HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1977-09-08 MinutesTY OF
OF MEETING HELD ON
September 8th, 1977
PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
CITY HALL
RALPH G. ONGIE
CITY CLERK
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G1TY�ISSIOfi OF M1AMI, FIDR1114
SUBJECT
ORDINANCE OFF
KKEESOLUTION NO.
PAGE NO,
BRIEF REPORT: STATUS OF SISTER CITY PROGRAM.
PERSONAL APPERANCE: NMS. FLOYD REGARDING POSSTM.F,
BUDGET CUTS.
CHANGE DATE OF SECOND REGULAR CMMISSION MEETING IN
SEPTE BER; ESTABLISH DATES FOR BUDGET HEARINGS.
ESTABLISH DATES FOR DEDICATION OF THREE CITY OF M77MI
PARKS.
NOTION OF =VT AUI'HORI Z ING CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE
FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR LITTLE HAVANA
COMMUNITY CENTER (LATER RES. 77-725)
NOTION OF INTENT AUI'HORI Z ING CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE
FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVIC'FS CONTRACT FOR THE CITY'S
ADMINISTRATION BLDG. (LATER RES. 77-726)
PRESENTATION BY PLANNING DEPT. OF CAPITAL IMPROVfly T
PRUJD'ZS AND DISCUSSION OF $1.4 MILLION SHORTFALL IN
PARKS FOR PEOPLE BOND FUND.
PRESENTATION BY MANAGEMENT SERVICES ON OVERVIEW OF
1977-1978 BUDGET.
AUTHORIZE AMENDMENT 3VT TO AGREE MEW WITH O' LEARY-SHAFE R -
REDEVELAPMENr OF DI XUE PARK.
ACCEPT Orrx:ti FROM MALL TRANSPORT, INC. FOR SHUTTLE TRAM
SERVICES TO NEW -WORLD OTTER-BICENI'ENNIAL PARK.
AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT WITH STATE OF FLORIDA
- MAINTENANCE E OF LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS - I-95 EXIT
RAMP AT S.E. 2ND AVENUE.
GRANT EASEMENT IN EDISON PARK FOR PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN
WALEMY ACROSS I-95 AT N.W. 65 STREET.
ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: OMNI PAVING PROJECT - 1976 -
BID "C" - LANDSCAPING.
APPROVE AMENDMENT TO SUBLEASE AGREEMENT GROVE KEY
MARINA AND GROVE RESTAURANT LTD.
ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: LITTLE RIVER MINI -PARK -
BUILDING DEMOLITION.
ACCEPT COMPLETED D WORK: TRAIL MINI -PARK DE'.?:11V 1' -
1975
CLAIM SETTLEMENT: WI FRED0 AND OLGA DIAZ AND ATICEN.S
BODY WORK.
CLOSE FULLER STEL U - OCIOBER 21, 22 and 23 FOR
TROPICAL PLANT FAIR IN COCONUT GROVE.
APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO: BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE
URGE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS AND U.S. CONFERENCE OF
C.T1L TO ENDORSE LEGISLATION ENTITLED "COCIO-ECONJNIIC
NATIONAL GRUATH ACT."
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
M- 77-686
M- 77-687
M- 77-688
M- 77-689
M- 77-690
M- 77-691
M- 77-692
R- 77-693
R- 77-694
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2=5
12 - 17
18-33
34 - 47
48
R- 77-695 49
R- 77-696 49
R- 77-697 50
R- 77-698 50
R- 77-699 51
R- 77-700 51
R- 77-701 52
R- 77-702 52
R- 77-703
53
R- 77.704 1 53
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ITEM NO,
21.
22.
23.
ACCEPT BID:
CLUB.
ACCEPT BID:
- PHASE I.
ACCEPT BID:
1 Y1NUTES C�1tSSI[ REGUCAR
C1t4 OFMIAMI, FLDRIA4
SILJECT
5-YEAR CONCESSION - CITY OF MLN4I C UNI'RY
LANDSCAPE PLANTS AND SHRUBS - BAYFRONT PARR
ROTARY LAWN MOWERS.
24. ACCEPT BID: 10,000 SQG7hRE YARDS OF SIDEWALK - BAYFR(OrTI'
PARK - PHASE I.
25. ACCEPT BID: VIRGINIA KEY RES'IORATION PROJECT - 1977.
26.
27.
28.
29.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
ACCEPT BID: WORK BOAT.
ACCEPT BID: WORK UNIFORMS.
ACCEPT BID: VIDEO EQUIYMENT.
ACCEPT BID: DIVER KEY RECREATION CENTER /iIBITION
HALL.
AUTHORIZE REE IE T BEBER, SILVERSTEIN AND PARTNERS -
ADVERI'ISLNG SERVICES
BRIEF PF.RSO ZAL APPEARANM : EFNIE FANNA O.
PRESENTATIONS, PLAQUES AND SPECIAL ITENLS.
SECOND READING CPDLNANCE: AMEND SECTION 2-24-1 OF THE
CITY CODE -INSPECTIONS AND SERVICE FEES.
SECOND READING ORDLNANCE: AMaND St r'JON 2-24.2 OF
CHAPTER 2 - ESTABLISH FEES FOR INSPECTIONS AND
EXAMINATIONS OF PLANS AND SITE INSPECTIONS.
SECOND READING ORD : ANEND SECTIONS 5, 6, 7 AND
8 OF ORDINANCE 6145 - EmACT NEW SCHEDULES
SECOND READING ORDLNANCE: ESTABLISH 3RD YEAR CD BLOCK
GRANT — SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM TRUST AND AGENCY FUND
ACCOUNT.
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH 2ND YEAR CL BLOCK
GRANT — LAND ACQUISITION FOR SUBSIDIZED HOUSING -
WYNW OD TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ACCOUNT.
DEFER CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE DEFINING
"AMUSEMENT MACHINES" - PENDING COMMIS BY POLICE
DEPAPTMENT.
SDCpA D READING ORDINANCE: APPROVE OFFSTREET PARKING
AUTHORITY, GJSMAN HALL, OLYMPIA BUILDING EXPENDITURES
FOR FISCAL 1977-78 BUDGET.
ORDERING RESOLUTION: S.W. 22ND. STREET - HIGHTerc Y
IMPROVEMENT PHASE III - H-4 418 .
CONFIRMING ASSESMERT ROLL - TRIAL VIEW HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT - H-4366.
PUBLIC i EARINS : OBJECTIONS TO COMPLETED WORK - NO,
RAYSHORE DRIVE, SANITARY S m v r SR-5383
C & S.
R- 77-705
R- 77-706
R- 77-707
R- 77 708
R- 77-709
R- 77-710
R- 77-711
R- 77-712
R- 77-713
R- 77-714
DISCUSSION
PRESaNTATICNS
Ord. 8686
Ord. 8687
Ord. 8688
Ord. 8689
Ord. 8690
DES
Ord. 8691
R- 77-715
R- 77-716
R- 77-717
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ITEM NO.
43.
44.
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47.
48.
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50.
51.
IMB
AlgiSSCFICIE18FULtEARIT
SUBJECT
APPROVE APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET
PARKING FOR FISCAL 1977-78.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEM ER 30, 1978.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: DEFINE AND DESIGNATE
TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF CITY FOR PURPOSES OF TAXATION;
FIXING MILEAGE AND LEVYING TAXES FOR FISCAL ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 1978.
SECOND READING ORDINANCE: AMEND CHAPTER 39 OF THE CODE
TO PERMIT CONDUCTING OF RECEPTION OR SOCIAL GATHERING
AT ORANGE BOWL STADIUM BY USER, EACH CALENDAR YEAR.
AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 8589, SECTION 1 - PROVIDE FOR
CONTRIBUTION OF $85,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO OLYMPIA
BUILDING.
AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 8589, SECTION 1 AND 4, OPERATING
DEFICIT AT DALLAS PARK APARTN>FNIS (DEFERRED AFTER
DISCUSSION).
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDLNANCE 8589, SECTION
1 - APPROPRIATE $676,000 FOR WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
BENEFITS.
FIRST READIM ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 8589,
SrJ.:riON 1, - PROVIDE CONTRIBUTION TO GUSMAN AND CLYMPIA
EIDGS. TO COVER OPERATING DEFICIT.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 8589,
6a:1:IONS 1 AND 4 - DECREASE ANTICIPATED SALARY SAVINGS.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND ORDINANCE 8589, Six.rlON
1, INCREASE DEPAR'II,L APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FUNDS
FOR: OVERTIME, HOLIDAYS, SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL & SEVERANCE
PAY.
53. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND CITY CODE, CHAPTER 64,
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION, TRANSFERRING JURISDICTION
FROM THE BUILDING DEPARDINT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
T.
54.
FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND CITY CODE, CHAPTER 64,
ENVIROMY ,L PRESERVATION, PROVIDING FOR A 7-MEMBER
BOARD.
55. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH 3RD YEAR CID BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ACCOUNT.
56. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND RULE XIX, SECTION 2 AND
3, CIVIL, SERVICE RULES -EMPLOYERS OF FIRE FIGHTERS
BARGUNIM UNIT WILL ACCRUE VACATION AND SICK LEAVE.
57. RE-ESTABLISH CITY OF MIANII MEMORIAL CX'NIITIEE.
58. AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT BIG-5 ROWING CLUB FOR FACILITY AT
WINE STADIUM.
59, DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF FIRM FOR
SECURITIES AND MANAGEMENTT EVALUATION FOR RETIREMENT
SYSTEM.
M- 77-718
First
Reading
First
Reading
Ord. 8692
Ord. 8693
DISCUSSION
First
Reading
First
Reading
First
Reading
First
Reading
First
Reading
First
Reading
First
Reading
First
Reading
R- 77-719
R- 77-720
DEFE RAL
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67 - 69
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79-81
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ITEM NO.
11111 60.
62.
■63.
64.
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CIiYtSSi(iJ 0F hffA"11, FLORIII4
SUBJECT
AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH
FRATES, FLOYD, PEARSON, STEVA,RT, RICHMOND AND GREER FOR
EMINENT DOMAIN ACTION - F.E.C. PROPERTY.
61. ACCEPT BID: FIRE PUMPERS.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: MEMBERS OF G.E.A. REQUESTING COST
OF LIVING INCREASE.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE: MEMBERS OF A.F.S.C.M.E. TO DISCUSS
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS.
CONFIRMING RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE CONTRACT FOR ARCIiITECIURAL SERVICES - LITTLE
HAVANA COMMUNITY CENTM.
CONFIRMING RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE CONTRACT FOR ARCHITDOIURAL SERVICES - CITY' S
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
CONFIRMING RESOLUTION: CHANGE DATE OF RDOVLrAR MEETING
TO SEPTER 23, 1977.
MOTION OF INTENT - MEMBERS OF CITY COMMISSION TO ATTEND
CONFERENCE IN LAEE TAHOE, ON RETIREMENT.
68. MOTION OF fl7IaQT - CHAIR PERSONS AND EMPLOYEE MEMBERS OF
RETIREMENT BOARDS TO ATTEND CONFERENCE IN LAKE TAHOE, ON
"RETIIREM NT. "
69. MOTION OF INTP.Nr - POLICY OF CITY COMMISSION ISSION REGARDING
EMPLOYEE MEMBERS OF RETIREMENT BOARDS A'TTf''` DI G
CONFERENCE IN LAKE TAHOE.
70. BRIEF DISCUSSION ITEM: PROPOSAL BY MAYOR FERRE TO AMEND
LANGUAGE OF PROPOSED BOND QUESTION ON THE NOVEMBER
BALLOT REGARDING $15 MILLION ORANGE BOWL IMPROVEMENTS.
71. BRIEF DISCUSSION ITEM: COMMISSIONER GORDON ON BOARD OF
REALTORS' POSITION ON PUBLIC UTILITIES INCREASES.
R- 77-721
R- 77-722
R- 77-723
R- 77-724
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
R- 77-725
R- 77-726
R- 77-727
M- 77-728
M- 77-729
M- 77-730
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION
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MINUTES DE REGULAR MEETING or THE
CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
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ON THE 3TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1977, THE CITY COMMISSION OF
MIAMI, LOR DA MET AT ITS REGULAR MEETING PLACE IN THE CITY
ALL, 3500 FAN AMERICAN DRIVE, MIAMI, LORIDA IN REGULAR SESSION,
T-E MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 9:10 O'CLOCK A.M. BY
MAYOR '1AURICE A. t'ERRE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OE THE
COMMISSION FOUND TO BE PRESENT: -
CommJ44ionen Manoto Reboso
Comm.L44.ionen J. L. Ptummen, Jn.
Comm.i44.ionen Ro4e Gordon
Vice -Mayon Theodore G.ib4on
Mayon Maurice A. Fenne
PRESENT:
Jo4eph R. Gta44 e, City Manager
R. L. Fo4moen, A44.i4,tan.t City Manager
George F. Knox, City Attorney
Ra.eph G. Ongie, City Ctenh
Mat.ty H.inai, A44i4tan.t City C!enfh
An invoeati.cn was detive-ted by Reverend Gibson who then
ed tho4 e pnes ent in a p.iedg e o 5 a.eLeg.ianee to .the leag .
A motion to waive .the nead.ing o S .the minutes wa4 .in.nodueed
and seconded and was pa44 ed unan Lmou4ty.
BRIEF REPORT: STATUS OF SISTER CITY PROGRAM.
Mr. Plumber: Mr. Mayor, may I take one marent of your time and the Commission?
Mr. Mayor, there have been as you know a great deal of activity in the Sister
City Program, between the two Sister Cities of Miami Bogata and Miami Calie, and
when such activity is generated in great anoints, it makes same people a little
maybe jealous or not happy, but to dispel any rumors that might be circulating
I would like to present to you sir, in which the City of Miami, has forwarded to the
Sister City of Calie, fifty police cars, a facsimilie check for $43,731.50. There
are those who feel that these cars were given away and I want you to know Mr. Mayor,
that the people of Calie very grateful for what has transpired and we are trying to
set up as other Cities have set up in the past , a direct line of when cars are
taken out of service, that they can be shipped to these Sister Cities and they are
paying for then. So I want to proffer to you this facsimilie check, which the
originl has already been forwarded to the finance department, in case anybody wants
to know.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, anything else?
2. PERSONAL APPERANCE: MRS, FLOYD REGARDING POSSIBLE BUDGET
CUTS,
Mayor Ferre: Alright, now we are on the regular agenda. Mrs. Evelyn Floyd, is
here, she is a citizen who lives in Baypoint. Mrs. Floyd, we have agendas and
unfortunately a lot of people cane and they have to go to hospitals like you to
see your husband. Our problem is that when we start making exceptions, if we make
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dieQt have to make a hued. MOW, t feel bad about this and if you ptdftite hot
tO speak for much more, how long do you have.to speak? Alright, We'll give you
tWO,Minutes andI want to say before hand, in case somebody else stands up► I
Will not permit anyother exceptions, I sorry I don't mean to be rude about it,
vie do have an agenda, there is no way you can run an orderly meeting if you start
making exceptions. This county would be in sad trouble if every time we made a
law after somebody said yes, but I can't live up to that law, because I'm an
exception and then we get into all these...
Mrs. Floyd: Mayor, I respect you and I respect your situation, but Mr. Floyd
as been in the hospital for nineteen days and I feel this is a very serious thing.
I live in the highest crime rate and have been there 33 years in Baypoint. We
have good police service up there, I'm working on the third generation of policeman
for the City of Miami, through my office and the states attorney's office. I have
resigned the 1st of July. I want to say we don't need to cut policeman, my god
lets put same more on. I can remember the day when I when down 8th street in a
wagon to an orange grove to work with my grandmother. Lets cut out some of the
big fringes that we've got and give us sae more policeman, we've good policeman,
sure you're going to get a bad apple in every barrel, but as a hole we've got good
policeman, we need more policeman, we don't need to cut off any more policeman
at all, so please, since 1896, my family has been paying taxes and I'm living in
the same house in Baypoint, 33 years. I pay high City taxes, but we can cut off
sare , we can cut off sane Shrubbery being planted and all,
and lets don't for god sake cut off our policeman, we need them, I know and I
thank you very much, sorry I had to interfere with your agenda, I know protocol
but please, for my sake and for everbody's sake on Biscayne Boulevard, from 36
street up to 82nd street, don't cut off the policeman, put on more. Thank you.
3, CHANGE DATE OF SECOND REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING IN SEPTEMBER;
ESTABLISH DATES FOR BUDGET HEARINGS,
Mayor Ferre: Well why don't we just face that issue now, we have a religious holiday
as I recall, when is Yam Kippur?
Mrs. Gordon: The normal Commission date.
Mayor Farre: On the 22nd. So and now the problem was,... where is charlie Crtim pton?
He wanted to change it to the 23rd, what was the reason for that? Was it the 20th?...
we've got the OAS thing for that.
Mr. Grassie: Yes Mr. Mayor, the City Commission is the host for a meeting in
Washington of the OAS Nations on the 20th.
Mayor Ferre: Are we picking up the tab?
Mr. Grassie: I don't know that we have any significant cost involved in it.
Mayor Ferre: Thats part of the budget. Alright.
Mr. Plummer: You know Mr. Grassie, it seems a little strange to me that we're the
host and we're finding out about it after everything is finished.
Rt. Grassie: Well this has been in process as I understand it for...
Mr. Plummer: You know I said before, I had no objections to the changing of the
dates.
Mayor Ferre: Let me in defense of Evelio Ley, who was...
Mr. Plummer: Not defense.
Mayor Ferre: Yea, it is a defense, because, let me explain that this Commission
was told way in the beginning that there was going to be such an event and the
question was when, now unfortunately the person who sets that is the Secretary
General of the OAS, who is a little bit busier than we are and the Secretary General
of the OAS, chose the day of the 20th and thats the only day he said he could do it,
Now, I questioned the importance of all of this, but as I understand it all of the
Ambassadors are going to be there and we've invited some of the potential purchasing
Em EmmaMEM
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Mr. Cr a ton: The presidents of sore of thetmajbr departmnt stores thtoughout
the nation.
Mayor Ferre: Yea, and we're trying to get a surprise from the White House President
too, so its obviously an important thing.
Mr. Crunpton: And as far as the official notification, I don't know what has happened,
we're checking this OAS to find out. They had mailed all the invitations and everyone
should have received then a week or so ago.
Mayor Ferre: Well, today is the eighth day of September and the 20th, is twelve
days from now and I would just, you know... I hope that we're not going to go
there and have a reception where we're all looking at each other, cause we can do
that around here and with all do respect to the Secretary General, I've got no
problems with the Secretary. He's a wonderful man and he's doing a great job.
But I mean we are making an effort on this and I hope that its all shaping up Charlie,
otherwise,... ok, your recommendation is that we go from the 20th to the 23rd, now
the Commission has been told and nobody seems to have any objections to that, so
without any further discussion then, unless I hear an objection and...
Mr. Plummer: I'll make a motion that we change the Commission Meeting of September
20th to the 23rd.
Mayor Ferre: We have a motion, is there a second to the change of date? Seconded
by Father Gibson, further discussion on the change from the 20th to the 23rd? Call
the roll.
The preceding motion introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Vice-layor
Gibson, was passed and adopted by a unanimous vote of the Commission.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, Mrs. Gordon and I will be out of town on the 27th of OctnhPr.
Mayor Ferre: Of September you... oh, October.
Mr. Plummer: No its October.
Mayor Ferre: Oh, I see.
Mr. Plummer: Rose, when does that start? Thursday.
Mrs. Gordon: It starts on Thursday, yea.
Mr. Plummer: So,...
Mayor Ferre: Well, what is this, the...
Mrs. Gordon: League of Cities.
Mr. Plug: Florida League of Cities, their convention.
Mrs. Gordon: And J. L. is a first Vice -President and representing the City as
designee for the League.
Mayor Ferre: So, when do you want to hold it?
Zr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor, the only thing that I can suggest is to move it to
the 26th .
Mayor Ferre: I've got no objections to that, anybody have any objections to that?
Mrs. Gordon:
Rev. Gibson: October 26th.
your
Mr. Plummer: If no objections I'll make a motion that the meeting of OctOher 27th,
be moved up one day to the 26th.
SEP 8 1977i
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the foilcWing riiotiotL.was introduced tty Commissi net Plttftdr Med £t.
jai:
MCCION NO. 77-685
A M MON CHANGING THE DAZE OF THE CITY
COMMISSION MEETING OF CCIOBER 27 TO
OCIOBER 26, 1977.
Upon being seeded by Vico-Mayor Gibson, the tonti011 was passed and adoption
by the following vote-
;: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice-MSayor Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES:
Mayor Terre: While we're on it, in checking with our calendars we need to set
dates a l Qn for budget hearings and we better start thinking ing about these dates,
now as I understand Mr. Grassie, the way that we're going to do this is, the
administration, the departments the way we vote on ',hem, the departrent heads
are going to present there petitions. Is that cam^ ec ?
Mt. Grassie: We had hoped Mr. Mayor, as part of the budget review process `.m
suggest to you a calendar for reetings with ail of the departments. h'hat we would
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like for department heads to do, is to explain the affect of their budget recuctions
and to be av?41?hle to you to answer all westions.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, let mac repeat now the dates, so that we all have it clear.
The first budget hearing will be at 8:30 on the 15th day of Septet and it would
last through mid day, the second -neetfng will be a saturday meeting at 10 a.m.,
we will hold that one at the auditorium at Bayfront Park and the last hearing will
be on the 26th day starting at 7 O'clock
Mts. Gordon: Now, that takes care of all different time for different people
and it should, works out even better really.
Mayor Ferre. That last meeting will be held here, is that correct?
Mr. Plummer: I offer that in a motion.
Mayor Ferre: Shall we hold it at the auditorium?
Mrs. Gordon: I don't think you need to. The last one?
Mayor Ferre: Alright, it will be held here. Alright, there is a motion and a
send for those dates, is there any discussion? The dates are the morning of
the 15th, 8:30 a.m., the satur'..ay of the 24th, starting at 10 a.m. and monday the
26th, starting at seven pan., so there is a morning meeting, a saturday meeting,
and a evening meeting. There is emotion and a second, further discussion on those
dates? Call the roll please.
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The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who ffiotled it.§
ara'ton:
NbTION NO. 77-686
A MOTION FSTAHLISHI2n THE roLLa IG DATES AND
PLACES FOR THE FORTHCOMING SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION
MEETINGS TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE 1977-78 CITY
OF MIAMI APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1977 - 8:30 AM TO NOON - CITY HALL
SATURDAY , SEP EMBER 24, 1977 - 9 : 00 AM TO 5 : 00 PM - BAYF RONT PARK
NAY, SEPTE BER 26, 1977 - 7:00 PM --- - CITY HALL
Upon being seconded by Vice -Mayor Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted
by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Nome.
ESTABLISH DATES FOR DEDICATION OF THREE CITY OF MIAMI PARKS,
Mayor Ferre: Now, we're back to item A, deciding when Merningside, Walker and'
Domino Park are being inaugurated.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I would at the point of being criticized, suggest that
we put it over to October, our September agenda is kind of full.
Mayor Ferre: I think thats a wise recommendation and I think it should be done
in October, so here what I'd like to do then,— Rose, Father excuse the interruption
but we need to set the dates for Morningside, walker and Domino Park, we've got three
meetings in October, the first one is on the 13th, the second is on the 20th and
the last one is on the 26th. The October meetings as of now, are the 13th, which
is a thursday, the 20th with is a thursday and the 26th with is a wednesday, because
you've got to go off to some meeting. Alright, now I would like to recommend that
we take Morningside Park the first day which is the 13th, Paul Walker Park the
second day which is the 20th and Domino Park the third day which is the 27th, alright?
Mr. Plummer: 26.
Mayor Ferre: I'm sorry the 26th.
Mr. Plummer: Fine.
Mayor Ferre:. Alright, is that exceptable to everybody now, I mean we're meeting
anyway and whether we do it in the... you figure out whether its at lunch time
or in the evening or you know, you figure it out, where its going to be.
Mrs. Gordon: Preference is not to do it in the evening, because we've had a pretty
heavy day.
Mayor Ferre: I would prefer to do it at lunch time and that gives us a break to
get out here and get sate fresh air and all that.
Mrs. Gordon: Yea, right, exactly.
Mayor Ferre: Arid if we're going to have sandwiches you can have then there at
Merninvide Park or right now. The second point I'd like to make, is that exceptable
to ev+=r body?
Mrs. Gordon: Lunch time, yes.
Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion to that affect?
Mt. Plummer: Fine, I now.
Mayor Ferret Plummer Moves.
Mrs. Gordon: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Gordon seconds, further discussion on those dates for the inauguration?
Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plumrer, who moved its
adoption:
MOTION NO. 77-687
A MOTION ESTABLISHING THE DATES FOR DDCICATION
OF THE FOLLOWING PARKS AS FOLLOWS:
MORNINGSIDE PARK - OCTOBER 13, 1977
PAUL S. WALKER - OC OBER 20, 1977
(Mini -Park)
DOMINO PARK - OC OBER 26, 1977
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the motion was passed and adopted
by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
Mayor Ferre: Now, ladies and gentlemen, you may have read in the news papers
that the County Commission, did not want to name the Allapattah Community Center,
for General Maceo, who of course was the black cuban hero of the war of independence
and I think that they probably acted within certain wisdom, because of the multi-
ethnic aspects of the community, now I'd like to say that Domino Park is a meaningless
name because thats something they cropped out because they play dominoes there,
but I am quite certain that a 100% of the usage of that park is cuban, that doesn't
moan that that is not also a multi -ethnic community, but that seers to be a park
where perhaps a name like Maceo, would be appropriate and I would like to recommend
to this Commission, that we name Domino Park as Maceo Park. Now let rre, for those
of you that don't know, Maceo was the military patriot who led the war of independence
in tuba, he was black, he was a black man and he of course is a man that was very
revered by cubans of all size, so he was not a political type, he was a patriot
of cuba and as I said the park is mostly use by, its a 100% used by cubans, the times
I've been there I've never seen anybody but the people playing dominoes. The motion
has been made by Reboso and seconded by Gibson, of which I think is most appropriate
and I therefore, ... call the question?
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who roved its
adoption:
MOTION NO. 77-688
Amami DECLARING THE INTENT OF THE CITY
COMMISSION TO RE -NAME DOMINO PARK IN HONOR
OF THE CUBAN MAFrTYR "ANItONIO MAC EO. "
Upon being seconded by Vice -Mayor Gibson, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
LAC ES; None.
MOTION OF INTENT AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE FOR ARCHITECTURAL
SERVICES CONTRACT FOR LITTLE HAVAfrA CO' JT4I1Y MITER (LATER KEs,77-725)
Mayor Ferre: Now, we are on item number B, Mr. Manager.
Mt. Grassie: Mr. Mayor, this item has to do with the selection of an architect
for the Little Havana Community Center Proiect, you know thats a new construction
now and I will ask Mr. Joe Parades, who is the chairman of the-screeninc_ committee
to speak to this item.
Mr. Parade: As you can :cc in your memorandum pursuing to motion 77-669, we provided
letters of proposals or request for proposals in a number of local papers and
additionally we advertised in... we requested information from local architectual
firms. 33 firms responded to our criteria and after that we established a selection
review committee, composed of five staff members. ers. Of the 33 firms five were in-
vited to make all presentations and out of this five the three finalist were
provided to the City Commission. The staff recommendation was that the firm of
Bouterse, Perez And Fabregas, and that you would allow the City Manager, to negotiate
with this firm and the ranking its in your memorandum.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, how do you want to go through this process?... the same way
we always do it, write it on a piece of paper.
Mrs. Gordon: I'd like to ask a question, with regards to the material that was given
to us. I didn't find in my packet, maybe somebody else did, something about these
firms, all of which to me are new. I only found in my packet criterion that you
use to make your determination, could you tell me if there was something missing
from my packet?
Mr. Plummer: In the supplemental there is criteria on all of them. Oh I'm sorry,
wait a minute Rose, I stand corrected, you're talking about the Little Havana?
Mrs. Gordon: Right, yea.
Mr. Plummer: Ok .
Mrs. Gordon: The other one had a considerable amount of back up and introductory
material to the firms, but not anything on the Little Havana.
Mayor Ferre: Are the architects here !r. Parades. Are the architectual firms...
Mr. Parade: Yes sir, they are.
Mayor Ferre: Would they, would you introduce them please.
Mr. Parade: Yes of course. This is Mr. David Perez, from Bouterse, Perez and
Fabregas.
Mayor Ferre:.Is Mr. Perez here?
Mr. Parade: Yes Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Alright Mr. Parades. Alright, the next firm is SKBB Incorporated,
is there a representative here?
Mrs. Gordon: Now the three selected by the Committee were, did not include the
one you just mentioned.
Mayor Ferre: Well, oh I'm sorry. Is Mr. Lee Ramos here or anybody representing
that fine, nobody here for the second? Is Mr. Russell, Martinez & Holt, here on
the third firm? Alright, thank you. Alright, Bose you want to...
Mrs. Gordon: How many firms are here then of the three, one?
Mayor Ferre: ' T woo .
Its. Gordon: See I would have preferred receiving it and having the Opportunity
to and analyze it because its the kind of information that I received _from the other.
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t'n hot trying to hold this selection frtm being made, I just trying to say that
for future information the procedure that you took on second set was much froze
satisfactory for me.
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Mayor Ferre: I think as a matter of standard operating record Mtr. Manager, if
you expect this Commission to make decisions I really think you have to give us
full information and in the future I think all architectual firms recommended
should have the same treatment, anything over a hundred thousand dollars should
have that kind of...
Ins. Grassie: I agree Mr. Mayor, if you find the process that we followed in the
next selection to be satisfactory then we will use that as a standard format and
we will give you that kind of information on all of the architectual selections.
Mrs. Gordon: Yea, I rP_Ally want to compliment you on the other one that you sent
us yesterday, very complete and even if you didn't know who they were you could
look -at this and know how they made their decision, its very well done.
Mayor Ferre: Well, Rose I think the first part of it is here the selection process
is very carefully described and I congratulate you on the thoroughness of it. I
think what Mrs. Gordon is saying and I completely agree with her, its the second
part thats missing is that how did you arrive at your conclusion.
Mrs. Cordon: How will these apply to the various...
Mr. Grassie: Now the question of the ranking of the individual firms based on
the criteria thats outlined.
Mrs. Gordon: Right.
Mr. Grassie: I understand that thats what missing.
Mayor Ferre: See because you very carefully described the qualifications that
you want, that they have to have experience with the City Projects, that they have
familiarity with Little Havana, who the engineering consultants are, the affirmative
action aspects of it, the design experience, the organizational professional staff
which has a rating of twenty, exarr les of designs indicating creativity and sensitivity
and all that kind of stuff, so you know we knew how you arrived at it what we don't
know is how you applied that criteria to the particular fire you recommended.
Mr. Grassie: Its a very valid point, we'll make sure that we do include a summary
of that in the future Mr. Mayor, if you wish Mr. Parades, can comment about...
Mayor Ferre: Well, I'd like to know what the difference between your first recommended
and your second, I mean in the pointing system that you use, is it close?
Mr. Parade: What we did after the selection procedures, that all the members of
the Committee rank the firms numerically 1-5 and the firm of Bouterese,
Perez and Fabregas, came in with the lowest ranking being the closest to number one
and subsequently down the line.
Mayor Ferre: Well, thats basically I guess, first of all who is the ranking Committee?
Who was on the Committee to select?
Mr. Parades: The ranking Committee Was Dena Spillman, Assistant Director of Planning
for Community Development, Morris Kaufman, Special Assistant for Construction Management,
Sonia Lama, City Architect, Art Ross, Dade County HUD Architect and myself.
Mayor Terre: Ok, I know its here but I want to put it on record Mr. Manager.
Alright, now you want to tell us whether your ranking number one, was substantially
over your ranking of number two or was it very close? Thats basically...
Mr. Parades- If I recall the number one firm was far ahead of the others.
Mayor Terre: Yea, I understand.
Mr. Parades: Yes they were.
Mayor Ferre: My question to you sir is were the.,, they might not want to reveal
the point because that might be embarrassing to the other people, I don't know,
I personally don't care to know the specific points, if Plummer does thats alright
with me, but what I'd like to ]mow is were one and two close or was there a
S E P 8 1977
stantiai difference between one and two?
M Parades: There was some difference.
Mayor Ferre: There was same difference.
Mr. Parades: Yes sir, there were.
Mayor Ferre: So in other words you have a third mice of t-dread Peet aMM
Fabregas.
Ft. Parades: Yes sir.
Mr. planner: No thats their first choice.
Mayor Ferre: Mats what I'm saying.
Mr. Parades: Yes sir. - -
Mayor Ferre: Sshat I'm saying J. L., is was it a tight race, because if it was
well I think we ought to know more about these two firms.
Mrs. Gordon: I'm also curious about what illiminated the other two from the five
and you know.
Mr. Parades: They were far ahead of the other four naminals.
Mr. Plummer: Well yea, but Joe, if you're going to go through the problem of
setting up a score hoard I think we ought to know what the score is. Now you
did it in the other one and the next one we know what the score is because its
rated and I think if you're going to go through this extensive process, which
I happen to o ncur with, then I think we ought to know what the score is.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, lets move on then, whats the will of this Commission J. L.?
Mr. Plumper: Well Mr. Mayor, you know, I would like to know if the representative
of the first firm is here, I'd like to know what have they done.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mr. Parades, If you'd came back.
Mr. Perez: You want to know what type of...
Mr. Plummer: Bow long have you been in business? mere is your firm? Flow many
people do you employ? and what are same of the major projects that you've done?
Nr•Perez: Ok, we have been -in business of our own for nine years, we reorganized
two years ago, we have in a staff an average of 10...
1rhyor Ferre: I can't hear you, a staff of how many?
Mr. 'Perez:• We have in a staff an average of 10 for architectual part only, mroung
the buildings that we had been responsible for individually or association with others,
I can count the City of Miami Beach, City Ball...
Mayor Ferre:_ Oh, you did the City Hall
Mr. Perez: Yes sir, the Estate of Florida Original Service Center, which is in
association with other firm. We have done in association with an other firm, the
police head quarter for the City of Miami, we had done... right now in the association
with another firm in charge of a Newport House for Beroward County, which is a
$25,000,000.
Mayor Ferre: Is that a job you're doing now?
!t. Perez: This job is now waiting for funding, this particular one.
Mayor Ferre: Let me ask you this because this is Federal Public Funds, you know
that under the law we have to be snider construction within ninety days, is that
Sight on this job?
W. Perez: Correct.
'!r. Grassie: No sir this is the Little Havana Center which is City funded.
-- 9 S E P 8 1977.
Maybt 'e a Oh, t m sorry, so these ate Cp FUndings, so we don't belie the tilffle
eessure an..., ok.
Mrs. Gordon: What is the amount of dollars that you anticipate this job will cost?
too you have that kind of information yet?
Mr. Grassie: It has to came in under $900,000, Commissioner.
Mrs. Gordon: Ok.
