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Home My WebLink AboutCC 1976-02-10 MinutesTY OF MIA O M MISS I ON MINUTES OF MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARV 10, 1976 PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CITY HALL H, D. SOUTHERN CITY CLERK RALPH G, ONGIE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK' INDEX MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ITEM NO SUBJECT 1. "READ ON AMERICA" PROJECT-NOPA SWAN. 2. REPRESENTATIVE OF F.O.P. RE -APPEAL OF 11 SERGEANTS POSITIONS VACANT ETC. 3. GUATAMAIA CRISIS. 4. REQUEST FOR VARIANCE: MIAMI JAI ALAI FRONTON TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT EVENTS OTHER THAN JAI ALAI. 5. CHANGE OF ZONING CLASSIFICATION, DADE COUNTY AUDITOR- IUM R-1 TO GU (GOVERNMENTAL USr.)• 6. WOMEN'S DETENTION FACILITY -"A" -APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT "B"-CLOSE PUBLIC ALLEY 7. N.E. 4 COURT HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT H-4360 (A) AUTHORIZE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (B) ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK ON BID "B" PORTION. 8. = ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK - MARINE STADIUM BARGE COVER '754 9. ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK - N.W. 11. STREET PAVING PROJECT. 10. PLAT ACCEPTANCE - BAYSHORE ESTATES SUBDIVISION. 11. , ACCEPT AGREEMENT FROM SCHOOL BOARD OF DADE COUNTY - CHILLER PIPES IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OF N.W. 43 AVE, KINLOCH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 12. ALLOCATE $11,000 FOR PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES - 46 WEST FLAGLER MINI -PARK. • 13. IMPLEMENT $300,000 FEDERAL GRANT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BAYFRONT PARK. 14. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT - MANPOWER COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT 3RD CENTURY "GREENS" PROGRAM. 15. PROVIDE FOR SELECTION OF NEWSPAPER FOR DELINQUENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LIENS. 16. AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT WITH METRO - MANPOWER PLANNING CONSORTIUM OF DADE AND MONROE COUNTIES. 17. APPOINT RODOLFO S. LAUREDO TO YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. 18. WAIVE DOCK FEE - MARY "E" - BICENTENNIAL EVENT. 19. DENY CLAIMS (MISCELLANEOUS LIST). 20. REDUCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR PURPOSE OF CONTINUING PROJ- ECTS UNDER FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, 75-76 21. AWARD BID - NORTHERN DRAINAGE PROJECT E-36. 22. AWARD BID - BUNKER ITEMS 23, AWARD BID - IRRIGATION SUPPLIES: GRAPELAND FREIGHTS & PAVID T. KENNEDY PARKS. 24, UNIFORM ii0URS FOR SALE OF BEER & WINE FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES (TAVERNS -BEER & WINE BARS, ETC.) ORDINANCE .OR RESOLUTION NO M 76-135 DISCUSSION M 76-136 DENIED BY M 76-137 FIRST READING R 76-138 R 76-139 R 76-140 R 76-141 R 76-142 R 76-143 R 76-144 R 76-145 R 76-146 R 76-147 R 76-148 R 76-149 R 76-150 R 76-151 R 76-152 R 76-153 FIRST READING R 76-154 n 75 -155 R 76-156 DISCUSSION PAGE NO 1 2-4 4-5 5-10 10-11 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 20-21 ITEM NO. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 41 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44, DIDEX MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA SUBJECT AMEND SEC. 3-8 OF CODE: EXTEND HOURS OF SALE TO BE CONCURRENT WITH DADE COUNTY FOR SALE OF BEER & WINE IN STORES FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE PREMISES. AMEND CIVIL SERVICE RULES -VACATION -REPEAL RULE XIX, SECT. 2, SUBSECTION (b), NEW SUBSECTIONS. WALLS, FENCES & HEDGES, AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE FOR DEFINITION OF OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADVISORY BOARD, ESTABLISHING. CHANGE OF ZONING CLASSIFICATION LOTS 13, & 14, BLOCK BOSCOBLE (7-72). CHANGE ZONING CLASSIFICATION LOT 6, LESS S 15' ONLY, BLOCK 16, BAYSHORE UNIT NO. 2. AMEND SEC. 39-16.2 - DECREASE RENTAL FEE FOR USE OF JAPANESE GARDEN AT WATSON ISLAND. ESTABLISH FEES FOR SPECIALIZED RECREATION AND INSTRUC IONAL CLASSES CONDUCTED • BY DEPT. OF PARKS & RECREATIO GOLF COURSE GREEN FEES & RATES & CHARGES. ORANGE BOWL STADIUM, INSTRUCT CITY MANAGER INVESTIGA ADDITIONAL PARKING & PROCEED IMMEDIATELY WITH NEW SCOREBOARD, AUTHORIZE DISPOSAL OF POLY TURF, ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH PRESCRIPTION ATH: ETIC TURF, TO EXPEND IMPROVEMENTS, LIMIT GAMES TO 25, ETC. SEA 76 - INSTRUCT CITY MANAGER TO COOPERATE WITH BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION EVENT. WATER BORNE TRANSPORTATION -AUTHORIZE MANAGER TO ADVER ISE FOR BIDS, AUTHORIZE COMMISSIONER PLUMMER TO DIS- CUSS PORTS OF CALL APPLICATION FOR MIAMI. GROUP INSURANCE PREMIUMS, PAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, EXTEND ONE MONTH FOR RETIREES, APPOINT ED COE AS AGENT OF RECORD. TOM WASHINGTON, REGARDING BUSINESS PROBLEMS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, ETC. ACCEPT CHECK FROM LEAS CAMPBELL ADVENTURES, INC. RENTAL COSTS OF DEEP PURPLE CONCERT AT ORANGE BOWL. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL ITEMS. ALLOCATE $9,000 FROM CONTINGENCY FUND - GOLDEN GLOVES COORDINATED THROUGH COCONUT GROVE CARES. HOE STEWART, REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF FEES FOR USE OF THE ORANGE BOWL. SELECTION OF ARCHITECT OF DINNER KEY AUDITORIUM. CARNIVAL PERMIT-MANI SHRINE TEMPLE AT FLAGLER KENNEL CLUB MARCH 6 TNRU 14TH . ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION NO1 8516 8517 8518 8519 8520 8521 8522 8523 DEFERRED M 76-157 M 76-158 M 76-159 F 76-160 R 76-161 R 76-162 M 76-163 M 76-164 M 76-165 M 76-166 M 76-167 M-76-168 M 76-169 DEFERRED M 76-170 M 76-171, 172 M 76-173 DISCUSSION N 76-174 R 76-175 PAGE N0, f_ 21 22 22-23 23 24 24 25 25 26-27 27,34 34-36 36-38 38-41 41-45 46 46-49 49 49-50 50-57 58 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57 . 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64, MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA MIOMMOMMIMMIMIMMMIll REQUEST OF V.A. HOSPITAL TO USE ORANGE BOWL PARKING LOTS FOR USE AS TRAINING GROUND FOR DRIVERS TRAINING. CHANGE DATE OP MARCH MEETING TO MARCH 4, 1976. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WI ARTHUT B. LITTLE INC. EXECUTIVE SEARCH FOR A NEW CITY MANAGER. WAIVE FEES, MOORE PARK — BOYS CLUB OF MIAMI. WAIVE BUILDING DEPARTMENT APPLICATION PERMIT FEE FOR SOUTH FLORIDA COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS FOR CONSTRUC`T'ION OF A PIER ON LUMMUS ISLAND. AMUSEMENT RIDES PERMIT — HOPE SCHOOL. APPOINT RAUL ALVAREZ TO ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD. ALLOCATE $5,000 JOHN H. PATTERSON, CIVIL CASE 75-1096 APPRAISAL AND INCIDENTAL FEES. CLAUGHTON ISLAND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION, AMEND RES. 75-136 TO PROVIDE FOR MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF 73.6 DISCUSSION OF COUNTER CYCLICAL ANTI —RECESSIONARY ACT. STATE REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER, ISSUE DEVELOPMENT ORDE MARINE FACILITIES AT DINNER KM': EXTEND GROVE KEY MARINA LEASE NEGOTIATE WITH MERRILL—STEVENS, ETC. PUBLIC PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERWOOD MARIN EXPAND MARINA SLIP FACILITIES. EXPLORE VIRGINIA KEY FOR ADDITIONAL MARINE FACILITI GOLDEN GLOVES, ALLOCATING $9,000. s,JMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'ACT. MOTION OF INTENT — NO FINAL ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS PRIOR TO COMMISSION APPROVAL. REFER TO MEMORIAL COMMITTEE NAMING OF HUD BUILDING IN LITTLE RIVER AREA THE LORRAINE DUNN BUILDING. DECLARE FEBRUARY 28, 1976 "TONY GARCIA DAY". PUBLIC WORKS COUNTERCYCLICAL ANTIRECESSIONARY LEGIS— LATION (HR-5247), COMMENDING SUPPORT AND REQUESTING SUPPORT OF THOSE WHO VOTED AGAINST SHOULD A FUTURE VOTE BECOME NECESSARY. TRANSFER $600 FROM CONTINGENCY FUND FOR PURCHASE OF TRANSCRIPTION EQUIPMENT FOR USE BY THE RETIREMENT BOARD PLAN FOR VERBATIM MINUTES. DEFERRAL OF APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR FOR BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE, ad 'ouhrtment ORDNANCE OR RESOLUTION NO, DISCUSSION R 76-176 R 76-177 R 76-178 R 76-179 R 76-180 R 76-181 R 76-182 R 76-183 DISCUSSION . R 76-184 M 76-185 M 76-186 M 76-187 M 76-188 M 76-189 R 76-190 R 76-191 M 76-192 M 76-193 M 76-194 R 76-195 A 76-196 DEFERRED PAGE NO � 58-59 59 • 59 60 60 61 61 61 62 62-64 64-71 72 - 91 92 92-97 98 98 98 99 99 100 M MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA * * * * * * * * ON THg 10TH DAY OF FEBRUARY) 1976, THE CITY COMMISSION QF MI MI, I-j,IDQ ME AT ITS REGULAR MEETIN PLACE IN THE LITY HALL, .MU FAN AMERICAN DRIVE, MIAMI, bLORIDA IN REGULAR SESSION, THE MEETI G VAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 9:00 O'CLOCK A.M. BY MAYOR MAURICE A, t-ERRE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOUND TO BE PRESET: LOMMISSIONER IANOLO REBOSO COM',: SS TONSIL J , , VLUMMER, JR, COMMISSIONS (REV ) TH ODORE GIBSON VICE -MAYOR KOS bORDON MAYOR MAURICE A, FERR: ALSO PRESENT: ALSO PRESENT: P W. ANDREWS, CITY MANAER A, P, uRO CH, ASSISTANT ITY !TANAGER JOHN J, LLOYD, CITzY AT ORNEY H DJ, SOUTH RN, CITY LERK RALPH b, UNGIE, ASSISTANT ITY CLERK AN INVOCATION WAS DELIVERED BY REVEREND GIBSON WHO THEN LED THOSE PRESENT IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, A MOTION TO WAIVE THE READING OF THE MINUTES WAS INTRODUCED AND SECONDED AND WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, 1, PERSONAL APPEARANCE NORA SWAN "READ ON AMERICA" PROJECT Mayor Terre: mow More '?e get into v€'r'ul;kr >'r aria .0 've got two pocket items to take up. The first one is presented by Nora Swan and I will read it. WHEREAS the "Read On America" Project is designed to motivate all students to read more extensively for pleasure and for information, and whereas the project will be linked to our nation's Bicentennial effort by providing incentives for students to read about our country, its patriots, history and heritage, whereas'the course of American thought has been directly affected by what people have read and whereas few would argue that the ability to read is an essential prerequesite for an education and enlightened citizenry; whereas it is ;lot sufficient to have merely the ability to read but also to utilize reading as a regular basis to maintain and improve the skills of reading and to extend knowledge, now therefore be it resolved that the City of Miami Commission endorses and gives its full support to "Read On America" Project of the Dade County School Board System and hopes it will enjoy a wide success among the students and the schools, and too that a permanent copy of this resolution be placed on the permanent records of this commission. The foregoing motion was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, seconded by Commissioner Plummer and passed and adopted by a unanimous vote. SAID MOTION WAS DESIGNATED MOTION NO. 76-135. 1 FEB 101976 PERSONAL. APPEARANCE REPRESENTATIVE OF F.O.P. RE APPEAL OF 11 SERGEANTS POSITIONS VACANT ETC. Mr. Dick Kenny: Mr. Mayor, condn1esioners, about two years ago eleven police officers of the Fraternal Order of Police sued the city. For the record, my name le Dick Itenhy+ Vice -President of the F.O.P. About two years ago the F.O.P. and eleven police officers sued the city in regards to our belief that there were eleven position open for sergeant. Since that time we've gone through Circuit Court where the decision by Circuit Court Wat, in favor of the city, The F.O.P. and the eleven officers appealed it to the Third tliat' rict Court of Appeals based on what we believed was rules set up by the judge and that he had violated those rules. The Third District Court of Appeals has come back with a decision upholding our contention that the trial was not done according to the rules that he had set up and recommended that it be brought back to Circuit Court for trial. It is our understanding that the City Attorney is or has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court in regards to the Third District Court of Appeal's decision. I'm here asking the commission if they would direct the City Attorney not to appeal that but to allow it to go back down to the Circuit Court for trial so that we can hear this and get it over with. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I brought this question up before the city lost at the Appeals Court Level asking the Cit.l Attorney why we must appeal it to the Appeals Court. I stood still for his answer at the time based on his opinion, you might recall that no one wanted to vote against the City ATtorney's opinion. Now, of course, we find our- selves that the city has lost at the Appeals Court and it is the tent of the City Attorney to take it to the Supreme Court. Now, I'll just make myughts known and John has to make his known I'm sure. Mr. Mayor, you know one of the things we don't need to do is to fight continuously from within. We've got enough people attacking us from without not to have internal problems. You're going to have some. But you know what really interests me here or bothers me is that they're not arguing the merits of the case, they're merely arguing a technicality as to whether the judge did wrongr"t_ or not and the District Court of Appeals has said that he did, now send it back down and let's argue the case. In other words, let's get to the guts of the matter. My personal opinion is I see nothing wrong with that and that is just for one person. Mayor Ferre: All right, now Mr. Lloyd, do you want to respond and then we'll see what the sense of the commission is? Mr. Lloyd: Yes, sir. The facts have not been correctly stated here, perhaps there may be some misunderstanding. The Circuit Court ruled in favor of the city not the police officers. It was the police officers who took the appeal. Now then, the case was reversed on a technicality as the officer has correctly stated. Now then, from there we have determined in our judgement that the opinion, or we feel in our judge- ment that the opinion of the District Court of Appeal is or may be in conflict with other decisions of either the Supreme Court or other District Courts of Appeal on the same point of law. So under the law we have a priviledge of filing what is known as a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court. Now that petition is a petition fe review which the Supreme Court may grant or deny in its discretion, it is not an app. and we have or will file very shortly, I think we have, such a petition. The Supreme Court may grant or deny the petition. If the Supreme Court denies the petition we are back in Circuit Court. If it grants the petition then the case is heard on the merits. But originally the case was decided in favor of the city and against the officers by the Circuit Court on the merits and the case was reversed, as I say, on a technicality. This is up to the commission to decide. Mayor Ferre: All right. Mr. Lloyd, I'm not a lawyer but let me express my opinion. In effect I think for us to just keep on fighting not the substance of the issue but the legal technicalities neither serves the purpose of the eleven people that are in- volved or the purpose of the city. It seems to me that it isn't a question of this commission substituting for the court, I think what we ought to do is let the thing be heard in lower court and the judge decide it. But for us to now go up to the Supreme Court is, I'm not saying that we're circumventing a decision because that isn't the case, but you know you lawyers, and I've got the highest respect and regard for you but you sometimes have a way of going around and around and it gets to a point, John, I'm not in any way, you know saying you're doing a wonderful job and I'm not saying otherwise, and you're doing what the City of Miami pays you to do and that's protect the City of Miami and I understand that. I'm not questioning that. I'm just saying that as the Mayor looking at it from a practical point of view what good is served by the city of Miami appealing this to the Supreme Court and then the Supreme Court may rule with us or it may not rule with us and then we're going to in affect by stalling stall these men who have a right to have a court finalize on it. All I'm saying is why don't we let it be heard at the lower court and finalized as to who is right and who is wrong and get it over with. FEB I01976 • • Mr. Lloyd: Ohe Minute, Mr. Mayor. I have, this is the discretion of the coflthissioe; I have no authority otherwise and I am happy to abide by that. But one thing that I do want to say and I want this clear on the record that the reason that we feel that this should be done ig that we feel that the substance of the merits of the case was already hoard and decided. That's what we feel. And that this deeiaibn was based upon a technicality and that all this will do to go back is to hear the salve thing all over again, That's what our position is. Now this is up to the cotittti►ission. i am happy to abide by And will be happy to go back. It is easier for us just hot to do thie but that's my position. Rev. Gibson: Mx. Mayor, I'm not opposed to going aLmng and going to the court but I want my brother to understand that you had your day in court. You took us there and the sum and substance was resolved. Mr. Kenny: That's Mr. Lloyd's opinion, Commissioner. Rev. Gibson: Well Ok then. Now Mr. Mayor, that'goes even further. Since he says that's Mr. Lloyd's opinion Mr. Lloyd says go on and appeal then I think we ought to follow Mr. Lloyd's recommendation. You see, if you didn't te1.1 me that I was going to try to persuade the commission to do otherwise. Mr. Kenny: We appealed it because we didn' r believe the merit.; were heard and apparent- ly the Third District Court of Appeals thinks that way also. ReV. Gibson: Ok, are you a lawyer? Mr. Kenny: No, sir. Rev. Giebson: Where is your lawyer. the man that argued the case for you? Mr. Kenny: I imagine he's in his office. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, let me tell you what I hear. A layman says in reputation of a professional that this is not what is. And please understand, I was going to vote for you until you told me what you did. Ok? You know one of these things is you'd better know when you got your case won and keep your mouth shut. Ok. Mr. Lloyd says that the substance of what they argued about was addressed and the court said on a technicality maybe he didn't dot an "i" or cross the "t" but for all intending pur- poses the alphabet was there. That's what he's saying. Isn't that what you're saying, fir. Lloyd? Mr. Lloyd: Yes, sir. Rev. Gibson: And, you said he's wrong as a layman. He says, my professional position is that I'm right. Now you put us in an awkward position. If a lawyer was there tell- ing me that, you know what I'd say? I ought to listen to him. But if a laymen tells me that over against a lawyer I say, "Well, let me see." Let the commission do what it wants but it may not be so serious now as it can be. Mr. Lloyd: One other thing that I would like to comment, that you understand this; that with respect to the petition for certiorari the reason we're doing it is just we feel that the final right of the city should be heard. We can make no assumption that the court will grant, we don't know what will happen with the case so we're not making any assumption in that respect. Mayor Ferre: Yes, but in the meantime what you're going to do is it will take four, five or six months before the court makes a decision on certiorari, it took two years to do it on the F.E.C. with Mr. Ball and you know here we go. What is the will of this commission? Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I make a motion we drop the appeal. Mayor Ferre: There is a motion to drop the appeal. Is there a second to the motion? Hearing no second to the motion the motion dies for lack of a second. as I see it, the way we are is that unless somebody makes a motion to drop the appeal there is no need for a motion because that you automatically are a:ithorized to continue. Mr. Lloyd: This is correct. I would have to be instructed to discontinue. Mayor Ferre: So just so the eecord is clear, there was a motion made by commies oner Plummer to drop the appeal, there was no second so it dies for lack of a second and therefore.... Mr, 1j1oyd; If I may make one more statement. I am not urging upon the comMtseion that you do not take this action. I am simply saying that is what we do and 1 wanted FEB 101976 to make the record clear es to what has happened in court and we will proceed unless we are told t, the contrary. Mrs. Gordon: A clarification, please, Mr. Mayor, Mt. Lloyd, are ybu then saying you're not re-:otnmending that we appeal? Mr. Lloydt No. I attl saying that we Ate going ahead and doing it, I'tfl recoati►ending that we do this Lecause wa feel there is a conflict. If we didn't t would have come before the commission to say we won't do it and we recomtend we don't do it. We are doing it because we have found that a possible conflict exists. Of course, it is up to the Supreme Court to tell us. There are tunes when the Supreme Court agrees with us and there are times when they don't. Mrs. Gordon: As I see it personally, I feel that we have hired you to be our attorney and to advise us accordingly. We are taking your advice. Mr. Lloyd: Oh yes, I am advising this and we have gone ahead and done it. Mrs. Gordon: And to our opinion over yours in my opinion would be incorrect and that's the only reason why I go without seconding the motion. 3, GUATAMALA CR'.SIS Mr. Reboso: Mr. Mayor, before we go into the regular agenda I would like to mention to this city Commission that the disaster that is taking place in Guatemala right now is three times worse than the one that his Nicaragua in December of 1972. I would like to see if we can instruct the City Manager to see in which way we can help these people because today is already 17,000 people dead in Guatemala and they expect more than t 20,000 people dead. If there is any possible way that the city can help. Mayor Ferre: All right, there is a motion on the floor that the City Manager be in- structed to look into all possibilities of the City of Miami being of assistance to the sister Republic of Guatemala and seeing what we can do to alleviate the tragedy that has occured there. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I would like to make a suggestion to the Manager. Paul, one of the biggest problems they seem to be having is a point of drop off for materials and I think if you could so arrange it that the fire stations for other than perishable goods, in other words they could accept clothing and canned goods and stuff like that might be a great help to them because we have 16 fire stations and it would give con- venient drop off locations. Mr. Andrews: We'll have to assume the burden of delivery of those materials and like- wise and we'll get ourselves organized. Mayor Ferre: I think this is an emergency matter and I certainly think we ought to do everything in our power. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Guy Cutelo is tiv: coordinator here in Miami for the Red Cross and I would suggest you contact him to see what assistance we can be. Mayor Ferre: Paul, I think also you ought to assign somebody to talk to the Guatemalan Consul and to the people involved and see if there is any expertise for example maybe . in the Fire Department we might have that maybe we can send somebody down there to help. I don't know that there is or there isn't but there must be something that we can do that the City of Miami can do to help these people. Mr. Andrews: Particularly Public Works too in terms of streets and buildings... Mayor Ferre: Maybe we can go down there and... Mr. Plummer: Well Paul, listening to the ham radio last night one of the things I can tell you that they're hurting for that you might be able on a loan basis is some facility of transporting drinkable water. That seems to be the biggest thing. The City of Chicago I think gave them a quarter of a million water purification tablets which they're not able to use because they don't have a system or a truck to transport the water. So I don't know if you can work something out there just on a loan basis or what but it's something to look into. FEB 101976 The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved its adoption. MOTION O. 76-136 A MOTION REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INVESTIGATE ANY AND ALL POSSt8t.E WAYS OF ASSISTING THE GOVERNMENT OF GUATEMALA IN RECOVER- ING FROM ITS TRAGIC EARTHQUAKE. Upon being seeonded by Commissioner Gordon, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. y, REQUEST FOR VARIANCE: BEVERAGES MIAMI JAI ALAI EVENTSFRONTON OTHER THRNEJAICAiLAIIC (DENIED) The Mayor announced that the City Corti,:i_on was no ready to hear any objections to Item #3. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Yes, Mr. Mayor, we are objectors and we have been objectors in the past too. 0 Mayor Ferre: I see, it's not a matter of record here on this sheet. So let the record reflect that there are objectors and at the proper time after they've made their present- ation I'll recognize you for your statement. Mr. Milton Wallace: Mr. Mayor and members of the commission, I'm Milton Wallace. I represent Miami Jai -Alai, Inc. I h..ve with me Mr. John Callahan on my left who is the President of Miami Jai -Alai. Miami Jai -Alai as probably everybody knows is the operator of the Miami Jai -Alai Fronton on 36th Street. The Fronton is presently lic- ensed to sell alcoholic beverages. I want to emphasize that this is not a concept of doleg something that has never been done before at the Fronton. It presently 110 nights o! the year sells alcoholic bee reges and has such a bevrage license. The concept that wa wish to implement is to have a license that will allow the Fronton in connection with events at the Fronton to sell elcoholic-ae,reruye: the year around. So we're not really changing the type of use of the facility except we want to use the same facility the year around and when there is an event at Miami Jai -Alai during the year such as perhaps a tennis match, a boxing match, a show, a concert, any of those type of events we want to be able to serve alcoholic beverages at those type of events. I'd like to point out first of. all that under the city ordinance it contemplates that licenses shall not be moved within 2500 feet of an existing license. Now there are also restrictions on dist- ances from churches and schools. Now churches and schools are not the issue in this case. We comply with all of the distance requirements from churches and schools. The only re- quirement that we are asking for a variance is the variance to be within 2500 feet of existing other alcoholic beverage licenses. Now by and large the other alcoholic beverage licenses are only being protected theoretically from competitive standpoint. We don't feel in this case there is any issue of a competitive et.nndpoint because the Jai -Alai Fronton is a unique facility. It is not going to operate as a bar or a lounge, it is only going to serve alcoholic beverages at a time that an event is taking place. Purely from a hardship standpoint operating cnet as everyone knows of all types of facilities are increasing drastically. This building is a very large building, it pays taxes based upon a value of 365 days of the year. Effectively, it is only able to use the facility 110 nights of the year so we think that this is a legitimate hardship that it would help us to use our facility the remaining nights of the year. Frown the standpoint of the benefit to the city, we think that Miam}. Jai -Alai is a nationally know attraction, Miami is a tourist oriented city, this will allow us to have additional events that will now only attract tourists but will be of interest to the community in general. And as we say it will also help utilize the facility. The fronton is not expecting any var- iance from any alcoholic beverage regulations, it will still have to comply with all state, city and county ordinances relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages. The Fronton has unusually stringent security. In fact, the Ch of of Security is Mr. Paul Rico, a former F.B.Z. agent. We're very security conscious and we think that the Fronton will continue to operate and provide security and a good atmosphere -or its patrons. There axe two other issues I just want to mention briefly. There is a serious constitut- tonal issue here. In the past the question has been raised on many occasions that the city ordinance restricting distance requirements from other alcoholic beverage licenses may or may not be constitutional, Now this would be a very poor case for the city to,. - challenge because distance requirements from other alcoholic beverage licensee really 5 have no relation to health, tflorals and welfare of the community but in this particular glee it is even more so because you can't determine health, morals and welfare of a community 250 nights out of the year and the other 110 nights say that it doesn't affect health, welfare and morals because it is really only an extension of an exist, ing of the license. And last and most significantly we think is the fundafnental fair, nest. The city has previously granted the identical type of a variance to the West Plagler Kennel Club. Oh February 11th, 1974 the planning Board adopted an ordinance providing a variance permitting West Flagler Kennel Club to operate with no package sales and for consumption on premises only when the track or auditoriwn facilities are open. Now this was the identical situation. They have a large facility, they have an alcoholic beverage license they could use when they were having dog races. The rest of the year they could not serve alcoholic beverages. They wanted to do the sane thing because they are faced with the same type of cost problems the .jai -Alai Fronton is. You have to use your facility year round and the city allowed West rlagler Kennel Club to move an alcoholic beverage license in even though it also violated the 2500 foot distance requirement. In that case there were also three licensees within 2500 feet just as there is in this case. So we submit that for all of these reasons that this variance should be granted by this City Commission and the Miami Jai -Alai be per- mitted to serve alcoholic beverages in connection with events year round. Thank you. Mr. Plummer: What kind of license is it, Milt? • Mr. W;:.11ace: You mean presently? Well presently it is a license that permits consumpt- ion in connection with para-mutual events. Mr. Plummer: Excuse me, I'm not that familiar with the types of licenses. What I was getting at, does your license presently allow you to sell until 1 only or do you have a 3 O'Clock or a 5 O'Clock? Mr. Wallace; We have to comply with the same hours that other licensed premises have to comply with but in the city I think it is 1 O'Clock in the city now. Mr. Plummer.: It's 1 O'Clock. My question would be this automatically. If you had let's say a rock concern going on in which they go a lot of times beyond 1:00. Mr. Wallace: We would have to stop serving at 1:00, whatever the present city ordinance is. The license we want to bring in, for example, but when we had a rock concert would be the license we would operate under and we would have to stop serving alcoholic bever- ages at whatever time the city prescribes. Rev. Gibson: But you see what I heard you say that triggered my mind, are you telling me for the health, safety, welfare basea on what yrt just said now, "Well, if we could sell the other unused days that we don't use the morals of the people won't be any worse." Is that what you're telling me? Mr. Wallace: Yes I am, Father, for one reason. Because right now the law allows people to bring in a whole bottle of liquor and to consume it because we're not selliI:., it. And we think it will help their morals because they'll drink less because they'll be buying it by the drink rather than by the package and I think that helps. Rev. Gibson: Ok, let me raise another question. You let me do that to you? All right. What I'm concerned about is presently we have control over you in that only when you have your games you could do your thing. Isn't that true? Mr. Wallace: Yes, but it's not because of a City ordinance it's because of a state allowance for liquor. Rev. Gibson: All right, I don't care who is the cause, you only could do your thing when you have your games. Mr. Wallace: That is correct. Rev. Gibson: When you don't have your games you can't do your thing. That's why you're here. Mr. Wallace: That's correct. Rev. Gibson: Ok. Now Mr. Mayor, I went out there and I looked at that place. I went out there and looked at the neighborhood. I remember not too long ago there was a rock concert and we the city was honoring the man who was going to do his thing and I'zn just wondering. What I'm saying to the commission that I'm not clear about is that we don't have the same control when you have a rock concert. Don't let anybody fool you. And you know how I feel about liquor in this community. Ok. Out you don't have the same control do you? That's why you're here, FEB 01976 • • Mr, Wallticet Well, we have a right to have rock concerts there we don't have a right to sell liquor there people have a right to bring in the liquor. Rev. Gibson: That's the point I'm making. Mr. Wallace: People have a right to bring the liquor to the rock concert. Rev. Gibsont Yot know that I just heard on the radio as I was corning down here this morning that H.B.W. was going to come in here, Mr. Mayor, and conduct some forums and series on drug abt;se and all the other abuses in the hopes that we would get a better understanding and hopefully that the young people would stop and cease and desist. You know what T mean? Ok. Mr. Joseph H. Murphy: I'm Joseph H. Murphy for the record, attorney for one of the objectors. The office is 1830 Ponce de Leon Boulevard in Coral Gables. Mr. Mayor and Mrs. Gordon and gentlemen of the Commission, I represent the Bahama Steak House which is a first class restaurant which lies within the proximity of the Miami Jai- Alai Fronton. And as the years have gone on my clients steak house has operated a very legitimate restaurant, that's their prime purpose of business is to be a restaur- ant. The Miami Jai -Alai Fronton has operated para-mutual wagering business which is its prime business and fo: which it was licensed by the State of Florida and for only which it was licensed by the State of Florida, to have its Jai -Alai games. So happily over the years each business that's legitimately zoned as it is now has operated in conjunction each with the other. And now we find that this para-mutual wagering bus- iness would like to expara its operation and it becomes something different. And Mrs. Gordon and gentlemen of the commission, you know as I know over the past few years that the Miami Jai -Alai Frontor, has been able to have other types of events there that, they have had other types of events there and for the most part they've been hard rock con- certs. That's just exactly what it gets down to. Now I'm not here to preach morals or anything else because we all have kids and we know what they do. But I'm saying to you that to simply add to the things that go on at rock concerts by creating 8 or 9 new liquor bars because we understand that's how many separate little bars that they have at the Miami Jai -Alai Fronton, to permit them to do that now would certainly add to what is already going on at rock concerts. Now your Planning Department studied this matter in depth and they recommended that you not approve it. Your Zoning Board heard this matter on two occasions. They studied the matter, deliberated it and they reco- mmended that you not approve it. Now additionally, Mr. Mayor, the courts in Florida have ruled on these points and I'd like to hand you an excerpt from the Florida Juris- prudence which is the boot Mr. Wallace and I go by and you can see the two cases that I've marked, they're very short. Dade County vs. Frank Debunn Operating Co. and Friedland vs. Hollywood wherein the eeurts have turned down this exact type of request. The first case is the Dade County vs. Frank Debues sti that was a liquor license pack- age store application. Frank Debunn thought that he could do better if Dade County would let him have a package store in the shopping center. Debunn wanted to just add a package store to the shopping center and the local Circuit Court thought that Dade County shoula have done it but the District Court of Appeal said no. And they said that nor is the fact that there would be an economic advantage from the granting of a variance of any consequence as inability to secure an economic advantage does not con- stitute a hardship sufficient to warrant the granting of a variance. The other case is the Friedland Case up in Hollywood. Mr. Friedland and others had owned their property for many years, somebody came along and decided they wanted to put a gas station within the prohibited distance and the court again said that persons owning property in a zon- ing area have a right to rely on existing conditions and a right to the continuation of such conditions in absence of a showing that change requisite to to amendment has taken place. And the mere fact that complaintant's property may have a higher pecuniary value with a different zoning is not alone a determining factor with respect to the right to relief from a zoning ordinance. This precisely the position my clients are in. They rely on the present zoning, they have a right to rely on the present zoning. The fact that giving the Miami Jai -Mai Fronton this requested change would put more money in their pockets is not a true legal condition and the courts have ruled that it is not the type of thing that you people should look at to see if a zoning change should be made. That's what it's all about, it's more money in the pockets of the Fronton with eight more bars and we oppose it. Rev. Gibson: This is on the administration. Mr. Andrews, who hears these cases, I mean who deals with what and how? I notice there were no objections here and these people said that they had objected. I don't understand that. M. Plummer: Well they didn't write in, Father. They didn't write in to the letter, they didn't respond to the letter of objection. Rev: Gibson: Did you all appear in person? Mr., Murphy: We appeared twice, my people appeared personally the first time and I appeared the second time. r FEB 101976 Rev. Gibson: Mr. Andrews, here is what I'm asking. When t first saw this docutnert I saw no objection and I was inclined to go along with it. And just for the hell of it I went out there and looked and that gentleman sitting out there, that big stout gentleman told me that he had been down there objecting and that bothered me and I didn't see no record. All I'm trying to say is maybe the systef►, something else heeds to happen, Mr. Plummer: Father, I brought this up a year ago. The people who personally g6 and object are not listed on the agenda as objectors. Now I told the manager and I thought we had an understanding that what would happen was that before it came to tis that it would be noted on there "People appearing in person" as well as "mailed in objections". That's what should be. Rev. Gibson: Yes, because that was misleading. I was troubled a.id I said to that gentleman, I said, and you know funny thing, he didn't want to talk with me. He didn't want to talk with me. I said, "Mister, did you know I'm going to be voting on a matter that's going to be affecting your livelihood?" I don't even know his name but I rember that he's the man. Mr. Plummer: Father, many times when I was sitting on the Zoning Board we never had a letter sent in and it cnme to us as now objectors and we had 200 people show up to object. They just didn't take the time to send their letter of objection back in. Rev. Gibson: Counsel, you'd better tell your clients now, you know, because that Mis- lead me. You pay mighty good fees to a capable counsel like you you know. I was a little disturbed and I'm glad that was straightened up because I wondered. Mr. Murphy: Yes, sir. I don't understand why, as Commissioner Plummer said, why when people do oppose something at the Zoning Board level and their names are put in the record and they hire a counsel to come down, I don't know why it doesn't show up on your agenda but this is something that has been brought to the attention of your Manager and I suppose it will be corrected. It should be though because I read the agenda today and it said no objections and I know there are objections. Mr. Plummer: Joe, I thought it was taken care of a year ago but we're still back. Mr. Wallace: Mr. Mayor, may I have some rebuttal? Unfortunately Mr. Murphy did not relate several material facts to this commission concerning his client. First of all, his client isn't even in *he City Limits. Secondly, he neglected to tell you that his client operates a package store. The package store is the real reason that they're objecting because they prefer to sell package liquors to people going to an affair at the Fronton rather than have us sell it by the drink. We don't want to sell package liquors, we don't think that's a good idea for people to go to a concert or an event at the Jai -Alai Fronton and have to bring a whole bottle of whiskey. Also I think that perhaps I didn't emphasize the expanded type of activities the Fronton wants to get into. It is not just rock concerts. The other items that are contemplated arelr'' boxing matches, wrestling matches, indoor tennis, dinner theatre and other sporting events such as roller derby. All of these things are suitable for the Fronton, they have the facility but he can't even conceive of doing events like that if he can't serve alcoholic beverages. Mayor Ferre: Do you have any further comments that you want to make? Mr. Murphy: Well, just this, your honor, I don't think there has been any misrepre- sentation at all. I think we've very well represented our position and if Mr. Wallace, if he'd let us become a Fronton now that he's going to become a beer and wine and whiskey establishment we'd be glad to change places with him. We're just trying to run our business like we have for many years. Mr. Gilbert Singer: I'm Mr. Gilbert Singer and I'm one of the owners of the Bahama Steak House and I live right down the road here on South Bayshore Drive. I just wanted to know, I got a notice about this meeting and it doesn't say a thing about writing in. It just says, "The petitioner will be present and represented at this meeting and all interested real estate owners are invited to express their views." If this letter had said write in... Mr. Plummer: Air. Davis can explain it. Mr. singer: Ok. The only other thing I want to say, we operate a restaurant, a pack- age store and a lounge and Mr, Wallace said we're interested in our package store bus- iness. Yes we are, but we're also interested in our restaurant and lounge business which is what we're afraid of mostly. This thing as I understand it is based upon hard- ship if there is a hardship. The only hardship if this is recommended will be created on our part. It will hurt our business severely and that's why we're hare objecting,; Thank you. FEB101976 1 • Mrs. Gordon: I want a couple of points of Clarification eo the applicant, Your request as specified, would you then be able to be open every night of the week for instahae if you didn't tun a apecial event? Mr, Wallace: No, we only want the license to be used in connection with events. We do not intend to be open just for,the sake of serving alcoholic beverages, That's the condition that was placed on it fot the Flagler Dog Track and we're happy to accept that eame condition. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, well I wanted some things clarified and understood. Mt. Lloyd, if this were granted as requested we could limit it. only to special events? Mr. Lloyd: No. The only thing that this commission can do is to give a variance from a distance requirement in the zoning laws. You have no jurisdiction over alco- holic beverage licenses. • Mrs. Gordon: Ok, then Mr. Wallace, how do you propose that this could be done? Mr. Lloyd: Now there are, however, several conditions and safeguards which you can impose if you'd like me to go into that. Mayor Perre: Yes. Mr. Plummer: Well on a variance we can impose? a:-.y ':ind of stipulations... Mr. Lloyd: You may impose conditions appropriate and constant with the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. Now of course, any variance will; I think, however, that... You may try the conditional safeguard as a part of the variance but it must be limited to the variance. You can't place any limitations upon their alcoholic beverage license. But if you put the safeguard or, as to the variance why then it could be such a limitat- ion. Mr. Wallace: Well, that's exactly what we're asking for. Mrs. Gordon: Another question for information. If in fact we did not grant this var- iance and they held special events is there anything in the law that says people cannot bring in a bottle of liquor? Mr. Lloyd: Not that I kr w of. Mrs,. Gordon: In other t-.rdn drinking could take place on the premises during special events regardless of whether we gr3r,t ci.vs of r; Mr. Lloyd: Yes, this is something over which we have no control. et Rev. Gibson: But it's also true we don't have to add to it. Mr. Lloyd: This is correct, and there is a number of conditions which you can consider in granting a variance too. Mayor Ferre: In my opinion I think we've heard all, and I think everybody here has hie mind pretty well made up. Mrs. Gordon: No, I wouldn't say that, Mr. Mayor, I would say that I still have some questions. Mayor Ferre: Oh, I beg your pardon, Mrs. Gordon, you go right ahead and ask all the questions you need to clarify. Mrs. Gordon: Then with regard to the special event concept, what constitutes a special event, what size grouping of people constitutes a special event? Is 5 people a special event or 10 people? Mr. Wallace: Oh no, absolutely not. Mrs. Gordon: I know that's facetious but I still am asking it so that you can make a statement. Mr. Wallace: A special event would be where tickets are offered for sale to the general public with the hopes of selling out the entire facility. It is not contemplated that they're going to have events for limited groups of people. Obviously you can't operate a 5000 seat facility economically if you have 500 people there... Mrs. Gordon; I wanted the record to reflect your statement. 9 Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I move that we uphold the Zoning Board. Mayor Ferre: There is a Motion to uphold the zoning Board, in other words for a denial. The following motion was introduced by Cotnniissioner (Reiff.) Gibson, who moved its adoption: MOTION N0. 76-137 A MOTION TO DENY THE APPLICAT FOR VARIANCE FROM ORDINANCE 6871, ARTICLE XXVII, SECTION 1 (2), TO PERMIT LIQUOR LICENSE TO BE ESTABLISHED AT MIAMI JAI ALAI BEING 1550' AND 1420' AND 1200' FROM OTHER LICENSEES (2500' required); ZONED C-4 (GENERAL COM- MERCIAL). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Rchoso and Rev. Gibson. NOES: Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. ON ROLL CALL: Mrs. Gordon: After the fact, personally I think the application has merit and I would vote against the motion. Mayor Ferre: I vote no for the same reason. I think the application has merit and I dieagree with the conclusion. Ok, the motion is upheld, the request is denied on a vote of 3 to 2. DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM 5, CHANGE ZONING CLASSIFICATION: R-1 TO GU (GOVERNMENT USE) Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, for the record let me announce that I must walk out of these chambers at 6:00 O'Clock this evening. Mr. George Acton: This is an application initiated by the department to change the zoning classification on Dade County Auditorium from R-1 to Governmental Use. Through- out the City of Miami we are in the process of changing the zoning classification, recommending rather, change of zoning classification for large tracts of land that are being used for various types of public use. Mrs. Gordon: Is there anyone here in objection to this item? If there is anyone i objection, would you come forward, please to the microphone and state your name and address for the record. Mr. Salvadore Catanese: Salvadore Catanese, 200 N.W. 27th Court. Mrs. Gordon: Will you state your objection, why you object? Mr. Catanese: I'm an old man and I don't feel like to sell my house and buy another house and move out of the neighborhood because... Mr. Plummer: This has no bearing on it, sir. Mrs. Gordon: What makes you think that this would make you to sell your house or to move out of the neighborhood? Mr. Catanese: Because if they change the zone they're going to build up probably a big building in there and they force us to get out of the neighborhood. Mrs. Gordon: Let our department explain to you exactly what this application will mean to you and then maybe you won't have the same objection. Ok? Mr. Acton, will you please explain this application. Mr. Acton: I might explain to the commission at the Planning Advisory Board there were a number of objectors that appeared from the neighborhood with this same complaint but after the Planning Department and the Planning Adviwory Board explained the applicatf. ion to those objectors at the hearing their objections were withdrew, The application of a governmental use zoning classification on a particular piece of property this is owned by the public does not in any way affect the adjoining zoning classifications, .. 10 FEB 1019io Mrs. Gordon: Sir, do you understand what he's trying to tell you? That this applicat= ion will hot in any way affect your property or cause you to move out of your property. Mr. C&ntaneee: Who is guarantee that? Mts. Cordon: This is more or less a technicality. I think to explain it in 1ayrain's language,.. Mr. ACtoh: Commissioner Gordon, I might also explain that in connection with the gotten - mental use classification any change of use or any addition or whatever else that takes place on that property must be submitted via the P1cc.uing Advisory Board and the City Commission so that the neighbors would be informed of any change of use. But there is absolutely no change of use planned for the Dade County Auditorium at this point in time. The recommendation that comes to the commission from the Planning Advisory Board does recOtnmend the change of classification and it also recommends that Dade County upgrade its parking lot by adding appropriate landscaping to bring it up to city stand- ards. So the affect of that would be, sir, that actaally the environment of the audit- orium would be improved to the benefit of the adjoining neighborhood if this classificat- ion does take place. Mrs. Gordon: I just want this gentleman to know that what's happening is beneficial to you, not detrimental but good for the neighborhood. Mr. Cantanese: If they make it good for the ne.i_g;-:L.rbood I'm ok. But the only thing, I don't want to get out of the piece. You see, I don't want to sell my house. I don't want to be bothered because I'm an cold man now. I'm 79 years old and I don't feel like moving anymore. Mrs. Gordon: Sir, nothing that is being done today affects your ability or desire to live in your property. So I accept that you're going to hve more control over the prop- erty that we're discussing up here on this map. You'll he able to have a say on any changes that take place there. Ok? You understand. Rev. Gibson: Rose, I think he thinks that this carries with it condemnation. Mrs. Gordon: No, sir, it has no hearing whatever. Rev. Gibson: You think that you're going to have to move out usually by condemnation. Mr. Cantanese: Yes. Rev. Gibson: That's not the ca„e. Mx. Cantanese: I'm saying that because I come from Chicago and I had a property, the highway goes through there and I forced to sell my house. Mr. Plummer: This is not Mayor Dailey. Mrs. Gordon: Sir, you have no fears in this case, you can go and rest assured you have nothing to worry about. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6871, THE COMPRE- HENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE (-IT! OF MIAMI-, BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR THE DADE COUNTY AUDITORIUM SITE LOCATED 7.T 2901 W. FLAGLER STREET "UNPLATTED", (THAT PORTION OWNED BY METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY AS PER SURVEY) , FROM R-1 (SINGLE FAMILY) TO GU (GOVERNMENT USE), AND BY MAKING THE NECESSARY CHANGES IN THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP, MADE A PART OF THE SAID ORDINANCE NO. 6871 BY REFERENCE A'v:J DESCRIPTION IN ARTICLE III, SECTION 2 THEREOF: Ur REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PFvVISION. Was introduced by Commissioner Gibson and seconded by Commissioner Plummer and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote. AYES; Commissioner Manolo Reboso _ Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES; None. FEB 101976 J1 The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City COftUtitA lion and to the public: "A""OPANT APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT 6, WOMAN'S DETENTION FACILITY " „ -CLOSE PUBLIC N/S ALLEY Mr. PlUfntner: Mr, Mayor, Item #5 is the one that 1 asked to be brought back onto the agenda about the Women's Detentions Facilities. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, if I may excuse myself from the hearing because of prior statements of fact as to my property interests within the proximity of this property. Mayor Ferret What I'm going to say here is we've heard all the arguments for and against and this is a matter that I think everybody... So we've heard all the argu- ments and I would recommend in the interest of time that we keep the discussions down to a minimum. You called it for a vote, you can explain your position. Mr. Plummer: There's very little point. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, let me help. I have objected to what was happening and, of course, I found out that there were some people who were for it and some people I least expected. And I want the record to reflect that in philosophy Gibson has not changed but since I live En a democracy I'm not going to object not because Theodore doesn't . want to object. Ok? Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I've had the pleasure of working with Mr. Sandstrom to try to find another facility, I know the problems that are incurred, Mr. Mayor, I move 5(a Mayor Ferre: There's a motion and a second, now before we vote under discussion for the record I'm going to place in the record a letter from Patricia M. Bailey, District 11 of Florida Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. The City Attorney read the proposed resolution. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-138 A RESOLUTION GRANTING APPROVAL AS FROVIDED IN ORDINANCTZ NO. 6871, ARTICLE IV, SECTION 36, TO CONSTRUCT WOMEN'S DETENTION CENTER FOR 164 FEMALE INMATES AT APPROXIMATELY 1401 N.W. 7TH AVENUE, BLOCKS 1 & 10, LESS EXPRESSWAY; ROBERTS & GRENTNER ADD. (10-56); AND BLOCKS 23 & 24, DALE MILLER TRACT ADD. NO. 1 (2-70) LESS EXPRESS- WAY; AND PROPERTY UNDER EXPRESSWAY DIRECTLY TO NORTH OF ABOVE; WAIVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF 57 OF 139 REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES, SUBJECT TO CLOSURE OF N-S ALLEY AND REPLOTTING OF PROP- ERTY; ZONED C-5 (LIBERAL COMMERCIAL) DISTRICT. (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: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: Rev. Gibson. ABSTAINING: Mrs. Gordon. The City Clerk read the Proposed resolution for Agenda Item #5(b). The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-139 A RESOLUTION CLOSING, VACATING, ABANDONING AND DISCONTINUING THE PUBLIC USE OF THE N-S ALLEY BETWEEN N.W. 14TH STREET AND E•W EX- PRESSWAY AND OF N.W. 6TH COURT BETWEEN N.W. 14TH STREET AND E-W EXPRESSWAY, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH TENTATIVE PLAT NO. 941 - "NORTHWEST 14TH STREET COUNTY COMPLEX", 12 FEB 101976 • (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- AYESt Mr, P1dtner, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None, AESTAiNIHG s Mill. Gordon. "A" AUTHORIZE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH NZ4 O HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT" �i_ NOTICE 0: PUBLIC HEARING [�-4{,54U D ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK ON BID n " PORTION The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-140 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING roR OBJECTIONS TO THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF N.E. 4TI+ COURT HIGH- WAY IMPROVEMENT H-4360 (HIGHWAY PORTION) BID "A" IN N.E. 4TH COURT HIGHWAY TMPROVEMENT DISTRICT H--43C,? !HIGHWAY PORTION) BID "A". (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved its adoption: RESUUITION NO. 76-141 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE: COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED EY SULLIVAN, LONG & HAGERTY AT A ' ;:.''..; . C06 . OF ; t ^ '. " = _ 3 0 AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $71,830.98 FOR N.E. 4 COL'R'iriiGMWAY IMPROVE- MENT H-4360 (STORM SEWERS) BID "B" IN U.E. 4 C;'UI T HIGHWAY IM- PROVEMENT DISTRICT H-4360 (STORM SEWERS) BID "B". (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: Rev. Gibson, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ADMIT: Mr. Plummer and Mrs. Gordon. 8, ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK - MARINE STADIUf•M BARGE COVER 1975 The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-142 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY HENRY DeGRAFF 6 SON, INC. AT A TOTAL COST OF $2:),189 AND AUTHORIZ- ING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $2,577.62 FOR THE MARINE STADIUM - BARGE COVER - 1975. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted hero 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: Rev. Gibson, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES; None, ASSENT; Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. FEB 101976 13 ACCEPT COMPLETED WORK =' NtW# 11 STREET PAVING PROJECT The following resolution was introduced by Cormissiorier Reboso, whb moved its adoption: RESOLt'I'ION NO. 76-143 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY P.d, CON. STRi1CTORS, INC. AT A TOTAL COST of $50,148.69 AND At)THORIZtNd A FINAL PAYMENT OF $7,251,14 POR THE N.W. 11 STREET PAVING PR ECT, (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: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. 10, ACCEPT PLAT - BAYSHORE ESTATES SUBDIVISION The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-144 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE PLAT ENTITLED BAYSHORE ESTATES, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, AND ACCEPTING THE DEDICAT- IONS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT, AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE PLAT. (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 passe: and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson and Mayor Ferre. NOES : None. ARF.NT- Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. 11, SCHOOL BOARDOF"CHILLER PIPES" U LI RIGHT OF WAY COUNTY N�W� H3 AVENUE AIR CONDITION KINLOCH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-145 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA RELATING TO THE INSTALLAT- ION OF "CHILLER PIPES" IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY OF N.W. 43 AVENUE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONNECTING THE AIR CONDITIONING POWER PLANTS OF THE KINLOCH PARK ELEMENTARY AND JR. HIGH SCHOOLS LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF SAID AVENUE; AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE PROPER OFFICIAL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO ISSUE A PERMIT THEREFOR, IN CONSIDERATION FOR THE AFORESAID AGREEMENT. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the zesolution was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mr. Plummer. 14 FEB 101976 PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES. 12, ALLOCATE $1L000 46 WEST PLAGLER MINI -PARK the following resolution was introduce_' h" Commissioner Peote, who moved ite adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-146 A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING THE AMOUNT OF $1.1,000 FROM THE 1972 PARKS FOk PEOP1.E BOND FUND FOR PROFESSIONAL DESI(N SERVICES FOR 46 WEST FLAGLER MINX -PARK. (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: Mr. Reboso, Mrs. Gordon, Rev. Gibson NOES: None, ABSENT: Mr. Plummer. IMPLEMENT $300,000 13, FEDERAL GRANT • • and Mayor Ferre. DEVELOPMENT OF CITY OF :""MIAMI BAYF )NT PARK The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved its adoption: PESOLUTION NO. 76-147 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE CITY MANAGER IN ACCEPTING THE $300,000 FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PORTION OF CITY OF MIAMI BAYFRONT PARK ADJACENT TO BISC- AYNE BOULEVARD TO BE USED IN ADDITION TO THE $700, 000 "PARKS FOR PEOPLE BONDS" FUND; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING IMPLEMENTAT- ION OF THE AFORESAID GRANT. (Here follows body o% r%.=olution, omitted here and on file in the Office o'' the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mr. Plummer. Mrs. Gordon: Regarding that, you sent a memorandum that there would be about forty people hired to certain positions in there. f<as that already been accomplished? Mr. Andrews: No, it has not. That will be accomplished now with this action. Mrs. Gordon: People have not yet been advised that there are positions available? How do you let the public know? Mr. Andrews: Through the Man Power Programs, through advertisements... Mrs. Gordon: You will be notifying the public that 40 positions or whatever are going to be available? Mr. Andrews: Yes. In fact, I have another memorandum I've distributed to you, another grant that we're receiving via Third Century flow through the Third Century's Bicentennial Program, funds that will be made available in the amount of $93,000 in which we can hire and additional 17 people to complete the triangular portion of the Bicentennial Park. You'll remember that portion that was left as the result of the highway work when it was constructed and the state owned that land, we can move ahead and accomplish that portion also and we can do it through these grant funds su i',. will be another 17 people. Mrs. Gordon: You'll be advertising that one too. Mr, Andrews; Yes, simultaneously. 15 FEB 1 0 1976 14, AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGto ENTER N1O AG tAmE T-MANROwEi CoptL TO IMRLEMENT SRl) CENTURY C�EENS' rROGRAM The folic: wing resolution was introduced by Cotmttissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76148 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMEt!T WITH THE DADE-MONROE MANPOWER CONSORTIUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE THIRD CENTURY "GREENS" PROGRAM. (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 (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer► Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. 15, PROVIDE FOR SELECTION OF NEWSPAPER DELINQUENT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT LIENS Mr. Andrews: The last time we advertised, Mr. Mayor, we advertised in the Herald. This time I'm recommending that we use the News, the Latin Newspaper and the Miami Times. Mrs. Gordon: Isn't it customary for you to do that all the time, Mr. Andrews? Mr. Andrews: No, we rotate these. Mrs. Gordon: Why don't you do it in all three every time? I mean if you're going to reach the entire populati.,n it seems to me that would be the way to do it each time you have: to advertise. Mr. Plummer: Well what concerns me is that you're not putting it in the one key paper which is the Miami Review. Now that's the legal paper and all of this is a legal matter. I think it definitely should be in the Review. Don't you John? Mr. Lloyd: Yes, that's a very good idea because of the reason that this is the leggy° paper and this is where people generally go to look. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-149 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO IN- STRUCT THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO SELECT A NEWSPAPER OF GEN- ERAL CIRCULATION IN MIAMI AND DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA FOR THE PUR- POSE OF PLACING AN ADVERTISEMENT THEREIN FOR THE SALE OF DELIN- QUENT SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT LIENS. (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 (Rev,) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L, Plummer, Jr, Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. 16 FEB 101976 16, AGREEMENT WITH METRO MANPOWER PLANNING CONSORTIUM OF DADE AND MONROE COUNTIES The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who rotted its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-150 A RESOLUTION AtJTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY THROUGH THE MANPOWER PLANNING CON- SORTIUM O DADE AND MONROE COUNTIES, AMENDING THE AGREEMENT APPROVED BY CITY of MIAMI RESOLUTION NO. 73-1063, BY 7.NCREASING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT TO $961,680 AND EXTENDING THE TIME OF PERFORMANCE TO JUNE 30, 1976. (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 (Re•.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Manor Maurice A. Ferre i'OEF: 17, APPOINT RODOLFO S. LAUREDO TO YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-151 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING MR. RODOLFO S. LAUREDO TO THE CITY OF MIAMI YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded ;'Commissioner Reboso, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote_ AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plumper, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mayor Ferre: On the questions of the Beautifications Committee PR Director, is that going to cost money? Mr. Andrews: It will. I believe the way they want to present it I think you should wait until this afternoon. 18. WAIVE DOCK FEE - "MARY "E" •- BICENTENNIAL EVENT The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-152 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND APPROVING 1tHE WAIVER OF THE CITY DOCKAGE FEES, AT THE MIAMARINA, FOR THE VESSEL, THE MARY "E" FROM JANUARY 10, 1976 THROUGH FEBRUARY 1976 AND AUTHORIZING THE SEA VENTURES, A NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS SPONSORING THE;!'_ICENTENNIAL SAIL PROG- RAM, IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, TO RECEIVE DON- ATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR THE BENET OF SAID PROGRAM DURING THE SAID TIME PERIOD. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the ::ity Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the resolution was passed and adopted by 1 unanimous vote. FEB 101976 17 19, DENY CLAIMS (MISCELLANEOUS LIST) The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO 16-153 A RESOLUTION DENYING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEFEND ANY SUIT BROUGHT FOR THE RECOVERY OF DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF SAID CLAIMS, (here follows body of :evolution, 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 : Comtni.ssioner Manolo Rebose Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. REDUCE APPROPRIATIONS 2O, FOR PURPOSE OF CONTINUING PROJECTS AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT FISCAL YEAR 1975-76 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 8474, ADOPTED OCTOBER 23, 1975, BY REDUCING $12,867.44 FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS THEREUNDER FOR CONTINUING PROJECTS RELATING TO PHYSICAL ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN CITY BUILDINGS. Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gibson and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Mauri.ce 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 Commis- sion and to the public. 21, AWARD BID - NORTHERN DRAINAGE PROJECT E-36 The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-154 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF WILLIAMS PAVING CO., INC. IN THE PROPOSED AMOUNT OF $142,958.50 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NORTHERN DRAINAGE PROJECT E-36; ALLOCATING THE AMOUNT OF $142,958.50 FROM THE ACCOUNT ENTITLED "STORM SEWER BOND FUNDS" TO COVER THE PROPOSED CONTRACT COST; ALLOCATING FROM SAID ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF $14,295.58 TO COVER THE COST OF PROJECT EXPENSE; ALLOCATING FROM SAID ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF $2,859.65 TO COVER THE COST OF SUCH ITEMS AS ADVERTISING, TESTING LABOR- ATORIES AND 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.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Cousniasioner J. L. Plumtrler, Jr, Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A', Ferre NOES: None. FEB 101976 22. AWARD MD guNKER ITEMS The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plutmneb, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-155 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE FOLLOWING BIDS FOR FURNISHING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FROM JANUARY 1, 1976 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1976, WITH BUNKER EQUIPMENT ITEMS, AS REQUIRED: BID FROM JANESVILLE APPAREL CO. FOR GROUP 1 - 600 COATS AT A TOTAL COST OF $36,630 AND 600 PANTS AT A TOTAL COST OP $22,650; BID FROM GOODALL RUBBER CO. FOR GROUP 2 - 50 PAIRS OF BOOTS AT A TOTAL COST OF $1,225; BID FROM BISCAYNE FIRE EQUIPMENT CO. FOR GROUP 3 - 50 HELMETS AT A TOTAL COST OF $937.50; ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS FOR GROUP 1 AND ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE 1975-76 FIRE DEPART- MENT FISCAL YEAR BIDGET FOR GROUP 2 AND GROUP 3 ITEMS. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office ui the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Mr. Plummer, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mr. Reboso. IRRIGATION SUPPLIES FOR: AWARD BID - GRAPELAND HEIGHTS AND DAVID TIKENNEDY PARKS The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-156 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BIDS FOR FURNISHING IRRIGATION SYSTEM SUPPLIES FOR Gt.APELAND HEIGHTS PARK AND DAVID T. KENNEDY PARK FROM A & B PIPE & SUPPLY CO. FOR GALV. PIPE & VALVES, AT A TOTAL COST OF $i,556.44; I:7OM HAMILTON TURF IRRIGATION CO., INC. FOR ADJ. VALVES AT A TOTAL C06T OF $141.y5; FROM SAFE-T-LAWN, INC. FOR NOZZLES AT A TOTAL COST OF $2,474.64; FROM KUZNIK WELL DRILLING INC. FOR CONTACT CEMENT & TAPE AT A TOTAL COST OF $59.52; FROM ITT PENINSULAR SUPPLY CO. FOR COUPLING VALVES & BRONZE VALVES AT A TOTAL COST OF $880.79; FROM LEHMAN PIPE CO. FOR GALV. NIPPLES, SPRINKLERS, VALVES, BOXES & BRAKERS AT A TOTAL COST OF $295.75; FROM E-Z DISTRIBUTING CO., INC. FOR VALVES & GASKETS AT A TOTAL COST OF $283.80; FROM STATE SUPPLY CO. FOR COUPLINGS, BOLTS & NIPPLES AT A TOTAL COST OF $6,803.09 AND FROM BOND PLUMBING SUPPLY FOR TEES, ELBOWS, CROSSES, BUSH- INGS, PLUGS, COUPLINGS, VALVES, OIL, COMPOUND AND PIPE AT A TOTAL COST OF $2,053.94 FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF $20,549.92; WITH FUNDS FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOND FUND. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Mx. Plummer, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mr. Reboso. FEB 101976 19 SALE OF BEER AND WINE FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMtSEs 24, UNIFORM HOURS (TAVERNS-BEER/WINE BARS ETC,) D t SCUSS ION ONLY Mr. Plummer: Right, ok. So this one here now pertains only to taverns. That'S that end. Mr. Andrews: Now what the City commission will be considering if it wiehea to unify the hours and bring them closer to conformity with Metropolitan bade County is to change the times as they now exist in the red box, second item which is the City of Miami Code to the times in the right hand column which is the Dade County Code. The area of conflict that will arise, Mr. Mayor and members of the commission, Sunday has always been talked about unifying those hours but the other area of unification which is cn Saturday, we nor/ are more liberal than the county and Sunday the county ie more liberal than us. Mayor Ferre: And I want to speak to that because in my opinion I think Prohibition is long over and that's no secret how I feel about these things. I think all these hours and all that kind of stuff is just antiquated in my opinion. I'd do away with all these things. But as far as I'm concerned, and I know a lot of people will be very upset, would disagree with me on that but I'm just kind of open about how I feel on these items. What I'm saying is that I certainly don't think that we ought to go back in any way. I don't mind moving forward but I sure as heck don't want to go back. And if we're more liberal, this is just my personal opinion, I don't Want to start creating problems in trying to solve one problem we create 10 problems. So you know I don't mind matching Metro where they're more liberal but I sure as heck don't want to match them where they're more conservative. Mr. Andrews: Then the commission, and you have some very slight variations in the first ordinance that you adopted on the beer and wine in the grocery stores but it og is so minor that it's not worth discussing. This would be again one of those areas in which you could extend Sunday but leave Saturday alone and let it go to 2:00 A.M. Mayor Ferre: I'd be happy to make such a motion and avoid a lot of discussion unless somebody has a burning desire to really have to speak about it. Does anybody object? Mrs. Gordon: What is your motion, Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre: I'm going to propose that... When is it, Sunday? Mr. Andrews: Sunday. From 10:00 A.M. to 1:00 A.M. is what you'd be changing on Sunday to make it more liberal and agree with the county. Mayor Ferre: Instead of... Mr. Andrews: 1:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., six hours. Mayor Ferre: How could 1:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. be more liberal than ... Mr. Andrews: It's not, you're going to change it to the more liberal. Our restriction, Mr. Mayor, our time now is from 1:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Sunday, six hours that they can be open. Metropolitan Dade County has it from 10:00 A.M. til 1:00 A.M. which is 13 or 14 hours, 15 hours I guess. Mayor Ferre: Rose, I'll pass you the gavel. I so move. Mrs. Gordon: A11 right, you moved and that is the beer and wine bars be extended ... Mayor Ferre: To match Metropolitan Dade County for Sunday only. Mr. Plummer: In other words everything else remains the same? Mr. Andrews: Yes, sir. Mr. Plummer: Well I've got to vote against it. Mayor Ferre: Look, what I'm saying basically is let's not make a bad matter worse. If we start tampering around and changing we're just going to create all kinds of havoc. I don't mind changing the one area where I think Metropolitan Dade County is More liberal than we are and that is beer & wine bars and we open up at 1:00 P.M. and we can go to 7:00 P.M. and Metro opens up at 10:00 in the morning and goes til 1:00 in the morning. I'm saying I don't mind matching Metro on that one because I think that is reasonable. You disagree? You're welcome to cone up and speak. 20 lib Nita. Gordon: Mr, Mayor, do you still want your motion to remain on the table? t didn't receive a second anyway. Mayor Terre: Well let's see if we get a second and if not there's no use even talking about it. Mrs, Gordon: Is there a second to the Mayor's motion? Ok, then there is no ifotion On the table now, Mayor F'erre: Ok, I've get the gavel back again and I want to explain where we are. t Made a motion, it died. It didn't have a second so as far as I'm concerned now I'm chairing the meeting again. Unless somebody tells me that they want to make a motion of sontekind as far as I'm concerned there's nothing else to talk about. Is there? Anybody want to say anything. Mr. Mike Schacter: My name is Mike Schacter and I'm a retail liquor dealer, I'm not a beer and wine operator but these hours that you're suggesting for the beer and,wine on premises hours, you're liberalizing on Sunday... Mayor Ferre: No, sir, that died, it's dead. It didn't get a second so it's dead. I made a motion and nobody seconded it so it's dead. Is there anything else to be dis- cussed on this item? This is a public hearing to change, there will be no changes as it pertains to beer and wine. Now I will, therefore, call the public hearing closed on Item 6 and I'm going to take out of sequence Item #12 because it pertains to a similar thing. And this is on second reading and it is an ordinance amending Section 3-8 of the Code of the City of Miami by providing that vendors of alcoholic beverages primarily for the sale of products of other than alcoholic beverages may make sales of beer and wine in sealed containers for consumption off the premises during such hours as their stores legally remain open for the sale of other goods and providing for an effective date. Is there discussion on the item? 25. AMEND SEC,3-8 CODE: COUNTYY FORRSALEF OFLBEERO NST FORE CONSUMPTION OFF THE PREMISES. ZND READING ORD. Mr. Schacter: Again, I'd like to get a clarification on that. If the sales of beer and wine in sealed containers for the consumption off the premises during such hours as their stores legally re^:ain open, how about us that are in the package stores? Mr. Andrews: This gentleman, Mr. Mayor, doesn't understand and maybe you should ex- - plain to the public. Mayor Ferre: You go ahead. Mr. Andrews: All right. As information to the public the City Commission has made a decision to treat each one of those items individually and announce them individually and have separate meetings on each item. They acted on the first one which is beer and wine in grocery by having a hearing then adopting the ordinance on first reading. Now the ordinance is before them on second reading. In the meantime, we announced the next category which is beer and wine bars for today's hearing so that the commission could have input and make a decision as to whether they wanted to change the hours or not. The next announce will be for liquor package, no consumption on the premises as the next category. We're taking them one at a time rather than the entire group. When we did that there was so much confusion the commission could not arrive at a clear decis- ion as to any adjustments. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3-8 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BY PROVIDING THAT VENDORS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OPERAT- ING STORES PRIMARILY FOR THE SALE OF PRODUCTS OTHER THAN ALCO- HOLIC BEVERAGES MAY MAKE SALES OF BEER AND WINE IN SEALED CON- TAINERS FOR CONSUMPTION OFF THE PREMISES DURING SUCH HOURS AS THEIR STORES LEGALLY REMAIN OPEN FOR THE SALE OF OTHER GOODS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of January 22, 1976 was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commmissioner Reboso, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and Passed and adopted by the following vote; AYES; Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.; Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr, Vice -Mayor Rose Gorden NOES: None,FEB 1 �7 Mayor Maurice A. Fevre r 21 TILE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO, 8516. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City CoMMisgion and to the public. y CATION- REPEAL RULE XIS ECTION Z, SUBSECTION 26, AMEND CIVIL SERVICE � NEW SUBSECTION U RULES AN ORDINANCE 1;'1TITLI b - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6945 AND NO, 7998 PASSED AND ADOPTED NOVEMBER 15, 1961 AND OCTOBER 14, 1971 RESPECTIVELY, APPROVING THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, BY REPEALING RULE XIX, SECTION 2, SUBSECTION (b) - PART 2, AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW SUBSECTION b.(2), AWARD- ING THE EMPLOYEE WORKING A FIVE AND ONE-HALF (5-1/2) DAY WEEK A COMPARABLE AMC?TNT OF VACATION AS GRANTED FOR A FIVE (5) DAY OR FULL SIX (6) DAY WEEK; BY REPEALING RULE XIX, SECTION 30 SUBSECTION (c), AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW SUBSECTION (c), AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW SUBSECTION (c) PROVIDING FULL- TIME TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES LEAVE BENEFITS, BY REPEALING RULE XIX, SECTION 5, SUBSECTION (g), PROVIDING THAT EMPLOYEES MAY BE GRANTED LEAVE IN THE EVENT OF A DEATH IN THE IMMEDIATEL FAMILY, DEFINING THE TERM IMMEDIATE FAMILY. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of January 8, 1976, 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 Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8517.. 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. 27, AMEND ZONING ORDINANCE WALLS, FENCES, HEDGES NEW DEFINITION FOR OBSTRUCTIONS - AM OTDTMAMCF F*?^_'ITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 6871, ARTICLE II, SECTION 2, TO PROVIDE A DEFIN- ITION FOR MATERIAL OBSTRUCTION TO VISIBILITY, AND BY DELETING SECTION 17 OF ARTICLE IV IN ITS ENTIRETY AND SUBSTITUTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION 17 ENTITLED FENCES, WALLS, AND HEDGES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of January 8, 1976 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 Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev,) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None FEB 101976 22 THE ORIANANCt 4AS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE N0, 8518, The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and antibunoed that copies Were available to the 7nembers of the City' Commission and to the public, 28, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BOARD ORDINANCE - 2ND READING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE CITY'S AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADVISORY BOARD CONSISTING OF FIFTEEN (15) MEMBERS, FIVE (5) MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED FROM EACH OF THE EMPLOYEE GROUPS, TEN (10) MEMBERS TO BE APPOINTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION; PROVIDING THAT THE TERM OF EACH MEMBER SHALL BE TWO (.2) YEARS; ESTABLISHING THE FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY'S AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OFFICER AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD; PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND ESTAB- LISHMENT OF RUL?' AND PROCEDURES; PROVIDING FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE HELD IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE LAW; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS AND VOTING; PROVIDING FOR DIS- QUALIFICATION Or MEMBERS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING FOR ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL TO ATTEND PUBLIC HEARINGS; PROVIDING FOR COORDINATION OF CITY BOARDS AND DEPARTMENTS IN ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR THE PREPARATION, ADOPTION AND REVIEW OF AFFIRRMATIVE ACTION PLANS FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI; PROVIDING THAT INFORM- ATION COPIES OF REPORT OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OFFICER BE SUBMITTED TO CITY MANAGER AND CIVIL SERVICE BOARD SIMUL- TANEOUSLY WITH REPORT TO CITY COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REPORT OF THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADVISORY BOARD BY THE CITY COMMISSION NOT LESS THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE REPORT WAS RECEIVED; PROVIDING FOR PERIODIC AND SPECIFIC REVIEWS OF CITY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLANS AND PROGRAMS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PPRTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; CON- TAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of January 22, 1976 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 4111 passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre. NOES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson. THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8519. 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. 23 FEB 101976 29, CHANGE ZONING CLASSIFICATION LOTS 13) 14, BLOCK 1 BOSCOBLE 7-72 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6871, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI, BY CHANGING THE EON., ING CLASSIFICATION OF THE NORTH 30' OF LOTS 13 AND 14, BLOCK 1, BOSCOBLE (7-72), BEING N.E. CORNER OF S.W. 24TH AVENUE AND S.W. 1ST STREET, FROM R-1 (ONE FAMILY) TO C-2 (COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL), AND BY MAKING THE NECESSARY CHANGES IN THE ZON- ING MAP MADE A PART OF THE SAID ORDINANCE NO. 6871, HY REFER- ENCE AND DESCRIPTION IN ARTICLE III, SECTION 2 THEREOF; BY REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS, OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of January 22, 1976 was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. bn 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 (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8520. 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. 30, CHANGE ZONING LOT 6, LESS S 15' ONLY BLOCK 16 CLASSIFICATION BAYSHORE UNIT #2 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6871, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI, BY CHANGING THE ZON- ING CLASSIFICATION ON LOT 6 LESS S 15' ONLY, BLOCK 16, BAY - SHORE UNIT NO. 2, BEING LOT EAST OF 5700 N.E. 5TH AVENUE, FROM R-1 (ONE FAMILY) TO R-C (RESIDENTIAL OFFICE) DISTRICT; AND BY MAKING THE NECESSARY CHANGES IN THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP, MADE A PART OF THE SAID ORDINANCE NO. 6871, BY REFER- ENCE AND DESCRIPTION IN ARTICLE III, SECTION 2 THEREOF; BY REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS, OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of January 22, 1976 was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Pi.0 mer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None THE OPDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8521. 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. FEB 101976 21 31► AMEND SEC, 3g-16:2 CODE DECREASE RENTAL PEE FOR USE O JAPANESE GARDEN AT WATSON ISLAND AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 39-16.2 OF THE CODE or THE C3T'Y OP MIAMI BY 9UBSTtTUTtr4G THEREFOR A NEW SECTION 39-16.2 PRO= VIbING FOR A DECREASE IN THE RENTAL FEE FOR THE DSE OF THE JAPANESE GARDEN AT WATSON PARK AND ESTABLISHING RENTAL FEES FOR THE USE OF ALL CITY PARKS PROVIDING FOR AN EFPECTrvE BATE. passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of January 22, 1976, was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Gordon , seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and palmed and adopted by the following vote AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: Mr. Plummer. ABSENT: None. THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8522. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commis- sion and to the public. "o ESTABLISH FEES FOR SPECIALIZED RECREATIONAL & INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSES AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING FEES FOR SPECIALIZED RECREATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSES TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of January 22, 1976 was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso 4111 Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8523. 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. FE8101978 25 33, GOLF COURSE GREEN FEES & RATES & CHARGES DEFERRED AFTER DISCUSSION Mr. Leonard H.A. Betz: I am Leonard H.A. Katz. My ohe address is 12879 S,W, lith Street, Miami, the other is 1407 N.W. 7th Street which as President of the Senior Centers of bade County, Inc. I'm also past President of the te Jeune Men's Golf Association. This isn't the first time I've been here but I'm now again in opposita, ion to the ordinance which had first reading some 9/15 list month relative to an increase in golf fees or daily fees. I am here because of two items or two proposals which one I had sent to you, your honor and one had been sent to Vice, -Mayor kose Gordon. In reviewing the amendments to the ordinances which I finally received a copy relatibe to the increase in golf fees. It is apparent that a positive review of all conditions surrounding the loss of some, what appears to be $43,000 at Le Jenne Melreese Golf Course this past year cannot be resolved by an increase of the golf fees alone. There are many items that should be taken into consideration, To begin with the proposal. which I had presented to the commission showed some $97,000 at Le Jenne Mel Reese and at Miami Springs Golf Course if the proposal was in a sense accepted, These moneys would be made available. Now on the increase of the fees at the present time which is shown in this ordinance it appears that sone $35,000 would be made avail.- able. Well, this sounds ,:ery attractive but the proposal which was presented by our organization shows that there is a possibility of having $138,000, $88,000 possible. So we're looking at the sum of $150,000 which I'm sure that the tax payers of the City of Muni is quite concerned with. My main concern is that there is preparation or apparently no effort is going to be made and these were the words that were given to me by the Superintendent of Parks who is Mr. Turcotte that they weren't when I asked about this particular item, and he said that they weren't interested in what to do with the senior citizens because since I'm out in the county now and involved in the county I should go to the county and get this. Well this is in contrast and contrary to Vice -Mayor. Gordon's program which she has so deligently become involved in and whicly I gave all the help that I possibly could to make possible golf playing by senior con- izens so that they at least got some exercise and I was helped tremendously by Al Howard. Now all this that's been going on has been done while Mr. Howard was in the hospital and ill. And I certainly, and I wouldn't want noone to make any remark that Mr. Howard is not in favor of the program which I have been attempting to promote along with under the auspices of Vice -Mayor Gordon. I feel that something is drastically wrong, I have offered a solution by having a Citizens Golf Advisory Committee which was tremendously effective in Flint, Michigan which I headed for seven years before I retired. Therefore, I'm asking before second --wading be made and the passage of this particular item that a complete investigation and some effort be made to examine the whole program. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, with this requeat I would ask that this commission defer this item. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, in giving us this direction to review this further I want to make sure that we do not include one item in our discus ions and that is changing the program for senior citizens as far as the use of those golf courses. If they're citizens of the City of Miami then they have the advantage of using that golf course at half the amount. What is being requested of the commission is to extend that beyond the City Limits Line. The county does not offer this to their golfers... Mayor Ferre: Cannot do that. Mr. Andrews: I don't recommend that we do that. Mrs. Gordon: Can't we defer it and then you can come back at the next meeting with this stone item with further details? Mayer Ferre: I have a great deal of respect for Leonard and I want Leonard to under- stand my feelings, and each one of us can express their own opinion, but I am not for the taxpayers of the City of Miami subsidizing the playing of golf on city properties by other than members of the city boundaries, in other words citizens of the city. I do not believe that the taxpayers of this community should subsidize golf players that come from Coral Gables or South Miami or any other part of this community. Let their own communities pay for those activities. Mr. Betz, Mr. Mayor, may I reply to this? Information which I have which I think you should have... Mrs. Gordon: The purpose of the motion is to give you this opportunity to do all this discussion. Thereupon, a motion to defer was introduced by MYs. Gordon, seconded by Rev. Gibson and passed by a unanimous vote. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I want to ask this: What purpose will be sewed if we are going to adhere to the policy of if you live in the City of Miami and you're a senior citizen you can pay for half? Pray tell me what purpose a further study will lake' Sir, you know my mother is still alive and all, a senior citizen. I'flt Mist wondering what... Ok, I'm going to go along with you but I'm just wondering. Mr. Bate: The number of... Mrs. Gordon: Well why don't you save it all for special committee meeting with the Manager and if any of us commissioners will be informed that they're going to meet per- haps we can be present at the time and get this information. ok? You'll notify us, Mr. Andrews, when you're meeting together with _Mr, Satz? _..__ INST,CITY MGR, INVESTIGATE ADDITIONAL PARKING PROCEED IMMEDIATELY WITH NEW SCOREBOARD 34, GRANGE BOWL STADIUM AUTHORIZE DISPOSAL OF POLY TURF ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH PRESCRIPTION IURF EXPEND FOR IMPROVEMENTS -LIMIT GAMES TO ll ETC. Mr. Plummer: I'll make it simple for you, the Manager has recommended we go ahead, I concur with the Manager. Let's make amotion that the Poly Turf be removed and the P.A.T. System be installed. Mayor Ferre: There is a motion and a second, and I wish to announce that I concur with that because regardless of what happens with the Dolphins we need to have a play- ing surface. Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor, more so than that. Let me state to you that we are into 0 a situation of safety of the players and I think that we have to have just as much con- cern for anyone whether it is high school, university or possibly a professional team that that same safety must be the prevailing factor and I think we must proceed. a Mr. Andrews: That safety factor is for the future and not anything that has occured in the past. Mayor Ferre: Just for the record, since I saw a newspaper story that you were going to meet, I thought I saw it 4n the paper that you were going to meet with Mr. Robbie for the record, have you had such a meeting? Mr. Andrews: No, I have not. I am planning to communicate with them in the next day or two. Mr. Plummer: Let me pursue on that same point. You say that he has not responded. Has there been any indication on his part at all? Mr. Andrews: Yes, there has to this extent in that Mr. Robbie and I had verbal commun- ication with one another and he had agreed that he would meet and discuss these matters; for whatever that reason was postponed, a week has gone by, now I plan to communicate with them in writing. Mr. Plummer: Just for the record, he did receive a letter you putting him under a deadline? Mr. Andrews: Oh yes. That was a separate matter, that was the expressed wish of the commission and that was carefully worded... Mr. Plummer: Did he respond prior to the deadline? Mr. Andrews: No. Mayor Ferre: I want to go on record stating this; You heard my position last time around, I want to explain my reversal. I don't want Mr. Robbie to have any pretext to come football playing season when we're going to send him a bill at 1O% which is what everybody else, or more, which is what I think we have the right to do, and I would not like for anybody to have any excuses or any reasons. We want that Orange Bowl to be in perfect condition and I think everybody understands what I'm saying, Rev. Gibson; Mr. Mayor, for the record, Mr. Andrews, did you write that letter? Mx. Andrews: No, that's the one that would be leaving between today and tomorrow. I waited one week. 27 FEB 10197E Rev. Gibson: You know the Mayor specified a time certain. Mr. Andrews: Yes, sir. Oh, 1 wrote the letter that the cottU ission, the day after. Yes, sir. Rev. Gibson: The letter was written? Mr. Andrews: Oh yes, sir. Mayor Ferre: He's tacking about another letter. He's tacking about (b) letter. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who tnbved its adoption. MOTION NO. 76-157 A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DISPOSE OF THE ORANGE BOWL POLY -TURF SYSTEM IN KEEPING WITH THE SCHEDULE FOR THE CON- STRUCTION OF THE NEW NATURAL GRASS ORANGE BOWL STADIUM PLAYING FIELD. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. NOTE: See Resolution No. 76-160, 76-161, 76-162 adopted later in the meeting. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I want to make one other point and I think it should be some- thing that should be loud and strong to those people who are hoping for an early demise of this city; that the Manager has indicated that surplus revenues from the Orange Bowl of $435,000 which the Orange Bowl has always generated surpluses, that at no time has the Orange Bowl ever been a burden to the taxpayers through Ad Valorem Taxes, that there are sufficient funds there to initiate this program and that's really what I'm giving a great deal of strength to that the money is available. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and.members of the commission, let me elaborate on that a little bit, not only initiate but carry out the program in its entirety as far as the removal of the grass and the replacement including an irrigation system and a new cover for the field. And when we finish with that there will still be some money remaining in that account. Mayor Ferre: I want to make sure we all understand that because we get an awful lo. of flack sometimes in the press and media where we hear and read about, and the Metro Commission and our good friend Steve Clark saying that he's going to pay and give us some money to do this. We have all the money that is needed to do the job and it will not cost the taxpayers one red cent. I want to go on record repeating that so we all understand what we're doing here. Mr. Plummer: I'd like to make another motion in the same vein that we instruct the Manager to seek out and look in the general area of the Orange Bowl for possibly acquisit- ion additional areas for parking and to report back to the commission as soon as possible for the purposes of having them in place before the next football season starts. The preceding motion, introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Reverend Gibson was passed and adopted unanimously. Said Motion was Designated Motion No. 76-158. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, it would appear to me that this motion that J. L. just made and I seconded ought to be an on -going thing. Mr, Plummer: Well that's what I wanted to do, Father, but I'm not telling him go buy any property, I'm merely saying to seek out and give us back a recommendation. Mayor Ferre: I want to make sure so that nobody misunderstands my position on this. I have absolutely no objection to spending substantial sums of money to improve the Orange Bowl, provided, however, that it does not cost the taxpayers any money as it has not in the past. There is only way that that can be done and I keep repeating it over and over again if Mr. Joe Robbie and the Miami Dolphins decide to stop all this foolishness about building a new stadium which is going to cost $50,000,000 and is not going to be done, and if we can get down to hard business negotiations and end up with a long tern 28 FEB 101976 contract the City of Miami is prepared itdmediately as we've ecptessed to start what would be a $16,000,000, and might go as high as $20,000,000 improveMenta that 'Would be paid for by the users over a long period of tife and not coat and taxpayers any money and we would have a beautiful modern stadium in a Matter of a couple of years, We ceeld have started a year ago and all this stalling has not btought us forward in any way and 1 would certainly hope, of course, it's Mr. Bobbie's deciaibh and it's hit teem and he makes the final choice but 1 would certainly hope that ha would cow, sider that if he were to start negotiating a lens term lease we could start acquiring properties and improving the parking and going forward with some of these improvements, However, if we do not get into some kind of long term lease then 1 personally will vote against any improvements unless the Manager can prove categorically that they will not cost the taxpayers of this city any money. We'll have to just do it slowly and over the next 15 years. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, one of the things that I have spoken out on very strong over a period of years and is going to now have no reason for being stopped is other events other than football in that stadium. Now Mr. Mayor, there is no reason that we cannot derive a million dollars a year out of pure revenues which would go a long way towards the expansion program which we have. You know I hate to keep repeating but the one concert alone, $100,000 went into Jacksonville. And if we had 10 of those a year we could pay for the expansion without the Dolphins. We want to do it with them but that kind of activity in that Orange Bowl, we can. Mayor Ferre: I think the point is now that you've gotten permission to go ahead and put grass in that Orange Bowl, Paul, that you make sure that it's designed in such a way as the people from PAT have assured us so that we can have circuses, polo matches and all the other things that we need. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Andrews, if in fact you found some sites for parking lot acquisition, 0 would that be paid for through the surplus funds that Mr. Plummer referred to or some other source of funding? Mr. Plummer: Rose, it can be done that way or it can be done through bonds which was done before. Mrs. Gordon: Well, Mr. Andrews, do you have sufficient moneys that you could use at this time in that balance? Mr. Andrews: Not at this "...me. However, there is an entirely different approach that I have been espousing and that we'vP been looking into. And let me take another moment because I've got three other motions that you must adopt with reference to the Orange Bowl. What I felt that this community could use was additional parks within a six block perimeter of the Orange Bowl particularly through the south in that densely populated area. We if we can acquire some property for park purposes and design the parks in such a way that there are open play fields and all the above ground community facilities be located at one end then these same areas could be used for parking in conjunction with the Orange Bowl. It wouldn't be a great inconvenience to the neighborhood, it's mostly at night and I would think that therein lies a potential solution to provide some real parking for the Orange Bowl. It is possible that with the agreement of the community that that's something that could be considered with the Community Development funds that will occur next year. That could be a very positive step in providing two things (1) very fine parka for the neighborhood and parking for the Orange Bowl. Mrs. Gordon: I was going to ask you if you were thinking about the Parks for People Bond Issue but you're not, you're thinking about Community Development funds which if they were used for that purpose, of course then could not be used for other Community Development purposes. Mayor Ferre: Ah men, I agree with you and I'll tell you (1) Parks for People, Paul, is taxpayers so I'm categorically against it. Mr. Andrews: You can't use it legally, Mr. Mayor. There is no way of doing it. Mayor Ferro: And (2) as far as revenue funds from the federal government I'll be darned if I'll vote for the usage of federal funds when we have such crying needs for improvements in this community so that somebody can have parking spaces for 30 games during the year. Now if we do what Plummer is talking about and start developing other programs for income so that we can use that Orange Dowl 100 times a year or 150 times a year then I would be completely in favor of it but not just to play 16 profess- ional football games, Hr0, Gordon: Right. I would be totally against Community Development Funds being used, and as I stated before... 29 FEB 101976 Mt. Plummer: Mr, Mayor, just for your edification right now there ate t think silt non -athletic events which are proposed to go in the Orange Bowl in the next five months, and t'M not at liberty to disclose the one but 1 guarantee you if it is booked into the Orange Bowi we'll sell every seat in the house which could cot'lceiv= ably be worth $100,000 to the City of Miami. Mr, Andrews: Mt. Mayor, before 1 introduce these three resolutions ih reference to the turf which you must adopt let me make an announcement about the scoreboard. The scoreboard at this moment at the Orange Bowl is not off center* I have not signed the agreement because, and I'll be documenting this for you in a memorandum Within the next ten days to two weeks because once again this depends on a long term agreement unless the commission wants to run the risk that we will have the kind of exposures that would provide the advertisers with the exposure that's needed, by exposure 1 mean the number of events that are played and the population within the bowl at any given event because those agreements that were presented to the City Commission at the time that we were going through the evaluation of the scoreboard were predicated that there would be a certain level of usage within the Orange Bowi. If you don't have the usage and you don't have the exposure then there are provisions in that agreement that would provide that the city compensate Stewart Warner for the installation of the board and that could run as much as $150,000 a year in the event for some reason we don't have the kind of events take p.::ce in the Orange Bowl. So I've got to go back and review all of that in terms of... That whole thing is held up and there is no way I would sign that agreement without coming back to the commission....and explain the consequences. Mr. Plummer: Well, let me express ion has always tried to be a first that way before the Dolphins and I far as I'm concerned let's proceed truthfully, Paul, I've said it off an opinion for one. That Orange Bowi in my estimat- class operation and I want it to continue. It was want it to be that way after the Dolphins. And as and let's go with it because I'm going to tell you the record I'll say it now on the record - if Mr. Robbie wants a five year contract I'll give him a five year contract but it's going 0 to be amortized to cost over 5 years instead of 10. Mr. Andrews: That's very encouraging because I was a little apprehensive that the commission might back away from this. In fact, well wait until I get the memorandum and then you can adopt a motion... Mayor Ferre: Yes, but the thing that bothers me is that here we are now into February and I thought we were underway with our doggone sign. We need that thing, Paul. And I'm going to tell you something. I go along with Plummer and I think we've got to have a little faith in this community and the future of the city and the Orange Bowl and I think you ought to just proceed with the darned thing. Now let me put it to you this way. Here is where it puts Mr. Joe Robbie as far as I'm concerned - he's really forced us into an awful lot of inconvenience but we're not going to stop, we're just going to keep on going. Now we've got a meter running, at least I've got a meter running in my head. The longer he takes as far as I'm concerned the tougher the deal is going to be for him and the sooner he comes in here and starts dealing in good faith I this.- the better it is going to be for the city and therefore the better it is going to bs for him. Now if he just wants to play a game of waiting us out well then I'll tell you he's had ample warnings from all of us and we're going to proceed to spend the money and it's going to cost him more than he would imagine by trying to be so coy. Do you want a resolution to that affect? Mr. Andrews: Yes, a motion would be most helpful. Mr. Plummer: I make a motion at this time that we proceed with the new scoreboard as outlined by the Manager on previous occasions. The preceding motion, introduced by Mr. Plummer and seconded by Rev. Gibson was passed and adopted unanimously. SAID MOTION WAS DESIGNATED MOTION No.' 76-159. Mayor Ferre: Now take up the first of these resolutions as it reads. (Mayor Ferre read the title of the resolution) Mr. Plummer: I'll go along with it, Mr. Mayor, but as far as I'm concerned let me speak very free. I want it to go to Goodwill Industries and no one else so you take it from there. I'll move the motion because it gives the latitude in there. Mayor Ferre: Well, but if he comes up with something better than that and somebody wants to buy or something like that. Mr. Plummer: You haven't looked at it recently, You ought to'ye seen it after black Thursday or rainy Sunday. FEB 101976 Mr. Andrews: You know what you're doing here is it preempts me from Golding back to the coffltission, ... Mayor Ferre: That's Plu#nme extent... Mr. Andrews: because this the city. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: Mayor Ferre: 's opinion, now if he wants to make a Motion to that No, Mr. Mayor, what I'm saying is that Mt. Plulmmer's suggestion is ptempted resolution gives Me authority to act on whatever is in the best interest of I'm perfectly willing to give you that authority. I'm willing to go along with it and I'm just voicing my opinion. You do what's best for the city. Mr. Plummer: I'll fire you the 31st of July if you don't do it. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-160 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DISPOSE OF THE ORANGE BOWL POLY -TURF SYSTEM IN KEEPING WITH THE SCHEDULE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW NATURAL GRASS ORANGE BOWL STADIUM PLAYING FIELD, BY SALE OR GRANT OF SAID SYSTEM. (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 (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mr. Plummer: I haven't seen the proposed draft. Mayor Ferre: We read it, you had it before us. Mr. Andrews: It essence is the conditions that I transmitted to you in the memorandum are contained in draft... Mr. Plummer: Well the memorandum I didn't like. The memorandum stated $268,000. I want that to be worded in such a manner not to exceed $268,000 because my agreement with the people at P.A.T was that since we were not going to be doing the entire surface which they bank their price on that we would be doing less in grass. Mr. Andrews: Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer: We're doing more now than that. How are you doing more if you're only doing the playing field? Well then you're not going along then with the committee's recommendation. Mr. Andrews: Yes we are. Mayor Ferre: I see. Mr. Andrew Crouch: In our discussion with the people from Prescription Athletic Turf they had recommended that we do the entire field from the wall extension of the stad- ium to fences on each of the end zones with the grass. We talked to them about the problem within the player bench area. They feel that their grass is going to stand up under that wear and tear but they are reluctant to put anything in the agreement and so we have discussed with them their responsibility in the agreement to for the area that they have defined which 87,700 square feet. It's still less than the Poly -Turf because the Poly -Turf swings out and covers a little bit of that area.., Mr. Plummer: So it's got to.be less than $268,000. The Poly -Turf is $93,000. Mr. Crouch: I'll discuss that in a minute. But what I wanted to make the point was that the decision regarding the player bench area and whether some resilient surface 31 FEB 101976 material will be placed in that area between the thirty yatd lines and the 6 foot border on the sidelines to the football field is the thing that we would be doing jointly and they will come back to us with a recommendation as to Whether it should be natural grass or some resilient sutface that they feel would serve the purpose. Mr. Plummer: Look, all I'm saying is enter into the motion not to exceed. Ok? Not to exceed. Ok, fine. Mayor Ferret All right, as amended by Commissioner Plummer. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-161 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREE- MENT WITH PRESCRIPTION ATHLETIC TURF INC. FOR RESURFACING THE PLAY- ING FIELD SURFACE OF THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT DRAFT DATED FEBRUARY 9, 1976, WITH FUNDS ALLOCATED FROM THE ORANGE BOWS, RESERVE FOR IMPMVEMENTS, CODE NO. 6-77655.0000. (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 (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-162 A RESOLUTION AU^HORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPEND FROM THE CP.ANGE BOWL RESERVE FOR IMPROVEMENT FUND, UP TO $100,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT, INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF ADJUNCT IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE A PREREQUIE!TE TO THE CONSTRUCT- ION, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF A NATURAL GRASS PLAYING FIELD SURFACE SYSTEM IN THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM. (H.re 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 (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me bring up one other point if I can. Paul, is there anything that can be done as it was once before with recessing the players' seats down at ground level so that it will not be blocking the people that are sitting in the boxes? Mayor Ferre: There's a danger item there. Mr. Plummer: I don't necessarily think it's that much dan,erous. Look into it. Mr. Andrews: We'd look into it but we'd have to consult with the coaches. Mr. Plummer: Fine. But I think if you could take and put that bench at ground level the people in the boxes behind could then see which they cannot see now. So now is the time to do it when you're going to put this thing in, Rev. Gibson: J. L., when you're running off that field you know you're running Some- times for your life, That's an awful danger, a2 FEB 101976 0 Mt. Andrews: One last matter, so that there's no misunderstanding. We're still going to pursue the event scheduling at the approximate 25 events for football level, Mt. Plu ft et: Mr. Mayor, don't jump off of that now because you're inviting maybe 3000 people to come down here and scream. What the Manager has just told you is that he is going to exclude high school football ... Mayor Ferre: I heard. Mr. Plummer: ...or greatly limited basis. Mayor Ferre: And that was the basis, I'll tell you as far as I'm concerned on the record that was the basis of this commission's decision. Mr. Plummer: No, Mr. Mayor, let me just bring up one point for the record. The P.A.T. people in their letter which they said, not what we asked, they felt that their system was compatible for more than 25 games a year. They thought that was too conservative and that you could go to 40 games. Now somewhere in the middle I think is the latitude. Mayor Ferre: J. L., I want to go on record stating that my vote consistently on this whole item, if you'll look at the record and you go back on how I voted, I voted on the premise that we need the Orange Bowl for 16 professional games, 14 and that therefore, we would have 11 games left to be played by the University of Miami and that the high schools that the Dade County School Board was going to have to solve their problem and that I recommended that Metropolitan Dade County use some of their Progress for Dade moneys in accelerating their Tropical Park and preferably in helping us with taking one of the City of Miami parks, and we specifically talked about Curtis Park, and putt- ing up a 3000 seat stadium there and upgrading it so that it could be used for high school games. Mx. Plummer: Well let me just speak on it, Mr. Mayor, and make my thoughts known. I'm not convinced that that field could only handle 25 games a year. I think there has got to be a limit. I am more concerned for the purposes of the taxpayers of this city that the School Board be addressed now with the fact that we are no longer going to subsidize high school football and that they are going to have to pay costs, whatever cost is. Mayor Ferre: Well you're ::tying the same thing. Mr. Plummer: No, I'm not. Mayor Ferre: Yes you are, I'll tell you why. Because what you're saying in effect is that they're going to pay for the $3,000 game that the City of Miami has been sub- sidizing and there is no way that a high school is going to be able to pay $3,000 to 401 play a football game when the average attendance is under 3500. It is just absurd in my opinion to use a stadium where there are 80,000 seats available for 3,000 people to watch it. It doesn't make any sense. Mr. Plummer: Ok, well we're not making that decision so go ahead. Mr. Andrews: I want the record to reflect that on February 9th we received a final letter from the P.A.T. people indicating, and I'll read out of context. We can make the letter available to the Clerk. "Regarding the number of football games this year we support the 25 limit as recommended by the Orange Bowl Turf Committee Report." Mayor Ferre: Which is how many games? Mr. Andrews: Twenty-five. Mr. Plummer: Well let me tell you something, I'm going to tear that man apart because let me tell you he's put one letter in to try to sell a system and now he's given you another letter after he's got the system bought and is going back on his word. Mayor Ferre: No J.L., you may as Chairman of that committee have had that understand- ing. Mr. Plummer: I've got it in writing, Mayor Ferre: My understanding was that we were not going to play any more than 25 games, and I'll tell you I pass the gavel over to Rose Gordon and I 440 a motion... Mr, Plummer: Wait a minute now, Say again, 33 FEB 101976 Mr. Andrews: He says they're saying for thie first year only and until the experiehce during the establishment of the field. Mt. Plummer: I'll go along with, And then next year? Fine. Mayor Ferre: Ok, well let's do it formally. I make a motion, even though I think it already was part of the previous motion, but for clarification that the usage of the Orange Bowl Stadium for football games be limited to 25 events in the upcoming football season. I limit it just to one season. The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-163 A MOTION OF INTENT TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF FOOTBALL GAMES TO BE PLAYED IN THE ORANGE BOWL DURING THE UPCOMING FOOTBALL, SEASON TO TWENTY-FIVE. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: Mr. Plummer. 35, SEA 76 - INSTRUCTION CITY MANAGER TO COOPERATE WITH CELEBRATION BICENTENNIAL EVENT Mr. Paul Andre: Gentlemen and ladies, about a year ago the Marine Council was approached by the Bicentennial 3rd Century people to see whether or not we could assist in the scheduling and creation of a water activities festival. This was in response to many requests that have come into the BiCentennial office for some activity connected with our water activities sphere. The Marine Council accepted this premise and I think I was absent at that meeting and they appointed me the chairman of it. We've moved ahead and we are now, would like to make our initial formal presentation to tiie City of Miami as what we have in mind for this period to get your blessing as we may. We are not going to ask you for any money but at least tell you what is happening and get your acquiescence and you cooperation in certain fields which are not of financial output t1 you. So first off in the beginning if we could get the lights down we want to dazzle you with some semi- professional type... An organization was formed which was called Sea '76. This was established to separate'it from the Third Century operation but at the same time maintain the involvement with Third Century, also the Armed Forces BiCenten- f nial Council, the Navy League, the Greater Miami Marina Association, all of these operations are involved together with us in key committee to provide this water spectacular. In addition, we have also close cooperation with the Op -Sail spect- acular which will be in New York Harbor on July 4th. And we are the local branch you might say of Op -Sail. Our dates are going to be July 31st to August 9th of 1976 and an additional date of August 18th to the 22nd. During this time frame we will have events in the Marine Stadium. The famous Sea Circus which is held annually would be held on July 31st followed by an exciting closed course outboard race and then with the Sea Spectacular Day of August 1st which is a Sunday and the culminating in the National Water -Ski Championship which will be held here in Miami on the leth to the 22nd. So we'd like to give you just a little bit of a preview of what we're going to try to accomplish and the area in which we have. Of course, the events in the Marine Stadium you're all familiar with. You've seen the Sea Circus, I think we've all had the pleasure of that and the educational effect it presents and, of course, the races there are always exciting. Now the area that we're going to be using as our main day, August 1 is Government Cut. This area, and we'll put a chart on there shortly, this area will be approximately a two mile long showcase bordered on the north by the causeway, on the south by the Port of Miami. In conjunction with the Coast Guard the port will be closed for that day and the spectators viewpoint them will be that entire strip starting with the turning basin all the way up to the Coast Guard base on the Miami Beach side as well as the entire port facility on the south side. Our opening will be with the United States Coast Guard presenting a complete pass -by of all of their equip- ment, everything they've got. In fact, we're even going to get that Russian Hydro out I think. That's the day they're going to take it out and exercise it. AS you can imagine this will come down the full length of Government Cut and back up the other aide. We will have the beginning of an Ocean power Boat rage. And most of these events in the marine field unless you're in a boat no one really gets to see 4 FEB I01676. them We're going to start this thing back in the end of the turn basin and it will run out Government Cut and disappear sornewhete. As it clears the east end we Will then have a tug boat race coMing down the other way. Some of you recall the days when we used to have the great tug boat races in there as & great event. We Will also then have bands on ships and bands on barges. These will Come down Government Cut playing, we hope will be stirring renditions of ao,e of our pop., ular Bicentennial themes. There will parades of theme vessels of the Bicentennial theme put on by the various yachting organizations and possibly sponsored by some of the organizations other than yachts, We will have kite flying down the whole length of Government Cut. This is where they tow some idiot on a kite be- hind a speed boat. Of course, the famous square rigged ship, the "Eagle" will be our host ship. She will proceed, the good Lord willing and the wind from the right direction, down Government Cut and then hopefully with berth at the Bicenteny nial Park for inspection by the general public later. We will have a flyover from the Homestead Air Force Base, We will have seaplane landings. We could arrange that pretty well since Chalk has a concession there and they are going to agree to work with us very nicely. We're going to have undersater demolition teams which will be dropped from low flying aircraft into government Cut and they're going to blow up something out there, they haven't told me yet what. A parade by of the Cuban fishing fleet. if you've never seen a Cuban spectacular why these people really put their heart and soul into it and it is really great. The fish- ing fleet isn't doing much now anyway, unfortunately but we feel they will cooperate with us very nicely there. Water ski shows, of course, more bands coming by on barges. We'll have a submarine that will proceed down. We will have the finish of an ocean sailing race which will come down the cut spinnakers flying. Now some- time during this time these ocean powerboats are going to come back in and finish on the other end, we've got to watch for that. We'll have character sailing and other typo vessels and we'll have displays of locally manufactured vessels. It's amazing how many of the popular boats that we take for granted are manufactured right here in Miami and this will go on and on depending on the time frame that we have left for this one day. Now this is what we'd like to ask if we could. In Government Cut we would like to establish and get the usage frown the city of Watson Island. I'll give you a little local color here. Mayor Ferre: For what purpose? Mr. Andre: This will be for spectators to sit and view this thing. I'd like to get permission to erect bleachers which would be east of the Chalk's area on WAtson Island for approximately 500 people. We would also ask permission to use the two east bound lanes of the county causeway as parking areas. We feel that those lanes cars can park nose to, now this has to come from the State Road Department I'm sure . If you can imagine, these spectators will park in their cars nose to the cause- way. These events will be broadcast over the local radio stations and they will be able to get the blow by blow right from there. Mayor Ferre: Ok, anything else, Paul? Mr. Andre: Yes, we would just ask your help that traffic control from the Police Department. Mayor Ferre: All right. Mr. Andre: And also use of the Bicentennial Park just to park the boats there for a public exhibit. There is no charge for this whatsoever. Mr. Plummer: Move. Mrs. Gordon: Second. Mayor Ferre: Commissioner Plummer moves and Rose Gordon seconds that the City Man- ager be instructed to cooperate with Sea '76 to the full extent possible. I'm saying the way it is worded is instruct the Manager to cooperate in whatever way possible and that gives you latitude. Mr. Plummer; Let me just establish on the record, Mr. Andrews is concerned. Those 500 seats will be open to the general public? Mr. Andre: Absolutely. There will be no charge for anything. 35 FEB 101976 r- The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption. 36. WATER BORNE TRANSPORTATION MOTION NO. 76-164 A MOTION INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER TO COOPERATE WITH "SEA 76" TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, ANb ENDORSING IN PRINCIPLE ITS T'ROGRAM . Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the motion Was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner C. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mr. Andre: I would like to before you get completely away introduce General Rip Collins, and Herb Savage who you all very well know is the representative of the Armed Forces Bicentennial Committee. Thank you again so very much. AUTHORIZE MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS AUTHORIZE COMMISSIONER PLUMMER TO DISCUSS PORTS OF CALL APPLICATION IN MIAMI mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, we have accomplished some significant steps I think in proceeding with what can become eventually a tourist and commuter type of water transportation. However, in surveying the industry that now exists and others there is a tendency to indicate that the City, that time is not yet really ready to institute the kind of service that the city invas- ions. What I'm recommending to the commission at this point is that we proceed with a design for a facility at the Bicentennial Park. In pursuing this design I'd like to work with the Marine Coundil and with the industry that now exists. Once a flexible design is accomplished then I would like this commission's approval to proceed to get the Dodge Island Port people to develop a similar facility at Dodge Island, perhaps at the Four Ambassadors. We would assess the design as it exists Seaquarium, we would try to implement the same design somewhere in the vic- inity of the Marine Stadium particularly near the Rusty Pelican Restaurant in that little lagoon area. We would examine this design to see if we would need to make any adjustments at Miamarina Restaurant. Each one of these areas would have to be responsible for providing its docking facilities. In other words the city would be responsible for Watson Island in the future or we may deside to go ahead and accomplish that design and installation at Watson Island noW even though there aren't that.many activities there. We would develop that design and construct the facility at Bicentennial Park, at Miamarina. If we had one at the Four Ambass- adors we would look to the Four Ambassadors to provide such a facility. We would look to the county to provide the similar facility and now we would have in place appropriate docking facilities. We would then be in a better position to organize the industry that now exists to begin having them use those facilities and then at that point in time it would be more appropriate to go out for public proposals to see if we could entice a new type of craft or a newer craft to be used in a com- muter tourist arrangement. Until we do something of this nature the hope of trying to entice the private enterprise to make the kind of investments they have to make won't come about. We're going to have to have a point of beginning to demonstrate that these reasonably formal areas exist where tourists and commuters can depart from and arrive at. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Anerews, I didn't hear you mention Dinner Key but I assume you meant Dinner Key. Mr. Andrews: Yes, and Vizcaya is another one in which we would get the county to participate. Mrs. Gordon: I appreciate what you're saying with regard to the dockage facilities in order to put the system into place but have you considered the fact that in your, you say the industry that now exists. What industry that now exists that is Provid- ing water transportation perse? Mayor Ferre: Grey Tours is one of them. Mr. Andrews: Grey Tours, there is several of them, Mrs. Gordon. Mrs. Gordon: They have vessels that they're willing to use for this kind of usaqe? FEB 101976 • • Have you considered asking them if they would participate in the installation for the benefits being that they would have the right to use those facilities primar- ily? Mayor Ferre: Rose, I'll tell you I think you're heading down the right direction and I'd like to propose this. I would like to recommend, Mr. Andrews, that we actually set specifications for what we want and actually go out to bid documents and see if we get some bidders. I'm pretty certain that you will get, you might even get local people like Wometco, for example, Greyline Tours which is a major company. I think that there might be people here seriously interested. Mrs. Gordon: I agree with you, Mr. Mayor, that would be my approach to it. Mayor Ferre: And I think our posture is this, that we should be in the position of franchising the right for landings on city property. That's the way we should approach it and that we should then advertise plus wherever other amenities that these people might require in their proposal and then put it out for bid to see... Mrs. Gordon: Exactly. I'd like to do it that way, Mr. Mayor. I'd move that we instruct the Manager to proceed to define... to come out with bid documents for solicitation of bids for this franchising of a waterborne transportation system. Mayor Ferre: As soon as possible but certainly before the summer. Mr. Andrews: We'll do it in the next two months or so. Mrs. Gordon: It's very possible we could have some results during the Bicentennial year which would be significant also I think. Mayor Ferre: And I think it is important that you get a list of people, for example, I saw in the newspaper that some big company in New Orleans is going to start a very large steamboat, paddle boat up the river which cost 21 million dollars. Did you see that in the paper, Paul? It's a very very large steam... Well I'm talking about both and I don't think that we should limit ourselves in any way that we should try to get, for example, a hydrofoil operating in the bay for transportation pur- poses (1) and (2) I mean this is nothing new, Rose and I have been talking about this for two years. (2) To have some kind of a tourist slow moving boat that goes around maybe with a food facility and (3) water taxis the way venice, for example, operates or even some of these swiss cities. Paul, under discussion you understand that the bid document is going to include all three types of transportation modes? Mrs. Gordon: And they could bid on one, two or all three. Right, Maurice? Mayor Ferre: Yes. In other words there might be somebody that would only be inter- ested in putting in a hydrofoil and somebody might want to develop the whole package. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption. MOTION NO. 76-165 A MOTION REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO RECEIVE PROPOSALS FOR FRANCHISING OF A WATER TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF MIAMI AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, TO INCLUDE ALL THREE TYPES OF WATER TRANSPORTATION. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mayor Ferre: Paul, on the subject, I might recommend that we've got some friends, for example, in Specialty Restaurants that have a lot of contacts in California. I would call them up. And I'd say, "Look, is there anybody in California that does this?" Let's find out who does it in New Orleans. I know that there are some river boats around New York City. You know let's find out who is doing this if anywhere in the country. I think you ought to contact Boeing and see if they have any interest. Maybe Boeing has a prototype, might want to put a hydrofoil into this area and try to leave it here for six months and see if they can sell it. 37 FEB 101976 AYES: NOES: None. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, perhaps Mt, Andrews could put an ad in these out of town papers, small ads wouldn't have to be large, saying the City of Mehl is interested in receiving bide and recoMmendations. Mr. Andrews: There's one paper that when you do this gets national. attention and that's in the Wall STreet journal. Mrs, Gordon: Ok, that would be fine, How about that? Ok. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, bringing that out let me ask so that I don't get criticized later, I will be going at your direction next month and I did intend to speak to the people from Specialty, Have all of you or have any of you seen what they call Ports of Call in California, in L.A.? What I'm asking, I would like, Mr. Andrews and I went all through it. It would be a beautiful proposal for Virginia Key that I go there being able to. speak. Mayor Ferre: For Virginia Key? Mr. Plummer: Yes. This is the most unique setup you've ever seen in your life and I would like to have the opportunity through this commission's approval that I can speak to these people about the possibility of one in Miami. And it is run by Specialty Restaurants. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Tallichet has a couple of copies of a proposal as it's out now, information... So when you talk to him you'll know that he has the information. Mayor Ferre: Well what I think you're saying is that you want to be kind of offic- ialized and I certainly would be in favor of that if you want to make the motion. Mrs. Gordon: It's not going to commit us to anything. It's just for information, # that's all. Mr. Plummer: Just generate interest really is what I'm saying. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption. MOTION NO. 76-166 A MOTION AUTIIORIZING COMMISSIONER J. L. PLUMMER TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCUSS WIT!! SPECIALTY RESTAURANTS OF CALIFORNIA THE FEASI- BILITY OF A "PORTS OF CALL" TYPE FACILITY IN MIAMI. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre SPAY THROUGH SEPTEM BER 30 37, GROUP INSURANCE PREMIUMS 1DTLOLEOAS AGENT OFRREES RECORD Mr. Plummer: Mr. mayor, as you're well aware the reason that I had great concerns at the last meeting in reference to the hospitalization policy for the city employees was the fact that we were notified that our premium was going up next year to the fune of approximately $2,000,000. This gave me a great deal of concern and I asked you to allos me to investigate into this matter which I have done. Mr. Mayor, for the record I must establish a great serious objection and the administration will have to take their lumps, but they are big boys. It disturbs me to no end that I was made fully aware that this increase was made known to the administration as early as August 9th of last year and that in no way was this increase even con- sidered into the budget for this upcoming year. Now that bothers me to no end. Mr. Mayor, let me say that the man who has worked with me is Mr, Ed Cole who is sitting here and we have been able to accomplish a reduction in premium of approx- imately $133,000 over a renewal of 8 months if the city were to consider, which I would recommend against a renewal for 12 months to next February the reduction in premium would be $200,000. But 1 would personally like to thank Mr, Cole on his own efforts and jointly with me who was able to get a reduction in thus premium of approximately $133,000 for the next eight months, And Mr, Mayor, 1 was then a1.90 aware that Mr, Cole is the agent for the policy and 1 at the conclusion of this FEB 101976 would like to make a motion this commission make Mr. Cole the agent of record. So that is the report we were able through hard-nosed negotiation, if you wish, to reduce the premium $133,000 for the next eight month period. And Mr. Manager, you tell me what you want in the way of motions. Mr. Andrews: The motion should be one authorizing the city administration to pro- ceed with the extension of this policy through September 30, 1976. Mayor Ferre: How much is that going to cost us? Mr. Andrews: That will, the city alone - $368,000 in round figures. Now that's made up of two parts. $258,000 would be a requirement for the personal coverage and then we will be picking up one months requirement of the employees and pension- eers as far as their dependents coverage is concerned and that's $110,000 per month. Mayor Ferre: That's what Tony wants. Is that right? Mr. Plummer: No, Tony wants something different. What Tony wants, Mr. Mayor, he wants in reference to the retirees that the premium increase not take affect until April 1 or that what he's really saying is that the city pick up the cost for an additional month for the retirees of approximately I think it's $20,000. I'm not trying to say yes or no, I'm just trying to tell the Mayor what he wants. Mr. Andrews: You know we've picked up one month as it is. This is a real burden on us with the problems that we have and I can't recommend it. Mayor Ferre: Do you want to make a motion? Mr. Plummer: Word the motion for me. Mr. Andrews: The motion is authorizing the City Manager to proceed with the extens- ion of the health insurance through Equitable Life Assurance Company through that period through September 30, 1976. Mrs. Gordon: On discussion with regard to the request of the retirees association, I am concerned with the wording of their request. It appears that some of the retirees frightened by the increase may resign without receiving sufficient information. They're asking that we give them a month's extension. I ask that perhaps we could halve that into two weeks and give tl^mi enough time. Mayor Ferre: That's a separate item and I'll recognize you to make that motion after we vote on this. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption. MOTION NO. 76-167 A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH THE EXTEN- SION OF THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY GROUP INSURANCE POLICY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1976. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Manager, you're concerned with this and you have a copy of their request. Mr. Andrews: No, I do not. Mrs. Gordon: Will somebody furnish him with a copy? What I feel we ought to try to do because of the wording of this request, paragraph 2, request is being made so that they can be advised to consider very carefully their actions since once a retiree cancels his group insurance coverage he's not eligible to have it reinstated as would be in the case of an active employee. It is the intent of the association to explain to the retirees the precarious position which they would place themselves in if they do in fact discontinue their coverage. Their coverage is for a month's extension. Can you go along on that? 39 FEB 101976 Mr. Andrews: Well, may I inquire, Mrs. Gordon, what did they do this past month when this was going on? NOES: None. Mrs. Gordon: Apparently not able to reach enough people according to what I've read in this. Now again, I personally would like to honor this request and would so move it. And the alternative if it didn't pass that way I would at least wish them to have two weeks to be able to further contact their membership. Mr. Andrews: Can you get it accomplished in the two weeks of March? Mr. Tony Wilcox: It'11 take the month because we're having a meeting on the 7th of March and get at about 400 of them. Mr. Andrews: Excuse me for interrupting you, but then you will have more than a month because if you extend it two weeks that's until March 15th and this is the loth of February. Mr. Wilcox: A lot of them live out of town and each one I've contacted right away said I can't afford... Mrs. Gordon: You need a month in order to accomplish... I would like to move this. Mr. Andrews: Mrs. Gordon, before you do, make sure you understand they're getting more than a month, they're getting a month and five days. We've already provided for the full month of February and if you extend it for two weeks into March that would only be $10,000 more then and that will give them a month and five days from this data. Mrs. Gordon: Can you accomplish that? Mr. Wilcox: No way because I didn't get this until the 5th and we're going to meet March the 7th and we're supposed to have 400 of them there so they can help us notify the others. It's hard to get ahold of them. And each one I've approached on this right away said, "I can't pay double what I'm paying." It's going up $32 a month and maybe if we give them an extra month they'll have some way to figure out to keep this. A lot of them are going to have to drop it whether they want to or not because it's going to cost $84.00 a month and some of them are only getting $50.00 a month. Mrs. Gordon: That would really be a disaster in my opinion if these people dropped their insurance for a lack of knowledge of what exactly there is involved in it. I would move this. Mr. Southern: For a two week period? Mrs. Gordon: No, I'm moving it for a month because two weeks won't accomplish the goal. Mr. Plummer: You know I really hate to be put in this position, I really do. You know, because how in the hell can we tell these people no? And I'll have to second the motion. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption. MOTION NO. 76-168 A MOTION OF INTENT TO FUND THE ADDITIONAL PREMIUM CHARGED BY THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY FOR RETIRED CITY EMPLOY- EES FOR AN ADDITIONAL MONTH IN ORDER TO AFFORD TIME FOR AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE RETIRED EMPLOYEES AS TO THE ADDIT- IONAL PREMIUM. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 40 FEB 101976 Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I now make a motion that Mr. Ed Cole be appointed as agent of record for the City of Miami on the renewal of the policy. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption. MOTION NO. 76-169 A MOTION OF INTENT TO APPOINT ED COLE AS THE AGENT OF RECORD FOR THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY'S GROUP INSURANCE POLICY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mr. Plummer: And I would like to thank Mr. Cole for working with me and being able to bring about this reduction. Mayor Ferre: And bringing a substantial reduction through your efforts, we're very grateful for yostr deligenc4_.and good work. BUSINESS PROBLEMS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY ETC. 38, PERSONAL APPEARANCE TOM WASHINGTON Mr. Tom Washington: Mr. Mayor, Commissioners we have with us a delegation, a repres- entation of business people from the community and the Martin Luther King Boulevard Business Association is a group of business people operating enterprises on N.W. 62nd Street. Our purpose for being is to affirm our belief in the future of the Martin Luther King Boulevard. We recall the dialogue that went into the beginning of this project and we remember the desires to make the boulevard a living memor- ial to one of America's greatest heroes. We listen with joy, we're overcome with pride when we saw and heard business people, public officials, church leaders, civic and social leaders and technicians came together and speak on the development of the boulevard. The boulevard they said would be a place of culture, educational, recreational, economics and civic excellence. We have watched the development of the goals and hope that history will record in the year of 1976 the year of the nation Bicentennial, that the boulevard while it is not all that we wish it to be it is perhaps the greatest triumph black folks will ever achieve in Miami; reflect- ing further we understand that this celebration of the nation's Bicentennial by most Americans will be viewing the past accomplishments of this great country but we of the Martin Luther King Boulevard Business Association would like to submit, another point of celebration. We would like to begin now to celebrate what America will become. We would like to celebrate what Miami must become. We would like for you to join with us in this celebration. This celebration will not be one of bands, parades and fireworks. There will not even be a platform for speaches or praises. No, this celebration will be the firming up of the belief that the Martin Luther King Boulevard can and will be a commercial, educational culture district, a dist- rict quite capable of justifying the multi -million dollar street and cluster park improvements on N.W. 62nd STreet. Indeed, this celebration is based on the proper zoning and government cooperation to aid in attracting major investors, hotel owners and ratailers to invest, locate or branch out on the boulevard. We ask that you join us in this celebration, we want you to join us in being bullish on the boule- vard. A permanent and dynamic memorial to a great American and a great city, to accomplish this basic concept we propose to you today a method by which the Martin Luther King Boulevard Memorial can become a reality. We invision an economic development committee being made up of business people on the boulevard, relevant city and county officials having expertise in economic development, members of the larger business community and representation from the Chamber of Commerce to come together with a common cause. We feel that if we are now a deliberation process of economic planning for the boulevard that it is possible within 10 years to have an incoming excess of millions of dollars through new taxes, of constriction, retailing, industrial products and tourism. Mayor Ferre: Tom, let me interrupt you because I read on my own faster than you're reading and I read through this and I think it is a good suggestion. Let me in the interst of time if I might say this: The Little Havana area has constituted themselves 41 FEB 101976 through the Latin Chamber of Commerce into a development authority. They're com- ing here with some specific ideas. I would like to recommend to you that before we vote on this that you do the following: That you call up, Carlos Fernandez is the chairman of it, Leslie Panton is the Vice -Chairman and Luis Lauredo, who I think you know is going to be the administrator of it. And they've already con- stituted themselves and they've gone to Tallahassee and gotten a Charter and they're working now with the Manager's Office on that item, (1). (2) Mr. Andrews, the City of Miami has been studying for the last year and a half economic development opportunities and we will today if we pass the Community Development Funds, we have specifically earmarked some expenditures to hire people with expertise on economic development who have done this in other cities. So what I'm saying is two -fold. (1) that you talk, and you give of your knowledge to the Little Havana Development Authority and see how they're structuring it and maybe you might have a common ground because the idea is the same. And (2) that you work with the Eco- nomic Developmen Officers that the City of Miami is going to have for area economic development to pursue this. I just want to say that... Mrs. Gordon: I'm a bit puzzled. Would you explain something to me? I thought we have a Martin Luther King Corporation and a president and an organiztion that is operating there or is this the same thing? Mrs. Athalie Range is the President of it. Is that the same thin; as what you're talking about? Mr. Washington: I would like very much to answer your question and also I would like to thank the Mayor for letting me get to the last sentence before he injected his thought. We do have z further presentation but with your question in partic- ular, is that there was three phases. Well actually we're going into the third phase of the boulevard, the first phase was the concept, the second phase was carry- ing out the idea of developing the street physically there. THe charge of Model Cities, the Martin Luther King Boulevard Corporation what is defunct at this time which is the 62nd Street Development Corporation was to carry out the plans of the boulevard. We're talking about and we're discussing here today economic development and not carrying out the roadway and the right of way and we do have, for the sake of time, Mayor. Mayor Ferre: Thank you Tom, and I'm glad you understand that because I didn't mean to cut you off really. If you want after we finish with all this I'd be happy to sit here through lunch and listen to you read it all over again. Mr. Washington: Just a cc•iple more minutes that might answer your question, Com- missioner Gordon. My associate Charles Wright and Mr. Bob Cheeks is at the other end that would answer those questions that you're discussing using only a few minutes because this is important to our community. We understand what you're doing here today is important to the entire community. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, but we have to understand, you did say that that Martin Luther King Boulevard Corporation is defunct, is that what you said? Mr. Washington: Right. ♦ Mrs. Gordon: It's no longer in existence? Mr. Washington: No. Mrs. Gordon: I didn't know anything about it. Mr. Washington: The after affects of that was the 62nd Street Development Corp. Mrs. Gordon: Which is in affect now? Is one of the two in affect now? Mr. Washington: 62nd Street Development is in affect. Mrs. Gordon: Tom, will you explain to us, won't we be duplicating what is already there? Mr. Washington: No, because we're not asking for it to be a part of the actual laying out of the street, we have been involved into that. What we're asking for here today, and we also have a resolution for the City Commission to look at, is the authority related to economic development of the boulevard. Mayor Ferre: I'd like to recommend the following because I think the way to go about this, I personally don't think that today we're ready to vote on this motion. I've read the motion. Now I would like to recommend, Paul, I hope that we will today move with the economic development program of Community Development and the moment we have those people from Washington down here in my opinion we ought to 42 FEB 101976 pa Begin i:, three areas. One is Martin Luther King Boulevard Area, the second one is thr Overtown•-Calmer area and the third one is the Little Havana area. .end if there are others that want to come in, and one in Coconut Grove. Mr. Andrews: And Wynwood too. Mayor Ferre: All right, but I think we ought to target in on these areas and then come back with specific recommendations. You know my personal feeling is that if you have somebody in the private sector like Tom Washington who goes out of his way to do something that we in government should really encourage rather than you know, if we've got en activist(you know that old thing about the wheel that squeaks gets the oil). Well, if he's speaking we ought to help him. Mr. Andrews: I agree, and we have right now in-house capability in which we can help Mr. Washington and the constituency that he represents to begin the formulate ion of an economic development plan that they can help foster in working with the city and the federal people. There is even potentiality of grants and there are ma:ty good eeinge that come out of this. The city is most anxious to assist these groups in the cucm'.tnity. ' Mayor Ferro: May I relate 'to you something that happened to me in Washington, Tom? I went_ te s, e and visit the Office of Economic Development for communities in the rye sac eteet of Commerce and I walked in and sat down and this gentleman who is in share: eai.d, "Well, you know I'm kind of surprised that you fellows down there don't were arty moneys for brick and mortar for economic development, you're one of ee tee com.'ir ities that come up with that." I said, "What are you talking about?" He _,Bid, "Well, we just had your people here last week that made a state- ment that ceeer teeie she moneys we've loaned them for Shell City which came from that office, t.`tc'.t the community had no other requirements." I said, "Wait a mom- ent. Who wee were, to see you on that?" He said, Oh so and so. I said, "Well, that's Metre." He said, "You've got to remember something, that we who sit here in W..sh.ingt en .:;: eeese jobs we don't know what the difference between the City of Miami and :''..t.l_ ..,;,olitan Miami is." I said, "It's not Metropolitan Miami, it's Metropolitan Dade County." "Now these people came up here and we thought they were speaking; for the community." And I said, "Hell no they're not speaking for the com.uuni' They don't speak for the City of Miami. Now we in the City of Miami want to Apply for economic categorical grants for development in the inner city and pa_`e of our, community." I came back and I talked to Paul about it and we had this: fellow Mark Israel follow up and this is where we're beginning. It's taken us e year, to get thin+ far, we haven't been as vigorous as we should have been. Mr. mayor Ferre, if I may respond at this point, and I wish we had that live eieeece that we just utilized to let you know what private sector of the City of Miami feels about some of the things that needs to happen inside of our city.. ATV could have gone on without this blessings from the city but our desire is to wor-e with the Miami City Commission. And let me tell you what we don't want. ee don't want to be planned for and not with. We don't want for political • Xt.; :4r,gc• . ,f expediency of friends to get involved into economic develop- ment in our eer.'n'.nity. We had a community that has the most vacant commercial force store f.-:.>rr'. e in the entire community and we want to do something for a change because we h ee been programmed to let others do for us. We want you to go with this pertai:.ing to the boulevard. What is in this proposal is fair, justly and right. We will work with any other phases of the community but we're here today on one project and that is the Martin Luther King Boulevard hopefully will be a row modle for the nest of the community. And we feel that time is of essence and there is nateing in here that will be embarrassing to anyone in the community, it would be positive. Now can we take two more minutes to go on with our present- ation? Go right ahead, Charles. Mx. Charles Thank you. I think in fact, what we will say now will loan a bit of clarity to Mrs. Gordon and perhaps other members of the commission in understa:,di:ug what our particular intent was to be here today. We do recall and I'm quite sere all of you do recall that the committees of the corporations that were i.,r.med .initially on the boulevard were formed to carry out the right of way and the development of recreational and park site areas along the boule- vard. We also understand and hopefully you understaed that most of the things that those cotttntit.tees were involved with dealt with Iuality of life issues such as housing, streets, parks, recreation and the like. What we're talking about here today is the development of an economic plan thet could result hopefully in a renewed economic base within the black community. We think this is important because for years and years and years the black community has not had an economic base that could afford to employ the populations that were living within it. This is our ni:;sion here today. We have, as a matter of fact, made inquiry with the Department of Commerce Economic Development Office. We have, in fact, gone 43 FEB 1 0 1976 ca other areas of the country pursuing information on how they have forted the various development authorities such As in New Orleans with the French Quarter, Charleston with the Historical Preservation District, Ybor City in Tampa with the Yhor City Project, and we have looked at these areas and we have thought that these are areas that not only dealt with cultural, educational and recreational kinds of things but they in fact expanded an economic base that afforded the populations living within those areas an opportunity for a better chance at life. We submit to you this morning a proposal and a resolution, and hopefully you will resolve to give the area that is now referred to as N.W. 62nd Street that will become the Martin Luther Kinc, Houlevard a chance to establish its own economic base and per- haps afford the employment of thousands of black people in meaningful jobs and not relegate .hem to the position of being welfare recipients. Rev. Gibson: Tom, let me ask a question. Mrs. Gordon raised a question that you answered hut I'm not so sure we fully understand. I thought when Rnis out there that you all came up with a whole package concept business. Isn't that right'' M. . Washington;: 'Shen Mr. Dyer was where with whom? Rev. Gibson: ' Out :in the Liberty City area with Martin Luther King Boulevard Devel- opment Corporation - Mr. Washington: The development corporation, that's the one that's defunct now. Is that the one you're referring to, Father, by the Martin Luther King Boulevard Business Association? Rev. Gibson: Tom, whether either one you're calling, they had the same purpose in mind. Let's lay it on the table. They had the same purpose in mind, the final goal war, the same. Isn't that right? Mr. Washington: The final goal was the same related to the street but we had not gotten inee an official economic development... I want to answer you question and right down front let's lay it on the table, your expression. It might have been de ing the time that Mr. Dyer was a technical assistant to the Boulevard Business 7 sociation but he has gone on to other capacities and not that capacity and at.: that: time it was carrying out the development of the physical part of the bouleta:-d. We have not in a public form or for the matter of record, have gone into 'canomic development what we're discussing here today. Mayo- i'er't -: :ir. . Washington, this item is now going on past 20 minutes. I would like to re pin you that wh::,n you were informed that this was on the agenda... I st.<:_,i: cu:rented. I thought this was in reference to you. Rev. Gibson: Tom, I thought that some of those businessmen out there were in- volved in the same defunct corporation you're talking about and I thought you were a part: of i t . Mr. Washington: No, sir, I don't involve myself in defunct corporations... Rev. Gibson: You don't? Mr. Washington:: No, sir. Rev. Gibson: Let me say for the benefit of all the people who may not understand what I think I understand. I would hope, Tom, that you would get all those people together and have a meeting of the minds and come back. Mr. Washington: Father, that's good food for thought but I'm here today related to the Martin Luther King Boulevard Business Association, a Florida corporation that's non-profit but we do have a delegation here today, Miss Gladys Brown our Vice -Chairman of the organization is here. We have been involved in trying to develop the boulevard in a positive direction. We're not subsidized at this par- ticular point, it has been our own moneys and our own time because we believe in the boulevard. Mrs. Gordon I think that since there are so many unanswered questions I'd like to study the packet you gave me this morning. It's the first time I've seen it, and go over it thoroughly and hear you again at the next meeting. I'll move it that way. Thereupon a motion to defer was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Rev. Gibson and passed by a unanimous vote. 44 FEB 10197 Rev. Gibson: Tom, I hope you would get those people together now. It's rather difficult. I don't understand. Mr. Washington: I understand. I think that between now and the that the purpose of Model Cities, the putpose of the 62hd Street Corporation is not the purpose that we are here today for it Was to bring the boulevard into its reality of finishing the street, the street and trying to feed some people and get some jobs, next flteeting Deveiopittent only a vehicle NoW we're off FEB 10197E -- 9, ACCEPT CHECK FROM LEA'S CAMPBELL ADVENTURES INCi RENTAL COSTS OF DEEP PURPLE CONCERT AT ORANGE BOWL Mayor Ferre: We will take up Item 20 which is a discussion, accepting a $25,000. chea of surety from teas Campbell Adventures Mr. Andrews: The only reason I put it on the agenda Mr. Mayor is that you will have waive the requirement that we persue the $582. which could become a problem to us. Mt. Plummer: What is the $582. over? Mr. Andrews: You see, there was $25,000. requirement of expenses, that brought it up to $26,000. dollars. Mr. Plummer: What s your recommendation? Mr.. Andrews; --that we accept the $25,000. and waive the $582.00. Mr. Plummer.: But remember it if he comes back. Mr, Andrews: He must pay that before he can use any public facility. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-170 A MOTION OF INTENT TO ACCEPT THE SUM OF $25,000. FROM AMERICAN FIDELITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY FOR BOND OF LEAS CAMPBELL CONCERT tlELD AT THE ORANGE BOWL ON AUGUST 24, 1974 AND DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY NOT TO MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE REMAINING BALANCE OF $582.64, BUT THAT THE CITY NOT ACCEPT ANY FURTHER APPLICATIONS FROM LEAS CA.:O.'BELL ADVENTURES, INC. UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS SUM IS PAIL) TO THE CITY Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Ferre NOES: None. ABSENT: Mrs. Gordon. 40, PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL ITEMS 'savor Ferre: Is Dr. Carl McKenry here? Ur. Carl F.B. McKenry: Thank you Mr. Mayor, I recognize the hour is late and I'll limit myself. to 10 minutes. We appreclIte the opportunity to appear this morning and we do so for two purposes_ first to acquaint the Commission with this particular program which we have called ReEncuentroCubano and secondly Co seek your endorsement and support of this program. It started initially through a concern of a group of Cuban -American faculty members at the University of Miami working with the coordinator of your cultural programs here in the city of Miami, Dr. Hernandez- Li:!aso. Their concern basically was that a very significant culture had been lost over the last 16 or 17 years in that that type of program, whether it be opera and symphony, whether it be art, literature, film, if you will, pretty wc•1.1 ceased with the Castro take-over of Cuba, and the hope was to bring together' those people ;.dentified with culture in Cuba prior to Castro, into a reunion in terms of a heritage and cultural heritage that is important not only to our Cuban -American residents, but to the young people who have not been exposed to this culture and beyond that to our non -Cuban citizens who would be interested in this kind of program. Hence, we applied to the National Endowment of the Arts and was able .to obtain some minimal funding in which to plan and develop a program of this nature. 46 FEB .01976 Essentially it was our hope that this program would involve both music art, literature and etc. and that it be done primatily at the Coral Gables campus of the University of Miami. However as the program went through the planning stages, it became quite cleat that it should not be on the Coral Gables campus, bat hopefully should be in the heart of the Cuban -American community. This coincided to some degree with the acquiring of the church proprty in the Little Havana area by the city of Miami. At this point because it has been a joint development through the coordinator, director of your cultural programs in the City as well as members of our university of Miami faculty, we thought it was an appropriate time to bring it to the City Commission's attention, and if I ;night for the remaining 4 or 5 minutes, call upon Dr. Hernandez-Lizaso. He can present the specifics of this program to you. Dr. Hernandez-Lizaso: The basic idea would be to house in the Little Havana property acquired by the City 6 main events, a symphonic concert of Cuban classical music which is unknown to many of us, a concert of Cuban folk mucia, a retrospectic art exhibit from 1900 to the present, a dance program, or a balet and modern dance program, and a dramatic theater presentation followed i.y seminars on the arts and professions. The actual spin-off of this would be a new type of look at the curricular that is being taught at different universitic., a summation of the efforts of hundreds of thousands of exiles that have become Cuban -Americans and actually the presentation of new food for intellectual development amoung our community. The ballpark figure of this festival. is approximately $50,000. with community participating in the expense 4011 and the university, and all factors considered, the actual budget is being finalized now, we anticipate a shortage of approximately $10,000. in order to bring this; about. The Endowment has granted some money to this project, there are community corporate support, private people that have committed themselves to the overali figure and what we are really looking for, Dr. McKenry is looking for, is a development of a total budget that could be presented to the City Manager and a ba.;ic resolution from this commission endorsing this project and going further. Manor Ferro: Let's get -town to the nitty-gritty of what you are talking about, Yoo say you went to the National Endowment for the funds, they have agreed to vme p ••'ith some funding and you want the City of Miami to come up ao!:b sore funding. isn't that the key of what you are asking? Dr. Hernandez-Lizaso : Yes, sir. Mayor V rt how much money is involved? Or. Hernardaz-Lizaso: A maximum of $10,000. but we do not have a formal hudget to appropriately put through for consideration. Mayor Ferro: How truch money are you going to get from the National Endowment of Arts? Dr. ':icrnanOez-Lizaso: $16,000. so far. Mayor Ferro.: Is that guaranteed, or is it on a matching basis? Dr. Herr,.andez-Lizaso: The grant was for $32,000. we will be receiving $16,000. in cash. There are private sectors committed so far in the amount of $10,000. to $l2,000. Macon Ferro: I think we ought to give serious consideration to this, and 1 would like to get Commissioner Reboso, if the Miami Herald will leave him alone for a while. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor I am going to have tc take a very unpopular role, first I want to assure you that we don't have $1C,000. that we can spend just that easy. aecondly 1 think the City Commission is put in a most awkward situation here in which this program should have been brought to the cotriiissi.on before and you should have sanctioned it then go out to the federal government and other areas to try to secure money. Now they have already done that now, the problem lies before the commission and if you don't react, you a have a serious problem in the community because it is publicly announced at least through this form that these programs are available. This gets very difficult to try to find the money when we are as hard-pressed as we are to make ends meet in our city 47 FE8101976 government. Every government is facing those problems. When you come up with these kind of expenses in midyear, you know we just went through this insurance matter. we ate going to have a difficult time trying to find the money to put that all together. It is going to mean some adjustments In of the departments in the city to overcome some of the problems we have now. Dr. McKenry: Mr. Mayor if I might, I was very careful and I understand the City Manager's concern that we are not at this time asking for a specific dollar support from the city. Before we talk about things like that, any support we are asking now does not carry price tags. We will have to have a finalized budget, sit down with Mr. Andrews or appropriate representative and see where we are. My concern now was only that we bring this to the commission, that we get endorsement of the project. We are not asking for money. The following motlnn was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-171 A MOTION ENDORSING IN PRINCIPLE THE COORDINATION OF OF RE ENCUENTRO CUBANO 1976, AND TO REFER THE MATTER TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND TO OFFER AS MUCH ASSISTANCE AS POSSIBLE TO THIS PROGRAM Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES:Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSENT: Vice -Mayor Gordon. Mayor Ferre: We have a cer.i.es of proclamation and presentations. Is the photographer ready? American Music Month, proclamtation to Miss Gretchen Van Roy Presentation of commendation to Mr. Alex Barr for assistance in apprehending H bank robbery suspect. Pre;4entarion of Scroll of Friendship to Mr. John P. Power Sr. Vice president of ^iedic.z-e,Good Health Incorporated (Mr. Power will be presented scrolls for Mr. Joseph P. McCloskey,Mr. Dallas Probst and Ms. Barbara Sangetti which he will present at his office).. Presentation of Plaque to Mr. Jules M. Fassy, upon retirement after 14 years of service with the City of Miami. Presentation of Plaque to Mr. Francis J. Flaherty, upon after 19 years of service with the City of Miami. Presentation of Plawue to Mr. Cyrus A. Jordan, upon his more than 50 years of service with the City of Miami. his retirement retirement after Dr. Carl E. B. McKenry - coordination of ReEncuentro Cubano 1976. Presentation of Florida -Caribbean Golden Gloves Week Proclamation Commissioner J.L. PLummer. to Presentation of commendation to: Woody Clark, Richie Lee Roberts, Kenny Ryals and Sammy Torrino, 4 8 FE8101976 The following notion was introduced by Mayor Fetre who tnoved its adoption: MOTION N0. 76-172 A MOTION EXPRESSING THE OPINION OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE THAT ITS POSTURE WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO AMATEUR ATHLETES SHOULD BE REVERSED Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vices -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mayor Ferre: I instruct the Manager, make this motion get to the authorities of the Olympic Committee of the United States. IA GOLDEN GLOVES COORDINATED THROUGH 41. ALLOCATE $9,000 COCONUT GROVE CARES FROM CONTINGENCY FUND The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-173 A MOTION TO ALLOCAT: $9000.00 FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR GOLDEN GLOVES TO BE COORIINANTED THROUGH THE COCONUT GROVE CARES, INC. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. BOB STEWART REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF FEES 42, PERSONAL APPEARANCE- FOR USE OF THE ORANGE BOWL DENIED Mayor Ferre: Mr. Bob Stewart wants to ask for waiver of fees for the use of the Orange Bowl in behalf of the Lions Camp of the visually handicapped, in which there will be a benefit football game between the Florida Sun and Hollywood All Stars. Unidentified person: It was already held. Mayor Ferre: Oh, it was already held? Why didn't you ask before you did it? Mr. Bob Stewart: It was a situation thrust upon me. I had to get the same started, and things fell in place, and more or less got volunteered into the whole thing, and I am volunteered today. The camp is in its infancy. This is the first year of the camp and its is starting its second year, and any condideration given the camp will be greatly appreciated. It is a new step for Lionism to complete the circle of sight, because the visually handicapped children have no place to go in the summertime. This is the first time 2,000 blind children in the State of Florida have a place to go in the summer, Any you raay render can this will greatly appreciated. Mr. Plummer: What are you asking? Mr. Stewart: Just the waiver of the rental of the Orange Bowl. Mayor Ferre: How much is involved in this? Mr. Plummer: $250.00,----- Mr. Stewart: Maybe you could make a donation like to other charities, Mayor Jerre: We don't make donation to charities. I am sorry, it is a good cause. i wish we could do that. 43, SELECTION OF ARCHITECT OF DINNER KEY AUDITORIUM Mayor. Ferro: We are back to item #16 and I have been corrected Mr. Boerema. Let me read to you a letter which was received by the architectural firm of Severed-:light--Boerema,Buff Architects and Planners, Penthouse 550 Brickeall Avenue, dated FEbruary 3,----"Gentlemen, City Manager P.W. Andrews asked that I inform you that at approximately 11 A.M. on February loth the City Commission will cclasider selection of the architected for the Dinner Key Project. It is requested th r you be present at that time, should the City Commission have any questions of you. Additionally it is suggested that you be prepared to give a 5 minutes presentation if the City Commission desires." 7 didn't know that so therefore I will limit this to 5 minutes presentations. If the f .; e,- additional, ----If you absolutely need additional five minutes I willgi•:e you that right. Mr. Robert Boerema. I am Robert Boerema of the firm of Severud,Knight, Boca,?m ,,; ,"f and we are very pleased to have this opportunity to be before you tod:.;y, and aer yiu asked originally whehter or not we wanted to be heard, I said not n..:c gsari1v, it was only because I was hopeful of course, because of our i:nsitio:., iri the priority listing, I was hopeful you would merely vote the recormrndat i:'r. of the staff. But we are happy to have this opportunity of chatti.g with you, we are very much interested in the Dinner Key project. We have Meer; f.Illowing it for a long time. Members of our firm have been involved f, in the Amor.an institute of Architects, locally and state level for many year, and wo h-vc been involved with stimulating this action and this Dinner Key maetni ri artn:ap for several years back into the last 50's. WE have assembled very caref='liy a tram which addresses itself to your program has been expanded as ycu recall from tire Exposition Hall to involve planning from Peacock Park towards Aviation. We are very pleased with that action, we compliment you in terms of what has been done on Bayshore Drive and in this area, and we feel this is very appropriate that the program involve that planning and consequently our team has been assembled consisting of Wallace McHarg, Roberts and Todd, an firm of national practice and planning who is doing work with the City at this time on its 1985 plan, their offices are across the street from the site at Aviation and Bayshore and Boris and Mr. _ are here representing that firm today. WE have selected DeZarraga and Dunnell as our structural engineers we feel it is a compliment to their firm that they have also been selected by some of our t-ompet:itors and Mr. DeZarragn is here today with us to be available for any questions that may come up. He has examined the structure of the Exposition Hall and iu s it to be sound, certain a sound base for us to proceed should we be selected. Another member of our team is mechanical engineers and Mr. Gray is here from that firm on the end of the first row here. !'t,.,t firn we have worked with for many years, they are very sensitive to energy conservation and to all things related to what the program will invoive at the Dinner Kev Exposition Hall. We have had quite a bit of experience on the renovation of buildings. Also on new construction, we have just completed the international Ocenaographic Foundation project, 80,000 sq. ft. of exposition hall on Virginia Key, 1 think all of you are familiar with that, and we feel that that was an example of our very sensitive approach to budget control. That job came in at under $18,00 a sq. ft. for 80,000 sq. ft. and we have been involved with construction taaaageMent and budget and time control and sensitive to your needs on that regard, in thta project. Mr. loerema: The work of doing a project and keeping it in operation in .t challenge we have had experience with. We feel that is especially critical in this particular one. We have done hospitals, schoold and batiks where we have kFypt the facility cooperation as we go. And in this particular exposition hall we know that is important to you and we have ideas which we feel are applicable to keeping it in operation as we do the job. WE have worked with the City. The last job we did with you was a job in cooperation with HUD, it was a neighborhood center in Liberty City for Tacolcy, a bonus of that particular effort and working with you, was the fact that it won a national award from HUD, we are very pleased with that, as are the Tacolcy kids and the neighborhood. We are very interested in this project, we are enthusiastic about it we feel this is a very exciting project for the City, we want the job, we feel our firm is in its prime growth years and we have the expeience to give the personal service you need on this one. We want to also add that even though 5 minutes doesn't allow each of us to speak, each member can speak, and we abel therefore to assist you in every possible way in conveying to the community our concern for this project which we feel could stimulate some very interesting responses, and we feel we are capable with you, to convey to the community the reasons for the project being an evolution in design. We thank you for your time. Mayor Ferre: Are there any questions? Bob, how many architects do you have in your group? Mr. Boerema: We have 14 architects at this time in our firm. Mayor Terre: Is your firm very busy? Mr. Roerema: We are comfortably busy for that staffing and we have room and staffing to accomodate this project at this time. Mayor Terre: You will have the time to dedicate to what we consider one of rht- Jost important prnjerts in the City of Miami? Mr. L'oLr.e.a: Yes, and we want to stress the fact that the people you sec here, will be the people you will see throughout the project. We will give personal attention to the project. Mr. Plummer: It is proposed that the renovations you have obviously seen whi.