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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 2025-10-23 MinutesCity of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Meeting Minutes Thursday, October 23, 2025 9:00 AM City Commission Meeting City Hall City Commission Francis X. Suarez, Mayor Christine King, Chair, District Five Joe Carollo, Vice Chair, District Three Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner, District One Damian Pardo, Commissioner, District Two Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner, District Four Arthur Noriega, V, City Manager George K. Wysong III, City Attorney Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 9:00 AM INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Present: Chairwoman King, Vice Chair Carollo, Commissioner Gabela, Commissioner Pardo and Commissioner Rosado On the 23rd day of October 2025, the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, met at its regular meeting place in City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, in regular session. The Commission Meeting was called to order by Chairwoman King at 9:36 a.m., recessed at 12:22 p.m., reconvened at 2:50 p.m., recessed at 2:52 p.m., reconvened at 3:41 pan., recessed at 3:42 p.m., reconvened at 3:57p.m., and adjourned at 5:29 p.m. Note for the Record: Commissioner Gabela entered the Commission chambers at 9:43 p.m. and Vice Chair Carollo entered the Commission chambers at 11:16 a.m. ALSO PRESENT: Arthur Noriega, V, City Manager George K. Wysong III, City Attorney Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk Chair King: At this time, we are going to have prayer. Today we have Pastor Kirk Yearby, who is going to -- where 'd he go? He's corning. As is tradition now, and 1 hope it continues to be a tradition, we begin our meetings with prayer, because God changes things and makes us better. Thankyou, Pastor. Invocation delivered. Chair King: And at this time, we're going to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge of Allegiance delivered. Chair King: You may be seated. Thankyou. City of Miami Page 1 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PR - PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS PR.1 18434 PROTOCOL ITEM Honoree Presenter Protocol Item Jason A. Reding Quinones Mayor and Commissioners Key to the City Sylvia Fowles Mayor and Commissioners Proclamation Edgardo Defortuna Mayor and Commissioners Proclamation/Key to the City Latino Art Beat Mayor and Commissioners Certificates of Appreciation Big Brothers Big Sisters Mayor and Commissioners Proclamation Presentation to Mayor Francis X. Suarez Fire and Police Chiefs Token of Appreciation Recognition to Mayor Francis X. Suarez Commissioners Key to the City RESULT: PRESENTED Mayor Suarez: Thank you. As has been suggested, I'm chairing the meeting for a few minutes this morning. Presentations made. 1) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented the Key to the City of Miami to Jason A. Reding Quinones, recognizing his distinguished public service. Mr. Reding Quinones is the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, appointed by the President of the United States and sworn in on August 13, 2025. He previously served as a trial judge in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, handling civil and criminal domestic violence cases, and has experience as a federal prosecutor and national security official with the U.S. Department of Justice. A military veteran with over 22 years of service in both the Army and Air Force, he currently advises U.S. Central Command as a reserve lieutenant colonel. A graduate of the University of Florida and Florida International University College of Law, Mr. Reding Quinones exemplifies leadership, professionalism, and humility. Elected Officials paused in their deliberations of governance to honor and present him with the Key to the City of Miami -a symbol of trust, gratitude, and lasting respect. This gesture reflects the appreciation of a community that values leadership rooted in service. 2) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Proclamation honoring Sylvia Fowles, a Miami native and Edison Senior High School graduate, for her international achievements in basketball. Ms. Fowles excelled at Louisiana State City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 University and became one of the most decorated players in WNBA history, earning two championships, two Finals MVPs, eight All -Star selections, and becoming the league's all-time leading rebounder. She is celebrated for her humility, leadership, and commitment to mentoring over 200 Miami Suns student athletes, helping them secure college scholarships. Her induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is a milestone for both her and the City of Miami. Officials paused in their deliberations of governance to commend her for inspiring future generations to follow in her footsteps in the City of Miami, while proclaiming October 23, 2025, as "Sylvia Fowles Day" in the City of Miami. 3) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Proclamation to recognize Edgardo Defortuna, President, CEO, and Founder of Fortune International Realty and Fortune International Group. Mr. Defortuna has played a vital role in the internationalization of Miami, elevating its reputation as a global hub for business, trade, and tourism. He generously provided the Fortune International headquarters in Brickell as the home base for the Baptist Health Brickell Run Club, which has grown since 2010 to become the largest run club in the world, serving over 50,000 people annually. The club, supported by Miami DDA grants, advances public health and wellness in the city. Elected Officials commended Defortuna for his leadership, vision, and dedication to the economic vitality and social well-being of Miami, recognizing his impact on community wellness and civic pride. 4) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented Certificates of Appreciation to the winners of the 2025 Miami Latino Art Beat Competition. They paid tribute to the students' extraordinary artistic talents. Furthermore, Elected Officials paused in their official deliberations to honor the students' participation in this challenging undertaking that celebrates youth and art. 5) Mayor Suarez and Commissioners presented a Proclamation to honor Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami, an organization that has long been a cornerstone of mentorship, guidance, and community empowerment. It works tirelessly to ignite the potential within every child across our city through its innovative mentoring programs. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami has fostered and supported 2,287 meaningful matches over the past year, ensuring that young people receive the encouragement, attention, and support needed to thrive both academically and personally. Each year, the organization engages approximately 10,000 children, volunteers, and families, fostering a community rooted in compassion, inclusion, and opportunity. Elected officials paused their deliberations to proudly recognize Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami for its unwavering commitment to empowering the next generation, shaping a brighter future for Miami's children, and exemplifying the spirit of service that defines the lives of our youth within the City of Miami. 6) Fire Chief Robert Hevia and Police Chief Manuel Morales presented a token of appreciation to Mayor Francis X. Suarez in recognition of his unwavering leadership and dedication during his political tenure with the City of Miami. Mayor Suarez' commitment to public safety, community well-being, and collaboration has strengthened Miami's resilience and unity. Through visionary guidance and steadfast support for first responders, Mayor Suarez inspired excellence and trust across all city departments. This token of appreciation reflects the deep gratitude of those who serve, acknowledging his role in fostering a safer, stronger, and more vibrant Miami for all its residents. 7) Elected officials and employees paused their deliberations to present the Key to the City of Miami to Mayor Francis X. Suarez for his dedicated service. During his tenure, Mayor Suarez led Miami through significant growth, promoted innovation, and prioritized public safety and economic development. He was instrumental in City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 ORDER OF THE DAY reducing unemployment, increasing median income, and achieving record -low crime rates. His administration emphasized transparency, resilience, and elevating Miami's profile as a global city. The farewell acknowledged his lasting impact and commitment to the city's future. Chair King: Mr. City Attorney, would you please read your statement for the record? George Wysong (City Attorney): Thank you, Madam Chair. May it please the Miami Commission, George Wysong, City Attorney, City of Miami. Detailed information about the processes, order of business, rules of procedure, and scheduling or rescheduling of City Commission meetings can be found in Chapter 2, Article 2 of the City Code, a copy of which is available online at www.municode.com. Any person who is a lobbyist pursuant to Chapter 2, Article 6 of the City Code must register with the City Clerk and comply with related City requirements for lobbyists before appearing before the City Commission. A person may not lobby a City official, board member, or staff member until registering. 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This meeting can be viewed live on MiamiTV, the City's Facebookpage, the City's Twitter page, the City's YouTube channel, and Comcast Channel 77. The broadcast will also have closed captioning. Thank you, Madam Chair. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. City Clerk. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Thank you, Chair. The procedures for individuals who will be providing testimony to be sworn in for Planning and Zoning items and any quasi-judicial items on today's City Commission agenda will be as follows: The members of City staff or any other individuals required to be sworn in who are present -- currently present at City Hall will be sworn in by me, the City Clerk, immediately after I finish explaining these procedures. Those individuals who are appearing remotely may be sworn in now or at any time prior to the individual providing testimony for Planning and Zoning items and/or quasi-judicial items. Commissioners, are you comfortable with all the notice provisions set forth in these uniform rules and procedures we have established for this meeting? Chair King: Yes. Mr. Hannon: Chair, may I administer the oath for the Planning and Zoning items? Chair King: Please. Mr. Hannon: Thank you, Chair. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. If you will be speaking on any of today's Planning and Zoning items -- those are the PZ items -- may I please have your stand and raise your right hand? The City Clerk administered the oath required under City Code Section 62-1 to those persons giving testimony on zoning items. Mr. Hannon: Thank you, Chair. City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: Thank you. Mr. City Manager, are there any items on this agenda that will be withdrawn or deferred? Arthur Noriega (City Manager): Good morning, Madam Chair, Commissioners, Mr. City Attorney, Mr. City Clerk. At this time, the administration would like to defer and/or withdraw the following items -- it's a fairly long list, so I'll kind of go slow so you capture them all -- CA.3, to be deferred to December 11 th; RE.2, to be deferred to December 11 th; RE.3, to be withdrawn; RE. 7, to be deferred, probably to the next meeting, I'm assuming. I didn't have a date for that deferral, but I'll take some direction from the -- Chair King: Let's do -- let's do an indefinite deferral so we can bring it back whenever we want. Mr. Noriega: Okay. RE.17, to be indefinitely deferred; SR.1, to be deferred to December II th; FR.1, to be deferred to December II th; FR.2, to be deferred to December II th; FR.3, to be deferred to December II th; FR.4, to be deferred to December Il th; FR.5, to be deferred to December ll th; D114, to be withdrawn; PZ.2, to be deferred to November 20th, and PZ.13, to be deferred to November 20th. That concludes the items for deferral, withdrawal, or indefinite deferral. There are a couple of corrections that I need to state on the record. FR.7 will be heard as a resolution, not an ordinance. That was an error in the publishing of the agenda. And DI.5, which is the permitting enhancements update on implementation of the new permitting enterprise solution, is an item from my office, it's a City Manager's item, and it's being cosponsored by the District 4 Commissioner, Ralph Rosado. Chair King: Thank you, Mr. Manager. I'm going to ask my colleagues now, starting with Commissioner Pardo, are there any items that you would like to withdraw or defer? Commissioner Pardo: No. Chair King: Commissioner Gabela? Commissioner Gabela: Give me a minute here. Not right now. Chair King: Commissioner Rosado? Commissioner Rosado: Yes, I'd like to defer RE.12 to the November 20th meeting. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: RE.12 you said? Commissioner Rosado: RE.12, the Bicycle Master Plan. I would like -- these are only deferrals right now, Madam Chair? Chair King: Deferrals or withdrawals. Commissioner Rosado: Okay. I think everything else that 1 was going to request a deferral for has been deferred. Chair King: Okay. Mr. City Clerk, you had your hand up? Mr. Hannon: Thank you, Chair. Commissioner Rosado will be cosponsoring RE.7, and there are three pocket items. The Mayor has a pocket item that's a resolution appointing Commissioner Pardo to the Transportation Planning Organization. City of Miami Page 6 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Rosado has a pocket item resolution for District 4's Senior Rental Assistance Program. Commissioner Rosado also has a resolution pertaining to an executive -- sorry, execute purchase and sale agreement for 2375 Southwest 32nd Avenue. And if you would like, you can have the City Attorney read those titles into the record before we get to the public comment. Chair King: I would like that. Thank you. Mr. Wysong: Thank you, Madam Chair. In the order that the City Clerk provided them. P1.1. The Resolution was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: Pocket Item 2. The Resolution was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: And then Pocket Item 3. The Resolution was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: Thank you, Madam Chair. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. City Clerk? Mr. Hannon: Thank you, Chair. Commissioner Pardo would like to cosponsor RE.13. Chair King: Thank you. At this time, may I have a motion to set the agenda? Commissioner Rosado: So moved. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: The agenda has been set, and at this time, I'm going to open the floor for public comment. If you would like to speak on any item that remains on our agenda, please step forward. Thank you. Commissioner Rosado: Madam Chair, before you do, I also wanted to cosponsor RE.13 in support of the Allapattah CRA (Community, Redevelopment Agency). Chair King: Oh, wait. I am the sponsor of that, right? Who's that? Commissioner Pardo: It's Commissioner Gabela. Chair King: Oh, because we said the urging, but am I a cosponsor on that because it was my idea. Commissioner Gabela: (INAUDIBLE). Mr. Hannon: Just a moment. City of Miami Page 7 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: Double check. 1 should be. Mr. Hannon: I only see Commissioner Gabela as the sponsor for RE. 13. Chair King: Me too. [Later...] Chair King: Mr. City Clerk, I believe you have some more announcements. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Thank you, Chair. Commissioner Pardo would like to cosponsor PZ. 14, and Commissioner King would like to cosponsor PH.4. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ALL ITEM(S) 18435 DISCUSSION ITEM Office of the City PUBLIC COMMENTS SUBMITTED ONLINE BY MEMBERS OF THE Clerk PUBLIC FOR THE OCTOBER 23, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING. RESULT: PRESENTED Chair King: Okay. Good morning. How are you? Stanley Young: Good morning, Chairwoman and Commissioners. Did I hear correctly that RE.17 has been permanently removed? Chair King: Indefinitely deferred. Mr. Young: Indefinitely. Could I ask why? That's assistance for seniors, rental assistance. I think that's a very, very good idea, since they on fixed income. Arthur Noriega (City Manager): If I may, that was done so at the request of the -- Chair King: Commissioner -- Mr. Noriega: -- commissioner who put it on the agenda. He requested that deferral. Mr. Young: Okay, that would be Carollo. All right, thank you. Well, my name is Chaplain Stanley Young, Freedom Prison and Jail Ministry, and Charles Hadley Park Criminal Justice Department, 500 Northwest 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida. I'm not going to actually speak on any agenda myself. I want to lift up Lotus House. I have met with the director, executive director of Lotus House. She has given me a tour of that facility. It is a place of excellence. It is a place where women who have been battled [sic], who can come and get the help and assistance they need to get their life back in order. It's a place of superb. I commend any of you commissioners, please, take a trip over to Lotus House and see the excellent job they're doing in Overtown. They're really turning that place around, that area around, and really assisting these women who've been battered, who've been hurt, who've been bruised, who've been really taken advantage of and they're breathing hope, life back into these women's lives. So, I'm here to support Lotus House today, and I hope you will, too. Thank you. God bless. City of Miami Page 8 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Elvis Cruz: Good morning, Commissioner. Elvis Cruz, 631 Northeast 57th Street. I'm speaking to PZ.8 and 9, the Watson Island Special Area Plan. I'd like to correct a mistake that I made at a public hearing earlier. This project allows 48-story high-rise condos on land given to the City of Miami by the State of Florida to be used in perpetuity as a public park. People will say, but Elvis, yes, that got voted on and approved by the voters. And I previously said that the developers influenced that vote by spending $500,000 to their ad campaign. That was wrong. The public documents show the actual expenditure was six times that, $3.4 million. The voters saw a misleading ad campaign saying, vote for Watson Island Park, showing a family walking by a palm tree with not a single 48-story condo in sight. Why do you suppose they did that? Did the average voter know what they were voting for? Miami 21 Section 3.9.1(h)(10) says, special area plans have a flexible allocation of height, but it shall be allowed so long as the capacity or height distribution does not result in development that is out of scale or character with the surrounding area. Watson Island has some two- or three-story buildings, but nothing like a 48-story high-rise condo. Also, the standard floor 's height is 10 feet, but Miami 21 allows 25- to 14-foot floor heights, so this building could be 683 feet tall. This was on the ballot because Commissioner Damian Pardo sponsored it. It would be so nice if the City of Miami saw its parks as sacred grounds to be protected and preserved instead of seeing them Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Cruz: -- as vacant lots for vertical concrete to enable developer profits. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Javier Fernandez: Good morning, Madam Chairwoman. For the record, Javier Fernandez. I'm actually here in my public capacity as mayor of South Miami. I want to thank Commissioner Rosado for the invitation to address you all on an item. Before I do, very briefly, I want to congratulate both Commissioner Carollo and our mayor, Francis Suarez, on the conclusion of their service to the city shortly. We are grateful to them, and personally I'm grateful to them for every courtesy they've extended to me when I've appeared before them. I also wanted to briefly encourage you to adopt SR.4, designating a park in honor offormer County Commissioner Rebecca Sosa. Thank you for bringing that item forward, and it's appropriate since it's just a few days removed from her birthday. But I'm here today to speak on Resolution 7, which is the urging that Commissioner Rosado has advanced regarding a property tax exemption for seniors. A lot of conversation will be had in the next few months about what the state should do to help people stay in their homes. I think this is an obvious solution. At South Miami, we adopted a similar urging. It's now been memorialized as HJR 205. I would encourage you to send a message to Tallahassee that we should help our seniors stay in their homes without the burden of paying the non -school portion of their property taxes. It is an issue. Folks are on fixed incomes. The current exemptions are far too low given the escalation in taxable values. I think it's a simple solution that we all can absorb as local municipal leaders, and I look forward to your support of the item. Thank you so much. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Ken Russell: Good morning, Chair and Commissioners. I'd like to thank Mayor Fernandez as well for urging on FR.7. This is a resolution regarding the senior homestead tax exemption, and Commissioner Rosado.fbr bringing this. This is something that would welcome your universal cosponsorship in sending that voice to City of Miami Page 9 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Tallahassee to expand this program. This is allowing us to help our seniors, vulnerable seniors, stay in their homes. Fixed -income seniors who have held their home for more than 25 years can completely exempt themselves front our city taxes, and this can help them. So, as you urge this, I'd also suggest that you direct the manager to identify who these residents are in our community, because just because we pass an ordinance here, doesn't mean our residents know it. And they may already be missing out on the tax benefits. So, if you can work together with the property appraiser as well as the tax collector, you can identify exactly which seniors already, already qualify to not pay city taxes and you can help them. Thank you for -- thank you for passing this today. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Gale Nelson: Good morning, Madam Chair, members of the Commission. Big Brothers, Big Sisters Miami will celebrate 70 years serving Miami in 2028. The impact and efficacy of mentoring is well documented and seen in our community because we can all relate to friendship. Through school -to -work workplace mentoring, school and site -based and community -based mentoring, even our own Bigs in Blue program that engages first responders like alumni Big Brother Chief Morales. Here are the facts. U.S. Department of Treasury report, Big Brothers, Big Sisters mentoring is one of the most cost-effective solutions to youth development. Harvard University's recent study, mentoring closes the opportunity gap and being a Big Brothers, Big Sisters little closes two-thirds of the economic gap. Last year, we increased by 17 percent, serving over 2,600 youth and families in Miami -Dade -- in City of Miami and Miami -Dade County. Bottom line, our tittles don't need to be fixed. They need exposure. They need support. They simply need a friend, like every single one of us. I am pleased to have standing with me today, major corporations like JPMorgan Chase, Marriott -- y'all can stand -- JPMorgan Chase, Marriott, business leaders, parents, mentors, bigs and littles, and incredible staff of Big Brothers, Big Sisters Miami. So, as I close, we may all come from different walks of life, we may speak different languages, but at the end of the day, we all have a little in common. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Applause. Horacio Stuart Aguirre Wow. He stole my thunder. Chair King: Good morning. Mr. Stuart Aguirre: I too -- I'll support everything that gentleman just said strongly, with great enthusiasm, you'll get my check. So, thank you. Madam Chairwoman King, thank you. Horacio Stewart Aguirre today in capacity as volunteer vice chairman of the Bayfront Park Management Trust. This is a unique, a unique jewel that the City of Miami hosts for all of South Florida, including Miami -Dade County. We're talking about 60 acres, 32 for Bayfront Park, 28 for Maurice Ferre Park. This is much more than an extraordinary park, ladies and gentlemen. This is a good-sized business by anybody's standards in Florida. This is an international event venue recognized throughout the world. This is an extraordinary park for reflection, where people go to meditate, to exercise, and yes, to fall in love with life. It takes a unique board and a unique staff to operate Bayfront Park and Maurice Ferre Park. It takes a diverse set of skills, talents, experience and expertise to make this what it is today and transition it into what it should be for tomorrow. Bayfront Park is tomorrow's future for Miami. I'd be delighted to meet with each and every one of you and tell us where we are today, where I think we're going tomorrow, and why we should remain as the City of Miami Page 10 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 managing organization for Bayfront Park and Maurice Ferre Park. I look fonvard to hearing from you and accepting that invitation. Thank you, Madam Chair. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Katie Altamirano: Good morning. My name is Katie. I am a program specialist for Big Brothers, Big Sisters and it is a true honor to be standing here addressing you because I have come full circle from where I used to be. I have to give it to Big Brothers, Big Sisters for bringing me here and to speak with you all. This organization was part of what helped me find my way because 1 was once a young person who was in desperate need for guidance, something to lead my life into a direction where 1 could thrive and kind of explore what my life has in store for me. And standing here, 1 have become what I am today, part of the team, part of the dream, and part of being who I am as I speak. As a staff member, 1 have seen the community thrive within this program. I have seen the support that they have given to each and every single children [sic] that they have served, and all the staff members that have loved each other through thick and thin. And to be standing here speaking about them is a great honor. I am proud to be part of this organization that leads with heart and action, one that believes in the strength of the community and the idea that anyone given the right to support can grow and thrive. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Eric Knowles: Good morning, Madam Chairwoman, Commissioners. Eric Knowles, president of the Miami -Dade Chamber of Commerce, 11405 Northwest 15th Avenue, newly moved there about a month ago. And before 1 get into FR.6,1 guess I woke up on the right side of the bed this morning to see Ms. Fowles, another Red Raider, receive that award, and thank you for that. I didn't know Mr. Elliott and his beautiful wife were going to be honored today. I'm a new -- I'm his new neighbor, so congratulations to Mr. Elliott. And I stand here with Mr. Broadway to speak about FR.6, talking about the clean zone. But whatl really want to talk about is the opportunities that are not being seen for small businesses here in Miami -Dade County, in particular Miami. In the state of Florida, there are 315,000 small businesses -- excuse me, 315 million small businesses; in Miami -Dade County, 80,000 small businesses with over 50,000 employees, 800,000 micro -businesses with less than 10 employees. Our opportunities are being lost each and every day. FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) has come to us, and we are not seeing the opportunities. I am asking the City of Miami to look into this, to make sure that we have businesses that will be -- that will benefit. The money will come, the money will go away, and our businesses will lose out. I want to make sure that you stand before those bodies and ensure that we are being taken care of as they come and walk away with millions of dollars. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Broadway Harewood: I'd like to co-sign that. Chair King: Hold on, hold on, hold on. We go -- take turns. Mr. Harewood: Okay, okay. Chair King: Good morning. Galina Ilcheva: Good morning, Madam Chair, Commissioners, and the public, my Big Brothers and Big Sisters partners. My name is Galina Ilcheva. I'm the Director of Human Resources representing MDM Hotel Group, which is a group representing Merit International. We own and operate five properties in Miami, and this is about City of Miami Page 11 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 passion and partnership. So, Gale is an individual that you heard speaking, and you know that his passion kind of makes you want to do things. Mr. Mayor earlier was talking about passion, and this is what our partnership is about. Ultimately, it's the job of all of us to raise our youth from zero to, you know, 50. We're always someone's child. So, this organization has brought a lot of support to our youth and why we do it with our hotel group is because I think it's very cool if a 15-year-old has the business card of an executive nowadays, no? You know that those individuals, or the youth, they're going to reach places, and this is what we're here to do. Our role as corporate partner is not just to make money, obviously it's a good thing, but also to support our community. And by us supporting the school -to -work program, we're able to look towards our future, right? Build those individuals, give them the same passion we have in our roles. And it has been a partnership that started over 15 years ago, and it's growing, and we look forward to continue growing it. 1 think currently we host about 50 Littles, and as Gale says, it takes a little to be big. Thank you for your time. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Mr. Harewood: Good morning, everyone, in your rightful spot. I'm very happy to stand here on behalf of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), and we're looking forward to making sure that we get our fair share of the jobs. And I thank you, Commissioner King, for actually making it seem that we are somebody and we do deserve some jobs, like Eric Knowles just said earlier. We are the small people that make this place run. Like the Mayor said earlier, he worked for us, and 1 do think 1 did the right thing by making sure he became our mayor. When the numbers were small, we was at Hot 105 and we pushed together as a team, and we made it work. And that was the best thing 1 think 1 had a hand in on because look at what it came out to be. Look how great a man he'd been, and he say he don't know where he going at. Let me give y'all the secret, he's going to become our next president. And Terry Elliot, the next time I see you, you'll be coming up here getting the key to the city. Thank you all, and have a blessed day. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Chair, my apologies, can I have the speaker's name for the record? Chair King: We need your name for the record. Mr. Harewood: Broadway Harewood. The first name is Broadway. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Constance Collins: Good morning. Constance Collins. I'm here to speak on behalf the Lotus Endowment Fund and Lotus House on Item P.4 [sic]. First of all, we want to thank Mayor Suarez, Commissioner -- I mean, Chairwoman King, each and all the commissioners for your favorable consideration. This proposal is for the Children's Village at Lotus Village. You're seeing some images of the Children's Village just completed this month. We're just moving in right now to the Children's Village. Lotus House will anchor this project with the Center for Advancement of Children and Families, providing therapeutic supports for children and youth. We will be joined by 13 other nonprofits who will call the Children's Village their home in the aim of providing wraparound supports for children and youth, and strengthening families in our Overtown community and surrounds. And we aim to serve over 2,500 children, youth, families, and members of our community on an annual basis. We have a grand opening scheduled for November 6th at 4: 00 p.m. Everyone is invited. We hope all of you will attend and we just want to say thank you so much for all the support provided by the City throughout our building process. It was a heavy lift, and we appreciate all the help. And lastly, I want to do a shout out on PH 7 for Big Brothers and Big Sisters for all their support, one of our many, community partners. Thank you. City of Miami Page 12 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Tangela Sears: Good morning. Tangela Sears, I'm here in support of RE.5. I just came -- I just stopped by just to let you all know that I support that. A person that grew up in the area that's seen nothing but negativity in the area. I just appreciate everything that the Elliots have brought to the neighborhood in serving our kids and making sure that our kids have, making sure that our kids are safe on that street now. Working with law enforcement, working with the mayor and the commissioners to make sure that everything you do is a success, and you make sure that every kid in every ethnic group receives something every single Christmas, and we, the community, appreciate and support the naming of the street. And on the other hand, 1 want to say, God knows I'm going to miss you. You have been the biggest supporter to Florida parents of murdered children. 