Mr. Grassie: Including the fees arid...
Mr. Plummer: The deeds are usually about 10%.
Mrs. Gordon: In other words there is $900,000 available, Mr. Grassie, there
$900,000 available or close to it.
Mr. Grassie: That is correct.
Mrs. Gordon: For this job.
Mr. Grassie: That is correct Commissioner.
Mayor Ferre: Is that reasonable in your opinion Mr. Perez, for
that have been placed on here.
Mr. Perez: It is, yes.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, any other questions?
Mr. Plummer: Is Ramos, representative here?
Mr. Grassie: Apparently nct Carmissioner.
Mr. Plummer: Can't ask no questions.
Mrs. Gordon: Do you have any warm on your staff?
Mr. Perez: I beg your pardon.
Mrs. Gordon: Do you have any women working on your staff?
Mr. Perez: We have three women.
Mrs. Gordon: Architects.
Mr. Perez: One architect, one
the type of
the other one is a secrectary.
specifications
Mr. Plummer: Is anyone here from Russell, Martinez, and Holt? Why don't you come
and tell us about your firm sir. Where are your offices Mr. Perez?
Mr. Perez: In the City of Miami, on Brickell avenue on 1435.
Mt. Plummer: Thank you.
Mr. Martinez: My name is Walter Martinez, I am a princina1 of the firm of Russell,
Martinez and Holt. The firm was originally Russell and Associates, then became
Russell, Elton and then became Russell:, Wilton and this is a change that has happened
recently, we have incorporated and we are Russell, Martinez and Holt. The firm has
made many important buildings in the City of Miami, very known is the Sheraton
Four Ambassadors building, -...., -- the Coconut Grove Library, a series of libraries
around town. Most recently we have under construction Division of Service Center in
Alarm, which is being built across from the police station, its a ten story building
which we are doing for the State of Florida. In this particular
Mr. Martinez: Its a regular, a small firm, we are about eight now, its one
Bookkeeper, and the other are just architects and draftsrnans.
Mr. Plummer: Where are your offices located'
Mr. Martinez: Its in Coral Way, 1800 Coral Way. I'm particularly very interested in
this job with the Little Havana Community Building, because I live right there.
The Camrrnuuty Building is on 1st Street and 9th Avenue, I live on llth and 12th,
10 wen Q 1077
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Mr-
SO VIM Very faknilar with the area, I'ftm Vey interested in the deg elo merit and
ttly son Gable, went to nursery school in the building, so I have a second attach emit
tt it and would like to see it being build; openly and benefit for the community.
Mayor Ferre: Any questions? Well then if you will take a piece of paper and jot
dawn what your preference on this and pass it down to the clerk.
Mr. Reboso: that do we have to write, 1, 2, or 3?
Mayor Ferre: Just write down,... yes I think we can write one and two. I don't
think you need to go more than one or two, right? Alright, would you read out the
selection, please? Just read then out.
Mr. Ongie: On the Bouterese firm, I have five votes, on the Rams...
Mayor Ferre: On what firm?
Mr. Ongie: The entire name of the firm is Bouterese, Perez, and Fabregas.
Mayor Ferre: You have five votes?
Mr. Ongie: I have five number ones, yes.
Mayor Ferre.
Mr. Plummer: Mayor you got to rank them A, B, and C.
Mayor Ferre: Oh ok, who is the second one?
Mr. Ongie: The second one would be the Rams Fin, I have one, two, three.
Mayor Ferre: On what firm?
Mt. Ongie: Rams.
Mayor Ferre: Lee Ramos, you've got three.
Mr. Ongie: Right.
Mayor Ferre: Ok.
Mr. Plummer: Its a majority.
Mayor Ferre. Mrs. . Gordon, oh you want three? Alright, Mrs. Gordon moves, Plummer
seconds, that the following rating be established; number one, Bouterese, Perez,
and Fabregas, number two, Lee Ramos, number three, Russell, Martinez and Holt.
Ok, any questions? Any further discussion? Call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved its
adoption:
Ok, well then thats that. Pose Gordon roves, Plumber secotb
MOTION NO. 77-689
A MOTION AUTHORIZ/NG AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER
TO NEGOTIATE FOR ARCETECIL AL SERVICE'S FOR THE LITTLE
HAVANA COMMUNITY CENTER WITH THE FOLLOWING FIRS RANXING
IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:
A) BOUTERESE, PEREZ & FABRDGAS
B) LEE RAMWS
C) RUSSFLL, MARTINEZ AND HOLT.
iUpOn being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AXES; Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor Theodore R. Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
=5; 'None,
1.1 SEP 8 1977,
FUPItIER DISCUSSION:
Mr. Plumper: Mr. Mayor, my comment is of:skepticism if you go to the next item
for the administration building, out of one, two, three, four, five, six film that
were interviewed, the firm that we have just chosen to do the Little Havana Building
came in fourth, now that bothers me.
Mayor Ferre: Thats a very valid point and I think the next question is how cane
since SRBB was not recommended in the group, how cane they got a higher rating
than the firm that just got this job?
Mrs. Gordon: To which bothered me is why they weren't in the top three in this
one.
Mayor Ferre: It was at the same Committee?
Mr. {3rassie: No.
Mayor Ferre: Who was the Committee?
Mr. Grassie: Basically Mr. Mayor, you know, you're talking about considerably
different projects.
Mayor Ferre: You mean different design criteria and different circumstances.
Mr. Grassie: It would be logical that things like firms size would be rr or
less important depending on the size of the project, now the second project is
about four time as large as the first.
Mayor Ferre: I think also the fact is that you have a different committee, so
that shows you that people can diversions of opinions also and the third fact is
that the design criteria is different.
Mr. Fosmoen: The criteria were somewhat different Mt. Mayor, but you know its
like hiring an architect to do your house, you'd be looking for one kind of architect
and it may not be the same architect who would do a major office building down
town, its an entirely different kind of selection.
Mr. Plummer: This firm rated very high in those areas, but you know, they did
obviously like in same other areas. The firm proposed engineering consultants
with a possible 100 rating they got 55, which in fact was the lowest on the
administration building.
Mr. Fosnoe_n: The engineering process for the administration building is very
complex, we're going to have to work with Dade County, in...
Mr. Plummer: Ok, I'm bringing out... I see a difference and I do not see a
great deal of difference in the criteria, there are eight different things set
forth in the criteria and about four of those would co towards any City architectual
selection, such as what is your firms active program...
6, NOTION OF INTENT AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE FOR ARCHITECTURAL
SERVICES CONTRACT FOR THE CIw'S ADMINISTRATION BUG. (LATER REs.77-726)
Mayor Ferre: Lets continue then on Item #C , which is the Administration Building
and Plummer, you got the floor.
Mr. Plummer: No Mr. Mayor, I really don't have anything to say except using this
score board, you know...
Mayor Ferre: Alright, now on item #C, you have a fairly thorough explaination of
how this process worked, and as I see under your attachments, your number one,
recommended fine is the firm of Ross and Morgan.
Mr. Grassie: I would like to have Jim Connolly, who is the chairman of the selection
Committee, introduce his subject.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Connolly.
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Mayor and �s of the Commission, pursuant to Resolution
77=641, solicitations was made for p�ropca].�
t"ollY• s from architects who for the Administration
in all
wilding, the State Wired the negotiation act of 1973, sal was gdut in all local
e
steps and procedures taken. An adverti.sementfirms ��f for posrmpded�the Committee reviewed
news papers and there were
nd twenty one that they selected six firms to make a personal
all the data submitted and based upon the way consisted
presentation to the Selection Cammittee��g� and heniCommittee lanner, Vincent Grimm,
of Richard Fostroen, the Assistant City
Assistant
who is an Assistant City Manager, and he is an engineer, Charles Crumoton ant
and I t
City Manager, who is an architect and planner, myself as project
director m
also an engineer and Norris Katmfxran ► is the Construction Management Specialist,
who is also an engineer.
Mr. Plummer:
Vat are the three firms that...oh, here it is.
n Architects, and the second
firms William Morgan Mr. Connolly: The first three which was formerly Severed,
was Pancoast Borellie Albaisa, and thethirdg'of the selection 1-Y Se e31
Knight, Boeietma , Buff. In the very Administration
the Committee determined unanimously that because of the size of our Admini
Building, even at its full potential built at one time compared to the rest of
Dade County buildings that are going to be built in the downtown Government Center,
it was felt that the primary criteria in selecting the architect (_Wit ve ) to e
design, because we are not going to have the man to compete
are not going have the mass in our building --
Mayor Ferre: Oh I didn't hear the previous statement. The primary criteria has...
Mr. Connolly: The AEA Selection Committee determined that the primary criteria
would have to be architectural design capability. The reason for that is the mass
of our building in its first phase and also in its full phase of completion is
relatively small mass compared to the large buildings that are being built by
Dade County. Dade County's first building is going to be 5 - 600,000 square feet.
So we felt that if we did not have a building that was truely a good design quality,
not just, you know, putting window dressing on the outside, but -- really a fine
design that the City of Miami identity could possibly be lost in that multi -
governmental center. Then we selected — we interviewed all of the selected
architects and determined that using a point system which has been outlined here
that William Morgan Architect with H.J. moss would be the best firm for this project.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Connolly would you explain to me sir item #8 which is supposedly
for a maximum of ten points how the firm that you selected got 42?
Mr. Connolly: I'm sorry that's a two(2)., that's a typo ...
Mrs. Gordon: I added that up and that supposed to be the four part of the 242.
Mr. Connolly: Oh I'm sorry.
Mayor Ferre: It's a four or two?
Mrs. Gordon: It's a four.
Mr. Plummer: .It's a four?
Mr. Connolly: Yes.
Mrs. Gordon: If you take the total at the bottom as being the correct amount.
Mr. Connolly: Yes.
Mr. Plummer: My only concern... well I have more than one. This I'm sure of
the committee's concern was that of architectual. This Commission has been
into affirmative action and obviously the committee saw fit to make that as
one of the criteria. This particular firm that you're recommending was two firms
at the bottom that were tied. This fin was one of them.
Mr. Connolly: That's correct.
Mr. Plummer: That doesn't concern you.
Mr. Connolly: That doesn't mean that they don't have an Affirmative Action Program.
Mr. Plummer: Vihat does it mean?
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Mr, Connolly: Well, greater wanting was Oven to the firms that are tihdtity
Contractor owned, That's basically what the foundation for that reading was
Rev. Gibson: Let me ask this question, I none that}Mr. Grassie this is to you
so that you could direct the staff. I hope that the staff in the future will
make sure that the minority participation in all these contracts. The County
is having one hell of a time right now with mass transit because of that and I
hope that is true of all these fellows that you're talking about that you presented
to us today?
Mr. Connolly: '.They're are not what is legally under the federal guidelines called
minority contractors. You have to add 51% ownership by a minority.
Rev. Gibson: What is the minority participation in all these firms that you
presented to us this morning? I happen to be on the policy committee of the mass
transit representing the city and that is the number one ... let zne say this,
that's one of the great concerns they have and what about it? Answer that question
for me right now.
Mr. Connolly: Of all the firms that are interviewed Pancoast Borelli Albaisa
are the only legally of the federal guideline minority contractors.
Rev. Gibson: Why aren't the others?
Mt. Connolly: Because they're not 51% or more owned by latins, blacks, chinese,
japanese , or...
Rev. Gibson: Japanese minority participation in all these firms you presented
here this morning?
Mr. Connolly: I'm not sure if...
Rev. Gibson: Why didn't you ask them that's part of our obligation? We get
government money.
Mr. Connolly: The criteria we depended upon was equal opportunity employment which
means that there's no discrimination in the firm. It was too narrow to just
it on minority contractors because it's a fairly large building.
Rev. Gibson: Not minority contractors, minority participation. A lot of difference.
This Commission needs to understand that.
Mr. Connolly: All of the firms comply with equal opportunity employment guidelines.
Rev. Gibson: I didn't say equal opportunity, I said minority participation. The
govern nt specifies that. Right, we're getting federal monies
can't do anything else so I could voice that for our people.
Mr. Plummer: Are these funs, I krm w Pannest is here. Are these other funs
represented here?
Mr. Connolly: William Morgan is here and I asked him to bring same presentation
material. He has a set of slides because his office is in Jacksonville and Ross
of course is here. They have indicated that 75% of the work would be done in the
City of Miami, but since the Commission is not familiar with their work, if you
would take five minutes to look at the slides you might understand why the committee
. • ..
Mayor Ferre: Alright I have an objection of that but I think after we get through
with that we have to of course give the Panooast firm the same opportunity they want.
And, then I think we need to talk to the principait about some of the questions
Father's been asking about minorities..
Mr. Plummer: Well is SKBB a representative?
Mr. Connolly: No, they're not here.
Mr. Plummer: Are they a local firm?
Mr, Connolly: Yes they are. They are the same fii thWw44,MI the list for
Little Havana Center.
Mr. Plummer: Oh, I'm sorry, alright. That's the Perez?
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Mt, Connolly: No, they were on the --- I don't have the but they Were fiot
here. And, the reason, you know, we don't know what the criteria was on the
tittle Havana but they have done lame o#fice buildings and they're basically
an old Miami fine. If I were on inspection oonmitee for Little Havana I don't
believe that they have that kind of latin flare which is what you were looking
for.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, if you would continue please.
Mr. Connolly: Based upon the presentation and the criteria the committee
independently scored all of the different' fines and then they were added up and
scored as we have indicated here. If you look at the scores number one is
appreciably in front of the other contenders . The next one being more than
10% down from that on points score, and then three and four are almost the same.
Five and six were basically engineering firms with some architectural ability
in major projects but we felt that really design was going to haves to be the
major consideration.
Mayor Ferre: Alright anything else?
Mr. Connolly: No sir.
Mayor Ferre: Well, I thought you wanted to make a presentation for ...
Mr. Connolly: Well, if you permit we'll have Mr. Morgan make the presentation.
Mayor Ferre: You don't have anything else? Alright, if you'll take a piece of
paper...
Mr. Connolly: No, we'd like Mr. Morgan to rake a presentation on a set of slides...
Mayor Ferre: That's what I'm asking you Mr. Connolly. That's what I':n asking
you sir.
Mr. Connolly: Yes, we would like to do that, I'm sorry. We had five presentation
booklets. I have three of them here. If you would like to look at these while
we're setting up the slides. They're all the sax ---
Rev. Gibson: Let me say how Theodore Gibson feels and re -acts to this business.
I think that unless you're going to give all the others the same amount of time
and the same thing ... but wait a minute, did they crane prepared?
Mayor Ferre: Are you prepared Mr. Pancoast? Alright, this matter in my opinion
then should be deferred until the next meeting which is the meeting of the 15th
or if you want the ...
Mrs. Gordon: We have a problem Maurice in delaying this because of the federal
funds...
Mayor Ferre: But the point is if these people want to make a presentation Pancoast
should have absolutely the same right and so should...
Mrs. Gordon: Yes, but why not any presentations, you had a committee, you know?
Mayor Ferre: Look, here's the chairman of the committee. The committee is saying
that they in showing why they have made their selection,want to explain it, and
they want to explain it visually. I have no objection for them doing that provided
that everybody else is given the same opportunity. If Mr. Pancoast was not told
that this was going to be done then it's patently unfair to Pancoast. In other
words what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Now if it's that important
to you that this presentation be made and if you did not tell Pancoast. Were you
not informed that there was a presentation going to be made. Then in my opinion
this decision should be postponed until he has that right so that these people will
have the right to make their ten minute presentation. Let their make their ten minute
presentation and then this Commission can vote on it.
Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, we trusted the judgment of the committee in the other
matters. I'm willing to trust their judgment. If they didn't think enough of doing
it at the very outset I now call for the vote. I will trust their judgment. They
are professional. I'll trust than.
Mrs. Gordon: We didn't receive any kind of information on the previous one and we
went forward and made our determination.
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Maybr ferret Wbuid you explain the differehce Mrt Connolly? Is there any
difference between the previCUs one atxi didn't you do this same thing for
the other one?
Mr. Connolly: One reason of course, is that the main project that has been done
by the fine of Pancoast in association with his two partners that he has now is
the City of Miami Police Headquarters which everybody here is fully familiar with.
Mayor Ferre. Yes, but that's not fair for you to do something for these people
that you're not willing to do for the other firm, and in my opinion if you want
these people to make a presentation and I understand the logic of that and I'm
just trying to be favorable to giving everybody an opportunity so that we don't
have accusations later on that we didn't give everybody a chance to say what they
wanted to and therefore what I'm recommending is that we put this thing off for
one.week and decide it on the 15th, if you insist that they make this show.
Mr. Connolly: suggestion the Office of Pancoast Borelli Albaisa
is just across Bayshore Drive, they still have their slide presentation. Could
you go over and get it and bring it here?
Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I move ... I move for the vote Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Father Gibson wants to move the vote. Is there a second on this?
Mrs. Gordon: Yes.
Mayor Ferrer Alright take a piece of pAPer and write the names down.
Mr. Plummer: I didn't hear the roll call on that.
Mayor Ferre: Well, I think, call the roll.
THE PRECEDING MOTION INTRODUCED BY Vice-1"ayor Gibson and seconded by Commissioner
Gordon, was passed by the following vote:
AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Reboso and Father Gibson.
NOES: Mr. Plummer and Mayor Ferre.
Mayor Ferre: I vote no because I really feel that in something as important as
this that the administration wants to have us see sortie additional information
I think that should be done. However, I'm critical and excuse me Mr. Connolly,
I'm very critical of the fact that you would do this with one firm and not permit
the other firms to have that right, so the vote is three to two and therefore,
we're not going to vote on the selection of each firm and if you would take a
piece of paper and write down the names and write down your name under it, we'll
get on with the voting process.
'k. Plummer: Mr Mayor, while we're waiting for the tabulations, I want to go
on the record as to my vote. Every since I have set on this Commission, it has
been my philosophy and policy of which I have shown in my vote today, that all
things being equal I want local participation first and because of that my vote will
reflect that I am first and foremost choosing a local firm. I chose Pancoast,
as the number one firm for not only the reason of him being local, but second of
all this is in oonjuction the police department, which his firm did the police
department and if this is to be a continuation and really in fact I hope that
that is what we are striving for, to me is logical that you would, if possible
use the same firm who generated the original thinking for a continuance into this
new structure which will be adjacent. I just want it on the record to reflect
why I voted as I did.
Mayor Ferre: Ca11 the roll.
Mt. Ongie: The results are I have four votes for the firm of Panmast for number
one, three votes for S.K.B.B. for number two and three votes for the Morgan farm
number three.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, the motion is made by J. L. Plummer,...
Mr. Plummer: Excuse me would you read that again, you got a four for Panooast,
Mr. Ongie: yes sir.
Mayor Ferre: So they are the first firm,
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Ongiet Yes! and I have three Votes for the S,R.B.B1 firm in seCOnd place and
1 have also, three votes for the Morgan fi.rm,
Vt. Plumer: Thats difficult, are you talking about for the S.X.B.B., that yOU
got three, two votes.
Mr. Ongie: Yes.
Mr. Plummer: Ok, and in lieu of having to take up tine I'm assuming that! that
tally of vote is available for public reoord.
Mt. Ongie: Yes.
Mt. Plummer: For the record I'm going to take the time in saying that I voted
exactly as what kind of a final type tally came out.
Mayor Ferre: The vote then is number one Panooast, number too,SB.B, and number
three Morgan Ross. Mr. Pluumer moves is there a second?
Rev. Gibson: Second.
Mayor Ferre: Second by Father Gibson, further discussion? Call the roll,
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its
adoption:
MDTICV NO. 77-690
A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRDCTION THE CITY
VANAGart TO NEGCTIATE FOR ARCHITECIURAL SERVICES
FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI ADMMNISTRATION BUILDING WITH
ZEE FOLLOWING FIRMS, RAMING IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:
MPANCOAST, BORELLI & ALBAISA
B) SEVERUD, KNIGHT, BOEREMA & BUFF (S.R.B.B.)
CWILLIAM MORGAN ARCIUTECTS-H. A. ROSS
ASSOCIATES, INC., a joint venture.
Upon being seconded by Vice -Mayor Gibson, the notion was passed and adopted
by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor 'Theodore R. Gibson
COmmissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
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PRESENTATloN BY PLANNING UEPTi of CAPITAL IMPUEMENT PRD, Cr`S AND DISCUtSION
OP $1.4 ICI LLI ON SHORTFALL IN PARKS F04 PEOPLE BOND FUND
Mayor Ferre: Take up item number D, Capital Improvement PrOyLaiu.
Mr. Grassie: The Capital Improvement Program, Mr. Mayor is here for review with
the City Commission, we had hoped to be able to do this with you a month a so ago
but if you remember our agenda did not permit time for it, so we would like to
introduce the Planning Department staff...
Mayor Ferre: If I may explain this to you sir, this is not a public hearing for
the purposes of the budget, this is a meeting of the Commission, so that the Manager,
explain,... or are we talking about the new projects?
Mr. Grassie: No, the Capital Improvement Projects.
Mayor Ferre: I beg your pardon. Alright, these are Capital Improvement Projects,
you're right, would you put them so that the public could also see these? Yes,
then you can see them but the people on the side can't, so I can move in the middle
who ever want to see these, if you would move into the middle then you would be able
to see these.
Mr. Fosmoen: Mr. Mayor we have been...
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Mayor Ferre: We still, the gentleman still, why don't you Trove around so that
he can see it.
Mr. Fosmoen:
of the whole
Program, but
be holding a
Mayor Ferre:
Mr. Fosmoen:
in October.
Mr. Mayor, this is a review for your information, it is a Committee
agenda item and its not a publish hearing on the Capital Improvement
rather for your information today, the Planning Advisory Board will
public hearing on the entire Capital Improvement Program.
Would you tell this gentleman when that public hearing will be.
We don't have a specific date, it will be at one of the PAD meetings
Mayor Ferre: Never -the -less I think it would be a matter of just simple courtesy
to try to move that thing so that this gentleman can see it if possible. Sir this
is not a public hearing, this is a Committee of the whole meeting which is supposed
to be held in another roan and I don't know why we're not doing it, but we don't
have a public audience like this other than the press and those who want to be meeting
there.
Mr. Grassie: Mr. Mayor, if you are willing to control the audience to the number
of people that we can accommodate in that man, we're happy to do it, but you can
see that with this crowd we would not be able to on this kind of business meeting.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, let proceed, just turn the thing so the people can...
Mr. Lynch: Mr. Mayor and merbers of the Commission, my name is Ed Lynch, I'm with the
Planning Department. The subject that we're going to be talking about in the work
shop this morning is very important to the future of the City of Miami, during the
next decade, because essentially we're talking about the City Administration's
proposal plus spending available public funds on physical improvement within the
City, utilizing such funds as general obligation funds, community development
funds, capital improvement funds and other funds available to us. As I began to
say the subject we're going to talk about is very important in terms of the City
of Miami's future during the next decade, because we're essentially talking about
the propoqAl s that the City Administration is caning up with plus spending available
public monies in the way of general obligation funds, community development funds
capital improvement funds, and other funds available to us for physical impaovements
within the City, these physical improvements in term are expected to act as
in generating private developments and improving the overall quality ; ty of life in
Miami. The degree to which these public improvements can accomplish these goals
will determined where MiaTni, will be five or ten years from today. In addition
to the public projects that we are talking about the City of Miami, doing we will
also have to depend on public improvements from Dade County, the State, Federal
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GaVernrents, and other public agencies. At a later date we'll be taking the
public projects proposed by Dade County and the Board of Public Injunction and
incorporating it within our capital improvement program, so that citizens and
the Commission and staff, will }maw exactly%what is being proposed for the various
inputs within the City of Miami. Today however, we're going to focus in simply
on what the City proposes to do with its available funds and since we have quite
a bit information to cover in a very short period of time, the only way this can
be done successfully is if we get your undivided attention and if you try to limit
you comments to the end of the presentation. Before we go into talking about
the specific projects, I'd like to spend a little time on definitions, legal
requirements by the capital improvement pLCJyLam and the process that we went through.
First of all a capital improvement program is an official statement of public
policy regarding long range capital improvements. A capital improvement is a
capital or an any kind expenditure of $20,000 or more resulting in the improvement
or addition to fixed assets, in the form of land buildings, improvements in durable
equipment with the long life expectancy, we're talking usually in about 20 years
A capital budget is legally authorized spending schedule for one vear, it is the
first year of that six year program and the most important. Teens of legal requirements,
Section 266 of the Miami City C'rie, gives the responsibility for preparing the
capital improvement pru:iam to the Planning Department, Section 11A to the County
Code, says that on or by October first of each year, the various municipal units
in Dade County, are supposed to provide the County Clerk with information about
what projects it intends to under take that following fiscal year and years into
the future. The County has already given us these forms and are awaiting the
information from the City, in terms of what we piopuse to undertake. Chapter
380 of the Florida Statutes, also known as the local Government Comprehensive Planning
Act of 1975, says that the encornnic assumptions on which, on the plan that we have
adopted must be spelled out as part of that plan, that means that the various proposals
for public improvements must carry with then estimated cost, a schedule for implementation
and proposed funding sources. The process of preparing the capital improvement program
began last October and this chart of identifies the steps that we went
through, which were primiarly first at thevarious operating departments and the
downtown development authority submitted a request for capital projects. An
interdisciplinary committee appointed by the Manager, consisting of several
assistant department directors, evaluated the projects in terms of several criteria
and established priorities. Since there were more projects than Miami has funds to
implement, the priorities were necessary. After the priorities were established
the Plannning Department, put together a schedule of implementing those projects
based on the City's ability to design and administer these projects, as well as the
impact the projects would have on the operating budget. This schedule was approved
by the Manager, we've brought it before the Planning Advisory Board in the work shop
and after discussing it this morning with you, we're taking it back to the Planning
Advisory Board, in a public hearing. The projects that we're going to be talking
About and there is a 136 in total, are organized in nine program categories, which
are consistent with the uniformed accounting system from Florida rrnuzicipal units
as recommended by Pete, Marwick, Mitchell. Each of the flip charts that we have
before us is identical with the sheets that you have in the information package
we gave you. This first sheet for instance, is page nine in that report. In reading
the funding schedule the number that we have in this column simply refers to the
program category, we have a short title for that project, a column which refers
to a wrap letter, these maps are the same six maps use in the Miami Comprehensive
Neighborhood Plan, all though for purposes of the presentation this morning, we
have summarized all the projects by program category on a City wide map. This
column refers to revenue code, where the money is caning from for these various
projects and each of these revenue codes is foot noted at the bottom of the sheet,
total cost of the project in thousands of dollars is identified in this column by
revenue source, any monies that have been encuMber or spent by the City Commission
on this project by the revenue code is identified in this column up to and including
September 30th of the year, any appropriation we would expect after September 30th,
from October 1st through September 30th of fiscal year would be identified in this
column, this provides a summary of the total amounts of appropriations that we
would expect during this six year period for that one funding source, should point
out that this amount again reflex the funds that would be appropriated, it does
not necessarily mean that the project would be completed during that fiscal year,
simply that we are setting aside these monies to initiate that project. Our first
project...
Mr. Fosmoen: Ed let me make one point before the Commission, what we are reviewing
with you today, is six years worth of projects, covering all of the general obligation
bonds that the City currently has the ability to sell, we're telling you what year
those projects will be undertaken, we'll also be telling you that in sane cases
there is not sufficient bond authority to undertake those projects and that you
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may have to consider at sane point a further bond to undertake same of the projects
that are listed, it inclilees all of the Cctuttnmity Development funds for second and
third year and we will be coming back to this Commission with an appropriation
ordinance, that will specifically spell out'.those projects that will be undertaken
in the first year of the six year program. Now, what we would like to do is go
through with you fairly quickly since we know you have a very busy agenda today
the projects and the priorities for those projects by the various categories that
are layed out here.
Mr. Lynch: The first project that we have under general Government services is
the new City Administration Building. Under the public safety program we have
three police projects, one of which is already on the way, two of which are proposed
to have additional appropriations in 77-78, three of the fire department projects
are on this sheet, which are prup sed to have appropriations during fiscal year
77-78. All of the fire projects that we have an this and the sequent sheet have
been approved by the City Commission, in the fire protection master plan. The
projects as I mentioned are identified on the map in terms of location.
Mayor Ferre: You can follow these on your sheets, this is page thirteen, everything
that you've said so far is already in your packet, so its a matter of...
Mr. Lynch: Right and if you want a more detail description of the project, its on
the opposite page to the schedule. Ok, these are the remaining eight projects the
fire department is proposing, which wound deplete the $10,000,000 bond, that was
approved by the electorate last year. Same of these projects that schedule over several
years, particularly when we are talking about the replacement of apparatus and
.equipment. We have. two projects within the physical environment program category►
trash receptacles in Model Cities in culmer, Virginia Key land fill, which essentially,
involves the filled landscaping and restoring of the solid waste land fill site
as required by the department of environmental regulations. This is the first
of seven sheets that we have, I'm sorry this is the first seven projects of 37
sheets that we have on street improvements, which will be done with either Community
Development Funds or Highway Bond Funds. With the exception of 41-6 all of these
projects are all ready on the way, contracts have been awarded. The symbols which
have yellow are Community Development Projects, the ones that have no yellow in
the backgrounds are strictly Highway Bond Projects. These are ten more projects
that we have proposed, two of which are already on the way, the remaining eight
would be done or would be initiated fiscal year 77-78, primarily with Community
Development Funds. The first project on this page will be done with Community
Development Funds, the remaining eight would utilize Highway Bond Funds, talking
about Coconut Grove business district, Point View, Coral Way, Model Cities, Sand
Marco, 27th Avenue, Point View, Bird Road. Again, these are all Highway Bond
Projects, we have enough bonds to see us through to fiscal year 81-82, but on this
project in Model Cities, we will need additional Highway Bond Funds, so we will
have depleted the entire Highway Bond Authority by 1981 and 1982 and we will need
electric approval for another Highway Bond.
Mr. Fosmoen: The point being that sometime during 1980, this Commission should
very seriously consider putting on the ballot another general obligation bond,
for street improvement.
Mayor Ferre: What was the timing of that?
Mr. Fosmoen: 1980.
Mr. Lynch: This is another CD street improvement project for Coconut Grove.
Ok, on this sheet we have seven additional unique projects, which we put into
the transportation program, Miami River Walk, Model Cities Street Trees Program,
with CD Funds. City wide street trees program, the Downtown people mover, Culmer
overpass of I-395, Establishment of the tree nursery and sidewalk replacement
program City wide.
Mayor Ferre: I don't understand, you have a $1,620,000,000 for the people mover?
Mr. Lynch: No.
Mayor Ferre: It says 1620.
Mr. Lynch: One Million. It says thousands of dollars, $1,620,000.
Mayor Ferre: Is that your local share to build a people mover?
M. Fosrpen: Mats the City Commission's commitment to the D. The Ci ►'e
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tu.ttttent.
Mayor Ferret That is not the tbtai cyst, the total cost as you recoil ids the
sal was $72,000,000, as•.3 recall of which we were hopefully
original Kiser proposal was going
going to get $50,000►000 for the Federal Government and the County
to
put up a fourth and we were going to put up a fourth somehow, right and then there
was some discussion about the property owners coming up with something.
Mr. Fosmoen: This figure represents the commitment that this Commission has made
by resolution for its share of the Downtown people mover.
Mr. Lynch: It represents three precento�$54,000,000, which is the latest
estimated cost for the Downtown people, 3%.
Mayor Ferre: Ok.
Mr. Lynch: On this sheet we have nine projects in the economic environment program,
six involve land acquis
ition to be used primarily for sectioning busing in Little
Havana, Coconut Grove, Culmer, Downtown, this the project for Miami -Dade Community
College and also in Wynwood• The other three projects are the Overtown Interim
Program, Demolition of Substandard Buildings City-wide and Public Housing
Assistance Progr project that we have in the Mental and Physical
Modernization. This is the only proj
Health program, which is already a City Commission Resolution, utilizing Federal
Revenue Sharing Funds► to expand Day Care Facilities in Shenandoah Park, Eaton Park
and Moore Park. Ok, this the first of eight sheets in the Culture and Recreation
Program, you should be familiar with all the projects that we have on this sheet
except perhaps for Virginia Key Developments, which is a project that we are proposing
to under take utilizing a revenue bond in conjuction with the Bureau of outdoor
recreation, which may have as much as $2,000,000 to contribute to it and possibly
of Dade County, and executive progress bonds to develop
also with the participation a major recreational at Virginia Key► primarily developing camp sites and bicycle
path and nature. trails and beach restoration and other non -recreational projects.
These are three major projects with which the City Commission should be familiar
we've also included the Orange Bowl, anticipating that the election will support
that and trying to judge what the impact of this additional bond sale would be
on the debt service requirements.
Mr. Fosmoen: The Commission may wish to note the distributionon this matttt er next
of
the various park projects, recreation facilities that are proposed
ovexsix years. You will recall that there has been sate comment, that most of the
work in parks for people, has been done in the south and western part of the City,
but over the next six years thats the principle concentration in those facilities
will be in the near end areas.
Mrs. Gordon: Put that other page back down, please sir and go into the Orange Bowl
Improvements, is this in reference to the bond issue thats an the ballot in NoveMber?
Mr. Fosmoen: Yes.
Mrs. Gordon: And what is the impact on the tax payer as to the millage increase
that would be necessary to repay this bond issue if it is passed?
.23 mills, less than a quarter of a mill.
.23 mills.
Yes, less than one quarter of a mill.
Based upon what, did you arrive at that?
Mr. Fosmoen:
Mrs. Gordon:
Mr. Fostnen:
Mts. Gordon:
Mr. Fosmoen: What was your schedule for retirement, 25?
Mt. Lynch: I believe it was twenty years.
Mr. Fosmoen: Zt, .nty years.
Mr. Lynch: Yes, at 6% interest.
Mrs. Gordon: Is that, do you figure that the same way that you would figure
mortgage debt amortization payback?
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Mr.. Lynch: Somewhat, what _the finance depaftnent is-atte nting'to do 'these
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days, is to assure that the annual principle and interest payments are pretty match
even throughout the payment period, in the past they were very front loaded and
we were paying more initially.
Mrs. Gordon: You're saying the constant payment would then be .23, for a twenty
year pay out at 6%?
Mr, Lynch: In terms of the impact on mintage next fiscal year, that right.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, I did a quick calculation, I have some I'm going to refer
to in a few minutes, then redo it and if I cane up with the same thing you carve
up with, ok.
Mr. Fosnoen: Ok.
Mr. Lynch: Shall we continue?
Mayor Ferre: Well, I think we have a question on, perhaps Mr. Gunderson, Might
want to standup and, since we're an the subject, I want to make sure we have
very clear information on that.
Mrs. Gordon: Based on an annual payment.
Mayor Ferre: If we were to sell $15,000,000 of general obligation bonds, I've got
two questions, number one, since the last bunch that we sold was under 5%, why
would you assume 6% and nusrtber two, since we have sold 25 years GOB, why would
you assume twenty?
