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REPORT BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONED
ON FUNCTIONS OP VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
EONtNG PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN MIAMI.
PROPOSED FLOATING RESTAURANT AT DINNER KEY.
MICROFILMING OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS,
UNITED WAY LUNCHEON
REPORT: PRECEPTS AND GOALS OF CITY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT
SYSTEM.
PROPOSED LEASES WITH MONTY TRAINER AND DISCUSSION OF
ACQUISITION OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
PROGRESS REPORT: MIAMI PENSION SYSTEM FUND.
RESIGNATION OF ROBERT PAULK, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.
REQUEST FOR USE OF ORANGE BOWL STADIUM AND WAIVER OF
RENTAL FEE FOR "SUPER BOWL OF ROCK AND ROLL" BY 96X.
REPEALING CHAPTER 28 AND CERTAIN CLASSIFICATIONS IN
CHAPTER 30 OF THE CODE MAKING FORTUNE TELLING UNLAWFUL.
AMEND ORDINANCE 7999 TO PERMIT BICYCLING IN CERTAIN
AREAS OF CITY PARKS.
AMEND ORDINANCE 7122 REPEALING SECTION 21-04 AND CREAT-
ING NEW SECTION 2-104 (CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF CERTAIN
PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND BOARD MEMBERS).
ESTIMATE OF COST OF MONTHLY REPORTS FOR EMPLOYEES
ENGAGED IN OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT.
PLAQUES, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL ITEMS.
AMEND RULE VII, PART 2, SECTION 4, CIVIL SERVICE RULES
(WAIVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO PROMOTION ONE TIME).
AMEND APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE 8589 TO INCLUDE UNANTICI-
PATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES (INTERNATIONAL FOLK
FESTIVAL AND BALL IN 1977).
AMEND ORDINANCE 8614 AND AMEND CHAPTER 50 OF THE CODE
PROVIDING FOR DOCKAGE FEES AND RULES AND REGULATIONS
AS TO USE OF UTILITIES.
DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES;
A, PAYAA= SERVICES TO MAXIMUM OF FOUR YEARS
D. PROVIDE FOR REDEPOSIT OF CONTRIEUTIONS UPON RE,70IN.,
ING CITY WORK FORCE,
AMEND SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE 8466, REAPPR0PRIATING
FEDERAL REVENUE SANG FUNDS.
ALLOCATE $6,900 TO ACTION COMMUNITY CENTER FOR PURCHASE
OF WHEEL CHAIR EQUIPPED VEHICLE,
ACCEPT CO 'LEREP CONSTRUCTION FOR SHENANDOAH PARK
COMMUNITY =LUND,
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ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: BELCHER PROPERTY PARK DEVELOPME
ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK ?OR ALLAPATTAR COMSTOCK PARK HARD
SURFACE COURTS 1976.
AUTHORIZE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH NOTICE VOA OBJECTIONS
70 ACCEPTANCE OP COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OP SIMPSON
SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5391 C & S.
ACCEPT WARRANTY DEED SUNSET-TOLEDO LAND COMPANY OF
MIAMI, INC. FOR CUL-DE-SAC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON N,W. 47
AVENUE NORTH OP N.W. 7 STREET.
ACCEPT HIGHWAY RIGHT -OP -WAY DEED VOR HIGHWAY WIDENING,
A 5 FOOT STRIP PORTION OP LOT 1, BLOCK 6, EDWARD PENT
HOMESTEAD (A-45).
ACCEPT HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY DEED FOR HIGHWAY WIDENING,
A 5 FOOT STRIP, THE NORTH 25 FEET OF OUTLOT 5, BLOCK 2
OF POINT VIEW AMENDED.
ACCEPT HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY DEED FOR 10 FEET or LOTS 8
THROUGH 11, INCLUSIVE OF "WOODLAWN TRACT" (1-148).
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK 70 EXECUTE LEASE
AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY FOR
TEMPORARY ROADWAY (LOQUAT AVE. 70 LINCOLN DRIVE, EASE
SIDE OF MAIN OFFICE BUILDING AT 3575 S. LEJEUNE ROAD).
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE QUIT
CLAIM DEED WITH MIAMI-DADE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY FOR
TRANSFER OF 2.018 ACRES OF LAND EAST OF N.W. 12 AVENUE
AND SOUTH OF N.W. 20TH STREET.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENTS
WITH INDIVIDUALS SPECIFIED /N ORDINANCE 8610-DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXTEND FOR
ONE YEAR CURRENT LEASE WITH MIAMI YACHT CLUB.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXTEND FOR
ONE YEAR CURRENT LEASE WITH MIAMI OUTBOARD CLUB,
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING
SERVICES FOR FUTURE MARINA DEVELOPMENT.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO ENTER INTO
AGREEMENT; ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES FOR PARKS ALONG
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BOULEVARD.
REAPPOINTING MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES TO TIE ENVIRONMENTA
PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE AND RECEIVE PROPOSALS TO DEVELOP INCREASED USE or CERTAIN FACILITIES.
APPROVE OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF APRIL 14, 1977 RESPECTING
$28,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION IMPROWNENT WNW;
$134004000 SANITKRY MGR AONPS; 454000,000 FIRE FIGHT
IMO, VREVENTIQN 4 RESCUE FACILITIES BONDS;
$3,0004000 POLICE HEADQUARTERS 4 CRIME PREVENTION WNW
A,ND $2,090400 STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENT BONDS,
QP.90INANCEOR
RESOLUTION NO
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AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT FOR
ARCHITECTURAL & ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH MORTON/
WOERG/ALVAREZ/TARACIbO/StEGLtE AND FRESE.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS TO IN=
CREASE FUNDING AVAILABILITY TO THE CITY, EXTENDING FUND=
ING PERIOD FOR TEMPORARY PUBLIC SERV/CE JOBS PROGRAM
UNDER TITLE VI, C.E.T.A.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH
ACTION COMMUNITY CENTER, INC. FOR 3 C.E.T.A. POSITIONS,
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH
COCONUT GROVE AFTER SCHOOL HOUSE FOR 1 C.E.T.A.
POSITION.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH
THE DADE COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS.FOR
ONE C.E.T.A. POSITION.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH
GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OP SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THREE C.E.T.A.
POSITIONS.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH
LITTLE HAVANA ACTIVITIES CENTER, INC. FOR ONE C.E.T.A.
POSITION.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE
MIAMI-DADE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR TWO C.E.T.A. POSITIO
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE
UNITED WAY OF DADE COUNTY FOR ONE C.E.T.A. POSITION.
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE
MIAMI-DADE TENANT SECURITY ASSOCIATION FOR TWO C.E.T.A.
POSITIONS.
CLAIM SETTLEMENT - LOURDES RODRIGUEZ AND FERNANDO F.
FREIRE.
CLAIM SETTLEMENT - ANA MARIA DIAZ AND RAUL DIAZ.
AWARD BID FOR FURNISHING THIRTY-THREE STATIONARY
PLANTERS FOR BAYFRONT PARK,
AWARD BID FOR FURNISHING SIXTY --TWO PARK BENCHES AND
TWENTY-NINE PICNIC TABLES FOR BAYFRONT PARK BEAUTIFICAT
ION,
AWARD BID - FOR FURNISHING 2,200 GALLONS OF TENNIS
COURT PAINT.
AWARD BID - ARCHITECTURAL PAVERS,
AWARD BID - PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES CITY WIDE,
AWARD RID - INCINERATOR #1. SALVAGE AND DEMOLITION,
MAU 1.,
UNP RWQQD PRQPDRTY, AGENDA ITEMS 52, 53 4 54,
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH
PEAT, MARWZCK, MITB CO. POR AUDIT or "PAR W FOR
'EOPLB DCND PROPRAN,"
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WAIVE RENTAL PEE PARKING LOT OF MIAMI STADIUM FOR
TROPICANA LIONS CLUB,
PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF CARLOS CALVO OF
ICANA DE MIAMI, REGARbINO FtNbING,
bEPERRAL OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE OP DR,
MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION ITEMS:
1, CONTRACT WITH MIAMI DOLPHINS
2, POLICING OF BICENTENNIAL PARK
3, COAST -TO -COAST AIRLINE FARES
4. COMMENDATION TO AIR PLORIDA
GUTA LATINOAMER-
BERNARDO BENES,
PERMIT USE OF THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM FOR PROPOSED FREE
CONCERT BY RADIO STATION 96-X,
AWARD OF BID - PURCHASE OF AUTOMOTIBE EQUIPMENT.
ADJOURNMENT.
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, P RIDA
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On the loth day of March, 1977, the City Cotttnission of Miami,
Florida met at its regular meeting place in the City Haim 150O Rah
American Drive, Miami, Florida in regular session.
The meeting was called to order at 9:10 O'Clock A.M. by Mayor
Maurice A. Perre with the following members of the commission found to
be present;
ALSO PRESENT:
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
ViceMayor Theodore R. Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Terre
Joseph R. Grassie, City Manager
R. L. Fosmoen, Assistant City Manager
George F. Knox, City Attorney
Ralph G. Ongie, City Clerk
Matty Hirai, Assistant City Clerk
An invocation was delivered by Reverend Gibson who then led those
present in a pledge of allegiance to the flag.
A motion to waive the reading of the minutes was introduced and
seconded and was passed unanimously.
REPORT BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS ON FUNCTIONS
OF VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES,
Mayor Ferre: We are now on Item A Committee of the Whole, the administration's
report on Boards and Committees.
Mr. Grassie?
Mr. Grimm: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission at the last meeting you
requested the administration to contact each of the chairpersons to find out
their feelings about the committees that were listed. As you can see from our
report, out of the 23, only 3 should remain active. The rest should be abolished.
Mayor Ferre:On the Tri-Cultural program, on that grant, as I recall,
the steps on that was from the Tri-Cultural grant,'it went into an internal
thing within the police department. Has that been phased out now?
Mr. Grassie: What was your question, Mayor?
Mayor Ferre: We got a grant from LEAA for upward mobility and the whole
process and after the money was spent and the program was over with, it was
decided by the police department to set up a new committee similar to tri-cultural
but that would report directly to the police chiefs My question is, does that exist
today, or has that been disbanded?
Mr, Grassie;l have the impression that the police department has done something
on that but you know that we are not, because of budget constraints, hiring people
So 1 really_ cannot answer the question as to whether or not it is very active
right now,
Mayor Ferre; The second question I had was, that Virginia Key Land use
advisory board,. w Mr,_plummer,--'---that was something you had shown interest in,
and as 1 recall, the Virginia Key Land Use Advisory Board, do you remember? It
is being recommended that be abolished and 1 just want to make sure that everybody
was aware. Since 1 think we haven't come anywhere near the potential of doing the
things in Virginia Key that you have been talking about for a long time,--.--.!
Mrs, Gordon: Mr, Mayor may t ask you a question regarding the
matter you just Mentioned. 1 received a letter of communication which we
forwarded through to Mt► 'Crassie's office, but he may not be aware of it yet
because it was this week. tt relates to the hurtling of trash on Virginia they,
and the hardship it is causing the people who are in line of the smoke as the
wind blows it to the north. tti some cases, and particular the lady that wtote
the letter, it is causing an asthmatic condition in one of the members of her
family. t don't know why trash is being burned, if that is an accidental fire
or why trash is being hauled there, but I wish you would address yourself to
that. 1 think it is a very important problem.
Mayor Ferret Mr. Grassie, as soon as we are finished discussing this
advisory board then we can get into that subject.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor as far as the Virginia Key Advisory Board, I have
no objections to this committee being dismissed. It is inactive.
Mayor Ferre: This is something you are interested in.
Mr. Plummer: Let me put this in the record. At a later date I would want
to see that committee more active, --be re-established and be more active.
Mrs, Gordon: Mr. Plummer, would you consider not moving that abolishment
at this time, since this unique problem has just arisen. We may want to activate
it right now.
Mr. Plummer: Rose it is not a committee problem as far as the burning is
concerned. It is an administrative problem and a fire problem I don't see it
as a committee that is going to go over there with any big brushes and hoses to
put it out.
Mrs. Gordon: I consider it not a committee's problem, but I consider the
committee an investigating group of citizens interested in, ------I would like to
see that committee retained and enlarged and perhaps strengthened, because there
are problems there. There are problems there, there are uses we haven't put that
land to, and I think that to abolish it now and reactivate it at some future time
would have no particular value.
Mr. Plummer: To no knowledge, in 7 years the committee has never met.
Mrs. Gordon: I never knew there was such a committee until I got this list
of names.
Mr. Plummer: That is one of the reasons to get rid of it.
Mayor Ferree Are there any other committees here that anybody wants to
question, of the 15 that are being recommended to be abolished, other than
Virginia Key land use. You know we have an Orange Bowl Advisory committee, because
it was just reappointed.
Mr. Grimm: That will be a different one Mr. Mayor which we will bring back
to you to formalize, with a specific term.
Mayor Ferre: My next question is this. We are still not through with the
rezoning study of downtown Miami. As you recall, we had gotten some different
committees, One of them was a consumers, one was the landowners and builders,
and one was the architects and the other one was the special government people.
I see you want to retain two, and you want to dismiss the other two. That may
be inconsistent because it seems to me, these different boards lend different
attitutes or different viewpoints of that problem, If we are going to keep one,
we may as well keep all of them, If we are going to disband them, let's disband
them all.. The fact that Ted foll.o happens to be vociferous in one, and the fact
that Mona Lighte happens to be vociferous on the :other commmittee doesn't mean that,
we shouid,smr,wand the fact that the head of the 4,1,4. three years ago, Norman
Diller says they have done their task, ,Norman tiller is no longer the head of the
We have a new president. What I am saying is i think that all these committees
Should be kept until we finalize these things, hopefully, we will be doing that
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Mt, piuttt ert May I speak an that? The hoping and Wrestling Board, we have
not had active boxing in the City of Mimi in many, Many years, We have had
wrestling on a couple of occasions. Mist I would rather do is go along the
litres of a Zero budgeting and just abolish the committees, then if there is
tteed for it, let'srecreate, or restructure the committees, We wi11 at least
get some interest out of theft and have some kind of regular Meeting, That is
the way I feel about it
Mr, Grassie: If I could Mr, Mayor, basically in support of what GoMMissioner
?iummner is saying, you know we are taking a different approach to defining cant=
tnittees for you, and one of the things that we want to do is, include in the
resolution, trot only a more precise statement of purpose but also a reporting
period and a termination period for these committees so they don't simply hang
on, when the committees themselves feel they are no longer performing a function,
Basically what you have here is a reflection of the fact that the committees them-
selves do not feel they are performing a function, simply because their job has
been done, We want to get away from this perpetual life for things that don't have
a function. So you can create committees when you decide there is a function and
we will give theta a specific term for their activities.
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor I feel very concerned_ about our downtown and our
downtown study which is now 4 years old. It was completed in 1973. It's incredible
that we have taken so long to bring this to a head, to put this into place. 1 think
at the rate we are moving with the downtown plan, we will need a new plan before
we put that one in place.
Mayor Ferret I agree.
Mrs. Gordon: It doesn't seem possible to me that we could have spent
$90,000. that we spent on that particular study,and put it on the shelf for
one reason or another, we seem to be delaying moving it ahead. I ask you Mr.
Grassie whether the Planning Board has heard the particular ordinances that
are needed to implement that plan. Do you know. Is Mr, Fosmoen here?
Mr. Grassie: Mr. Fosmoen is here and he will amplify. But as you know,
the city is right now in the process of having all of the zoning ordinances
of the city completely revised. Maybe we will get a schedule on that.
Mrs. Gordon: I want an address to the downtown plan which was funded
separately and apart from the entire comprehensive plan of the City of Miami
which was funded through revenue sharing funds. That $90,000. as I recall, in
fact was of such urgent nature at the time, that the downtown development authority
if I recall correctly,(correct me if I am wrong Mr. Mayor), advanced the money
to get that project going. It seems to me at the rate we are moving, they should
have kept their money and forgot about it. It has been a total waste. The downtown
plan has many zoning classifications that are unique to downtown. Mr. Fosmoen will
you address yourself to those ordinances, please.
Mr. Fosmoen: Commissioner, as you know the Planning Advisory Board has been
very busy for the last 12 months preparing the Miami comprehensive neighborhood
plan, I have been in the planning office less than 3 months. Roy Kinsey is the
new director of the Downtown Development authority, We met with our staffs Monday,
and one of the issues in our meeting was, how do we get that downtown plan implemented,
particularly certain portions of the zoning ordinance, which seem to be achievable
in the short run. I understand from reviewing some of the past history on that
subject, that there was considerable controversy over a number of sections, of that
zoning ordinance, and considerable work on the part of the planning department was
requested before it be brought back for further consideration. Issues like floor
area ratio, and what are other communities doing, what has been the impact on
attempting to _reduce the level of development that is now permitted then attach
a series of bonuses, Bear and Bartley are looking at downtown and a set of special
regulations for downtown, Aspheir revision of the overall zoning ordinance, iire
expect within the next several month to get back into the question of downtown
zoning, But with the press of the comprehensive plan, and a number of other things
that have been going on, new people, including a new director for the Downtown
Development Authority, we need to get ourselves going in the same direction,
Mrs, Gordon; It appears to me, that the people who were ;paid the fee, the
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you are consulting. The Downtown Development Authority didn't do the study. They
funded it , but they didn't do the study. I understand your concern, in satisfying
everybody, but you are not' and you know it. there are certain interests that
don't want to give up anything for the antenities that we have to create in that
atee. t think we have to not say two br three months from now we will get around
to it, but get part of it at least to the Planning hoard in the next month at
least and then back to us for changes. Furtherore in the area north of 6th street,
Mr. Posmoen as you know, and we west of 2nd Avenue, you have a classification of
zoning called C-4. There is no way you can really get any developments to start,
private or governmental, of any real consequence. t Mean you can get governmental
buildings but you can't get any private housing to come in there under that elassi-
f ieation. You ate trying to bring people back to live downtown, you are going to
have to trove in that area particularly, at least as the first target. 1 don't think
you will have any controversy very Much there.
Will there be any attempt to do that?
Mr. Grassie: In the short run, no, Commissioner, there will not be an attempt
to do that.
Mrs. Gordon: Okay, that is the answer. Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: I happen to think, Mr. Grassie, that we really have to get
oft with this thing. It has been three and one-half years since these people started.
Four years. We appointed committees, they were citizens' committees. They came back
with reports. The reports were given to Dr. Wallace. Dr. Wallace never responded to
them. The reason was that we were waiting for Mr. Acton to do this and that. Finally
Mr. Acton did send them to Dr. Wallace. Dr. Wallace said things had changed so
much in the past two years it had to be revised, and that was going to cost additional
money. We went the whole process. I realize this was your predecessor, but time is
running. The fact is that is an important project and we did pay a lot of money and
it is controversial but I think we have to get on with this thing, with a public
hearing, that the Planning and Zoning Boards have to get on with it and eventually
before the commission. I think it is a very important subject and I think we are
way, way overdue. I think it is time to bring this whole thing to head. If it
must be in the next 2 or 3 months, fine. As quickly as possible. Does anybody dis-
agree with that?
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, nobody can disagree with that. It is like motherhood.
Let me tell you something. I have contended and 1 am merely making it for the
record. All you are addressing in that particular plan is the cosmetic effect of
downtown. It is not the major problem.
Mayor Ferre: That is correct. But it is a problem, and it is an important
one.
Mr. Grassie: It doesn't really do any good to respond on the specific
question you are raising. One of the things we are concluding, after a few
months of analyzing the city's current problems, is that we can create more
problems in one session of the City Commission than the staff can solve for
you in two or three months .
Mrs. Gordon: You had better elaborate on that one,
Mr. Grassier Yes, and I am going to, One of the things we have to do with
you, and I"hope that we can agree that we will do this fairly soon, is that we
will sit down and review with you what current activities of the city are, and
what our priorities ought to be. We simply cannot be working on everything at
once and expect to have any success. You know that we have got dozens of unfunded
unplanned, half -completed projects hanging around our necks and we are not moving
towards accomplishing them.And every time we pick up some new idea, and a_ new
project. and don't accomplish what we have already committed ourselves three years
ago to do, to that extent, we are simply perpetuating the problem, WE have only
been in this session about 15 minutes and we have already heard a suggestion that
we should establish a citizens committee to investigate what obviously is not
purposeful burning, but is an accidental buring which nobody could get under
control for 3 days out at the landfill, And that sort of activity is the sort
of thing that dissipates our ability to address some of the real problems, I
can't emphasize with you enough that we have to get focused on sane of the soluticne,
We cannot keep spreading ourselves and pretending we are going to solve ever'ythisg
at once. We are not Ping to,
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Mrs. Gordon: Mr. ttessie yew are resenting the fact that we call tel your
attention the fact that citizens are complaining about the trash that is being
thrown Oh Virginia key which ultimately turned into the fire?
Mayor'Fertet Rose, I will recognize you0,4,4.Q==abut Mrs Grassie,s '
we will come back to this, We are oft item A, Board and Committees, Let's get
this one over with, then we will come back and discuss the toning, if you wish.
The downtown and the Virginia key situation, to the meantime to bring it to a head,
let see if, take a motion.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor t take a motion that we accept the City Manager's
recotttmendation as proffered.
Mayor: Ferret I would like to request that you atnend,-
Mr. Plumper: I have a motion. 'Let's see if it get a second. Then you can
amend it.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a second?
Mrs. Gordon: Repeat the motion.
Mayor Ferret That the Manager's recommendation as you have before be
accepted as submitted.
Mayor Ferre: There is a second. Under discussion, I would like to respectfully
request and point out that the Orange Bowl Advisory Committee was just reinstituted
on Monday, so that be one exception. No. 2, I think the downtown committees should
be kept intact. By that I mean the architectural and the governmental.
Now, remember the purpose of that governmental thing was to get some of
these people like Reg Walters and other entities in government, involved in the
process in Miami and I think it should be kept that way.
Mr. Plummer: Are you speaking of the downtown government center board?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir. I am speaking of those 3 specific items.
Mr. Plummer: I only heard two, Orange Bowland Downtown ' What is the
3rd one?
Mayor Ferre: You are right. There are two committees that are being wiped out.
If you want to consider them one, that is all right with me.
Mr. Plummer: I have no objections to the amendment as long as there are
stipulation if they don't meet within a 6 months period of time, that they be
abolished.
Mr. Grassier Just one word of clarification. On the firs point you made,
the Orange Bowl Advisory committee, it was our intent to bring back to you, a
description of what you intend, as to purpose, time, new member, and that would
really be a new committee, for Orange Bowl purposes.
Mayor Ferre; I don't care how you define it.
Mr. Grassie;----to make it easier for you to control what happens to your
committee.
Mayor Ferre; It is all right with me.
Mrs, Gordon: Aid you also intent it to go
asked each of us to particularly,----,.
into those committees that you
Mayor Ferre: Yes, after we finish this,Ca1l the roll...
MAR 11971
The following ttotian was introduced by Cotftiiissiottet Plummer who
moved ite ednptien:
MOTION N0. 77- 208
A MOTION T ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER
RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMITTEES AND ABOLISHING THE t:OLLOWING
COMMITTEES:
e. DOWNTOWN GOVERNMENT CENTER BOARD
b. TRtCULTURAL PROGRAM ADVISOTY BOARD
c. VIRGINIA KEY LAND USE ADVISORY BOARD
d. WATER & SEWER BOARD
e. CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR STUDY OF NEW PLANNING & ZONING STRUCTURE
f. COCONUT GROVE ZONING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
g. EMPLOYEE EFFICIENCY EVALUTATION COMMITTEE
h. EX -MENDERS PENAL INSTITUTIONS COMMITTEE
i. INVESTMENT COMMITTEE OF THE RETIREMENT BOARD
j. ORANGE BOWL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
k. REVENUE SHARING COMMITTEE
1. SPECIAL MERIT PAY INCREASE COMMITTEE
m. SPECIFICATIONS COMMITTEE,
FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES
TO ABOLISH THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES:
a. BOXING & WRESTLING BOARD
b. COMMERCIAL BLOOD DONORS BOARD
c. HOUSING APPEALS BOARD
d. BOARD OF REVIEW FOR OBSCENE LITERATURE,MUSIC,PRINTS,ETC.
e. SELF-INSURANCE COMMITTEE
AND FURTHER RETAINING THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES:
a. CHARTER REVIEW BOARD
b. CONSUMER & USERS COMMITTEE (one portion of the Committee on
the Urban Development & Zoning Plan for Downtown Area).
c. LAND OWNERS & BUILDERS COMMITTEE (one portion of the Committee
on the Urban Development & Zoning Plan for Downtown Area).
d. ARCHITECTS & PROFESSIONAL PLANNERS COMMITTEE
e. GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
Mayor Ferre: I had requested the Commission and the Mayor to take on five
of these committees and review them personally, and come back to the commission
with recommendations. Have you been able to do that? Any of you?
Mrs. Gordon; The Urban Review Board is a viable board, operating. As you
know it was created when the Brickeil area zoning was changed several years ago.
It has a purpose. It analyzes development and recommends bonuses.
Mayor Ferre: Who is the chairman of that board Mrs. Gordon?
Mrs, Gordon; I am rot acquainted with the Chairman at this time or the
composition of who is serving on it, The most important thing is whether or not
the committee is viable, and it is,
Mayor Ferre; Did you discuss this with the chairman and the members of the'
committee? Was there any discussion at all?
Mrs, Gordon; i just investigated the work of the committee and the kind of
things that they are doing and the reason for its being a board, There is a reason
for it being a board. The structure and the committee membership is not the fact
that l was instructed to investigate, only the viability of the board;
IW second Qne was the environmental preservation board whieh aiap hoe a
reason for its existence. its duties are similar to but not the 44E4 as the urban
review board. It is concerned primarily with the review of applications for iuildis
MAR 3 61917
particularly in those totted areas which are earthhed the etivironfettal preaerva.=
tiott done, such as the areas where the tidge is on Bayshore Shrive and down on
Brickell. There are certain areas, that have been, because they are hammook lands,
delineated as envitottniental preservation areas. The Mouth Advisory Board serves
a very wotthwhile purpose itt the community for many reasons. It is actively #ttvoived
itt spetifie activities. It represents the City of Miami Weil, artd there is a treed
for educating youth into the mechanics of government and this board does a good job,
and it should retain active.
The othet two veto the Library board, -.----'that is a rather confusing board,
since it consists of Metro and Miami membership. The chairman is Mrs. 'Brsoff who
lives in Coconut Grove. However the Miami appointments we have made, and We made
3 in September of 1975, have not really been included in the Board membership. I
am still looking into that, and I will have a further report on it at a future time.
I don't have a recommendation to abolish our participation in it because we ate
not going to abolish the Board itself. It is really a county board.
The parking lot review board, which is the 5th one. It consists of 5 members,
3 of them are city staff and it needs to be revamped because the membership on
it is inactive, unavailable or no longer on the scene. However one of the members
is Herbert tee Simon, who said that he felt, and if you recall, ----
(inaudible):
Mrs. Gordon: -----(the parking lot review board, I left the Library Board
for a future recommendation. Herbert Lee Simon is willing to continue serving.
He feels it is a worthwhile board, the parking lot review board, because it
deals with the ordinance that pertains to lighting of parking lots and whether
or not there should be an variances so to speak granted from the requirements
and he thinks we ought to reconstitute it and he would be willing to serve, but
not as chairman. For the time being at least, look into it and see if we can get
the people who do the job, who are willing to serve. It does require staff people
as well as a couple of citizens.
Mayor Ferre: I understand that your recommendation is that all 5 of these
boards,-- be retained?
Mrs. Gordon: At the present time, 3 are definitely to remain active and
viable. Two are questionable, and that is the parking lot review board and
Library Board, and I will have a recommendation later on if you want another one.
For the time being, I would say leave them.
Mayor Ferre: The recommendation from Mrs. Gordon is that the Urabn Review
Board be kept, that the environmental preservation board be kept, that the Youth
Advisory Board be kept and the Library Board and the Parking Lot Review Board be
studied further. Perhaps we can pass that on to the Manager, and have staff look
into that further.
Mr. Plummer: Since Mr. Reboso was overactive, I have been reduced to 4.
He took the budget committee report. My report is very simple. No. 6 is the
Bicentennial Committee of Coconut Grove. Needless to say, that work is over,
and completed, and should be abolished.
No. 7, the Advisory Committee for the handicapped, to the best of my knowledge
is active. We have many projects In the City, and I think it should remain. The
baseball stadium committee is headed up as you know, by your appointment, Bernardo
Benes, and I don't know or not, if that is his report today, but there is a report
by Bernardo Benes on the agenda today. I do know they have been meeting, and I
assume they will continue until their report is forthcoming.
Without question, No. 9, the Boxing Steering Committee. the Golden Gloves
starts this evening. running for 4 nights. It is a very active committee headed
up by Chairman Manolo Reboso and I don't think I would hint that should be abolished,
i think that is one of the most active boards that there is, and of course it addresses
itself to the problems of youth.
No, 10 my good friend Reboso took away from me, I will let him report on that,
But that is my committee report, that No, 6 be abolished, 7,8, and 9 be retained,
W. Reboso; No, 10, the Mayor's Budget Study Committee is active, Martin Fine
is chairman of that board, No, 11 is the Childcare committee, is active, It is
permanent, They get together on a monthly basis, Almost all members are professionals
and deal with child care. According to Pe/ores Rory, who was contacted by my office,
she is completely satisfied with the committee achievements and progress,
No, 12 is the ,city pager's :CQm:aittee for pension emolument§ for r€tir€ea,
MAR 71
The City Manager is actually the chairperson) made one tee otntttendation and
is fit* inactive, Lupe 'Elliman is the assistant to the City Manger,,..that gill
be up to the Manager to decide if this board should continue or trot.
Mrs, Cordon: Which one was that Manolo?
Mr. Reboso: That is No, 12,
Mayor Verret City Manager's committee for pension et,oluments for retirees,
Mr, Reboso: No. 13 is the conceptual transportation plan itnp1einentatiotl.
The only person that appears to know something is Lester Preeman. We called him
and he did not return the call. This was established in 1975, a motion of intent
to appoint Lucius Williams, Lester Freeman and P,W. Andrews as a committee on
conceptual transportation plan implementation. Lester Treenail appears to be the
only one who knows, so 1 don't have any recommendation.
Mayor Terre: 1 would recommend since that really is a staff -type of thing,
that that be abolished, because that is something you ought to be doing anyway.
You are doing it anyway and the thrust of all of that is in Metro.
Mr. Reboso: No. 14, the Cultural Arts Advisory Board is very active. In 1976
they held between 10 and 12 meetings. In 1977 they have had aready 4 meetings and
they are very active. The Committee is 3 years old, Cultural Arts Advisory Board.
The Chairman is Mrs. Nora Swan. Ken Triester is on the Board, George Khuly, is
on the Board, and Albert Pallot.
No. 15 is the Day Care for the Elderly. According to Delores Kory,also
a member of this committee, they have not met this year. This was an ad hoc
committee, and now is not functioning. It was established, based on the concept
for the day-care elderly, Alvarez, the other member of the
Board was contacted, said he had never been called of contacted in a year and
a half.
Mrs. Gordon: I would like to tell you, as a point of clarification that
the business of that particular committee was to create the entity that we now
have in place and have had for several years. The entity is working well, and
the duties of the committee I think terminated when the program went into place.
You don't really need the committee anymore. It is a well functioning program .
Mayor Ferre: So abolish the committee.
Mrs. Gordon: If we need a committee later on,we can form one.
Mr. Reboso: I received a call from Martin Fine saying that budget study
committee, it was an ad hoc committee. If we want to abolish we can go ahead,
because,
Mayor Ferre: I personally think we ought to have citizen participation
in over looking our budget. I think it is a healthy approach and I don't think
it does any harm.
Mr. Reboso: Then my recommendation as I said before is to keep that committee.
Mayor Ferre:All right, Father Gibson?
Rev. Gibson; I have not had an opportunity to, -.------(inaudible) .
Mayor Ferre: All right. The 6 that I have, I will defer until the next
meeting. I have opinions, obviously, but I frankly don't think that that is
sufficient. I would want to meet with the Chairman and discuss exactly what
projects they would have in the future. Rather than just submit my opinion,
I will come back with that at the next meeting.
I guess the question that was left unsolved, was the process of zoning
in the downtown area, that came up for discussion. The rest of these committees
we will take up together as a whole package, when we have our next meeting,
MAR 161977
BRIEF rascussioN ITEM: LIMING PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN MIAMli
MAyot Vette; Mr. Gtassie, the way i think it Was left, was, thAt
YOU were going to respond, CoMitissioner Gordon fitade a statement, and you responded
then 1 Made a statement, afid then it came up again, i recognize your point, that
we have too many hails up it the air. There is to way we cat possibly field then
All. I think this is something that has been pending for 4 years, and I feel it
is time to bring it to a head.
Mr. Grassier As Conrn issioner Plummer said, I guess everyone would agree with
that Mayor. The only question is, how do we do that in an organized, thoughtful
way? What the staff is indicating to you, is that because of the lack of agreement,
in terms of the community and possibly also the City Comirtissiot, with regard to
the result of that study. The only serious and organized way of addressing that,
is to complete the major analysis of your zoning laws that is in process right now.
That is a process, It has a termination date and seems reasonable to have that as
a background before you address the old report.
Mayor Ferret' don't agree with that and I just want to explain to you why.