•_h w;s done by Grafton, are in the neighborhood of two and half million doilai:s, to the auditorium. Do you feel this is a realistic figure? i•ir. Boerema: Yes, we do, we feel this is realistic. Mayor Ferre; That includes airconditioning and new bathroom facilities, and the lacing. Mr. I;oerema: The entire team visited the building yesterday afternoon. Mayor Ferro: Let me ask you, as a matter of design approach, I personally think there is no way you can make that ugly building pretty, but you can hide it a little bit, perhaps by berms and landscaping it appropriately, are you considering that type of thing? Mr. Bocreu.i: Yes, absolutely, the appearance of the building we feel is quite important Mayor Ferre: How about the inter -transportation needs of that general area? Mr. Boerema; We feel that flow there is bery important and in conjunction with the i3ayshore developments we feel this has to take some thorough study but it is a very important factor. Mayor Ferre: Mr, Manager will this contract include for example this afternoon, we are going to be discussing the Grove Key marina and the Merrill Stevens requrest there, ---if we do go one way or the other, will they be charged with working with one group of the other as it may he,-- FEB51 101976 Mr. Andrews: Yes, the architect will be requited to develop the overall errhitecttirai plan for the entire area, and then it the element that we let out the contract, ---it would have to be consistent with that and may embellish it and improve upon it but the minimum standard would have to be set for the entire area. Mayor Ferre: Let me ask you this, suppose and I have always. had it in mind that, ---you know where that corner, where the little fish place is,ee at the end of 27th Avenue,--- Mr. Andrews: Seminole,---- Mayor Ferre: I have always thought that is a fantastic place, for a very low, small., silhouette open type of restaurant, the way they have in San Francisco, where people can walk, if they use the parking lot where the auditorium they could walk over there. Would the architects be coming up with that type of innov:.'ive thinking? Mr. Boerern.i: Yes, absolutely, we feel the site is so exciting that this is conducive to development of the project. Mayor Ferre: I see, any other questions, --if not we will hear from the se'coild group, the Grove group. Mr. Wilfredo Borroto: Mr. Mayor and Commissioners, my name is Wilfred Borroto, I ant an architect at 3341 Cornelia Drive, I am a member of the Grove Group, at ':;ii8 rime I would like to introduce some of the other members of the group. Mr. Antoniadis, architect, and John Ross engineer. We have put together this series of professionals because we believe this project is extremely inport.a.nt. to Coconut Grove. We have lived and worked in Coconut Grove for the past 20 years, most of o•sr hrwf_., cord offices are here. This is a view we have from our drafting room. We ,live had this view for the past 8 years since we moved our offices r.:, this location. We would like to see this view enhanced, esthetically enhanced. I'll tske 5-nu trough -'me of the offices and homes of us in the Grove. This 1 ou; :;INo on C:o.ne?.is Driv, , This is Mr. Antoniadis' home, this is John Ros6'r- ho f' In coconut ,.:rove, this is Mr Lee's house on Tigertail, and this w_o, first honor award of architecture. Specifically on exhibit l;oilclnes, this is Interama project, we were the consulting architects for Authority in 1968 and I was the architect in charge of the project for one year during; the Goevart administration. Moyer ''c°t re : What part of Interama? MI, ':: r r c `,._ . Entire Ir rerama , whe Gui Goevart was executive director 1 was they archtt..et in charge or it, therefore we gained a lot of experience io the exh:.bi_t buildings we were coordinating at that time. WE gained a lot of knowledge of the research of the various exhibits that 5 of the leading architi:,_ts of the world were engaged to do there. Also we were retained by the our atom ty to design that semi -circle of building that you see on your left there, which we call the promenade. Being actually a nutshell of all of Interama, i.r was a series of industrial pavillions and exhibit pavillion. We have ai o done as you can see in our presentation several other projects regarding exhibit buildings,especially hotels we have performed. Basically in remodeling which is remodeling an addition, it is a very important aspect of rhis project. Here, Mr. John Ross is the engineer for the Miami Intern;;tionai .irport. It is a 19 million dollar project, which as INterama it it: inv-)Ivied with the problem similar to Dinner Key such as crowd handling tra t i s —aural, sound systems, etc. other projects that we have been involved in specifically remodeling, this is Cie School of Electronics, which you might be familiar with. it was an old warehouse that was turned by us into a school, quite succeastelly and for an extremely limited budget. These are other projects that entail the remodeling and/or additions. This is Dunbar Elementary School. This is United National Bank now with Flagship hank on I3ricke11, was an old remodelling, In the field of entertainment and t;r•neral planning, we are the planners for this particular project, It is an island in the Caribbean, It is 1740 acre island that we are doItig•the entire layout for all the land uses, 4 hotels, mainly marina -oriented facilities, This is a project very similar to what we are concerned with here, It is island of St. Vincent, in British West Indies, It is the renOVation of all the downtown. Eae3ically we are showing it here because we have a similar problem 52 'E$10 i9%6 • of how to bring the water to the city and how to get people oriented to be able to enjoy the water. In the field of recreation, we have done some hotels, this is a hotel in the island of Exuma, a large open space for exhibitry and conventions. This is another hotel done by Mt. Antoniadis in Key West, agian is related to water oriented activities. These are severl other small projects. This is a shopping center in St. Croix, this is a project you might be familiar with, an urban renewal project, and was awarded by the same competition and after that was nominated and given awards locally and statewide. This is on 20th Street by the expressway. This is another urban renewal project in Dade County. These ate homes and apartment buildings. This is a view we have from our office, 8 years ago when we were at the Coconut Grove Bank Building. Even though it is a large scale building, that is should be and could be brought down to scale. We think the structure is fairly safe, and and we can turn it to some exciting spaces inside. There are many ways the spaces can be treated to bring people activities into it and organize it in a very nice way. This a series of aketches that we have done on Coconut Grove, studies we have made of the waterfront and some of the existing facilities. This is the Underwood Marine, we think that the Coconut Grove wharf should be to the city of Miami something like the fisherman's wharf in New York,is to San Francisco. We think people can appreciate it and we think we can bring together the very ethnic groups that we have in Coconut Grove. We think we are capable of taking into consideration everybody's knowledge of the area and put into this project which we think would be very nice. This is the sumation of our. presentation. Mr. Ross will answer any questions. Mr. Plummer; Same question to this group as the other. You have seen the figure of two and half million dollars. Mr. Borroto: The figure is appropriate. We are very familiar with the construction and with the project itself. WE have been in it lately almost daily. H. 11;at answers my yuesiton. Thank you. Mr. Borroto: Any other questions? Mr. Plummer: How long would the project take if you were to be awarded the contract within 30 days. Mr. £w rrcto: Well there we defer slightly with the Ferrendino recommendation. We zhirk it is going to take a little longer than the 8 to 10 months he is talking about. Mr. Piaruner: How long do you think? M}t. barroto: 10 to 12 months,---- I believe this is a very difficult question to answer. It is based I would say over 50% to our relationship, to your own in your department and approvals and etc. Mayor Ferro: 12 months is a long time. Uni.de>ntiiiod parson: --inaudible Mayor Ferre: Would you approach this job in trying to get innovative way of using the roof top of the auditorium. Mr. Borroto: All remodeling jobs are pretty much like that. We have to start working inside and if you ask fast -track method, Mayor Ferre; 1 am thinging for example of placing restaurants, are you going to come up with recommendations of specific things like that? Mr. Borroto: Yes, this is something that we do not know how strict you are in your program but we have strong ideas of what other uses we can bring to this. Mayor Ferre: I think before 10 months are up and you come here with a design, whichever one of you gets this, I would like intervals of 2 or 3 months 53 FEB 101976 if you come up, and you say we would like to pursue this, and come to the City Commission and see if we can get direction because the Conuission may not want to do certain things, and we may have to have a whole series of meetings and he rings on some of these. Mayor Terre: Thank you. Mr. Johnson? Mr, Herbert Johnson: I am Herb Johnson of the firm Herbert H. Johnson, A;?B'c, For this project we have as consultants, the same structural engineers Mr. Aoerema has, and for mechanical, electrical and for Planning services Dave Assoc. Our firm was established over 50 years ago by the late Robert Law Weed, and about 19S? the name of the firm because Weed Johnson Assoc. and upon Mr. Weed's death it became Herbert H. Johnson and Associates about 1960. In 1948 we did the cotr rsion job on the hangars. There were two separate hangars with a solid core down the middle and we put in two new trusses wi tors, the entire center out. This was for the American Legion convention. At thatt time we also studied many possible uses for it because it didn't seem poetical to do all this work for an American Legion convention. I think we etudicd everything but tennis which wasn't quite so popular at that time. We aiso E,i neso smaller spaces, conventions rooms that could be used by the local ;:ommupity. We feel that is very important in this thing. We also feel thins struc_ur:al shell is a very valuable asset to the City and it is sound as far as we can tell. We feel it should be developed. One of the aspects of f' this, vc: r.r., aware of the feelings of the local people. I live in the Grove '+ myself. 1 am just an concerned about this being a proper project as anyone else, and we feel it can be turned into an architecturally acceptable building. I wouldn't say it will he a Taj Mahal. The thing can be solved. We feel it should be worked iUto the Master Plan, which at the present time does not include it. We can do that.. 1 tri.nr. Mayor Ferre trust have been looking over my shoulder. I mentioned landscaping and berms and things like that,--- ,ayc;r Terre•-.._..-r.e crve some of those Quonset huts, tr. n.:•--wer 1 the Quonset huts and eventually the temporary buildings And .' think crith careful planning the wl-ole thing can take on a park -like st::i idler. that will to some extent make the number of cars not so obvious and I alsn b•4ie.'r4 that it can be turned to a real income producer, based on the fact that :it, hasn't been promoted at all and based on the condition it is in, it certainly should produce income for the city. We '..r!k about remodeling, we have picked one of the latest remodeling we did for the city, enclosing of the Dadeland shopping Mali. There entire project t.as accomplished without losing one hour in any of the shops in the whole mall, Getting back to the local community, we don't only feel that we should very carefully develop something that is acceptable but we are willing to present to the community ourselves and assist the city in making it acceptable to the lc al groups. Our firm has seven registered architects at the moment. WE have ample room to handle this job. We have a moderate amount of work,one job is the new International Arena at Florida Internationai. University which will be a air :supported structure that will seat about 18,000 people for many different activities. Mayor Ferro: Is this the job you presently have? Mr. Tohason: We are working on it now. It entails of studying all sorts at activities as we go on. Our study on that goes right along with this building. As far as master planning is concerned I think we shouldn't st::tp with the site. we should concern ourselves with the traffic in the entire area. f think perhaps the thing that disturbs the local community more than anything is the to and from traffic in this area. And we feel that with the :tcgtrisition of a modern amount of right-of-way, a system of one-way streets cin be worked entirely through the Grove area to move the traffic quickly and without traffic lights. And also allow a chance to landscape the Grove itself. Any questions? Mr. Plummer: Do you feel the job can be done for the 2 and one-half million dollar figure? Mr. .Johnson: Yes, I think that is a reasonable figure. 5.4 FEB 101976 Mr. Plummer: The time involved? Mr. Johnson: I think it can be done it 10 months. It is a little tight. Mayor Ferre: Herb, let me ask this, do you think that we can come up innovative things- to make that area a real center where the community would feel a relationship to it and come and enjoy it on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Johnson: Oh, I think so, I think the Master Plan is already a step in that direction. Mayor Ferre: I personally think the Master Plan is a limited document and that is why Ifeel the direction we are taking now, ---it is an important move on our part. How many people are working in your group? Mr. Johnson: With the firm, has offices all over the country and have many architects. Mayor Ferre: You have enough people to put on this project. Unidentified person: 400,- Mayor Ferre: Not400 architects in Miam4 how about Borroto & Lee, you have 30 in your group, architects and engineers? How many jobs do you have -----do have enough room, to take the job? Any other questions? Let me explain the procedure we followed in the past and see if it is acceptable today. The Manager narrows down the recommendation of all the applicants, to three, then he grades them 1,2,3, the city commission hears the presentations made and then we each take a piece of paper and write down the group that we think is deserving of the job and if anybody gets three votes first round, he is the winner. If there is a tie between two then we limit the run-off between those two firms, obviously one will be the winner. Is there any objection to following the same procedure. Mrs. Gordon: To Mr. Andrews,in reading your report, you described the committee and I am looking to see who made up that committee. Mr. Andreee : Vincent Grimm, Director of FUbl.ic Works, Bob Jennings Director of PUbiic Facilities, and .Jack Eads. Mre. Gordon: In your report again you say that the committee in addition to qualities of excellence or technical qualifications, the qualities they look for were enthusiasm displayed for the project, empathy and knowledge that the consultant showed towards the uniqueness of the Grove area and the design excellence for trade by the consultants, either through presentation of past work.. Mr. Mayor I want to ask you a question, why do we ask the Manager to come up with a 1,2,3 if in fact we don't intend to have a 1,2,3. Why do we do that? Mayor Ferre: Because the law, the way it is written specifies that the Manager recommend in order, or we could do this ourselves but we have delegated that responsibility to him. I would like to remind you in the last few architectural design awards, the first architect that was recommended was not selected. Was it the 2nd or 3rd? Unidentified person: the second one, ---- Mayor Ferre: You know as well Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. Gordon: ---putting this into the record. Mayor Ferre: I also put into the record, th..t this procedure is something that you and everybody else on this commission has now followed for two years. This is nothing new. Mrs. Gordon; Once again not everybody in the room knows procedures that have been followed for what reasons and the records now why you are doing what we are doing. Mayor Ferre; I beg your pardon, you are right, I didn't think of that end of it. You are right to do what you are doing. FEB 101976 Mayor Ferre: What we have done in the past we have asked the Manager to recommend 1,2 and 3, and then we hear the presentations, and take the Manager's considerations, we vote for the firm we think is most qualified under the preRentitt.ian. Let me ask you this Mr. Manager, you cane up with 3 tecomendations, and Mr. Fads f: here, and Mr. Jennings. Do you feel that these 3 firms are qualified to do this job, does your committee feel any one of the 3 can do the job, you recoras,ended in a certain order. Mr. Andrews: Yes. Mr. Plummer: For the record, as I always scream, I think this is ludicrous way of handling these situations, I think it is very costly to the public, in particular to the taxpayers of the city of Miami, when the legislature burdened us with this system as I refer to as the architect's heart relief_ bill, that it is a system in my estimation is not advantageous for the best possible .r'tuation in the City of Miami since it is a State law a?,d we have to abide by it, I'll play the rules of the game. i'frrre: Lot me give you a little argument on the record since this J ,i11 for the record anyway. The way it used to be done before,was arbi tr:;u % , .:ind uai.latera.l and I have no qualms with Mr. Reese's selection of Arthur ;-•'.v,-iug Parker, he is a wonderful architect, and did a great job '.. ,m; o ini.on in Miamarina, but the way it was done, somebody unilaterially and ar'>if. i-a rY 1:. choosing somebody, and I think this is a much better way of doing 1E:. it-. P1ltrsnor: Thc: only part of the law I have truck with, which I think le e; p:c=n l ve to t:a.. citizens of this community, is that when firm A is selected if the Miina4e,. cannot negotiate, he then goes to firm B, and if he got a better deal cut ,f r; hf cannot: go back to A, then he goes to group C, if he does not v,i f-• cn r , hf' cannot go back to B or A. The only way it can be accomplished is thr lw-,vc'ryt ping out and start over from scratch. I think the Manager should have the latitude, after we say A.B. &C, to negotiate and get the beat price from any of the three. 'a•,;r lcrrc: From a theory point of view, that is fine, but from a practical potht of view we have never had that problem. 4r. Plummet: Okay. it :. Gibson: Let me make sure I understand this. Mayor Ferro: You are going to write down 1 and 2, Mr. Plummer: J have already written 1,2,3. Mayor Ferre: Well, obviously, if you write 1 and 2, No. 3 is axiomatic. Mr, Plummer: No, it is not. tir't. Cordon: It you remember we gave three points for NO. 1 two points for No. 2 and one point for No. 3. That is the way you did it last time. raj :.r Ferre: Fine, we will do it absolutely the same way, so put 1,2, 3. and put your namc down at the bottom. Mt, An.irew.: Mr. Mayor not to confuse anything, you are saying we will put rt:, n. 1,2,3, but Mrs. Gordon is saying 3,2,1, M► G..,rdon:Credit points, ---- Mayor Ferre: What she is saying is, whoever get No. 1 gets 3, points, whoever i;E°L:; no. 2, get 2 points, Road them into the record, ---- Mr. Southern,City Clerk: Mayor Ferre No. 1, Grove Group No, 2 Severud- and No 3 is Johnson. Mr. Rebosu: No. 1 the Grove Group, NO.2 Severud-Knight,N0, 3 Johnson, Mr, Plummer: NO. 1 the Grove Group, NO, 2 Severud, No, 3 Johnson, Mrs. Gcrdo:fn: No.1 Severud-Knight,No,2 Grove Group, NO. 3 Johnson, Rev. Gibson: No. Crove Group, NO. 2 Severud Knight, NO, 3 John8om,- 56 FEB 101976 Mayor Ferre: The winner is the Grove Group, with 15 points, the second group, the Severud group gets 11 points, the 3rd is Johnson with 5 points. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor I dontt want a false impression to be created you have not declared a winner, You have given the Grove Group the first right to do battle with the Manager. You have given Severud the second opportunity if the Manager is not bloodied and beaten and Johnson is lucky because the Manager will already be tuckered under,.What we are saying, the winner has not been declared, because the Manager will come back with his recommendation. Mayor Ferre: What we are doing, we are instructing the Manager to negotiate with the Grove Group and come to a conclusion if he can. If.he cannot he goes to the second then to the third. Mr. Plummer.: I can read the morning paper where it states that we chose an architect, and we have not as yet. mean, Mayor Ferre:Than happened the lust time around. Mr. Plummer: Only in the front page of Moscow. Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion to make it unanimous? Mr. Plummer: I move, - Mrs. ;'r3on;There is no need for unanimous, what does the unanimous Mayor Ferre: We need a motion to instruct the Manager Mrs. (cordon, ---•-to proceed on the basis of the results of this, -- Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion now for the Manager to proceed negotiations with one, the (:rove Croup, two, with Severud, and 3 with Johnson in that order. The f,;Ii.owing motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who mot: ,a' its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-174 A MOTION OF INTENT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE WI:i A CONSORTIUM OF ARCHITECTS KNOWN AS THE GROVE GROUP FOR A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY FOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE DINNER KEY EXHIBITION BUILDING, AND FAILING TO ARRIVE AT AN AGREEMENT WITH SAID GROUP, TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS OF SEVERUD- KNI.GHT,BOEREMA-BUFF AND HUEBERT H. JOHNSON ASSOCIATES IN THAT ORDER TO ARRIVE AT SUCH AN AGREEMENT Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. NOTE: The Commission recesp,ed for 1u ch, reconvened at 2;25 P.M. with Mayor Ferre and Mr. Reboso absent. 57 FEB 101976 44, CARNIVAL PERMIT - MAHI SHRINE TEMPLE FLAGLR MARCHL6CLUB THRU 14TH The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer , who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-175 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT TO THE MAHI SHRINE TEMPLE TO CONDUCT A CARNIVAL IN CON- JUNCTION WITH ITS ANNUAL CIRCUS TO BE HELD AT FLAGLER KENNEL CI"B, 45U N.W.37TH AVENUE ON MARCH 6, THROUGH 14,1076, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk) 1Ypo': being seconded by Commissioner Gibson , the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES; 1.1%. Plwmrer, Rev. Gibson, Vice -Mayor Gordon NOES: Noue A?l;f'iT: Mayor Ferre and Mr. Reboso. 45, REQUEST DP V,A, HOSPITAL TO USE ORANGE BOWL PARKING LOTS FOR USE AS (RAINING GROUND FOR DRIVERS TRAINING - REFER TO CITY MANAGFR n. i:r:tdon: This Q a request by the Veterans Administration Hospital fot , area »:;tire they may uue for driver's c:du'a*..ion. . M . .:r+iz:cl!: They were looking for a place on city property and they ind1:c;ted they would take the necessary action to make them insured and save the :it harmless in cane of any problems that would result. Administratively we had recommended against it at the Orange Bowl and felt that this, even though they would waive these requirements would bring us liabilities and we really have no other alternative to suggest, they say they can no longer use the Veterans Hospital grounds because it is too crowded. Mrs. Gordon: Have you come up with any alternatives? Mr. Crouch: No, we have not, we feel the same reluctance on any city property even though they indicate to us they would property insure their vehicles and people, there still is a liability involved. For us to start doing this for one agency, we have considerable numbers of drivers training people that do presently use our facilities and it would be giving some sort of sanction, --- Mrs. Gordon: You say we have that use? Mt. Crouch: ---that do use them informally, you know at the Orange Bowl and you go over on Sunday or Saturday you will find people there learning to drive. Mrs. Gordon: You are saying then, that you would advise theta to do it informally? Mr. Crouch: I. am advising that we not formalize any kind of, Mrs. Gordon: But by the reverse you saying they could do it without permission, because others have? Mr. Andrews: We are trying to stop them when we find them, but you will find them on Sundays, 58 FEB 101976 Mr. Plummer: Rose, suggest to them they go to plagler Dog Track, I think quite a few places have arrangements with Plagler Dog Track to do it. Mrs. Gordon: I would like if you would call them, because you received a memorandum from me in the early part of December, somewhere in the middle of December correspondence was made, I was not given a copy of the correspondence 1 knew nothing of the correspondence of rejection. I found out only yesterday when I was presenting the proclamation for the City to the Veterans Administration on Veterans' Day. This kind of thing is inexcuseable, as far as I am concerned. It is very poor public relations. I am not saying we have to give them the Orange Bowl to use, but I am saying that we could have done it in the proper sequence. What you are saying is, you can't do anything about it so therefore I would apprecaite a letter that I may have copy of, that we have taken it up for a second time. Mr. Andrews: We will try to assist them to give them other locations. Mrs. Gordon: If you will send me a copy of that letter I would appreciate it. 46, CHANGE DATE OF MARCH MEETING TO MARCH 4, 1976 The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer , who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-176 A RESOLUTTON CHANGING THE DATE OF THE REGULAR CITY COMMISSION 1EET1Nr OF MARCH 11, i7.!76 TO M;\PCF 4, 1976 (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk) Upon bein4; seconded by Commissioner Gibson , the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Hr . Plummer, REv. Gibson and Vice Mayor Gordon. NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Eerre and Mr. Reboso. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER 47, ATO ENTER GREEMENT INTO AN AFORHARN�EW CITYLMANAGEREXECUTIVE SEARCH Mrs. Gordon: Is there a motion? Mr. Plummer: I'lloffer the motion even though I voted against hiring an mit.si de firm. I think this was the selection of the Commission, not tr exceed S10,000.00, I'll offer the motion. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer , who mcved itb adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-177 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO .?N AGREEMENT ENGAGING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF THE ADMINIS- TRAT'-VE CONSULTANT FIRM OF ARTHUR D. LITTLE, INC. TO CONDUCT AN EXECUTIVE SEAT.CH FOR THE BEST QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL. FOR THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH TERMS OF THE PROPOSAL BY SAIINDTF;RM T JAN.13,i976;WITH FUNDS FOR SAID SERVICE BEING ALLOCATED FROM 59 FEB 101976 (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and ran 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: Mr. Plummer, Rev. Gibson and Vice Mayor Gordon. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Ferre and Mr. Reboso 48, WAIVE FEES MOORE PARK - BOYS CLUB OF MIAMI • The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer , who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-178 A RESOLUTION WAIVING ALL FEES FOR THE USE OF MOORE PARK FOR THE BOYS' CLUB OF MIAMI, INC. (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 pa5.sed and adopted by thL following vote: AYE; 3 Mr. Plummer, Rev. Gibson and Vice Mayor Gordon. NOL:? : None. ABSENT: Mayor Ferre and Mr. Reboso. SOUTH`- FLORIDA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS 49, WAIVE BUILDING DEPT, CONSTRUCTION OF A PIER ON LUMMUS ISLAND APPL,PERMIT FEE The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer , who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-179 A RESOLUTION WAIVING THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT APPLICATION PERMIT FEE OF $100. FLUE 1% OF THE ESTIMATED PIER VALUE, AND FURTHER WAIVING THE ZONING BOARD FEE OF $300. IN CONNECTION WITH CONSTRUCTION OF A PIER AT LUMMUS ISLAND, WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (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: Mr. P1,uaauer, Rev. Gibson and Vice -Mayor Gordon NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Ferre and Mr. Reboso. 60 FEB 101976 50, 49-A- EARTH SOCIETY REQ. WAIVE FEE FOR USE OF WATSON ISLAND: DEFERRED. AMUSEMENT RIDES PERMIT - HOPE SCHOOL The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer , who moved its Adoption: RESOLUTION NO, 76-180 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT TO HOPE SCHOOL FOR AMUSEMENT RIDES AT 1004 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS CARNIVAL HELD ON JANUARY 24 AND 25, 1976, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk) Upon being seronded by Commissioner Gibson , the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Plumper, Rev. Gibson and Vice Mayor Gordon. NOES: None. ABSENT: "favor Ferre and Mr. Reboso. 51, APPOINT RAUL ALVAREZ TO ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer , who moved its adoption. RESOLUTION NO. 76-181 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING RAUL ALVAREZ TO SERVE AS A MEMBER ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD IN THE PLACE AND STEAD OF THURSTON HATCHER (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: Mr. PLcanmer, REv. Gibson and Vice Mayor Gordon. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Ferre and Mr. Reboso. 52, ALLOCATE $5,000 JOHN H, PATTERSON, CICIL CASE 75-10961 APPRAISAL AND INCIDENTAL FEES The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer , who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO, 76-182 A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $5,000, FROM THE 1972 PARKS FOR PEOPLE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BOND FUND TO PAY F01 APPRAISAL SERVICES AND IN- CIDENTAL FEES IN THE CASE OF CITY OF MIAMT VS, JOHN H, PATTERSON, ET AL., CIVIL CASE NO. 75-10961, PROJECT NO. 7093 PARCEL NO. 7039E. 61 FEB 1 0 1976 (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: Mr. Plummer, Rev. Gibson and Vice -Mayor Gordon. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Ferre and Mr. Reboso. AMEND RES 75-136 - CLAUGHTON ISLAND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION PROVIDE FOR MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY 73,6 Mr. Lloyd:I would like to explain this, I believe there is a memorandum attached. What happened was, on Feb. 12, 1975 which was a year ago, the Commission adopted two resolution lu connection with the Claughton Project. What happened was, in the title of the resolution, the maximum residential density including in the development order, and the title of the resolution was 73.6 dwelling units per acre. Due to a typographical error which has been discovered ,in the body at the resc:ution, it had 58, we checked and we determined it was the intent of the Commission, the title was correct as to what the intent of the cOr.;.mzss.c;r .r:..i t_he body of the resolution was incorrect, so we have corrected the body of the resolution to correctly frame the intent of the Commission which WAS 73.E dwelling units per acre so therefore we are offering this resolution so the i.uteNt or the Commission may be properly signified in the resolution. Mr. i_ic,vd read the title of the resolution. The f 1 .owing resolution vas introduced by Commissioner Plummer , who moved A's, adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-183 A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 75-136 WHICH GRANTED APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR CLAUGHTON ISLAND PASSED AND ADOPTED THE CITY COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 12, 1975, BY AMENDING St:C'TION 1, SUBSECTION 2 TO PROVIDE FOR MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSlII OF 73.6 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk) Upcn being seconded by Commissioner Gibson , the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Plummer, Rev. Gibson and Vice -Mayor Godon. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mavor• Ise re and Mr. Reboso, Nt)TE: Mayor Ferre and Mr. Reboso entered the meeting at 2:45 o'clock Pa.'. 54, DISCUSSION OF COUNTERCYCLICAL ANTI -RECESSIONARY ACT Mayer Ferre: The House bill in tlashington 5247 called the public works countercyclical anti recessionary act which passed in December, is in serious and critical posture of being vetoed by the President of 'the United States, I want to tell you what this means to us, as a member of the National League of Cities, and the National Conference of Mayors all last year along with many other Mayors throughout the United States, led in the South by the Mayor of - Atlanta, Maynard Jackson, we worked diligently to try to get iegislati.on, the 62 FEB 101976 basis of the anti -cyclical legislation which wag a merger of the Hubert Humphery hi i 1 ',t the :senate with a House, does two things. The thrust of it is to to ect attbstantial sums of money into the local community which end knows we nt•ed in a desperate kind of a way to get people back to work and get them off T.;elfare and all the programs everybody is complaining about, but we have no choice because the jobs are not available. The countercyclical hill was compromise bill which basically stated the following, and it sets it in perpetuity, that whenever a community goes beyond 8% in unemployment, that it would receive certain sums of money. This community has 13% unemployment. The thrust of it would be in excess of 2 milIion dollars in this next fiscal year for the City of Miami to use to counter -balance unemployment in our community. It is not a givcwav troeram as far as I. am concerned. It is a good, hard common sense annroach towards balancing the tremendous crisis that this country is in the midst of, and i am not going to get into a long harangue about it. but I would like very much to make a motion, that this commission go in record strongly objecting to the vote c.r"at by Senator Lawton Chiles who was the onlv.--Stone voted for it. and Chiles aeainst it. and went in the Senate 65 to 28. there were only 28 votes aeainst this public works countercyclical, anti recessionary bill which was sponsored ey the National League of Cities, it was sponsored by the conference of Mayor , and it was sponsored by the Democratic Mayor's Association of the United States and I am happy to say there were only two Florida Congressmen. that voted rgain<t it, one of them was Charles Bennett of Jacksonville, and the other one ways kelly, Richard Kelley. Mrs. Gordon;4;ould you re -state you motion then. Mayor Fe, -re: f would like to couch it this way, we want to thank Claude Pepper for leading the fight in the House for the public works capital development act of 197',, we want to thank our two congressmen, Fascell and Lehman, in addition. to Pepper for their possitive vote, we want to thank Richard Stone and we wish to inform Senator Lawton Chiles that his vote was contrary to the best interest of the people of Miami and that we wish to so inform him and respectfully to ask eur congressional delegation to override the Presidential veto should it be forth- coming, that the City of Miami thinks this is a most important bill,and by the way, I nrz;ct tc meetion that it means over two million dollars for the city. hr..!-rdorn: To summarize your motion is one thanking the congressional representatives and the senate member who voted affirmatively and, is that included in the same motion, the one to Senator Chiles? Mayor Fcrre: Yes, I think he ought to know, ---- Mrs. Cordoe: --•and repremanding the negative, ---- Mayer Terre: ----that is a strong word, I don't want to be caught in a position of either repremanding or sensoring Lawton Chiles, --- -- Mrs. Gordon: ---how would you word that? Mayor Ferre:--that we object to his vote because it is not representative of the best interest of the people of Florida, ----John Lloyd would you help in wording the motion . The above motion was passed and adopted by a unanimous vote of the Commission. Rev. eibsori: I don't know the wisdom but the President of the United States will be in here in a day or so, in Ft. Lauderdale. Mayor Fer.re: Father Gibson, the last time a met the President of the United ::rates in Ft. Lauderdale, he invited me tc a dinner, and I sat there with the President of the United States and we hed a beautiful steak dinner, with all the beautiful silverware from the White House and with plates with all kinds of eagles on it, and I talked to the President of the United States about the problems of the City, and every time we talked and we went around the table and each of us said something, he would say, well, you know this do-nothing Congress, then he would say the oil problems of the United States, that is going to affect. the City of Miami, and then when it cane my turn I said that= is fine Mr. President, but we have people unemployed, we want to talk about a0rne of the problems we have in the inner city, During 2 hours not once did the President of the United States address himself to the probles of the cities in a meeting whore there were 15 Mayors in attendance . Rev. C;ihynn: I was just thinking Mr. Mayor, i donrt know how this is done, hut sine you are going to write the legislative delegation, in Washington, it may not be a bad thing to hand —deliver one to the President in Ft. Lauderdale, so he would be forewarned before he takes action. Mayor Ferre: Mr, Lloyd let's make the sense of the motion to include a copy to the White House, and I would send a copy to the gentleman who is in charge of legislative matters in the White House and the gentleman who is in charge of, 1 think it is called,(his name is , Frank Cobo will give you his name),----- Mr. Lloyd: Mr. Mayor may I respectfully suggest to the commission that you have given me I thinit authorization to provide some correct wording. I would like to suggest this, that we suggest in the motion that in the event of a presidential veto, that Senator Chiles seriously consider voting to override the Presidential veto on the premise that the people through their representatives in congress have voted. We might have some words like that in it, this will give him the opportunity to do that. Mayor- Ferre: i want Lawton Chiles to know the sense of this city and tho r,eop1e of this city is not, -----that he voted against our interest, Mr, Liovd: 'ir.e, sir that will be in it. Mayor Ferre: He did not represent what is in the best interest of the cities of the State of Florida including the City of Miami. Mr. Lloyd: that we can say is, informing Senator Chiles that the citizens of the city of Miami consider that his vote was not in the best interest of the people of the city of Miami and urgently requesting and suggesting to Senator Chiles that in the event of a Fresidential veto he reconsider and vote to override tile veto . We can also put in there, instruct the Clerk to send all appropriate eat tees involved, and Cobo and the rest can tell us who to send it to. Mayor Ferre: 1 might say, Father, that after my comments at that dinner I have never been invited by the President to any more meetings. ISSUE DEVELOPMENT ORDER 55, STATE REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER Mayor Ferre: This is a public hearing to consider recommendations in reference to the State regional service center as a development of regional impact. Mr. Andrews is going to make the presentation. Mr. Andrews: I would like to hold a document that was acted upon by the South Florida Regional Planning Council which is the impact statement that they acted on that covered the areas of environment, natural resources the economy', public facilities, public transportation and impact on housing with reference to the service facility that the State will be constructing in the government center in downtown Miami. Unfortunately the applicant, the State, their rc::presentative is unable to be with us, a telephone call was made to them and it was impossible for them to be here, so Mr. Russell will and has, act as their authorized agent, will be making a presentation. However I want to the City Commission that Suzanne Johnson is here from the South Florida Regional. Planning Council, and if the commission feels it is necessary she can secure at a later date the actual resolutions that were adopted and submit them to the Clerk for your record. Ms, Johnson is here, she represents at this point in time the Planning Council, 1 would like, Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission to have a short presentation of what is nccuring in the Government Center and Mr, Little representing Maurice Connell and Associates, will make that presentation of some 5 to 7 minutes and Mr. Russell will describe specifically the State project within the Government Center, Mayor Ferre: I want to stand correct FAther, I have been invited to another 64 FEB 101916 one of these deals with the President up in Ft. Lauderdale, REA;. Gibson: 1hat is the one I was talking about. Manor Fern': I'll hand deliver your message. Mr. Steve Little: Mr. Mayor, Madame Vice -Mayor, Commissioners, my name is Steve Little, and architect with Connell here in Miami. We are consultants to Metropolitan Dade County on the development of the Master site Plan, what is the proposed downtown government center, which you see before you, a study model which was also presented to the County Commission at their meeting of Last Tuesday. Very briefly to cover certain of the salient points in the government center plan in a capsulized version, and I would like if I may to do so with some slight illustrations. I would like if I may to do so, with some slight illustrations, it being rather complex and about as difficult an assignment, to decribe in 7 or 8 minutes as describing a spiral staircase without the use of one's hands. If I could ask your expert on lighting to dim the lights I would like to project some slides. We were commissioned in 1973 by the Metropolitan Dade County commission and co'inty eanager to undertake the master -planning of what was then a proposed government center in downtown Miami. We have subsequently been commissioned after an ilv erfm study which was presented in 1973, late '73, and following an exhaustive examination of the feasibility of development by a task force appoint=2d by the county manager. we were then commissioned to re -approach the planning this past year based on a 3-stage assignment each of which was to be slrtdrired in a milestone report covering essentially the items which you see displayed here. Follevi;g the task -force report, the program was again identified with these elements which you see listed with one major exception, which is of course consideration of has been subsequently.been proposed as the rapid transit station. Out of the task force study came a statement of direction relating to the development and its implementation, which I am sure you are aware of which is briefly recided here. Essentially it is to develop a plan which can be implemented independently by each of the separate government participants contemplated within total government center site. The program was analyzed again as it relates t.o s;;re reaui.rements and it was analyzed over the given 3 interval time span which you see, 1980, 90 and the year 2000 leading to a total summarized requirement of an excess of 4 million sq. ft. of occupiable space for the government participants and others. The others incidentally include such things as certain support retail merchandizing space, certain pseudo government if you will, or public interested groups, chambers of commerce, etc. We looked some of the vicinity influences, things that had taken place since the 1.97? interim plan development, illustrated here are a few of more or less final preliminary allignment for the proposed rapid transit system, the recently relocated new site for the city's convention hall in downtown Miami, the advent of the Bicentennial Park and others. Then we looked at these as they related to the government center site specifically and certain other proposals. Interesting to note, you can see in the upper left hand corner what has now virtialiy accomplished in the new modern police for the city to its right, the proposal which is being presented to you today for the State of Florida Regional Service Center, the tan area which you see illustrated is the recommended site acquisition for transit related activities and the cross light yellow area, a recent proposal for a major parking facility to support activities throughout the downtown business district. The interesting thing is to note that the few remaining light segments within the boundaries of the government center would require a rather extreme and intensive development because of the email area involved. If all of these proposals were in fact to he realized un that site. We then looked in the September of this year at the status of site acquisition by the county .s you know, has been moving forward to acquire the properties within this 30 acre tract of land and I would point out particular the 3 dark areas immediately to the south of what is 4th Street in the upper right hand corner which at the time were not acquired. The dark brown indicated in September the properties not yet acquired. We are advised that subsequently the county and the state have made arrangements for the acquisition in a way that will not impede the projected schedule for the State REgional Service Center. Milestone two which I am reporting to you today, is actually milestone two and seven --eighths, is the plan. In leading to the plan we study the number of alternati,: planning concepts, one of which is illustrated here and we are now at, the plan. Briefly if I may 1 would like to run through elements of 65 FEB 0 the plan, first those are more or less common to the plan itself. The central theme of the governemnt center proposal in the master plan is to create in down- town Miami a park, not the Bayfront variety, but a people park as core of the government center. This is an area free of automotive vehicular traffic and preserve for pedestrian enjoyment and use, of the thousands of people who will be visiting the government center in the year 2000 for various purposes. It is interesting to note that the opportunity exists because of the existence of Lummus Park which is indicated by the arrow to the left, to relate this new park to the City's network of parks, and also in the arrows at the top and bottom to relate it to the proposed lineal park development to be used to enhance the transit right-of-way. The central theme in the park that is proposed is, the concept of what we refer to as a central chambers structure. This is a structure proposed sort of to replace what in simpler days in our society was referred to as the town hall. It is proposed as we believe a very practical opportunity for principly the city of Miami and Metropolitan Dade County but certainly for other federal and state agencies to develop a chambers facility with the most appropriate capacity with flexibility to enlarge or diminish for varying hearings and meetings but still with separate chambers for the conduct of governmental business, in a way that we believe can produce some operating and construction economies. 