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~~, ~:~:-.- w~-' :,• saga, «'"' --.°° _ .. o--•--- ~,, C,'?' •:~ _.. _ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~Y'I~ .. * I NCUIiI'~~-1i:1TF 18 ~ 96 \~~ Y .~ r F OF MEETING HELD ON ~~;;~''~ ~~-~'\ ~~ ~* ~~/ 4dORKSHOP SESSION-PROPOSED-~UNI•~tERSITY OF ~~1AMI ~ j z L _~_ SPECIALOMEETI GOF ~~OLONFERENCET~ENTERGINDGON,CTRL ~~~~~~ I~E~k~f I G - a P R • $ ~9?6 PREPAREA aY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CITY HALL 1, ~, 3, N, D, SQUTHERN CITY CLERK RA~,pH G~, QN~I ASS~,STANT CITY C~E~t~4 -~-.•:-~~ ~~ 4~. ~~ ". t` ~~y,rriy~rr1~~~ ii! ~~~;, ~~~~~~ ~~ 1~l~Y~~~ ~~l~V Cti'Y ~OIM~YS~rON 0~ I~tA~~~ ~L-~R~~A t~'~M NO ~~ ~11B,~EC7 ~R~ t NAbIG~ ~~5~l~uT t ~N ~~ ~ ~A~~ N~ 1. PROPOSED UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CONFERENCE CENTER AS IT WORKSHOP RELATES TO THE NEW MIAMI CONVENTION FACILITY. G6ESSION 1~7 2. MOTION OF LNTENT REC;nRDING INCLUSION OF UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CONFERENCE CENTER IN CONVENTION CENTER. M 76--355 8~-9 3. INVOCATION & WAIVE READING OF MINUTES 10 4. (uNASSICNEn> 5. AUTHORI7.L ANU DIRi;'CT CI T1' MANAGER TO ENTEK INTO AGREE 1`IENT WITIi FEKENDINO, GftAF7'ON, SPILLIS, CANDELA FOR NEW CONVENTION FACILITY. R 76-356 10-11 6. PERSONAL ,1.PPI:AP.ANCE OF Li.OYD HOWARD-REFERENCE, ALCO- }COLIC REI{,~43ILI'I'ATIOIv PROGRAM, MAKE AVAILAl3LE ADDIT- IONAL $&,OOU h'OR PROGKAM. M 76-357 11-14 7. PERSONAL APPEARANCE. OF FIRE CHIEF DON HIC[CMAN -NEW PROPOSED FIRE CODE REVISIONS -RECENT TRAGIC HOTEL FIRES. DISCUSSION 14-19 8. PRESENTA'I'10N5, PLAQUES, PROCLAMATIONS & SPECIAL ITEMS 20 9. Ri:CF.It~F; SEALED BIDS-DELAWARE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVE- MENT aR-5390 C (CENTER.LINE SEWER). R 76-358 20 10. PRESEN'1'A1'ION 'rU FERENDINO, GRAFTON, SPILLIS AND CANDEL~~ UI~: 50TH ANNIVERSARY . 21 11. PLACEMENT OF TELEPHONE CALL TO SOVIET UNION IN BEHALF OF SOVLE'T JEWRY. 21 12. AMEND 6471, AIt'1'ICLE XXV, SECTION 1, REDUCE ZONED STREET t,'IDTH FOIL SHIPPING AVENUE FROM HIBISCUS STREET To PL.~'n STREET. 1r'iRST READING 22 1.3. NELSUN VILLA b GARDEN OF E:DEN AMENDED, ETC. DISCUSSION 23-27 14. RATIFY ACTION UN Cl'1'Y MANAGER IN ACQUIRING 2 LOTS. CONTIGUOUS TO SITE OF PROPOSED nOt+INTOWN CONVENTION CENTEK, LOTS 1 S 2, AMES SUBDIVISION. R 76-359 27-28 I5. RESOLUTION TAKING PROSECUTION OF WORK FROM MINORITY SYST);fi1S, INC., ORANGE $OWL-WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS 1975 - ?ND BIDDING JOB N0. B2659. DISCUSSION 28 16. PHONE CALL FROM SOVIET RUSSIA. Z$-29 17, CONTINUnTLON OF DISCUSSION AND PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION SEE MI}JUT'1: ITEM 15, R 76-360 29-34 18. A,YPROVI c;ONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS, N.W. 62ND STREET BETWEEN NEW M1AMI EUISON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AI~ll PAIL}:, R 76-361 35 19. ACCEPT E}IGEiWAY IMPKOVEMIPJ'I b HLGHWAY RLGHT OF WAY DEEDS FRAM SHERDAK DEVI:I.OI'ERS , 7 NC . AND BAYSHORE COOPlrRA7'IVE, INC. (OUTL.O'I`S 1,2, 3, 34-131,OCK 2) FOR PROPOSED FOINT VIEW HIGHWAY IM}'IZOVEMENT. R 7b-362 3', ~Q. GRANT PIt1E USE QF SHOWMODI:~•E EOit CO{.'ONI'T GROVE SCHOOL J3ICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AI'I2Ii., IS, 1976. R 76-363 35 tfi~M N~,~ ~t1~,~EC7 i l M t NUTS a~ R~~t~LAR M~" ~ N ~I~'Y ~O~IMI~~I~N b~ ~1~AN~I, ~L~RI~A RESOLUT ON~N6,IPAGE Nb~~ 21, vRANT FREE USE OF MIAMI STADIIJl~i FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASE BALL WORLD SERIES IN MIAMI JULY 2,3,4, 1.976. 7'6=364 22. ET DATE FOR UINNEK KEY EXPOSITION I3UTLDING WORKSHOP DISCUSSION 23. '"bOUGLE TA3iATI0N"-INSTRUCT CITY ~LiNAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO CON'T'ACT ?'CIaTRO OFFICIr1LS ONCE. MORE PRIOR TO iFILING OF I.,AWSUIT. ISCUSSION 24. r ESTABLISH DATE OF APRIL 22, 1.976 A'I' 3:30 FOR FAIR a ISLE DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION 25. $1,000,000 L0~'~.N FOR OFT'-STREET TARRING TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW LO`L'S. DISCUSSION 26. ~ WISHING SPEEDY RECOVERY 't0 COL. MITCHELL WOLFSON M 76-365 ~ 27. ~ AUTIiORI<E $1,000,000 LOAN FOIL OFF-STREET PARKING . AUTHORITY - I'ARKZNG FACILITIES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OI' THE CITY OF MIAMI. 8540 28. ~ ACCEPT UFFirR OF SOUTHEAST FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MIAMI TO MAKE $1,000,000 LOAN TO OFF-STRF,ET PARKING AUTHOR- ITY TU FINANCE CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING LOTS. R 76-366 29. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF MR. TOM M. GARCIA PROTESTING - "VALIn~ITY SCREEN" PORTION OF POLICE/FIRE EXAMINATIONS ADMINI'TERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO M 76-367 30. PERSONAL APPLARANCE, MAY OF OF VILLA HERMOSA, MEXICO, THE HONORABLE MAGANA ROMERO. 31. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF MR. ROBERT MOREJOH, PARK RANGE - ~ ~~ COMPLAINT REc;ISTER.ED AGAINST PAUL TURCOTTE, ASSISTANT TO T1iE DIRECTOR, DEPARTAiF.NT OF PARKS b RECREATION. DISCUSSION - 32. APPEARANCE OF WILLIE GORT, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, "CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE AMERICAS". DISCUSSION - 33. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF MS. MONA LIGIITE - HEMISPHERIC CONFERENCE OF WOMEN "76" DISCUSSION - 34. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF MR. NORMAN ROBERTS OF ARTHUR ` D. LITTLE, INC., CANDIDATE SELECTION FINALISTS FOR THE PUSITTUN OF CITY MANAGER. DISCUSSION 35. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF MR. CHf'~RLE5 HU1'TOE, CHAIRMAN OF CIVIL SERVICE BOARD REGARDING RESULTS OF POLICE/ FIRE L•:;~AASINAI'IONS; EXPLANATION OF ,BREAKDOWN BY PAT - SKU:IISII, C1iIEF EXA24INER. DISCUSSION 36, PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF MRS. FRANCES ELUREDGE, CENTRO MATEK CARNIVAL PHItMIT, M 76368 37. PERSONAL AI'PEARaNCE OF MS. VIRGINIA ESSEX, REPORT OF "S'TATUS OF WOMEN". MAYOR'S API'OiNTMENT5; ROSE GORDON E AA'D J . L, PLUTiriER. DISCUSSION 38, AMEND 6571, SI;C7'IUN 17-FENCES, WALLS & HEDGES, 8543. 39, AMEND 39-5 (A) A.'vD (C) OF CODE, CHANGING FEES FOR llSE OF CIT1 OF MIAMI MUNICII'gL S!,'IMM;'~t; POOLS, FIR$~' g)aAPI~vG 40, ADJUST FEES, CITY OWNED GOLF COURSES. 8542 6. 38 e 38 39 39 1 39-40 40-42 f 43-55 156 f 56-57 f 57-58 159-60 60-77 7f3-80 80--81 82-83 84 84 ES5=H6 ,~ - ( .. ~~ 1 ~U~~J ~~ ~~~U ~~ ~~~~ ~ !~~ ~tfiY ~~I~'IYSSt~N ~~ ~~A~t, ~L~~tDA __ __ ~R~t~IAN~~ ~~ Ir~M N0, SUBJECT R~~o~u~toH N~~ ~A~~ N~ ~- 4I. AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF $2,400 - UNIVERSITY OF MIAM'i SI:ItVICES RENDERED FOR CITY OF MIAT4I DAY CARE PROGRAM. 42. AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT CITY MANAGER fi0 REQUIRE TENANTS OF PIER 5, llINNER KEY MARINA TO VACATE THEIR BERTHS OCTOBER 13--21 POR MIAMI DINNER KEY BOAT SHOW. 43. APPOINT MEMBERS TO CITY OF MIA,'~tI INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL COMMITTEE. 44. NAME NEW H.U.D. BUILDING; "LAURAINE DUNN BUILDING", REFER TO MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. 45. CLAIM SETTLEMENT - ANA ROMERO 46. RATIFY ACTION OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF RETIREMENT SYS- TEM - ENGAGE DR. J. SAWYER TO MEET WITH SUBCOMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH BOARD GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. 47. BID AWARD - CUBITS PARK -BOAT RAMP 1975. 48. BID AWARD - CARS, LIGHT TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES. 49. BID AWARD - SERVICE MONITORS. 50. TRANSFER $1,400 FROM CONTINGENCY FUND TO APPROPRIATE - ACCOUNT FOR SALARY OF NORA SWAN, CITY OF MIAMI BI- CEAITENNIAL COMMITTEE. 51. TRANSFER $1,300 FROM CONTINGENCY FUND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR FLORIDA EARTH SOCIETY EARTH DAY PROGRAM. 52. MOTION CONGRATULATING LEW PRICE ON RECEIVING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD OF THE YEAR. FROM ADVERTISING FEDERATION OF GREATER MIAMI. 53. CONFIRMING RESOLUTION - APPRECIATION TO SENATOR RALPH POSTON FOR SUGGESTION ON REMOVAL OF POLYTURF AND ALLOW ING GOODWILL INDUSTRIES TO ACCEPT RENUMERATION THERE- - FROM. 54. ~ WAIVE FEES FOR USE OF SHOWMOVILE - CASA De ESPANA - PONCE DE LEON FEWTIVITIES AT WATSON PARK. 55. WISHING SPEEDY RECOVERY TO CONGRESSMAN CLAUDE PEPPER. 56. APPOINT COMMISSIONER ROSE GORDON TO DADE LEAGUE BOARD 57. ALLOCATE $46,054.44 FROM PARKS FOR PEOPLE $OND FUNDS YAYMI:NT TO EDWARD D. STONE ~ ASSOCIATES FOR EXTRA DESIGN SERVICES FOR BICF.NTENNTAL PARK. 58. GRANT QF EASEMENT TO CITY OF MIAMI BEACH POR FORCE MAIN INSTALLATIQN ON CITY PROPERTY AT VIRGINIA KEY. 59. PERMIT HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION TO PLACE MARKER DEDIC- ATIiD TO THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION TO BE PLACED IN COCGNUT GROVE PARK, - 60, PERMIT' USi OF COMMUNITY BUILDING AT S.W. 1ST STREET ,AND 9TH AVENUE "EL DIA DE TRABAJC)" MAY 1, 197b, WAIVE FEPS. 61., REQUEST FOIL WAIVER OF i~EE rOR GUSMAN HALI. FOR "MASS MIAMI PAGEANT SPpN50RED BY GR.EAT1aR MIAMI J~YCE~S. 76-369 186 76-370 87 R 7b-371 87 M 76-372 88 R 76-373 88 R 76-374 88 R 76-375 89 R 76-376 89 R 76-377 89 R 7b-378 90 R 76-379 90 M 76-380 91 R 76-381 91 R 76-382 92 R 76-383 92 M 76-384 92 R 76-3R5 y'i M 76-3H6 93 M 76-387 94 M 7b-388 94 PISCUSSIQ~i 9~a-9 ~~ ~ ~~ - 3' ,3,< J~J~ ~~~U t ~~ ~~ ~t7U~~ 1'iG~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~1~~~~~ ~~ ~~~1~ ~~t~~~l~N ~~ ~~ - - ~ SU~J~~~t ~~~~NA~~E 0 ~~s~t~u~r~~N wog PA~~ N~, 62, PE~t50NAL APPEARANCE OF 1~iR. BLANCO ON TAXICAB MATTER ttEPERREb TO MANAG R 95 G3. EMPLOY BENNY BAYLINE AS OFRICIAL CHAUFFEiJR/COURIER OF THE MAYO~t' S 0~'FICE SUBJECT TO TERriINATION AT THE WILL OF THE CITY. M 76=389 g5i96 64. LOBSTER FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION USE flF RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH PROPERTY. DISCUSSION 96 65. PLACE PLAQUE IN MELROSE PARK DEDICATED TO 'JOHN FRITZ AND PLANT FLOWERING TREE COMMEMORATING ARBOR DAY IN -- MIAMI, M 76-390 97 MI NU i ~~ t ~ R~ rti~.~;~ f`~E~~I NG OF THE CITY CC~1~w~1.SS?t~~' O~ C~l~~t~'iI,. fiLO~IDA iF # 4? i4 ~ #~ ~ # n~! fHF gTH DAY Ll~~ ArsRI;.~~ ;.~'??/ ?!iE CITY COMN~TSSION OE MIAMI,, F Q~jRI~,4 M~.' .~,T I i5 ~`~~IJ! fi~~= ~t~E"_' ~~a PLAGE IN T'HE I'~Y HALL/ 3~UO i A1~ nP~?ERICAh~ L:R;'4~ i't%~~i::/ ~'.ORID~1 IN REGULAR SESStON~ 'E ~iEE~'I~lG '~'tG;S 1:'~Lt ~~? ~' ` ~ fE~ AT 9l0~ ~~CLOCK ~~M. BY I`'' r ~_:' ~ '• ~ "== ~i_LO'NVING MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR ~,J;~2 wE A. w~~~" ro ~ ; ~ ; , ~;_ COMM I ss $ ~~: ~ ot1hD r u r~ :: ~ ~-~.,". W,a ' i.~~iii~f ;~:~ IOC:_, i i.;~'~",~:.:~ I~EBOS~J (~ ~~r~}IIMIl, S:~ ~w~H~:i ti ~: !j(..UiYtl~E1~/ ,,,1~ 1 lrC1MMISSiOi<" 1, t r41r;~. ~' ~~~tDORE VIB50N I4~j'~igCl~^~C~I~~. ~~r G=~t ;t-;; f ~P~,r2D~O}~f 1 I1~~~1/1`~ I~~ttyU(~'~i i n:.. i 4 i~-~.YZSS= ALSO ~'~~~EN ~ ; 1~ i~il o ;'ilKL:'{, ~ ^ b 7,i „~A~i,~ ER ~~ ~'. ~r~G"".;-;~ ,'tau L ~'.~(,.,#:R" ~.'s i Y ~~.4NAGER ,,,ti,,.,, .. P., : ra--- , ~~1-:. tom. F ~..._~~ , ..: ~ ~., ~ rn - ,O+R~VEY ~~ ~ s :~ ~" ~ ' :.E R K ~-, RALPH C ~ ~`~:~ i ~.. `.S ~ v + ,~~' ~I~ Y CLERK 3 q„ ~..vo~~a.~~,L,c .,^: ~.~z.~.~~ ~~ ._~: ~~ ;2eve~~etid G~.68on who then .fed .t~~.~~r ;~~'~c'%~~.,~;. ~..4 -~ ti ~ rti~'eg~.ance .to the ~~.ag. ~1 ~~•,v~~:~',~. z`~ cti~..~~~ ;~,~, ~_y>c~.'.. _ o~ the rn.i.nu~ea wab .~n~nodueed r n Q YI d b ? .: ;? !'2. '~ i2 Q P1 G; W 4I ~~ 1J tZ u ~ ~. ii i.: ;'; r ~, .t.ii7 ~ CC1S ~. t~ . - 4 --NOT F~SiGi~~,I3 StJB.t.:C~'. author.7f= ar.~~ d ~r~cr city ri~.~~~~~- cG :.~.~~.~:~ 5. into AC~Ft~~°~fE1vT r EFc~I~1:~iI~G, G~~AFTON, SPILLIS, CANDELA ~i~~V CONVENTION FACILITY May.~r rcr-:~: Let's calcc~ ~~ it:<::., ~;'. Mr, Manager on item ~~7 thie ie a contract w~t.-i; ~l:e architect: :`o:- %'-.t} CGllv(;L141.O1i center.. Mr. P.ndrews: fir, Pit~yo:- r.z.d Lecra'~4x~. of the commission we were able to auccesaful~y negotiate a cc; tract ar~u ti.e contract was distributed to the city commission so I hope yc;<< ha•ti ~ had ~.L, opportunity to review it. It is a complex document, it has ;peen ~r,viewec ~~ary carezully by the City Attorney in additic:z providing for t'c~e c:iry's development: of the convention center based on a 4 million dollar construction coat. It provides for a fixed fee which is very reasonable r~iid giv4 ~:~~ o:.:y credit for certain work done on the prior set of puns %or. the deg,*elz~^nient of tTte facility, it also provides in a mayor. ~,~ay the infusio~~ of t~;~ cu:;.:ex~Pn.cL center if we come to agree with the Universtiy, and provid,~s `cr tt•.::. ~~.~ ar::?. the specific amount of money that the architecirh would be paid cn ~. -:~~ ~~:>~~aga basis if that is added to -- Mayor Terre: Tn ether wards it: i~ er: andjor,----- f~ ~~_ Mr, Andrews: Yes, sir, it i>3 cars{=Wil3~ worked out, it took s SAt oP e~ffart to arrive at ail of these un.derat:=G'iT:g3 e~~ui it .s a thick document, Well detailari and very well. put together a,~ theta ~+`zl~u~?.ct ~e no mieunderatandir-g. '!'here i!! one area Mr.Mayot in adopting thi.:~, t~7.ar ~;t.en we sit dorm with the University to negotiate our paaition are t.ie u:~:.r tier ii faitl provide for an understanding between the tlniveraity a.1d t,:e ;-i.ty ~;; _J savings that will accxue. In other words, architectural aca2:_:~ :.or ~, ~ ~~; ., ,-;~= leis nature, let's Day 9 million dollars and another one 4puroxim~*r~ ";.;~ :_;i ~i :±lon dollars, if accon~pliahed indeper-d- ently, would ~.ach cost rya mush u~:si~.s::y. i~o~}.:Y'tied together the two together, Coate lees than chi i.nde;~rrader;t ;~leaez~ 'r:' ;~.~_ ::_:7 s savings. We are going to try to negotiate .hat savi.zgs c~i._ tha ~: ,.`,~s~-~}, but the savings is in Chia contract. Mayor 1'c~r-re: k~e each g9 - .w j,•:.,~- _ r,h8re of it? An~re=~a, 123 •fic , },~ r. a'- r ~... ..: -, - a 3 :-e ~:a = s s t ~~ ~ etnb died ~. ~ y o n Chl t :~~ - s corn ac ~` 6. F~ Mayor 1'errei `FTho actually did the negotiating on all this? ~' qtr. Andrews; Mr, Grimm, and Mr. Connley was involved at the very tail e.nd of the process. And Mr. .leanings was involved. Mayor Ferre: !s there anything put of the ordinary in ~eegards to tape of contracts that we designed in the past. . Mr. Grimm: That provision for the flexibility of more than one person joining us in the contract Mr. Mayor so we don't have to go out through the bidding process again. - Mr, Andrews: The control of the project is in the city of Miami. ' We maintain control of the property. i The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 76-356 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENfi WITH THE ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING FIRM OF FERENDINO, GRAFTON, SPILLIS, CANDELA. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file i.n the Office of the City Clerk. ) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Rev. Theodore Gibson Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mr. Andrews: Just for r.he record I want to identify that prior to entering into this contract that we followed the state law, a public process was used in selection of the architect, and that requirement was fulf filled. PERSONAL APPEARANCE - Lloyd Howard reference ALCOHOLIC REHABILITATION PROGRAM Motion of Intent: Make available additional $6,000 for program: Mr Andrews: The report that I have fie that Mr. Howard, when he was here last made a presentation to the city commission, we met with Mr Howard, and the city commission adopted a resolution which provided for $4,000. At that point in time Z was under the impression based on what Mr. Howard had presented to me, that the matching funds in the amount of about four-to-one could be achieved which the $4,000. then would produce an additional $16,000. that would carry his operation for a balance of this year, or approximately that point in time. $4,000. represents about one month's operation to their activities so with that T think Mr. Howard should identify if there are any other problems or what his concerns are at this point in time. Mr. Lloyd Howard: Excuse me, it is too early in the morning. Yea, what we found out is that that money cannot be used because it is federal revenue sharing naw, and it cannot be used to match, so what the community affairs is doing is working with us, trying to help ua find other :funding sources so we have come before you again to request ,for the balance of that taAAey and 1 think you all have letters that I Bent out request~.ng for this, Mrs,~Gnrdon: 1'he matching funds as Mr. Haraard explained is not matehahlE~ with reven~se sharing and for other federal dollare, that i4 the paapp~n, He cats carry through the program for the balance of the ye8x ~.~ we bad8et the $25,000. we have left in our revenue sharing funds and then ~Qr the ns~ct ~Pf + ~. t fit~cal yr~.~tr t~rca can try tci f tn,} ~,,,u2t• nthc~r fc~dc~ral oY state futlding fdt the frc7grarn so it r~tn r.onti2t2,,• :,itrr tf2~~tt }2oint. But that µi11 give the titr2e ;.c~ 219 ~tncl tc~ the prov,t <un €„~ t.h.it. i t wE~ul.d hat die, if it 16 the t,~i11 of this ~~rnnrniQSictn, we veto hive ~tl 1 ~2r pa3rt . 'i'ht>. program can't contiinue~you know,---- Mayot• 1+'erre: 1 want thc: I,t•rty;2•,En, t ~, ~ „ntinue but here is what the problem i2R, there La S2`,,0()i). l~,ft, r,n,l ~~rir12 r2ttc: of ua, has some kind of cotttmittnent~~-, fire differc~ttt: wa~1' l~t.'.i,>rr~ w~~ heard any of this, and the problem i.s, t:h~it_ if wE~ wt~2•r tc~ .I,-; t1,,t1 wry v,r,ul21 have a lot of very upset people in t;ti e~ [own . 7 am Kerr ,~c r l ~~ w t 1 1 t s,yr , f,7 r. example if we divide that $25,000. 8nii each one at us laatn `~'i,t)t)i!, t+, diSCribute, for the I would have ~ t0 Cut out o,ti~ of the prof;ram» tllrlt I h<.v,• ,_f;uuni.tted, but I don't think that is a mx~;,ar problem, unci t:r~antat+•: ~„~„• ±.,±t22rsrtnd dollars out of that, out of my pc,rt.i.c~n, 1'd be happy to .)2°, rlt~2t , and I think everybody else would---- dir.. ~'' ~:ru~,er : Flare int{~c,rt::lr2t ey ;~`r. ~"r..+l~~r ;:l,c standing of this commission to that fun,i~ is that thc~ Mtn. y;rr wrt~ tt, Lo-:,'t into it and zehort back as to the fe:351uilir-,~ c> where tt is to lie ~_.;,,~nr_, and I have not heard a report back. Mr. Attcir~~ws: I r.econtm~~nded tip you lc:nty at;o ,tow the funds were to be spent by memor,tttd2ltn, and the cot2unission in reviewing that ascertained that there were p~~rY,aps other :tnd better t;r~es artcl that recoattnendation was set ~~~ aside and ~.~~~tt wrre to disct2ss i.t further ai?,ong yourselves as to the best potential .:._~: ~;; those i unds. Mr . F l ui'.L' :et- : Mr . Andrews I will rev al:~ to your meartory that you did come forth with a rnemorc~ndwn, you prctse;tted it to thi23 commission, in which the cotnmis2siott tt2cn f.nstrur.ted you to go hack at:d look at, = recall three individual pro~ect4, on+~ c,f rhe:n being thc~ Brct'iers of Good Shepherd, and to this date the Brothers c~* the Goad Shepherc;fiav~> not been contacted, to ask about their program ~. Mr. r:tt~~.;,ey; I understand the pro"iri.tion against using federal funds or federal : _ -~ ,-;~~,= fe: m.~tchirg dnl_~a-s. ?: t:nderetand that fully, but is there anything; t::, stop tris c,~mtni.ssion i`ror~ ;~ui:t'ng $µ,O00. of that money in the general loot; ;:t2d giving them $4,UC2C). rom ihz contingency fund for which they can use car :~c,cl:ing dollars. Is tne,c. anything to prohibit that? Mr . I_lo~, ~~ : Nu *_ as long as you arc not using other federal thatching funds. /'"" The prol~ibttir2n jn the statute i5 that S~t~u cannot use federal revenue shaving funds to mFitt'l~ ,:,titer matching `. ~tr;ds. So tl',e way you are doing it, it sounds to me Like ~.•~ ~~, are nc2t , o i ng t.~hat i.s pro?3 ;.t_ed. Mr. Ylummr~r: Indirect, reverse psychology Mr. Manager, you heard what I said, can that bE~ done. Mr. Andri~ws: St at.r~ it a};ain 2io I r. an understand,----- Mr. Pl.u;,tmer: tdhat I stn #,t.ttin)r is, is t.o take federal revenue sharing. $4,00(1. of i t from that: $?.S, 0(In. put i t in the general fund for regular operation and givinf~ thca::, an aZl.ocation of $~,,t1U0. from the contingency fund. Mrs. t:r>rcicn: 1'c>u a:~king the:. ME3naf;or , c:ut l nnswer the question? Fir. Andrews: I don't think we c•:tn ,ic, cit:2t. Mrs. (aoreic,n; Ycau wuuli: i avC~ . h.• ~.,r.2~ t-,•t,~~re•u~2slatts that would have by trying t:n usc~ it . Mr. Laoycl llctward: Whi.lc- t12e Mavi~2• iF ,n,t , u2:E}• 1, ,1. L., one of the • problems Chat. we have run into, lti'r,° is ~:,+t: },in~w exactly what we have. The cotra2t2uti.ty ~rrfairs cannot :1t,prnac.h :;n,t :t~slat_ us a2s they ,it's goliti$ to help us sec. other funds elsewhere, s,2 et2~ry ,•:ett't s~ny, dell, we only have - enough for one month because they ::r,~ into Ch'is satne~ ;trobl.ecns to, A1~. that we are corning here, is not to embarrass any~~n~~, its, maybe some of ~he,a~ coi~i~aonex•e would like to ailata us to have som«' tl+~'iT nir~n,ay, that Chey have, eo we W~11 know, ao Rol; can know, so he can go an , ~'3tid '21~r,2,_ „i `.:2'r:S may want to >;ive ~p ~lOf>SR+~ t10Rifr may not. ~2 ;aQR ,~ Mrs. Gordon: I would like to state the program is of such itnportence to this community, so much of ouz ~•}roblems, our crime problemb, fatally problemn a great number of our problems stem from the a.cotiol ptobletns end it1 my opinion thi6 program is important enough, it exceed the i~nportatlCe of many other good programs, for the times that we are living itt~ ~ could be perfectly wi.llinR to, whatever portion is being allocated to my ,i•ldgetnent, use that portion for the continuance of this program. If any dtherr ~o~nmieaioners have no specific need fnr any other program that takes importance over it, maybe they would like to c;o the safie. I would li'cF to do that. Mayor FL•'rr.e: You certainly have a thousand from th~a Five I would have: I don't know about the rest of the commission, Mr. t?eboso: I commit one thousand. ^~ Mayor Ferre: Now you are up to eight. Mrs. Cordon: I give them five, plus the four we gave them before. Mayor Ferre: What Four? tire. Gordon: Last month we gave them f~~ur. Mayor F'crre: Kose, the total is 25, there is no way can do double i accounting. Wt~,<~nly have 25,. Mra. Gordon: So we Rave them four, so that was already done. Aight? Mr. Plummer: We can't give them the four,----- Mr. Howard: I was under the impression that each one gave ua a hundred dollars, eight times 5 is 4,000. and each had 4200 left. Rose said that sf~e would give us hers, that is 4200, that means we have 8200. Mayor Ferre: It is very simple, we have $5000. I've got $5,000. committed. I have already talked to one of the persons that I have countitted . a thousand dollars to, and backed off of that, so I have a thousand dollars, haw you want to look at it. Mr. Howard: Then we have two hundred of yours, so you gave ua eight ~` hundred before. Mayor Ferre: I didn't know that. Mr. Howard: That is all we need to know, is how much we have got, so Rob and go on and ask for the,---- Mayor Ferre: So you've got a thousand. Mr. Howard: I am not going ton efibarraae J.L. Plummer. Mr. Plummer: J.L. Plummer is unaware that he gave you $$00.00. Mayor Ferre: So was Maurice Ferre. Mr. Plummer: That wasn't the way I understood it. Mrs, Gordon: I am confused. Mr. Howard; Let's forget about the four you gave ua, so we can make figures much easier. Whatever you can give us, each one of you have five. Mr. Plummer: What you have got then ag I understand it, is a total of $9800,00, ---Rose's 5, three of ua for a thoussand, and $7.800,00 is $9A00. Mrs, Gordon: Somebody give him 2 more and he will have an even $x.0,400, Aev. Gibson; I'll give him some more. Mx, Howard: thank you father Gibson. APR ~ ~ 1~~~ l~' Mayor Terre: You have $10,000. sir. Howard: Thank you ver}* much. I)o you have to make a motiot2 The following motion was introduced by Cormniseioner Gofc~on who moved its adoption: MOTION N0. 76-357 A r4C1TZON OF INTENT TO 1vLAItI; AVAZLfiBLi ADDITIONAL F'LTNDS IN I1~tE A*10UivT OF $6,000. TO ASSIST IN THE FUNDING OF AN ALCt7HOLIC REIiABI"CITATION I'RJGRA?-S i3EZNG CONDUCT'ID BY MR . LLOYD HC3WARp Upon being seconded by Ce~nisaioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following ~~ote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.; Theodore Gibson Ca-r~niasi.oner J. ice. Niu~ner, Jr. `v'ice-"Mayor Rohe Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferr~~ NOES: None. ~.~.... Mr. Howar:? : *tay I t<•~ke a minute.. Not because you gave me the money, but I have br~en. cleating in mate, local and municipal and federal government;, and go bc.`are agencies and I an! on home national agencies, and state agencies, and I want to tall you that Z feat. this city of Miami should not ever give up your city to ht~~tro. T have found e~uch a warm, friendly, hometown attitude here, I have fo~.m d ~hrrt coming hefcre here, thst you people care about the conetituenta, -----I have slot Tc~w~d that in other types or governments and in Rob Parkins, I have found tl~.it he id very concerned about, this money is going to be spent for the city, i:~;~~nt it to help the city people. I want to thaak you all. I am glad I can da i : <:f ter }'au have given me t'r.e money, because you woulda't know that was why i was saying it. Thank you very much and keep going and don't give up your gave ~ r~rnet~ t , Rev. GiU~,or~: i,et n:e say this,-•---go the "~yo;. can hear that first part about thin gc~vc~r. tzuten t against, •say that so------ Mr. How~rd:~;aurice Ferre I:as more oars than we do, he hears everything. Okay. Thank you very much. Mra. Go<don: Can I take a tninute to con:plimenL Mr. Parkins. Mr. Andrews I want you to hear thin becauso it reflects favorably on him, but ft also reflects favorably on you, so you placed a man of great ability in a very responsible pc~rsition, and he is performing admirably. Mr. Southern: Mr. Mayor to clarify this last resolution, is that to be in addition :.o the 400Q. previounl.y,-- Mayor Ferre: No, thin is in aubatii.ution of. Mr. Southern: /'cll right, i°" PERSONAL APPEARANCE- ItiE'r~' PROPOSED FIRE CODE REVISIONS 7. Fire Chief ~~ort Iii~^kman Discussion of recent tragic hotel fires Mr, Anri, e,.,~ ; I woul~± ? ik~- to have c'r.e C:1-rief report on the fire that took place i.n downtown Miami. Chief H1~~k^.~~r:^ Mr. Mayer and members of L-lle ~~ommisri~n, I will be Supplying you with a roport of the t::hief's finsiingfi in wriCing and that will be available in another day or so, but he is going co make a verbal presentaCion to you aC this dune. Chien ]lon Hickman : Mr, Mayo:.