The downtown area is a' unique area which has been addressed professionally by
a group of people that are professionals in the country that have been paid. In
addition to that, because there were some serious misgivings in this community's
part. This thing has been taken to the D.D.A. to the Greater Miami Chamber of
Commerce, and we appointed four committees. These committees and the Chamber of
Commerce has reacted, in writing, with specific recommendations. Those are submitted
to the staff. Mr. Acton took them in, and there was some discussion on those. They
were never given to Dr. Wallace. About a year ago when Dr. Wallace was here on
something, the subject was broached. He said, well, I have not been asked to react.
At that point this commission said look, we had citizen participation on this. I
think we ought to have some kind of reaction from staff, at that point. As I under-
stood it, that was going to happen. It hasn't happened yet. You said what is the
logical way of approaching this? I would approach it this way. We have a new ad-
ministration. You have new people. You have a new individual in charge of this,
in the person of Mr. Dick Fosmoen. It seems to me, Mr. Fosmoen should react, staff
wise, to all the input from the citizens, NO 1 No. 2, Dr.Wallace should be asked to
come back and react to the citizen's input after Fosmoen's recommendation.
No. 3, it ought to start the process of public hearings through the zoning
and Planning Boards.That, frankly, was what I thought was going on. If it isn't
going on, I want to say that I am absolutely amazed, and it seems to me, that
that is exactly what the mandate from this commission was, previously and I think
it ought to be kept. If it takes two weeks, six weeks,- eight weeks, or ten weeks,
or ten months, that is the process I think this commission has gone on record
mandating that it be done.
Mrs. Gordon: -I agree with you Mr. Mayor. That is the understanding and
some parts are more controversial than others. The part I address myself to,
is non -controversial. It is a necessary change, so if we are going to encourage
private development we have to be able to make it legal. They can't develop
the way it is now. We have to move ahead on that. There is no question about it.
Take that first if you have to. That is the area that goes from 6th Street, north
to the expressway, and 2nd Avenue west, It is C-4. You can't build a housing
development on a C-4 because the ordinances don't permit it.
Mayor Ferre; The point is, we have to move along on this. This isn't a new
project, Joe. This is something we have been in the midst of for 4 years, and
we don't seem to be able. --
Mrs, Mrs, Gordon; --we lived with it 6 years before that on the zoning,
Mr. Grassie; l just want us all to understand the same thing, so we are
talking about similar activities, Maybe Dick Fosmoen should comment to you in
terms of what is underway right now, and if you have some reaction to that, we
ought to talk about that,
Certainly, at a staff level, we completely agree with your position, that
existing legislation is inadequate and needs to be revised, There is no question
about that. It is just a question of how we get that done,
Mr, Fosmoen; As additional information, there were a whole series of proposals
back and forth between the pianning office and Dr. Wallace's office en another con-
tract, to do some more studying for downtown, to try and look again at the zoning
ordinance that originally been proposed. l can't in good conscience recommend that
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MAR 1 977
course of action to you, t can't tecottthend going back with the sate COnsuitattt
who ptepated the tlitst set of tecotr,efdatiotts that were unacceptable.
Mrs. Gordon: Unacceptable to whom?
Mt. Fosmoen: To a nutnbet of people,
because the ordinance did not, —
Mrs. Gordon: We never had a public
how acceptable, We never took a vote on
apparently to the City Commission
hearing Mr, Fosthoen, and we don't know
it. I disagree with you.
Mr, Vosmoen: There were committees appointed. There are a number of problems
with that ordinance in toto as it was proposed.We are looking at sections, at the
downtown ordinance, at a staff level. We will be making some recommendations for
change. I think it is important that we get a handle on what is necessary to have
something happen downtown in terms of the new zoning ordinance. I would also
comment that a new ordiance is not going to make development happen. A new zoning
ordinance is not going to make development happen.
Mrs. Gordon: Nothing is going to make it happen. I agree with you on
that score but on the other hand, if you don't have that new zoning, you
can't have anything happen. You are prohibited.
Mr. Fosmoen: Commissioner, that plan for downtown has been sitting around
for fully two years. Developers are aware of what the plan proposes. No one has
come forth to date requesting a re -zoning.
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Fosmoen, no one is going to come forth and ask for a little
rezoning in the middle of a slum. If you don't get the change on that whole area,
then you have got a piece -meal, --certainly you are a planner. You know you don't
do it that way. You can't do it that way.
Mr. Fosmoen: I understand that. But I am also saying that the ordinance
change will not make development happen.
Mrs. Gordon: It will trigger it though.
Mr. Fosmoen: I guess I would have to disagree that it will trigger development.
Mrs. Gordon: That is okay with me. You can disagree, but I believe out of many
years of experience, not only in planning, but in real estate, that I have a little
background to speak from. And I disagree. You can't do it because the zoning doesn't
permit it. You can't expect a single developer to come in and say, in the middle of
this slum area, and I don't know if the rest of it will be any good, ever, I want
to have an oasis. That is not going to happen.
Mayor Ferre: I think we are all missing the main point. The main point is,
that this commission has taken a position on procedure, therefore until this com-
mission changes, you are under the obligation of the mandate of the policy set by
this board. And the policy set by this Board is, and I recall, you go back and
research it,--1. that staff react to the citizens participation, come up with
specific recommendations on changes, 2. if necessary, go back to Dr. Wallace and
get his reactions to these recommended staff changes, 3. start the process through
the hearings, to the Boards, 4. bring it to the City Commission for final public
hearing and vote.
I am not saying everybody is in agreement, You know for example that I feel
very strongly about certain things like setbacks on Flagler Street, and floor area
ratios, and some of these other things that Col, Mitchell. Wolfson has talked about,
Mona Light has some things, etc. The point is this. There is no way we are going to
make any progress on this by ------I feel pretty certain that there is nobody on this
commission that wants to kill this project, The intention here is to get it down to
where it is reasonable. The question is, how do we go about doing that, and what
priority does it have, I happen to feel it has a high priority, NO, 1, No, 2, l also
happen to feel that it has nothing to do with the whole rezoning of Miami, that is
stands on its own, and No. 3 I happen to think that this is something we should be
moving forward on, No, 4, that you are under mandate, The policy has been set,
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Mr. Grassier I ean't speak fof that happened in the last two years of
course. I just asked Mt, l'oemoen and tells me he is in the process that you
Outlined Ih terms of that staff review.
Mt. 1`osmoent What you have outlined Mt. Mayor presents no problem. tt la
simply a Matter of timing in my opinion: To have those people that you ate asking
to make a recommendations, understand what happened in the past, and what needs to
happen in the future.
Mayor Verret l understand. And I think it is not only a question of timing
it is also a question of priority. I think all that I atn saying, and I am pretty
sure we all agree, is that this does have a priority mark on it. I know you can't
oo everything , but this is one we have been dealing with for 4 years. It seems to
me that it is a priority item.
Okay. Any further discussion on this? If not, we will take up item $,
which is Dinner key.
PROPOSED FLOATING RESTAURANT AT DINNER KEYS
Mr. Grassie: This is a result of a private initiative coming to the
City, Mr. Mayor. The rniegtinii is, whether or not ' ou "ant this iten to go
out for public proposals. It is a question of whether or not there should be
some kind of floating restaurant in the Dinner Key area.
Would you like Mr. Fosmoen to expand on that? The question is whether or
not the City Commission wants us to go out for proposals.
Mayor Ferret Let's review what the past has been on this so we can what
the future can be. We went out and had a study trade, and that study was submitted
to this commission. It must be at least 5 or 6 years old. I remember being on the
commission when it was submitted. It must have been it 1970. So it is 7 years old.
That was called the master plan for Dinner Key. That Master Plan for Dinner Key,
----we had a public hearing. Steve Clark was Mayor. It was voted on and accepted.
The next thing that happened was,the big to-do about the fixing of this auditorium.
That we had a public hearing on and that passed. It was contrary to the Master Plan,
but as we went over that, the Master Plan in its implementation had to be taken step,
at time. The second thing that came up out of this whole thing, as I recall has been
the on -going problem of the rates we charge for boat dockage. Out of that, came the
intention of this Commission as expressed by the majority last time around, that we
were going to consider within the next 6 months, going out for a public bid, to the
private sector and finding out whether there any interest on the private sector, No.l,
to take over what we have, No. 2, to expand, the marine facilities. That includes the
out -lying islands and what -have -you. I don't think there was any implementation on
what would be put there. If somebody wants to put a floating restaurant, fine. That
is something that the commission has to consider as one of the many alternatives.
There are members of the public in this community who have shown an interest in
coming in and making a bid, and bidding for the marina facilities at Dinner Key. I
think -the policy of this commission has already been established. I think you ought
to pursue that and bring it up for a discussion and a vote, and then let's see what
happens.
Mr. Grassie: I am not sure Mayor whether you are suggesting that this be
incorporated with the bidding for all of Dinner Key, or are you asking that this
be voted on separately.
Mayor Ferre: My personal opinion is that I don't think you can have an restrictions
at this point as to what can or cannot happen. To do that, in my opinion is to cut
down the variety of things that could happen at Dinner Key. I think it should be a
wide open type of a situation where there are private groups that want to come in
and bid for one or a portion, whatever it happens to be, that they come in. I think
this needs to be evaluated by staff and you come back with recommendations at that
point as to specifically what should be done, You may not want a restaurant there,
because it might be a private group,'They may want to put three piers there, On the
other hand, maybe the place for a restaurant might be off one of those island, l
don't know,
Mr. Fosmoen: Are you suggesting Mr, Mayor that we should not act on this
individual request but rather come back to you and incorporate this into the total
bidding package for Pinner Key,
Mayor Pette. That is exactly what t said► What I am saying is this. You
have a master plat, N6, i, No, 2, you got soft Money being spent to improve
hinder -key, and No. 3 you have a neW rate schedule for boats, which we said
that itt 6 months might be changed. And No. 4, you have interested parties that
want to develop the Marine facility in this community. So all I at simply saying
is, I think you ought to cote back with specific recomaetdations after you have
talked, put this out for advertising, and let's get some bids in. At that point
we will have a public hearing and decide what to do.
Mr. Grassier Good. We certainly agree with that.
Rev, Gibson! Mr, Mayor, let me ask a question. I may not be clear. Does
this mean, -----I would hope that whatever we are going to do about a floating
restaurant or either one that does not float, that we would be talking also with
the people who are presently doing business. I want to inake sure the staff under-
stands me. I would hate for you to put a man out of business who is already there.
I know the Mayor and I agree that the more the merrier. But at least there is such
a thing as common courtesy and horse sense.
Mr. Grassier Yes, we agree entirely, Commissioner. That is why, rather than
accepting a proposal from a person, what we ate suggesting is this be put out for
proposals from anybody including current operators.
Mayor ferret That is the point. Please speak up if you disagree, What we
are saying here, we are not fixing our minds up on anything at this point. I think
we are open for all suggestions and all recommendations. I am not saying in anyway
that I am for taking these piers and going to the private sector. All I am saying,
I would like to hear proposals.
Mr. Plummer: Maurice, should then a motion be forthcoming today to give the
Manager the authorization to propose to solicit proposals for such an operation.
Let him start now. I don't see anything wrong with soliciting the proposals.
Mayor Ferre: Fine.
Mr. Plummer: I will offer such a motion. It has to be at a public hearing.
It has to be a presentation before the commission, and I see not reason to put
that latitute of the Manager off. Let him start now.
Mayor Ferre: The motion simply is to permit the Manager to pursue this
matter further and come back to the commission with recommendations.
Mrs. Gordon:Mr. Mayor may I ask you if you would ask the Manager, formally
to bring forth to us the information as to the master plan for Coconut Grove,
as we have approved it, and became a policy of this commission, and how we
have deviated from it, and how we need to amend it, if necessary, so that, to
incorporate the changes we have already gotten. Then have an input from the Coconut
Grove area. WE are piece-mealing that plan to death. I am not saying I am opposed to
it, the proposition before us, but I don't like the way we are doing it. I think
we ought to stay with a comprehensive proposal. At least try to anyway. We can't
stay with what we had, we have already changed it.
Mayor Ferre; I think we have a divergent position as I hear it, I think the
point is simply this. Plummer's motion was that the Manager be instructed to
develop the possibilities of the private sector's involvement in the Dinner Key
area, specifically the boating area. Rose has brought up the subject of the Master
Plan for Coconut Grove, I was talking about the Master Plan for Dinner Key,
Mrs, Gordon;I am talking about Dinner Key, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre; Okay. They are two things. If you are talking about the
Master Plan for Dinner Key, then obviously this all is part and parcel of it,
Obviously we need to have a public hearing before we would go any further,
but the question is what are we going to have a public hearing about? Until
you have specific proposals from specific individuals, to do specific things,
For example, if there is an individual in this community who night not want
to touch the existing piers, but night have an idea,he or she, would be willing
to raise 3 million dollars to put up four piers, over op the south side, that
might be entirely acceptable, 40 the other hand, that person would not be willing
0 come up with that money, and we would conclude that somebody is willing to
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spend a half Million dollars ih a floating restaurant, 80 it seems to tile, that
those things don't do any violence to the Mastet plan as such, tt is a question
of whether or not We want to get on with the job of developing the binner Key
Area as a major- boating area. In my opinion, the answer is yes, in fy opinion the
way to do that is the procedure that has been outlined here,
Mrs, Gordon: I want to say this befote the second conies on, We just granted
a patty a 30 year lease to construct a restaurant, how much tan this area support
by way of restaurants? Out revenue from that lease it termed upon the successful
operation of that particular restaurant. tet's do it in a businesslike way. Let's
first get that Master Plan back to us, Let's first examine what we have, and how it
fits in with that plan, That Plan is automatically amended. Let's see where we are
and where we have to go, before we start advertising for bidding or whatever. It
just doesn't seem right, There was not second to that motion, I will move you, that
Mayor Ferret Mrs. Gordon, I will run the meeting, and let these interruptions
cote forth because it is in an informal way. You know there is going to be a second
to it. It is just a question at what point. So I ask again. Plummer made a motion.
Mr. Reboso: I second the motion.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor let me speak in behalf of the motion. The motion here
today makes no decision. It merely allows in my estimation and my intent, that the
Manager can let it be known to the public that we would like to have some people
come forth and give us some ideas, some proposals. Then the Commission can say, no
we don't like any of them, yes, we do, no, we don't. But at least, if it is an idea,
we have not idea today, what kind of revenue it can generate, whether it is a good thing,
or a bad thing. All we are asking for in this motion, ---it is a motion to give the
Manager the right to say to the people, we are interested. If somebody wants to come
forth with a proposal, then we can sit down and analyze it. It is in no way definite.
Mayor Ferre. Plummer, you have been to California. You have seen Long Beach,
and some of you have been in San Francisco, and you have been to places where there
are not one, but there may be in a space smaller than Dinner Key, --there may be 100
restaurants.
Mr. Plummer:Mr. Mayor when you sent me last year to San Diego, Mr. Bads and
I intentionally got off the plane in Los Angeles and rented a car and we stopped
at every marina installation between Los Angeles, starting with Marina Del Rey,
if people are not aware, is a horseshoe which have 33 restaurants, and we went
all the way down the coast stopping and looking at every installation including
San Diego.
Mayor Ferre: Perhaps I may be wrong, and my vision of this is differently, but
I think the Dinner Key area is one of the major, beautiful attractions, not Miami,
but, that Florida has. For us not to, in an orderly fashion, in a business -like manner
pursue this and develop this, I think is long overdue. We have hesitated much too long,
it is the typical timidity of the City of Miami, it is the typical negativism,
let's not do this until we do that, never get's anything done around here. It seems
to me that it is time to move ahead. It is long overdue and this is what I have been
saying for a long time and I hope the commission concurred with it. Let's get
moving on this.
Is there further discussion?
Mrs. Gordon: Timidity, Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Ferre; Timidity, yes. Timidity,
Mrs. Gordon: What is our timidity downtown coming from?
Mayor Ferre; Any other comments, or thoughts? Call the roll,
Mrs, Gordon; I am voting no on the motion simply because, until you have
a plan for the whole area, and the conform to that particular plan, what you
are doing is spasmodic and unbusiness=li.ke, I vote 'no,'
Mr, Plummer; by vote has to be yea, but let me speak to the comment of
Mrs,Gordon. Unfortunately in my estimation, and this is not going to set well with
the Mayor or aly ;fellow commissioners, that plan received a total bomb when the
Pinner Key Auditorium was redone, We have gone from that plan and deviated with
Monty Trainer, we deviated with Spencer, and these are other deviations which sets
a precedent now. If we are going to go and we are going to try to develop this
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area, then let's go ahead and develop it, and I agree with that concept. As
far as the plats is concerned, it was just bombed. 8o 1 vote 'yes.'
Mayor Perre: In voting I would like to say, these plans that are drawn
up are a series of ideas put together by architects or planners. They ate not
chiseled in store for eternity. I think what they are, is general guidelines of
what needs to be done. As individuals come up with specific recommendations that
ate in my opinion progressive and fit within the general scope of the idea that
needs to be done, I think we have to adapt, because that is the only way urban
areas, including Dinner Key, are living organisms. They are full of people, and they
have specific purposes and roles to fulfill. It seems to tne, that the hinter Key
area's goal to fulfill is boating activity and it should be a major tourist attraction
for this community. We ought to have the water taxi, we ought to have communications
by water and marina developments and literally dozens of restaurants, and this is
something that is certainly not new as far as my expression is concerned. I have been
saying it for the last 3 and one-half years. We have made some progress hopefully,
with Grove Key Marina. 1'iopefully we will make some progress with Monty Trainer.
We have gotten some federal funding for the refurbishing of this whole area. I am
totally committed to making this a major community attraction for both the people
who live in Miami and for the people who visit it, It is essential that we do this.
I very strongly vote 'yes' on this.
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Manager, would you please furnish me and the other members
of the commission if they wish to have it, the dollars that have been spent for
studies in the Dinner Key area.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor let me make a final comment if I may about the
Dinner Key study.
Mr. Grassier Yes, Mrs. Gordon, I will furnish it in memorandum form.
Mayor Ferre: How many years to you want to go back?
Mrs. Gordon: When the Dinner Key plan was done, there was a specific
amount of money allocated for it, and you can go back to whatever date and time
that was. I don't recall the date. Whatever it was.
Mr. Plummer: That is exactly what I wanted to speak to Mr. Mayor. Unfortunately
the people who did the study of Dinner Key Master Plan, we not practical. They were
not realistic, in my estimation.
Mayor Ferre: It happens a lot of times,
Mr. Plummer: The problem is this. We had, and they knew, that we had approximately
4 to 41 million dollars which could be used for the upgrading of Dinner Key. Little
did anyone know, to acquire the property in Kennedy Park, that that 41 million dollars
would dissipate down to little or nothing through that bond issue. Knowing all of that,
people who did the study, still came back back in with a plan that showed 12 million
dollars. Mr. Mayor it is the same thing that has happened. What was that great
Greek from downtown,Dr. Doxiadis. It is great, if you can find 300 million dollars,
fantastic plan, but it is not workable. These people were not practical in my estimation.
When they came in with a plan that entails 12 million dollars, knowing at best all.
we had was 4 million, and part of that had been used to acquire property. So 1 am just
making that, it was not a practical plan,
Mrs, Gordon; Okay. When you furnished the cost of the plan, were you also
furnished the figures that were in it, that showed the 12 million dollars Mr.
Plummer says it did, so we all can be aware of the figures that are thrown on
the table, as being accurate.
Mr, Plummer; Also show where they said in that plan that this building
wasn't worth a damn, and should be torn down, this building we are in, is unsafe.
Mayor Ferre; Let's move forward, not move back. Aispite the negative forego
around here, we have to continue feeling that we have to move forward,
1
The following motion was introduced by Cat►mtissiotter Piuitmter, who
Moved its edaptioti:
MOTION NO, 77=209
A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE
AND SOLICIT PROPOSALS FOR LEASING BAY BOTTOM PROPERTY
AT DINNER KEY FOR PLACEMENT OF A FLOATING RESTAURANT
AND TO BRING BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION HIS RECOM,.
MENDATIONS AT A FUTURE DATE
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the motion was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES:Mr. Reboso, Rev, Gibson, Mr. Plummer, arid Mayor Ferre.
NOES: Mrs. Gordon
ABSENT: None.
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Mayor Ferre:
Mr. Grassie:
PUBLIC DOCUMENTSi
Let's go on to Item C, microfilming public documents.
This is the item requested by Commissioner Gordon.
Mrs. Gordon: This is in response to information that I requested in 1976
I believe, or 75. It was quite some time ago. I am concerned, to summarize the
reason for my bringitg this back to you again. The situation that the City of
Miami would be in, if in fact there were any kind of major fire in this building.
I believe we are walking on dangerous grounds when we have no storage area that
we could consider fireproof, or we could consider, to be more specific, remove
from this building, and reduce to some microfilim method of storage. It was
August 6, 1975, that this was a memorandum that we discussed. Since then, in 1977,
we have not yet made provisions for the safeguarding of our records. The cost in-
volved is of a rather minor nature,. as I understand it. Mr. Grassie, correct me
if I am wrong, but are we talking of something in the neighborhood of 25 thousand
0r 20 thousand dollars, to do this.
Mr. Grassie: That is the City Clerk's estimate. That is correct commissioner.
Mrs. Gordon: If we are speaking of a sum of that amount, I think we are
negligent in not implementing it immediately. If you can tell me that we do not
need it, that you feel quite secure, without having that protection, Mr. Grassie,
then say so. But personally I don't feel that way. I feel that with some of the
things that have taken place in the community at large in the past year or two,
which happened, which we don't know when they happened, or if they happened, but.
those things happened. And if it happened here, it would be a total disaster.
Mr. Grassie: I would be more comfortable if we had the records protected.
I would suggest to you, that like a lot of problems we have here, it gets down to
money. What happened was, that amoung the priorities of the City Clerk, apparently
this was not one of them, that he felt he had to have funded at the time he proposed
his budget. You know we have gone through a very difficult budget process. Everybody
had to make reductions. His share of the city's budget, ----there has not been money
for this this.That was a decision he had to take.
Mrs, Gordon: I accept your placing the onus on the records department, or
the Clerk's department, but 1 don't consider it that. I consider this a capital
investment and not part of an operating budget, This is something for the protection
of the City's records and not necessarily a part of the Clerk's budget, I believe
that if this city is in the position financially to afford additional study as you
recommended in today's agenda of $15,000. for a particular study, and if in fact
we have the kind of money that is going to be requested us later in the day to help
fund some magazine, which may or may not pass, of $3,000, and if we have $25000.
which we budget to programs such as, (and I am not criticizing the program) just
saying if we have it, $25,000, for a Sister City program, which brings up some
good will from South America, we need to find $20,000, to safeguard this city's
records. And you could find it if you wish, in your contingency fund or any of the
other little squirreled -away places that the -ti;,ty has,. -=-been able to come up with
money whenever the City wants to. I move you, that you find this, And put this
into piaee
Mayor Vette: There is a motion on the floor. Is there a second?
Mt. Plummer: Mr. Mayor I will not second the motion until Mr. Grassie
tells me that he can secure the money. If he can tell me he can secure the funding,
t think it is a very important project, and a necessary project.
Mayor Ferret Would you also repeat your recommendation Mt. Grassie?
Mr► Grassie: It really wasn't a recommendation, Mr► Mayor. It was a comment,
an observation, Basically what Commissioner Gordon is working with, I gather, is
a letter from the Clerk in which he says we have a problem, and I believe we all
understand that. The question is, what is a reasonable thing to do about it. Simply
saying go out and find the money isn't very reasonable. If we are going to talk about
from what source you want to take it, that is a discussion that might lead to a
solution,
M. Plummer: Let' see if Mrs. Gordon gets a second, If she doesn't, I will
make a motion.
Mrs. Gordon: The motion is that you, Mr. Grassie, secure our public records,
you find a way, and a means to do that.
Mr. Plummer: I second that motion.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon who
moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 77-210
A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO FIND A MEANS AND A WAY
TO SECURE FOR SAFEKEEPING THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI AND TO COME BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION WITH
HIS RECOMMENDATION WITHIN TWO MONTHS FROM THIS DATE
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed
and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
Mrs. Gordon: I want to inform the Manager my personal feelings, and I
don't mean two years from now. This is in the next month or two.
5-A UNITED WAY LUNCHEON -TO BE HELD TODAY:
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor I_ have been asked by the press for a natter of
clarification, --I'll ask Mr. Grassie, because I am unaware, the luncheon at
noon with the United Way, would you announce what that luncheon is.,
Mr. Grassie: About two months ago, the City Commission asked that we invite
the United Fund to appear before this City Conanission simply to give you a review
of their program, to explain what they were doing, I believe, was the way it was
phrased. I think their entire program, you were concerned about, In asking them to
do this, they suggested that because of the graphics and the visual material that
they had available at Otter headquarters, that it might be more useful if you could
go there and in trying to arrange this, at some time 1t would be convenient for you,
they suggest that you have lunch there, So it is your meeting, as it were, and your
suggestion, and it is at lunch simply to try and conserve your time,
Mr, Plummer: Let's got down to the bottom question, Is the public invited?
TO the meeting? Not the lunch.
Mayor Ferre;Of course it is i.nviVed, .as iQ as you have five u►e
ere of
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o niss iofi g zs cmcacc�aem
Mr. Grassier
Mayor Ferte:
the Commission.
I can't speak for the United Fufid itt serving lunch, but
Obviously it is an open tieeting, if you have five members Of
Mr. nutter! I heard somewhere a little while back, Mt. Mayor that
necessarily the case. I at putting it on top of the table.
. BRIE RT: PRECEPTS AND GOALS or CITY EMPLOYEES RETION
SYSTEM.
Mayor Ferrel Take up Item D, Mr. Vince Grimm.
wasnrt
Mr. Grimm: Mr. Mayor and members of the Coimnission, as a member of the
System Board, the Board asked that I present this to you, so you in case you had
any questions as to what our intentions were, I could answer them. Basically, there
are two thrusts behind the development of goals. One is that the Board I feel, once
a conservative approach to the money managers investtnents, and secondly the Board
wants a uniform application of the money manager's responsibilities. AS it stands
right now,we have three different managers, one restricted to fixed income, and
the other two to equity. These goals would dividethose responsibilities, uniformly
amongst all three. This has been something as I said earlier, has taken a year to
develop. It has been discussed fully with the money managers, and what you see in
front of you has their approval. Now, it requires your approval, simply because
the agreements we now have, have to be redrawn.
Mr. Plummer: How time changes things. I remember sitting here through 51
hours of presentations, and other members of this commission,when we went through
new money managers. The bid complaint was, they don't have enough latitude. They
need more freedom. They need to be totally 100% turned free. Look what has happened
in three years. Now we want to become more conservative, now we want to go through
all the process again. I have no objection to conservatism , none.
Mr. Grimm: I would like to point out, Mr. Plummer, you know you were chairman
of our Board for 5 years, so you know better than anyone else what our philosophies
were.
Mr. Plummer: That is right.
Mr. Grimm: But in the three years that this system has been split, we have
managed to increase our assets from 35 million to 58 million.
Mrs.Gordon: I am acquainted with it as you are J.L. and I see this as
a step forward. I don't see this as a diminishing responsibility for the money
managers. I"see this as giving them more flexibility and possibly enhancing
our portfolio and our assets by giving them this latitude. So I move to accept
Mr. Grimm's recommendation.
Mayor Ferre:----to accept the recommendation of Mr. Grimm, Item D, is
there a second?
Mr. Plummer: I just have one big hang-up Mr. Mayor. 1 would have to have
that hang-up cleared before I could second the motion,
Mrs, Gordon; What is your hang-up J.L.?
Mr, Plummer; Well, you made a motion Rose.
.
Mrs. Gordon; If I know your hang-up, I can amend the motion.
Mr, Plummer; Rose, people want to forget, that in 1939 this fund went broke,
It happened. I can't forget things like that. My hang-up is this, If you take the
entire 100% of that fund, and things go under, you have lost everything. 1 as an
individual think, if i,cant have a cake, for Cod's sakes, give me a piece of bread.
I would personally want to see, (and 1 am not trying to be so smart that 1 would
set the percentage) but 1 would want to see a certain portion of this retained
In fixed income.
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in tilted income.
Mt. Griffith: It is, Commissioner,
Mt. Plummet: Not the way I read it Vince. the way I read it, you are
going to give total
Mr. Gri:M: No, Commissioner, read No. 3 under the goals, if you will.
It definitely limits the total amount of investment and equities to 60%.
Mr. Plummer: What you are going to do of each portfolit fixed?
Mr. Crimm: Numerically now you have basically the same thing. Your fused
income is 40% and the two equity tno:tagers each have 30, you have exactly the
same numerical balance.
Mr. Plummer: What is the fixed income in the 40%?
Mr, Grimm: Bonds or cash?
Mrs. Gordon:.3.L., there is no deviation other than, ---let's see if I can
clarifyit. I know what you are thinking. You are think they are going to go
entirely into stocks, and maybe take a drop.That is not true.
97%?
now.
Mr. Plummer: We found two of the money managers we at one time, what, Vince,
Mr. Grimm: That is exactly what we are trying to curb. We have that right
Mrs. Gordon: Yes, but that is because you had those money managers specifically
only in equity.
Mr. Grimm: Exactly.
Mrs. Gordon: . Now, what you are saying, is that the 3 of them will
have proportionate shares, 60/40.
Mr. Grimm: And we will then comparing the results of the money managers.
Mrs. Gordon: You can monitor their performance.
Mr. Plummer: I'll second the motion.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon who
moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 77-211
A MOTION ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY MANAGER
IN CONNECTION WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MIAMI CITY
EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM GOALS REGARDING INVESTMENT PROCESS,
AS OUTLINED IN MR. MAZIN'S MEMORANDUM DATED MARCH 1, 1977,
WHICH MEMORANDUM WAS MADE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF
THE MEETING
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed
and adopted by the following vote;
AYES; Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J, L, Plumper,
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
NOES; None.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro
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6. PROPOSED LEASES WITH MONTY TRAINOR AND DISCUS ION OF ACQUISITION
OP ADJACENT PROPERT1ESI
Mr, Grassier Mt, Vostoet will discuss the results of this negotiations oh
the Monty Trainer lease,
Mr. Vostoent At your last meeting Comissidhets you requested this
item be placed on this agenda, We have been negotiating with Mr. Trainer's
represettative,--..--/ have been negotiating since approximately December 1976,
Mu might recall that the commission requested sone time ago, bids for the
use of the so-called Kelly ptoperty, the boat shed, located immediately north
of the Trainer restaurant. And there were a series of public hearings, held
and Mr. Ttaitet made a proposal that he would develop a restaurant shopping
center complex at the boat shed. In addition, if the cottission were interested,
that the so-called 4Miley' property be acquired through condemnation by the
City Commission, theft entering into a lease with Mr, Trainer for a period of
approximately 30 years, for the continued use of that, but it would place in the
City*s hands property that connects the Kelly property, which we had acquired
through condemnation, with the property where the boat ramp is located, on
boxing gym site. That proposal was accepted by the city cOMMission and the
staff was directed to negotiate with Mr, Trainer and his representatives to
attempt to achieve that proposal, again, a shopping center, marina development
for public enjoyment at the boat shed and the acquisition of the Miley property.
We have been working for some time on trying to iron out that proposal. We had
prepared two leases for your consideration. At about the time those leases were
to come to you, a circuit court judge ruled in another case that was relating to
Kelly property, that the City Should not, could not, ---enter into the proposed
lease with Mr. Trainer for the boat shed property. I would defer to the attorney
for the specifics of that really, but in essence the circuit court judge was
saying that the proposed shopping center development was not within the spirit
and intent of the parks for people bond issue, for the funds we had used to
acquire that property.
Generally the two leases that we had negotiated, contained some similar
provisions. Both leases are for a period of 30 years. There was an easement
provided in the leases, if at some point in the future, a tram or waterborne
transportation system came into being, that Mr. Trainer would create a shopping
center complex on both properties, that he would be required to build at his
cost necessary parking to meet the zoning ordinance provisions, either on his
property or property to be desiganted by the City and he would be required to
make substantial investments in the renovation of those two properties.
Let me go specifically, or directly to the proposed lease on the Miley
property. The original proposal from Mr. Trainer was for the City to acquire
that property at a cost of $950,000. plus attorney's fees of $60,000. to pay
down $475,000. and to pay off the cost of the property over a period of 5 or 6
years, equal annual installments with 81g interest to Mr. Miley. Mr. Trainor
indicated that he thought he would have sufficient revenues generated from the
property to meet, from the two properties, --to meet those annual installment
payments. I would have to point out to the commission that we are now precluded
from entering into the lease for the Kelly property. Mr. Trainor still indicates
that if necessary, the revenues from the Miley property are not sufficient to
pay those annual installments. He will advance funds sufficient to pay those
installments. The original proposal was for a lease of a minimum annual rent
of approximately $61,000. In the lease before you, the minimum annual rent would
be for approximately $87,000. That $67,000. represents the cost of amortizing
the purchase of the property over a period of 30 years, at approximately 5%
interest. In addition, if there is a provision in the lease for a percentage
of gross, if it exceeds $87,000, would be 8% of the gross on the first 1 million,
and 10% on the gross on anything over a million. WE have also indicated that if
in the future the property becomes subject to ad valorem taxes, that the amount
of taxes attributable to other governmental agencies, would be deducted from gross
receipts before our percentage is figured, and the taxes that would be attributable
to the city, would be deducted from the additional rent due. Not from the basic
minimum, but from the additional rent due, if there is additiomal rent due,
Further, we feel there is a real parking problem and testing the proposed
uses against the zoning ordinance, it is not possible, in our opinion to provide
adequate off-street parking en either the Miley property or the Kelly property.
