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon, let me differ from your opinion by emphasizing ,r the words 'deem appropriate'. 'either or both facilities as they deem appropriate. Now, I think that really opens it completely to the whole wide spectrum of things. Now, that doesn't mean that this Commission is in any way going to conclude anything, but I do think that it does open the private sector to recommend ar.yLhing they want. Whether it be an airline museum,in this building. Mrs. Gordon: No, sir. Mayor Ferro: We11, I mean, this is just the way I see it. We all I'm sure have a... Rev. gibson: Mr. Mayor and Members of the Commission. When I brought this matter up I had one thing in mind. Mr. Fosmoen, I want to make sure you hear this. I have one thing in mind. I had made a prior commitment, all of us did, but I was... you know I have been most insistent and consistent about improving the marina facilities around here. At that time,I didn't have no shopping centers in Miami, at that time I didn't have no hotel in Miami, at that time neither of the two was discussed. We were talking about marine facility because the people down here had accused us, even in Mel Reese's time. of all the money that they had poured into the City, that all of the rent that had accrued from time to time from the facilities down here, they said that we had use the money elsewhere and they were very, very adamant abci::. it and angry and then I put the minister's garb on and said look trust me for it. I promise you... Now, I want to make sure everybody understands when I make a commitment, I intent to keep my commitment and my commitment is that we are going to improve the dock facilities, whether we do it privately or whether we do it with public funds. I was opposed to sticking to one, I wanted to go to one or the other because I wanted it done. Now, I have no objections. After I get the marine facilities developed and improved, if I'm here and the Commission at that time want to take a position, that they want to go to this other step, fine. If at another time the Commission say they want to go hotel floating and all that business, that's fine, but I I'm going to put everybody on guard, that Theodore Gibson is going to talk only about marine facilities. My vote is going to be on marine facilities. Now, all this shopping center and all this hotel business, I want to serve everybody a notice now, you don't have me going with you because I happen to know what the Grove people will think and say. Mrs. Gordon: I want to also, put into the records October 18th, memo referred to in the motion prepared and sent to us... Mayor Ferre: October 19th. Oh, 18th, I'm sorry. Mrs. Gordon: Yes? Mr. Fosmoen's memorandum to Mr. Grassie, reads; We have prepared a draft of the lease proposal for the Dinner Key Marina as requested by City Commission, as a minimum this proposal provides that within the first twenty-four months the following improvements of the existing marina would be required. Always the conversation relates itself to the marina, the boat facilities. It doesn't relate to anything else and it says complete restoration and modernization of the electrical service, renovations of pier one and two, reconstruction of the Dock Master's Office to provide restrooms and showers, repair and replacement of deteriorated piling, renovation of the Seminole Boat Service, So, and it goes on with a few other items of that sort, but it does not in anyway indicate anything else than that. Mayor Ferre: Mr, Manager, do you want to answer any of this? (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) l4ayet Ferre: No, let the Manager answer and then if you want td make a statement till.,. Mr. Grassier t think Commissioner Gordon':, point is well taken that what that memorandum specifier Is the minimum that would need to be provided by anyone who wanted to enter into a lease. 'Cn addition to that the requests for proposals did allow anyone who made proposals literally -and this is the word that appeared in the R.F.P.-to use their imagination with regard to additional improvements that would help this marina facility. So, that what you have read is the minimum that would have to be covered by anyone who wanted to be competitive in presenting something to the City. Mrs. Gordon: The bid proposals however, were still. relating to the marina and not to any upland. That's the only question that you have of discussion here, now is the upland of proposals and that are irregular and out of order by policy of the Commission and I don't think that, Mr. Manager, with all due respect to you or whoever prepared the proposals for bids or recommendations for bids or whatever you want to call them should have gone beyond the policy of this Commission. Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon, if I may I would like to point out that page 3, section 3; instructions to proposers, the next to the last paragraph reads as follows; In addition, proposers should examine the total master plan and suggest what further design concepts or other creative approaches should be implemented in redevelopment. Also, proposers should carefully note the provision of paragraph and title of redevelopment and expansion of property in section 8, page 14, of the proposals specifications. Mrs. Gordon: Where are you reading from, Maurice? Mayor Ferre: Page 3, section III, subsection 3, last paragraph. Rev. Gibson: Let me ask a question. The proposal was that what we said in our... Mrs. Gordon: Well, that's not in our motion. No? Mr. Plummer: Father Gibson, let me read another page to you and I think it more delineates from this one here, Rose. This memo. On page 8, it says 'use'; The City of Miami desires that the premises being offered for lease by the bid invitation be managed to operate and redevelop and expand it in general accord with the Dinner Rey Master Plan. The redevelopment proposals must be public orientated and be confined to the waterfront related activities. Within the general guidelines proposers may feel free to exercise their creative imagination. Mayor Ferre: Look, it's very simple. Mr. Plummer: It does not say marina, it says waterfront activities. Mayor Ferre: If you want to make a motion out of it, make a motion and see if you have the majority of this Commission. If not we will continue. Do you want to make a motion? Mrs. Gordon: I'm reading a consensus and I'm certainly not going to make motions that I know ahead of time are not going to pass. Mayor Ferre: I'll make the motion, Rose, so that we... Mrs. Gordon: Alright, you make the motion if you intend to... Mayor Ferre: I will pass the gavel on to the Vice -Mayor and I will make a motion that on the 22 day of June, we hear the proposals as submitted by the developers. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, if you will add to that motion, I will vote affirmatively by adding the word 'and as recommended by this Committee and the Manager'. Mayor Ferre; I accept that. Mr. Aeboso: That's the normal procedure. Mr, Rluiinmer: I'll second the tnotidn. Mr, Reboso: Rose, let me te1 1. you we voted oh something different, to whateVet is here, The whole process is going to change, people are going to be appealing to this thing and newer specifications have to be trade. Let's leave it the Way it is. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, I don't think your motion is of any value because that's what will happen if no motion is made. So, your motion is superfluous. The only motion that would have any value would be the negative motion that we not hear and that is what t simply stated, I had a consensus that that would fail and I don't wish to put a failing motion on the table. So, my views are well noted here in the record and I don't feel that a motion is necessary at this time if it's going to fail. Mayor Ferre: Ok, I... then based on that I withdraw my motion. Rev. Gibson: I want to agree with Rose and I want to make it clear again... I want to make it clear again now, I'm not interested in shopping centers and I'm not interested in hotels, so that you know, when you talk with me you know where I am from the word 'go' because that is not the feeling that the people who are involved got. Now, you know, I... Mayor Ferre: Well, ok? Now, alright, think you Father and I just like to on the records state that if we have a vision in this community- we are always bragging about Psychedelia Square, what's the name of that place? Mr. Plummer: Ghirardelli Square. Mayor Ferre: Ghirardelli Square and we are always bragging about Long Beach California and how we want to do... isn't it wonderful what they did in Boston- you got to go to Boston to see that great place and Selma Alexander comes here and look at the pictures of the war and look at the pictures of what they are doing in this community and look at San Antonio, all the... they took the river and this, but every time it becomes time to fish or to cut bait we always windup back paddling. No, we don't want that, we want to... well, what is it we want? We want to continue with what we have forever? Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre: So, you know, I just... it's my personal opinion. Mrs. Gordon: Ok? You have a personal opinion and I have a personal opinion too. You proposed a development on Watson Island and this Commission went along with it. You certainly can't say that this Commission is backward or afraid to step forward... Mayor Ferre: I didn't say that, Rose. I'm talking about the Commission. Mrs. Gordon: ... because of certain circumstances, but however, there are certain areas that are destined for open space and for the beauty of the waterfront and this is the space that we had predestined for that kind of thing. Now, you know, the rest of the generations that are going to live in the City are going to have to live with what we do, good or bad and we have to think twice before we move ahead with a lot of concrete on every bit of open space. Mayor Ferre: I understand. Alright, we will be talking about this on the 22nd. Now, Anne, thank you. Ms. Wilson: Thank you. Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir? Excuse me, Anne, I don't want to be discourteous to anybody who wants to... Mr. Iaconis: Excuse me for a second. Mr, Mayor, my name is Ike Iaconis and I am speaking as a private citizen and I would simply like to bring a couple of facts to your attention concerning this one particular item, Mayor Ferre: If you do it quickly, Mr, Iaconis, 30 Mr. Iaconis: yes, sir, 1 intend to do it quickly. *at Mts. Gordon brought up in terms of her reading of the proposal was correct, what Mr. Mutter brought up was also correct and that is... Mr. Plummer: Boy, you are a good politician. Mayor Ferre: Let him finish. Mr. Iaconis: Thank God, I'm not one, sir. At any rate you were both correct, there is one other fact that has not been brought up, that within the confines of the master plan and within the request for proposals where you would confine yourself to marine related waterfront activities and then use your imagination. In exhibit A, it indicates the proposed area to be leased which further constricts what the proposed contract is should be bidding on. So, within the master plan to use your discretion and your creativity, within _ the waterfront activities the City then set an exhibit of exactly that area in which the bid is on. Now, within that context- I say this as a businessman - if I am to relate to you that I wish to be your successful bidder, I will comply with all of your criteria,... Mayor Ferre: Right. Mr. Iaconis: ... that is what the bidder did. In one case there was one proposal that went beyond that and that is the contention here. If you allow the one proposer to go beyond that and the others complied with you, as I had already mentioned to Mr. Grassie, you are then saying that the good faith of the City of Miami in putting out an R.P. is superfluous and it is not necessary and that's my point. Mayor Ferre: Ok? Alright, thank you, sir. 10. Report from Child Care Committee. Initiate Bid for JACKSON-DADE CHILD CARE CENTER. Mayor Ferre: Alright, Anne, thank you. Ms. Wilson: We had a meeting of the Child Care Committee at Shenandoah Day Care Center on June 10, 1978 and I put the report in front of you so, I'm not going to bore you by reading it, but let me just give you a hurried up idea of what it was. We setup a Subcommittee under Dr. Betty Roan of the University of Miami, Early Childhood Development to review staff, program and physical facilities in the standpoint of the program as a total. We setup a Budget Review Committee with Dr. Maria Hernandez, heading that who is in the banking business as you know. We understand as the Mayor spoke to us the last time that the program could be transferred within 30 days and therefore, we have set our time to have these reports ready no later than the 15th of June. We also, are recommending that the City put in a bid proposal for Jackson -Dade. The County is putting that out for bid and the County is going to contribute money to it, it is not going to be a proposal to take over something and fund it entirely. I think we ought to look at the bid and see if it's feasible for the City to run it. It is on City property, the City deeded that property to the County, it is a good structure, a good building within the City of Miami and I think we could work with that program. So, I would like to recommend that we look at that bid and if you would be so kind as to allow us to look at the bid proposal and see,work with staff and see if it is a feasible possibility because it's a beautiful facility. Mayor Ferre: I would agree, Mrs. Gordon: There is nothing wrong with that. I'll move it. Mayor Ferre: Alright, there is a motion that the administration be instructed to look at the possibility of bidding on the Jackson -Dade Child Care Center as being proposed on June 26th and 27th by the Department of Human Resource of Dade County. Is there a second? Rev= Gibson: Yes, Mayor Ferre: Second by Gibsor, further discussion, call the toll, The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, Who Moved its adoption: MOTION N0. 78-396 A MOTION DIRECTING THE ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING IN A BID PROPOSAL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE JACKSON-DADE CHILD CARE CENTERTHROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF DADE COUNTY. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Rev. Gibson, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre NOES: None ABSENT: Mr. Plummer MS. Wilson: Thank you. I think that it will be at least worth looking into. There is one more concern that the parents had which I think was handled last night at the meeting with Mr. Parkins and the parents. I feel that it was a very good meeting and although all the problems weren't resolved, at least there were some communication there. (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Me. Wilson: I do wish and do hope that today there will be some movement made to transfer this program within a 30 day period. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie, would you address the... Mr. Grassie: The item is on your agenda. Mayor Ferre: Well, we are going to take it up right now. Are you through Anne? Ms. Wilson: Unless you have any questions about anything we are doing. I just want to explain that these Committees are made up of professionals and parents, representative parents and professionals also, so that we are getting the input of both the parents and the professional people on the Committee, Mayor. Mayor Ferre: Alright, that's good. It sounds good. 11. Deferral of Consideration of OFF-STREET PARKING AUTHORITY Items: a) Dedication of CHOPIN PLAZA. b) Proposed Off -Street Parking Authority Budget. Mayor Ferre: We are now on item #i4. Does... sir? Mrs. Gordon: What did he want to say? (BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mayor Ferre: Alright, we are on item #4, at this time which is the dedication that certain street area known as Chopin Plaza (S.E. 2nd) to the perpetual use of the public for proposer purposes. Mr, Grassie: Mr, Mayor, I wonder if I could ask that that be postponed until your next tweeting, we have a request to that effect, Rev. Gibson: What number is that? Mayor Ferre; Item #4. There is a motion then by Father Gibson that that matter be put off until the next meeting, Second by Reboso, Mr, Plummer; What about 5? 32 JUN 131978 41114 Mayor Pere: Weil, We Wail get to that in a Second.. further discussion oft that, ceii the roil, THEREUPON THE FOREGOING MOTION TO DEFER ITEM NO, 4 to June 22, 1978, was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, and seconded by Vice -Mayor Reboso, at►d was passed and adopted by unanimous vote. Mayor Verret Nov, on #5, Mr. Manager? Mr. Grassie: As you know, that's an item from the Parking Authority, Mr. Plummer: I stove that it be deferred until they are hereto represent it. - Mayor Ferret Plummer moves, Gibson seconds deferment, call the roll. THEREUPON THE FOREGOING MOTION TO DEFER ITEM NO. 5 to June 22, 1978, was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, and seconded by Commissioner Gibson, and was passed and adopted by unanimous vote. 12. Deferral of Approval of STATION GROUP #5 - RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS. Mayor Ferre: Are the people from Metropolitan -Dade County here? Yes? Alright, on item #9, I'm sorry on item #8, I beg your pardon, Approving the Station Group Five Rapid Transit. There are two people that wish to be heard on this Mr... Mr. Plummer: Items 8 and 9 will be heard together. Mayor Ferre: ... Burt R. Oliver wishes to speak and Mr. Alan P. Diamond, Attorney from Greenberg, Traurig and we have two speakers on this, item #8. (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mayor Ferre: That's right. Does the administration wish to make any statements first on 8 or 9? Mr. Grassie: Not first because we really don't know what their problem is, if any. Mayor Ferre: Sir? UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: May we just have a... Mayor Ferre: You may, sure. (BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mayor Ferre: Alright? Mr. Oliver: Alright, for the record my name is Burt Richard Oliver and I'm an attorney with offices at 3050 Biscayne Blvd and I'm here today representing Wendy Corp. Miami Inc. whichis the owner of the 30 year old Leasehold Estate at the Northwest corner of the Intersection of Northwest 12th Avenue and Northwest 20th Street. The Site which is described in the various Dade County material as Site #5 in the Santa Clara Area Station. A review of most of the material that has been presented by the Kaiser Transit Group and various Public Committees, indicates that there were 5 basic criteri.• used in site selection. Those 5 criteria were environment, traffic, land use and urban design, site design and lastly the perhaps most importantly community impact. The Executive Summary Station Group 5, Milestone E Station Location Study shows that the Milestone E Committee which was the Public Committee?weighted community impact as a criteria, as the highest 33 UUN 131978 Criteria in respect of the Santa Clara Station location site selection process, A 30% waiting factor was given the coisnmunity impact compared to 6% for environment and 15% for station design by way of an example. It's also very interesting to note that in the materials that have been proffered to this Commission I suppose that in comparing Station #5 which is where the Wendy's Restaurant is located with Station #6, the alternative across the street, the employment data and the community impact area of the analysis indicated that at Station #5, 9 employees, 9 jobs would be affected if this property were taken. Whereas, in Station #6, 38 jobs would be impacted on. That simply isn't true, at this present moment there are 70 people employed at the Wendy's Restaurant in the Station #5 location. The inaccurate data on employment cuppled with the waiting factor that was given the community impact criteria could very easily have lead the public vote in favor of selecting #5 to be in error and it certainly at the very least raises in mind to raise the question as to the validity of the recommendations that - are before you, but we do not believe that this is the proper forms that debate alternative site selection. We want to focus this Commission's attention on community impact. In August of 1977 Wendy's obtained a building permit to build their restaurant from the City of Miami. In November 1977 Wendy's opened it's doors for business, an average of 2,000 people per day eat there. Wendy's is serving this community and it obviously is meeting a substar.ti.:l need. Wendy's went into this community and with the help of Rev. Charlie Parkes, hired minority kids most of whom never had a job before or were considered in large part, totally unemployable. Wendy's annual payroll is $25,000, excuse me, $250,000. Mayor Ferre: How much? Mr. Oliver: $250,000. It has a 30 year lease, not taking into account increases in minimum wage or inflation.It would inject 7.2 million dollars of private capital into this community over the life of the lease. A community perhlps too long overlooked or ignored by the private sector. As a direct results of S'endy's presence and success, two more businesses Toca Viva and Pop Eye's have signed leases for two PAD on the same block right next door to Wendy's restuarant. Wendy's also pays $50,000 a year in sales taxes. We believe that W'cndy's has sparked the economic revitalization of Northwest 20th Street. We believe that it is exactly this kind of private economic investment that this Commission should wholeheartedly support and encourage. If there is a way to keep the development of this portion of the City going, we feel this Commission must find that way. If this block is taken the community impact will be significant and it will be negative. There will be a tremendous loss of salaries to minority kids and tax revenues to the City. We feel this Commission has the opportunity to prevent this negative result. Just South of Site #5 is the old City incinerator, to the extend that a station is need in this vicinity and there will be those who speak to the need for a station in this vicinity. If a portion of that Incinerator Site be made available for this purpose, if the County and City can somehow cooperate and integrate their plans, the negative community impact of taking viable businesses in what I would call a regrowth area of the City, could be avoided. Mayor Ferre: Counselor, we've got to move along, so windup your statement. Mr. Oliver: 30 seconds. Wendy's would stay, Taco Viva would build, Pop eye's would build, a hundred minority kids would have work and the private capital would put millions of dollars in salaries in the community and hundreds of thousands of dollars into the tax dollars and public coffer. We ask this Commission to reflect and vote against the Site selection for Santa Clara Station, all opportunities have simply not been explored. Thank you. Mayor Ferre: Ok. Let me just say for that you have made. However, I certai down to the City of Miami property, un the land cost because if they are goin from that location, we are not f;oing t myself, that I concur with the statement tly would not be in favor of moving it !ess the County compensated us for to take three and a half acres away give it to them. Mr. Oliver: I'must add and the record of the County Commission hearing of about a week ago would bear this out, Commissioner Redford was of the view that under no circumstances could this property possibly be made available by the City to the County for this purpose. In partial response to that Commissioner Ruvin indicated that there were a myriad of alternatives possibly available, he mentioned swapping property or buying property. He did not foreclose personally the opportunity of working with the City.., UUN 131978 Mr, Plummier: Well, that sounds beautiful eltcept there is a final philosophy that the County follows in dealing with the City, giVe it to us afid thank you. Mayor Petrie: Well, you see, that tells you how much Mr, Redford knows about the City he represents on the County Commission, 1 haven't seen Mr. Redford in two years and neither has this Committee. Mr. Plummer: Tell Mr. Redford we will be glad to discuss it immediately following their $8,000,000.00 payment to the City for Interama, Mr. Oliver: Well, I would hate to have the County labor under misapprehension:., Mr. Plummer: They always do, why should you change it? Mr. Oliver: ... that the City won't talk to them and have the City labor under perhaps and I don't mean to speak out of tern. Mr. Plummer: We would love to talk to them... Mr. Oliver: And misapprehension, the County won't speak to it and nothing happens. Mayor Ferre: Let me add just this little bit of wisdom on the subject. I would say that Mr. Redford is as informed about what happens in this community including the City as the Miami Herald Editorial Board is and I would like to point out just in passing, that there was an editorial on go Sunday about the Fire Department since Chief Hickman is retiring Saturday and they recommend that since the County has a Fire Chief, then why hire a new Fire Chief because after all we can merge the departments and that solves the problem. The County doesn't have a Fire Chief, but the Miami Herald doesn't know that because they don't read what their own reporters write, they make their decisions and that's the end of it and facts have nothing to do with it, so you tell Mr. Redford not to follow the example of his mentors. Mr. Plummer: I don't agree with your statement, just for the record that Mr. Redford is as bad as the Herald Editorial, I don't agree with that. Mr. Oliver: Well, I didn't mean to pick on Mr. Redford, I was merely quoting what seem to be the problem. Mayor Ferre: You didn't I did. I don't have any... 104 and to avoid a substantial negative impact. Mr. Oliver: Again, I still feel there is fertile ground for cooperation here Mayor Ferre: Let me ask the Administration. Do we have any plans on that property at the present time? Mr. Grassie: Yes, sir and in addition you have... in two days are going to dedicate a new Fire Station on that Site that you just finished building. Mayor Ferre: You mean, right on that Site? Mr. Grassie: Right on that Site. Rev. Gibson: Yes, right on the corner. Mr. Grassie: On that corner. Mr. Oliver: Mr. Mayor, I believe that Site is in excess of eight acres in size. Our Site is three point four acres. I used the words very carefully and I said that perhaps a portion of the City property could be made available, perhaps the City and County could integrate their long-term plans. Mayor Ferre: Now, if the County wants to talk to us about it and they are willing to compensate us for the property, I one voice out of five here have absolutely no objections, Mr. Oliver: That will never occur unless you vote no on the Site selection of Santa Clara. 