Mr. Gunderson: On the first question, we're trying to live within the forecast
of what interest rates are going to do, when we received the last bid, which was
4.9, we were at the low end of the spectrum, we're now in the period of ascendency
as far as interest rates go, so we've taken a particular conservative posture
relative to cost and feel that we will be sartewhere in the arena of maybe 51 to
6% within the years to arse.
Mayor Ferre: And now why, twenty years?
Mr. Gunderson: And twenty years is an arbitrary time period, could be 25, could
be 30.
Mayor Ferre: If were 25 and the interest rate was less than six, then the millage
would be less than .23.
Mr. Gunderson: Correct.
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Gnderson, if the manual constant payback would be $ 1,307,000
minded out, dollars, would that be more like 1/3 of a mill, at the millage rate
we have now, which is $3,000,000...
Mr. Gunderson: The millage rate that we have...
Mrs. Gordon: I mean the rate we have which gives us a dollar return of 1/6.
Mr. Fosmoen: Our assess value.
Mr. Gunderson: Our assess value right now is $3,000,000,000 and about $8,000,onn,
Ids. Gordon: Yea, but we have to take off 5% and that leaves us a millage return
on a mill for $3,000,006...
Mr. Gunderson: $3,000,006, yes.
Mrs. Gordon: And would say that $1,000,003, would be something more than what you
have said was .23?
Mr. Gunderson: Well, we've used a constant increment of 5%.
Mr. Fostoen: 5% growth.
Mr. Gunderson: 5% growth of assess valuation.
Ves. Gordon: Well, in actual payment on constant basis arepay,.,
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Nk4 Gunderson: So your village would go down, as the assessed valuatfbn went up
the ftillage would go down, because we have used the 5% increment on a annual
basis. 4.
Mts. Gordon: We11, I don't know how you figure but our figures don't tally with
your figures.
Mr. Lynch: Well, see the debt service requirements would remain the same throughout
this...
Mrs. Gordon: Yea, but you said they would be constant thur the twenty year period
and the difference would be the amount applied to principle and the amount applied
to interest or...
Mr. Lynch: The aMitional requirements, in terms of the debt service requirements
would remain the same throughout period, but what we're saying is that the value of
the mill will increase and we're projecting a 5% increase in the future because
of adei tional construction...
Mrs. Gordon: I see, but after the beginning phases of this pay -back you're not
going to have a 2.3 , the immediate results upon the tax payers today are not going
to be .23.
Mayor Ferre: Is that true yes or no?
Mr. Lynch: No again we've calculated perhaps the twenty years, but thats your
twenty five, but we've calculated that next year the increase uculd be a maxinnan
of .23.
Mrs. Gordon: Ok, I wish you would at some point not right now, you get with me and
show me, you'll break down the figures will you please.
Mr. Lynch: Sure, ok.
Mayor Ferre: Alright.
Mr. Lynch: Ok, this and the next five pages eel with the neighborhood parks
that are being proposed, utilizing CG funds and unencutbered parks for people bond
funds. Virtually, all funds that we have shown on this and the following sheet
would be appropriated the fiscal year of 77-78 and 78-79. On the map that we have
over there, the ones that have a yellow back -grounds are the ones that would be
appropriated next fiscal year, the ones that have a green circle around the symbol
refer to the projects that would utilize parks for people bond funds. You might
want to look at page thirty six in your report which will describe in detail what
lik each of these park improvements involved, we're talking about improvements at Buena
Vista Neighborhood Park, Edison Neighborhood Park, Edison Community Park, Allapattah
Mini -Park in Commercial Area, Allapattah Mini -Park in Residential Area, Melrose
Park, Wynwood Mini Park. On this sheet all of the park projects would have
appropriation next fiscal year, we're talking Luzmais Park, Coconut Grove Mini -Park,
Trail Mini -Park, Henderson Park, Robert E. Lee, Northwestern, M.L.K. Boulevard.
On this sheet we have Old Smokey Park, Dixie Park, Dorsey, Downtown Community
Development Mini -Park, Wainwright, Little River T.iini-Park.
Mr. FOsmoen: Let me make one point and that is that what Ed is going through are
the park projects, that we're proposing to you be started during the caning fiscal
year, a number of them are of course already in design, a number of them will be
starting design, so will be finishing contrution or will just start in construction,
the funds will be allocated for those parks next fiscal year, they may not all be
eampleted,.in fact I'm sure they want all be completed in that fiscal year, but
there will be work proceeding on those parks during the oohing fiscal year and also
on this sheet.
Mr. Lynch: Yea, we have West End, Curtis, Fort Dallas Park, Cuban Memorial Boulevard,
Bayfront/Bioentennial, FEC and Property of which we're saying there are
17.3 million dollars available and the balance for the Downtown District, Central
Miami Park, Latin Community unity Riverfront Park, Removal of Architechtural Barriers
in City Parks, Riverside Park and Ctilmer Mini -Park. Now, 75.81-75.86 are going
to regire a special explanation. You may recall that in April in this year we
told the Commission that there was a 1.4 million over -run which occurred in the
Coconut Grove Park for People District. Thus far we haven't resolved how that
1.4 Million over -run is to be handled. There are two alternatives which we are
suggesting, the first would we either to take that 1.4 million and prorate it
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aftOng • all of the parks for people districts, having each district pay its shall
in terms of the original percent that was received for that over -run, the second
alternative is and the alternative that we ate recommending, is that we take that
entire 1.4 million out of the Downtown district, if we prorate the amounts the
Downtown district would lose about $1,000,000, if we take the entire amount out of
Downtown, its an additional $400,000 which would, we feel will be better distributed
amoung the various neighborhoods.
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Mr. Lynch: 43.
Mayor Ferre: You know, I would imagine that its important for you to give the
Commission, something that the Commission can understand the problem, what I'm
saying is since most of us roily do this reading on our own rather than follow
it in a half hour presentation, I think its important that somebody thoroughly
check this thing out and I notice that in this copy sane of the information that
you have here is not here, specifically thats 17.3 million dollars.
Mr. Fosnoen: Thats correct.
Mr. Lynch: This thing was added simply to clarify for the City Commission, what
was remaining Downtown.
Mayor Ferre: So far everlhing that you have said is in this book.
Mr. Lynch: Correct.
Mayor Ferre: There isn't anything that you have said that somebody can't sit down
and read, ok, if I'm not mistaken.
Mr. Lynch: Thats true.
Mayor Ferre: So, anything that is not in this book you should point it out to
us, number one and number two, when you finish with all of this, I think what you
rally have to do is try to synthesize what it is that you are telling us.
Mr. Fostmoen: We apologize for giving the Mayor the bad ropy.
Mr. Lynch: So, anyhow the nuMbers that we have shown here on the left reflects
what would happen if we took the money out of each of the districts, we prorate the
amounts, the numbers on the Tight show the balance that we would have in each district
if we took the 1.4 million out of Downtown and also created a contingency fund.
Mayor Ferre: I for one and I don't know how the rest of this Commission feels,
agree with your conclusion.
Mr. Lynch: The last project we have in the Cultural Recreation ProyLam is historic
preservation and Dr. Jackson's office. In the Utility Pzoyjam, we have nine
sanitary sewer projects on this page.
Mayor Ferre: Its page forty-nine.
Mr. Lynch: Four of which have already been initiated and the remaining would
be initiated this coning fiscal year.
Mayor Ferre: Have you got an extra copy of this?
Mr. Lynch: _ Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Would you give it to the, so he won't have to be leaning over and he
can follow it. We're on page forty nine now.
Mr. Lynch: All of the projects involved in that, we're talking about in terms of
sanitary sewers, would use a santiary sewer bond.
Mayor Ferre: We're now on page...
Mr. Lynch; This should be falling in secquence exactly with the report you have.
We have three more sanitary sewer projects, we have enough sanitary sewer bond
to last through to 1981-82, means we're going to have to go back to the electric
before that time to get approval for more sanitary sewer bonds.
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Mr. Pittman What percentage will that be?
Mite Lynch: All of the projects that we hate here will sewer the entire City
to 37th avenue, the area west of 37th avenue.
Mayor Ferre: What we would have left then is Flagami area, in other words the
City of Miami, will then by 1981, with the exception of Flagami be completely
severed, which will probably be the only City in the State of Florida, that would
be sewered.
Mr. Lynch: I'm sorry, I should say part of Coconut Grove, would also be excluded.
Mayor Ferre: There is part of Coconut Grove that is not included in the 80-81
program.
Mr. Lynch: Thats right, so we are essentially talking about needing aaattional
sanitary sewer monies to do Flagami and part of Coconut Grove.
Mayor Ferre: Yea, in 1981.
Mr. Lynch: Right.
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Mayor Ferre: What part of Coconut Grove is that?
Mr. Lynch: Southern part.
Mayor Ferre: Southern part.
Mr. Lynch: The low density of one area. On this sheet we have six storm sewer
projects, the first three are already on the way, the last three will encumber funds
this caning fiscal year, should point out that after this year we will have no more
'stone sewer bond monies, so we're going to have to go back to electorate in the very
near future to get approval for more store sewer bonds, we only have approximately
three million dollars left in this storm sewer bond fund.
Mr. Fosmoen: Did the Commission fully understand that last point? We will during
the next calendar year in our likely hood need to talk very seriously about a further
stone sewer bond issue. I wondered if the Commission had fully understood the point
that very soon we will have to talk about an additional storm sewer bond issue, we
are out of funds this year.
Mayor Ferre: Where is this C.I.P. summary, what page is that?
Mr. Lynch: I have it for you right here. The one and only project that we have
in Intergovernmental Services, is the heavy equipment service facility, which is
already on the way, szttnaxy we're talking about 136 projects, the total dollar
value in terns of appropriations during fiscal year 77-78, is $72,000,000, the
total dollar value for the six year period is a $175,000,000. The two areas where
we have the bulk of the projects are in transportation, with our many street Improvements
and in culture and recreation, with the mini -park improvements as well as the major
facilities that we were talking about.
Mayor Ferre: You may as well answer right now, because I'm sure this going to be
caning up during budget hearings, where are we getting $72,000,000 to this and
why can't that money be used for Police Services and Fire Services and all in
Sanitation.
Mr. Fosmen: Its caning from Fire bonds, Police bonds, Highway Bonds, Sanitary
Sewer Bonds, Storm Sewer Bonds, Community Development Funds.
Mayor Ferre: How Much of the $72,403,000 is caning from Federal Grants and subsidies
directly that are ear marked, roughly.
Mr. Fosmoen: The ones that we can speak specifically to is Community Development.
Mayor Ferre: How much is that?
Mr. Fosnoen: We're getting $10,000,000 this year, received 5.6 million dollars
last year.
Mayor Ferre: You also getting sate, that counter -cyclical Public Works Fund.
Mt, Lynch: Thats correct.
Mayor Ferre: rich is in addition to the $10,000,000, so which is at least another
5 or 6 million dollars, right?
Mr. Lynch:
which...
Mayor Ferre:
Mr. Lynch:
caning from.
Right, also plugged in here is the $15,000,000 for the Orange Bowl
But thats not Federal Funds?
Thats not Federal Funds, not I'm just trying to
explain where this is
Mayor Ferre: Federal Funds that we're getting direct grants out of the 72, its
between 15 to 20 million dollars, is that a safe assumption?
Mr. Fosmoen: Also, the local Public Works Funding, both first and second around
are shown in here.
Mayor Ferre: How much is that?
Mr. Fosmoen: The first round was nine, second round was almost eight, thats $17,000,000.—
Mayor Ferre: Is that in here?
Mr. Lynch: Thats right.
Mayor. Ferre: So would it be safe to assume, I'm just trying, you know I like to
synthesize things so that I can understand what they mean in general and then we
can get into the specifics, that there is at least $35,000,000 or more than half
of this money, it is direct Federal money that did not care from advaloren taxes
is what I'm trying to get to, the home owner, the taxpayer of its home is not involved
in paying and picking up the tab for that, is that correct?
Mr. Lynch: I'd say thats a very good estimate, yes.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, now, of the half thats left of the $35,000,000 thats left.
$15,000,000 of it is for the Orange Bowl Improvement, if the voters vote for it in
November.
Mr. Lynch: Exactly.
Mayor Ferre: Now, as you recall in the straw ballot there were 17, there was a
70% yes vote that voted for Orange Bowl Improvements, so we're assuming that thats
going to happen again, maybe not in the same proportion, but that $15,000,000 is
included in that 72. Is that correct?
Mr. Lynch: Thats correct. And the remaining bond funds...
Mayor Ferre: Which is about $20,000,000.
Zr. Lynch: Have already been sold or have been authorized by the City Commission,
to be sold.
Mayor Ferre: Not the City Commission, please, the people of Miami, we sell bonds
with peoples approval.
Mr. Fosmoen: We understand.
Mayor Ferre: So, in other words, yea, but there is some people that may not
understand that in the public, I want to make sure we understand what we're talking
about. What ever we're going to do we're either going to get, ladies and gentlemen,
fran the Federal Government or it has already been approved by the people of Miami,
in elections, where the people voted for these program, is that correct?
Mr. Lynch: Yes.
Mayor Ferre: Its not the wind of the administration or the wind of this Commission,
is that correct?
Mr. Lynch: Thats correct.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, now let me ask you one last question with regards to that
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is there anyWray that we can transfer any of these monies in the operating budget
for police, fire, sanitation, etc?
Mr. Lynch: Not to my knowledge.
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Mayor Ferre: Is there anyway we can use any of these ponies from the Federal Government,
for the operating budget?
Mr. Fosmoen: Not from the Federal Government, those funds are ear marked.
Mr. Plummer: Now, wait a minute, now thats not true. Thats, remember what he said...
Mr. Fosmoen: We have maintenance of services.
Mr. Plummer: Remember what he said ok, because if you take the broad teen and I'm
not going to play on semantics, but I'll use Joe Grassie's, now is there anyway
that we can use Federal monies in the general operating budget, the answer has to
be yes, because we are presently using Federal monies. -
Mr. Fosmoen: We're talking about the Capital Improvement... Howard can answer
that.
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Mayor Ferre: We're talking about counter -cyclical Public Works money, Community
Development Funds or anyother specifically ear marked Federal Programs that we're
getting funded, can we use those monies for operating...
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Mayor Ferre: The revenues.
Mr. Pluntrer : The answer is yes.
Mr. .Lynch: No, we cannot.
Mr. Grassie: The answer is no Commissioner, the Federal monies that are shown in this
particular document, which is a capital improvement program, are monies that we
get awl the Federal Government specifically to do a capital improvernnt project.
Mr. Plummer: Ok, I'll buy that.
Mr. Grassie: And there are many other kinds of Federal monies, for example; Federal
Revenue Sharing, General Revenue Sharing, which is not in this document, which can
be used for the general fund.
Mr. Plummer: Ok, I buy that, but...
Mr. Grassie: But, this kind of Federal money is specific, its categorical and it
is given to us to do a project.
Mr. Plummer: I agree.
Mayor Ferre: But I want to get this on the record so that people understand that
this is not discretionary, that the Commission could not sit here and have a public
hearing and decide, all we're not going to have such and such a community project
we're going to use that money for supplementing such and such, that cannot be done
ladies and gentlemen, that against the law, we cannot use Federal Funds that are
category grants for one project and transfer them to another project, as I understand
it. Now, also with regards to Honey that have been specifically ear marked and
allocated from bond issues where the people of Miami, have voted in favor for those
bond issues, you cannot take for example; a sewer bond issue and use it for a park,
is that right?
Nr. lynch: 'Mats correct.
Mayor Ferre: Under the law you cannot take money that the people of Miami, voted
for the improvement of the Orange Bowl, if they so vote in November and use it
to build a park or to make sewers, you know, connectors or to supplement payments
in the salaries and payroll of the City Pdvdnistration.
Mr. Plummer: Well, here again Mr. Mayor, so we're not, you know, well that we
understand each other, lets use one in particular, now the answer is not what you
want, lets use the fire bond issue, now can you use monies from that fire bond for
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the general operation, the answer of course has to be no, but, lets look in reality
tphat happened, prior to that bond issue being approved by the voters, If I'm not
Mistaken on your agenda today is approximately $310,000 for new equipment which
was prior to that bond issue coming out of:,the general operating budget, once that
bond was approved it was switched fran general operation over to the bond issue
which I am all in favor of and it makes sense, but what I'm saying to you is that
freed -up $310,000 that went and reverted to back to the regular operation of the
City.
Mayor Ferre: I agree.
Mr. Plummer: So, to answer you question yes or no, you cannot take bond money and
directly, but in reality what has happen is that it has happened.
Mayor Ferre: And Mr. Plummer, I think that what you're saying is that what we're
is that as you release one fund, then its available for the general operating
fund and we've always done that.
Mr. Plummer: Have no,...
Mayor Ferre: And we've always done that and there is no problems with it and
the City of Miami, has always been run that way, its nothing new. Now, I think
it important, however, so that we don't get false hopes up of things that there is
certain limitation as to how much of that you can do, J.L. am I right or am I wrong?
I mean you can't do it for $72,000,000 worth.
Mr. Plummer: I understand, but I just don't want any misunderstanding that you
make an emphatic statement, with an emphatic answer, that in fact can be interpreted
a different way.
Mayor Ferre: Well, let me word it this way, out of the $72,000,000 thats before
us in this summary, I'm telling you point blank, categorically, unequivocally,
that there is about $35,000,000 of specific Federal Grants, that cannot be used
in any other way.
Mr. Plummer: Fine.
Mayor Ferre: Now, I'm also telling you that of the remaining 36 or 7 million
dollars, that there is at least $15,000,000 which is going to be used specifically
for Orange Bowl Improvement and that you can't trove in any other way.
Mr. Plummer: Well, no thats not true because part of that in the proposal of the
Orange Bowl is normal maintenance that we have in there.
Mayor Ferre: You knae you don't have maintenance for capital improvement.
Mr. Grassie: No.
Mr. Plummer: Well, Mayor, if you don't get the approval for the improvements, you
going to have to make normal maintenance, if you're lucky enough to get the
approval of the bond issue, then the improvements will preclude maintenance, ok.
Mayor Ferre: J.L., I agree with what you're saying, I just want to make sure
that we all understand that there are practical limitations as to how much you
can shift around, and it isn't something as simplicit as saying, well we're not
going to do the Orange Bowl or we're not going to build the Convention Conference
Center and we're going to use that honey for something else, that cannot be done.
Mr. Plummer: I agree.
Mayor Ferre: Period, thats all I'm saying.
Mr. Plummer: I agree.
Mrs. Gordon: I have a question that needs clarification Mr. Mayor,and I have
gone through same calculations and I've spoke to Mr. Gunderson, and I want the
records to clearly reflect that the millage rate quoted for the bond repayment
on the Orange Bowl Bond are not what has been stated to you a little while ago,
that impact upon the taxpayer is going to be greater in the early years of the
repayment than what has been said and it will be something in the neighborhood
of, very close to a .34 instead of a .23, based upon a twenty year 6% payback.,
Mayor Ferre: Ok.
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Mts. Gordon: Will increasingly, as a percentage of the tax roll decrease as the
years go on and by the year of 1986, it will decrease, the percentage to tax roll
�ri11 decrease as the years go on and by 1986; will arrive at the 2.3 that was mentioned
to you a little while ago.
Mayor Ferre: Let the records reflect that clarification.
Mrs. Gordon: At the dollar amount to the taxpayers, what is important, on a
$45,000 assessment with Homestead deducted before that, the impact would be about
$15.30 per year, first year.
Mayor Ferre: So, in other words what we're going to be asking the voters to vote
for in Navenber, for the improvements will cost the, an average house about $15.00
a year and fran there it will decrease maybe down to nine or ten dollars by 1980
something.
Mrs. -Gordon: 1986 it should decrease to about $10.00 and some change, but this is
the real impact and what people ought to know when they are making a decision
upon whether or not they are going to approve this bond issue.
Mayor Ferre: Right, ok, anything else'
Mr. Lynch: Thats all we have to show you, if the City Commission has no cements
we intend to take this back to the Planning Advisory Board, for public hearings before
we came back to you for final approval.
Mayor Ferre: Let me repeat the statements, so that the people in the public here
will hear that who want to follow this, this now goes to public hearings, this is
not a public hearing, this goes to public hearings before the Planning and Advisory
Board and those public hearings will be when?
Mr. Fosmoen: In October and it will be on the six year program.
Mayor Ferre: Will this be published in the news papers:
Mr. Fosmoen: Yes sir.
Mayor Ferre: So that anybody who wants to follow the papers, can see when these
public hearings will held.
Mr. Fosmoen: There are several summary points I'd like to make, first of all we
will be caning back to this Commission with an appropriation ordinance for those
projects which will be undertaken or funds will be allocated for during the coming
fiscal year, just as there is an appropriation ordinance for the regular City budget.
Secondly, we should be looking sometime in 1980 for aitional highway bond funds,
in 81, for additional sanitary bond funds, and within the next year, for additional
storm sewer bond funds.
Mayor Ferre. How such would you feel we're going to need in storm sewer funds
in the next year'
Mr. Lynch: We had programed $3,500,000 in terns of the remaining...
Mr. Fosnoen:• Their six year program.
Mayor Ferre: Where are you going to be getting the funds for that2
Mr. Lynch: We only have enough funds available for one year of that six year
program, 77-78, thats all.
Mr. Fosmoen: What we're saying to the Commission is...
Mayor Ferre: We don't have an election as you know, beycod NovE ber until
November of the following year.
Mr. Fosmoen: What We're saying to the Commission is that there are not sufficient
funds to carry cut a full six year capital improNmnExitprtgram for storm sewers.
Mayor Ferre: I understand the point.
Mr. Fosmoen: And that one of the advantages of the Capital Improvarents Pram and
we began to find that out in advance so far.
Mayor Terre: Yes sir, and I think you've done one heck of a fine job, I think this
is Very'very explicit and very clear and it points out a definitive picture of what
needs to be done over a six year period and.that way we want have any surprises
and we can plan. .A
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, may 'I compliment the people that prepared this report,
because I think for the first time since I have been a Commissioner, have I had
this kind of information available to me, I had never before been able to look
in any document at all and been able to understand and know exactly how much money
we were indebted for and how much money we anticipated receiving Luau anticipated
increase in our tax space in future years and all this is in contained in this
document, its a very valuable document for us to retain. I would like also to
ask the Manager, if he could compile for us a document which would give us the
information of all public properties that the City has title to, we would find
that extremely valuable for again, to understand specifically what we actually
own as a City and the values of those properites, where they are located and what
they are worth and who's using than and who we've got them lease to and haw much
return we're receiving on the leases if any, is that possible Mr. Grassie, that
you could be able to compile this so time in the near future, I know its not an
over night job.
Mr. Grassie: I know that this has been done about four years ago, I believe
Commissioner and I would have to have somebody look at it and see what is involved
in bring it up to date.
Mrs. Gordon: I would appreciate that very much.
Mayor Ferre: We do have that by the way and I have a copy of it I'h be happy to
lend it to you.
Mrs. Gordon: Its four years old Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Its four years old, thats correct.
Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, while we're speaking about prop�:y and who owns what,
I hope the Manager, will say to maintenance department, that former jail and
court building that used to all black, that those senior citizens are ud.ing now
for that meal, that they need to really go over they and do something about that
building so we the City won't be quite as embarrassed, you know as we are. The
doors and no air conditioning, those poor elderly people are catching the devil.
I'd like to put that for the records so they know I made the request for them,
that they said to me when I was there, I even ate a meal, they didn't thank I'd
eat that meal, I said why do I want to fool you, you know, but oh, It was hot
than hell in there for those people.
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Mr. Grassie: We'll look at it right
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Manager, are these
we have received?
Mr. Grassie: Certainly, I don't how
make them available.
Mayor Ferre: • If anybody want copies
we need three.
away Commissioner.
available to the public, these reports that
many copies we have, but we'll be happy to
now raise your hands and see haw many extras,
Mrs. Gordon: I would wthat i.f anvone receives this and looks in it, on page
67, they'll find a thorouth analysis of the debt service obligation and that in
1978, even with the Orange Howl Bond Issue being passed, there is going to br
a one mill increase in taxes to pay the bond indebtedness on the already incurred
debts that we have, thats about a $45.00 increase right there.
Mayor Ferre: I might point out on that subject, just for general information
and I'd like for the Manager, to write us a memorandum with the specifics. We
in the City of Miami, have about a three percent debt service on taxes, on our
tax base, in other words the State of Florida, allows for you borrow up to 15%
Now, theoretically lets say that our tax base is $4,000,000,000, we're close to
that aren't we?
Mr. Grassie: Almost, $3,800,000,000.
Mayor Ferre: In other words all the land that we tax is $4,000,000,000, that
Mean that we could borrow up to $600,000,000 and thats about what we can borrow
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about $500 and Bade odd million dollars, now that of course would make us like
t3ew York, borrow 5 to 600 million dollars, we're borrowing a $132,000,000 now,
Which means that our borrowing capacity out of 15%, we're only using 3 to 4%,
haw for that reason the City of Miami, is classified by Standard and Poore,
and by Moody as an A one and an A plus category, for example let me compare another
City, Philadelphia, ok, Philadelphia is a little bit larger, substantially larger
than the City of Ydam i, they have a B minus rating, they just went from B to B minus,
Pittsburgh, Boston, most of these northeast Cities do no have an A rating, the City
of Miami, has an A one and an A plus rating, the reason is that we have been and
continued to be fisraily conservative and that we're not using any where near what
average Cities in the United States are using in borrowing capacity, we are not
borrowing any where near what we can and I think its very important for you to
understand that.
Mr. Grassie: Mr. Mayor, there was one policy question on which you expressed
yourself and I wonder whether the rest of the Commission might want to, it had to
do with full funding of the parks for people program and the rest of the neighborhoods
and you expressed yourself in approval and in support of the recommendation that was
being made to you by the staff, I wonder whether you want to make that a City Commission
policy?
Mr. Plummer: Well, let me start at this end and I agree.
Mayor Ferre: Well, let me, excuse me J.L., because I want to make sure that we
well understands what we're talking about. We're about $1,400,000 short and there
several ways to do that, we can take all the projects that we have and say ok,
each district get chopped a certain amount so that we end up with a cut on Coconut
Grove, a cut in Allapattah, a cut here, a cut there, ok. Now, if we were to do
that the Downtown area would lose about a million dollars, now the administration
is recommending that instead of doing that, that we take it all fran Downtown and
the we get a $1,400,000 for Downtown instead of taking a little bit away from
allapattah, a little bit away fran Cu]mer and a little bit away fran Little River
and a little bit away, so on see.
Mrs. Gordon: You've got to be kidding.
Mayor Ferre: Now, what I'm saying is that I am a strong and firm advocate that
we gave too much emphasis in that bond election to the Downtown area and where
we need the help is out in the neighborhood areas and in my opinion we ought to
take the full $1,400,000 from the Downtown area and give to the neighborhoods,
which is long over due and much need and thats my personal opinion.
Mr. Plummer: And I agree.
Mrs. Gordon: You are saying now that you have same other source of revenue to
supplement that one million and four that you are taking away, because you have
already became committed and this far it has as a policy became committed to a
quick taking on the FDC property, are you saying that you want to take it away
from that fund, if you aren't, then tell me you're not, I don't know.
Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon, I'll take it away from that and any other fund that
we can get, so that the people in the neighborhoods of Miami, that have been
suffering a long time while we've dumped millions and millions of dollars into
Downtown and. get a little bit and I'll tell you about my precision, you know there
is a railroad track called the FDC Railroad, I'm more interested in what happens
west of the railroad trackSthan what happens east of the railroad tracks.
Mrs. Gordon: Wards are cheap, action speak louder than words and I haven't seen
a great demostration of concern in pass years, its vexy hilarious to me.
Mayor Ferre: Is that a fact.
Mrs. Gordon: Yes it is, its a fact, an absolute fact.
Mayor Ferre: I see and you're going to document this.
Mrs. Gordon: his is a political year and we have an election, suddenly we have
a deep concern for what west of the tracks.
Mayor Ferre: Ah, Mrs. Gordon, I tell you I'm not at all surprised at your words,
they are very typical of the way you approach things in this Commission, now anything
else?
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Mrs. Gordon: Yes, that this matter should Dune up a public hearing, the matter
that you just brought up.
Mayor Ferre: Mam, that your personal opinion, now you want to put that to a vote?
You make the motion, put to the vote, you're such a hot shot, go ahead, go on.
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, I suggest that this was not A part of the agenda items,
that this item you're discussing right now was not a matter for our consideration
and the vote you're asking us to take right now, was not a matter that we had been
told we were going to take a vote on.
Mayor Ferre: Madam, it is on your packet, it is on page, would you tell her the
page?
Mr. Plummer: 45.
Mayor Ferre: 45, you had it for the five days and I say it is part of this agenda.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, I say that what you're saying is not, the taking of the money
from the Downtown area and placing it in other areas was not an agenda item and I
disagree with you.
Mayor Ferre: J.L., whether its in the Committee of the whole or whether its part
of this Commission hearing, it is in the packet, it has been properly given to us
five days, the Manager has asked for discussion and a policy be established and
I have just expressed my opinion and you have just expressed yours...
Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor, I've expressed my opinion, but what I'm getting on
a technical point, under the Committee of the whole Mr. Mayor, you cannot set a
policy, this for discussion, now if you want to go down to the regular agenda and
ask for that to be on, then I think its well within order, but I think all he has
asked for is not a vote, an expression.
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Mayor Ferre: Thats all he's asked for.
Mr. Plummer: Am I correct sir? I have expressed myself, you have expressed yourself,
if the other wish to do such including Mrs. Gordon, fine, if they don't want to
express themselves, fine.
Mr. Grassie: I would characterize it a'little bit different than that Commissioner,
in terms of moving ahead with projects, we need to know what the budget for each
district is going to be.
Mayor Ferre: Of course.
Mr. Plummer: I agree.
Mr. Grassie: We want to do that with your having set the policy for the action,
if you want to take an informal opinion poll here and have us record'that in the
resolution later, we can certainly do that or if you simply want to take a vote
we would consider that that is your policy, what ever you wish, but we do need to
know how you feel about it.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Grassie, we don't disagree, I'm talking about a matter of procedure,
under the Committee of the whole, that is as I understand, the principle set up
for educating the Commission.
Mr. Grassie: Mr. Plummer, I'd hope that it would work that way, as you know you
take many votes in this session.
Mayor Ferre: Well, how arse all the sudden on this particular...
Mr. Plummer: Because Mrs. Gordon, has called your hand, thats why.
Mayor Ferre: And the
Mrs. Gordon: Because
with the principle of
point is simply...
Mr. Plummer, is very fair and is willing even though he disagrees
what I'm saying, he's saying that I have a right to say it.
Mt. Plummer: Right on.
Mayor Ferre: And you do have that right and
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is that this ComMission has on at least 30 or 40 occasions on Committee of the wholes
10 c i records expressing an opinion.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, there has been no disac�reenent Mr. Mayor, thats a different
story, but you have a disagreement of opinion now and you could respect that
disagreement of opinion, and not be, you know, so hot headed about it.
Mayor Ferre: I pass the gavel to Father Gibson, and I move you sir that the City
of Miami, Commission officially go on record backing the administration's recommendation
that on the shortfall of 1.4 million dollars, that it not be taken against the
neighborhood parks and that the full amount be taken from the Downtown area projects,
I so move.
Mr. Plummer: Point a personal privilege. Knox would you rule sir on the legality
of passing a policy notion of this Commission under the terms of Committee of the
whole?
Mr. Knox: A motion by definition is an informal expression of the Will of the
Commission, which is of course not binding upon anybody.
Mr. Plummer: So, what your legal opinion is, yes it can be done.
Mr. Knox: Yes a motion can be passed on a Committee of the whole.
Mr. Plummer: Thank you sir. I second the motion.
Rev. Gibson: Alright, call the roll.
The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who moved its adoption:
MOTION NO. 77-691
A MOTION STATING THE POLICY OF THE CITY CCMMESSION
AND BACKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY' S
ADMINISTRATION THAT THE $1.4 =LION SHORTFALL IN
THE PARKS FOR PEOPLE BOND FUNDS EXPENDED IN THE
COCONUT GROVE VE AREA NUT BE TAKEN FROM ANY PROPOSED
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, BUT BE DEDUCED IN ITS IIwrory
FROM THE DOWNTU4N PARKS FOR PEOPLE BOND FUND ALLOCATION.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and adopted
by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
NOES: Commissioner Rose Gordon
PRESENTATION BY MANAGE" SERVICES aN. iVt l of 1577-1978
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Mr. Grassie: I wetld like Mr, Heward Gary, to introduce the subAect.
Mr. Gary: Did each of you bring a copy of your budget with you? We have extra
copies here. If you review the helm) I just presented to you, it gives you an over
view of the budget for 1978. Now, this overview attempts to first tell you about
the problem as presented to you as of the third budget status report and then we'd
like to proceed to explain to you how the problem was resolved and then we'd like
to show the effects of the budget reductions in terms of people and second in terms
of service and finally we would like to show you some of the alternatives to
minimize the affects of the budget reductions on employees. First review, look
section roman numeral I, it says budget problems assumptions made for 78. This gives
a highlight of the problem as you last know it, firstly we had approximately
3.4 million dollar decrease in revenues and this decrease was attributable as you
see on your paper to the reduction in the FPS franchise fees, 1 million dollar reduction
in revenue sharing, the reduction anticipated salary savings of $500,000 and reduction
of fund balance of $600,000. Now, we also have sane offsetting increases in revenue
those increases are as follows: counter -cyclical revenue sharings, congress passed
an extension of counter -cyclical revenue sharings and as a result we anticipated
receiving an additional 1.1 million dollars next year, secondly as a result in the
of the tax base fran 3B and 73B and 8, thats a $800,000 increase and the thats.
the normal , thats assuming his same tax rate of 95 92 on the new assessed
evaluation. Now, if we increase that tax rate fram 9592 to 10 mills, that would
generate an additional 1.5 million dollars, so the net revenue change is zero,
however, on the appropriation side of the ledger we've had same increases, the first
being the 5% projected salary adjustment for all employees, representing a 2.7 million
dollar increase over the current year, longevity and anniversary increments,
approximately $800,000, non -payroll increases as a result of inflation, $900,000,
and the big item is the increase in the pension, of 3,000,000, as a result we
had a 7.4 million dollar increase in appropriations with no corresponding net
increase in revenues. Now, how was the problem resolved? If you would turn to
the next page you would see a number of revenue increase As a result of the
City Manager's efforts to minimize the budget reductions and to include all revenues
available to us, he instructed the budget office and the finance department to review
and update our revenue projections. Now, as a result of that review 4.65 million
dollars was generated, this increase is due mainly, the significant ones at least,
mainly attributable to an increase in the Metro --Dade County Court payments item
number A-H on your sheet, of one million dollars. We also, received...
Mrs. Gordon: Gary would you just say one thing about that J...
Mr. Gary: Sure.
Mrs. Gordon: That fund balance, is that the monies that were left over because
we didn't give the salary increases?