We have provisions in the tease that would require W. Trainer to provide parking
pp si.tes to ke designated by the City. Our propose,/ would be, (it ie not incorporated
in the tease) but our proposal would be to designate sites on the boxing gym property
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attd also within kfittedy Patk, for additional off.stteet parking.
The boning gymgyttlashall 1 answer that one?
Mr. Plutnnert It was always mu understanding under the federal grant
for the boring gym, that that was to be open space and to retain Open space
and only could be used for recreation. Is somebody doing a 180 oh us?
Mr. tostnoen: Part of the recreation development on that site, Commissioner
would have to include some provision for parking, The parking Mr. Trainer would
build would be open to public use. It could not be walled -off, or screenedoff
or available for his exclusive use. It would be public parking.
Mr. Grassie: Just a general comment to your general comment, Commissioner,
this is in the nature of your collective project.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Grassie, let's put it right on top of the record, I
can remember, and Monty well remembers, in fortner administration where big
barricading walls were built there because he was violating the federal grant
of using that space which could not be used for parking. Monty well remembers
of the walls that were placed there and the big boulder that were placed there,
and the wreckers that towed off cars. tt was always said to this commission, one
thing, that is federal money, it was a grant and you could not use it for parking.
Mr. Fosmoen: Commissioner it is used for parking today.
Mr. Plummer: ---as an accessory to the City project for recreation. I have
no objection to it. I am amazed at 180° turn.
Mrs. Gordon: J.L. I think the difference might be that the property
referred to as the Miley property would become city property. That is your
key difference, when Mr. Andrews took exception to the parking, it was to permit
private enterprise to utilize now. Now it is not the same baligame.
Mr. Plummer: Rose you are overlooking one thing.I would agree with you,
(God forbid) if the City was operating the restaurant, but the City is not
operating the restaurant, --a private person. I have no objection. Let's don't
kid ourselves. You go down there any night right now, and who is using the parking
lot? Monty Trainer. Fine. He gets the cars off the street. I have no objection to
that. I am stating for the record, for so many years, I was told as a commissioner,
you could not use it. The barricades were placed. The boulders were placed. Barbed
wire was even used one time so the people couldn't walk through.
Mrs. Gordon: That I think was relat
Miley property.
fact that we didn't own the
Mr. Plummer: That is how far it went. Am I wrong Monty?
Mr. Monty Trainer; Correct.
Mrs. Gordon: That is all correct. Everything you said is right. But Mr. Knox,
you are our attorney, will you look into this? We certainly aren't going to do
anything if it is illegal, but if it is legal, then it seems not out of line,
because it is already being used for parking.
Mr. Knox: We will check Mrs, Gordon.
Mr. Fosmoen; Commissioners, let me speak for a moment to the Kelly property.
Although we are precluded at this point from entering into a lease through a circuit
court decision, I think it is worth reviewing with you the lease. There is a resolution
of intent, if that opinion can be overruled, this is before you today.
The original proposal. from Mr. Trainer, envisioned a minimumrent of approximately
$64,000. Again, 87 of the company's gross up to 1 million or l07. in addition, when
we began looking at what that really meant, we didn't think it was adequate for the
City. The arrangement that is being made with Mr, Trainer through that lease is
different than other leases that we have entered into. Because in this case Mr,
Trainer would be operating essentially as a shopping center operator, ,So we would
be one step removed from those people who were generating the revenue. In other words,
we would be getting 8X of some percentage of a series of companies' profits, or gross
reciepts, Instead we recommended and incorporated in the lease, 10%. of the company's
gross net profit,,; PinillInM for operating that facility as a shopper center,
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and a sliding scale 10% of gross net profit up to $0Ob,000. 15% of gross net
from 2t0 to 400 thousand and V0% of gross net oveir 400 thousand. That is in
addition to a basic minimum tent of $86.144.
Mt. Plummert That is the Kelly property.
Mt. tosmoettt That is right. That is not 'ot', that is in addition to
A basic minimum rent.
Mrs. Gordon Are we able to to do that? 1 thought that was tied up
In court yet. Are you speaking tel what could happen sometime in the future?
Mr. Fosmoen: That is correct.
Mrs. Cord p:+kay.
Mr. Fosmoe'. think there are two point that the commission needs to
consider in examining this lease, and Mr. Trainer and his representative
Mr. Brigham, are here.
First is, we are prevented from entering into the lease on the Kelly
property. The proposal originally for Mr. Trainer was a package proposal
involving both properties, and the advances for the city, if necessary, for
the City to cover, the annual installments on the purchase of the Miley property,
will be coming from revenue generated by both properties. We cannot do that today.
We can only enter into a friendly condemnation and a lease to Mr. Trainer on
the Miley property only. Perhaps we can enter into a resolution of intent, to
proceed with the Kelley property lease if the circuit court decision is overruled.
Mayor Ferre: Where is the appeal on that?
Mr. Fosmoen: I understand it was filed last week.
Mayor Ferre: Does the appeal go back to the same judge, or does it go to
the appellate court?
Mr. Knox: The appeal is e 3rd District Court of Appeals.
Mayor Ferre: Has the judge been assigned yet?
Mr. Fosmoen;I also must point out to the commission , that we are talking about
$475,000. down, plus attorney's fees on the Miley property. There are essentially
two sources that we have to provide that. That is out of the capital improvements
fund and $475,000. will do a good job on that fund. The second source is FPL franchise
that has been pledged to the convention center.
Mr. Grassie: Could I repeat Mr. Mayor the three questions that are really
in front of you? One, when you initially agreed to this, you saw it as a two -
properties -proposition that appears to be impossible for us to do in the short
run, Two, to go ahead with these leases means that you have to come up with
$535,000. cash right now. Three, to make them effective, we are going to have
to authorize parking, and we talked about some of the problems, either around
the boxing gym, probably in Kennedy Park also, Those three things are key elements.
Mayor Ferre; What is your recommendation?
Mr. Crassie; My recommendation has to be in this sense, Mr. Mayor. The
original staff recommendation before I got here was, for a different proposal,
The City Commission agreed to consider the current proposal and directed the
staff to work to make that possible, We have in good faith negotiated with
Mr, Trainer and present to you the best, in our estimation, the lease package
which can be got from that proposal.
If you ask the what my recommendation is, with regard to the leases that
are in front of you, I have to say that I do not recommend that the City enter
into it.
Mrs, Cordon; Clarify that, Do you mean the dual-leases,or the single
lease,
Mr, Cr'assis; Either one Comm ool.oner,
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MAR I61971
Mt Plummer: tan l ask a point? Maybe I should ask of Mr. Kinox,
Mt. Rno , the terminology has been used by Mt. Poison and by Mt. Otassie here
today. We ate not prohibited from the use of the kelly property except as to the
proposal before us. is that correct?
Mr. 'Knox: That is correct,
Mt, Plummer: 1 will remind the two of you, that you tight not have head the
record, 1 was opposed to that proposal for the Keay property because 1 didn't
feel that it fit into the character. There was once a than who said we have only
so much waterfront and I thought it should be used tore for boating activity. As
1 understand the lawsuit, the outcome of the lawsuit, it doesn't prevent this
commission, nor Monty Trainer from going back and soliciting new proposals or
sore other type of activity which I hope would be boat related activities. Arm
I correct?
Mr. Knox:Correct.
Mr. Plummer: Okay, fine. One other question. bid I understand you
correct that if the City puts up the half -million dollars or the 475,--
Mr. Posmoen:-----plus $60,000. for attorney's fees.
Mr. Plummer: Let's call it a half --million dollars. This lease would
require the City immediately come up with a half --million dollars. Did I
understand you to say, that that would amortized over 5 to 7 years?
Mr. Posmoen: No, sir. The basic minimum rent would amortize, the total
cost 1 million, 10 thousand dollars, over 30 years.
Mr. Plummer: The next question. It was in the proposal of Mr. Trainer
before this commission, the day he was awarded, that he would spend in excess
of a million dollars in improvements. Is that tied down in the lease? I know it
pertained to both properties.
Mr. Fosmoen: The lease says it is expected that 750 thousand dollars will be
spent on the Kelly property and it is expected that 75 thousand dollars will be
spent on the Miley property.
Mr. Plummer: Is that tied down in the lease?
Mr. Fosmoen: The language in the lease, in my opinion, Conmtissioner, does
not tie it down. It says it is expected that those costs would reach 150,------
Mr. Plummer: I am opposed to that, but I am further opposed to it, because
I want it specifically stated in the lease what improvements are going to be made.
I think it is only reasonable that it should be, that we should know, is be going
to build a new marina, or re -do the building.
Mr. Fosmoen: Commissioner, one other point. WE do make reference to the
proposal in the leases. We say that the lessee is expected to make, or will wake
those improvements, that were incorporated into his proposal. Mr, Brigham's point
through our negotiations, was , if you can get it for less, --does it make sense to
tie it to a million, or million and a half dollars?
Mr, Plummer; I would say this, and I am speaking for one. That that was
there proffering, not ours, that they would make those improvements. I think
that it was further stipulated at that time, that those improvements had to be
made within one year, I could be incorrect on that. It might have been two years,
I am sure the record would reveal that it isn't going to be that we will make those
improvements in the 5th year, or when we get around to it. It was stiuplated, and
I want to know is that in the contract now because i can't find it,
Mr, Fosmoen; Again I go hank to saying that the proposal is referenced in
the lease and the rent becomes due at the end of la months, or when 75% of the
(this is on the Kelly property) space is occupied, go there is a lead time of 18
months before the rent on the Kelly property would become due, However during that
period the lease provides for iiwoine to the City that may generate from the docks
and ina►r i nas .
oa•
Mt, Plumter: Meadamoen, does the itate tall fot the imprtvemmag
tt be made ih one year?
Mr, Posffloent The lease itself does not.
Mr, Plummer: Thank you,
Mt. Toby trighat: Mr. Mayor and Commissioners) I would like to make
about a 6 minute presentation and then answer any specific answers you may
have. 1 would like to believe that the recommendations of the city manger
is more related to the availability of funds than it is to the fact that these
leases are not favorable to the public and to the City. He didn't clarify that,
but we have been working for 9 months, meeting all their terms and conditions
of the City Manager's office, and thought Ve had reached satisfactory leases.
But he can clarify that later.
For more than a decade the City of Miami has had the vision to complete
the public ownership of the bayfront from Coconut Grove to tockermat canal,
so that Biscayne Bay and its shore would become a community asset, available
for the use and enjoyment of all the citizens of Miami.
More than a year ago Monty Trainer came up with a unique plan that would
allow the City to have opportunity, perhaps which would not be otherwise available
to acquire one of the last privately owned properties which prevented the City's
dream of continuous public ownership of the bayfront. But more than that, Monty
Trainer won your approval of an exciting and dynamic concept that would take the
bayfront available to every man, tothe enjoyment of every man, whether he owned
a boat or not. However, the projetiriMs a marina. The project was marine oriented.
But it had more exciting featuredtt* provided a greater attraction than simply
the repair of motors and the scraping and painting of boat hulls.
There were many other competing proposals. All of them were privately operated
commercial uses of this building. Most of them served the narrow marine interest
of the small segment of the total community. Monty Trainer's concept won your
approval on the motion of Commissioner Gordon because it was designed to open
the bay and the bayfront to everyone. Under his plan everyone could enjoy the
advantage of Biscayne Bay and its shore, whether or not they owned a boat or
wanted marine motor repair job or a hull straightened. More than that Monty
Trainer's plan won your approval because it would give Miami an exciting and
dynamic focal point of attraction, which it sorely needs for its citizens and
tourists alike, like San Diego, Los Angeles and the trip that Commissioner Plummer
made down that coast. But even more than that, Monty Trainer's plan allowed the
City to achieve its dream of a continuity of public ownership at a price never
to be seen again in the future, and in a way which would ultimately be at no
cost to the city, because its acquisition cost would be entirely recaptured
from the revenues of the property, plus a profit, plus the public ownership
of the property and the asset afterwards. You approved this plan and directed
the city manager on July 22nd, 1976 to work out the details. Now, on March 16,
1977 after 8 months of detailed and thorough negotiations, your city manager
has come forth with leases we have arrived at, and arrangements which have
resulted from your direction. The proposed leases have gone far beyond the proposal
of Monty Trainer in favor of the public, in the following important respects.
No. 1, with regard to public ownership, control and benefit, the lease provides
for a boardwalk to be constructed at the expense of Monty Trainer. The lease provides
for public parking which is needed for the whole Dinner Key Master plan, not only
for this operation as an adjunct to recreational purposes, but for public parking
for the whole Dinner Key area, in the public enjoyment of it.
The development at Monty Trainer's expense of more public parking, off the
site; facilities for tram and water -borne public transportation on the site, reg-
ulation of pricing of goods and materials, and rents, regulation of rules for public
access, regulations of uses to assure consistency with the Dinner Key Master plan;
provision for cancellation in the public interest; regulation of appearance, land-
scaping and advertising; then there is the element of public revenues, The leases
worked out are much more favorable to the city than the original proposal, The Kelly
property lease makes the city a partner in net profits, far above the initial pro-
posal which was $64,500, minimum rent, 8% up to a million* and 10Z over that. Now,
it is $87,000, minimum rent, plus the partnership interest in increasing percentages
according to how the net gross profit develops, There are strict accounting procedures
and controls, The Miley property lease carries a percentage of gT044 revenue which
we feel will give the City a potential of well over $150,000. per year, as the @eating
c4p4city of the restaurant is doubled, and a lounge is added. There is also the cm.,
mitment that Monty Trainer will advance rent to assure the city will not have te pay
out of its sources, other than the initial payment, from sources other than the
teVeftue produced by the property itself. There is the public benefit in the
asset which will belong to the city at the etrd of the lease. There is a cote
tnitmett itt the lease that all the improvements shown on the bid proposal of
Monty Trainer, will be made. The lease itself provides for basic rents to come
due. It is essential that those improvements be made for the whole plan to work.
Pot Monty `trainer to get a dime out of this property, he has to make those improve-
ments. The cost of those improvements, we estittiated at the public hearing, would
exceed a trillion dollars and perhaps go up to a 1.4 trillion dollars. We did place
a floor on it, of $150,000. in the Kelly lease, because if we could find a way
to bake those same inlproVements, for less, we wanted to do that. But those itttprove
meats will be trade. The city will have those improvements when the lease terminates.
On the Miley property, the seating capacity of the restaurant will be doubled
the lounge will be established, not to be less in cost than $75,000. It will probably
take a great deal more, but we wanted some latitude in the event we could do it
more reasonably. Those improvements will belong to the City.
So the City Manager has developed arrangements which are sure public ownership,
public controlled, and more public benefit than ever before in any similar arrange-
meat made by the City, be it the Miamarina, the Rusty Pelican, any of the projects
here in Dinner Key, and my I timidly say, perhaps on a smaller scale even the
Orange Bowl.
The plan on the acquisition of the Miley property is as wollowst to authorize
its acquisition by eminent domain proceedings, the final judgements entered in these
proceedings then control the price and terms. The City is then following the court
order, in settlement of full compensation for the taking. There are two plans.
Its the same cost, $950,000. plus $60,000. cost in attorney's fees to the feeowner's
interest, Mr. Miley. Then that would be full compensation to him, but remember, the
Bayshore Properties INc., which is Monty Trainer, has a lease on the property,
and when it is taken is entitled to full compensation for his interest, the leasehold
estate, tenant imprC .ments, the equipment and furnishings, all of his good will.
Al]. of that is be .ransferred to the City and as full compensation to that, there
is a lease -back for''"'O years which will produce these benefits for the City. Not only
will the City's cost be amortized by that lease over the 30 year period, but there
will be, I submit, tremendous profits, unexperienced before, in arrangements made
by the City in the past from this property in addition to the tangible asset of the
property at the termination of the lease.
The other way to do it, if there is a funding problem, we have worked out
with the landlord fee -owner's interest of paying $475,000. as an initial payment
upon entry of final judgement at which time title to the property passes to the
public. Then plus the $60,000. cost and fees, I get none of that, I want you to
know. The balance would be paid pursuant to judgement in 6 equal annual installments
of principle and 6 annual payments of interest at 81%. Should you wish to save that
interest and use other revenues which require less interest, be it parks for people
bond issue of capital improvement funds or whatever. That money is going to be returned
from the revenues of this property which would be available for those funds. Then
the advantage of doing this by final judgement is, as a settlement, that no one,
any any imagined reason, could challenge the arrangements made because they are in
payment in lieu of cash, a full compensation for the taking. Public ownership and
control is the object. That is the public use. The running of the Miley property
is what gives the restaurant an attraction to this Dinner Key area. Otherwise I
suggest the compensation if the property were available against the defenses of
the owners against the taking in the future, could exceed a 1.5 million. Otherwise
there may be no recapture of the cost of acquisition plus the additional resources
We recognize the ruling of Judge Testa in the Kelly suit and the Kelly property,
The City has appealed that and I think as I said before, there is an excellent
change that the appeal will reverse Judge Testa opinion. But this is no way has
anything to do with the Miley property, That is on the Kelly property. Furthermore
I would like to point out to you that Judge Testa ruled, and I quote from his
order, which I have in front of me, the City may for an interim period use the
property,(meaning the Kelly property) for other than public purpose, We therefore
ask you to do two things, Approve the Kelly lease, subject to the results of
appeal, authorize the City Manager to let Monty Trainer operate the Kelly property
for the interim period under the terms of that lease, and if the appeal is favorable
to the City so the lease can continue, it would continue, If the appeal is unfavorable,
se the lease may not continue, it would be terminated. There is an interim provision
of the lease, in the form approved by the City Manager, This would produce 4 large
percentage, The advantage of doing this on the Kelly property would be that it pre-
duces revenues which are now being lost and wasted for the pudic on the property
because it is not earning the revenue for the City that it can or should, or would
if there were an interim lease as Judge Testa has said is possible, It would allow
the 1eaaa to continue under its full terms if the appeal results permit, without
further lapse of a considerable period of time which we have experienced at thie
point.
Secondly we ask you to proceed with the Miley transaction .lease back
regardless of the Kelly appeal which has tto bearing oti the Mile ` ' petty. This
would accomplish the desirable goals of the City attd the public, tt ownership
and conttol and the benefit from the Miley property,
Select your plan of payment, but we ask that you proceed as we have requested
theft the decades dreams and the two years of efforts at this point will not go
down the drain, 1 will be pleased to answer any questions that any of you have
with regard to the leases, with regard to Judge Testa's ruling, with regard to our
intent,
Mrs. Gordon: Just for information. The current lease that Monty has with
the Mileys, is for how long a period?
Mr. Brigham:That was a 20-year lease.
Mrs. Gordon: How many years are retraining?
Mr, Brigham: There are about 1811 years remaining.
Mrs. Gordon: Remaining?
Mr. Brigham: ices, ma'am.
Mrs. Gordon: That was why you brought up the fact of a condemnation
through regular channel without a negotiation, would result in a higher purchase
price to the City, ----
Mr. Brigham: Correct.
Mrs. Gordon: ------because of the damages to him through the virtue of
his lease. Is that correct?
Mr. Brigham: Correct.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Manager at any time do we have an up -dated or any kind
of appraisal of what that property, through condemnation proceedings would
cost? As I recall for the Kelly property we paid right at 1 million dollars.
Is that correct?
smoen: $1,050,000.00 for the Kelly property.
lummer: Do we have anywhere an appraisal of what the Miley property,
--------2`understand it is a 'gestimate.'
Mr. Fosmoen: We have one appraisal of $904,000. which I can't tell you
how old it is, but it is a few years old.
Mr, Plummer: is that just for the property, or the property and the
business? Does it take the business into consideration?
Mr. Fosmoen: Just for the property.
Mr.Flummer: Just the property. So then you would have to acquiesce to the
point that the closing of the business would obviously cost more,
Thank you.
Let me ask another question, The gears are grinding, Be more specific Mr,
Grasse in why you feel this is not a good deal for the city.
Mr, Gressie; Basically because I cannot recommend to you, one more unfunded
project, We don't have $535,000, that 1 know of to come up with our share.
Mrs, Cordon; May I ask you, Mr, GRassie, if you believe that there may be
some of these funds available by way of same grants that might be coming this way
or if Community Pevelopment would permit this kind of expenditure.
Mr, 0rassi.e; The Community Development guidelines, asswuing target area
identification and cipicen participation agreement and all these things that are
necessary1 assuming all of that, yes, you could consider C,Ii, money, If you are
talking about grants of the public works nature, here we are talking about /and
aoqulsiticn, and that would not be eligible.
Mra. Gordon' 1 know that. Then specifically, under the land ac4uisition
portion of the Community Development, as f understand it, the grant sums will
be increased for the City of Miami beyond what has been attticipated.
Mr. GrassietYou are speaking of future funds we tight get in a year or two'?
Mrs. Gordon: A third approach, or another approaeh, possibly to you Mt. Brigham,
is whether or tot Mr. Miley would consider a lesser downpayment initially, in an
additional payment, half doutt, half of that sum, and another half in a year, some
thing of that sort.
Mr. Brigham: When I learned of the funding problem, I approached Mr. Miley
and his attorney, and I asked them not only to do that, but to extend the tertn
for payment and they could not see their way cleat to do so, I am sure for good
and valid reasons. But I understood the funds are available in the capital improvement
program with the moneys that the Florida power and light has trade available for
the convention center and respectfully submit that the use of those funds, for the
downpayment, would probably, ---I don't know when you plan to build the convention
center but if it is going to be for a period of more than 3,4 or 5 years, this
money would be paid back to that fund in that period of time.
Mrs. Gordon: I don't want to touch anything that is earmarked for the
convention center. I would like that on the record right away. I would like
to ask Mr. Grassie a question.
Mr. Grassie: Yes, ma'am.
Mrs. Gordon: In the paper, as I read the report, from you to the News,
---paper this morning, you so stated that we were short something like 2 million
dollars, round figures, for the convention center, and you did not know where
you were going to get it. I am concerned where you are going to get it. It is
a current subject, since we are talking about spending more money. I want you to
tell me where you expect to get that two million.
Mr. Grassie: Commissioner Plummer is making some good suggestions on the
side. I trust that it comes as no surprise to the City Commission that there
is not a full appropriation for the convention center project. That project has
for three years now, been about 5 million dollars short. It has been the position
of the city that as that project neared completion, that it would be funded out
of the capital improvement fund.
Mayor Ferre;----and federal public funds, and other sources,---
Mr. Grassie: You know we have made that application, we are still reasonably
optimistic that we will get -public works grant money to complete that budget.
Now, of that 5 million dollars, we have reassigned at least at the budget planning
level, 21 trillion dollars from the Dinner Key Project to make up half of that
deficit. That leaves us between 2 and 21 million dollars which would still need
to be reassigned from some other part of the capital improvement fund if we do not
get public works money, That is the money I was talking about yesterday. I should
say one other thing, This was not an announcement on my part. This was a question
which was directed to me by Mr. Chapman, of the Downtown Development Committee,
which he asked the funding status of this particular project, ---
Mayor Perre: It shouldn't have been answered.
Mr, Grassie;--it was being misreported, the information he has, was mistaken,
and it was in that way, that the discussion of money, originated.
Mrs, Gordon; I can't understand what happened to the money that due us from
the sale of the Virginia Key property.
Mayor Perre;We haven't received if. That is a i., 3,; mf .11on dollars,
Mrs. Cordon; 1 thought it was 5 million. F,
MR. Plummer; Ws got that,
Mrs, Gotdon: Brat about the original bond money.
Mt, Grassier It is still there,
Mts. Gordon: Adding those two together and adding the money from the
University, I don't see how you could be terribly short. Otte and one is two,
Mt. Ctassiet So long as you only add half of the problem, We tend to
forget that we spent over 4 million dollar's just for land acquisition in
that project.
Mayor Ferrel Let to see if I can clarify something. Of course you don't
remember because you wern't here.
Mr, Crompton, you might remember this. Perhaps you can clarify,
Mt. Paul Andrews brought before this commission a chart and it was a chart
that lasted through the 7 or 8 years of the Florida Power & Light franchise
funds. It was a description of how several of these projects were going to
be funded, among which was the convention center. As you may recall, back in
the days when we had to negotiate that Virginia Key thing, we ended up with
5.3 million dollars. In addition the county, through negotiations, between our
staff and their staff, agreed to a million and some odd thousand dollars for
land acquisition. In addition we had about 4.5 million dollars left,---- (I think
there is 4,7 dollars to be exact) from the bond money. There has been 300 thousand
expended. That all totaled up well in excess of 10 million dollars. Furthermore,
Mr. Andrews,(this is going back almost a year now) in that chart, it said if there
was a shortfall, we would have sufficient moneys coming in from the Florida Power
& Light franchise to cover the total amount. I would recommend that you have somebody
in staff go back and look at the minutes because that was the clear understanding
that this commission was given at that time. Now, if circumstances have changed,
it seems to me, it should not come as any surprise to this commission that we only
have 5 million dollars available for the conference convention center. I want to
answer that by saying absolutely yes, it does come as a complete surprise, because
the last time that we discussed this, officially in this commission, we were told
that they were well in excess of 10 million dollars for that project and it was
specifically earmarked. And if you go back on the record, you will find that state-
ment being made.
Mrs. Gordon: Would that include the University's money?
Mayor Ferre: No, the University has 3 million dollars.
Mrs. Gordon: Right.We are clear on that deal.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor can we stick to he subject at hand? Let's
take care of Monty Trainer.
Mayor Ferre: Let me see if I can sum it up in a minute and a half. He says
it is a good deal because we are never going to get something like this in the
future. It makes economic sense and he has been negotiating it for 9 months. This
is an agreeable, negotiated document. He further says, that the Kelly deal and the
Miley deal are two separate things. We can do one without the other, even though
he would like a commitment on our part that if we are successful on appeal, that
he has a contract.
The Manager on the other hand says, that he is not speaking as to whether
this is good or bad. What he is saying is, that we don't have a half million dollars
to put into this thing at this point. Aid hear you right?
Mr. Grassier That is correct. We have to resolve the legal question, the
parking question and funding question,
.Mayor Ferre; What he is saying is, you may as well start with most difficult
one, which is, where are we going to get the money? He is saying We don't have the
money. once you get beyond that one, we have to get to the legal question and finally
the parking which is the least of the 3 in the problem. It is a problem but it is
not the major problem. So, what he is saying is, our recommendation is that you do
nothing at this point,
Mr, Plummer Mt. Mayor please, I wish it was other than Monty Trainer, I really do.
VOuty is a good friends Probably won't be after today. Mtn Mayor how can we even
think about prooeedilg until we know,,-- m.we are writing a bad check. We ate
enteting into an agreement that we can't cone up with the money. Until this man
tells me my cheek is good, I don't see how we tan proceed.
Mr, trighaff, do you have ah answer for that?
Mr. Brigham: I think I may. However, fools rush in, where angels fear
to tread. i don't know how much Honey you have in the parks for people bond
issue. I understand that is a sensitive sugject, however, you may wish to compare
the benefits of this acquisition over those that may be cot►itetiplated from those
funds, with the understanding that this completes an ownership. It provides an
ecisting facility which will produce revenue which will recoup funds. I don't
know if that helped or hurt. The thought has occured to me.
Mr. Plummer: Mt. Brigham, I don't disagree with that sir. But I am saying
until this Manager can come to this table and say, gentlemen, here is the 500
thousand dollars, I think we are spinning out wheels. We are writing a bad check.
That is no anyone can vote for that here today.
Mr. Brigham: Would you give me about 2 minutes to concur with the Miley
interest?
Mr. Plummer: Sure.
Mt. Brigham: They have heard this proceeding and let me see if there is
any avenue there that,
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Manager I apologize if I am doing negotiations, which is
not my intent. I have an adverseness of writing bad checks.
Mr. Grassie: I concur with that. I wonder Mr. Mayor if it would help while
we are waiting the two minutes Mr. Brigham suggested, whether I could point out to
you an information piece you have. 1 believe it is in front of you. I just put on
your desks this morning so you haven't had a chance to take a look at it, but it is
a major project status report.
No. 2 in that list of 15 or 16 projects, ---you just got it this morning
and you have not had a chance to see it.
Mayor Ferre: He didn't put it on my desk.
Mrs. Gordon: I don't have it here either.
Mr.. Plummer: He sure did with me.
Mr. Grassie: It is the agenda supplement, Mayor. I am sorry. It did get out
to your office. It is an information piece and there was no necessity for it. but
I thought that if you had it I would point out the figures we have in report No.2,
which has to do with the conference -convention -center. What we do there is to
summarize the existing budget for that project. Very simply, what it shows is
that we have 4.5 million dollars for land acquisition and 10.5 million for development
costs for that project. When we take the previous convention center project cost
of $345,000.00, land acquisition costs $4,140,000.00 and consulting and developing
architrctural fees of $895,000.00, when you have those total expenditures to date,
you can see what has happened to your budget, The sourcesof the money that you have,
are 4.5 million from the convention center, general obligation bond issue, 5,3 million
from Virginia Key, then there is a 5,2 million that we asked for from public works.
That is the 5 million dollar problem I was talking about. It is in your report.
Mr, Plummer: Mr. Mayor I am going to make one request right now, It seems like
everybody wants to forget about it, Mr. Knox. I want a report from you es soon as
possible, exactly the status of the f'PL franchise as it relates to the court suit
of ,p--..there was a ruling, George, I am sure are familiar with it.
Mayor Ferre; That doesn't affect the City of Miami.,
Mr, Plummer. The wording of that ruling in my estimation could very well
affect the City of Miami,
Mayor Ferre You are not a lawyer,
W. Plummer; That is why 1 have asked the lawyer to give me 4 report,
Mayor tette: Lawyer, I want to remind you that the law department,
it wasn't this particular, =.---- 1 atft talking about John tloyd, who was asked
that quesiton and gave you a legal opinion. The legal opinion was that since
the City of Miami was named in that lawsuit, and since the City of Miami did not
participate in that lawsuit as a friend of the court, or whatever it was, therefore
it was not bidding on the City of Miatni and there is no court in the land that could
in any way bird US to something which we did not in arty way participate.
Mrs Plummer: Mr, Mayor I at asking again, we have a new city attorney,
we now have some 180 different positions. All I am saying to you, I want you to
review that court decision and in your estimation, I want you to come back here
and say to this commission what your opinion, -"is the ci.ty's right to franchise
beyond 84 in jeopardy, ---you feel it is tint in jeopardy, -.I want you to come back
because everywhere we are turning here recently, we are using FPI, franchise for a
crutch. I as going to tell you something, that crutch tight not exist. I Want your
opinion Mr. Knox, as to Popper ruling, if that is the proper terminology, as it
related to either Medley, or somewhere, --the court stopped theta from a franchise,
and remember very vividly in the decision it was stated, cities; plural, could
no longer franchise.
Mayor Ferret Don't you remember very vividly that the City Attorney also
upon request of your questions, said, on the record, that in his opinion, there
was no way that could be enforced upon the City of Miami at this particular point.
Mr. Plummer: That is right.
Mayor Ferret But there could always be a danger that in a future case that
could happen.
Mr. Plummer: I am asking for Mr. Knox's opinion, --his feeling.
Mrs, Gordon: You want him to look into it?
Mr. Plummer: Sure I want his opinion of what he feels is the jeopardy or
possible jeopardy of this city, being affected by that ruling.
Mayor Perre: I think I would like to word it differently. I would like
to put it this way. I would like to know if you disagree with the former city
attorney .
Mr. Plummer: That is fine.I will accept that. And if not, send me a copy of
the former ruling.
Mr. Brigham: The difficulty I have is that Mr. Miley and his attorney
understood you to say that you have no funds and before they can suggest anything
if that is your condition, they have no suggestion to make. If there are some funds
you can offer, then I, will approach them on that basis, and perhaps some initial
payment, 6-year payment, and balloon can be arranged.
Mrs. Gordon: Six year on the 450 you are talking about?
Mr. Brigham; There is a 6-year annual payment now. If a 6-year period of time
would give the city to be in better position with regard to its funding, it seems
reasonable to me to think we might ask the Miley interest to consider some kind of
balloon payment toward the end. They are at a loss to know what to suggest.
Mrs. Gordon; We have to come up with the proposition and they will consider it,
Mr, Brigham; They heard you say you had no funds,
W. Plummer; They didn't hear wrong,
Mr, Brigham; The Miley interest understood the commission and the City
Manager to say there are no funds to proceed with this, Therefore they can't
offer anything because if there are no funds, there can be no purchases, l was
inquiring if there are funds, and if there are, and you can state an amount that
would be available, then we can approach them,
Mrs, Gordon; Along the linos of what l said bef
Mr. Brigham: 'Yes, ma'am.
Mr, Plummer: Mr, Mayor I am going to make a motion, I make a motion
this matter be sent back to the Manager to come back to this cotmniissitin with
a possible funding source, whether it be with alternatives, so that we can
reasonably consider a financial situation which we ate faced with here today,
and I don't think toe can settle, I am going to recommend that this be deferred
to the Manager to come up with a possible funding recommendation for the City's
portion, 1 Rake that in the form ofi a Motion,
Mrs, Gordon: Are you putting a time elettett oil it?
Mr. Brigham: Would it be possible to do between now and this afternoon
hearing?
Mr. Plummer: If the manager tells me he can do it between now and then, sure.
Mr. Brigham: We have been working for more than 9 months on this project,
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Manager you heard the motion. How long would you need?
Mayor Ferre: It all depends, because if it is a child that is going to be
born, it takes 9 months.
Mr. Plummer: Not necessarily.