- rna ::;rnm! ~se,f oners, on the morning of Apxil 3, at 12:42, we wE're dispatched co a f 1r~: ac .,;. iti, E. 2nd Avenue, there 1~Q fire iightecs, and 1.4 pieces of apparatus on the scene, and we did rescue atld ep~fine ~-Pi~ ~ ~ 1~~~ ~ _.. the fire Ln a period of about E'our hours ~tnd a half. I would like the r_oirtmiseion to he aware of the complete cooperation of the Miami police department, the American Red Crosse and the news media in allowing us to conc+~ntrate totally on ttte rescue and containment of this fire. finis fit`s occured in a hotels-=of Avondale, it is multi-unit occupant building, that has 37 living units. Unfortunate in our city we have several other buildifgs with the same potential. hazards I would briefly like to give you a histoYy ' of our fire code. When I came on the department in 1547, our fife code consisted of 13 and a half pages, a code of 1:aw. Lt was generally outlined fire violations but without any enforcement. In 1958 the National Board of 1~ire tJnderwrite~s downgraded our fire prevention bureau because of not having a comprehensive fire prevention code. In 1966, after the death of 10 people~in a two-story single family dwelling, then City Manager Melvin Reese called for a compre- hens~.ve fire code. On May of 1966 we presented it and it was voted on the. first time, second time a couple of months later, and on July 25, 1566 ordinance 7431, the fire protection code became part of the code of the city of miami. When I became in February 1974 the staff and I evaluated the complete services of the Miami fire department. Fire prevention, fire education and study of our fire codes was our top priorities. Immediately we con- stru~ted a program called fire code enforcement and with a six month educational process, to 610 firemen an January 2, 1975, we placed the complete fire department out on the street 3 hours each morning inspecting buildings such as the Avalon hotel, rooming houses, boarding houses, any building in group H which this hotel falls in. As a result of this program in the year of 1975 we inspected 17,075 and reinspected buildings. We also. refined our home inspection program where we used to inspect private residences during the month of October and put the tor_al force out every Saturday for two hours visiting the homeowners that live in private homes, dupexes and apartment unite, discussing with them fire safety and asking them to invite us in their places of living so that we may give them afire safety inspection. This total program resulted in 33,015 inspections throughout out city. Actually as far as I was concerned, my first statement covered the fire Mr. Andrews. We did the rescue and contained it. As you are short of time, I would like to tell you that I have several recommendations that we have been working on for the Iasi two or three months tF-at I would li.lce to refine and work with Mr. Andrews, .the legal depart- ment and bring back to you at a later time for adoption. I'll briefly touch - on them. One we are seriously considering is horizontal separation which we feel that each and every one of these buildings need, this is where you cover the transoms or the doors, should be rated at 1 R rating. Also that each door should have a self closing apparatus on it so if you go out of your apartment, the door shall. immediately close and contain the fire if it is in an apartment. We are working on an ordinance now similar to what the policemen do if we _- continue to inspect your building, and you continually break laws,we can hand you a citation siteing }you to court and fine. The long-range plan is, it is the ultimate of every fire chief's dream that we could work out in buildings such as these, a sprinkler system, taking the water. and the building itself, utilizing copper tubing and small acorn sprinklers that could be placed in front of each door, and up and down the hallways and anywhere hazardous material would be. I have been working towards it with the law department, I have an attorney assigned to me, to close the loop-holes in our fire prevention code that we have tested in court and found loop-holes and since we have worked with this code for 10 years, we are com- pletely redoing any of the areas we find difficult to enforce and closing the loop-holes so we could more readily enforce it. Again I say I would ask your consideration to allow me to work with the City Manager, the legal department and the building department to bring to you a package of codes to be considered that is lf~gally and logically sound. Mayor Ferre: Are there any questions? Mr. YiucAmer; The only question 1 have Chief, is this, and I realize the statement might be a little h~3rsh, and it might be a little harsh, if in fact - it is going to cost people woney to bring facilities up to snuff ae we know it. But the thing you dust said that bothers m2 is this, this place had heeartiA the - past as Y understand it, correct me if T am wrong, sited for viQlaC~one, IA f$ct I unaerstattd some weze corrected. Chief HiGitman; We inspected it October, Iv`o~vti.~:ber and Aecembex And had it corrected up to evzrything but t"re vwrticai separat~.one Open. l ~ ~ t" ~ "" 6~ ~~~ ' hit. P f un;rr,cr : Don, tale thing ::hat oothers me, and we are talking about human ii l'e, Ce the fact ttlz~t sot, s{gtlt '-hens people for violationg to mutt, We know anti ~e have seen, with zoning and other :natters, that whsit it gets itlto the ~ =:]rrrts sa^]etime:: with delays, Hnd cantinuancesi that it take 6 ttoritt-s to a year tr:~ r~c_ t a case brought for f izzsl deterclinati.on. And I think rtr . 1!erencik taou:id br the best example of thn~~, I think you have got to write into that law, ar? Ylarsh as this may be ~: that if there ie a violation, and it ie not corrected that: vo=] or the adztiz~istrt^tion, or the propEr official of this city, have the r i-gt? ~ to c1osE that p' •ace d cur. , ? .craw that is harsh, and it could Cause some inc,:}even{ence, bztt. i ~~roui~ rat•::~.' see the inconveniences than the loss of seven Z,~les. I am duet: saying d:',3t because I have seen what has happened, vrf.':t: ~ozling cases; a..c •y':•~-r.e`:; na liv'o6 involved there. It is in- convenience rut no r_ the- loss ai i.i.fe, Tna.. ~`.~> .ac.r if the violation ie serious enough or Lr:~.v -.: on ~ t cc~r.]ply rze ~-erid' 1.y aF, tires sitould, that you have full authority to cxr~se these places dcw•n u?~t';.a `:t2E?! coclply. That is one person's opinion . *iayar ~ ~~.-e: •hat in what ~•o,] sad die,t]r3aed yesterday. I expressed the aims opin` r]n yt-::3r.erday to ti1E ~1 a.~!{ tie.u}s , z.c~ i ditto ,chat }•ou said here. I there are ;.µ+c~ ''Tinge ore nave t.'? do. 1r'a. :. ~;: :cnot: there ig a certain grandfather situation tie--:~ bztt as ever.t:body sr3:~c', r~:s ~~~e .el'~ing about hu*nan lives, and I really thi.;~ 41iti;: a list:i.t~ sclo< <:t~zz:n `":a~ cioesn.~t". cost that much. We made all thesw ~_.J:s pu;. li~;rzts up, :'his is ]_y~''~.sr type or situation. itemember how that happn:;e:a % "~ ^ty~ce was a wnn-nf~ r.~ned cti-~?~;: `hs<-a behind the bandahell, and - there was ri ~)i~? i?tih3.iC' Oli1:Ciy, 81iC1 E'_'•%C~a}^=1:i'} ti£i_i..'. ;lets talking about that ChB That is ~e next tiling: t'~:~+ ~C??~~? lit? r~,atlP_ cl~: tiiiSG ~:';'.:3 r,il~. tt2('Be large lighta• part o_* ].=11~:t r: c~ ;r.,;::is:~ion, and l;c:=~:~r,.,.--~,r- ~.s ~+l<, ~~bau4, As far as I am concerned, unfortuna :: ,:i ~> r. took srr ~c~n :: b1~+zs t c; .a=~ : r]e :; ~rt1e things but for the 100 unite that are i]]vc~~~,_cd. in my opin-'on l:t~l~,:~-.:c ~ «~_~ all should be made to have Some - kind of wane:~~ .ti~yr]tete, whether. it js sm:ok.e or w,et-have-you. Secondly I think you ellaul.:~ P,r~-•, . '.hc: a;zthc~rity„ '..i~te s~:~ cn ~evscmdale hotel, you went there and = saw that. f.irc~ ~ioc~r cape?l. 1hc'. fire door- or~;S installed, you warned the man, then _ you came uac: .]nom ;~,sti,+ it again, road t-e ';~~i~'d time the daor •,~ae open, you see is isn't ~~~•~-~ ~~::- <<~ say you are w«r.~; c.a.os~ icy----and we are go;.ng to fine you for it, z t"'i•;Y' '~n;1 iltive t0 llnvE ':t;€' ;,t}!]O:."~.C1' t0 8:ltlt that hotel down and I mean sh:~t i±- .?:•~,~, +•t]at: day. Gi~~~ iY]~.~. t~r4r, !'Y]aa~.Ceq the second time, the third time ir_ 4hu . < ,~~~.r,, rtl?]t ~.s i t - Mr. ~1n:it:-. a .. , ? th9nc, tt]r cc~rr~aiisr,-.,~a 3. absouteiy right. I think what the chief ~~ r;,~=1-ching, far is rh~t jzl has ri_afesaionai opinion, when he finds a condition:: c Sul, cr:uses concc_~r°, as S•:z• as :":~ l:eE'th and welfare of human beings, ,r°~ it exists at tl]at- mc]ment:. inen ~.ou ncr.ic~~ ants;.--ore to correct it, it may be two weeks befaz~~~ i.r is corrected. ."~;t~ co-:<?;.t~r;~ exists at the time re finds it. tiayor Fc=r-a'~~ - You don't have that time, dui: lag that two weeks fire breaks out, lock at r-i:o Avoncale. I ~~E.nt dowz-: ~;~er; and looked at it, and Z am not a fireman, ht]t ? guess from what was e:~plai:led, it seems logical that if that door had bc•e]: . 1 ~~sed, you wo:slci have 2-,cen there in plenty time to contain .that fire. Chief ;i: i~~~.::~.: i feel c:ert:a.n rir::it c]nG «pparatus would have handled the fire, Mr. P] ~1.'r~~]az-: Lei me ~.ay this, and ~ ]1i ;;ay it for the record, maybe it has to be «:! : •} , 1>;]t if t;,i~ 1.: al,>e •,;t,o 4r•~ involved, those people who have those kind r= :.:n'tcs, if they know that the Uhief has this kind of authority and clout:, ;t ~:~ going to 1-,e a!~,44-'ng ha:.- c;Lc~ly they are going to come up to what yoir ,i.z,:~c. rind der.]arlc~ anti ::equicc. :£ t..rry' know they can stall you out and delriy i:']': rt_;t] ,ny p:o~.r~~~r~ rY;i; :~i`,st: :~ i:rrf~.iied, they are going to do that but if tl,ev .:,~.]~~_ ;o:] +:uuc+ rte autl..~~r,~~, .. c~c]ee them down, there is no question in my mlil(:i,.''Y±:'+ `:d'i1~ Cl7G]t:!}' ~'t.'~?i Cyi'r.,`:,_j'. Chic;f ii_ 'k*~1ui• Z' 1? t:~r: l~~aE~k~y tL~ ~:c~; =; .-.. ti]:;;t;. direction. Mr, r1r:~iT~:+:>: .~11. h.:i~C)7" :iT?rl ;:1€,i'.ii'::t':~ i;. C;t~' COIIl1AjSS>Ciri, ill tl"le fO110w llp = the huil.ciirlg d~`~;~a.,rt.~r!]~nt reae£~ci it]:::c•~ti<,r.~' ,ind the fal.lawing day they served _ notices as l:~{:~:r: ,,ui..idi.n~;:=, tnz ~~.. ~:,.. ~rc~xa:~,r:.s, the Insurance compatny has clearHd t:::e ~~~_.~ wi.cn a c?ezuo_~r+on .. . • ~ ;: ~ .;c•.:c]t z:tte building department has already met with tr,>.~~, anti arraT]gemertre a.•-+: ::t-~n~; : -. Ca remove that bull.ding and the building de~,~z: t]~]ent went a setp :~u2•tt]:'.t- wr]:-n the} fowtd out the contrQCtQr was cor+tacting C)D'E~ i.r.4urunre %i. n], 1G it~EifiCyr i:i`.at they Contact CYi@ Qther 8Q t~~t perhaps both buildings can be cleared very quickly from the downtown area. Mr. Plummer: Paul, I drove by there last ttight, I donut know Who has done it, but it is a detriment to the city: Out in front of the Saragosa,if that is the name of it, you know which one I am talking about, there must be a pile of rubbish out there now, that it looks like they have cleaned out wicker chairs and everything, 10 ft. high, and since it is on city streets, l think regardless of who is going to do the demolition, it should be removed. • Mr. Max Freidson: Mr. Mayor, before you do anything,---..-my name is Max Freidson, I am president of the Congress of Senior Citizens, and we are the ones mostly that are being burned to death, and choked to death, and we would like to make sure this doesn't happen again. Let me just say, that Chief, who I have known a long, long time, is doing everything he can, but let's talk about prevention. The sprinkler system you put up there, which he is recommending, by the time it gets hot enough to blow off the water that comes out of the sprinkler system, hundreds of them will choke to death, because it takes first the smouldering, and the heat before the sprinkler system will go off. I am not in favor of that. I am in favor of it, if it is just a matter of giving the plumbers more work to do, but a fire alarm, a smoke alarm, will do the job, and that will be very. inexpensive, and that will be able to make sure that the alarm, the sound of which will bounce off, will let the people from the outside ,jump in, and not wait for the fife department. It is criminal,---8 or 10 people ~; are dying, or deal already, and moat of them are older people,--how long are we going to burn them or choke them to death? I think it is high time you young people who are going to grow old yourselves, will at least go with us and I would like to recommend this, it is very easy to pass a law, but it is very hard to make sure this doesn't happen again. I would like to see the mayor or any of the commission appoint a committee of two or three lay people, along with the city manager and attorney and also the fire chief, appoint a committee of three lay people who don't have any knowledge of,--a11 they know is, they don't want to see our people burned and it is criminal, and there is going to be more of it. I have warned for years, and I am hoping that this fire or smoke alarm, should become part of the law. Chief llickman: Mr. Mayor I have a citizens committee of 40 people, that I have working with me now. - Mayor Ferre:How many senior citizens have you got in there. Chief Hickman: There are probably $ or 6. I would be happy to take 3 more. Mayor Ferre: I think that is a good idea, would you get together with Max and see 1f that can be worked out and let us know. Max come back if there are any problems on that. bet's see how that is functioning. Mr. Freidson: I want to see that we stop choking them to death and stop burining them to death. It should be the last person to die that way. - Chief Hickman: Mr. Mayor may I say that we have one of the strongest fire codes in the United States, as well as our building codes, so it is - just strengthening this code. Mayor Ferre: Chief, I don't think anybody, and that was a nice editorial _ we got in the news the other day, and I am sure the community is very grateful because most of the time everybody is quick to jutap on us to criticize us, and _ it is very rate that anybody ever pats us on the back, and whenever they do I think we have to thank them and recognize that jesture. 'The paint you just made is very clear, we have got the best fire departmenC in the United States, _ bar none. We have been classified as the No. 1 department. The response the other day was a questions of minutes and certainly, it was not the fault of the fire department. We also have one of the strictest codes in the United States. It just happens to be that we have an awful lot of old buildings 50 years or older, made of Dade County pine, and that Dade County pine is the best tender wood in the world. We have a very special. cixcutnstance. A lot of people that live talked to me said we ought ro shut all of those places down. My fiends let me Ce11 you, if we did that we ~,rcil? d leave to close down most of Miami, including all of Little Havana. That was the 1>eginrng of this community, end there were a lot of houses built out of wood. That is unfprtunate, 1 ~~ APR ~~~~~ would 1u~I+e they would all be built out of concrete in the vety neaf futute. 1 want to rr_•mind all of you of something that happened, and it ie a tragedy in our midst. Pather Gibson knows this better than anybody else, because it affected ehE~ black community. We came in here and build expresswaj-8, and we tore into living areas that needed to be taken out. They were siurisi but you know what we did? Nothing. G?e built the roads and we didn't build the houses, and all. we did if force people that were living in miserable conditions to live in worse conditions. Instead of havinK 4 people in one zoom, we have 8 people in one room, and then we .complain about all the crimes and the things that come out of these 1i.ving conditions. r112 ~: am saying is it is simple to say, shut. da^w;- all the old buildings ir. thus town, but unless you replace .them, with something where people can live decently, then what you are doing is creating more u4 a problem thar7 what you are salving. Now, we need to to that. Listen to tJ:is, in 35 years of exi.st:ence, t}-~e r:iami Housing Authority, now ' called bittlc~ HUI1 has only built 9,500 living units, would you believe? Right now there is a waiting list of l$,OGC) Families who need housing and don't have it. 5o we are way behind, this iy the wnrs~~ housed city in the United States. Lots of peopio. gee upset when Z make that statement. Tt is true, the worst housed major city in this co;u~try and we arQ trying to do something about it. That is why ~;re. passed this bond issrie, that according to one of our newspapers said we 'squeakzd' by. Well, okay, sae squeaked by but we got it through thanks to your help,and to Mr. Plummer,Mr. Reboso, i~irs•. Gordon, Rev. Gibson and everybody vise, who worked hard on this issue. The point is that on this fire situation, ~,i:at we have got to do, is tighten up as much as we can, and realize that we ha~Te to live with a certain------ Mr. Freida+on:-----may I add this Mr. Mavt~r, the county commission at the last meetinK 'instructed Stuart Sirnon, the attorney to pass a law also along these same lines of protecting the people living in homes that they have a right to sleep comfortably without being afraid of being burned to death. So that is No. 1. i aru anly stating this that you should be aware that Dade county is also getting up in arms, and the low-•coet housing you just mentioned, and once afire starts there and the elevators usually stop when the fire starts, there is going to be more trouble, mare choking tc; death, and more burning to death that you have ever seen in r3i.i yo~rr life. They can't get dawn, they can't walk dawn the stairs unless sor,~e iar~ans is found to carry they down. and that is almost an impossibility, and Y thought. ?. would pass that on to you. Make sure the new HUD buildings, we got to protect them in any way we possibly can so they can sleep comfortably at night without fear of death. We have enough troubles without that. Chief Hir_kman: May J. answer Afr. Freidson, I agree with him to to a degree, but the key to this iA cducatir~.g your. senior citizens how to react to fire Mr. Freidson, and that is what our nigh-rase program does. Just that. CTA Towers, we gave it [o them, many of your senior ciia.zen buildings. We had afire on • the 7th floor., they completely self-evacuated that building very orderly, and we extin~;uic~hed a fire that could have been more tragic than the Avondale fire recently. So the key is public awareness and how to react in time of an emergency. Mr. Freid7on: CTA Towers I know well, t'tie people there are in a different . class, they arcs well and can walk down the stairs easily but what do you do with those. ti~~,r can hardly wa].lc? Most v" them can't walk. Mayor terra: Z know it is important but we are now half an hour behind alld a lot of other people are waiting on other things. Mrs. Gor-dun: I have to ask the l:hi~f a question. I haven't Bald a word on this issue and there is something I am very interested in. Mayor I•'err:e : Mr. Andrews , I am p~~:,i ng to announce this as of right now. We are getting worse and worse every u,eeti:Zg. Today it is too late to do anything about it, I am telling; you, as Chairman of ti:i.s board, I will not take anymore things that: era not nn the schedule. Af-:d I done care who it is. University of Miami, yr anybody else. It is unfair. Yc,,! have l.ee Ruwitch here, you have Ferrendino, .all kinds of people waiting cm other items, and it is just unfair to make them wait far an hour bec~~,~sc~ wa have•to go on, on unscheduled items. T know this fire situation is ,s n~j~;~ e:ergency. Certainly we could have taken it at the end of the d~.y. Ernie, go ahead but quickly. r- ~„'e,. Mr. I•;r~~ie F,~nn.itr-c~: iluiiorr~ble riayor and members of the Conlnti9sio~~ J rim ~rnir~ 1~annattn, pt-esicJent of the 'i'arpayers Leagues Miami ~~de County: I concur with +•verythinp, the Eire Chief said, and Max Friedsbn; and ~ ct5fit mend y«u Peopln for taking; action but Ithink one of the most iimpottailt things you left out, and Mr. Plummer brought aut the point. We should do it quick. H rna quick is real .quick? And the point is, these people that own these buildings have got a right to know how lottg you expect them to comply so they can get financing to ~;o about and do it quick. This is important. Mayor Ferre: Nobody is blaming the owners of those buildings as long as they are complying with the law. Mr. Fannatto: But don't say to the People, look, we have already fined them, give them so many days to comply so they can refinance and get the money. Mrs. Gordon: Chief, a very major concern of all the happenings that have taken place is the fact that the burn center is over-crowded. What are we going to be able to do about it, how can we in the city assist in relieving this very critical situation that exists. Chief Hickman: I have been over and discussed this with the doctors at the hospital with our union president, we have been trying to help them. I think the best thing you could do if could form a committee from this com- mission or the administration to go over with us and evaluate this and see -- wh.1t the city could do and the county to help us in this burn unit. It is ~~ tragic over there. Mrs. Gordon: It is over-crowded. Mayor Ferre: I'll tell you what let's do, Rose because in the interest of time, Mr. Andrews, I have tiad personal experience, I had a friend who got severely burned and he lived in Palm Beach. I am on the University of Miami Board of Trustees, and Z am also on the medical committee at the University of Miami. I tried my best to get that man into that hospital. You know where he had to end up going? Houston. The point is this, I am not critici2ing Jackson Memorial or Metro because I don't know that much about it, but from personal experience, the burn unit in this community and there is no other between here and Houston, is not sufficiently large to take the case load of this community. And Ithink we have a major problem. I would like t~ir. Andrews, for you and Chief and the administration to do some preliminary investigation, how many beds are available, what is available, what the waiting room is, how many people have been turned down in the last 12 months, schedule this if you would. I'll give you the name of the doctor who is head of it at Jackson. Chief Hickman: Dr. ?.eppa is head of it. Mayor Ferre: That is the man. Have him come down here after you have made your preliminary investigation, at the next commission meeting we ought to have full open discussion and somehow, I think you have to make some major pressure with the University of Miami with Jackson Memorial with a trust, we have to expand this burn unit. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor if I might make a suggestion, the health planning co~mcil would be vitally interested in participating. I am a representative on the Health Planning Council, I would be intereated~in, as member of the Council here, and a member of the Health Planning Council in participating in this joint venture to find a solution. Mayor Ferre: I think is essential. When you have all that done, would you schedule i.t at one of the commission meetings for discussion between all interested parties. Tf you want to invite our friends at the county commission, that might not be a bad idea. ,~ .~ ASR '~ ~ ~"~~' . s 8 . PL~lQUE5 , CERTIfitCAT~B 01' ~pP~tECZA~'i0f~, PRO~~T~ObtS SPECZAta Z'~EMS Presentation of. Bicentennial Certificate of aPpteciatioti of Gloria Blake of National Home Fashions League, Inc. for their participatioti itt the $icentennial American Heritage Art Show - 1976. Presentation of certificate of appreciation to Ms. Barbara Stian~ Miami Northwestern Senior High School for her participation in the Coconut Grove Art Festival. Presentation of. the Mi.aml Review 50th Anniversary Uay Proclamation to Mr. Lee Ruwitch, Publisher of the Miami Review. Presentation of commendation to rir. Edward Vincent Nodarse. Presentation of National Foot Health Week Proclamation to Dr. Frederick Laubenthal. Presentation of commendation to Mr. Peter Paul, Chairman of the Board, Execucentre International. r..~ . 9. OPEN SEALED BIDS - DELAWARE SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5390-C Centerline Sewer This being the date and time advertised for receiving sealed bids for Delaware Sanitary Sewer Improvement SR-5390-C, the Mayor announced that the City Commission was now ready to received sealed bids: The following resolution was introduced by Mrs. Gordon, who - moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 76-358 - A RESOLUTION TO RECEIVE, OPEN, READ AND REFER TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR TABULATION AND REPORT BIDS AUTHORIZED TO 8E RECEIVED TIiIS DATE FOR DELAWARE SANITARY SEWER I1~ROVEMENT ~..~, SR-5390-C. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and adapted by the following vote: AYES; Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J.L. P1umQner Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Bids were received from the following: Paul N. Howard Company Industrial Contracting Company Sullivan Long S Hagerty BAC Construction, Inc. Holland Paving Company, Inc. Florida Ecological Corp. Garcia Allen Const. Co. INc. Webb General Contracting, Inc. A.M.P. Corporation Chas. F. Smith & Son Inc. Wide11 Associates, Inc. Intercounty Construction Corp. Marks Brothers Co. Not Inc. Goodwin, Inc. ti~ ~"1I" t~, ~ ~ ~~P ld ~ PR~S~:~ITATION ~'~ft~~N'O, G~FIC~N, SPl~,L25 ~1N~7 ~~~ 50fiN ANNI~E~t~ARY presentation to perenciino, Grafton, Spillis, Candela on 50th ann3.tretsazy and proclaiming the month of April as ~'erendino, Grafton, 5pillis, Candela month in I~iiami. ~.1. PL~,C~MEN'I' OF TEI~~PHONE TO SOVIET' UNION ~N BEN~11,~' 0~' 5OVx~T JEWR'~C Mayor Ferre: The City of Miami Commission is going to at this moment place a telephone call to the Soviet Union. This is an attempt to roach Mr. Joseph Zalmanson, father of four Jewish activists that are presently held in prison. This will be in response to a request by the South Florida Conference of Soviet Jewry which is a committee of Greater Miami Jewish Federation of Community Relations Committee which has learned that Joseph's son has been arrested, making him the 5th member of that family to suffer harassment by a Soviet official. WE have contacted the family on previous occasions as part of ongoing support of Soviet Jews and we will ask .the father for the news of the latest arrest and assure him of continuing public outcry on behalf of his sons. Joseph Zalmanson's sons, Israel, and twine we defendants at the famous Leningrad trials and are serving 8 and ~' 10 years respectively in a Soviet prison. His son-in-law, Edward at first sentenced to death, is serving a 15 year term. Joseph's daughter the renowned Sylvia Zalmanson, was recently released after serving four years and is living presently in Israel. Ladies and gentlemen, the City of Miami, not because, I keep saying this to Miriam and other that are involved, not because they are members of the Jewish faith who Live here, that really has nothing to do with it, it is because we, a.s Americans who live in freedom,. must be indignant when others are deprived of human dignity and freedom. And as I have said, I am not a Jew, I am a Christian, but unless the Christian community feels outraged like the Jewish community, unless the Jewish community is outraged by political imprisonment in Cuba, where people are being incarcerated and their freedoms are being taken away for politcal reasons and they are in the Soviet Union, for religious reasons, that we cannot have, in the long run, true freedom, because until all men are free, no one man can claim true freedom. The Miami News had a wonderful editorial several days ago and I would commend that you read it, and it was dealing with the situation,(and the Miami News is regarded as a liberal newspaper), the editorial was dealing with the lack of outcry, I think it was dealing with the issue of abortion, and the point it was making,---I am sorry, it was sterilization in India, forced stertlization,as you know the oppressive dictatorship of India, is forcing sterilization on women in that country. If they don't submit to they are put into jail, and what the Miami News was saying is, that we cannot as Americans, accept that other people are forced to live in conditions that we would not accept in our country, and if we are, and if we have lost the Aense of international leadership as a nation, it is because we have compromised ourselves to deal in areas where we would not accept those very same conditions in the United States. I think that until this country has the courage and the integrity and foresight and ability to stand up to the international light and when something is wrong, when a woman is forced to be sterilized against her will, when a person is kept in the Soviet Union when he wants to emigrate, when a person is put in jail for no othex• sin than not liking the government that happens to be controlling that country and if we keep our mouths shut, and if we don't stand up and say it is morally wrong, it is ethically wrong, it is legally wrong, then T think this country has serious problems because eventually, our silence will be a condemnation of our own future. Therefore I think it }s most appropriate fur the City of Miami to, as a Cotr~mission, to take interest iti the plight of the brave,courageous and indeed histozic ZelmanROn family and on behalf of the City, I think it is entirely appropriate that we place chis phone call. We }rave a Russian interpreter, 1t wi~.l take spore time for the call to go through, We are going to keep on going with other items, then when the call goes through, we will have the conversation, Go ahead and place the call. ~~ M 1~ [1 ~ C~ ~~~ V ~, A1~+LEND ORnINF-NCE 6871 ESTA$LISH IA f~I`lUGTiO~3 l~ ~O~n S'~.