Mr. Gary• No, the fund balance is due mainly to increases in revenues for this
year, the fund balance, the 31% salary increase you're talking about, you have items
on your agenda that would almost exhaust that fund, the main reason for the exhaustion
is due to the fact that this year we had budgeted it and severance payed one million
dollars. Now, we are projecting to the end of this year that, that cost would
be 2.3 million dollars, thats a 1.3 million dollar increase, plus we are experiencing
excessive...
Mrs. Gordon: Are you saying that there were that many more who last are employed
and has therefore caused us that additional.
Mr. Gary• Yes. We also have an item including and thats the amount of money
the county is going to pay us fran Dodge Island, which is approximately $500,000.
Mr. Plummer: Wasn't that money immediately pledge for something?
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Mr. Plummer; Yea, that money as I recalled, Mr. Mayor, we're berg paid +$5QQ,000
for three years, correct? And as I recalled...
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Mt, Gtassie: Two payments of $500,000 aru34a last payment of $300,075 I believe sir.
Mr. Plummer: And as I recalled Mr. Grassie, please if I'm wrong correct me, but
that money was inmadiately pledged for same reason and something sticks in my mind
for , now, you better check, ok, I recalled something, alright go ahead.
Mr. Gary: It wasn't a pledge, I know what you are talking about, but it wasn't a
pledge.
Mr. Plummer: Ok, I'm wrong.
Mr. Gary: Also, since the third budget status report we were informed officially
by the office of federal revenue sharing that our allotment for 1978, would decrpaqp
by $800,000, so that the net significant revenue change is approximately 3.85 million
dollars, however, on the appropriation side we have increases in the severance pay
account of approximately 1.3 million dollars, workttens ccmpensation of $700,000 and
a deficit in the enterprise fund. I'd like to ask you to turn to page 22 of your
budget.
Mr. Plummer: White or blue.
Mr. Gary• Blue. If you will notice we have summarized all of the enterprise funds
for you. In the first column is the revenue estimate, the second column is the cost
for operations, the third column is unallocated funds, the second column is reserved
for capital improvements and the other column is a total to all of those prior to that.
Now, if you look at the last column you'll realize that we have certain deficits
in our enterpise funds, Miami Stadium being one, Marine Stadium being another,
Auditoriums being another, Dallas Park and Community Centers. Now, in the past
we have permitted the enterpise funds to budget or to operate without sufficient
revenues and at the end of the year that situation will be corrected. However, our
accountants, our auditors and sound fiscal practice tells us that you should not
deficit budget, that you should appropriate at the beginning of the fiscal year for
all operational expenses. Furthermore, on that appropriation side we've had to
eliminate positions, for the general fund we have eliminated 380 positions, these
filled positions represent about 2... excuse me 380 positions, of the the 380
167 are filled, that generated about 2.3 million dollars, the remaining positions,
the vacant positions generated about 2.5 million dollars, as a result we save
4.8. Now, the net appropriation change is approximately 2.1 million dollars, so
the total significant changes since the third budget status report is approximately
5.9 or 6 million dollars. Now, how does this affect departmental budgeted positions?
This is item C an the memo, we've attempted to break this down for you in terms of
filled, vacant and total positions by departrnents. Unless you have any questions...
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Gary, would you repeat again sir, you're talking about frail the
year 77 to 78 and did I understand you correctly to say that a total, whether they
are people or vacancies was 380.
Mr. Gary: 380.
Mr. Plummer: May I divert your attention to page 27 of the blue book and ask you,
my figures relate to me that its a total of 422, using your figures. If you use
column three and subtract column six I come up with a minus 422.
Mr. Gary: Column three is the adopted budget, if you recall after the budget was
officially adopted we had some modifications to the budget which is column five,
where it say revised budget 1/20/77, at that time we eliminated 173 positions last
year, this was finance the 31% salary increase.
Mr. Plummer: In other words what you're saying is column five is deducted...
Mr. Gary• Yes it is.
Mr. Plummer: Fran column six.
Mr. Gary: Right.
Mr. Plummer: Even though the boo}S is modified on -1/27 Of this year, shows the other
figure.
Mr. Gary: Right.
Mrs. Gordon: Gary would you go back again to page 2 of this handout you gave us
and your revenues you have 3.85 additional revenues, is that correct?
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Mrs : Yes.
ems. Gordon: And appropriations which it: effect are expenditures to be budgeted,
dorrect?
Mr. Gary: Yes.
Mrs. Gordon: Why do you add the two together to give us a total significant change?
Mr. Gary: Ok, the problem was offset,
we gain 3.85 million dollars since the
2.1 million dollars net as a result of
add those two together to tell you the
report.
the net significant change tells you that
third budget status report and we save
various budget reductions, so you have to
total savings since the third budget status
Mrs. Gordon: Oh, you've subtracted it the other way also?
Mr. Gary: Yes. Also, in response Commissioner Plummer, in the third column
that was adopted 76-77, for some reason before I got here there were some additional
modifications to the table of organizations, after those modifications the revised
budget was reduced by 173 positions and you remember in that 31% budget manual
we submitted to you, 31% budget reduction brochure, it reflects those 173 positions
that were eliminated to finance the 31% salary increase.
Mr. Plummer: Well, all I'm reading from is the latest statistics which were
efforted me and thats this book which is modified as of 1/27/77.
Mr. Gary: I'd like to mention that in that budget document the figures were
changed but not the TO's.
Mr. Plummer: Well, if they are changed then I can only go on what I have.
Mr. Gary. I agree. If you'd look on page three the key item is the subtotal
that says 166 filled positions, right at the top of the page. Those are general
fund positions and 212 vacant positions four part-time, for a total of 378.
New, if we go right dawn next to it the enterprise fund also expects to get rid
of one filled position and one vacant position for a total of two and a 378 plus
a two gives us a 380. In addition to 380 general funded enterprise positions
we are also piol.,usinc that 106 CETA_Positions be eliminated and those 106 are
broken down to 68 filled and 38 vacant. Now, in terms of bodies, you know we
can always think about the inputs, but the most important part of any budget is
what do you plan to receive for those inputs and in terms of service, the affects
of these reduction on services is ranan numberal number III. Ok, item 3A is the
fire department, in the fire department it is proposed that 73 positions be
eliminated, the affect of the elimination of these 73 positions on service are
as follows; the removal of hose number 2 , the removal of engine three, the
removal of ladder eleven and the removal of rescue 8. After each section identifies
where those particular apparatus are located as well as the affect. In the solid
waste department, which was previously known as the sanitation department, 122
general fund positions will be eliminated plus 74 CETA, for total of a 196 Positions.
As stated in B2 the services would not be affected provided that the root balancing
system is implemented.
Mom. Plummer: Well, let me ask this question, of the 122 that are being eliminated
is that mostly the 120 that were eliminated because of the incinerator?
Mr. Gary: No, that happen last year.
Mr. Grassie: No, it has nothing to do with the incinerator.
Mt. Plummer: So, in other words this 122 represents beyond those 120 which were
eliminated for the incinerator operation.
Rev. Gibson: Are you telling me you're going to effectuate all the savings in
one place?
Mr. Grassie: No sir. No the savings have been allocated to all of the departments
equally.
Rev, Gibson: Yea, but you only effectuated the numbers,
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Mt. Ctassie: The guide lines to the department were based on dollars and the
discretion within the department is to how they would generate those dollars,
NOw, in some departments they had many rrore vacancy than in others, an example is
the police department for example.
rev. Gibson: Man Plummer, you're a profit man.
Mr. Plummer: I haven't said a word yet.
Rev. Gibson: You're a profit man.
Mr. Plummer. I told you for three years the day of reckoning had to come, welcome
home you're here, thats no reflection on you sir.
Mr. Gary: Ok, in the police department a 112 positions will be eliminated.
Mr. Plummer: It is proposed.
Mr. Gary: Proposed, excuse me. The principle services affected will be the
mounted squad and the school resource officer program, it is proposed that the
mounted squad be eliminated and the assignment of police officers in senior high
schools be curtailed, that does not mean that the school resource officer program
will be eliminated, but that it would be limited to junior high schools, now if
the school board honors its commitment to assign security officers at the schools
then we don't envision any problems.
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Mr. Gary: Yes. Now, one of the most important parts of this budgetary process,
unlike the past has been the amount time we've spent on finding alternatives to
minimizing the position reductions, mainly for those people who will be, which are
proposed to be Laid off. We spent numerous hours with the department of labor
officials, we met with them here, we met with than in Atlanta. As a result of
those meetings we've obtained approval from the deputy regional administrator, for
the department of labor to re -hire all of our layed off people and this is very
unusual, all of our layed off people under the C'rA program.
Mayor Ferre: You better explain this very carefully now, are you talking about
C TA 2 positions?
Mr. Gary: Yes, we're talking about CEI'A 2 positions.
Mayor Ferre: And You're talking about a total of...
Mr. Gary: 167.
Mayor Ferre: 166 people.
Mr. Gary: Yes, 167 with the enterprise.
Mayor Ferre: 167, ak.
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Gary, can I ask you a question on this because I have read
that the CETA positions, persons to qualify for a CETA position most be out of
work for fifteen weeks and this letter that I have in hand refers to thirty days,
where is that difference?
Mr. Gary: Ok, title 6 is fifteen weeks, this is under title 2 and the requirement
is thirty days.
Mrs. Gordon: And what is the major difference between title 2 and title 6.
Mayor Ferre: And title 1, and we have different...
Mr. Gary: I don't know all the particulars, maybe if the Human Resource Director, is
here he can explain it to us.
Irs. Gordon: Its important because its a part of our major consideration.
Nr. Krause: Well, the title 2, was the first part of the emergency employment
under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, it was intended as long tern
e ploynent, title 6, was developed later and was intended as a supplement for more
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Ahbrt term employment, the frost recent ant to title 6, has been to add falding
that is limited to special projects that Dist only for one year and those ate the
projects that require the fifteen week unemployment.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Krause, what would be the posture as your proposal for those
people who will be layed off for thirty days as I understand it and would be re -hired,
what posture would they be in sir as CETA employees?
Mr. Krause: It would be my understanding that they would return in the same status
in which they left, that is people who a with civil service classified employees
who had completed their probationary period and had achieved permanent status
would return as regular classified employees, those in their probationaty periods
who were reemployed under CETA would be reemployed as classified employees with the
requirement that they'd L'aplete their probationary period, it may also be that
CETA employees would be layed off and would also be recalled and it would seer to
me 'that one of the things the City Government should work towards as a policy
matter if this alternative to the budget problem is accepted, would be to take
steps that would help to assure that CETA employees in both categories would be
able to achieve classified status in the City employment system.
Mr. Plummer: At the present time we are not covering to my knowledge any CETA
employees under pension, is that correct?
Mr. Krause: That is essentially correct, there are one or two exceptions to that
in individual acceptance.
Mr. Plummer: Now, what would happen to the status of these who would be re -hired,
this 167 as to pension and other fringe if you wish, that are not presently being
payed to CETA employees?
Mr. Krause: We've discussed this with the City Manager, the only benefit that is
not now available to CETA employees is the pension benefit; all other benefits of
leave and insurance are available and are paid for. Its my understanding the
City Manager would intend to make a recommendation to the Commission, that the
pension benefit be made available to all CETA employees.
Mr. Grassie: Yes, that is specific in, maybe not specific enough, but its certainly
specific if you analyze the budget letter, one of the things that you would not
about that letter is that I make a distinction between the use of CETA Honey to
support a position and lets take an explain, lets take a police position, a police
officer's position, we can use up to $10,000 of CIA money to support that position,
it is my recommendation that we find an additional $15,000 to bring that position
back, now that involves the general fund paying $7,000 out of that $15,000, $7,000
for the pension for that officer, so within the $25,000 total position cost that
you see in my letter there is $7,000 which the City would continue to pay for the
pension of that individual.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Grassie, is that going to place us in any jeopardy with the
remaining 6 or 700 CETA employees?
Mr. Grassie: One of the major things that we were able to accomplish through
the negotiations with the labor department, was to be able to answer no to that
question, that is they final agreed with us that doing what we're to do would
not jeopardize our use of CETA for other employees or for people who are existing
on the program or who maybe with social service agencies or some other program.
Mr. Plummer: But it doesn't preclude their demanding of this Carmission equal
treatment.
Mr. Grassie: Well, I'm assuming that you are talking about the CETA employees
at this point.
Mr. Plummer: er: Yes sir.
Mr. Grassie: Federal law has for several years_ now, specified that CETA
employees would be treated as our other LCity employees in the same classification.
The fact is that the City has not fully lived up to that in the past, we are
moving and have been moving for several months towards correcting that situation,
I don't think that there is going to be a demand placed on the City because we
are moving in the right direction of complying with the law.
M. Plummer: My final question to you Mr. Krause, has there under this proposal
bedh established a manner in which those:loyees who are laid off re -hired
'ceder CETA, is there a formual or a register as we know for reemployment into
the normal payroll as those positions become available? You understand what
'tn saying?
Mr. Krause: I do understand what you're saying
Mr. Plummer: It is my understanding that the layoffs will cane about by virtue
of the last one hired will be the first one to go, now is that going to extend
in the administration's pi.vpusition to the re -hiring under regular payroll as
it becomes available drawing from those people who have been put in CETA.
Mr. Krause: I think there is two elements to the answer, one is that there is
an obligation on the City under the CETA law, to place CEMA employees into un-
subsidized employment, which means that we have an obligation to transfer people
from CETA funding into general fund positions as the funding becomes available.
I think also that one of the things that the administration will have to do over
the course of the next year is to maintain a very close budgetary control so that
■ it is not faced with this same problem next year, of layoff and recall because
this is probably the one and only time that we're going to have an extra CETA
supplement available to do that, so that it may not be possible to transition
people into general fund positions as quickly as the positions became vacant
because it maybe necessary to hold funding available for next year, but thats
more of a budgetary problem that I'm not competent to answer.
Mr. Plummier: Mr. Krause, thank you for your answer sir, but you didn't address
the problem. Now, the question once again sir, those people who will be scratched
under the CETA program who are laid off employees, will there be the rule as
we know it try for re -hiring then under the positions when they became available
in the regular budget?
Mr. Grassie: If I understand your question Commissioner, you're asking whether
people who are layed off will have automatic seniority on recall similar to the
kind of seniority they have in there present position?
Mr. Plummer: Right.
Mr. Grassie: The answer in my estimation, Bob correct me, is yes they will.
Mr. Plummer: That what I want to know.
Mr. Grassie: Now, there is one other thing that we should mention to you simply
so we don't forget it, I know that you know it and that is that there is a 11
million dollar vacancy fund or salary savings fund which we still have to, we have
to make or else we're going to end up with a unbalance budget at the end of the
year, so in terms of filling vacancies immediately we still have the problem
of making up that old...
Mr. Plummer: Vkrittling away at it.
Mr. Grassie: Yea.
Mr. Plummer: Ok.
Mrs. Gordon: Correct me, did I hear you say Mr. Grassie, that the insurance,
hospitalization insurance and so forth are now being given to all the CETA
person who are employed under the City.
Mr. Grassie: We have in the last several months, move to include those employees
in all of the regular benefit and my impression is that that has been accomplished
with the one the one exception of the pension system.
Mr. Krause: Mats correct.
Mr. Plumper: Well, but we're reimbursed aren't we, by the Federal Government,
for hospitalization?
Mrs. Gordon: No.
W. Grassie: Well, no we're not if the person is making, let us assume $1.1,000
of salary, anything over $10,000 Comes out of the City.
Mrs, Gordon: that means a portion of the salary as well the fringe,
Mt. Grassie: That is correct.
Mrs. Gordon: You're then telling n that, I think I might be mistaken but
had the impression that there was a 10% factor involve with regards to the
funding that applied to the City, to those persons who are earning $10,000 or
less for the fringe benefits and that that in itself, the 10% wouldn't cover
the, all the benefits, am I wrong?
Mr. Krause: Let me take this shot at it, CEI'A ennloyees are eligible to have
their salaries reimbursed up to a maximum of $10,000 a yaar. CETA will also
pay for fringe benefits that are accrued on the first $10,000 of earnings, so
that in effect we are, the $10,000 employee, we get maybe $11,050 reimbursement
for the salary and fringe benefit, but when we get into the galaries of $15,000
and $18,000, we still only getting the $11,050 reimbursement.
Mrs. Gordon: I see so its just those below that level, that we get reimbursed
and those above we have to pick up the tab.
Mr. Krause: Thats correct.
Rev. Gibson: I want to raise a very important aspect of this layoff business,
I want the Mayor and Mr. Reboso to hear this. The people who will be affected
most and couldn't afford it, are those, that large number of people you put in
this budget mess, very interesting thing, thirty days to those people is like
life and death, I hope that before we deal with this budget, you know much more,
I want the Mayor to hear this, that you know we talk about some of those other
folks other than the services folks,I don't know if you all understand what I'm
talking about, because thirty days to some of these other folks would be life and
death and I going to question like hell whether or not we need to get some of
those other folks who are not fire, who are not police and certainly who aren't
sanitation workers, so make sure you got all of that together in that package,
ok.
Mr. Gary: In addition to being able to hire the CETA people there are some
restrictions, as you all know you have to be unemployed for thirty days and
you have to be a resident of Dade or Nbnroe County. It is in vision that the
2.6 million dollars available to us would generate 260 positions as a result
we only have 167 positions to fill so that is more than adequate, however there
is a requirement that we pay an excess of $10,000 salary, as Mr. Grassie,
said before if an employee makes $11,000 we have to pay the $1,000 and CETA
will pay the $10,000. If you will turn to page four and five of your budget
message, what Mr. Grassie, has attempted to explain to you is the cost to
re -hire an average fire fighter, police officer, and general employee. For
police and fire with fringe benefits the salary is $25,000, so the City would
have to pick up an additional $15,000, for a general City employee $18,000 and
the City would have to pick up $8,000. Now, if you would turn to page five
Mr. Grassie's message identifies the amount of money the City would have to
make up in order to bring back the 167 people, the total cost to the City would
be approximately 1.4 million or 1.5 million, the cost of CETA would be 1.67
million. Also, in the message he outlined some alternatives, one of those
alternatives which Mr. Grassie explains that he highly recommends is the reductions
in the salary increases granted for police and fire, instead of giving 5% we're
requesting that we grant them 2%, for thats an alternative available to you
that would generate $780,000 which almost meet the $795,000 required to bring
back police and fire.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Gary, let me stop you for a minute, because I don't want anybody
going away from herewith a misunderstanding, You made a statement that it was
our, referring to the Commission's alternative and...
Mayor Ferre: Mr Plummer, excuse the interruption but I want to make sure that
we all understand very clearly that we're not coming to any conclusions here
today, the only purpose of this hearing now is for the Manager to have as un-
interrupted as possible the opportunity to :hake his statement to us and then
for us to ask questions, Father Gibson, this is not the mint as I see it,
now personally for us get into conclusion, now if the Commission wants to of
course you're entitled to, but I just recommend that what we do here listen
ask pertinent questions and get ready then for what I think is going to be a
real serious public debate.
Rev, Gibson; I want to agree with you Mr. Mayor, but I also want the Manager
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and the staff to also get themselves together to respond to some the reactions
We have too, because you know some of these people are mighty careless man.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Gary, getting back to my point, as I understand it unless I'm
wrong it is not an alternative of this Commission to reduce that 5% to 2, that
is solely in the perview of the unions, because as I understand it that is an
negotiated contract and I would assume this Commission would honor that contract
which we signed in good faith and they did, so as I see it it is solely upon the
unions or the employees which they represent to make that concession, I don't that
there is any, any chance that this Commission can say ok employees we're only going
to give you two, am I correct in that statement?
Mr. Gary: Yes you are.
Mr. Plummer: So are the only ones who can make that decision is not the administration,
not the Commission, but the employees? Is that a correct statement?
Mr. Grassie: The recommendation on page five, third paragraph Commissioner is that
the City negotiate with the police and fire unions a reduction in the salary
increase.
Mr. Plummer: Yes sir.
Mr. Grassie: And that is what we are proposing, that we negotiate with the union.
Mr. Plummer: Ok, what I'm saying is if the union says no to your proposal then its
over.
Mr. Grassie: It is because of that that we have alternatives, you are right.
Mr. Plummer: Yea, ok, fine I just want that understood, that this Commission can't
break a contract which we made, so as I see it the only ones who can reduce from
five to two is the employees, we can retest it, we can hope you can negotiate it,
but they are the ones whc have a contract through this fiscal year.
Mr. Grassie: That is correct.
Mr. Plummer: Ok, I want that understood.
Mr. Grassie: Now, that is true of police entire of course...
Mr. Plummer: Only, I understand that.
Rev. Gibson: I have a question has the administration even entertained any discussion
with the union?
Mr. Grassie: We as you know have made this recommendation in the management letter
and distributed on Friday. In the intervening days we have not approached the
union until this was discussed with you, once it has been discussed with you
today our next step would be assuming that there is some concurrence, if its a
reasonable course of action, our next step would be to enter into discussions
with the employee representatives.
Mayor Ferre: Anything else?
Mr. Plummer: Carry on.
Mr. Gary: Ok, a further alternative is a 3% retention of salary incrpamPs for
general employees for which we have no bargaining units this time and no contract
also, included in the message are some other alternatives which involves various
types of pension reductions which are on page six and seven and I think the final
comment that the City Manager Makes in his budget, is that if all of the four
mentioned alternatives fail that the City Commission review the fire department's
with the hope of returning back 25 of the 36 fighters to permit us to retain
rescue 8 and laci6pr 11. Are there any questions?
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Gary, let me ask you a question sir, it has been projected that
this year deficit is orginally known as 7.4.
Mr. Gary• Right.
Mr. Plummer: You have refined that and updated it to be in a deficit of 3.85,
Mrs Gary: No I think it was...
Mr, Plummer: Excuse me, 5.95,
Mr. Gary: 5.95, right.
Mr. Gary: There is a rumor and I'm asking you whether it is correct, that there
is a projected deficit by your department for 78-79, that we know what it is for
this year, but it is known that the deficit next year will be even greater, have
you in your department made any projections as to next year, does it in fact show
we're in to more serious problems than this year?
Mr. Gary: The answer to your question is no, we haven't had time to look into
next year, we haven't made any projections at all to next year.
Mr. Plummer: None.
Mr. Gary: None.
Mr. Plummer: To the best of your off handed opinion is it, looking down the path
a year, that we will be in the same boat, we will be better off or we will be
worse off?
Mr. Gary: No comment.
Mr. Grassie: If I can answer that question Commissioner, two things, one you know
we have established the practice early in a calendar year and this year we did
it in April, to give a synopsis, to give you a snap shot of what the next budget
year i. likely to look like, we're going to do that again, so as soon as it is
reasonable to make that projection we will be making it and getting it to you.
But the more important point is that this budget in terns of what is supported
by the general fund is reducing the obligation of a general fund by 380 positions,
now that is the key to being better off the next than we are for the up coming year,
that is better off in fiscal 1979 than we are when we're facing fiscal 78, so my
answer to you is one, you're going to know reasonably quickly so that you're not
going to be surprised at the last minute, but more than that because we are reducing
380 positions, there is a reasonable expectation that we're going to be better off
in 79.
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Mrs. Gordon: A couple of questions Mr.'6rassie, the seniority of those persons
who will be on the layoff list agreed hired by CETA, will their seniority continue
to grow while they're in the CETA positions?
Mr. Grassie: Yes, with the exceptions of the thirty days, they will not get seniority,
credit for the thirty, but it is our intentions to maintain the continuity of their
benefits and to arrange it so that the fact that they are an layoff does not interrupt
for example does not interrrupt their longevity period, accept for the thirty days.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie, let me ask you this again, because this is one of the
real key points on this hold CErA recommendation, as I understand it Atlanta and
Washington turn down the fiftee4 we requested for a fifteen day, you requested for
a fifteen day reduction.
Mr. Grassie: Yes as a mattes of fact the Atlanta staff agreed with us to give us
fifteen percent at one point.
Mayor Ferre: And then Washington over turned that.
Mr. Grassie: But, their legal counsel told them that was simply illegal, they could
not do that.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, now let me ask you this, on the question of the thirty day
layoff, if you will or dry period, debt period or what have you, is there anyway
that we can out of any other funds, supplement these people or assign then to other
jobs or do something so that you don't have people without pay for thirty days, as
Father Gibson, says people who can ill -afford to have no pay check for a thirty day
period.
Mr. Grassie: 'The person will get unemployment benefits, thats one thing.
Mayor Ferre: It is for a thirty day perms.
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Mr. Plummer: I thought you had to be out of work thirty days before you can get
unemployment.
Mayor Ferre: I think its right, there is a Certain time requirement.
Mr. Plummer: There is term, that you better be unemployed, before you can collect
unemployment.
Mayor Ferre: In other words you can't go off the City payroll on a friday and
on noonday start getting payroll.
Mrs. Gordon: No way.
Mayor Ferre: I mean unemployment, ok. So, tell me how these people are going to eat,
for the thirty day, well, what I'm getting to, I'm not trying to...
Mr. Grassie: Well, Mr. Mayor, you know I understand your concern, all I can say to
•you is that our effort is to make sure that .these people eat after the thirtv_ days, which
seem to me better than saying that they are simply laid -off without work forever,
now, that there are this locations and there are problems I admit to you, let me
answer your specific question however, the specific question is, can we somehow
supplement their salary in a short run for that thirty day period?
Mayor Ferre: Thats the question.
Mr. Grassie: Financially, yes I'm sure that we could, you
simply by making more layoffs and producing more money in
financially do it, legally it is my understanding there is
one of the basic stipulations of the law is that they have
they cannot be on vacation, they cannot be on some kind of
-that are recalled have to be legitimately laid off.
know if nothing else,
the general funds, we could
no way that we can do it,
to be legitimately laid off,
a paid status, people
Mayor Ferre: May I ask you this question then, could for example doing this one
month period, now follow my question, those people be given a loan that would be
deducted over a eleven or twelve month period to the subsequent year, so that if
in fact what you're saying is you're going to take away one month out of twelve,
that is 1/12th and the person is making lets say just for argument sake $12,000
and in effect what you're doing is removing one month which is a $1,000, could you
then give that individual a $900 loan, could the City do that and then deduct the
$900 advance over the subsequent eleven months or twelve months.
Mr. Grassie: We will be very willing to explore, if I had to give you an answer
right now I would say no, simply because that is an obvious subterfuge which avoids
the intent of the law.
Mrs. Gordon: Question?
Mr. Grassie: Now, there maybe another way of approaching it if a third party does it,
lets say the credit union, the employee credit unions give the employees a loan, the
City pays then for the months that they are employed, pays them there full salary
and then they take their money and repay the credit union it would seen to me that
could be a legitimate process.
Mrs. Gordon: They would have to pocket for four weeks pay, however.
Mr. Grassie:
I see Mr. Krause, standing up so he may have an opinion about that.
Mrs. Gordon: Let Mr. Krause, take this one so he can answer then all at one time,
is it illegal or impossible for any other reason to give them a severance sum when
they are terminated.
Mr. Krause: That was the point I intended to make when I came up to the microphone
we discussed with the people in the Atlanta Region their definition of what it meant
to have somebody on layoff and what they meant when they said that we could not
carry people on paid vacation or sane other benefit during the layoff period and I
told them that it was practice in the City, that when someone was laid off he was
paid a lump sum for his earned vacation and anyother compensatory kind that he might
have to his credit and that might amount to an as iitional payment of two, three or
four weeks pay and I asked whether that would be considered by the department of
labor as a violation of the requirements of people being on layoff and I was told
no as long as you are following what is a standard practice and in giving people
payment for benefits to which they are entitled and giving it to than in a lump semi
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that would make them eligible for unemployment compensation benefits and thats the
pr r procedure. Now, when the question was asked how long do you have to be unemployed
to be eligible for benefits. I went over and asked Dean Mielke, because I'm unfamiliar
With that detail of Florida Law, he told me ;plat it was his understanding on layoff
if you go down and apply the very next day but there would be a one week waiting period
that is you would not be eligible for unemployment during the first week of layoff
but you would be there after.
Mrs. Gordon: But isn't it also true they don't receive a check that first week after
layoff?
Mr. Krause: Yes, thats correct there is a delay in receiving it.
Mrs. Gordon: Several weeks.
Mr. Krause: Yes.
Rev. Gibson: Let me ask this question, what happens to the service all thattime,
for thirty days?
Mrs. Gordon: Quite a few weeks in the delay.
Rev. Gibson: You know...
Mr. Grassie: I'll answer your question Commissioner, but I want to put it in the
context of our trying to present to you a solution for a problem that wasn't created
last week, now the simple fact is that we don't have the Honey to do what you feel
you want to do. Now, having said that and specifically with regards to sanitation.
Rev. Gibson: No, it would regard to all of them, let me say I understand what that
administration is doing, I want with regards to all of the services, the letters we
get and you know I got a copy of that thing here, those people were smart, all those
white folk out there they aren't dumb, they wrote their letters, pages of signatures
to the three departments and when I hear the administration talk, the administration
talks about saving two departments and not three, ok. The people aid three, see
there I sure think god, you know I like what white america does sometimes. For you
information you find a healthy attempt by the Coconut Grove citizens to became strong
opponents to the projected cut backs in our departments are sanitation ,
police and fire. Everbody could see who want to see, all these sheets.
Mr. Grassie: Commissioner, we're suggesting bringing back fran layoff 54 uniformed
people in police and fire and 86 people in sanitation, now you know thats the fact,
what else can I tell you. Its our proposal that everybody who gets laid off be brought
back, who has been funded by the general fund, that does not include previously CETA
funded people but it does include everybody who has been previously funded by the
general fund.
Mr. Plummer: When is that due to us as far as next year is concerned.
Mr. Grassie: Well, again the last paragraph of my budget message Commissioner,
indicates that the alternatives in front of the City are really very simple, either
you reduce your budget to meet your revenues right now or else you plan the kind of
reduction which will allow you to operate within the revenues you expect, but you make
every effort to make use of federal monies, so that you can save as many peoples jobs
for as long as possible. 'The answer to your question is, we will continue to save those
jobs for as long as we have some resource like the federal money that you are talking
about to do so, if that comes to an end at same point thats one more reality that we have
to face up to, but I don't think that we should in the short run -cut people off,
because we may have to sometime in the future and all we're suggesting is that we
make every effort now to make use of the money thats available to us.
Mrs. Gordon: One more question Mr. Grassie, regarding the operation of placing these
people into the CETA program, isn't it a necessity for then then to obtain a medical
examination and would that possibly became sane kind of a problem for some people who
have been on the job for some time, as employees carried under the general fund then
they don't go for a periodic nedical examination, an I correct.
Mr. Krause: Thats correct.
Mrs. Gordon: But, if then this ohs about I don't know if anybody would be affected
adversely by it, but isn't it a possibility that there would be same?
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Mr. Krause: The normal procedure for re-employment after layoff, is to ac ministet
a Medical examination.
Mrs. Gordon: Thats what I thought.
Mr. Krause: The civil service rules are scariewhat ambiguous on that point and I think
a layoff, if it is only for thirty days, there might be some flexibility for the City
to make a policy decision on it.
Mrs. Gordon: About the examinations?
Mr. Krause: Yes.
Mrs Gordon: That is not a federal requirement?
Mr. Krause: Its not a federal requirement.
Mrs. Gordon: Ok.
Mayor Ferre: What else do you have Mr. Gary?
Mr. Gary: Thats it.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I would like to make a motion.
Mayor Ferre: Yes sir.
Mr. Plummer: I would like to make a motion at this time that the administration
be instructed to do the following; number one, in a itemized list give the alternatives
to this Commission, if the following proposals do not take place as put forth in the
budgeted message; number one, police and fire, number two, facilities of fire which
are proposed to layoff, number three, sanitation and number four, if in fact no tax
increase is proposed. that I'm in fact saying, you surely have a dollar amount on
these items and I would like to know that if these items and the priority as I have
given them are not agreed upon by this Commission with the ministration, what else
would go? Do you understand what I'm saying?
Mayor Ferre: What...
Mr. Plummer: The police and fire represent X number of dollars in layoff, if this
Commission says to you there shall be no layoffs in police and fire, that amount of
money would say to you something else has to go, if this Commission says to you we are
not concurring that you are going to close facilities, that is X dollars more, what
else then would have to go? If this Commission, disagrees with sanitation and this
Catrnission should disagree with no tax increase, I want to know from your depart
categorically A,B,C and D, what else would have to go if this Commission does not
agree with your proposal and I put that in a form of a motion.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, this is a request fran one of the umbers of the Commission...
Mr. Grassie: Clarification Mr. Mayor?
Mayor Ferre: Sure.
Mr. Grassie: My assumption Commissioner, is that you are talking about the dollar
impact of deciding not to do, not to make the layoffs of the reductions, first in
place of fire, then in facilities, then in sanitation and lastly no tax increase,
you're talking about the dollar impact of that.
Mayor Ferre: No, he's going beyond that Mr. Manager, what the man has said is
specifically if these dollars are not available as you have recommended in your
budget estimate, then what would you, what is your recommendation, because thats
what he is asking for of the next thing that would be reduced or eliminated.
Mr. Grassie: I think Mr. Mayor that is in fact the request and I had a feeling it
might be. I have to take the position with you that the budget dialogue is design
to resolve that problem.
Mayor Ferre: Is what?
Mr. Grassie: Is design to resolve Commissioner Plummer's problem, the budget that
you have presented to you is my revanmmzndation, if in analyzing it you find that
you cannot concur with that recourendation, I think that you will have to tell. re
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What you want cut. You're not telling me what you want cut, you're telling Me
what you don't want cut.
Mt. Plummer: Exactly.
Mr. Grassie: Now, what I don't want cut is everything, I don't wart to cut anything.
Mr. Plummer: I think we all agree on that point.
Mr. Grassie: Having agreed on that then if you want me cut something other than what
1 have piupused, I think in fairness you need to tell me. You need to tell me where
you want me to make those cuts.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie, and I think after that we're going to break for lunch,
I want you to know that for many many years same of us here dealt with one of your
predecessors Mel Reese, who would... as a matter of fact I'll tell you a real quick
story, the first time I got into a budget hearing, I got into a real fight with Mel
Reese, and the next day the Miami Herald, put before the news ,"Ferre blast Reese",
that was the headline you know, I haven't gotten a headline like that since, But
that particular one they really wanted to make a big confrontation, of course you
know the Herald wants to get rid of the City of Miami, so here is a big chance to
hit the City again, so"Ferre blast Reese", and that was the big thing in 1967, Mr.
Reese, walked out at one time Mr. Reese said, he says Mr. Commissioner,... he got
up, he got my speak and he said I'm going to tell you something, I've given you my
recommendation and if you don't like it, you tell me what you want me to cut and
we went through that for days and days and Charlie Hall was there, he remembers
and we went through that one fcr a long time. After that subsequently, and I think
and specially with Paul Andrews and certainly last year with you, I think this
Commission has stated and the Manager makes a recommendation, the Commission states
whether or not its acceptable, if its not acceptable the Managers have always been
asked to go back and look and see where else you feel that You might be able to cut.
since you are, and this is a balancing act between us, since you are in effect in
charge of the administration, you know best, we are policy makers, you are the
administrator you've got to tell us, now if in fact we decide not to go with one of
these alternate proposals, what the next recommendation from you would be on the
next series of possible reductions, cuts or otherwise and I think thats all that
Commissioner Plummier, is asking for. You can't turn around and say to us Joe,
now you tell me what you want to cut.