0ne of the other elements of the plan is proposed as a people mover system or an elevated sidewalk structure. The plan has developed such that this structure elevated clear of all emergency or service traffic will afford the opportunity for pedestrian movement from one governmental precinct to another and from the entrances to the government center and its parking facilities. It will incidentali, also as proposed provide a structure to convey various common utilities and communication linkages from one element to the other. Also proposed is a central utility to provide the highest possible operating efficiency for those utilities which can't be shared. WE have given considerable consideration to the traffic problems which we all experience and have studied peak volumes project to the year 2000. This diagram indicates in- dicates one of the peaks , considered and are convinced that the proposed vehicular traffic system which is to remove cross streets from within the government :enter and provide in a sense a one-way loop system of paired streets, wiil accomodate those traffic projections anticipated. The red dots indicate the proposed mini -bus system and our proposal is to permit this mini- bus to penetrate the park, and meander through it. The entrance floor court to the government center on Flagler street is proposed as what we call a cultural ensemble. As you know the county has funding arranged for the construction of its new central library facility which is shown in the diamond shaped structure in the center and are planning to work to find what we refer to as a museum of the arts, which is shown to its right between the library and the present Dade County courthouse. The structure to the left is a proposed parking facility. This is a view of the study model which is before you, taken from the Flagler street approach. It is interesting to note and I'll show in a moment, the city precinct as you noticed earlier looking at program requirements, of the city's requirements for administrative office are projected to be rather steady at approximately 200 thousand sq. ft. compared to other governmental participants this is not sufficient area to make the city structures permanent of, and by their size. Our plan is anticipated therefore to emphasize the city's importance both historically and currently, by placing it at a prominent location on the 1-95 expressway where a majority of the passers-by will view the government center and further by creating two diagonal axises in the total plan. One originates at the Flagler Street entrance through the Museum of Art fore court the other one which enters from the N.E. corner through the State Regional Service Center. This is a view actually taken of the model approaching the facility from the south on 1-95, in a slightly closer view from the same approach. The County precinct which is projected requirements by far the most of any other participant to the year 2000 is indicated here in the structures which are a composite of low-level 6 or 7 story structure for principally housing court activities and other high public contact county government services composed in an arrangement with office structures to accomodate the less frequently visited administrative functions proposed for the county government. You can see their consentration highlighted by a proposed 52 story office structure in the grouping to the left center of this slide. The federal complex indicated by these two arrows are similarly programmed as a low structure for high contact agencies and a tower structure for adminia., trative facilities illustrated here as viewed from I-95, Finally the Sate of Florida precinct that has been developed, and which I would lao to say we FEB 101976 have been extremely fortunate because of timing, to the States development program, we have had the opportunity almost from the commencement Of our recent planning activity to work with their architects, otherwise I at afraid that the unity of purpose we believe is now represented in their plans might riot have been achieved, is now a subject to be presented to you by Mr, Russell of Russell firm, if I may I would like to conclude with one more shot of the model showing the State regional center as proposed in the foreground and finally to advise that our complete Master Plan Report expeced in the next 6 to 8 months will be submitted to the county at that time. I would further like to offer if I may at this time, to the City Commission, at your liesure or convenience to make a considerably more in-depth presentation. I at sure • there are many detail aspects of this proposal with which you may.wish to be wore familiar and we will be happy to arrange such presentation at your behest. Thank you very much. Mr. Russell? Mr. Tripp Russell: Mr. Mayor, Madame Vice Mayor, members of the Commission, I am Tripp Russell, of the firm of Russeli Wooster, better than a year ago, -- Mrs. Gordon: Will you put the lights back on, ---- Mr. Russell: ----I am going to show slides ininediately,we were going with Wilbur Smith and Associates to program and plan 3 State regional office buildings, one in 0rlando, one in Tampa and one in DAde County, Dade County being the largest. At the same time we were selected as architects for the Dade County building. We considered a great many sites, some 23 in all, of only 3 were in the City of Miami and one by all odds was the choice of everyone who had any connection with it, and that was to use this rather substantial appropriation as a beginning and an opportunity to enhance the dcw*ntown government center that had been planned for so long. For that reason the site was accepted in spite of the fact that the program :& planning units hr,d recommended an urban site of 5 acres. The two blocks, really a block and a half, that was available, and had been assigned to the government center was about 3 acres. By adding the streets, 4th street and a portion of 1st Ct. we could core to about 4 acres, which we felt and the State agreed would be all right. One of the State's main problems is that they are not going to build for the yea' 2000 beginning in AY?ril. They ore going to build it in 4 distinct phases, about 5 years apart, the first of which is ready to begin. The property at the extreme northeast corner, is the one selected. It is a large block, a smaller block to the right, separated by 1st Ct. and 4th Street along the south side, is bounded on the right by the right-of-way of the Florida East Coast Railway, on the north by 5th Street, on the west by the street, and the MIami Police building, it is flat and its most distinguished feature a very handsome cluster of live oaks that have grown there for many years, which are shown in this slide and which we intend to preserve. The site has some existing utilities, we have arranged the buildings in such a way that we can avoid disturbing the most important ones. This is the master plan that we have arrived at. It is particularly designed to utilize the space in such a way as to gain a maximum amount of open space to create a central court of rather splended scale but sufficiently small to give an intimate effect and also to preserve open axes to the southwest in the direction of the city building, as well as a north and south excess which leads to the trasnportation center. The building at the extreme southwest, the one that will be built first, it will house State offices that are now scattered all over the county and will really begin to collect all of them under one roof except those that by their very nature have to be in neighborhoods. The second ;;wilding is the one north of the first, it is at the northwest corner. It wilt house the health rehabilative. services. The two to the right will be built progressively in 5 year intervals with the last one being at the northeast corner. This is a view of a model which shows a corner of the city of Miami police building and shows an open vista than will bisect the first two phases of the government center that will consentrate on the City Hall. We are standing just about where the City Hall will be, looking between the buildings with the first phase on the right and the second phase on the left. This is a drawing made from approximately the same position. This is the part that is to be built first. In purchasing the property and taking over the property, it is not intended that the property that is not used immediately for this building will be left untouched. It is to be developed with landscaping and park temporarily eo it will be an attractive agreeable and finished area during the time that it is gradually absorbed by the future government building, This is the fiat building that will be built. As you aee it has link to the second phase, which to part of 67 FEB 101976 first phase.construction. This is a closet view of the small. This is where the people -mover system will come through, where the escalltors will be and the general distribution of circulation throughout the project. It ties in to the other government buildings. 'This is a view of the model showing all of the phases constructed, but taken from the same point of view, because the original view that we had. This is a view of the first three phases, where you can see into the interior court which will have a small outdoor amphitheater, it will have fountains, and lush landscaping. This is.another view of the interior court. There is a fountain at the extreme corner of the first phase which will be built with the first phase.We will have it within 12 to 18 months, another view within the interior court. This is from one of the offices looking out, into the interior court. An aerial view of the entire building when it is finished. This is a view from the south looking toward the link between phases 1 and 3, this is an aerial view of the whole thing showing also the police building. I want to thank you ladies and gentlemen for the opportunity to present this. It has been a very fortunate thing that we could plan it as this larger plan was going on because we feel that if we have been able to contribute and also to receive a great deal of help, it has enhanced the value of eveyr one of the elements in the entire design, including the City of Miami' s portion therein. I'd be very happy to answer any questions. Mrs. Gordon: What is the target for completion of the first phase? Mr. Russell: We are asking 15 months, about the middle of next year. Mayor Ferre: It is going like a real nice project and I am sure all of us look forward to it, and I might say that I am proud the City of Miami was first, that we got the government center going, and I am happy to see the State is second, and I hope that Metro will be 3rd and I am not being facetious about it because the conversation with Ray Goode two months ago, he told me he didn't think that we would see any substantial progress in the Metropolitan portion for 10 years, and that was the statement that was made to me by John McCue before he retired. I think it would be sad. When I first became involved in public service, 8 or. 9 years ago, and I was appointed, by Chuck Hall, or Bob High, to serve on a planning committee. Mitchell Wolfson was 68 there and Mel Reese was involved in it, and Winston Winn, we worked all these things out , it was just a matter of another 4 or 5 years, then the people of Dade County voted down, as you recall, the City Hall of both Miami and Metro, and we haven't gotten off the ground, except for a lot of plans. I am happy to see the State is doing something. Mr. Andrews:Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission we have one problem associated with this project. I would Mr. Grimm hold up a chart which I want to show you. There are some streets that require closing. There are some streets that require closing . The closing has not taken place because Metropolitan Dade County as of this date does not own all of the property on both sides of the street in order to provide for the closing through a platting process. We will be communicating with the county and with your adoption of a motion, we indicate to the county that the City Commission is willing to cooperate and close these streets when they make application. We may have to find some means, or make some provisions for utilization of those streets even prior to official closing, because the first state building that will be constructed,Mr. Russell correct me if Iam wrong, extends some 10 or 12 feet in the public right-of-way as it exists now. Mr. Plummer: Is that on 4 or 3td Street? Mr. Andrews: That is on 4th. Mr. Plummer: That is no problem, it is dead-end at the railroad tracks. and dead-end at our police building, it is dead-end at both ends, so what is the problem? Mr. Andrews: The property in red is private owners, If we close it now half of the street reverts to that property owner and Metro is in the process of acquiring through condemnation. That increases the value of those pieces of property. Mr. Plummer; So if you are only talking about 12 ft. you close half and make it one-way. FEB 101976 Mr. Andrews: Well that is what we are going to explore. Mr. Plummer: You don't have to be an engineer to figure that Otte out. Mr. Andrews: You have in your books under item 22, a resolution issuing a development order and attached to it, you will find exhibit A whieh is the development order itself. Mr. Lloyd will read the resolution in its entirety. Mr. Lloyd: If the commission will open your books to Item 22 you will see that the resolution is there, I will read the title, then as Mr. Andrews has said the exhibit A is the development order. Since this is a public hearing will the Mayor ask if anybody wants to be heard?' Mayor Ferre: Anybody from the public? Mr. Ernie Fannatto: Thank you Mr. Mayor, Ernie Fannatto is my name and I am president of the Taxpayers League of Miami and Dade County. I for one have to agree that the City of Miami and Dade County have outgrown their office facilities. That is an established fact and I am for the Center provided, it is economically feasible. I would like to ask Mr. Little this question, Mr. Little you made mention of the fact that the City of Miami is going to be granted 2,000 sq. ft. of space. Now I would approximately if this would be built in the early stages, approximately how much would this cost the City of Miami? Mr. Plummer: 27% of every dollar,----roughtly. Mr Steve Little:Mr. Mayor if I may answer that, I was slightly misquoted, it was not presented as a grant Ernie, it was simply a statement that that the area which had been developed and required by the City in the year 2000 which was two -hundred thousand sq. ft. We are sometimes still short of the year 2000. We are not as planners for the county required under our contract to actually build the protect but we are as I indicated, maybe I neglected to, in our fin;,l planning stage which is to be presented to the county in about 8 weeks, we are required to make a strong and hopefully viable recommendations relative to the implementation of the plan and t'le staging of construction, In answer to your questions, there are probably many people here more knowledgeable than I, or more capable of projecting construction costs to the year 1990 but one can do the arithmetic rather rapidly with a nice round 200,000 sq. ft. by applying whatever unit cost you believe would be involved. Mr. Fannatto: We the unit cost, is that compatible to other buildings that have been built. Have you taken that into consideration. We would like to know if it is feasible. Just building the building is one thing, and being financial feasible is another. Mr. Little: I am not prepared to answer your question in a specific way, the way you are posing it at this time. Mr. Fannatto: Well I think before the City Commission votes on any of this, they should know how much they are going to have to pay , and just say, like Mr. Plummer says, 27% or whatever it is, on the dollar, is not enough. I would like to know what some of these other office buildings have cost and see if this is fair and good business to build in. I am for the building all right, but I want to know if it is economically feasible. Mr. Little:If I may say one thing, because there seems to be some con- fusiong as to what our firm has been hired to do. We have not been hired to design the buildings. We have been hired to plan the site and position the buildings. To do so it was necessary for us to arrive at a reasonable projection of how much space each of the government agencies would need, We have done that, but the building has not been designed therefore an estimate of its cost cannot be prepared, It is set by the adoption of whatever unit price one likes to select. It is not designed at this point so there cannot be an answer, Mr. Fannatto: I thought maybe you could teal me some of the cost of the various phases of the buildings that are going to be built, if they were built in the early stages. Mr. Little: We can do that in about 8 weeka. 69 FEB 101976 Mr. Fannatto: When you do, we would like to know how fnuch this hall 1s going to cost. We watt the building, lets find out if it is within reach of the people, the taxpayers ofthe City of Miammi and Dade County. way. Mr.Little: It is a very well made point. I share your concern by the Mr. Fannatto:Thank you. Mr. Plummer: Is the area here proposed for the City, City of Miami, I assume? Mr. Little: Yes, sir. Mr. Plummer: Okay. It that also proposed that the County is going to acquire the land for us and give it to us?,I think Mr. Fannatto is trying to make a point that has to be brought out, because in face of what the voters of this 3 times have turned down of a new City Hall, I think you ought to start giving some real serious consideration, if the City has to acquire property NO. 1, if the City has to build a facility, No. 2.-----where are all these dollars coming from 7 Mr. Andrews: May I assist Mr. Little? Mr. Plummer: Please do, Mr. Andrews: When the City acquired the two blocks, to the north of the site, it was acquired for the purpose of police function. Two blocks were acquired because we were not sure at the time precisely how much land we would need and of course we acquired the two lots. The police facility with this new garage is all constructed on one block, for practical purposes there is one free block that we have ownership. If that block should be used for city hall, we would have to find a way of reimbursing the bond issue for police function, so the city in essence has a hedge in that we do have sufficient property, funds can be returned to the bond issue then that block can be transferred about so the city's building can be constructed anywhere within the government site. Mr. Plummer: Two years I have been trying to get you to admit that. Mr. Andrews: I admitted that long ago. And the county owes us $800,000. Mr. Plummer: If we ever cashed in on the county they would be bankrupt. Let me ask you another question. Whose responsibility is it, for all of this no -cost housing that is being provided in the county property that has been acquired for the boys of the road, and all of the utilization. I am speaking of the Tamiami Hotel, all those other illustrious places where the elite meet to dine,whose responsibility is it to either get rid of these buildings or box them up? I'll tell you some bad situations are occuring. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-184 A RESOLUTION ISSUING A DEVELOPMENT ORDER, APPROVING THE CONDITIONS, DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE DADE COUNTY REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER, LOCATED AT NORTHWEST FIRST COURT AND NORTHWEST FOURTH STJ.ET, BLOCK 76-N BLOCK 76-E AND RIGHT-OF-WAY OF NORTHWEST FIRST COURT AND NORTHWEST FOURTH STREET ABUTTING THE AFOREMENTIONED PROPERTIES AS PER A.L, KNOWLTON'S MAP OF MIAMI, PLAT BOOK B, PAGE 41, AFTER CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 380.06, FLORIDA STATUTES AND THE CITY OF MIAMI ORDINANCE NO. 8290, AND CONSIDERING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT "A". 70- FEB 0 1976 (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: Conmissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rev. Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. FEB 101976 EXTEND GROVE KEY MARINA LEASE -NEGOTIATE NEGOTIATE WITHMERatLL'STEVENS ETCH 56, MARINE FACILITIES -DINNER KEY PUBLIC PROPOSALS FOR DEV,UND ERWOOD ETC' EXPAND MARINA SLIP FACILITIES Mr. I\ndrewr;: Mr. Mayne and members of the commission, if you'll recall that the l ant Limewe d i mr.tr:lt:ed this you directed that T review and supply you with recom- mendrat.ionf; with reference to the Coconut Grove Marina property, that's to the northeast of Owprojc•t, Merrill -Stevens Dry Dock company lease operations and Grove Key Marina lease operations. Mr. Fades, if you'll stand up here and use a pointer and point to these various areas. Those three properties are the proper- ties that we're going to consider today and it is my recommendation that with refer- ence to the Coconut Grove Marine property that the City Commission authorize me to receive proposals for the best possible use of this property recognizing its prox- i.mity to the waterfront and realizing that the property was acquired as part of the overall Dinner Key Plan to provide marine servicing, marine recreation and recreational facilities in general for the public. with this in mind it is my recommendation that we proceed to receive proposals and evaluate thoe proposals. The city administration will accomplish that step and make recommendations to the City Commission for the use of that particular piece of property in relation to all of Dinner Key. Before I proceed onto the other two leases, is there any quest- ion that the commission has that T can answer in reference to that particular piece of property? Mayor Ferre: We're in the middle of a condemnation suit procedure in court and it's bogged down isn't it in legal battles nowt Mr. Andrews: No, the condemnation has taken place. Mayor Ferre: Well what are we doing in court? Mr. Lloyd: Condemnation has already taken place. The only thing is that Coconut Grove Marina subsequent to the condemnation and... Mayor Ferre: Coconut Grove Marina? I thought that was Underwood Marine. Mr. Lloyd: They were an occupant. What has happened is that we successfulln con- - eluded the condemnation and actually came to a price by agreement, putchased the property through the condemnation procedure from Coconut Grove Marina. Subsequent- ly Coconut Grove Marina has filed an action against the city claiming business damages on the basis that vur condemnation was not in faith for a governmental purpose but purely to allow the city to engage in the same private purpose as the Coconut Grove Marina, that or running the same marina and in the same fashion as they did. Mayor Ferre: Is there a trial date set on that? Mr. Lloyd: There is no trial date set on it. Court has granted our first motion to dismiss without prejudice giving Coconut Grove Marina an opportunity to amend its complaint and they have not yet complied with the court order to amend and the matter sort of sits in court as of the moment. Mayor Ferre: Isn't there a limitation? Mr. Lloyd: Yes, sir. They are past the limitation period and we are moving to dismiss finally for their failure to comply with the limitation period. Mayor Ferre: I suppose you're the attorney? Mr. Phillip Walker: Mr. Mayor, my name is Phillip Walker. I'm with the law firm of Frates, Floyd, Pearson, Stewart, Proenza Richman. We had in fact filed a lawsuit on behalf of Coconut Grove Marine Properties, Inc. but also on behalf of Coconut Grove Marina Inc., Grove Yacht Sales and Brokerage, Inc., Grove Design and Purchasing Co., and on behalf of Billy, Paul, Kelly individually against the the City of Miami. That lawsuit alleges that through an unlawful plan and design the City of Miami through its commissioners and its agents took private property belonging to the plaintiffs ostensibly for a public purpose and bestowed both the plaitiffs private property and the plaintiffs business upon a private enter- prise. Mayor, you just now said wasn't that the Underwood property - you hit the crux of the lawsuit.. The city has leased the property to the same private enter- prise type from which it condemned the property. I'm here today only to advise the commission of this lawsuit and also at the same time to advise the members of the commission that my client has made every effort since the beginning of the filing of the lawsuit to minimize the damages. Contacts have been made through depositions, through agents of the city, through telephone calls, through various inquiries in trying to find ways to minimize the damages of all these corporations,,, 2 FEB 1 0 1976 Mrs Lloyd: Just a moment. I'd just like to interrupt. tut if he is explaining his case before this comritission while during a pendency of a lawsuit I object because this is in the lawsuit. I am the attorney and I setiously object to this and he can argue in court. Mr. Walker: May I just advise you that the amending complaint has been filed. The reason it was not filed was negotiations were being tried between the City Attorney'S Office ... Mayor Ferre: Counselor, those are legal matters, this is not a court of law this is a City Commission, we thank you for advising us of what you're doing and you can try your case before the judge. Mr. Lloyd: Now there is one other matter. We have, I understand, at least I in- structed the attorney handling this case to do so, informed these counsel of this hearing here today telling them that if the wished to participate from a chance of offering Coconut Grove Marina people, the former Coconut Grove Marina people the opportunity to participate in the moving toward participating within the hew plan for the Coconut Grove that they could do and if he's here to do that why certainly he should be encouraged to do that. Mayor Ferre: Thank you. Ail right. Now, do you want to continue? Mr. Andrews: I would like to get, I can continue through all three areas if you wish, Mr. Mayor, but I want to answer any questions. Mayor Ferre: Well we'll come back because there will be people here that will want to speak area by area. Let's just proceed generally. Mr. Andrews: Next I want to talk about Merrill -Stevens Dry Dock Company leas oper- e ation but in doing so you must identify also the Grove Key Marina Lease operation because may years ago when the property was leased to two separate entities it was done on the basis that the Merrill Stevens Dry Dock company would provide service to boats of 28 foot and larger and that the balance of the property would be util- ized for the balance of the boating public wherein boats of 28 feet and less would be serviced. Whoever designed that arrangement, the more I become acquainted with this whole matter the more I begin to realize the wisdom in dividing those two par- cels into the way they did and the way they provided the operation. And the reason for that statement is that as we began to examine the potentialities of placing all this property under one encrepreneur to operate we began to recognize that there is probably far greater profit in operating the total area for very large boats, 26 feet and over, that if you were looking for profit only and not service to the pub- lic you're probably wiser to permit all of that property to be leased wherein the entrepreneur could use his judgement as to who he would serve without restriction and you would probably end up with giving service to people who own larger boats. Now by separating the property into two parts we can more easily control service /'" to the public. And I am recommending to the commission that we continue with the Merrill -Stevens Dry Dock Company lease operation. They have a least now. They have made requests of the city if they are to continue that lease operation that they need some additional space from which to operate. I am recommending to the commission that you authorize me to negotiate with them because there is in my judge- ment a small 30 foot strip that if converted to their lease operations will enhance their ability to service a particular marine area of the public which has boats of 28 feet and larger. Mr. Plummer: Where Mr. Eades was just pointing that out is presently under lease to Grove Key. Mr. Andrews: Yes, it is. Mr. Plummer: So that would then be a detriment to Grove Key. Mr. Andrews: Not necessarily, I'll get to that. The present Merrill -Stevens operat- ion will terminate on June 30, 1984, approximately 71* years. Now the Grove Key Marina services boats of 28 feet and less and their lease expires on March 30, 1977. They provide servicing area for small boats, some 15 or 16 spaces. They provide storage racks, service, outside and storage inside the facility and there is an area which is approximately an acre and a half at the waterfront that is used for taking boats in and out of the water but theprincipal area is used in a public way in which people can come and fish and tape advantage of the small sn^ck facility restaurant that exists at the waterfront. ... Merrill, -Stevens and Grove Key Marina have made presentations to this City Commission as to the utilization of all of the property and on an individual basis. And Grove Key Marina has indicated .n their presentation to the City Commission that if their Lease could be extended 72 FEB 1 0 1976 for an eight year period they would perform certain refurbishing and recondition- ing of their existing buildings that they have under lease... Mayor Ferree Let me correct you, you don't mean eight years, you mean to dune 3, 1984. Mr. Andrews: If they were extended, yes for an eight year period. Mr. Plummer: To the same termination as Merrill -Stevens. Mr. Andrews: As Merrill -Stevens. That they would provide the refurbishing, land- scaping and you have been exposed to the plans that they have presented, to those plans they also indicated that they would construct,if they could negotiate with the city for this extension of time, a restaurant accomodating approximately 100 seats would be designed compatible with the waterfront, would be an operation that would not include a cocktail lounge perse, it would be a smaller type restaurant. And they have indicated to the commission that such a restaurant installation is feasible and I'm recommending to the City Commission that you authorize me to.sit down with Grove Key Marina to negotiate an extension of their lease for the improve- ments that they propose plus a restaurant facility. Now I have weighed and ex- amined closely whether we should separate out a restaurant function from the prop- erty, it is not really in the Lest interest of the city to do that. If we were to do that, and we could do that, I'm very fearful that we would create some severe complications as far as the use DF that property is concerned because of the relationship of the restaurant and its accessibility by the public coming up Pan American Drive and the primary function of the property for marine purposes that if you separate that and get three operators in that area, Merrill -Stevens, Grove Key Marina and then a restaurant operation we will create some complications that will be a disservice to the public, neither the public who will come to util- ize the restaurant or the boating public that will be utilizing the Grove Key Marina,_ facilities would be served. It's my judgement that the public in total will be best served if we can put this under one total lease agreement and I would like to have the privilege with your approval of attempting to work such an arrangement and an extension of their lease through terminating at the same time that the Merrill -Stevens lease would terminate. When that occurs the City Commission would then be in a position, some future City Commission, to assess the total operation of that area all at one time as we originally planned. I want to point out once again that it is our judgement that the buildings that exist (if you'll point to those large structures) that they are sound structures. They're not the nicest looking structures in the world but I think that their appearance can be improved on immensely through painting, some additional slight architectural treatment and through proper landscaping and lighting. That can be accomplished. Under the Master Plan if we were just to follow the Master Plan and remove these buildings we would be bearing an expense in just their removal. We'd have to reconstruct new buildings in a slightly different configuration and the bulk would be maybe not quite as great as the bulk of buildings that we have here now but they would f. certainly be substantial and to do so would be a disservice to the public in gen- eral, not just the marine public but the recreational public and the people of !-1ia.:ni . Mayor Ferre: To do what, you mean to build those... Mr. Andrews: To everyone in the City of Miami to remove those buildings. Mayor Ferre: I com4letely agree. Mr. Andrews: Yes, and I want that on the record at this point and I want to re- fresh your memory on having gone over that as you make both of your decision mak- ing processes that we think the public is best served by utilizing these buildings, upgrading them at far less expense, taking advantage of the money that will be earned and utilizing it to further develop all of the Dinner Key Marina and recre- ational areas so that the public can thoroughly enjoy them as was intended. Mayor Ferre: Paul, let me interrupt you because I just want to make a comment also into the record here. I feel the same way about these four hangers as I do about Dinner Key Auditorium, as I do about the Orange Bowl. The argument for each one is absolutely the same. Sure, we would rather have a brand new $50,000,000 football stadium but this community has priority and we cannot afford to build a $50,000,000 stadium to be played on 16 times a year by a professional football team. It's just absurd. And I don't think that we can tear dowt these buildings for absolutely the same argument because the replacement value of those buildings is literally into the millions of dollars and we just do not have the kind of money, Sure, I'd like to tear them down and build them up but we don't :have that kind of money. And therefore, I think what we should really be thinking about is what to 74 do with what we have so that we can use our moneys to the best of our abilities in improving and upgrading What we have. And Monty the other day showed ate all of these photographs and brochures, and I think I sent some of that stuff on to you, as to what happened in the "Cannery". You know the cannery was just that in San Ftrancisco. It was an old delapidated cannery which was just a pile of junk and bricks and they took that and inade it into one of the most successful urban mini -shopping centers in the United States. And just because buildings are old does not mean that they cannot be renewed and I think this is a good case in point. Mr. Andrews: Well my recommendation to the commission is three -fold, (1) that you give me the opportunity to present proposals as far as the Coconut Grove Marina property is concerned; Secondly that I have an opportunity to examine further the problems of Merrill -Stevens so that they can operate and provide the best pass,. ible service to the marine public and will examine their lease and the area they occupy in an effort to give them relief; and third that you give... Mayor Ferre: That was number one, what was number two? Mr. Andrews: Number one was the Coconut Grove Marina property, put that out for proposals and receive proposals under public bidding process. Second is to sit down with Merrill -Stevens and although I'm acauainted with some of the problems, they've brought them to my attention, I would like to come up with some specific recommendations and bring them back to the commission as far as adjustment of their lease holdings. Third that I be given the authority to negotiate with Grove Key Marina for the extension of their lease which I hope means greater emoluments to the city and for the restaurant as part of those negotiations. Coconut Grove Marina to design a proposal to submit to the public to invite them to submit their proposals for the highest and best use of that property which we would evaluate and I would supply the commission with recommendations and the commission would make the final decision. It would include the dockage and we'd make a decision whether it would be wiser for an operation to be carried out there that would be separated and which the city would maintain direct control over the dockage area or whether that would become an essential part of an operation that would be carr- ied out. I want to indicate that I've received information, and I don't know the people in the audience here who have advanced all sorts of ideas so I won't expose where these ideas come from, but we've received some information that indicates that there is a very unique way to use the Coconut Grove Marine property as a marine function in a slightly different way and would service the marine public. Mayor Ferre: Well, I think that this is a public hearing and therefore, as a public hearing we have to let the public speak. Now who are the members of the public who want to speak? All right, I think what we'd better do is we'd better do it, there are three proposals by the Manager here. One proposal is with Grove Key Marina, I think that's the hot issue and I think we'd better get that one be- hind us. Now how many of you want to speak about, the Grove Key Marina property? Five. Ok, we'll start with you and go down that way, we'll leave you for last. Does anybody have a limitation of three minutes? ... Mr. Fred Hutchinson: Mr. Mayor and commission members, my name is Fred Hutchinson. I'm President of the Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce. Very briefly, the chamber is concerned primarily with maintaining the waterfront area as a marine oriented activity. That would entail keeping the Grove Key Marina and I'm going to sort of lump all of this together because it is one statement from the chamber. The Grove Key Marina and the Merrill -Stevens area, keep it maintained as a maintenance marine oriented activity. Basically what we're saying is that we don't necessar- ily want to see it developed into another Grove Village or a retail area. And if it is alright with the commission I would like to make a statement on Monty's at this time if it's alright, it all goes together. Our attitude there is the same, that it be maintained as a marine oriented activity area, basically a commercial type area. The Grove Village needs the marine activity on the waterfront. We're very much aware of this. Anything that can be done to maintain this it's import- ant to the Grove. So all we're saying is maintain it as a marine area. And also, if I may, don't forget the Dinner Key Plan. Where it's possible implement the Dinner Key Plan into your thinking today. Mr. Bill Young: Mr. Mayor and members of the commission, my name is Bill Young, I am the commodore of the Coconut Grove Sailing Club and I'm here today to repres- ent my membership, We have approximately 250 boats in our moorings, cruising boats that is, which 90% of theta come under the qualification of the 28 (vet not in the Grove Key Marina, Now this facility at the Grove Key Marina presents us with the ability to haul our boats out, work on our boats ourselves and the only cost involved is the hauling, is the taking the boat out of the water and putting it back, We recommend that you follow Mr, Andrews' recommendation that we continue this facility 75 FEB 10 1976 ter those people, and I'm talking about the members of my club which are a workings -group of people that can afford to have their beats hauled but when it comes to working on them they want to do it themselves, they want to save that money. I thank you. Mr. Jim Armstrong: Mr. Mayor, Madame Vice -Mayor, my name is Jim Armstrong. I'rn a member of the firm of Smathers e Thompson, Council for Merrill -Stevens. If I may .t'd like briefly to analyze the Grove Key proposal. The real purpose is to extend their lease. The reason for it is that they want it to co -extend with the Merrill. -Stevens lease, and I'll remind you that it was necessary, as far as Merrill= Stevens was concerned to engage our law firm to take the city to court on a notice to vacate which was served on my client in order to vindicate their contractural rights which they had at all times. In exchange fot this extension they have offered you to plant some eucalyptus trees and to paint the building. It is suggested that that would make it more aesthetically attractive. I suggest that it could have been done if they were interested in aesthetics from the time they first assumed the property and because this is a Bicentennial doesn't mean that it couldn't have been painted when they first took ever the lease. In addition, they've said that they'1l put a restaurant on it. Now I'm not a restaurant expert, and I belive there are some here in the room, but i suggest to you that in order to build and equip a modern restaurant that can accomelate 100 people and amortize it in the 8 years that they propose is impousrLle if it is going to be a restaurant of which the City of biemi can be proud. Now Merrill -Stevens, my clients want to bid on this property when the Grove Key lease expires. That'e what we want to do. We want the opportun- ity to bid on it. And it has always been our understanding that the policy of the City manager as directed Lz this council is that such matters should be for public ail. We suggest that it's not fair that Grove Key be treated differently than e rriii-St:r.vens in this respect. Here are two tenants side by side, one of which flee been there since 1949 - that is my client, Merrill -Stevens - to the mutual ben- wait of the City of Miami and my client, Merrill -Stevens. They've had a long term ese, they had an option, the time came in which they could exercise the option they , ere given a notice to vacate. It was necessary to take the matter to a.:ert and to expend substantial moneys to vindicate their contractural rights. ':rove Key on they other hand, has been here since way back in 1973 and now they want their lease to co -extend with ours. Now, I suggest to you that it's not fair to treat two tenants differently and that's what's being done here. We, Merrill - Stevens as far as money is concerned, return more money to the City of Miami for ':o use of the same amount of land as does Grove Key. I suggest to you that putt- ing this matter for hid rather than for negotiations can't do any harm. If the Greve Key proposal is bes°:_ and will return the best benefits to the City of Miami they'll win the bid and will be able to do what they're now proposing. If it is eet the best proposal there may be others including that of my client, Merrill- Stevcns which could come in, return more to the city, make more benefits available to the people who are the residents of the city including the gentleman and the group he represents who just spoke and there is no harm done for the matter to go tc bid because Grove Key can still win the bid. It'snot fair, I suggest, when we hve had to spend a substantial amount of money in legal fees to vindicate a con- sc.,ctural right that we had for someone else to coat-tail it, come up with the idea about a restaurant which you'll recall was our idea and come in and by that means extend his lease and avoid the necessity of a public -bid where you can deter- mine what the best use of the property and the best return to the City of Miami is. Mayor Terre: Counselor, let me ask you a question. How did Merrill -Stevens come pin their 10 year contract? Mr. Armstrong: The Merrill -Stevens going back through history, Mr. Mayor, which goes hack to 1949... 