`WZ~fi~ ~~. A~t~'ZGLE X~Cv, SEC'~tON 1 Shipping ~tv~nu~, f~ibs~~t~ tC~ pi~~~ 5~. -- Mayor Ferre: There is a gentleman here Who Wants a clarificatioft on this. Mr. Andrews: I believe he knows what is going on, he dust wants to find out what action is going to be taken. Unidentified person: Yes, Mr. Mayor I live on Carter and Shipping Avenue. I am in the process of building a new home there and the only way, I can build it is to get the street narrowed back down to 30 ft. Rev. Gibson: I want to understand what you are doing. Mr. Bob Davis: The changing of the zoned street width on this Father Gibson will assist blr. 13rewerton in the building of his house. The way the street width now is on it, he has not enough room to construct even a singly family house. By changing the zoned street width, as the Planning Department requests will give him enough room for the home. REv. Gibson: Let me register some concern. Ism disturbed that all along that width was whams it was. I am also concerned that all of that traffic that we complained about comes off N0. 1 and goes right into Hibiscus, all around /'-`° that park. I want to make sure everybody understands that. I want to make sure that our department isn't boxing us in. Look, I went there yesterday, I live out there. I live right where that is. After you go to 30 ft. there is another piece of land,-'-I don't understand. Mr. Mayor so that everybody will understand, HUD is building that housing project and this goes square into it. Isn't that right? Mr. Davis: The street is not developed very much at this point, Father. Rev. Gibson: You didn't hear what I said. I didn't say how developed it was. I said it goes square into that housing project. Zsn't that true. I am not opposed to you my brother. I want to make sure the we, the public are aware,--T have as much right to protect the public as I have to protect you, Mr. Davis: The new project is on Douglas, Father Gibson, between f~..._, Douglas and Mundy. Rev. Gibaen: Okay. I am going to vote far you, but I want to serve notice. Mr. Plummer: I'll second the motion with the understanding that the - administration between the first and second reading will alleviate any fears that Father might have about this problem. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED- y AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 6871, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI, BY ADDING SUBSECTION (170-B) TO ARTICLE XXV, SECTION 1, ESTABLISHING A REDUCTION IN THE zONEU STREET WIDTH FOR SHIPPING AVENUE FROM HIBISCUS STREET TO PI.~'~ZA STREET; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF TN CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION Was in traduced by Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Cpmmis aioner Plummer, and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AWES; Commissioner Manolo Reboso Camtnissioner (Kev,) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A, Ferre NOBS; None. h1~f1 ' ~ ~o~~~ . - ~,,-. ,~ ,~ The City t~ttor.~ey read the ordinance into the public record and dttnounced that copies were avrri.lable to the members of the City Coif tnissi.on and to the public. Agenda Ibem 4A and 4B NELSON VILLA AND GA~.D~N (~~' Eb~~' Ott;. ~~. AbD~TYOL+TAL DTSCUSS70N *~syor Ferre : Take up hers 4A. Mr. Actont Mr. Mayor and members of t'r-~ commission, the C-3 district lists residential projects as a conditional use and under. those provisions, a residential project must provide 90 sG. fz. per dwelling unit. Plow, the provision for useable open apace is under the definition section of the Zoning Ordinance and what has happened over the years since we have not had any, this is the f~.rst C3 residential zoning project that has come in since I have been director of planning, but the definition of useable open space, refers to zhe type of development that we get in the Brickell area, which is an inte~,aity of Z.O as opposed to residential projects you find the downtown area, which are upward of 6 0: 8. Now, to rectify this situation and to alleviate the problems of developers having to seek variances to a section to the ordinance that doesn't :sally pro~aide to their type of deveopment, we'have recommended that the commission act on the definition section that was _- brought before ypou at the same time that the C-3 district came before you. What ' it means ir3 the commission can choose one of two courses. I'ou can either refer it back to the Planning Advisory Board for their definition or else you can act on it today, since it was deferred. Rev. Gibson: I want to say this for the benefit of the record. I have difficulty with this item. Plenty of it, because this item affects the next, has some bearing on the next. Mr . Ac r..~n : 'i"hat is correct . Rev. Gii~son: I am going to move to defer, send it back, until you solve these proh ~.c~r.~s. 7. caant to say to the commission. You know I speak very clear, ---I have a little difficulty with understanding. what the Mayor says sometime, when he and Reboso speak, but I'll be doggone if they have any difficulty in understanding what I say. We told the people who are going to be dealing with the next item to write that memorandum business, and develop those plane. Remember that? Mr. Acton: Yes, they have done that. Rev. Gib:~on: Yes, and tell the commission what happened. Mr. Acton: These two items really are separate and apart. The problem with the useable open space definition is, I said, it refers to the the type of development that we get in the Brlckell residential area. It requires such thing as }2alf. of the open space must be provided at ground level, as opposed to downtown development where we know, for security reason that open apace is usually provided above ground level, and that is what this amendment attempts to do, to alleviate not gust this particular project but other projects the commission might have to deal. _ Mayor Ferro: There is a motion for deferral. Rev. Gibsoa: No, Mr. Mayor, not to safer, to send it back. - Mr. P1•srruner: I am trying to figure out exactly where we are. I have had objections all the way along to any of the downtown study being taken out and treated in a piecemeal basis. Haw does this reflect in the overall study of the downtown area? Mr. Acton: In the recommendation that came before the commission. on the C-3 zoning district, it was recommended,---~ Mr, I'iummer: I'll second it for. purposes of discussion,-~-T- Mayor Ferre: Now, [here is a second, conti:~ue,---~- ~7 ~• Ptr. Acton: The recommendations to the cot-t~issian, from the ~drii~ consultant wc~s that in a C=3 district, the useable open space could be provided in any level i.n a residential project. As z said before this simply ref].ecta the concern on the part of. both the departtneti~t and I at- sure the developers,---the useable open spate be provided aborts ground level for the most part for secutiry reasons. Mr. Plummer: George I understand all of that, but is Item 4A part of parcel of the overall downtown study, is it part of the recommendations? Mr. Actott: Yes, it is part of the recommendations of the downtown coning study, but what~I am saying Commissioner Plummer is that the useable open space provisions in the ordinance now, refer to the type of development that we get in the Brickall area which has a FAR 4 as opposed to residential projects that are build in the downtown area, that might have upwards of 6.0 FAR, so what this means, that if any developer comes in for a project before this commission prior to adoption of whatever we do in the downtown zoning ordinance eventually, he must seek a variance to these provisions, that he is actually forced to do is seek a technical variance to the provisions. Rev. Gibson: It is also true that under the law, they can't do it, isn't that right? Mr. Acton: They must seek a variance. Rev, Gibson: Yes, so that if we pass this, then, the flood gates start opening. Is that what you are telling me? Mr. Acton: No, no, they still must proceed under the conditional use provision of the C-3 district, which means that the zoning board will act on where the useable open space is provided, in a particular residential project. They still must provide the useable open space, it is just a matter of where trey provide it either at ground level or aC the upper levels. So we are saying that in the C-3 district to be realistic, any developer should be allowed to provide that open space wherever he thinks appropriate, based upon the particular project. Mayor Ferre: In other words it could be done on the second level. Mr. Acton: It could be done on the 2nd, the 4th,---- Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor let me say, so nobody will have to worry about where Gibson stands. When, I went to school, they teach you how to outline, A, B, and C,-----A,B would be under 1,--so let me tell you what this says,--A has to have some relationship to B,---I am not going with you this morning. I want you to go and get it all together. Mayor Ferre: Here is the way we are going to do it, I think Father Gibson is entitled to that. We are going to hear Itbem 4B, then we are going to hear 4A, and depending on what happens to 4B, we will see what happens to 4A. Is that right? Bought to be A, and A ought to B? If you will withdraw your motion for the moment. Rev. Gordon: Z'll with draw it, let me raise about 8, I am not going to go through what I went through before, okay,----in my life. We told you all about getting written documents and they must be in the heads of the people 5 days prior to coming here. Remember that? Was that done? Mr. Acton: Tt was not done 5 days prior to Chia meeting. ltev. Gibson: You know what I am going to do? I was explicit. YUu know what T am going to•do? Mayor Ferre: Are you going to do it now? Rev. Gibson: Yes, sir, I am ready to do,-----I am not usually good at inkerpreting, but I have interpreted this in my mind. Mayor Ferre: po you want to listen to ? REV. Cibson: No, I don't went to heat• any Qf ~.t, A nop B, l get s~.~k and r. _. Cited of all these emet~genci~a, we are going to get it doge,-~==theft we get Caught in a trap. Mayc,z' Terre: Let me sale you Mr. t~~ton, since you obviously lchew this wag the will. of this commission, eat; -eased by Father Gibsoti~<, ]: ~iatiit to ask you, why do you do this? Mr. Acton: Mr. Mayor, we in the Planning Department do not schedule the commmission item agenda. Mayor Terre: You don't have anytllirg to do with the administration? Are you an independent board? Mr. Andrews: No, they supply the information to the City Manager's office and I schedule these things, and it was anticipated, that this would be ready in time. Mayor Terre: Then I address my comments to you. - Mr. Andrews: I say it was anticipated when we made this schedule up, that that information would be available. - Mr. Plummer: Wait a minute, let's point a few fingers. What date did you furnish i.t to the Planning Department? Jack you don't have to come up - ~;, to answer that. What date? let's find out where it fell apart. - Mr. Jack Watson :The Planning Department notif ied us to attend = the meeting at such and such a time, and we attended it. I go another call saying that the attorneys should attend the second meeting at such and such a time. He attended it. WE have complied with everything that that Planning Department recommended, and what the City Attorney's office recommended. The covenant was redone, re-executed and re-delivered to the city. Mr. Plummer: What date? Mr. Watson: It was given to us yesterday, and was returned. - Mr. Acton: Mr. Mayor, if I may, two events happened between the time the commission last heard this item and today. The first event was a meeting - between the concerned parties, that is, the Episcopal Church represented by - ~ the Bishop, the Dean and Mrs. Massey, and the developers, and his attorney. The purpose of that meeting was to fu17y explain to the church exactly what _ the developers had to do with that project. A meeting of the minds was reached in that meeting, based upon that meeting it was then determined that the attorneys represented by the City Attorney, the developer's attorney, Mra. Massey, would _ come to my office and sit to draft the requirements of the covenant. This was done I believe Tuesday, the meeting was held. Now that is the reason you don't - have this documents in your hands 5 days prior to the meeting, but two events did take place, the second was contingent upon the first meeting. Mayor Ferre; Why didn't you cancel this hearing, you knew it was going to happen. Mr. Ho17.o: Mr. Mayor if I may state at this time, that for reference to Canon Gibson, there was no material change to the ao-called documents because some more T's were crossed, and some I's dotted, there was no material change 1n the documents, they have a request to alter certain legal phraseology and that is a11. The documents were submitted here for 4 months, It seems like these items were successfully deferred since last December, this is now April. I don't k~1ow What your pleasure is, I don't what technicality Cat1 defer it, what kind of rule, the documents were submitted G months ago, there was no material change to it, it was there to read, I believe all of you had a chance and had actually read it. I cannot add to it anymore. Mayor Terre; What are you saying, that there is no substantial change? Mr. Hollo: Yes, of course, there is no subszantial change 1n Xhe document, Mayor 2~erre: Mr.Acton do you agree w~_i~ that statement? ~~ ~~~ r ~ ~~/ fKr. Acton: No, there was aubstantla] change to~the drawings of the building ttHClf, but what happened is, the architect wasn't aware o£ the zoned right--ot-way width on 16th Street. 'Chat meant he had to ehort2n his building some I2 and one-half feet. We. didn't receive these revised drawings until yesterday morning. Mr. Rollo: Ttte documents had no change, your. honor. Mr. Acton: You are speaking shout tl~e covenant. I am speaking about the drawings themselves. qtr. Rollo: I am talking about the covenant that was submitted. Rev. Gibson: Mr. mayor again, very clear,---5 days was the stipulated time, the rule. I am going to Iive with that. Let me tell you something, t caught more hell about Omni than a little bit. 1. don't plan to get more hell unless I really walk in he].1, with my eyes wide open, and my mind right, and my head .straight on my body. I want to make sure everybody understands that, so that when then newspaper writes saying I am objecting, 1 want them to know why I am objecting. Let me tell you another thing, the Diocese of Southeast Florida along with that Cathedral was not aware that that street was being blocked, closed up. That is how lay people trust, and let me tell you what you don't know my brother, in the Episcopal Church when that Cathedral decides,--- when a matter like that affects that Cathedral, that matter must go to the ~' Cathedral Chapter, you need to know that. That is the way the Roman Church operates, go to the hierarchy of the arch bi®hop in this case,--well in our church the bishop is it, and the Cathedral has met, so 1 want to make sure everybody under- stands that, and if you comeback here and tell me they haven't seen the documents, they have to live with it. Let me make another statement, I happen to be a native and I know how Miami,----those people when, they gave up down there by where you are, J.L. by Gesu,---we used to be right down there by you, we went. over _ there and pioneered on that piece of land, and it doesn't make sense for ue to let you box us in now. Okay. Mr. Plummer: Just for the record and J.L.'s thinking,-- --George, has the thinking of the twq parties becnme any clearer or anymore compatible, is anything being accomplish4d. Mr. Acton: Absolutely. Mr. Plummer: You feel there i.s improvement in the situation between the developer and the church? Mr. Acton: Yes. Mr. Plummer: That is at least one encouraging sign. Mr. Acton: The attorney for the church did come in yesterday and I spent about 2 hours with him. Mayor Ferre: Let's r.~ove along. The point is this, Father Gibson, under - our rules is entitled to cal] the 5~day rule because it has been every explicitly explained. What we are doing is following the technicality _ which is important, of the rule, the l.aw, that we run by. Now, Mr. Acton, is there any other things pending so if we defer this until the next commission meeting, that at that commission meeting, there would be something else that has been given, not with 5 days, and we would have another deferrment. Is there any reason why this thing cannot be solved one way or the - other, for or against, by the next meeting? Mr. Acton: As far as I know, and Mrs. Massey is in the audience, the church represented by Mrs. Massey, and the developer are in concurrence with documents as they relate to Item 4. 13ut I will let her. speak to the issue. Mayor Ferre; In other words what I. am saying is, ple.3se let's bring, it all out on top of the table now, .~+nd then Let's not get involved in protedural thing so that,- -I think we have bring thj.s thing to a head, Ptrs. Massey, one way of the other. /f~">_ Mts. Massey: A week ago Thursday, as Mr. Acton said, the Bishop, Lhe Dean, `'~ APB ~ ~~~~' and Mr. HrJl.u,---- Mayor t~r.rre: i can't hear, would you have somebody tell the people back there,---- MR. Plummet:-~-=-~to teed the new sign. Mayor Ferre: Frank Cobo,~-=---•-can't you read the sign out there2 Mrs. Massey: A week ago yesterday, the Dean, the Bishop, Mkt. Acton, Mt. Ho11o and Y met trying to come to some type of accord.. There were• questions, ~~ give-and-take session, there were to be additional plane submitted in accordance with some of the suggestions, plus in addition, to my understanding that some type of accord was to be signed o•r agreed upon. ON Tuesday, 1 met with Mr. Watson and the restrictive covenant had been redrafted but the. plans that were to be apart of it were not available. That was day before yesterday. Yes- terday the covenant was available and the plans. The Chapter meets on the 21st of the month and. a week ago today, the Dean extended to Mr. Rollo an invitation to come to the chapter with the schematic drawings of the plans and see if an accord could not be reached, and he did accept that inviation, to give you the facts. But it was only as of yesterday that I had an opportunity individually to look at the revised plans, in fact typo elevations of them came in while were in the meeting yesterday, late afternoon. Mr. Plummer: Let me make one statement for the record. Paul, I am going to hold you responsible, because right new, we the commission look bad and unfortunately, we haven't had anything to do with it. We didn't have the opportunity to get involved, which we shouldn't, but the commission is being blamed that we are stalling. You can't dent what Mr. Rollo is saying. He came here in December and for some reason, and it is April and he is still waiting. Maybe he is a part of it, I am not saying yes or no.But ell I am saying is, a reasonable conr:;.usion Should be able by reasonable people to be reached in lees than four months, and Paul, I am reiterating, I am not blaming. you, but I am going to hold you responsible for the next meeting that everything be in accord. Father, ~~ ;:?u are going to invoke the rule,-- Rev. Gibson: I have. Mr. Pluca~ner: Then it is all over. Mayor Ferree This item is deferred until the next commission meeting. Any further discussion on this item? Acquire Z Sots CONTIGUOUS to site of proposed 14, Ratify action of DOWNTOWN CGNVENTION CENTER: City Mana~3er Lota I and 2 - AMES SUBDIVISION The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-359 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN ACQUIRING TWO LOTS CONTIGUOUR TO THE SITE OF THE CITY'S PROPOSED DOWNTOWN CONVENTION CENTER,•MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 1 AND 2 OF AMES SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 13, AT PAGE 71, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DARE COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN A FORECLOSURE SALE AT THE.PRIVE OF $1k0,000, WITH FUNDS ALLOCATED FROM CONVENTION CEN'T'ER BONDS FUNDS r} / (Here follows body of resolution, omitted het~e and on file in the Office ofi the City Clerk) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was pnbsed 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. ' "ORANGE BOWL-WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS 15. RESOLUTION TAKING PROSECUTION 19"15-2nd Bidding JbB N0.B2659" -~ OF WORK FROM MINORITY SYSTEMS INC. DISCUSSION AND TEMPORA~tY DEFERRAL _ Mr. Andrews: Mr. *tayor and members of the commission, this matter of removing the prosecution of this work from this contractor is one of long standing, which began back in May of 1975. We have made every effort to work with this contractor to resolve a number of problems and it is not poseib le ~ any longer to pursue this matter with this contractor The last firm offer that we made to the contractor to try to work with him, in addition to taking - many actions that we ordinarily would not take in dealing with a contractor but recognizing that this was a minority contractor, the city is anxious to - try to foster minority,-------- 16. PRONE CALL FROM SOVIET RUSSIA Mayor Ferre: Mr. Andrews excuse the interruption but we have a phone call from Moscow coming and I would like to ask Mrs. Wolfe to step forward. "Hello,-----(you had better get in here because I don't know Russian) Hello-- /"~~ "Is this Mr. Ferre? Mayor Ferre: Yes, this is he,- "He is on the line, pick-up please" ------ Mayor Ferre: Will you tell us what you said? Mr. Wolfe: He told me that one of ttie sons, he is 27 years old, unfortunately because he was in prison, he has high blood pressure, the other one is a little younger and he also doesn't feel well, but normally he is all right, he has head- aches. Mayor Ferre: They are both in prison? Mr. Wolfe; Yes they are both in prison. One of the sons he saw in May of 1975 and the other one in August or September of last year, and ahe received a letter from one of the sans yesterday, and that is it, Mayor Ferre; Aid you get the names of the people we have to write? Mr,•Wolfe: No she didn't tell me. I just said we want to know the names - of the people on whom it depends, to whom we have eo apply, She didn't say anything, she didn't give the address or name, nn q +~ - ~. t~~Ldentified person: Mayor Ferre, you have often said i~o rttgn is :ree, till all men are free, you don't just say wards, you actually act, and ~7 nehalf of the South Florida C;onf erence of Soviet Jewry, i taauld like to tl~c~nc you for your continuing support and your concern whioh you demonstrate at every occasion. Mayor Fei~y:e: I have a note here from ot~e of our prestigious members of the eoromunity who says there are 4000 per3ons of the Jewish faith who are imprisoned in Damascus and another 150G in ____ Syria and I certainly would like to say to him and to anybody than: in my opinion it is the respon- aibility of all Americans, including officially and unofficially, and certainly I am sure I speak for all of us in the ci~y o.~ Miami, that if there is an organized gr~~up doing the very same thing, whether it be for unjust prisoners that might b•~ in the Argentine, or it night be Cuba, or it might be Syria, or the Sov~e~ Union, certainly these microphones and these voices are available to do anyt.hinr; ~'e can to advance the cause of freedom of all people wherever they mayve. ~ Unidentifiec!: Sir I would request that you would read completely what I wrote to the audience. Mayor Ft.rre: "Discrimination--T'nen ;.he City of Miami should condemn the fact, ia~rlt Mr. Lew Price of the Tourist and Publicity Department entertained ~`'~ the Syrian Tourist promotion director. There are 4,000 persona of the Jewish faith imprasonc~d in Damascus and another 1500 in Syria. I doubt if Miamians cif the Jewish faith could visit Datraecus, oomething about speaking up~t~ Mr. Woke: Thank you. Mayor ~~crre: Mr. Price? He is not here. I am sure that is something that Lew Yr_ce ;gill address himself to. 17. CONTINUATION OF See Mz;zute +tem 15. DISCUSSIaN ~'QD PASSAGE OF RESOLLTIION Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and members of tae Commission I was explaining that we had wor'~ced with this minority contractor in an effort to have a workable contract. This has not been possible. OUr last position taken in this matter vas to ask the contractor to complete the work an the three eheeta of plans that were supplied and in lieu of the 5 set of plane when there was this adjustment, and the contractor claims he was not aware or did not make the bid on she S sets, but made it on the 3 and we have not heard from the contractor in this area. We cannot wait any monger. We worked in what I believe is in a diligent fashion in order to work with the contractor to try to eaeist him and now T believe it is time to take this action. _~ Mr. }:arl. Carroll: Mr. Mayor my name i3 earl Carroll, Executive Director of Minority Crntractors Association. As you recall when this pxojeet was awarded to the low bidder, we requested the commission not to do so in that our eatimatin~ department :zed determined there were not enough funds in that bid to complete that profec~, i;owever the project wag awarded, the contractor assumed the job ----he perfo,med superior work, there was mat question as to hie ability to do the work, but the money is just not enough to complete it, so he stopped the job, the su~,~piit~r is now suing the City of Ni.i3mi for the sum of $414Q, for the supplies he ~i~tered into with the City and the contractor to p2.ece thpae supplies on the job. do feel that the suppler is entitled to his motley, the tlty has the supplieri, however you are going to have to put more money into the project in order for i.~~ to tie completed, and it is just that, What happened whets the first bid Baas subtaitted, it was submitt d or. a three sheet baeie~ WttAtt mY engineer sent aver and picked up the firac plans, he picked up three shestp and the specifications. When it was bidded the eecQnd ts~, he cetae back With the satpe original three eheeta and epeci`'.c~. Lions. He d~.d tsot get the ad4i.tiatsai two sheets. Xou see, they added to this protect w~:en it was bedded the 4econd time and the contractor went in the assuncpton that he was bidding the eeme three ~1~~ '~ 4~ and even though it stated 5 sheets in the specifications; they thought that was a typographical. error, He put three thousand additional into the contractor before escalation purposes because of labor and materials, however t s just an impoSS bility to deal with that project. We ate talking about the $381000. as the original bid; the second bidder was $54,000. attd believe me; he had that right to the penny; the third bidder was about $90,000, and the third bidder had performed the same type of services with the City of Miami before, We talked to that contr.