Mr. Grassie: I appreciate what you are saying Mr. Mayor, and basically, you know I
agree with you, but keep this in mind, the budget making process is difficult enough
as you know, if we talk about making the kind of cuts in what is left of the City,
having excluded what Commissioner Plummer, is talking about you will in fact have
nothing left, there is nothing left virtually. Now, you know we are going to have to
really get down to what you want and what you really want us to look at in a serious,
way, if we are going to get into those kinds of alternatives. You know, if you
really want me to evaluate for you whether or not it makes sense to close half of
the parks in the City, all I'm asking you is that you tell ne that you're really
serious about this thing and that we're faced with that sort of an alternative,
but, I mean not just kind of off hand serious, but, you know if we are really going
down to that level of review its going to take a lot of serious work on our part and
also on yours .
W. Plummer: Mr. Grassie, let me speak for one, I couldn't be more serious. Now,
you ask me does it relate to dollars, dollars are people, people are dollars, I
can read between those lines if all you want to do is to profit in dollars its
alright, I can understand that, but listen admit the truth, budget process by the
administration is your way of setting priority, now that leaves you in a position
of having these five people either agreeing with your priorities or disagreeing
with your priorities and thats what we're here all about, now I for one make
no bones about it, I disagree with the priorities, you know I'm not going to
make any punches, I've said if before I'll say it again, there have been many
new departments created in this City in the last year and are they that important
or not and that,you're entitled to your opinion as to there priority and I'm entitled
to mine and I'm only 20% of the vote.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mr. Plummer I think...
Mrs. Gordon: 20 and 20 makes 40.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, thats a second, further discussiJon, its been Wired and
seconded. Call the roll please.
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the following tnotion Was introduced by COmmissioner PlUmmer, who troVed ita
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24711014 NO. 774'92
A MOTION DERICTING THE CITY MANAGER TO FURNISH
THE CITY OOMMISSICN WITH A LIST OF ALTERNATE
PROPOSALS CONCERNING SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS OF BUDGET
REDUCTIONS ON SERVICES IN THE EVERT THE FOLLOplING
PROPOSED CITY MANAGER'S REOOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMNISSICN:
A) LAY-OFFS OF PERSONNEL IN THE POLICE AND
FIRE DEPARMENT;
B) THE ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN SERVICES AND/
OR PROGRAMS IN THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARMENTS;
C) LAY-OFFS IN THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT; AND
D) NO TAX ENCREASE EN THE .1 .41,1 RATE.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the notion was passed and adopted
by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
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EVELO OF DI OF DIXIE PARK.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner pl'uMner, who moved
tth adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-693
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT
WITH O'LEARY-SHAFER AND ASSOCIATES, P.A., TO
PROVIDE PRDFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE REDEVEL-
OPMENT OF DIXIE PARK BASED UPON A REVISED DEVEL-
OPMENT BUDGET OF $1,142,000 PLUS A REVISED CON-
SULTANT'S DESIGN FEE OF $100,500 WITH FUNDS
THEREFORE TO BE ALLOCATED FROM THE PARKS FOR
PEOPLE BOND PROGRAM AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
MENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre.
10. ACCEPT OFFER FROM MALL TRANSPORT, INC. FOR SHUTTLE TRAM SERVICES To
N w-WORu CENTR-B I CE TFENN IAL PARK.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-694
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE OFFER OF SERVICES
FROM MALL TRANSPORT, INC., FOR FURNISHING A
SHUTTLE TRAM SERVICE IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI TO NEW
WORLD CENTER -BICENTENNIAL PARK FOR A TRAIL PERIOD
OF SIX (6) MONTHS AT A TOTAL COST OF S17,108.00;
ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM PUBLICITY & TOURISM BUDGET;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
TEE ATTACHED AGREEMENT WITH MALL TRANSPORT, INC.
TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT; Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT WITH STATE OF FLORIDA - MAINTENANCE OF'
LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS - 1-95 EXIT RAM( AT S.E, 2ND AVENUE
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, whd MoVed
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-695
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF MIAMI AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR
THE MAINTENANCE OF LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS
ON THE STATE-OWNED I-95 EXIT RAMP ISLAND AT
S.E. 2ND AVENUE, WITH FUNDS THEREFOR NOT TO
EXCEED $1,000. ALLOCATED FROM THIRD YEAR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and Oh 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 Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
12. GRANT EASEMENT IN EDISON PARK FOR PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY ACROSS
1-95 AT N,W, 65 STREET.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-696
A RESOLUTION GRANTING TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AN EASEMENT IN
EDISON CENTER PARK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE OF A RAMP FOR A PROPOSED
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY ACROSS I-95 AND N.W. 65TH
STREET; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND
CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE APPROPRIATE INSTRU-
MENT THEREFOR.
(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 Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ASSENT: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
13, ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: OMNI PAVING PROJECT - 1976 - BID "C°
LANDSCAPING,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plute, Who Wited
itS adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-697
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK
PERFORMED BY GARCIA ALLEN CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY,INC. AT A TOTAL COST OF $42,366.00
FOR OMNI PAVING PROJECT - 1976 (BID"C" -
LANDSCAPING), AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL
PAYMENT OF $4,236.60.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and On file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT:
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Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
14, APPROVE AMENDAENT TO SUBLEASE AGREEMENT GROVE KEY MARINA AND
GROVE RESTAURPVT LTD.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-698
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO
SUBLEASE BY AND BETWEEN GROVE KEY MARINA,
INC. AND GROVE RESTAURANT LIMITED, A COPY
OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A
PART HEREOF.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT:
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
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15. ACLtPT C, P EEiED WORK: LIME RIVtik MINI -'ARK - EUILIMW DvOLITION•
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-699
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK
PERFORMED BY BIG CHIEF, INC., AT A TOTAL COST
OF $12,098.50; ASSESSING $420.00 AS LIQUIDATED
DAMAGES FOR 7 DAYS OVERRUN OF CONTRACT TIME;
AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $789.85 FOR
LITTLE RIVER MINI PARK - BUILDING DEMOLITION.
(Here follows body of resolution,omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Rose
Commissioner J. L
Vice -Mayor (Rev.)
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT:
Gordon, the resolution was passed and
Gordon
. Plummer, Jr.
Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
16, ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK: TRAIL MINI -PARK DEVELOPMENT - 1975
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-700
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK
PERFORMED BY C.A. DAVIS, INC., AT A TOTAL
COST OF $55,505.81; ASSESSING $1,960.00
AS LIQUIDATED DAMAGES FOR 28 DAYS OVERRUN
OF CONTRACT TIME; AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL
PAYMENT OF $9,362.98 FOR TRAIL MINI -PARK
DEVELOPMENT - 1975.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner
Commissioner
J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
SEP 8 1977
CLAIM SCTT NTt WILPREDO AND A DIAZ AND ATKINS BODY W `iKi
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who MOVed
its adoption
RESOLUTION NO. 77-701
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE TO PAY TO WILFREDO DIEZ AND OLGA
DIEZ, WITH AN ADDITIONAL PAYEE, ATKINS BODY
WORKS, THE REPAIRING FACILITY, WITHOUT THE
ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE SUM OF $1,487.77
IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF ANY AND
ALL CLAIMS 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 Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT:
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
18, CLOSE FULLER STREET - OCTOBER 21, 22 AND 23 FOR TROPICAL PLANT FAIR
IN COCONUT GROVE.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-702
A RESOLUTION CLOSING FULLER STREET TO THROUGH
TRAFFIC ON OCTOBER 21, 22, AND 23, 1977 DURING
SPECIFIED HOURS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TROPICAL
PLANT FAIR HOSTED BY THE COCONUT GROVE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE, SUBJECT TO SAID BODY'S SECURING
NECESSARY PERMITS FROM THE POLICE AND FIRE
DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI.
(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 Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES; NONE.
ABSENT;
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
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Eh APPOINTMENT or PERSONS TO:
B11DC.IET Ip/IEVI CCM ITE
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, Whd Moiled
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-703
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING MR. ROBERT C.
HARTNETT, MR. FRANCISCO J. OLAZABAL,
MR. STEVE CHEPENIK AND MR. T. WILLARD
FAIR, AS MEMBERS, AND MR. CARLOS SALMAN,
MR. GARY DIX, AND MR. CYRIL SMITH, AS
ALTERNATE MEMBERS, TO THE BUDGET REVIEW
COMMITTEE, UNTIL THE SAID COMMITTEE IS
DISSOLVED ON NOVEMBER 1, 1980.
(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 J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT:
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
20. URGE U.S, CONFERENCE OF MAYORS AND U.S. CONFERENCE OF CITIES TO ENDORSE
LEGISLATION ENTITLED "SOCIO-ECOVIC NATIONAL GRCIAll ACT."
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-704
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, URGING THE U.S. CONFERENCE
OF MAYORS AND THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF CITIES
TO ENDORSE AND PROMOTE PROPOSED LEGISLATION
ENTITLED "SOCIO-ECONOMIC NATIONAL GROWTH ACT";
URGING THE SOUTH FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL DELE-
GATION TO INTRODUCE AND PROMOTE PASSAGE OF
THE ATTACHED PROPOSED BILL; FURTHER AUTHOR-
IZING THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO TRAVEL
TO WASHINGTON, D.C. IN ORDER TO PROMOTE
PASSAGE OF SAID PROPOSED BILL.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES; Commissioner J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES; NONE.
ABSENT:
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
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ACCETIT BID; 5-YEAR CONCESSION i cI rY, cF MIAMI
UUNT \. CLUB,
the following resolution was introduced by Commissioner PlUMMet, he moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-705
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH ANTONIO MOLINA
FOR THE OPERATION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI COUNTRY CLUB
FOOD CONCESSION FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, WITH A
FIVE (5) YEAR OPTION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT.
(Here_follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT:
ON ROLL CALL:
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
Mr. Plummer. And, let me state for the record Mr. Grassie, now that this selection
process is over with and this firm has been selected I want to tell you... I wanted
to tell you before but I won't because I felt that it might interfer. This man here
I am tickled pink got the selection. He has done this city proud by taking that out
of something that was a bad situation. I have never run across a more courteous and
more thoughtful individual than that man and I'm tickled pink to see him getting this
contract. I just want to put that on the record.
22, ACCEPT BID: LANDSCAPE PLANTS AND SHRUBS - BAYFRONT PARK - PHASE I.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-706
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FOLLOWING BIDS FOR FURNISHING
LANDSCAPE PLANTS AND SHRUBS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
AND RECREATION: EVERGLADES SOD AND LANDSCAPING COMPANY
FOR SEAGRAPE, JASMINUM, PITTSPORUM, MONSTERA, VIBURNUM,
COCOPLUM, BUCIDA BUCERAS AT A COST OF $21,384.75; ROBJOY
NURSERY FOR PHILODENDRON AT A COST OF $2,531.20; CRUSTY
DRYBREAD FOR PODACARPUS AT A COST OF $14,626.00; INVERRY
LANDSCAPE FOR LAGESTROENIA AT A COST OF $1,365.00; MANGOS
LANDSCAPE NURSERY FOR LADY PALMS AT A TOTAL COST OF $650.00;
FOR A TOTAL COST OF $40,555.95; ALLOCATING PONDS FROM THE
FEDERAL GRANT FOR BAYFRONT PARK, PHASE I; AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER AND THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE
ORDERS FOR THESE MATERIALS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adi)Pted by the following vote -
AYES : Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES; NONE.
ASSENT:
i
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayer Maurice A. Ferre
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25, ACCEPT BIDS ROTARY LAWN MARS,
The following resolution was introduced by cone issioher Flamm f ► Who tided
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-707
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF ACE LAWNMOWER SERVICE FOR
FURNISHING FOUR ROTARY LAWN MOWERS, ONE 19" CHAIN SAW, THREE
16" CHAIN SAWS AT A COST OF $2,100.60, BID OF RICHARDS IM-
PLEMENT CO. FOR TWO HI-LO BOY TRACTORS AT A COST OF $7,875.00,
BID OF TIECO FOR SIX ROTARY MOWERS WITH SULKY AT A COST OF
$7,762.00, BID OF HOMESTEAD MOWER SERVICE FOR TWO EDGER TRIM-
MERS AT A COST OF $679.00, BID OF HECTOR TURF & GARDEN,
FOR ELEVEN ROTARY MOWERS AND TWO ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS FOR
A COST OF $2,380.00, BID OF DEBRA TURF & INDUSTRIAL EQUIP-
MENT FOR TWO 30" REEL MOWERS AT A COST OF $2,458.00, BID OF
GMC TRUCK & COACH DIVISION FOR TWO PICK UP TRUCKS AT A COST
OF $11,470.00; FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
AT A TOTAL COST OF $34,725.10; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE
FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUND- MECHANIZATION PROGRAM; AUTHOR-
IZING 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 Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Pluamer►Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
24, ACCEPT BID: 10,000 SQUARE YARDS OF SIDEWALK -
BAYFRONT PARK - PHASE I.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner
its adoption:
Gordon, who moved
RESOLUTION NO. 77-708
A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 76-1076(11/18/76)
ACCEPTING THE BID OF THE BREWER COMPANY OF FLORIDA FOR
FURNISHING LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR APPROXIMATELY 10,000
SQUARE YARDS OF SIDEWALKS OF ASPHALTIC CONCRETE AND
BASE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION AT AN
APPROXIMATE COST OF $35,500.00; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM
TITLE X - BAYFRONT PARK FUND; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER AND 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 Plummer, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J.L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ASSENT:
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
SEP 8 197 !
25. Acc i' BID: VIRGINIA KEY RESTORATION PROJECT - 1977,
the following resolution was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who Moved
its adoption:
Upon
adopted by
AYES:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-709
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF FRISA CORPORATION
IN THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF $78,500 FOR THE VIRGINIA
KEY RESTORATION PROJECT - 1977; ALLOCATING THE
AMOUNT OF $78,500 FROM THE ACCOUNT ENTITLED
"POLLUTION CONTROL BONDS FUND" TO COVER THE CONTRACT
COST; ALLOCATING FROM SAID ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF
$8,635 TO COVER THE COST OF PROJECT EXPENSE;
ALLOCATING FROM SAID ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF $1,570 -
TO COVER THE COST OF SUCH ITEMS AS ADVERTISING,
TESTING LABORATORIES, POSTAGE; AND AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID FIRM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and
the following vote -
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT:
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
26, ACCEPT BID: WORK BOAT,
The following resolution was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-710
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF LINDSEY BOAT WORKS
FOR FURNISHING ONE WORK BOAT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC FACILITIES AT A TOTAL COST OF $16,415.00 ;
ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE 1976-1977 FISCAL YEAR
BUDGET; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PUR-
CHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER 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 Plummer, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT; Commissioner Manolo Reboso
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27i ACCEPTMD! WORK UNIPOWS i
The following resolution was introduced by CoMMiSsioner Pluit ►er, who Molted
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-711
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF UNIFORMS FOR INDUSTRY,
INC. FOR FURNISHING WORK UNIFORMS, AS NEEDED, ON A CON-
TRACT BASIS FOR ONE YEAR FROM DATE OF AWARD, ON A UNIT
COST BASIS, AT A TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED $55,549.80,
ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE 1976-1977 AND 1977-1978 FISCAL
YEAR BUDGET, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE PUR-
CHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDERS FOR THESE
MATERIALS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
281 ACCEPT BID: VIDEO EQUIPMENT,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-712
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF MIDWEST
TELECOMMUNICATIONS,INC., FOR FURNISHING VIDEO
EQUIPMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE AT A
COST OF $52,066; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM L.E.A.A.
PROJECT NO. 76-A2-15-CBO1 AND THE LOCAL HARD
CASH FUND; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE
PURCHASING AGENT TO ISSUE THE PURCHASE ORDER FOR
THIS EQUIPMENT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING PURCHASE OF
A MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE
SECOND YEAR OPERATION AT A COST OF $4,686, SUBJECT
TO THE AVAILABILITY OF DEPARTMENTALLY BUDGETED FUNDS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT;
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
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1 ACCEPT BIB DINNER KEY RECREATION CENTER / EXHIBITION HALL
Mr. Plummer: My only question is Mr. Manager, we're talking about a contract in
excess of three million dollars and maybe it's my stupidity,but I have never heard
of the contracting firm of Orlando Mendez. Now is there anyone that can give me
some idea as to the size of this company, how many people they employee, was there
a scoreboard done on them?
Mr. Grassie: Mr. Grimm can answer a number of those questions for you.
Mr. Plummer: How long have they been in business?
Mr. Grimm: You may not remember Commissioner but this particular firm has done two
contracts for the City. The Allapattah Community Building and the buildings down
in Wynwood Park ... • -
Mr. Plummer: For being three million dollars Mr. Grimm?
Mr. Grimm: Yes, as a matter of fact he's one of the few contractors that the City
has written,.. at least the Department of Public Works has written a letter of
condemnation on.
Mr. Plummer: That's fine. But here again ...
Mr. Grimm: But as it stands right now we have under contract federal funded projects
of the Dade County Jail in the amount of $523,000. Homestead Gardens, H.U.D. Project
in the amount of $963,000. Olympic Heights Post Office in the amount of $844,000.
Dade County's Landscape Nursery Buildings in the amount of $585,000. Naranja Park
Tool & Bathhouse for Dade County $443,000. Biological Park Administration Building
for Dade County $654,000. Mt. Sinai Hospital Emergency Center in the amount of
$396,000. Amtrack Terminal in the amount of $1,988,000.
Mr. Plummer: But this is his biggie. Now, how long has he been in business?
Mr. Grimm: I can't answer that Commissioner. I don't know how he's been in business,
but certainly in the vicinity of five years.
Mr. Plummer: Ok. You feel relatively safe that he is of sufficient size to take care
of this?
Mr. Grimm: Yes sir we do.
Mrs. Gordon: He provides bonding...
Mr. Grimm: Yes sir he's fully bonded. This is a federally funded project. He has to
comply with all the guidelines. I might add on this that were questioned as to whether
or not you know that he was a union contractor. He is not a union contractor, but as
you know our contracts do not require that. This is a federally funded project and he
is required under the Davis -Bacon Act to pay minimum wages as established by that act.
Mr. Plummer: Ok. I'll move it. Rose, when you talk about bonds, you know, it's nice
to have a bond but when you got to chase them to Taiwan to try to bring them back the
bonds ain't worth much.
Mrs. Gordon: Yes I know.
Rev. Gibson: Alright. Call the roll please.
9EP 8 19771
the following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummet, who Moved
it adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 775713
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF ORLANDO MENDEZ,
INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,304,800 FOR THE DINNER
KEY RECREATION CENTER/EXHIBITION HALL; ALLOCATING
FUNDS FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, LOCAL PUBLIC
WORKS PROJECT GRANT; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID FIRM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rase Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
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NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
30. AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT BEBER, SILVERSTEIN AND PARTNERS -
ADVERTISING SERVICES,
The following resolution was introdi.c.... by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-714
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH BEBER, SILVER -
STEIN AND PARTNERS FOR ADVERTISING SERVICES,
UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN
THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT, WITH FUNDS THEREFOR
ALLOCATED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY
AND TOURISM BUDGETED FUNDS.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
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8EP 8 19774
31i BRIEF PERSONAL. APPEARANCE: III E FANNATO,
Mr. Fannotto: Honorable Mayor, members of the Commission, and interested spectators.
Erny Fannotto is my name, President of the Taxpayers League, Miami and Dade County.
And, also President of the Homestead Tax.... I want to talk about the Orange Bowl
and any facilities that we're trying to invite in the Orange Bowl or to build new
facilities and stadiums. I'm going to say that in order to negotiate business contracts
you have to be business. I'll start off by saying in the Orange Bowl Mr. Robbie wants
us to make improvements and I want to say Mayor, I read what you said in paper in
reference to the contract. I agree with you 100%. I say this here, if Mr. Robbie
wants us to improve the Orange Bowl then he's going to have to give us a contract
that's binding at least 8 or 10 years. We've got only 3 years binding and Mr. Robbie
can move to Broward County or anywhere he wants it, and we can get stuck with 15 or
20 million dollars, whatever we invest in that Orange Bowl. We can't -get the money out.
Now, I notice that we're talking about building a stadium and other facilities for other
things. Now let's talk about baseball. I'm a baseball fan just like I'm a football
fan. I don't think we should build a baseball field for big league baseball unless
we have a contract for a concession, a big league contract signed in advance where we
can get baseball here in Dade County. But to build a stadium on spectulation that
you might get with taxpayer's money is just like walking backward with these hard times.
And, if you do, you are doing injustice to the taxpayers. These are hard times. Tax-
payers are overburden with taxes and we're cutting down city employees which is in my
estimation is a very bad practice. People that have been in our employment when they
take them positions hope to remain there and when you deprive them of their job you're
depriving them of livelihood and it's just not right. So I am going to say don't
negotiate and spend any money on spectulation. We're doing too much of that. We 're
going to have to sign a contract with Mr. Robbie. We're got to have a signed contract
with ball club or anything comes in this Orange Bowl and if you do I don't
call it business. You just might bankrupt the City of Miami. I'm going to say this
about the City of Miami. I think it's time the City Manager and the bond attorneys
start taking stock and I think when you do take stock you may treading on dangerous
waters because I think our credit rating is almost in jeopardy. When you don't have
any money to balance your budget and you have to resort to dismissing employees I
consider that treading on dangerous waters and I would like to see Mayor, I want to
hear how many bonds we have to pay,our share of the decay of bond progress, all the
new proposed projects that we're undertaking. I think we're undertaking too many
projects and I'm going to say this here, I've disagreed with the Manager many times.
There isn't any Manager can if'he undertakes too many projects and neither
can you be financially, neither can you operate your business in a financial manner
for the City taxpayers if you're undertaking too many projects. I am asking you
Mayor and I want that there in dollars and cents to tell the people how much out-
standing bonds we have. And, Mr. Manager, you stand there laughing but I think you
spend too reckless in the city and that's the reason I want to check ...
Mayor Ferre: Erny what he's laughing about is that we did that this morning and
Mr. Fannotto: Did what?
Mayor Ferre: What you just asked for.
Mr. Fannotto: You mean asked for a re -check in bonds?
Mr. Grassie: No sir what I was smiling at was the remark Commissioner Plummer made
to me.
Mayor Ferre: Well, we've got a copy of all that. Why don't you give him a copy of
what was presented this morning and we really have to get on now.
Mr. Fannotto: Wait a minute, I think this is important Mayor. I want the amount of
outstanding bonds, the amount of interest. I want the people to know where...
Mr. Plummer: We went through all of that this morning Buddy, they're going to give
you a copy of it in complete detail. We spent an hour and a half...
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Fannotto with your permission a lot of people that are waiting
that are on the agenda. I'll recognize you again later on.
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3. Presentation of a Commendation to the Miami Association of Fire Fighters,
IF
Local 587, for their assistance to the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy
Telethon. Deputy Chief Brice and Mr. Gene Naples will accept the Commendation.
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PRESENTATIONS, PLIES AND SPECIAL ITEMS,
1. Presentation of Hartford Insurance Company Silver Medal to tay Moore
for his heroic action in rescuing his three year old enphew from a burning
building.
2. Presentation to Mr. Dale Walker, Patient Unit Manager and Dr. C. Gillion Ward,
Medical Director of the Burn Unit, Jackson Memorial Hospital, of a Myo-tone
Biofeedback Monitor and a Jamar Dynamometer.
4. Presentation of a Commendation to Colonel Moises Suarez and his wife, Ernestina
Suarez, upon their retirement after 46 years of service with the Salvation Army.
Rev. Martin Anorga is also here.
5. Presentation of a Certificate to Appreciation to Mr. Eduardo Benet, Senior
Executive Vice -President of the Flagship Banks, for his achievements in
international banking. Mr. Benet recently received Venezuela's Award to the
Merit in Work, First Class, for his service with the Venezuelan Exchange Control
Office and his efforts in the reorganization of banks. He is the first United
States banker to receive the award.
6. Presentation of a Commendation to Ms. Priscilla Imburgia, Miss Miami 1977.
7. Presentation of Women in Construction Week Proclamation to the President of
the organization, Mrs. Ruth Livingston.
8. Presentation of Miami Outboard Club proclamation to Mr. Buck Horvath, Commodore;
Mr. Gordon Glen, Vice -Commodore; and Mr. Don Steffan. Also presentation of
proceeds from fishing tournament to a representative from Boystown of Florida.
33, SECOND READING ORDINANCE: IMENDCSIS
END SECTION
AND2-24-1 OF SE -VICE THE CITY CODE -
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
BY SUBSTITUTING A NEW S 2-24.1 THEREIN, WHICH PROVIDES FOR
INSPECTION AND SERVICE FEES FOR ZONING CERTIFICATES OF USE
FOR NEW BUILDINGS AND PREMISES AND ALSO FOR ANNUAL REINSPECTION
OF BUILDINGS AND PREMISES FOR RENEWAL CERTIFICATES AND ACCESSORY
USE CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION;
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of July 28th wass taken up
for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Connissioner Plummer, seconded by Vice -Mayor Gibson, the Ordinance was
thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre.
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8686.
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.
SEP 8 1977,
. SECOND READING ORDINANCE: Arm SECTION 2-24,2 OF CHAPTER 2
ESTABLISH FEES FOR INSPECTIONS AND EXAMINATIONS OF PLANS AND SITE
INSPECTIONS,
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, BY SUBSTITUTING A NEW SECTION 2-24.2 OF
CHAPTER 2, WHICH ESTABLISHED A FEE FOR INSPECTIONS
AND EXAMINATIONS OF THE PLANS AND SITE INSPECTIONS
TO ASSURE ORIGINAL Alv'D CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE NO. 6871, AS AMENDED, EXCLUDING SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENCES AND DUPLEXES; PROVIDING THAT THIS FEE SHALL
BE IN ADDITION TO THE BUILDING PERMIT FEE; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of July 28th was taken up
for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Commissioner Reboso, seconded by Commissioner Plummer, 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.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8687.
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.
35, SEM READING ORDINANCE: Arm SECTIONS 5, 6, 7 AND 8 OF ORDINANCE 6145 -
ENACT NEW FEE SCHEDULES.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTIONS 5, 6, 7, AND 8 OF ORDINANCE
NO. 6145, AS AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTING NEW FEE SCHEDULES AS
SECTION 5, FOR BUILDING PERMITS, PLUMBING PERMITS, ELECTRICAL
PERMITS, AND MECHANICAL PERMITS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROV-
ISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of July 28th was taken up
for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Commissioner Reboso, seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the Ordinance was
thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by
the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8688.
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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SECOND361 SING ORDINANCE: tSTABLISH 3RD YEAR CD BLOCK GRANT SOCIAL
SERVICE PROGRAM TRUST AND AGENCY PUS
ACCOUNT, 4
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE THIRD YEAR COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT -SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM TRUST
AND AGENCY FUND ACCOUNT; PROVIDING FOR REVENUES THEREIN
FROM A FEDERAL GRANT IN TEE AMOUNT OF $304,810 AND
MAILING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFROM IN A CORRESPONDING
AMOUNT;FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
INTO AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN APPROVED SOCIAL SERVICE
AGENCIES; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of July 28th 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 Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8689.
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.
37, SECOND READING ORDINANCE: ESTABLISH 2ND YEAR CD BLOCK GRANT -- LAND
ACQUISITION FOR SUBSIDIZED HOUSING - WiNWOOD
TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ACCOUNT.
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE SECOND YEAR COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - LAND ACQUISITION FOR SUB-
SIDIZED HOUSING, WYNWOOD PROJECT TRUST AND AGENCY FUND
ACCOUNT; PROVIDING A SOURCE OF REVENUE THEREIN FROM A
FEDERAL GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $170,000 AND MAKING AN
APPROPRIATION THEREFROM IN A CORRESPONDING AMOUNT:,
FURTF R AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO COORDINATE HIS
ACTIVITY WITH DADE COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF REQUIRED LAND FOR
THE AFORESAID HOUSING ACQUISITION PROGRAM; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of July 28th was taken up
for its second and final reading by title and adoption.
On motion of Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the Ordinance was
thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by
the following vote:
AYES; Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES; NONE.
ABSENT;
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8690.
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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38i DEFER CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE DEFINING "AMUSEMENT MACHtNEe
PENDING Ctt1ENTS BY POLICE DEPARTMENT:
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, on item 13, I seconded it before. I'll tell you I would
like if its possible, I don't think this is an emergency. I would like to defer
this and ask that a comment be given by the Police Department that if in fact this
thing is enforceable, you know. This relate to a kid playing a pin ball machine
under 17 his parents have got to be with him or a parents, and boy, I can just
see where this is going to create a lot of problems, and I would just like to
defer...
Mayor Ferre: Well, who originated it?
Mr. Plummer: I don't know where it can from.
Mr. Knox: Well, it originated in the City Attorney's Office because we do have an
ordinance( I don't have a number of it) which attempts to prohibit participation
and amusement and games machines already and there was an injunction issued against
the city declaring that that in some respect, that ordinance was unconstitutional.
And, this is nothing more than an attempt to straighten that matter out.
Mr. Plummer: Well, still I would like to defer it and ask the Police Department
is this thing in fact enforceable or not? I move that it be deferred. Deferred
until that report is forthcoming.
(
Thereupon a motion to defer this matter until a report is forthcoming from
the Police Department was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Commissioner Reboso was passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
39. SECOi4 READING ORDINAi: APPROVE OFFSTREET PARKING AUTHORITY, (►N
HALL OLYMPIA BUILDING EXPENDITURES FOR
FISCAL 1977-78 BUDGET.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING EXPENDITURES REQUIRED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING FOR THE OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE OF GUSMAN HALL AND THE OLYMPIA BUILDING
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING
OCTOBER 1, 1977 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1978; AND
ALSO APPROVING THE ENUMERATED SOURCES OF REVENUE FROM
SAID OPERATION; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of July 28th 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 J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT; Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8691.
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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40. ORDERING (RESOLUTION: S.W. 22Nbi STREET - HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PHASE I11
H-4418,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plurctr, who feted
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-715
A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING ORDERING RESOLUTION
NO. 77-653 AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO
ADVERTISE FOR SEALED BIDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF S.W. 22 STREET HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - PHASE III-
H-4418 IN S. W. 22 STREET HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT - PHASE III - H-4418.
(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 J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
41, CONFIRMING ASSESSMENT ROLL - TRIAL VIEW HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - H-4366,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-716
A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF TRAIL VIEW HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
H-4366 IN TRAIL VIEW HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
H-4366 AND REMOVING ALL PENDING LIENS FOR THIS
IMPROVEMENT NOT HEREBY CERTIFIED.
(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.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
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42. PUBLIC HEARINGS: OBJECTIONS TO COMPLETED WORK - No, BAYSHORE DRIVE, SANITARY
SEWER IMPROVEMENT Sly-5383 - C & S ,
the following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummier, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-717
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK
PERFORMED BY SULLIVAN, LONG & HAGERTY AT A
'DOTAL COST OF $83,165.73 FOR NORTH BAYSHORE
DRIVE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5383-C
(centerline sewer) AND SR-5383-S (sideline
sewer) IN NORTH BAYSHORE DRIVE SANITARY SEWER
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SR-5383-C (centerline
sewer) AND SR-5383-S (sideline sewer), AND
AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $8,316.57.
(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 Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
43, APPROVE APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING FOR
FISCAL 1977-1978,
Mr. Grassie: This doesn't have my recommendation. That does not mean that I don't
recommend it Mr. Mayor. We have not been successful in getting the Department of
Off -Street Parking to put this budget in the standard format that is true for all of
your other departments. So we really can't vouch for it contents.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, I'm going to make a motion after we pass this for the next
fiscal year that the budgetary process for Off -Street Parking be in conformance
with the same format whatever that is that is used by the City of Miami so that
it can be applicable to the city format.
Mr. Plummer: Move it in both items.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 1977 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER
30, 1978 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gordon
and was passed on its first reading by title by the following vote -
AYES; Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES; NONE.
ASSENT:
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
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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The folidwitig i lotion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, Who ceded itt
adoptiOnt
MOTION NO. 77-748
A MOTION STATING THE POLICY OF THE CITY COMMISSION
THAT IN FUTURE BUDGET YEARS THE OFF-STREET PARKING
AUTHORITY AND THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
SUBMIT THEIR BUDGET ESTIMATE TO THE CITY MANAGER
UTILIZING THE SAME BUDGETARY STYLE FORMAT AS USED
BY ALL OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
t1pen being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner Rose Gordon
NOES: NONE.
ABSENT: Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
FURTHER DISCUSSION:
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Ia Baw I hope that you will first of all, convey to Mr. Wolfson,
speaking for one Commissioner, that I'm damn proud of the job that you people have
done which is a credit to him in this Off -Street Parking Authority. Number two,
they wouldn't be shooting at you in the paper and saying what a bad job that you
have done or inadequate job if you weren't ahead of them. They can't kick you in the
tail unless you're ahead of them. And, I think it ought to be said in the paper _
something that somebody doesn't want to realize that you could have in fact be
providing more parking in the Downtown Area had you not been having to do all the
work for the County which they don't do themselves. I can imagine that just about
all of the problems of parking in the downtown would be eliminated.had you had the
opportunity to build a parking structure which you did for the County at Jackson
Hospital in the Downtown Area. So I think it should be brought out that those
same ones who are criticizing you today are the very ones that you kept out of
trouble yesterday and that we will do the best that is possible and if we can in the
future and I'm not going to forget it. We'll help them when everything else is done
for us.because when we help them when they needed it they got what they needed and
now they see fit to turn around and kick us in the teeth. I just hope that you
express to Mitchell Wolfson and the other members of the board my appreciation for
a job well-done, a fine good parking in the Downtown Area.
Mr. La Baw: Thank you sir.
Mayor Ferre: Amen to that Mr. Sa Baw.
44. FIRST READING ORDINANCE: APPROPRIAT QQNS .FISCAL YEAR ENDING
SEPTEMBER 5U, 1�QQR/$.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1978, PROVIDING THAT IF ANY SECTION,
CLAUSE, OR SUBSECTION SHALL BE DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL,
IT SHALL NOT AFFECT THE REMAINING PROVISIONS, REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES, OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Reboso
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummier, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
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.
1,9 SEP 8 1977,
ftcth No. 44.
ON MOLL CALL:
Mayor Ferre: The City Manager has specifically authorized the transfer of funds
between accounts and withhold any of these;.... I think it raise funds from
emcumberances or expenditures should such actions appear advanteously, the
economic and efficient objections of the city and what she wants is comma (,) with
the final approval of the City of Miami Commission.