1 'JUN 131978 Mayor Ferre; Wellt now, let ine ask you that question. Hasn't the County already voted on this? Mr. Oliver: Yes, it has* Mayor Ferre: And the vote was two to sip? (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mayor Ferre: Oh, last Tuesday. Now, let me ask you then from a practical point of view. Suppose this Commission were to vote against the Santa Clara Site? Mr. Oliver: I think the logical outcome would be that those who were given the task of studying the Site selection process for Santa Clara Station will - be forced to go back to the drawing boards and analyze viable alternatives. Mayor Ferre: Is that correct? Mr. Fosmoen: Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre: Mr. Fosmoen? Mr. Fosmoen: Before you vote, would you care to hear a staff position on the... Mayor Ferre: Oh, sure, we are no where near voting on this thing. I mean, they haven't even made a motion. I just... this is one opinion expressed, you know, I'm not speaking for anybody but myself and I'm not saying anything other than that we have an open mind, just like I said about this Dinner Key thing. I'm willing to hear anybody. Go ahead. Mr. Fosmoen: Jack would you brief the Commission on this Santa Clara Site? Mr. Diamond: Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre: Do you have something to add to this? Mr. Diamond: Yes, we have... I have some additional statements to make and I didn't know whether you want to ... Mayor Ferre: With regards to this location? Mr. Diamond: Yes. Mayor Ferre: Well, wouldn't it be better to let the administration make a statement and then you can make yours at your pleasure. Mr. Diamond: Fine, ok. Mayor Ferre: Go ahead. Mr. Luft: The Transit Guideway is a median alignment in this portion, it goes up the middle of 12th Avenue. The Station Site must be directly adjacent to 12th Avenue on one of those four corners. It cannot be on the Southeast or on the Northeast corners because of existing development and cost, that would far exceed the budget that OTA has for this Station. On the Southwest corner it's very doubtful that enough space could be made available to accommodate the parking, the Kiss -and -Ride and the bus access facilitieR this station will require on the Site without eliminating or substantially alterine the incinerator building. Mayor Ferre: Explain that? The proposed location is 3.4 acres and you have 8.8 acres on this Site, so why can't there not be enough land, I don't understand. Mr. Luft: That's because the incinerator building sets towards the 12th Avenue base, They are counting the building and the land behind. Mayor Ferre: Oh, I would hope that incinerator building is going to be torn down. We don't have any plans to keep that do we? Mr, Grassier Yes, we certainly do. Mayor Ferre: To do what with it? 36 Mr, Grassiet That is the Adtfiinisttative Office for the Sanitation bepaftmetlt. Mayor Ferre: That big monstrosity is going to become an office? Mt. Grassie: It is the office now and altaays has been, Mayor, Mayor Ferre: You mean, the incinerator and the whole building, that tremendously large thing with the chimney and the whole thing and that's going to be an office? Mr. Grassie: Mr. Mayor, I can give you a 30 second sketch of this but it's more difficult without something to show you on paper. (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mr. Grassie: You know, that we are completing the heavy equipment garage on that Site. Mayor Ferre: Yes. Mr. Grassie: You know, that in that process of building that we have to tear down the small building in the back where the employees now gather. (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mr. Grassie: We have plans in process right now, for remodeling part of the inside of the incinerator building which is going to be for the first time in the history of the City a decent meeting place for the employees in Sanitation. In addition to that the large bay of that building, the dumping floor... Mayor Ferre: Yes? Mr. Grassie: ... is going to be converted into warehouse space. Mayor Ferre: For what? Mr. Grassie: Principally, for Parks and Recreation and for Public Works bulk storage kind of activities. Mayor Ferre: I see. Well, then I stand corrected, I'm sorry. In other words, the conclusion is that we don't have any space? Mr. Grassie: Not at that particular location. No. And aside from that, you know, the Fire Station that you just finished building sticks out even further than the incinerator towards the street. Mayor Ferre: Ok. Mr. Luft: So, to accomodate Station Site activities on that corner would require substantial alterations to the City's facilities. I'm anticipating that Counsel will react to the needs of the Santa Clara Station. Suffice to say that there has been a substantial interest generated in the fruit market area, the produce market .area by this Station and those are from the property owners to the North and to the East who are anxiously anticipating this facility and already have begun discussions in the possibility of developing further that particular activity center. Moreover, the Civic Center Station which is to the South is precisely that, it is a station without bus facilities, Kiss -and -Ride )r parking lots and it is meant to serve the Civic Center. It is not going to serve the industrial area to the North. Now, this City has long been interestbd in maintaining and expanding that industrial area long 20th Street, entire spine running East from the I-95 West out towards 22nd and 27th Avenue. This particular Station will be the nodal point, the service point, for employees accessing that industrial area from Hialeah and from the South, potentially from the North with haE's to expansion. We feel that the Santa Clara Station is absolutely vital to the success and expansion of that industrial area along 20th Street, that cannot be served by the Civic Certer Station and the Allapattah Station will be a major bus terminal for vehicles accessing from the Golden Glades Orange it will be a major interface of cars and traffic from the residential areas to the North, Model City's Manor Park at A1lapattah, It will not be an adequate station fo" servicing the industrial area some JUN 131978 half three quarters a mile to the South. So, in short we feel that the Site that has been selected, the Wendy's liatnburger Site, is probably the least intensively used Site presently identified foracquisition in the entire Transit program in the City of Miami. It presents some outstanding opportunities for joint development around that Station and in our opinionifrom the planning Department's position, represents the most viable of the four potential Sites that OTA considered. Mayor Ferre: Thank you, Mr. Luft. Mrs. Gordon: What about to the North of it? Mr. Luft: To the North of itwe would be displacing the entire produce center which I'm... — Rev. Gibson: To the North? Mr. Luft: To the north of the Site that was presently selected. When we go to the North of that 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th Streets, we are talking about the entire produce center in that area. Mayor Ferre: And how about North of th.it? Mr. Luft: Well, then we are in the residential area to the North. The Station cannot be located at the railroad tracks which is three blocks to the North, you would have to shift to the East base alignment and you would end out with the Station then in the residential area, probably North of 25th Street because the alignment, the guidewayltakes a turn and we cannot put a Station on the corner. Mayor Ferre: Wouldn't the spacing of that be better, Jack? Mr. Luft: No, then it would be too close to the Allapattah Station which would be similar in concept. Being close to the Civic Center Station makes little difference because Civic Center is such a highly specialized facility for that purpose. Mayor Ferre: Alright, Counselor. Mr. Plummer: How about a baseball stadium? Mr. Luft: Well, it would serve that too. Mr. Plummer: No, in it. Mr. Luft: In the baseball stadium? Well, we would have to make a little jug and our guideway I'm afraid. Mayor Ferre: Alright? Mr. Diamond: Mr. Mayor, I'm Alan Diamond a partner with the Greenberg, Traurig Law Firm, 1401 Brickell Avenue. I represent Trovilla Realty, and Trovilla Realty is the owner of the parcel that's the subject of the proposed taking. In addition it owns the fruit market immediately to the North for the next two blocks up. We have been discussing so far today the possibility that an alternative Site in that immediate location might be available. We would like to also suggest that before the people of this community put six or seven million dollars into that Site which is the proposed cost, that careful consideration be given by this Commission as to whether that's really cost effective. Immediately to the North within 13 blocks of that Site is the Allapattah Center)which is a major stopping point for transit,and immediately to the South 1850 feet away about 20 seconds of transit time is at the Civic Center. 68% of the people who are going to get off of that line proposed Santa Clara, are going to get off and walk to the Civic Center, they can get off at the Civic Center and they are as close at the Civic Center as they would be at Santa Clara. So, the first thing we would like for the Commission to consider is whether or not that Site is even necessary. We don't think it is. We think it's another waste of six to seven million dollars, plus whatever cost overrun there is, as 'JUN 131978 (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mayor Fette: That's a valid point. Mr. Diamond: For example, the people who gilt off at Santa Clara who are going to the Garment Center, ha- to get off at Santa Clara and onto a bus to take them to the Garment Center, they are fist walking those six or aeVen blocks under 1-95. Mayor Ferre: That's right. Mr. Diamond: The people that are going to use this can just as easily walk the few blocks to the People Mover which incidentally is even closer than the Civic Center and get on the People Mover System which will take them to any of the four hospitals that are in that location. So, before the City rubber- stamps the County Commiss.on's determination to put a Site in here, I think the City owes it to the cLtizens of this community to take a look and see _ whether that's worth seve » million dollars of our money. Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mr. Diamond. Mrs. Gordon: I agree Mr. Mayor, it makes good sense. I would like to go out and take a look around that area... Mayor Ferre: Let's see what Mrs. Range... are you here on this? Do you want to say something to the Commission? (BACKGROUND COMMENT OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mayor Ferre: Are you through? Mr. Diamond: I will always yield to Mrs. Range. Mayor Ferre: I don't mean to be rude, but we are trying to move along because we got some other things to do and we... Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, once again before Mrs. Range starts, I'll recommend that we just send out for a sandwich since you are under a time gun and we just eat through. Mayor Ferre: It's alright with me. Mrs. Gordon: Well, Iwas supposed to go to a luncheon, but I'll skip it if you think it would help everybody. Mr. Plummer: I'll take a Wendy's hamburger. Mayor Ferre: The Herald will write an editorial about that tomorrow. Alright? (BACKGROUND COMMENTS orF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mrs. Range: Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Commissioners. For the record my name is Athalie Range, I re:3ide at 5727 Northwest 17th Avenue. Mrs. Gordon: Congratulation for being number one on the list. Mayor Ferre: Well, we always knew that, we didn't need any survey for that. Mrs. Range: I thank you, very much. Let me say thanks, thanks, thanks for My interest here might be just a little different from those you have heard this mornings I'm not sure, I'm sorry I was not here at the being of the presentation, but I am especially interested because of the economic impact that Wendy's has brought to that particular community. I'm further interested because it is now my understanding that there will be other fast food organizations coming into the immediate area. What this is doing and what makes it interesting for people like myself is the fact 39 'JUN 131978 thht many, many young people who are not qualified by education or anything else to hold other jobs are.i;inding jobs at Wendy'a and Certainly at the other organizations who Will be coming in We noted that in the Kaiser proposal that it was -stated that there were about eight persons who would be displaced, and this is in error. I have talked personally to more than 63 to 70 young people who work at Wendy's,who live relatively close who can acutally in most instances walk to work. This is an enthusiastic group of young persons, who for some. of them the first time in their lives have had a meaningful employment. When we think. in terms of tripling the 70, we are probably talking about 210 people who will have jobs in that area. It also impacts on :.he area because it brings to the area employment, where the money is spent there in the area, I think this is very important. I think we need to give some consideration to the persons who would be displaced there and who would probably not find jobs in the surround- ing areas. I believe I was not aware of how the ownership of the old Incinerator and Fire Station would be affected. But if there were anyway possible to evert - have Kaiser and the County so arrange their parking that they could go even around Wendy's rather or come into it in some other fashion other than dis- rupting an organization who has been in that particular area for some five or six months who is already a proven success. It is not that they have to wait for a year or two to see whether they are going_ to be successful. It is successful, it is doing for the community that which no other organization has been able do thus far. Before Wendy's came to that corner, it was just another debolate piece of land out there. I would think as I was on the Commission some years ago. 1 believe I instituted the idea of Commissioners going out and actually observing, actually looking at a situation, and I think if you had the time before you passed on this one way or the other, if you had the time to go out and actually look at it and see what is being done and see what is being talked about and see what the controversial issue is, I think you would be more satisfied in being able to cast a vote. Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Range, I'll tell you, I've already looked at that area, and I'd like to express my personal opinion on this. In the first place, J. L., I want you to listen to this because it ties into your motion and Father Gibson'S motion about, I want us to go on record as stating the following, I went out and so did rhis Commission and campaigned for the passing of that bond issue against my friend Harold Freidman, ok? What? Richard, against Richard Freidman. Well, now, he is a friend, he's a lawyer in the 100 Biscayne Building, and I expect for the County Commission to live up to what was exactly advertised to the people who voted for Rapid Transit. Now, I noticed that in the interest of saving some money here is what they're talking about. They're talking about going down to the ground level and creating a Chinese wall barrier all along this corridor because they're going to save $2.5 million, and then they're talking about extending, using the same monies to extend the Rapid Transit another half a mile down to Coral Reef or whatever it's called Boulevard, and they're talking about an overpass on U.S. 1 and they're talking about alternate A, and alternate B, and now I get this memorandum, well I'm confused about all this, from David J. Reynolds, N.P.O. Secretariat, about recommendation of the Public Involvement Policy Committee, a memo from Glen , when he's talking about all types of things, about extended in the South Dixie highway corridor from 136th Street Cutler Ridge and all types of recommended changes. Now, I don't ...I realize that this is just a Committee that it does not affect the official policy action, but the Metropolitan Dade County Commission is going to be dealing withifairly soon1changes which are of substance so that you can eliminate expenses/so that you'll have enough money to put into the package to do this. My personal opinion is we, in the City of Miami do not want any Chinese walls made out of these, you know, that, you said you were going to have an elevated system and I think that's exactly what we want to hold you to. We don't want people, just like the railroad track, you can't cut across it, neighborhoods divided and all type of things like that. If that's what you said you were going to build that's what you ought to build. Now, as far as, this particular station is concerned and this is just a personal opinion, I don't personally think that between the Civic Center and Allapattah, you need any station. I don't it serves any useful purpose. I think the people in that area are going to have to... they're not going to walk to the garment center, for example. And, I think it's an imposition in an area and that, in my personal opinion, doesn't make any sense. Now, that's just a personal opinion. I'm not a transportation expert. I don't know anything about this field. If you want to save some money, save some money there, hut don't put that Rapid Transit on the ground, and don't start cutting down on the parking facilities and the other amenities that were 40 `JUN 131978 promised to the people along this cottidot. Nowt that's just a personal opinion. Mt. Fostnoen: Mr, Mayor? Mr. Plummet: What was the.pxojected ridership at that point? Mayor Ferret Do we need that station Mrs. Range in your opinion? Mrs. Range: That station was in thr Milestone E live Committee of which 1 was President. I cannot recall the number of people who it is alledged will ride on this, but when we stop to think of the distances between the Civic Center and Santa Clara and Allapattah, to me, and as all of you know, I do not have an engineering mind, but to me the distances seemed awfully close... Mayor Ferre: I'd rather put more money into Allapattah.. Mrs. Range: ... asthe others that, you know, in other cities where I have been it seems awfully close and I would not want to go on record to say, no we do not need Santa Clara, I think we have to leave that to the experts. But from my observation it seems exceedingly close to the Civic Center, Washington Heights, and the Allapattah Station. That is why I think it would be really germane to this Commission to just walk that distance and then make your decision about it, that would be my ... Mr. Luft: Could I make a comment? Mayor Ferre: Please. Rev. Gibson: Yes, sure. Mr. Luft: I would ask the Commission as they're walking that area to look around it. Cantor's Foods across the street has already indicated substantial desire to expand into a retailing operation. It's wholesale now, warehousing. He would like to take advantage of the proximity of that station to substantial expand his business, aswould the produce center, and that's only the facing properties. Keep in mind there is an entire industrial area there too. Now, Wendy's will be entitled to all the relocation benefits that anyone under this system is entitled too. And, in fact, the statement of those relocation benefits is ... Mayor Ferre: I'm not worried about Wendy's that's ... Mr. Luft: ... in such terms that... Well, I think it seems to be an issue here, particularly, with the residents in this area that they want those jobs, they want that service that they're providing. That facility we'll be able to relocate it in that vicinity. That's the criteria by which they operate the relocation. Mayor Ferre: Jack, that's their problem. That has nothing to do with anything that's being discussed here. Mr. Luft: Alright. So, there is two sides to this then. Look at the area around the station and decide for yourself whether that could be expanded and capitalized upon that station in that area keeping in mind that it's very different than the Civic Center. Mayor Ferre: You know, I think what we ought to do, Dick? I think Mrs. Range and Mrs. Gordon are right, I think we as a Commission, maybe at the next Commission meeting at lunch time can get into that little bus and just drive up there and look at it. No? Mr. Plummer: Dedication to the State Office Building, well we can go after that. Mayor Ferre: Well, that State Office Building is within three or four blocks of that or ten blocks. Mr, Plummer: Well, hey, it's five minutes. Mayor Ferre: We're going to go anyway, so why don't we kill two birds with one atone and take a look at it and then discuss it after that? 41 ;JUN 131978 Mts. Gordon: 1 don"t think wte.need necessatiiv to go all together; I think eachof us can walk. it outseiveS, Mr. Fosmoen: Mt. Mayor, I unde.vstood that the reason that this surfaced was because of Wendy's concern over being dislocated. T think there ate a couple of comments that hrie to be Made. First of all, they're going to adequately compensated for their property and they're going to have re. - location benefits:, There'-., i_:'thing to prevent Wendy's, .., Mayor Ferre: I completely agree with t;'t. I don't ... Wendy's problem is Wendy's problem, we're certainly not going to be making decisions on where stations go because one little store happens to feel that they'•re going to be put out. Mr. Fosmoen: If we then shifted the discusssion to whether of not there' should be a station there. I'm trying to define what it is wwe ate debating Is it Wendy's takingoris it whether or not there is going to be a station there? Mayor Ferre: Look, I personally, excuse me, Mr, Fosmoen, I just want to make this statement into the record. I personally don't care what store, or what Wendy's or the other Popeye or whatever his name is, ia put out, that's their problem._ I think what we have to look at is what is in the beat interest the total picture of the City of Miami. Mr. Fosmoen: Ok. Then, I think we're talking about a whole different ballgame. Mayor Ferre: Yes. Mr. Fosmoen: You and I saw what a Transit Station can do to develop, what kind of development it can create, what kind of development opportunities it can create. We are adjacent to the Farmer's Market area, we do have good proximity to the Garment District. 