'ayor Ferre: I'm not interested in 1949. Mr. Armstrong: I believe your question has to do with whether or not it has been put out to bid and the answer is yes, it has. Mayor Ferre: I'm asking you specifically the last time a contract was signed be- tween Merrill -Stevens and the City of Miami was it due to a public bid process? Mt. Armstrong: I can answer that, Mr. Mayor, and I can be corrected because the President of Merrill -Stevens is here, but as I understand it it was out for bid, Merrill -Stevens submitted the bid which at the time of the opening, the second best bid. I forgot the name of the successful bidder, AS it tur-nce; out when the successful bidder was ready to take over the property it involved more than he had anticipated, he could not or would not go through with the bid, the Merrill - Stevens bid which was the second beet at the time was accepted by the city, That's my understanding. 76 FEB 101976 ' Mr. Armstrong: Yes, sir. Mayor Ferre: I'm glad you brought that up because I think that's aft important point because as I served on this commission there have been tines when we've put things out to bid and there have been other times that We have eictended leases in- cluding golf courses and auditoriums, unfortunately, art other properties. Haw the question is in this particular piece, did we; what he's saying hew is contrary to what I've been told. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and members of the commission, from the Clerk's records in 1948 this was publichlly advertised and the city received no bids. It was then negotiated with Merrill Stevens... Mayor Ferret Yes, but then it was advertised. Mr. Andrews: It wits originally advertised but not since that time. When we had the last meeting _re was an indication by a representative of Merrill -Stevens that somewhere al.:ng in 1959 that it was re -advertised it was not. And I have the minutes here to reflect exactly what took place. Mr. Armstrong: Well I have leases, Mr. Mayor, and the leases show that the term of the lease has been subject to options to renew. That's why we're still there. Mr. Andrews: Sut there was a point in 1959 when the lease was about to expire the commission entertained a proposal from another individual firm and that pro- posal was accepted... Mayor Ferre: I think I remember that, when was that? Mr. Andrews: That was in April of 1959. That individual failed to perform and the lease arrangement was returned to Merrill -Stevens but that was not through a public bidding process. Mr. Plummer: ...and let's put it all out on top of the table. That other great point that has been somehow overlooked advertently or inadvertently is that the contract with Merrill -Stevens was put subject to I think a 90 day cancellation but here was the zinger - if the city exercised that option of giving notice to vacate to Merrill -Stevens the city had to pay every penny to Merrill -Stevens that was incurred to move that operation. And that was a part of the contract. Am I wrong, counselor? Mr. Armstrong: Mr. Plummer, I think that your basic premis is correct. There was a provision in the contract to be reimbursed but I may correct you on the particulars. It was not every penny, it-. wan prorata amoritization of the capital improvements that had been made on the premises. Rev. Gibson: Counsel, are you telling me that you took us to court? You did? Rev. Gibson: The court then declared that the city, we first went to court because we wanted to move you, move you and all the others. Isn't that right? Mr. Armstrong: No, sir, just us. Rev. Gibson: Well alright, automatically we knew that they would have to move because they'd be out this year. Mr. Armstrong: No, their lease doesn't expire for another year. Rev. Gibson: Look, I just, I'm dealing with you now. You were going to have to move. Mx. Armstrong: No, sir, we were not going to have to move because we had a con- tractural right with the court... Rev. Gibson: You misunderstand me. You took us to court because we were saying that through the power of eminent domain... We wanted you to move, You said, I have a contract. Mr. Armstrong; Yes, sir, Rev. Gibson: Ok. Are you telling Me that you took us to court to retain your rights or to uphold your rights and now because you took us to court you won your rights then you're saying to me then, the commission, saying, "Now look man, don't you let nobody else do nothing else with no other land you had,"? �-- 77 FEB 101976 Mr. Armstrong: No, sir, I'm saying to you... Rev. Gibson: You don't have any control over that other piece of land now: Mr. Armstrong: Yes, sir, we sure don't. The only thing we're saying is what is sauce for the goose ought to be sauce for the gander. Rev. Gibson: Providing the two gooses are using the sauce. Isn't that true? Mx. Armstrong: Commissioner, we had a contractural right to stay where we were, at least that is the determination that the court male. Now we had that right until 1984. However, we had to go to court to vindicate that right and it cost my client a lot of money. Now we are interested, my client is interested in making a bid so that the city might derive more revenues, more benefits to its citizens than it now does if it doesn't put this thing out for bid and let's these people come in and negotiate. We wanted to do is put it on the table. Rev. Gibson: Ok, let me ask Another one, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Lloyd, in the legal lang- uage, you got your reward... Yes you did, you got your reward through the court's sustaining you the right... Mr. Armstrong: We got out fic7tits, Mr. Commissioner, not our reward. We're paying tor the lease. Rev. Gibson: My brother., whether you call it right or reward is the same thing - you got what you went for.. :h. Armstrong: We got what we were entitled to. Rev. G4.bson: You got what you went for. Ok. Now, you know I live in this Grove 30 years. I remember a condemnation matter and I am not going to open that can of worms because we are suffering from some of it now. And you know what, I need to put into the record, the reason I'm talking so much and I'm incensed about it is i was the culprit, I was the guy who took the position, "Well you know we could live like a family and all of that jazz." You all led me to believe, yes, we're going to be good citizens, lock arms and you went on into court and you pursued your case. Now, you put me in a position that I've got to have some second thoughts if you know what I mean. Mr. Armstrong: Reverend, sorry but I don't because... Rev. Gibson: Oh yes, you khow, you're a smart man counselor. You know they don't pay..our firm a little rie of money, man. They hire you all because you're a smart man. Riht. .Mayor Ferre: We're going to now go to the presentation by the other group and then you can come back and rebut. Mr. Spencer Meredith: Mr. Mayor, Madame Vice -Mayor and members of the Commission, I'm Spencer Meredith of Grove Key Marina. Obviously one of the key issues here deals with the subject of whether or not we should be put out for bid. And to very briefly just make some comments on Mr. Armstrong's comments there, I just re- mind you all that it was put out to bid three years ago. Merrill -Stevens had a chance to bid on it, they did not win the bid and I ask you how many chances they should get. Secondly, their present lease is an extension of an extension of an extension. Thirdly it is my understanding that about half of the leases in the city are negotiated extensions and the other half were obtained by bid. So appar- ently the city has a practice of additionally doing it either way - sometimes they negotiate and sometimes they put it out for bid. And I assume you probably do it on the basis of how well a tenant performs because that is normally the way a land- lord would deal with his tenant. I think if it is put out for bid and it is very obvious that Merrill -Stevens wants that, it's because they're the only onew who can make a combined bid on it. They have an unfair advantage and if they can not only have the property adjacent to ours but they could bid on this Grove Key prop- erty I think it is an unfair advantage not only with us but with anybody else who would be interested in bidding on it. And finally the City Charter itself specific- ally states that the city has the legal right to negotiate leases on real property. So those are the points I wanted to make in regard to the bidding situation. Mayor Ferre: All right on rebuttal. Mr. Armstrong: I will be brief, Mr. Mayor. I could stand corrected, but I don't believe that the city has ever let a restaurant facility go on a negotiated basis and on a non -bid basis. I might be wrong about that but I believe that has been 7S FEB 101976 the history of the city's rnodus operandi. The only comment I'd have to suggest is why is it desirable to put out to bid the Coconut Grove Marina property and not this property. 1 don't see that any harm can be done for the city to take a look at what anybody has to offer .,. Mayor Ferre: gel]. Monty.: doesn't want us to put it out for bids, he says he's ready to come in and negotiate something with us. We haven't decided that ore yet, Mr. Plummer: You mean cookie jar? Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I'd like to deal with one issue at a time. I'm not going to get involved in the restaurant business because I have to eat anyway. Ok? I feel strongly about what I'm about to do because I thought at the time I served as an intermediary that i was doing what was right, fair and just. I really felt that way and I feel hurt that I led people to believe and then all to come up and find out to the contrary. It didn't work. Well, if nothing tried, you never know it'll work. Mr. Mayor, I ought to say something else, when I first came on this commission I was told that the people who presently occupied the piece of property that we're now talking about gave us far more than the lawyer who was up here earl- ier. Do you remember, Mr. Lloyd, that you had to say that you object to his coming here to try his case in this court rather than go... Mr. Lloyd: No, this wasn't this gentleman, this was the other gentleman. He's already tried his case in court.... Rev. Gibson: No1 Where's that man that came here, his company held that lease before this gentleman here? Where is he? Mr. Plummer: Bill Kelly, where is your counsel, he left? He's left. Rev. Gibson: Well alright. I remember when I first came on this commission one of the things that was said that these people gave us far more, we got far more return since they became our tenants than the previous tenants. Isn't that true? All right. Now one of the things I learned, and I'm the densest of the five of us up here, one of the things in the American way of life is they reward you for good performance. Isn't that true in law? Ok. I'm going to offer a motion to the commission that we extend that man's lease to run concurrently or the same time, as long as Merrill -Stevens. Then after that you could tango because the Manager made that recommendation. Mayor Ferre: All right, there is a motion on the floor that Grove Key Marina's lease be extended to June 3, 19F34. Is there a second? Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor, I apologize for interrupting you but I think if I express myself that what is intend in the motion is that you authorize me to negotiate and come back. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Andrews, I have no hesitancy about being corrected and being led in the right direction. If those words are the appropriate words, we out there in the ghetto say - "They're my sentence." Mayor Ferre: Is that the sense of your motion then,? Rev. Gibson: Yes, sir. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Mr. Mayor, just as a point of information, might I inquire if the motion contemplates that the specifics of the matters of the presentation which have been made by Grove Key will be included as being requirements before the city would renew the lease? Mayor Ferre: As I understand the sense of it that is what the City Manager is going to negotiate and come back. Mr. Andrews: There will be no approval of anything until this commission adopts a resolution after they have all the facts before them. Mr. Meredith: Just to clarify that point, I'd like to raise a question. Is the motion today to extend our lease because we have a lease in operation right now which covers basically all of the things or are we going to go off and negotiate and then come back and ask you to extend our lease? Mayor Ferre; No, the motion is this. The intent of the motion if it passes is that you be extended until June 30, 1984, However, between that and the signing of the contract you've got to go negotiate with the Manager so he can cross all is and dot all the is and you know what that means. ' FEB 101976 tif. Meredith: Yes. mayor Ferre: But the intention is that your lease be extended. So it is a commit- ment but it is subject to final negotiation by the Manager and then final ratifi- cation by this commission. Mr. Plummer: What he's saying is that you be a good boy and do everything the mood Manager tells you to do and you've got your extension. That's what he's telling you. Mr. Meredith: Thank you, Commissioner, I believe that was the way it was done originally when it was Awarded three years. The commission awarded it to' us and then we got together and actually wrote the lease and signed it. Mayor Ferre: Al Sokolsky wants to speak on this and he hasn't had the opportunity. I'll recognize you briefly because everybody else has had their say. Mr. Al Sokolsky: .., I don't know and I'll make it very brief. Several years ago the commission that sat in this chamber approved a Coconut Grove Bayshore Plan which coat the commission many thousands of dollars and the taxpayers as well. Because of that plan Bayshore Drive was four-laned. The immediate property on the other side of Bayshore Drive: moaning the barracks and Merrill -Stevens which has been recognized as a temporary facility from the day of the World War II planes that were stored there was always of a temporary basis, was to be moved out and vacated and a park made on the other side of the four -lane highway for public use of the citizens of Coconut Grove and Miami. Now because of that study, as you well know, the bonds were sold, some of the bonds were sold, Maurice, not all of them; the highway was four -laved. Now we have a four -lane highway, we have no park; we have the expenses of the study that went behind it and we have the intent of this city and the commission and the taxpayers and the voters who came to the palls and voted for the park. Now as I understood it at that time when that boat transpired, that was before I built my building, that those structures on the other side of Bayshore Drive were going to be vacated and a park was going to be built. And there is nothing that prohibits this city from having those structures vacated and building a park as the city owns it. I just want to know why it has not been done and why it: is not being done. Mayor Ferre: Let me answer that three ways. (1) Your premise is wrong, the people at Miami never voted to make the park out of that area, and correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Andrews. Mr. Andrews: I think sea auould clarify sr:ecifically what area you're talking about. Mayor Ferre: He's talking about the Grove Key Marina area and the Merrill -Stevens property. Mr. Sokolsky: I'm talking about the Coconut Grove Bayshore Plan which this commis- sion spent... Mayor Ferre: Yes, but that was not voted upon by a bond issue, that was a matter of a public hearing which this commission voted on. Is that correct, Mr. Andrews? All right. Mr. Plummer: And which we only adopted in principle. Mayor Ferro: In principle. Now, Mr. Sokolsky, just let me follow through. (1) It was never voted upon in a bond issue. Mr. Sokolsky: Well Mr. Ferre, I will have to beg to differ and take issue with you on that. When this bond issue went before the people the marina was promised to this community and as part of that park and it was part of that bond issue. Mayor. Ferre: You know I can yell just as much as you can, that doesn't solve any- thing. Mr. Sokolsky: No, I didn't say it did but I'in just saying not so. Mr. Andrews: He is referring, Mr. Mayor, to a bond issue which provided us with the funds to acquire the property for the Grove... Mr. Plummer: No he's not, Paul. He's referring to the 64 bond issue. Mr. Andrews: That's right, there's two of them. And then another bond issue which provided about 2; million dollars, just going by memo► now, for the develop- ment of marine facilities at Dinner Key, 8 0 FES 101976 Mayor Ferre: Paul, when was that voted on? Mr. PllMmer: 64. And Mr: Mayor, the money has all been dissipated in acquisition of property. [Mayor Ferre: Ok, Mr. Sokolsky, I stand corrected. It was in 1964, you were correct on that one. Now may I continue making the other two statements that t was going to make to you? Mr. Sokolsky: Sure. But say the first assumption is right. Mayor Ferre: I just said that I stand corrected. I did not know that in 1964 there was a bond issue as you clarified and as the Manager has just corrected Me on and I stand corrected for the record. The second thing that I wanted to say was that this commission has gone on record many times and voted for plans which never get implemented. I would suggest to you that you consider the Doxiades plan as a prime example of a plan which we spent $350,000 on that 'not the first page of it has been implemented even though the commission approved it in principle. And the third thing that i want to point out is that I think that the elected officials of this city have the right to change in a public hearing like this the direction . of things and I might point out the building that you own on Darwin Street came about by a whole series of variances which I personally voted for since I was on the commission and is, therefore, proof that a commission can change. If we had not changed you would not have that building. Mr. Sokolsky: Let's get lue record straight since your memory is so short. I started to build that building in 68. You were the first man who, it was a seven story building, you were the first man who voted against it and I had to come back with a different building, Maurice. You made the motion if you'll look at the records, not to approve the first set of plans for the Coconut Grove Hotel. Mayor Ferro: And the final vote was 3 to 2. Mr. Sokolsky: The final vote was 4 to 1 and it was because you wanted it a differ- ent way, I did it. Now, I purchased that property in 1964. Mayor Ferre: Did you get variances, Al? Mr. Sokolsky: Yes, but not much. Mayor Ferre: You got a whole bunch of variances. Mx. Sokolsky: 14% land coverage. No, not a whole bunch. Now wait a second. Mayor Ferre: You got variances, and the point... Mx. Sokolsky: Maurice, let me ask you a question. Yesterday's news is yesterday's news. We're talking about Bayshore Drive, let's not cloud the issues, Maurice. I mean you know, we're not talking about buying concrete and we're not talking about variances. Let's just keep it straight now. Let's get down, I want to say one thing... Mayor Ferre: Yes, you say it and then get off the microphone. ... No, it doesn't have two edges because I'm the chairman of this board and I can call that you have five minutes to speak. Mr. Sokolsky: But you said the Doxiadis Plan, that is not the plan that we spent the money on. The Coconut Grove Bayshore Plan is not the Doxiadis Plan. Mr. Plummer: It's the Tripp Russell Plan. Mr. Sokolsky: That's right, Tripp Russell. That's why, based on that plan, that's why we even went ahead and colored our sidewalks two colored, Do you remember that? Mayor Ferre: And we've already begun to change some of the things in that plan, for example the Dinner Key Auditorium. Mr. Sokolsky; Because of the plan I sat back 200 feet from the highway because I was asked to, There was not any law that required me to set back 200 feet from Bayshore but they came to see me and asked me if I'd color my sidewalks and set my building backe200afeetaandlI sai4 certainly because there's going to be a broad par ou Mr, Plummer: Al, there's not one part of that Master Plan that l know of that has been implemented, not the first part. Mr. Sokolsky: Well, the park that you've done is really great. Mr. l'lummor: You mean Kennedy park? Mr. Sokolsky: I don't know the name of it, where the dumping was going oh, the piece that you picked lip. It's really beautiful. Mr. Plummer: Well that really was not part of the Master Plan: Mr. Sokolsky: Yes, but it was supposed to continue... Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Sokolsky, is there anything else you.want to add? Mr, Sokolsky: Yes, there is. I will just tell you this: (1) Maurice, this was supposed to be a marina on the 64 bond issue. t don't know whether legally if the funds were dissipated or not or what course of action the committee or the commission can take where taxpayers' money is involved. I just will make that as a suggestion to you that I personally publically will take legal counsel and effort to block this commission if they vote not to follow the plan of the activ- ity or return the funds that were taken on a bond issue. If this commission in its negligence has dissipated public funds that had been given in specific perform- ance for that area. They are heavy, Maurice, and I want you to listen to them very carefully because I',n telling you just the way it's going to be and you can tell me what you are going to do. T am going to file suit to block it. I pay $270 a month to keep a boat across there where it's $60 in the city slip. I've had my name on a list for six years and I can't get a slip. And everybody else in the city is in that same shape. Mr. Plummer: Well Al, let me try to clarify something for you, and I'm not trying to talk you out of a lawsuit your lawyers need the money as well as ours. But let's put it:this way, for you to make a statement that the money was dissipated so that you or the press or anyone else has any false ideas, the money was used - not dissipated - for the acquisition of land to enhance the overall marine facil- ities. Part of that was the Underwood property, part of that was Kennedy Park, all of that. Mr. Sokolsky: All. I know is that those barracks that are sitting in front of my hotel... Mayor Ferre: Is there anything else you want to add, Mr. Sokolsky? Mr. Sokolsky: Yes, there is. Mayor Ferre: Well I tell you, I will give you exactly 60 seconds and then you will be out of order. Mr. Sokolsky: Fine, I'll take the 60 seconds. I would appreciate it, Mr. Plummer and the other commissioners, if this commission would make a study and take the Tripp Plan because the city does need additional marina space. I'm not so sure about the park places or anything but we are in dire need of public marinas and the papers have called the attention to it, people that did vote on the bond issue thought we were going to get it. I>r's'a sub plan that could be implemented to put public marina in there and it's not a question of enhancing any property it's a question of facilities, we just don't have it. That's all I have to say. Mayor Ferre: All right, thank you very much. Anybody else? Mr, Plummer: Well, let me just under discussion getting back since we deviated and I'll try to be very brief; but Mr. Manager, I'm going to tell you that we are considering in this motion that we are giving as Father likes to say - Additional rights to this lessee. And I'm going to tell you that for one I expect that addit- ional rights for the lessee to be more into the coffers of the city and I'm not talking about a few pennies. I'm talking about additional rights, additional re- sponsibility - additional revenue, I call it responsibility. If.you ain't got no dollars you ain't got no responsibility. 8' a 1 FEB 101976 The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: MOTION NO, 76-185 A MOTION OP INTENT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN EXTENSION Of' THE EXISTING LEASE WITH GROVE KEY MARINA UNTIL, JUNE 30, 1984. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon. NOES: Mayor Ferre. ON ROLL CALL: Mrs. Gordon: I will vote for the motion but I would like to comment that the imple- mentation of the plan which is as important to me as it is to Mr. Sokolsky is of necessity being held up because of a lease that extends until 1984. Consequently, we are not in direct control of the implementation. I was opposed to the renovat- ion of the auditorium but Lhat is just another deviation from the plan. Yes, I'd like the plan implemented; no I don't know how we can do it now; more marina facil- ities yes, I'd like to see that come into place. I vote yes with the motion. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, :et me just. Al► may I address one statement? Before you go off and engage your lawyers, one of the things proposed by this organizat- ion is to camoflage, if you want - call it any name you want, beautify whatever it is - to hide the ugliness of those two structures. Now it just might be an advant- age to you across the street so I merely say that to look into. What is the sec- ond item, Mr. Andrews? Mr. Andrews: The second item would be the Merrill -Stevens Dry Dock Company lease, quthorizing me to negotiate with them because they've made requests of their indep- endent property to see if there could be some extension of the ground lease to pro- vide them with greater opportunity to serve the marine public. Mrs. Gordon: Would you speak into the microphone, please. Mr. Andrews: The second .,.atter would be to negoiate with Merrill -Stevens Dry Dock Company because they have requested of the city additional ground space to expand their operation and there is one area in which that could take place and I want the privilege of sitting down with them and working that out and bringing that back to the City Commission for their lease time. Mr. Plummer: Well, I see nothing wrong with you exploring it but the same thing r holds true for those two geeses and those two ganders that Gibson was talking about. Tf they're going to get additional rights this city is going to get additional reven- ues, I'll move to give you that right to sit down and sit and talk with them. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption. MOTION NO. 76-186 A MOTION OF INTENT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AN EXPANSION OF THE OPERATIONS OF MERRILL-STEVENS IN THE DINNER KEY AREA UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF ITS LEAS ON JUNE 30, 1984 IN ORDER TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES; Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mayor Ferre; Now on the item of Coconut Grove Marina property which is the last one left, l assume you want to say something, Monty. I'll recognize you. M. Plummer; Mac, Mayor, I 40 want to get into another subject. 83 FEB 101976 Mayor Ferre: You've got three minutes and I'm not going to permit the kind of comment that went on here a little while ago and you're going to have three Min- utes, I"m not saying that you would abuse that but I'm just saying for anybody else who wants to speak from now on I'm going to hold it to three minutes tthd that's it. Mr. Pl.unmer: Mr. Mayor, before anyone does leave I have some contents to Make about some additional property that might be of interest of marine people that 1 will make at the conclusion of Mr. Trainer. Mr, Monty Trainer: Most of the commission has seen the model that we propose for this particular piece of property. I didn't realize that the politics was going to get so heavy here today but we've also presented the commissioners with a pro- posal whereby they can maybe solve this dilemmaand pick up another pice of prop- erty at the same time for nothing just with what I would pay on a normal lease they would end up with another piece of property and thereby extend the city's coverage of the waterfront to provide more marine facilities like they need. I was hoping that we could adjourn the meeting and go see the model that we've worked on for the last two months set up in my new building at 2575, that's where the model is now. But if we can't do it with time I think everybody is familiar with what I want to do. It is something very similar to the Cannery or Ghiardelli Square in San Francisco. And I J:ound in answer to the people from the Chamber who feel that this would be a detriment to the waterfront to go out and see what they've done at fisherman's Wharf and see how you can blend in commercial shops and sight- seeing boats and paddle boats and sailboat rentals. And I feel that I have to say at this point that the boating people are kind of selfish. There is a very small percentage of people in Miami and Dade County own boats but yet I have a public facility, I have a marine facility and we have thousands of people every weekend coming buy to see the boats in our place. I would like to open up the old Kelly property so that the public could use it, they could get out there and get on the water, they don't have to hve a boat we'll rent them one or they can take a cruise boat or they can walk out and observe what Miami is supposed to be so great. We're supposed to be the tourist center of the world supposedly - let's give them some- thing to look at and that's what I want to do. I just want to bring more people in the Grove and bring more people to the waterfront. I've give you a plan that's in front of you now where you can acquire my property that I have and with the game amount of money that I pay in you'll come out having to pay no dollars and pick up another piece of property. Twenty years from now you'll be done with me, I'll take my cookie jar and go home. Basically, I've been pushing for this plan for over a year and we've done a lot of research on it. I think the city will come out fine if they want to take the proposal that we've presented today. If not, I'll go head up ar.d go after the property as a single piece of property and I would be willing at this point to go along with the same arrangements that you have worked out with the Rusty Pelican which is a very fair deal. Mayor Ferre: That was bid. Wasn't it? Mr. Andrews: Yes, it was. Mr. Trainer: But the deal that you have with the Rusty Pelican, and evidently from what I've heard that you're very happy with the financial arrangement there. I would spend substantially more money, approximately a million dollars, a million five and the city would get a return, a fixed minimum with a percentage on the amount of gross. As the gross goes up the percentage gets larger - it is very similar to the Rusty Pelican. That about sums it up unless you want to go look at the model. Mayor Ferre: Well, I've seen the model and I know Paul Andrews saw it. I don't know whether the rest of you. I know Reboso has seen it. I'd recommend that you go look at it. It is a beautiful model. Mr. Trainer: Maurie, there is one point where the city had to provide the road, the sewer and the landscaping and all of this for the Rusty Pelican and you wouldn't have to provide anything as far as I was concerned. Mayor Ferre: All right, Mr. Andrews, do you want to.. Well wait a minute, let's see if there anybody else that wants to speak to it. Anybody else? Paul? You've got three minutes. Mr. Paul Andre; My naive is Paul Andre and I'm a Vice President of the Marine Council of Miami. We view with a certain amount of dismay the proposal would take one of the few remaining waterfront areas and convert it to a retail establishment, You just heard Mr. Sokolsky who is a fairly wealthy man describe to you the Problems he has keeping his boat and the fact that we need more marine facilities, When 84 FEB 101976 this property was bought from Mr,. Kelly, it was finally closed down, we lost 60 stack storage spaces there. We still have the same crying need for space for boats that we had before: We have the same crying need for repair facilities and for the related type of things there. There are several other proposals which could be made to you whereby these could be of attraction) not of the sate grandiose scheme that Monty has which is a very attractive scheme but by the same token does not always come to the best interest of all the people, Now you say the boating people are selfish - you're damned right we're selfish, The bond issue Mr. Sokolsky was talking about in 1964 was $2,100,000 and the voters voted for in proviso and the wording of the bond issue is"to improve the marine facilities at blither Key''and also in the sideline was slipped in there, "to acquire additional property." Addit- ional property was acquired without the creation of one single space for a boat for $2,100,000. It sat dormant in the city coffers here with the interest going into the general account which finally led to building part of the downtown Miam- arina without replenishing that account and when it finally came to the point where it was utilized it was utilized for land acquisition only and not the development of marine facilities. The entire history of Coconut Grove has been of waterfront implementation. You heard me earlier today about the heritage this area has and relationship to waterfront activity. This may be great that we can build great structures and grandiose schemes and so forth, I've got news for you, there is a buck in it for the guy that does it. If there wasn't a buck in it he sure as hell wouldn't do it. He has great ideas, he does some very fine work but believe you me, it all boils down to the bottom line, he's going to make a buck on it and that isn't all bad except this property was paid for by the taxpayers and the part of the taxpayers on large part have been largely neglected have been the boat owners and we feel that because there is no other place to go all the property that is available for waterfront developments is in the hands of either the county or the city or other municipalities. We are at a distinct bottom edge here as far as that goes and we'd like to have you please to take proposals on this for other utilizations of this property which may be more related to boats, and waterfront 'r- activities. There are other proposals that can be made and I think you should look at them all before you close the door. Mr. John Brennan: My name is John Brennan, I've been a City of Miami citizen for about 15 years. I've had a boat down here for that long. I've used the facilities that is Grove Key Marina now. Thank you, Mr. Andre, for taking care of the citizens of the city. I realize you think this is a dead issue. I just don't want anybody to think that the City of Miami citizens don't care about the waterfront. I've been boating, I pay taxes and Lord only knows that we pay taxes, I hope that you will take serious consideration of the fact that if you do eat up this waterfront we don't have a place to go. We have to use the waterfront one way or another or we give up boating and it is a big industry down here for everybody. We either use it here or we go up the river or we give it up. And I love the water and it does a lot of good things for all of us. I just hope that you look out for our citizens first. Thank you. ( Mr. Trainer: Maurice, when I said the boating interest is selfish I mean that why not open it up for all people even if you don't have a boat, Paul. You know this is what we need in Coconut Grove. The guy that has a boat, that's great; I'm talk- ing about the thousands of people who would like to come to the waterfront and they don't have to own a boat. We can rent them a boat or a paddle boat or a sailboat. This is what we're getting into, complete use by the public. Now you've got all kinds of public marinas around here but nobody is trying to get the people that doesn't have the boat down here to see the waterfront and to explore the water, Biscayne Bay, the cruiseboats, the little things that go out in the water. That way you don't have to own a boat, open it up to everybody to use, the public. Sure, I hope to make a dollar on the thing but I took my restaurant the same way and developed it along the same lines. I'm willing to put it back in, and if you're looking at finances and you're going to put this thing out for bid you can't take my property and put it out for bid but I'm willing to put my property in the pot and open it up for the people. I'm not going to use it for myself, I never go out in a boat but I sure like to see everybody going out in a boat because may business is nothing but water related. Everything I do is waterfront oriented and this is what I think we can have here, another Fisherman's Wharf. We're not trying to do Merrill -Stevens or anybody out, we have dockage available, I have 75 slips of my own right now and I think we can put another 75 or 100 over at the old Kelly property. This would be utilization, not just have a few people that want to house their boats there, let's let everybody use the thing. We've got the storage facilities and so dose the city. They've got the Kennedy Park down there, they can put marinas out there if they want to, They can use the old coast guard base. You've got one here that can be used for everybody not just a sailing club member. Mayor Ferre; Now, could we ask the Manager to give us his opinion and then we'll open it up for coua►ission discussion? Yea, but repeat it again so we're ail. clear. 85 FEB ►01976 Mr. Andrews: It's my recommendation that we proceed on the basis of receiving pub.' lic proposals for that property and that you give me the privilege of evaluating those and submitting recommendations to the city Commission. Mr. Plummer: That's just the Underwood Property? Correct? You can't do it oh Monty' s? Mr. Andrews: N Mayor Ferre: Now, let me tell you how I feel about this. 1 think that whenever you find a private entrepreneur like Grove Key Marina who really comes out and expends the kind of money to render the kind of service then when you get a private entrepreneur like Mcnty here that takes what really was a rathole and a dilapidated old gasoline station and slowly builds it up into what is a drawing card for the community, and 1 think it is the responsiblity of government to help as much as possible if we can. Now they've gone ahead and they have improved, it is one of the prettiest little marinas small marinas in this community with a canvas and a canopy and a restaurant and that oyster bar and it's full of people and it's an attraction. I think it's the type of thing that we need in this community. Now here is this man who is willing to go out and spend the kind of moneys that it is going to take, and I think you're talking literally of close to a million dollars if you're going to do it right, and he says he's willing to go out and get the fin- ancing and the funding and to do something like this. Now let me tell you to be consistent, and this is why I voted no previously, the Merrill -Stevens people have not in my opinion done, and I'm sorry I know you're going to get upset when I say this, but you haven't done as good a job in your public image as Grove Key Marina but you've got something going for you which is you happen to have a long term lease. Now if that thing had all been consolidated then I think it would have sim- plified the process of what I think is needed because I agree with Monty Trainer's statement that we've got to open up the waterfront. And I'm sorry, Paul, I know K.,- you won't like this, but the water belongs to all of the people and not all of the people can afford boats. And I think we've got to open up all of these water facil- ities, and I don't see it as antagonistic to the interests of the marine people of Dade County because the more the public is exposed to boats and to marine life the more interest this community is going to take in protecting it. And one of the problems is that right now not everybody is able to participate in the advantages of marine life in Dade County. Now I think that in that particular location an operation like the Cannery in San Francisco would do - it's a perfect location for it; It's in between two parks, right next to a marina, right next to a yacht club! - I think the bustle and activity of the waterfront and if we can connect all these things together somehow would be a great addition - for us to turn our backs on 86 that kind of an offer is to me not logical. Now why does Monty Trainer have some- thing that makes it unique? What he has is he has control of the adjacent property. That's the same condition that Merrill -Stevens has. So you see that gives him in a way a logical advantage nobody else has and as a consequence I think for us to ignore that really is not logical. Now I do have a problem. The problem is that in Grove Key Marina they already went through a bid process and they had a lease which now has been extended. You don't have a lease and therefore, I think(with the city) that to be perfectly within the bounds of the legal requirements I think in my opinion we're going to have to go out and advertise and get, and I mean advertise short term I don't mean a six month deal. I mean put it in the newspapers two weeks from now and take the bids in two or three weeks and then come up here sometime in April for final discussion and see if there are others who are willing to come in here and bid for this property for public use. Now in the meantime there is going to be a lawsuit that is going to be argued in court as to whether or not the city has damaged or whatever it is. And I hope that by then we can make some progress on it because I don't think that we can finalize this without knowing which way we're going in that lawsuit. That's my opinion. Mr. Plummer: So what you're saying is follow the recommendation of the Manager, put it out for public bid. Mayor Ferre: Yes, on a short term basis. Mr. Plummer: Short term advertising? Mayor Ferre: Yes, but what I'm saying is put it for advertising in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Miami Herald in two weeks. You can't do it? Well when can you do it? Mx. Andrews; The people who would be interested in this development are probably more local than they are for the size of property concerned. Mayor Ferre; Well then put in the Miami Herald, Miami Review, etc, FEB 101976 Mr. Trainer: (INAUDIBLE) Mr. Plummer: Sure. Nothing will be discounted. Mr. Andrews: No. That will be... Mayor Ferre: I don't see how the city can go wrong with that. I just don't see how in the world anybody can compete with that, personally and I've just stated my opinion in faVor of it but I think just to keep all the is crossed and the is dotted that we... Too dangerous, Monty, You know we're already going to have one lawsuit from Al Sokolsky, we're going to have others. Mr. Andrews: I think, Mr. Mayor, and members of the commission what you suggested that we City Conunission will entertain a variety of proposals and I think in Mr, Trainor's case that he would want to send two proposals to the commission, one with the combination of the two and one without for us to consider. Mayor Ferre: All right, when would the bid be taken, Mr. Andrews? Could you do it in March? Mr. Andrews: I think that we can get proposals out, this is the loth of February, by the end of February we biould have communicated with those who are interested in this and that by the second meeting in March we'd be in a position to evaluate those proposals. Mayor Ferre: All right, tL.at sounds good. Then by March we'll have an answer by the end of March. Ok? The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption. MOTION NO. 76-187 A MOTION OF INTENT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR PUBLIC PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNDERWOOD MARINE PROPERTY IN THE DINNER KEY AREA FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the motion ana adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plumper, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. was passed ( Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me show you what I have in mind. Ok? I'll come over here and do it. (INAUDIBLE) This business of having to wait three to four years to wait for a boat slip, if the demand is there we need the money, let's make it. Sure, Paul. Mr. Andre: We always realize there is a cash crunch and a cash bind as far as gett- ing the money to build facilities particularly when the facilities are as expensive as they are. We would like to project to you and throw out for your consideration the possibility of pre -selling slips, four years rent in advance which would pro- vide you the capital necessary to creat that. It was done in the Orange Bowl. The slip owner then has a direct interest in it and he gets it at the end of four years. Mr. Plummer: That's our city facility? Mr. Andre: That's right. What you're operating, that's right... Because right now you don't have the money to build. Mayor Ferre; I think that's a great idea. I think you ought to consider putting out maybe one slip there and one over in the other corner. Mr. Plummer; Well you can put almost three over here, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: And just doing it on a basis of actually selling then, not selling them, perhaps you might take long term leases. That way we could finance it. Mr. Andre: Four-year prepaid leases. 