Mayor Ferre: If it is a white elephant, it is going to take longer than
9 months.
Mr. Grassie: That will take 13 months, Mayor.
Mr. Plummer: I have a motion. It hasn't got a second. Do I assume my motion
dies? 30 days is fine with me, or the next commission meeting is fine with me.
As soon as you can do it.
Mrs. Gordon:If you leave it as soon as he can do it, it may never be done.
Mr. Plummer: Let me do it this way Rose to try to make you happy.
Mrs. Gordon: I would say by the next commission meeting, and I'll second
your motion, if you do that.
Mr. Plummer: My motion is to turn this matter back over to the Manager for
him to develop the possible source of funding in which the City can enter into
this agreement, this having a maximum return to this commission of 30 days. He
can do it this afternoon, tomorrow, ----
Mayor Ferre: Reboso seconds. I would assume, implied in the motion is the
acceptance of the proposal,
Unidentified person: No sir.
Mayor Ferre: Why are you instructing the City Manager to go find the money
if you are not willing to accept the deal.
Mrs, Gordon; Why waste his time, and these people, and out time, unless
you are interested in this proposition.
Mayor FFrre; If you are telling the Manager, to go find the money to do this,
and you are telling me at the same time, you don't intend to go through with it,
once he finds the money, that it seems to me, I think you are putting this thing
backwards, The first thing you have "to makeup your mind on, is, does this deal
make any sense? And if it does make sense, are we going with it in principle?
Then I think the next step is to tell. the Manager, look, we want to do it, if
we can, It is in you hands, try to do it, If it can't be done, it can't be done,
Mr, Plummer; Mr, Mayor let me refresh your memory sir, I have always played
.pethe 7 years I have been on this commission, that the majority rules, Right?
Mayor Ferre Right.
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Mr, Plummer: I was opposed to Dinner key, the majority rules, and I
think that my votes will reflect that what that majority decision was, I went
along with every way possible to try to take what the majority decision of this
commission was. I will now remind you Mr, Mayor that Mr, Brigham made a statement,
Which was a scatterguri statetie'tt, which is done quite commonly, that the eotttissiott
approved, this proposal, What he did not say, that this commission approved it on
a 3 to 2 vote, myself and Father Gibson voted against this proposals Mr, Mayor I
am still opposed as presented in this lease, but the majority of this commission
was in favor, I play by that ballgame, The majority has made the ruling, tow I feel
I atn bound to do what the majority rules. There again I don't think that it is right
to come before this commission with the proposal when we don't have the money to
spend. Before, I want, ----and I would assume that this is going to be a 3/2 vote
again,or it is going to be a 4/1 vote, I think the majority of this conttission has
spoken they want this thing. I want it but not under the terms.
Mrs. Gordon! y'ou do want it. That is what the Mayor said.
Mr. Plummer: I am getting ready to make some other motions after this
one is over, rise or fall.
Mayor Ferret Let's put it right on the table. What is you want, what is the
majority here is going to go on,----- -as far as I am concerned, this commission has
gone on record saying we want to developthat property.
Mr. Plummer! ---by a 3 to 2 vote.
Mayor Ferre: We have had some criticism as you know, which of course, we
do, on anything we do. I personally think that was unfair criticism, because
our intention here is to develop a waterfront area, for the public use and it is
marine oriented. I hope to God that it is clearly understood that you are not going
to put into this area a cowboy supply shop, or something, ----completely unrelated.
Mr. Brigham: That is correct.
Mayor Ferre: This has to be water -marine oriented activities. That is the
premise we have been going on. No 2. we also set some specifications, which are
clearly on the record, amongst which were the commitment to spend a million and
some odd dollars. That was all part and parcel of this.
Now, it seems to me, that what is happening here is, that in good faith
Mr. Fosmoen has negotiated a contract. The contract is before us. The Manager and
Mr. Fosmoen are saying don't proceed. I have not heard you say don't proceed
because it is a bad deal or you disagree with the premise. You are saying don't
proceed because we don't have the money. Is that correct? You are not saying this
is a bad contract are you?
Mr. Grassie: No. I think that on the assumption that the city commission
has decided that the project should go ahead, I think that the leases that are
in front of you are good leases, from the point of view of the City.
Mayor Ferre: It is a question of finding the money.
Mr. Plummer; You have given the Manager a mandate by the majority of this
commission that you wish to proceed. The Manager has done no more or no less than
try to get the best deal out of that proposal, Now, what he is telling you, is he
doesn't feel personally that it is a good proposal,
Mayor Ferre: He didn't say that, Did you say that? Say it on the record, if
that is the case, Is this a bad proposal in your opinion?
Mr. Grassie; You mean, is the project a good project?
Mayor Fevre, Yes,
Mrs. Gordon. is the entire proposal.a bad project or a good project.
Mayor Ferrel, Is it good for the people of Miami? The question is, in
your opinion, since you have been involved in this, and you know exactly what
is intended to be accomplished here, is this good for the city of Miami, yes or no.
M;, Brigham; Mt. Mayor we didn't meat P Me with Mr. Grassie, It wgg all
Mt► tosi ett,
Mayor Pare: Mr, posrtaeh 'theft, through Mr. Gtassie,
Mr, Grassier Ih faittess Mr Mayor, I have hot considered that as an
aternative opeh to the, to questioh whether o't not, something other that
what you had already decided, was aft altetnative.
Mayor Terre: There have beet lot of other mandates.
Mr. Grassier What I at saying to you further, I will be happy tel do that,
and give you a recommehdatioh oft that, but our effotts so fat has been in good
faith to work with Monty Traiher and get the lease that you asked for That is
all we have done.
Mayor Ferre: The lease that came back is not quite what
because there was softie specific things,��
Mr. Grassie: We got the best we could. Every negotiation
points of view. They had some points of view too.
Mayor Ferre: I'll put it to you this way. Unless the commitment to spend
that kind of money is part and parcel as this commission voted, you don't have
shy vote.
e asked for,
Mr. Brigham:It is there sir.
involves two
Mayor Ferre: Not on a what -if basis. It has to be specific.
Mr. Brigham: It is. We agree to improve the property in definite fixed
ways. The plans are in record and everything else.
Mayor Ferre: If thing gets moving, I want to make sure that there is no way
but legally they can say well, we said we would try but can't do it, and therefore
we don't intent to spend any money, or spend $50,000.
Mr. Fosmoen: Mr. Mayor the lease does not say that they will spend 1.4 million
dollars. The lease says they will develop the property in accordance with the pro-
posal that was made, and they expect to spend at least $750,000.
much.
Mayor Ferre: That is the minimum expenditure, they have to spend that
Mrs. Gordon: That is for the two parcels together?
Mr. Fosmoen: No, that is for the Kelly property.
Mrs. Gordon: I want to say how I feel about it Mr.Mayor. I feel this is
a very rare opportunity for the public to be able to acquire a very valuable
piece of waterfront property at a very minor amount of investment. It is such
a rate opportunity I can hardly believe it is happening. I think that this com-
mssion would be remiss if they did not try at least to come up with some initial
amount of money. If not the amount that has been specified in the lease, an amount
we could come up with. I don't buy that, 'we don't have it,' I have seen too much
going around City Hall in 6 years that indicates to me, when we want something, we
find a way to accomplish it. I think we need to find a way to accomplish this
because this is a good proposition for the City of Miami, for the taxpayers of
the City of Miami, for all the people who choose to live in the City of Miami,
come to visit the City of Miami, because it will be in public hands, At no time
in the future can any private developer come in and apply for a high-rise apartment
building or some other use which we would find objection to, but which might be
granted by the courts if not by us, and I think this is something we should not
dilly-dally on but come back positively and in an Affirmative manner say that
we can afford x number of dollars, that we will pay the balance out in such and
such a manner, That is all,
Rev, Gibson: Mt. Mayor I would bops that we would give the Manager
an opportunity to gee if he can find the noney, If he cannot find it, than
he ought to come back and tell us, I hope the spirit is that be must find it,
if he cannot find it. ii+at to try and find it:and if be cannot then come back and
say I ha* e looked, and there is no way, if that is the case We Will 'mote khbwi iOye
The following motion was introduced by CoM tiissiot et PltThftet, who molded its
adoption,
MOTION N0, 77212
A MOTION bEFERRING CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED LEASES FOR RAYS'HORE
EOAT sHEb (KEttY PROPERTY) ANb TRAINER RESTAURANT (MILEY PROPERTY)
ANb DIPECTiNG THE CITY MANAGER TO STUDY PossInt FUNDING SOURCES
CONCERNING THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THESE PROPOSED LEASES, SUCH
REPORT TO COME HACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION NO LATER THAN 30 bAYS
FROM THIS DATE.
upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the Motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None,
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie, now that that vote is over with and before Plummer makes
his other motions, S want to express to you, that I think it is important since
you are relatively new to the city and some of the people involved in this thing,
like Mr. Fosmoen► that if you have real major objections, and I have not felt that
you in any way, --were hesitant or bashful, (if you are, you certainly fool me)
about expressing your opinions, and if you feel this is something that is in the
best public interest, certainly you come and express your opinion, that you feel
even though the mandate of the Commission is such -and -such, you would like to point
out these elements of negotiation have occured which may change the opinion of the
commission. I think really you are not only honor bound, but I think you are bound
by the parameters and description of your job to tell us if you feel that that is
exactly the case. And, if you do have any hesitation, if you think this is not
in the best public interest, I think you should tell us that. As far as I'm con-
cerned, this has been a long, long process. And this commission, as Plummer has
pointed out, 3 to 2 expressed itself that we were in principle in favor of the
development of the purchase of the Miley property, in development in a marine
oriented public use. And that the offer that was made by Mr. Trainer was acceptable
in principle. Now, staff was then told to go and negotiate this and bring it back.
This is what you've done. I want to make sure that we have your opinion on it (1)
and (2) that you come back with a possible funding of this and tell us what it is...
You know there are no free lunches. The trouble with this commission including me
many many times is that we seem to think that somehow bread will fall like vannah
from heaven and if we just close our eyes and don't worry about it too much but
shift the burden over to the Manager he's just going to go out to the money tree
called the federal government and go to H.U.D. or what have you and just start pick-
ing the loaves of bread which turn into millions of dollars. The fact is that
there is a certain amount of that that's available but we really need to find where
we are in reality what is available today and not tomorrow and what the priorities
are because we keep on running in circles with this whole thing and part of the
problem is that we're not brought to reality by the people who are supposed to do
that and that's the staff. This commission is a part time commission and there is
no way in the world that we know all these things that are happening nor should we
nor can we. And it seems to me that the obligation falls on your shoulders to not
only establish guidelines but to bring us to the reality of what is available and
within that what can or cannot be done because it's just not acceptable for us to
be dreamers around here and be dreaming about all these wonderful things that we're
going to do when, in fact, they're just nothing but dreams, if that's what they are.
Now I hope this is not a dream, I hope this is real and I hope that we can fund it
and I think we ought to come back and quickly give us an answer on it. What is the
alternative?
Mr. Grassie; I appreciate your comments, Mayor, and certainly I agree with you,
I do think that we're working in sort of a team effort here and at least some of
us are and I do think that it's important that we try and establish the difference
between my influencing your policy taking too much and getting you enough informat-
ion so that you can make a decision and it is a delicate kind of a balance that we
have to :maintain,
MT, Plummer; Let me answer that, Mr, Grassie, maybe I'm finding fault with you,
sir. Put you know nowhere in this document did l find any indication that the city
didn't have the half 4 million dollars.
Mt, Gtassiet You noticed that I didn't take too Much tittle about telling you that
though, didn't you
Mr, PlUMMet: Well, but you know when I'm sitting back there Breeding these things
Pm not going to be looking at it ih the sale light if I know I don't haiie the
money or I do have the Money. And I'M hot finding fault, I'M just saying that 1
think going along With what the Mayor says, 1 think that should have been parat
graph A-14, We don't have the money, Now let Me go one other point, Mr, Mayor,
the poitts 1 want to bting up and I want you to listen to so that I'M hot fisundetro
stood, Mt, Mayor, at ho tithe have I been opposed to the development of the Miley
and Kelly property, My disagreement has come about in how it was going to be
developed, 1 have no qualfns with what Monty is trying to do with the restaurant.
I think it is good, I think it is something that is needed and God knows from the
public acceptance of their going to that place on a nightly basis shows that it's
what we're trying to do, There I only have quabble with the figures. Now I have
serious disagreement as Father Gibson did as relation to the Kelly property.
Everybody has their own enterpretation, Mine happened to be different than what
Mr. Trainer proposed before this commission. I think that that thing needs to be
developed more in an outright water/boating type of activity, I did and will not
for one minute deny that I liked the proposal of Mr. Paul Andre, not that it was
wed to him but that was totally 100% for boating and water, Now, anywhere in be-
tween there t could deviate. Mr. Mayor, I'm ready right now to offer a motion in
two parts: (1) That we dismiss the appeal. (2) That we put out now for a proposal
to be more water oriented and boating activities which does not in any way preclude
Mr, Trainer from altering his proposal. But Mr, Mayor, I will offer two motions,
the first one we drop the appeal,
Mayor Ferre: Alright, there is a motion tha the appeal be dropped, Is there a
second to that motion? Is there a second to the motion? Hearing none...
Mr. Plummer: Then there's no reason for the second motion.
Mayor Ferret Let me express my opinion on that very quickly. I feel about that
particular building in the same way that I felt about Dinner Key Auditorium. I
just happen to think that it is an asset that we have and it seems to me that it
would be criminal just to put a bulldozer and tear it down or to use it, for example
for boat storage. Well, what else can you really use a building like that for?
Mr. Plummer: Go back and look at the proposal of Paul Andre where it was totally
100% split up into that building for marine activities.
Mayor Ferre: Well, that's what Monty Trainer is going to do.
Mr. Trainer: J.L., You've looked at that thing for two years.
Mr. Plummer: That's right.
Mr. Trainer: And I've fought this thing for two years and you know I'm trying my
damnedest to do something with the waterfront down there...
Mr. Plummer: And you've done a fantastic thing with the marina...
Mr. Trainer: I've got news for you, you go out to San Francisco, you'd probably
blow up the Cannery, Ghiardeli, Marina Del Ray and everything. Somebody invents the
airplane and you want them to have a parachute because you know it's going to crash.
Mr. Plummer: You might be right,
Mr. Trainer; ..,... I tell you, it's hard. You know I'm really trying down there
and we've really come up with a water oriented project, It's 90% marine oriented,
We're going to develop the marina, we're going to put an awning over it. We're going
to put lights on it, It's going to be some place where people can spend a buck and
a half and go out and get on the bay. You go now to your Yacht Clubs and Spence's
place and all this stuff - Christ: If you don't have a boat don't dare go near there,
But T guess it will change now that he's in the restaurant business, Dut I tell you
we want people out there for a buck and a half a throw to go out in the water, You
don't have to own a boat, You want 60 people to control that piece of property,
that's what you want. 1 want 5,000 people coming through there. l want people com-
ing to this town for a convention center staying at coconut Grove Hotel, staying in
town three or more days because we've got a boat house down here, We've 90t se
thing, We've got a Cannery, a Ghiardeli, YOU know sometimes you've got to,.. Hey,
you said it the other time - imagination, You said the other proposals left you
gold, Ali- of a sudden we've got two acres over here and now you've got to Come sown
there and put a boat yard,
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Mayor Fete t Mohty# you've clot a 5 to 0 Vote oh the Motion and the Matte:6 that
was killed) the second One) so t Mean there was ho SecOhd.
Mk. Ttaihott ,,,(thaUdible) tiftt tired of teadih/ ih the Miami MeWs that it is A
shopping plata, it's hot a shopping platait is A Marine oriented facility. A11
We're doihq is playing on the waterfroht.
Mayor ?etre: botlit let those editotials bother you) they haVe othet keatohs,
They've got nothing to do with reality,You donq think they're after you tit the
boat* there's a lot of other reasons.
Mr. PluffiMer:
Mayor Ferro:
onto item (f)
Here come the snakes egaih.
All tight, Is there anything else or this subject? Then let's go
Which is the last one before We break up for the noon discussion.
7. PROGRESS REPORT: MIAMI PENSION SYSTEM FUND.
Mr, Grassie: This is an informational and progress report for the City commission
from 1-hi inancp hirector) mr, mAvor, SO that IehOW what the status 6f olir in-
vestigation of the pension funding is.
Mayor Ferret Ok.
Mr. James E. Gunderson: Members of the commission, what we're doihg in the Finance
Department at the present time in regards to the Pehsion System is directing itself
towards the concerns that you've expressed. One is the inequities within the System,
buy -backs, etc. The other is the cost that is currently an overbearing thing rel-
ative to the benefits, etc. What we have done in this process is to isolate the
elements of both the eligibility requirements and the pension benefits and provid-
ing alternatives to those so that we can go to the outside people and get a cost
associated with those elements, bringing back those elements in terms of cost and
putting them in the form of a decision package which then will be related to you
for the determination as to where you want the pension to go, the Pension Systems.
To be more concrete, one of the elements for instance, is the possible retirement
age of 55 or 50 depending on whether you're talking about the System or Plan and to
ask ourselves what is the alternative to that in terms of cost, adding a year or
detracting a year and realizing that other phases of the Pension Plan are both
inter dependent and inter related so that if you raise one you can lower another.
For instance, the 2'% requirement on the 2 average years of highest pay; we would
say what is the alternative of increasing or decreasing that by .1% and what is
the impact if you raise the age or other elements within the plan. Coming back to
you with decision packages, a variety of these so that you can be aware of what the
cost will be if you take certain actions. This was just a report as to where we
are. We are within about two weeks of submitting to the City Manager the proposal
that we intend to have the actuaries work upon in determining cost. You have two
actuaries, one for the system and one plan. Pardon? (INAUDIBLE QUESTION) We're
setting up the parameters which they in turn will provide the cost and that would
be Alexander & Alexander for the System and Cruz King for the plan.
Mr. Grassie: In other words the staff is asking the questions, the actuaries, the
present city's actuaries will be answering the questions and those answers will be
put in front of the City Commission in an organized way.
Mrs. Gordon: After you have determined what modifications you are contemplating, is
that what you have in mind?
Mr. Gunderson: Well, it isn't a question of determining, it is determining the
extent to which if you make a modification in certain increments,
Mrs. Gordon; I understand, but what I'm saying is first you've got to make a deter-
mination of what modifications you have in mind and then you will submit those prO-
posed modifications for an 4nalySiA. Is that correct?
Mr, Grassie: No, COMMiSSiOner, What we are taking is a full series of a1ternatives,
we,re not taking about suggesting Specific ModifiCationS, Wee taking a who.e
series of alternative possible modifications up and down and costing those out so
that you have 4 basis of information, a badsground Mtn what these decisions cost, It
is not 4 Tiestion of coming up with 4 new package and recommendin7 it,
Mrs, Gordon; NO4 but you're saying here are certain things that you could do,
Nov) the question isw T understand because you said PP at our public meeting of
the Pension Plan that some of these are matters which relate to tabor negotiations,
Correct?
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MAR 1 61977
Mt. Grassie: tkactly,
Mrs, Gordon: At what point in tithe do you btinq that aspect Tito it?
Mr, Grassie: Well, only at such tithe as we would be negotiating questions or
proposing significaht changes. What we're talking about pow is basic inforir►ation
for the City foflission so that you know what the cost of soMe of these decisions
are. That's what we want to get in front of you ih the short tun, a basic under*
standing of what the cost of soMe of the alternatives are, And the purpose of
this report is simply so that you will be aware that this is in process, we have
hot forgotten it and it is codling and the estitatioh that we have now is that we
may have a produdt for you within two weeks, We do depend oh the actuaries in
terms of their responding, of course, but we're talking about that kind of tiMe
table.
Mr, Gene Naples: Mr, Mayor, may I ask a question, please? Mt. Grassie or Mr.
Gunderson, ate you speaking of possible changes in the existingSyster for the
active employees or is this for future employees or are you talking about tnodify=
ing the plan to start a new plan or are you speaking of modifying the existing
plan for the existing active employees?
Mr, Grassie: Neither one. We are really talking about presenting alternatives,
Gene► both up and down in terms of cost. That is identifying a specific kind of
change which you could make to an existing plan or system and then costing that
out. It is hot a recommendation that X, Y, Z be done,
Mr, Gene Naples: The reason I pose the question is because there are certain con-
straints on both labor and management as to what you can or cannot do even as far
as getting into the Home Rule Charter provisions for pensions, I don't know
whether you're considering that but think that that would be something that
you should look into.
8, OM DISCUSSION 1T131: RESIGNATION OF ROBERT PAU ,, EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD,
MrR. cordon: Mr. r;rassi.n, may I ask you if you would calarifv something that
came up and is in the paper today and which I think a lot of people would like
to know what precluded it and why it came about and so on and so forth. And that
is the resignation of the Secretary of the Civil Service Board yesterday which
is in the paper today and which was, as I read it, predicated upon some transfer
that he claims that you made of a person who is a member of the board, Chief
Examiner Mrs. Skubish as being contrary to the Charter, if I recall that clearly.
Will you explain that to me, please?
Mr. Grassie: Well, I'll try, Commissioner.
Mayor Ferrer Well, you're going to have to do it quickly ... We've got a 12
O'Clock commitment.
Mr. Grassie: First, I should tell you I was not at the Civil Service hearing and
I have not talked with Mr. Faulk who resigned so I have basically second hand
information,
Mrs. Gordon: You're acquainted with the issue.
Mr. Grassie; Yes. Basically what I understand he was talking about was a trans
fer of an individual, Pat Skubish who worked in the Police Department and who 1
have assigned to work in the Human Resources Department on a temporary basis. i
think it should be obvious that there is far from being a Charter violation. There
is no violation of any kind because otherwise we wouldn't have done it. And if
we had done it and there really were a violation it would have been challenged
immediately, Now the question of whether or not an employee can be transferred
from one department to another department on a temporary basis 1 think if that is
being made a real issue then it is really a red herring case, It's not an issue,
it's happened hundreds of ti.meS, probably thousands of times historically and
there is nothing very unusual about it. NOW, if the ,point is being ,Wade, and 1
have not heard Mr. Paul* make this point, but if the point is being shade that that
transfer caused hiM to resign I would have to €eel that there is no xe.ati•onshiP,
there is no logical relationship between the two things, It has been reported to
me that at the board meeting yesterday there was PAWS discussion and possibly some
friction between the two individuals and as a consequence of that he did Offer his
resonation = she's on the board you understand and he did offer his xeei9nation4
he was asked not to, he offered it again and the board aceePted it, Now, that's
as mush information as 1 have about what happened yesterday,
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Mt, Piuff~ tett Mrs, dordoh, if you Waht to fihd out what Mr. Pauik was thinking
why doh't you invite Mr, Pau1k.
Mrs, Gotdott No, f wahted to khcw what the Mahager knew about that pattidUlat
incident which triggered it and anything At, Faulk has to ;Say certainly will
come from Mr. Pau1k, Mr. Naples is standing here, 1 dohl,a..,..how whether he was
at that particular meeting or not but you've got ohe minutes car, you say anything
to that?
M>?, Maples: Well, t wasnit really up here for that purpose but since it was
brought Up, first we have been profnised and you're well aware of, Mrs. Gordon,
that softie of the things that have been discussed as to who is supposed to be
doing what as far as the hew department and Civil Service is concerned we've
been prolised that some of those things will be brought out ih the neXt week
sometiMe, the early part of next week, But cohcerning the incideht, I agree
that I doh' ;�" hink that that in itself triggered Mr, Pau1k's resignation. We do
have some •1 -ition as to whether the City Manager's Memo asking for a transfer
of the kind that Was mentioned therehras, in fact, valid and t; the 90-day provis-
ion, he asked for a 90=day thing ananhe Civil Service Ruleseaks of 30 days
with possible extensions but for 30 days at a time. But those are incidental
things there, 'There's a lot more to the whole thing than We have time to dis-
cuss. We'll be back I'm sure to discuss this at some later date.
Mrs, Gordon: Ok. Is it possible, Mr. Mayor, that you would request more inform-
ation be furnished to us so that we might be knowledgeable about...,
Mayor Ferre: I think that, of course, is reasonable and certainly it is some-i
thing that we ought to have on a subject which affects this city and the com-
mission and all the employees greatly so the answer, of course, is yes.
Mr. Naples: Mr. Mayor, the other thing that had to do with pensions, we were
wondering if since the manager and Mr. Gunderson are going to have some things
that re going to be brought before the commission certainly I don't think that
they're going to be in a position to improve or increase benefits under the
pension system and it is going to be something that's going to be negotiated at
the next negotiating session. Would we be permitted to have some input in a
report of our own that might be considered by the commission at that same time?
Mr. Grassie: Mr. Mayor, are we still about the question of alternatives on the
pension system?
Mr. Naples: Yes.
Mr. Grassie: Certainly, I think that that would be' fair that...
9, DISCUSSION REQUEST FOR USE OF ORANGL BOWL. STADIUM AND WAIVER
OF RENTAL FEE FOR "SUPtR BOIL OF RUCK AND ROLL" (96-X)
Mayor Ferre: We've had two gentlemen here that have been very patient here and
they've set through all the morning hearings wanting to be heard and I'm talking
now about WMJX, station 96X. Are you ready to talk on this now? What exactly is
the request? Could you be very specific? It's a letter to Commissioner Gordon
dated February the 8th. It says, "96X Radio is sponsoring a major event", This
is at the Orange Bowi, is that correct?
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Yes, sir, we would like to have that.
Mayor Ferre; On May8th, And Mr. Carl Como re
questekt}iat the... This is going
to be a free concert?
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER; Yes, that is our intention,
Mayor Ferre; And you wanted to have the Orange Bowl for free, Is that what you're
basically saying?
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER; Yes. sir, that's basically it,
Mayor Ferre; Alright, Mr. comp, are you ready to address yourself on that?
M., Car. COMO; Thank you very much your honor and members of the commission for
having us here, 1 just want to briefly outline some of the things that 96X Radio
licensed to the City of Mi4Mi has been working with and on though the various
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city offices and the Parks DepatbMeht, 96X has wotked oh hUMetoUs doMMuhity
projects ih the as year and a half. 96X sponsored a BiCehtehhial T=shitt_ptoM=
otiOh With the city highschOois, We awarded a $600 dash ptite to tdison liphadhOell,
96k also sponsored With the City of Miathi a ptoMOtiOn Called SuhdayS ih th park,
We used the city's Mobile van, the stage Vah to conduct these concerts At the packs
ih Miafti and bade County, 96X ih the past had paid tot Many of the hands to
appear for free at these various Sundays ih the Park prOMotiohs We also sponsored
the Cerebral PalAy Walk-a=thon where ohe of our disc jockeys raised thOUsands of
dollars and that's an ahhUal event that we're ihVOlVed in, Aiso, we SpCohtOtdd
the 96X Christmas Cartol tree: We dohated the tree which was at yfront Park for
approximately 3 weeks and from tithe to tithe we invited cartol croups there ad AA
a tatter of fact the Mayor was there for the official ttee lighting Ceremony.
96X also sponsored nuterous clean-ups and I'm btingihgase to your attention
because sometimes some of these don't get to your atte h. We sponsored clean=
ups of beachesb as a Matter of fact one of them was South Beach Clean-up where we
according to sothe of the city officials, collected 20% of the coral during ah event
which brought approximately 5,000 young people out to clean up South Beach and
again we provided a rock group there free of charge to entertain while they were
cleaning up South 1;leach. our promotions have been wide and varied, We were in=
volved with the i entennial Paraltwith the City of Miami. We were also involved
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with a fireworks play at Tamiair Park, We were also involved with many other
promotions involving some city functions. The bottom line is on May 7th or 8th
96X will be sponsoring a promotion called the Super Bowl of Rock and Roll. We will
have top names in the world of entertainment here from all across the country and
it will be absolutely free. There is no cost to the young people to get in. 96X
will give....
Mayor Ferre: Let me understand this right. What you're saying is that you're
willing to pay for the police services, you're willing to pay for the clean up,
you're willing to pay for the electricity and the insurance and all the other
things that go but what you don't want to pay is the rental.
Mr. Como: Yes, sir.
Mayor Ferre: Now as far as I'm concerned, you're not charging any admission?
Mr. Como: It's free.
Mayor Ferre: It's free but the radio station obviously is not donating any profits
that it's making on advertisement during time or are you going to... Is this
going to be transmitted by radio?
Mr. Como: No, sir. And we will give to the city approximate 10,000 tickets to Al
give to the underprivileged. We're planning it for the Orai13ow1.
Mr. Grassie: Let me see if 1 can summarize the proposition as I understand it,
Mr. Mayor. 96X is asking the city to give them free use of the Orange Bowl so
that they can put on a concert at which they will not charge admission. The normal
charge would be $25,000 for that kind of event. 1 understand that they are going
to sell advertising to I believe Coca-Cola and Colonel Sanders or somebody to sup-
port this kind of activity. The basic question in front of the city is is it
proper use of city facilities to provide it without cost for this kind of activity.
Mr. Jennings tells me that we probably have a prohibition against doing that in
our ordinance. But putting that aside, even putting aside the question of the
ordinance prdlibition I would point out to you that 96X has set up an appointment
vith the staff to review these problems on next Monday which has not been done yet
and they have not reviewed with us any of the problems thot we feel are legislative
ordinance kinds of problems not to spea/: of the bond ordinance. It seems to me
some what prematuYe to be taking up your time at this stage since we have not even
gone through that process.
Mrs. Gordon; Another question, the concession, would our normal concessionaire
be in operation or would they be rUnn.hg their own concessions?
Mr, COMP; No, Again, this is non-profit. We are waiving any consideration to
the parking. We are waiving any consideration to the concessions and it there is
any money derived it could be given to the March of Dimes, any worthwhile charity.
This is non-profit, 1 have talked with the City Commissioners individually, I
have talked to the City Manager's Office. No, 1 did not know of a pending meeting
on Monday, sir,
1ev, 412§on; M, MaYOV4 I would hope,.. Mr. Grassief they always gay we 4Pn't
want to do too much fPr young people, Now Tim on that ide, yo4 Ichow we dPn't
want to be bothered with it. 1 would hope that if this can be worked put and
atrahged that this watid be one of the things the city Would do to help tedeeM
some of that ifagei iE it can be Wttked out and at ahged. tVoW# t Would hope you
have endugh tifie to have your staff talk With these gehtleteri and Wotk out the
details and tell us why, You khOW0 t like fot you to come and tell Me hcW it
could be dohe and why it could be dohe and hot achy it can't be dohe. bk?
Mt1 Grassier it's much nicer to be a hive quy, t like that.
tev, Gibson: t khowr but the poiht t hake is if it can be done let's Work out a
system to dti its If it Can't be done then that's a different story,
Thereupon the City Coftdttission recessed at 12:08 P.M, and reconvened at 2110
O'Clock P.M,
as
MAR 161977 ..
AWING UR!Nt'i�tFtPEALIM CHAPTER 28 AND CERTAIN CLASSIPtuatoNs
IN CHAPTER 30 OF THE LODE OF THE.,I1AMI
PIAKING UNLAWFUL TO MOE IN Mtqttgrn ituaNGI
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDNANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 28 (SECTIONS 28'4 THRU 28..5)
AND SECTION 3040 AND DELETING CERTAIN CLASSIFICATIONS CON,.
TAD= IN CHAPTER 3O, ATtCL tItSECTION 3048 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OP MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION
3040 OP SAID CODE PROHIBITING ANY PERSON FROM ENGAGING IN
BUSINESs, PRACTICINC, PERFORMING OR HOLDING HIMSELF OUT TO
THE PUBLIC FOR A PEE OA COMPENSATION (1) AS A PERSON AtE
TO TELL FORTUNES; OR, (2) AS A PERSON Mitt TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
OR GIVE ADVICE ON PERSONAL MATTERS, OR TO EXORCISE, INFLUENCE
OR AFFECT EVIL SPIRITS OR cURSES, BY CLAIMED OR PRETENDED USE
OP OCCULT POWERS, FACULTIES OR PORcES, CLAIRVOYANCE MEDIUMSHIP,
SPIRITUALISM SEERSHIP, ASTROLOGY, PALMISTRY, NECROMANCY,
PHRENOLOGY, NUMEROLOGY, CRYSTAL GAZING, CARD READING, TALISMANS,
CHARMS, POTIONS, MAGNETICtsM OR MAGNETIZED ARTICLES OR SUB-
STANCES, ORIENTAL MYSTERIES OR MAGIC OP ANY KIND OR NATURE,
OR BY AAY MEANS OR ANYTHING oP A SIMILAR NATURE; EXCLUDING
CERTAIN RELIGIOUS, NEWSPAPER AND AMUSEMENT ACTIVITIES FROM
THE APPLICATION HEREOF; PROVIDING A PENALTY; REPEALING ALL
ORDNANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, INSOFAR
AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION.
Passed on ita first reading by title at the meeting of February 24, 1977, was
taken up for ita second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of
Commissioner Plummer , seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the Ordinance was
thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted
by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre.
NOES: None.
THE ORDINftNCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8620.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced
that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the
public.
11. SECOND READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE #7999 TO PERMIT BICYCLING IN
4- CERTAIN AREAS OF LlTY OF MIAMI PARKS.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 39-43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, WHICH RESTRICTS BICYCLING AND
MOTORIZED CYCLING IN THE CITY OF MIAMI; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY PROVISION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of February 24, 1977, was
taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption, On motion of
Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the Ordinance Was
thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted
by the following vote;
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rase Gordon
Commissioneei, L, Plummer, Jr,
Vice..Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A, Terre,
NOES; None,
ji.4,TORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 86*.