-~ctor and he said there Was no way. Your engineering department told us Inter that they thought a miracle etas performed.The money was 3ust not there, and we have laborers who have not been paid by that contractor because the city did not release any other funds. L think they are withholding about $25,000. or $16,000. in retainer of the $38;000. So there is nothing a contractor can do. He couldn't Complete it with those dollars. However he performed superior work for the dollars that were given to him to do the job. Mayor. Ferre: All right, Mr. Andrews? Mr. Andrews; Mr. Mayor I want to assure you that the City extended itself, that the people in the public works department, including the inspectors extended tliemsel.ves to make payments based on evidence of work accomplished and gave all kinds of credits so money could be advanced. If the bidder supplied a bid that was lower. than what it should have been, I have compassion for them, but we are part of. the public official representing the tax and public dollars, and I feel sorry for them, but that is as far as my actions can carry me and there is no way I can continue this. Mr. Mayor at one point the contractor. claimed that there was confusion and'there was a change in a number of set of plans, so let me describe that to you. In the first bidding there were 3 sheets of plans, the contracto bid on that. The bid was not awarded. There was a change in what we were doing, and the reason we changed that was to favor the minority contractor. He could not get his insurance or a bid bond, so rather. than go to the second bidder, we said na, ---I made the decision, and I recommended to the commission that we throw the bide out and that we start over again so that that minority contractor could be low again, lie could be awarded a job. We went through a second bidding project in which there was 5 sheets of plans. We added some work. The contractor who was the low bidder through confusion, or error, or whatever it was, rebid the job the second on the three sheets of. plans and not the five, so when the job was awarded and this was discovered, and this caused the problem, and he claimed that these five sheets constituted more work than what was in the three sheets of plans, and I nod to agree. It was a minor amount, in my judgement so I once again made a decision in his favor. I said I will then go to the City Commission and support a position, that he complete the work for what he bid on only the three sheets of plane, trying to be fair to him. We have not heard a position on that, and we cannot go any further. Mr. Carroll: Mr. Mayor that was not being fair in the f iret place to give a man enough rope to hang himself is out of Line. I don't think the - department should have recommended to you, that bid. They knew in our discussions they told us, they knew it wasn't enough money there. Mayor'Ferre: Why did you tackle it then. Mr. Carroll: Not us, you remember. my contention about this. Mayor Ferre: I beg your pardon. Why did they tackle it? ~., , fM;:. MR. Carroll: Let me first spell this out Mr. Mayor. No money has been expended for labor. They have just paid for material only. Now the mere fact when Chat marterial was delivered, the engineer who, then, the dollars that were spent for that amount of materials, there was not enough in that package for labor. Let me say the contractor was trying to estabiiah a record faith the city. He was trying to work at a minimum, per se. He wasn't really, as he told Mr. Andrews looking for profit Pram that jab. He just wanted to show he could do the work, He proved the point he could do the work. Hie work is superior, buC it i.s not enough money them . It is jueC Chat slmple, I don'C caxe how we go around [, we are coming right back to one point, He was working food faith, the dollar is net thane. Yr~li ~.nc,w, and I know, it is against the rnlee to even accept a man who is 30 oz 40 pex•cenC aglow a budget, 1C is just than simple, I sat there before and it is just not in the rules to accept a ~P~ ~ ~ '~7 ;~ bad that is niryt justifiable. Mr. Plutnner: The man ig short of money, how much t~hort is he of completive, the project? Mr. Grimm; He claims $37,000. but I think that is an itet'161 gt~e6tion. The city doers not award contracts based on high estimates, theyr base it ort the award of the lowest responsible bidder. Today you took bide on a t~eWer diet~rict that I eat9.mated at 4 million, and if I listened to those: bide right the low bidder was .."..6 million. Are you going to tell me not award that cnnttact2 Mr. Tlu:mner: Lets lay some cards on the table. I am going to tell you what those onrds are, the only time that this'J.L.Plummer has ever voted against the low bidder, and remember it very clear, the only time I ever toted against the Iow bidder was in the case of the p•ro--shop in the Le Jeune Road Golf course, now, Melreewe, and Mel Reese sitting them came before this commission, and he said gentle~~en I am recommending against the low bidder and here is the reason, and that reason was that this maZ has put in a bid that there is no way he can comply with. ire has to go under, he canto;. do it, the dollars are not there, and because of tl~at this covuniasion said, Ncr. Reese, you are a golfer, you know the ropes, you are recommending against it bece.uae he will Ioae his shirt, he can t do it, and we awarded it to the next group. Mr. C,r•Lmm: We11 you are assuming Cocraniaaioner, that the low bidder in this ~: job has ?.oat hie shirt. In fact he has not. 'The city, in order to even get him started, made out a point check between him end the Supplier. The city hasn't _ paid the supplier, there ie some diacrepance in the amount. Every payment that _ we have made to this contractor he has not performed in accordance with these payments, '~n spite of what Mr. Carroll has said. On these days before a game - in the Orange Bowl with the Dolphins, we paid $900. in the morning ao he could buy aaph~:t, he walked off the job. I sent my crew up there and worked them until late Fridat~:~iKht in order to have that thing for the game on Sunday. I~1r, c'arroll: J.L. I want to clarify dust the $900.00. What happened there, it was Ch~'_stmars,--it was the 2'3rd. Yoa iu~d 6 men out there who had worked. These guys came ro ^~y office and stated the; did not have any money for their children'•s toys, ar. foo~:i for their homes, Tou gave this man $900.00, the contractor, these guys had him hemmed in at my office asking for funds, and he gave them that money so they could have a merry Christmas with their families, Let me go further and state this. The Congress of the United .States, Senator Lawton Chiles, and Democrats Neil Smith from Iowa introduced n law in regards to fixed-prfee contracts. I can being 90-1 which states that small contractors have been misused and abused during a given period. 't'hey have been forced out of business because of fixed-price contracts. This is a typical instance. There is a relief law in the Congress now in regards to federal contracts. I have asked Mr.Tucker in Ta13_ahassee to introduce a law in this aes3ion which he has referred to committee to deal with the small contractor who hea been abused. Now, the Congress of the United State, has already passed the lEw, and they are going to give these small contractors funds because they heve been misused because of fixed price contracts. Thin is a typical example, there is no way this man could survive. 'These laborers who work with him have not received a nickel other than that money they had to take home, about $100. a piece to put food on their tables for the ho7.idaya. So let's not make it seem as if we if we have given a con- . tractor some money,----I mean the City. That is not true, Mr.. Grimm: I would like to suggest something in line with this. The recommenaa_rions that we are making is that this contract be annuled. We are vat regt:esting that the City assess any additional damages for work performed by the City, for bills against the conce3sionaire, for bills we had to pay plumbers to come in and fix Ieakea, we are not requesting any of that. Gle are saying let `s start over but we are saying let' a atart~ aver and play ac cordic-g to our rules. It minority contractors can cove back 8 second time, bid the jcb and be low bidder, we will recoxmend~that they be awarded, but we do not recommend that we add additional fuada to this Contrast, • Mayor Perre; ~.et me ask you, becaaae T think Chia haA 8q impprtant bearing, have we ever in the poet had a contract whore the City eWarded it and then got into some kind o& txouble and extended it? Hr. Grimm: We ,just went through two bercr~,ptcies Mr, Mayor aitd that is the reaRan the City requires a perfor:•rauce bond. Tao of Duct contrasts npw ~~ ERR A ~'7~ hn~-e ,'li$t been finished by the bonding company, and in this particular case in order to give minority contractors a contract, who could not get a bond, tae waived that requirement. That is the reason we are in the suit Mayor Ferre:I understand, nobody ics questioning that the City of Miami certainly has gone out of. its way to help minority contractors. That is not the point. Let's accept that. The point is, have we ever, to your knowledge Mx: Grimm, or Mr. Andrews, or anybody else in the admi~tistration, signed a contract for performance on something, where it turned out it wa3nrt sufficient money and other than the two cases that you have ,just noted on bankruptcy, I am talking about not a bankruptcy case--w}-zere the low bidder, the awardee, requested some changes and they were xegotiated out in anyway. Mr. Grimm: Oh, yes, Mr. l~fayor, in et*er.y contract that we do,---- Mayor Ferre: You are llot following me,----- Mr. Andrews: Let me answer. it,--- Mayor Ferre: I am not asking It the right way. Mr. Andrews: You are asking it the right way,--and I understand where you are going. Mr. Grimm was answering an tha basis of changes, yea, there ,rr~ are changes made all the time, but what }•uu are caking is, where the plans have not been adhered to, and Fill the work anticipated to be completed, was not completed, that we negotiated in that area in some wa.y to provide more funds to complete the work. To iuy knowledge, no, not in that area. That Mr. Mayor which we have been told repeatedly all through the yearn, through my whole career with the City, is negotiating a contract and you cannot do that. The Charter specifically forbids L-hat. Mayor Ferre: I want to establish the basis Mr. Andrews, on the record, because the point is thin. And I wanted the answer from the administration. You are saying whether it is white, Latin, clack, or anything else, that as far as you are concerned, .and you have been around for 25 years, you don't recall of any contract that has been increased in price without a corresponding change ordex, that wouT.d require that change. i am going to extend it a little _ bit, that whenever there have been c}~angc: ordered, they. have been honest to goodness, valid change orders and it wasn't a way of subterfuge to increase the price of the job. Mr. Andrews: I might add ,`.or the record that through the years I am acquainted with t}iis process, and was partly responsible for that process when I was in the department of engineering or public works, of which Mr Grimm knows so very well, that he exercises judgement that if the change order is 1 or 2 percent of the total project, he goes ahead and authorizes and you confirm his action through me, but when it gets to be about 5,6, or 7 percent of the job, he won't approve it without first coming back to this commission getting authority. Mr. Carroll: Maurice, l.et me say, you know this doesn't correspond, what Mr. Andrews ,just stated. As a county commission let me go to the airport garages. We expended some one and half-million dollars in addition to the contract because of the columns there, the problems. Unidentified person:Who paid for it? - Mr. Carroll; Dade County paid for it. Let me go to the runways at the airport, Capaletti, his percolation test was nat in order. We had to come back through a change order and give him additional 160 thousand, L~:t tae go a step fuzt}:Nr. I painter made a b~.d at .}ackson Memorial Hoapital~, Hie bid was too low. Ete couldn't perform the jub. k'e relieved him and we can 1n, we accepted the second low bidder.Frank Mztt}~c-~wsy a plumber came in here from Tamp, Let me say this, he bidded on the waver mains out in the Brpwnavile At'ea. He was 100 thousand dollars out ~}' order. Poxter Homer said lette hold him to that contract. I sa1d, Porcer ir. makes no sense to put a citizen, out of business. I said let's relieve him arch rt-bid this thing. ~1~" ~ ~ ~ 1~~~ ~ ~ ~ _ Mayor t~c~rre: That ib exactly the point. 'That i~ what the ~Iatia~~r i~ recommending. Mr. Garrall: I Dm agreeing to what he is a8ying i;t that beilde~ t wait zo go a step further. Just four weeks ago, the yloriaa i'o~tat & ~~ Light situations, where that contract started out fo:. 14 iniliion~ldollar8, the Herald did a front page article on it, it went up to 35 ttilliott dollars. You understand? This is nothing new. We are talking about peanutsi because ' it is a minority contractor, we want to say hey, these people have probietns. _ The work is superior out there Mr. Mayor. Superior. They will tell you. It is just a question of dollars. That is what I wanted to clarify. Mayor Ferre: Earl, let`s bring Iris to head. As I understand the issue it is like this, The City of Miami went out of its way to help minority con- tractors waive bond provisions, etc. etc. They got a contract. As it turns out it seems like contract award was sufficient for the job. The Management recog- nizes that, so what they want to do now, is forget any back,--------they could sue, and countersue, and get into all this hassle ae to who dit what to who, ---forget all that. What the management wants to do is readvertiae the fob. Now, if you are the low bidder, in a rea3vertised basis, that is fine. Aa a matter of fact I think they are entitled to the fob if they can come anywhere Gloat t4 it. i for one, if they come anywhere within reason, even if they are - not the Iow bidder, as far as I am concerned,--- - ~i~ Mr. Andrews: Don't say that,----- Mayor rerre: All right, you have to be the low bidder. Mr. Carroll: We have done some additional work out there. We found some busted pipes, which we repaired for you, additional work which was outside of the contract. Mayor j'erre: Where do we stand on all thin? Mr. Andrews: It is my recommendation that you adopt thin resolution, that we pi;:k up what work has been accomplished and what yet needs to be done, clearly delineate rho©e in the new proposal, and receive bide, and if they are rile Iow bidder, and can perform against that, we will certainly try to work with them once again. Mr. Carroll: The supplier will be paid his money because the material la on the job. Mayor Ferre:Mr. Andrews, that is only fair, whatever materiels ought to - be paid for. Mr. Anrewa; I. think we paid for them. Mr. Carroll: No, no, he 1s suing you now for the additional material he brought out there $4100. which you were served the other day. Mr.. Andrews: I think that should be handled from Mr. Lloyd's office. Mayor Ferre: I agree it has to be handled by MR. Lloyd's off ice, but what ie fair is fair, and all I am trying to say, if they took material out there, thin is just material, that was part of the job, and it was part of what they were going to put, and they ordered that material three months ago ar two montt:a ago, and has been delivered on the fob. I think it; only fair that that material be paid for. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and I agree, if that is the case, but the case as we understand it, and as I understand it, is we already made payment for those. We already estimated the material. Mayor Ferre: Obviously we are not going to pay twice for it. Mr, Andrews: And you can be careful, you are ending up in a gift situation, Mayor Ferre; I understand, ther~.'~~ now way we are going to day twice f9~ 1t, or for example, we ask for 4 in. pipe and trey .deliver 12 ~D., p~.pg, t~l~t we ale going to pay for 12 in~. pipe. If the tnateXiai is out there, aRd fox the fob, ~~~ ~~/ - - -- _ . r ~ ~. that has not been previoudly paid for, it ought to be paid fors Mr. /lndfe~af: Oh, sure. Mr. Grimm: Mr. Mayor I think I can help you on that+ What the didctepat~cy td iniiolt~es two pacts, one id that the city holds back normally 10°d of ariy paymant it makes to atty contractor supplier. Part of the money id the lOX ive are holding back: The second is a discrepancy between what is on the fob and the 450 ft. the contractor claims is owned to him. We were going to resolve that, When we do, will reduce the new contract by the amount of pipe that is on the fob, as being useable, there won`t be any discrepancy when we are through. There is still an argument between ua and the supplier. Mayor Ferre: Let's hope it can be worked out. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 76-360 A RESOLUTION TAKING THE PROSECUTION OF THE WORK "ORANGE BOWL- WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS- 1975- (2ND BIDDING) - JOB NO.B-2659" _ OUT OF THE HANDS OF MINORITY SYSTEMS, INC., APPROPRIATING ANY AND ALL MATERIALS AT THE SITE, AURHORI~ING THE CITY MANAGER TO ARRANGE FOR THE SUPPLYING OF ACCEPTABLE MATERIALS AND THE /"- COMPLETION OF THE WORK BY A CONTRACTOR AND/OR CITY FORCES AND AUTHORI?.ING ADVERTISING FOR SEALED BIDS (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. oa ~ ~.~ 18, ~~PftOt1E Cc?NSTRtICTION OF PP'~jr,STRIAN OVER~A9~ ~T. ~1. G2Nn 5TRELT t~tw~efi N~V~' MIAMI EI}~S(}Y+1 Sft,~~G~f ~~~Ot~~, ~~ The following resolution was iihttoduced by Cotiuai~eloaet Q~OY'd031~ W~t~i ~~~~d its gdortions RESOLUTION NO. 76w361 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PEDESTRtAI~ OVERPASS ACROSS N.W. 62 STREET EETWEEN THE NEW MIA~I'I~EbZS(1N SENtb~t ~tIGIi 5CHU~L AND EDZSOI3 CENTER PARK.. {Here gallows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in s-ne Office of the City Clerk. ) ~' Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, adapted by the following vote- AYE5: Commi.sc~ioner Manolo RAboso Comra.saloner (Rev.) Theodore Gibe~or- Cotum~±ae..oner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vicz-••:2;Tor Roae Gordon t~.ay.-~-. i•~urice A. Fexre NOES the resoli~ti.nn was passed and None. ACCEPT I7 rh't~A•Y I MP RO VEMErTT from : SI~RDAK DEVELOPERS INC . and 19. ACCEPT I7i~-IWAY RIGHT OF WAY SAYS:~OR,E COOPERATIVE, INC. DEEDS routlots 1,2,3, 34-BLOCK 21 for ~rapo$ed POINT VIEW gilGh'WAY IMPROVEMENT The following resolution was introduced by Commissior-er Gordon, who moved its adoption; RESOLUTION N0. 76-362 A F;.Sv1.UTI0N ACCEPTING FOR HIGh'WAY IMPRO`/EMEDIT TflE HIGHWAY RIGHT- Of~-W;~Y DEEDS FROri BURTON A. ;..ANDY, AS TRUSTEE; SHERDAK DEVELOPERS, INS,.; AND BAYSHORE COOPERATIVE, INCORPORATED; ALL AS OWNERS CON- VE~':.h1u 'i'0 THE CITY OF MIAMI THE'!R c7LSPECTI'VE INTERESTS IN AND TO oUTI~OT 5 I , 2 , 3 AND AI.L OF OUTLO'1' 3L> , OF BLOCK 2 , OP TSE AMENDED YL~' %P :'DINT VIEW (2-93); AND DIRECTING THE PROPER OFFICIAL OF THF. CITY Or MIAMI TO RECORD SAID LEEDS Iy THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF i5A]E COUNTY, FLORIDA. (Mere follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in rte Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Pluaaaer, Jr. Vica_-?Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferro NOES: the resolution was passed and None. GRANT I'RLE USE OF COCONUT GROVE SCI3QOL-- Apacil 15, 1976 20. SHOWMUBSL"E BIGENTED~NIAL CELEBR.ATI01~ Hr. Andrews: ?fir. !~apar, that should bP aubiect to any cut of socket costa of the city because afeen we have to pay these peopia. The fc~.c..e~ris resolution was introduced by Com~iseioner Gibson, who a-oved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 75-363 A RESOLUTION WAIVING AI.L FEES F(7R THE USE OF THE CTX OF MIAMI~S_ SH(Nr.'i~;OR ILE $Y THE COCONUT GROVE PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION IN CO~~i~T:cCTION WITH ITS BTCFNI'F.NTTIAL CELEBRATION TO RE HE1,D IN PRA COC!i ?I~.sT3K ON APRII. 1.5, 1976. (Here fol3ows body o~ resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of tha City Cle.•?c.} IJpQn bung seconded by Co~amisaoner Gordon tha rzsolut~~.on ~vaa psep~d at;¢ adopted by a unanineous vote. - - --- -- --- - ,,,, s. t- ~~.~ GR.AivT F'RE1 tJSE OF HIGH SCHOOT~ ~~hSEBALL WORLD SERIES IIJ Nlt~MI Ml~~it S7'fiDlttM July 2, 3, 4, 1976 The fallowing resolutiott was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved its ado~stioii: RESOLUTT.OP! N0. 76-364 A W:SOLUTION WAIVING THE RENTAL FEF. FOR U5E ON MIAMI STADIUM ON JULY 2, 3, ANl? 4, 1976 NOR A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL WO1tLD SRRIE5 SPONSOREb BY CZVT.C ACTION OF FLORIDA, INC., SUBJECT TO PAYMENT FOR EVENT PERSGNNEL, INSURANCE, APiD OTHER DIRECT COSTS BORNE B'Y Tf[E CITY. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted 'Here and on file in the +}ffice of the GicY Clerk.) upon being seconded by Conuuissioner Gibson, adopted by the following vote- AYES: Cornmiasioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner CRev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, .Ir.. Vice-Mavor. Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Rerre NOES: E~he resolution was passed and None. 22. SET DATE - DINNER KEY EXPOSITION BUI7.,DxNG ~ "WORKSHOP" (April 22. 2976 -- 8:00 A.M.) After discuscjon it ~;;*as deci~!cd that the ~~it~: Co*.~nission would meet at 8:00 O'clock A.M. on April 22, 1976 to discuss the preliminary planning of the Dinner Key Exposition Hall. "DOODLE TAXATIOty" - Instruct City Manager and 23. DISCUSSION ITEM: City Attorney to contact Metro officials once more prior to filing of lawsuit. Mr. a.ndre*•~s: *~r. Lloyd i.o prepnr.ed to file the 3auble taxation matter tomorrow. Mayor Ferre: Now let's go over that. AlI. the legal papers are done. Right? Mr. Andrews: Yes. Mayor Ferre: Now Paul, you and I talked about this. There was an editorial in the Miami News, and it was a very reasonable..you know I tell my friends from the Herald sometimes get upset but that 's the way it is. They`re the ones that write these editorials that are more City of Miami oriented in a positive way. So there was an editorial in the Miami News, I'm talking about the editorial departments, that doesn't cover any of you two guys, you're out of it. When I talk about the Herald and the News I'm talking about- the editorial. departments. There was a Miami News editorial which was very goad and it said the City of Miami may have a basis for their beef. It is the first time I've ever seen the Miami News do that. Oh yea. They said there is some logic, what they're saying about this duplication o£ taxes in Fire and so on. Before we go again and do a Donneybrook of wuits and counter suits and legs]., let's give it one more chance. Now that's what the Miami Newe is saying. Now, you`re getting ready to put this lawsuit in tomorrow. Now Paul Andrews, you and I talked about a week ago and at that time when we were discussing this the legal work hadn't been done so it wasn't ready for a lawsuit. I said we really ought to call the county and make surQ following the News' recom- mendation that we give one last chance to sit down at a table. Has that been done? Have you talked to Ray Goode or anybody? Mr. Andrews: No, L have not. Mayor Ferre: We11, I'I1 tell you, would you call today to Mr. Ray Goode directly, and I will call Steve Clark, and tell them that we will be putting in that lawsuit tomorrow unless they are willing immediately to sit down for this last time? Now is it alright with you, and if it is alright with you, Rose Gordon and if it's alright with you, J, L. Plummer; and if we don't hear from them in the Next 2k hours, by noon tomorrow Mr, Lloyd, in the afternoon of tomorrow go ahead and put your lawsuit in. Mr. ~.layd; I understand, Mr. Mayor, Mr, P~uuaner; I would even give them untio 14ondsy. c~ y ~~~ ~' 1~ ~+~~~ f~ ,,. /"'° ~"' Meyer iverre: All right, You give the:.; until 24onday at 12 4'Gicetc. Aid n6t ~~tly call them, but ~a~;rsld you please se.w Chem a telegram and sign zny nave ot~ behalf of the Commission and yours, if yoti ~~riah, that we are holding >ip end tas had bedfi hdpi'ag to hear from theme we have not he~srd from theory we're taking the inti~tivt and we'll let them know that at noon Monday the suit will be pladed utiess they requeet one teat meeting which r~re`re perfectly willing td attend ~~y tihla ~y place Rev, Gibson: itr, Mayor, I'd like to suggest that wd gills them .~+ tflat fie you settid the le.l.e,sram that you send every member oi: the Commission a copy of that telegram so ti;ac no member would say, t1Y did not know". You know I know Rota that's done. Mr. Lloyd: Yau're more right than you eve:.tcnow you are, Father, because as individual dec~,dants... Rev. Gibson: Right, send every u~e-Lbe_~ ar.r :~:;_~ ~:anager a copy. And Mr- Mayor, when we say that fie we don't get an affi;-t:i~`~.vr~ action on their part they must indicate to ue :~.nd that we must hR~re L-he -~~ee*::~.? within a maximum of 10 days. You see, if ti;Ly ssy alright, tH~'li rtenr_ ca`,~~.t~:~ noel and noon on Monday fine, let them stipulatE ths.:: the meeting o~i;.l rp csTle• F*ithin 10 days so that there would know right aM,`'J t:tiht. at the end of thcsE ;i; :?~~s we're not going to wait around for nobody... Mrs. Gordon: ~`~ve Sot to say some:`?~irg shoo" t'~is meeting. I think meetings are dust fine taut if tt:ey're going to rorzu to i.'.1, ;,;eating and restate what they said before titer. we°.rc must weisti.ng our tLTa ~,aira, to s meeting. So they've got to come to a rzetz--.r~ with an open mind a:~d r4aa~.T to Hove forward in a different way. I mean ott,er~r; se •:ahat are we meeting for? Rev. Gibs~r:: _~:-.~-;, nose, that's understcod. ':'he only thing is if the newspaper said they thiil~'. 'tie have a beef we want to stow thst we are reasonable people. You know we a:°~:.: `t going to get i.t tcr,,;orrocJ a-~y~..*ay. Let ue be on the aide of having tried ct,a second time. Mayor FerrF+: ac~~ the second t'me, this :e ab~L~ the IOth time we've triad to do this but I Yar.:: to in all good coneci.nce be ~.le to look at Clark Ashe and JeCk Kaseowitz fir, r.~ _• c;•c a;°d tell thin, "Look, vro tried to the very last moment" because you ::tom ;.'a lust sick and tired of c~varly Phillips being sanctimonious and writing ~~;:.~ue sen.^timonioug letters ssyi-ig t:tat Z don't know why we're going to go out enc~ •a;>E,,:e a? l of the taxpayers' .,:preys fir. lawsuits when there is a very simple sot°fticr:; :-~ . ,. - is ~ahy don't you turn aver your first class Fire Depart- ment and merge _~~ wi.th nut third c1a5F :ire DeFArtment. You know. Rev. Gibsati: ~ k:tow, Mr. Mayor, Z said. ttic salsa thing about- her. '~ Mayor Ferre: told by the way, i'v~~ taken a po3lcy, You know somehow...eince I've taken...and tharic God I don't have the problovns that what`s his name does in Philadelphia that sues the Philadelphia Inauirv back and forth and I have no in- tentions or ec>i„g anything like that but wh~.le we're on the record and since any- time I`ve got a beef with the fourth estate editorial department I put it right on this microphone. This i.s where I ssy iC. ?'he-e was a photograph in the edit- orial page of ~t *ire truck and it was a leitar ?:ram & fireman in Metropolitan Dade County saying that I should apologize tc; t;tt: Wren of the Metro Fire Depart- ment for calling them third class :firemen which I never did. And I wrote back s letter, j.t was the editirial page but wit_ ~z big ahotograph and a pretty strong statement ageins*_ me. I rnswered that ths;. zr~,ry same day by 4 O'clock that after- noon, Mr. Uon Suitutnaker and Nred Siterr:,ann ~=i: I also sent a copy to the City Desk, had a reply t:o thst letter where I specifics._,,- eEid I did not say what you said I did, I have n;~thittg but the highest rega.;d Yc~r the men and for Chief Bullock who happens to hz a first class fireman, he c~~as trained by the City of Miami he ought to be. .~.~' sve zIl the re~csona a5 •.: ;ah,y I classified that department as a third rate .i~':`.r~ ::apartment. I don't casszfy f.re departsaents, that's done by the insurance ;,ea~•,le and we happen to be a cl:~ss ane fire department and they happen to b~ c, c~~s two or a class i:t,xap iru degartxuent and there era s lot of reasons why ;.', `-e ~, third rate fi~^e der.t:.rLx:crt and I stand on my statement. ~lslnd I gave ;you ~a.'_I t: A informaticn a:t~i t~-;~ f.G~1c, and the reason why. I ~uat want to point out i o t- iii; record, r:.~d T `:~ draf t:i.;ss; ~c~etrer eventually when this thing quiets dawn a _it.L'ie pit to same of ray ±`rle~x~s a.t that head office o~ the "Fourth Estate" to 1Ufa:-w thin that I think .lt {s psteatly unfair for editorisle to he placed that 1-~~"~~~~. :;r criticize an indiviccss?. ;:r s city end when Chat eCeCement is answered ..t::: _: tile ans~rer is not pub :fie„~^ `_r. equal, space, I duet k-ant to Eo oil record s~yi,2; L:]&L' that criticf~7n : f .:',u:~ ~;ificEr in the Metro Fire Pepartmen was anawereri, you all. got copies o L~ a :r.,. ..° R^.d {t °,~ag *~evar p43b~~A110d b~i~ ~i~ett"' on the tecora _':at :hat was ans-~rereci. i?r. :. ~;,, ^~ec ,.:notion to this a~tsct? ~• ,-' ~. Mfr ~.1oyd: No, I understand the commission's directive. I will peffoi-in accofd in~ly, Mti~, Andrews: Mr. Mayor, l've already talked to itaq Goode and e~~iai:ied to hiBti ttte co~inission`s wish and told hiin that we will be sefidi.rtg hiti and each menttie~ of the ccr~tission and the Couftty Attorney s telegfant todgy and he ~sii epea~ t~ Mayor dark and they will snake every effort accofding to qtr. Goode to tl~y to harre a Meeting eat up with the 10 dqy allowance. That is 10 days from ttiia trlbaday if _ we heat fYein them by Monday afternoon. I told Mr. Goode so theta would be t<o ~-ie= understanding as to whom he is to contact because the City Attorney Itag btett in= struCted by the commission he's to contract the City Attorney first gild the second so there is no misunderstanding. Mr. Plummer; You know I hate to say this but'Paul, why don't you send a letter. Mr, Andrews: We're going to bend a eelegram. Mr. Plummer: Telegrams are getting extremely expensive. Instead of spending $300 to send a telegram hand deliver the letter. It is a lot cheaper. Mr. Andrews; We'll hand deliver a Letter. 