Mrs. Gordon: Yes, it's a transferring...
Mr. Grassie: My impression Mr. Mayor is that it's completely impractical. We're
talking about transferring money between a stamp account and a stationery account
in order to make sure that you don't over spend any of your....
Mrs. Gordon: It doesn't say that here that it's a stamp account or other minor
and insignificant account. It's quite broad in its scope and it could be any kind
of account.
Mayor Ferre: Well, you want to put an American limit to it?
Mrs. Gordon: No. Upon approval of the Commission and that doesn't seem to be to
be any devastating change to the Manager's ability to conduct his business.
Mayor Ferre: Well, this is a change from the way we've done business as long as
I've been around here.
Mr. Grassie: Yes, it is. This happens 30 or 40 times a week that these transactions
take place. Now, you know the suggestion that we bring that sort thing to the
City Commission ...
Mayor Ferre: Well, let me ask you this? Has this been the standard operating
procedure for the City in the past, the way it is now?
Mr. Grassie: What is suggested in this ordinance is what the city has been doing
probably for 30 years.
Mayor Ferre: Is this the way Metropolitan Dade County functions?
Mr. Grassie: This is the way most cities in the United States function, yes.
It's also standard procedure for...
Mrs. Gordon: Can I ask a question? You are bringing to us in our agenda quite
a number of items which you're asking for us to approve the...you know, changing
of funds? Why axe you bringing it to us?
Mr. Grassie: The things that we have brought in,the past and continue to bring
to you and would under the terms of this ordinance are any changes which would
modify the appropriations that you are making in this ordinance.
Mrs. Gordon: That's what I'm asking you.
Mr. Grassie: Well, if that is what you're asking...
Mrs. Gordon:* If I'm not expressing myself to you clearly, then that is my intent.
Mr. Grassie: Oh, well that we have been doing and under the terms of this ordinance
will continue to do.
Mrs. Gordon: But it doesn't say so in writing does it?
Mr. Grassie: Yes ma' am it does say so.
Mrs. Gordon: Show me where.
Mr. Grassie: Let me ask the Finance Director to comment on the terminology. Maybe
that will help with our discussion.
Mr. Gunderson: Yes there is a distinction between what the charter says regarding
transfers that the City Commission must approve. Those transfers provide the
City Commission must approve them between funds or between departments.
Mrs. Gordon: That's what I'm talking about.
$r. Gunderson: But those that refer between accounts there's a distinction. An
account is like an object of expenditure and those...
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MTh GotdOn: Pine. If itin he a Show me where it is and I'll forget the whole
thing.
I�lr. Gunderson: No where listed in that ordinance is an account they are funds
or departments
speaking.
but they are not accounts relative to a transfer to which this is
Mayor Ferre: Is this covered by the charter?
Mr. Gunderson: Yes.
Mr. Knox: Mrs. Gordon ---
Mr. Gunderson: It's covered relative-- if you get the distinction. The distinction
is that first of all there are no accounts that the kind which the Manager moves
being delineated in that ordinance. The thing that is prescribed from moving are
between those items that are listed in that ordinance and those are -between depart-
ments and between funds and those must be changed by the City Commission action only.
Mrs. Gordon: In other words, you're telling me you don't have to have it in here
because it's spelled out.
Mr. Gunderson: In there,right.
Mrs. Gordon: Ok, then I accept that.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, now are we ready?
Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor the only thing that I can put on the record is so
that when I read tomorrow's headline so I can truthful say that it's incorrect.
This is a first reading for mechanical purposes only.
Mayor Ferre: That's correct.
Mr. Plummer: That in no way
that it is first reading for
45, FIRST READING ORDINANCE;
have we adopted any budget or appropriated any monies,
mechanical reasons only. Amen.
DEFINE AND DESIGNATE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF CITY FOR
PURPOSES OF TAXATION; FIXING MILLAGE AND LEVYING
TAXES FOR FISCAL ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1978,
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING AND DESIGNATING THE TERRITORIAL
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAXATION;
FIXING THE MILLAGE AND LEVYING TAXES IN THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1977,
AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1978, PROVIDING THAT IF ANY
SECTION, CLAUSE OR SUBSECTION, SHALL BE DECLARED UNCON-
STITUTIONAL, IT SHALL NOT AFFECT THE REMAINING PROVISIONS.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Vice -Mayor Gibson
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manole Reboso
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer., Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into
the
eipubCicaarecord rd and an ounc�edbli.c.
d
that copies were available to the members
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46* SECOND READING ORDINANCE: AMEND CHAPTER 39 OF THE CODE TO PERMIT CONDO TIN
OF RECEPTION OR SOCIAL GATHERING AT ORANGE 101.
STADIUM BY USER, EACH CALENDAR YEAR,
Mr, FlumMer: t got to know some more about item 21.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mr. Manager?
Mr. Plummer: We're not serving beer in the Orange Bowl, how come we're serving
cocktails? Are we getting any additional rental Mr. Grassie?
Mr, Grassie: This really Commissioner, is an accommodation to the team. What
they have asked is that they be allowed to use a space under the stands and to
improve it slightly so that they can have some of their guests, some people who
represent the opposing team$, some of the news media, and have some place to
entertain them. There is no cost to the city. It is simply an opportunity for
them to do it and this would make it legal for us to extend that.
Mayor Ferre: And, as of November 8th, it's going to be legal all over the Orange
Bowl, so it's ...
Mrs. Gordon: They won't be selling anything there?
Mr. Grassie: No, it is a place where they provide drinks and you know, something
to eat.
Mrs. Gordon: May I understand you clearly,they, meaning the players?
Mr. Grassie: The Dolphins.
Mrs. Gordon: The team?
Mr. Grassie:
Mr. Plummer:
Mr. Grassie:
and they are
available to
if they wish
The management of the team,yes.
Well, now this is not to the Dolphins is it?
No, this is written broadly but the requests come from the Dolphins
the ones who are improving the area. They have agreed to make it
other organizations,such as,the Orange Bowl or the University of Miami
it.
Mrs. Gordon: This is out of the view of the general public.
area away from the public?
Mr. Grassie: It's in the same area if you remember
holds it's annual party in that same area.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
This is an enclosed
where the Orange Bowl Committee
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II, CHAPTER 39 OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "MIAMI ORANGE
BOWL MEMORIAL STADIUM", BY AMENDING SECTION 39-25 THEREOF BY
DELETING THE PROVISION THAT LIMITS AN AUTHORIZED USER OF THE
ORANGE BOWL TO ONE USE OF A DESIGNATED AREA OF THE ORANGE BOWL
FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A RECEPTION OR SOCIAL GATHERING
EACH CALENDAR YEAR; FURTHER DELETING THE REQUIREMENT OF TERMI-
NATING SAID RECEPTION OR SOCIAL GATHERING THIRTY MINUTES BEFORE
THE SCHEDULED COMMENCEMENT TIME OF THE EVENT; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIRE-
MENT OF READING ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN
FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
Was introduced by Mayor Ferre and seconded by Commissioner Plummer, said
Ordinance was passed and adopted by the following vote -
AYES; Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice Mayor Sheodore_R.. _.Gibson _--_
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: Commissioner Rose Gordon.
Pursuant to authority contained in Section 4, Section (f) of the Charter of
the City of Miami, the requirement of reading this ordinance on separate days
was dispersed with by the following vote -
AXES: Commissioner Manolo
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Vice -Mayor Theodore R. Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre.
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NOES: Commissioner Rose Gordon
SEP 8 1977,
AYES:
NOES: None.
Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer and seconded by
Vice -Mayor Gibson, adopted said ordinance by the following vote -
AYES: Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
the City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and anhotincec that
ebpies Were available to the members of the City Commission and to the pub1it,
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ON ROLL CALL:
Mrs. Gordon:
I don't have any emergency about this. 1 vote no to that one,
47, AMEND ORDINANCE No, 8589, SECTION 1- PROVIDE FOR CONTRIBUTION OF
$85,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO OLYMPIA BUILDING,
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8589, ADOPTED
NOVEMBER 11, 1976, AS AMENDED, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1976-77 BY AMENDING SECTION 1
THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND
APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS IN THE AMOUNT
OF $85,000; PROVIDING FOR A DECREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND
UNALLOCATED BALANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $85,000; FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PROVIDING A CONTRIBUTION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OLYMPIA
BUILDING, AT 174 EAST FLAGLER STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA; CONTAIN-
ING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Vice -Mayor Gibson,
for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the requirement of
reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote -
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8693.
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.
448. AMEN ORDINANCE No.8589, SECTIONS 1 AN 4, OPERATING DEFICIT AT DALLAS PARK
APARTMENTS (DEF RRm AFTER DISCUSSION)
Mr. Plummer: Somebody got to convince me of that, spend $88,000 and we're going to
tear it down.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager?
Mr. Grassie: As you know, initially the City had anticipated discontinuing use of
that building sometime during the current year and the consequence in the budget
less than a full year of operation for it. Now based on the process that we're
making in the conference center and the schedule that we're on with regard to
getting federal money for that conference center, it now appears that we're going
to operate at the Dallas Park Site for at least another year, approximately a year.
And, if we're going to do that then we're going to make use of the property for that
period of time. We would need to make this kind of expenditure.
Rev. Gibson: How much is that?
Mayor Ferre: Eighty something.
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Mayor Ferre: I'll tell you what, may 1 afi$wer just for clarification purposes
Mr. Plummer: Sure!
Mayor Ferre: This is $130,000.00, I think for a partial year's operation.last year.
Now, what we're talking about is $25,000.00 from August 1st through September 30th
is $25,000 with an additional $3,500 needed to make repairs, comply with the
Metropolitan Dade County minimum housing standards, $3,500.00. In addition we've
got to come up $54,445 which is ad valorem taxes the City of Miami requested for an
exemption to the facility and it was rejected. Therefore, we've got to come up with
$54...
Mrs. Gordon: You know why because we're renting apartments. If we didn't we would
not have to pay $54,445.00 and for the purpose that we have of obtaining small revenue
from 30 residential tenants . It's costing us almost $55,000.
Mr. Plummer: Ah, wait a minute Rose you haven't started sweetheart. I draw your
attention to the 20 page 22 of the budget in which this City Commission is going to
be spending an additional $170,715.00 to subsidize.
Mayor Ferre:
Mr. Plummer: No, no, no. This is on this year's appropriation Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Father, this is not part of that?
Mr. Plummer: No...
Mrs. Gordon: This is an additional sum for the next year.
Mr. Grassie: If I may Mr. Mayor...
Mr. Plummer: I'm willing to stand corrected.
Mr. Grassie: Commissioner Gordon and I spoke very briefly about this yesterday.
I think that the point she makes about residents in the building is a valid point.
I think that we have to analyze whether or not the City should move forward to
actually ask those people to move out of the building so that we can avoid the
County taxes, because that is the major element of cost that we're talking about.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Grassie, excuse me sir, I'm sorry but I got to differ with you sir.
You know I just cannot in my mind justify spending $90,000.00 roughly on a building
that you know you're going to tear down in a year. Now, to me the people living in
the apartments is not the criteria. You know, it hurts me tremendously when I go
down there today knowing that building was supposed to have been down by now and
because of whatever reason may be it's still up. And, I see people down there
restoring the building. You know the Mayor is streaming about taking these damn huts
down here in the back and I agree with him and you agree with him, but I pull out
of this place and I see people down there painting them instead of tearing them down.
Now, you know I know nobody gave us that paint.
Mr. Grassie: Well, Commissioner, the fact is that we've got a couple of hundred
people in the building. A couple of hundred people working in the building, not
tenants, a couple of hundred city employees. Now, you know, I agree with you that
we can move the 30 tenants out and we can not allow anybody else to move in.
Mr. Plummer: What will that do for us?
Mr. Grassie: The point that Commissioner Gordon is raising and I think it's a good
point is that they should allow us avoid the County taxes,
Mr. Plummer: How muchare the taxes?
Mrs. Gordon: $55,000.00
Mr. Grassie: About $58,000.00.
Mr. Plummer: Ok, you're talking about $58,000 Mr. Grassie, You're talking about
at the present time and my mind is not that fast, excuse me, you're talking about
$88,295, plus one year of subsidy at $170,715, which is $259,000. Now let's take
the way you say $55,000 in taxes, roughly.
Mr. Grassie: Commissioner, but your calculations aren't addressing the problem.
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Mr. titfter: My problem Mr. Grassie is money:
Mt. Grassie: Yes, and that's my problem als8.
Mr. Plummer: I understand and I hope that be the case
Mr. Grassie: And, it takes money to provide some place for a
people to work.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Grassie, my question is sir...
Mr. Grassie: How many alternatives do we have?
Mr. Plummer: Alright, sir, that's what I want to get too. Mr. Grassie, those people
obviously, haven't been in that building for more than a year.
Mr. Grassie: About a year.
Mr. Plummer: We have a police building that is sitting vacant doing nothing.
Mr. Grassie: I don't think that's true sir.
eoupie of huhdited
Mr. Plummer: Well, let's say that the greatest percentage of it is. We're spending
money to watch the building and I for the life of me Well, I didn't clarify it
but if you want to argue both sides I will. You know, here we're talking about this
building is sitting over there vacant. We're not paying taxes and a coat of paint
would fix it up, but yet we're spending S204,000.00 if we get the tax exemption to
put into a building that hopefully if everything goes right will be torn down within
a year. Now, I'm sorry that doesn't make good financial sense to me. You could
probably paint that building up over there for a fourth of it and it's a building
that you're going to be using.
Mrs. Gordon: I think you make sense.
Rev. Gibson: .... along with the fact that we're going to lay off all these people.
That's right!
Mr. Plummer: I'll move it be deferred. I said from the onset. Prove that I'm wrong.
A motion to defer Agenda Item #23 was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and
seconded by Vice -Mayor Gibson was passed and adopted by a unanimous vote of the
Commission.
49, FIRST READING ORDINANCE:
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AMEND ORDINANCE 8589, SECTION 1 - APPROPRIATE
$676,000 FOR WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
BENEFITS,
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8589, AS AMENDED, ADOPTED
NOVEMBER 11, 1976, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR
FISCAL YEAR 1976-77 BY AMENDING SECTION 1 THEREOF; DECREASING
THE APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS AND
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS BY $676,000, AND APPROPRIATING THAT AMOUNT
TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING WORKMEN'S
COMPENSATION BENEFITS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Mayor Ferre and seconded by Commissioner Plummer and passed
on its first reading by title by the following vote -
AYES: Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
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,
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50, FIRST READING MINI(: AMEND ORDINANCE No.8589, SEcTIoN 1,
PROVIDE CONTRITUION TO GUSMAN AND OLYMPIA BL-DGS.
TO COVER OPERATING DEFICIT.
M
VP
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8589, AS AMENDED, ADOPTED
NOVEMBER 11, 1976, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR 1976-77, BY AMENDING SECTION 1 THEREOF;
PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE OF $39,665 IN THE APPROPRIATION FOR
SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS; AND A DECREASE OF THAT AMOUNT
IN GENERAL FUND UNALLOCATED BALANCE; ALSO AMENDING ORDINANCE
NO. 8560, ADOPTED JULY 1, 1976, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
ORDINANCE FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF GUSMAN HALL AND
THE OLYMPIA BUILDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1976-77; FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PROVIDING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE GUSMAN HALL AND OLYMPIA
BUILDING BUDGET TO COVER A $39,665 OPERATING DEFICIT OF THAT
FUND FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1976; CONTAINING -A
REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, and seconded by Vice -Mayor Gibson
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice-Mayor(Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
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.
51, FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEN ORDINANCE No,8589, SECTIONS 1 AND 4 -
DECREASE ANTICIPATED SALARY SAVINGS,
Mrs. Gordon: Yes, that needs some explanation please Mx. Grassie.
Mr. Grassie: If you remember Commissioner, when we started this year we had budgeted
$2,000,000.00 of anticipated salary savings as if they were revenues. What we are
doing here is recognizing the fact that we have made those savings so that when we
finish the year we will not end up with exceptions on the part of our outside auditors.
We're simply adjusting our accounts to reflect that we were able to do what we said
we'd do at the beginning of the year.
Mrs. Gordon: Here again, this has nothing to do with the monies you had set aside
for the salary raises that weren't given?
Mr. Grassie: This particular adjustment is for the vacancy savings that we'd
budgeted at the beginning of the year.
Mrs. Gordon: The vacancy savings is not the salary increases.
Mr. Grassie: That's correct.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 8589, ADOPTED NOVEMBER
11, 1976, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR 1976-77, AS AMENDED, AMENDING SECTIONS 1
AND THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR A DECREASE OF $1,099,321
IN CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS AND REVENUES; FOR THE PURPOSE
OF DECREASING "ANTICIPATED SALARY SAVINGS"; REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY PROVISION.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Mayor Ferre and
passed on its first reading by title by a unanimous vote of the Commission.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced
tat copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public.
74 SEP 8 1977
S2 FIT READING ORDINANCE: AMENb ORDINANCE 8589, SECTION 1, INCREASE
DEPARTMENTAL. APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FUNDS FORt
OVERTIME) ;HOLIDAYS, SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL & SEVERANCE PAY
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8589, ADOPTED
NOVEMBER 11, 1976, AS AMENDED, THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS
ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1976-77 BY AMENDING SECTION
1 HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN DEPARTMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS AND FOR A CORRESPONDING DDECP TS AN
APPROPRIATION FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND
COM4MI7NITY PROGRAMS, TO
FUNDS FOR
OVERTIME, HOLIDAY,
SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL,
SEVERANCE PAYCOtTAINIA REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gordon
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and pounced that
copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public.
53, FIRST READING ORDINANCE: AMEND CITY CODE, CHAPTER 64, ENVIRONMENTAL PRESER-
VATION, TRANSFERRING JURISDICTION FROM THE BUILD-
ING DEPARTMENT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MIAMI CITY CODE CHAPTER 64,
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION,
64SE SECTIONS
AND (3), 64-8 (a),
64-6 (c) (4) AND (d) (1) ►
AND (c) (3), 64-10 (e) AND 64-17 TO TRANSFER JURISDICTION
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT
TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION.
Was introduced by Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Vice -Mayor Gibson
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote -
AYES: Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
d
The City Attorney read the °rdinanf theinto Cityepublic Commissioncand toand
public that
copies were available to the members o
SEP 8 1977
AYES:
MST READING ORDINANCE: VAMEND Cm CODE) CHAPTER F ��-MEMENVIRONMEN'TAL PRESERBARDi
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING MIAMI CITY CODE, CHAPTER 64,
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION, BY DELETING PARAGRAPHS
(a) AND (g) OF SECTION 64-4, PROVIDING FOR AN
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD OF FIVE
MEMBERS, WITH TWO ALTERNATE MEMBERS, AND BY ADDING
SECTIONS (a) AND (g) TO PROVIDE FOR A SEVEN MEMBER
BOARD; BY REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS,
OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY PROVISION.
Was introduced by Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Vice -Mayor Gibson
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote -
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
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.
55, FIRST READING ORDINPI'JCE: ESTABLISH 3RD YEAR CD BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ACCOUNT,
Mr. Plummer: How does 30 differ from 11?
Mayor Ferre: This is the Third Year Community Development Block Grant Program
Trust Agency Fund Account which is part of the federal government...
Mr. Grassie: The other item is simply the Social Service Agencies Commissioner.
This is the Third Year Community Development Block Grant Account.
Mr. Plummer: This one speaks to it in its entirety rather than just Social Services
Mr. Grassie: Yes, rather than just social services as was the case with the previous
one.
Mr. Plummer: So actually we passed them out of order. We should have passed this
one first. Ok. No problem. I'll move it.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE THIRD YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM TRUST AND AGENCY FUND ACCOUNT; PROVIDING
FOR REVENUES THEREIN FROM A FEDERAL GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF
$9,286,554 AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION THEREFROM IN A CORRESPOND-
ING AMOUNT; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO COORDINATE
ACTIVITIES, ENTER INTO AN EXECUTE AGREEMENTS WITH CONTRACTORS,
CONSULTANTS, SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, AND OTHER LOCAL PUBLIC
AGENCIES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Reboso
and passed on its first reading by title by a unanimous vote -of the Commission.
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.
76 S E P 8 19774
. Plitt READING ORDINANCE: AMEND RULE XIX, SECTION 2 AND 3, CIVIL SERVICE RULES-
EMPLOYEES OF FIRE FIGHTERS BARGAINING UNIT WILL AC-
CRUE VACATION AND SICK LEAVE,
Mr. Plummer: What is the reason for this, is it because the contract is in
Violation of the ordinances, is that, to me it would seem like it's automatic's
Mr. Naples: I can explain that if you would like.
Mr. Plummer: Well, let me ask from them. I don't pay Gene Naples yet.
Mr. Naples: I'm sorry.
Mr. Plummer: Is there some conflict with item 32 that the labor contract is in
violation of the ordinance and we're amending it to make it legal is that what it is?
Mr. Grassie: One of the things that we agreed with the Fire Fighters on in
negotiations was that if we negotiated some provisions which was different than
an existing prevailing Civil Service Rule that we would go to the Civil Service
Board and attempt to get them to change it and then bring that to the City
Commission for ratification. That's the process that has been ongoing and we're
just simply doing that here.
Mr. Plummer: That's what I was asking.
AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED -
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING RULE XIX, SECTION 2 AND SECTION 3
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, WITH REGARD TO THE SAID RULES, EMPLOYEES
IN THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS BARGAINING
UNIT WILL ACCRUE VACATION AND SICK LEAVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE PROVISIONS OF THE CURRENT LABOR AGREEMENT; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, INSOFAR
AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT, AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION.
Was introduced by Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Commissioner Plummer
and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
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.
77 SEP 8 19T
Re-esTABLisii WIDI OP MtaMt VEYORIAL COMMITIEE,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner pier, who ITO
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-719
A RESOLUTION RECONSTITUTING THE CITY OF
MIAMI MEMORIAL COMMITTEE, REDEFINING ITS
PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES, OUTLINING THE
COMMITTEE'S STRUCTURE, AND FURTHER PRO-
VIDING TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE COMMIrrt:E'S
MEMBERSHIP NAMED HEREIN.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
58, AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT BIG-5 ROWING CLUB FOR FACILITY AT
MARINE STADILM.
Mrs. Gordon: I had asked for all of you to be here because I wanted to ask a question
on it. And, most of the questions I had have been answered. However, in the document
itself there is just one area that Ixould like to see an amendment, that is in
paragraph 11 and that pertains to the Assignment and Subletting of the Premises.
I believe that it should be brought to the attention and to the Commission for any
subletting or assignment of the premises and not an Administrative decision. And,
I would recommend a change.
Mr. Reboso: Item 11 Rose?
Mrs. Gordon: Yes, paragraph 11, or section 11, whatever you want to call it. It's
on page 4. It's on the bottom of the page and the exclusion would be"written author-
ization granted by the lessor." With all due respect to whichever Manager, maybe
our Manager, I do believe it's the decision, it .should be the decision of the City
Commission whether or not some other person or persons or operation should come
into possession of that area, ok? Alright, then we'll amend that. I would like to
ask somebody who could answer whether this is going to be a facility that the public
will be entitled to?
Mr. Reboso: It is very clear right here.
Mrs. Gordon: I read it. Yes, I read that they're going to do things for teaching,
this and that, but I just want to know that it's an open public facility.
Mr. Reboso: That's exactly what I asked them. The answer was yes.
Mrs. Gordon: Ok. Then if you'll just amend that one thing, then I'll second
your motion.
Mr. Reboso: Ok. I move it Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Ferre: Ok, as amended Commissioner Reboso moves and Commissioner Gordon
seconds item number 34, as amended. Further discussion on it? If not, Call the roll.
The following resolution Was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-720
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE BIG FIVE
CLUB, INC., PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT FOR A
PORTION OF THE MIAMI MARINE STADIUM.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was
dopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
and on file
59. DEFERRAL OF CONSIDERATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF FIRM FOR SECURITIES AND MANAGE-
MENT EVALUATION FOR RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Mr. Grassie: No, this is brought back because the City Cormission asked that we have
a report directly from members of the Board and they, I believe are here to speak
for themselves.
Mr. Jaremko: For the record my name is Ed Jaremko and I'm a member of the Retirement
System Board. In our ordinances page 53, 41-411 it states that the trustees shall
have a continuing duty to observe and evaluate the performance of the investment
counsel retains. If in the soul discretion of the trustee it is determined that the
investment counsel is not performing in the manner satisfactory to the trustee. A
trustee shall do whatever maybe necessary to improve the performance of the investment
counsel or to terminate the employment of such investment counsel subject to the
approval of the City Commission. This service would provide us an auditing and a
measurement against our standards.
Mr. Plummer: Ed, let me cut you short ok, and speak to the one point raised by the
Commission. I think we can cut right through it. I don't think the Commission had
any objection to an outside firm doing such work for the Board. The discussion and
discrepancy came about in doing it in soft dollars rather than hard dollars.
Mrs. Gordon: And, another consideration is soft dollars vs. hard dollars is the
possible conflict which might arise from the performance manager being a brokerage
house. There is a strong feeling of discomfort with the thought that you know you're
selecting a performance measurement firm who are also brokers. I often wonder why
you took this route instead of selecting a performance management firm which has no
connection with any, in anyway shape or form with any soft sales or brokerage sales
in anyway. Can you explain to why you feel this is an advantage to you?
Mr. Plummer: Well, Rose, let me try to answer for the Board, ok, because I can defend
that point even though I'm opposed to it. The defense of that point.is very simple
Rose, that it was felt by the Board that this was getting the job done at a lesser
rate than the other proposal. Now, that's the reason the Board was such in favor of
this because it saved something like 12 or $13,000.00. Soft dollars were 12 and I
think hard dollars was 25. Now that's the answer.
Mrs. Gordon: That isn't the point J. L. , the soft dollars, hard dollars. I'm talking
about the selection of a performance measurement firm that has a dual interest in the
money managers. In one they're be measuring their performance and on the other hand
they will be servicing their account.
Mr. Plummer: No. That's not true Rose. Soft dollars here represent that you must
place through this firm "x" number of executions. They will not be making the selection.
They will merely be the broker, not the money manager who makes the decision to buy or
sell.
Mrs, Gordon: I know. That's what Pm saying.
79 SEP 8 1977,
Mf. Flume±: So they're now evaluating themselves.
Mfrs Gordon: No, it's true, but face the reality of the situation that says that
you measure the performance of someone who's giving you business.
Mr. Plummer: Well, the City's giving them the business. That doesn't sound right.
Mrs. Gordon: No, the money managers have full discretion. The City does not select
the purchases and the money managers do and they are the ones who are being evaluated
by the same ---- firm. Had you tried to get a performance measurement firm that
was not in the brokerage business.
Mr. Jaremko: We submitted bids and those that replied we received them both back
on a hard and soft dollars basis and the ones that had no connections were extremely
high. This soft dollar commission actually represents these small portions of the
commissions generated. Irwin Mazin provided me with statistics; the average per
quarter was $34,959 per quarter. We only need $25,000 throughout the whole year.
So it's only a very small portion of the brokerage, fees that will be.submitted
to provide this service and that is only one of the services that they provide is
the best execution. We don't know at this time what we're paying. We don't know
if we're getting a good deal or not.
Mrs. Gordon: That wasn't my question. I asked if you had or you meaning the Board
--had tried to locate a firm that had no ties to any brokerage house whatsoever?
Mr. Jaremko: We submitted the bids but we didn't provide that within the bids that
they be not connected with the broker.and there was one that did reply I believe
that his bid was . I'm not sure but I know it was higher because this
was the lowest bid.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, I think maybe we ought to defer this item until we can get more
specific information as to whether there are any opportunities for your Board to
engage someone that has no tires to any brokerage house whatsoever, and you say there
was, so you're not sure how much and maybe you could furnish it to us at the next
meeting.
Mr. Jaremko: Well, is the Board then willing to ...the Commission then if I can
understand the direction from the Commission. They would rather spend say, twice
as much and not be associated with the brokerage firm...?
Mrs. Gordon: I can't speak for the other people here. I can only say that by the
standards of the amount of money that is involved in these accounts it is the
end result that is the most important thing and that is to get the best measurement
of the performance of the individual money managers unbias in anyway at all by any
transactions that are going to take place between them would be to a worthwhile
expenditure of whatever, I don't even know what it is. I have no idea what the funds,
what fees you have received from any other sources and you don't seem to recall either.
Mr. Jaremko: Well, we started at the bottom and it was about 12,500 for the lowest
bid and then it went up to around $25,000.
Mrs. Gordon: I'm talking about those that are not connected with brokerage houses.
And, you say there were some who were.
Mr. Jaremko: No. I think the important thing is here is in our -- the bid specification
was unsatisfactory to you because then we have to re -submit it on the basis...
Mrs. Gordon: It would be my personal suggestion that you do that.
Mr. Plummer: Ed, why don't we defer it? We meet next Friday and we'll just supply
to the Commission those firms who bid. Because I remember distinctly there were firms
who did not include the soft dollars, who were not associated with the brokerage firm
and then...
Mrs. Gordon: That's right and pick one of those. Pick the one you think is the best
for your purposes.
Mr. Jaremko: Ok.
Mr. Plummer: You follow me?
Mr. Jaremko: I understand.
Mr. Plummer: Erny, wasn't there two or three firms that were totally independent?
Two? Yes, ok. And, there was a price associated with it?
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Mt . dot -doh: Will you bring it back to us in More co:plete for please? Oka
Mr. Jaremko: Ok. Thanks.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, then this item I assume would be deferred until that tithe.
There is a motion by Mrs. Gordon, seconded by Mr. Plummer that item 43 be deferred.
Call the roll.
A motion to defer Item 43 to bring back in more complete form was passed and
adopted by a unanimous vote of the Commission.
EOM AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH FR ATES, FLOYD, PEARSON,
STEWART, RICHMOND AND GREER FOR EMINENT DOMAIN ACTION - F.E.C. PROPERTY
Mr. Knox: The material that was just distributed to you based upon the fact that
Frates & Floyd would be representing us and based upon the fact that at the time
we passed the first resolution authorizing the taking we had another law firm. We
are recommending that you first rescind the resolution that you passed before and
adopt a new resolution which was prepared by the Frates Firm, since they are the
attorneys that would be going forward with the litigation. The first action is to
engage the law firm that's item 44.
Mr. Plummer: I want to make this record awful clear because when I have to come
back and remind you. Mr. Mayor, have any of you read the letter from Mr. Frates?
Mrs. Gordon: Yes.
Mr. Plummer: You see what he says in there? Not only now are we going from $200,000
which was the original legal fee.
Mayor Ferre:
Mr. Plummer:
firm that we
Mayor Ferre:
No, $275,000.
No, the original was $200 Mr. Mayor. The original was $200. The last
talked with was $275 and now it's $300.
Why don't you clarify this for us Mr. City Attorney.
Mr. Knox: The City Commission orginally indicated a ceiling if you will of $200,000.
The first firm asked $300,000. The City agreed to $275,000 and now Frates is expecting
up to $300,000 for all of their representation.
Mr. Plummer: That's right. Now, I want to bring to your attention and for the record
the letter from Mr. Frates, dated August 19th, ok. In which he states, 'in view of
the past negotiations with other attorneys, it might be appropriated for me to state
that we have not been asked, nor have we offered, our opinion concerning the advisability
of a "Quick Take Action" procedure." He goes on to say,"it is our thought that this
is a policy matter for the Commission to determine." Now, I want to tell you I take
great exception with the fact that Mr. Frates has not been asked his opinion , nor
has he offered. Because let me tell you something, you know, back when we decided,
"we", on a four -to -one of which I voted against, decided to go to what, at the legal
counsel Mr. Knox recommended was"the" finest condemnation lawyer available who told
this Commission you're doing the wrong thing. He wouldn't be a part of it and in
subsequent times has withdrawn from a fee of which I'm sure his firm could use of
$275,000. You are now ready to engage a firm for $25,000 more and you haven't even
asked his opinion. Now, I'm going to tell you that if that is proper business
procedure ... they've got a saying in the Police Department which is "CYA" and that
is "Cover your little red wagon", and this is nothing more in my estimation of covering
the little red wagon. I can't for the life of me go and engage an attorney based
upon the history of the short term that we have had that you don't even ask his opinion.
To me that is stupidity of the highest degree.
Mrs. Gordon:
Mr. Plummer:
Mrs. Gordon:
May I say something to ease your feelings of con ---
Rose, you can say what you want, it's not going to ease my feelings.
Ok. Well then I'll say it anyway.
Mr. Plummer: Please do.
Mrs. Gordon: This firm that we're talking about is not a small time operation. You're
talking about probably one of the finest firms in the United States of America and
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that handles cases on the national level as you all well know. This fine knew that
We had gone into the posture of a quick taking. This firm did not go in here
blind. This firm knows where we're going, knows where they're going. This fine will
win this case for us and will get it in there at its lowest price as it can be
obtained. I have no qualms whatsoever about giving them a ceiling of $300,000
because that's what it is. It's a ceiling. And if it can be brought in at less
it'll be brought in at less J.L.
Mr. Plummer: Rose I love you, but you haven't answered the question. Frates,in my
estimation, is probably one of the finest firms in the United States that I know of,
ok?
Mrs. Gordon: True. Right.
Mr. Plummer: What I'm saying is Rose that you're going to spend here an appropriation
of $300,000 without even asking the man and he tells you. He tells you right in this
letter,"you know why I haven't given an opinion, you ain't asked." -
Mrs. Gordon: Because he is not making the decision.
Mr. Plummer: Rose, all I am saying is let's ask.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, let me say this again. We were elected to make decisions.
Mr. Plummer: Not we. Not his decisions.
Mrs. Gordon: We were elected to make decisions. We made a decision. He made his
decision that he can support, that he can take this case and win it. He certainly
does not want to his credit a case that he can't win and certainly he would not
take this case if he couldn't win it. Ask the lawyer that's sitting here, he'll
tell you. You wouldn't take a case you knew you couldn't have a chance of winning it.
I don't think we need any further conversation. You have a motion and a second.
Mr. Plummer: Well, Rose, you know how I'm going to vote, but for God's sake Mr. Knox
please do me, so I can sleep well, would you ask the man his opinion?
Mr. Knox: Yes sir, I can anticipate his response. His response will be just as we
indicated during the deliberation about the manner in which the taking would be
accomplished and that is that whether or not you use quick take procedures is a
policy matter to be determined by the Commission. Now in the contract itself Mr. Prates
firm has indicated that as a matter of policy the City Commission has decided by an
affirmative vote to use the quick take procedure for taking this property and he is
committing himself to proceed as instructed by his client in that regard.