The City Attor ey tead the ordinance into the public tecotd and announced
that copies Veta available to the tetnbers of the City Commission and to the
public.
12. SECOND RANG ORDINANCE: INANCE # 7122 REPEALING SECTION AND
CREATING NEW SECTION 2404 (CONFLICT OF iNTEREST
OP CERTAIN FOLIC OFFICIALS AND WARD MEMBERSL
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-104 OF THE CODE Or THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, REFERRING TO THE WAIVER OF THE CONFLICT OF IN-
TEREST PROHIBITION AGAINST MEMBERS OP CITY BOARDS AND AGENCIES
DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY BY ENLARGING THE INSTANCES WHICH
PERMIT PROFESSIONAL PERSONS, SUCH AS ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND REGISTERED LAND SURVEYORS,
TO ENTER INTO TRANSACTIONS WHEREBY SAID PROFESSIONAL PERSONS OR
FIRMS MAY OFFER SERVICES TO THE CITY WITHOUT VIOLATING THE
AFORESAID PROHIBITION; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS
OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
PROVISION.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of February 24, 1977, was
taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of
Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was
thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted
by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre.
NOES: None.
THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8622.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced
that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the
,C public.
13, BKIEF DISCUSSION I1131: ESTIMATE OF COST OF MONTHLY REPORTS FOR EMPLOYEES
ENGAGED IN OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, before you move on. Mr. Grassie, as soon as possible, I
would like from your staff an estimate of what it is going to cost the City of
Miami to get in line with the new Metro Ordinance which requires monthly reporting
of all employees who have outside jobs. I see this as going to be volumes and
volumes of recordkeeping and I think it is only fair of this City to request of
Metro in the same way we demand of the State, don't force upon us programs without
funding. They are forcing this program, right or wrong, on us and l expect to ask
them for the funding of this program because as I see it, it's going to be a tre-
mendous volume of paperwork so I would like to have an approximate cost of what
that's going to cost this City.
Mayor Ferre; Alright, I'll tell you, I think, at this point, it's unfair to ask
these people who have been waiting to wait any longer so I apologize and we're not
going to have a full Commission but I think we'll get going with the presentations.
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MAR 19 1977
i4 NAM CEKTIFICATtS, PROCIACOM A110 SKLIAL riVE,
Presentation of a Resolution expressing sympathy upon the demise of Jose g
Latta, M,b,4 on March 4th, 101 and sincere condolences to his family,
Mirs. Maria Antonia Lastra is here to accept the Resolution,
Presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation to Mr, Sara kamiskyo Executive
birector of the bade county Association Of Retarded Cititens, upon his re -
retirement after many years of set., -ice to the retarded members 6f our community,
3. Presentation Of a proclamation designating "March is Youth Art Month" to Ma,
Phyllis Margolius, Southwest Area Art gpecialist, bade County Public Schools,
4. Presentation of key td the City of Miami to Dr, Julio A, Peijoo, a distinguished
visiting physician, Dr. Peijoo was the Director of the Psychiatrist Hospital
it Cuba, He is now licensed to practice medicine in seven states and is an
associate of the Bronx Psychiatrist Center.
5. Presentation of a Certificate of Appreciation to Mr. Kenneth Friedman upon
his resignation as Chairman of the City of Miami's Youth Advisory Board,
6. Presentation of a proclamation designating "St. Patrick's Day" to the Emerald
Society. Accepting the proclamation will be Mr. Robert Wheeler, President
of the Society; Mr, Dennis Clum, Past President; and Mr. Prank Slattery, Treasurer.
7. Presentation of a proclamation designating "Dia de Howard H. Palmatier" to
Mr. Pablo Vega and Dra. Ondina Hernandez, Members of the Executive Committee,
Greater Miami Community Service. Said organization is honoring Mr. Palmatier
post-homous.
8. Presentation of a proclamation designating "Mes del Periodico El. Progreso de
Florida" to Mr. Manuel A. Vaidevieso, Editor, upon the paper's first anniversary.
15, SEWN0 READING ORDIRANUE: AMEND RULE VII) PART 2, SECTION 4, CIVIL SERVICE
RuLEs (WAIVE HIS OR HER RIGHT TO PROMOTION ONE
TIME)
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING RULE VII, PART 2, SECTION 4, OF THE CIVIL
SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 15, 1961, AS AMENDED, AS CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE
NO. 6945, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT AN EMPLOYEE MAY WAIVE
HIS OR HER RIGHT TO PROMOTION ONE TIME AND NOT BE REMOVED FROM
A PROMOTIONAL REGISTER IF SAID OFFER OF PROMOTION IS NOT WITHIN
HIS OR HER OWN DEPARTMENT; REPEALING ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OR
PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
PROVISION.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of February 24, 1977, was
taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of
Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was
thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted
by the following vote;
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre.
NOES; None,
THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8623,
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced
that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the
public,
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MAR I 1977
161 'LOW SING ONDINANCE1 AmEND APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE
UNANTICIPATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES'
(I RNAT I ONAL FOLK FESTIVAL AND BALL IN 1977) .
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8589, AS AMENDED,
ADOPTED NO'ER 11, 1976, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 4
THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE INCREASE OP ANTICIPATED REVENUES
IN THE AMOUNT OF $28,800 FOR PARTLY DEFRAYING THE COST OF
THE INTERNATIONAL POLK FESTIVAL, MAY 14 THRU 22, 1977, AND
THE INTERNATIONAL BALL, MAY 14, 1977 REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY PROVISION.
Passed on its first reading by title at the Meeting of February 24, 1977, Was
taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption.. On motion of
Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was
thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted
by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre.
NOES: None.
THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO, 8624,
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced
that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the
public.
17. FIRST RANG ORDINANCE: AMEND URDINANCE #8614 AND AMEND CHAPTER 50 OF THE
CODE PROVIDING FOR DOCKAGE FEES AND RULES AND
REGULATIONS AS TO USE OF UTILITIES,
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 50-71 THROUGH 50-80 OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR DOCKAGE
FEES FOR SAILBOATS AT CITY MARINAS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES,
CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THEY
ARE IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Reboso
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and, announced
that copies were available to the members of the city commission and to the public.
, DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES:
A, PAYBACK SERVICES TO MAXIMUM OF FOUR YEARS; AND
B. PROVIDING FOR REDEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTIONS UPON REJOINING CITY WORK FORCE'
Mayor Ferre; Take up item number 12 which is amending the Miami City Employees'
Retirement System so that employes not fulfilling requirements of Section 91 ray
be permitted to payback service to a ma;cimum of four years, Moved by Commissioner
Gordon, Is there 4 OeeeAd3
Rev, l.beon; Second,
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MAR 161977
Mayor Ietret Second by Father dibson,
Mr. drassie! Under diacussion, Mr. Mayor, One Of the reasons that t asked the
Pinande Director tO give you a brief report this morning vat that you be awate
that this kind of proposal has a cause to it and if you want to put that in the
context of all other proposals and all other actions that have to do with increasing
the Cdat to the City, to the Pension System, t would suggest that you wait until
you get that full report within about to weeks.
Mayor Pettet You recommend that this item be postponed for.tiwo weeks,
Mt. Grassie tt seems to the that that should be considered within the context of
overall impact on the Pension System, yes.
Mrs. Gordon: 1 would like to speak to this particular item. It affects, exactly,
I think, six people. Let me find it. And it has been under consideration for a
great period of time. It does not really apply across the Board as the other
amendments that are being considered and the Board has passed this unanimously
together with the one that follows this one and I recommend that we move forward
on these two itents, Any news items that comet certainly they would be considered
as separate items but these two have been considered and have been analyzed by the
Actuaries and are with the Mares request by a unanimous request.
Mr. Grassie: That's right, Mr. Mayor, they have been analyzed by the Actuaries
and if you'll look at the Actuaries report, it will indiate to you that the itetn
for six people increases the debt of the City by $67,000 nand the next item increases
the debt of the City by $102,000 and what I am suggesting to you is that that needs
to be put into context with other modifications that you may vish to make to the
Pension System. Now t think that one of the things that, just so that we all
understand what we're talking about, as long as the City is proposing to make
improvements to the Pension System, there are virtually no objections. When you
get to the point where you decide that you want to cut a benefit, you're not going
to be able to do it unilaterally from the point of view of organized employees.
What I'm saying to you is that it's easy to go up in your costs. If you ever have
any intention of balancing some of the new expenses with some equally necessary
reductions, I'm suggesting to you that you better look at those two things at the
same time, that's all.
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Manager, I'm not going to dispute your rationale because the
rationale is a bargaining rationale but this particular item is not a bargaining
rationale when you're measuring six employees and the item before us with 4,000
employees, more or less, in total. I don't consider that a bargaining rationale.
If the members are here from the Board and they care to speak to this, speaking
from the point of view as I see it and having studied the problem thoroughly and
having been personally acquainted with the situation and how it affects these few
people...
Mayor Ferre: Well, as I understand, the point really is are we going to pass this
today or are we going to let the Manager have his two weeks.
Mrs. Gordon: Well the Manager wants to have this as a bargaining tool to bargain
some other facets which are not (A) easily as bargained because they have to do
with Labor Relations and the whole garnet of employee compensation. This relates
exactly to six people, this has been under consideration for, I guess, a year or
a year and a half till it was worked out in Actuarial studies and everything else
was completed. Now if you want to defer it, 1 certainly cannot prevent you from
doing that but in all fairness to all people concerned, I believe that this item
is not part of the bargaining process that you're referring to.
Mr. Grassie: Commissioner, I happen to be in favor of the item but what I'm telling
you is that it's easy for you, unilaterally, to increase costs. Now you're talking
about $170,000 and it's going to be much more difficult for you to cut costa and
all. I'm suggesting to you is let's take a look at the picture so that you know what
both sides of the argument are.
Mr, Plummer: Mr, Mayor, I have no objections to deferring it for two weeks, I
think, really, the only thing we know today what the cost is and I think we're all
in favor of it and I think the Manager expressed the same but what he would like
to show us is 4 total picture and 1 see no reason why we can't delay it for two
weeks and see the whole picture and we know what we're doing,
Mayor Ferre; tyre you going to make a motion?
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MAR 1 977
Mt, Plummer:
Mayor Vette:
Mrs. Gordon:
the toad/
1'11 make WitiOn to defer for two weeks, that's all.
Alright, IA there a second ta the thdtidft tO defer?
Would you abject to having Mt, Jerre say something as a member 6E
Mayor Vetter NO, of Course not, Alright, let me get Seddadi There's a MeotiOft
by Plummer and a second by keboso for a two week defettal, NOW$ Peter, go ahead.
Mr, Peter Joffre: I'm concerned with item 13 which belongs to the Plan board and
this is an item which really affects, t think, 12 people and it's somewhere along
the Ube that the ordinance reads that Ohba you come back and start being employed
again by the City, you have 30 days from the time that you were employed to buy
the time back. Now only up to about a year and a half ago we did get books out
notifying people of the ordinance, This is just something that sits within the
ordinance that nobody really knew about and a lot of people wanted to payback but
they went 35 or 60 days and never had a chance to pay back and all we're doing by
passing this ordinance now is to allow any employee...
Mayor Ferret Peter, are you talking about 12 or 13?
Mr. Joffre: 13.
Mayor Ferre: I'
to say anything
Thereupon,
by Commissioner
AYES:
11 recognize you when we get to that. Is there anybody that wants
on item 12? Alright, call the roll.
a motion to defer was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, seconded
Reboso and passed and adopted by the following vote -
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, now on item number 13, Mr. Manager, what is your recommenda-
tion on that?
Mr. Grassiel This is an item that would increase your debt by $102,000. It falls,
I believe, in the same category. Again, it's something that I think that in fair-
ness probably should be incorporated into our provisions with regard to Pension
Systems.
Mayor Ferre: Are you saying that you approve it or that you're asking for a two
week deferral or what?
Mr. Grassie: I'm saying that it should be deferred for two weeks on the same basis
as the first item was.
Mayor Ferre: That's your recommendation, alright. Any questions from the members
of the Commission?
Mrs. Gordon: A question to the Manager. May I?
Mayor Fevre; Sure,
Mrs. Gordon; I understand you want a two week deferment. I'm not going to vote
against that two week deferment as long as it's clearly understood that you don't
expect to use this as leverage at that time for whatever else it is that you plan
to do. Okay? 0-early understood?
Mr, Grassie; Commissioner, my intent is to present to the City Commission a set
of alternatives with regard to your Pension System and I will, in fact, not be doing
anything' It's going to be up to the City Commission to determine whether you want
to increase the obligations of the City in the Pension System or whether you want
to take a different tack and it's simply going to be a set of alternatives.
Mrs, Gordon; I know what you're attempting to do but you also agreed this morning
that y94 could not make any of these Changes until your laborer negotiator had time
to go 401044 the bargaining table with the employees on any modifications that would
involve the benefits,
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Mt. Gtassiet That's correct if the madificatiotia are decreased in casts. NOV
what is happening in that you are being allowed, unchallenged. to make incresaesl
Nat if anybody wanted to challenge this action, anybody in the union wanted to
challenge this action. All they would have to do is say that this is a negotiable
item and we would not be able to consider it under Plarida State law. We're actually
doing something which is outside of the law but the reason we can get Way with it
is because nobody is going to object to aft increase.
Mrs. Cordons t consider this a housekeeping itea attd not in the sense that you do
because of the fact that Mr. Joffre has clearly stated that these few people that
are involved under this iteth and the one preceedittg it were riot notified, were not
informed or would have acted. 'Thia is a time frame that we're talking about that
they could have doge this, it is trot a new benefit, it is simply an ektension of a
time frame for these few people that were hot aware of their own ability to obtain
this kind of a pay back. I'm willittg to wait the two weeks, in fact, i'11 move
the deferment for the two weeks as tong as you clearly understand my position in
moving this that it's not part of any package of negotiations as far as I'm eon-
terned, t don't know about the rest of you.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, Peter, do you want to add anything else?
Mr. Joffre: Mr. Mayor, Commissioners, all I want to say is that each time we just
keep dragging different ordinances anytime we go back and try to correct the past
where wrong has been done and it's going to cost money and the longer we wait, the
more it's going to cost and all we're trying to do with this here is to clear up
an ordinance that's going to help future employees too, not only the employees we
have now but it's going to help future employees.
Thereupon, a motion to defer was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, seconded
by Commissioner Reboso and passed and adopted by the following vote-
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. "Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
19. EMERGENCY ORDINANCES AMEND SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE #84b6 REAPPROPRIATING
FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS.
Mayor Ferre: An emergency Ordinance on #14. Amending Section 1 of 8466 by reducing
certain appropriations to $24.095.38 and reapportioning said funds for social service
reserve funding to be used during fiscal year 1976-77. The Manager recommends.
Mrs. Gordon moves.
Mrs. Gordon:
Mr. Grassier
Mayor Ferre:
I want to understand this one a little bit better.
Could I ask Mr. Parkins to report to you on this one, Mr. Mayor?
Mr. Parkins, on item 14.
Mr, Rob Parkins: These are sums of money that were provided in the ordinance of
1975-76 that were not closed out. The agencies affected had subuitted theirclose-
out package and these funds were left as incutbered funds and we're simply re -
appropriating those so they can be redistributed in this current fiscal year.
Mayor Ferre; In other words, what you're saying is that they're not going to spend
that money. For example, ,i.R.S,C,A. Hot Meals, instead of $35,000 is spending
$25,702?
Mr. Perkins;
Mayor Ferre
it to?
Mrs, cordon;
That's correct,
And therefore you have $24,000 left over. Who are you going to give
That's the point.
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Mt Parkins: Alright, We have, obviously, no shortage of requests and we also Mite
aft opportunity under Title VI to match job ptogratts with ttiaterial funding, In any
case, any funding redoreetidatitsfis We would take wauld have to dote bsek before this
Coils ion.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, so in other words it will cote back to us before you ttiaka
any funding so do you want to dove it, 'toad?
(Mfrs. Gordon: Yes, I'll move it. t just wanted that on the record.
Mayor Ferre: It will cone back to us.
Mr. Parkins: That's correct.
Mrs. Gordon: Let me ask you a question. Has each and every one of these agencies
been notified of this action that's being taken today?
Mr. Parkins: Yes.
Mrs. Gordon: Every agency has been notified.
Mayor Ferret Is there anybody here that...
Mrs. Gordon: And was there any objection from any agency in this list of agencies?
(INAUDIBLE)
Mr. Parkins: Yes, Ron, the question was has every agency been advised of this and
was there any objection.
Mr. Ron Williams: Naturally the agencies are aware of their balances, however, they
have submitted their close-out packages to us and therefore we've met our commitment
to them in terms of the contract that we signed with them for these particlar funds.
They are aware of their balances, however, some of them will be requesting that the
funds be reappropriated to them to...
Mrs. Gordon: I withdraw my motion, please.
Mayor Ferre: The motion has been withdrawn. Ron, now let me understand this. I
don't want to have Archie Hardwick coming down here and saying why did you take my
$10,000 away, we need this desperately down here... Have we gone through this process
of discussing it with the individuals and these agencies as to why we're taking this
money away from them?
Mr. Williams: Well we're not really taking it from them, Mr. Mayor. We establish
a contract with them saying that we would fund them up to a maximum of the amount
provided by the City Commission. We have let all of their requests for payment
according to their contract and budget that was signed by the City Manager. When
that happened, there happened to be some balances left and these are the balances
that are...
Mayor Ferre: This is for the former fiscal year?
Mr. Williams: This is for the former fiscal year, yes, not this fiscal year.
Mayor Ferre; Oh, okay, I've got no problem. Why didn't you say so in the beginning
and then you could have avoided 10 minutes of discussion here.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8466,
PASSED AND ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 26, 1975, AS AMENDED, BY REDUCING
THE FOLLOWING APPROPRIATIONS; BORINQUEN PUERTO RICAN OPPORTUNITY
CENTER FROM $25,000 TO $22,914.37; DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
AFTER SCHOOL CARE FROM $200,000 TO $195,807,72; J.E.S,C,A, FROM
$35,000 TO $25,702.28; LEGAL SERVICES - WYNWOOD OFFICES FROM
$10,000 TO $7,730,61 AND URBAN LEAGUE - LATIN STREET ACADEMY
FROM $404000 TO $33,752,64; THEREBY RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF
$24,085..38, WHICH FUNDS ARE REAPPROPRIATED FOR SOCIAL SERVICES
RESERVE FUNDING TO BE USED DURING FISCAL YEAR 1976.77.
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MAR 161977
Waa introduced by Commissioner Plummet, and seconded by Commissioner Reboao, f
adoption aa an emergency Meabnre and dispensing with the requirement of
reading aame, ors two separate daya, which uta agreed to by the following
Vines
AVESt Commissioner WM610 Rebuild
Commisaioner J. t, Plummer, Jr,
Commissioner Rose Cordon
Vide -Mayor (katto) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Parte
MOM &MO&
Whereupon the CoUtibAion on Motion of commissioner Plummet and
seconded by COmmiggioner Reboso, adopted said ordinance by the following vote
AYES: Commissioner Hanoi() Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
View-MayOr (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ierte
NOES: None,
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORD/NANCE NO, 8625
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and
announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commis-
sion and to the public.
Mayor Perre: Joe, tell you, before we go on, I don't want to be labored or
emphasize this whole thing, t recognize that if you read carefully the ordinance
specifically says passed and adopted September 26, 1975, as amended, funding to be
used during fiscal year 1976-77 but it really is not that clear that we're talking
about last year's monies that are left over that can be used year because if you
would have explained that in the beginning, we could have gone through that in a
minute.
Mr. Grassie: t think that's a well made point, Mr. Mayor.
20. ALLOCATE $6,900 TO ACTION COMMUNITY CENTER (WHEEL CHAIR EQUIPPED VEHICLE).
The following resolution was introduced by Comnissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-213
A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $6,900 TO THE ACTION
COMMUNITY CENTER FROM THE SOCIAL SERVICES RESERVE FUND TO
COVER THE COST OF PURCHASING AND OPERATING ONE WHEEL CHAIR -
EQUIPPED MOTOR VEHICLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION
FOR HANDICAPPED RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MIANM
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES; Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A, Ferre NOES; None,
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MAR 1 6 1977
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21.1 ACCOT LOMPLEI
Mr. Plummer: 1°11
Works DepartMent.
The following
its adoption:
RUCTION: SNENMNIZAH'WIT? ButLmNG
IMPRoVA8NTt
Move it With the ao h�tatkts of the cattettions to the Public
resolution was ittrOduced by Commissioner Plummer, who MOVtd
RESOLUTION NO. 7/-214
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE CoMPttTED CONSTRUCTION OP CARL J.
HONES INC FOR THE sHENANDoAH PARK - COMMUNITY BUILDING
IMPROVEMENTS - 1976 AT A TOTAL COST OF $53,250.80; AND
AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $8,687.48
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by CoMmissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Perre NOES: None.
22, ACCEPT CONPOLD WURK: BELCHER PROPERTY PARK DEVELOPMENT
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-215
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF EBSARY
FOUNDATION CO. FOR BELCHER PROPERTY - PARK DEVELOPMENT AT A
TOTAL COST OF $189,906; AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF
$20,589.90
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
a ALCEPT CUMPLETED WURK: ALINTATAH COMSTOLK PARK -
HARD SURFACE COURTS - 1976#
Mr. Plummer; Mr, Mayor, with
Public Works, I'll move it.
The following resolution
its adoption;
the exceptions of those that I have noted to the
was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
RESOLUTION NO, 77-216
A RESOLUTION AcCEPTINC THE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF T,41 Ns
CONSTRUCTION CO,, NC, FOR THF ALLAPATTAH « COMSTOCK PARK
HARD SURFACE COURTS - 1976 AT A TOTAL COST OF $35,55Q AND
AUTHORIZING A FINAL FAIWNT OF 0,420
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MAR 1 61977
(here follows body of resolution, othitted here' and oft file
itt the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by CalibigmliOfter Reboso, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote
AYES: CoMM1881.0ttet ttanolo kebaso
Co L1ssiotter Rose Gordon
Cotet$issioner J. L. PittWI er, ,fir.
ViceMayor (Rev) Theodore Gibaoti
Mayor Maurice A. terte NOES: None.
24, AUTHORIZE CITY CLERK TO PLAILIgH AN OF COMPLETED CONST UC1 ION;
NOTICE. SIMPSON SANITARY SEAR IMVNT
SR-5391C&S.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION No. 77=217
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERIC TO PUBLISH A NOTICE
OP PUBLIC HEARING FOR OBJECTIONS TO THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE
CITY COMMISSION OP THE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPSON
SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5391 C (centerline sewer) AND
SRC-5391 S (sideline sewer) IN SIMPSON SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT
SR-5391 C (centerline sewer) AND SR-539i S (sideline sewer)
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
Z5, ACCEPT WARRANTY DEED SUNSET TOLfDU LAND COMPANY OF MIAMI, INC, FOR
CUL-DE-SAC RIGHT-OF-WAY (N,W, 47 AVE, No, OF N.W, 7 STREET),
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-218
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE WARRANTY DEED FROM THE SUNSET-
TOLEDO LAND COMPANY OF MIAMI, INC., DATED SEPTEMBER 21, 1976,
A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO, FOR THE CUL-DE-SAC RIGHT -
OF -WAX ON N.W. 47TH AVENUE NORTH OF N.W. 7TH STREET AND
DIRECTING THE PROPER OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO RECORD
SAID DEED IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here end on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummr, the resolution WIN pamsad and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES; Commissioner Manolo Rebos°
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L, Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Row.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferro NOES; None,
kart HIGHWAY R!G11 u' wA" i U (5 Fee Mt PORTIONof LOT 1
BOCK 6 (LINIAM HaE i (A-45).
The foiio iittg resolution was introduced bCOMMiAbiOfter Gordon, t#ho Moved
its adoptions
RESOLUTION NO. 77-2 9
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE HIGHWAY RIGHT -Or -WAY DEED EXECUTED
BY ZENITH ENTERPRISES, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, ON NOVEMBER 24,
1976, FOR HIGHWAY WIDENING, A FIVE (5) FOOT STRIP OP LAND PROM
A PORTION OP LOT 1, BLOCK 6, EDWARD PENT HOMESTEAD (A-45), A/k/A
3058 SKIPPING AVENUE: AND DIRECTING THE PROPER OFFICIALS OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI TO RECORD SAME IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE COUNTY,
FLORIDA
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote-
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None,
27, ACCEPT HIGHWAY PIGHI-OF-WAY Imo: HIGHWAY WIDENING, 5 FOOT STRIP, THE
NORTH 25 FEET OF OUTLOT 5, BLOCK 2, OF POINT VIEW AMENDED,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-220
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY DEED EXECUTED
BY GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON AUGUST 25, 1976, FOR
HIGHWAY WIDENING, THE NORTH 25 FEET OF OUTLOT 5, BLOCK 2, OF
POINT VIEW AMENDED, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED
IN PLAT BOOK 2, AT PAGE 93, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, LYING ON THE EASTERLY SIDE OF SOUTH BAYSHORE
DRIVE (FORMERLY KATHRYN AVENUE); AND DIRECTING THE PROPER
OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO RECORD SAME IN THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None,
MAR 1 f 1977
ACCEPT HIGHWAY RIGHT-OFAWAY
OF °W03bLAWN TRACTR (1448).
0 Et or ILiarg ThROUOPI 3.1) IPCLUtiVE)
The foil wing tes�1uU�r was introduced by t l§aidftet Robb a who
its adoption;
RESOLUTION NO. 7/421
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE HIGHWAY RIGHT-OP4AY DEED EXECUTED
tY tE0 MARTIN AND GLORIA MARTIN, HIS t4tPE5 ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1976
POk HIGHWAY PURPOSES THE SOUTH 10 PEET OP LOTTHROUGH 11,
INCtOSIVE5 OP WOODtAWN TRACT (1-148); AND DIRECTING THE PROPER
OPPICIAts OP THE CITY OP MIAMI TO RECORD SAME IN THE PUBLIC
RECORDS OP DADE COUNTY 5 PtokIDA
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution vas passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. PlummerJr.
Vice -Mayor (Bev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
29i AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE LEASE AGREEMENT -
MIAMI - DADE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY - TEMPORARY ROADWAY (LCQUAT AVE.
TO LINCOLN DRIVE, EAST SIDE MAIN OFFICE AT 35/5 So. LEJEUNE ROO'
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION O. 77-222
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND
CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MIAMI-
DADE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY HERINAFTER CALLED "AUTHORITY"
AND THE CITY OF MIAMI HEREINAFTER CALLED "CITY" FOR THE
LEASING OF A TEMPORARY ROADWAY NOT EXCEEDING 25 FEET IN WIDTH
FOLLOWING A MEANDERING LINE FROM LOQUAT AVENUE TO LINCOLN DRIVE
ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE MAIN OFFICE BUILDING OF "AUTHORITY"
PROPERTY AT 3575 SOUTH LEJEUNE ROAD, MIAMI, FLORIDA (ALL AS
SHOWN ON "AUTHORITY" DRAWING NO. W5541-A.)
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
30, AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE QUIT CLAIM 1JEED -
MIAMI-DAFE WATER & sek.R AMIN (TRANSFER OF 200 ACRES OF LAND,
tAST OF NA 12m AVE. AND $0, OF N.W. 20TH STREET).
Mayor Ferre: The next resolution is to authorize the City Manager and Clerk to
execute a quit claim deed to the Miami -Dade Water and Sewer Authority on the
transfer of 2 acres east of 12th 4VOU40 on which three water storage tanks are
located, Manager recommends, We can't get any money for that, can we?
Mr. Plummer; We're getting property back.
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MAR I 61977
Ammiummemoi
Mt, Grassie: Really, this is part of the agreement that the City Made Many yearn
ago„
Maya- Ferret Oh, I see, they're giving us the property,
Mt, Plunnert Well they're giving it back to us.
Mayor Ferret Giving it back to us,
Mr. Flutter: So that we can put the transfer station in there,
Mt. Grassie: I guess that's not technically correct. The City, many years ago,
agreed to transfer all of its water assets to the Water and Sewer Authority, This
particular parcel was never deeded over, The City has been arguing with the water
system for a long time about haw much of that property would be left with the City
and how touch would be deeded, This is a final agreement which involves their
tearing down one of the tanks and providing more space in our Public Works facility,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who 'oohed
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO, 77-223
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, HEREINAFTER CALLED "CITY"
TO EXECUTE A DEED TO THE MIAMI-DADE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY,
HEREINAFTER CALLED "AUTHORITY" FOR THE TRANSFER OF 2.018 ACRES
OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, EAST OF N.W. 12TH AVENUE AND SOUTH OF
N.W. 20TH STREET ON WHICH THREE WATER STORAGE TANKS ARE
PRESENTLY LOCATED, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRI-PARTY
AGREEMENT OF MARCH 13, 1975
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
51. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENTS - INDIVIDUALS
SPECIFIED IN ORDINANCE #8610 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN.
Mayor Ferre: Take up 26. Manager recommends. Authorizing the Manager to execute
individual agreements between certain individuals specified in ordinance No, 8610
of the City of Miami for the purposes of establishing a deferred compensation plan.
Mr. Plummer:
Mayor Ferre:
Mr. Plummer;
before.
Mayor Ferre;
the roll.
1 move it.
It's moved by Plummer.
This is nothing more than implementing the ordinance which we passed
It's moved by Plummer, seconded by Reboso. Further discussion? Call
Mr, Grassie; It should be pointed out, Mr, Mayor, just for general information, that
this has no cost to the City now or at any time in the future,
Mayor Ferre: Manager recommends,
Mrs, -Gordon: On discussion, Other than the contribution which was agreed to place
into that trust fund on behalf of the individuals involved WO?
Mr, Grassie; No, w, This is different. This is not a pension system, this is
simply an opportunity for an individual to take his money and take it :as deferred
63 MAR 161977
commutation rather than immediately taxed 'mote and the city contributes nothing
and it requires no obligation in the future.
Mrs. Gordon: Pot clarification and understanding, if you'll forgive me for asking
you soMa questions, t would like to knot, is this what would be similar to the
tehoe Plan/
Mr. Grassie: Yes, exaetiy.
Mrs. Gordon: Okay, but this does not take the dace of, this is an addition to
their individual pension system we set up.
Mr. Grassie: 'des, it's simply an option, It's like they could decide to save the
money in a credit union, for example.
Mrs. Gordon: Is this available to all employees or only to certain Classifications?
Can any employee become a part of a plan similar to this or the kehoe situation/
Mr. Grassie: Well the employees who are covered by the plan that you adopted
about a month ago would be the only ones who would be covered by this particular
action.
Mrs. Gordon: They are the only ones that could do this?
Mr. Grassie: Yes.
Mrs, Gordon: No one. else?
Mr. Grassier No. If you wanted to include others, you would have to set up some
kind of plan for them.
Mrs. Gordon: Would we have any objection to anything like that?
Mr. Grassie: No. Deferred income is a benefit that costs the employer nothing
except maybe whatever it costs to check off on payroll time.
Mrs. Gordon: Okay, in your analysis for the next couple of weeks, would you analyze
that and see if it ought to be made available to additional employees?
Mr. Grassie: Yes. Now it's not related to pension, we understand. ...
Mrs. Gordon: I understand. It's an additional retirement setting aside of monies
for retirement by specific employees. Okay? I understand what it is but I just
wanted to know if other employees could do it.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-224
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION (ICMA) RETIREMENT CORPORATION PLAN AS A PUBLIC
TRUST FUND, AS PROVIDED FOR IN ORDINANCE NO, 8610, ADOPTED
JANUARY 27, 1977, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE CRITERIA FOR PARTI-
CIPATION IN A SEPARATE RETIREMENT PROGRAM BY THOSE EMPLOYEES
HOLDING CERTAIN POSITIONS WHICH OFFER LIMITED RETIREMENT
SECURITY; PROVIDING THAT SUCH APPROVAL AS IT RELATES TO
DEFERMENT OF INCOME TAX ON EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SAID
ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION PLAN BE SUBJECT TO FURTHER
APPROVAL BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE, AND BY THE STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION AND
THE STATE TREASURER OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, PURSUANT TO
FLORIDA STATUTES 112,215; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY TRUST AGREEMENT AS WELL AS ALL
NECESSARY SEPARATE AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES
AND THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION RETIREMENT
CORPORATION.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and an file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
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Upon being secettded by CotiCtiissionet Reboso, the tesalution was passed and
adopted by the following vote
AYES; CoMMisaiOnet Mandl() Reboso
Cotntnissioneti Rose Gordon
Co missioner J, L, tlumtet, Jr,
Vice Mayor (Rev,) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A+ Eerre NOES: None.
32. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND LITY CLERK TO EXTEND FOR ONE YEAR
CURRENT LEASE - MIAMI YACHT CLUB.
Mts. Gordon: I want to say something, Mr. Mayor, before any tnotions are made.
I want to call to the attention of everyone here the fact that in extending a
lease on this property, the lease itself speaks to the cancellation of the lease
and in that cancellation it speaks to an appraisal of the improvements and the
compensation for that if, in fact, it were cancelled prior to the end of the term.
In an extension for a year, it is my personal opinion when I read that that that
would require, if you wanted to cancel it in six months, for instance, that you
would then have to compensate for the improvement, Pirst of all, I would like to
say to all of us here that in my opinion an extension of the lease is improper.