20th Street happens to be one of the major bus routes in this community and that's the reason for this station is the interface of that bus system. It's a kiss and ride facility, and there is a major bus terminal provided for that station, there will be a number of development opportunities created and I thinkthat we're losing sight of those opportunities by locating a station there. Mr. Diamond: Mr. Mayor, we... Mayor Ferre: Excuse me, Father Gibson wanted to say something. Rev. Gibson: Let him go ahead. Mr. Diamond: I'd just like to say, we just urge you to take a look, to do the walk on the land and make the judgments, that's what you're elected to do. We urge you to do that, because we think when you take a look at it you're going to realize that staff is painting a picture that doesn't exist. This is a very minor station, the second from the bottom of all the stations on the system. Rev. Gibson: Alright, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: Father. Rev. Gibson: I guess I'm in a dilemma. I serve on the policy council representing you, ok. I want to say to the members of the policy council staff you had better listen carefully. You had better listen carefully because I don't voice what I hear to be the objection, you know, and if you and the staff can accommodate, you better start thinking about accommodating because remember, from, at least I heard one, I don't know, at least I heard the majority of the people saying what these other folks are saying, you understand what I mean? Mr. Fosmoen: No, I think we have to ask what the position of the Committee was on that station, sir? Mayor:Ferre: Well, obviously, they voted for it. 42 JUN 131978 Rev. Gibtob: W.eli, le.t #ie.aay this, these people are. saying that there is an alternative and all l'•it saying is. I don'•t want to voit on the polity council that I heard the. CoMmi.ssi.on agreeing with_ theta that'•a what I'tn saying. I don't want to agree with the staff. I want to take sure the Commission understands the Commission, that is:,the policy committee understands what the Commission is saying. Mr. Fosmoen: Well... Rea. Gibson: And, that if, if professionally it tan be done what I'm saying is we better look the second and the third time. Mayor Ferre: Alright. Rev. Gibson: And I say to the Commission, don't lets pass it because -as one of the things I learned in my life until you do it everybody has to guess it and once you've done it nobody starts guessing. Mrs. Range: Mr. Mayor, I just wanted to answer the gentleman, who asked the question, what was the Committee's decision on this? The Committee Milestone E Group Five,just like all of the other committees are guided by staff. I think staff must accept thc: responsibility, it's staff writes the resolution, it brings it to the meeting and it says here, this is what we're going to, this is what we want done. Now those of us who are layman in the community stand there or sit there for hours to talk about small things, about whose house is going to be chopped in half and what not, but when it comes down to the actual decision, you know and I know, and everybody else IP knows that staff writes those Resolutions, brings them to the Committee, gives them information which guides them in their thinking, so I want to make this very clear, yes, we did vote for the three stations that we were involved with, Culmer, Santa Clara, and Allapattah, but it was strictly on the advice and attention that the staff had given us. Rev. Gibson: Let me say this and hopefully we're going to stop. There is no question about Wendy's has improved the quality of living in that area. I can testify. The Herald can write this, I went in there and bought several of Wendy's sandwiches and they didn't give it to me, I paid for it, ok? I enjoyed it. And, I want to tell you there is an awful flow of people there such as you have not seen before, that much is true. If I don't put that on the record I would not be fair to the people, ok? THEREUPON, it was unanimously agreed to defer agenda Items 8,9 & 10 to a future July City Commission Meeting. 13. Deferral of Consideration to Urge Dade County Commission to provide joint private/public DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS SITES. Mayor Ferre: Now, on the other items, Mr. Grassie. Mr. Grassie: Sir, I'm listening. Mayor Ferre: Yes. On the other items 1,2,& 3, which is approving Station Group Five Station Locations for Allapattah, Santa Clara, and Culmer Stations, as presented to the Commission on May 31st, we've talked about one station and we haven't discussed the other two. Item 2, says request joint development considerations, now, do we have an answer to that? Mr. Luft: This is our Resolution, Mr. Mayor. Mrs. Gordon: I'd like that deferred Mr. Mayor, there is a lot of material I want to read before I take a position on that. Mayor Ferre: On joint? = Mrs, Gordon: Nine (9),yes. Mayor Ferre: On,sir, I mean, ma'am on what? Mrs, Gordon: Number 9, I'd like that deferred because .,. Mayor Ferre; ,., I realize that Rose, and we're going totdefer the second, 43 "JUN 131978 but 1 jus.t Vetit to ask_ on therecord, whether or not we have an answer to the request on joint development considerations., yea of no? Mr. Luft: It's our request, it's not O.T.A.''s request. Mayor Ferret I realize it's our request, have they answered out request? Mr, Luft: No, Mayor Ferre: When will they answer our request? Mr. tuft: Presumably, when the City takes a position as either favoring joint development or not. Mayor Ferre: When is the City going to make that decision? — Mr. Fosmoen: That's the resolution that's before you, sir. Mr. Grassie: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie: you're asking would respond Mrs. Gordon: because there read before I Soon as you vote on this. What? Soon as you vote on this. This is what you'd be doing is the County Commission to approve joint development. They as soon as you take that position. Mr. Mayor, I'm asking that we not take a position today, is a tremendous amount of reading material that I need to take a position. Mayor Ferre: Alright. Now, on item 413, whichis the Construction ... Mr. Luft: Could I just make one brief statement about the joint development so that you can take that into consideration as you're reviewing this? The City throughout the March 7th referendum and since then, well before then, has constantly maintained that this sytem, this transit system is going to be a very important device in facilitating joint development, development around station areas in the City of Miami, Downtown not the least of which, but in many other neighborhoods, Santa Clara is an important one. Mayor Verret Ok. Mr. Luft: What we're saying to the County here is that, yes, we do expect that to happen. We are looking towards them to provide favorable conditions on site in the stations, and the stations are now being designed , directive drawings are going to the architect. Decisions are being made on how those stations will look and how they will work. We're saying that we want those stations to work to the best advance of this community as it spreads itself around this station and will relate to it. Mrs. Gordon: That has nothing to do with a ioint public private what vou're saving. Mr. Luft: Yes. it does. Mrs. Gordon: Well. if you don't mind. I do want to defer this and I would so move. Mr. Luft: No, I'm saying that's fine I just want you to understand one thin Mayor Ferre: Rose, you have that right and it'll be done so don't ... Now, would you answer my last question about item #3 in your memorandum, Construction, I think that was something that Father Gibson, brought up? Mr. Fosmoen: The County has asked that be deferred until July 13th, and they are going to present to this Commission a series of alternatives for cost savings. 44 'JUN 131978 Mayor Ferre: deferred, Alright, Mrs... Gordon moves that items 8, 9, and 10 be Mrs, Gordon: Until that July meeting when brought back, Mayor Ferret Mr. Rebosot Mayor Ferre: the other things Will be Further discussion, Is there a second? Second, Seconded by Reboso. Further discussion, Call the roll, THEREUPON THE FOREGOING MOTION TO DEFER ITEM NOS. 8 & 9. to July Commission Meeting, was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, and seconded by Commissioner Reboso, and was passed and adopted by a unanimous vote.. Mayor Ferre: Alright, now... Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, in the same vein, not on this, this is ... You will recall,Mr. Fosmoen, I want you to hear this, that this Commission requested of the Metro Commission that we have a say as to the local trustees of the $25,000,000 for the bond account. Mr. Fosmoen, I was sent, well, this shows the cooperation between the two. The memo that I received from you did not in anyway address itself other then the County was going to do what they wanted, and I misread that letter , please correct me. Mr. Fosmoen: I think you raised that issue when Mr. Gunderson made his presentation to you on what happened to those Housing Bond funds. Mr. Plummer: No. My concern is who the local trustees are? Mr. Fosmoen: I understand that. I'd have to get an update from Mr. he wrote them a letter and I'm not familiar with it. Gunderson, Mr. Plummer: Well, would you please see to it that this Commission before we adjourn this afternoon is given the posture at this time? Mr.Fosmoen: Yes, sir. Mr. Plummer: Thank you. 14. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: AL SOKOLSKY REGARDING BID SPECIFICATION FOR MARINAS DEVELOPMENT. Mayor Ferre: Alright, ladies and gentlemen, we're now on... Alright, Al, you want to make a statement? (BACKGROUND COMMENTS MADE OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) Mayor Ferre: No, you didn't, the vote was 3 to 2, we didn't take it to a vote. Mr. Sokolsky: Well, you said we'd get a chance. The only reason it was just a quick statement. In the bidder specifications, page 3 was alluded to and I believe one paragraph was read out of context and I just for enlightenment of the Commission, and the paragraph says proposal to examine the Master Plan. I suggest would further design concepts of other creative approachs should be implemented to redevelopment. Now that was what the statement was. But prior to that statement and leading into that statement, it says here submit proposals consisting of declaration proposals and the forms furnished. And, it goes on to say the redevelopment expansion, this is not out of context this comes first, of the Master Plan, sets four planning objectives. Now, anybody here was never in the building business and was to read this they would understand that there were four planning objectives set down by this Commission. Planning objective #I1, confining major development within the perimeter formed by the Islands, It's right in the bidding. Objective #12, Maintain existing volumn and direction of current flow. Objective #3, plan for an additional 630 spaces for pleasurables, Objective #4, providing pedestrian access to these islands and then after that it says proposal should examine the Master Plan and suggest what further design concepts are creatable , implemented and redevelopment in context with which was called for in the four items in that agenda. The reason I'm rushing it I don't want to take more than two minutes. 0n page 8 which was 45 JUN 131978 referred to, it also says the same thing again. It says the Dinner Key Docksconsisting, the leasing , management, operation, maintenance, and redevelopment expansion, the City of Miami properly described as follows, the Dinner Key Marina Docks consisting of 371 wet slips, related facilities, etc., etc., It says redevelopment proposal must be.pub.lic waterfront requisite oriented, confined to tublic waterfront, related activities, in conjunction with those proposals. Now, I am finished, and I'll just show you this. This is Exhibit A, it's called for and I think that it's clearly defined. It says here , the legal description of property to be leased and sketched. And, I'd like to pass it to the Commission. The legal position of the property does not include any landside development. If this Commission chooses and I don't think it does, to put the bidders through legal gymnastics which is what they are doing by saying, hang yourself on one word,"as if your increase of appetite had grown by what it fed on",as I quote Shakespeare. Because that is what is happening here, people are hanging on one word and their increase of appetite is growing so enormous that they wish to consume all the public and recreational lands of this City. And, I will use your quote Mr. Mayor, at 11:54 A.M. today, you said, "I expect the County Commission to live up to live up to exactly what was advertised for for Rapid Transit". And, we the citizens of this City expect the City Commission to live up to exactly what was advertised for for the waterfront. And, I ask this Commission to abolish any any kind of a controversy that may exist on the 22nd, to have a vote now, and not hearing anything that was not proposed in the nrnpocai to bidders,because nobody was given that opportunity to bid on it. Mr. Reboso: Mr. Sokolsky, let me say for the record, that I am in agreement with what Commissioner Gordon said previously. But I am not willing to vote and begin this process completely a new process from now on, because it will be a confusion. It will be up to us how to vote the next 20 seconds. Mr. Sokolsky: Oh, no, no. There are several proposals which have lived up to the proposal called for by the City that are being considered, which... Mr. Reboso: It we make a vote now it will be complete confusion. Some of the bidders would say that they didn't have an opportunity because they understood otherwise and it would be a complete confusion. Mayor Ferre: Alright. Thank you very much Mr. Sokolsky. Mr. Sokolsky: No, the only thing I was saying, I want to explain to Mr. Reboso. The only thing I was saying Manolo, is that the bid, several people in good faith are being considered here today for increasing the size of that Marina, there is one or two proposals that have gone way beyond. Mr. Reboso: Well, I think it was quite clear what Commissioner Gordon said... Mayor Ferre: Alright, thank you very much. Mr. Reboso: ... she didn't agree with the landside. 1 don't agree with the landside Mayor Ferre: Alright, thank you, sir. Thank you very much Mr. Sokolsky, good- bye. 15. Discussion of: HOUSING BONDS FINANCING. Mr. Grassie: Just as a question of information Mr. Mayor, Commissioner Plummer, asked a minute ago for the response on the housing bond financing, and that is being distributed to you right now, Mayor Ferre: What's that? Mr. Plummer: This is in reference to the trustees of the bond issue. Mr, Grassie: Commissioner Plummer asked the question with regard to the input of the City on the trustees for the bond issue, and this is the- response which 46 'JUN 131978 we have just received., Mayor Ferret You know while. everybody is doing ail of that. Just for the record Lose, the difference between the transit attd what we're talking about here is that transit matter was amatter that was voted upon by the people on a bond issue. There was never any vote for any bond issue for any expenditures of money or anything we're going to do in the Dinner Key area. Now, there was, a public hearing with regards to a Master Plan, that's a very different matter. Ok, we'll talk about it on the 22nd. Plummer, what do you want us to do on this housing bond issue? Mr. Plummer: No, I just wanted Mr. Mayor, to show you that,' had no objections to the Flagship Bank as far as this particular portion of the bonds are concerned. But I think the overriding factor is that it is our $25,0.00,000 and we're not being consulted. Mayor Ferre: I agree. What do you want to do? Mr. Plummer: I have no objections to Flagship Bank. Mayor Ferret I agree. What do you want to do? Mr. Plummer: But I do have objections to them taking our money without our even having a say so. Mayor Ferre: Haven't we passed a resolution on that already? Mr. Reboso: We did, I think. Mayor Ferre: I think the next thing to do is just instruct the Manager to withhold the money until they'd taken us into consideration, not on this one, but on the next one. Mr. Plummer: That's right and I would so inform them of that now. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer moves, that the Manager be instructed on the next go around if the City of Miami is not consulted that the money will not be forthcoming, and that they be notified. Mr. Reboso: Second. Mr. Plummer: That's in reference to... Mayor Ferre: Housing. Mr. Plummer: This is only in reference as I understand it Mr. Grassie to the $2,500,000... Mr. Grassie: That's correct. Mr. Plummer: ... this particular bid, that no money be issued on the remaining $22,500,000 until such time as this City has had the right of approving all aspects of that fund bond selection. Mayor Ferre: Alright, it's been moved and seconded. Further discussion. Ca11 the roll. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 78-397 A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER TO COMMUNICATE WITH OFFICIALS OF METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY AND LITTLE HUD TO ADVISE THEM THAT NO MONIES WILL BE ISSUED ON THE REMAINDER OF THE $22.5 MILLION CITY OF MIAMI HOUSING BONDS UNTIL. THIS CITY IS CONSULTED CONCERNING THE USE OF THE FUNDS. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote; AYES; Mr, Plummer, Mr. Rehoso, Mrs, Gordon, and Mayor Ferre, NOES; None, ABSENT; Rev, Gibson, 47 'JUN 131978 16. SECOND READING ORDINANCE: Amend Section 1 of Ordinance 8719 - Establish Trust & Agency Fund "STRESS CONTROL TRAIN' ING COURSES FOR POLICE OFFICERS IN REGION 14." Mayor Ferret Mr.Plummer! Mrs. Gordon: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Reboso: How, about item P18: can we take that Move it, Wait a minute, Maurice which 18, Rose. Rose moved it. Mayor Ferre: Gordon moved it before, Mr. Plummer: Oh, fine. I second it. Mayor Ferre: Rose Gordon moves. Read the ordinance.... Ca11 the roll. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - one, isthat a problem? are you on? do you want to move it again? Plummer second. Further discussion. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719, ADOPTED OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRI- ATIONS ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ENTITLED, "STRESS CONTROL TRAINING COURSES FOR POLL':E OFFICERS IN REGION 14", AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS F1R THE OPERATION OF SAME IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000.; COlTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE Passed on its first reading by was taken up for its second and fina motion of Commissioner Gordon, secon Ordinance was thereupon given its se and adopted by the following vote; AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Mrs. NOES: None. ABSENT: Rev. Gibson. title at the meeting of May 31, 197S, 1. reading by title and adoption. On led by Commissioner Plummer, the cond and final reading by title and passed Gordon, and Mayor Ferre. THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8809. The City Attorney read the Ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 17. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: Amend Sections 1 and 5 of Ordinance 8731- Appropriate $34,000 to cover expenses of "INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL." Mayor Ferre: Take up item #i19. Mr. Plummer: I'll move it. Mayor Ferre: Moved by Plummer. Seconded by Mrs. Gordon. Further discussion. on an Emergency Ordinance. Read the Ordinance. Under discussion. Is that the amount that was not expended during the Folk Festival? Mr. Grassie: Well, you remember that they came back and asked for a supplemental amount. Mayor Ferre: Yes I know, Mr. Brassie: And, this is part of that. Mayor Ferre; But other words all the bills have been paid and everything is ok? 48 r JUN 131978 MIK Mr. Grassier That is correct. Mayor Ferret Alright t Mr. Grassier They will he paid, yes.. Mayor Ferrer Purther discussion. Mrs. Gordon: I just think that when we finish thin We ought to send a,., make a resolution and send a compliment to the Chairman and the corn ittee because of the hard work. they put in. Mr. Plummer: Thane true. Mayor Ferre: Alright, call the roll. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 5 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8731, ADOPTED DECEMBER 16, 1977, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR SEPTEMBER 30, 1978, AS AMENDED, BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE GENERAL FUND, TOURISM PROMOTION DEPARTMENT IN AN AMOUNT OF $30,000 TO COVER EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL; INCREASING THE GENERAL FUND, SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS UNALLOCATED BALANCE BY $4,000 OF ADDITIONAL PROCEEDS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL; INCREASING TOTAL ANTICIPATED REVENUES TO BE RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL BY $34,000; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gordon, for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Reboso, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSENT: Rev. Gibson. Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gordon, adopted said Ordinance by the following vote: AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSENT: Rev. Gibson. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 8810. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 49 JUN 131978. 1111111111 IN y MOMMEM 18. COMMENDATION to Chairman and all Members of the "INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL COMMITTEE." Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon move Mrs. Gordon: I move that we s_nd the Chairman and the members of the committee copies of the resolution which would read in gratitude for the hard work that was put in the volunteerism that was displayed to make this festival a very tremendous outstanding tourist attraction and a very successful event for the City Df the Miami. Mayor Ferre: Plummer seconds. Further discussion. Call the roll. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 78-398 A MOTION EXPRESSING GRATITUDE FOR A JOB WELL DONE TO THE CHAIRMAN AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE INTER- NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL COMMITTEE FOR ITS RECENT SUCCESSFUL EVENT HELD IN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND DIRECTING THAT COPIES BE SENT TO THE APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUALS. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSENT: Rev. Gibson. 19. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: Amend Section 38-45 of the City Code - Re -define "known prostitute and panderer." Mayor Ferre• Take up item #20, on First Reading. This is re -defining the known prostitute and panderer. Mr. Reboso: I move. Mayor Ferre: Moved by Reboso. Is there a second? Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor, excuse me for one moment. I have no backup on this. Mayor Ferre: I thought we had voted on this thing last time. Mrs. Gordon: I thought we did too. Mayor Ferre: when. Mr. Knox: Yes, this is just to expand a definition that was in the first ordinance. Mr. Plummer: Well, tell us what it accomplishes. Mr. Knox: Alright, it accomplishes a definition of prostitute or panderer or previous convictions for our Code, the Metro Code, and State Law. Mayor Ferre: Alright, further discussion. Mr. Knox: Alright, this is an emergency ordinance even though it doesn't appear that way on the agenda. Mayor Ferre: Alright, further discussion. Call the roll. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN EMERGENCY, ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8+-45 OP THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, CREATING A NEW DEFINITION FOR "KNOWN PROSTITUTE OR PANDERER" BY PROVIDING THAT A "KNOWN PROSTITUTE OR PANDERER" AS. USED IN THIS SECTION SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON, WHO WITHIN ONE YEAR PREVIOUS TO THE ARREST FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, HAS WITHIN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARRESTING OFFICER BEEN CONVICTED FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR HAS BEEN CONVICTED FOR VIOLATION OF ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE, COUNTY ORDINANCE OR STATE STATUTE WHICH PROSCRIBES THE ACTIVITIES ENUMERATED IN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION; DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE; DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING THE SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION. Was. introduced by Vice Mayor , Reboso, and seconded by Plummer for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was the following vote: AYES: Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 00' NOES: None. Or Commissioner with the agreed to by Whereupon the Commission on motion of Vice Mayor, Reboso, and seconded by Commissioner Plummer, adopted said Ordinance by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 8811. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 20. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: Amend Section 1 of Ordinance 8719- Establish TRUST AND AGENCY FUND- "DATA ACCESS RADIO NETWORK." Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Reboso: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassier contribution Mayor Ferre; Take up item 21. ... Manager recommends. Move it. Moved by Plummer. Is there a second? Second. Seconded by Reboso. How is it going to be paid Mr. Manager? This is paid principally out of grant funds with a local in an amount not to exceed $12,759, sir. Ok. Further discussion. Mr, Plummer; Understood in this ordinance is the fact that this money will go out to competitive bidders. Mayor Ferre; Yes, Call the roll. JUN 131978 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719, ADOPTED OCTOHER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE, BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND, ENTITLED: "DATA ACCESS RADIO NETWORK (D.A.R.N.)," AND APPRO- PRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND: CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, and seconded by Vice Mayor Reboso, for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mie,eu,J.7.. ..he Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer, and seconded by Vire Mayor Reboso, adopted said Ordinance by the following vote: AYES: Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. SAID OaDINANCE: WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 8812. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies, were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 21. Authorize City Manager to Accept GRANT AWARD for "RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM." Mayor Ferre: Take up item 4122. Mr. Plummer: I'd ask Mr. Grimm to look into item #22 and item 1131, they seem to be tied together in some wa; and if in fact that's true it seems like they're backward on the agenda, why? Mr. Grimm: You're right, Commissioner, they are tied together and they are backward. This is listed with all the ordinances, that's all. Mr. Plummer: Ok, so in other words ... Mr. Grimm: One is accepting and is allocating the funds... Mayor Ferre: Ok, so J. L. , how do you want to do it? Mr, Plummer: I would just prefer to pass 31 first just to keep in ... Mayor Ferre: Ok. Alright, is there a motion? Mr. Plummer: I move 31. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer moves item 31 and Reboso seconds it, This is authorizing the Manager to accept a grant award from the Community Services Administration ... Manager recommends. Moved and seconded. Further discussion, Call the roll on item #31. The following teso1 ttidn Was introduced by COMitaionet Plu tnet, Who roved its. adoption.; o 0 . 0 RESOLUTION NO. 784.3 9 0 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO n- C ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES. ADMINISTRATION FOR A "RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM" AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT (S) AND/OR AGREEMENT (S) TO IMPLEMENT AND CARRY OUT THE PROGRAM (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here. and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Vice Mayor Reboso, the resolution was passed -and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. 0 22. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: Amend Section 1 of Ordinance 8719- Establish TRUST AND AGENCY FUND - "RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM." Mayor Ferre; Item #22. Mr. Plummer: I move 22. Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves. Gordon seconds, item 22. Further discussion. Call the roll. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719, ADOPTED OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE, BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND, ENTITLED: "RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM," AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERA- BILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, and seconded by Commissioner Gordon, for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the require- ment of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer, and seconded by Commissioner Gordon, adopted said Ordinance by the following vote; AYES; Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES; None, SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO, 8813, The City Attorney read the ordinance into the. public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. tit, 0 JUN 131978 Establish f�etraent of LEISURE SECOND READING ORDINANCE: i-- SE 23 SERVICES and transfer CH/Lb CARE SERVICES to said bepattment Within 30 days. Mayor Ferre: Alright, take up item M. Mrs.. Gordon? Mrs. Gordon: Ok, I just would like a clarification and understanding of the fact that the Child Day Care Program will be transferred to this new department on or before 30 days of this date, that's understood? Mr. Grassie: The ordinance normally takes 30 days to become effective but we can do all of the required works so that section can be transferred to the new department... Mrs. Gordon: And, the effective date. Mr. Grassie: As soon as the ordinance becomes effective, yes, ma'am. Mrs. Gordon: Alright, in that case... Mayor Ferre: Don't you think that , oh I'm sorry Rose. Mrs. Gordon:. That's ok. Mayor Ferre: Go ahead. Mrs. Gordon: You want to make a statement... Mayor Ferre: No, I just thought,it might be appropriate for you to introduce your new Assistant City Manager, because I don't think you've done it. Mr. Grassie: I'll be happy to on this occasion to introduce to you Jack Bond, who is the new Assistant City Manager. I know that you all have met him already, at least,I trust that he's had a chance to see each one of you. Jack is going to be very much involved in some of these matters and I know that he's going to be a great help to the City. Mrs. Gordon: We just found out about your relatives, Jack. We just found out who your relatives are. Mr. Grassie: This is a great way to get him started, isn't it? Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mrs. Gordon moves. Mrs. Gordon: Gibson moves and I second. Mayor Ferre: Oh, Gibson moves. Gordon seconds. Further discussion on Second Reading. Mr. Plummer: Whoal Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre; Yes, sir. Mr. Plummer: Did you read the backup material? Mayor Ferre: I have it right in front of me. You will recall discussion earlier this... Mr. Plummer; No, I want to know why nobody on this Commission seems to be concerned when the Manager inserts the word, while the cost of data have changed... Mayor Ferre; While the what? Mr. Plummer; ... and nobody is asking the question, how did it change or why did it change? Mrs. Gordon; Where are you reading from? Mr. Plummer; I'm reading from the memo of the backup material dated May 24th, r lJUN 131979 that the cost data has, changed, and nobody yet wants to ask how setioua it's. changed into what effect, It's not here., Mayor Perre: Well, the second paragraph, last sentence, while the cost data may have changed the discussion continues, to be relevant. Mr. Plummer: I'd like to know what he change is? How much more serious is it? What is the total department going to cost? These are things that I think have got to be asked and I'm sorry. (BACKGROUND COMMENT MADE OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD), Mr. Plummer: Well, I don't know that he can get it prepared fot today. I want to know what the total cost of Leisure Services is going to he. I want to know what cost data have changed, and I think this Commission should know before it votes, Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute, J. L., let's not take this out of context. Mr. Plummer: Ok. Mayor Ferre: The fourth paragraph reads, the attached memorandum from Al Howard and Parkins, dated December 6th.. Mr. Plummer: Right. Mayor Ferre: ... provides a discussion of the feasibility and suitability of combining both programs into a new department. Mr. Plummer: I understand that. Mayor Ferre: While the cost data may have changed, the discussion continues to he relevant. Mr. Plummer: I understand that. Mayor Ferre: Then in conclusion, funding for the Department of Leisure Service was planned and approved in this year's budget. This department can operational by the end of June, when the establishing ordinance becomes effective, parks, maintenance, planning, and design will remain in the Department of Parks to be so named. Mr. Plummer: I'm still asking with the creation of a new department and they say that the data may have changed, the cost data. I want to know what that change is. Mr. Fosmoen: Commissioner... Mr. Grassie: Let me ask Mr. Fosmoen to comment on that for you. Mr. Plummer: Sure, please dc. Mr. Fosmoen: It's really fairly straightforward, you know, since December there have been increases in the fees for Day Care,for example. Mr. Plummer: Ok. That's a plus item. Mr. Fosmoen: That's the kind of thing that we're talking about, sir. Mr. Plummer: What are the negative items? Mr. Fosmoen: There have been some adjustments in the funding sources from general Revenue Sharing, from C.E.T.A., but it does not relate, that sentence does not to the cost of the creation of the new department, but I think Mr. Grassie, can respond to that as we did last year when we were talking about it In the budget. Mr. Plummer: I still would like to know the bottomline, Mr, Grassie: The bottomline Commissioner, is that the way we started this year's budget is the way we're going to end in this sense, the department was instructed to end up with no more people and certainly no more administrative positions in splitting the two functions than they had when they had one department that was accomplished. In addition to that, the two activities has to live within the budget which had previously been established for the 'JUN 131979 one department. That was accomplished and in addition to that we Made the cuts in those departments that applied for eyerybody else. Mr, Plummer: I hope. other people understand that, ok? Mrs, Gordon; Ok. Mayor Ferre: Further discussion. Mrs., Gordon: Yes, were we voting on the motion that I made that the ,Child Day Care shall be. transferrer4_ to the Leisure Services Department on or before 30: days of this date, which you made and I seconded it and then we'll vote on the. second reading. Mayor Ferre: Ok. I have no objections to that. So then let's change this _..� So make your motion again. Mrs. Gordon: I did. Invade it. Mayor Ferre: Alright. Gibson seconds it. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, Gibson made it. I seconded it. Mr. Plummer.: Rose, this is a second reading. Mayor Ferre: Oh,no, she wants a resolution passed before the ordinance is read and seconded. Mrs. Gordon: Well, I just want the records to be fully documented after the Day Care Program. Mayor Ferre: So, we're not on the ordinance,wetre on a resolution that Mrs. Gordon just Made. Further discussion. Call the roll. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner (Rev.) Gibson, moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 78-400 A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRANSFER OF THE FUNCTIONS OF CHILD DAY CARE SERVICES TO THE NEWLY CREATED DEPARTMENT OF LEISURE SERVICES TAKE EFFECT NO LATER THAN THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE NO. 8814 CREATING SUCH DEPARTMENT, NAMELY, 30 DAYS FROM SECOND READING OF SUCH ORDINANCE. who Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon *Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. ON ROLL CALL: Mr. Plummer: I'm in a unique posirion. I concur with Mrs. Gordon's motion, but I think it should be ..., it's really immaterial. I'll vote yes on that but I'm voting no on Leisure Services, Mayor Ferre: Alribht1 on Second Reading, Father Gibson moves, Mrs. Gordon: I second. Mayor Ferre; Mrs. Gordon seconds. Read the ordinance.... Call the roll, 56 JUN 131978 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED r AN ORDINANCE CREATING A NEW DEPARTMENT TO BE KNOWN AS THE D;PARTMENT OF LEISURE SERVICES, PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A DIRECTOR BY THE CITY MANAGER; PRESCRIBING THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Passed on its first read=ng by title at the meeting of May 31, 1978, it was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner (Rev.) Gibson, seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, and Mayor Ferre. NOES: *Mr. Plummer. - ABSENT: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8814. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. ON ROLL CALL: *Mr. Plummer: I think it's a waste, I vote no. *Mayor Ferre: Now, I'd like to just personally on the record, once again, reiterate my appreciation to Rob Parkins, for his work and diligence and interest over all this period of time. I think it should not be that any of this should not be misconstrued with the Manager's recommendation based on structure and nothing to do on a personal basis,and I just wanted to say that on the record. Ok. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I think in the same context, be complimented is the diligence of these people who are vitally concerned and right or wrong, whether we agree or disagree, I think that their diligence is the kind of input that is always welcome at this Commission, and I do feel that they should likewise be complimented for what they are doing. Mayor Ferre: ... you are hereby complimented. 24. EMERGENCY ORDINANCE: Amend Section 1 of Ordinance 8719- Establish TRUST AND AGENCY FUND- "STAFF TRAINING FOR ADAPTED RECREATION." Mayor Ferre: Now we're on item 41 23.... Mr. Plummer: I move it. Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves 23, and Reboso seconds it. Is there further discussion on item 23? Call the roll, please. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719, ADOPTED OCTOBER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE, BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND, ENTITLED: "STAFF TRAINING FOR ADAPTED RECREATION (S.T.A.R.)," AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND: CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERA- BILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, and seconded by Vice Mayor Reboso, for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote: MM MM IMME WMV- - r�UN 131978 AYES: Mr, Plummet, Mt., Rehosot Mrs. Gordon, and Mayor 1'ette. NOES: None. ABSENT: Rev. Gibson.• ABSTAINING: None. Whereupon the Commission on motion of Comrnissiotlet Plumber§ and seconded by Vice Mayor Reboso, adopted said Ordinance. by the following Vote: AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Rehoso, and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSENT: Rev. Gibson ABSTAINING: None, SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 8815. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission cnd to the public. .8 MIME memmw mmm MEW MEW MEW mor mmr Erg mume UPC JUN 131978 25. CY` Oi bINANtt Amend Section 1 or Ordinance 8 `19 - Establish TRUST An AGENCY T'tJND "SUMMER TEEN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM." Mayor Perre: Take up 24. Mr. Plummer: I'll move it, Mr. Mayor and I ask the question I wonder how many lifeguards you can get out of this. No, I'm not joking. Mayor Ferre: No, I know, that';, a very good suggestion. Mr, Plunrner: This is up to 21 years of age, a lot of college kids who are trained in Red Cross training.... Mayor Ferre: That's a very, very good idea. Mt. Plummer: ....who in fact would qualify as a lifeguard and I just wonder why we are not doing it. Mr. Grassie: Can we comment on that, Commissioner. Mr. Plummer: Please do. Mr. Parkins: We'll list as a priority, Commissioner.... Mayor Ferre: Who has? Mr. Parkins: We will list as a priority in the employment, Mr. Plummer. Mr. Grassie: Mr. Parkins, also you need to comment about Title III which is this kind of money and we are not responsible. Mayor Ferre: what Plummer is saying is if it is do it and I think it meant a lot of things, and if it isn't you can't,wwe11, you know, how is life. Plummer are you moving this? Mr. Plummer: Yes I move it. Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, Reboso seconds, item 24, further discussion, read the ordinance. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8719, ADOPTED OCTOVER 26, 1977, THE SUMMARY GRANT APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE, BY ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND, ENTITLED: "SUMMER TEEN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM (S.T.E.P.)," AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. and seconded by Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner J. L, Plummer, Jr., and seconded by Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso, adopted said ordinance by the following vote; 59 JUN 131978 AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner J. L. Plutrmer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED E';.`:;RGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 8816 The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 26. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: Establish TRUST & AGENCY FUND - "SENIOR ADULTS SPECIAL RECREATION CLASSES." Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon moves item 25. Mr. Plummer: Second Mayor Ferre: Plummer Seconds, further discussion, read the ordinance. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NEW TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ENTITLED: "SENIOR ADULT SPECIAL RECREATION CLASSES" FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, PROVIDING FOR REVENUES THEREIN TO BE COLLECTED FROM PARTICIPANT FEES IN AN AMOUNT OF $20,000 AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFROM BY THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN A VARIETY OF REC- REATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR SENIOR ADULTS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITI CLAUSE. Was introduced by Commissioner Rose Gordon and seconded by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 27. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: Amend Sections 54-36, 54-37, 54-39 and 54-41 of City Code- Delineate purpose for REGULATION OF "BUS BENCHES" and "BUS SHELTERS" STRUCTURES. Mayor Ferre: Take up item 26 on first reading. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, my first blush on 26 I would like to defer for ad- ditional information. Mayor Ferre: Motion on 26 to defer. Mr. Plummer: Well, let me tell you why I want a defer. I want a determination that this is not going to cost the City any money. I'm all in favor of what it's trying to accomplish but then they threw me•for a complete loop when they started talking about some new structure which would protect the people for the elements which I'm all in favor of but I want to know what the cost back here is going to be, if any, to the City.... t5. r.. JUN 131978 Mt. Fosmoen: No cost. Mrs plum3er: .i.. So, I would 1j1Ce some additional information. Mr. Grassie: Can we provide some tight now? Mr. Fosmoen: Sure, Mayor Ferret What's the answer? Mr. Fosmoen: There is no additional cost for the citizens Mayor Ferre: That's on the record and part of this motion. Mr. Fosmoen: We would go out for bus shelter bids.... Mr. Plummer: Shelter or benches? Mr. Fosmoen: Well, we would go out first for benches, then we would out for shelters. Under the same circumstance we would be putting about with the return to the City. Mr. Plummer:Okay. What you're telling me is that in those areas we are not going to allow the advertising on the benches that that providins the same benches for the convenience of the public is not going to cost the City any money. O, Mr. Fosmoen: The bidder would have to provide additional benches at his cost, not ours... Mrs. Gordon: If he wants the contract, sure. Mr. Plummer: Then, I'm with that, and that on the record I have no problem. I'll move it. Mrs. Gordon: Second. Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, Gordon seconds, further discussion on 26, call the roll. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 54-36, 54-37, 54-39, AND 54-41, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY DELINEATING AREAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING THE PLACE- MENT OF BUS BENCHES AND/OR BUS SHELTER STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE CITY BY COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING COMPANIES AND BY PARTIALLY SETTING FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH SUCH PLACEMENT SHALL BE AUTHORIZED; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. Was introduced by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. and seconded by Com- missioner Rose Gordon and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson "ice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES; None, The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. el JUN 131978 28. ?IRST BEADING ORDINANCE: Grant SOUTHERN BELL TELEGRAPH & TELE., PHONE COMPANY Public Bight -of -Way to install necessary TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT, Mayor Perre: 27 on first reading. This is the Southern Bell.,.. Mrs. Gordon: I have a question on this, why are we having the fund here now when, you know, the franchise matter hasn't been clarified? Mr. Grassie: Well, this is the first step in the process, Commissioner,you know, we have... this is leading up to a schedule which would place us in front of the voters but as you know there is quite a bit of lead-time required so this is the first reading and we have to have another reading of this before the ordinance becomes effective, it has to go on the ballot, you know that that requires at least 60 days before notice; so that whole process is being Mrs. Gordon: I just don't recall that we did this last time? We did? Mr. Grassie: Yes, we have to. Mayor Ferre: Oh, this is first reading, so on second reading Mr. Plummer: T. move it. Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, Gibson seconds, read the ordinance. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE ANI) TELEGRAPH COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS A FRANCHISE GRANTING THE RIGHT TO THE USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO IMTALL NECESSARY TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT, PROVIDING FOR ONE PERCENT FRANCHISE Frr, INCREASING BY ONE PERCENT IN EACH OF TWO SUCCEEDING YEARS AT THE SAME TIME AND RATE THE FEDERAL EXCISE TAX IS REDUCED; PROVIDING FOR ALL PAYMENTS IN EXCESS OF ONE PERCENT TO BE DEPOSITED IN A TELEPHONE FRANCHISE PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION RESERVE ACCOUNT, IMPOSING PROVISIONS AND CONDITIONS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION. Was introduced by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. and seconded by Com- missioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jt. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore r. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. ON ROLL CALL Mrs. Gordon: I have a question on discussion. I'm reading things in here you know, that I want to ask you about because originally we were attempting to get a greater amount which apparently this is at the same percentage of 1% that we now have been receiving for certain sum of years..., Mr. Grassie: No. Mrs. Gordon; .,..Although yOU do say that providing for the increasing in JUN 131978 succediig years but this will come back again so I'll have tote chance to study this, I'm sure beyond that► Mr. Grassie: That's correct. Hryor Ferre: What I think it'd be appropriate, Joe, I think this is such an important item that before the second reading may I ask you and your office to go and talk to each cotnissioner individually?... Mr. Grassie: Certainly. Mayor Ferre:..To go over this franchise ordinance and what it means,atd where the steps are and what happens next so that we all are equally and totally informed? Mr. Grassie: We'11 be happy to, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: On first reading, then, call the roll. 29. Authorize City Manager to SELL OLD FIRE STATION NO. 5 - 1676 N.W. 7th Avenue. Mayor Ferre: Now, 28 is authorizing the Manager to sell the old Fire Station No. 5 for the sum of $18,000 Mr. Plummer: This was deferred, Mr. Mayor, only for Mrs. Gordon who felt that there should be another comparison and I think that justification is here. Rose, do you remember you said that you didn't feel that was a good comparison? It's in the back up material and if in fact it meats with her approval I'll move it, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: Is that right with you, Rose? Mrs. Gordon: Yes, I guess so. I've been out of town for about a week and had an opportunity to talk to people in different cities and found that in some cities the old Fire Stations are being converted to other uses such as... not just community centers but other community purpose buildings.... Mayor Ferre: Good thing that makes a lot of sense. Mr. Plummer: Not with this one, it doesn't. Mrs. Gordon: .... and apparently ... I was going to say,apparently)the deterioration in this building is beyond that salvage point. Mr. Plummer: The moment the termites unfold their arms, the walls will fall. Mayor Ferre: All right. it's been moved by Plummer, who is the second on it? Is there a second on item 28? Vice Mayor Reboso: Second. Mayor Ferre: Seconded by Reboso, further discussion, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78-401 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO SELL OLD FIRE STATION NO. 5, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE OF BLOCK ONE, HIGHLAND PARK SUBDIVISION, PLAT BOOK 2 AT PAGE 13, TO FLORIDA GLASS & MIRROR CO. INC., FOR THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED ($18,100.00) DOLLARS CASH, (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and cog file ip the Office of the City Clerk). 6 JUN 131978 Upon being seconded by Vide Mayor MAnOlo Reboso, the resolution Was p'abed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 30. Establish City Commission policy regarding DISPOSITION OF CITY -OWNED PROPERTY. Mayor Ferre: I think Mrs. Gordon, you ought to make a motion, if I might recom- mended that in the future any City of Miami building or property before the Administration even consider selling it we ought to exhaust all possibilities for public use. This is a matter of policy. Mrs. Gordon: I so move. Mayor Ferre: Moved and seconded it, further discussion. Mr. Grassie: Yes, on discussion, Mr. Mayor, there are always tenants for public buildings if the building is made available free. Now, you know, we would not have to go very far to find someone who will take a piece of property off you hands. Now, in this case the asset be $18,000 which is coming to the City , is an important part of what the Fire Department is planning on in order to buy the property for the new station. Mayor Ferre: I've got no problem with any of that. We voted on it, we've already passei that, you know that. Mr. Grassie: What I'm saying to you, sir, that this is an example that is germane to the general statement that you're stating to me. Mayor Ferre: I think what the statement is saying is that this Commission as a matter policy instructs you as a Manager that before you go out and sell any property that you properly look at all possible public uses. Mrs. Gordon: Or alternatives. Mayor Ferre: That doesn't mean that you can't do it. That means that you're going to come back here and you're going to say to us we've followed your policy, there is no other possible use as a public use for this and we recom- mend that we sell for $18,000. Mrs. Gordon: Whether is no start arguing on the property or detiorate beyond any possible renovations .... Mayor Ferre: Then the Commission can agree with you or disagree but we want you to know the policy that we don't want to go out and sell our properties unless there is an overriding reason, here there is an overriding reason. Mr. Grassie: Well, I'm not arguing with your policy, Mr. Mayor, all I'm trying to do is understand it so that we can carry it out. Mayor Ferre: I think so you can understand it, Mr. Grassie, what we are saying is you don't start on a ground zero this is not a neutral thing, you're starting with a mandate from this Commission. The mandate is,do not sell public property unless you have a real, good reason to do it. Mr. Grassie: We will attempt to put your intent into a City COEnission policy statement.... Mayor Ferre; All right, sir. 64 JUN 131978 Mr, Grassie: ,... Arid then, assuming that that meets with that you're trying to accomplish here then would adopt it as a Commission polity. Mayor Ferret Just don't make it to complicated, you understand what the thrust of this is. Mr. Grassie; Half a page, Mayor Ferre: Yes, but I mean nu loop holes. Okay, call the roll. The.following motion was introduced by Commissioner Rose Gordon who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 78-402 A MOTION DECLARING THE POLICY OF THE CITY COMMISSION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION BE IN- STRUCTED TO, IN THE FUTURE, EXHAUST ALL AVENUES OF PUBLIC USE FOR BUILDING OR PROPER- TY OWNED BY THE CITY OF MIAMI PRIOR TO OFFER- ING SUCH BUILDINGS OR PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC SALE. Upon being seconded by Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. ABSENT: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. 31. Authorize City Manager to PURCHASE IN LIEU OF CONDEMNATION property located at: 229 N.W. 30 Street. Mayor Ferre: Take up item 29, the purchase on lieu of condemnation of four unit apartment house on 30th Street. Commissioner Reboso moves, Gibson seconds, Manager recommends, okay, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78-403 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE IN LIEU OF CONDEMNATION A FOUR UNIT APARTMENT HOUSE OF TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX SQUARE FEET, SITTING ON A LOT WHICH IS COMPRISED OF SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE SQUARE FEET, LOCATED AT 229 NORTHWEST THIRTIETH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, FOR THE SUM OF THIRTY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY ($36,250) DOLLARS FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO COVER THE COST OF ACQUISITION OF FEE SIMPLE TO THIS PROPERTY, AND OTHER COSTS INCIDENTAL TO THE ACQUISITION. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). 5 JUN 131978 Uporn being seconded by commissioner (Rev.) Theodore it. Gibson, the reso- lution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYEs: NOES: done, Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre ABSENT: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. 32. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO - Robert M. Webster - ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT W/: (Fire Computer Systems and Records Consultant). Mayor Ferre: Take up item 4#30 authorizing the City Manager enter into an agreement with Webster as a Fire Computer System and Records Consultant; Al- locating funds from the City of Miami Fire Suppression , Fire Prevention and Fire Rescue Facilities Bond Sales. How much is that going to be again? Mr. Grassie: Mr. Mayor, could I have Chief Brice speak to this for a moment? Mayor Ferre? Chief.... Chief Brice: What was the question, Mayor? I'm sorry. Mr. Grassie: For the cost. Mayor Ferre: The question on item 30, how much is this... I know it's covered by the Bond Issue but what it's going to cost. I see a figure here of $27,000. Chief Brice: $27,000 annually and that's for two years. Mayor Ferre: And you agree with this and you back them all. Mr. Grassie: Yes, personnel services contract to acquire skills that we could not normally acquire witht the speed that we need and the Fire Depart- ment does recommend it, so do I. Mayor Ferre: Do you have problems with item 30, Plummer? Mr. Plummer: I have asked for an inclusion, Mr. Mayor, so that we don't get back into the problems that we are with another case that the wording be inserted in such a manner that this consultant fully understands --whoever he be I don't know him-- that anything he develops for designs with City money is exclusively the property of the City and he will have no royalty rights from such. Mayor Ferre: All right, will you do that in a resolution? Mr. Plummer: The City Attorneyhas agreed to such a paper. Mr. Grassie: We're doing that, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: If you're through with the resolution then, it's been properly moved and seconded, hasn't it? Mr. Ongie: No, sir, not yet. Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, Reboso seconds, further discussion. Mr. Plummer: As amended. Mayor Ferre: As amended, call the roll. 66 is `JUN 131978 The following resolution was introduced by Cottissiofiet J► L. nutter, t, who Moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. /8-404 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH ROBERT M. WEBSTER, AS A FIRE COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND RECORDS CONSULTANT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERNS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED' AGREEMENT; WITH FUNDS THEREFOR ALLOCATED FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI FIRE SUPPRESSION, FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE RESCUE FACILITIES BON?) SALES. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upone being seconded by Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 33. Authorize ISSUANCE OF: "WASTE COLLECTION LICENSES." Mayor Ferre: Take up item 32. Mr. Plummer: On 32, Mr. Mayor, I've got a problem on 32, I spoke to Mr. Grimm, one of the applications is a corporation that may only show two people as principals of that corporation. Mr. Grimm? Mr. Grimm: Yes, sir, I checked with the City Attorney's Office, Commissioner Plummer, and the requirement that we used to have-- 3 principals in a corporation-- it's been eliminated, you can now do it with 1. Mr. Plummer: All right, then I have no problems with 32. Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves item 32, Father Gibson seconds, the City Manager recommends,further discussion, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78-405 A RESOLUTION AUTFORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A WASTE COLLECTION LICENIE TO INDUSTRIAL WASTE SERVICE, INC.; GENERAL HAULING ;'ERVICE, INC.; LAZARO'S WASTE SERVICE, INC.; JAMES SHEFFIELD AND UNITED SANITATION SERVICES (DIVISION OF SANlTAS) PERMITTING THEM TO COMMENCE DOING BUSINESS UPON FULL COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 20 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson, the reso- lution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES; Commissioner J, L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon 67 JUN 131978 Co issionet (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice 'Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice At perre WAS! toner 34. ACCEPT $ID: 1,250 GPM HFIAE PUMPERS." Iris. Plummer! I trove 33. Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves 33. Mrs. Gordon: Second. Mayor Ferre: Gordon seconds, further discussion, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner 3. L. Plummer, Jr. who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78-406 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF GATOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, INC. FOR FURNISHING FOUR 1250 GPM FIRE PUMPERS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE; AT A TOTAL COST OF $328,556.00; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE FIRE APPARATUS ACQUISITION -CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT. (Here follows body of resolution, ommited here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Rose Gordon, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 35. ACCEPT BID: WYNDWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT - Phase III - Bid "A" (Highways). Mayor Ferre: Item 34. Mr. Plummer: Isn't 34 the one I had a problem with, Vince? 34 was.., no 35 I had the problem with. Mr. Grimm: Well, 34 and 35 really are combined, Commissioner, what,..this is again one of our projects in which we take multiple bids. We had a three different project --Highways, Sanitary, Sewers and Drainange-- in on 35 the low bidder combined both ,the Storm drainage and the Sanitary sewers, We should've listed that there were 6 contractors that bidj.but in the award there were only 4 bids on that portion and that was the reason it came out that way, 68 44 e• JUN 131978 WWI Mt. Plummer: Okay. Mt, Mayor, fot the record, as I have beett doing and I've told you I'm going to keep harping on, I want you to and the rest of the Com mission to please note that oa $137)000 worth of work 99 people were Asked to bid only 13 of theta saw fit to come forth and find out what was going on... Mayor Ferret That's not bad. Mt. Plummer: ....And only 4 of them actually...or 6 as t would stand corrected saw fit to bid on a $137,000; once again,it just speaks out to what I've saying about the bidding procedure to the City. Pot the record. Mayor Ferre: Do you want to move it? Mr. Plummer: Yes, I'll move it. Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves, Reboso seconds, item 34, City Manager recommends, further discussion, call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr., who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78-407 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF F & F CONSTRUC- TION CO., INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $137,855 FOR WYNDWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT PHASE III - BID "A" (HIGHWAY); WITH FUNDS ALLOCATED FROM THE ACCOUNT ENTITLED "3RD YEAR FEDERAL COM- MUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND" IN THE AMOUNT OF $137,855; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID FIRM. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Vice Mayor Hanolo Reboso, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon. 36. ACCEPT BID: WYNDWOOD OOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT - Phase III & WYNDWOOD SANITARY MODIFICATION- Phase III, BID "B" (Drainage) and BID "C" (Sanitary Sewer). Mayor Ferre: Now, we are on item #135 which is the Wyndwood CD Paving Project, Commissioner Reboso moves. Mr. Plummer: I second it. Mayor Ferre: Plummer seconds it. Mr. Plummer: For the record, I want to indicate that 99 people were asked to bid on $75,000 worth of work; only 13 saw fit to come in and find out what: was going on and only 5 out of 99, actually, made a bid. One of these days I'm going to prove my point. Mayor Ferre: All right, further discussion, call the roll. UUN 131978 The following resolution ties introduced by Vice Mayor MatiOld Reboso who toyed its adoption: RESOLUTION NO, 78-408 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF P.N.M. COPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,095.31 FOR WYNDWOOD COMMUNITY DEBELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT PHASE III AND WYNDWOOD SANITARY SEWER MODIFICATIONS PHASE III - BID "B" (DRAINAGE) AND BID "C" (SANITARY SEWERS); WITH FUNDS ALLOCATED ROM THE ACCOUNT ENTITLED "3RD YEAR FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND" IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,095.31; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID FIRM. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr., the resolution was possed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon. 37. Authorize City Manager to - E. S. RIVAS; as Administrative enter into an agreement w/: Assistant to Vice Mayor Reboso. Mayor Ferre: You moved it, it's the last one on the agenda, item 35, which is for the Wyndwood community area paving project. Okay, now we 're on the pocket items that Mr. Plummer and Reboso may have. All right. Mr. Reboso. This is a resolution authorizing the Manager, direct to execute an agreement with Mr. Eddy S. Rivas providing for the said Mr. Rivas to act in the capacity of an administrative assistant for the City of Miami, assigned to the office of Vice -Mayor Manolo Reboso for at an annual salary of $1.00 Mr. Plummer: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: Mayor Ferre: ,The price is right. Moved by Reboso Second. Seconded by Plummer, further discussion call the roll. The following resolution was introduced by Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78-409 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH MR. EDDY S. RIVAS PROVIDING FOR THE SAID MR. RIVAS TO ACT IN THE CAPACITY OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI, ASSIGNED TO THE OFFICE OF VICE -MAYOR MANOLO REBOSO, AT AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $1.00. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and file in the Office of the City Clerk). on JUN 131978 Upon being seconded by Commissionet .t. L, Plume Jt, , the faboiution Was passed and adopted by the olt.owing vote: ACES: NOES: None. Commissioner J. L, Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Perre ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon. 38.- Miscellaneous Discussion Items: a) Testimonial Dinner for Don Hickman. b) Status of FP&L Franchise. c) Condolences in deaths of Jeanne Levy & William Simmons. Mayor Perm: Now, Plummer, it's your turn. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I'dl like to bring to the attention of this Com- mission as most of you are aware that Chief Don Hickman is going to retire Or effective the 7th of July. And on the 21st day of this month there will be testimonial dinner of which all of this Commission is the Honorary Chairman and I wish just like to make sure that the City handles this matter in some- thing that we will be proud of. On the 21st day of June, at the Dupont Plaza, the reception starts at 6:00 o'clock, P.M., dinner at 7:30 P.M. and the program immediately following. Mayor Ferre: All right. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, the next item.... Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute, that's Hickman's retirement party. Mr. Plummer: Hickman's retirement party. The next item, Mr. Mayor, I am more concerned than ever and I would like that we have every assurance of the Legal Department,is in reference to the F. P. & L. franchise as it relates to the Court Suit about municipalities in joing a renewal of franchise. There are some things that had been going on, I understand, that are not completely above board --excuse don't let me use that terminology-- somethings that had been going on that the City of Miami are not involved in as far as negotiations are concerned in relation to that suit. This City would be in very serious jeopardy if in fact we did not have a renewal of that franchise and as it stands today the Court has prohibited the renewal of our franchise. I would like that the City Attorney for our next meeting give us an exact posture of that F. P. & L. franchise as it relates to this City. Mayor Ferre: Okay. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, in the past two days we have lost two very dis- tinguished citizens of this community which “gel that this City is going to have a loss without their presence and we should recognize to their fami- ly as we have in the past in the form of a resolution expressing our sorrow. One is Mr.a9illiam Phillips,a very prominent attorney,who lost his life in an automobile -accident; he was the president of the Crime Commission. The second one is Mrs. Jeanne Levy who was head of Parkinson Institute Foundation, and I think this Commission should go on record and express.... Mrs, Gordon: Wben did she die , J. L.? Mr. Plummer; Bill? MEM • ral Mira. Gordon: When did she die? Jeannie. Mr. Plummer: The obituary was in yesterday's paper, and 1 think this Coma, mision should go on record of the expressing of'.... Mayor Parrs: I'd like to expand that Bill Simmons,the Attorney for the F.R.C., you know, prominent attorney in town, highly respected (BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD). Mayor Ferre: Simmons. Mr. Plummer: Bill Simmons, I'm sorry. I'm confused, Mr. Mayor, that's who - I'm talking about --Bill Simmons Mayor Ferre: Yes, because if -it's Phillips.... Mr. Plummer: Not Phillips.... Mayor Ferre: is that fellow who comes to see us all the time. Mr. Plummer; No, my mistake. He got a reprieve. Mayor Ferre: Yes, I'm sure Mr. Phillips is very happy to hear that you didn't include him.... Mrs. Gordon: When did Simmons die? Mr. Plummer: He died as a result of an automobile accident, he died about two days ago. The obituary also was in yesterday's paper. Mrs. Gordon: My goodness, well, you see I don't read the OB. Mayor Ferre: All right, seconded by Mrs. Gordon, call the roll. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 78-410 A MOTION EXPRESSING THE CONDOLENCES OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND ALL OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI ON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF MRS. JEANNE LEVY AND MR. WILLIAM SIMMONS. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Rose Gordon, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre JUN 131978 Met?oria1 COMmittee ettrusted Vith the responsibility o MMORIAtIZING JEA `E LEVY' S death, Mayor Ferre: All right, we've got two other items here, one is...I Mite a letter from Steve Clark.... Mrs. Gordon: Let me just get my thoughts together on Jeanne's kind of throw me for loop, I knew she'd been ill but, Maurice, you think it'd be fitting if we ask our Memorial Committee to see if it was a proper way of recognizing her memory.? Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon moves that the Memorial Committee be requested to find an appropriate way of memorializing an outstanding Miamian and who just passed away, Mrs. Jeanne.... Mrs. Gordon: Yes, she did so much to help so many people in the health care field.... Mayor Ferre: Jeanne Levy, is that her full name? Mr. Ongie: Yes, sir. Mayor Ferre: All right, it's been moved, seconded by Plummer, further discussion, call the roll. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Rose Gordon who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 78-411 A MOTION REQUESTING THE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO FIND AN APPROPRIATE WAY OF MEMORIALIZING MRS. JEANNE LEVY, RECENTLY DECEASED. Upon being seconded by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr., the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 40. Authorize reimbursement of expenses for City of Miami representatives to the Hawaii Presentation re 1981 SUPERBOWL. Mayor Ferre: I have a copy of the letter from Steve Clark to Don Weiss, Executive Director of the NFL with regards to the 1981 Super Bowl game. I guess Don and Steve have a personal relationship because he writes in a formal notification that we will not entertain presentations for the January '81 Super Bowl game until the next annual meeting of the League in Honolulu next March. I realize since March is down the road a bit, it would helpful if you would indicate as soon as convenient whether Miami would expect to make such a presentation. Now, I don't mean to get about all this but I do think the orange Bowl still belongs to the City o Miami, doesn't it? Anybody know different? Mr. Plummer: We'll let you know after the 6:00 o'clock meeting tonight, Mr, Mayor. Mayor Ferre; 1 would like to pass this whole matter over to our Super Bowl expert' ---Mr, J, L. Plummer-.- who may have to represent us in Hawaii in March 73 JUN 131978 .end so that you can schedule yourself accotdittgly. 1st turfing this mist to you, Mt. Plummer, and if you would have copies made for all inetbers of the Commission and answer this than. Mt. Plummert Mr. Mayor, may I please suggest that you pass an appropriate resolution that the expenses of two members of the City be authorized but do not put my name to it because 1 want to tell you I went for you before Mra Mayor, and that trip almost killed me. That trip to Hawaii is.... Mayor Ferre: Well, that may be why we want to send you, Plummer. To get rid of you, sent to Hawaii. All right, Mrs. Gordon moves, Father Gibson _ seconds that two members of the City including one commissioner.... Mr. Plummer: Or mayor. Mayor Ferre: ....Or mayor, be authorized to represent the City appropri ately in whatever meeting is coming up for the 1981 Superbowl, okay? Is that covered? Call the roll. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Rose Gordon who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 78-412 A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE PROVISION FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF MIAMI INCLUDING ONE COMMISSIONER OR THE MAYOR AND ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON TO REPRESENT THE CITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRESENTATIONS TO BE MADE FOR THE 1981 SUPER BOWL GAME AT THE ANNU- AL MEETING OF THE NFL TO BE HELD IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, IN MARCH OF 1979. Upon being seconded by Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson, the reso- lution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None. Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre Gibson Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, also that the Clerk be instructed to write a letter to Mr. Don Weiss indicating that we will then be there to make a presentation. Mayor Ferre: All right. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I want to raise a question. Mayor Ferre: Well, I think some how we ought to let them know that the Orange Bowl still belongs to the... I mean I don't have any problem with Steve.... Mr. Plummer: This is the price it's already paid to hear that, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: I don't have any problems with Steve Clark writing back and forth, but you know he's making decisions there that I don't think he's really, I mean, it's a natural something. Mr. Plummer: I hear your concern. In the minute I heard about it I was very much upset but Mr. Steve Clark, Mr. Mayor for the record, has always joined me in this presentation. Mayor Ferre Yes, that's great and I'm very grateful but it's the City of Miamitu Orange Bowl, 74 JUN 131978 Mt. Plummer; 1 understand that. 41. IISCUSSION ITEMS: (a) Sale of beer at Orange Bowl Stadium, (b) Orange Bowl Stadium- Current Maintenance Projects. (a) Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I want to raise, since you're speaking about the Orange Bowl, I want to raise the question that I raised before. I want to know what is the staff doing and what is the status of that the bid to sell beer in the Bowl and I want a forth right clean cut answer. Mr. Grassie, it was talked about while you were away and they said that we had waite for you, now that you're here we wait no longer. Mr. Grassie: Okay, Commissioner. You know that the staff have been discussing with the representatives of the present concessionaires in the Orange Bowl, the ways in which beer can be put into the Bowl hopefully in time for this next season. There are a variety of proposals that have been made by the concessionaires in this regard, I would hope that we would be a able to bring those to you on your next agenda. Re'7. Gibson: All right, I'm sorry... are you through? Mr. Grassie: I can beiif you want to. Rev. Gibson: No, no, no, I want to make sure you are through because I want to give you a sense of direction from Theodore, I'm not speaking about anybody else. Go ahead. Mr. Grassie: Well, in addition, you know, to the question of beer, we also have somc other outstading questions that we've been talking over with the Dolphins, about particularly the question of the score board that we're trying to get accomplishci and we may be able to bring a number of those things to you at the same time. So, we are looking to this next agenda as a time when we can get some of those things to you. Rev. Gibson: Well, my concern is and I want to make sure everybody under- stands this, I want to make sure that the public knows what's happening, how it's happened and when this is happening. I don't want us --the staff --when �i I say us, the people who represents us -I don't want us to be negotiating, talking with anybody unless we open up the book. I want to make sure that everybody understands that nobody has a lock and key on selling beer in the stadium. I want to make sure everybody understands it and I want to warn everybody. I don't plan to use one doggone penny of taxpayers' money --that is I, to make the facilities available to sell the beer. You may not know this but already there's talk that we must put up maybe, say maybe 1/5, 1/6 of the cost and I ain't going to vote for none of them, okay? So you know were I coming from now, the others... I'm only one and you know...I'm only one because I think there's another way out. Mr. Plummer: Father you drink more than the rest of us, so you.... Rev. Gibson: Beautiful, that's why I could speak to it, I bless it every Sunday, at least every Sunday I bless it. (b) Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, can I ask for the record.... Mayor Ferre: Yes, we've got our retired people that have been waiting a long time so • Mr. P1'imipr: I'll be very brief. Mr. Grassie, there is a picture in the afternoon newspaper which gives every indication, have a picture of the present Orange Bowl that says 'standing room only'. Can we have your as*- surances since this picture in this remarked question whether or not this aging facility will be completed for August 5th-.-the first DoAphin'a home game, We have every assurance from the Administration that that wilt be done. Mr. Grassie: If you ate taling about the current improvements, the answer is that they will be done in order to make enough so that the facility will be completely usable for the games. That does not apply with what we were ate talking about here with regard to beer because that depends on, you know, how long.... Mr. Plummer: This is speaking to the renovations of the up key with the maintenance for $205,340. Hr. Grimm: The answer to your question is yes. Mr. Plummer: Without any question. Mr. Grimm: Without any question. Mayor Ferre: All right, Thank you. Mr. Plummer: All right, well, I just didn't want this afternoon newspaper to be given a false impression 42. MISCELLO SOUS DISCUSSION re SISTER CITIES' PROGRAM: Intended Sale of City of Miami Surplus' Equipment. Mayor Ferre: All right. On the recent trip that the City of Miami, Lima - Miami Sister Cities' Committee took, there was a request by Lima for some surplus equipment to be sold to them in the same way we've done with Bogota and Cali and it is mostly fire equipment which is.. I mean, I'm sorry, trash equipment and I would like to move the following resolution. Mr. Grassie: I wonder, Mr. Mayor, if I... I don't want to interrupt you, but I understand that a representative of Lima is trying to make an appointment to meet with you. Mayor Ferre: I'm just trying to expedite all that so when you meet with them, if you and he come to an agreement you put a price on all the stuff; and just to authorize you to proceed with it. Mr. Grassie: Well, that's what I... my impression is that their idea of pay- ing for the equipment is different than ours has been in the past, so.... Mayor Ferre: Obviously, Mr. Grassie.... Mr. Grassie: We need to talk with i:hem about that, that's all. Mayor Ferre: .... If they don't; pay for the equipment they don't get the equipment,because what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. If we sold it to Bogota for a price that it was determined by Mr. Eddy Cox or whoever does this, that's the same thing we've got to do with these people, we can't make an exception to that. Mr. Grassie: Let's see if we want ':o get aware of their situation, that's all. Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor, can L do better than that? Let me, if I may, make a motion at this time that the Administration be authorized in the future that any equipment which is declared surplus which can be used in the Sister Cities's Program, at the established fee as presented, be hereby authorized. Okay? And I think that will cover in the future all of this equipment. In any case-- and that's the motion-- and any deviation from that if this City wish to make in an outright donation, wculd have to come before this Commission for approval. Mrs, Gordon: And also that whatever equipment is available that be distributed to all of us so that we're all made aware of. Mr, Plummer: It is. You've got the motions I have, Mrs, Gordon; Well, I haven't got that copy that,,., UUN 131978 Mr, Plummet:: See, I have a problem here) ko se, because I have cofifg hate on the 19th day of this month a representative from -Cali Who also Wants to be involved in this cake, you know, I'm just sayitg that that's the ease. You've got 150 pieces of equipment, Mrs. Gordon: Let me make a report to you on the Israel Sister City, We are not asking for anything. Mayor Ferre: Rose... there's a motion by Plutmner, is there a second? Rev. Gibson: Second. Mayor Ferre: Seconded, further discussion, call the roll. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. c•ho moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 78-.13 A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE ADMINISTRATION THAT t;'HEN ANY SURPLUS EQUIPMENT IS DECLARED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON THE SISTER CITIES PROGRAM, IT BE SOLD AT THE FEE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY AND THAT NOTIFICATION BE SENT TO ALL PARTICI- PANTS IN THE SISTER CITIES PROGRAM OF SUCH SALE. Upon being was passed and AYES: NOES: None. seconded by Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson, adopted by the following vote: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre the motion Mrs. Gordon: A representative of Sister Cities' International who is a representative of Israel is going to be in Miami arriving on the 9th, will f be here the loth and part of the llth of July and during that time would like to meet with the City Commission and the Manager and with prominent people of the community, some of the Sister Cities' Committee that's form- ing now and the Sister Cities' Committee is trying to get up an agenda of some sort that would be favorable to the Commission but I'd just like to kind of hold some time in that period --tie evening of the 9th through the morning of the llth. Mayor Ferre: Okay. Mr. Plummer: And a final announcement, Mr. Mayor, is that the Sister City of Miami -Bogota is still scheduling their trip to depart on the 14th day of July returning on the 23rd. Mayor Ferre: That's fine. 43. DISCUSSION ITEM: Cost of livin; adjustment for RETIRED EMPLOYEES. Report from City Attorney. (See also Item No. 46). Mayor Ferre; Now, we have these retire, and they sent me a note,and apologize f, the ruling on the cost of living increa: to our City Attorney and I'd like to as1 request an opinion and maybe will take people that have been here all day T taking so long to get to it. --that e for the retirees is legal according mr. George Knox to give us.,, we -t from there. Mr. Knox We have researched the question that was raised by the retired employees and as I indicated to then a little while ago, there is trot... there appears to be no illegality associated with increasing that benefit. The question which must be decided by the State Actuarylis whether or not these increases would be an actuarially unsound thing to do,and that determi- nation is made subjected to the state law because we are required to maintain a pension system that is actuarially sound and I indicated also that our department will promulgate a correspondence in writing to both Retirement Boards relating to the exact procedures which must be employed in order to satisfy the state law and that letter is being drafted today. Mr. Plummer: So, in plain language,what you are saying is that your report is not complete. Mr. Knox: Right. Who is pursuing the matter of getting State approval that this, as proposed, is actuarially sound? Mr. Knox: Okay, now, the Boards would have to present something for con- sideration by the State and that's been handled by the Assistant City Attorney with the advice of both Boards. Mr. Plummer: I don't remember them coming before my Board, Vince? I don't remember them coming before our Board with any item. Mr. Knox: Well, we just heard from the State Actuary. (BACKGROUND COMMENTS OFF THE PUBLIC RECORD) . Mayor Ferre: We're going to adjourned and reconvene at 2:00 o'clock. Is that all right? Hereupon the City Commission recessed for lunch at 1:10 O'Clock P.M. and reconvened at 2:15 O'Clock P.M. with the following members of the Commission: PRESENT: Commissioners J. L. Plummer, Jr., Rose Gordon,(Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre, Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso. 44. PRESENTATIONS, PLAQUES AND SPECIAL ITEMS. A) Presentation of a plaque to Port Director Robert Waldron upon his retirement. B) Presentation of a Proclamation to Ms. Pat Franklin, Hostess and M.s. Martha Hampton, Hostess, proclaming the week beginning Sunday, July 16, 1978 as WELCOME WAGON WEEK. Afterwards there will be a presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation to the Honorable Maurice A. Ferre, by the Welcome Wagon organization. C) Presentation of a Proclamation to Mr. William Hamilton designating the week beginning August 4, 1978 as DESIGNS FOR LIVING WEEK. D) Presentation of a Commendation to Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School, for its leadership in our developmental program for the revitalization of the Dorsey/ Wheatley segment of our Culmer Redevelopment Project. Accepting the award will be Mrs. Laura Bethel, Principal and her faculty. NOTE: Vice Mayor Reboso entered the meeting. 45. Authorize City Clerk to ADVERTISE FOR BIDS ON: "COCONUT GROVE BUSINESS AREA- "Decorative Pedestrian Scale Street Lighting Project B-6177." Vice Mayor Reboso; Let's take item 14, then, Resolution 78-277. Mr. Plummer: This is in reference to the Coconut Grove Lighting. MT, Grassier This is a public hearing, Mr. Vice Mayor, and we would want to invite comments from anyone in the audience who would like to address the question of this proposed improvement in Coconut Grove. 78 JUN 131978 Vice Mayor keboso: Your hate and address for the record please. MS. Loraine Prince: I am Loraine Prince, I live at 2488 Lockwood Avenue Coconut Grove, I've been a long time resident here, since 1936. We have a group of people here.. I've been chairman of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to the City regarding the beautification program and the street lights are in connection with that. I have been steadily working since last fall in trying to get people to agree to pay for the street lights. I did get a lot of promises and people were so willing to sign up but I have accomplished quite a bit, I think, and recently, just this morning I picked up 7 covenants for the City and it takes in the whole block on Main Highway from McFarlatd over to Fuller Street and also some properties on Commodore Plaza; yesterday, I picked up 2 more. I would have to ask Mr. Stark, your representative as a street lighting engineer, how many covenants he has now, I don't know the exact account. According to my figures, we have about 8 or 10 out of about 75 or 80 people but this will have to be verified by Mr. Stark and I was hoping that would be some way that the City might be able to find some funds for the people who just are against signing things. Now, I have a dentist in the Grove there that said whatever he would be assessed, he would be perfectly willing to pay but he just wasn't going to sign a covenant and that whatever the City would assess him he would be content with it. So, these are the remarks I'm passing to you,folks,for your deliberation and decision after you hear some of the other people speak to you. Thank you. Vice Mayor Reboso: Thank you very much. Mr. Kenneth Triester: I'm Kenneth Triester and I'm a resident of Coconut Grove and an architect in Coconut Grove and a member of the Ad Hoc Committee. This committee has worked for, I think a year, in analyzinj the village of Coconut Grove and the improvements. As you know, the City has embarked upon a program of redoing the sidewalks, planting new trees, repaving the streets and crosswalks in brick and it seems logical that when we do this, that we finish the job and end up with a beautiful village center. The one ingre- dient that we could not do,because it was using Highway's funds, if we could not put residential decorative street lighting in the original proposal and since the street lighting on Commodore Plaza is so beautiful and added much to the scale of the street,that the committee thought that it was im- portant and we came before the City Commission and you did approve the pre- liminary studies that led to today's approval and no studies were that we would assess the property owners for the street lights in front of their properties and we've now gotten a good percentage of the property owners to approve it; it's not a 100% but it's a solid majority and all the property owners that I've spoken to are very enthusiastic about it and we really would like you to approve this. 0f what it is exactly is that the lights would be bought now, the property owners would pay for it over an extended period of time. We had a lot of controversy on that --style of the lighting that's now been passed. We had an architect to make the work months and we had a big arguement and fight on this; only Coconut Grove can do we solved it amicably and now we picked a certain type of street light, we need your blessings now. It has to be done now because they are starting to work next month and once they tear up the sidewalks they must put the undergroung wiring in and put the lighting in it, be to expensive and it wouldn't work later. And we have a healthy community in Coconut Grove we have a dynamic section. We need these beautifications to tie and unify tie Grove. So, we appreciate your help in the past and veld appreciate it today and I think everybody here is for this proposal and I don't know if we have to prolong a discussicn but we really appreciate t'le City's work so far. Mrs. Gordon: No, the only question I want to ask you. What about the one:: that don't want to pay, ho are you going to handle that? Mr. Triester: Well, accoriing to Department, if a large percentage pass this today and then it would of the property owners •ar.• for it We're only talking„ by the way, I thing like that but it means that the City Attorney and the Public Works of the people voted for, the City could be assessed to every property owner. Most , it's only going to enhance their property. think...oh I forget...$15 a foot or some- the values in Coconut Grove are going to l9 JUN 131978 go up much greater than the costs of these lights and we'll never get every' body but we have mostly everybody. Mr. Plummer: Let's ask you from the bottom line, let's don't talk in the btoad tertn of most, talk in reality. Now, I heard Mildred say that there are 80 people affected, is that correct? Are there 80 properties affected? How many properties are being affected?... Statistics. Mr. Triester: I think the statistics...the Public Works Department can give it to us. Mr. Plummer: Okay, whoever's got it, let's listen to the statistics rather that words.... Mr. Grassie: If you would like, we can ask the Public Works Department to comment on this. I particularly want them to comment on the nature of the covenant so that you understand what the financial implications of that are. Also we ought to talk about the numbers. Mr. Grimm: Mr. Vice Mayor and members of the Commission, let me say one. thing at the beginning. The Administration wants to help these people get the decorative light. We are not in the least bit negative, as a matter of fact, we devised the system to make this possible but we can't approach it naively either. The problem is this, is that 100% of the cost of this must be paid for by the property owners. So, our legal position is that in unless an owner agrees to accept his share of the cost, when we send him the bill he can say sorry friend I didn't sign any piece of paper and we are left holding the bag. Now, what we are trying to prevent from happening by getting the majority; and when I say majority I'm not talking about 50% 1 plus 1, I'm talking about 90% of the people to agree to pay the bill when it comes in. And that's why we're being as cautious as we are, we want to do everything we can to get this decorative street lighting in. As it stands right now,not counting what Loraine turned in today, we had about 63% of the people signed in.