Mrs. Gordon: Correct.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-721
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
INTO A CONTRACT FOR SPECIAL LEGAL SERVICES, (A COPY
OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO) WITH FRATES FLOYD PEARSON
STEWART RICHMAN & GREER, TO PROSECUTE AND/OR DEFEND ALL
ASPECTS OF THE EMINENT DOMAIN ACTION TO BE FILED IN THE
CIRCUIT COURT OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO BE STYLED CITY
OF MIAMI V. FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY COMPANY, ET AL.,
INCLUDING ALL WORK IN THE CIRCUIT COURT AND ALL WORK IN
THE APPELLATE AND SUPREME COURTS, IF NECESSARY, AND
AUTHORIZING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO PAY THE AMOUNTS
REQUIRED FROM THE PARKS AND PEOPLE BOND FUNDS.
(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 Rose Gordon
Commissioner.Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOU; CO SSioner J. L. Plummer
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Ott& P1t Met: What are we tescihding?
t4±. Knox: That's the actual determination iif necessity and the actual &uthor'igatioh
of the taking.
Mrs. Gordon: For the acutual condemnation.
Mr. Plummer: Under quick take?
Mr. Knox: Alright, what we're doing is the resolution... alright, we've already
passed a resolution authorizing a quick take.
Mr. Plummer: Now you're rescinding it.
Mr. Knox: And, then we're going to adopt a new resolution which was prepared
by the Frates firm since they are firm thats going...
Mr. Plummer: And where is that?
Mr. Knox: That's attached.
Mr. Plummer: I'll be more than happy to vote in the affirmative to rescind.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-722
A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 77-630,
WHICH AUTHORIZED THE CONDENMNATION OF THE FLORIDA
EAST COAST RAILWAY PROPERTY BOUNDED BY BISCAYNE
BAY ON THE EAST, BISCAYNE BOULEVARD ON THE WEST,
PORT BOULEVARD ON THE SOUTH AND NORTHWEST 9TH
STREET, AS EXTENDED, ON THE NORTH.
(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 Rose Gordon
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
Mayor Ferre: Second resolution. Now under discussion, this was drafted by Dan Paul
and Bill Frates.
Mr. Knox: As far as I know it was drafted by Frates firm.
Mayor Ferre: Now, Mr. Knox, the difference between the first resolution was a very
simple one which gave you the authority to proceed to condemn the Florida East Coast
Railroad Property and was rather broad in nature. This on the other hand is a very
specific resolution. Would you tell this Commission the difference between these
resolutions?
Mr. Knox: Alright, each condemnation attorney has a particular style or a particular
Mayor Ferre: I'm not worried about the style, excuse the interruption. I'm worried
about the substance of what it is that we're doing here so that we all know very clearly
what it is we're getting into.
Mr. Knox: Alright this is more specific than the original resolution because the court
could ask more specific questions. This is just designed to anticipate the kinds of
questions that would be raised at the trial level and setting forth the policy of the
Commission regarding those questions.
Mayor Ferre: Well, let me ask you this question? It says specifically, a public
park and recreational purposes for the construction of the extension of the New World
Center -Bicentennial Park . If a future Commission once this is all done five or ten
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years from now finds in its wisdom that it wants to do something in that park other
than dedicate 15 or 20 million or whatever it is of property for more green space
does that mean that this Commission will thef'efore, or this City is bound, that it
cannot do anything in that park other than public park and recreational purposes?
Mr. Knox: Not necessarily because that future Commission would have the power to
rescind this resoultion and pass this on.
Mayor Ferre: Well, not after the taking. If the taking is based on that, my question
to you are we bound with that in perpetuity?
Mr. Knox: Alright. No we're not. We're only bound by the provisions that are
contained in the bond issue that was approved by the people.
Mayor Ferre: So if the future Commission decides, for example, that it wishes to
Utilize that property for the purposes of let's say building a museum.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, if that's in keeping it would have to be determined whether
or not a museum is in keeping with the spirit of the Parks for People Bond...
Mayor Ferre: Alright, I accept that. Is there further discussion?
Mr. Plummer: I invoke the rule.
Mayor Ferre: Tell me what the rule is.
Mr. Plummer: This has just be handed to me. I have not seen it prior to now.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, you're entitled You're entitled. This matter then will be
deferred and will be voted upon...
Mr. Plummer: I invoke the rule Mr. Mayor until I've had time to read it. If I read
it before the end of this day, I'll read it.
Mayor Ferre: Alright, you're perfectly entitled like everybody else is here to
invoke a 5-day rule and this matter was not on the agenda specifically covered...
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, excuse me. Excuse me, go ahead and call the roll. I'm
voting against it as you know it's a matter of principle. So I don't want to be
accused of voting against and trying to hold it up. So go ahead and call your roll.
I'll withdraw my objection and just vote against it.
ON ROLL GALL:
Mr. Plummer: Based upon the predicate of the finest attorney there was supposedly
in condemnation advocating against this procedure, surveyor voting against this
procedure. I will do likewise.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-723
A RESOLUTION FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC NEED
AND NECESSITY FOR ACQUIRING BY AN ORDER OF TAKING
PRIOR TO A TRIAL AS TO COMPENSATION AND PURSUANT TO
CHAPTERS 73 AND 74 OF THE STATUTES OF FLORIDA THE FEE
SIMPLE TITLE TO CERTAIN PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN TO
BE USED FOR PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES FOR
THE NEW WORLD CENTER BICENTENNIAL PARK AND DIRECTING
THE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT TO INSTITUTE AND PROSECUTE TO
A CONCLUSION ALL OF THE NECESSARY LEGAL ACTIONS TO
ACQUIRE THE FEE SIDLE TITLE TO THIS PROPERTY.
(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 Rose Gordon
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES; OQMnissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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Mr, Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me ask a quests& just for the sake of clarification?
Section 4, without stating a dollar amount, it states,"said City of Miami, its
employees and agents are authorized and directed to incur all necessary expenses
to institute and maintain said condemnation proceedings." Are you putting that
forth in such broad terminology, any and all? That's a hell of a blank check.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, J. L. I would have to venture a guess that every condemnation
we have ever entered would have the same wording.
Mrs. Plummer: Well, Rase, you know, we set a price. "We", you have set a price on
the attorney....
Mrs. Gordon: The attorney doesn't pay court cost or filing fees and that's what
this is to include.
Mr. Plummer: Well, I'm merely thinking if the attorney runs out and gets another
surveyor without the Commission approval. You've given him approval here.
Mrs. Gordon: I have faith. Have faith...
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me, please once again on the record so there will be
no misunderstanding. I have nothing but the highest respect for the Frates firm.
I know the capabilities and they are great. I have voted against this because I
think it is a bad procedure. In no way is my vote in the negative reflect anything
disrespectful for the Frates firm.
Mayor Ferre: Alright sir.
61. ACCEPT BID: FIRE PurPERS,
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-724
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF OREN ROANOIE
CORPORATION FOR FURNISHING FOUR FIRE PUMPERS FOR
THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AT A TOTAL COST OF $310,-
484.72; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE FIRE DEPART-
MENT BOND PROGRAM; 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 Vice -Mayor Gibson, the resolution was passed and
adopted by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Vice -Mayor (Rev.) Theodore R. Gibson
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
SEP 8 1977
62. PENAL APPEARANCE: MEMBERS OF G , E, A, REQUESTING
COST CF LIVING4INCREASE,
Mr. A. G. Sherman: Mr. Mayor, Mrs. Gordon and members of the Commission, any hate
is A. G. Sherman. I'm the President of the Miami -Dade General Employees Associ-
ation . I once again come before you to ask that this commission grant all em-
ployees who are currently without a contract a 3+% Cost of Living Increase.
Moneys were appropriated in the 1976-77 Budget. I am supported by petitions con-
taining over 900 signatures of these same general employees. I would please ask
you at this time to review the copy which I have put before you. There you will
find the basis for our request.
Mr. Plummer: Did you get a copy of this?
Mr. Grassie: I just did, Commissioner.
Mr. Plummer: Well, so did we so why don't we read together.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Sherman, anything else you want to add?
Mr. Sherman: No, sir, except I'd like to thank you for the time you've taken in
this matter and I would like you to acknowledge the attorney for our association
at this time.
Mayor Ferre: All right, counselor.
Mr. Irving Weinsoff: Mr. Mayor and members of the commission, I'm here on a very
serious matter, I know you're going to take it up on the next item.
Mayor Ferre: We need your name and address for the record.
Mr. Weinsoff: Irving Weinsoff, the law firm of Weinsoff and Weinsoff, 28 West
Flagler Street. On March 10, 1976 the Miami -Dade General Employees Association
petitioned the Public Employees Relations Commission for certification as the
representative of a wall to wall unit for all general employees with the exception
of the S.E.A. , Sanitation Department. We had several hearings on this and
the A.F.S.C.M.E. Union which had a contract at the time as we did also intervened
in that proceeding. It is my understanding that AFSCME is going to come here be-
fore the commission today and ask that we go back for another hearing or that
something else be done rather than use the existing state law which is the demo-
cratic process for reaching a union that's going to represent all the general
employees. What I have in mind here, and I don't know whether you're all aware
that yesterday the Miami -Dade General Employees Association and the City of Miami
entered into a binding consent -election agreement in which there will be a wall
to wall unit after a democratic election of all the employees.
Mr. Plummer: Is that excluding Sanitation?
Mr. Weinsoff: Excluding Sanitation and a few other people excluding managerial-
and confidential and excluding SEA. That consent election agreement together with
the people who are managerial and confidential have been sent to PERC. It was
sent up by plane yesterday, a copy was delivered to AFSCME. I would like to read
to you the letter that accompanied it because it really outlines what occured to
show that we are truly trying to have this as an open democratic process and a
letter to Mr. Carson, the chairman, reads as follows: "Enclosed herewith is a
Consent Election Agreement executed by the Miami -Dade General Employees Association
ion, petitioner in the above captioned representation cases and the City of Miami.
The unit for which this Consent Election Agreement is being filed is a single
city-wide unit excluding sworn personnel and Sanitation Department Employees and
is the unit recommended by the hearing officer in his report and recommended order
of August 26, 1977. We are filing this Consent Election AGreement with the de-
sire that the basic representation issue which has been pending in Miami for over
one year might now be resolved on an expedited basis. AFSCME Local 654 was invited
to participate in this Consent Election AGreement on September 2, 1977 but declined
to do so. We are sending a copy of the enclosed agreement to AFSCME so that it
might reconsider and join in the agreement by executing a copy and filing it with
PERC and servicing copies on the City and petitioner. If AFSCME continues
to decline to become a party to the Consent Election Agreement we urge the com-
mission to finally approve the hearing officer's recommended unity termination
and approve the Consent Election Agreement. As soon as the election can be con-
ducted the long awaited resolution of the representation issue for the bulk of the
City of Miami employees will be determined." It is signed by me. I'd like to
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just call your attention to sevetal things. (1) That the present status of this
case is as follows: The Hearing Officer made his report some time in August, the
Coim ission is going to have a hearing on it. There should be no change with re
gard to our position right now, I think it,,foould be unlawful for us to do so, I
think the PERC Commission should have its gay, determine what the appropriate
union will be. I don't think that the commission should have anything whatsoever
to do with it. I think it should be neutral. I think that if you in any way
at this stage of the game tamper with it I think you'd either be aiding, assist-
ing or abetting in the forming or formation of either one of these unions. In
no way has there ever been a blue collar, orwhite collar unit in this city, there
have been members only contracts and the law was changed in 1974 which the PERC
Commission will make a determination as to what the appropriate unit will be and
I don't think it is for us to make the determination. We've spent countless
thousands of dollars, the city has spent thousands of dollars, we've had six or
seven days of hearings, all sorts of investigations. The time has come when
PERC is about to decide, no burden upon the City, no burden upon us, we've all
had our proof in and all of a sudden Willy-Nilly a position is sought to be
changed. I think the employees at this time should be given the opportunity at
a free election to determine whether or not they want AFSCME to represent them
or they want the Miami -Dade General Employees Association to represent them with-
out any interference from the Commission. Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: All right. Now, is there somebody who wants to talk to that point?
Is there a representative of AFSCME here who wants to speak?
Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor....
Mayor Ferre: I think they're entitled to....
Mr. Plummer: No, I don't. Now may I please for a matter of procedure, I think
they have a right to talk under item 61 - we are on item 60 and this is, in fact,
speaking to the Cost of Living Increase. Now let's take one item as we go and
it is the only way we're ever going to get out of here tonight.
Mayor Ferre: I stand corrected. Is there anything else on item 60 at this point?
Mr. Sherman: Yes, I'd like to recognize Joe Bryan, Vice -President of our Assoc-
iation.
Mr. Joe Bryan: Good evening, Commissioners. I know most of you real well.
How's the gardenias growing?
Mr. Plummer: Fantastic!
Mr. Bryan: I grow gardenias and I want everybody to know, while I'm here I adver-
tise. Here's what I want to tell you. You know you can't take out of a pot con-
tinuously without putting something in. Now the City employees for about two
years the,general employees,haven't had but 2% and even the county is going up
on our taxes this time I read. The fact is they're getting so they're higher than
the city and we don't even have to pay garbage tax. People will be moving back
into the city. But I think that you should look at this thing. The Police and
Fire has gotten 31%. I don't even believe AFSCME would be mad if you gave them
31%, I've talked with a few of them and they'd be happy. Let's get that and
then we could ar n or talk about what goes but we're two years behind. The
City of Miami oead, we should be in the forefront, we shouldn't always be
the cow's tail. And I think that we've got the money, it's in the budget, I think
you should vote that let's pay everybody and then go on from there because men
go home and the wife looks at him and says, "I went down and bought a can of sar-
dines, they're 52C now. We used to pay a dime. Says they went up 15C since last
Saturday." So let's put a little bit more in the General Employees pocket. The
morale is kind of bad, they think GEA is sitting down on their tails. We've been
arguing, spending money with lawyers and AFSCME lawyers have been messing things
up all along. I've never seen so much law over doing what's right and that's
all I want is right. I want the City Commission to do that.
Rev. Gibson: Ahmen.
Mr. Bryan: And you people that know me that sit here, Rose and Gibson here and
the Mayor and Mr. Reboso knows good and well that I'm only asking for what's right.
So I'm depending on you right now. Let's do it, let's not keep this thing going
on like this. It could go on forever if we keep these lawyers acting on it.
Mayor Ferre: All right, is there anything else on item 60? Anybody on the com-
mission? All right, now Mr. Plummer
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Mfg M1u eer: Well, if yoll'fe not.... t assume by no action of the coMMissiO
that ends the item.
Mayor Ferre: No, I think what it means is that we're going to be going into
budget hearings on the 15th, 24th and 26th.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, you and I understand that but for Joe Bryan who only
comes down here once in 18 years he's going to walk outside scratching his head
and say what in the hell hit me. What bothers me in this thing.and not that 1
take everything that A.G. says to be correct, but it says here that they were
promised, A.G., you were promised before September 30 of 77 an increase of 31%?
Who promised you that?
"Mr. Sherman: Well, perse as a promise no one promised,that the money was allocated
for the General Employees Funds to receive a 341% increase.
Mr. Plummer: But nobody perse, this commission nor the administration,to my
.1cnowledge, have made any commitment of any percent to other than Police and Fire.
Now is that a correct statement?
Mr. Sherman: This is correct, we'd have to enter into collective bargaining which
as you well know at present time we're not certified and will not be able to enter
into collective bargaining until we are,and that could be another six to twelve
months if we run into legality problems.
Mr. Plummer: Ok. I just don't want anybody to come back and say this commission,
I don't care if they say it about the administration, that this commission made
a promise that it didn't keep with the employees,because to my knowledge there
has never been a promise by this commission nor the administration that I know
of.
Mr. Sherman: At my last meeting,as you'll remember, Mr. Ferre addressed the City
Manager as to when he thought we would enter into collective bargaining. At that
time,Mr. Grassie informed the commission that he thought it would be in late
August. Well, we're in September and as I said before, if we enter into any legal-
ity problems on a Consent early Election,we're looking at possibly another six to
twelve months before certification. Now if that happens, and once again we can
drag this out where there will be no cost of living raise or any increase because
you can keep saying that it is a negotiable item and we are not going to enter
into it unless we are certified and can negotiate and this is what my argument is
that this can drag on and on;and,as you well know, with the utility rise with
Florida Power and Light and all of these, these employees cannot keep going on.
Joe brought out that there has been 24 months they've received exactly 2% and I
am well aware that the cost of living is now reaching in that period of time about
20% and I'll tell you it's just getting to the point that the employees - now the
Fire and Police have negotiated, they were legally certified and they were able
to reach into a negotiable contract with the city. But we're in a situation now
...and it's not the fault of the employees. it is the organizations which are repre-
senting the employees. It's not the employees that are really, and they're the
ones that are paying for this.
Mr. Plummer: Except for the fact it is also not the fault of the commission, the
City Commission.
Mr. Sherman: I agree to that but this commission could....
Mr. Plummer: Well, but what I'm saying to you, the fault lies as I see it,in the
fact that PERC has not made a decision. Now, they can make all the excuses they
want of why they have not made the decision but, in fact, as I understand it,that
this commission or this administration cannot negotiate with you until that certi-
fication has been handed down.
Mr. Sherman: Well, in answer to that I'd like to refer back to our attorney for
a legal opinion on that, please.
Mr. Plummer: Am I correct?
Rev. Gibson: Isn't it true, Mr. Plummer, let me ask a question? If I heard right
when some other groups were here it was said that if the city wished to recognize
a unit that the city had that authority and prerogative.
Jr. Sherman: Yes, sir.
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Pave Gibsont And you know, I like what you said, sitr you'te fty kind of math,
We don't have to go through all of that forteality business, if it is tight and
just and fair, I hope that's what we're talking about.
Mr. Sherman: Yes, sir.
Rev. Gibson: Now the administration didn't agree with this position and that's
why I'm going to speak to it. My understanding was and is that if this commission
wished to recognize any group as a bargaining unit or if we wish to recognize
all of the groups that we previously recognized,we have that right. Where is
that man who was here giving us the law? Isn't that the truth? Sure it is!
Mr. Plummer: But the point, Father, is at this day, the only ones that this com-
mission has voluntarily recognized is SEA. We have not voluntarily recognized
GEA and we have a plea from their attorney don't get involved.* Am I correct?
Mx. Sherman: Yes, sir, we're not asking....
Mr. Plummer: Now all I'm saying to you, if, in fact, this commission was or could
is immaterial. If we recognized you voluntarily then I am the first to concur
we then can do with you money -wise.
Mr. Sherman: Yes, sir. We're not asking
ing agent for all the employees, we felt
process, I agree with that. What we are
can do it legally, is grant the 31% Cost
on a petition of these 900 plus employee
to be recognized as a collective bargain -
this should be an election, a democratic
asking this commission to do, and they
of Living Raise which we have requested
s.
Mr. Plummer: Now A.G., old buddy, I don't see where you can have your cake and
eat it too. Now you know, I'm just sorry to have to say that, I'm just sorry.
But I think your own attorney recognizes the fact - please commission, stay out
of this, stay out of it - and I'm going to tell you something. In my estimation,
and I'm not talking as a labor lawyer, I'm not/but if this commission gives the
GEA ten cents in effect we are recognizing you.
Mr. Weinsoff: Mr. Plummer, may I address the commission? There was a time and
I think if you will check the records with counsel or with Mr. Mielke that this
Commission did grant an R.A. Petition to the General Employees Association.
This commission and the administration did recognize the General Employees Assoc-
iation as the sole bargaining agent for the General Employees, but just on that
point I'm trying to correct you.
Mr. Plummer: I understand that but this commission formally has not taken action.
Mr. Weinsoff: No, we are in agreement with that. We're saying alright, we don't
want to have the R.A., we're not certified now. It is our contention, let's get
expediently to this election and whoever wins. whether it be AFSCME or whether it
be the GEA,let's get to it and let's not change the course we're going in right
now because that is going to delay it another six months to a year.
Mr. Plummer: I agree. Mr. Weinsoff, let's put you in the other position, sir.
If you were representing the opposition and this commission gave a Cost of Living
which is requested to your opposition, don't you feel that that would be construed
as recognition?
Mr. Weinsoff: No, I don't. I think that if you offered a 31% without any strings
attached just as a cost of living to all the general employees, all the general
employees,I don't think that either the GEA or AFSCME union would say we don't
want it.
Mr. Plummer: But here again, Mr. Weinsoff, sir, you're a fine man in labor.
Isn't 31%, in fact, part of negotiations?
Mr. Weinsoff: There's no question about that but we're saying as a matter of pub-
lic record that we're not going to file a charge against the city that it treated
us unfairly or it did commit an unfair labor practice by granting a 311%.
W. Plummer: That's not what I'm saying, sir. What I'm saying in fact is that
you are asking us to pay you prior to any negotiations - not you, Mr. Sherman.
Ok? And I wish to God this matter had been cleared up, I daily get hit in the
head from my secretary who would well be a recipient if we granted what you want.
You know,I get reminded of this everyday from her and I don't think any one of
us sitting here would not like to get this matter cleared up. But as I see it
unless I am completely out of character, our hands are tied.... Joe, rou should
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be tp there screaming at that PERC Commission, "Because of you± inadtioh Weiih
not getting our Cost of Living." ... Weli.,�then you'd better staff 4-ding tb
the last resort. ... As I understand,that4s what your attorney is asking fbr,
Mr. Weinsoff: No, Mr. Sherman asked for it.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Sherman.
Mr. Weinsoff: No question about it,but I do think this, Commissioner Plummer,
that as I understand it a request was made this morning by the administration to
take the 31 million dollars or whatever it was, whatever the amount is,I'm not
sure, and take it out and use it for other purposes and this money, as I under-
stand it,was put aside for the benefit of the general employees after negotiat-
ion. Now if you're going to take this money and use it for other things then
the money won't even be available then.
Mr. Plummer: I don't think, Mr. Grassie is that foolish.
Mr. Weinsoff: That's all I have to say at the present time. I just would rather
that we get that election.
Mr. Bryan: ... Couldn't we hold an election Monday or Tuesday? ... Look,
couldn't we hold an election democratically and have.... I'm GEA, if I'm beat
alright, I go along.... But let's get this off of first base....
Mr. Plummer: Well,first base, Joe, is in Tallahassee. That's what I'm telling
you.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer, is there anything else you want to discuss at this
time on Item #60?
Mr. Bryan; ...intelligent men like here, all of us sitting here and we're dumb-
founded by a bunch of hammerhead lawyers or something up there, let's get off of
first base and do this thing right.
Mrs. Gordon: I agree with you.
Mr. Bryan: All right, you agree with me? Do you agree with me? Do you agree
with me? ...
Mr. Connor Adams: Mx. Mayor, may I speak?
Mayor Ferre: I'll tell you, if you would,we've got to move along now.
Mr. Adams: My name is Connor Adams, I'm the third Vice -President of the GEA.
First of all there seems to be some confusion as to why we're up here. We're
not up here to try to get the commission to recognize us as a bargaining unit.
Mayor Ferre: We understand that.
Mr. Adams: Second of all, is it not true that in the budget hearings of last
year, not this year, of last year, that there was a 31% fund set aside for gen-
eral employees raises when negotiations were available? Is this not true?
Mr. Plummer: We understand there was a Contingency Fund established, yes.
Mr. Adams: Well this is all we're asking for. We know that it is impossible for
us to get a negotiating unit together in time to negotiate prior to the next bud-
get which is already here. All we're trying to do is to be treated fairly and
the fact that the City of Miami Fire Department, the City of Miami Police Depart-
ment has already received their 31% retroactive to last October out of the same
fund and we don't think that legally you need to negotiate with the City of Miami
Employees Organization to give every general employee treated fairly and squarely
with the City of Miami Fire Department and Police Department and get the same
cost of living increase. This is all we're asking for and that's why the petit-
ions are out. We're not up here for GEA we're up here for the general employees
of the city,including AFSCME and SEA. This is why the petition was written out,
it wasn't written out under the name of General Employees Association and this
is all we're asking for. We need the money because our cost of living has gone
up.
Mayor Ferre: I've kept quiet, let me just answer you. I don't think that this
Cgatmtssion can give you a proper response today and I'm just trying to be as
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frank as I cats with you. We're going to have budget hearings aid we're doing t0
get involved in this process on the 15th, 0t the 24th and on the 26th and I think
that is the appropriate time when we discuts the whole aspect of what the City of
Miami budget is going to be,including the raises or what have you. Now that's
the only thing I can, now I'm just one voice on this commission but 've just
got to be very frank with you. Now at this time we cannot, I will not vote for
anything in this nature until we get further down the line. Now with regards to
what Mr. Weisoff said, I completely agree with your statement, Mr. Weisoff, I
commend you and I commend your associates and I think that the only way to do
this is to let this process proceed in a democratic way, go forward in an elect-
ion and let's get this thing determined. Whoever the majority want to represent
them that's who ought to represent you and I don't think anybody can argue against
that.
Mr. Adams: Sir, may I ask one more question?
Mayor Ferre: Yes, sir.
Mr. Adams: First of all we're not talking about next year's budget which you're
talking about. We're talking about last year's budget and we're talking about
funds that are already available that have been put aside for this purpose and
if we wait until next year's budget it's gone as far as we're concerned. This
is what we're
Mr. Sherman: Mr. Plummer is shaking his head. As I remember this morning, the
review of the budget, Mr. Gary made a proposal on helping out the budget that
they omit the 31% which was appropriated last year for the raise - to drop it -
which would mean in essence that we would not receive it and the moneys would
not be available.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Sherman, did you hear anybody up here agree with that budget
as proposed?
Mr. Sherman: No, this is true but Mr. Ferre is saying let's continue with the
budget hearings which means if the money is released from the allocated funds
then we are in that position.
Mayor Ferre: But Mr. Sherman, I didn't say that I, and you haven't heard me say
one way or the other what my position is on this budget.
Mr. Sherman: This -is true, but we will not have possibly more or less the oppor-
tunity to come before you again before you pass the budget or omit that from the
budget.
Mayor Ferre: Mr. Sherman, you have the right to come up before this commission
any time you want to in the budget process, in a public hearing,to present your
position as can every member and every person that's in this room. That's what
we have a public hearing for. ....
Mr. Plummer: But you see, you're asking for answers from us when you should be
asking for answers from Tallahassee. ... No, you're wrong. You're wrong. Let
me tell you where you're wrong. See, you keep referring to a fund being set up
of 31% - that's wrong. That fund, in fact, was set up of 8h% to cover you peo-
ple. Ok? Eight and a half percent. So,all I'm saying to you is,you want the
spirit of negotiation, you want the spirit of representation now you've got to
follow the rules and we're not making the rules and neither is the administrat-
ion. The unfortunate part, and you can find fault where you want, is Tallahassee
has not made a decision. It's pure and simple. That's what I'm telling you.
Mr. Sherman: Thank you for your time.
Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Sherman. Is there anything else on Item #60?
MMr. Plummer: Yes, there are two other items on that. Mr. Manager, this commis-
sion instructed you at the last hearing when we did, in fact, go on record finally,
or whatever you want that you should start, I think the word was "posthaste"
negotiation with Sanitation. Where does that stand, sir? I asked you for a re-
port.
Mr. Grassie: The very next day, Commissioner, we contacted the attorneys for SEA
and asked that they meet with us. The informed us, as we told you they would,
but they said it; they informed us that really they did not want to start the
process until some word from PERC was available. Since then we have heard from
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PEAt and we are now waiting for the SEA unit to prepare its bargaining position,
They have informed us that probably in the text ten days or so that they should
have that done.
Mr. Plummer: Ok, so you complied with the Commission's policy,
Mr. Grassie: We've been in constant touch with them and are working really on
their schedule.
Mr. Plummer: And I see no heads shaking to the contrary from the Boo-hoo so I
will take that then as being yes. Now, the second point. You were asked to make
a clarification as to the commission's secretaries. We asked you to make a clari-
fication as to the commissioners' secretaries, aides, whatever they were, whether
or not they were covered under all aspects,whether they were covered under normal
procedures1because it was our understanding, us the commission, that they were
on a contractual basis,that they were not, in fact, covered by Civil Service pro-
cedures and I asked that that matter be clarified and brought back here before
this commission. Nowodo I have a status report?
Mr. Knox: Yes, sir, I'll give you a status report, I won't give you an answer
at this time. A member of my staff did prepare a memorandum and it was necessary
to work with the Department of Human Resources in order to answer the question
that was raised, I believe by Commissioner Gibson. Unfortunately, in the interim,
I was out of town on vacation and my assistant is recuperating from surgery and
I have not been in contact with him with respect to a currentupdate but we are
in the process now of preparing an answer and I assure you that you will have
one by the next regular Commission Meeting.
Mr. Plummer: Well, I hope that you will avail yourselves of what I asked the
Clerk to forward to you, copies of the minutes as they related to those hirings
because they were very clear by then manager Andrews that they were not normal
city employees under procedures as generally accepted that they, in fact, were
on a contractual basis and it was my understanding at the time that unless my
replacement as a commissioner wanted that secretary her termination stopped when
my term stopped, that she was not covered under normal procedures of Civil Ser-
vice, she was covered under pension but I would like that thing to be clarified
so there will be no more question about it.
Rev. Gibson: Mr. Plummer, for the record, both men the Manager and the man at
Human Resources, I asked both men because I was the guy involved, to give me a
memorandum declaring what my position was in ten days and I have never seen so
many days go by to be ten yet.
Mr. Plummer: Ok, I didn't place the ten days but I'm going to say the sooner the
better so we can get the matter cleared up. Let's go to 61, Mr. Mayor.
63, PERONAL APPEARANCE: (HERS OF A,F,S,C,M,E, TO DISCUSS
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROCESS,
Ma:►or Ferre: A11 right, now we're on Item *Al and I'll recognize representatives
from AFSCME.
Mr. Tony Corbo: My name is Tony Corbo and I'm the Assistant Area Director for
the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees for the State of
Florida. As you know1at the last City Commission Meeting,I objected to the act-
ion that the City Commission was taking with respect to ordering bargaining for
the Sanitation employees without extending the same priviledge to the other general
employees. I am asking you today to take a course of action which could ex-
pedite the process. We are trying to avoid a divisive election herein the City
of Miami. The two groups that are left in the election process, GEA and AFSCME,
have had intense feelings over a number of years and I'm just trying to avoid a
divisive election. The morale of the employees is very low with talks of lay-
off and the lack of wage increases;so,at this time I would like to introduce our
attorney, Mr. Robert Sugarman, who has a proposal to make to this commission.
Mr. Robert Sugarman: Good afternoon, my name is Robert Sugarman and I am with
the law firm of Kaplan, Dorsey, Sicking and Hessen. We represent the Miami City
Employees Local 654 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees. This is one of the few times that I have been knocked down before I
even stood up3 and I'm referring to Mr. Weinsoff's arguments. However, Mr. Wein-
stiff has excluded and has not mentioned two important things which this commis-
Sion should consider. (1) In his plea for an election,he has not mentioned to
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you that the divisive effects of an election which it will have upon this city,
upon the efficient operation of this city's4government, upon the employees who
Will be in effect torn apart and being forited to vote for one organization or
against another or in effect vote against each other. This has a terribly detri-
mental effect upon the morale of employees especially when they're fighting among
themselves and we are seeking to avoid that. Mr. Weinsoff also failed to mention
in his lengthy recounting of the history of this problem that the law has changed
and that all of the games that we played up until July 1st really don't matter
because the rules have been changed. On July 1, 1977 the latest amendment to the
law went into effect and it said that when PERC decides what an appropriate bar-
gaining unit should be which is the problem that's sitting in Tallahassee now
PERC should also consider the interest of the employees and the employer and the
continuation of a traditional workable and accepted negotiation relationship.
That language was not in the law before and that is all that we are asking for.
We are asking that the GEA and AFSCME and the City continue the traditional work-
able and accepted negotiation relationship that had existed in the city for so
long. That relationship was that AFSCME represented a unit which may be generally
described as blue collar workers, that GEA represented a unit which may be gener-
ally described as white collar workers, SEA represented Sanitation Employees,
the Fire Fighters and Police had their respective unions. And you have implemented
that,or 3/5 of that by recognizing Sanitation, Police and Fire. Now all we have
left are the general employees and what we are saying is that they should not
fight among themselves, that the city should not be put through an election but
rather the city should vow to continue its traditional workable and accepted negoti-
ation relationship. And how do you do that? By doing for us, AFSCME,and by
doing for GEA no more than you did for Sanitation and that is directing the admin-
istration to support a blue collar unit, which you always had under the name of
AFSCME1and a white collar unit which you always had under the name of GEA,and ask
the city to support that in front of the commission and ask the city to join us
in our request to the commission to hold a brief hearing or to open up the record
so that we can submit evidence that,in fact there was a traditional workable and
accepted negotiation relationship. That evidence was not submitted in the prior
hearings because the law was changed on July 1st and the hearings were before
July 1st. So that's what we're asking, that you do for us what you did for the
other three, that you direct the administration to support the concept of a blue
collar unit and a white collar unit and we, AFSCME,pledge to you now that we will
only seek to represent the blue collar employees. We have no interest any longer
in changing the way things have been for so many years. We want to continue to
represent the blue collar employees, we want to negotiate on their behalf as
soon as possible. We ask that the city`join us in urging PERC to recognize this
traditional workable and accepted negotiating relationship of AFSCME being a blue
collar union and GEA being a white collar union and sparing the city and its
employees the divisive effects and the morale shattering effects of an election
where employees are forced to vote against one another.
Mayor Ferret For the rebuttal?
Mr. Irving Weinsoff: For the record, Irving Weinsoff, General Employees Associat-
ion. I'm really surprised to hear the statements but , I'd like to call to your
attention that on August 17, 1977 the commission wrote a letter to your labor
counsel and in there reiterated that AFSCME had filed an unfair labor practice
charge against the city for recognizing GEA. And in that letter1the counsel for
PERC stated that at issue and the question before the commission was the issue
of representation. Now,I state to you that that is exactly what exists right
here. What AFSCME would like you to do is to dip into our union membership, and
I'll read them to you in a moment, and say all right, we're going to recognize
all you people who belonged to GEA for the last 15 years, you're now members of
AFSCME. And I say that is not the job of the commission. We have received a
copy from AFSCME of the classifications which they would consider in their unit.
I tell you now for the record that the laborers classification 3001, 3002 we have
a substantial number who are members of our association and the Labor Foreman
3010 and 3011 we have a substantial number there. Going right down the record
from 3001 all the way to 6010 we have classifications in everyone of those cate-
gories. 0n the second page, from 6003 right down - groundsmen, gunsmiths, heavy
equipment mechanics, masons, painting foremen, watchmen, it's even too cumbersome
to relate to you. I think that it is encumbent upon the commission to say, "Look,
we're going to have a city-wide unit and that's all there is to it". These members
belong to both groups. People in all classif icattlons belong to both
unions. Now, as to the issue of divisiveness, in every election
there is divisiveness, but that's the democratic process. What are
we going to say? ...That you are never going to have a challenge to your seat
beeause it is going to be divisive? That Commissioner Reboso is going to remain in
his seat forever?..I'm sure he wishes that were so. And that goes for everybody in
a democratic State, but the fact of the matter is let these employees go to an
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election, let theta choose Who they Want, let the chips fall where they May. In
otir opinion there should be only one organisation representing all of these people.