87 FEB 1Q197E Mr. Plummer: The first condominium for boats. Mr. Andre: Right. This is it, it's all there except the money and that's one way to get money. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer moves that this item be given immediate attention by the administration and that you come back as quickly as possible with a report on the extension of boat slips as just outlined by Mr. Paul Andre on a self --financing basis. Mr, Plummer: Let me ask another question. Paul Andrews, is there any prohibition that we couldn't do it at Kennedy Park. Mayor Ferret I was going to come to that, not Kennedy Park but you know that last slip there, that long property that we bought next to the Coral Reef Yacht Club, right there where the Hobie cats are. Mr. Andrews: I'm not sure, I'd have to examine what the requirements are... Mayor Ferre: The problem would be parking. Mr. Andrews: Well, I was thinking from the water requirements. We're in the preserve ar,:,a now of the bay and you :;n_t into all kinds of complications. But I think that area off of that one piece of property, that that might be achievable. tlr. Andre: The only problem you're going to have there is the water depth. There is only about three feet of water there which is fine for the hobie cats but to get • a dredging permit today as you know is... Mayor Ferre: Well, why don't you look into the different areas and I know that that island on both sides, that one is not to be connected but the other one across, that comes all the way around doesn't it? And that comes pretty close to shore and the plan was to connect that to land. Mr. Andre: Oh, the idea was to take the 5th pier off and build a new connection there. Apparently there is quite a long distance from there to the main land but what we're talking about4.s areas where there is already water depth where no dredg- ing required and you need only a simple structure and again build pier..which are not a heavy service pier ',Jut a good pier for storage... Mayor Ferre: I think you ought to do it two -fold. I think you ought to do it Phase I or what we can do this year and maybe Phase 11 study the possiblity of hooking up that island somehow and getting all that space. Mr. Plummer: Bob, how many people do you have on your waiting list roughly? Mr. Jennings: Seven hundred. Mx. Plummer: And it's what, about a three year wait? ... Mayor Ferre: Yes, but you see, what's more important, and Al, I"11 recognize you in a moment. What is more important is that I think that this thing could be self - financed. Mr. Plummer: Sure it can. Mr. Sokolsky: I didn't come here to pull skeletons, Maurice, but I do think that the taxpayers are entitled to a deal of the Merrill -Stevens 10-year lease. I'm sure it's part of the court records of the lawsuit that the city did have. I will say this, that Monty Trainer's operation on Bayshore is certainly a credit to the community. I have a hotel and the more places there are for people to go the better it is and I like it. I want to say that as far as any public marina space, marinas - facilities for boats - and it's not for myself this boat is a hotel boat. I live on several hundred feet of waterway but I need a boat for people who stay at my hotel to come and use the facility. And for six years I've been on that man's list and people who have moved into my building have gotten slips, Now I don't know how that's happened, Everytime I ask him he offers me a 65 foot "T" which is very expensive for a smaller boat and I'm going to get around to that too believe me. But I want to say this, Maurice; that I don't think that if you go ahead with any plan whatsoever that you're being fair to the taxpayers of this city if you put into private hands the marina facilities as such. If you want to lease rest- aurants, if you want to lease shops, something else that can all be on city prop,. erty but I believe that there is no way you can fix the fee that a marina charges FEB 01976 if you just lease the entire marina. I think that the boat slips in all this condemned property has to be under the control of the city, r Mayor Ferre: That's a new subject now that you're talking about. Mr. Sokolsky: No, I mean here's what's happening. The city is hold taking bids oh condemned property to go ahead and fix it up to put in slips and to lease it out to private operators with no insurance that the individuals who live in this cold'' munity at what cost they can keep their boat. And as l say it doesn't apply to us who are lucky enough to live on the water. Mayor Ferre: That just is not so, Al. Mr. Sokolsky: Well'how can you govern it, Maurice? Mayor Ferret That's exactly what would be under contractual arrangements. That's why the city wanted to take the property in the first place because we wanted to control the use of the property and who would have access to it and how much it would cost, Mr. Sokolsky: And what happened? Mayor Ferre: And we're moving in that direction - slowly, but we're moving. Mr. Sokolsky: Right now we've got spot condemnation, Maurice. Mayor Ferre: Well look, see that's your opinion and.,.. Mr. Plummer: Al, in most contracts quality and auantity rights are reserved by the city in most all contracts. Mr. Sokolsky: J. L., you're 100% right. Quantity and quality are reserved and I respect that but I will say this, that the condemnation procedings did take place for a marina and the city should build and own and operate the marinas whether they lease out facilities, and I'm sure what Monty wants really primarily wouldn't interfer with the city's operation. Am I right, Monty? UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Not at all. Mayor Ferre: I tell you, my opinion is that if we had privately operated marinas owned by the people of Miami but put under contracts for private operation not only would we, by this time you would have double the amount of marinas that you have because somebody would be making... Mr. Sokolsky: At what price to the citizens, Maurice? Mayor Ferre: In my opinion... Mr. Sokolsky: At what rental per foot? Mayor Ferre: In my opinion it would be better than what is available right now. Mx. Plummer: No. Mr. Sokolsky: Do you realize that the city.... Mayor Ferre: Not by the City of Miami.... Mr. Sokolsky: Do you realize the City of Miami charges $60 a month and for the same space at Merrill -Stevens it is $260 a month? Is that the way we condemn property to allow them to make 400% on what the city owns? Mr. Plummer: Yes, but the city right now has got under study a rate advancement. Mayor Terre: Let me put it to you this way. You know this is the same argument that you hear about parking facilities in the downtown area where you get the government to put up parking spaces where they don't pay any taxes and you can get a monthly parking rate of $30 or $35, Now the argument is that that's great because it keeps the cost of parking down. Now let me give you the counter argu- went. The counter argument is that nobody in his right mind unless it is a savings and loan association that doesn't really care is going to put up a parking garage in the downtown ere* because who can compete with the Off -Street Parking Author- ity? Now if you let the free market work you probably would have twice as many garages as you have now, Now what's better, to have ali:mited number of. garage 89 FEB 14' i6 spaces where people can rent for $30 a month or would we be better off if the public sector had built the number of garages that are needed? Ahd the same argument I think can be held for this. Now that does not mean that, because as far as I'm concerned anybody who has a 65 foot boat or a 50 foot boat is not hurting for money. Now if you're talking about the areas of 28 feet and undet then I agree. I think this is where we've got to make more public facilities available for the majority of the people. But if you take and you look at the citizens of Miami, all 370,000 of them, and you try to find out how many of them own boats I guarantee you it's not too many. N. Sakolsky: Maurice, I'm going to end what 1 have to say. I don't have a 65 foot. boat, you missed the whole point. The only thing I've ever been offered was a 65 foot slip, and it isn't my boat it's the hotel's. I have my own boat, Maurice. But what I'm saying, and I'm getting hack to it again, what you're advo- cating is taking condemned property which the city has purchased for marina pur- poses and putting the operation of the piers in private hands. Now I will say this, the improvement of that property and the idea of doing a thing like the Cannery, that's all super and I know this man can do it and I'm not here because of t.ha.t aspect of it. I'd love to see that waterfront look beautiful. But the city should hold the million in control for its taxpayers. t1aycr. }erre: A]1 right, :hanks for your opinion. Anybody else wants... We'll see you kn court. er, Plummer: Al, you think you've got a bad problem, when I bought my boat I epplied for a boat slip the City of Miami. Before they called me to tell nip it was available it had already been stolen. INAUDIBLE: Mayor Ferre: Well, that's the next: step. We might get to that one of these days. UNIDENTIF1ED SPEAKER: Maurice, I'd like to straighten up one point for you that iu the City of Miami area there are over 30,000 registered boats. Hayed Ferre: Not the City of Miami, that's Metropolitan Dade County. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: No, I'm talking about the City of Miami and Metropolitan Dade County is even more. We'll have that figure for you, we're going through a review of it now in conju,Iction with the University of Miami. Believe me boating is a sport which is enjoyed by everyone not just 40 footers and over. Mayor Terre: Paul, I think it is super and I think it's great. I wasn't saying anything against that. What I'm saying is that in my mind I distinguish between the person who has a small boat and the person who has a yacht and I am more inter- ested personally in seeing that the person who has a small boat is taken care of than in seeing the person who has a 40 or a 50 or a 60 foot yacht because as far 'f -e I'm concerned that's wonderful. We want them too because these are people that :wend eteney in our community but you know we're talking about public land and public facilities and in my opinion they should be used where the majority of the people can have access and use. 4r. Andre: ...not really to belabor you on this though, Maurice, is the fact that there is no property available where private enterprise can build a marina. The only piece: of private property is the one that Monty has. Now Monty has a pier out there - Monty, what do you get per month on your slips? Which comes out on a 40 foot slip pretty close to what, a hundred and some odd dollars a month? This is fine, I'm not quibbling with that part of it. I'm saying to you this: the need is there and the only way you're going to provide it to a small entrepreneur, a small operator, is to have it done with city property and still set on the... Meyer Ferre: to do. !iv. Andre: eayor Ferre: M.r. Plummer; 1 would like the latitude the purposes mayor Ferre: Ahmen, I agree with that completely and that's exactly what we intend And let's get Dinner Key off the ground. Let's go. The Manager and I have decided we're ready to move. Ok? Mr. Mayor, to make a motion at this time that this commission give the Manager to explore the feasibility of expanding Virginia Key facilities for of Marina facilities only. Now that's very broad reaching, I have no objections. 90 FEB 101976 F,= ! , 1.awinq motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved i i MOTION NO. 76-188 A MOTION REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY or '•r.?N TRUCTING AN ADDITIONAL DOCKING SLIP IN THE DINNER KEY MARINA TO B12 FINANCE[? FROM FOUR-YEAR ADVANCE RENTAL FEES. JEwon being seconded by NIrs. Gordon the motion was passed and adopted by :oLlowing vote-- W1US: Commissioner J. L. Plummer Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Fevre. ,24 None. falicwL g motion was incrud:.rc;e_i by Commissioner Plummer, who moved aption Mt)TICN NO. 76-189 A. HGTIC)N HEQ.;EST'.CNG TUE L!'LY MANAGER TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY EXFANDIN(. I'ht U;ES ON VIRGINIA KEY TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL MARINA FACILITIES. ;upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed :ore . by the following vote - Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre • Babcock: My name is Babcock. It seems to me like we have enough shops where lower, we don't need any more small type shops around the Grove, what we need some more dry storage Like 160 slips inside of the Coconut Grove property and • v.ataz property. I don't think we need any more restaurants or shops. • Terre: Thank you for your opinion. Does anybody else want to say something • to public record? If not, this public hearing is now closed and we will take a five minute break then come back for Item #24. 91 FEB 101976 57, PREPARED RESOLUTION- GOLDEN GLOVES $9,000 ALLOCATION The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-190 A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING $9,000. FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR GOLDEN GLOVES TO BE COORDINATED THROUGH THE COCONUT GROVE CARES, INC. (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 pa:,. ed and adopted by the following vote- AYF:5: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rev. Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOF:; : None. 58, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT Note: Atter a 5 minute recess the Commission reconvened with all members present. Mayor Ferre: We will now take up item 24, :r. Andrew:;: Little Havana was the only area that did not request any `i r l tier funds so these ;nunies were c .:-,tributed or an equal basis among the other 7 target areas. We have met with the target chairman and I am going to ask Mr. Spillman to come forward and explain what has taken place. We have made packet available, a sheet for each target area and we believe at least, unless we, are mistaken, that we now have reasonable agreement among the types of projects that are being proposed so that target area chairman,in fact I think Some of them are not here because there is agreement. If you will go ahead I think we can do this expeditiously. Ms. Dena Spillman: We reallocated the money as Mr. Andrews has explained to you. Rather than go over each target area I would like to go over the ones where the chairmar is here, if that is all right with you. Mr. Plummer: Could we ask those who are not in agreement, is there just one that is not in agreement. Culmer, is that the only one? Mr. Mayor, if it agreeable with you, the only now in disagreement is Culmer, so let's address their problem, everybody else is in accord. Mayor Ferre: We will listen to Culmer now. Ms. Dena Spillman: Can I explain the basis of our decision on it? Mayor Ferre: I am sorry, I thought you wanted to hear from Culmer first. Ms. Spillman: Culmer had requested an economic development center in the amount of $350,000. We have requested a proposal from them on this money last November. We have not received a proposal to'date. What we'did to meet this need was to take 10% of their allocation as suggested by the commission allocate it toward public services under which economic development lies. We have allocated $46,891. for an economic development center in Culmer which staff feels adequate at this time for such a center. Mr. E. Dean: I am Dean, Chairman of Culmer Park area. I think the first time we approached the commission we asked for $350,000. As good business 92 FEB 101976 1 r' people, we are willing to compromise, from $350,000. t think we have s budget and proposal in front of you for roughly $147,000. for an economic development center. It was my understanding on two things, No. 1 the last time we were here the people needs program was to be in between, I think the coMmissiote decided on 1(Y but 1 undcrstand it is between 10 and 20 percent, anything over 10% had to be approved by this commission and we are coming down now from $350,000. to $147,000. We feel this would adequate for us to have well-rounded and meaningful economic center. We cannot see doing it with the $46,000. or 10% that was allowed by the administration. So at this particular point, Ithink what we came up with was holding to $100,000. for acquisition of land, $122,023. for pedestrian pathways, $100,000. for street beautifucation, $146,891. for economic development center. Just one more thing, as far as the proposal is concerned, my Acting Vice -Chairman Jack Bell is here now, that we do have a proposal, and our proposal had been turned down, and she would give that explanation to you in terms of setting up an economic development center. I would like to repeat that $46,000. for economic development center, would not suffice. Ms. Jackie Bell: First to the commissioners, let me deal with the rejection letter f:om the office of OMBIE, which is the office Of Minority Business Enterprises, from Its regional office in Atlanta. We didn't just start last November, Mayor Ferre: Jackie let me ask you a question. One thing is Community Development. Another thing is social programs. The rules as they apply, social programs are not the same rulesas they apply to community development. Is that right? ;4d. Bell: Public .services, yes, --- Mayor Ferre: In other words, it isn't a question of whether you applied to OMBIE or you didn't apply, that has nothing to do with community development. Let me tell you what my problem is, and I am going to tell you exactly, is Joe Middlebrook here today? Dena, or Mr. Crumpton, maybe you can answer, we appropriated some money for a study of the Overtown area, how much was that? I19. Spillman: $50,000.--- Mayor Ferre: As 1 understand it, we haven't got word one, -- Ms. Spillman: Phase 1 of the proposal has been received. Mayor Ferre: We don't know where the proposal is, correct? Ms. Spillman: We don't have the final recommendation. Mayor Ferre: You had better get after Joe, would you? Ms. Bell: Mr. Ferre, I am a part of that plan, the plan is in a 3 Phase. We have completed the first phase which is the statistics, the 2nd phase is due next week. The complete plan for the Overtown area is due for completion Decemmer 1976. Mayor Ferre: My recommendation to you is, if you want to see some money flowing from the City to the Overtown area, you had better tell Joe to complete that before December, because T don't see how in the world this City of Miami Commission can move on expiditing funds until we have a direction as to how we are going to go about doing it. Mh. Bell: Mr. Mayor since last August, we have been working in the same direction you are talking about. In fact we started to work in October of 1974 in the direction you are now stating to us. We have been before you on this before. We did as you stated from C.D. a planning grant last year. We know the directions we must take. I recognize that as far as writing is concerned you do not have all of the plan at your fingertips today but we do knew, and we do recognize that N.W. 2nd Avenue and N,W. 3rd Avenue was, still is, hopefully will be, a commercial area of the Culmer Park area. We are asking at this point that you grant us the permission to try and implement sone of what will come out of the plan for, --- Mayor Ferre: Jackie, look, you are part of this, and 1 don't want to get into a big argument or discussion with you, I understand you are part of the 93 FEB 101976 '4tt!c!lehrook.,; operation. Ms, Bell: 1 am new Washington Heights community development confernece is a subcontractor to that. Mayor Ferre: However you want to state it. Get me go on record saying in my opinion the City of Miami has a moral obligation and in my opinion the primary target for the commencement of Conmaunity Development should be the Overtotnt area. It is absolutely the most needed, bar none. To me, it needs that shot in the arm, more than Coconut Grove, more than Little Havana, more than Allapattah, more than any other place. That doesn't mean I don't think Aitapatteh nerd, it. It just means that 1 think that is the area which has the greatest need for Community Development. And I am all for it. But what I am trying to state now, I dont know how to go about doing this, is that Mr. Andrews, ---I have the problem of how can we earmark something if we don't know what: it is that we are earmaking it for. And you say earmark it for the development plan that is forthcoming in the future, but I am confused about that. Mr. Acton: Mr. Mayor could 1 address that point please. Since the Planning Department has responsibility of administering the overtown contract with the tJniver:;i ty of Miami, Miss; Jackie Bell is quite right, the new Washington Heights is a subcontractor to the University preparing the plan. Now, that plan was phased so It would coincide with the phasing of the comprehensive plan for the City of Miami. Their neighborhood concept plan is due to be complete by the end of this months, Jo the final recommendations which are concerned mainly with the economic development of the 0vertown area, should he forthcoming towards the end of August. Now at that point in time, the commission would have their recommendations and know which direction the City of Miami sould go in, in aiding the Overton area with economic development. As of the end of this month we will have a neighborhood plan tor rlvertown, but does not specifically address economic development, but we will have recommendations for the Commission by the end of August, which means that during the next C.D.A. year, the Commission will have the recommendations for them and can act Correctly. Mnv r Ferre: Jackie, we at is it you want right now? i`ts. Bell: t• e want right now, fir. !'ivor and Commissioners an economic dove 1.i11,me'nt *e•ntcr so we can start to do business search. Mayor- Fc•rre: I don't.. know what that means. Ms. Spillman: We have allocated almost $47,000. for this particular Item. That would ac_c:omodatc two professional staff people, a secretary, Mdyor Ferre: ihey are going to work for the City of Miami. M . :;p-i l lman: We are accomodating the proposal that was Mayor ferry: They are going to work for the City of Miami. Mr. Andrew-;: They would be supervised by the City but what they want to achieve is independent,economic planning unit for their area of the Community. Mayor Ferre: You are proposing that in here? You are objecting to that? Ms. Bell: Yes, Mr.Mayor because we have a problem now of trying to get the things done from the planning grant, because we don't have enough staff. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and members of the commission, let me see if I can be of assistance to clarify an area. Mr. Mayor I think the problem lies in the fact that these people are crying too do the right thing and they are trying to develop a center that will assi.;t th, business people and others who might watt to become involved in the business aspect of our community in the Cu]mer ;area, in Washington Neil;his area, The problem is, we have just received this. I don't understand this plan you have and to have a really viable economic development unit, you have to outline a very careful plan, you have to staff it with some highly qualified people, you have to know the ins and outs of what is available through the federal government, For instance I turn to one page here and T was reading it and its ins -house manage- 914 FEB 101976 ment and technical assistance, some of this is available in the community through the sarn1i business administration at the present tune. A person well versed in economic development would take advantage of that component wouldn't plan for it as a in-house activity totally and take advantage of all these elements that exist in our community in designing a well rounded economic development plan. We are not opposed to what they ate trying to achieve what we believe, they are traveling too fast. We have some in�house capability in which we can assist them, but to try to program $150,000, for an economic development unit, there is no way we can recommend that or approve it at this time. ' Mayor Ferre: I personally go along with the administration, I don't know what the rest of the commission wants to do. I think if you have $47,000. that you didn't have before, it is a step in the right direction. Let's take 'that plus the $50,000. you have for this report that should be due this year and let's get going with that. That is my personal opinion. Mr. Dean: We don't have too much to say, we are people of the community. This was the 3rd priority on our list. This was NO. 3 ecnonomic development center. We saved $350,000. we recognize we came down to $147,000. if I would have the time. Mayor. Ferro: You can have all the time you want, all I ate trying to tell you, you come here and say, you just make an acusation that people, Mr. Dean: ----what I was saying is that was our 3rd priority on our list NO. 1 priority on our list from our community was a multi -purpose center. Child Care Center was NO. 2 which was absorbed inside of the multi -purpose center. The 2nd thing was the economic development center. It is our opinion that we could function with $46,000. you understand? We said $350,000. and we dropped to $147,000. Mayor Ferre: Then I make a motion that you receive none of it, if you can't function with $47,000. then you shouldn't take it. I agree with that. You shouldn't take any of that if you can't function with $47,000. and I would move tha± the $47,000. be used in something else, Mr. Dean: I am just Chairman, ---- Mr.. Andrews: Mr. Mayor may I speak to Mr. Dean with your permission. Mr. Dean you made a statement there that I think the Mayor was trying to take exception to and couldn't search for the words to express himself at that moment and that was when you said we wern't being responsive to your requests for economic development program or economic development center. That is not so. Mr. Dean: I didn't say it. Mr. Andrews: We are in complete sympathy with what you are trying to accomplish. All we are saying is, in our judgement, and we are advising the commission, you are travelling too fast. We don't understand the plan yet, we are spending public monies, we can't make the kind of recommendation we would like, we want to have our staff assist you with this $46,000. You could appoint, at least to begin with, one very professional person who is well qualified in this area, we will even help to try to find such a person and help s':reen them after you have selected someone and make sure he has the qualification and that you begin to build that kind of staff and begin to develop that kind of program and work with our staff and find out what is available in the community rather than go out and spend $150,000. and you can expend it, but the productivity from that may be small in the first year. Mr. Dean: We drew the plan up, and all I am Saying, that it dropped from 350 down to $46,000. it really don't make sense to me, Mr. Plummer: Somewhere I am losing something here. We you proposed the $46,000. for the economic development center, you are still including the othere amenities in here for a total of a totla of $468,000, Mr. Dean: Yes. Mr, Plummer: 1 thought we had discussed and had eliminated any allocation 95 FEB 101976 f err land, for !musing. Ms. 7,f)tllm:rn: Not In specific target :areas, we tonic cut the city-wide project. Mr. Plummer: My personal opinion, I am going to tell you, I would rather take that $150,000. this year and demolish and eliminate for that area then start worrying hopefully from the bond issue. Mayor Ferre: Let me give you a 3rd opinion, the single and most important thing in my opinion that the black community, and 1 specifically say the black community, even though the Cuban community also is involved, but not as much, the single most important thing that the black community has in the next 10 years is economic development. That is where it's at. That is what we in government have got to put our efforts in. Its too important. This happens to be the NO. 1 target area in my personal opinion. You just heard Mr. Dean say that he can't do anything with $47,000. He needs a $150,000. then I'll tell you, in my opinion then I think, he should not have the $47,000. since he cannot do anything with it, and that instead, we add that to the community development program within the City of Miami so we can start stacking this up from our own staff point of view. I hope von can put minority people in there then prepare ourselves, not only for Culmer for next year, not only for the central area, but for the other areas that are very much needed. I want to go on record that I am opposed now to that $47,000. going to the central district Culmer area. Mr. Plummer: 1s there any prohibition, from taking that $47,000. for round figure, and putting it towards the demolition in that particular area. Ms. Spillman: We have enough money in demolition right now. Mayor Ferre: if we don't spend some money in community development, believe me, next year we are going to be in the same rut.we are in this year. Lets not find ourselves in this kind of rut next year. Let's put that money to work in overall city community development programs so we can come out with a plan. I want to tell you, next year that is my no. 1 priority, economic development in minority areas. Rs. Bell: '1r. Mayor, I would like to ask of you and the commission this after noon, by no means, please don't turn your head away from the Culmer Park, by no means take the $47,000. that has been allocated and do something el.se with it. WE have worked so very hard in that area. I am almost to tears this afternoon that this commission would sit here after all the time and effort that we have put into trying to do something for ourselves with no salary, none of us are on salary over there, and we have worked endless days endless nights, we came before you this afternoon pleading to help up to help our own community. We have doubled the amount of unemployment in the Culmer area. We have so much crime in Culmer area, we ask to help us help ourselves. That is all we :ire asking you. Mayor Ferre: You come here, and Mr. Dean tells us that we sitting here'not paying attention and then you say you need $150,000. and that you can't use the $47,000. and if that is the attitude you are taking, then my attitude is, fine, Ms. Bell: The community is not taking that kind of attitude Mr. Mayor. The community needs help. Mr. Plummer: Jackie look, let's get off dead center, either we are going to do something or we are not. This lobbying and beating a dead horse, is driving me up n tree. Either we are going to grant them the $47,000. or we are not. Mayor Ferre: What is your recommendation Dena? Ms. Spillman: We have recommended $46,891. for economic development. Mr. Plummer: If we accept that we can accept the entire program, Correct? Ms. Spillman: Yes, sir. Mr. Plummer: I make a motion at this time that we accept the full reconnnendation 96 FEB 101976 of the staff as it relates to coMmunity development. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-191 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT P'OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AND EXECUTE THE NECESSARY CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE GRANT UPON RECEIPT OF THE SAID GRANT (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 Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rev. Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Andrew, will you tell me how we made out in the application for the Little Havana, I don't see anyone here from that one, but the 10% for the social services, can you tell me how we disposed of that, how is that going? Ma. Spillman: This was at the request of the target area chairperson who represents the citizenry of Little Havana, home -maker services for the elderly in the amount of $85,000. a Child Care program in the amount of $30,000. and a transportation program in the amount of $10,000. all of which would have to gc through the turn -down process. Mrs. Gordon: Go through what? Ms. Spillman: They will have to be turned down by another agency, and we will have to receive a proposal from, ---- Mrs. Gordon: What is that home -makers services referring to? Ms. Spillman: We don't have a proposal on it yet. We will have to receive a proposal and a turn -down from another agency before, ---- Mrs. Cordon: That is not the program then, specifically. Ms. Spillman: No, it is a service. We need to get the proposal. Mr. Crumpton: These are the social services by Little Havana and they are in here and they are funded, at their request. Mrs. Gordon: When this kind of request comes in, you say the chairperson requested it, by what further verification is there that the area people requested this? Ns. Spillman: Chairpeople are charged with meeting with their target area committees, we help them to meet with them, and we have questioned each chairman and asked them if they met with their committees, and we were told yes. I don't know what else we can do. Mrs. Gordon; We are not really acting on that today, Ms. Spillman; We still have to receive a proposal, --this is what they have requested, and we are putting it in the application, Mrs. Gordon; I have serious question on the procedure, Mayor Ferre: The procedure is they have to make applications for them and they have fit the pattern of the law. if it fits the pattern of the 97 FEB 01970 59. !1uI I I)N oF I NTI:NT-NO FINAL ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEV. FUNDS PRIOR TO COMMISSION APPROVAL. law . If It fits the pattern of the law,'and the application is accepted, then they have to come before the City Commission, --Rose Gordon makes a motion and ,I.I.. Plummer seconds that before anything is finalized, Mrs. Cordon:---absolutely,---- Mayor Ferret --any social programs in the City of Miami, -- Mrs. Gordon ---we have to know what we are doing, -- Mayor Ferre:-final approval of this commission be granted. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-192 A MOTION OF INTENT THAT BEFORE ANY FINAL ALLOCATION OF FUNDS IS MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE CITY COMMISSION MUST BE OBTAINED Upon being seconded by Commissioner PLummer, the motion was and adopted by the following vote: AYES Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. 60. PERSONAL APPEARANCE The following mo moved its adoption: passed LORRAINE DUNN IN REGARD TO NAM1NQ OF NEW HAD.BUILDING AT i1,W, MIAMI PLACE $L=164 STREETS REFERRED TO THE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE ,n was introduced by Commissioner Gordon who MOTION NO.76-193 A MOTION TO REFER TO THE MIAMI MEMORIAL COMMITTEE FOR CON- SIDERATION AND REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AT ITS NEXT MEETING THE REQUEST TO NAME THE HUD BUILDING SOON TO BE OPENED ON NORTHWEST MIAMI PLACE BETWEEN 82ND AND 84TH STREETS IN THE LITTLE RIVER AREA THE LORRAINE DUNN BUILDING Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. 61, DECLARE FEBRUARY 28, 1976 "TONY GARCIA DAY" The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer moved its adoption: MOTION NO, 76-194 who A MOTION OF APPRECIATION TO TONY GARCIA AND DECLARING SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1976, AS TONY GARCIA DAY IN THE CITY OF MIAMI Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: 98 FEB 101976 AYES: NOES: NOne. Coththiessiohet Manolo Reboso Con nisaioner (REv.) Theodore Gibson Coninissionet J.L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A Ferre Mayor Ferre: Please instruct Mr. Lew Price to come up with the appropriate commendation. PUBLIC WORKS COUNTERCYCLI 62, HR 5247 COMMENDING SUPPORT AND VOTED AGAINST SHOULD A The following motion was introduced the chair to Vice Mayor Gordon: CAL ANTIRECESSIONARY LEGISLATION REQUESTING SUPPORT OF T OSE WHO FUTURE VOTE BECOME NECET'SA-RY by Mayor Ferre, after surrendering RESOLUTION NO. 76-195 A RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE SENATOR AND THIRTEEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHO SUPPORTED H.R. 5247 AND THE SENATE VERSION, S 1587, THE PUBLIC WORKS/COUNTERCYCLICAL ANTIRECESSIONARY LEGISLATION FOR TRIER SUPPORT, SUGGESTING TO THE SENATOR AND REPRE- SENTATIVES WHO DID NOT SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION IN ITS INITIAL PASSAGE THAT THE PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIES, THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE UNITED STATES, AND REQUESTING THEIR SUPPORT SHOULD A FUTURE VOTE ON THE LEGISLATION BECOME NECESSARY (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rev. Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. TRANSFER $600,00 FROM PURCHASE TRANSCRIPTION EQUIPMENT FOR USE 63, CONTINGENCY FUND BY THE RETIREMENT BOARD PLAN FOR VERBATIM The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gor on, TE$, moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-196 A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $600. FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF RECORDING EQUIPMENT TO BE PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MIAMI CITY GENERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING VERBATIM MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS OF THE SAID BOARD (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 NOES: Mr, Plummer Commissioner Rev, Theodore Gibson Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 99 FEB 101976 64, DEFERRAL OF APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR FOR BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE A motion to defer this item was passed and adopted by a unanimous vote of the Commission. There being no further business to come before the Commission at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 6:05 o'clock P.M. ATTEST: H.D. SOUTHERN CITY CLERK RALPH G. ONGIE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK MAURICE A.FERRE MAY 0 R IOU FE8101976 ITEM NOa 10 11 12 13 CrrY r , DOCUMENT MEETING DATE: INDFebruary 10, 1976 DOCUMENT IDENIMMICATION COMMISSION AGENDA AND CITY CLERK' REPORT UPHOLDING THE DECISION OF THE ZONING BOARD DENYING A VARIANCE FROM ORDINANCE NO. 6871. ARTICLE XXVII, SECTION 1(2), TO PERMIT LIQUOR LICENSE TO BE ESTABLISHED AT MIAMI JAI ALAI. GRANTING APPROVAL AS PROVIDED IN ORDINANCE NO. 6871, ARTICLE IV, SECTION 36, TO CONSTRUCT WOMEN'S DETENTION CENTER FOR 164 FEMALE IN- MATES AT APPROXIMATELY 1401 N.W. 7TH AVENUE CLOSING, VACATING, ABANDONING AND DISCONTIN- UING THE PUBLIC USE OF THE N-S ALLEY BETWEEN N.W. 14TH STREET AND E-W EXPRESSWAY. AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR OBJECTIONS TO THE ACCEP- TANCE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF N.E. 4TH COURT HIGHWAY IMPROVE MENT H-4360 ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY SULLIVAN, LONG & HAGERTY AT A TOTAL COST OF $580,763.98 ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFOREMD BY HENRY DEGRAFF & SON, INC. ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY P.J. CONSTRUCTORS, INC. AT A TOTAL COST OF $50,148.69 ACCEPTING THE PLAT ENTITLED BAYSHORE ESTATES, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MTAMI. ACCEPTING THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA RE- LATING TO THE INSTALLATION OF "CHILLER PIPES' IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY OF N.W. 43 AVENUE ALLOCATING THE AMOUNT OF $11,000 FROM THE 1972 PARKS FOR PEOPLE FUND FOR PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR 46 WEST FLAGLER MINI -PARK APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE CITY MANAGER IN ACCEPTING THE $300,000 FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWAT PORTION OF CITY OF MIAMI BAYFRONT PARK. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DADE MONROE MANPOWER CONSORTIUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE THIRD CENTURY "GREENS" PROGRAM. CbMMISSION ACTION. R-76-137 R-76-138 R-76-139 R-76-140 RETRIEVAL CODE NO, 0065 76-137 76-138 76-139 76-140 R-76-141 76-141 R-76-142 76-142 R-76-143 76-143 R-76-144 76-144 R-76-145 R-76-146 R-76-14 R,,76-14E 76-145 76-146 76-147 76-148 NO. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 OCUOIENTIINDEX ONTINUE CO�WII �S I 6N __. ht RR EY�►i.: ACTIOtV COPE .NO. DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO SELECT A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN MIAMI AND DADE COUNTY. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY THROUGH THE MANPOWER PLANNING CONSORTIUM OF DADE AND MONROE COUNTIES. APPOINTING MR. RODOLFO S. LAUREDO TO THE CITY) OF MIAMI YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. RATIFYING AND APPROVING THE WAIVER OF THE CITY DOCKAGE FEES, AT THE MIAMARINA, FOR THE VESSEL, THE MARY "E" FROM JANUARY 10. 1976 THROUGH FEBRUARY, 1976. DENYING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEFEND ANY SUIT BROUGHT FOR THE RECOVERY OF DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF SAID CLAIMS. ACCEPTING THE BID OF WILLIAMS PAVING CO., INC. ACCEPTING THE FOLLOWING BIDS FOR FURNISHING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FROM JANUARY 1, 1976 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1976 WITH BUNKER EQUIPMENT ITEMS. ACCEPTING BIDS FOR FURNISHING IRRIGATION SYSTEM SUPPLIES FOR GRAPELAND HEIGHTS PARKS AND DAVID T. KENNEDY PARK FROM A & B PIPE & SUPPLY CO. FOR GALV PIPE & VALVES. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DISPOSE OF THE ORANGE BOWL POLY -TURF SYSTEM IN KEEPING WITH THE SCHEDULE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW NATURAL GRASS ORANGE BOWL STADIUM PLAYING FIED. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH PRESCRIPTION ATHLETIC TURF, INC. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPEND FROM THE ORANGE BOWL RESERVE FOR IMPROVEMENT FUND, UP TO $100,000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT, INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF ADJUNCT IMPROVEMENTS. AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT TO THE MAHI SHRINE TEMPLE TO CONDUCT A CARNIVAL IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS ANNUAL CIRCUS TO BE HELD AT FLAGLER KENNEL CLUB. CHANGING THE DATE OF THE REGULAR CITY COM- MISSION MEETING OF MARCH 11, 1976 TO MARCH 4, 1976 R-76-149 R-76-150 R-76-151 R-76-152 R-76-153 R-76-154 R-76-155 R-76-156 R-76-160 R-76-161 R-76-162 R-76-175 R-76-176 76-149 76-150 76-151 76-152 76-153 76-154 76-155 76-156 76-160 6-161 76-162 76-175 76,176 1 1 i CUMENTINDEX t- ONTINUED co. ISSION RerRI Ate 6tr Tql tort NO MNNO DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT ENGAGING THE PROFESSIONAL SER- VICES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTANT FIRM OF ARTHUR D. LITTLE, INC. WAIVING ALL FEES FOR THE USE OF MOORE PARK FOR THE BOYS' CLUB OF MIAMI, INC. WAIVING THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT APPLICATION PERMIT FEE OF $100, PLUS 1°•. OF THE ESTIMATED PIER VALUE. APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT TO HOPE SCHOOL FOR AMUSEMENT FIDES AT 1004 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS CARNIVAL HELD ON JANUARY 24 AND 25, 1976 APPOINTING PAUL ALVAREZ TO SERVE AS A MEMBER ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD IN THE PLACE AND STEAD OF THURSTON HATCHER. ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $5,000 FROM THE 1972 PARKS FOR PEOPLE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BOND FUND TO PAY FOR APPRAISAL SERVICES AND INCIDENTAL FEES IN THE CASE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI VS. JOHN H. PATTERSON AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 75-136 WHICH GRANTED APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL PLANNED DEVELOMENT APPLICATION FOR CLAUGHTON ISLAND ISSUING A DEVELOPMENT ORDER, APPROVING WITH CONDITIONS, DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR DADE COUNTY REGIONAL SERVICE CENTER. ALLOCATING $9,000.00 FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR GOLDEN GLOVES TO BE COORDINATED THROUGH THE COCONUT GROVE CARES, INC. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DE- PARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMMENDING THE SENATOR AND THIRTEEN REPRE- SENTATIVES FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA WHO SUPPORTED H.R, 5247 AND THE SENATE VERSION S 1587. ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $600 FROM THE CONTIN- GENCY FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF RECORDING EQUIPMENT TO BE PLACED AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MIAMI CITY GENERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN. R-76-177 R-76-178 R-76-179 R-76-180 R-76-181 R-76-182 R-76-183 R-76-184 R-76-190 R-76-191 R-76-195 R=76-196 76-177 76-178 76-179 76-180 76-181 76-182 76-183 76-184 76-190 76-191 76-195 76-196