1 call you in the morning. 1 call you in the middle of the night. You're right there. You've never said no. Our breakfast goes on every year because of you, and I just want to say thank you. I'm going to miss you. And we will definitely maintain contact. Chair King: Thank you. Applause. Chair King: I want to take one second for Commissioner Gabela to say what he just did quietly. Commissioner Gabela: No, no, no. Chair King: Yes, yes. No, its important. Go ahead. Commissioner Gabela: Thank you. Well, my wife and I support your organisation. We think you're doing a great job for the community and while you're here, I just wanted to give you the check because you're here. So -- but thank you for what you do. We appreciate it. Chair King: Thank you. Commissioner Gabela: Thank you, Madam Chair. Chair King: Good morning. Sherria Elliot: Good morning. My husband and I would like to combine our time, if we may. Okay. All right. Good morning Mayor Suarez,, Chairwoman King and all of our distinguished commissioners here today on the dais. We are the Elliotts, and we're here today to thank you for your consideration of the item in front of you at this moment, RE.5, the item of naming Northwest 68th Terrace and l5th Avenue, Elliott 's Way. My husband, Terry Elliott Sr., whom proud last name we carry, and I, have given over 25 years of commitment, dedication, and services to the great city of Miami's underprivileged area children and families. We have done this not because we have to, but because we want to. We have always strived to be the change in our community that we want to see. And by you acknowledging us with this horror for all of the work we've done in the community', we hope that this inspires our children who have been boots on the ground since the day we -- they were born, right there with us in the trenches, even during COVID, that they see that this is a great legacy to carry on our family name with dignity, honor and respect. Giving all the glory to our God Almighty, I ask everyone that showed up for us today -- that came out here today with us to please stand. City of Miami Page 13 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Applause. Ms. Elliot: Thank you. Thank you to all our dear friends, our community members, and especially the matriarchs of our family, Ms. Ruby D. Wilson, Ms. Cora Williams, Ms. Betty Dill, and the late Ella Ray Elliott. We could not be here without you today. Terry Elliot: Protocol was established, but Mayor, I want to tell you, you've been with us in Liberty City for 18 strong years with the parade, you and your son, and we want to tell you thank you. You heard the thank you's from them, but this is from the community. So, we love you and we appreciate everything you do. Chairwoman, you have been -- you followed his footsteps, and you've been a strong chairwoman. You keep up the good work that you've been doing. To all of our friends that took time to wake up this morning, my Masonic brothers, nay karate instructor, Renny Whitehead (phonetic), and my cousins and my family, and my employees, my brother Billy Elliot back there, and all my friends. I can't say everybody because I've got two minutes, but I want to tell you all, thank you all for waking up to come here today. Lieutenant -- mean, Commander, thank you for coining. We appreciate that. We love you all. Thank you all. And to the board, thank you for honoring us that way because now we've got something to look forward with the community saying, Elliots did it, we can do it. Thank you very much. Chair King: Thank you. Applause. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Carlos Martell: Good morning, Chairman [sic] King, Mayor, members of the Commission. My name is Carlos Martell. I would like to ask for your support for Bayfront Park Management Trust, which I am a member of. I have served under Commissioner Carollo for about a year there, and now I serve under Commissioner Gabela. The Trust is working very well and does not need to be fixed. I think that we're doing pretty good right now, as we've done in the past. Pin encouraging for your support for the Trust. Thank you. Commissioner Gabela: Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. Good morning. Lorenzo Whitehead: Good morning. My name is Lorenzo Whitehead. I'm speaking here on Terry Elliott's behalf I haven't been in here in a long time. I was one of the first Coconut Grove commanding officers in the police department. I retired 34 years. I retired major, up under Chief Timoney's (phonetic) staff Chairman [sic], I've been knowing you for a long time. I used to be in City Hall a lot, working. Now I ride horses at my ranch. But Terry Elliott is like my, son. I started training him in karate. He was eight years old, him and his wife. Many kids, Chief Timoney allowed me to continue the karate program in Liberty Square, in the Pork and Beans, where I've seen hundreds of kids that I've trained that see crime scenes walking to school in the morning and able to go home and maintain their grades. Kids are one-third of the population, but people, they're 100 percent of the future. We need to plant better seeds; we'll have better trees. And that's what these students are doing. The mayor, he stepped out, but his best friend, Christian, and his brother, they're two of my black belts. I started training them when I was -- when they were seven years old. The assistant chief of police, all right, Chief Butler, she's my daughter. I started training her when she was eight years old. She used to wash my police motorcycle when I was a motor sergeant and a motor lieutenant Ibr the City of Miami Police Department. We City of Miami Page 14 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 have to look at the kids today and make sure that, no, we don't have the answer, hut 1 think the answer is in this room if we put our heads together. Thank you. Applause. Chair King: Thank you. Seeing no one else for public comment, the public comment period is now closed. MV - MAYORAL VETO(ES) There were no mayoral vetoes associated with legislation that is subject to veto by the Mayor. END OF MAYORAL VETO(ES) City of Miami Page 15 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 CA - CONSENT AGENDA The following item(s) was Adopted on the Consent Agenda MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado CA.1 RESOLUTION 18070 Department of Parks and Recreation A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), APPROVING A BID AWARD FOR INVITATION FOR BID ("IFB") NO. 2010386 TO TOMKA LLC FOR THE PROVISION OF CONCRETE REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION SERVICES AT VARIOUS CITY OF MIAMI PARKS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS FOR AN INITIAL CONTRACT TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL THREE (3) YEAR TERM; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDS FROM THE END USER DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVALS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, INCLUDING, THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0259 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Chair King: Gentlemen, at this time, are there any items that you would like to pull for discussion from the CA (Consent Agenda) items, from CA.1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8? Commissioner Pardo? Commissioner Gabela? Commissioner Gabela: No. Commissioner Pardo: No. Chair King: Commissioner Rosado? Vice Chair? Okay, then may I have a motion for Commissioner Pardo: So moved. Commissioner Rosado: So moved -- yeah, second. City of Miami Page 16 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: 1 have a motion and a second for CA.1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. CA.2 RESOLUTION 18068 Department of Parks and Recreation A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE") AWARDING A CONTRACT TO PRESSURE CLEANING SERVICE ENTERPRISE, INC. PURSUANT TO INVITATION FOR BID ("IFB") NO. 1965386 FOR THE SPOIL ISLAND MAINTENANCE SERVICES, ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL THREE (3) YEAR TERM; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION'S OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ACCOUNT CODE FUND, 00001.296001.534000 AND VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDS FROM THE END USER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVAL, AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, INCLUDING, THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0260 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.2, please see Item Number CA.1. City of Miami Page 17 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 CA.3 RESOLUTION - Item Pulled from Conser' 18030 Department of Parks and Recreation and Virginia Key Advisory Board CA.4 18114 Department of Police A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PLACE AN ITEM ON A FUTURE AGENDA CODIFYING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE XI, DIVISION 13.5, SECTION 2-1193 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/ BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/ VIRGINIA KEY ADVISORY BOARD/ OFFICERS; RULES OF PROCEDURE; MEETING; QUORUM; AND PUBLIC NOTICE," TO REDUCE THE QUORUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE VIRGINIA KEY ADVISORY BOARD. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item CA.3 was deferred to the December 11, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.3, please see "Order of the Day." RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), APPROVING A BID AWARD FOR INVITATION FOR BID ("IFB") NO. 1999386 TO ACKERMAN PLUMBING, LLC FOR THE PROVISION OF PLUMBING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES AT POLICE FACILITIES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL THREE (3) YEAR PERIOD; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDS FROM THE END USER DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVAL, AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, INCLUDING, THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0261 City of Miami Page 18 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.4, please see Item Number CA.1. CA.5 RESOLUTION 18140 Department of Procurement A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE") APPROVING A BID AWARD FOR INVITATION FOR BID ("IFB") NO. 1742386 TO MV SELF STORAGE LLC DBA BOX VAULT/SENTRY SELF STORAGE MANAGEMENT FOR RENTAL OF SELF - STORAGE FACILITIES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL THREE (3) YEAR TERM; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDS FROM THE END USER DEPARTMENT(S), SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVALS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, INCLUDING, THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0262 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.5, please see Item Number CA.1. CA.6 RESOLUTION 18139 Department of Resilience and Public Works A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING FIVE (5) RIGHT-OF-WAY DEEDS OF DEDICATION AS DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED ("DEEDS"), FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY PURPOSES; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE RECORDATION OF THE DEEDS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO RETAIN A COPY OF THE DEEDS. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0263 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.6, please see Item Number CA.1. City of Miami Page 19 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 CA.7 RESOLUTION 18295 Department of Resilience and Public Works A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT A PERPETUAL SIDEWALK EASEMENT, IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE ATTACHED FORM, FROM MAGIC CITY PROPERTIES I, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, MAGIC CITY PROPERTIES XVII, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, MAGIC CITY PROPERTIES XIX, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, MAGIC CITY PROPERTIES XXV, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AND MAGIC CITY PROPERTIES XIV, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO PORTIONS OF SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTED ON 6001 NE 2 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0264 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.7, please see Item Number CA.1. CA.8 RESOLUTION 18321 Department of Risk Management A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION WITH, ATTACHMENT(S), PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-86(C) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), APPROVING THE CONTRACT AWARD FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ("RFP") NO. 1896386 TO CORPORATE SYNERGIES GROUP, LLC D/B/A FOUNDATION RISK PARTNERS PUBLIC ENTITY SERVICES ("CONSULTANT") FOR THE PROVISION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT ("RISK") ON AN AS -NEEDED BASIS ("SERVICES"); ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDS FROM RISK; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH CONSULTANT FOR THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF THREE (3) YEARS WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR TWO (2) ADDITIONAL ONE (1) YEAR TERMS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVAL, AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF CITY CODE, INCLUDING, THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0265 This matter was ADOPTED on the Consent Agenda. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number CA.8, please see Item Number CA.1. City of Miami Page 20 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 END OF CONSENT AGENDA City, of Miami Page 21 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PH.1 18299 Department of Finance PH - PUBLIC HEARINGS RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, CONFIRMING, AND APPROVING THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION AND WRITTEN FINDINGS, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," PURSUANT TO SECTION 18- 85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"); WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING METHODS AS NOT BEING PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") TO ESTABLISH A CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION OF PARKING SURCHARGE ADMINISTRATION CONSULTANT SERVICES ("SERVICES"); ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDS OF FINANCE, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND BUDGETARY APPROVAL AT THE TIME OF NEED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, WITH COMPLETE CONSULTING SERVICES GROUP LLC FOR THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF ONE (1) YEAR WITH AUTOMATIC ANNUAL RENEWALS FOR AS LONG AS IT IS DEEMED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGETARY APPROVALS HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY MADE, COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, INCLUDING, THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0266 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Chair King: Gentlemen, with our PH (Public Hearing) items, are there any items that you would like to pull for discussion, from PH.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7? Commissioner Pardo: No. Commissioner Gabela: No. Chair King: Commissioner Rosado? City of Miami Page 22 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PH.2 18020 Department of Resilience and Public Works Commissioner Rosado: No. Chair King: Vice Chair? May I have a motion? Commissioner Pardo: So moved. Commissioner Rosado: So moved. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. Applause. Chair King: Thank you. Congratulations. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING THE PLAT TITLED "CUSHMAN CAMPUS," A REPLAT IN THE CITY OF MIAMI OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT "1," SUBJECT TO SATISFACTION OF ALL CONDITIONS REQUIRED BY THE PLAT AND STREET COMMITTEE AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, AND THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 55-8 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; ACCEPTING THE DEDICATIONS SHOWN ON THE PLAT; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE PLAT AND CAUSE THE RECORDATION OF THE PLAT IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0267 MOTION TO: RESULT: MOVER: SECONDER: AYES: Adopt ADOPTED Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner Damian Pardo, Commissioner King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PH.2, please see Item Number PH.1. City of Miami Page 23 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PH.3 RESOLUTION 18041 Department of Resilience and Public Works A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ACCEPTING THE PLAT TITLED "DELSHAH SUBDIVISION," A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MIAMI OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT "1," SUBJECT TO SATISFACTION OF ALL CONDITIONS REQUIRED BY THE PLAT AND STREET COMMITTEE AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED, AND THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 55-8 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; ACCEPTING THE DEDICATIONS SHOWN ON THE PLAT; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE PLAT AND CAUSE THE RECORDATION OF THE PLAT IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0268 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PH.3, please see Item Number PH.1. City of Miami Page 24 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PH.4 RESOLUTION 18260 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDING, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "B," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM THE MAYOR'S DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNT, ON A LUMP SUM BASIS, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) ("FUNDS") TO LOTUS ENDOWMENT FUND, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("LOTUS ENDOWMENT"), TOWARD ITS TWENTY-FIVE MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLAR ($25,000,000.00) CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE AT LOTUS VILLAGE PROJECT ("PROJECT"), A NEW STATE OF THE ART, COMPREHENSIVE HOMELESS SHELTER BASED IN OVERTOWN OFFERING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE; THE USE, ALLOCATION, AND APPROPRIATION OF THE FUNDS REFERENCED HEREIN ARE SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS AND THE RECEIPT OF ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ADJUST, AMEND, AND APPROPRIATE THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET, FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN, MULTI -YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AS NECESSARY AND APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION; AUTHORIZING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY ACTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DESIGNATED CITY DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS, PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS, ACCOUNTING ENTRIES, AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0269 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PH.4, please see "Public Comments on all ltem(s)"and Item Number PH.1. City of Miami Page 25 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PH.5 RESOLUTION 18311 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR -FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION AND FINDING, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "B", THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-86(A)(3)(C) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED; WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM THE MAYOR'S DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNT, ON A LUMP SUM BASIS, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($100,000.00) ("FUNDS") TO LITTLE HAITI FC INC, A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, TO PROVIDE SOCCER PROGRAMMING AT LITTLE HAITI SOCCER PARK; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE; THE USE, ALLOCATION, AND APPROPRIATION OF THE FUNDS REFERENCED HEREIN ARE SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS AND THE RECEIPT OF ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ADJUST, AMEND, AND APPROPRIATE THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET, FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN, MULTI -YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AS NECESSARY AND APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION; AUTHORIZING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY ACTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DESIGNATED CITY DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS, PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS, ACCOUNTING ENTRIES, AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0270 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PH.5, please see Item Number PH.1. City of Miami Page 26 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PH.6 RESOLUTION 18300 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), PURSUANT TO SECTION 18-85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), BY A FOUR FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDINGS, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," THAT COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION METHODS AND PROCEDURES ARE NOT PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SAID PROCEDURES; AUTHORIZING GRANT FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT 1 COMMISSIONER'S SHARE OF THE CITY'S ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($120,000.00) TO ALLAPATTAH COMMUNITY ACTION, INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("ALLAPATTAH COMMUNITY"), IN SUPPORT OF THE HOMEBOUND AND CONGREGATE MEALS PROGRAM; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0435 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PH.6, please see Item Number PH.1. City of Miami Page 27 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PH.7 RESOLUTION 18265 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), BY A FOUR FIFTHS (4/5THS) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, AFTER AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, RATIFYING, CONFIRMING, AND APPROVING THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION AND WRITTEN FINDING, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A," PURSUANT TO SECTION 18- 85(A) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"); WAIVING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED BIDDING METHODS AS NOT BEING PRACTICABLE OR ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") TO ESTABLISH AN AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVISION OF A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR YOUTHS ("PROGRAM") WITH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI, INC., A NOT -FOR - PROFIT ORGANIZATION ("BBBS MIAMI"); AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($400,000.00) FROM THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ACCOUNT NO. 00001.450000.548000.0.0, FOR PROGRAM SERVICES COMMENCING NOVEMBER 1, 2025 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2026; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH BBBS MIAMI AND ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVALS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, INCLUDING, THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0436 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PH.7, please see "Public Comments on allItem(s)" and Item Number PH.1. END OF PUBLIC HEARINGS City of Miami Page 28 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.1 18286 Department of Fire - Rescue RE - RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION ESTABLISHING A NEW SPECIAL REVENUE PROJECT TITLED "FISCAL YEAR 2025 — DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ("FEMA"), URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE ("USAR") COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT"; APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,440,311.00 CONSISTING OF A GRANT AWARD FROM FEMA TO BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE - RESCUE FOR THE PROVISION OF ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, TRAINING, SUPPORT, EQUIPMENT CACHE PROCUREMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND STORAGE FOR THE FLORIDA TASK FORCE 2 USAR PROGRAM ("FL-TF2"); AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT SAID GRANT AWARD; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE ACCEPTANCE OF AND COMPLIANCE WITH SAID GRANT. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0437 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Chair King: Gentlemen, on the RE (Resolution) items that remain, are there any items that you would like to pull for discussion? Commissioner Pardo? Commissioner Pardo: No. Commissioner Gabela: Where are we? On the RE items? Chair King.: RE, from RE.1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16. [Later... ] George Wysong (City Attorney): Madam Chair, did you skip RE.9? Chair King: No. Mr. Wysong: Because I don't believe it was deferred. Chair King: Okay, well, RE.9 is in play. Commissioner Gabela: I mean, if anybody wants to discuss it, I think we've deferred it three times. It's just a matter of you know, voting on it up or down. City of Miami Page 29 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Rosado: 1 have a question about it, because 1 remember at the last meeting we had a discussion -- Chair King: So, do you want to pull it jor discussion? Commissioner Rosado: Yes. Chair King: Okay. Well pull RE.9 for discussion. Are there any other items that you would like to pull for discussion? Vice Chair Carollo: RE.7. Chair King: RE.7? Commissioner Gabela: No, that one -- Chair King: That's been deferred. Commissioner Gabela: -- that one was deferred. Chair King: It's indefinitely deferred. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Rosado: Madam Chair, I'd like to pull RE.16. Chair King: RE.16? Commissioner Gabela: RE.16. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Gabela: Okay. Chair King: Okay, any others? Vice Chair Carollo: RE.7 indefinitely deferred? Chair King: Indefinite, so, we can bring it back whenever we want instead of just -- Vice Chair Carollo: I understand. Okay. Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: Let's see. What REs -- ones we're talking. I -- I apologize, I've got a cold and a fever today, so -- Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: -- I'm doing the best that I can. Chair King: Pull your mic a little bit. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Very well, which -- which items did we pull for the REs? City of Miami Page 30 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: Okay, so for RE -- RE.2 is deferred until December 11 th; RE.3 has been withdrawn -- Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Chair King: -- RE.7 is indefinitely deferred -- Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Chair King: -- RE.12 has been deferred until November 20th -- Commissioner Gabela: R -- you missed RE.10 also deferred. Chair King: RE.10 -- Commissioner Gabela: We just deferred it. Chair King: -- is deferred till November 20th. RE.17 is indefinitely deferred. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. All right. Chair King: And we have pulled RE.16 and -- Commissioner Gabela: 9. Chair King: -- RE.9 for discussion. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. Chair King: Okay? All right, so may I have a motion for RE.1, RE.4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Chair King: Second. Vice Chair Carollo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Items passes unanimously. City of Miami Page 31 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.2 17982 Department of Planning RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING THE UPDATED PLANNING AND ZONING SCHEDULE OF FEES, PURSUANT TO SECTION 62-22 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "SCHEDULE OF FEES," AS DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item RE.2 was deferred to the December 11, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.2, please see "Order of the Day" and Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 32 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.3 17845 Office of the City Attorney RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE FOLLOWING: SEVEN HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($705,055.00) TO KUEHNE DAVIS LAW, P.A.; ONE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY THREE DOLLARS AND THIRTY THREE CENTS ($121,723.33) TO SUSY RIBERO-AYALA, P.A.; EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND AND NINETY- SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($86,097.50) TO GUNSTER; NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS ($98,535.00) TO RICHARD DIAZ P.A.; TWO HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($208,000.00) TO COLLAZO LAW FIRM, P.A.; ONE HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX DOLLARS AND EIGHTY ONE CENTS($109,926.81) FOR COSTS AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR LEGAL FEES AND COSTS IN THE CASE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA v. ALEX DIAZ DE LA PORTILLA, ET. AL., CASE NO. F23- 018478; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM ACCOUNT NO. 50001.301001.545014.0000.00000. MOTION TO: Withdraw RESULT: WITHDRAWN MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.3, please see "Order of the Day" and Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 33 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.4 RESOLUTION 18305 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 54-137 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), CO -DESIGNATING SOUTHWEST 20TH AVENUE BETWEEN WEST FLAGLER STREET AND SOUTHWEST 3RD STREET AS "HERMANOS GARCIA WAY," IN HONOR OF ARSENIO, JUAN, AND FELIX RAMON GARCIA, THE FOUNDERS OF LA CAMARONERA SEAFOOD JOINT AND FISH MARKET; DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION TO EFFECTUATE THE CODESIGNATION; AND FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE HEREIN DESIGNATED OFFICIALS. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0438 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.4, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 34 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.5 RESOLUTION 18306 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, BY A FOUR - FIFTHS AFFIRMATIVE (4/5THS) VOTE, PURSUANT TO SECTION 54-137 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), WAIVING THE RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO NAMING STREETS AFTER LIVING INDIVIDUALS, CO -DESIGNATING NORTHWEST 68 TERRACE BETWEEN NORTHWEST 14 AVENUE AND NORTHWEST 15 AVENUE AS "ELLIOTT'S WAY," IN HONOR OF TERRY ELLIOTT, SR., AND SHERRIA ELLIOTT, FOUNDERS OF THE ARK OF THE CITY FOUNDATION, IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIBERTY CITY COMMUNITY AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO UPLIFTING UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH THROUGH THE ANNUAL "CHRISTMAS ON 15TH AVE" EVENT; DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION TO EFFECTUATE THE CODESIGNATION; AND FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE HEREIN DESIGNATED OFFICIALS. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0439 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.5, please see "Public Comments on all Item (s) " and Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 35 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.6 RESOLUTION 18302 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DECLARING NO OBJECTION AND SUPPORTING THE CO -DESIGNATION BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE, PURSUANT TO HOUSE BILL 987, DESIGNATING THAT PORTION OF SOUTHWEST 57 AVENUE BETWEEN U.S. 41/SOUTHWEST 8 STREET AND WEST FLAGLER STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS "MANOLO REYES BOULEVARD" AND THAT PORTION OF U.S. 41/SOUTHWEST 8 STREET BETWEEN SOUTHWEST 27 AVENUE AND BRICKELL AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS "CONGRESSMAN LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DISTRICT SIX, FOR SIGN INSTALLATION WITHIN THE NEWLY DESIGNATED ROADWAY. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0440 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.6, please see Item Number RE.1. RE.7 RESOLUTION 18090 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND ANTONIO G. DIAZ AS INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR GENERAL, PURSUANT TO SECTION 2-160(C) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, AS AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Indefinitely Defer RESULT: INDEFINITELY DEFERRED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.7, please see "Order of the Day", "Public Comments on all Item(s)" and Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 36 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.8 RESOLUTION 18285 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE MIAMI-DADE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT ("WASD") FOR THE PROVISION OF WATER SERVICES FOR THE SEWELL PARK DOG PARK, CAPITAL PROJECT NO. 40-B233515; ALLOCATING FUNDS IN AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED THIRTY SIX AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($236.00) FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND SIX HUNDRED NINETY FIVE AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($695.00) FOR THE PAYMENT OF WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION CHARGES FROM CAPITAL PROJECT NO. 40- B233515; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, AND EXTENSIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, SUBJECT TO ALL ALLOCATIONS, APPROPRIATIONS, PRIOR BUDGETARY APPROVALS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE, INCLUDING, THE CITY OF MIAMI'S PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE, ANTI -DEFICIENCY ACT, AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 18 OF THE CITY CODE, AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0441 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.8, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 37 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.9 RESOLUTION 18101 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO IMMEDIATELY STOP AND CEASE PAYING ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CEASE AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF THE SAME, IN ANY FURTHER PROCEEDINGS BY JOE CAROLLO IN THE HEREIN REFERENCED CASE EITHER IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROVIDE A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY TO WHOM ITS PROVISIONS MAY APPLY OR THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THEM. MOTION TO: Indefinitely Defer RESULT: INDEFINITELY DEFERRED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number RE.9, please see Item Number RE.1. Chair King: I think Commissioner Rosado has a question on RE.9. Commissioner Rosado? Commissioner Rosado: Yes. I believe at the last commission meeting we talked about deferring it so that we could do a workshop, but the workshop didn't take place, and I'd still like to do the workshop before we discuss it, quite frankly. This -- this has, you know, it's both a specific case and a case that has ramifications for all of us up here. And so, I think that's something we should all be concerned about. So, I'd like to have the workshop before we actually take a vote on the item. Chair King: So, are you proposing to defer it? Commissioner Rosado: Yes. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, I'll second. Chair King: So, I have a motion and a second. All -- Commissioner Gabela: I just wanted to say, can we establish a workshop so then it doesn't go by again without the -- Arthur Noriega (City Manager): Yeah, that would be the City Attorney's Office who would do that workshop -- Commissioner Gabela: George, can we -- Mr. Noriega: -- because that's not my area of expertise. George Wysong (City Attorney): Sure. City of Miami Page 38 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.10 17688 Commissioners and Mayor Mr. Wysong: We'll coordinate with you as far as the setting and Commissioner Rosado as well. Commissioner Gabela: Okay. Mr. Wysong: We'll workshop. Chair King: Well, we all need the workshop, right? Mr. Wysong: 1 figured we'll coordinate with all of you as far as your time and availability of the workshop. Chair King: Okay. So, may 1 have a motion to defer? Commissioner Rosado: So moved. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: Well, let's indefinitely defer it so we can bring it back whenever we want, make sure -- because if we bring it back next commission meeting and we haven't had the workshop, then we're going to defer it again. So, let's make sure we have the workshop and then put it back on the agenda. So, I have a motion and a second to indefinitely defer RE.9. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, PURSUANT TO SECTION 14 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TO ISSUE A SUBPOENA TO WILLIAM ORTIZ, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR COMMISSIONER JOE CAROLLO, TO APPEAR BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION ON JUNE 12, 2025, FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING OFFICIAL ACTS AND CONDUCT OF A CITY OFFICIAL. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: Item RE.10 was continued to the November 20, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number RE.10, please see Item Number RE.1. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, I just -- I want to defer RE.10. Chair King: You want to defer RE.10 to what date? Commissioner Gabela: Next commission meeting, November -- City of Miami Page 39 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.11 18282 Commissioners and Mayor Chair King: 20th? Commissioner Gabela: Yeah. Chair King: May I have a motion to defer RE.10 to November 20th? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Chair King: Second? Commissioner Rosado: Second. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT FROM THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF MIAMI ("MIAMI DDA"), IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY THOUSAND ($30,000.00), FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO (2) HORSES FROM INNER COASTAL LIVESTOCK, INC. FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT MOUNTED UNIT ("MPD") TO BE ASSIGNED SOLELY WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE MIAMI DDA BRICKELL DISTRICT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DESIGNATE THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE PURCHASE OF TWO (2) HORSES FROM INNER COASTAL LIVESTOCK AND NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0442 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.11, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 40 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.12 RESOLUTION 18325 Department of Resilience and Public Works A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN, DATED SEPTEMBER 2025, PREPARED BY KIMLEY HORN, INC. FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI'S DEPARTMENT OF RESILIENCE AND PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT NUMBERS 40- B203613 & 40-B70245, ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A" ("BICYCLE MASTER PLAN"), TO UPDATE THE 2009 BICYCLE MASTER PLAN PROVIDING UPDATED TYPICAL SECTIONS, IDENTIFYING IMPROVEMENTS, IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING SAFETY AND MOBILITY, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE BICYCLE MASTER PLAN; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item RE.12 was continued to the November 20, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.12, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 41 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.13 18322 Commissioners and Mayor RE.14 18328 Office of the City Attorney RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), CONFIRMING THAT ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163, PART III, FLORIDA STATUTES HAVE BEEN TRANSMITTED TO MIAMI DADE COUNTY ("COUNTY") FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING THE ALLAPATTAH REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ("ALLAPATTAH CRA"), THEREBY URGING THE COUNTY TO PROCEED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ALLAPATTAH CRA; FURTHER PURSUANT TO SECTION 163.410, FLORIDA STATUTES, REQUESTING A DELEGATION OF POWERS FROM THE COUNTY TO THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") TO PROCEED WITH THE CREATION AND OPERATION OF THE ALLAPATTAH CRA; PROVIDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ANY FUTURE ACTION THAT MAY BE FILED PURSUANT TO THE TIME LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 163.410, FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL, CORRECTIONS, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0443 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.13, please see "Order of the Day" and Item Number RE.1. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE PARTIAL SETTLEMENT OF INSURANCE CLAIMS AGAINST CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY AND NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY OF OMAHA IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,150,000.00, WITH FUNDS TO BE APPROPRIATED AND ALLOCATED BY FUTURE RESOLUTION, IN PARTIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIMS AND DEMANDS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LIMITED RELEASE OF CLAIMS AND DEMANDS, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0444 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.14, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 42 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.15 18329 Commissioners and Mayor RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI'S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S SINGLE FAMILY REHABILITATION PROGRAM GUIDELINES IN ORDER TO INCLUDE A LOAN FORGIVENESS EXCEPTION UPON THE DEATH OF THE ORIGINAL BORROWER, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0445 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.15, please see Item Number RE.1. City of Miami Page 43 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.16 18334 City Manager's Office RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE AGREEMENT (RETAIL PARCEL) ("LEASE") BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND BAYSIDE MARKETPLACE, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAYSIDE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ("DEVELOPER"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE CITY -OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 401 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, MIAMI, FLORIDA TO MODIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LEASE TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS AND UTILITY PEDESTALS, PROVISION OF NOT LESS THAN 1000 SQUARE FEET OF LEASE SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE CITY FIREBOAT CREW SERVICES, ESTABLISH PIER RENT PAYABLE BY TENANT TO CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,059,082.00 ANNUALLY, AND AUTHORIZE CONSIDERATION OF TENANT'S NEW ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL ("ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL"), IN LIEU OF A TOWER; PROVIDING ANY SUCH ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL/S SHALL BE DOCUMENTED IN AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE, PRESENTED FOR CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL, AND, IF REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, VOTER REFERENDUM APPROVAL; SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI WITH ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH IN THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0446 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.16, please see Item Number RE.1. Chair King: And the next item is RE.16 for discussion. I'm not sure who -- Commissioner Rosado: I pulled it. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Rosado: I just wanted to mention I'm very supportive of the item and the lease amendment, and I just wanted to thank their team for also agreeing to meet with us and be able to come up with an activation plan for the area between Bayside itself and Biscayne. And so I know that we're going to be convening, and this will be going through the DDA (Downtown Development Authority) so that we can go ahead and move forward on that revision to the license agreement for the parcel. Chair King: The City Clerk needs to make a statement, and I'd also like to cosponsor this. City of Miami Page 44 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Understood. RE.16 will need to be amended pursuant to a substitution memo distributed on October 22, 2025 at 1:41 p.m. Chair King: Thank you. Commissioner Pardo: I'll also cosponsor as well. Vice Chair Carollo: Please include me also. Commissioner Gabela: What are we doing again in here? Chair King: Cosponsoring RE.16. Did you cosponsor? Commissioner Gabela: No, but I'm going to, yeah, I'm in, I'm in. Chair King: Okay, so that's all of us, Todd, as a cosponsor for this item. So, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries. Mr. Hannon: My apologies, Chair, who was the mover and seconder? Commissioner Gabela: I'll second. 1 mean, I don't know who the mover is. Was it you? Commissioner Rosado: Yes. Chair King: I think Commissioner Rosado was the mover. Mr. Hannon: Seconded by Commissioner Gabela, as amended. Chair King: As amended. City of Miami Page 45 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 RE.17 18335 Commissioners and Mayor RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT 3 COMMISSIONER'S SHARE OF THE FUNDS APPORTIONED BETWEEN THE FIVE (5) COMMISSION DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO THE ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE FORMULA FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF EACH DISTRICT IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION, SEVENTY-SIX THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED ONE AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($1,076,301.00) FOR THE DISTRICT SPONSORED "DISTRICT 3 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SENIOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE GIFT CARD PROGRAM" ("PROGRAM"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS, INCLUDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AND CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE; THE USE, ALLOCATION, AND APPROPRIATION OF THE FUNDS REFERENCED HEREIN ARE SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS AND THE RECEIPT OF ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ADJUST, AMEND, AND APPROPRIATE THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET, FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN, MULTI -YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AS NECESSARY AND APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION; AUTHORIZING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY ACTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DESIGNATED CITY DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS, PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS, ACCOUNTING ENTRIES, AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. MOTION TO: Indefinitely Defer RESULT: INDEFINITELY DEFERRED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number RE.17, please see "Order of the Day" and Item Number RE.1. END OF RESOLUTIONS City of Miami Page 46 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 SR - SECOND READING ORDINANCES SR.1 ORDINANCE Second Reading 17938 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING Department of CHAPTER 10/ARTICLE I/DIVISION 2/SECTION 10-18 OF THE Building CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "BUILDINGS/IN GENERAL/BUILDING ADMINISTRATION, FEES, AND WAIVERS/BUILDING PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE; WAIVERS; ELEVATOR, ESCALATOR, BOILER ETC.," AMENDING SECTION 10-18 OF THE CITY CODE TO INCORPORATE CURRENT ELEVATOR INSPECTION FEES, BOILER AND UNFIRED PRESSURE VESSEL FEES, AND FINES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item SR.1 was deferred to the December 11, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number SR.1, please see "Order of the Day." SR.2 ORDINANCE Second Reading 18002 Office of Grants Administration AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE IV OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/DEPARTMENTS" ADDING A NEW DIVISION 17 TO ESTABLISH THE GRANTS DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING FOR THE PURPOSE, AUTHORITY, AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 18/ARTICLE IV OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "FINANCE/GRANTS" TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT AWARDS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14403 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Chair King: At this time, Mr. City Attorney, would you please read the titles into the record for our second reading ordinances? City of Miami Page 47 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 George Wysong (City Attorney): Yes, Madam Chair. SR.2, second reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: SR.3. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: SR.4, second reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: That concludes the second reading items. Chair King: Thank you. Vice Chair Carollo: Could you include me as a sponsor on SR.4, please? Chair King: Me as -- I think did from the first reading. Vice Chair Carollo: Oh, okay. Thank you. Chair King: But I'm not sure. I did from the first reading? IfI didn't, please include me. But 1 thinkl did. 1 did, right? No? Okay. Please include me as a sponsor for that. Gentlemen, are there any of the SR (Second Reading) items that you would like to pull for discussion, FR (First Reading) -- SR.2, 3, or 4? Commissioner Pardo: No. Chair King: No. No. No? May I have a motion? Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Items passes unanimously. City of Miami Page 48 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 SR.3 ORDINANCE Second Reading 18186 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 14/ARTICLE II OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT/DOWNTOWN DISTRICT," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING DIVISION 1, TITLED "GENERALLY," TO DEFINE RESIDENCY IN THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ("AUTHORITY") AND BY AMENDING DIVISION 2, TITLED "DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY," TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ("AUTHORITY'S") BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND VARIOUS AMENDMENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE AUTHORITY'S DEFINITIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES, AND REMOVAL OF MEMBERS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14404 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number SR.3, please see Item Number SR.2. SR.4 ORDINANCE Second Reading 18266 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 38/ARTICLE I OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "PARKS AND RECREATION/IN GENERAL," BY CREATING SECTION 38-39, TITLED "NAMING OF REBECA SOSA PARK"; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE NAMING OF THE PARK; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14405 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number SR.4, please see "Public Comments on all Item(s)" and Item Number SR.1. END OF SECOND READING ORDINANCES City of Miami Page 49 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 FR - FIRST READING ORDINANCES FR.1 ORDINANCE First Reading 17980 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING Department of CHAPTER 62/ARTICLE XIV OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF Planning MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "PLANNING AND ZONING/PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST FUND," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 62-642 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "ESTABLISHED," TO INCLUDE AN ADMINISTRATIVE COST, CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item FR.1 was deferred to the December 11, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.1, please see "Order of the Day." City of Miami Page 50 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 FR.2 ORDINANCE First Reading 17962 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING Office of Zoning CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/DEPARTMENTS/PLANNING, BUILDING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 2-207 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "ZONING CERTIFICATE OF USE REQUIRED; ANNUAL RE -INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS AND PREMISES; FEES FOR INSPECTIONS AND ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES," TO UPDATE THE INSPECTION AND SERVICE FEES FOR ZONING CERTIFICATES; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item FR.2 was deferred to the December 11, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.2, please see "Order of the Day." FR.3 ORDINANCE First Reading 17964 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING Office of Zoning CHAPTER 62/ARTICLE II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "PLANNING AND ZONING/COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 62-12 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "FEE FOR INSPECTIONS AND EXAMINATIONS OF PLANS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE," TO UPDATE THE ZONING PLAN REVIEWS FEE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item FR.3 was deferred to the December 11, 2025, Citj Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.3, please see "Order of the Day." City of Miami Page 51 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 FR.4 ORDINANCE First Reading 18066 Department of Resilience and Public Works AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 4/SECTION 2-268 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/DEPARTMENTS/RESILIENCE AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/FEE FOR PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTS CONTAINING COVENANTS TO RUN WITH THE LAND, RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION DEEDS, QUITCLAIM DEEDS, WAIVER OF FEE; FEE FOR PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTS ALLOWING THE USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY BY PRIVATE ENTITIES; RECORDING FEE"; CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 4/SECTION 2-269 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "CHECKING AND RECORDING PLATS AND ALLEY CLOSURES OR VACATIONS — FEE SCHEDULE; WAIVER OF FEE"; CHAPTER 2/ ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 4/SECTION 2-272 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "PLAN REVIEW FEE"; AMENDING CHAPTER 54/ARTICLE I/SECTION 54-3 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS/IN GENERAL/PERMIT REQUIRED FOR WORK THAT OBSTRUCTS OR CLOSES A STREET, SIDEWALK, OR IMPEDES TRAFFIC; FEES; WAIVER OF FEES"; AND CHAPTER 54/ARTICLE I/SECTION 54-8 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "USING STREET OR SIDEWALK FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES, EXCEPTIONS; PERMIT AND FEE," ALL TO ADJUST TO CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 54/ARTICLE II/SECTION 54-43 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS/ CONSTRUCTION, EXCAVATION, AND REPAIR/PERMIT FEES FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY OR STREET EXCAVATION, SIDEWALK REPAIR, PAVING OR RESURFACING OF ROADWAY, PARKWAY OR SHOULDER AREA, BUILDING LINE AND GRADE SURVEY, SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION SURVEY, DRIVEWAY CONSTRUCTION, UTILITY PLACEMENT; UNDERGROUND UTILITY SERVICE CONNECTION EXCAVATION, GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS; PERMIT RENEWAL; AFTER -THE -FACT PERMIT, AND INSPECTION/ REINSPECTION FEES; WAIVER OF FEES," TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROCESSING AND REVIEW OF RIGHT OF WAY CLOSURE PERMIT EXTENSIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT, CHAPTER 54/ARTICLE VI/SECTION 54-224 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "SIDEWALK AND STREET CAFES/ FEES AND SECURITY DEPOSIT," TO ADJUST TO CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS; FURTHER AMENDING CHAPTER 55/SECTION 55- 14 OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS/ ENCROACHMENTS ONTO, INTO, BELOW, AND/OR ABOVE RIGHTS -OF -WAY, PUBLIC EASEMENTS, PRIVATE EASEMENTS, OR EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENTS; EXCEPTIONS" TO ADJUST CERTAIN FEES RELATED TO THE PROCESSING AND RECORDATION OF PLATS, FOR THE PROCESSING AND REVIEW OF RIGHT OF WAY PERMITS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF RESILIENCE AND PUBLIC WORKS AND PROVIDING FOR NEW DEPARTMENT FEES RELATED TO COVENANTS IN LIEU OF UNITY OF TITLE, RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT EXTENSIONS, RE -INSPECTION FEES AND ENCROACHMENTS ONTO, INTO, BELOW, AND/OR ABOVE A PRIVATE EASEMENT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. City of Miami Page 52 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item FR.4 was deferred to the December 11, 2025, Cif) Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.4, please see "Order of the Day." FR.5 ORDINANCE First Reading 18275 Department of Resilience and Public Works AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 18/ARTICLE VIII OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), TITLED "FINANCE/STORMWATER UTILITIES," BY AMENDING SECTION 18-294, TITLED "SCHEDULE OF RATES," TO SET THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT RATES; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE MOTION TO: Defer RESULT: DEFERRED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item FR.5 was deferred to the December II, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.5, please see "Order of the Day." City, of Miami Page 53 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 FR.6 ORDINANCE First Reading 18272 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), TEMPORARILY DESIGNATING A PORTION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AS A "CLEAN ZONE," WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOR THE SAFE AND ORDERLY USE OF CITY VENUES, STREETS, AND SIDEWALKS BY VENDORS, PEDDLERS, STREET TICKET SELLERS, AND PEDESTRIANS DURING THE 2026 FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION ("FIFA") WORLD CUP AND FIFA WORLD CUP RELATED EVENTS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 MIAMI HOST COMMITTEE ("ACTIVITIES") IN THE CLEAN ZONE; ESTABLISHING TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO REGULATE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES DURING THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP AND RELATED EVENTS IN THE CLEAN ZONE BEGINNING AT 12:01 A.M. ON MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2026, AND ENDING AT 11:59 P.M. ON MONDAY, JULY 20, 2026; AND FURTHER PROHIBITING THE SALE, OFFER FOR SALE, OR DISTRIBUTION OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS, TICKETS, WARES, AND MERCHANDISE OF FIFA OR THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 MIAMI HOST COMMITTEE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number FR.6, please see "Public Comments on allltem(s)." Chair King: Mr. City Attorney, would you please read FR.8 title for the record? George Wysong (City Attorney): Let's see, is FR. 6 still in play? Arthur Noriega (City Manager): Yes, it is. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Yes. Chair King: Oh, yes. I'm sorry. FR. 6 and FR.8 are in play. Mr. Wysong: Right. FR. 6, first reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: FR.8, first reading. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: FR.9. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: And finally, FR.10, first reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. City of Miami Page 54 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Mr. Wysong: That concludes the first readings. Chair King: Thank you. Gentlemen, are there any of the items that you would like to pull for discussion from FR.6, 8, 10 -- oh, 8, 9, and 10. 6, 8, 9, and 10. Commissioner Rosado: 9. Chair King: You'd like to pull 9 for discussion. Any other item? I'm going to pull 6 for discussion. Anything else? Okay, so may I have a motion for FR.8 and FR.10? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Commissioner Rosado: So moved. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Items passes. [Later...] Chair King: Commissioner Rosado, you pulled FR (First Reading) -- Commissioner Rosado: FR.9, which -- but it's after the item that you pulled, Madam Chair. Chair King: Okay, so -- Commissioner Gabela: Somebody pulled FR.6. Chair King: I pulled FR.6. Do you want to speak on FR.6? Commissioner Gabela: No, no, you go ahead. Chair King: So, I raised a concern at our last commission meeting which deferred FR.6 with respect to ensuring that our local businesses are able to participate in this event. There is a community workshop on October 29th, I believe, to give small businesses an opportunity to vie for participation with this event. And I will vote for this on first reading, but I have to make sure that you guys are going to keep your word that there will be participation from local businesses in Miami. I understand that this is a concern not just here in Miami, but everywhere else where FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) has a footprint in the U.S., but I can only be concerned about my backyard, our backyard, so if I am not satisfied with what I see on the 29th and/or have some assurances that we will see small business minority participation jbr this event, we're going to have a problem jbr second reading with me. I can't speak for my colleagues, but for me -- because it won't be fair that we have such a boon come to our community with this event and our local businesses, our minority businesses are not able to take advantage of this huge pie that will be FIFA. Commissioner Pardo? Commissioner Pardo: Yeah, I just want to say I share your sentiments, and I think there is a program in place which they're going to share at the workshop, et cetera. So, I as well look forward to seeing that, but I feel exactly the same way. City of Miami Page 55 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: Thank you. Commissioner Gabela? Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, I -- rest assured they have -- they have explained to me exactly how it's going to be. I'm satisfied with what they told me. I have no doubt that they will keep their word, you know, but like you -- you know, like Ronald Reagan used to say, trust but verify, and I think that's where you're going. But I fully -- I was educated on what they're doing and, you know, my concerns. So, I feel comfortable that we won't have a problem and -- but like you, I had concerns, but I'm satisfied that they're going to keep their word, so I'm good for now. Chair King: Commissioner Rosado. Commissioner Rosado: Madam Chair, I support your wishes on this item, I think it's the right thing to do. Vice Chair Carollo: Absolutely. Chair King: Do I have a motion? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Commissioner Rosado: So moved. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. City of Miami Page 56 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 FR.7 RESOLUTION 18320 Commissioners and Mayor A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION STRONGLY URGING THE FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' SELECT COMMITTEE ON PROPERTY TAXES TO RECOMMEND FOR PLACEMENT ON THE NOVEMBER 2026 BALLOT, OR A FUTURE BALLOT, A MEASURE TO EXPAND THE ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED IN SECTION 196.075(2), FLORIDA STATUTES, TO FULLY EXEMPT FROM AD VALOREM TAXATION HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES WITH A JUST VALUE OF LESS THAN $250,000, OWNED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SIXTY-FIVE (65) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER THAT EARN AN ANNUAL INCOME BELOW THE STATUTORY THRESHOLD, AND WHO HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR PERMANENT RESIDENCE ON SUCH PROPERTY FOR NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE OFFICIALS STATED HEREIN. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0451 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: Agenda Item FR.7 is a Resolution and was mistakenly placed under the wrong category of the agenda as a First Reading Ordinance. The header located just above the title of the legislation has been changed from Ordinance to Resolution to reflect the correction. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.7, please see "Order of the Day" and "Public Comments on all Item(s). " George Wysong (City Attorney): Madam Chair, since FR.7 is really a resolution, it was identified as a first reading ordinance. Did you want to take that up now, considering it's actually a resolution? Chair King: Okay. Gentlemen? Commissioner Rosado: Yes. Chair King: I don't know if we need to have discussion for this, ifI may have a motion for FR.7. Commissioner Pardo: I would like to cosponsor FR.7 as well -- Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Pardo: -- as a resolution. Chair King: I would too -- as well. Commissioner Gabela: Me too. City of Miami Page 57 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Mr. Wysong: And it needs a slight modification. Vice Chair Carollo: What -- what are we -- Mr. Wysong: We're going to amend -- Chair King: FR.7 is urging the legislature to -- Vice Chair Carollo: SR.7 [sic'? Chair King: -- expand the homestead exemption for seniors. Vice Chair Carollo: Yes, if you could include me as a sponsor also, and let's be clear, 1 think we need to make something clear. We, from our portion of the property taxes, approved unanimously for this next budget that all residents of the city of Miami that own their own homes, their homesteaded homes, 65 and over that qualified under the state guidelines, we're going to rebate them whatever taxes they pay on the City side of their home. This that we're proposing is going to help those residents cover the rest of the taxes. The other 63 percent of every dollar that they pay that doesn't come to the City of Miami. Out of every dollar that you pay, only 37 cents, 37 percent comes to the City of Miami, and Mr. Manager, we need, because I didn't see it in this agenda, we approved last meeting that you would come back with the information from every director, but in particularly, the police chief and fire chief to see what service does Miami -Dade County provide to this city. We're giving Miami -Dade County 29 cents, 29 percent of every dollar that's paid in property taxes. That comes to approximately $600 million a year, and I'm not seeing where we're getting anything remotely close to that in the county. Yes, they provide libraries, but we pay an extra tax for the libraries that's not included in what I just described. They could say, well, the airport, the seaport. Well, the airport and seaport are self -funded independent entities, so they can't throw that on the 29 percent of our property taxes that they're getting. So, we need to establish what the heck is the county providing to the city for 29 percent of every dollar in property tax that we get, some $600 million a year. And if they cannot give us very, clear proof of that, then we need to do something about it, including going to court if we have to, because city of Miami residents, property owners, can no longer afford to be subsidizing unincorporated Miami -Dade County with our money. Can you imagine what we could do with hundreds of millions of more dollars for this city if our residents didn't have to pay 29 percent, or close to it, in property taxes? It would be a very different ball game. So, we need to get to the bottom of it because, you know, I want to get along with the county, with our colleagues there, with our friends. butt don't want to be subsidizing unincorporated areas of Miami -Dade County. So, if you could have this back, Mr. Manager, in our next agenda. Arthur Noriega (City Manager): Yeah, we'll try to put something together that -- we've already started working on it, but we'll try, to have something at least in draft form that we'll disseminate to everybody ahead of that and then do a formal presentation at the next meeting. Vice Chair Carollo: Great. Thank you. Chair King: Okay. So, may I have a motion for FR. 7? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Chair King: I have a -- City of Miami Page 58 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Chair? My understanding, it's going to be as amended. Chair King: As amended. I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Item passes unanimously. FR.8 ORDINANCE First Reading 18318 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE I, TITLED "DEVELOPMENT IMPACT AND OTHER RELATED FEES/IN GENERAL," OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING SECTION 13-5, TITLED "DEFINITIONS" AND SECTION 13-8, TITLED "DEFERRAL OF IMPACT FEES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING; WAIVERS OF CONTRIBUTIONS INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND," TO CLARIFY APPLICABILITY OF THE DEFERRAL AND REFUND OF IMPACT FEES FOR WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DWELLING UNITS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.8, please see Item Number FR.6. City of Miami Page 59 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 FR.9 ORDINANCE First Reading 18323 Commissioners and Mayor AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 14382, ADOPTED ON JULY 10, 2025, PRIOR TO ITS SCHEDULED EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1, 2026, SAID ORDINANCE HAVING ABOLISHED THE BAYFRONT PARK MANAGEMENT TRUST ("TRUST") AND AMENDED VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), INCLUDING: CHAPTER 38/ARTICLE III OF THE CITY CODE, TITLED "PARKS AND RECREATION/BAYFRONT PARK MANAGEMENT TRUST," CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 2 TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF BOARDS GENERALLY," CHAPTER 18/ARTICLE III/SECTION 18-72 TITLED "FINANCE/CITY OF MIAMI PROCUREMENT ORDINANCE/APPLICATION AND EXCLUSIONS," AND CHAPTER 54/ARTICLE I/SECTION 54-9 TITLED "STREETS AND SIDEWALKS/IN GENERAL/ PLACING SIGNS, ADVERTISEMENT, OR DISPLAYS ON ANY PORTION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, STREET OR SIDEWALK SURFACE"; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Withdraw RESULT: WITHDRAWN MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number FR.9, please see "Public Comments on all Item(s)" and Item Number FR.6. Chair King: Commissioner Rosado. Commissioner Rosario: Yeah, I think on the next item, Assistant City Manager Hernandez, she and I had worked together on a presentation. Commissioner Gabela: Before you do your presentation -- Commissioner Rosado: Yes. Commissioner Gabela: -- since it's my item, do you mind if I do my presentation? Real quick, it's a video. Vice Chair Carollo: (INAUDIBLE). Chair King: We can't hear you. They can't hear you. Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, what I'm asking both of you is if we could deal with this later. Let's finish what we have and then come back to it. Commissioner Gabela: Is that okay with you, Rosado? Commissioner Rosado: Yeah, no problem. City of Miami Page 60 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Gabela: Okay. Chair King: Will of the body, okay. [Later...] Chair King: Okay, so we now have -- do you want to tackle FR.9? Commissioner Gabela: Yep. Chair King: Yep. Let's go with FR.9. Someone pulled it for discussion. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah. That was -- I believe Rosado and I pulled it. Chair King: Commissioner Rosado. Commissioner Rosado: I do. Actually, on this one, I've been working closely with the assistant city manager on a presentation, which I think she's going to upload and we can all present essentially. She 's coming up to the podium. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah. 1 was wondering if I can do my presentation because you guys are answering to what I'm -- Commissioner Rosado: Oh. Commissioner Gabela: -- trying to do. Commissioner Rosado: Yeah, I think you were going to present -- Commissioner Gabela: Yeah. Commissioner Rosado: -- yours first. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, mine is real brief Commissioner Rosado: Yeah, no, that makes perfect sense. Commissioner Gabela: I'll make mine, my video and then my presentation. And, Garcon, where are you? You ready? So, in brief this is Grapeland Water Park in the District 1, my district, in the City of Miami, where also the Freedom Park is being built. And I just want to bring light, I went to this park about a month ago. I and my team went because I had complaints that the park was only opening up one or two months out of the year, and I wanted to get down there to see what -- what is -- was the -- the problem. And when we got down there, I find out that this park was built in 2008 to the cost of $8 million to the taxpayer. When this park was opened by then former Commissioner Angel Gonzalez, this park, every day in the summer, was full. And, as a matter of fact, there were lines to -- for kids to go to the park, families and whatnot. I learned that for I don't know how many years now, the park has been opened two months out of the year, two months out of the year, folks. And the excuses -- what I've been given as excuse was that, you know, when there's a little cold here in South Florida, nobody wants to go in the water. And I said to the person, but wait a minute, you know, we're in South Florida. You know, we have maybe two months of winter here or one month and that's it, you know. Why is the park being closed? Oh, you know, maintenance issues and this and that. Well, of course, if you close -- you know, you got pumps, you got electrical items, you got mechanical parts, seals, you know, things that don't move, and this is like a car that I'm scared of the -- of -- I'm. City of Miami Page 61 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 scared more of the 20,000-mile car than the 100,000-mile car unless you're going to buy that car as an investment, you know, then you'd want the low mileage. But, you know, if you want a good reliable car, the latter is probably your best bet because it's been around and they've done the maintenance. The pumps here have to be taken out every so often, why? Because they're not being run for 10 months. The -- then they go on to say, well, you know, we got to paint every so often. Of course, you don't have water 10 months out of the year so the UV (Ultraviolet) rays are getting -- you know, the water acts like a protection. That's why -- and there you have a park, an asset that has been there since 2008 that, by the way, receives $350,000 from a sign just adjacent to the park to help maintain the park. 1 was told that 60,000 people attended this year. If you do math and say $5 and 60,000, how much is that? And then the 350 with the sign business, you almost got like a million dollars. And, yet, they're losing money and they can't seem to operate it. They haven't thought about maybe corporate events that 1 suggested, sprucing up the park a little bit. They said that they had like 36 lifesavers. Well, maybe the most dangerous, you know, attraction, you get rid of that, you know, and you save yourself 12 lifesavers. But, you know, this isn't a reason -- you know, it's not a good reason to have this asset there -- and then now the Freedom Park is coming to town, okay, and you're telling me that you can't make money there? You know what I mean? And the residents complaining because this was -- you know, people like this, you know, in the summer and we're operating it like we don't care, you know. And I'm making light of this because I don't want to see this, what's gone on here for years apparently, happen to Bayfront Trust, Commissioner Pardo, which is in your area. You know what 1 mean? I don't want to be blamed, okay, for stupidity on January the 1st because we dissolve the park into something else, okay? When you guys made me chairman of the park, I became chairman of the park. 1 tried to right the ship. That's what we've been doing. We've done a lot of changes, you know. And without going into personalities, Commissioner Rosado, you came along and you had this great idea, but the problem is you hampered me in the sense how to able to -- how to be able to negotiate and operate on behalf of the Bayfront Trust. And why is that and why am I telling you that? How did you guys kind of hamper me and my team, my board, and the executive director and the staff? Because people perceive at the minute that you put out there that this park was going to be dissolved and no more as that function, okay, on January 1st of 2026, you created a cloud over our heads and you reduced our ability to negotiate and have good terms for the park. A perfect example is we -- we're doing the New Year's Eve and I -- we had a meeting and the artist, in light of, you know, the news that they're listening to -- because, remember, these guys are not in our bubble. They don't know what's going on. They think they're not going to be paid on January the 1st. So, what did they want? They wanted to be, you know, the New Year's event, you know, they wanted to be paid 50 percent upfront and 50 percent -- in other words, the remaining balance that we would owe them once the New Year's festivities were concluded, on December 1st, they wanted to be paid in full. And I can't do that as a responsible, you know, my fiduciary duty as the chairman of the park, you know, because that would be irresponsible on my part. How am I going to pay you a hundred percent when you got another month to go and you got to show up? But the -- they're doing this because they think -- they have a fear that we're not going to be around, and thus, you've reduced our ability to negotiate on good faith for the park. 1, as chairman, and the -- and the board have presented a resolution of what we think our best, you know, action, our best advice is to you, this board here and the commissioner -- commissioners, okay, to not do this because of what, you know, what we've done, what's being done in the park. And, you know, you mentioned a conservancy. A conservancy really is when you need to fundraise for that park because that park or that entity doesn't generate money itself. And then, by the way, you have to give control to that entity there so we won't be in control on a conservancy basis, okay. What I'm presenting to you guys is, okay, I want to rescind what's going to happen on January 1st, okay, to a later date sometime next year when there's a new commissioner. We all take it up again. And then if at that time you want to go ahead City of Miami Page 62 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 and do it again, then so be it. But, as for me, you know, 1 have to make my case. 1 am the chairman, and what's my job? You know, to -- you know, to set policy, to see which -- where we're going, the future, the vision of this park, okay. And this is one thing that we see that is not going to a good place, so it's my job to tell you to come here and tell you, okay, that this is a bad idea, that we will not be held responsible whatever happens on January 1st if we continue this way, especially you, Commissioner Pardo. Because, remember, I am commissioner of District 1. I am not commissioner of District 2. And I consider it a privilege that I can serve in your area and help bring along the park to what's best in my ability and my board's ability, and then we give a directive to Raul Miro, the executive director, to carry out our policy, our vision, and that's exactly what we've been doing. We've been there for six, seven months, and we've done a lot of changes in the park for the good, okay? And listen, the prior commissioner did, I imagine, some things right because we can't, you know - - everything is not bad, you know. I have many flaws, alright? 1 have many flaws, you know what I mean, and so I'm not perfect, you know. But without going into the details of the bad, what has happened, what didn't happen, whatever, we righted this ship, okay? We changed the meetings, for example, from 12 o'clock at noon, that the people were working, to 6 o 'clock so people can participate. We changed financials. From 2019, you know, that park, you know, it was told that things, you know, guardrails needed to be put in place and they weren't, okay, and we did that now, okay? And I don't want to go back to negativity. The fact of the matter is, okay, that we think this is a bad idea. We're operating that park and we think this is a bad idea. And 'just showed the movie of the water park, which I'm going to change, by the way, because 1 vowed my residents that that's going to change, okay? That misuse of a city asset, and you give me the excuse that you're opening up two months out of the year because there's cold here in Miami. Give me a break. Give me a break. And this is what I'm talking about when government sometimes we get ahold of something, things get messed up. Nobody has an interest in that park. Why is that park open two months out of the year? Why is that park in that condition? Why? Because nobody seems to have an interest. The residents have an interest. Time and time and again, they've called my office, and that's why I finally went over there to see what really is going on, and I learned what's going on. And I'm scared that if this is the route we're going, Commissioner Pardo, you're going to have a problem in your hands. And at the end of the day, it is your district. I will not be held responsible for whatever happens on January the 1st if we continue to go this route because I'm seeing a disaster unfold before our eyes. I think this should be rescinded. And, next year, when we have more thought into this and the politics are out of the game and we have a new commissioner, then we can go back. And then maybe, you know, if you want to tinker with it or whatever the case might be, then that's fine with me. But, please, lift this negative, you know, cloud that you guys, you know, you made me chairman and then you hang this cloud on top of me that I can't negotiate in good faith and I got to -- because people perceive that we're not going to be for naught in January the 1st. So, I ask you, put yourself in my shoes, you know what I mean? I mean if I -- if I would be director of the DDA (Downtown Development Authority) like you are, you know, you wouldn't want that happening to you because, you know, you'd be a lame duck chairman, you know, and that's what you guys have made it into. And I'm not happy about that because I'm trying to do my -- the best I can. My board is trying to do the best that they can. The staff is trying to do the best they can, and yet., they have this thing -- you know, what are we going to be, Gabela? We going to have here, we going to have jobs, or we're not going to have jobs? You know, the same thing for the clients, you know, for Ultra, the other one, the other one, the list goes on and on. So, I urge you, please, I urge you, okay, let's not get into this. Let's rescind this, and next year when there's plenty of time and, you know, heads are cool and all that stuff and we get another commissioner here, we can go ahead, you know, and then do it again if you guys want to do it again. But give me a chance, you know, to -- you know what I mean, to right that ship. Give me a chance to finish my job, you know, and lift this City of Miami Page 63 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 cloud that you guys have hanging over our head right now of the lack of what's going to happen tomorrow. Please, 1 ask you. Thank you. That's my presentation. Chair King: Commissioner Rosado. Commissioner Rosado: Yeah, Assistant Manager Hernandez is connecting the presentation. We were actually scheduled to put this on the November agenda, but when this item came up, we sort of expedited it. And we're going to -- we're going to co -present. Barbara Hernandez: Good afternoon, Barbie Hernandez, Assistant City Manager over Operations. So, on July 11 th, the second reading to transition the Trust to the city administration effective January 1st was passed, and the Commission gave direction to the administration to look at options. So, we did; we looked at several options. Two of the highest options were the conservancy hybrid approach and creating a department division. After communicating this with all offices, including the mayor, the preferred and recommended option was to create a division under the City Manager's Office. Creating a division/department would be reporting to either the city manager designee or deputy city manager or assistant city manager, separate from other departments. It would also create an enterprise fund account so that the account would stay solely fbr the revenue that would come in would come from Bayfront and Maurice Ferre Park, along with going back out to Maurice Ferre Park and Bayfront Park. The proposed table of organizations -- 1 did make it larger because I know last time it was little small -- would be similar to what a department would have; a division director, an assistant director. It would be similar to what is going on out there currently right now the way they are structured with maintenance, recreation and program planner, maybe put more recreation out there, finance, and HR (Human Resources) services, but it would also link to other departments, such as the OCI, Office of Capital Improvement, to align with certain capital projects. Proposed strategic plan would be -- like I stated earlier, would be to create enterprise fund, continue all events that were approved, and we would -- of course, whatever invoices or anything that is going on, we would pay. We're a city, we're a team. We don't believe in the separation. Adopt and implement the City of Miami policies and procedures. I think it's really important to be consistent across the board. Define a mission and vision, objectives and goals, develop a comprehensive park master plan, which I know they've started already. Review and renegotiate current contracts. We believe that reviewing some of these contracts would probably be able to generate even more revenue for those parks. Create SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for certain divisions. Complete proposed capital projects, and then also look into bidding out the Pepper Fountain maintenance because we need to make sure that's done. I want to put in front of you that this is not common. The Trust does -- the park does make money. They created -- and I say "they" because it was a team effort. It's been going on for the last four or five years when I oversaw it for the three months, as you all know, that I oversaw it. And it is unique in the sense that it does make money. And so you see that the revenue income coming in has increased. These are the revenues from fiscal year '23 to what's proposed in '26. And these are the expenditures that have happened in the last four years. The main source of revenue are the dockage, the Skyview surcharge, the signs, the Ultra contract, the down -- CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) downtown $2 million that goes to specifically Maurice Ferre Park, the Live Nation agreement, and the special events permits. Those are the top revenue generators. So, the next steps is what we would recommend is we would create the new division with the enterprise fund, and then we would -- any net revenues after expenses, debt services, and capital reserves would be divided with -- through a funding policy which we would all still need to create. Commissioner Rosado had an idea to focus on -- we just -- we lost that fund, the grant that came from the federal government for the -- City of Miami Page 64 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Pardo: Underdeck. Ms. Hernandez: -- the Underdeck, what was formerly known as the Underdeck -- Commissioner Pardo: Heritage Trail, T. Graham. Ms. Hernandez: -- which is the Edward T. Graham Trail concept. So, one of his ideas -- and I'm going to turn it over to him so that he can, you know, elaborate on his idea. Commissioner Rosado: Yeah, we know that the Underdeck is a project that's very important to the chairwoman and really to the entire commission and to the -- Chair King: Reverend Edward T. Graham. Commissioner Pardo: Graham Heritage Trail. Commissioner Rosado: Well, I was about to -- I was about to transition to the new name. It was important enough inflict that the more generic name was transitioned to something that was worthy of the asset that it will be without a doubt. And in thinking about it, I was brainstorming one day and I realize it's contiguous to the other parks that are along the waterfront and there's really no reason why we shouldn't have a new entity that actually embodies all of these areas and is able to tap into the revenue that's generated from Bayfront and from Maurice Ferre to bring the dream of the Graham Greenway to fruition. Given the excess revenue that it does generate, it would allow us to bond the improvements, and therefore, be able to tackle a project that otherwise wouldn't materialize. Once we lost that grant that covered approximately 75 percent of the project's cost, it was a challenge for all of us, and we think that the community absolutely deserves to have the Graham Greenway. Commissioner Gabela: Excuse me, Commissioner. Commissioner, are you the chairman of Bayfront Trust right now or am I? Commissioner Rosado: I am not. This is going to be my recommendation. Commissioner Gabela: But this is what I'm talking about. This is what -- exactly, what I'm talking about. I am now the chairman of the Bayfront Trust as voted, and you're acting, sir, like if you're -- this is your vision, this is your thing. So, maybe we should switch roles. I should be in the DDA and you come over to the Bayfront Trust fund, you know what I mean? Because I -- this is exactly what I am talking about, okay? In other words, there's this talk of there's a cash pile there to the credit of the former commissioner, okay. Let's give him that, you know, (UNINTELLIGIBLE) his due. And there's a $25 million pot of you know, money there, liquid sitting. If the -- if the whole reasoning for this whole thing is to get ahold of that money and spend it on something else, then, hell, you guys should have told me that from the beginning what I was going to get into, you know what I mean, and gone that route, okay? But I say again, sir, who is the chairman of the Bayfront Trust? Would you like it for me to go over there and meddle in your business and tell you, you know what, let's do this, let's do that, you know? When my tenure's over, if you want to become Bayfront Trust, I'll vote fir you. You know, I'll vote for you, you know, and I won't hamper you by hanging all this stuff you know, that you're talking about, you know what mean? Commissioner Rosado: Yeah. Commissioner Gabela: With all due respect, Commissioner. City of Miami Page 65 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Rosado: Understood. Commissioner, I have nothing but respect for you. My initial concerns about Bayfront are the same ones that I've had for many, years, like many people, which is what we know has happened in the -- Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, but that happened -- let's be clear here. Commissioner Rosado: Yeah. Commissioner Gabela: That happened under the chairmanship for eight years of Commissioner Carollo, not Miguel Angel Gabela. Miguel Angel Gabela has been there for seven months. Let that be clear on the record, okay? And the reason I was put there is because what was going on prior to the eight years. And immediately when I get into -- when I become chairman, Barbie and others come to my office and they say we got a great idea. We think that you should privatize -- take the park out of Bayfront Trust. And I said to Barbie -- do you remember this conversation, Barbie? I said, gee, that's a great idea, but I got a question for you guys. How come you guys never did this under Carollo when he was there for eight years? Why is it that I get there as chairman and, all of a sudden, I'm being asked to do something other with the park. What a coincidence, you know what I mean? For eight years, the man was there, for eight years, and there was a problem there I've been told by people that come here. Then, all of a sudden, I become the chairman and now there's a problem with the new chairman that I'm trying to right the ship and I get all these kinds of things. The minute 1 become chairman, I get all these kinds of -- gee, the park should be this and the park should be that. But I didn't hear anybody say that the prior eight years to the former commissioner, with all due respect, that was there. So, I'm -- I feel like I'm being picked on. I 'm being picked on, you know what l mean? For that, l wish somebody would have said to me that this was going to happen and I would have turned down the position, Commissioner, with all due respect, you know what I mean? Because what I don't want -- and the whole thing I'm fighting here for is, you know, to give me a chance to do the right thing. And later this year, you know, when '26 comes around, if you guys want to go do that, but at least let me serve my chairmanship, you know, with dignity, you know whatl mean, that I'm trying to right the ship because of what happened. Remember, the reason you guys replaced me -- I think you were here, Mr. Torres. You were one of the ones that would speak out against what was going on there, were you not? You know, I think I got my memory straight, right? And you had all kinds of people, all this is going on in Bayfront Trust. Alright, that's why I became chairman of Bayfront Trust. Now, I am the chairman of Bayfront Trust, I think this is a bad idea. Wait `til my tenure is over. Don't vote for me if you don't want to, and then you make all these changes that you want to do. But you screwed everything up, with all due respect, by saying we're going to do this on January 1st because then you just made me a lame duck thing. If I were to tell you that the DDA is going to be changed in January 1st, you know what would happen, and this is what I'm talking about. Chair King: Commissioner Pardo. Commissioner Pardo: No, go ahead. Chair King: So, I was absent the day this was voted for, and I was surprised, and I just asked our city clerk to give me the vote. And Commissioner Carollo voted against it, but Commissioner Gabela, Commissioner Pardo, and Commissioner Rosado voted in favor. Commissioner Gabela: I made a stupid mistake. Chair King: 1 under -- City of Miami Page 66 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Gabela: I got caught up (UNINTELLIGIBLE) -- Chair King: Okay, because, you know -- Commissioner Gabela: I made a stupid mistake, gentlemen. Chair King: But -- Commissioner Gabela: I should have voted against it, by the way, but I was caught up in the moment. I was caught up in the moment. Chair King: So -- Commissioner Gabela: Guilty as charged, by the way. Chair King: -- now we're here, and this is what I have talked about repeatedly. We make these decisions based on personalities, and now what, less than a few months later, we want to undo it, and I don't think that is good for our community. We set the staff on a task to do a job. They've done a great job. I think it -- they -- they have a solid proposal, and I like it. And that was befbre the addition of the Reverend Edward T. Graham, but that does make sense, irrespective of where the idea came from, because I get what you're saying about you're the chair, he's not the chair. But this is overall the city of Miami, so it's the will of the body. 1 believe that what staff has presented is a solid plan. It is -- it -- and frankly, it scares me with the new administration, then what will they say? You know, it's just we have to make legislation based on what's best for the community and not in the moment where our personalities get involved and then we're back at it and we have a different idea. So, if anybody wants to make a motion, I'll entertain it. Commissioner Pardo: I will say -- I did want to say one thing, Madam Chair. The -- I think there are some real concerns about transition and what happens on January 1 and to make sure that balls aren't dropped. And all of this being in District 2, I'm very concerned about that transition happening when we have FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association), we have all these -- Ultra and all these other events and how payables get run and how employees get transferred, kind of like the nuts and bolts. So, I would appreciate from staff maybe a more concrete detailed transition plan that goes through some of that. I don't know if you're prepared to address that now or -- Arthur Noriega (City Manager): So, ultimately, any transition plan and a more detailed plan would require a lot more input from this body, right? And/or you could also workshop it. I mean, that's also another idea. You could -- you could, you know - - and I know that there are at least a number of you that like to get a lot of community input on that. I -- this was our really evaluation and suggestion and options that were presented. It's not concrete in any way. It -- you know, ultimately, it really requires a little bit of guidance from the commission. So, I'm happy to proceed down whatever road you think might be more efficient and more productive. I look for you for some guidance. The timing of it is, you know, for us, the timing is -- you know, we're agnostic to that. I don't really -- it doesn't matter when it happens, if it happens, if it doesn't happen. I mean, in the end, we're taking the direction from the body, and we'll execute whatever plan you feel is the one you want to move forward with. Tell us how you want to do it. Tell us if you have a specific recommendation in terms of the presentation that's been made. We'll move on that as quickly as we can and -- or as slow as we can as you give us guidance to do. So, I'll defer to the body. Commissioner Rosado: Speaking only for myself; I'm comfortable with what was presented. I'm comfortable with the timeline that we've already established. And I just City of Miami Page 67 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 want to he clear to my colleague this has never been about disrespect or supporting one person or opposing another. I -- like I'd mentioned in my first several meetings and maybe it's time I say it again, I'm not here to discuss people, 1'rn here to discuss ideas. I think this is the right direction. I think we established well before your chairmanship or the previous chairman 's chairmanship that it's an agency that's been designed for a variety of reasons to ultimately result in scandal. So, there may be some positive months and then we end up at the same place where people are getting in trouble, all kinds of questions. Commissioner Gabela: No, no, no. Commissioner Rosado: We're reading about it in the paper. Commissioner Gabela: Sir, sir, correct -- Chair King: Let him finish. Commissioner Gabela: No, no, no, no. Chair King: Let him finish. Commissioner Gabela: During my tenure -- during my tenure -- Chair King: Let him finish. Commissioner Rosado: 1 under -- I under -- Commissioner Gabela: -- give me one negative scandal that we have. Chair King: Commissioner, don't interrupt him. Let him finish -- Commissioner Rosado: No -- yeah. Chair King: -- and then you can respond. Commissioner Rosado: Yeah, Commissioner, again, it's not about you. I'm not questioning you. I've been questioning since day one the governance structure for this in the same way that I've questioned why we haven't moved forward on things like the Olvmpia and Marine Stadium and a number of items that I don't care to rehash at the moment. But the reality is the way we structured certain things, we set ourselves up for failure, and I think that's ultimately where this agency ends up perhaps under the next chairman. But I think -- I still think that that's exactly where we end up. In addition -- and this was not something that I conceived of over the summer, but it was more recent, when we lost that grant, I said this is one more thing that the City of Miami has promised to the public that maybe we're never able to deliver upon. And in this case, it wasn 't our fault, nobody in here in the room made a, you know, made a decision or made a mistake. It's the federal government saying, hey, the $60 million grant that we were giving you, we're taking it back. And suddenly, we're going to have a huge, glaring hole in a project that's been promised to the community for decades, a community that was clearly very disrespected historically. They just lost something beautiful that was -- that they should have received. And I found now a solution for how we actually get to deliver on that and continue the increasingly important operations of all these parks that are on our waterfront as well. I just cannot think of a better solution than to move in the direction that we've already established that we should be moving in. City of Miami Page 68 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Pardo: I think for District 2 residents, it's important that there's more contact with the City, more tangible contact with the City. They've been very open, very vocal, very clear about not wanting signs in the park, about the PAMM (Perez Art Museum Miami) settlement, about a million things, and oftentimes, their voice is simply not heard. I think falling under a City structure and is an enterprise fund where that revenue is still captured and maintained separately that that may be a better outcome as far as residents being close to it and our office being able to have any impact at all, which currently has little impact. Commissioner Rosado: And if I could add just two more things. It keeps those dollars that are generated downtown, downtown rather than just moving ultimately into the general revenue. So, the folks that are paying for those events downtown, the folks that live there, we're able to capture those dollars, keep them there, and make improvements that they are the first ones to benefit from because it's where they live. The other thing is downtown residents have been asking for us to talk about what is the future of Bayfront, and I didn't want to say anything publicly until we knew where we were going. I think we've now established where we're going, and I'm happy to meet with those people at each of the condo associations and walk them through this. They deserve that. Commissioner Pardo: And one more thing I did want to add. I do think it's incredibly important that we worry about a transition. And 1 think Commissioner Gabela has a good point in that he's hampered. Like there is this period of time where he cannot conduct business. I think we're at risk, and I think it's important to understand what does that mean for employ -- what happens January, what -- you know. Or are we looking at some other date? I think it's important to have that conversation and for the city manager to really kind of at least lead the effort with what does -- what -- Mr. Noriega: Well, I mean, Commissioner Gabela does make some compelling points relative to the timing, right, in part because he's got a major event happening on January the 1st. So, I Commissioner Pardo: And employees. Mr. Noriega: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, but the employee issue, that's not as immediate because once you transition it, they're still employees, right? I mean, they just get onboarded to the City. Ultimately, there may be some reorganization, but, you know, I would be a lot less worried about that than I am dealing with vendors, dealing with issues that are -- that are really relevant to what in essence is probably the biggest event they -- well, second to Ultra. Sony, not really the biggest event that's out there because Ultra is way bigger. But there is a major event that's being held at the end of the year. So, lithe recommendation would be to push that back maybe a month or two or whatever time period you feel, I don't care. I mean, look, it's -- again, we're -- Commissioner Gabela: Listen, that's fine with me. Mr. Noriega: -- we're agnostic to it. I just -- I want to -- you know, I -- he -- there some -- Commissioner Gabela: Understand this. Mr. Noriega: -- very valid points made there. Commissioner Gabela: Understand this. You are not going to have to pry my hands, okay, to not be chairman of the Bayfront Trust; I'm not that. Commissioner Pardo: Yeah, I know. City of Miami Page 69 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Gabela: I'm not Carollo. 1 don't have that problem, okay? 1 don't think the park is mine. I don't --1'm not under any illusion, but let me do my job right. You know, don't hamper me by putting -- hanging this cloud over my head. And then give me a month or two, you know, and then we transition, that's it, and we do whatever you guys, you know, think that we should do. That's all I'm saying. But that deadline of January 1st, and then you're having that event December 31st presents a problem of timing, you know, and that's what I'm trying to say to you guys. I will step down. I don't -- I got enough -- when you came in, I think you said that you had enough stuff when we recommended you to the DDA. 1 got enough stuff going on in my district now with the Freedom Park that, you know what 1 mean, that at the end of the day, you know, I need that like I need a hole in my head, you know, 1 don't. But since you put me there and I'm already there, I want to do the best job 1 can, and that's all I'na saying to you guys, you know. I'll leave it at that. Chair King: Okay, so the item, FR.7 [sic], do I have a motion --? I mean, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Commissioner Gabela: Motion -- Chair King: FR (First Reading) -- Commissioner Gabela: Okav, 1'll make a motion -- Chair King: -- FR.9. Commissioner Gabela: -- I'll make a motion to not rescind but to extend for three months into January, February, March, and then March we do the transaction -- we do the transfer, whatever that transfer is going to look like and whatever that transfer we all agree on. Chair King: Well -- George Wysong (City Attorney): That's January 2nd. Chair King: I don't think you can do it in March because Ultra is in March, so you would need to do the transition before that because then that would -- Commissioner Gabela: Alright, February? Chair King: -- bring us to where we are. Mr. Noriega: When is -- when is Ultra? Commissioner Gabela: Either before Ultra or after Ultra. Mr. Noriega: We have Ultra representatives here. Chair King: Before. Mr. Noriega: We're -- Carlos Martell: Ultra handles their own things. Commissioner Gabela: I'm sorry, Carlos? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Sorry. City of Miami Page 70 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: So -- Mr. Hannon: Any speakers we should have on -- on the record. Chair King: Right. Do we need any --? I don't think it -- I don't think that's an issue. It can, you know, be January 31st. It can be February lst. It -- because that's pretty much a well-oiled machine. So, am I hearing that we want to withdraw FR.9? Commissioner Gabela: No, no, I don't want to withdraw it. What 1 want to do is -- yes, rescind -- it's clear to me 1 don't have the votes to rescind the whole thing. Is that correct, Commissioner? Especially, I rely on you because you're the D2 (District 2) commissioner. At the end of the day, you're the one that's going to be affected most and I'm trying to take care of that situation, okay? So, what I -- what I suggest is that we amend it, I make my amendment, okay, and let's say Ultra 's in March, we do it in April. I step down in April, okay, and you guys do your transfer, whatever that transfer's going to look like, you know what 1 mean, and we're done, you know what 1 mean? Conservancy, no conservancy. I'll still have my vote, but that's what we do, and then we don't have this thing hanging over our head that January the 1st is like what happens on January the 1st. Chair King: Do I have a motion? Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Commissioner Pardo: Move. Mr. Wysong: Well, Madam Chair, could I just complicate things further? Chair King: Okay. It wouldn't be the City of Miami if you didn't. Mr. Wysong: That's right. This ordinance is drafted for first and second reading to say it rescinds completely the previous ordinance. Chair King: So, we need to withdraw it. Mr. Wysong: So, my suggestion would be we have November and December. We withdraw this one. We come back in November with a new amendment extending the period of time to whatever time you instruct me to do it. Commissioner Gabela: All right, so motion to withdraw. Chair King: Do I have a --? Mr. Wysong: And then direct -- Commissioner Gabela: Based on what you just said. Mr. Wysong: -- directing us to come back with a question. Commissioner Gabela: Correct. Mr. Wysong: And what would -- it would be February, like February 28th or something like that? Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, whatever -- whatever this body thinks is fair. I think February would be a fair date. City of Miami Page 71 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: So, 1 have a motion to withdraw FR.9. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in. favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. FR.10 ORDINANCE First Reading 18333 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING Commissioners CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE II/SECTION 2-35 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED and Mayor "ADMINISTRATION/MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION/TERMS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AS MEMBERS OF ANY AUTHORITY, BOARD, OR COMMITTEE; ANNUAL REVIEW" TO CHANGE THE MONTH IN WHICH ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE APPOINTED TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF ANY AUTHORITY, BOARD, OR COMMITTEE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number FR.10, please see Item Number FR.6. END OF FIRST READING ORDINANCES City of Miami Page 72 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 AC.1 18330 Office of the City Attorney AC - ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF SECTION 286.011(8), FLORIDA STATUTES, A PRIVATE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE OCTOBER 23, 2025, MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THE PERSON CHAIRING THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING WILL ANNOUNCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF AN ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION, CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING THE PENDING LITIGATION IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM O. FULLER, MARTIN PINILLA, II, THE BARLINGTON GROUP, LLC, CALLE OCHO MARKETPLACE, LLC, YO AMO CALLE SIETE, LLC, LITTLE HAVANA ARTS BUILDING, LLC, LITTLE HAVANA ARTS BUILDING TOO, LLC, TOWER HOTEL, LLC, BRICKELL STATION, LLC, PIEDRA VILLAS, LLC, FUTURAMA, LLC, EL SHOPPING, LLC, BEATSTIK, LLC, VIERNES CULTURALES/CULTURAL FRIDAYS, INC., LITTLE HAVANA BUNGALOWS, LLC, AND LHAB TREST, LLC V. CITY OF MIAMI, ET AL., CASE NO. 23-CV-24251-RAR, PENDING IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, TO WHICH THE CITY IS PRESENTLY A PARTY. THE SUBJECT OF THE MEETING WILL BE CONFINED TO SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS OR STRATEGY SESSIONS RELATED TO LITIGATION EXPENDITURES. THIS PRIVATE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 A.M. (OR AS SOON THEREAFTER AS THE COMMISSIONERS' SCHEDULES PERMIT) AND CONCLUDE APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR LATER. THE SESSION WILL BE ATTENDED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, WHICH INCLUDE THE CHAIRWOMAN CHRISTINE KING, COMMISSIONERS MIGUEL ANGEL GABELA, DAMIAN PARDO, AND RALPH "RAFAEL" ROSADO; CITY MANAGER ARTHUR NORIEGA V; CITY ATTORNEY GEORGE K. WYSONG III; DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY KEVIN R. JONES; ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY SUPERVISOR ERIC J. EVES; ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY MARGUERITE SNYDER; AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL RAQUEL A. RODRIGUEZ ESQ., ANGEL CORTINAS, ESQ., AND JONATHAN KASKEL, ESQ. A CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER WILL BE PRESENT TO ENSURE THAT THE SESSION IS FULLY TRANSCRIBED AND THE TRANSCRIPT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THE ABOVE -CITED, ONGOING LITIGATION. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION, THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE REOPENED AND THE PERSON PRESIDING OVER THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING WILL ANNOUNCE THE TERMINATION OF THE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION. RESULT: DISCUSSED Chair King: At this time, the City of Miami Commission meeting for October 23rd, 2025 is now in session. Mr. City Attorney. George Wysong (City Attorney): Thank you, Madam Chair. City of Miami Page 73 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 The Attorney -Client Session was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: Thank you, Madam Chair. Chair King: Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. At this time, the City of Miami Commission meeting is now in recess. [Later...] Chair King: -- October 23rd, 2024 [sic]. We are now back in session. And I'm going to ask my colleagues if they mind if we take up the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency) meeting because we've had folks here since, oh, this morning and I would hate to make them wait until we get through the rest of our commission meeting. So, do you guys mind? Commissioner Pardo: Yep. Chair King: Okay, so -- Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): And just briefly, 1 think the City Attorney will just indicate for AC.1 that the attorney -client session is concluded. Mr. Wysong: The attorney -client session under AC.1, William O. Fuller, et al. versus the City of Miami, et al. has concluded. Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. So, at this time, we will recess the City of Miami Commission meeting for October 23rd, 2025 and begin the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA meeting once the City Clerk flips the tape. END OF ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION City of Miami Page 74 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 BC.1 18156 Office of the City Clerk BC - BOARDS AND COMMITTEES RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION BOARD FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEE/CATEGORY: NOMINATED BY: John S. Perez Commissioner Ralph "Rafael" Rosado (Architect — Category 1) ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0452 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Chair King: We are on boards and committees. Mr. City -- Commissioner Gabela: Boards and committees? Oh, yeah. Chair King: Mr. City Clerk? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Thank you, Chair. BC.1, Historic and Environmental Preservation Board. Commissioner Rosado will be appointing John Perez to the Category 1 Registered Architect's Seat. Chair King: Do I have a motion? Commissioner Rosado: So moved. Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Chair King: I have a motion. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. City of Miami Page 75 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 BC.2 18327 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION CONFIRMING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF THE WYNWOOD NORTE NRD-2 PUBLIC BENEFITS TRUST FUND COMMITTEE FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. APPOINTEE: NOMINATED BY: Mikhail Gurevich Wynwood Community Enhancement Association ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0453 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): BC.2, Wynwood Norte NRD-2 (Neighborhood Revitalization District) Public Benefits Trust Fund Committee. Pursuant to City Code Section 62-648(c), Wynwood Community Enhancement Association is requesting the Commission's confirmation of Mikhail Gurevich. Chair King: Do I have a motion? Commissioner Pardo: So moved. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Mr. Hannon: That concludes the boards and committees. Thank you, Chair. Chair King: Okay. END OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES City of Miami Page 76 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 DI.1 18039 City Manager's Office DI - DISCUSSION ITEMS DISCUSSION ITEM A DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY OR OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO REFER ALL NON -CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS REGARDING VIOLATIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, OF SITTING CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS. RESULT: DISCUSSED Note for the Record: For directive referencing DL1, please see Item NA.4. Chair King: Okay. We now have a few discussion items. Commissioner Gabela: D.1 [sic], that's mine. Chair King: Sony, that was my law office. DI.1, Commissioner Gabela, you said that's yours. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, DI1 was stemmed from -- here we go again. DI.1 stemmed from a problem that Carollo and I had where when 1 did my update here, you know, to report on what I, you know, the things that we found on Bayfront, you know, he called the city manager and wanted my properties investigated in the city of Miami without no cause really because 1 went to the MRC (Miami Riverside Center) building after that and I came here and 1 produced as evidence all my properties going back 25 years that I had zero violations. Period, end of story. You remember that, George, when I turned that over as -- George Wysong (City Attorney): Yes, sir. Commissioner Gabela: And then I also turned over his documents, which he has redacted, and you can't even see what he had or didn't have, but he drew first blood, and I had to do what I had to do to defend myself And this stems off of that, that I said, fine, you think -- we know why you're doing this. I know why you're doing this. You have a track record. But if you want to do it, we go to a third party. And I think, Art, you went to the county, and could you enlighten us on where we're at and why this is still here? Arthur Noriega (City Manager): As instructed and per the conversation we had when the item, was up in the last week, we discussed it obviously as a body and scope of the commission meeting. We approached a number of outside municipalities from the county all the way to individual cities. I can run through the list if you'd like. It's probably about 12, 14 municipalities. None were willing to step in and act on behalf of the City in a code enforcement action in this way. We also had already approached two private entities. I know that last time we met, that was removed from consideration, but we had approached two private entities. One declined, the other one said they would certainly be willing to provide the service of providing an independent code enforcement process for us. But in general, the specific guidelines we were given, we weren't able to find any takers to assist us, so we are back to square one. So, at this point, I -- you know, I sort of lean into the body again for some City of Miami Page 77 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 direction or recommendation. We've talked ad nauseam about, you know, the complexities of having a code enforcement department handle code enforcement cases specifically with elected officials. It -- you know, there's -- you -- it has the propensity to have no winner in the outcome, because if for some reason we don't find anything, it's because we're covering up. If we do find something, it's because we're targeting. I mean, it sort of has a -- probably not a clean outcome when it's all said and done. Commissioner Gabela: But listen, even Carollo himself, when he came into office five years ago, presented here an ordinance that the City of Miami Police Department cannot investigate elected officials, yet he had a problem with this because I was doing exactly the same thing. I'm saying, you know what, Pardo has a problem in his house, and because I want to get at Pardo because 1 got a political vendetta against Pardo, right? What do you do? Do you go over there and make up stuff? Because that's what's going to be done to me in light of his track record. 1 mean, that's the honest truth of what's going on. And that's why we got into this, okay? You know, that's why we got into this, you know what I mean? Because it was very simple. He called his chief of staff, chief of staff called you, and now you're in the crosshairs, and you've got to go investigate my property, you know what I mean? But I -- I, sir, you know, introduced this evidence to you that I got zero violations according to my own city of Miami. I produced that because I got nothing to fear. Mr. Noriega: Yeah. Commissioner Gabela: But 1 can't put myself in the hands of the gentleman that right now we just had a shade meeting. Mr. Noriega: Yeah, we're not in a position to speak on any merit of what code complaints were or not, because we've taken no action. So, at this point, it's just I need guidance on when and if this -- obviously, specifically, to this current situation, but then how do we handle future cases? If it's the will of the body that we sent -- we treat elected officials like everybody else, that's one outcome. If it's, hey, look, in light of the sensitivity here, we find an alternative solution that doesn't involve another government entity, we go to the private sector for that, that's another solution, too, as well. So, I look for you for guidance. Commissioner Pardo: What about using the Office of the Independent Inspector General? Commissioner Rosado: Is that within --? Commissioner Gabela: That presents a problem because I'm being targeted here. I am being targeted here. My wife is being targeted here. You guys are going to have lawsuits up and down because my wife is a private citizen. She's my wife. She's half and half. She owns all our properties together. I have three properties in the city of Miami. I'm not going to be a sitting duck for Carollo or any of Carollo 's things. I think I made that clear months ago. I am not going to be a sitting duck, because then you know what I'm going to start to do? If I'm being retaliated against, I'm going to start to call you up, Art. And I'm going to say, you know what? I want you to investigate King, Rosado, everybody here, and then let's make up stuff And then that's what I'm talking about, of weaponizing government. And that's why I agreed with Commissioner Carollo, oddly, enough, that 1 wanted to know more about the inspector general, okay, so weaponizing of government does not happen, okay? I mean, this is what it is. Mr. Wysong: So, the question was, could the independent inspector general do it? Under the Chapter 2 of the City Code, whoever the manager designates as a code inspector can conduct code investigations. It's not necessarily within the parameters City of Miami Page 78 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 of the inspector general's duties and powers, so it would be extraordinary, and he would have to accept the task, of course, hut it's possible. Commissioner Pardo: Thank you. Commissioner Rosado: In terms of investigating the Commission on code -related matters, I think it should be left to the private sector. I think it's absolutely a no -win for our employees to have to do this, and I'd like to see that there's a level of detachment. I'm not sure that it would be a good idea for the inspector general to be involved in these kinds of matters either. Commissioner Gabela: No, I don't think that's a good idea. Look, 1 was put in that position by Commissioner Carollo because simply 1 reported on what was going on with a public entity in Bay/rota Trust. My house, my properties, my wife's properties, our house is not a public entity. We don't do business with the city of Miami. There's nothing to investigate there. I produced a clean hill of health for all my properties. End of story. End of story, okay? The gentleman has a track record. We have his transcripts where he says, I quote, `1 did this in retaliation for what happened basically in Bayfront Trust." One hour before I had the meeting here, he calls his chief of staff and directs his chief of staff to send Art the thing that he thinks my house, my duplex has code violations. The pictures that he submitted were 20 years old, okay, were 20 years old, okay. He lied, okay, because he was upset at me because what I have produced here that we found in Bayfront Trust, period, end of story. You know what 1 mean? End of story. That's what -- that's what happened here, you know. Why we're even paying attention to you when we know already -- we just had a shade meeting on that, on that, on somebody getting in trouble because of this same behavior, okay, that's being, you know, perpetuated against me three months ago, okay? I'm not going to let that happen, folks. I'm not going to let that happen. Put yourselves in my shoes. How would you like it, Rosado, if somebody said to you in the DDA (Downtown Development Authority), hey, this and that? Go investigate, Rosado. How the hell does that look? Is that even professional? You know what I mean? I mean, come on, man. Commissioner Pardo: If the private sector can handle it, what would that look like? And why not just go do it? I mean -- Commissioner Gabela: Why do I have to be put in this? Sir, why do I have to be put in that position? Commissioner Pardo: I'm not putting you -- Commissioner Gabela: Am I a delinquent here? Commissioner Pardo: I'm not putting you in any position. I'm just trying to solve your problem. Commissioner Gabela: Am I a delinquent here? Commissioner Pardo: No, obviously not. Commissioner Gabela: Have -- City Manager, do you have in prior years complaints on my house from neighbors, complaints? Do you have any records on my house, on all my properties? Mr. Noriega: Not that I'm aware of. Commissioner Gabela: Not that you're aware of right? City of Miami Page 79 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Mr. Noriega: I don't have any complaints. Commissioner Gabela: So then why, again I repeat, why do I have to be sitting in this here -- Chair King: Commissioner Gabela? Commissioner Gabela: -- explaining myself of a code thing? Because Commissioner Carollo decided that he wanted to do to me what he did to other people in my view and in my opinion. And that's why now the city of Miami is facing multiple lawsuits because of that stupidity. Okay, that somebody did. Chair King: Commissioner Gabela, what is your resolution? What is your offer? What -- Commissioner Gabela: Let's not do anything. Just drop it, okay? And then the next time he does the same thing, I'll do the same thing, okay? I'll do the same thing. Because there's' no way in hell that I'm going to be picked on here and I'm not going to fight for my wife and I, okay? Because you know what, if I don't have any violation, he's going to make it up, all right? They'll make it up. They'll find something. You know what 1 mean? Nobody's perfect here. You know what 1 mean? An outlet, a this or that, I don't know. I don't want to be put in that position because 1 think 1 made myself clear. I'm not a delinquent. I submitted my proof that 1 have zero violations. The most 1 got on my duplex is three violations for the tenants moving out early and putting the furniture out on the thing, and 1 paid the $150. 1 didn't call anybody to take the money. I paid the fine. I told them, please don't do it again when you move out. And in my house, zero. Zero. And then he talks about that I have boats, and I have this boat. Listen, buddy, okay, I'm a capitalist, you know, and I'm in a free country, you know what I mean? And if you're envious or whatever, go buy yourself a boat. They got a lot of boats out there. Okay, but don't be telling me that I have this boat and I can't have that boat when he doesn't even know because he's throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks because I'm his political opponent here on this dais and I tell it like it is and he doesn't like it, okay? End of story. So, you know what? There's nothing to do with this. If the county doesn't want to take it, it's dropped and that's it. Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair, you want a quick 10-minute break? Commissioner Rosado: Actually, I'd like to propose -- I'd like to propose -- Chair King: Commissioner Rosado. Commissioner Rosado: Yeah, I'd just like to propose if this issue comes up again, that we use an outside provider to make a determination. That would be my recommendation. Yeah. Chair King: I think the city attorney needs to weigh in because here is our challenge, that a complaint was made and -- Ace is shaking his head. A complaint was filed and you just can't ignore it. Commissioner Gabela: Okay, then I'm going to file a complaint right now with my chief of staff. Frank, you're going to file a complaint against the chairwoman, against this, and against -- everybody here goes. Let's go. Let's go. Frank, when you get to the office, you file, and you send it to him. You forward it to him. Chair King: That's perfectly fine. City of Miami Page 80 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Gabela: Because 1 can play that. I can play that. Chair King: That's -- Commissioner Gabela: If I'm going to be singled out, and you guys don't care what happens to me -- Chair King: I do care. Commissioner Gabela: -- let's all go in the pool. Chair King: It's not a matter of -- Commissioner Rosado: No, we do. Chair King: -- caring or not. Commissioner Gabela: No, no, you know he's picking on me. You know he's picking on me because him and I have history here. Chair King: I'm going to say -- I'm going to agree with you. He is picking on you. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, he's picking on me. Chair King: He's absolutely picking on you. But once a complaint is filed, the city of Miami has a legal obligation -- Commissioner Rosado: Right. Chair King: -- to investigate that complaint. And I'm not saying you -- and I'm agreeing with you that you got picked on, but we don't have the authority to say we're not going to do anything about it. You asked for -- Commissioner Gabela: And you will have another lawsuit on top of your head. My wife will be filing a lawsuit -- Chair King: Well, that's -- Commissioner Gabela: -- on top of the city of Miami -- Chair King: -- that's perfect. Commissioner Gabela: -- and we will win because you know what? He's got priors. He's got priors. He's done this before and that's why now the city of Miami is paying millions of dollars and he pretends to be running for mayor when he's going to cost the city of Miami in the millions of dollars, in the millions of dollars. So, if he wants to do it to me, let's go right ahead. Make sure you bring a warrant and make sure it's not a magistrate warrant, okay? Make sure it's a judge warrant to get into any of my properties, period, end of story. I'm done with this. (INAUDIBLE). It's a sham that you guys are doing this. Chair King: Again, it is -- I understand the sensitivity of it, but I'm not -- Mariela Gabela: (INAUDIBLE). Chair King: -- I'm not trying to -- City of Miami Page 81 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Ms. Gabela: (INAUDIBLE). Chair King: 1 don't know what -- Ms. Gabela: (INAUDIBLE). Chair King: Mr. City Manager -- Mr. City Attorney, I don't -- Mr. Wysong: I think you accurately described it. I mean, we've had other elected officials and/or city managers that were -- 1 know of a couple city commissioners where a citizen made a complaint. And it's just an allegation, right? When somebody goes to code enforcement and says there's a violation on your property, it's merely an allegation. The next phase is to have an inspector go out to determine whether or not the violation actually exists. This case could probably have already been resolved by simply sending an inspector out, verifying that there's no violation present, and it would be resolved. So, I think there's a misunderstanding of the whole code enforcement system at play here, but I share your concern, Madam Chair, with the notion that if some -- that a complaint can't be lodged against an elected official because, you know -- Chair King: I'm not really thinking about the elected official. If we take that action, what about a neighbor files a complaint against, you know, a code -- files an investigation and they say, well, look what they did for themselves. Mr. Wysong: Right, right. Chair King: And so, I don't -- I understand the sensitivity. I know his frustration. I -- you know, I agree what happened was just political warfare that we've -- we've -- we're caught in the middle of it. If, you know, I'm -- Mr. Wysong: Right. And, you know, there's Supreme Court case Whren versus I forget whom, but it basically stands for the proposition, the subjective intent of the complainer. It doesn't really matter. If the violation exists -- Chair King: I know. Mr. Wysong: -- it exists. So, that should be the issue. And this commission directed the administration to change the concept from code enforcement to code compliance. And so really the vehicle is, is there a violation? Here's how you fix the violation. It's not about placing fines on people. So, there should be no aspersion on a commissioner or any citizen who gets a violation. We're not all perfect. We sometimes get violations, and we fix those violations, and it's resolved, but I give the manager credit because he was put in the position of a rock and a hard place. He had a complaint come in against an elected official, and he could have just torn it up and thrown it away, but I believe he did the right thing and attempted to investigate it. And that's what you want your manager to do. That's what you want an independent -- that's why we're arguing over the independent inspector general. You want him to have the courage and confidence to be able to investigate things. And, you know, at the end of the day, this is not a critical issue for the commissioner. It's not anv aspersion against the commissioner. We don't care what the intent of the complainer was. We just need to tick the boxes and make sure that the violation doesn't exist. And if the violation does exist, it's easy to comply with so -- City of Miami Page 82 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 DI.2 DISCUSSION ITEM 17641 Commissioners and Mayor A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING THE USE OF CITY FUNDS OUTSIDE OF COMMISSIONERS DISTRICTS. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item DL2 was continued to the November 20, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Chair King: And -- Commissioner Gabela: Chair, I'd like to defer DI.2 and DI.3. Chair King.. May I have a motion to defer DI.2 and 3? Commissioner Rosado: So moved. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): And, Chair, is that to November 20? Commissioner Gabela: That's fine. Chair King: Yes. Commissioner Gabela: Last time, I promise. Chair King: Okay. City of Miami Page 83 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 DI.3 DISCUSSION ITEM 17692 A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING ELECTRIC VEHICLES. Commissioners and Mayor MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item DL3 was continued to the November 20, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number DL3, please see Item Number DL2. DI.4 DISCUSSION ITEM 17876 Commissioners and Mayor A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE TRAFFIC STUDIES AROUND PARKS AND SCHOOLS. MOTION TO: Withdraw RESULT: WITHDRAWN MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number DL4, please see "Order of the Day." DI.5 DISCUSSION ITEM 18331 Commissioners and Mayor A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING PERMITTING ENHANCEMENTS / UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW PERMITTING ENTERPRISE SOLUTION. RESULT: DISCUSSED Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number DL5, please see "Order of the Day." Chair King: DI.5. Commissioner Rosado: I co -sponsored this along with the administration. I'm happy to provide a little bit of context. It's essentially one of the things I campaigned on was permitting reform, so I do want to give our Assistant City Manager Marrero credit and all the department heads related to Planning and Zoning and Building because they have very much stepped forward. There's still a lot of work to be done, but I think we're making progress. We've set up a series of goals, and I think what he's going to City of Miami Page 84 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 present today has to do more with the software, which is one of the things that's very much criticized by folks that are out there trying to pull permits, whether they are building big buildings or just trying to do bathroom renovations. It's one of the things that needs a lot of work, but 1 think we're on a good path. Asael Marrero (Assistant City Manager): Good afternoon, Madam Chair, Commissioners. We have a quick presentation on some entitlement reforms that we put together a workshop with outside stakeholders and a lot of city employees from each of the infrastructure departments so that we can go ahead and continue always brainstorming on how to expedite our permitting process. So, we're going to give you some insight as to a lot of the progress that we have made on that front, as well as we actually expanded and did some reforms, or we'll be presenting some reforms as well from the Building Department and from Public Works. So, with that, I'm going to go ahead and turn it over to Graham, who has been nothing short of outstanding leading that effort for the City. Go ahead. Take it away, please. Graham Jones: Good afternoon, Commission. Thank you very much for the opportunity to speak with you this afternoon. My name's Graham Jones, Assistant Director of Planning. Staff are incredibly proud of the work that's been going -- ongoing for the last few months. Real improvements have been made and we're very excited to provide you with a highlight update report this afternoon. Just very briefly, there's a number of entitlements that you can apply for through the City of Miami. They're mostly administrative. They allow you to deviate from the Miami 21 Zoning Code to different degrees. But they -- most of the projects do go by right through the permit system. But in any case, we want to ensure maximum efficiencies when these entitlements are applied for. There are pros and cons to entitlements. The most important is that when you do apply for an entitlement, when you deviate from the code, there is a neighbor notification process. Neighbors are made aware of the entitlement being applied for. There is a right of appeal. We then do a full review of the deviation from the code, and we prepare a report. And like I said, the majority are administrative. There are some challenges that come with entitlements. There is some uncertainty involved in terms of what would be the purview of the review. That does create some delay in the building and construction process. There is some conflicting criteria within the code, so it can be a challenge for applicants to know what criteria we're reviewing the application against. And there is a lot of complexity that comes with applying for entitlement. Usually, you require some kind of legal support involved in that entitlement. So, the City of Miami established, with the help of leadership, a cross functional working group to review the entitlement processes. Our goal is to build on the recent achievements of the Miami 21 task force that provided us recommendations, as well as to build on the recent improvements that we've been making over the last few years. So, success to us in this program is the implementation of a series of short term and not strategic actions that increase by right opportunities and deliver clarity, efficiency, and consistency. Just very briefly, there's a core team that the Planning Department's leading on, with myself managing the program. But most important, there's a cross departmental working group that involves Zoning, Building, Public Works. It involves Fire and others to assist us along the way. We've also engaged regular applicants, attorneys, building permit runners and other developers, and specialist stakeholders in the process to get their feedback along the way. In terms of a program timeline, we got the mandate back in April 2025. We've held six workshops since then, and that included brainstorming, testing of the ideas, even drafting amendments. And we're now bringing forward amendments in a (UNINTELLIGIBLE) program up through PZAB (Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board) and City Commission. I just want to briefly touch on the work that's been going on over the last few years. It is fair to say three years ago, we had a very challenging starting point. Entitlements were taking too long; there was a lot of uncertainty. We were getting real complaints about the times involved in processing those permits. So, the department has been very much focused on establishing and City of Miami Page 85 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 meeting these timelines. We've been training and providing the right skills to the department. We've been having focused teams on certain project application types, improving checklists and templates, and most importantly, falling vacancies. We had a high volume of vacancies that had to be filled and that was impacting on the number of entitlements and the processing times. It's interesting to note that, generally speaking, the number of entitlements is with -- you know, maintain a fairly steady number over recent years. It's dropped a little bit in the last year as it follows broader market conditions. But it's also important to note that our kind of sister program that we ran a few years ago, which was titled the Waiver Reform Program, did result in a large number of projects going by right rather than through an entitlement process. In ternis of our performance indicators, we've also been focused on ensuring that the first cycle review is within our KPIs (Key Performance Indicators). And we've been hitting between 90 and 100 percent now for the last six months. We've also been continuously running a program of policy improvements more than any time in the history of Miami 21. We've been very much focused on improving, you know, positive outcomes for the city, a very modern code. And we continue to run a fairly aggressive program of code amendments that respond to feedback from applicants and ensuring that we get new affordable housing processed quickly and we respond to other market demands. We're about 40 percent of the way through Miami 21 task force recommendations. So, we've also been making good progress on responding to the feedback from industry. So, very briefly, the highlights of the program, like I mentioned, is to build on the recent improvements, modernize, clarify the code. But in particular, the thing we're most focused on is where we can make projects go by right, that's where we want them to go. So, we don't necessarily need everything to go through an entitlement where we can create clear criteria that if the project is within that criteria, meets the design requirements, then it can go by right. If it doesn't meet that criteria, then of course, there should still be the entitlement process, so this is a progress update in terms of our Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board schedule. We've already taken through personal service wireless facilities, received unanimous -- almost unanimous approval. A lot of positive feedback from industry that we're supporting and modernizing cell phone technology and making sure the city is supportive in terms of businesses that rely on these services. We made micro -dwelling units by right rather than through a warrant process because they're really only locationally specific. We're very much focused on the educational reform in terms of making sure there's an efficient process there and supporting opportunities for early childcare in our urbanizing areas. We're also looking at opportunities for residential in religious area -- in religious uses, and also looking at being a lot more flexible in terms of (UNINTELLIGIBLE) commercial, and looking very much at trying to support those uses within an urbanized context so people aren't driving out to the suburbs to do that. The next one we're very much focused on is one of the one -- the projects that began the process initially, and that was adult daycares. So, again, depending on the scale of the adult daycares you're proposing, you'll either be by right or you'll go through a warrant process. And then we have a full spectrum of other ideas that are coming down the pipeline, and some of those are outlined there. So, this is our current program phase. We've started to bring amendments forward. We're continuing to do workshops. We've had this city commission briefing and drafting a discussion item. And then we're very much looking forward to technical workshops around these topics and bringing them forward to you. So, we anticipate the program continuing over the next six months and just continuing to roll out these program of amendments and bringing efficiencies to the entitlement process. So, I appreciate your feedback and your support as we continue to do that. Commissioner Pardo: Thank you. Chair King: Thank you. City of Miami Page 86 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Mr. Marrero: So, we also have a few other things that we want to quickly, very quickly cover for Building and for Public Works. Ed Santamaria (Director, Building): Good afternoon, Madam Chair, Commissioners. Just to give you some updates on some of the customer service enhancements we've done to streamline our permitting processes and make it a more user-friendly experience. We have implemented QFlow, which is a queuing system that allows customers to schedule appointments for permitting services from their computers or mobile phones and also at the kiosks at MRC (Miami Riverside Center). We've expanded the Homeowners Assistance Program and the Small Business Permit Clinic. We now have a presence on the first floor of MRC. And we're going to be having an official ribbon cutting for that in the coming few days, maybe next week or the following week. And we will make sure to invite you all. We're very happy with what we've developed there. We've implemented homeowner's express review for residents - - for certain residential permit applications, such as the ones that are more simple, roofing, windows, doors, et cetera. We have been monitoring our building call center which receives hundreds of calls a day. And we're mining that data to better understand the needs of our customers and also develop enhancements that will add to the efficiency of the department. Working with the chief data officer, we are implementing a public facing portal for the building department. This public facing portal will allow our customers to monitor daily statistics on volumes and flows and review times. It'll also be a very useful tool for us as we operate the department. And also, we have updated educational content and resumed online and in person training on all permitting systems for both internal and external stakeholders. Our Enterprise Permitting Division is leading the successful implementation of a comprehensive software solution for permitting and licensing. As you all know, we currently have iBuild, but we are looking at a new enterprise software system that will be a single point of entry for all permit applications across all departments, which is probably one of the biggest complications that we have. It will allow for the sharing of data and reporting on one platform. It will identify and document all business processes, and we are developing a scope document to identify the priorities for this system, those priorities I just mentioned. We're looking at everything. We're looking at existing contracts, we're looking at new contracts, and we hope to leverage all of this analysis and investigation into a robust system that will carry us beyond iBuild and into the future. As part of this process, we've hired BerryDunn, which is a consulting team, and they are developing the business requirement document, the BRDs, for our new enterprise system. And that process is well underway. The completion of the BRDs will be around April of next year. And with that, we'll have a fully established, defined path forward for a new enterprise system. At the same time, we continue to make enhancements and improvements to iBuild, our current enterprise system, because we don't want to ignore it because we anticipate that we're on a two-year mission on this, at least two to three years to full deployment of the new system. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Chair King: I have one. Would I be able to get a permit clinic in my district? Like could we schedule permit clinics in my district? Mr. Santamaria: Absolutely. Chair King: I would love that. Mr. Santamaria: Sure. Chair King: I'd love to -- Mr. Santamaria: Well do that gladly. We'll get together with you or your chief of staff and we'll set it up. City of Miami Page 87 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: Okay, perfect. Mr. Santamaria: You're welcome. Commissioner Pardo: I also have a question. It's more along the lines of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and the applications of AI in these systems as we move forward. You were mentioning two to three years. Is there an opportunity for an integration of more AI -driven modules? Mr. Marrero: We are. We are actually, that's a great question. We have been approached by many dUferent AI companies that offer different solutions. All the way from how do we integrate with our permitting process and expedite that or better facilitate the intake for the permitting process to new technologies where AI can now assist with the permitting review, with the permit review -- with the permit review process. So, in other words, you upload your drawings to this AI technology and they will tell you -- they will read the plans and will tell you essentially what are the code deficiencies in some of these plans. So, we're, you know, looking at this new technology, see how we can best integrate this with our systems and always looking to how not only how we can use it internally, but also how we can make it outside facing so that our users can also take advantage of that technology as they are developing their construction drawings and their documents for and before they present it to the city. So, absolutely, that's a major technology component that we'll be integrating into this solution going forward. Commissioner Pardo: Thank you. Chair King: Commissioner Rosado, anything? Mr. Marrero: One of the things that I want to highlight for building is that besides the Small Business Permit Clinic, the Homeowner's Assistance Program has been extremely successful. And we are going to take it to the next level in trying to reach as many homeowners as possible. The mayor was kind enough to say that he was probably -- he was going to help us. We want to send flyers, physical flyers, to every single homeowner in the city, letting them know what these services are available maybe a couple of times a year as we reach out to them for things like floodplain, hurricanes, and stuff like that. And really letting them know, look, if you are the homeowner, all of these services are available to you as you get your building permit for free. And we help you from the very beginning until you get your building permits finalized. So, we're going to continue putting that word out to our community to make sure that they know what the services are and how they can reach out to us and take advantage of them. And then the last component that I have is very quickly, just one slide for our Public Works and a couple of initiatives that we have in that department to also assist and expedite with the permitting process. Juvenal Santana: Good afternoon, Madam Chair, Commissioners. Juvenal Santana, Director for the Department of Resilience and Public Works. So, a few things that we are looking at, in particular to some of them being the right-of-way improvements that are required for projects. One is to look at how that is set in the code and figure out if there's a way to have a higher certainty to the cost that may be required as part of a project that's going to have to be put into the public right-of-way infrastructure. And also, sometimes there are things that end up lingering a bit at the end of a project with regard to completion of certain right-of-way improvements. And getting these buildings occupied sooner rather than later is always a benefit. So, creating a process by which an agreement can be had that all life safety issues are being taken care of in the right-of-way, but allows a building to begin to occupy and being filled out while everything is being completed, and that's specific to Chapter 54-56. On the City of Miami Page 88 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 subdivision regulations in Chapter 55-15, we are looking at adopting a method that is already being used by the county, where if you want to close and vacate a public right-of-way and you control both sides of that, you wouldn't necessarily have to plat. You would have to go through a process which is basically you have it reviewed by all the relevant departments and you're able to close a right-of-way and not have to replat that would make the time change on projects sometimes 18 to 24 months shorter. And last but not least, looking at traffic statement and impact studies, looking at a mechanism by which the pool of consultants that the city has, that process would sunset and we would end the -- we would provide a -- the ability for someone to come in and it would be peer reviewed. So, we would have their studies reviewed by someone who is qualified, specifically a professional traffic and operations engineer and then amending exactly what's going to be required as part of that -- those improvements. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Marrero: Thankyou. And if you have any other questions, I'll be more than happy to take it. Otherwise, this is the -- Chair King: Do you need us to take any action on this? Mr. Marrero: No, this was a -- there's going to be a lot of -- a lot of items coming up before commission over the next three to six months. A lot of these changes will require a code amendment, so, you know, be on the lookout. There's going to be a lot of those, and we are obviously always looking for your support and your sponsorship for these items. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Marrero: Thank you. Commissioner Pardo: Thank you. Commissioner Rosado: If I could add just one thing. Do folks, as they pull permits, are they surveyed? Is there like an online survey? Mr. Marrero: Yes, at the end of your application process, there's always a survey, which we always looking for that information and feedback from the -- from the applicant. Additionally to that, we have a QR (Quick Response) code at every window where it can be scanned and our citizens can provide a live feedback on how, you know, those services are being provided by the City of Miami employees. Chair King: Thank you. Mr. Marrero: Thank you. Commissioner Rosado: Thankyou. City of Miami Page 89 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 DI.6 DISCUSSION ITEM 18332 A DISCUSSION REGARDING A POSSIBLE RFP FOR City Manager's RECREATION COMPLEX IN VIRGINIA KEY. Office rRESULT: DISCUSSED Note for the Record: A motion was made by Commissioner Rosado, seconded by Commissioner Pardo, and was passed unanimously, with Commissioner Carollo absent, directing the City Manager to put forth a Request for Proposals (RFP) solicitation that includes as back up information all the reports that Commissioner Pardo mentioned (Virginia Key Master Plan, input from County Commissioner Regalado's Office, input from the Village of Key Biscayne, input from other stakeholders that hold jurisdiction over the area) to determine what kind of ideas will emerge for the RFP. Chair King: The last item on our agenda is DI.6. Mr. Manager. Arthur Noriega (City Manager): So, this is a very kind of simple -- this shouldn't take very long. So, we received a proposal, unsolicited, to program the area that's located towards the back of Virginia Key, which is currently being remediated by Miami - Dade County. It has contamination, so that process has been going on for a number of years already. And we received an unsolicited proposal. Part of that proposal is a very --1'd say a very robust proposal, but really not entirely in line with the master plan. So, 1 met with each of you individually. We kind of briefly talked about it. And I think the outcome of my conversations with all of you was probably it would be best to issue an RFP (Request for Proposals) for that footprint and invite a lot of other organizations, and obviously, that one as well, if they want to submit. But now that we're getting to a point where there is sort of a light at the end of the tunnel in terms of the remediation, and we know how long the process takes to do an RFP, solicit proposals, do the evaluation, might make sense to start that process now. And at the very least, we'll be able to do a much deeper dive in terms of how to program that area and, you know, under the guidance of the elected body, you know, kind of get some feedback. But my idea to bring it as a discussion item was really just to make sure that the commission is comfortable with that direction and to reaffirm that. Chair King: Commissioner Pardo? Commissioner Pardo: Yeah, I'm happy to give some direction here just because there has been a lot of work with Commissioner Regalado's Office, the Village of Key Biscayne, and the existing area. And I think a good starting point is the Virginia Key Master Plan that was done a while back, I think 2010 it was completed or '11. But a lot of the goals and a lot of the statements are still very relevant. I know a lot of charrettes, a lot of workshops, a lot of groups, a tremendous amount of time and effort went into producing that. So, I just want to make sure that we are valuing all of that information from our residents and that we're also valuing the input from the other people that hold jurisdiction in the area as we move forward on any kind of RFP. Commissioner Rosado: I'd like to make a motion that we put forth an RFP process that includes as backup information all the reports that Commissioner Pardo has mentioned. If, you know, folks spent a lot of time providing input, then it's important for that input to be taken into consideration, but I would like to see what kinds of ideas could emerge. Mr. Noriega: Okay. City of Miami Page 90 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: 1 have a motion. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: That shall conclude the City of Miami Commission meeting for October 23rd, 2025. Thank you all. END OF DISCUSSION ITEMS City of Miami Page 91 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.1 12288 Office of Zoning PART B: PZ - PLANNING AND ZONING ITEM(S) RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION GRANTING / DENYING THE APPEAL FILED BY LOUIS J. TERMINELLO, ESQ., ON BEHALF OF 6925 BISCAYNE, LLC, REVERSING / AFFIRMING THE PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS BOARD'S DECISION AS SET FORTH IN RESOLUTION NO. PZAB-R-22-017 AFFIRMING THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF USE PURSUANT TO SECTION 2-211 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CITY CODE") AND SECTION 7.1.2.1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 6901 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, MIAMI, FLORIDA ("PROPERTY"), AND REVERSING / UPHOLDING THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL OF THE CERTIFICATE OF USE FOR A CANNABIS DISPENSARY AND / OR CLINIC FOR THE PROPERTY; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0448 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo NAYS: Carollo ABSENT: Rosado Chair King: PZ.1? Tamara Frost (Director, Zoning): Hi. Chair King: Hi, good morning. Ms. Frost: Good morning. Chair King: Good afternoon. Ms. Frost: Afternoon. This item -- oh, can you listen? Thank you. Good afternoon again. My name is Tamara Allen Frost; Tin the Zoning Administrator. PZ.1 is a denial of a medical marijuana dispensary. I believe the applicant applied in 2021. The certificate of'use was denied based on the no regulations allowed, and the state does not permit this use. The applicant went to the Planning and Zoning Appeals Board, and the motion failed 4-5. And then the zoning administrator at the time appealed to the City Commission for -- to uphold his denial of certificate of use, this was in 2022, I believe. And so, the item has been indefinitely deferred for quite some time. Kevin Cruz: Kevin Cruz, Greenspoon Marder, offices located at 600 Brickell Avenue. Here on behalf of the applicant, or the appellant in this matter, 6925 Biscayne, LLC City of Miami Page 92 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 (Limited Liability Company). As Ms. Frost correctly pointed out, this item has been indefinitely, deferred before the commission, going hack to September of 2022. And since then, there have been similarly, situated applicants who have gone before and had their appeals either reversed or upheld, and have had the entitlements issued for medical cannabis. So, this is the last of the Mohicans, and we're trying to get access safely, and regulated to city of Miami residents for medical cannabis. Chair King: So, to approve, we need to -- which way is the vote? Because you guys write this, so we -- Mr. Cruz: You'd have to grant our appeal, 1 believe, but I'll defer to the city attorney. George Wysong (City Attorney): Yeah, a motion to grant the appeal would result in the issuance of the certificate of use, a motion to deny the appeal would mean no certificate of use would be issued. Chair King: Gentlemen, do I have a motion to approve? Vice Chair Carollo: (INAUDIBLE). Chair King: PZ.1, medicinal marijuana. I know. Vice Chair Carollo: (INAUDIBLE) vote in favor. Chair King: I understand. I haven't gotten a motion for it. Commissioner Gabela: Yeah, listen, I've got the same problem, you know. Now, however, this is in your district, right? Chair King: Yes, it is. Commissioner Gabela: And you want this in your district? Chair King: I believe in medicinal marijuana. I believe that its benefits are vast. It helps patients who are suffering with cancer, anxiety, pain issues. I have said before that my mother struggled with some shoulder pain, and I got this balm for her, without her knowledge, because she feels quite like my vice chair and Commissioner Reyes, felt very staunch, butt got this balm for her and didn't tell her what it was, and it was working. And it worked. And she got a second one, and then she's bragging to her sister about this balm that I got that took the pain away out of her shoulder, and they're looking for it on Amazon, and they can't find it. My aunt lives in Canada. And so, they call me, and they ask me about it. And I had to come clean at this point, because if I'm asked directly, I can't -- you know. she didn't ask me about it when I got it for her, so now she asks me, and I tell her. And she takes a deep breath, and I say, Mommy, Mommy, you can't get mad at me because you say its working. And she doesn't say anything, but she tells my family, I've turned her into a drug dealer and this and that. But she still uses the cream. She still uses the cream. There are benefits to it. And our issues, I believe my colleagues' issues are not with dispensaries. It's with these smoke shops that are unregulated because medicinal marijuana is regulated by the state, and it helps people. It doesn't hurt people. And you have to have a prescription. You just can't walk into this place and, you know, go and buy marijuana. It's not like that. You have to have a prescription for it. And I know one of the companies, their operation is phenomenal, and it's organic and everything is tested and it's not sitting on the shelf for six months, six years, because it's unregulated. It is very regulated, and I believe in medicinal marijuana as does the state of Florida because it passed, so. City of Miami Page 93 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Gabela: I'm going to go along with you for the simple thing of the human suffering, that this alleviates it. But 1 also have my concerns, like Commissioner Carollo. I've always been against this, you know whatl mean? And if it's in your area, you know, and this is what you want to do, I'm going to, you know, for this once, I'll vote with you and help you -- Chair King: Thank you. Commissioner Gabela: -- establish that. Chair King: So, I need a -- so I have a motion. Commissioner Gabela: But 1 want to be clear, in my area, 1 will be voting, you guys bring this in my area, 1 mean -- Mr. Cruz: Understood, Commissioner. Commissioner Gabela: -- it ain't going to happen. Vice Chair Carollo: I will just make a quick comment. I could understand what Chairwoman King is saying. The problem here is that everybody gets to buy the marijuana, because they're going to have doctors that will give them a prescription immediately. So, everybody's going to be in need, and 1 don't want to have a community that's full of Cheech and Chong's everywhere. And frankly, all you've got to do is go into our streets these days. You can see how some of the people drive. You can see how some of the people are walking. They'll cross a street, won 't even look any way to see if there's a car coming, and I don't want to see everybody so happy and content that they're putting themselves, me or you, at risk. One thing is the medical aspect of it, the other part is what these dispensaries, I truly believe, are going to provide. The recreational aspect of it, not the medical aspect of it. This is why I will not vote for it. I respect, very much my colleagues that will vote for this, but these are my reasons. I grew up in, you know, another America, another world, where I still remember, as a football player, I was about 215 pounds, all muscle back then, pretty strong guy, and I would go up against two guys, 6'4", 6'5", 260, 270 pounds, and they were so happy with their non -medical marijuana that I could throw them both around, and back then, the marijuana didn't even have the potency that it has today. Today, it is tremendously stronger in the effect that it has on individuals. So, you know, maybe I'm one of the last of the Mohicans, but so be it. I will stand with my beliefs. Thank you. Chair King: So, I have a motion. Commissioner Pardo: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Commissioner Gabela: Ave. Commissioner Pardo: Aye. Vice Chair Carollo: No. Mr. Cruz: Thank you, Commissioners. Have a great day. Chair King: Thank you. City of Miami Page 94 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.2 18132 Department of Planning Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): And that will be as amended, 3-1, with Commissioner Carollo voting no to grant the appeal. Chair King: Okay, and I believe that concludes our PZ (Planning and Zoning) items. Commissioner Gabela: Can I -- Can I -- Chair King: Wait, hold on. Commissioner Gabela: I'm sorry. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 55, SECTION 55-15 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA AS AMENDED, TO VACATE AND CLOSE TWO (2) PUBLIC ALLEYS: 1.) A FIFTEEN FOOT (15') WIDE ALLEY THAT RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH; AND 2.) A SIXTEEN FOOT (16') WIDE ALLY THAT RUNS FROM THE PROPERTY LINE FOR APPROXIMATELY 150.03 FEET BOTH GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH MIAMI AVENUE BETWEEN NORTHWEST 34 TERRACE AND NORTHWEST 35 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA ("ALLEY VACATION"), AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item PZ.2 was continued to the November 20, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.2, please see "Order of the Day." City of Miami Page 95 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.3 18133 Department of Planning RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING AN EXCEPTION WITH CONDITIONS TO ALLOW AN UP TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) PARKING REDUCTION IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES FOR A STRUCTURE WITH A FLOOR AREA OF TEN THOUSAND (10,000) SQUARE FEET OR LESS LOCATED WITHIN A TRANSIT CORRIDOR AREA PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4, TABLE 4 (T4) AND ARTICLE 7, SECTION 7.1.2.6, OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION GENERALLY LOCATED AT 506 SOUTHWEST 8 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado Note for the Record: Item PZ.3 was continued to the November 20, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Chair King: PZ.3? Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah. Chair King: Oh, we have PZ.3. Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, I need a clarification. They're asking for zero parking spaces. How many units are we talking about that they're going to be building here? This is my district. David Snow (Director, Planning): So, Commissioner, so this application, they're building two units of which three parking spaces are required. They will be providing one space on site with this application. Vice Chair Carollo: Look, I can tell you that this area here needs parking. All you have to do is go any time of the day, and particularly at night, every single space in the street are full, and the only thing that we're going to accomplish by approving more construction with no parking is a bigger mess. So, I can't vote for this without at least one parking space for each unit. How big are the units? Mr. Snow: The units are roughly 1,400 square feet. Vice Chair Carollo: Each? Mr. Snow: So, they're -- yes, they're two-story units. Vice Chair Carollo: These are -- yeah, these could be three -bedroom units at that size. Not could, they are three bedrooms. Ain I correct or not? City of Miami Page 96 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Mr. Snow: So, the applicant is here. Alex Uribe: Good afternoon, Commissioner. Alex Uribe with offices at 2800 Ponce Leon Boulevard here on behalf of the applicant. The units are two -bedroom, and by the -- the project owner, George Abreu is here. He's here also to help answer any questions. But they are two -bedroom units. And the reason that this all came about, and ill can inaybe add some color, is if you look at the site, and I'm happy to pull it up for you if that'll help, this site has -- is a substandard site. It's small. It's 3,700, almost 3,800 square feet. Vice Chair Carollo: The real estate size? Mr. Uribe: The entire lot size is 3,794 square feet. Vice Chair Carollo: My God, you could barely put one unit, and you're putting three and no parking? Mr. Uribe: No, we're putting two. We're putting two, and it's zoned T4 -- T4-L, which you could put an additional unit, but we're not doing that. And the reason that we're -- Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, but -- but how can they be building in a lot that's so small? Mr. Snow: So, part of the -- part of the enabling way to do that is to have the parking flexibility. If they're having to provide all three spaces, it kills the project. The zoning does allow -- Vice Chair Carollo: But -- but how in the world can you build? I mean, I grew up in a Miami that you needed 5,000 square feet. You know, if you got an exception, it was because just a little bit less. We're not even going anywhere near 5,000 square feet of land, and let me put it on the record, I don't know who the developer is, I don't know the attorney. I'm just looking at what they're asking for and seeing the mess that we have in District 3, in particularly, some of it, I think, runs into 1, maybe 4. But in District 3, whoever sat here decades ago, they decided that they would allow these three-story structures that had 28, 30, 32 small units in each little building and no parking, and this created today such a mess in Little Havana, in all that area, that, you know, I, for one, am not going to be in favor of creating more of a mess. You know, I can understand developers making a profit, and I respect that, that's, you know, the American way. But they're trying to squeeze a tremendous amount of dollars out of a lot that you shouldn't even be building on. It was probably cut off from another lot, and now they're coming to build. You say, three units. He's telling me two. I don't know what the number really is. Mr. Snow: No, it's two units. Vice Chair Carollo: It's two units. Mr. Uribe: And ifI may, Commissioner, the size of this lot has been determined for many, many years. It wasn't the fault of anybody who's here now. It's a legal non- conforming site, you know, and the issue that we're trying to deal with and the reason why we're asking for this reduction is because there's a jog at the back of the property. It cuts in and it forces any structure that you're going to build has to come forward towards 8th Avenue. And so, when you couple that with the fact that Miami 21 only allows parking for 30 percent of the facade width, the facade -- the entire width of this property is about 39 feet. The building is 29 feet, so you have 5 feet and 5 feet setbacks on either side. That only allows one parking space; 30 percent of that is 8.7 ftet. City of Miami Page 97 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, what -- and what that tells you is that you shouldn't be building there, and if you are building, it should be one unit, not two. Mr. Uribe: But, Commissioner, even if you -- Vice Chair Carollo: And who's going to suffer? It's going to be the people in that area, and then whoever they rent it to or sell it to, whatever they're going to do there, they're not going to have parking space and more people fighting in our streets to park their cars. Mr. Uribe: Commissioner, even if you were to build one unit, one unit requires two spaces. You would still have to -- you would still not be able to fit it. Vice Chair Carollo: That's correct. But you're offering one, so at least I would be willing to go with one unit with one space. Mr. Uribe: There is a space recognized by the MPA (Miami Parking Authority) as on street, directly in front of this property that they are counting and that was also part of what was reviewed by the planner. Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, that space is probably taken out at night by all the other neighbors that live there with units that were built decades ago that don't have the space to park in their property. Mr. Uribe: The other thing 1 can -- I would say, Commissioner, is this is a block and a half off of the transit corridor. You got it within walking distance of everything that's on 8th Street as well. So, it's not far enough away. Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah, well, look, I'm one vote here. It's my district, but 1 will tell you that that argument, I don't buy it, because I've been hearing that for so many years, and we have the same problems. Here in Miami, transit absolutely doesn't work because we don't have enough of it. That's why everybody has a car. And you can tell me all you want that it's a block away from a bus, Metrorail, People Mover, and it doesn't take you to too many places. So, that's my, opinion. Chair King: Okay. Do I have a motion? Commissioner Rosado: I'd actually like to move to defer the item. I'd like to personally check out the site. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Mr. Uribe: Appreciate that. Chair King: So, I have a motion to defer and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Chair, to what meeting? Chair King: To what meeting? Commissioner Rosado: The next meeting. Vice Chair Carollo: 20th. City of Miami Page 98 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: The 20th? Okay, the item has been deferred to November 20th. Mr. Hannon: And was that unanimous? Chair King: Unanimous. Vice Chair Carollo: Yes. Mr. Uribe: Thank you. Chair King: At this time, we are going to recess our commission meeting. We will return to open for the shade meeting. So, what time is it, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30. We'll be back at 2:30, and then our city attorney will make a statement, and we'll go into the shade meeting. Thank you all for your advocacy. PZ.4 ORDINANCE Second Reading 17942 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OR MIAMI, AS Planning AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM "T5-L," URBAN CENTER ZONE — LIMITED, TO "T5-O," URBAN CENTER ZONE -OPEN, OF THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 349 SOUTHWEST 12TH STREET, 375 SOUTHWEST 15TH ROAD, 1109 AND 1131 SOUTHWEST 4TH AVENUE, AND 364 SOUTHWEST 11TH STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14406 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Rosado Chair King: Mr. City Attorney, would you please read the titles into the record for the PZ (Planning and Zoning) items? George Wysong (City Attorney): Yes, Madam Chair. PZ.1 is a resolution. PZ.3 is a resolution. PZ.4, ordinance, second reading. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.5, second reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.6, second reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. City of Miami Page 99 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Mr. Wysong: PZ.7. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.8, first reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.9. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.10, first reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.11, first reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.12, first reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.14, first reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: PZ.15, second reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: And finally, PZ.16, second reading ordinance. The Ordinance was read by title into the public record by the City Attorney. Mr. Wysong: That concludes the PZ items. Chair King: Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. Colleagues, are there any items on the PZ that you'd like to pull for discussion? Commissioner Pardo: No. Commissioner Gabela: No. Chair King: Commissioner Gabela? Commissioner Rosado? Vice Chair? Vice Chair Carollo: The -- there's one here that Pd like to pull, if I could -- it's the one that they want to construct with no parking requirement. It's in my area. David Snow (Director, Planning): PZ.3. Vice Chair Carollo: PZ.3? Mr. Snow: Yeah. Vice Chair Carollo: Okay. City of Miami Page 100 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: You'd like to pull PZ.3? Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah. Chair King: Okay. Vice Chair Carollo: That's correct, PZ.3. Chair King: All right. [Later...] Chair King: And Commissioner Carollo, you said you want to pull PZ.3? Vice Chair Carollo: Yeah. Chair King: Okay, so let's take -- may I have a motion for PZ. I, 4, 5 -- Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Chair, I believe PZ. 1 is quasi-judicial. George Wysong (City Attorney): It's an appeal. Chair King: Okay, so -- okay, hold on a second. So, may. I have a motion for PZ.4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 16? Vice Chair Carollo: Move. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Mr. Hannon: Chair? Chair? For PZ.14, Commissioner Rosado will be submitting a DDA (Downtown Development Authority) resolution into the record for PZ.14. Chair King: Okay. Commissioner Rosado: Madam Chair -- Commissioner Gabela: Didn't we miss one PZ here? PZ.11 ? So, you went through -- Chair King: I did. PZ.11, 12 -- Commissioner Gabela: 13? Chair King: Not 13. 13 has been deferred -- Commissioner Gabela: Oh, right. Chair King: -- until November 20th. Commissioner Gabela: All right, never mind. That's where I got lost. Chair King: Okay. So, the only thing remaining is PZ.3. Vice Chair? Mr. Hannon: Madam Chair? I'm sorry, Chair. I still need the motion and a second for that block vote. City of Miami Page 101 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Gabela: Second. Vice Chair Carollo: There's a motion. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: There was a motion and a second. Mr. Hannon: Yes, I have Commissioner Carollo, nay apologies, 1 didn't have Commissioner Gabela, and then a vote on that motion. George Wysong (City Attorney): And then PZ.7 is as amended. Chair King: As amended. Okay, and PZ.1 is an appeal? Commissioner Gabela: So, are we voting or what? Chair King: We have to hear the parties. Mr. Hannon: I'm sorry, Chair, if we have a vote on that motion. Chair King: Pardon? Mr. Hannon: A vote on the motion, that block vote. That Commissioner Carollo made, seconded by -- Chair King: Everybody voted already. We did. Mr. Hannon: I'm sorry, I didn't hear. Commissioner Gabela: No, but we didn't vote. Chair King: Okay, all in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. Sorry. City of Miami Page 102 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.5 ORDINANCE Second Reading 18129 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS OF ORDINANCE Planning NO. 13114, THE ZONING CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM "T5-O," URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE - OPEN, TO "T6-8-O," URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN, FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 710 SOUTHWEST 16 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14407 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.5, please see Item Number PZ.4. PZ.6 ORDINANCE Second Reading 15940 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10544, AS Planning AMENDED, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, PURSUANT TO SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT PROCEDURES SUBJECT TO SECTION 163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM "MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL" TO "RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" OF THE ACREAGE DESCRIBED HEREIN OF REAL PROPERTY AT 175 NORTHEAST 55 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF 184 NORTHEAST 56 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, ALL AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14408 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.6, please see Itein Number PZ.4. City of Miami Page 103 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.7 ORDINANCE Second Reading 15941 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS OF ORDINANCE Planning NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE") BY CHANGING THE ZONING TRANSECT OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY BIFURCATED BY TWO (2) TRANSECT ZONES LOCATED AT 184 NORTHEAST 56 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, FROM "T4-R," GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE — RESTRICTED, TO "T5-O," URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN, AND THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 175 NORTHEAST 55 STREET FROM "T4-R," GENERAL URBAN TRANSECT ZONE — RESTRICTED, TO "T5-O," URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14409 MOTION TO: Adopt with Modification(s) RESULT: ADOPTED WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.7, please see "Public Comments on all ltem(s)"and Item Number PZ.4. City of Miami Page 104 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.8 ORDINANCE First Reading 17618 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 3 AND 7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, AS AMENDED, THE Department of Planning ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, ("MIAMI 21") BY AMENDING THE EXISTING JUNGLE ISLAND SPECIAL AREA PLAN, INCLUSIVE OF THE REGULATING PLAN AND CONCEPT BOOK, TO ALLOW THE REZONING OF THE T6-12 TO T6-36 FOR APPROXIMATELY 5.3 ACRES A PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 18.61 ACRES (810,795 SQUARE FEET) AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT WITH A NAME CHANGE TO THE "ECORESILIENCY SPECIAL AREA PLAN ("SAP"), LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1111 MAC ARTHUR CAUSEWAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A"; THE SAP CONSISTS OF A PHASED PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES TWO RESIDENTIAL TOWERS WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 48 STORIES, 600 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND APPROXIMATELY 2,874,128 SQUARE FEET OF TOTAL DEVELOPMENT FLOOR AREA; THE SAP SHALL CONTAIN A 13.235 ACRE PUBLIC WATERFRONT PARK; THE SAP WILL MODIFY THE TRANSECT ZONE REGULATIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SUBJECT PARCEL AND WHERE A REGULATION IS NOT SPECIFICALLY MODIFIED BY THE SAP, THE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF MIAMI 21 WILL APPLY; MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATING CONCLUSIONS OF LAW; PROVIDING FOR BINDING EFFECT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado City of Miami Page 105 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.8 ORDINANCE First Reading 17618 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 3 AND 7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, AS AMENDED, THE Department of Planning ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, ("MIAMI 21") BY AMENDING THE EXISTING JUNGLE ISLAND SPECIAL AREA PLAN, INCLUSIVE OF THE REGULATING PLAN AND CONCEPT BOOK, TO ALLOW THE REZONING OF THE T6-12 TO T6-36 FOR APPROXIMATELY 5.3 ACRES A PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 18.61 ACRES (810,795 SQUARE FEET) AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT WITH A NAME CHANGE TO THE "ECORESILIENCY SPECIAL AREA PLAN ("SAP"), LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1111 MAC ARTHUR CAUSEWAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A"; THE SAP CONSISTS OF A PHASED PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES TWO RESIDENTIAL TOWERS WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 48 STORIES, 600 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND APPROXIMATELY 2,874,128 SQUARE FEET OF TOTAL DEVELOPMENT FLOOR AREA; THE SAP SHALL CONTAIN A 13.235 ACRE PUBLIC WATERFRONT PARK; THE SAP WILL MODIFY THE TRANSECT ZONE REGULATIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SUBJECT PARCEL AND WHERE A REGULATION IS NOT SPECIFICALLY MODIFIED BY THE SAP, THE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF MIAMI 21 WILL APPLY; MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATING CONCLUSIONS OF LAW; PROVIDING FOR BINDING EFFECT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Reconsider RESULT: RECONSIDERED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo City of Miami Page 106 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.8 ORDINANCE First Reading 17618 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 3 AND 7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 13114, AS AMENDED, THE Department of Planning ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, ("MIAMI 21") BY AMENDING THE EXISTING JUNGLE ISLAND SPECIAL AREA PLAN, INCLUSIVE OF THE REGULATING PLAN AND CONCEPT BOOK, TO ALLOW THE REZONING OF THE T6-12 TO T6-36 FOR APPROXIMATELY 5.3 ACRES A PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 18.61 ACRES (810,795 SQUARE FEET) AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT WITH A NAME CHANGE TO THE "ECORESILIENCY SPECIAL AREA PLAN ("SAP"), LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1111 MAC ARTHUR CAUSEWAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A"; THE SAP CONSISTS OF A PHASED PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES TWO RESIDENTIAL TOWERS WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 48 STORIES, 600 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND APPROXIMATELY 2,874,128 SQUARE FEET OF TOTAL DEVELOPMENT FLOOR AREA; THE SAP SHALL CONTAIN A 13.235 ACRE PUBLIC WATERFRONT PARK; THE SAP WILL MODIFY THE TRANSECT ZONE REGULATIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SUBJECT PARCEL AND WHERE A REGULATION IS NOT SPECIFICALLY MODIFIED BY THE SAP, THE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF MIAMI 21 WILL APPLY; MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATING CONCLUSIONS OF LAW; PROVIDING FOR BINDING EFFECT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading with Modification(s) RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING WITH MODIFICATION(S) MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number PZ.8, please see "Public Comments on all Item(s)" and Item Number PZ.4. Chair King: I'd like to pull PZ.8 and 9. Really would like to get a briefing from the team on this SAP (Special Area Plan). I have some hesitancy with it, so I'd like for it to be deferred. Asking my colleagues if I can get a motion on that. Commissioner Gabela: Motion. Commissioner Rosado: Second. Commissioner Pardo: Would you like the team that's here to address it? Chair King: Oh, not -- no, not -- Commissioner Gabela: I'm sorry, hang on. What are we doing again? Chair King: This -- for PZ.8 and 9, the SAP for Watson Island. No, I don't -- it's not a quick briefing. I have a lot of questions about it. Commissioner Pardo: Okay. City of Miami Page 107 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: So, I would like to defer it till the next meeting. Iris Escarra: Good afternoon, Chairwoman. Iris Escarra, 333 Southeast 2nd Avenue. That is fine. We'll work with you in the interim to make sure we address any comments or questions you may have. Chair King: Thank you. May I have a motion? Commissioner Pardo: So moved. Commissioner Rosado: Second. Chair King: All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: To the November 20th meeting. Ms. Escarra: Thank you. [Later...] Commissioner Pardo: Madam Chair? Chair King: Yes. Commissioner Pardo: I'd like to move PZ.8 and PZ.9 for reconsideration just because there is some urgency behind it, but it's a first reading item. They will come back again, hoping that in between any -- any kind of further information is obtained. Both of these items are District 2 items. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. Wait, that was for reconsideration, so now we have to vote on it. Okay. So, may I have a motion for PZ item 8 and 9? Commissioner Pardo: So moved. Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Chair? Commissioner Gabela: Second. Mr. Hannon: So, for PZ.8, it's my understanding that PZ.8 needs to be amended to include PZAB (Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board) information in the first whereas clause in addition to amendments detailed in a substitution memo dated October 20, 2025 and distributed on October 23rd, 2025 at 9:56 a.m. Chair King: So, I have a motion and a second for PZ.8 and 9, as amended. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. City of Miami Page 108 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Mr. Hannon: And just for the record, PZ.8 will be as amended. Chair King: As -- Mr. Hannon: PZ.9, as is. Chair King: As is. As amended, PZ.8; as is, PZ.9. PZ.9 ORDINANCE First Reading 17619 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), RESCINDING AND TERMINATING THE Planning PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 13974, ASSOCIATED WITH JUNGLE ISLAND SPECIAL AREA PLAN ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 13973; AND FURTHER APPROVING A NEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ASSOCIATED WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING JUNGLE ISLAND SPECIAL AREA PLAN, INCLUSIVE OF THE REGULATING PLAN AND CONCEPT BOOK, AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT WITH A NAME CHANGE TO THE "ECORESILIENCY SPECIAL AREA PLAN ("SAP"), PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE SAID DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, A DRAFT OF WHICH IS ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "B," BETWEEN ECORESILIENCY MIAMI LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND OR ASSIGNS, ("APPLICANT") AND THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ("CITY"), GOVERNING THE PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1111 MAC ARTHUR CAUSEWAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; THE SAP CONSISTS OF A PHASED PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES TWO RESIDENTIAL TOWERS WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 48 STORIES, 600 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, AND UP TO 25,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL SPACE EXCLUDING BACK -OF - HOUSE AREA AND OTHER CUSTOMARY NON -HABITABLE AREAS, FOR A COMBINED CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY 2,812,000 SQUARE FEET ; THE SAP SHALL CONTAIN A 13.235 ACRE PUBLIC WATERFRONT PARK; THE SAP WILL MODIFY THE TRANSECT ZONE REGULATIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SUBJECT PARCEL AND WHERE A REGULATION IS NOT SPECIFICALLY MODIFIED BY THE SAP, THE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE MIAMI 21 CODE WILL APPLY; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE CITY OF MIAMI PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT 444 SW 2ND AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33130. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner SECONDER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado City of Miami Page 109 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.9 ORDINANCE First Reading 17619 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), RESCINDING AND TERMINATING THE Planning PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 13974, ASSOCIATED WITH JUNGLE ISLAND SPECIAL AREA PLAN ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 13973; AND FURTHER APPROVING A NEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ASSOCIATED WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING JUNGLE ISLAND SPECIAL AREA PLAN, INCLUSIVE OF THE REGULATING PLAN AND CONCEPT BOOK, AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT WITH A NAME CHANGE TO THE "ECORESILIENCY SPECIAL AREA PLAN ("SAP"), PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE SAID DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, A DRAFT OF WHICH IS ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "B," BETWEEN ECORESILIENCY MIAMI LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND OR ASSIGNS, ("APPLICANT") AND THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ("CITY"), GOVERNING THE PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1111 MAC ARTHUR CAUSEWAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; THE SAP CONSISTS OF A PHASED PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES TWO RESIDENTIAL TOWERS WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 48 STORIES, 600 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, AND UP TO 25,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL SPACE EXCLUDING BACK -OF - HOUSE AREA AND OTHER CUSTOMARY NON -HABITABLE AREAS, FOR A COMBINED CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY 2,812,000 SQUARE FEET ; THE SAP SHALL CONTAIN A 13.235 ACRE PUBLIC WATERFRONT PARK; THE SAP WILL MODIFY THE TRANSECT ZONE REGULATIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SUBJECT PARCEL AND WHERE A REGULATION IS NOT SPECIFICALLY MODIFIED BY THE SAP, THE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE MIAMI 21 CODE WILL APPLY; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE CITY OF MIAMI PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT 444 SW 2ND AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33130. MOTION TO: Reconsider RESULT: RECONSIDERED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo City of Miami Page 110 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.9 ORDINANCE First Reading 17619 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), RESCINDING AND TERMINATING THE Planning PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 13974, ASSOCIATED WITH JUNGLE ISLAND SPECIAL AREA PLAN ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 13973; AND FURTHER APPROVING A NEW DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ASSOCIATED WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING JUNGLE ISLAND SPECIAL AREA PLAN, INCLUSIVE OF THE REGULATING PLAN AND CONCEPT BOOK, AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT WITH A NAME CHANGE TO THE "ECORESILIENCY SPECIAL AREA PLAN ("SAP"), PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE SAID DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, A DRAFT OF WHICH IS ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "B," BETWEEN ECORESILIENCY MIAMI LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND OR ASSIGNS, ("APPLICANT") AND THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ("CITY"), GOVERNING THE PROPERTIES GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1111 MAC ARTHUR CAUSEWAY, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; THE SAP CONSISTS OF A PHASED PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES TWO RESIDENTIAL TOWERS WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 48 STORIES, 600 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, AND UP TO 25,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL SPACE EXCLUDING BACK -OF - HOUSE AREA AND OTHER CUSTOMARY NON -HABITABLE AREAS, FOR A COMBINED CAPACITY OF APPROXIMATELY 2,812,000 SQUARE FEET ; THE SAP SHALL CONTAIN A 13.235 ACRE PUBLIC WATERFRONT PARK; THE SAP WILL MODIFY THE TRANSECT ZONE REGULATIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE SUBJECT PARCEL AND WHERE A REGULATION IS NOT SPECIFICALLY MODIFIED BY THE SAP, THE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE MIAMI 21 CODE WILL APPLY; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE CITY OF MIAMI PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT 444 SW 2ND AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33130. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.9, please see Item Number PZ.4 and Item Number PZ.8. City of Miami Page 111 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.10 ORDINANCE First Reading 18135 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10544, AS Planning AMENDED, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, PURSUANT TO SMALL SCALE AMENDMENT PROCEDURES SUBJECT TO §163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM "MEDIUM DENSITY RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" TO "RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" OF THE ACREAGE DESCRIBED HEREIN OF A PORTION OF REAL PROPERTY AT 5800 NORTHWEST 7 AVENUE, 744 NORTHWEST 59 STREET, 742 NORTHWEST 59 STREET, AND 736 NORTHWEST 59 STREET MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.10, please see Item Number PZ.4. PZ.11 ORDINANCE First Reading 18130 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS OF ORDINANCE Planning NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM "T5-L," URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE — LIMITED, TO "T6-8-O," URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN, OF THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1501 NORTHWEST 37 STREET, 1521 NORTHWEST 37 STREET, AND 1535 NORTHWEST 37 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.11, please see Item Number PZ.4. City of Miami Page 112 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.12 ORDINANCE First Reading 18107 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING Department of ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, BY Planning AMENDING ARTICLE 6, TABLE 13, TITLED "SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS," TO PERMIT STORAGE OF FISHING EQUIPMENT AND/OR FISHING SUPPLIES, BY RIGHT, ON WORKING WATERFRONT PROPERTIES INCLUDED IN APPENDIX PA-1 OF THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. PZ.13 17650 Commissioners and Mayor - PZ MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.12, please see Item Number PZ.4. ORDINANCE First Reading AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY AMENDING ARTICLE 4, TITLED "STANDARDS AND TABLES," SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING TABLE 3, TITLED "BUILDING FUNCTION: USES," TO ESTABLISH DEFINITIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL USES IN RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, AND NOT -FOR -PROFIT INSTITUTIONS, AND TABLE 4, TITLED "DENSITY, INTENSITY AND PARKING," TO ESTABLISH RULES FOR APPLYING DENSITY ALLOWANCES; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Continue RESULT: CONTINUED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: Item PZ.13 was continued to the November 20, 2025, City Commission Meeting. Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.13, please see "Order of the Day." City of Miami Page 113 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.14 17649 Commissioners and Mayor - PZ ORDINANCE First Reading AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY AMENDING ARTICLE 3, SECTION 3.14.4, TITLED "PUBLIC BENEFITS," TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY IN EXCHANGE OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES; AMENDING ARTICLE 4, TABLE 3, TITLED "BUILDING FUNCTION: USES," AND ARTICLE 6, TITLED "SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS," TO UPDATE CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL USES SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC TRANSECT ZONES BY PROCESS OF EXCEPTION, WARRANT OR BY -RIGHT, AND CLARIFYING PHYSICAL STANDARDS AND REVIEW STANDARDS FOR EDUCATIONAL USES IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 33, ARTICLE XA AND ARTICLE XI OF THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CODE; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION TO: Pass on First Reading RESULT: PASSED ON FIRST READING MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.14, please see "Order of the Day" and Item Number PZ.4. City of Miami Page 114 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 PZ.15 ORDINANCE Second Reading 18181 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 10544, AS Planning AMENDED, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, PURSUANT TO SMALL- SCALE AMENDMENT PROCEDURES SUBJECT TO §163.3187, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM "MEDIUM DENSITY RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" TO "RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL" OF THE ACREAGE DESCRIBED HEREIN OF REAL PROPERTY AT 840 SOUTHWEST 6 AVENUE AND 601 SOUTHWEST 9 STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED EXHIBIT "A"; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14410 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.15, please see Item Number PZ.4. PZ.16 ORDINANCE Second Reading 18182 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH Department of ATTACHMENT(S), AMENDING THE ZONING ATLAS OF ORDINANCE Planning NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM "T5-L," URBAN CENTER TRANSECT ZONE — LIMITED, TO "T6-8-O," URBAN CORE TRANSECT ZONE — OPEN, OF THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 601 SOUTHWEST 9 STREET AND 840 SOUTHWEST 6 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A," ATTACHED AND INCORPORATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ENACTMENT NUMBER: 14411 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Joe Carollo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Carollo, Gabela, Pardo ABSENT: Rosado Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number PZ.16, please see Item Number PZ.4. City of Miami Page 115 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 END OF PLANNING AND ZONING ITEM(S) City, of Miami Page 116 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 FL - FUTURE LEGISLATION FL.1 ORDINANCE 18179 Commissioners and Mayor - PZ AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY AMENDING ARTICLE 4, TABLE 4, TITLED "DENSITY, INTENSITY AND PARKING," TO CLARIFY PARKING STANDARDS RELATING TO MICRO DWELLING UNITS AND LODGING LINER UNITS AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE 6, SECTION 6.1, TABLE 13, TO ALLOW MICRO DWELLING UNITS BY RIGHT WHEN LOCATED WITHIN CERTAIN SPECIFIED TRANSECT ZONES AND ALSO LOCATED WITHIN A TRANSIT -ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ("TOD") AREA, TRANSIT STATION NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT ("TSND"), NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION DISTRICT ("NRD"), IN PROXIMITY TO A UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE, AND/OR A PODIUM LINER AND TO UPDATE AND STREAMLINE REGULATORY PROCESSES AND ASSOCIATED STANDARDS; PROVIDING FOR CRITERIA; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN FL.2 ORDINANCE 18258 Commissioners and Mayor - PZ AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY AMENDING ARTICLE 1, TITLED "DEFINITIONS," TO CLARIFY DEFINITIONS RELATING TO PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES ("PWSF") AND ARTICLE 6, TITLED "SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS," TO STREAMLINE PWSF ENTITLEMENT PROCESSES AND UPDATE ASSOCIATED DESIGN CRITERIA; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. rRESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN City of Miami Page 117 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 FL.3 18259 Department of Planning FL.4 18178 Department of Planning FL.5 18180 Department of Planning ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY AMENDING ARTICLE 3, SECTION 3.9, TITLED "SPECIAL AREA PLANS," CLARIFYING PUBLIC BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIAL AREA PLANS ("SAP"); AND AMENDING SECTION 3.14, TITLED "PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAM," CLARIFYING HOW SAP PUBLIC BENEFITS ARE CALCULATED; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), SPECIFICALLY BY AMENDING ARTICLE 3, SECTION 3.15 TITLED "AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE MIXED -INCOME HOUSING SPECIAL BENEFIT PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS", SECTION 3.16.A TITLED "WORKFORCE HOUSING SPECIAL BENEFIT PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS", AND SECTION 3.16.E TITLED "WORKFORCE LIVING DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAM SPECIAL BENEFIT SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS", TO ALLOW FOR LIMITED COMMERCIAL USES IN CERTAIN SPECIFIED `RESTRICTED' TRANSECT ZONES; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 13114, THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), BY AMENDING ARTICLE 7, TITLED "PROCEDURES AND NONCONFORMITIES," TO ESTABLISH A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION(S) PROCEDURE; MAKING FINDINGS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN City of Miami Page 118 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 FL.6 ORDINANCE 18294 Department of Resilience and Public Works AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 55/ SECTION 55-14 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "ENCROACHMENTS ONTO, INTO, BELOW, AND/OR ABOVE RIGHTS -OF -WAY, PUBLIC EASEMENTS, PRIVATE EASEMENTS, OR EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENTS; EXCEPTIONS," TO INCLUDE FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF ENCROACHMENTS ABOVE OR BELOW PRIVATE PLATTED ALLEYS; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. RESULT: NO ACTION TAKEN END OF FUTURE LEGISLATION City of Miami Page 119 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 NA.1 18417 Office of the City Clerk NA - NON -AGENDA ITEM(S) RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING COMMISSIONER DAMIAN PARDO AS A MEMBER OF THE MIAMI- DADE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR A TERM AS DESIGNATED HEREIN. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0447 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For additional minutes referencing Item Number NA.1, please see "Order of the Day." Chair King: Gentlemen, may I have a motion to move Pocket Items 1, 2, and 3? Commissioner Pardo: So moved. Commissioner Gabela: Second. Chair King: I have a motion and a second for Pocket Items 1, 2, and 3. All in favor? The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair King: Motion carries unanimously. City of Miami Page 120 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 NA.2 18419 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE DISTRICT 4 COMMISSIONER'S SHARE OF THE FUNDS APPORTIONED BETWEEN THE FIVE (5) COMMISSION DISTRICTS PURSUANT TO THE ANTI -POVERTY INITIATIVE FORMULA FOR THE COMMISSIONER OF EACH DISTRICT IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($500,000.00) FOR THE DISTRICT SPONSORED "DISTRICT 4 SENIOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM" ("PROGRAM"); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS, INCLUDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AND CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSE; THE USE, ALLOCATION, AND APPROPRIATION OF THE FUNDS REFERENCED HEREIN ARE SUBJECT TO ALL FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS THAT REGULATE THE USE OF SUCH FUNDS AND THE RECEIPT OF ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ADJUST, AMEND, AND APPROPRIATE THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET, FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, STRATEGIC PLAN, MULTI -YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AS NECESSARY AND APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION; AUTHORIZING, RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY ACTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DESIGNATED CITY DEPARTMENTS TO UPDATE THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS, PROJECT CLOSE-OUTS, ACCOUNTING ENTRIES, AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN CONNECTION HEREWITH. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0449 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number NA.2, please see "Order of the Day" and Item Number NA.1. City of Miami Page 121 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 NA.3 18420 Office of the City Clerk RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND ABEL P. LOREDO, TRUSTEE OF THE ABEL P. LOREDO REVOCABLE TRUST ("SELLER"), FOR THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS FOLIO NUMBER 01-4116-009-4870, LOCATED AT 2375 SOUTHWEST 32 AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA ("PROPERTY"), FOR A PURCHASE PRICE OF FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($575,000.00); FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS TO SAID AGREEMENT, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE SAID ACQUISITION; FUNDING FOR THE ACQUISITION SHALL NOT EXCEED SIX HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($630,000.00) WITH FUNDS BEING ALLOCATED, APPROPRIATED, AND AWARDED FROM DISTRICT 4 PARK ENHANCEMENTS AND EXPANSION CAPITAL PROJECT, 40-B243516, USING PARK IMPACT FEES,TO COVER THE COST OF SAID ACQUISITION, INCLUSIVE OF THE COST OF SURVEYS, ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS, TITLE INSURANCE, SECURING THE PROPERTY, DEMOLITION, PROJECT SIGNAGE AND ALL RELATED CLOSING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ACQUISITION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AGREEMENT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT ONE OR MORE APPLICATIONS FOR A FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT AND REZONING AS NECESSARY TO DESIGNATE TO "PARKS AND RECREATION" ON THE CITY'S ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP ("FLUM") OF THE MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN ("MCNP") AND "CS" TRANSECT ZONE ON THE CITY'S ADOPTED ZONING ATLAS ("ZONING ATLAS") OF THE MIAMI 21 ZONING CODE (ORDINANCE NO. 13114 OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED) ("MIAMI 21 CODE"), UPON THE ACQUISITION BY THE CITY. ENACTMENT NUMBER: R-25-0450 MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner SECONDER: Miguel Angel Gabela, Commissioner AYES: King, Gabela, Pardo, Rosado ABSENT: Carollo Note for the Record: For minutes referencing Item Number NA.3, please see "Order of the Day" and Item Number NA.1. City of Miami Page 122 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 NA.4 18454 City Commission RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENGAGE A QUALIFIED PRIVATE VENDOR TO CONDUCT, WHEN NECESSARY, AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGED CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS ON PROPERTIES OWNED BY ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI; PROVIDING FOR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. MOTION TO: Adopt RESULT: ADOPTED MOVER: Ralph "Rafael" Rosado, Commissioner SECONDER: Damian Pardo, Commissioner AYES: King, Pardo, Rosado NAYS: Gabela ABSENT: Carollo Commissioner Rosado: Can we set a policy that if any of us is being investigated, that it should be done by an outside provider to have some distance. Saves the administration headache, saves us headaches. George Wysong (City Attorney): The one thing I wanted to mention was like with the - - with crimes it's easier to go to an outside agency because a Florida law enforcement officer, be it an FDLE (Florida Department of Law Enforcement), Miami -Dade County, now a deputy sheriff can investigate and enforce the law, the Florida statutes. These code enforcement violations are unique to us, and so that's, I think, why many of the other outside agencies were reticent to take it up, because they don't know our code, they don't know that. But there are private entities that specialize in this stuff. Commissioner Rosado: That's what I mean. Mr. Wysong: That would be the equivalent of an FDLE -- Commissioner Rosado: Right. Mr. Wysong: -- is engaging with one of these private entities that have a license to be a Florida code inspector, and they can handle it. Commissioner Rosado: So, we're in agreement we use a private entity? Commissioner Pardo: I am. Chair King: I am. I mean -- Commissioner Rosado: I'd like to move that that's -- Commissioner Pardo: There's no other -- Commissioner Rosado: -- the action moving forward. Chair King: Nobody else wants it. Commissioner Pardo: Right. City of Miami Page 123 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Commissioner Rosado: Yeah. Chair King: They're like, yeah, no, thank you. Forget it. Commissioner Rosado: Yeah. I'd like to make a motion that that would be our -- the future course of action for the administration to take should an investigation -- a code enforcement investigation be opened on anyone on the commission. Commissioner Pardo: I'll second it. Chair King: 1 have a motion and a second. All in --? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): My apologies, Chair. So, this is direction to the manager and the city attorney or just the manager to do what exactly? Commissioner Pardo: The manager. Chair King: The manager to identify an outside -- Mr. Noriega: Yeah, I think it's -- Commissioner Pardo: Outside providers. Arthur Noriega (City Manager): -- it's clear that we need to -- that the request is for us to onboard a private entity to be able to provide that service in particular when it deals with code enforcement inspections of elected officials. Commissioner Rosado: I'd also like to see Frank not try to investigate any of us. Chair King: I don't care. Commissioner Pardo: I don't either. Mr. Hannon: Chair King, you have Commissioner Gabela back on the dais. And, Commissioner Gabela, are you aware of a motion that's on the floor? Commissioner Gabela: No. What I'm aware of is (INAUDIBLE). What I'm aware of is that I (INAUDIBLE). You know, I got something to hide on my property just because Carollo decided to use his chief of staff and tell Art, you know, that, you know what I mean, because of political retaliation. I don't know what else to say here. You know what I mean? And now somehow I got an answer for something that I'm not even -- you know, whatever; the same thing with my boats in my house. He started talking here what he doesn't know, okay? And now somehow I got to pay attention to this, you know what I mean? And I got nothing to hide. And I gave my -- and I turned my -- all of my -- all of my -- the MRC (Miami Riverside Center) building records on my property that they keep on your house, on my house, and everybody's house, I turned it over as evidence three months ago, four months ago. So, I still say, okay, this guy made an accusation when -- and you were talking about an anonymous accusation, but this is not an anonymous accusation. This is an accusation from Joe Carollo who finds himself now in the middle of a legal dispute, which has a $63 million judgment on top of his head that a jury awarded the plaintiffs. Okay, and now he's trying to do it to me and mess up my properties, my property's monetary value by somebody going over there and inventing stuff. Because if you guys were me, you guys would not put yourselves into that position in no way, no how because this is not an anonymous complaint. This is a complaint from Joe Carollo himself who has a track record of doing this, and who I repeat, has cost the city of Miami in the millions of City of Miami Page 124 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 dollars. Today, we had a shade meeting just about that, you know, so what do you guys expect me to say up here? What do you expect me to do, to open my doors and to say, oh, yeah, come on in and inspect me and find something, and then you're going to put it on there? Isn't it not enough that it's not an anonymous complaint? Isn't it not enough, Madam Chair, that you have said yourself, yeah, Tin being picked on? Isn't it not enough that this gentleman, his MO, modus operandi, okay, has a track record? He's done this before, and now the city of Miami is paying in the millions of dollars because of his actions. And you guys, I can't believe this is happening. I mean, I don't know what to tell you people, but this is happening to me. Another elected official, you know, charging another elected official, you know, and you know what's going on? And then 1 hear you, George, saying, well, somebody can go over there. But why does somebody have to go over there? What have 1 done? I just gave you all my papers, and 1 don't have any open violations, you know what I mean? You know, anonymous. This is not anonymous. This came from Joe, so let's take the anonymous out of the equation because this is not anonymous. This is from Joe Carollo and his chief of staff' which makes it highly doubtful, you know, that 1 have violations. And that's what you guys should consider. This was a political maneuver by Joe Carollo himself, just like the park was. The minute I got into the park, let's make the park private. But not for the eight years that he was there. Nobody here dared here, okay, to tell him, hey, Commissioner, did you ever think that that part could function better? You know, no, no, because everybody's scared up here is what happens here. I'm the only guy that actually has told him what the hell is what here. Okay, and people don't like it, he doesn't like it, and now you're being -- and now I'm being asked to put myself into that position again. No, man, I'm not putting myself into that position. Okay, I'm not -- I got nothing to hide here. 1 got zero violations, folks, zero violations. And I'll make it to the Miami Herald. Miami Herald, since you guys are interested, I would urge you to come help me and make this public, that I got zero violations, so they don't talk about any foolishness up here anymore, that my property's got to go be investigated. I don't have to be in those shoes. I've done nothing wrong. Chair King: Commissioner, I have a motion and a second. I need to open the floor for public comment. If there's anyone that would like to speak on behalf of this item, please step forward. Mariela Gabela: Mariela Gabela. That is my property he's talking about. If he tries to come -- not only investigate their property, also investigate his property. I want -- I want to -- I want to file a thing that I know that there's something in his property. So, I want it to be investigated. Right now, you guys go investigate his property. I want code enforcement, but not Mary Lugo, not the people that work for him. Not the people that you guys hire over the years, that you have them working here and he manipulates them. And all of you are afraid of him. Because you go to the office and you say to me, you the employees, you tell me how afraid you are of this guy, okay? And he's done this to many people in the city of Miami over the years, and they're afraid of him. This is it, okay? If you guys do this, I will file a lawsuit like Bill Fuller, and then I will -- and he will have to pay me. I don't know how, but I will file a lawsuit against him, and this will be the end of his time. I -- please, city of Miami, do not vote for that guy. You're voting for a delinquent. He's been, since 1979, working the (UNINTELLIGIBLE) commission and mayor this and that. No, he's been -- everybody's afraid of him. Developers, people that work in the city, all of you are afraid of him. Chair King: Anyone -- Commissioner Gabela: There's one more thing here. City of Miami Page 125 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 Chair King: Wait, let me finish public comment. Anyone else? Seeing no one for public comment, public comment period is now closed. You wanted to make some -- another statement? Commissioner Gabela: I'm trying to -- I'm trying to -- you know, I don't see a way around this where there's not going to be a problem, okay? I don't see a way around this with what you're proposing there's not going to be a problem. Because this is like the day that my house was taken out of the district. My, canal and back of my house, right on my canal, they didn't bother to go, you know, four blocks away or whatever. They took my house out of the district, okay, in June of 2023, so 1 could not run against Mr. Portilla, okay? 1 had to move to my other house, 10 blocks away, where he says that 1 have code violations, okay? I came in front of this body, and I spoke, and I let all you guys know, hey, this is what's going on. Please put my house back in, you know? While his house in the Grove was put in to accommodate him when the -- his house in the Grove was never part of D3 (District 3), folks, never part of D3. And everybody here went along with it. Nobody said anything. My house was taken out; his house was put in. I had to fight my way to get here, okay? I had to live 10 blocks away in my other house, okay, so I can finish the campaign. I've been through hardship. While I was here, the city attorney interfered in the election. I contend, okay. And lawsuits after lawsuits came in, and one day she says to me, I work for you now, and I go, I don't understand because you got a third lawsuit against nie. You lost two already, you got one more against nie, and you say you work for me. I don't understand this, okay? You know, I don't know what else to say, but it seems when some certain people speak of corruption, I guess there's something going on here in the water, you know, or what that this is being talked about again. You know what I mean? And there's going to be -- if you think, okay, if you think you're going to go over my house, Joe Carollo, okay, and you're going to do what you did to Bill Fuller and company, it ain't going to happen, my friend. It ain't going to happen, okay, because I'm as much as a commissioner as you are. Okay, and everybody knows what you do. Everybody knows your motive [sic] operandi. Everybody knows your history. Okay, and everybody knows that that's why the City of Miami now, the taxpayers should know, that that's why the City of Miami now is into the millions of dollars that we've already settled and yet to settle. And this man has the audacity, okay, the audacity to come to Art Noriega, which has been -- which he himself has been in trouble for this and not of his own making, and tell him, so go investigate my house. I mean, I don't know my friend. I mean, are you willing to go through this again? And now you're not dealing only with a politician, which is me. My wife, you know, is also the property owner. Now you're doing other stuff, okay, which she is not -- you know, she's not the elected. I'm the elected, okay? So, for this business that you guys should take this serious and say you're going to have a private citi -- a private company, go over there or whatever, man, you're wasting tax dollars on something that you guys know doesn't even merit anything because this is not anonymous. This is on record. And that will be introduced into court how this came to be, how his chief of staff sent a letter to Art. Art didn't even show me that letter for 24 hours because Art was caught in the crossfires, which I understand. He was put in a difficult, you know, position. You know what I mean? But to live this over again of what we just got through, boy, you've got to have some -- let me tell you, you got to have, I'm not even going to say the word, to make this happen again and think that you're going to get away with it. Anybody here thinks that they're going to get away with this, I got news for you. I'm a fighter, okay? And I'm innocent. And I already proved, you know, that I got zero violations. And for you guys to be talking about this again, you know, that, oh, somebody said, if you got nothing to fear, let them in. No, no, no, no, no, no. As far as I know, I'm in the United States of America. There's due process. There's due process. You got to charge me with something, okay? What is it? That Joe Carollo told you that I got something because Joe Carollo hates me, right? Is that -- you think that's reasonable? George, if somebody would say to you, if I would do the same thing to him, would that be reasonable to you? Or would you say, gee, huh, let's see what's City of Miami Page 126 Printed on 02/09/2026 City Commission Meeting Minutes October 23, 2025 ADJOURNMENT going on here. But you guys act like, you know, oh, I got to do the code thing, and 1 got to do that when you know what he's doing, when you know what he's doing, and you know you're setting yourselves up for another lawsuit. And again, here we go again. But if that's the way you guys want to play it, okay, and you want to -- you're going to force me into getting -- and I said it on June 14th, 2023. You're taking my house out of the district. This is illegal what you're doing. I said it here, and nobody did anything about it. They proceeded. If you guys want to do it today, and you guys want to proceed, there'll be legal problems, okay? I will be forced to sue the city of Miami. My wife will also have to defend herself okay? And that'll be that. That's all I have to say. I got nothing else to say. Chair King: 1 have a motion and a second. All in favor? Commissioner Pardo: Aye. Chair King: Aye. Commissioner Gabela: No. Chair King: Motion carries 3-1. The meeting adjourned at 5:29 p.m. City of Miami Page 127 Printed on 02/09/2026