#Jow as to the issue of a traditional unit,%.I tell you that we had a members only
contract and what that means is only members of the GEA were covered under the
GEA contract and members of AFSCME were covered under the AFSCME contract. There
was no such thing and there is no such thing as tradition other than members
only and that isn't what AFSCME is asking for. They're saying select a group of
classifications, make those the blue collar, they'll represent them and the white
collars certain classifications, GEA will represent them. We say nix to that.
We want a democratic election across the board and even if we loose which we feel
we won't1that's the way it's going to be. Thank you.
Mr. Bryan: Let me bring this right up to what it is. AFSCME knows they're whipp-
ed and now they're out to get a few people paying more money into that national
MEM union and we are your representatives by general employees here, the GEA
Mayor Ferre: Look, I see your point about the potential of division on this.
On the other hand I want to say that in a matter as delicate as representation
of a group,the City of Miami Commission I don't really can do anything but to
let the democratic process rule and I think we've got no choice,but to permit
because that's the way it should be - whoever the majority of the employees want as
their representative that's who is going to represent you and that's the way it
should be. Now,I want to tell you that I'm sure you're concerned about wounds
that may come out of this and I'm sure there will be some but believe me I've
seen it happen before. Those wounds will heal very very quickly and I think every-
body will settle down to whoever is the successful winner in this election will
have the full support of all of the employees,and I don't know if anybody else
on this commission wants to add any words to that, you're perfectly welcome to
do so, if not,we'll move onto Item *63. Is there anything else? Thank you very
much, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, ma'am.
Ms. Rosemary Melvin: My name is Rosemary Melvin and I'm from Communications and
I'm a general employee. I'd just like to say that if I would have known, I've
never attended a Commission Meeting, that my dollar out of my pay check was going
for this I would have given it up a long time ago. The point here is the people
want a raise. I don't care what color my collar is and I don't care who backs
me, all I care about is that I'm an individual and I work for the city and I'm
dedicated to the city. I'm a proposed budget cutback for the 78 season which you
know I love my job and I love working for the city. I want my raise, everybody
here wants their raise. They don't want to hear about GEA, they don't want to
hear about AFSCME, they don't want to hear the fighting. All they care about is
that the Commission will give them a raise. There is too much dissention here,
it's not necesary. We know you can't answer us today, we don't expect an answer
today. We just want you to understand that we do want a raise and we know that
you're going to try and do for us what you can. Thank you.
Mayor Ferre: Thank you.
, CONFIRMING RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE CONTRACT FOR
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES — LITTLE HAW OrtNI1Y CENTER,
The following resolution was introduced by Comissioner Plummer, who roved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-725
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CON-
TRACT WITH BOUTERSE, PEREZ & FABREGAS FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE LITTLE HAVANA COMMUNITY CENTER; FURTHER
PROVIDING THAT IN THE EVENT A SATISFAC"ORY AGREEMENT CANNOT BE
NEGOTIATED WITH THE AFORESAID FIRM, THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHOR-
IZED TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH LEE RAMOS AND RUSSELL, MARTINEZ
AND HOLT, IN THAT ORDER; FURTHER INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER TO
SUBMIT THE FINAL NEGOTIATED CONTRACT TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR
ITS APPROVAL PRIOR TO EXECUTION.
(Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file
in the Office of the City Clerk.)
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was 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.
65, CONFIRMING RESOLUTION: AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE CONTRACT FOR
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES — CITY'S ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved
its adoption:
AYES:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-726
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CON-
TRACT WITH PANCOAST, BORRELLI, ALBAISA ARCHITECTS, P.A. FOR
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A CITY ADMINISTRAT-
ION BUILDING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT IN
THE EVENT A SATISFACTORY AGREEMENT CANNOT BE NEGOTIATED WITH
THE AFORESAID FIRM, THE CITY MANAGER IS AUTHORIZED TO NEGOT-
IATE A CONTRACT WITH SICBB, INC. AND WILLIAM MORGAN & H.J. ROSS
ASSOCIATES IN THAT ORDER; FURTHER INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER
TO SUBMIT THE FINAL NEGOTIATED CONTRACT TO THE CITY COMMISSION
FOR ITS APPROVAL PRIOR TO EXECUTION.
(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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66* CONFIRMING RESOLUTION: CHANGE DATE OF REGULAR MEETING TO
SEPTEMBER 23, �.977,
trine followinq resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson` whet mewed
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 77-727
A RESOLUTION RESCHEDULING THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING
OF SEPTEMBER 22, 1977 TO TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1977
AND RESCIND PRIOR RESOLUTION NO. 77-661 WdHICH HAD SCHEDULED
SUCH REGULAR MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 20, 1977.
(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.
67i MOTION OF INTENT - MEMBERS OF CITY COMMISSION TO ATTEND CONFERENCE IN
CAKE TAHOE, ON RETIREMENJT.
Mrs. Gordon: Maurice, I have been authorized by this commission to travel to
Israel on the 29th, I'm not going. That was originally passed in July. I am not
going to Israel and I just wanted this commission to be aware that I'm not travel-
ing and there was a motion passed to that affect so I don't know if you have to
rescind it or not but at least the public record reflects I'm not going.
Mayor Ferre: I don't think that's necessary, Rose. Are you going on the other
trip?
Mrs. Gordon: At this time I can't say, I don't know. But I would like permission
of the commission to attend the Public Employees Conference on October 2 which is
in relationship to my position as Chairman of the Pension, of the Plan Board.
Mr. Plummer: Where is that Rose?
Mrs. Gordon: It's in Lake Tahoe and it lasts for three days. It is a conference
specifically geared to public pension funds. Most of the other conferences have
to do with YRISA which is pension funds of private industry but this one which
is an annual conference is PERISA which is a public employees pension funds.
Mr. Plummer: I'll move that any members of this commission who wish to avail
themselves of going and attending that conference, funds shall be provided for,
that anyone who wants to avail themselves of that seminar, that funds be provided
any member of this commission.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its
adoption.
MOTION NO. 77-728
A MOTION EXPRESSING THE INTENT OF THE CITY COMMISSION THAT ANY
MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION WHO WISHES TO ATTEND A THREE-DAY
CONFERENCE ON THE SUBJECT OF PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, TO
BE HELD AT LAKE TAHOE, BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND SAID CONFERENCE,
AND THAT RELATED EXPENDITURES BE REIMBURSED.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted
by the following vote -
AYES;
TOES; None.
Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
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, MOTION OF INTENT
CHAIR PERSONS AND EMPLOYEE MISERS of RETIREMENT $OAkDs
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE IN LAKE TAHOE,'ON "RETIREMENT,"
Mts. Gordon: Also, Mr.
commission to allow two
hat and I think the two
and Mr. Luis de Jesus.
Mayor, the board passed a resolution requesting this
members of the board to go and they drew names out of a
that were selected if I'm not mistaken were Mr. Crouch
Mr. Plummer: How about our side?
Mrs. Gordon: I don't know whether your board did that or didn't do that. Ok, I
would move that those board members whose names have been selected or if they
don't go their nominees or their alternates be permitted to go.
Mr. Plummer: Well, you know I think fair is fair, Rose. I think that each board
ought to send one member truthfully. You know I think if one commissioner - if
I can go I'll try to go but I doubt that I can - but if one commissioner from
each board and one member of the board can go surely they can bring back the re-
port and a synopsis of the thing for all. You know you're looking at a thousand
dollars per person so I think it would be fair you know that one member from each
board or the chairman of each board if it is possible that they go and the city
should pick up the tab.
Mrs. Gordon: Ok. Certain members of the board had said they would pay their own
way...
Mr. Plummer: Then there's no problem.
Mayor Ferre:
How much are we going to spend on this whole thing?
Mr. Plummer: Maurice, I would say you're probably expending a thousand dollars
a person.
Mayor Ferre: And how many people are we agreeing to send?
Mr. Plummer: What we're agreeing to I hope is four rather than five but Maurice,
I have to tell you it's probably worth $100,000 worth of good to this board.
Mrs. Gordon: The education is fantastic and you know you want your members to
be knowledgeable.
Mayor Ferre: Well I know, I'm all for it and I'm going to vote with you but I
want to remind you that we're under very tight budgetary constraints and you know
all of a sudden now four or five thousand dollars. I'm not telling you that's
going to save our problems but you know four here and four there and ten there...
Mrs. Gordon: A11 right. Personally, I'm not going to go the Washington trip so
if you want to send a member in that place of mine I'm not going to be able to
go I'm staying here. But where it comes to education I never feel these are dol-
lars that are spent these are dollars that are invested and they are dollars that
are invested in people's education so that they can better serve that particular
agency that they're working for and so I would really like to move that two and
two be permitted to go. That's a motion, two and two.
Mayor Ferre:
Mr. Plummer:
Mayor Ferre:
... Four thousand dollars.
Or possibly five.
Or five.
Mr. Grassie: Just for my information so I know what your intention is, Mr. Mayor,
do I understand that you're voting on Commissioner Plummer's suggestion?
Mayor Ferre: No, this is Rose Gordon's motion which I would imagine supersedes
the previous motion which in effect says two and two.
Mrs. Gordon: No, it doesn't supersede it, I would be going as a commissioner
representing the....
Mayor Ferre: Well how many people are going on this thing?
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Mt, Mit ►er:
bodied and one
Mts. Gordon:
Ok.
Mayor Ferre:
makes it four
Mr. Plummer:
is five.
Possibly Lose would go, Possibly t Would go, two MeMbets froth her
Member from our board.
I heard two names mentioned on his board - or one was an alternate?
That means two commissioners
the way I count and...
No, it's two commissioners,
and one member from each board which
one from my board and two from Rose's
Mayor Ferre: Well, why two from one board and only one from the other?
Mrs. Gordon: Ok, our board selected two names and they picked them out of a
hat. Those were two names and those were Mr. Crouch Mr. de Jesus and those two
people, I don't know about Mr. Crouch whether he even wants to go. He may not
want to go.
Mayor Ferre: Well I'll tell you what, we're talking about a thousand dollars per
person. I would recommend one representative from each board go and each commis-
sioner that's on each side so that would make it four and let them choose who...
I'm sorry but you know right now....
Mrs. Gordon:
for now. The
would pay the
Ok, let's not make a big to do about it. We'll make it that way
board members also asked me to find out whether this commission
registration fee if they paid their own way. Is that correct, Peter?
Mr. Joffre: Right. Some of the board members, if they pay their registration
fee and gave them the time some of them would pay their own transportation out
there and their hotel out there.
Mrs. Gordon:
Mr. Plummer:
Mr. Joffre:
You see, these people are very dedicated to doing a good job.
How much is the registration, Peter?
Irwin, 125 or 175? ...
Mrs. Gordon: Well we're members. ...
Mayor Ferre: Well do we need to vote on this?
Mrs. Gordon: We vote on the other call the roll first on getting there for
members.
Mayor Ferre: Getting what? What are we voting on?
Mrs. Gordon: We're voting on what you amended my motion to be.
Mayor Ferre: Ok.
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon who moved its
adoption.
MOTION NO. 77-729
A MOTION EXPRESSING THE INTENT OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO
PERMIT A TOTAL OF FOUR (4) PERSONS TO ATTEND A 3-DAY CON-
FERENCE ON THE SUBJECT OF PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS,
TO BE HELD AT LAKE TAHOE, SUCH PERSONS BEING DESIGNATED
AS FOLLOWS:
1 CITY COMMISSIONER (THE CHAIR PERSON OF
PLUS 1 EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH
1 CITY COMMISSIONER (THE CHAIR PERSON OF
BOARD), PLUS 1 EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE
SUBJECT TO REIMBURSEMENT.
THE RETIREMENT PLAN BOARD) ,
BOARD; and
THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
OF SUCH BOARD,
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and adopted
by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Mrs. Gordon, Rev. Gibson
And Mayor Ferre. NOES: None.
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9i MOTION OF INTENT = POLICY OF Cm COf IISSION REGARDING EMPLOYEE MEMBERS
OF RETIREMENT &6RDS ATTENDING CONFERENCE IN LAKE TAHOE+
Mrs. Gordon: Now we're discussing Mr. Peter ,7hffre's suna'stion. He's one or
those that are willing to invest his own car fare, his own hotel and everything
but he wants to get this education and I think it is commendable that they want
to do it.
Mr. Joffre: Mayor, I attended last year and I thought it was very productive,
we learned quite a bit about pension and I'm willing to go out there now, pay my
registration and give me the time off and I'd be willing to pay my flight out
there and my hotel and meals.
Mrs. Gordon: That's for any other members who wish to go. I don't think that's
asking too much when we certainly are in need....
Mayor Ferre: Well, why do we have to vote on it? I don't understand.
Mr. Plummer: Well, because we've got to allocate the time.
Mrs. Gordon: You've got to let them off.
Mr. Grassie: No you don't, that's really something we can do administratively
Mayor Ferre: It's an administrative matter.
Mrs. Gordon: What about the registration?
Mr. Plummer: You've got to allocate the dollars for the...
Mr. Grassie: If you simply indicate to me that that's something that you gener-
ally would approve...
The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon who moved its
adoption.
MOTION NO. 77-730
A MOTION STATING THE POLICY OF THE CITY CO2rMISSION THAT ANY
EMPLOYEE MEMBER OF THE RETIREMENT PLAN OR THE RETIREMENT
SYSTEM BOARD WHO WISHES TO ATTEND A THREE-DAY CONFERENCE ON
THE SUBJECT OF PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, TO BE HELD AT
LAKE TAHOE, BE GRANTED TIME OFF TO ATTEND SUCH CONFERENCE
PROVIDED THE TRIP IS MADE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE EMPLOYEE.
PROVISION WAS MADE TO REIMBURSE REGISTRATION EXPENSES.
Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the motion was passed and adopted
by the following vote -
AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso
Commissioner J. L. Plummer
Commissioner Rose Gordon
Vice -Mayor Theodore Gibson
Mayor Maurice A. Ferre
NOES: None.
Mr. Grassie: I'm assuming that on the two official delegates, the ones that are
entirely paid for by the city that the boards will get some word to us so that we
know who we're talking about.
Mayor Ferre: Yes, of course.
Mr. Plummer: Well, I can tell you from my board it is Ken Harrison.
Mrs. Gordon: And I believe the first name we picked was Luis de Jesus, I believe
wasn't it Irsin? Yes, Luis de Jesus then would be our board member to go. His
name was selected to go first.
Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mazin, I'm told that there is probably a problem. Who was our
selection to go from our board? Jaremko? Chief Jaremko.
Mayor Ferre: Hey, let's not argue about this this is something that you can deter
mine amongst yourselves and do it administratively.
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70i BIEP DISCUSSION Item! PRoPOsAL BY MAYOR FERRE TO AMEND LANGUAGE OP
PROPOSED BONP'QUESTION ON THE NONEMBER BALLOT
REGARDING $15 MILLION ORANGE BGL IMPROVEMENTS,
Mayor Ferre: May I bring something up now before we leave? Now, this is the
end of the day, this is not political...
Mrs. Gordon: I have a feeling I want to hear taps.
Mayor Ferre: No taps not yet, I don't think anywhere near yet. I just want to
bring out for your sober and quiet deliberation hopefully and thinking process,
and I think we can do it in five or ten minutes, the subject of the forthcoming
Bond Election on the Orange Bowl. Now I know that we've already voted on it
and the second vote comes up one of these days. Oh that's right, we've already
done the second vote so it's on the ballot and that's that and the majority
voted for it. I'd like to just put out for your thinking, the more I look at
this Orange Bowl situation the more I realize that it doesn't make any common
sense for this government, Metro or Broward County or anybody to go out and build
a $50,000,000 football stadium when we already have a football stadium. Now you
know my feelings and I'm not going to go into this again but with $15,000,000
the Manager has pointed out we can refurbish the Orange Bowl and make it almost
into a brand new stadium. Now that's a lot of money, $15,000,000. Now I know
how you feel about it, Rose, and I want to stress this is not a political thing
I just want to soberly think about this openly with all of you. I personally
don't feel that to ask a $45,000 home owner to pay $15 a year and eventually down
to $10 a year is an unreasonable thing because the return on that - my God, we've
gotten six Superbowls by 1979 out of 13 - just the publicity is worth it. And
this is something that we'll pay over the next 20 or 25 years. We can refurbish
the Orange Bowl and end up with a perfectly good acceptable stadium. The key
point is this. I want to point out to you that the Orange Bowl from a publicity
point of view to the world is used perhaps twelve times a year, ten to twelve
times by our Miami Dolphins and then if it is selected for the Super Bowl or for
some other important classic it might be used one or two other times. In addit-
ion, it will be used by the Miami Hurricanes, etc. which really isn't going to
set the world on fire and doesn't warrant the expenditure of a million dollars
that it costs to run that stadium every year. Now, there's no doubt that if you
look at sports facilities, and I don't mean that you all except for Father Gibson
who missed my speech yesterday at Tiger Bay and I'm not going to bore you with
it but I just want to take two minutes of your time to tell you. There's no
question that the articles in the Miami Herald and the Miami News and people that
have been - Miami and that is the general Miami area is dying on the vine. Eco-
nomically it is in serious, the tourist industry which is our major support base
and that ties into the airline industry - is slowly dying on the vine. Now I
want you to know, I want you to notice that perhaps one of the most intelligent
people in this community, Frank Borman the President and Chairman of the Board
of Eastern Airlines has applied for flying rights into the caribbean and Borman
put it this way, he said it very simply. He said, Miami is going down the drain
and Eastern Airlines isn't going with Miami Beach. He was talking about the
hotels on Miami Beach. I want to point out to you that out in Las Vegas this is
the first time, last year was the first time that Las Vegas, as I recall reading
the figures, had more hotels than all of Dade County put together. I want to
point out to you that Disney World has had such a tremendous impact that the
Orlando area would you believe has more hotels than Dade County? They've got
40 to 45,000, I forget the figure, hotel rooms where we only have 35,000. There
hasn't been with the exception of Omni and a few others that may amount to a
couple of thousand in the last 15 years and there hasn't been more than a couple
of thousand hotel roams built in this community and this is supposedly our eco-
nomic base. Now we're doing something about it on Watson Island, I recognize
that. I want to point out to you that one of the most dynamic things that happens
in cities like Atlanta or otherwise is when a sports arena is built. I want to
further point out to you that there was a sports arena to be built at the FIU
location, that that contract expires this month, if I'm not mistaken it expires
on the 15th of September. That means that there are no viable pending plans to
build a major sports arena. Now I know that there is a chicken and an egg sit-
uation. Do we get the sports arena first or do we get the facilities or the teams
first? I guarantee you that if the City of Miami or South Florida had - follow
me now - had a major sports arena in this community, we have 21 million people
in southeast Florida and I guarantee you we'd have a basketball and a hockey
league team immediately down here. It's inconceivable that such a market would
be let go by anybody. Now even Joe Robbie, and you've got to hand it to the guy
you know you've got to have the... He's unbelievable. He really is an unbeliev-
able man. The other day in the Larry King report in the Miami News Joe Robbie
109 SEP 8 1977
said, and t was floored when I read it and i recommend if you haven't seen it
t'll send you a copy of it. He said this community needs a sports arena more
than it needs a football stadium - Joe Robbie. Would you believe that he said
that? He happens to be right and it shows you that really he is a heck of a guy.
And for him to say that is the recognition of truth. Now I want to tell you that
with that same $15,000,000 this city could build a 15 to 17,000 seat fully air
conditioned basketball/hockey sports arena which we do not and nobody has in south-
east florida. I would like to recommend to this commission that you give careful
consideration to the idea that we amend what we're going to have on the ballot on
the 8th of November and that you do this: First of all that we set a time limit
for that money to be utilized. I don't think that we should open end, that we
should go into another situation like we did in 1954 when $5,000,000 was earmarked
for a convention center and here we are in 1977 and we still have not used that
money and 13 years have gone by. I don't think we ought to have open end things
like that. I think we ought to go to the voters and ask them permission to spend
$15,000,000 by a General Obligation Bond Issue in 20 or 25 years and borrow
$15,000,000 to improve the Orange Bowl within the next two years. Now if Mr.
Robbie does not sign a long term contract I don't think there is a commission,
this one or any future commission that in their right mind would go out and spend
$15,000,000 for a stadium which doesn't have a major tenant user like a football
team when we already have the Orange Bowl. Now you can make the same argument for
the basketball and for the hockey league team and I would say that that is appro-
priate but I would say that if we have $15,000,000 and if we went ahead and found
the proper property to do it in - I might remind the commission that back when
Paul Andrews was the manager we went into careful study and as a matter of fact
Metropolitan Dade County gave us some land for that very same purpose, to build a
coliseum. So this commission has gone on record previously on this matter. The
point I'm trying to make to you is that I think we ought to put a time limitation
of two years for that money to be expended on the Orange Bowl and if at the end
of two years it hasn't happened and if somebody wants to come along and build a
sports arena that we the commission, whoever is here beyond two years from now
and I probably will not be here beyond that two more years, whoever is on this
commission at that time would be entitled to utilize that money for the building
of a sports arena complex somewhere in the Miami area and I think that if we, I
think it can be worded, Mr. Knox, you'd have to be very careful that bond counsel
would approve it. It would have to be a separate vote, and I would recommend that
it be: Will the City of Miami be allowed to spend $15,000,000 in refurbishing
the Orange Bowl, such moneys to be expended within the next two years and if not
expended by November 8, 1979, and by that you have to define what expending means.
That means a contract let and so on. That that matter be revoked. Now, then
there would be a second question in the`event of the revocation of the aforement-
ioned item and the money not expended, not expended for the purposes of refurbish-
ing the Orange Bowl, that that money - the $15,000,000 - be allowed to be expended
for a sports complex arena and that an additional two years be granted through the
year 1981 for the same purposea and if that commission doesn't do anything about
it between now and then fellows, lady, like Winston Churchill said, "Every group
of people deserve the government they get." And it is up to us.
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, would you consider removing that from the ballot entirely
and pursuing the idea of the new permissable Tourist Tax for tourist attractions
and spread the load on the backs of everybody who comes here not only who live
here permanently but those who come here as tourists and guests of this community
for the purpose of we're providing them with entertainment and with attractions
that they pay for it. I feel very very bad about always taxing City of Miami tax-
payers. Sure, we're the center of the county but we're not the richest part of
the county believe me, if anything we have more poor people and elderly people liv-
ing in this area than we have affluent people. So why don't we as long as you
have gone the route of reconsidering, in fact, your strong position of improving
the Orange Bowl right away, in fact, you're not rushing out in the month of Decem-
ber to let contracts if it passes in November why don't we go ahead and remove it
and spare everybody the problem of having to make known the information of what
it's going to cost them in their pocketbook where it hurts.
Mayor Ferret Mrs. Gordon, I respect your position and I don't in answering you
in any way, please, I don't want you to misunderstand. I'm not in any personaliz-
ing this and I don't want you to misunderstand. I think that the City of Miami
in my opinion and that includes me has been grossly negligent in the past twenty
years by slowly letting major things out of our hands. If we had been more aggress-
ive instead of less aggressive this commission should have long time ago fixed up
the Orange Bowl. We should have long time ago gotten into recreational facilities.
We should have long time ago put up a coliseum. WE should have long time ago done
the type of things that support major tourist matters so that our tax rolls would
indeed go up. Let me be very specific to you. You've traveled, I've traveled,
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V'te been to gansas City, f'de been to Oakland and I'Ve seen. You know whenedei
govettteat is aggressive and goes cut and does things you know what happens?
Other people build hotels around it, industry moves in, people build commercial
buildings then they're taxed and that's the way. You see, there are two ways to
do this. One is to do nothing and when you do nothing your tax base erodes and
the burden goes on the little home owner which is what's.happened in Miami over
the past twenty years. There has been very little growth in this community. It's
all gone to Dadeland, it's all gone all over the place. Now, if we'd taken a
different attitude and if we had been aggressive and if we had built a conference
and convention center ten or fifteen years ago like we should have DuPont Plaza
would have been built up by now, all that riverfront property. Look at what is
going to happen when we get our convention center. You're going to be amazed.
There are two people that are going to be fighting for that convention conference
center. You're going to be amazed to see the kind of money those people want to
put down here because they see something being done. We can't sit and wait for
things to happen. That's why Miami is dying. That is why Miami Beach has been
dying, because they've sat around waiting for somebody else to solve -their problem.
It doesn't work that way. Now I would like to seriously recommend to you that
you consider giving the people of :Miami that alternative and it has to pass on a
fcu -f' :ths vote because it has to pass on an emergency basis, Mr. PlIm er. and
I think that that's something, new it is already cn the 'a tint and that's that
and I certainly am not for removing it for a very simple reason. We put it on a
straw ballot before, you saw the reaction of the people, they knew what they were
voting on. I don't go along with all of this silly stuff of well it didn't hit
them is the pocketbook and therefore, `fiat's why they voted. You watch and see
what is going to happen November the Sth. I predict to you that it will .tin by
the same proportion it won last time because the people of Miami had the vision
of wanting to see a better and improved cramuni'y and that's the way it's going
to happen. We've got to stick our neck out a little bit. New, ....
Mrs. Gordon: They have been hit by big big electric increases and also great big
telephone increases and all of these things have happened since that time, Mr.
Mayor and : think that the people have just had enough. They've just had all they
can take. The Realty Board has passed a resolution asking the governor to recall
the Public Service Commission, I mean people are up in eras :t's not just you
and I but all the people - they can't pay their bills.
Mayor Pere: You will be snrorised as yam were last time at the reaction of the
people to.imprcve the Orange Bowl and they're going to vote for it as they did
last time and it is going to happen all aver again and you just can't get away
from the fact that people have a vinion of something better. They want to see
this city move again. This cczmauni47 has not been dynamic enough and I `chink
that this is part of the whole picture. I'm talking about jobs for blacks and
Latins and women and everybody else. We need to prima that pump so that we will
have the type of investments in Miami that we can tax on advalorem tax rolls so
that the property owner, the little home owner is not forced and burdened to pay
the proportion that he is today and it you look at progressive cities around
the country that's exactly what's happened and those cities that are dying on the
vine are the cities that are staying back and holding back not wanting to do any-
thing because they're afraid of the type,of protests of those people who have bad
enough ... and those are the cities that are dying cn the vine and 1 don't want
Miami to be one of those. and I would recommend to you again, to this commission
that we on this ballot for November give the electorate of Miami the alternative
of using that money if we do not, if we•don't go for a major stadium that we go
for a major coliseum sports facility. I don't mean to force the issue today, we
have time. How much time do we have, George?
Mr. =cm: We. have thirty days before the election.
Mayor Pere: We've got. to advertise it 30 days before.
Mr. Moot: Yes, sir.
Mayor !era: and the election is on November the Sth. SO thirty days isn't until
October sometime, is that right? 5o we have, wercaa take this up and I'm just
ts3.ling.you about how I feel aboat it so that perhaps, Mr. ;Manager, you might if
you would put it am the agenda for a coming Commission Meeting for disc3ssion and
perhaps you sight do some homework into it and come up with acme kind of a raeom-
mendatioa.
Mrs. Gordon: Would you also come back to us with your opinion, your recommeadat-
ign pertaining to that. tourist tax and how it could be handled through that vehicle?
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Mayor Pefte: All right, thank you for listening.
71. ttIER DISCUSSION ITEM: COt4M1SSIONER GORDON ON tOARD OR REALTORSi
POSITION ON PUBLIC UTILITIES INCREASESi
Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, I wonder if you would want to consider reinforcing the
Board of Realtors' position with regard to the increase in the power rates? They
are asking us, all the people we possibly can to support the position thathattthe
governor look into this matter. I would move you that we support
that the Miami Board of Realtors have taken pertaining to the public utilities
resolution.
Mayor Ferre: All right, we have a motion. Is there a second to the motion? Is
there a second to the motion? Is there a second to the motion? Hearing none,
the motion is ...
Mrs. Gordon: To support the position the Miami Board of Realtors have taken ask-
ing the governor to take hold of the situation regarding the'Public Service Com-
mission.
Mayor Ferre: Rose, this is a matter that condemns the Public Service Commission.
Mrs. Gordon: Right.
Mayor Ferre: And I think that that is scamething that I don't know how everybody
s
else feels about it. It seems from the silence that I heard that everybody
to think about this a little bit before we go out and pass a resolution. So if
you want bring it up at the next Commission Meeting.
Mrs. Gordon: Ok, I'll make copies and give you all copies. May I have back, the
one I gave you? Thank you.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TCOME MBEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION
THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 6.U5 CLOCK
ATTEST:
Ralph G. Ong.i.e
CITY CLERK
Matty Hitai
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK
Maun.Lee A. Fenne
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CIWY OF IWAMI
DOCUMENT
INDEX
ITEM NO
1 COMMISSION AGENDA AND CITY CLERK REPORT
DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION
2 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITII
O'LEARY-SHAFER AND ASSOCIATES.
3 ACCEPTING THE OFFER OF SERVICES FROM MALL
TRANSPORT, INC. FOR FURNISHING A SHUTTLE TRAM
SERVICE IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI TO NEW WORLD CENTER -
BICENTENNIAL PARK
4 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
MIAMI AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
5 GRANTING TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AN EASEMENT IN EDISON CENTER
PARK FOR TIIE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF
A RAMP FOR A PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY
ACROSS I-95
6 ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY
GARCIA ALLEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC AT
A TOTAL COST OF $42,366
7 APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO SUBLEASE BY AND
BETWEEN GROVE KEY MARINA INC. AND GROVE
RESTAURANT LIMITED, A COPY OF WHICH IS AT-
TACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF.
8 ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY
BIG CHIEF, INC., AT A TOTAL COST PERFORMED BY
BIG CHIEF, INC. AT A TOTAL COST OF $12,098.50
9 ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY C.A.
DAVIS, INC. AT A TOTAL COST OF $55,505.81
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AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY
TO WILFREDO DIEZ AND OLGA DIEZ, WITII AN ADDI-
TIONAL PAYEE, ATKINS BODY WORKS, THE REPAIRIN
FACILITY, WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIABILITY,
THE SUM OF $1,487.77 IN FULL AND COMPLETE
SETTLEMENT OF ANY AND ALL CLAIMS
CLOSING FULLER STREET TO THROUGH TRAFFIC ON
OCTOBER 21, 22 AND 23, 1977 DURING SPECIFIED
HOURS IN CONNECTION WITII THE TROPICAL PLANT
FAIR
APPOINTING MR, ROBERT C. HARTNETT, MR,
FRANCISCO II. OLAZABAL , AS MEMBERS TO THE
THE BUDGET REVIEW COMMITTEE.
MEETING DATE:
September 8, 1977
COMMISSION
ACTION
R-77-693
R-77-694
R-77-695
R-77-696
R-77-697
R-77-698
R-77-699
R-77-700
R-77-701
R-77-702
R-77-703
RETRIEVAL
CODE NO.
0072
77-693
77-694
77-695
77-696
77-697
77-698
77-699
77-700
77-701
77-702
77-703
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DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION
URGING TILE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS AND TILE
U.S. CONFERENCE OF CITIES TO ENDORSE AND PRO-
MOTE PROPOSED LEGISLATION ENTITLED "SOCIO-
ECONOMIC NATIONAL GROWTH ACT".
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT WITH ANTONIO MOLINA FOR THE OPERA-
TION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI COUNTRY CLUB FOOD
CONCESSION FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
ACCEPTING THE FOLLOWING BIDS FOR FURNISHING
LANDSCAPE PLANTS AND SHRUBS FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
ACCEPTING THE BID OF ACT LAWNMOWER SERVICE
FOR FURNISHING FOUR ROTARY LAWN MOWERS, ONW
19" CHAIN SAW, AT A COST OF $2,100.60
RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 76-1076 (11/18/76)
ACCEPTING THE BID OF THE BREWER COMPANY OF
FLORIDA.
ACCEPTING THE BID OF FRISA CORPORATION IN
THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF $78,500 FOR THE
VIRGINIA KEY RESTORATION PROJECT-1977
ACCEPTING THE BID OF LINDSEY BOAT WORKS FOR
FURNISIHING ONE WORK BOAT FOR THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AT A TOTAL COST OF
$16,415.00
ACCEPTING THE BID OF UNIFORMS FOR INDUSTRY,
INC.
ACCEPTING THE BID OF MIDWEST TELECOMMUNICA-
TIONS, INC., FOR FURNISHING VIDEO EQUIPMENT
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE AT A COST OF
$52,066
ACCEPTING THE BID OF ORLANDO MENDEZ, INC.
IN TIIE AMOUNT OF $3,304,800
AUTIHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
AN AGREEMENT WITH BEBER, SILVERSTEIN AND
PARTNERS FOR ADVERTISING SERVICES.
CONFIRMING ORDERING RESOLUTION NO. 77-653
CONFIRMING ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF TRIAL VIEW HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT H-4366 IN
TRIAL VIEW IHIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
II-4366
ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED
BY SULLIVAN, LONG & HAGERTY AT A TOTAL COST
OF $ 83 , 165. 73 FOR NORTH BAYSHORE DRIVE
SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5383-C
RECONSTITUTING THE CITY OF MIAMI MEMORIAL
COMMITTEE, REDEFINING ITS PURPOSES AND OB-
JECTIVES.
CbMM1-M1-5N
L ACTION
R-77-704
R-77-705
R-77-706
R-77-707
R-77-708
R-77-709
R-77-710
R-77-711
R-77-712
R-77-713
R-77-714
R-77-715
R-77.-716
R-77 -717
R-77-719
RETRIEVAL
CODE NO
77-704
77-705
77-706
77-707
77-708
77-709
77-710
77-711
77-712
77-713
77-714
77-715
77-716
77-717
77-719
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ACTION
R-77-720
R-77-721
R-77-722
R 77-723
R-77-724
R-77-725
R-77-726
R-77-727
RETRIEVAL
CODE NO.
7 7 -7 20
77-721
7 7 -7 22
77-723
77-724
77-725
77-726
77-727
DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A
LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE BIG FIVE CLUB, INC.
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A
CONTRACT FOR SPECIAL LEGAL SERVICES, WITII
FRATES FLOYD PEARSON STEWART RICHMAN & GREER
RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 77-630
FINDING AND DETERMINING THE PUBLIC NEED AND
NECESSITY FOR ACQUIRING BY AN ORDER OF TAKING
PRIOR TO A TRIAL AS TO COMPENSATION AND PUR-
SUANT TO CHAPTERS 73 AND 74 OF THE STATUES OF
FLORIDA THE FEE SIMPLE TITLE TO CERTAIN PRO-
PERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN .
ACCEPTING THE BID OF OREN ROANOKE CORPORATION FOR
FURNISHING FOUR FIRE PUMPERS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
FIRE AT A TOTAL COST OF $31U,484.72
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT
WITH BOUTERSE, PEREZ & FABREGAS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT
WITH PANCOAST BORRELLI ALBAISA ARCHITECTS.
RESCHEDULING THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF
SEPTEMBER 22, 1977 TO TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 23,
1977