- Out of 73% properties, they have 46 and she turned in, however, many more than she turned in today. Now, I think this might be a prudent thing to do, we can still meet the time schedules if we defer acting on this confirmation till the second meeting in July and that will give, Lorraine Prince and Ken Triester and the rest time to put a littel of more pressure on the rest of these people and get their covenants in and then I think at that time we can move forward. Mr. Triester: Well, excuse me , Vince, but you know, just a matter of simple arithmetic I brought in Frank Diaz today who was one of the large property owners, Loraine brought in 7. Why can't we ascertain right now what per- centage the property owners have agreed? I think it's probably up than the 80% but we have.... Vice Mayor Reboso: 63% is what's being said. Mr. Triester: No, but that was before 8 property owners. Mr. Grimm: All right, well let's add 7 et's add 8 forward to 46 and that would be 73 divided into whatever that is. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, but maybe, Vince, they own more than 1 parcel or maybe the parcels are larger, you know... Mr. Triester: Yes, that's truo Mrs. Gordon: ....therefore, would be a weighted vote. Mr. Triester: Yes, you can't go by numbers. This 1 parcel that I brought in today is maybe a 1/3 of all the downtown, you know, near the Commodore Plaza land. Mr. Grimm: It's 73% now. Mrs. Gordon: 73Z? SO JUN 131978 tif. drift: Yes, Ma'am, that's what they just figured out for me. Mr, 'Triester: is that a lineal footage of number of property owners? Mr. William Parks: That's the percentage of the property owner's that are involved. Mr. Plummer: I think, excuse me, I think it's inmaterial. Mr. Grimm has given a very excellent suggestion, in my estimation, and that is that this group here who are vitally interested in this be given the opportunity, it'll make no differences in the scheduling of time, that you be given the oppor- tunity to go back out and muscle these people and convince them of what a fine project this is. I don't see anything wrong with that. Rev. Gibson: Plummer, don't use that word be more polite, Mr. Plummer: We shall use 'friendly persuasion'. Mr. Triester: Right. J.L., just one other comment. The City Attorney wrote us a letter saying that we did not have to get 100% of the property owners, that's one and I think that's what Vince said too. And number two, I sug- pest that the School Board which has property on Coconut Grove Elementary School be exempted from that list because they just can't legally --the State I don't think would go into this-- I would appreciate if that could be elimi- nated from the totals. And third, we'd appreciate they would use it if O' lineal front footage because that's really what counts as far as the large property owners vs. someone that owns 15 or 20'. And fourth, if possible, if we don't get 90%,we get 85% , what I would like to suggest is those that are willing to pay for at least we put the street lights in front of their property and not penalize those people for a few that, you know, that won't cooperate. Vice Mayor Reboso: Well, I agree with you. 74% is a large percentage. Mrs. Gordon: I think we can move ahead safely, I know they are going to proceed tc try to get some more. Vice Mayor Reboso: Ken, are you through, Ken? Mr. Triester: Yes, thank you very much. Vice Mayor Reboso: Anybody else wants to speak? Mr. Jack Lowell: My name is Jack Lowell. I live at 3600 Stuart Avenue, in the Grove and I'm the president of the Coconut Grove({hambdr of Commerce for this year. I'd like to urge you to push forward on this program, recognizing the factual difficulties in getting all these people signed up. To what Kem suggested, I'd like to ask one more thing, that is a number of owners that've said they don't want to sign a legal document that clouds the title on their property but they are willing to pay their share; so, we, could get the share broken down,we might be able to get the funds now in escrow. Mr. Plummer: Whether it's broad as it is long, whether they sign it now or they get an assessment against their properties, still clouds their deed. Mr. Triester: No, if they pay in cash without.... Mrs. Gordon: They put it up ahead of time, J. L. Mr. Plummer: Oh, you mean in advance, Well, I understood this to be like a 5 or 10 years pay off. Mr. Triester: It is,but there are some owners with small pieces of property that just as happily would put up the money now and have done with it without Mr, Plummer: But what difference would that make whether they sign to do it now or they get hit with it later. Mr, Triester; Because that's the only way we 81 JUN 13197 Mr. Plummer: Like the T.V. commercial, you want to pay me now or later? Mr. Triestert It's the only way we are going to getsotne of theta sited uP. Bev, Gibson: But it's also ir:ue that if they're paying then you don't have a lien against their property it isn't shown in the title. Mrs. Gordon: There is no problem in putting it in trust funds. Rev. Gibson: That's the differLnce and I would think that... let the say this, 32 years in the Grove has taught me that if those people were not for it, you Wouldn't have a seat here. Now, if they hadn't any serious objections this is not true by the other sections of the Miami now. If they were not for it, my brother, you wouldn't be able to get a seat here, and I don't want to tell you what to do but: T would vote knowing that they ain't against it. Mrs. Gordon: 1 vote for it too. Vice Mayor Reboso: Okay. Mr. Grimm: Father, remember as I said before, we are all for these people, we just want you to recognize.... Rev. Gibson: You gust want to be cautious...I'm Mrs. Gordon: 1'll second it. Mr. Plummer: Well, Father, I won't vote for think it's a good thing ,but I would like after this date, that they write those people mission has approved this item and they will against their property or.... going to move. it, I'm all in favor of it I the Administration prior or and inform them that this Com- be looking to an assessment Rev. Gibson: Yes, and I think you want to say that in lieu of the fact that approximately 75% of the people agree. Mrs. Gordon: Or they could logically place that money in an escrow. Rev. Gibson: And anybody who doesn't want a lien or, you know, that they wish to pay cash, we'll take cash money. Mr. Plummer: In God we trust that. Vice Mayor Reboso: Anybody else want to speak on this, well, we have a motion and a second, will you please call the roll? The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner (Rev.)Theodore R. Gibson who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78-414 A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING ORDERING RESOLUTION NO. 78-277, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE FOR SEALED BIDS FOR THE CON- STRUCTION OF COCONUT GROVE BUSINESS AREA DECORATIVE PEDESTRIAN -SCALE STREET LIGHT- ING PROJECT B-6177, AND DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY AGAINST WHICHI SPECIAL AGREED CHARGES SHALL BE MADE FOR THE ENTIRE COST THEREOF AS COCONUT GROVE BUSINESS AREA DECORATIVE PEDESTRIAN -SCALE STREET LIGHT- ING PROJECT AREA B-6177. (Here follows body of the resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). 82 JUN 131978 Upon being seconded by Commissioner Rose Gordon, the tesoltitiott Was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre ON ROLL CALL: - Mr. Plummer: With the addition that the notification goes out, I of course, vote yes. 46. (Continued Discussion): BENEFITS FOR RETIRED EMPLOYEES. (See also Item No. 43). Vice Mayor Reboso: Let's take item 15. Mr Rev. Gibson: Mr. Vice Mayor, while you're tor him, can ve...can I get a little bette those retirees, you know, that's one of my Mr. Plummer: Well, Father, let me tell yo with what I know. The state law that now can give any additional benefits to anyone that actuarially it is feasible and fundab now. The fist turtle has been passed,tha what is being proposed is legal, that's be process of proving to the State to comply about to do is fundable, actuarial sound a we cannot pass it here. Tom Dixon, please. Tom Dixon? waiting for, while you're waiting • understanding about what we did about babies. t because it's very much in tune 4as come down says that before you from a pension fund you must prove e. That's the position we are in is that it's been determined that •:n passed, okay? Now, we are in the with the new state law that what we are id fundable and until we do that Rev. Gibson: Now, let me ask another question. In the mean time, I don't want to misjudge, you know, all of you know hot. I feel about having those retirees come every year. I would hope that we will inE:ruct the Administration to proceed post haste that so that by the next meetiT ; we have an answer as to whether or not this can be done,or can't be done,( • should be done, or is sound or not sound. You know, it's an awful thing to h.tve senior citizens waiting and I know you have to gait but I just want to a::press my concern to have them wait because some of us, man, no are going to see them in the morning and I won't need to thank you for my wifc and my grandEon and all the rest of them. You know, I like to enjoy a little of it and I hope that if we can't do it through an actuarial process that the Cit;'%•Till adapt a policy. It hurts my very soul that every year we have got to go through this kind of thing, man, man, please. Vice -Mayor Reboso: Mr. Manager. Mr. Grassie: My understanding is that the City Attorney's office has been in touch with the State Actuary and that tl.e State Actuary is considering this. It's not in our hands at this point, it's on the State's hands. Rev. Gibson: All right. Please, as soon .Ls you hear, put it on the agenda, notify those people, let them come down anityou know,and enjoy. '.'ice Mayor Reboso: Okay. That's all, Fath..r? Unknown Speaker: Your honor? I'd like jus to add a few words to what Father Gibson said, Vice Mayor Reboso: Will you please state your name and address for the record? Ms, Hazel Brown: I'm Hazel Brown. I'm the Secreatry/Treasurer of Retired Employees in the City of K.ianii. I live aT 3413 Salzedo in Coral Gables, I'd just Me to add my feelings to what Fath r Gibson has said, Tony Wilcox tonight, 83 JUN 131978. IME Specially) has been here, and sat through many, many meetings for the past two years waiting for a decision on this matter. He's been around every barn in Dade County, I think, and I would like once and for all to see it come to a conclusion and if possible, favorably. I appreciate the concern of the Commission and your help and please, please bring this to a completion as soon as possible. Vice Mayor Reboso; Thank you very much. Mr. Dixon, please go ahead. 4?. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: Thomas Dixon re PROPOSAL FOR CREATION OF "MIAMI WATERFRONT TRUST." - Mr. Torm Dixon: Thank you Mr. Reboso. My name is Tom Dixon. I'm here today as a representative of the Miami Waterfront Committee to present to the City Commission the proposal for the creation of a Miami Waterfront Trust. This Trust would be made up of public citizens interested in the waterfront of the City of Miami and it would in turn plan and coordinate the development and expansion of marinas --wet and dry --and it would be involved with the expansion and development of areas of the river and the other parks --on the waterside soy that the citizens of the City of Miami who may not have enough money to afford rooms and hotels overlooking the water or even afford fancy boats but would have the opportunity to enjoy what is to me the most important part of the City of Miami and that is its waterfront. The purpose of the rust I've summarized it by saying that it's possible to make Miami the boating capital of the United States. You know what it means to Miami if it was, it would mean that people will say 'I've got to take my boat to Miami, I've got to have an opportunity to visit Miami' because that is the boating capital. 2) We would provide access to the citizens of the City of Miami to its water- front, it belongs to the citizens of Miami, they should have the opportunity to use and enjoy it. To create additional wet and dry storage areas and the one that concerns more radically, I think, is that this rust could plan the development of Miami's waterfront. We've spent millions of dollars planning all the development and the controls of the landside area of the City of Miami. I have not seen a plan for the development of Miami's waterfront, I think the closest that ever came was the 1972 Dinner Key Master Plan for which $45,000 was spent and to this date we're not sure exactly how that's going to be implemented. In addition, the Miami Waterfront Trust could create ad- ditional jobs because as you expand marina activities you would expand the need for services, you would expand the need for salaries to supply services to these boats. And it would create additional revenues to the City. The City presently has property on the river, on the bay, these not being fully developed to maximize potential revenues to the City. I cite examples as the area around the treatment plant at Virginia Key. I cite as examples Margaret Pace Park, a park that's not even a park, it's a vacant spit of land. I cite Morningside Park, American Legion Park all of which could be developed with revenue producing facilities for the City at no cost to the City through the application of the revenue bond financing. I have spoken with financial consultants to tell me it is feasible to obtain revenue bond financing, tax exempt for the development of these areas to provide access for the citizens. In addition we can create areas for the maintenance of boats for charter services, for sailboat rentals to those people that are not fortunate enough to be able to purchase a boat. And how would this trust operate, how would it be created? I think we have two shining examples of what could be done under this concept: 1) Would be the public health trust operating the Jackson Hospital complex. They tell me that they couldn't be able to achieve reductions of cost of 20% as a result of citizen oversize. 2) Go to the port of Miami 1967, a photograph would show you that that is a vacant island; today, is the largest passenger port in the world. Why? Because citizens to the port authority, to the action of an orderly government has been able to imple- ment and create this tremendous asset to the City. I think it could be done again, I think it should be called the Miami Waterfront Trust because the City owns properties --Dinner Key, Miamarina are the shining examples --that should be held in trust for the citizens of the City. If you lease it out, if you parcel it out, if you give it to special interests, if you give it to private citizens, who benefits?--- a select few. I'm proposing that there are citizens in the City who would serve as trustees, who would do the same plans, do them better and all the profits will occur to the City --no profits would be tunneled of 84 JUN 131978 to private interests. It's feasible, it's practical. What are the advantages of the trust/ 1) It would avoid the possible legal oaten coneetted with the reverter clause under the binner Key property from the Internal Improvement fund. I understand there's been legal interpretations in both directions as to whether it's enforceable. 2) It will avoid the possibility of lawsuits relative to ad valoree taxation on property that's leased. 3) Excess profits would go to the City not to a private operator and ulti- mately the development, the expansion, the budgeting and the control would be under the direction of the City Commission, not under somebody who has a lease that says is a lease you gave me the property I don't want to hear from you again for 30 years. You, gentlemen of the Commission, Rose, would set up the Commission, would set up the Trust. You would appoint the members, they would come to you with their budgets, they would come to you with their programs. You would have the opportunity to input and to mike suggestions and changes. The improvements that might proposed could all be financed through revenue bond financing at no cost to the City taxpayers. In fact, • when these bond obligations are priid off, the City would have the opportunity of revenues which could all set the property tax burden. Remember, when you buy a park and it produces no revenue, you spend the money to buy the park, you spend the money to maintain the park, you're taking the park of the tax rolls and if you don't consider the possibility of revenue for that park which would not damage it, I think you are overlooking the opportunity to relieve, perhaps, some of the terrible tax burden within the municipality. Now, what could this trust do if it was, in fact, created? Well, Dinner Key, it's conceivable that that they can put from 800 to 2,000 slips at Dinner Key. 1iamarina, everybody says well, that's complete. It's not complete, look at it the area along the waterfront:you could put additional 200 slips in there. You go to Bicent(nial park --a photograph-1973-- it had two beautiful canals that would be an ideal for the storage of boats, for d eking. What did you do? You filled it in with no p -king and who uses it? But it cost you money because to had to buy it, you five to maintain it and you lost the tax revenues. But it's possible to recola that. I estimate that I can put additional 100 slips in there under this present configuration. Pace Park - an unused park that's barely landscaped I figure additional 250 spaces in there. Morningside Park, 250 slips; 1 !Rion Park, 100 slips: Venetian Causeway --the south approach-- it's poss ble to put 100 slips Curtis Park, dry storage areas; Virginia Key Pa k, a tremendous area around the treatment plant that would be suitable f‘r moorings; underneath I-95, dry storage aeas. There's great potential, but how do you implement this potential. You implement it to have the citizens on a public trust who would act as trustees for the Commission not fr themselves to do this. What might be some of their responsibilities, if in fact this trust is created? 1) De- velop•a long range approach to obtain ma:imum benefit from all of the river bayfront areas. Have they ever made a an of the waterfront areas in the potential development of the waterfront' I have not seen one. The most current map that I have was prepared in .978 because the prior map was dated 1963. Development of a permanent management approach to the management of these marinas. Develop additional store ;e areas at no cost to the City. Coordinate the development of other actiiities, you're having a marina put in Plaza Venetia. You need someone to iirn to to say, is this going to damage ?iiami's Yleart-- the waterfront-- or is t something that's going to benefit the Cityl And additionally, this committee, this trust. would act as a buffer between the Commission and the citizens between the Commission and the voters. I've been before you relative to rate ilcreases, I think this trust might be able to create a buffer to perhaps over ome of some of those problems. I think that in summary I want to read fr m the 1972 Dinner Key Master Plan because I think it's very appropriate, s you consider the potential of leas- ing to a private operator to Dinner Key and Miamarina, this is a direct quotation " Dinner Key belongs to the p ople of Miami, all of the people. Not of use for special interests or cas al visitors interested in brief enter- tainments.lt most be planned to satisfy the deep rooted craving that the City dweller has for open space a char e to look out across the bay that is in a serve it's also...the Dinner Kc shoreline is the richest asset of its kind that Miami posseses. The Dinr•r Key shoreline is the richest asset of its kind that the City of Miami post 'ses. As a venture shaping themselves, it could be irreparably lost, The que: ion is how much do the people care about Dinner hey area under study, thi answer is that they care very much indeed but rich or poor, high or low, tear or fer,our research has produced a striking unanimity of choice as to its ultimate, fulfillment of aft urgent tteed. That need is for open space, natural environment, simple recreation, participation in boating activities, or simply observe it to gather in small groups and to learn what life,in Florida, has been in the past and can be in the future." --dated 1972. Thank you very much, I'll be free to answer questions. Vice Mayor Reboso: Thank you very much. Mrs. Gordon: Tom, your idea of the work from trust also I assume includes Miami River because did refer to it and in the charts that the trust would have, would it also include the ecology of the river, the care of the surface borders? Youknow what I'm trying to say. Always has been a problem in the river with regard to this, you know, and that kind of thing . Mr. Dixon: Right. I would like to able to stand up here and tell you that - yes we'll take care of it, okay? Mrs. Gordon: I'm just asking as a point of information. Mr. Dixon: Yes, but it will be my concept that the trust would be organized and developed such that there would be sufficient moneys within any revenue bond system, that there would be the opportunity where damage may occur of the result of the creation of docks, that this damage to the bay bottom, this damage to the river bottom could be corrected to the application of funds to alleviate the property . It's just like you build a house and you want to put the house in the middle of the lot and there is a tree; well, you've got no choice, you have to kill the tree. But that doesn't mean you can't replant a tree and where if you expand Dinner Key you may damage the bay bottom but you can always come back and replant that bay bottom. In fact there's talk now putting riprap , putting things on the bay bottom to increase fish life. So, it's a short term damage perhaps but long term benefits because then you have someone who is looking after the heart of the City of Miami. Mrs. Gordon: Would you have something in mind sort of what they did in San Francisco? Mr. Dixon: Do you mean in terms of Ghiardeli Square or something like that? Mrs. Gordon: No, I'm talking about the Waterfront Authority that they have in Frisco that took over and really helped to upgrade the entire of bay area. Mr. Dixon: I would hope that we could do a better job. We've got the water, the City has the property, you've got interested people. Mrs. Gordon: I meant the frame we're talking of your structure, of your entity that you are describing to us not what they did as far as a good job or bad job but the structure that you're describing would it be a structure similar to that? Mr. Dixon: Well, in my estimation, the structure would be something like the public health trust. The Commissioners will appoint someone from the Coconut Grove Chamber, the Miami Chamber, the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society maybe, the Marine Council, representatives from the different marinas who would sit;.. business men , insurance men, bankers who would sit as trustees, who would look at it as holding that property in trust. They in turn would make a plan, and then probably the first thing they would do in my estimation would make a collection of all the properties the City owns that would be suitable. And let's say, now, of that property that's suitable which can be developed to bring us the greatest revenues at the least expenditure. It might be the area, for example, under I-95 which should be super for a dry storage of out- boards which is not making any money to anybody and it's just collecting trash. Maybe an opportunity immediately to create revenue to the City from this particular piece of property. Now, once you develop a plan, the trustees would come to the City Commission and say this is what we propose to do, this is the budget that we're operating under.Do you approve? And I think the example at the public health trust of what can be done, I think it's a good example, it's a committee that's been meeting for the past month to review 86 JUN 131978 the proposals to lease Dinner Key and Miatnatina. Ask theta, have they done a good job? I heard nothing but accolades about this citiaensi group who are taking their time to review proposals in some cases by people that ate friends of theirs and I think they've done an admirable job.and I propose that we can do the same in terms of developing a plan to expand the waterfront to the City of Miami. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Grassie, have you an opinion on this suggestion? Mr. Grassie: Yes, several, Couanissioner, but rather than give the impression of considering this lightly which I think would be the impression conveyed if we just gave an off the top of your head kind of answer. What I would suggest to you is that in order for you to be able to evaluate this kind of pro- posal in our comments that we try and work with Tom's committee on language and both the kind of language that he has in mind and the kind of specific _ comments that we would make so that when we do respond to you, you have a pre -concrete idea in front of you. Mrs. Gordon: I don't see any conflict, personally, with anything else we, you know, have been working towards. It seems to me that there is no conflict with what he is suggesting but anyway that's my personal opinion. Do you want a motion to that effect? I'll move it. Mr. Grassie: It's not necessary, you kno4, we've been working with them and.... Mrs. Gor:Ion: Well, if you wish then it w 11 be a formal action of this body and you can proceed on that basis. Vice Mayor Reboso: What are you moving essentially, Rose? Mrs. Gordon: I'm moving that the Manager get together with Nr. Dixon and his group to prepare a sample 'of what Mr. Dixon has in mind and then the Manager will give up his recommendations on it, that's the motion. Vice Mayor Reboso: I don't think you need a motion for that. 21r. Plummer: You don't. Mr. Grassie: We'll be happy to do it. vice Mayor Reboso: ... just the tell the Manager. Mrs. Gordon: Well, it doesn't, if it doesn't have to have a motion that's okay with me. You feel confortable with that, Mr. Dixon? Mr. Dixon: Yes. I would like to put in City is proceeding along a very dangerot' to review proposals for the leasing of t and it's a very dangerous course I belie because the plans that I see, that I saw will effectively perhaps deny the opport have access to their waterfront. Rev. Gibson: Why would you say that's • Mr. Dixon: :That it's a dangerous road i road to proceed down towards leasing an. Key and Miamarina. a word of caution, however. The path because they're proceeding e heart of the heart --Dinner Key and Miamarinas le that you're proceeding on; yesterday are for developments that unity for the citizens of Miami to ... I don't understand that terminology. 3 proceed down? We have a dangerous giving to private interest Dinner Re. Gibson: But we have already done th t. Mr. Dixon: Pardon me? Rev. Gibson: You've already done that, that. You mean you don't want to us to Mr. Dixon: Absolutely. Rev, Gibson; Oh, well., that' all these people out here have done do it any further. a differ at story,Do you know, the terminology.... t7 JUN 131978 Mr. Dixon: You can always tutu around but you don't have to keep going. Rev. Gibson: No, no, I'itt not asking about turning around, I'm not a person to be turning around, I'm saying to you, you said we are going down a dangerous, path If you say we are going to add to that danger that' a different storm because I've already done it. then you've done it all these years who live in the Grove. Now, if you want me to stop that's a different story. You knows one thing I believe I can do up here I could articulate, I know the English snguage and when you stand up there and tell me, you know, that then I get a little disturbed but if yo+; say Father I want you on the stop, don't go no more, don't do it no more, don't go no further, that's a different story. See what I mean. Mr. Dixon: Yes, sir. Rev. Gibson: Okay. Mrs. Gordon: They don't want to compound their problems. Rev. Gibson: Oh, you know, listen, man, one thing frightfully confronts, is I must go to school and I know you've been there,I'm sure I didn't get anymore out of it than you but you know.... Mr. Dixon: The other comments that I would make and I heard this raised as to the fact that well, you know, you've got a good idea but you're just stalling to prevent the leasing. I've been working on this since November. You know what my potential profit out of this is? Cero; join the 5 that sit up here, thank you. And that's I'm asking to do, I believe there are dedicated citizens in the City of Miami who would join with you to make Miami the boating capital in the United States. Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Dixon, let me alleviate the fears that you might have in reference to stalling to get into the leasing and those fears will be easily alleviated by the fact that whether we have this authority or we don't, that the last word is here and if we have that authority and we're so pointing it today and this Commission sees it fit to lease that property, it is still within the purview of this Commission and always will be. Okay? Mr. Dixon: All right, great. Mr. Plummer: So, don't let anybody say that we're stalling to let a leasin¢ ao through or not to go through because the City Attorney will very quickly tell you that one thing that this City Commission cannot do is to delegate its authority and that authority always will rest whether it's this 5 or some other 5 the buck stops here. So, don't let anybody kid you, we just want to help you. Mr. Dixon: Anymore questions? Mr. Plummer: I have and this doesn't pertain directly to you but it's a philosophy. Did Mr. Dixon talk with you about this matter prior to coming here? Okay. Here is the point I'm trying to make, Mr. Grassie, you want more time to think about it which,in fact,I can see the point is a stalling procedure had it been talked about prior to today. There is a policy of this Commission which states very clearly that all personal items on the agenda must be submitted to you in the 5 day rule so that you can have them and voice opinions here at this Commission. I hope that the Administration in the future before the schedule a personal item before this Commission will enforce that rule that it must be discussed and submitted to your Administration first. Not your prerrogative to put it on or off the agenda but your prerrogative of having 5 days to look into the matter prior before coming to this Commission. There is such a policy statement of this Board. Mr, Grassie; I'll be happy to do it, Mr, Plummer; I know you will, Vice Mayor Reboso; Thank you very much, Mr. Dixon, 88 `JUN 131978 Mr: Plummer: Mr. Vice Mayor, I must go back td the agenda which I asked that item 5 be deferred. I misundertood the item, It is not the Pttblie Hearing for the budget of Off -Street Parking, it is Merely to set the date for the Public Hearing and I have been informed by the Adrninisttatieti,,. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I thought I saw 2 or 3 gentlemen out there,,,, Mr, Dixon: Yes,some people have made some comments they would like to speak. Rev. Gibson: Please, for god's sake don't speak,. don't you all leave so, you know, don't let them be said chat we didn't let them be heard, Mr. Dixon: There are some additional people who would like to speak. don't know if that's.... Mr. Pluttnner: Well, the agenda says you shall speak, that's the problem. Mr. Dixon: Well, it says the Miami Waterfront Committee and one of the members or actually two of the members are here and.... Mrs. Gordon: I'd like to hear what anybody has to say because if we are going to make a decision I want all the information. Vice ':ayor 1eboso: Okay, come along. Mr. Iaconis: Commissioners, my name is I. Iacones. I was here this morning as chairnan of the Miami Boaters Review Committee. Here, this afternoon, on behalf of the Miami Waterfront Committe to talk to you about the trust. I'm in a fairly unique position, perhaps I didn't pass on that uniqueness to you throughout helping the City, helping the Commissioners and some other activities as well. I am a marina tenant I'm the chairmen of this group that has reviewed this proposal and assisting Mr. Grassie. I'm also a truFtee on the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Memorial Hospital. I have seen how the trust can operate under the purview of the County Ccn'nission but governing Jackson Memorial Hospital as a separate entity -not a County department -the employees are trusting for you --not County employees. Before the Public Health Trust came into being, Jackson Memorial was a county hospital run at the County Department by County employees and there many significant problems. You read about this in the newspapers, I don't have to discuss it with you. There was a serious risk of losing a accreditation by the National Hospital Assc. By having a Public Health Trust, we have not anly gained back the accreditation-- being the first one in these latest 2 years period to cause the treasury to get that accreditation but there has been many savings in dollars time effort and also in terms of new construction and assistance to the County. That type of trust approach can work for the marinas and work for the City of Miami. As a Miami Dinner Key resident, I came before you last year and aEter compromise-- as you may recall-- we effected, and we considered an appropriate ordinance for the handling of Dinner Key Marina and a rate structure which it was agreed to by the City Administration and approved by you, ladies and gentlemen. The idea of the trust, as Mr. Dixon mentioned it --I'll attempt something to summarize --would be to allow us to have the development in the hands of people who would have no axe to grind, no lining of pockets, no opportunity to have.the individual game or perhaps we can have some citizens that would like to help the City. The uniqueness of the position that I mentioned to you before was by sitting on this review committee I have an opportunity to see how the City operates and what was coming back in the way of the return on the invitation for proposals. We became very knowlegeable on what the proposers are asking you . It is conceivable that that work can follow forward in the form of the trust where Mr. Crassie ha•i indicated the help of which he got --and I appreciated his comment-- the way this trust can help the Commission in the future. The City Commission does not lose any responsibility or authority. The buck ends in front of you, there is no question about it. The difference as it is with the Public Hea1t'i Trust is that the County Commission says "we don't understand hospitals, we are interested in many factors, aren't we glad we have some people who will do that with us and for us". The. Public Health Trust can be revoked at the next session of the County Commission. The lands that Jackson Memorial has are all part of the County's lands in their balance sheet, their assets, not the trust. The responsibility and the authority is the County Commission by putting it in the hands of the 89 citizens group to Weft the hospital; is t see that good comes of it by the people who are interested in seeing the hospital, .. you have a good job done. Spend the money wisely, at the same way we would like to do it here. Mrs. Gordon? Mrs. Gordon: I just wanted to state that that's absolutely right what you're saying about the Public Health Trust as I worked with the HSA and I know the RSA submits 3 times a number of candidates for each slot as is needed, but each one of those candidate is thoroughly screened as to their knowledge and ability to perform on the trust. I think thet's why that trust is so effective. Mr. Iaconis: Yes, Ma'am, thank you very much for that comment and I'm here to say that rpersonally believe on behalf of Miami Waterfront Committee that the trust approach is a valid one. Mr. Grassie has stated specifically to me, and I say this but through respect to Mr. Grassie, that he felt that the idea _ of a trust or an authority or whatever was a subterfuge of some type, it was a delayingtactic. It was the stall of the handling of the proposals and that this could go on for month, and month, and month. Mr. Dixon addressed that, I would like to also. There is no stall, there is no delay in tactic. The approach here is that when we first talked about the possibility back in February '77 in this Commission session where Mr. Mayor Ferre said we may just put this open to lease, the citizens waited eagerly to find out what the City would do. The City has not done something. Now, there is an understand- ing of what the City wishes to do. Now the citizens get together and say now we would like to tell you how we can help. Now, there was a seriousnes on the part of the Commission to talk about it. It's not just wishful thinking, something is going to happen, now let's make them happen together, that's the purpose of bringing the trust to your perview this afternoon and I'd like to make a request. In this morning's meeting there was to be a presentation of the proposers on June 22, if it's conceivable that Mr. Grassie's evaluations of the trust approach can also be brought to the attention of the Commission on that day. Mrs. Gordon: Well, I would assume that it should be whether it can be, I guess Mr. Grassie have to answer that. Vice Mayor Reboso: Mr. Manager? Mr. Grassie: Well, I haven't received any of the details of the proposal and of course I don't know when I will but it'll depend to a great extent on that. Mrs. Gordon: Well, therefore, he's placing it back to you. How soon can you get in details so that he can evaluate them? Mr. Iaconis: Well, since the informed citizens have an unlimited amount on free time's bill.... and Mr. Grassie has a full schedule usually, we'll let Mr. Grassie set a time and place at his convenience and we'll attempt to make it. Mrs. Gordon: All right, you will get together on Mr. Iaconis: Thank you Mrs. Gordon: Okay. that's between you two then. I would assume that a time appropriate , convenient for both of you. very much. Vice Mayor Reboso: Okay, thank you. Anybody else wants to comment to this item? Mr. Fred Roth: Good afternoon, Commissioners and Madam Commissioner. My name is Fred Roth, as you know I have appeared before you before as the spokeman for the Tennis School P.R., P.R. representative. My purpose in coming here this afternoon is to remind you of a conversation, two conver- sations that took place in this room, I'm talking today about the Miami Waterfront Trust. Actually, this idea was proposed first by Mr. Ferre when he likened it to the Off -Street Parking Authority and the second time by Commissioner Rose Gordon when we were talking about rates. Everybody thought at that time to remove from the Commission the burden of hearing rate increase hearings all the time which of course it's now removed. That an Off -Street 90 JUN 13197 --something like the Off=Street Parking Authority�'-be put together, Apparently this titine has come. speaking for myself I would not like to see you lease out Dinner Key or Hiamarina. I believe that this Trust and Miamarina Authority will do the sane thing that the Off -Street parking committee has done. And having seen that action for better than 20 years, we all know how successful it's been. It generates sufficient profits or excesses, if you will, to go out in bond continually to build garages and you keep the income. Am I correct? I needed to be up there. (BACKGROUND COMENTS OFF TIME PUBLIC RECORD). Mr. Roth: Sure. I can tell you one thing though, that a year ago you raised our rents 300%. We know that you were supposed to capitalize $100,000, if that be true that was the replacement fund. If that be true, what good then is a marina authority that generates better operations, mote slips, etc. I frankly, - and again speaking as a private citizen, urge you not to lease these properties out, to consider an authority or a trust where as we have read the news- paper recently, the City is having trouble collecting its fees from a licensee not very far from here. I urge you not to lease these properties out. Thank you. Vice Mayor Reboso: Anybody else? Al? Mr. Plummer: Are you going to speak on this, Al?...because I want a latest position as Father did last week on the Monty Trainer situation. Mr. Al Sokolsky: Yes, I just want to say something because I'm in the audience listening as an interested property owner. I'm not too familiar with this Marine Trust. I think that some clarifications should be held here. I would hope that the Marine Trust would not operate like the Off -Street Parking Authority. I was given to understand that if there was Marine Trust, that the ultimate power of this class will lie in the hands of the City Commission; and the City of Miami. If such a trust was formed and a group of authorities, so to speak, who are capable and who know how to govern a Waterfront Authority, was directly responsible to the City Commission not like the Off -Street Authority which it's fighting at every instance with the Commission; then, of course, we as property owners would be in favor of it. We realize that the reason that the is coming in front of this Commission, that the people are coming in front of the City Commission with proposals for leasing if the City deems that they need more revenues. If this Marine Trust could realistically present in front of this Commission a rate structure comparable to that of private individuals and if that rate structure which is setting aside 25 to 50% for the pocket of private individuals where they go on the City conference ; then, I think that all property owners would benefit by it and the City would benefit by it and we would be in favor of it but I think that this proposition has to be clearly defined as one in which the authority rests with the City Commission and as representative of the taxpayers. Vice Mayor Reboso: Okay, thank you very much. 48. Report on Negotiations with: MONTY TRAINER. Mr. Plummer: What's the situation, Mr. Grassie, on the Monty Trainer situation? Mr. Grassie: Dick Fosmoen and the staff have had one meeting with him and he can report directly to you, if you'd like. Mr. Fosmoen: Mr. Trainer... there were several others outstanding fields from Mr. Trainer.... Mr. Plummer: Well, excuse me. Father, Father, this is what you wanted to hear about the Monty Trainer situation. Mr. Fosmoen: I've had one meeting with Mr. Trainer and his counsel and we are talking as the Commission directed about re -structuring the long term payment, Right now, that payment is front end loaded, it's very heavy in the front and he has some heavy capital expenditures that he is going to have to make on the building so we're talking about readjusting that so that's back end loaded if you will, The payments in the later years are heavier, 91 JUN 1 6 1978 there war a corgi over several other payments of Mr. Tainet that were outstanding including the sale's tax payment. My impression ie that those have been cleared up. I'll be meeting with Mr. Trainer again this week, I'm bringing to the Manager a recommendation on that lease. Mr. Plummer: For the next meeting so I wouldn't have to ask... I will ask the Administration beforehand to proffer to us a paper telling us the posture so we don't have to ask. 49. Establish date for Public Hearing on: PROPOSED BUDGET FOR OFF -Sri t: PARKING AUTHORITY (FY-78-79) . Mr. Plummer: Mr. Vice Mayor, I started to say on item 5, I misunderstood item 5, it is in fact no more than setting a Public Hearing date for the Off- Street Parking. The Administration has suggested the l3th of July and I so move at this time. Vice Mayor Reboso: Okay, we have a motion and a second, will you please call the question? The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr., who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 78-415 A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 1978 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1979. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson, the reso- lution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson Vice Mayor Manolo Reboso NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the City Commission, on motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30 P.M. ATTEST: RALPH G. ONGIE City Clerk FATTY HIRAI Assistant City Clerk 92 MAURICE A. FERRE Mayor 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 dEl CITY OF M' 1 OCUMENT MEETING DATE: DOCUMEUT IDENTIFICATION CUMISSION AGENDA AND CITY CLERK REPORT ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY D.M.P. CORPORATION AT A TOTAL COST OF $148,155.64 FOR CENTRAL DRAINAGE PROJECT E-41 ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WOEK PERFORMED BY BRANAM ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. AT A TOTAL COST OF $209,572.48 ACCEPTING THE FIVE DEEDS OF DEDICATION CONVEYING CER- TAIN STRIPS OF RESERVED ZONED STREET RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING N.W. 56TH STREET BETWEEN N.W. 7TH AND 12TH AVENUE REQUIRED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF N.W. 56TH STREET ACCEPTING DEED OF DEDICATION FROM JUAN ANTONIO MANTECON AND SABINA MANTECON, CONVEYING A 10-FOOT STRIP OF RESERVED ZONED STREET RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING SOUTH SIDE OF N.W. 28TH STREET WEST OF N.W. 24TH COURT AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADOINISTRATION FOR A "RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM" AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SELL OLD FIRE STATION NO. 5, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT ONE OF BLOCK ONE, HIGH- LAND PARK SUBDIVISION, PLAT BOOK 2 AT PAGE 13, TO FLORIDA GLASS & MIRROR CO. INC,. FOR THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED ($18,100.00) DOLLARS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE IN LIEU OF CONDEMNATION A FOUR UNIT APARTMENT HOUSE OF TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX SQUARE FEET. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREE- MENT WITH ROBERT M. WEBSTER, AS A FIRE COMPUTER SY- STEMS AND RECORDS CONSULTANT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A WASTE COLLECTION LICENSE TO INDUSTRIAL SERVICE, INC. COMMISSION ACTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF GATOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, INC. FOR FURNSIHING FOUR 1250 GPM FIRE PUMPERS FOR THE DEPART- MENT OF FIRE ACCEPT'I C THE BID OF F&F CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $137,855 FOR THE WYNWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PAVING PROJECT. ACCEPTING THE BID OF P.N.M. CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $75,095.31 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH MR. EDDY S. RIVAS. R-78-392 R-78-393 R-78-394 R-78-395 R-78-399 R-78-401 R-78-403 Ft 78-404 R-78-405 R-78-406 R-78-407 R-78-408 R-78-409 RETRIEVAL CODE NO. 0050 78-392 78-393 78-394 78-395 78-399 78-401 78-403 78-404 78-405 78-406 78-407 78-408 78-409 TEM NO. DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION 15 16 CONFIRMING ORDERING RESOLUTION NO. 78-277 PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING OF THE CITY OF MIAMI R-78-414 R-78-415 78-414 78-415 NNW RIMMV MEM miN