These pieces of property which we are discussing are public lands and public improve-
ments. Now are we saying that we are ready to give to any individuals the use of
public property at no cost?
Mr. Grassie: Is that a question you're directing to me?
Mrs, Gordon: I would like an answer, yes. Are you recommending that we do that?
Mr. Grassie: Two points, Commissioner. One, the people who have the two clubs, who
have the leases, cannot make improvements without the consent of the City so what
the lease says is if the City agrees that they make, say, an investment of $10,000
and then you cancel their lease after six months, that it's reasonable to expect
that you would compensate. That's what the lease says. Now on the second part,
the City has, for many years now, as you know, had a one dollar lease with these
organizations. At this stage, we are not making a judgement and I am not recommending
to you that that's a good way of doing business, certainly not. What I am saying to
you is that you have had these people on that arrangement for many years and the
least that we can do is give them a few months to vacate the property if you, at
some time, should decide that they should and that's really the only thing that
that lease says.
Mrs. Gordon: I would agree with you that there has to be a short time to give them
the opportunity to relocate but I do believe that a 30 day cancellation period would
do the same thing withoutany ties on the City. Now if you extend this on a 30 day
basis, the opportunity is there for you, the City, to take possession of the property
which belongs to the City now, the lease expired, all of the improvements belong to
the City as I understand it and I've read this lease pretty carefully and if I'm
wrong, correct me but 1 think it is absolutely wrong to tie this property up for
a full year on any basis other than a month -to -month basis and I would...
Mr. Grassie; The property is tied up for six months, Commissioner,
Mrs, Gordon: I agree but i also believe that if it were cancelled, if you cancelled
that before the year was up, Mr. Manager, I believe that you would have to revert
to the terminology in the lease which says that all the improvements would be
appraised, not just the additional improvements, sir, but the improvements that have
been made and are there at this time. If you're extending this lease, in effect,
you're extending all the provisions of the lease and it's in there and i believe
it's on page 6.
:Mayor Ferre: Look, this is, in my apinif,n, is 4 temps► li. the ►e4pltr . 'hew I
recognize that there is an important prier:l pl a wh l r_h l romp 1. t a t y ngr.. with (nmmtas f 4'ms,
Gordon, I think, however, from a practical point of view, what warp h+►s1raliy
saying is that at this point we really don't have any other use for the area, from
a practical point of view, Maybe, perhaps to satisfy everybody, what we ought to
do is say that we will give you a one year extension with a 30 day cancellation
which doesn't really mean anything but it doesn't mean anything anyway because you're
going, to be there for a year, nobody is going to kick you out before that time because
there's no reason for that, Now 14 me express the general philosophy of what l sea
in this, hook, this community needs people who want to participate in boating
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activities. That's one of the assets of this community, it's one of the golden
eggs that we have. We're not goitig to kill the goose that lays golden eggs around
here, tie want mate boats, trot Idtt4 tie want to entourage boating, we done Want
to discourage boating so obviously it's in the best interest of tthia community to
have mote boating rather than less AO you're going to have to...
Mrs. Cordon! 1 agree with you but...
Mayor Verre: tet the finish now and then tall let you have your chance.
Mrs. Cordon: As soon es you're finished t'd like to make a eotment.
Mayor Terre: I'll let you have the time to talk all you want. I just want to
express toy opinion that toe want you people to feel that we're not trying to take
away something which is an asset to this community, As a tatter of fact, t'd like
to see if we could make it 10 times larger because that's what we deed and I'm heft
talking about big yachts for fat cats, t'm talking about boats that ordinary people
of all walks of life from all parts of this community can cote and get into their
15 foot or 13 foot Boston Whalers and 18 foot Mackos and 25 foot whatever you have
and go out sailing or boating or fishing or what -have -you but I want you to under-
stand along with that that it is the Commission's expressed opinion and intention
to develop Watson Island. I've heard an awful lot of rumblings about your protests
and about the signs that you had made attd all this kind of stuff.
Mrs. Gordon: I didn't hear you, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferret I've heard the rumblings of the potential protest from these two yacht
clubs against the development of Watson Island and I want to tell you that that is
not progressive and I want you to know that it is the intention of this Commission
to develop Watson Island. That does not mean that you are going to be kicked out.
That does not mean that there is not going to be any place for you. On the contrary
I would hope that we would be intelligent enough to utilize your good services and
your enthusiasm to improve the boating community of Watson Island so that we can
develop boating on the whole north side of the area in which there will be room
for you, for the two clubs, and hopefully for fire more clubs if that's possible.
If it is not possible and it's overcrowded, well then obviously we can't put more
on the island than what the water will hold but I want you to know that I think it's
the intention of this Commission to, in a logical and intelligent and businesslike
manner, develop that whole northern portion of Watson Island for the boating community.
Mrs. Gordon: You didn't understand me, Mr. Mayor.
(APPLAUSE)
Mrs. Gordon: You did not understand me, Mr. Mayor. I am not saying to remove the
boating facility, I am saying enlarge the boating facility. I'm saying make them
available for everyone, not only for club members. If there is a spokesperson here
who represents either one of the organizations that could answer some questions for
me, I would appreciate it. Would someone come to the microphone? I don't need the
whole audience...
Mayor Ferre: Perhaps we can get each Commodore. Are both Commodores here?
Mr. Judge: I'm Joe Judge, Commodore of the Miami Yacht Club and Dick Taylor is
representing the Outboard Club and we'd be glad to speak to Mrs, Gordon.
Mrs. Gordon; Would you please tell me how a person obtains the privilege of
utilizing the club facilities?
Mr. Judge: He applies for membership and is accepted,
Mrs. Gordon What is the membership fee?
Mt. Judge; There's an initiation fee of $1.50,00 which is paid once and then there
is dues which works out to $72,00 a year, $6.00 a month,
Mrs, Gordon; And bow :many people does that cover? One person or a family?
Mr, Judge; A fammiiy.
Mrs Gordon; May. Whct if someone ;boon 't hove $150,00 or $72, iQ?
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Mr. Judge: No. I had sotte retatks prepared which address the point you're getting
at if f may be permitted to. I was waiting until the resolution teas called because
Mrs. Gordon; You're with the Miami Yacht Club, tight/
Mr. Judge: Might. The point t was going to make was that if you don't have the
fees, you can't play on the Mel Reese Golf Course either.
Mayor Perre: And you can't tide the bus if you don't have a quarter.
Mr. Judge: the point is that the people who use the facilities ate bearing the cost
of the facilities. The taxpayers, in general, aren't and the City isn't.
Mayor I`erret to you make any profit in the cluh?
Mr. Judge: Absolutely not, it's a nonprofit organization.
Mrs. Gordon: Do you have stalls for them to store their boats there?
Mr. Judge: Yes, we do.
Mrs. Gordon: What do you charge for that?
Mr. Judge: '1 have forgotten the exact scale. It's very inexpensive. We have vet
slips that range from about $27 or $26.00 a month up to about $45.00 a month for a
few extra -large ones and we have dry storage that runs about $72.00 to $96.00
for six months at a time. It's the most economical way to keep a boat in the Miami
area and that's why our membership, this club's structure caters to the middle -income
and lower middle -income people and we cater to the people that a commercial marina
cannot and does not want to serve.
Mrs. Gordon: How many slips do you actually have?
Mr. Judge: I have forgotten the exact number. I would say we have about 55 or 60
wet slips and provision for about 120 or 140 dry storage boats.
Mrs. Gordon: Do you think it would be unfair for you to pay the City a rental fee
for the use of that premise?
Mr. Judge: Not at all. We'd be happy to discuss this with the City Manager and
come to an equitable arrangement although as I say, I have a couple of points I'd
like to communicate but yes, we have considered that possibility.
Mayor Ferre: Why don't we permit you to make your statement and then... We'11 hold
our questions back until you have finished.
Mr. Judge: It might answer some of the points.
Mayor Ferre: And then if there are any questions, we'll ask at that time so go right
ahead.
Mrs. Gordon: What I'm trying to get to is this. We have a marina out here, we're
considering this body, the majority of the Commission considered finding an operator
and leasing them out and deriving a revenue to the City. I see a dollar a year as
no revenue to the City so consequently we can't look at it as a revenue -producing
operation and secondly, it deprives people who don't have the funds to come to the
facility because they don't have the initiation fee or the yearly dues even if
they have the money for the slip which they could have out here or in the other
marina that we have and I would like this City Commission to realize that in order
to serve all the people of this community, if they have a boat that they can come
and rent a slip whether they're a member or whether they're not and therefore, the
membership facet of it is what makes it exclusive and what, in my opinion, makes
it undemocratic.
Mayor Ferre; Alright, Mrs, Gordon, are you finished with your statement now? Okay,
let Mrs, Gordon finish her statement and you tell me when you're finished,
Mrs, Gordon; The Outboard Club, is the dues structure there the satae, Sr. Taylor?
Mayor Terre: Don't answer any questions, please. You make your statement and I will.
tell you when you can answer questions. You finish all your statements, ma's, Gordon.
Mrs, Gordon, my statements are questions,
5'7 MAR 161977
Maydit Pette! I Will not recognize any questions at this titeif you Want to
make StateMtfttss go ahead and make all the stateteftts you watt and tell me when
you're finished,
Mrs, Gordon: Alright, Mt. Mayor, have it your way,
Mayor Ferret Aitight, theft i recognize the CoMthodere to make his statement uniti.
terrupted until he finishes
Mt, Judge: Thank you, Mr, Mayor, 1 believe that many of Mts. Gordon's questions
will be answered, As you know, the recommendatiot is for renewal and we're talking
about the item connected with the Miami Yacht Club right now, of our lease for
about 4 1/2 acres on Watson Island for a term of one year and we understand and
appreciate why the City Manager and the Planning Director made this recommendation
and we appreciate the candor and the consideration they've shown in discussing
this with us, However, we originally approached him with a request for a simple
renewal of the existing lease under which the club has served the City of Miati
so well for the past 20 years and we come to you now with that same request, namely
that the full lease be renewed. Nov before 1 summarize very briefly the reasons
why we feel that this would be in the best interest of the City* I would like to
deal with the specific concern that was raised by Commissioner Gordon which is
certainly a very valid and important concern. The question was raised, and as I
saw it in the paper, the phrase was, "Public Access" and the quotation referred to
full public use. I think that for meaningful discussion it might be better to use
another phrase because the real question is whether public land is used to serve a
valid and worthwhile public purpose. it makes a difference because there is no OF
such thing, in reality, as full public use. The minute a piece of land is dedicated
to a specific purpose, both public access and public use become limited to some
degree. As I indicated, the City has two golf courses but I can't pack a picnic
and move my kids and my dog down to the Mel Reese Golf Course. It's limited. It's
limited to golfers who pay the fees. And your tennis center is the same way. My
son can't use them to practice batting, they're limited to tennis players who pay a
fee so there is nothing inherently evil about the idea of limiting public access
when the objective is to assure that the land serves a public purpose and my point
is this. The facilities of the Miami Yacht Club and of the Miami Outboard, if you
don't mind my saying it, Dick, have exactly that same kind of limitation to full
public access as the golf courses, the tennis courts and the pools have. The access
is limited to those families who are interested in that activity, namely boating,
and the costs, like the cost of the golf course and the tennis courts are defrayed
by the people who use the facilities and benefit directly. Now this is not a specious
argument because the Miami Yacht Club is every bit as open to Miami boating families
as the Mel Reese Golf Course is open to golfers. There is a membership fee and there og
is dues. They are the equivalent of the greens fees and the court fees. They're
the means by which those that use the facilities carry their cost and anyone who
tries to say that the Miami Yacht Club is exclusive in the sense that we use this
structure to keep people out is simply stating an untruth. I have been associated
with this club for more than 10 years and in that time, no applirant for membership
has been denied.
Mayor Ferre: None?
Mr. Judge: None! No Black, no Latin, no Jew, no woman, no applicant has been denied
in that time! I make that flat statement. The only requirements are an interest in
boating and a willingness to carry part of the cost and the cost is low and this is
what speaks to your particular concern about the broadest possible public use, Mrs.
Gordon. This low cost is the real assurance of true public access. We provide
recreational boating and more activity — , training and things like that.
More activity than Dinner Key or Miamarina does at much lower costa. We make
recreational boating available to an audience that your own City Marinas can't afford
to reach, that we can come down lower and it's because the special character of
these clubs and our neighbor club at the Outboard Club is that we bring these cost
levels down to where ordinary every day working families can afford it. That's why
1 say these clubs have been, for a long time, serving your particular public purpose,
They have been making recreational boating available to families of modest means.
Recreational boating that many of them could never afford through any other structure.
Consider, as 1 said, a commercial marina or even if the City gets into this business.
With ita capital investment, its wages and benefits expenses, its maintenance and
administrative costa, there isn't a commercial marina in thts area that can afford
to serve the moderate inCOMO, sT0411 boat families that we serve with their small
boats and their families. In fact, the Mayor put it right on the head, Almoat
every boat in both of these ol4ba, there are a few exceptions but, almost every one
is under ,Z5 feet and Most •Of them are under 20 feet, Almost all of them cost leas
than the average CAT does nowadays and boating, 1 assure you, especially small boating
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like this, is an iheXpensiVe fathily recreation so these ate hot the rich yachtsmen
that fall into the steto-type in so Many people's rands theft they hear the word
"acht Club". We are, as a tatter of fact# the last haven Of the sthall boat
sailor because they are not welcome ih the todifterdial Matihdas NOW WS long been
a stated purpose df the City to encourage the sport of recreational boating1 By
operating the way we do with this open membership and these low fees and dues,
the Midti Yacht Club and our neighbors help serve this stated purpose of the City.
tft feet, we have been So supportive of the City's purposes over the years that even
the original lease which is just expiring actually Mentions the term that we Are
considered a quAadi public iftstitutioftWe have always worked with the City, City
Offitials and we have always intended to -work that way in the future. Now what t'm
saying is that we just dontt cote here this afternoon asking for something, were
offering you something. You want to take recreational boating available to Miami
fatilies of moderate means, there is no better way to achieve this objective than
through the sncoutagetent of people like the Miati Yacht Club and the Outboard
Club because what would take out place? As Isa1d, commercial marinas don't even
want to think of us, The City would get involved in capital outlay, operation,
maintenance costs, you already charge more than we do riobt., you already eliminate
some people and you have a marina here where there's a three year waiting list.
As the people from the Marine Council said to the Metro Commission yesterday, this
whole Dade County are is 25 or 2,600 boat storage places short now and we're going
to be 5,000 short within a few years. There are many more benefits and I don't
want to take too much of your time but I would like to touch on a few of them. Otte
of the things which we consider most important is the sailing classes we operate
for young people. Any child who is at least 9 years old and can swim may enter,
and t mean any child. There is no requirement for club membership. The club pro-
vides each child with a small sailboat to learn in, volunteer instructors from the
club, we even provide refreshments at the graduation picnic, It's a 5 month course
every Saturday and the child's parents pay $10.00 to help defray the cost.
Mayor Ferret Any child?
Mr. Judge: Any child at all. Not only that, but we contact Jim Martinhoff every -
time there's a new class and try to get it mentioned in the Herald so that it will
be as widely known as possible because we want to encourage it. We think that it
would be better if everybody in Miami sailed, frankly. We do the same for our adult
sailing classes.
Mayor Ferre: With all due respects to you, we need to move along.
Mr. Judge: Okay, I'll try to close it as quickly as I can by just reminding you of
one thing. As I said, the Miami Yacht Club is about to reach its 50th anniversary
if you let it. Now I saw an implication in a news article yesterday that almost made
it sound like we were invaders or squaters on City land and that the facilities we
use should revert to the City.
Mrs. Gordon: Doesn't it automatically?
Mr. Judge: Yes, it does but the only thing is that before we get confused about
it, I'd like to watch the meaning of this word "revert". This club was on Watson
Island before Watson Island was part of the City. In fact, this club was built on
Watson Island when it was a spoil bank, a spoil island. There are men sitting in
this room whose sweat is mixed in the mortar of that club building over there because
that's how we built it and that's how we keep the costs low. Now when the State
conveyed the island to the City, these people went along with that action because
they expected fair treatment from a City which recognized the value of their con-
tribution to the quality of life in and around Miami. They got fair treatment
exemplified in the lease which has just terminated. What they're asking now is
that you simply continue that long tradition of fair treatment and recognition of
the club's services to the City and the citizens of Miami. That you continue
allowing us to serve the City's objective of making recreational boating available
for families of moderate means and that you renew the lease under which we have
served you so well. You can do that and that's what we ask you to do as we move
towards our 50th birthday,
(.4PPLAUSE)
Mr, Richard Taylor; Mr, Richard Taylor, Attorney, Miami Outboard Club, Of COuse
1 know most °f YPuo I'm happy to say, on a first name basis. 1 can only say Amen
to what Joe Judge has said. 1 speak for the Miami Outboard Club, 1 4M 4 member of
Many things as you all know, 1 will condense my notes in terms of what you just
heard •because it's true, An anticipation of partly what was said, we Made a pre-
sentation, 1 am also Director of the Marine Council. At the County Commission
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yesterday afternoon We proposed, and they have appointed, a 5,500 'host slip at
Homestead,
Mrs, Gordon: Will you be given exclusive rights thete too as a club...
Mt. Taylor: No, tot tot us, that's just because this County aftd City is so fat
behind in Mating and Boat development.
Mts. Gordon: No euestion about that.
Mt. Taylor: Now I've at with Mr, Oiichrist, 1 understand plans for Watson Patk
and if and when they ate securely trade, 1 certainly wouldn't attempt to object to
it. However, we provide tight now, for $8.00 a month, keys to prettises, a hoist*
privileges to everybody and we have never rejected a tnettber Blaek, While, Colored,
Jew or whatever you will say. Right now you cat' dock a boat at out club with
electricity, a hose, for $15.00 a month. You can't do it at the Marina for $100
a month because they're falling down. The club just spent $15,000 rebuilding hoist
and docks which is forever continual. The reason they can do it is because people
that join the club have to work and participate. They do so much group participation...
That's true, absolutely, When you join the club, you spend six months of service
and if you don't serve, then you get defered until you get your full boating privileges.
Mrs. Gordon: You don't have an initiation fee?
Mayor Ferre: Come on* Rose, let him finish and then I promise you I will recognize
you to ask all the questions and 1 won't cut you off.
Mr. Taylor: The Outboard Club freely and voluntarily yearly takes out Boystown,
Big Brothers, Boy Scouts, hosted the farm workers when the City gave them the park
last year, that's where the tortillas were cooked, in our kitchen. We were glad to
do it. Now the things that 1 can talk about are endless. The hoist and the service,
we have 63 boat slips in the water and quite a few on land, 1 forget how many. The
Orange Bowl Committee originally gave us the lease with the City because when you
had the Orange Bowl in the 50's, the Orange Bowl races were in front of the Miami
Outboard Club and that's how it started and since then it has only expanded in
participation and work. The plans are even now, they want to build a second story
on the building which will enlarge our participation. Our meeting halls, we give
so much of that now and we're happy to have it. The continual programs are hard
to do on a 30 day cancellation basis. The morale of the club would be horrible.
Let me touch on the fact of the buildings that are there now. There is no question
they belong to the City. That lease just ran out three days ago. You own the
buildings and you own the facilities on it, of course you do. There's no question
about that, it's not even discussionable. That's in the lease because I helped
draw the lease with Lucy Palmer. Now as to asking the club to go ahead with this
improvement and this plan with a 30 day cancellation, that's pretty hard on the
morale. If you give the club a new lease just like it's had, you've still got a
perfect right to cancel six months for a public use and your own projections under
the Pritzker conduct, I have the Ettinger reports and I've studied them in the lease
and the plans which, of course, is now dead, was a two year projection just for the
plans of what they were going to do with the island. There was nothing planned on
the north side except a parking lot. Nothing is going to move that fast so I only
ask that we be given this lease again on the same conditions and premises` which,
protects the City and gives the club the enthusiasm to participate and support projects.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mrs. Gordon, questioning.
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, your tone of voice is delightful.
Mr. Taylor: Commissioner Gordon, I will speak most softly if there is anything you
would like to ask me.
Mrs, Gordon: No, Mr, Taylor, yours is very pleasant, Do you have an initiation fee?
Mr, Taylor; Yes, marn, $100.00.
Mrs, Gordon; Do you think the City should have a return on a 4 I/2 acre investment,,,?
Mr, Taylor; We discussed that with the City at one time when Mr. Reese Was your
representative. He discussed it and it newer get off the ground, He just set up
a meeting and cancelled a couple, So did theyacht club start it, as a .matter of
fact, It would be feastbfe but I think you would then handicap yourself -tore than
you do now, If you charge us a lease and nobody Tnakes a dime in that club, i guarantee
you that f15,OQQ that was just spent on two new ,,00ncr'ete and steel hoists was .actual
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cost and you couldn't get it duplicated for $50,000, That's what you run into in
Marinas. We would4 of course, pay a lease but theft we'd just have to up setae Costs
somewhere. The money has to come in and it's tight back from your taxpayet'City
participant, there's no question about that so of course the land is invaluable
in terms of dollars and cents but so is the services of the Outboard Club, POt
ekampie, the Bicentennial Parade last July, everybody backed that as you know.
The lead boat in that parade was thine with the Liberty Bell on it, The belt 65
decorated boats in that parade were of the Miami Outboard Club. Now you couldn't
buy that if you ttied but you've got it available from them whenever you've got a
project that you want that's for a good public purpose,
Mrs. Gordon: Go ahead, have your fun. It's obvious that there ate four members on
this Commission that are not going to pay much attention to any comments that ate
mentioned by myself namely regarding the elimination of a Club concept for both
parcels and an assumption by the City under the sane Department that rubs ottr
Marinas of these two properties and that this responsibility would be under the
same Administration, there would be no additional cost, that the same kinds of
services that are being offered now could be continued and that you and everyone
else here in this room would be privileged to enjoy it and go to it and that there
would not have to be an initiation fee, that those who could afford to pay would
pay on some kind of a sliding fee scale for the use of the premises and those who
could not afford would still have the same rights and privileges of coining there.
Mr. Taylor: You did forget one thing. Mrs. Gordon...
Mrs. Gordon: This is my feeling, I'm not going to change a single person in this
room and I know it...
Mr. Taylor: Mrs. Gordon, you did forget one thing. The Outboard Club and the Yacht
Club joined and were down here at this City about 6 or 7 years ago getting you to
build a ramp for the people... It's been used by the hundreds in the last two
weeks with the shrimp run. People have been going in and out of there. Just come
down there any night and look. There are endless numbers... Now that big ramp
is totally free and anybody that got stuck, we've also got Marine Rescue Service.
We've gone out and hauled in people when the Coast Guard looks for them. We do
that too, of course we do.
Mrs. Gordon: Would you stop using it if the City were the operators? Would you
not want to go there?
Mr. Taylor: If the City were the operators, you couldn't touch the cost. You can't
rent boat slips at $15.00 a month. My boat is not there so I'm not speaking for
myself, I live on the river. You can't do it! You can't rent them for $100.00,a
month and break even down at Dinner Key and pay for the repairs and maintenance
that's necessary. You can't do it! Now when you drive a cadillac, you buy more
gas then when you drive a volkswagen. That ramp is free. Hundreds are using it.
The ones that can pay $8.00 a month and will help and work and participate in
club affairs, projects or whatever it is for the City, the Scouts or anybody else,
they can belong to the Outboard Club and they can have a hoist for 24 hours a day,
7 days a week. They can have the facilities, we welcome them.
Mrs, Gordon: The only comment I'm going to make, then the Mayor can do whatever he
pleases, he'll do it anyway. Would you agree, as taxpayers of the City of Miami,
that we should divide up all of our public lands and allocate it out to different
groups and let them do whatever they please as far as developing it? We need
Marinas, certainly. Do you think that's the kind of an approach we ought to take
or do you think we should just give exclusive privileges of this type CO two particular
clubs? What's your opinion on that?
Mr, Taylor:
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you've got.
operates it,
from Dade Cou
no hoist, no
Ton years ago
It's a combination of both. Certain clubs and facilities, your Tacolcy
things the City supports is because they're good for the people, they're
City, they're good for the public, Take the 63 boats in the Bicentennial
to get them if you don't have the clubs, you can't, or the different
that take and do things for the City and support the City, If you had
and Marinas, fine, but your plans so far are to cut down on the ones
The City can't operate that place for the public Like the Outboard club
you can't touch it, it's not possible and the history of every Marina
nty's trying to operate Pelican Harbor that went broke and now there's
fuel, no docks, they're falling down and nobody will take it over again,
they took the lease away from them,
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Mrs, Gordon! Well. that cloeSn't say much fot the City, Maybe the city is failing
ift that and other respects too so With khdWai
Mt, Taylor: It's a Matter Of host and selNiolicing and organ atioft,
Mtlik datddht It's true, maybe the City heeds A neg thok$
Mr. Taylor! 'YOU have to hire people to do these things and the clubs donst. They
otganite and get out work parties and cleat' the grounds and paint the boats and
sctape the wires.
Mrs, Gordon; Maybe you taxpayers Ought to think about that.
Mr. Taylor: I would submit to this COMissiOh that the lease, as has been in the
past, should be renewed. The word "extension", t think, tight -get a little compli-
dated. The City is protected and so is the public.
Mayor Ferret Alright, tow if 1 may, I think I'm going to take the privilege that
others have taken and I'tn going to expound a little bit and tell you how I feel,
You and I have seen each other before. We've talked about this going back to 1967
which was the first time we talked about it. I was sitting over there in those
days and Athalie Range was sitting over there and Athalie Range and I had some very
strong feelings about some of these things, I want to tell you that my philosophy
has not changed but I'm a little bit older and I think I've seen something which I
perhaps didn't see then and you know we all have a right to modify our positions.
I don't knot how many of you were hawks on Viet Nam but I'm going to admit guilty
because for many years I thought that we had to go out there and really fight that
war and lick those people and save that country and I don't know too many people
when they're honest that won't admit the same thing. But as time went on, poor
Hubert Humphrey and Scoop Jackson and everybody else ended up changing their minds
because they saw different things. I want to tell you that the easiest thing in
the world is to destroy, it's easy. The easiest thing in the world is to criticize.
The easiest thing in the world is to be a critic, that's easy, we can all do that.
It's easy to play up on emotions and take up banners and flags and crusades for
real purposes and hidden purposes whatever they may be, that's not hard to do.
But let me tell you how I see the logic of this thing. What you've done is constructed,
you've built something. You know, the Communists come in and they do a very simple
thing. They say, let's take over all the farms and now we're going to divide it in
little pieces. And you know what happens? The efficiency of all those farms goes
down and instead of having more food for the people, they have less food. I think
our system is better. Our system is one where we don't take things away from people.
What we do is we say, look, we're going to take this area and open it and we'll help
others, we'll subsidize others, we'll give you land, we'll give you information, the f
government will help you on how to plat, we'll lend you money so that you can buy the
equipment and that's how you build things. Taking a pie and chopping it up into
small little pieces doesn't solve anything for anybody. Now what I'm saying,
specifically, in your case is this. There was a time when you and I had a difference
because I felt that your clubs were discriminatory and you remember when we had this
big down here in Coconut Grove and Henry Arrington got into the club and
Athalie Range was finally convinced that there was no discrimination. Remember when
we had that big public hearing?
Mr. Taylor: I remember very well.
Mayor Ferre; And we went through all of that? Okay, now I don't think there is any
discrimination in your clubs and I think they're open to anybody who wants to join
them. Now here's what I'd like to recommend. As we proceed later on in item 28 or
whatever it is, 29, that we've got to go about and spend some money in trying to
figure out how to service this community, the boating community of Miami. We're
not going to do it by knocking you off to take what you've got. If there are 5
more different clubs that want to do the same thing that you want to do and if we've
got the space available, we ought to help them,
Mr. Taylor; Mr. Mayor, I don't mean to interrupt but I told Mr. Gilchrist that we
volunteered the Marine Council's projections.
Mayor Ferre; Alright, let me finish now, What I'm saying is this, We should help
anybody who wants to form a club, anybody, and WV ought to try to make it because
1"11 tell you, there isn't anybody who can render the value that you do. There is
no way the private sector competing for Money can compete with you. there' is no way
the City •can do what you do for yourselves because you do it for yourselves and
the cost of it, nobody Can compete with that, Whet I'm saying, .edies and gentlemen,
is that there's got to be room in this community for everybody and rather than to
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teat you down, what we ought to do is ate ought to encoutage you and to ought to
encoutage others and we also should build more public facilities tot those people
that don't want to join your groups so that they will also have the tamps and the
hoists and the wet space and the dry space and all the other spaces heeded. What
I'm saying in simple words is that the solution to out shortage isn't our needs,
it's not going to be solved by knocking you out but tether by assisting you and
others who want to do the same thing and that's... In ether words, what we should
be doing is looking towards things in a positive way instead of looking at things
in a negative way. Now I want to take this as an example to teat -id you and other
Members of the public that sometimes this coat$unity has the bad habit of getting
into negative syndromes. We can always tattle off all the teasons why we're against
something and it becomes awfully hard to explain sometimes why we're for something
and i think it's long overdue that we take the positive apptoach to things, not
the negative approach and therefore, I want to say to you that I conntnetid you for
your efforts, I want to support you as much as I can within reason, I want to
encourage others to do what you've done with your work and your dilligence and I
hope we can see the day here in Miami where we'll have 10 of these clubs operating
and that we'll have 100 ramps and that we'll have 4 or 5 public hoists and that
we'll have storage facility for anybody who wants to have a boat in this community
and the way to do it is by thinking positive and not negative.
(APPLAUSE)
Mts. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, it's not a negative feeling to allow the City of Miami to
operate its own property. That is a positive approach. That is the only logical
approach to consider dividing all the public lands on the water for individual groups
of clubs is absolutely the most astonishing approach to public property I have ever
heard in my whole life.
Mayor Ferre: Is that what you're recommending?
Mrs. Gordon; What you're recommending, sir.
Mayor Ferre: No, you put that word in. You asked this gentleman whether that was
his recommendation.
Mrs. Gordon: You just said so. You said,
clubs..."
would like to see a proliferation of
Mayor Ferre: Yes, I would. Mrs. Gordon, I would like to see as many people in this
community who love boating and want boating to do the same thing that these people
have done. I think it's just terrific that they're able to render the kind of
service that nobody else can render for the amount of money, the value that they
render. Now my only concern is that if anybody ever comes here and proves that
they tried to get into the club and it was not open, then as far as I'm concerned,
we've got a whole new baligame but that not being the case, I think that we have
room in this community, this community is big enough to have 150 foot yachts and
100 foot yachts and big rich marinas and little marinas and private marinas and
public marinas and completely no -expense type of places and there ought to be room
for people like you who render a service where dollar for dollar you can't match.
As long as it's open to everyone in this community who wants to use that, I couldn't
possibly find a better solution and I think there's room for everybody and I want
to tell you that as you read the newspapers and hear all the negative stuff and all
this, just keep in mind that this City is, no matter who tries to stop it, we're
going to stay on a positive basis, we're going to move forward, we're going to
accomplish things, we hope that you'll help us, we hope that when we develop Watson
Island that there will be room for you and for others and that there will be public
facilities there open to members of the public who are willing to pay and as a matter
of fact, Mr. Manager, I am going to make a motion if nobody else does, after we pass
this or after this goes down in defeat, that the first priority be given to a public
facility on Watson Island that will be open to anybody who wants to pay the going
fee on a cost basis. Now I know it will be much more expensive for the service
these people render but whoever wants to go and use that public facility, we ought
to make it available so that anybody can use it without having to join, there's
plenty of space out there to do that. Alright, anybody else want to make anymore
statements or questions?
Mr, Plummer; The only statement that I would like to make to both of the parties
here,,. Have you looked at item 29?
Mr, Taylor; 1 have,
Mr. Plummer; Have you seen the dollar figure?
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Mr, Taylor: Yes, sit,
Mr, Plutniner: The City could use some help.
Mr. Taylor: The Marine Council volunteered yesterday to the County Commission, t
told Mr, Gilchrist that the facilities, Mt. Greenleaf is the Marine architect to
the Board, we projected, loose projection, of course, nothing fit, a 250 boat
slip on the north shore of the island, Watson Park. That didn't even but equivicate
what you've already got and your plans were to teat down what you've got, They
were just going to raise that for openers. That's when I really did get pretty
hot against the project. It should be much bigger. t talked to Mr, Gilchrist
about it and we'll be glad to come back and plan a pier 66, if you will, something
up there to the water where it should be.
Mayor Ferre: No, we don't want any pier 66.
Mr. Taylor: Well in terms of size and boat slips. So much more should be done
than was even talked about for projecting a 250 boat slip.
Mr. Judge: If I could add something, in the course of our discussions I submitted
a first draft of a rough plan to the City Planning Director, Mt. Foesman, which
showed how if you utilize these clubs as instruments of your policy and that's
really what we're talking about, Mrs. Gordon, not giving everybody in the City a
piece of land to do with what they will but deciding what City policy is and then
allowing instruments to carry it out for you at no cost to you at all. If you
allow the clubs to be instruments of your policy that way, we can, within 5 years,
on a phase plan, provide you with facilities for more than 500 boats at lower rates
than you can afford to put in.
Mayor Ferre: Amen.