24. ESTABLISH DATE OF April 22, 197h at 3:30 P.M. for FAIR ISLE discussion Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and members of the commnission, there's one more important subject that you are going to have tv assist us in scheduling and that's the Fair Isle. I can predict that that subject will take 4 or 5 hours of commission disc- r-." - ussion. Mayor Ferre: Why don't you just put it in the regular agenda on the 22nd in the afternoon. - Mr. Plummer: Schedule it as the last item. Mayor Ferre: Yes, ,just schedule it as the last item on the 22nd. Mr. Andrews: I've neglected, and this has been pointed out to me several times, = j ust for your information you might want to consider the number of people that will be in attendance, that would like to be in attendance... Mayor Ferre: If you will schedule it in L-he afternoon as the last item...sehed- ule it as the last item. __. - Mr. Plummer: Well wait a minute, he just hit upon a point and I hope that it's taken into consideration that this is not scheduled at 5:30 in the afternoon for four hours of testimoney, Let's rearrange the agenda so you can start it at two and hopefully get out at a descent hour. Mr. Davis: The Planning Advisory. Board sat until 3:15 A.M. on this item. Mayor Ferre: Yes, I know and that's what's going to happen all over again. Don't schedule it at two but for goodness sakes don't schedule it much beyond 3:30. Mr. Plummer: Start it at 3:30. Mayor Ferre; Yea, and we'll be here I guarantee you for four hours. So anybody at 3;30 has plenty of time to go home and take a shower and have dinner leisurely - and get here way before it is over. C~ $1, OQO , t~~70 LC)AN ~OR ~~'F~ST~t~~'~ ~~,RICII~IG 25 ~ BR~FF DISCUSSION ITEM: tc rinance constrtid•tcSfl Off' fi~i~t ~.~te ~ Iii=. John Lloyd: i~2r. Mayor, Colonel Wolfson as Chaiiznari bf the Depai~ttiei~t 3~ Offr 5tireet Packing has requested that the city approve a $I;~b0;bb8 losii tb tie ~e~eirt~ Z~ett of Off-Street Parking for certain perking pro~ecte Otis of at~iich; df dotit~e~ is the ~'t-ienda}iip Plaza under the Boulevard at N.~, l2th Street undei: tm~~ end another one at Decorator's Row and surface I>arking lc~t at N-W. 12t~1 A+I~~iil~~ I~fda~d; Iiia sure yar~r hon6za know that the Barking let X49 and !!5I at ~'rf~id~hip ~~a~a, thpte ie gn:[np ha be beautification and everything. There hoe been ail ~Ptitle cow maitding theu- it she newspaper for proceeding ahead with this and the baillt tiisiate because of the pzevious manner in *ahicli this has been done fc5r app~tcval by an ordinance and resolution of the City Commission. We have these pi•ep8red but the funds will come out of funds of the Department of Off-Sti:eet Parkii'ig. '~hei`e is no liability on 4~ee part of the city for tae ~-~oun.t. Mayor Ferre: I'm all for it. Z think it~ -Cs a great idea and we're lucky to have a man like .iitchell Wolfson to push orwarci wicii things like this. Before we do that I would ~i~'ke a resolution from this corrc:}ssion to Mitchell Wolfson that we're very happy Chet hero out of sick bed, you ~ca-a~~ he had a very serious-he almost didn't make icy he had a real serious ~~rob:ce::s and I think we ought to send him a motion :roni this commission that we're. happy that he°s up and .about. 26. WISHING SpPEDY RECOVERY COL. M.TTCI:EX.L WOLFSON FROM TZ~I.~P,TESS The following ;notion ~.•as introduced by Co*r•ni:ysioner Gibson, who moved its adoption, ~' MOTION N0. i6-s55 A I~.iiTION EXPRESSING THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION THAT MR. MITC:'.~;-.L WOLFSON IS RECOVERING SATISFACTORILY FROM HIS RECENT SERIO~JS ILLNESS. Upon be{.n se..orded by Co~aiaeionar P1um.~er, the motion toes passed and adopted by the fallowing vote- - AXES : Commissioner :rJEno:~c Reboao Commissioner J. L. Pi~numer, Jr. Co~elaBioner (Rev.; ah~cdore Gibson Vice-:^:ayor hose Garcon Mayor Meurice A. „acre NOES: None. Autha:ize $1,G00,000 LOAN FOR OFF STRBET PARK- ING AUTI~RI~"Y - par~ir~ facilities within the _ 27. EMERGENCY' OFcD2NANCE corporate iirni}s of the CYTY OF MIAMI. A': ORDI*'AP1CE E"ITITZ.ED- AN ENiERGEir'CY ORDINANCE A:OTHORIZING ~Hr. CONTRACTING OF A %J~.Iv FOR PAYING THE COST OF DFF-STREET PARKING FACIL- ITIES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI AND i'LEDGING FUNDS FOR THE PAYMEIIT. t~F SUCff LOAN; REPEAL- ING ALL ORDINANCES AND CODE SECTIONS IN CONFLICT THEREOF, INSOFAR AS THEX ARE IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVER- AB?T IiS.' PROVISIGN. Was introduced by Com¢nissio.7er Gibson and seconded by Comatiesioner Pluaaner, for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote- ' AYES : ConmiRS loner urea? o Reboso Commissioner J. T . P:z.unsmer, 3r. Commissioner (RE/.) Theodore Gibson Vice-"rta;ro:- Fcas2 GoYdgn Mzyar Maux~ce A. Farce NOES: None. Whereuno r, r:tie Commission on mct~ on az ~s'azmnissioner Gibson and seconded by Catmuisaioner l?iummer, adopted said ozdinanc2 by the followim$ vote- AYES; Commmissioner ~.aroia Reboso Commir~eioner J. L. P?u~ramer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev>j 'f~~eodore Gibson V~Ce~i~iacyli: Iv":Lt'3 .af?rdor. ,- P.ayor Me~:ri~:e A: ~~eyre NQES; None. ~~ _____. . #I -MI M ~, 5AI1} ORT)NANcl: WAS ULSIGNAT);D O2IDINANC~ !`?0. 23540. 1'he City Attafney read the ordititance into the public tecoird and dttttc~ui~ced that copies wet•e available to the membsre of the City Comt-s sio~t Afid to the public ~te~olution approving SOU'I'HEA5'T FIRSfi NATIONAL BANK OF Mf~NiI 2~3 . sc~eptance o f a f der to make $1, 000 , 000 LO.~N TO 0~~'~St . F~ai~king Authority to f.ittance cor-struction of lots. Mr. ~.loyd: The second is $ resolution approving the acceptance of an offer to the Department of Off-Street Parking of. the Southeast First National Bank of Miami to make a $1,000,000 loan under the terms and conditions as set forth in this ordinance adopted this date by the City of Miami. Mr. Plummer: Now wait a minute, I want to ask a question. Was this procedure gone through ae the normal procedures of bidding? Mr. Lloyd: No, Sir, it is not necessary far that because this is a negotiation of a loan of money to the Department of Off-Street Parking who doesn't have to go through those procedures. Mr. Plummer: We 11 why not? Mr. Lloyd: Because it is an independent department and they don't have to do that. Mr. Plummer: Do you mean to tell me that they can spend city taxpayers' dollars,.. Mr. Lloyd: No. They're not spending city taxpayers' dollars. .That's the point. Mr. Plummer: Well wait a minute. Like hell they're notl No I'm sorry, so they don't get Ad Valorem Taxes and they don't get from the general fund but where do their revenues come froth? Mr. Lloyd: Well, their revenues comes from the parking. Mr. Plummer: And who parks there? Mayor Ferre: Pc-opls rrom New York City, New Jersey, California... Mr. Plummer: Come on. Mr. Mayor, I would be opposed to such a thing. I think that they should go... Mayor Ferre: Well you voted for it I`m sure dozens of times before. Mr. Plummer: Well maybe I've ,just caught it. But I think that they should have to go to try and secure the lowest interest possible on money the same way this commission does. I'm sorry. Mayor Ferre: Well let me say... Mr. Plummer: Am I out of line, Mr. Andrews? Excuse me. On bonds aren't we required to put it out to bidding to get the lowest possible interest? Mr. Lloyd: This is not a bond. Mr. Plutttmer: This is a loan and they're going to pay interest on a loan and a million dollar thing is a negotiable item and I think they should be required to try through competative bidding to get the lowest acceptable percentage that they can get. Mayor Ferre: Xou'd better get 2dr. La Baw on the phone. Is La Baw around? Mr. Andrews: While the City Attorney is getting him on the phone let me advise you that there are many municipalities that have the same requirements that we - do as far as bonds and doing things an bid. When they find that they need money in advance of a bond sale or the sale of bonds they might go through certlficater~ of indebtedness as an example which is a loan Like Off-Street Parking. 2ui.te often those certificates of indebtedness are nn a negotiated basis and not on the bid basis because of the complexj.ty of arranging the loan, And 1t is on a mutual negotiated agreement process. '~. l'11~ I~ ~" iJ i~[ - __ _ - !` =, r~-~a Mt, P1u~nrner: Well Paul, I'm not even r~:;~~G try what T have in f~dnt of tae wes there a negot}.scion endeavor to ,r.,e~'... Listen, I knots Mitchell Wolfst5fi. Ok? And he ie tight with a dollar and I'm sure 2.4itchell Wolfson cafi~ies that aa~ne business-Like approtich in the Off-Street Authority as he does his otrt~t personal business . I ha~re f,.;ll confidence. i.n that . But all 2'm saying ie that w~ fighter fully so are he?1 to try and gat t-ha best deal possible and f want the essut~ce that it ,=,~y dr~nr_ t~et•e as it wes in fine city. Rev. Gibson: ..~. L., I don't want to change your mind but a possibility is why don't we ga :.r=.cli tt;ie one and make it a policy in the future? Mt. Plummer: S~'.1~. I think it should be, I really do, Mayor FerrP: 7'1.1 tell you ~,*hat concerns ne. ~•litchel.]. Wolfson, and I really teas amazed that he ::Filed me because the man t-,sa been ve,:y sick. He called me yester= day and he Ra~.[i . "You're the Mayor, I'm cai.ing you and I will call the other con1= migsioners if yon. feel that it is necesss;.y." I said, "yiitcheli, where are you?" He said, "Wp11, I'ra at my home". T said.' "Now 1 understood that the doctors told you that yo~;~ae~en't supposed to be invalved ir; anything". He said, "That's right, I can't get ici-~olved in anything for 10 d2.ye." 5o I said to him, "What in the world are yo.; cul.ying me far?" He said, "t;ell, I dust can't, I'm fidgetting around here and 'm worried about this thing and Z want to get going with these parking garages." I said, "Well, wheys file problem?" He said, "Well, everybody is in Agreement uut you know how with these things there's always the last minute problem..," I said, "Weil, what is it?" He explained to me, he says there are three parki;lg gerµges, one next to FriendsrSp Yiaza, one neat to Decorator's Row, one I don't kr..~;~•r where it is on 14th Street. And I've checked it out end the Authority t-;aa c~:.ecked it out, it's all set tc go. I've got a good deal from the First Nations; I~antc, it's going to give us - I t'nink it's a short term loan, ~''°` isn't it. Ti:'e G~nly until the bonds aze eo.d. I mean this thing may be only for a coup3e of weeks ar a month or whatever it is until the bonds. are sold. He said let's get going with it because we've taker. too long to get where we are. I said I will p3sa your message on to the record and all the coauniasioners will hear it and I c:on's_• invision any problems, Mr. Lloyd: }~:-,~ T_ sad this? I h&d Mr. La Baw on the phone at this present moment and this coTif~.rm~: my previous understanding, I didn't want to say this to the commiasian u:;ti1 I. confirmed my previous understanding, but he has dust informed - me that he hay negotiated with ether banks and :.. - Mr. Plum;ner: :~.ne, that's all I wanted io knoG*. _ Mr. Llayd: liar only that, 7 personally was with Mr. La Baw twice at the bank on this particul.3r one and he has negotiated with other banks and this is the only one that coul_d..<.. Mayor Ferre: Mitchell Wolfson is much much too intelligent to make this kind of a mistake. ~f' we're going with t:te First National Sank I guarantee you that Mitchell Wo:tfson has talked with :sonata Abbotte personally and he`s talked to Joe Weintraub personally and this is the twat deal that there is available. Now La Baw says that other banks have been talked to. Mr. Lloyd: Yes. I have personal knowledge before this that he talked to the City National Sank who was interested in the loan but then. couldn't acquire it because of, 1 think their particular fund which they were going to use was, I don't know the particular term they use but they had oversubscribed it or some- thing and they couldn't come up with the. money. Mr. Plummer: Ok. Well you see, if you would put in this other resolution here what you have in the first resolution which was dust thrown at ue that it is 6 1/4Y I would feel a little bit better. Mayor rerre: Si.:.t and a quarter percent? Mr. Lloyd: Y4s. Well, we have that in there. You see the second resolution... Mayer rt~rrc: :~.,k c.auld it Ue n... On, this iy municipal stuff eo it ie a tax free thia~;. ter. Pl;uacn~~r : ... `>>~t I'm having to din ehis .out, Maurice. Mx, Lloyd: ;~ir~ i I , the th#ng of 3_t is wha~ ire "r;ave here, . , May I explain this tc you so you ~•an ~lnderstsnd ft. FzX•st we're simply passing an grdinance wh~.ch quthorzts duct; ~a loan procedure and it exti'~;i~js everything ~ tt#e olyd~.nance, ~P~ ~'3 r Now then this resolution is authorizing the loan with the First National Bank according to the terms set forth in f.:l-e ordinance you've 3ust passed, Southeast _ first National Bank: ,'end you see what the Clerk will hg~ie to do, ~~ Ccmyinissioner, if you'll notice, he'll have to insert in pen the ordinance norther because tae don't have a number for it yet but he will insert that number and ft ie accofrd~ ~ _ 1ng to the tetrins as set forth in this ordinattce~ Mr4 Plummer: Except if you read nn page 3 of the document dated April 6th, Southeast Piret National is stipulated in this agreement. a• Mayor Ferre: We].1, the reason that he just explained is that they went around and that was the best deal Chat they could find. Mr. Lloyd: That's right. Mayor Perre: See, so that's part of it. How long is it for? Mr. Lloyd: You see, all the ordinance does is provides the form of the Hate and ~ _ seeing as we, normally we leave those blank but we knew that we had this so we put it in there for convenience. Mayor Ferre: How much did this same bank, remember, PauI7 Do we hve somebody - from theFinance Department? Do you zemember when we went out for bids around three or four months ago there were I3 banks that bid and Southeast was the low bidder? Six point what? So this is less than that. Ts that correct? And that - was for bonds. Well, this is the same. All right. Well I don't know, what is _ the will of this commission? I'll do whatever you want. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, with this clearly stipulated now in the first document I' 11 move it. ~"'- The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 76-366 A RESOLUTION APPROVTNG THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN OFFER TO THE DEPART- MENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING FROM THE SOUTHEAST FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MIAMI TO MAKE A $1,000,000 LOAN UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS SET FORTH IN ORDINANCE N0. 8540, ADOPTED THZS DATE BY THE CITY ' OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner 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. ~~~ '~' ~ 1~~~ Prohestzrig- "V~LID~fi~ SCR~Lf~" ptsf'~i+~fi of 29, P~~2SON~~L APPEl~-~tANGE Po].~ ~e, Fire ~xahtina~tio~i~ ~drhitii:~~~i'~cl kid tk~ T, M ~, a C J y y Q f }~ Q~ {~~~ '' - .. TO P~ItSO~S1~ASSIIVG AC.~'~D~~I~~~EHOI,O~~L~TESi~~"d~t1. ~ ~J~~~~~C`j~~ Mayor l~`err~~: Now we have aj.l of these people that have been waiting A11 days Now let mE> te1.1. you so Chet you cton~t get too upset that you're not ~h tie 9ched~ uled agntula, c7k7 Legally yo~~'re not anti*_led to be heard but Ism going tC listen to you. t;~~ wino iH the spokesman? Mr. Plummer: dir. Mayor, I'm sorry, at the sake of maybe your applause and my Betty ing booed, dust for the record I have got to stipulate that they are here talking on the police exam which is e~cactly the first item on the, or the second item on the 2 O'clock agenda. Mr. Huttoe is going to speak on... Mayor Fevre: Mr. Huttoe is right here. Mr. Plummer: i~ut it is scheduled for 2:00 G'Glock. Mayor Fevre: 7:t~ia.t's alright. Mr. Plummer.: Not in regards to them at all^ Fine. Mayor Fevre: Yes, but they're entitled to nave their day. IVow the only thing that I cram to tell you is in the future, and you ought to know better becauee - you've been in the city for some time, all you've got to do is ask me or Frank __ Cobo or airy one of us on this commission that ycu want to be on this agenda or tell the rienag~_r and he'll schedule you on the agenda. _ Mr. Thomas M. uarcia: Mr. Mayor, I did. ~'. Mayor Fevre: Who did you ask? Mr. Garcia: I ~elieve the memorandum was writers by Fausto Gomez. Mayor Ferro To who? Thursday? Oh, a week ago. Well, you know that the agenda comes out try i~rid2y. You know that too, if you don't you should. Anybody in the city should know that the agendas for these meetings are usually published £ive days before t;e eceeLing. Five days before a Thursday meeting puts it on Sunday which meaz~e th~s~ by Friday afternoon they az:e done. If you want to be on the ' agenda as a s:.lieduled item you have to get there before Thursday. Mr. Garcia: r:r. Mayor, I was led to believe that we would have been on the agenda. Mayor Fevre: k'eli don't lead them to believe that. Is that you who led ham to ' believe Chat: Who led you to believe that? I don't want to make a big issue r' out of this, but who led you to believe this? Mr. Garcia; That was the indication I got iron Fausto. Mayor Fevre: Fausto, don't. do that anymore. Ok. Now, back to what you want. Mr. Garcia: Well, Mr. Mayor and members of the commission., my name ie Thomas Garcia Monez. For the past two years I haae served as the coordinator of council- . ing services for the Tricultural Program crizich until its application for funding was blocked by the City Manager's Office under very unusual circumstances was considered the most successful program of its type ever funded nationally. I appear to you now at the request of the persons you see before you. They are ask- ing nothing sore from their elected and appointed officials than what is do them ae citizens and taxpayers of this city and what is guaranteed them by federal and state r~tatutec~ - information, information about a test experimental in nature with a failure ratio so high that this alone has caused justifiable outcry; in- formation about whac this ideal profile of a successful Miami Police Officer is according to the University of Chicago; information of why this IIaiversity of Chicago felt it was not necessary to utilize their highly controversial validity screen on the test administered to in-service police officers, If these results established a profile that these applicants Caere to be tested for; information on why minorities successful on the last test had :pore academic problems at the Police Acade~uy requiring the TriCultural program to pxovide tutorial ~tsastance program tnan their Angles counterparts anti zne ones passing this test show eyexy indication of continuing in this pattern without a TrCultursl Pro$raaa to help them. And these citizens of Miami wentreaaors, reasons why the City o! Miami - ktas not sought the assistance of the large academic community ~ U~nivst~rity of Miami, FIU, Parry, Biscayne, Me.~norial CaileR%, Miami-Dade and ABdE GpuAty Sthon~.e ~~ P ~ ~ ~ 1~~ ovith their large numbers of testing apecia~ t i ~~.s ,end oak. them to make inquiry of the University of Chicago and not acce~.~, the. results nor their million dol2af bi~.l ur-til this inquiry hag bean wade. Finally, Z hope that these applicants' inquiries will not loll on deaf ears and that this commission take positive acts ion do the matter of the tniversity of Ghiraga expet•iment and questionable clos= f.ng of the TriCultural. Program. You have before you letters that were distiri~- but~d yeaterde z;nd an open letter to Mr. Andrews. Thank you. Mayor Perre: A1.1. right. Mr. Andrews? Mt. Andrews: Wall, to answer•the first quest_ian, wc~ received a letter and I don't have it here befoz•e me, I was not prepared ac this hour to have the information but it is in my office Pram the University of r'1~licago in which they indicate they are goir-g to prepare information eo that individual information will be made avail- able to each applicant from the University of Chicago. Ir, reference to the Tri- Cultural Program the current Trj.Cultural Prcgraae has come to a conclusion. The ' city ie in the pro: ees and has made inqul.r_>~ cif federal ofricia? s as to continuat- ion of the Tr~.•'.ui.t~:r.=ai Progr.a;n. (ds plan to ~.on:~:i.t_~~e pursuing it whether the Tri- Cultural Program tc~kea un the same cl-2racterietics =.s the previous TriCultural Program I'm not ga`n±~ to make that ra~!ii-n?e;ZL at t~l!is time and the reason for that is that I'm vE.ry concerned that through the iriCuitural process that we become involved with a large body of yo:~ng people who will want to become aspir- ants as far as police career with the city and thin when we get trrough with an examination proeean, and even mere iriportan•t. the e:xa~~i:zatian process produced 300 applicants at one tune at this point in time there is no hope to absorb 300 appli- cants. I`m very concerned, and the commission has expressed ccncern, about creat- ing false hope `or a lot of people that it will not he possAble far us to help. So when we. go into a sew TriCultural Program it is going to have to .have elements in it that will ha~-e to be carefully thought out and it may very wQll be that a portion of the irtC~ultur.al Program will be designE~d to permit the city to get into a very eelectivs recruitment area fox the TriCultural process and hopefully tha would be principa.l.ly in rile black and Latin area and women. So I'm not ready to commit precisely the direction of the ;riCultural Program at this time. We have several months in whl.cn this decisio.t can be made buy I want to assur..e the com- mission that we have had communications with tb.2 federal officials, they have our letter of intent that we do want to make application end we will pursue it. Mayor Ferre: Paul, let me tell you what my concern i6. We all have many concerns, I`I1 tell you what wy maximum concern is, my first concern. We've got a comm~n- - ity here whether people like i.t or don't like it that has not only changed but is _- continuing to cl!ange beca~~ee I guarantee you that during these difficult periods there is an inflow of Cuban and othez uatirs ca~!ng into the Miami area at an un- believable rate. Now I understand thaw the City of hialeah is already 60% but I guarantee you that the City of Miami is 3oing ir, that direction. hYow the process _ here ie a slaw process because you can`t ga to and fire people from their jobs. You know there is nu way and T don't know whether Charlie is still here, there ie no way unless fate federal government cones in, and T doubt if the government !~~ would do it and I doubt if it would be right £or us to ask the govermnent to come in here and gig*e us a million or two :~iliian dollars so that we could retire peo- ple on early retiremeTa and make vacs^.oies. Xou know i.t is a nice thought, I`m sure a lot of people i.n the Police Department, ?a3.re Department and other depart- ments would want to des that but I don`t see how practically we're going to be able - to do that. Sa you know a lot of people beef about the City of Miami but I don't see that people are giving up their City of Miami jobs very quickly in recent months anyway and the rate. is going down. Now what it means is that there is not that many openings available. Now here is wrest m}' concern is, rfy concern is that we've really .;one out and tooted the horn and made a lot of noise on radio - and television and weave got a lot of these kids ail excited about wonderful oppor- tunities for a future with the City of Miami. And you lutow, that's the worst moat cruel form of... You know Black people don't des that since the abolition - you know saying you're a free man now - but you're free to do what? You're free to get an education and to get a job and to have eoual housing and all that. Well, for a hundred years you know that freedom was a relative thing. And all I'm say- ing is the worst thing that you can des is to tell a man that he is free and when de juris he is but de facto it is very difficult. And in a similar analogy I think it is a very difficult thing to encourage a lot of people to try to perform to try to become a part of the system, to invites Ci1P.tt1 to join these di#ferent _ departments and then when the time comes then There i.s Nothing there or it doesn't work out. What happens is that the damage done is a lot worse because a lot of these people with good reason don't understand what theca valiciit}* screens mean. I don'X understand. That guy stood there and said that he figures that the maj- - or~ty o~ [he people who had flunked those validity screens if thEy Cook them over again would pass thy. You know that is a hell of a statement when one third pf . that test was based an something which in ef.r~^r., I,r didn't aay the~t, but what -- ~P~ ~ ~1~7 the obvious implication of that, he was agreeing that the validity tests were not valid, That's really what he *~~~:~ saying. You'd never get h#tt to say it on that microphone but what else can you deduct out of that? Novi' that being the case I think we have a very serious community social problem. A].l thaw people that are involved in all of this, they ail live its the City of Matn3~ they ~ol~'t live in the City of Hialeahs they dent live iti South Miami. I'in not paying that was good or bad in the peat but the ma~arity of our Fire Department slid pollee U.~partnaent don't live in the City of Miami. Theca people dc. Acid the point in all. of i.t, and I'm not saying that in any sense o.f criticism o1~ the Pire or Police Department, they're entitled to live wfierever theq want. tt~s their right znd 2'm not saying that we ought to change that. But these are cit= izens and taxpayers in this cotomunity that are going beck to the commUtiity and they're going back, you know what you've got~is an army of disgruntled people. I would have preferred not to even have any of these programs than to go through all of this and have them go talking against the city which is what they end up doing. And somewhere somehos we've got to bridge that end'wa'ys got :Co do some thing about it, And that's rettl.ly the number one concern. Mr. Garcia: I`ir. :iayor, one of the functions of the TriCultural Program was to get people i,-~t~rested in Iaw enforcement and iE they were unable to pass the City of Muni tests channel them to other departments. The TriCultural Program has been very successful in having people enter Public Safety Department, federal prisons eyetarn ~-nd other federal agencies as well ae many other local agencies. 5o not only are we assisting the City of Miami but ae an offshoot we are assist- ing minarities to enter other police departments thereby increasing the number of minorities in law enforcement throughout the southeast Florida area. Mr. Plummer: i~?r. Andrews, at any time or is it ever dono or maybe you might want to consider it in the future, that when the invitation to take the exam or~to qualify or. a:hak:ever it is, that it eo be stipulated on the piece of paper that history tells us that there will be approximately 24 openings or 28 openings or 30? At least they know that there are only going to be based on history n~rr n~_ bar of openings during the life of this register. bias that ever been done? Mr. Andrews: ?vo, not in the sense that you're saying and I think that people might recognize that we were absorbing so many candidates per month by recogniz- ing how many people we were putting into school for the training and that would be a barometer, but not specifically, and none of these candidates knew what the city requi:.•ementa were for the year in terms of successful candidates. Mr. Plummer: ~4'ell, and of course, also to be said and it must be said that I'm - sure they ha~~e read the newspaper like everyone else, seeing that 70~ minorities _ were going to be hired gave them an incentive to feel that there were going to be a great turn over which is not the case. Let me ask one other question. Mr. Lloyd, one of the people that are sitting here said that there is a state statute that, in fact, gives an applicant the right to see *_heir exam. Is there such? - ~' Would you please lay nut the law. Mr. Lloyd: Yes, there certainly is a law. Yes, sir. The statute says that the employee, the exam taker who takes the exam is entitled to see his exam paper. Mr. Plummer: tiow does that conflict with anything that we presently have? Be- cause I understand some of them have gone to the Civil Service or the appropriate party whatever it is, asking for their rights under that state statute and were denied. Mr. Lloyd: I don't know about that but I can tell you this that possibly their interpretation of what their rights are and the interpretation of the board as to what their rights are might be different. Now Iet me explain about that. The statute specifically says their exam paper. Now then, and the philosophy of the statute is they're entitled to look at their exam paper. Now then, they're given questions in a little pamphlet or.book. They write their answers on a separate sheet of paper. Their answers constitute the exam paper, not the questions. Now wait dust s Aoment! There is a very excellent reason for that because if you give people c;uestf_crs the exam is no longer a valid ezam because the questions get dispersed to the public and then you have to keep framing new questions all the time, 1'ou aev~r can use Chose questions over again because the questions to that exam is out i,~ the public knowledge. That is the reason for that. Mr. Plummer: ]:su't the same thing true when they get it to take the exam? Don't they see the questions then? Mr. Lloyd; ThEy see the questions and, of course, there is nc way f:hat you can pxevent anybody frow going out and alraZly telling people what the queatipnp ass `~ r~- knora I wouldn't refiember that. i+that irm trying to say is ~ could understand but if these young people took the exam and you let then see in the ~udgettent factor yes ar no(see if it is a yes or t:o) they'll knoai. if 3.t is a ~udg~ent factor you could pretty much tell the kii-d of guys who learn grading the papers and ~~y be instead of doing something to the people who take the e~a~..ha~e to dd a~e~ thing td the people who are grading the eXBt~. ak7 1~ir. Carcig: Mr. Mayor, there is one bane df ct~ntentiot~ which I believe inrtalidw ates the Univereity+ of Chicago's test and i expressed this to fir, Andret~s in a memo dated March 26. Acid that was that the test given outs a taro pact test, that was given to the police officete and a concurrent validatian~ fi~o~ta that test set the profile that these candidates were to be tested on. `There rase nb validity screen. Nor.t the validity screen is a check on the pattern oP responses. Tt is not a written test and no one here hae~filled out a little piece ~+~ paper saying it is the validity screen. 'T'hat was not a settee of questions. Now in not uti1~- izing the validity screen and according to Dr. Saunders, he stated that the valid ity screen was not utilized because of the high number of're~ections anticipated on the concurrent validation sample.. Now, if they did not utilize the validity screen then the profile or the criteria that these people are being tested on is not valid... Mayor Ferre: Do you follow what the man is saying? Mr. Andrews: Yes, I understand. Mayor Ferre: Well, I'll tell you it makes an awful lot of sense to me. You know that's the same thing that man said, this is nothing new. I mean he's not saying anything that hasn't been said here before, Paul. Saunders said it. He said the same thing... ~" Mr. Andrews: And he also stated that they recognized and took into consideration that there were many of the 350 who took the exam for the purpose of establishing the validity that they were filling it in without concern of what they were fill- ing in. Bur that became obvious in the way you answered it, Mayor Ferre: The only fair thing that I see that really should be done is all those since they admitted that the validity test wasn't valid, really, that if these people were to take it over again moat of them would pees, in my opinion those who failed the validity test - this is the question - ought to take the whole thing all over again and let the chips. fall where they may. If they pass they pass, if they don't they don't. But I mean... What I'm saying is if the people who instituted the validity teat can't defend it and they can't give any reasonable explanation as to what it's all about then. as far as I'm concerned either it is invalid or ineffectual or it's meaningless or it ought to be taken all over again. _ ~ Mr. Garcia: Mr. Mayor, also the University of Chicago in their proposal to the. city stated that they were going to have a local group of psychologists and test- ing specialists meet to validate their procedure. In talking to Dr. Herman Dorsett, an industrial psychologist at University of Miami, he has stated that they have not met the first time. So it seems apparent the University of Chicago has vio- lated their own experimental procedure. Mayor Ferre: Well, I would recommend that we do the following: (1) That we xe- quest the University of Chicago to bring us here the written statement from the University of Miami psychologist that the validation thing is the proper procedure and. in lieu of that, if they cannot bring that then in my opinion I think that the validity portion of this test should be given all over again to those that did not pass. Mr. Garcia: Mr. Mayor, there was a group of local psychologists... Mayor Ferre: That's what I'm talking about. Mr. Garcia: Not necessarily of the University of Miami. '_ Mayor Ferre: The group of local psychologists that would look into see, because if what they say ie the validity test is invalid and a group of local psycholog- lets says it doesn't make any common sense at all then why should these people be penalized for that? Mr. Reboso; I agree, and I move it. Mr. Plummer: Is it legal? That's all I'm asking, ~~ ..r.r 1. ICY. Lloyd: The motion in itself, the an~;,ct is it is a legal motion. But, sub'- Sect to checking out to hake certai:r t.l-~at we're in violation of the Cohen Decree of ~oesible Civil Service R+.~Ies. Mr: Plummer: t vote "maybe". Mayor ~'errr.: It's a valid point. kfiat is he, a computer? He's gat to coo legal resparCh on it. Mr. Robert Pauik: Mr. Mayor, if I could offer a statement at this time with re= Bard to the statement that Mr. Gar-cis alludes to or stated, the University of Chicago did, in fact, have a series of meetings in 1974 when they initially Caere engaged. Through the Summer of 1p74 there were numerous meetings that were held hate in this auditorium at night in which numerous people, each of the respect- i~Ve organizations within the Polies Department were advised of it or asked in effect to have representatives of a professional nature to serve on .one of the counseling committees. 1 think Mr. Facades was here and was involved in that process. There were three distinct committees, one of a professional nature which Was identified as professional psychologists and which they invited people among the community, and the word went out to all of the organizations and to the Police Department and to the City Manager and to the Civil Service Office to have repre- sentatives here so that they could participate in discussions as their work mould progress.. There was, in fact, three committees and I can't really recall the titles of each of the three committees but there were numerous meetings here in this auditorium in which they did discuss their work and what they were about. So that's not entirely correct. .... Please, Mr. Garcia. After the fact, they have not had any meetings with any psychologists that I know of so that's correct. But prior to ever their writing any examination they outlined to people who were interested through the organizations that are in the Police Department - FOP, P$A, Miami Community PBA, the department itself and they met with people that were sent in behalf of those various organizations and others. There were people here from Dade Junior College who participated in some of the discussions. I don't know whether there was anyone here from FIU or the University of Miami, Another point that perhaps Mr. Andrews overlooked that relates to the University of Miami, they were invited to submit a bid at the time that an independent testing agency was being considered. The University of Miami, Mr. Andrews, as you recall, was nat interested in submitting a bid to take on the wor'ee of preparing and adminis- taring the examinations for the City of Miami Police Department for police officer - on it. They weren't interested in that. Mr. Garcia: .... Mr. Plummer: Excuse me, sir, I have priority over you.. Ok? Let's make the record very clear and Something you haven't said that was the key point and the key point according to the Cohen Consent Decree was that the plaintiffs had the right of approval on which group was selected and their approval was only on the University of Chicago. Correct? Mr. Paulk: That is correct. Mr. Plummer: Let's make the record very clear. They were here and I asked them point blank, "Does chiS meet with your approval?" and the answer was "Yee." So when I hear these statements about where the hell did the University of Chicago come from, remember that it had to be with the approval of the plaintiffs in the Cohen Decree and the acceptable group to them was the University of Chicago. As I recall, and I don't stand on this, but as I recall no local group was accept- able to them. I believe that statement is in the record. - Mayor Ferre: Well, we're getting off the. point. The point very simply is this test, the validity section of it has been questioned. It has been questioned by the University of Chicago itself. Now I sent Mr. Andrews a memorandum which is now over a month old. That memorandum has not been answered. You answered part of it and right on the record, right here when we met back in March, I guess it _" was the 25th or befare that I don't know when, I read into the record; I said at that time that soma of the answers that were given to me in that memo the night before were not really answers. You know you said you would provide them in the future and so on. So we still don't have any of those answers I want to point out to you. I understand sometimes it takes tiiae to get these things to- gather. We're now getting close to mid tipril. I would expect that we otquld get those answers, those memos in a reasonable time. The point remains stir., and I made it last time, that with regards Co the validity screen which the Unlvexalty of Chicago themselves questioned I think we've got to address ourselves tp it, Now, 1 f~.nally recognized what might be a sa3uton to it and that is that we get a panel of psychologists locally, let the Un~.versity pf Chicago chgAse them, ~$ l ~, . have no objections to that. And let them ~~~,ne here and defend whethef of nt~E what was done is reasonable and if at u;dk.es any sense Novi if what they say is that it Nally isn't reasonable and that all it did i~as Confuse them as fait as t'cp concerned since 60% of those who applied were thrownn out because ~f that pei?t~ itulai~ itetz, how i.t' they were thrown out because techi`~ically they iastert't qualify tad. Ole? They flanked the exam, they've got no beef, they shouldi~wt be hefe~ If they emotionally flunked the exam necause they're dust not eitotioitall~- fit tt~ be a policeman or police+aoi~an they shouldn't be here. They've got io beef ~ they fltitiked. That's it. I'm sorry. But, if they were cut because cif this validity reginarole that c:~a seem to be in I think those people are entitled to retake the test. It's just that simple. Now we have a notion on the floor is there a '~•,, second to the motion before I recognize the honorable Lieutenant? There is a . .~ secb~nd to the motion. All right. ~.t, Ken Harrison: Mr,~Mayor, I'd like to make same comments to this subject. .~y name is Kenneth Harrison. I'zn President of. the Fraternal drder of Police, also a lieutenant in the Police Department. I'd like to go to through with this commission some of the events that led up to this circumstance that we're faced with. Bear with me, if you might because I chink it will be enlightening and might review for you some of your own statements of previous times. Y'ou've got to refer back to the Cohen Consent Decree which was brought upon the Miatni Police Department by the administration with no input from the Police Department and the organization it represents, its employees, this commission or any one else. There were meetings that took place and there was an agreement reached. This commission adopted it. The Police Department attempts to implement it. The employee organization raises objections at that time about certain points, took it to the courts and we were told to live with it. We attempted to do that. The provisions were accurately described here. T: t. said there will be outside testing. The Civil Service will be removed from that procedure entirely with the exception of setting a date. This commission saw the necessity of that. I questioned it at that time as spok.aman for my organization, I question. it at this time, gentle- men. The city has a ;.esponsibility that they've abdicated. They have completely abdicated that responsibility and In the contractural agreement between the City of Miami and the University of Chicago you have given full authority to those people. Gentlemen, your decision where the University of Chicago is concerned is only one - w?iether to rehire them or not. That's the only decision you've got and you've got a five year Consent Decree and you've got two years left on it. Who are Vou Foing to get to come in and pick up the pieces when you let the University of Ck~icago go? leather Gibson, hear me out please. I'lI answer any - and all questi,.:na you have aftc'rwer.ds. You've asked me to do this on numerous occasions and T ask you r.o do it now. In addition to that this commission, this Manager and our present thief of Poltce al.l publically have stated that they des- ire, want, see the necessity for psychological screening, validity evaluations. Gentlemen, we opposed it at that t3~.ne, the employee organization, we oppose it at this time, Zt is something Char you have brought upon us, whatever your reasons were. You saw the necessity of it, Secondly T had asked you to review the objectives of the exams that yogi !:ave. brought into the Police Department with the outside agency that you've elecr_ed to engage. What are those objectives, gentlemen? To get job related exam,:,, increase minority input. Have they been _ achieved? I ask you that. Also, what are the objectives that Dr. Saunders sat up here and told you? That throughout history we have lost 50% of ell entrants applicants through the process of background investigations, the academy. He told you that he's going to cut that in half. I don't know if that is true but if he does, gentlemen, and you all raise the issue now you're going to look awful _ bad if he achieves that objective because the money saving impact that that will have on the City of Miami in the long run is going to be immense. Ok, Saunders' - statement that the Mayor alludes to, he said as I remember it, that this validity screening effect if. given to the same candidate in the same form would no longer be valid because once you take it you adjust. Gentlemen, that's what it's all about. I don't profess to be a screening expert as Dr. Saunders and the Univers- ity of Chlcaso say they are, Mr. Garcia can't make that claim and neither can the Mayor or any of the commissioners. You hired the experts and if you don't believe them get rid of them. When their contract is up, get rid o£ them gentle- men and bring somebody else in you've got more faith in. But I'm telling you at this point you're cc~ltted and to ask that these people take the same exam I think is unrealistic and would be totally immaterial because the man told you the results will be different, they've ai.ready taken the exam and they're going to make adjustments at this time. In addition to that, a panel of psychologists, that seems like a very objective chi.ng. _T refer you to a recent news making event the trial of Patty :~earst. each part brought in & panel pf psychologists and they said exactly what the attArneys for each side wanted them tp say. PsycholAgy i.s an inexact science and that's exactly what is going tq happen. You bring people i.n here that see the need to ramous the University of Chioago for whatever reaspn one of which may be to bring soma Fin2nc::o1. suppozt back tq their institution ~J you're going to t;et cii.sagreement. I ,a-~~;`t think that is realistic at all My contentian is let's go forth with ..ne process, if we don;t achieve the ob~ectivea we take the stand and get t•id of the peaple. There is objections that I have with this process and I've raised them consistently ffom the beginning tsf it and - Y i`aiscr "the sand obJections at chi5 time, geirtleriien; but I recognise ot~e thing that we abdicated, You and I abdicdted our responsibilities to that niitside ads= ministrator for whatever reasons whether. we thought they were ~usti i~gai or what we bought the farm. The proof is in the pudding and I quote you all. Were there and weir got one decision - they didn't do what we wanted the to do dr they did it. If they didn't, fine, bring sotebody else in. If they did rehire - tem then. And t think what you've Rot to look at if you're going to say that - objectives from different programs didn't come together, if you had one agency or one depart~tnent tt-at veers doing trai-ring and recruitment and they didn't meet the needs when it comes down t:o the test you know I think the problem looks in that department. Wtrat kind of. training did they give? My organization served the TriCultural Program. We were on the advisory board. And you knout the first question I raised? Two tests we"ve had, a large percentage of those people had failed those tests and have gave through. the TriCultural Program. Gentlemen, it • ain't the test because they were two different tests. The first one wasn't valid- _ ated the secon3 one was. Acrd the percentages of failure from the programs that we're standing here arguing about rernains high. Now I tell you the questions lie there. There needs some replanning, regrouping and let's place the object- _ Ives there. It is easy to hl~ue the test because it is there and you know we all can say tare teat isn't goad, I didn't pass it. Every test I ever failed, gentlemen, I said it wasn't any good. And if I was training somebody and they failed it you'd better believe I told you the test wasn't any good because if I _ said anything else I've got to admit that I've got short comings and that~s not truman nature and I think we'vc: got to look at the total picture, get it all in perspective and move forward from there. That concludes my presentation, I'll answer any and all questions. ~ Rev. GibSOn: Lieutenant, lct me say ttris for the public record and the hearing of all these folk. I'm going Lo concur with you that we are obligated, we are committed. Ok? I hope the same doggone thing is true about the Consent Decree. You know what I mean? Lt. Harrison: No, sir, I don't. Rev. Cibson: Oi~, you ought to know. Lt. Harrison: Wiry don't you Put it up here so we can talk about it? Rev. Gibson: Yau ought to know! Yoi~ know what I'm talking about! The Consent Decree said certain things and you all listen - White America went into court ,joined and got the Consent Decree knocked out. Lt. Harrison: It's totally different. ~.~ Rev. Gibson: Ok, I'm going co exclude you. Those policemen and one association - went and did it. I'm committed, I'm willing to go with the Consent Decree. But you know what? We played a gartc~ with one set of rules when it's alright for us and we don't play that game worths nickel when it's not. for us. Now let me say this. Ok? I'm going to tell you something today that will shock you. Nobody need not play no games with this federal government. I want everybody to under- stand ttrat. Need play no game with this federal government. Everywhere contrary to what some of you all are saying around wherever they had a Consent Decree man invariably the federal government does its thing. You know what I learned about White America? I'm in a church that's predominately controlled by White America. I dust happen to be a pebble. Ok. Man, they ain't about to turn loose their money and let you decide Crow the music ought to be nor the score. Now, what you need to understand is that $12,00,000 that we have that we get J:rom the govern- ment, an awful l.ot. You know' And I'm prepared to follow what you said but I _ dope you will be prepared to do what the federal government sayH. When we Kot the Consent llecree, now I want to say this in Style. You knave what really dtR- turbs me? All of us know that the city is in a mess and we want to try to work is out, But you know what really worries me? All of you all who've been eating high on the hog all these years. 'r'oe knave, I've been eating the foot. Xou know you want me to keep on eating tt;e foot and I notice how you all. are protesting. And I know how White America operates. They would have found away, take white, you would have found a way to help whites. And oh man, I heard you all dust rail- - ins hell, Lt, Harrison: When was that, Co;wnissiorer? t~ Rev, Gibson: The very day t~ihite was dcwT- here. ].sat co~nission meeting. And all I'iu saying is Officer White, taho his put in 30 years and you ai~att wind all that jazz. you didn't move hint up y~U, my brother, I`m prepared to live with that ing your're also willing to live with the princ l.t. Harrison: Mr. Mayor, T submi iftg the subject. Iill respond to We've done it throughout history. stands the principles of fair and ReV+ Gibson: tJhat? This otte? l.t. Harrison: Yes, air. Rev. Gibson: Man, you know what, You know what day it was, the 1 will buys ev'efy Nord you say~~ denied hits the tight to take the there: Ok7 I iit ,ji~~t s~yfi~g to principle you set forth ~tb'Vd= iple of the Consent decree. t that Commissioner Gibson ie ttot even addt'ess~ that, when it becomes final we'll iiv~e with it. _ I seriously doubt that that Co~ihissionet uiide~C= -_ equal play. I've got to examin your head, Lt. Harrison: Any time you'd like to, sir. I think he's completely off the issue, the Consent Decree, the issues that were brought before the court had nothing to _ '" do with that. Obviously he doesn't understand what was brought there and I~11 tell you this right now, I resent the fact that that type of tirade was allowed to _ - go on when it wasn't even germane to the issue that we're addressing. If Commis sinner Gibson wished to address me he knows my phone number and I resent the fact that he chose to do it here publically to lambaste and criticize and ridicule the action of my organization when I stood in front of this commission and told you openly on numerous times what we were going to do. Now Commissioner Gibson, I'll be glad to sit down and talk with you at any time you want to explain the stands of my organization which represents same 97% of the Police Department. And I regent the fact that that was allowed to go on. Mayor Ferre: Lieutenant, it ie alright for you to speak that way but, of course, you don't like anybody else to talk that way. Is that right? And as far as the Fairness of this commi.esion is concerned we don't know what the right thing to do and what the just thing to do is but, of course, you do. Lt. Harrison: Is that what I said, Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre: Oh, I'm just asking }•ou. Lt. Harrison: I only follow the lead of the leader of this city. Mayor Ferre: Yes. We don`t know what fair is but you do. Right? Lt. Harrison: Is that what I said? _ ~` Mayor Ferre: I'm asking you. Lt. Harrison: I'm telling you there are certain rules of order that go on in any formal meeting - this is a f ormal meeting - and I would request that they be i adhered to. It has nothing to do with what is just or right or my opinion or your opinion. There are laid out written rules of order and I ask that they be = adhered to. That's all. I didn't come up here to be personally attacked but if that ie the desire of this commission, gentlemen, you have full authority to do _ that. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, wait a minute. Let's make sure all of us understand how the rule is played. I may be black and not smart but I'll be doggone if I don't know the American way of life and system. You were the first one who said that I didn't know what it was all about. Do you remember that? Ask all the other members here. You were the first one who attacked. And see, when you get it - back you can't take it man. You don't know. Mayor Ferre: Well, let's get back to the subject, and as far as Z'm concerned Father Gibson who is a grown individual and has been in this community for a long time and is over 60 years of age, if you'll excuse me, Father, for bringing out your age, I think is in full faculty of what he is doiag and he has the right to say anything he wants to as far as I'm concerned, Juet like you coiae here and -- lecture us and you lecture me all the time, you've dose it three times today, and I sit here and take all of that and that's fine, That~s your opinion and you go ahead and do all of your lecturing. That's alright. You've made some pxetty -- strong remarks before these cnicrgphones, Lieutenant, anal you're entitled to do that as far as I'm concerned, We live in a democratic soci¢ty and as Eery as T'~ • concerned I'm running the meeting, I'm still cite =dayor of this .city and I'm the ._ ~P~ ~ ~ 1~7 chairman aP ttri:; burly and I' 11 run :t *':~ way I think is appropriates And you really don`t havL t:oo touch to say a'~~ut that except at election tune, Lt. Harrison: 'That's right, and - acknowledge that, Mr Mayor: tiayor Ferret : , . Now let me try ra get back to the poittt, and in do way ppYSotial nttd 1'tn not talking about anything but what I hope af`e the issues. Fifet aE all Ao that we don't all get off. on tangeztts and then mime the maid point, ~tr~3 A pit•actical point of view we have 106 people that passed. `the belaiice of tittit~r5t'ities is pretty muc}; r_lose to the city's balance, 48% versus 53% Latin and t d~t1't kai3w what the blacks are, it's 15% ar what have you. So it's 80, including taotnen, blacks and Latins, the 1Q6 that made it are 84% minorities. nk. Hey, you can argue that it's off 5% or. 10%, that's nut important. Specifically there were 48% Latin, To me that's close enough. It it's 53, 48% I+m not going to argue a~c~ut that 5%. Forty-eight is close enough, And in the blacks it was also pretty much close enough. ~,l.right, now the `act- is that we°re not arguing about the minority ies. A lot of people say, "Oh you're upset because you want more Cubans". Heyi froth a practical point of view how many openings are we going to have? Mr. Andrews: We are experiencing about 4 or 5 a month now. Mayor Ferre: Five a month tines twelve, that's sixty. We've got 106, 25% that don't make it and that brings it dow~z to 7C and that's about it. There are going _ to be people at the end of the year that aren't going to make it. So from a pract- ical point of view it is filled. There isn't anymore openings available. We're not talking about anything practical because the fact of the matter is that what has has happened and it is done and it is fixed and those people are going to go into the system and they're going to be 48% Latin and so many blacks and what have you and that`s good and it follows what we're supposed to be dome. That's = not what we're talking about. We seen to be missing the point. The point is ~ that what we're talking about is simple justice. That's what I'm talking about. Now perhaps that maybe bother Lieutenant Harrison that I talk about simple justice. You said that it was your opinion and my opinion and we're not talking about what is right and what is just. Well I am talking about what is right and what's just. That's exactly what I want to talk about. That's what I think my job is is to talk about crhat is right and what's ,just. Now, let me tell you where I think; - you made a statement that perhaps we differ. You conveniently, and I understand, _ - put together thf~ psychological evaluation with the validity. They're not the same. They're not the same. The University of Chicago carefully explained that - they're not the same. I agree with your statement with regards to psychological testing. If a per.eoii flunked the psychological testing it may be right it may be wrong, Y don't know. Pout that's what we decided to do and that's what we`re going to live with. Now, with regards to the University of Chicago according to them and according to Paul Andrews, and correct me if I've mis-stated, this is the first time in the United States where something of this very complicated nature ie being attempted. This is a landmark procedure. We've never done that. Now you got very upset because I brought out the Dixon Case last time around. I'm not going to do that again. But let's say so you won't get upset... Lt. Harrison: Because that's germane to the issue. Mayor Ferre: Yes, of course, it's absolutely germane. That's exactly the point. What in the hell do you think the psychological testing is in there for? So that we will not have people in the Police Department that are propensive to things that you don't want to happen any more than I do, Kenny. Xou don't want these things to happen any more than I do and I know that, At least I think I know that. Aecause I believe that you are an honest man that really wants .what is best for tiie City of Miami and for the Police Department as you see it. Now you and I see it differently but I don't question the fact that the way you see it that's your honest opinion as to what you think is beat. Now what I'm trying to say is this; that this is the first time that this has been done in the United States, It is a major difficult process. I think we've stumbled a little bit. That doesn't mean we're going to throw out the baby with the water, We've made a little bit of a mistake. I think this validity thing got bogged down. Now, what are we going to do, throw the whole thing out? Throw out the University of Chicago? .Start all Aver again? It's cost us $350,000, we're going to start out all over again? Now with regards to whEt Mr. Saunders said or didn't say I re- spectfully submit to you that you and I heard differently, You heard one ChS.ng and I heard different. I heard the man say not that if that teat Were given over to these same people that they would pass that teat. That's not what I heard. •What I heard was if a validity test were given ovex again that these same people would probably pass the vapidity test next time around which, end I asked him later. on that was not on the record unfortunately, whys And he sal4i there was confusion, And the confusion was that man;' of the people that tapk the test Jr ~[' ~ "' ~ 1~~. thought that they were going to beat t'~ . Ub you follow tae? I3}* ana~teti.ttig the gay they thrlught they ought to aitswef i.t, Now don't you f'eme~nhet iae had that lr~itg dieouse~ion abbot the ~riCultural and all the pidgrairmiiiig sit .the s~ctibol? And what was happening +was that what they were learning at the acade~iy ati~d iri firieultutai taag octmpletely contradictatiy to what was acceptable as fat' as validity teatiitg. ~on~t you remeteber, it was inbuilt eo that what happened taas that when ynu get a gtoisp of people and you tell them and you teach them 8fie thing and teach the one thing and then you go to teat them and the things that they've been taught at the acgdex~ny for six weeks makes their answers invalid then you ean't say that they gave the wrong answers and they were trying to beat the test because all they were doing was just parrottiiig which is what we all do ae we learn; what they had been told =- you've got to belie~re this way, you've got to think this way and this is 3t and this is the way a good policewoman or policeman thinks, Acid then you go to a feet, you take the test and it happens that's not the way a policewomman or man thinks according to the validity test of the University of Chicago. And you~re going to blame these kids? No, that doesn't make any sense. So what I'm saying ie this: Since, end Mr. Saunders and Mr. Andrews fust so we can clarify the rec- ord would you please have somebody in your office through the Clerkis Office, and I'm officially asking you this on the record, get the exact words of Dr. Saunders. I think he was 'very clearly implying that he too questions the validity teat. Now you and I talked, Paul, righC out there after the meeting right next to the door and I said Paul, we've got to do something about this validity test. And you said, "Oh, Mr. Mayor, if we get involved in this whole thing it would be unfair to the 106 that passed. And I said Paul, I agree with you. The ones that made it taade it and I think you can't tamper with that. But, and these that didn't make it Axe going to have to understand they're going to have to be behind thpae 106. But in my opinion I think we ought to give this whole thing over again to those that pass the wxitten teat or whatever it is called, knowledge test and those that passed the psychological test. Now if they didn't pass those they're ~. not in the ball game but those that passed both of those should be given this test over again, not this same test but a test for validity purposes. And then I think they ought to get in line behind the 106. Now that's not as good as I'd like to see it but it is good enough under the circumstances. And I think we have a mot- ion on the floor at this point. I'll tell you, the motion as I understood it, and let me repeat it, was this: (1) That the University of Chicago submit the procedure used to a group of psychologists in this community selected by them that would look and see whether what happened was reasonable or not. And if it is not, I'm talking with regards to the validity screen, and if it w•as not reasonable or there was any confusion or doubt that those people who passed the psychological teat (and what's the name of the other test?) and the academic test only in this _ previous test be permitted to be retested and re-evaluated again only in the area of validity or the validity screen. And if they should pass that they would then be added to the other 106 that previously... Mrs. Gordon: I have a question for Information. If you're submitting the pro- cedure are you also saying they submit the questions that they use? Well, if you do that then you have to throw the whole thing out because if Z heard the prof esaor here he said they do not allow their questions to be distributed.... Mayor Ferre: No, this is by a group of psychologists, they can't see them? Mrs. Gordon: I'm just saying what I believe, Maurice, would be a very strong objection on the part of the University and that if you either get rid of the University in total or if you're going to take their questions and subject them to scxutiny by other people they would take exception to it because they devised those... Mayor Ferre: Rose, not with regards to academic or psychological. I'm only limit- ing this to the validity portion which there was no section called validity as you recall, It was a computer run as to haw you answered question 2, 24, 48 and 69. Mrs, Gordon: Well, maybe a telephone call could be made to Chicago before we re- convein this afternoon and you can have an answer whether or not they will allow you to have their questions. Mr. Plummer; Mr. Mayor, I'm sorry, I'm going to have to paraphrase something you ~aaid earlier and it really bites me to have to agree wfth you on soueethng. Mr. Mayor, aren't we doing just exactly what you were condetaning before? Knowing very well that the most that we're going to hire is 60 you're putting these people starting with number I07, really aren't you giving them false hope again? Mayor Ferre: Nd, let me tali you why nat. Mr. Plummer; And knowing they can't be hired? ~- M[~ f1 ~' ~ !~/ ~„ ,iayor Ferre: No, let me defend it. ?rt me tell you why that's not so, There are two reasons. They're not dcli^tt~, they understand that they'rre not going ti5 be in front of the 106, they understand where they'i`e goiing to be. riot iet -ie tell you what does happeh. I+i~ not too sure that that goy ftein the Uniiiefsity of Chicago is right that he's going to have 25%. Suppose 50% df them get knocked off, that don't make it past = suppose 50% not 25s oui' irecoid is 5d%i paid, not 25. Suppose that doctor is wrong and 5d% of their don't make it. Yai~~ve gbt X06, that mcanH 53. Suppose you have 70 openings, than what? Mr, Ylummert You've already established the lOb. mayor Ferre: But 50% of them aren't going to make it through the college. The point is if you get 106 and 50% of them don't make it that makes it 53. Right? Suppose you have 7~5 openings? Mr. Plummer: What you're saying is only 50% roughly will make it into the academy? Mayor Ferre: Well., that's what our record has been. Mr. Andrews: What they said was in the prior examination about half of the candi- dates didn't make it through the process. ...saying here that he expects 50% improvement or only 25% will not make it. So assuming that there is 75 or so... Lt. Harrison: Could I respond to that? Mayor Ferre: Yes, but he's bigger than you are. Mr. Andrews: The point the Mayor is trying to make is, he's making an assumption and which could be ... _. Mr. Plummer: I nee your point. Mayor Ferre: So I don't stand corrected. See? So there. Lt. Harrison: I'd like to respond to that because it's happened in the past. Zt's nothing new. Generally, and I would submit to the commission that historic- - ally we have exhausted every register that's ever been presented on the entrance level. We have never had anybody die on an entrance level roster when it was - presented to the Police Department because of the attrition rate. What happens if we have 70 openings and we only get 53 people through the process and on the street as Police Officers? When that register is exhausted a new exam is sched- uled immediately and a new register is established. That has been the procedure = in every exam be it entrance or promotional within the ,Police Department over the -_ 11 years that I've been here. Mr. Plummer: So you`re defending the Mayor's point to 107 on out? ~ /"''" Lt. Harrison: No, my question on the motion is that what you're in affect doing is establishing a second register and I don't thinl: you can do that. I agree with you that you are providing some false hopes for these people. .Wouldn't it be more realistic, you know if it looks like we are going to exhaust this register ~tive the exam prior to .the year? We have that ability. I think what you're hav- ing here with economic times being as they are we went from a i~7 attrition per month down to 5 because jobs are tight and they're not going to get any looser.. _ Mr. Plummer: Well, but Kenny, in rebuttal to that, if we are going to be able to establish whether or not this exam was fair, and that's what I think we're really looking for, these is no other way you can do it except to retest these people. You know it nothing more tames out of that you are trying to establish whether there was fairness. Now I think that's a point thaC can be said. Mr. Garcia: I'd 11ke to thank you, Kenny, for all the help that .you've given the TriCultural Program. I've seen the letters that you sent to L.E.A,A. and they were very congraCulatory. And as far as my ability to com~aent on this, over the past five years I've worked in various experimental programs where we did deal in test- ing and I did take a few courses when I got through college although I am a minor- -_ ity. Second, the statement is said that this is a break through, are of the first _ times that the University of Chicago has ever done this. Well, ten years ago they did it in the City of Chicago and after a year and a half they were booted out and ~_ I've read their research on it. Now on their ability to predict a reductiari by the inclusion of the validity sateen, looking at the teat that was administered last year it is a very remarkable step. You can deal with the selec~iQri process. Now the selection process has a polygraph, a medical examination, ari ~1{G, back X-rays, physical agility tests and a backgrpur:d lnVesti,~ati.an, lt's a remarkable ~~ test sppetently with contact with the pap~:r the penei,l. i~ able to girte act X~ray~ do a ~ac)C~round check, etc ~ etc. Not counting the Attf3.tit3~i fate of inifidtities dri the last tact iii the different areas we lost 12 biac~ ~aies. 'T'hin last exafuin~ Ation I believe only ~ passed out of 1~7. We last 6 black fett~aies, i1 tatisihalesy 3 Letitt fesngles through this selectidn process and 6 Aii~o teeles etid ~ Aflgl6 fei maces. That is a very reitAtkable last step. Meyer Fefte: ... You know as wail as I do that by the tine thi8 t~hoie thing is over its rtot going to be 1~6 it wili be 40 oi• 50 that eta going td be ie~t aftcl that's why, Paul, 1 go beck to the itotion that's on the door that we go though the process through the University of Chicago of having them that passed the academic and those that passed the attitude and the psychological, that those that passed those 'two exams be permitted, but flunked the validityi be permitted to take the exam over again. All right. ... Well, that the psychologists were going to recommend whether or not, you want to cut that thing too because I thi~ilc i~enny night be right; that psychologists, they're all over the place. Irtaybe we ought to eliminate that psychologists.... (INAUDIBLIE) Mr. Plummets Father Gibson, let me address the question to you. You hear tahat is about to be done, you know 3essie Mc Creary better than I do. bo you feel that it is proper that we should check with.. him since he represents those in the Cohen Decree before we go here and have him before this microphone saying you brought something out of order, I didn't know about it, you've acted on it snd now I've got to fight it7 I merely raise that question. Mr. Andrews: May I suggest then because you want to bring this to some kind of conclusion, get the information can this be done, would they be willing to... Mayor Ferre: This is a motion of intent, it doesn't mean anything until it becomes ~~ an official motion. Ok? And then if Jessie Mc Creary disagrees with it or Mr. Huttoe or anybody else we can discuss it when it comes up for reading. This is a motion of intent. Ok? And as I understand it the motion has been reworded so that it is really a different motion. In other words we're actually instructing the Manager to work with the University of Chicago and instruct them to give these people the opportunity to take the test again, those who passed the academic and the emotional test. Ok? But flunked the validity test. Mr. Paulk: Mr. Mayor, if I'm not mistaken I thought I heard a first requirement in that motion. Mayor Ferre: No, that's been knocked vut. Mr. Paulk: That's not to meet with local psychologists then? Mayor Perre: No, forget that because I think Lieutenant Harrison is right that ~. you get three psychologists together and they give you four opinions. That doesn't mean anything. Mr. Andrews: We'll find out immediately what is involved in that as information and before we do any action at all we'll inf orm the conunission and Jessie Mc Creary. Mayor Ferre: Ok. And you understand now that you're not going to be above those 106, The 106 are going to be first and once that list goes down then whoever of you make it then you're on the list. Ok. Is that understood? Call the roll. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved its adoption. MOTION N0. 76-367 A MOTION OF INTENT THAT THOSE APPLICANTS WHO FAILED THE VALIDITY SCREEN BUT PASSED THE ACADEMIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTIONS OF THE RECENT POLICE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BE PERMITTED TO AGAIN BE SUB- JECTED TO THE VALIDITY SCREEN PORTION OF SAID EXAMINATION, AND THAT THE NAMES 0~ THOSE WHO PASS BE ADDED TO THE END OF THE EXIST- ING LIST OF APPLICANTS, _ Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner .T, L. Plummer, Jz~, Commissioner (Rev,) Theodore Gibson Vice-l~aypr hose Gordon Mayor Maurice A, Ferre NOSE; None, APR - s ~r~ Mayen of Mexican Eit~ 34. P~RSON'KL APPEARI~NGE H0~1GrtABI.E ~1.~,~'pNA jt~1~Rd, ~2e~C5f' of ~~ta f~SA Mayor Ferre: It is my pleasure to introduce to neYSbefs of the ct~inis~ii~n acid to those of the Public that are remaining bete the Mayor of ~tlla ~iariitt~aai Mexico, Mr. ttamon Magana Rori~ero, a di5tinguiehed visitor and Mayer of t'ha dietiii$nished city who is i.n our midst. It i.s my pleasure to recognize hits on $a~iaif of the citizens of Miami and the City and ~telcome hiin to taut cotitmunity, Y had tha ~51eas= ure yesterday afternoon to give him the key to the tiityr CAmplaint registered agsi~~t: 31. P~RSONAtw APPEARANCE PAUL TL~RC~'I"1'$, Assistant tc the ~tO~$RT MOR~JON, Park Ranger bix~ector, ~artmerit of Pants an Recces i n Mayor Ferre: There is a young man that wanted to address those of us that are left of the commission and I'll recognizr him at this time. Mr. Robert Morejon: Mr. Mayor, first of all I'd like to express my sincerest thanks for giving me a chance even though I was not on the agenda. Since Mr. Vaguer, our previous coordinator resigned from his duties the Ranger Program has been a total failure from the part of Mr.. Paul Turcotte, Assistant Director of Parks. His ambitions thereafter have been discriminative, seeking directittes without any previous experience and to command us without any compassion whatso- ever. Also to humiliate rangers Lhat have done a productive work in our program. In a recent conversation with Mr. Turcotte, Monday, April 5th, 1976 I was given a verbal reprimand for leaving my post for two straight days. I tried to explain to him that these two days were my days off. Mr. Turcotte's final words were as follows, On March 18th of the same year when the present coordinator resigned: "I am going to abolish this department. I am going to make .all of you Latins and blacks trash collectors." Thore were the words of Mr. Paul Turcotte, Aasiat- ant Director of Parke and Recreation. Mr. Andrews: Let me interrupt you, please, if I may. May I have the. liberty of doing that, please? The first thing you should ask, Mr. Mayor, has this young man followed the grievance procedures which is an administrative directive of the City Manager? Mr. Morejon: I have. Mr. Andrews: And hea he had his hearing in the City Manager's Office? Mr. Morejon: I have not. - Mr. Andrews: Then he has not followed it completely and it has broken down, I want to know about it and I recommend .that that be done first. Otherwise we're going to have every employee in the City of Miami coming before this commission. Mayor Ferre: What is your name? Mr. Morejon: Osvaldo Morejon. Mayor Ferre: Now Mr. Jorejon, if you would, please, would you follow the admin- istrative procedure. Now if after you have talked with the manager you feel that you have been discriminated upon or .there is an injustice I will recognize you on a formal basis before this commission, Mr. Andrews: I'll put you on the agenda. Mayor Ferre: Would you talk to the Manager and find out exactly... Mr. Morejon: I'm not talking only on behalf of myself, I'm talking on behalf on all the rangers in this department. Mayor Ferrer We understand. And let me say that as far as I'm concerned, and I've heard Paul Andrews say so himself, that the rangers is a fine program and I don't think there 1s any intention to abolish it. And that gentlazaan who, is he Chere still, is he working for the city? Mr, Morejon: 'Yes, sir, He`s the assistant director for Parks, Mayor Ferre: What's hCa name again? Mr. Morejon: Peul ~'uxcotte. ~~ r,. ~- ~:>.:.. ~~R ~~~~7 l~iayat' PerYe If Mr. Tufcatte said thE4 tie was gof.tig to Malca trash toilaeto~s oat of all of you Letite Arid blacks I think ICY, Turootta ties got a aafibii~ ~aft~li~ -_ feat . Mr ~ More j on i loot only talking for myself , I'tn talking dot a1i ttia i=ati~~i a Maycir Fe~rre: I'm sure the Manager will follow up fin this and bt'ii~g it up at the ptop~r time. Mr. More j an : T' 11 appreciate anything you can do in this matter Thank yciii THEREUPON THE CItY ~O~~I5~S ON RECESSEb FOR LUNCH A1` ~.~~.~ O~CLOCK P.M. AND RECONVEINED AT 0 ~I~OCK ~M, WtTH ALL MEMBERS ~~ THE coMMtssivN PRESENT, Appearance of WILLIE GORT, Chamber of Commerce 32. D2SCUSSION I'TEMs "CHAM~3ER OF COMMERCE OF THE AMERICAS" Referred to the City Managar Mr. Willie Gort: I'm here as a representative of the Chamber of Commerce. Last meeting we were here, we were offered seed money of $7500 for the City of Miami for the annual Chamber of Commerce of the Americas Convention here in Miami. We have a budget of $21,158 and I think there is a little question of the legality of the funds. Mr. Plummer: Let me ask you a question. Mr. Manager, have you given them the Manpower person? Mr. Andrews: Yee. Mr. Plummer: All right, so that's no problem. Mr. Andrews: At least I signed the papers necessary to achieve that two days. Mr. Pluamner: Ok, so that's been taken care of, the individual from Manpower. So now what we're talking about is $7500. Mr. Gort, I am told, sir, that you shall sit down, you camlot represent anybody before this commission, just sit dotan, I'll tell you why. Mr. Manager, there was no question from this commission that this was a Function far and in the City of Miami which was delineated quite clear and that's almost a month ago in which we asked you to find the money. Now we know that possibly what you have to do to comply is to take. it through Publicity ae Publicity funds. But as I recall, this commission didn't give you the latitude to say yea or no. This commission instructed you to make. the $7500 available to ~; them and the 10,000 Manpower person. Now obviously somewhere along the line either I misunderstood or you misunderstood. Now can you clarify this position? We're talking about this thing that's coming up in June. Am I correct, June, Mr. Sabines? Mr. Sabines: Yes. Mr. Andrews: Well, you're making a statement that we find the $7500 and finding the $7500 is sometimes a great separation and that's what's occured here. Mr. Price has been in my office 'over the last few months three or four times specific- ally requesting that I find more money because we're missing so many opportunit- ies to attract more tourists here and he doesn't have the money anywhere in his budget to provide that. He just doesn't have $7500. Mr. Plummer: Would you like to go back through the Appropriations Ordinance? Mr. Andrews: Sure. Listen, I understand their concerns and I'm in complete agree- ment with what they're trying to achieve and I understand what the commission is trying to accomplish. I'm having a difficult time trying to find $7500 and at the same time overcome, and we've overcame almost all of it, the $2,k04,000 deficit that we were headed towards. And we still have about $1,000,000 that we have to pare down. Mr, Plummer: Well Mr. Andrews, we're talking about 8, 9 weeks away. What can we do far them? The event is in the city. INAUDIBLE ~Ix, Andrews: You have already ,acted and you've already g~.yen me direction and it is a question of detexzaining the use of these funds anti where we can find them. .,...- _ If Chet materializes 1 won't have to come back to the City CQmmi.ssiQ~, you've already acted. ~~ ~. Mr. Plummer: So mother words i have your assurance that you will t"rat td find the funds ~aithin the next week togetner Frith the attor`neyis office gii~3iig you the proper approval? Mr. Andrews: Right. Mrs pluimner: Y dbri't knot tahat else we can do+ Noi we haven't given tliety t~-e $500, it's not available. That's what 'we're arguing abut. Alright, 1~laurte see can't do any Chore. Mayor Fevre: Can we do it from Revenue Sharing? Mr. Plummert Same rules and regulations. All right, did you just heat what the Manager just said? Mayor Perre: He says that we don't have the money and that he can't dig up the money. Mr. Andrews: Two problems.... Mr. Plummer:. He will try and find the money within the next 7 days, get the legal problem resolved and get the money to them. I don't know what else we can do. Mayor Fevre: Would you explain the legals why you can't use it from Revenue Shar- ing? Mr. Weston: The Revenue Sharing law requires that Revenue Sharing Funds be spent according to the same rules governing the expenditure of your own tax funds. In turn our tax funds are governed by the Constitution of the State of Florida which have a prohibition against the expenditure of public funds for a private purpose. We have to ascertain that this is not a private purpose. We have a case which says that attempting to expend funds similar to this for the Junior Chamber of Comcaezce was illegal. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor, you can solve maybe one part of this in the direction you're heading. Can I presume that each of the commissioners why have control of some of the funds o£ Federal Revenue Sharing, that we could make up the $7500 from that source? Mayor Fevre: Well, let's ask each one. As far as I'm concerned I'd come up with my fair share. She's broke(Mrs. Gordon). Mr. Plummer: It would be $1500 a piece, right? Mr. Andrews: But Father Gibson gave it a disproportionate share. Mr. Plummer: I'll give 15 of mine. Rev. Gibson: What is the proportionate share? Mr. Plummer: 15 each. Rev. Gibson: The four of us? Mr. Plummer: Five of us. Rev. Gibson: She doesn't have anything. ,~ Mr. Andrews: About $1$00 a piece. Mr. Plummer: Well, speaking for one there's no question. Kev. Gibson: So you're saying proportionate is $1500 a piece. Is tha right? *ir. Andrews: Something like that, Rev. Gibson: All right, I'll give my proportionate share, Mayor Fevre: Hey, then we've got a problem. The prgb~.em is that we hevs eptqugi.t- vents to different programs, I don't tend giving my 24Q0.,, f`: ~.:,n.,. 33. Pet•sot~~l ~ppeafahce Ii~NiY~nHEAIC Cd~`~~t~b1~~ ~~' ~('iM~N "~6" ~~. Mt~h~a Li.ghte b~S~t~S~Z(?I~ ~'~i Mayors Ferre: 2Vow befOt~e we ge on Mona, I~ve dot a ~ffoblei~ lieie~ 'Yes' but 1~V"e got a p>"obleta anyway even if you're not on the agenda. 