Mrs. Gordon: It would be my personal opinion that the proper approach to the kind
of developments that the City needs, including those are now the City's through
virtue of your development over the past 20 years, ought to be by way of a water
recreational authority. This kind of an authority being similar to the Off -Street
Parking authority where the monies generated would be fed back into the pool, operation
would be on a somewhat professional basis but on the other hand it wouldn't be totally
free but it would be totally accessible to all. There would be no dues from the
standpoint of dues and there would be no initiation fees from the standpoint of
initiation fees and there would be no Board of Directors or Presidents and all the
rest of the structure that goes along with private clubs. Now that would be my
personal opinion and that's the way I'd like to see the City proceed to enhance all
of the waterfront areas that we have and we have more than any other City that I know OF
of up and down the coast that has the kind of climate that we have that can utilize
it all year around.
Mr. Taylor: A similar resolution was made and adopted after our presentation at the
County Commission yesterday.
Mayor Ferre: Good for you.
Mrs, Gordon: Well I didn't hear it, I didn't know anything about it but it's a
positive approach to the whole problem of water sports.
Mayor Ferre: I'd like to say that I personally feel that whenever the private sector
can accomplish something to serve the public, as long as there are guidelines and
protective measures, the public is usually much better served when you have indi-
viduals putting in their own time and effort and sweat and when you get government
agencies who come out and do it beaurecratically with a lot of big salaries, with
all due respects, and a lot of expenses and what have you. I think when you get
people.,. You know, we're always complaining around here about lack of people
participation in things. Tanny Dean comes here and says, you know, all these beaurecrats
come here and they make all these decisions on our lives, Why don't you let the
people make decisions? Well here you have a people project where people do things
for themselves and we're going to kill that? I ask you, Now it just doesn't make
any common sense and it seems to me that we really should be encouraging everybody
who wants to become involved in this boating community and this boating process,'
(APPLAuSE)
Mayor Ferre; Anybody else who wants to say anything? We've had enough talk from
members of•..
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Mts. Gordon: t3o4 go ahead, I'll listeb tO you.
(INA1thtBLE)
Mra. Gordon! What about Saturday?
(MUMBLE)
Mayor Fetret Look, Cotttiodore, we can get into an argument ail day. YOU watt to
get an atgutttent7 I'll tell you what you do. Let's take it to the tteXt level.
Let's take it to the next conclusion.
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, make your motion and let's go on the next item.
Mayor Ferret No, I want to ask you a question publicly now because there are ti,10
clubs, the Coral Reef Yacht Club and the Biscayne Yacht Club...
Mrs. Gordon: They own the land, Mt. Mayor.
Mayor Ferret They do not own the water, they rent the water at $1.00 a year from
the City of Miami. The baybottom lands belong to the City of Miami.
Mrs. Gordon: Well I take exception to that. I've said it in the past and I'll say
it again.
Mayor Ferret As I understand it, the baybottom land belongs to the City of Miami.
IMO Is that correct?
Mrs. Gordon: That's right. The water....
Mr. Taylor: Now subject to the Department of Natural Resources in Tallahassee.
Mayor Ferre: Well we could take this to all kinds of extremes and say that those
people should also open up the club to the public.
Mrs. Gordon: They own the upper land and they do not own the baybottom and they
have the right of the baybottom by virtue of the City's generosity which does not
mean the City has to continue.
Mayor Ferre: Okay, I'm just saying that if you're going to take it to the natural
conclusion, then it's a lot more than the Miami Yacht Club and the Outboard Club
here. Okay, let's see what the will of this Commission is.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-225
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND THE ATTACHED
LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE MIAMI YACHT CLUB FOR A ONE YEAR TERM,
EXPIRING MARCH 12, 1978, DURING WHICH 'TIME THE CITY WILL PREPARE
AN OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE EVENTUAL COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT
OF WATSON ISLAND.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr,
Vice -Mayor (Rev,) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A, Ferre
NOES; Commissioner Rose Gordon **
ABSENT; None,
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COMA. ,,CALL
Mr. Ortgie: Mrs, Gordon?
Mrs, Gordon: I've stated very precisely how t feel about refetdtig the
lease and t don't think I`ve heard anything to make the change My mi.tid
about allowing private use of 4 1/2 acres of City land, No,
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXTEND FOR ONE YEAR
CUPRtNf LtAst - MIAMI OUTBOARD CLUB.
The following resolution was introduced by Cotmissioner Gibson' who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-226
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND THE
ATTACHED LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE MIAMI OUTBOARD CLUB FOR
A ONE YEAR TERM, EXPIRING MARCH 12, 1978, DURING WHICH TIME
THE CITY WILL PREPARE AN OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE
EVENTUAL COMPLETE DEVELOPMENT OF WATSON ISLAND.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre **
NOES: Commissioner Rose Gordon*
ABSENT: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mr. Ongie: Mrs. Gordon?
Mrs. Gordon: I repeat. For the same reason that this is City property,
producing no return to the City and for the reason being that it is
operated and occupied by private interest, private clubs, I vote "no".
Mr. Ongie: Mayor Ferre?
Mayor. Ferre: In voting, I want to, for the record, say that from a
practical point of view we're not going to do anything with that land
over this next Year anyway. Number 2, I think it's essential that we
encourage boating in this community. Number 3, these two clubs render
a service which cannot be rendered by either the private sector making
a profit or by government and that they render an effective, efficient
service and number 4, in view of item 29, coming up in which we are going
to be spending some money to broaden and increase the boating facilities
in this community, therefore I vote "yes" on item 28.
314, AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO SEEK PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES
FoR FUTURE MARINA D VELOPMENI,
Mayor Ferre: Okay, take up item 29.
Mr, Plummer: I move it,
Mayor Ferre; Alright, Plummer moves, Gibson seconds item 29, Is there further
discussion? The City Manager recommends.
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Mrs OdtdOh! On distu8Siont 1totinderl Mt4 Maydr4 aihde the preVieda two Meititinb
granted A special privilege, that either of those two pattlaa involVed Would CM"
tribute SOW df the $151000 We need to pay the expending,
Mayor Vette! Cott bick, come on back here, COMMiSSidher °brawl and previously
Comisaioftet nutter had asked whethat Or not you would have any interest in
participating in this study, in other words, raising part of that S15,000,
Mt, Judge: One of the first things i'd like to Say is if COMthiasiefter Gerddn is
interested in keeping boating low cost so that more people tan participate in it,
theft adding to the cost of the club is MA the Way to do it, This Club and the
Outboard Club operate holding every cost to the tinittm, Now Ve don't have a pot
of Money, If you Want money from us, we go to our thethettle That raises the cost
of boating and the next thing you know, it Will be as expensive to boat at Miami
Yacht Club as it is at Dinner Rey, We are keeping it low cost. NOW we certainly
want to cooperate ih this kind of a study but we ate not rich peopleo t can't seem
to get that across to you) and we keep the cost of boating low. If you say you
Want rent and you Want contributions, that's going to raise the cost,
Mayor Ferre: This is people boating, not fat cats.
Mr. Taylor: Mr. Mayor, I would be flattered and happy to participate in any such
project.
Mayor Ferre: Well, Dick, obviously this is on a voluntary basis. Any of the members
that feel that they would add to the general welfare of the boating community by
participating, t think it would be a great sign of good faith and good will if you
kind of passed the hat around and get a little kitty going on a strictly volunteer
basis to show that you are interested in helping the City of Miami expand its
boating facilities.
Mr. Taylor: Well I have some knowledge, I have 47 years of local residence and
boating and I'm on more committees than you'd want to hear about and I'd be happy
to participate.
Mayor Ferre: And I might add that this might also be volunteered time.
Mr, Taylor: 1 don't mind that. In this instance, I'm happy.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-227
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT
WITH A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICE FIRM TO ASSIST THE CITY IN
PREPARING STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES FOR MARINA DEVELOPMENT, IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE 1976-77
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES; Commissioner Manolo Reboso
commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr,
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOBS; None.
Mayor Ferre: On item 30, the Manager recommends,
Mrs, Gordon; Mr, Mayor, before you go to 30, may I ask the Manager a question, please,
Mr. Grassie, I would ask you if you would look into a method Of creating a water
recreational authority which would then perform the duties as I outlined before
with regard to developing waterfront facilities, marinas and that sort of thing in
the same sense that the Off -Street Parking Authority operates the parking facilities
for the City of Miami and if you could come up with an idea, you don't have to come
up with the whole package but if you could come up with some idea by the next meeting,
T would appreciate it, You might consider, in fact, combining this with a County
participation on a „IPLU venture authority which might produce a hotter affect from
MAR 161977
the standpoittt of all future developments. Do you think you ihtetested in
investigating it? Yes of no?
Mt, Gtassie: Certainly, we
titajotity of the Commission,
altethatives back to you so
proceeded.
Mts, Gordon: Certainly you cart't adopt it by yourself but you can develop an
idea and then bring that back, okay?
can investigate ahythitig that if of interest to the
Coissionet, What i would tend to do is bring back
that you could give us acme ditectiot before w3e
35, AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT'
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES FOR PARKS ALONG MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, ELV1
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-228
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND
THE CITY CLERK TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
Or MIAMI AND DADE COUNTY PROVIDING THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE, THE DADE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE
DADE COUNTY HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE ALL
ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION AND RELOCATION SERVICES NECESSARY
FOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES REQUIRED BY THE CITY FOR PARKS
ALONG MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BOULEVARD.
(Here follows body,of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None
ABSENT: None.
36, REAPPOINTING MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
REVIEW BOARD,
Mayor Ferre: Take up item 31.
Mr. Reboso: Mr. Mayor, on item 31, I received a letter
she can't serve on the Environmental Board for the next
I am recommending Cathy Cole to replace Adele Kantor on
Mayor Ferre We also have Mr. Raul. Alvarez resigning,
Mr. Reboso He is resigning as an alternate.
Mrs. Gordon: He resigned?
Mayor Ferre; Yes, so we have to find another person.
Mrs. Gordon;
on now.
from Adele Kantor that
two years so therefore
that Board.
Well you can replace your alternate next meeting and put that lady
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The folldwi i8 resolution was introduced by Co nissioher Aebaso, Who Moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77 220
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING HENRY C. ALEXANDER, JR., KATHY COLE,
bAVIb M. SCULLY, MICHAEL SIMONHOFF AND DAVID SINCLAIR AS
MEMBERS; AND APPOINTING STEPHEN N. ZACK AS ALTERNATE, TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD, TO SERVE 2 YEAR
TERMS OP OFFICE FROM THE DATE HEREOF OR UNTIL oRDINANCE NO.
8301, THE ORDINANCE WHICH CREATED THE ENVIRONMENTAL ?RESER-
VATION REVIEW BOARD, IS AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR DIFFERENT
TERMS OF OFFICE
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote-
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer,Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
37, AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE AND RECEIVE PROPOSALS TO DEVELOP
INCREASED USE OF CERTAIN CITY FACILITIES,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION N0. 77-230
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR
AND RECEIVE PROPOSALS FROM EXPERIENCES INDIVIDUALS OR FIRMS
WITH THE NECESSARY EXPERTISE AND CONTACTS TO DEVELOP INCREASED
USE FOR CERTAIN CITY FACILITIES AND THUS TO INCREASE REVENUE
TO THECITYFROM THESE FACILITIES THROUGH ACQUISITION OF
APPROPRIATE NEW EVENTS FOR PRESENTATION AT THE SUBJECT FACILITIES.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote-
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
38, APPROVE OFFICIAL STATEMENT (APRIL 14, 1977) RE:
$2$,000,OUO ((,EN.OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS); $13,000,000 (SANITARY SEWER
BONDS); $5,000,000 (FIRE FIGHTING, FIRE PREVENTION & RESCUE FACILITIES );
$3,000,000 (POLICE HEADQUARTERS & CRIME PREVENTION); $2,0,000 STORM SEW,IMP,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77=23I.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT BEARING PATE OF
APRIL 14, 1977 RESPECTING $28,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION IM-
PROVEMENT BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY THg CITY CONSISTING OF $13,000,000
SANITARY SEWER PONDS, $5,000,000 STREET AND HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
BONDS, $5,000,000 FIRE FIGHTING, FIRE PREVENTION AND RESCUE
FACILITIES BONDS, $3,000,000 POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND CRIME
PREVENTION FACILITIES BONDS AND $2,000,000 STORM AND SEWER
IMPROVEMENT BONDS; AND AUTHORIZING THE MAfOR TO EXECUTE SVCIi
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY:
(Mete follows body of resolution, ottitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Comtissioiiet PluMMer, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote
AYES: Co Hissiotter Manoio Reboso
Cottitaissioner hose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice=Mayor (Rev,) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Fetre NOES: None,
39, AU1HORIZE CITY MANAGER MURIONAOI EI /ALV iARACI /SEIGLIE AND
TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT:
- ERESE (ARCHITECTURAL & ENGINEERING SERVICES y
"HEAVY EQUIPMENT SERVICE FACILITY" $2 ,000.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-232
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES
IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HEAVY EQUIPMENT SERVICE
FACILITY TO BE LOCATED AT N.W. 14TH AVENUE AND 20TH STREET,
MIAMI, FLORIDA, WITH THE FIRM OF MORTON/WOLFBERG/ALVAREZ/
TARACIDO/SEIGLIE AND FRESE; WITH FUNDS THEREFOR TO BE PROVIDED
BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION, AS AUTHORIZED BY LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS DEVELOPMENT
AND INVESTMENT ACT OF 1976, PURSUANT TO THE "OFFER OF GRANT"
DATED JANUARY 27, 1977 SUBMITTED BY THE AFORESAID ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, WITH COMPENSATION FOR PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES TO BE IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $215,000.00.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner.J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
40. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS TO INCREASE FUNDING
AVAILABILITY TO THE CITY, EXTENDING FUNDING PERIOD FOR TEMPORARY PUBLIC
SERVICE JOBS PROGRAM UNDER I ITLE VI, L,E.T.A.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-233
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZINGE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
ANY CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS WHICH WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT
OF FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF MIAMI AND/OR EXTEND THE
FUNDING PERIOD FOR A TEMPORARY PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS PROGRAM
UNDER TITLE VI OF THE COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
ACT AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY
ADDITIONAL CONTRACT(S) AND/OR AGREEMENT(S) NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT
AND/OR CARRY OUT A TEMPORARY PUBLIC SERVICE JOB PROGRAM AS
AUTHORIZED BY THE MANPOWER PLANNING COUNCIL OF DA.DE AND
MQNKOE COUNTIES WITH TITLE VI AVAILABLE FUNDS.,
MAR 161977
(Here follows body of resolution, obittted here alid on Elie
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Cotissionet Piunet, the tesaiutidti was
adopted by the following vote
MS! Cottissionet Maiiolo Reboso
COMmissionet J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor MAutice A. Ferte
NOES: Notre.
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon
41, AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER
TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT
ACTION COMMUNITY CENTER, INC.
(3) C.E.T.A. POSITIONS
ssed grid
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-234
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
AN AGREEMENT WITH ACTION COMMUNITY CENTER, INC., A NON-
PROFIT ORGANIZATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBCONTRACTING
THREE (3) C.E.T.A. PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS
FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN MARCH 1, 1977 AND SEPTEMBER 30,
1977, TO BE FUNDED THROUGH C.E.T.A. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
AT A RATE NOT TO EXCEED $2,145 PER MONTH INCLUDING 10%
FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS, TO BE
RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, AS
AGENT FOR MANPOWER PLANNING CONSORTIUM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon
42. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER
TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT: COCONUT GROVE AFTER OWL HOUSL
(1) C.L.LA. POSITION)
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-235
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
AN AGREEMENT WITH COCONUT GROVE AFTER SCHOOL HOUSE, A NON-
PROFIT ORGANIZATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBCONTRACTING ONE
(1) C.E,T,A, PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT POSITION FOR THE
PERIOD BETWEEN MARCH 1, 1977 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1977, TO BE
FUNDED THROUGH C.E,T,A, ALLOCATION OF,FUNDS AT A RATE NOT
TO EXCEED $91.7 PER MONTH INCLUDING 10% FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
AND OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS, TO BE RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND
METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, AS AGENT FOR MANPOWER PLANNING
CONSORTIUM,
.441
MAR 161977
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and oft file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by CoM issioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the toiiowing vote -
AYES: Catfl isaionet Manolo Reboso
Co lnissioner .J. L. Piun ner, Jr.
Vice..MAyor (Rev,) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Fevre
NOES: None,
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon
43, AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO
ENTER INTO AGREEMENT: DADE COUNTY ASSOCIMION FOR RETARD CITIZENS
(1) C,E.T.A, POSITIONI
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who tnoved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-236
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
AN AGREEMENT WITH DADE COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED
CITIZENS, A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SUBCONTRACTING ONE (1) C.E.T.A. PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT
POSITION(S) FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN MARCH 1, 1977 AND
SEPTEMBER 30, 1977, TO BE FUNDED THROUGH C.E.T.A. ALLOCATION
OF FUNDS AT A RATE NOT TO EXCEED $917 PER MONTH, INCLUDING
10% FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS, TO BE
RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, AS AGENT
FOR MANPOWER PLANNING CONSORTIUM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon
44, AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER
TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT: GUODWIU INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH FLORIDA
(S) C.E,T,A, POSITIONS)
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-237
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH FLORIDA, A NON-
PROFIT ORGANIZATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBCONTRACTING THREE
(3) C.E,T.A, PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT POSITION(S) FOR THE
PERIOD BETWEEN MARCH L, 1977 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1977, TO BE
FUNDED THROUGH C.E.T.A. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AT A RATE NOT TO
EXCEED S2,613 PER MONTH INCLUDING 10% FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND
OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS, TO BE RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND METRO-
F'QLITAN DADE COUNTY, AS AGENT FOR MANPOWER PLANNING CONSORTIUM,
72
MAR 1 61977
(Here follows body of resoltitiott, Quitted he aftd on file
itt the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Corr iissic tier Gibsof, the resolution we: passed of d
adopted by the foiicwirtg tote
AYES CoMMissionet Mstiolo Reboso
Con,issiotler J. I.. Plumiter, Jr:
ice -Mayor (Rent.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferte
NOES: None,
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Cordon
45 Aft I ZE CITY MANAGER
To ENTER INTO AGREEMENT:
LITTLE HAVANA ACTIVITIES MICR, INC.
(1) C.E.T.A. RostTION)
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, whomoved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-238
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH LITTLE HAVANA ACTIVITIES CENTER, INC., A NON-
PROFIT ORGANIZATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OP SUBCONTRACTING ONE
(1) C.E.T.A. PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT POSITION FOR THE PERIOD
BETWEEN MARCH 1, 1977 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1977, TO BE FUNDED
THROUGH C.E.T.A. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AT A RATE NOT TO EXCEED
$788 PER MONTH INCLUDING 10% FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER
FRINGE BENEFITS, TO BE RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND METROPOLITAN
DADE COUNTY, AS AGENT FOR MANPOWER PLANNING CONSORTIUM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon
4b. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER
TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT: MIAMI-DADE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
(2) C.L.T.A. POSITIONS)
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-239
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI'--DADE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, A NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBCONTRACTING TWO (2) C.E.T.A.
PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN
MARCH L, 1977 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1977, TO BE FUNDED THROUGH
C.E.T.A. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AT A RATE NOT TO EXCEED 10% FOR
SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS, TO BE RECEIVED BY
THE CITY AND METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, AS AGENT FOR MANPOWER
PLANNING CONSORTIUM.
MAR 16 W977
(Here folloras body of tesolutioh, ottitted here afd an file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Coittfitissiottet Plumber, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following tote
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Comissioner J► L► Plumer, ,fit►
Vitt -Mayor (Rear,) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A, Fetre
NOES! None.
ABSENT! Coinissiotter Rose Gordon
471 AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER
TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT UNITS WAY ` OF DADE COUNTY
(1) C,E,T,A` posITIoN
The following resolution vas introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoptions
RESOLUTION NO. 771.240
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH UNITED WAY OF DADS COUNTY, A NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBCONTRACTING ONE (1)
C.E.T.A. PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT POSITION FOR THE PERIOD
BETWEEN MARCH 1, 1977 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1977, TO BE FUNDED
THROUGH C.E.T.A. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AT A RATE NOT TO EXCEED
$917 PER MONTH INCLUDING 10% FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER
FRINGE BENEFITS, TO BE RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND METROPOLITAN
DADE COUNTY, AS AGENT FOR MANPOWER PLANNING CONSORTIUM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon
48, AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER
TO ENTER INTO AGREEMEKr: MIAMI-LADE TENANT SECURITY ASSOCIATION,
(2) C,E.T,A, POSITIONS),
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-241
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE TENANT SECURITY ASSOCIATION, A
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBCONTRACTING
TWO (2) C,E.T,A, PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS FOR THE
PERIOD BETWEEN MARCH 1, 1977 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1977, TO DE
FUNDED THROUGH C,E,T,A, ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AT A RATE NOT TO
EXCEED $1,467 PER MONTH INCLUDING 10% FOR SOCIAI,'SECURITY AND
OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS, TO BE RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND METRO-
POLITAN DADE COUNTY, AS AGENT FOR MANPOWER PLANNING CONSORTIUM.
MAR 161977
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here a ott file
it the Office of the City Cietk. )
Upon being seconded by commissioner Plummet, the tesolution was puttied attd
adopted by the following Vote -
AYES: CotthissiOner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice4tnyor (Rev,) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Fette
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon
49, CLAIM SE 11 NT:
LOURDES RODR I GUEZ AND FERNANDO F, ERE t RE i
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who Moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-242
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY
TO LOURDES RODRIGUEZ AND FERNANDO F. FREIRE, HER ATTORNEY,
WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE SUM OF $7,447.57
IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF ALL BODILY INJURY AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE CITY OF
MIAMI, UPON THE EXECUTION OF A RELEASE, RELEASING THE CITY
OF MIAMI FROM ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon
5U. CLAIM SE1TL U1T: ANA MARIA DIAZ AND RAUL DIAZ.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-243
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY TO
ANA MARIA DIAZ AND RAUL DIAZ, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HUSBAND
ND WIFE, AND THEIR ATTORNEY, GEORGE NICHOLAS, WITHOUT THE
ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE SUM OF $5,542.08 IN FULL AND
COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF ALL BODILY INJURY AND AUTOMOBILE
COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE CITY
OF MIAMI, UPON THE EXECUTION OF A RELEASE, RELEASING THE
CITY OF MIAMI FROM ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AND TO PAY TO
SOUTH CAROLINA INSURANCE COMPANY, WITHOUT THE ADMISSION
OF LIABILITY, THE SUM OF $857.92 IN FULL AND COMPLETE
SETTLEMENT OF THEIR COLLISION SUBROGATION AND PERSONAL INJURY
PROTECTION LIENS, CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE CITY OF
MIAMI, UPON THE EXECUTION OF A RELEASE, RELEASING THE CITY
OF MIAMI FROM ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS,
MAR 16 77
(Here follows body of resdlutiott, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner lteboso, the tesolution was Passed and
adapted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Msholo I eboso
Commiasioner J. t. Plummet Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Terre
NOES: Not►e.
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose 'Gordon
Si. ACLEPT BID: - THIRTY-THREE () STATIONARY PLANTERS FOR
BAYFRONT PARK,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who Moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-244
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID FROM J.&J. INSTALLATIONS
FOR FURNISHING 33 STATIONARY PLANTERS FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF PARKS AND RECREATION AT A TOTAL COST OF $7,422►660
ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE PARKS FOR PEOPLE BOND FUND;
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT
THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS
MATERIAL.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote-
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Terre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon
52, AWARD BID SIXTY -Two PARK BENCHES AND TWENTY-NINE (29) PICNIC TABLES
FOR BAYFRUNT PARK BEAUTIFICATION,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-245
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID RECEIVED FROM REED FRAME CO.'
FOR FURNISHING SIXTY --TWO PARK BENCHES AND TWENTY-NINE PICNIC
TABLES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AT A TOTAL
COST OF $32,565.12; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE PARKS FOR PEOPLE
BOND FUND AND THE BAYFRONT PARK FEDERAL GRANT; AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING AGENT TO
ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS EQUIPMENT
MAR 161977
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and oth file
in the Office of the city Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Coissianer Reboso, the resolution wag pessed and
adopted by the fallowing vote-
AYES: Conmissioner Manolo Reboso
Cott issiorier J. t. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon
53, AWARD BID: - 2,2OU GALLONS 0r TENNIS COURT AINfif
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-246
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID FROM KEL GLO CORPORATION
FOR FURNISHING 2,200 GALLONS OF TENNIS COURT PAINT FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AT A TOTAL COST
OF $10,440.00; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE PARKS FOR PEOPLE
BOND FUND; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER
FOR THIS MATERIAL.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Rose Gordon
54, AWARD BID: - 17,000 ARCHITECTURAL PAVERS,
Mayor Ferre Alright, 49, Manager recommends.
Mr. Plummer: What are they? What are 17,000 architectural pavers? What the hell,
are they?
Mr. Grassie: Paving blocks.
Mr. Plummer: Paving blocks,
Mr. Grassier Yes, things you step on.
Mayor Ferre: Like those blocks they're putting at Bayfront Park,
Mr, Plummer; Well how come there was such a big difference in them? One guy bid
1,800 and the other was 20,., Would you please give me a little bit more time,
I'm going to vote for it but damn, there was about a 5,000% discrepancy in the thing.
Alright, I'll vote along with it.
1
MAR 19 1977
The following resolution Was it tt oduted by CoMMissionlef GibAdn, Who thtived
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77 47
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE ETD FROM DUNAN ERICK YAMS I`OR
FURNISHING 17000 ARCHITECTURAL PAVERS FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OP PARRS AND RECREAttoN AT A TOTAL COST of $17,770.00;
ALLOCATING t`UNnS FROM THE BAYFORNT PARK FEDERAL GRANT AND
THE THE PARKS FOR PEOPLE BOND FUND; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING
THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE
THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS MATERIAL.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and oft file
in the office of the City Clerk.)
Uport being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr,.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Cotttmissioner Rose Gordon
55% AWARD BID: - PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES - CITY WIDE.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-248
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF PITMAN PHOTO, INC. FOR
FURNISHING PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES, AS REQUIRED, FOR A ONE
YEAR PERIOD FROM DATE OF AWARD FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI AT
A PROPOSED COST OF $12,000.00; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE,
1976-77 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE
PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THESE SUPPLIES.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
5b. ACCEPT BID: - SALVAGE AND DEMOLITION - PHASE I J.977
INCINERATOR #1.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner F1.umMer, who moved
its adoption;
RESOLUTION NO, 77-249
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF BIG CHIEF, INC, IN THE
AMOUNT OF $22,330 FOR THE INCINERATOR NO, i - SALVAGE AND
DEMOLITION (PHASE 1) - 977; ALLOCATING THE »I0UNT OF
$22, 330 FROM THE ACCOUNT ENTITLED "POLLUTION CONTROL AND
INCINERATOR FACILITIES BONA FUND" TO COVER 'TUE PROPOSED
CONTRACT CAST; ALLOCATING FROM SAID ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF
78
MAR 161977
4
$2,456.30 TO COVER THE COST OF PROJECT EXPENSEt AtLoCATINC
FROM SAID ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT oP $446,/0 TO COVtA THE COgT
OP SUCH ITEMS AS ADVERTISING, TESTING LABORATOR/Hg AND
POSTAGE; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO E'CUT H A
coNTRACT WITH SAID PIM,
(Here follows body of tesoldtiot, omitted here And on file
ih the Office of the City Cletk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioher Reboso, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote-
AYEs: Commissioner Hanoi° Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
57, BRIEF DISCUSSION AND DEFERRAL OE AGENDA ITEMS Nos, 52, 53 AND 54
DEALING wtTh UNUERAIOOD PROPERV,
Thereupon, a motion to defer agenda itens 52, 53 and 54 was introduced by
Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Reboso and passed and adopted by
the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo REboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
58, AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH PEAT, RWICK,
MITCHELL & CO, AUDIT OF "PARKS FOR PEOPLE BOND PROGRAMS"
Mrs. Gordon: I don't have a resolution on 55. Has it been prepared, Mr. Knox?
Mr. Grassie: The resolution that you have in front of you, Commissioner. • •
Mrs. Gordon: Where is it? I don't have it.
Mr. Grassie: You had one in your package.
Mrs. Gordon: Well that was incorrect.
Mr, Grassie: We need to talk about how you feel that's incorrect. The resolution
in your package covers an audit of the bonds and C.D. monies.
Mrs. Gordon: I have it now. It wasn't in the book that way and now I have the
correct one.
Mr. Grassie: No, what you have is different, Commissioner. What you have in front
of you has added to what was in your package which covered Perks for People Bond
funds and C.D. monies. It adds to it City and County monies' I'm pointing this
out to the City Commission so that you understand what Commissioner Gordon has
asked for which is reflected in this modified resolution which has just been handed
out to you. It not only covers C.D. and Parks for People monies but it also covers
City and County monies.
Mrs. Gordon: It covers any monies that the City has received that has been put into
place to purchase land or improve it for parks, That's what it says. So that a
true picture of what the City has provided for the citizens of the City of Miami,
either through their own three sources or the resources of the County are being
audited and it's necessary in order to get a total picture,
Mr, Plummer; But Rose, on the other hand, are we really going to get a true picture?
For example, are we Wog to get a true picture of how bad the County has mleabused
the City to the parks,,, What was that big M0,000,"?
79 MAR 161977
Mr, Grassie:
Mt, Plutmnett
Mrs. dordow
Mr, Plummer:
Mrs. Gordon:
not, which...
becative progress,
becative progress,
We're tot talking about that.
Well, t think that's the whole picture.
If they spent any money in the City, it would show but if they did
Mr. Plummier! Which they have not.
Mrs. Gordon: Then it won't show.
Mt. Plumber: See, because when you say spend money in the City, Vizcaya is in the
City but they derive any income from that. I'm just hopingthat when you start
drawing pictures and you want a whole picture, that the whole picture is in...
Mrs, Gordon: Well let me tell you what I'm talking about, J. L., so you won't think
there's something mysterious about the request. The Riverside Church property was
purchased half and half, City and County. Now it should show that. The City didn't
do that one alone and I think it's necessary to show that part of that's going to
become a park and it ought to be shown that there is going to be a piece of that
property devoted to parks. Okay? I have no ulterior motive in this if you're
looking for one, I simply want a clear picture of where we are.
Mr. Grassie: I should advise you that Peat -Marwick doesn't know that we've added
this piece of work.
Mrs. Gordon: They have discussed it, they have talked... The gentleman that does
the talking knows that the County is in that part of it, at least he indicated that
he understood that. Are you saying now that there will be a change in the price?
Is that what you're concerned about?
Mr. Grassie: Well I think that they felt they got a little bit sandbagged the first
time around.
Mayor Ferre: Well we're only auditing the City of Miami funds, we don't have anything
to do with anything else.
Mrs. Gordon: Well the money we received in the City of Miami under...
Mayor Ferre: Look, let me understand
auditing the County, we're just going
ment, we're going to audit the monies
right?
Mrs. Gordon: Receive, that's right.
this properly. We cannot get involved in
to audit, or the State or the Federal Govern -
we, the City of Miami, receive. Is that
Mayor Ferre: Through the City structure.
Mrs, Gordon: Then you might as well save your $5,000 because you don't know what
you're doing and the ultimate results will be that you do not have 4 clear picture.
You don't know... You know, you've spent money from Community Devleopment funds
to buy parks. Let's not kid ourselves. And you have also spent some of the
County's money in the same way and you might as well know what we've got, When
we're through with this, I've asked the Manager to put this all out on a map showing,..
Mayor Ferre: You know, I can't disagree with that, that's reasonable.
Mrs. Gordon: Okay.
Mayor Ferro; What she's asking for is the sources of money that have been expended
for properties and there's no question that we've gotten County Community Development
funds.
Mrs. Gordon: The purpose is
Mayor Ferro; That's not a big deal,
Mrs, Gordon: Thou the poeple will know because we're going to lay it out. We've
got parks here and here and here and here and it won't show up unless we do it
total audit.
0 MAR 161971
Mayot Fette t I don i t think there ate any hidden Agendas it this. There's nothing
really..,
Mt, Grassier I just ttant you to understand whatever IS lh front ot yeu arid try to
make sure that you understand what it is,
Mayor Ferret Do you have any objections to it?
Mr, Grasse No. You need to know what it is that you;te adopting, you heed t
know that Peat --Marwick doesn't know what we're asking them to do for $5,000,,,
Mayor Ferret Well, look, if you have any problems, come back, Mt, Manager, and
tell us about it. Okay?
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-250
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE PRO-
FESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH THE FIRM OF PEAT, MARWICK,
MITCHELL & COMPANY, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, APPROVED
BY THE CITY COMMISSION BY RESOLUTION NO. 76433 ON JULY
22, 1976, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING THE AUDIT OF THE
BOOKS, ACCOUNTING RECORDS AND FINANCES OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S
PARKS FOR PEOPLE BOND PROGRAM; SUCH AUDIT TO INDICATE
EXPENDITURES AND REMAINING FUNDS AND TO INCLUDE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS OF ANY GRANTS RECEIVED, CITY FUNDS, COUNTY FUNDS, OR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS UTILIZED IN THE ACQUISITION,
CONSTRUCTION, OR IMPROVEMENT OF ANY CITY PARKS, AND TO
INCLUDE UNDER ITEM 5 (COMPENSATION) OF SAID CONTRACT AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,000 AS COMPENSATION FOR SAID AUDIT,
WITH FUNDS THEREFOR TO BE PAID FROM THE PARKS FOR PEOPLE
BOND FUND.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
9, WAIVE RENTAL FEE: NARKING LOT OF MIAMI STADIUM FOR "TROPICANA LI(XVS
CLUB,
"
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO, 77-251
A RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE WAIVER OF THE RENTAL
FEE FOR THE USE OF MIAMI STADIUM PARKING LOT IN CONNECTION WITH
THE CARNIVAL SPONSORED BY THE TROPICANA LIONS CLUB ON FEBRUARY
10 THRU 13, 1977.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by, Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES; Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J, L, Plummer, Jr,
Vice -Mayor (Rev,) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Fevre NOHS; None,
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PERSONAL APPDRAN CARLACALVO) OF GUI A LAtINOAM I Dt MIAMI )
RtGARDIN6 "fUNI 1NG,"
t'1ayar Ferre: Take up 'ten huger 5/, Mt . Catlos calVo 8f Guia .atif6atiOti ana.
(SPANISH STATEMENT)
Mayor Verret You know what the question is. As 1 utidetstand it, Mr. Calvo has
been getting what? $5,000?
(SPANISH STATEMENTS BETWEEN MAYOR AND tit. CALVO)
Mayor Petre: He received other payments in previous years tot publicity but last
year he received a $4,000...
(SPANISH STATEMENT)
Mayor Ferre: In the budget we discussed 5 and he wants to know what happened to
his other 3.
Mr. Lew Price: Let the enlighten the Commission on this a bit. Two years ago, he
appeared before the Commission and he sought 5 and the Commission granted hint 2
but at that time, Mr. Plummer discovered there was some money left over from a
boxing fund and he trade a motion to give him an additional $2,000 so he got a
total of $4,000 and he was paid for. This year he came back asking for $5,000,
the Commission voted him $2,000. We were trying to work out the other $3,000
but the dollars simply aren't there. The Publicity Department, like all others,
had to cut back everything, we've cut back every item back.
Mayor Ferre: I guess the question to you is this. I don't know how many of these
things Mr. Calvo puts out but it's quite substantial and it's a directory and I
imagine it has a certain value in the Latin community and especially in the tourist
community it comes in and I recognize that we do have limitations. You don't think
that we can do anymore than we've done.
Mr. Price: Well, Mr. Mayor, we've cut back all the other publications and he is
the only one we haven't touched. The Commission voted $2,000 and the $2,000 is
still there and it's available to him.
Mayor Ferre: Anybody want to ask any questions or make any statements?
(SPANISH STATEMENT BETWEEN MAYOR AND MR. CALVO)
Mayor Ferre: Tony told him that the County participates with our $2,000
because that's 1/3 theirs. Is that correct?
Mr. Grassie: Well only in the sense, Mayor, that they do fund specific things but
this is not one that I'm aware that they take any credit for.
Mayor Ferre: Well what you ought to do is you ought to send Tony a bill
for 1/3 of this.
Mr. Price: Pardon me?
Mayor Ferre: You ought to send him a bill for 1/3 since they say they participated.
Mr. Price: 1/3 of $2,000?
Mayor Ferre: Sure since he told him that that's what they get. That's what he
gets so that's what they ought to be billed' for. Either that or they should give
you $1,000.
Mr. Price: Mayor, this is actually a priority or trade-off. The County will do
something, the City will do something else and it balances out strait
down the line which you can't do. Basically, the City of Miami benefits more t; tan
anyone else, We just don't have the dollars, that's ail,
(S1ANISh STATEMENT BETWEEN MAYOR AND MR, CALVO)
Mayor Ferre; Would you repeat that again? Nobody else has been getting any,..
All the subsidies that we have been giving, the publications and all that have
been cut, right? Ail the advertising,,.
Mr, Price; This is the only one that remained in tact,
MAR 16 1977
(SPANISH STATEMENTS BETWEEN MAYOR AND MR, CALVO)
Mayor Perre: ...the agency cannot advertise, Is the agency advertising?
Mr, Mice: That's where the Money is coining from
(SPANISH STATEMENTS BETWEEN MAYOR AND MR, CALVO)
Mayor Ferret Does anybody else have any ideas or any further thoughts on thit/
Mr. Plummer, do you have any boxing money or anything?
(INAUDIBLE)
Mr. Price: He's the one who found the $2,000 last year.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, then there's nothing we can do about it.
(SPANISH COMMENT MADE TO MR, CALVO BY MAYOR)
Mayor Ferret Let's keep our eyes open and if there's any monies that cote out of
the Boxing Program or anything where we could supplement this. I happen to thitlk
it's a very important service to the community so I think it's justified that we
don't have the money.
Mr. Price: Mr. Mayor, we support it every year.
Mayor Ferret Yes, I know. Thank you.
61, DEFERRAL OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE:
DR, BERNARDO GENES,
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, do you know what Mr. Benes was going to bring up or don't you?
Mr. Grassie: Oh, I'm sorry. He called yesterday and would like to put that off
so that's cancelled out.
Mrs. Gordon: Oh, do you know what his subject was?
Mr. Grassie: No.
61. MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION 1, CONTRACT WITH MIAMI DOLPHINS;
ITEMS:2. POLICING OF BICENTENNIAL PARK;
3, ST-TO-COAST AIRLINES FARES;
ATION TO AIR rLORIDA,
Mr, Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me ask a question to the Manager. Mr. Manager, I
assumed, and I hope that I did not assume wrong, that the other day what we agreed
with Mr. Robbie was in principle and that a written document would be forthcoming
to this Commission for approval as norms',
Mr. Grassie: Oh, no question about it.
Mr. Plummer: It will be presented to us in ordinance force.
Grassie: Oh, yes, no question about it.
Mr. Plummer; That it is not legal until such is done.
Mr. Grassie; No question about it, of course.
Mr, Plummer; Okay, and I'm not raising that because I have any problems, it's just
the idea that I assumed that it was in principle,
Mr, Grassie, Sure,
Mr.
Mr, Plummer; Q1ay, Unfortunately the press didn't leave, Mr, Manager, 1 said I''d
bring back up at a later time, and please, I'ca not finding fault with the Police
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PepartMent. 1 went down last night and personally walked through the Mee:gen:tie/.
Park and t'Ve got to tell you, it's A gorgeous park, it really is 1was Well
pleased with the results, I started walking it at sundown and 1 walked out, it wad
at night*
Mayor Petrel Why did you do that?
Mr. Plummer: 1 went to inspect item 170 if you want the honest truth, which you
didn't do.
Mayor Verret t was the guy that was chasing you when you started to run,
tit, Plummer: No, you're the guy that the problem that t":11 going to bring up.
Mr, Manager, look, t know the Police Department has got their hands full with
the drunks but I've got to tell you, I counted 9 drunks sleeping in the park. It
is conclusive for good, "please- cote use the park" type of attitude. Now t don't
know whether you can tut them oft the other side of the boulevard, because t know
the problems the police department has. They're taking thet in and they're turning
them right back out again but if we can't get them to do no more than get them
over on the other side of 2nd avenue, it's just bad.
(INAUDIBLE)
Mr. Plummer: i'd love to put them on Kenny Meyer's doorstep, really, but I just
think something has got to be done and unfortunately they won't sleep in the back,
they're sleeping right up at the Biscayne Boulevard where it's fully cognizant to
the public. I'm just bringing this to your attention. All t'm saying is that you
have got to maybe run the west coasters through and backfire them a couple of times
to wake them up. Believe me, I have seen and I am fully cognizant of what the
Police Department... Their hands are tied completely but I think we've got to do
something where we can open this park up and make it condusive in any way possible.
Mayor Ferre: Do you want to add anything?
Mr. Don March: Yes, sir, just for your information and in defense of Police officers
in general on the street, the problem is that in the misdemeanor area, the require-
ment has been imposed by the State Attorney's Office here in Dade County to come
forth with a complaining witness, a private citizen, the Police Officer cannot be
the complaining witness in disorderly intoxication cases. It does us no good other
than to tie up a police officer to take that person in only to have him released
immediately and not prosecuted. It's an item of frustration for the police officers
on the street.
W. Plummer: Maybe then it's not the idea of putting the police... I'm not trying
to say who should do it, maybe the west coasters need to run around these guys and
make little circles until they get up and walk out and leave. There's more than one
way to attack a problem. Give him a bottle of wine over on second avenue, I don't
know what the answer is but it's a bad site when you drive down a boulevard and you
see these drunks sleeping all over the front. So I'm bringing it up for what it's
worth. The other item, Mr. Mayor, that bothered me that I wanted to bring up today,
in this morning's paper it was shown where they are approving a very, very low cost
fare from the east coast to the west coast. I think it's about $220.00 to fly from
New York to Los Angeles or San Francisco which, in the past, has been $450.00 or in
that neighborhood and you know as well as I do what they're trying to do is to
encourage the people from New York and up in that area not to come to Florida but
to come to California. We contribute to the Traffic Association. I would like to
pass a resolution here today urging the Greater Miami Traffic Association to take
cognizant very well of this fact to do whatever they can to get the appropriate
low fares to the Miami area as well as to the other areas of the United States and
I offer that in the foem of a motion.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its
adoption,
MOTION NO, 77.252
A MOTION URGING THE GREATER MIAMI TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION TO
INTERCEDE, PROMOTE AND PO ALL WITHIN ITS POWER TO HAVE AIR.
FARE LOWERED IN AIRLINES FLYING FROM MIAMI TO THE WEST COAST,
AS HAS RECENTLY BEEN THE CASE WITH AIRLINES FLYING FROM NORTHEASTERN
CITIES TO THE WEST COAST WERE THE FAA APPROVED A LOWERING
IN THE PRICE CT THE ATR-FARE,
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Upott being seconded by COMMisigidnet Gibson, the iotid t was passed attd
adopted by the fallo4ittg vote
AYES: Cotntnissiottet Manolo Reboso
CoM iissionet ,t. t. Fiuttter, Jr,
Ceffilissitifter hose Gotdoti
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Fette
NOES: None,
Mrs, Gotdotit Speaking of airlines, you notice that Air Florida is going to fly
the students up to Tallahassee during the session at, as I understand it, no cost.
I think that's great and I think they ought to be cotnnteitded.
The following :notion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who ttoyed its
adoption.
MOTION No. 77-253
A MOTION OF COMMENDATION TO AtR FLORIDA FOR ITS PARTICIPATION
IN A PROGRAM OF TRANSPORTING STUDENTS TO TALLAHASSEE DURING THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND REQUESTING THAT AN APPROPRIATE PLAQUE
AND LETTER BE SENT TO THE PRESIDENT OF AIR FLORIDA FOR HIS GESTURE,
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following Vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None,
63, MOTION OF INTENT: PERMIT USE OF THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM FOR PROPOSED
FREE CONCERT BY RADIO STATION 9 i-X
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Como, did you work out your problem?
Mr. Como: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Where do we stand?
Mr. Como: Yes, sir, we worked with one of the Assistant City Attorneys to put
together a resolution and...
Mayor Ferre: Do we have the resolution?
Mr. Grassie: We have two questions, Mr. Mayor. One is a discussion of our legal
status by the City Attorney and the other is a staff report.
Mayor Ferre: Well what is the recomnenciation specifically of the City Manager at
this point?
Mr, Grassie: I think first I want you to have background from Mr. Jennings and
then I will make a specific recommendation if I can, Mr, Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: So you don't want to cone to any conclusion today?
Mr. Grassie: Oh yes, sure.
Mayor Ferre: Well let's do it, Come on, Mr, Jennings, let's wove,
Mr, Bob Jennings: Thank you, Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, I had
originally understood this item was going to be on the 24th so most of my notes
are at the office but I have made some hurried notes here, First let me say that
so I don't get the reputation of being negative as l seem to have on occasion, I'm
not opposed to this event, The way 1 look at my department, the function of My
department and the operation of city facilities, I see my function as one of
Producing revenue from the use of these facilities, I have no obSecti.on to the
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061 event) 1 am jot of the opinion that they ought to pay tent, 1 had a visit about
two week§ from Mt. Zachary Of 065=16651a COrporatiOn who told Me that they were
going ta financially back this event, 1 di use with Mr. 2achary just how the
rental would be paid because aa Mt. Coto has mentioned earlier, they do not intend
to charges..
Mayor Perrot Mr. Jenninga, come tight to the point. Are you eying that you don't
recommend that we proceed with thin because you think we ought td charge rent?
Mr. denningst Yea, air,
Mayor Perrot Alright, thank you very much, Anything else?
Mr. Plummer: Well I have to have clarification on that now, Is the clarification
this. Mr. Jennings, are you saying that the bonds prohibit us from doing it or
that you don't recommend it, Now that takes a difference.
Mr. Jennings: Well t don't, to be frank with you. 1 think you're setting an
unfortunate precedent if you give the Orange Bowl away free because I'm working
with another party right now who wants to put on a similar eVent, it won't be
free of admission charge but I feel sure that if we give it to Mrb Coma free,
this gentleman will be in here next. Alright, Mr, Knox should answer the other
question. It is my opinion that because of the bond indentures, the stadium
cannot be given free.
Mr. Plummer: If that's the answer , then it's all over.
Mr. Jennings: Well I think Mr. Knox had better answer that question,
Mr. Knox: The language of the bond indenture ordinance prohibits the City from
reducing the rents or waiving the fees associated with the use of the Orange Bowl.
Mayor Ferre: Well why didn't you say that in the beginning? We could have saved
a lot of time.
Mr. Knox: That's what the letter of the ordinance says. This Commission has
established in the past, as I understand it, a precedent whereby the Orange Bowl
was used by an organization with a charitable motive, , Harold Foward's
thing, where a nominal rent was charge on one occasion so there is a precedent.
(INAUDIBLE)
Mr. Jennings: To clarify that, that was the Fourth of July Fireworks Show. The
proceeds from the admission to that went to the Harold -Linda Hann Fund. Of course
it is a non-profit organization and is charitable. Even though the 96X will not
realize any profit from the admission to this event, they will realize profit from
the publicity that they will get from it so profit, you do have a different
situation in my estimation.
(INAUDIBLE)
Mr. Jennings: Well, yes, it's a minimum and it's $350.00 but it's still a minimum.
(INAUDIBLE)
Mr. Jennings; Yes, sir, we did. We have a resolution still on the books.
(INAUDIBLE)
Mr. Grassie; We seem to have lost track of the fact that this is not money -making
through the turn style, this is money -making through advertising, it's a different
kind of an approach.
(INAUDIBLE)
Mr. Como; Sir. there is no money.pmaking through advertising. The two co-sponsors
of the event, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Coke, are not going to get any extra
advertising. They have already spent advertising dollars on the radio station.
There is no advertising dollars that we're going to derive and ahoy profit. We
worked on a resolution, al the proceeds, that if there are any, any of the net
profits from the sate of souveniers or from the sate of programs, bail go •directly
to the City. We don't want any profit. We're giving WINO free tickets SW to
the underprivileged. We're going to have a special section to them throughout the
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86 MAR 161977
area so they can see the toncett fitst hand, There is hothitig to tote itedit
in this whole thing,
Mrs, Gordon! HOW do you get back your out-of-pocket a ense?
Mr► Como: Through Cake and through kentucky hied Chicken, to ate paying for the
rock acts,,,
Mrs. Gordon: They pay for it you mean?
Mr, Cam: Yes.
Mrs, Gordon: And how do they get advertised? That's, l think, what the 4uestiott Was,
Mr, Como Through the radio station there will be about 200 promo announcements
a week promoting the event and along with the event will be Tab,
Mrs, Gordon: Row many kids do you think you will get down there?
Mr. Como: We expect to have 55,000 young people there and if you can consider the
fact that each one will spend one dollar on a hot dog or a coke, there are 00,000
in revenue..
Mrs. Gordon: I'm not opposed to you, I just want information. I want to ask you,
do you think there might be any damage to the turf? That might be a consideration.
Mr. Como: We will abide by..
Mr. Grassie: You're asking Mr. Jennings?
Mrs. Gordon: Yes or I'll ask you, I don't care who answers me.
Mr. Como: We will abide by all of the restrictions that you have.
Mrs. Gordon: We don't have that live turf now so that's the reason I'm asking it.
Mr. Como: I can't see any damage to the ground area whatsoever.
Mr. Jennings: Mr. Como, is it going to be festival seating? Are the people going
to sit on the field?
Mr. Como: No, they're going to sit in the stands.
Mrs. Gordon: They're going to sit in the stands? I think this is a worthwhile
project that will bring young people together at a no cost basis and you're guaranteeing
we won't have any damages, is that right?
Mr. Como: Well we'll have the necessary insurance to cover the criteria that...
Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon moves and Plummer seconds. Further discussion?
Mr. Grassie: Well could we understand what's being moved, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, I'll tell you what's being moved. That these people be allowed
to use the Orange Bowl for the following conditions: That they pay for police;
electrical cost, insurance, repairs, maintenance; that they post an appropriate bond
satisfactory to the Administration to cover ail of this...
Mrs, Gordon: And return the facility in the same condition,
Mayor Ferre: And that it be returned in the same condition and the basis for it
is that there is a tremendous amount of positive publicity which does not have a
dollar value which inures to the benefit and well-being of the City of Miami,
Mrs, Gordon; And the young people will benefit,,,
Mr. Grassie; Can I understand,,,
Mayor Ferre; We're going to be paid by goodwill,
Mr, Grassi.e: I hope you don't expect me to make your budget next year on that
basis,
87 MAR 161977
Mts. Gordon: Now doi't anybody here talk about the budget. Woe just gave 4 1/2
acres of land for nothing so let's not talk about that:.
Mayor Petro: What?
its. Cordon: 4 1/2 acres of land without any renumetatiott. Okay, so anybody who
is talking about that, let's not talk about that.
Mr. Cotao: gy the way, one of the things that we agreed to do is to stake a full
accounting, when this is over with,..
Mayor Vetre: Well I just want you to understand that this is not going to cost
the City of Miami one nickel..
Mr. Coto: That's correct.
Mayor Terre: They've got to pay for any out-of-pocket expenses.
Mr. Como: That is our full understanding.
Mrs. Gordon: And we get it back the way it is, that's a11.
Mayor Ferre: That :Weans cleaning, painting, the bathrooms have got to be clean.
Mr. Como: We understand that the bathroom...
Mayor Ferret You've got to pay for the electricity and the police and it doesn't
cost us a cent.
Mr. Como: Now I would like to ask you, sir, if you would like, because I know it
is very difficult to convince kids sometimes that a City organization does any-
thing for them, we will be happy to announce on the stage that this is being
brought by all the people plus the City of Miami and anybody else.
Mrs. Gordon: Well we appreciate that because the City is a contributing factor
to that.
Mr. Como: Well I think that if you let us have this stadium free of charge, I
think you're just as much a contributor as we are.
Mayor Ferre: Yes but I want you to mention it not just one time in the beginning
of the program but give us a good play because...
Mr. Como: We'll be happy to announce that fact on the air on our promotions if
you'd like.
Mr. Grassie: One last thing, Mr. Mayor, can we assume that in carrying out what
I take to be your desires, that we're going to have an agreement with 96X so
their use is going to be dependent on the conditions of the agreement and we'll
try to reflect all of the things that you've talked about with regard to costs
and insurance and condition of the stadium after it's used and all of those things.
And they have volunteered to do some things and we'll put those in.
Mr. Como: Aboslutely and thank you very much, I think it's going to be a great
event for the City.
Mrs, Gordon; When is it going to be?
Mr. Como; May 7th. Thank you very much,
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The following Satoh WO introduced by Co aissionot Gordottl who loved its
Adoption.
MTV:* NO. 77 2 4
A MOTION OP INTENT TO PERMIT THE USE 'OP THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM
BY RADIO STATION 96-fit ON MAY 7, 107 SUBJECT TO THE POLLoWING
CONDIT/ONS
a. PAYMENT OP POLICE
bs. ELECTRICAL cosTs
c. INSURANCE
d. REPAIRS
e. MAINTENANCE
f. THAT A SURETY BOND SATISPACTORY To THE CITY ADMINI=
STTRATIoN BE POSTED IN ADVANCE To GUARANTEE THE ABOVE
g. AND THAT THE OVERALL EXACT CONDITION IN WHICH THE
STADIUM IS DELIVERED BEPORE THE CONCERT BE MAINTAINED
IN ALL RESPECTS.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Hanoi() Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordan
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Perre
NOES: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mrs. Gordon: Wait a minute, good question. Where are your profits
that are leftover, what charities are you going to be contributing
them to?
Mr. Como: It's in the resolution that they will be turned over to
the City of Miami.
Mrs. Gordon: Oh, well what is the City complaining about? You're
getting more than you expected if you charge them rent.
Mayor Ferre: Now you've got me all confused. What funds? You're
not charging any of this, are you?
Mr. Como: No, but I mentioned earlier, Mayor, that there was a
possibility of selling programs and a possibility of selling souveniers
which is, outside of the realm of the event and if there is any money
left over in the terms of net profit, it will be turned over to the
City,
Mayor Ferre: Look, I expect this thing to be very carefully audited
because I don't want any rip-offs or any stuff like that.
Mr, Como: I understand.
Mrs, Gordon: Good luck.
Mr. Como; Mayor, the image of the radio station is near to us as the
City of Miami is to you.
Mayor Ferre; Good luck to you, have fun.
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ACCEPT 8Ifl PUR RASE or AutoAUTOMOTIvt EduiPMENTI
The following tesolution was introduced by Cnittlasiohet Piu et, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NOr 774255
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FOLLOWING BIDS FOR FURNISHING AUTOMOTIVE
EQUIPMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES; BID OF
NORTHSIDE MOTORS FOR 53 POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLES AT A COST OF
$216,915,30; BID OP PINCHER MOTORS FOR 29 COMPACT AUTOMOBILES
AT A COST OF $114,878.57; BID OF REGENCY MOTORS FOR 6 PICK UP
TRUCKS AND 2 VANS AT A COST OF $32,995.94; BID OF CRANE BROS,
FOR 3 STATION WAGONS AT A COST OF $13,898.97; BID OF HONDA
NORTH FOR 5 THREE WHEEL POLICE VEHICLES AT A COST OF $27,216.00
AT A TOTAL COST OF $425,904.78; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE
FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUND; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND
THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THIS
EQUIPMENT.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote-
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.
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ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the City Commission
***********
ATTEST:
at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 4:45 P.M.
RALPH G. ONGIE
City Clerk
MATTY HIRAI
Assistant City Clerk
MAURICE A. FERRE
MAY 0 R
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MAR 16 M7
The foilawit►g thotiof wes ifbtodui ed by Com iissibfier Gordon, who sowed its
Adoptidtts
MOTION NO. 17'2 4
A MOTION Off' INTENT TO PERMIT Tt#E Da OP THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM
BY RADIO STATION §b-X ON MAY 7, 1 0/ SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING
CONDITIONS:
a. PAYMENT o1 POLICE
b. ELECTRICAL COSTS
c, INSURANCE
d. REPAIRS
e. MAINTENANCE
f. THAT'A SURETY BOND SATISFACTORY TO THE CITY ADMINI.,
STRATTON EE POSTED IN ADVANCE TO GUARANTEE THE ABOVE
g. AND THAT THE OVERALL EXACT CONDITION IN WHICH THE
STADIUM IS DELIVERED BEFORE THE CONCERT BE MAINTAINED
IN ALL RESPECTS,
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the :notion Was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ON ROLL CALL:
Mrs. 'Gordon: Wait a minute, good question. Where are your profits
that are left over, what charities are you going to be contributing
them to?
Mr. Como: It's in the resolution that they will be turned over to
the City of Miami.
Mrs. Gordon: Oh, well what is the City complaining about? You're
getting more than you expected if you charge them rent.
Mayor Ferre: Now you've got me all confused. What funds? You're
not charging any of this, are you?
Mr. Como: No, but 1 mentioned earlier, Mayor, that there was a
possibility of selling programs and a possibility of selling souveniers
which is outside of the realty of the event and if there is any money
left over in the terms of net profit, it will be turned over to the
City.
Mayor Ferre: Look, I expect this thing to be very carefully audited
because I don't want any rip-offs or any stuff like that.
Mr, Como; I understand.
Mrs. Gordon: Good luck,
Mr. Como; Mayor, the image of the radio station is near to us as the
City of Miami is to you.
Mayor Ferre; Good luck to you, have fun,
89
MAR L 6197 /
I ACCEPT BID: PURCHASE or Aut
The following resolution was introduced by Cotissiotiet Plummet r wta mowed
its adoptiott:
RESOLUTION NO. 77455
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FOLLOWING BIDS FOR FURNISHING AUTOMOTIVE
EQUIPMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES; EtD OP
NORT1MSIDE MOTORS FOR 53 POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLES AT A COST OF
$236,915.30; BID OP PINCHER MOTORS FOR 29 COMPACT AUTOMOBILES
AT A COST OP $114,878,57; BID OF REGENCY MOTORS FOR 6 PICK UP
TRUCKS AND 2 VANS AT A COST of $12,995.94; BID OF CRANE BROS.
FOR 3 STATION WAGONS AT A COST OF $13,898.97; BID OF HONDA
NORTH FOR 5 THREE WHEEL POLICE VEHICLES AT A COST OF $27,216.00
AT A TOTAL COST OF $425,904.78; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE
FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUND; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND
THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDERS FOR 111IS
EQUIPMENT.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None,
**********
ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the City Commission
*********** at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 4:45 P.M.
ATTEST:
RALPH G. ONGIE
City Clerk
MATTY HIRAI
Assistant City Clerk
MAURICE A. FERRE
MAYOR
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MAR 161977
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CI�iY OF IVI�AMI
DOCUMENT
maritime DATE:
I N DE March 16, 1977
RETRIEVAL
TtON COCEjNO•-
DOCUMENT ICENT/FICA
COMMISSION AGENDA AND CITY CLERIC REPORT
AMENDING SECTIONS 50-71 THROUGH 50-80 OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, PROVIDING FOR
DOCKAGE FEES FOR SAILBOATS AT CITY MARINAS.
ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $6,900 TO THE ACTION
COMMUNITY CENTER FROM THE SOCIAL SERVICE RE-
SERVE FUND TO COVER THE COST OF PURCHASING
AND OPERATING ONE WHEEL CHAIR -EQUIPPED MOTOR
VEHICLE.
ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF CARL
J. HOENES, INC. FOR THE SHENANDOAH PARK- COM-
MUNITY BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS-1976 AT A TOTAL
COST OF $53,250.80
ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF
EBSARY FOUNDATION CO. FOR BELCHER PROPERTY -
PARK DEVELOPMENT AT A TOTAL COST OF
$189,906
ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF T.&
N. CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A NOTICE
OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR OBJECTIONS TO THE ACCEP-
TANCE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE COMPLETED
CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPSON SANITARY SEWER IM-
PROVEMENT SR-5391 C AND SR-5391 S
ACCEPTING THE WARRANTY DEED FROM THE SUNSET-
TOLEDO LAND COMPANY OF MIAMI, INC. DATED
SEPTEMBER 21, 1976.
ACCEPTING THE HIGHWAY -RIGHT OF WAY DEED EXE-
CUTED BY ZENITY ENTERPRISES.
ACCEPTING THE UIG.WAY RIGHT-OF-WAY DEED EXE-
CUTED BY GENERAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ON
AUGUST 25, 1976, FOR HIGHWAY WIDENING.
ACCEPTING THE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY DEED EXE-
CUTED BY LEO MARTIN AND GLORIA MARTIN, ON
SEPTEMBER 10, 1976 FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES.
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK
TO EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
MIAMI-DADE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY HEREIN-
AFTER CALLED "AUTHORITY" AND THE CITY OF
MIAMI HEREINAFTER CALLED "CITY" FOR THE LEAS-
INC OF A TEMPORARY ROADWAY NOT EXCEEDING
25 FEET IN WIDTH
COMMISSION
ACTION
0065
0066
R-77,-213 77-213
R-77-214
R-77-215
R-77-216
R-77-217
R-77-218
R-77-219
R-77-220
R-77-221
R-77ffi222
77-214
77-215
77-216
77-217
77-218
77-219
77-220
77-221.
77.2.
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15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
UMENTINDEX
ONTINUED
co,.
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK OP
THE CITY OF M/AMI, HEREINAFTER CALLED "CITY "
TO EXECUTE A DEED TO THE MIAMI-DADE WATER AND
SEWER AUTHORITY, HEREINAFTER CALL "AUTHORITY"
FOR THE TRANSFER OP 2.018 ACRES OF LAND
APPROVING THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION (ICMA) RETIRMENT CORPORATION PLAN
AS A PUBLIC TRUST FUND, AS PROVIDED FOR ORDI-
NANCE NO. 8610
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND THE
ATTACHED LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE MIAMI YACHT
CLUB FOR A ONE YEAR TERM
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND THE
ATTACHED LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE MIAMI OUT-
BOARD CLUB FOR A ONE YEAR TERM
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT WITH A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SER-
VICE FIRM TO ASSIST THE CITY IN PREPARING
STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES FOR MARINA DEVELOP-
MENT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
AND THE CITY CLERK TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND DADE COUNTY.
APPOINTING HENRY C. ALEXANDER, JR., KATHY
COLE, DAVID M. SCULLY, MICHAEL SIMONHOFF AND
DAVID SINCLAIR AS MEMBERS.
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR
AND RECEIVE PROPOSALS FROM EXPERIENCED INDI-
VIDUALS OR FIRMS WITH THE NECESSARY EXPERTISE
AND CONTRACTS TO DEVELOP INCREASED USE FOR
CERTAIN CITY FACILITIES.
APPROVING THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT BEARING DATE
OF APRIL 14, 1977 RESPECTING $28,000,000 GENE
RAL OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS TO BE ISSUED
BY THE CITY CONSISTING OF $13,000,000 SANI-
TARY SEWER BONDS.
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
AN AGREEMENT FOR ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEER-
ING CONSULTANT SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HEAVY EQUIPMENT SERVICE
FACILITY TO BE LOCATED AT N.W. 14TH AVENUE
AND 20TH STREET
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
ANY CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS WHICH WILL IN-
CREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE
CITY OF MIAMI AND/OR EXTENDING THE. FUNDING
PERIOD FOR A TEMPORARY PUBLIC SERVICE JOBS
PROGRAM.
R-77 223
R-77-224
R-77-225
R-77-226
R-77-227
R-77-228
R-77-229
R-77-230
R-77-231
R-77...232
11‘,77,.233
.• 77-223
77 224
77-225
77-226
77-227
77-228
77-229
77-230
77-231
77-232
77.233
IJIVIEN11114NDEX
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25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH ACTION COMMUNITY CENTER, INC.•
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH COCONUT GROVE AFTER SCHOOL
HOUSE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH DADE COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR RE-
TARDED CITIZENS.
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH
FLORIDA
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
AN AGREEMENT WITH LITTLE HAVANA ACTIVITIES
CENTER, INC
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH UNITED WAY OF DADE COUNTY
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN
AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI DADE TENANT SECURITY
ASSOCIATION
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY TO
LOURDES RODRIGUEZ AND FERNANDO F. FREIRE, HER
ATTORNEY, WITHOUT ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE
SUM OF $7,447.57 IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLE-
MENT OF ALL BODILY INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE
CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR
ANNA MARIA DIAZ AND RAUL
WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF
OF $5,542.08 IN FULL AND
OF ALL BODILY INJURY
OF FINANCE TO PAY TO
DIAZ, INDIVIDUALLY
LIABILITY, THE SUM
COMPLETE SETTLEMENT
ACCEPTING THE BID FROM J.61J. INSTALLATIONS
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AT
A TOTAL COST OF $7,422.66
ACCEPTING THE BID RECEIVED FROM REED FRAME CO
FOR FURNISHING SIXTY-TWO PARK BENCHES AND
TWENTY-NINE PICNIC TABLES FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF PARKS AND RECREATION A TOTAL COST OF
$32,565.12
ACCEPTING THE SID FROM gEL GLO CORPORATION
FOR FURNISHING 2,200 GALLONS OF TENNIS COURT
PAINT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREA-
TION AT A TOTAL COST OF $10,440.00
I COMkiSgTbN 1ArMIEVAL
AMON 4 tott_NO,
R-77-234
R-77-235
R-77-236
R-77-237
R-77-238
R-77-239
R-77-240
R-77-241
R-77-242
R-77-243
R-77-244
R‘,77-245
R-77-246
77-234
77-235
77-236
77-237
77-238
77-239
77-240
77-241
77-242
77-243
77-244
77-245
77-246
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38
39
40
41
42
T?611414len&AL
ACCEPTING THE BID FROM DUNAN BRICK YARDS FOR
FURNISHING 17,000 ARCHITECTURAL PAVERS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AT A TOTAL
COST OF $12,770.00
ACCEPTING THE BID OF PITMAN PHOTO, INC
ACCEPTING THE BID OF BIG CHIEF, INC. IN THE
AMOUNT OF $22,330 FOR THE INCINERATOR NO. 1Y
SALVAGE AND DEMOLITION (PHASE I)-1977
AUTHORIIZNG THE CITY MANAGER TO AMEND THE PRO-
FESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT WITH THE FIRM OF
PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHEL & COMPANY
RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE WAIVER OF THE
RENTAL FEE FOR THE USE OF MIAMI STADIUM PARK.*
ING LOT IN CONNECTION WITH THE CARNIVAL SPON-
SORED BY THE TROPICANA LIONS CLUB ON FEBRUARY
10 THRU 13, 1977
ACCEPTING THE FOLLOWING BIDS FOR FURNISHING
AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC PROPERTIES
R-77-247
R-77248
R-77-249
R-77-250
R-77-251
R-77-255
77-247
77-248
77-249
77-250
77--251
77-255