'The ~#eiaispher~ic ~on>`erence for Women in the Fountaittbleu, Miami $each tc take place ir- Dade ~ounty- ~'lorida~ Now you and I talked about this sti-d I said, "Look, there is tits hotel that eats hold it iit Miami. Ok, You ve got to go to Miami Beach.' Ok, t understand. too ci?edit at all for Miami anywhere, no Mayor of Miami, No Vice=Mayb>` of Mia~mi7 i~e've got a woman. Is this for the Hemispheric Conference of Women? I donut see that the worman in this community, her name is Rose Gordon t~ho is the Vice=Mayor of this community, I don't see her on the list. Where is she? t don't see where it says Roes Gordon. Now Y see Mayor Steve Clark of Metropolitan Dade County and I see a lot of other .fiestas and workshops and what have you and Barry College. I don't see one mention of the City of MiFnni. Now have much money have we expended so far on this whole thing? Mr. Andrews: I think it is 3 or $4,000 but I'll have to look. Mayor Ferre: And you got the Mc Allister Hotel for free. You haven't paid any- thing at the Mc Allister, ha~~e you? You'd better get on the microphone. Mr. Andrews: Six. Mayor Ferre: I don't nee one word that says 'Thank you, City of Miami or the City of Miami contributed $3,000 and the Mc Allister Hotel was contributed and all this sponsoring and all this'. ~' Mrs. Mona Lights: Mayor Ferre, Commissioners, this was a very mall preliminary mailing, this has been completely changed. You will have tomorrow morning on your desk the proper mailing that ie going out and if you approve of this mail- ing, because there is a note going to you as well as to the other commissioners, then we will then print 20,000 of these which will be sent out to the groups and organizations. This was a very quick knock-up. We brought it in. We have some- thing that will be on your desk tomorrow for your approval... Mayor Ferre: That's a good word, Knock-out.... Mrs. Lights: The other thing is, Mayor Ferre, is that the City of Miami as you well know is getting for the first time in its 48 year history the Inter American Commission of Women which is a specialized organization of the Organization of American States. That meeting is set up for two weeks at the Sheraton Four Ambass- adors and will take place with State Department receptions, O.A.S. receptions and so forth. Some of those things have been sent to your calendar, they will be ice` sent to the other commissioners as soon as they are firmed up from Washington. Mayor Ferre: Well now, you've got a Governor Reubin Askew and Stephen Clark. Now why don't we have... It's not that I want to be on there.... ,Mrs. Lights: You are on the other mailing, you are on the other flier that is coming out ae are the other commissioners. Mayor Ferre: I don't want to be on it. I think the one that ought to be on is Rose Gordon as Vice-Mayor. Mrs. Lights: The City of Miami Commissioners are on the official flier which will be sent to you or brought to you either tomorrow or the next day. Mayor Ferre: Did you hear what I said? Mre. Lights: Yes, I heard what you said. Mayor Ferre: I'm saying that Rose Gordon as Vice-Mayor is the one that ought to give the welcome address because she is the highest woman official in this commun~ ity. dirs. Lights: Fine. Mayor Ferre: And this is the Hemispheric Conference of Women. MXs. I.ighte: You know that we have met with you many times when there have been problems and asked fox your help in solving them and so this ~.s something else that we take ail your words to heart and wiJ.:~ take care off. its 1 r ~~~ '~ ~ ~~7 +~ riayor Ferre: Mona, all I'm saying ~r ;~uu came to the City of 1Kiami, we went to bat with vou. Ok? Mfs. Lighter Right+ Mayor Ferre: We gave you money, we gave you moral e~lcduragefient. Youtve been here man} times, weave wupport this whole thing. Now you knb~t~ Iiin soYfy but l am upset to see this document which is the first one that I've seen slid there is not one word mentioning the City of Miami in this, not one. fihere is no repteg~ entative of the r.ity on it. Now I understand you had to go to Miami $each because we don't have a hotel big enough to hold it. But you should.harie had the seal of the City of Miami or thank you or something. You know Rose Gordon.... Mrs. Lights: We would be delighted to use the seal. Mayor Ferre: Well don't be delighted, I mean dust do it. Don't come in here tell= - ing me you're going to do it, I'm upset that you didn't do it. Mrs. Lights: Very good. Mayor Ferre: I'm sorry, Mona, I don't mean to cause any more problems than you have but I have to express my opinion. - Mre. Gordon: I want to personally thank the Mayor not because he mentioned me as a woman because he is expressing as a man a concern that women are failing to recog- nize women so what do they want of the men. Rev. Gibson: I 'm like the Mayor, I think we the taxpayers of the City of Miami are entitled to our fair share of publicity. I want to make sure everybody under- r`.: stands that. I don't plan to pay the publicity bill for Miami Beach and we're friends, you know we are. Mr. Plummer: Father, when the Mayor says that Rose is the highest woman does that have anything to do with those funny little cigarettes she smokes? Mre. Gordon: I've got something for you, J. L., I'm going to have Deloris bring it down. Personal Appearance CANDIDATE SELECTION FINALISTS FOR THE - 34. MR. NORMAN ROBERTS of position of (Belt date of Arthur D, i.ittle, Inc. CITY MANAGER selection~~ for Mayor Ferre: We will now listed to Mr. Norman Roberts of Arthur D. Little, Inc. on the candidates to be recommended for the position of City Manager. I would - like everybody to sit down and listen. This is perhaps one of the moat import- ~'"~ ant subjects to come up before this commission in a lot of years. Mr. Noraran Roberts: Thank you, Mr. Mayor and commissioners. I thought before I distribute the report containing the names of the persona who we believe you should interview I'd like to review the process we followed and read to you the guidelines that you provided us and which we used in identifying the most approp- riate candidates. ..restate the process after interviewing all the members of the commission we formulated a fob profile which included the experience, the desited education and personal~.ty traits that the candidates should have inorder to be considered. We also advertised after that including the basic criteria in those advertisements. k'e did this both in English and in Spanish in the Miami area and we also advertised 1n the professional journals of public managers, In addition, we directly solicited applications and recruited individuals who we believed, and who our contacts - resources ~ believed fit the criteria provided us. After this on behalf of the commission and the city we responded to all applicants and those persons who we recruited letting them know where they stand in the process and talked with members of the city govertnnent who were interested in becoming candidates. There were three, we found them to be competent and dedi- cated. We did not subsequently recommend that those three candidates be included among those we recommend to be interviewed, Mainly based on what we felt to be Che criteria provided us by the commission and our judge~aent that the breadth of experiencN of those individuals was not as great as these that we are recommend-~ ing. We are submitt!ng a report now co the members Of the commission that cpntains the resumes of five individuals whom w~ recommend ypu interview. It oleo inc~.udea our evaluation of their capabilities for performing the duties of City Manager, It includes as well a statement from four of the five individuals abQUt they ex- periense and their concept, and/or the{r concepts Oi gf~it'mat~.ye Action and with regard to municipal budgeCing and finance, ~ina,lly we~Ye ~nnluded in Sur report -~• ~7 ~~~• ati titefview guide that the commissi~~ners can use if they chnoee When fit~~tieWL in$ the candidates. I think it is i.ihpbrtant rtoW to take a look at teat those guideliitee wer@. Stow 11 find that there to rio perfect individual to terms of meeting ail of the critefta which the conunissioners provided ue. ~onr chi3i.ce then is based upon your own priorities and lookirt$ at these individtiais ~au'll fihd that they all fit Within the general. peritnaters Which ydu pfbvided us, T}ie issues that were identified in these initial discussions with ydu that the City Manager wi 11 have to deal. with in the short term or long te'ii- is .~o1lov~~t$, . l~iayor Ferree Have you got a copy of that that we can follow as you read? Mr. Roberts: I have the report but... Mayor Ferre: I'm not talking about the report, as I understood what you just started to say is that you're reading from the things that we outlined ae main issues, Is that correct? Mr. Roberts: No, these are some summary notes that I had made. This isn't the full text of what you've provided us. I you wanted to go through that... Mayor Ferre: Yes, 1:'ll tell. you what I think. We said, Father, we gave this man guidelines. Is that right? Is that xight, Rose? Alright, I want to know what those guidelines were. Mr, Roberts: Ok, you don't want it paraphrased, you want... Mayor Ferre: No, you can paraphrase it. I'm not going to make you read word for word but I want to repeat for all of us what were the guidelines attd I want you to tell me as you go through these candidates how you hai~e~' specifically addressed yourslef to those guidelines. Mr. Roberts: There are strengths and weaknesses in that regard. Let's .take a look aC the issues and the problems that were identified. The short term needs, compliance with the Consent Decree for the implementation of the City's Affirmat- ive Action program, the maintenance of service levels... Mayor Ferre: Let's go slow. Is that the first one, Consent Decree? i Mr. Roberts: Yes. Now these aren't in priority order, these are just a listing. _ The priorities varied according to the commissioners. Maintenance of service levels with constricting revenue and increasing productivity among staff, the ability to work with the private sector to expand the taxbase through Commercial development. Mayor Ferre: 47hat was that last one? Mr/ Roberts: Expanding the tax base through increased development, comtaercial and otherwise, strengthening the city's social service delivery systems, enhancing the ability of citizens to make input into the city government, improving the physical planning and control systems, labor relations activities, the clarifieat~ ion and maintenance of an independent role for the Ctty of Miami with regard to Dade County. In the long term there were the transportation issues, the ability to reduce the flight to the suburbs from the core city and the reduction of crime. And in addition to the criteria spelled out in the City Charter the commission made clear to us that the Manager needed to facilitate citizen participation, must have the ability and a willingness and demonstrated success in keeping elect- ed officials informed by Tully presenting ideas and options, be able to establish a good repport with the very diverse communities - business, minority communities, media; be visible in the community though that wasn't meant to infer the person should be a joiner of all city organizations. The person should be able to main- tain good relat~.onships with other jurisdictions, be able to make and show that he hoe been capable or she has been capable of making the difficult personnel and funding decisions that cities are faced with today, be able to identify and devel- op good subordinate staff, serve as a leader and innovator not just merely a care- taker. The commission felt that a good education probably a Bachelors Degree preferably a Master's Degree in public or business administration or a related field would be valuable, that evidence of continuing education and involvesuent in professional association work would be iznpextant. In terms of experience the com- mission felt that some record of having been successful, ox a xecoxd of having been successful in $ large metxopolitan connaunity with a city government or a situ- filar general purpose government is important; that the individual shaetid have a stable employment record, that a knowledge of Florida would be helpful. and sped- fically Miami; Chat a demonstrated ability to administer human service type prog- rams is needed and the rest are merely restatements pf sotue of the other oritera. In addit~.on, some members ~f the r_ommissioi~ felt the ability to speak Spanish ~tpuld ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~, be helpful, that one should have a go^a record in being able to deal with the news media and having brought abo~~~. team work among the staff of a city or othef organization for which the individual worked. Finally; that the individual; t guess this ties in with being innovative, was not committed to the e~cistng sys= tech, would take a hard look at it for improvements and changes that weYe recess art'. We have now five individuns.: Mayor Ferrel Before you get into that, I think it is so important that tae repeat that and I'm poi.ng to do that in just a second because I think it is essential that as we t;o through this evaluation that we really keep our eye on what it is that we ourvelves established as important criteria. i've written down 21 things that you said and you didn't put them in order of importance or in order of prior- ides or anything like that and I think... But as we go through this Z think it is important that you're going to have five recommendations in a moment and I think we've got to make very sure that we keep an eye; I think it is such an itn-- portent thing that I want to have everybody's full attention on it. Mr. Andrews: And while you're waiting, Mr. Mayor, you may want to discuss with the commission and the commission with you some ground rules that you want to establish so there are no assumptions and people don't get the wrong impression about the process you're using. Are you, as an example if I may suggest one, are you going to limit yourselves to these five? Are you going to start out with that? Mayor Ferre: 41e11 we don't know that. Mr. Andrews: ldell, that's what I'm saying. You want to establish that before you know who is involved i.n the five... Mayor Ferre: Oh, 1 see. Mr. Andrews: 1'ou see, if yoci do it after tl~e fact then there is always a quest- ion. Mayor Ferre:. Well, we alread,v know who the five are. Mr. Andrews: Oh, I didn't know that. Mayor Ferre: Yes, because Mr. Roberts discussed that with each one of the commis- sioners. So it is already a known thing. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, not to throw any monkey wrenches in but let me say this, and I made this statement before, Paul, that in no way was I binding myself to the five that: they recommended; that as an individual commissioner with an individ- ual vote if after interviewing those five I didn't like them I was free to do who I wanted. I think tl~e Ci~arter gives me the latitude to profer any name here if I can get a second well and good and if I can't well you know fine. Mayor Ferre: And I'll tell you there's precedence to that. Let me tell you the precedence. It's an unfortunate one in my experience, many of you disagree strong- ly with me but I'll give you the precedence. We searched scientifically for a Police Chief and with all due respects to former City Manager Mel Reese when it was all done and over with he completely disregarded that and chose Bernard Garmire. So you know I don't think that you can preclude any member of this commission from doing whatever he or she thinks is the right thing to do. Now, I'll tell you in my opinion, and I'm privy because I talked to this gentleman last night and each one of the commissioners were supposed to talk to him either last night, this morn- ing or today at noon and I don't know whether they. have or haven't but at that time I saw the list of the 160 people that had applied for this job and all I can say is Thank God we didn't have to go through that mess because I think it is a very difficult task. I do think that there are several things that you have to do very explicitly and very carefully. There were some applicants that are al- ready members of the City of Miami team. I think, and perhaps they may not want their names released and if they don't that's their priviledge. If they don't mind and if they will have their name released I think you've got to be very care- ful in explaining without hurting feelings if you can do that and they may not want their names discussed. I don't know, that's up to you and them, klaybe you can do it individually with them or individually with us or publically, it all depends upon them. They've got the right to say I don't want my namE used but J think you've got a careful and a serious obligation if they are nor on ttte llpk and explain to them why either individually or public811y or however that' darl~~lf~, Now, as far as the rules are concerned before you get into Chia, 1 don't th:~nk, Paul, that we can preset rules as to what this co~tnrniesion wantK to do, I du think this, l would ,like to do this: I do think that we've gone this fnr and .maybe tt~e cottunisaion tray want to just arbjcrarly cull this crown to three or two, ~ don't know, whatever the commission wants to do. But it would be my inclinat:iot~ to Jf,", f">:<" being all five of these people, one of th.3.m that lives in this commurtfty sd 'that won`t be too bade but I think the other four should be brought dotdti foe pefsoitial interview by each one of these members of the commission, And furthertnore~ I think that their husbands or wives, the five of theta are den so it's wives, I think we ought to foot the expense of bringing the wives in on it because if we're going to look at a man seriously for a ,job I think his wife has to look at us and be satisfied that she's going to be happy in this town and that she lies they.way people talk and look around here. And you and 1: talked about that last nlghti Mr..(toberts: 1 agree wholeheartedly. Mayor I:errc: And we may not want to bring all four down, that's up to the commis lion. But whoever we bring here, two of the five live in >lorida so we're talk- ing about three. So the other three I think ought to be brought here with their wives. Now let's see, before we get into... Mr. Plummer: Well Mr. Mayor, let me make a comment so my previous comments are '~ not misunderstood. Out of a matter of courtesy before I make any decision I ~~ want to talk to the five that you have selected. l:f after talking with the five if I'm not comfortable I then will make that independent choice but I don't want it reflected that you've given me the names and I don't like them. I want it understood out of a matter of courtesy in your opinion these are the five top individuals and I want to talk to all five of those individuals. _ Mayor Ferre: But you see, that's what you feel but there might be three of us ~.- here who on prima facie evidence may feel that one of these individuals right now should not even be considered or two of them or three of them. I don't know until we get into a discussion about this. You know there may be one person who may ~' have a sentence in his record or something that we say we won't talk to him. _ Mr. Plummer: Ok, I'll bc~y that. Mayor Ferre: You know, and the three of us might say.... Mr. Plummer: Well, what I should have said, I will narrow my first consideration to those people that are on this list whether it's three, four or five or two. - Mayor Ferre: All right, I'll tell you, before we get into the names and all of that I think there are several things that have to be established so that later on we don't get into this thing and it becomes a personal matter. Now I talked - to the Manager on Tuesday and the subject of that discussion was when Mel Reese - was hired there was a move to have him removed and then Bob High and others got a Charter change and the Charter change, as you may recall, permitted and Paul clari- fied that for me and I remember I got into this one time when I got angry with Mr. Reese and I made a little research on it, it was during budget time back in 68 or 69 so I had a little recollection of this. What the Charter says is this: that if a man, if this commission does not like the Manager it can fire him but the Manager has the right within 90 days, as I recall. Mr. Plummer: Thirty. Mayor Ferre: Thirty, to request a public hearing. Now there was some interpret- ation and I remember I think Mr. Rothstein name out of the past) was City Attorney at that time and Alan told me, told the commission, you've got a problem because the law is nebulous. Paul, follow me on this now. The law is not clear.. There might be some question as to whether or not you can fire him now. The safest way - ~ to do it is that you would have to fire him at appointment time, Well, appoint- ment time as you know is not part of the Chartei but traditionally. the way we do it is the Monday after the election or something like that, after the canvassing everybody gets sworn in and that's when the Manager gets appointed. Po you rem- - ember that? The question then came up in Rothstein's mind that the Charter change did not speak to that and, therefore, it could be challenged legally even though = maybe it was maybe it wasn't. I don't know. So the question was that if we wexe to dismiss the City Manager there might be some legal questions as to how we went about doing that. Now, last time around we didn't want to touch this because it would obviously become a sensitive matter because it might be misinterpreted as a personal thing with Paul Andrews so I left it alone, Now at this point before any names are even discussed publically and before we get into any choosing I want to establish the very simple and clear premise as to the clarification as to what that Charter change says. I want to put it pn the record and T want the ,five mom- bets or whoever else is going to be considered and whoever 1a selected to cla,arly understand what Chat Charter says so that we dptt't have, and I want hia- to c,-nder= stand it on the record because if anything shpu7.d happen in the future I don't want a lawsuit that we can only fire him once every two years, that type of a thing. I mean to say this, that i ~~ant to say that the Charter as I understand it anJ have rear] it says that this City Commission by a simple ma3otity+ Is that correct? Mr. Anclr~ws: A rna.jority vote of its members. hl:rycrr I~r~rr•r~: 7lirrt'H t}irr~e out. cif five. Any three metObet-4 of this coiiuoisaiot~ can f 1 rr n t: f 1 ~- "1nnn~;rr . Nuw, when wc' f itre a City Manager.. Mr. ('lummc~r: I'~,r C•:rur:rr. _ Mayor Ferro: For cause naturally. Mr. Plummer: And that's spelled out, what the cause is. It can be on mat practice, mal feasance.... Mayor Ferro: The cause, ill feasance, malfeasance, whatever it is you've got to say why you're firing him. You can't just fire a man because he doesn't part his hair the right way. Now once you fire that man he has a right if he wishes to have a public hearing before that microphone and present his case. Now after the public hearing there isn't a thing that the commission is forced to do unless it wants to reverse .its vote. Once that man is fired he is fired. Now he has a right to have a public hearing but we don't have to then prove the case against him as I understand it. Now, that I want clearly understood because that's the way t}re law l:~. I'm not saying anything that doesn't exist right now but I want to make sure that whoever takes on this job understands that. Now the second thing that I want clarified is that there ie some question and legal discussion of this as to whether or not the commission is entitled to let go of the City Manager in between the term ot" elections and there is some thought by some people who looked into this that technically we could only fire the City Manager at the time of ~.--.N, appointment which didn't make any sense to me. I mean it just legally didn't make any sense. 13ut there was some question that once we appointed him we had to wait until the end of that appointment before we could dismiss him. Mr. Weston: Mr. Mayor, could I say a few words in connection with this? I think I can clarify it. Mayor Ferro: Sure, it is a legal matter. _ Mr. Weston: You do have certain officials in this city who are appointed for a term which is coexistent with the term of the commissioners. In other words for = two years. Their- term, these certain ones expires automatically at that time and they are reappointed but the. removal for cause, this can be done at any time but it' is a removal for cause and due process would authorize and require a hearing. Mayor Ferro: qk, I understand. Mr. Plummer: Well, let me understand and maybe this will come out sounding like a joke but I don't mean it to be. As I interpret your words that you want all five of these people or whoever will be considered to know what the rules of the game are since we ourselves don't really know. That's really what you're saying. - Mayor Ferro: That's right, and acknowledge it on the record so that if at any time we end up having a fight with this guy we or whoever is here at the time .and three commissioners decide to fire the Manager for cause that we don't get into a big legal hassle. Mr. Plummer: Here we are talking about hiring him and we haven't even hired h1m. God forbid something happens in the first 30 days. Mr. Reboso: Mr. Mayor, before we go into the five names that wc~ ere KoinK to rc~- ceive in a few minutes, I want to ask the City Manager wh.3t is the situation al' - the department heads of the City of Miami. Do they have to after their r.c~riiKnat- ion at the time that the~new City Manager is appointed? f _ Mr. Andrews: No, they da not, they serve completely at the will of the City Man ages and they are not provided with the same degree of protection that is afforded the City Manager, that does not exist. Plr. Reboso: In other wards what I am looking fox i.s that the new City Manager - feels free to reappoint or select his own team. What I want to knew, if the nQw City Manager once he's appointed, he can reappoint or se~.ect a new tea to work with him, Right? Mr. Andrews; Yes. ~„I `.~ ~~~ ~±; !'`~ fdf ~ ~teboso s Nnt tleces§arily they have to of fex the fesigtiation but he egri f•e~lace any person that ha wants that i.s not under Civil Set•vice. MY~ Andrewst That is my understanding. Mir, Plummet's At .any tithe, Ntr. lJeston: Mr. Reboso i think I'd better answer that because that ig a Ie~el question and as 1 said before there are certain members of the staffs officers whd ate appointed for a term.. Their term expires and than they trust be reappoint- ed end that's an automatic expiration, Other unclassified employees such as department heads+.... Mr. Reboso: Who are those people that are appointed.. . Mr. Weston: T'd have to go through and check just which they are. The City Attorney is one of them, the City t•tanager is one, I think City Clerk. Mr. Reboso: And that's all. Mr. Plummers That's it. Mr. Weston: Those that are appointed by the City Commission. That is for a term. The other unclassified employees, they do not serve for a term. They can be re- moved but it must be for cause and it must be with a fair hearing. This is not our City Charter, this is general law. Mr. Reboso: So the new City Manager if he wants a new team working with him or he wants to replace three or four department heads he cannot do that? Mr. Weston: Not unless they are removed for cause, sir. Mayor Ferre: ldel.l, I don't follow that. That's not what I've heard. Do you mean to tell me that if Paul Andrews didn't- want to change the Police Chief, just to pick one .out of the hat I don't mean to use the Police Chief we're always pick- ing on the policemen - the Fire Chief. He wants to remove the Fire Chief he can t do that? Mr. Weston: Not except for cause. Mayor Ferre: Well. the cause is the man is not functioning, not doing the job right. Mr. Weston: Alright, then that's cause and then there would be the right to a hearing to determine it. ~ Mayor Ferre: ...I never heard of that. Mr. Weston: Well Mr. Mayor, I've just had to litigate the exact problem in federal court, we were involved in it in other cases. Mr. Plummer: In unclassified positions? Mr. Weston: Yes. And the one I've litigated is not unclassif ied but there is... Mr. Reboso: 'That is according to the Charter of the City of Miami? Mr. Weston: No, sir, that is a right of due process. UNINTELLIGIBLE Mr. Reboso: The City Commission can do something about that to give the City Manager... Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute. Commissioner Reboso has the floor now. Mr. Weston: Let me clarify this. This is from employment, He cannot be termn- aced from employment, Mayer Ferre: We're not talking about employment! Now you didn't listen. I.et me repeat it. The question is very simply can a City Manager remove a depar'tmettt head from being department head? That's the question, Not fia'~tng hiss frota the pity, .can he remove him from being a department head? Can he take the dire Chief? i don't Chink there's any, well. unless you tell tre; th~.a is the ffr's t~.me I've ever heard that a City Manager can't do that, _. ~; Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. iiayor, since tr•:.,'..~ r.aSSinf; our hands and being acknota- ledged, may I speak? Mayor Terre: Yes, in a second after hc• rlnswc•r.s my question. ' Mr. Weston: My understanding of the .law, tI ycrn rc• removing a person f~otn a fob _ they have rt Irropcrty right in it and they ,trr~ Entitled to a due prnr_ess and a hrar t n{; on t t . Mayor I~errc: !Jliat, before a judge, a court'! Mr. Weston: No, that wauld he a hearing either with the Cicy Manager .-,+ Mayor Ferre: Oh well sure, you're just talkini; abnut an administrative ... that if the City Manager says Fire Chief, you're not doing the job, I'tn removing you from the job now he may move him over to the Police Department or as an assist= ant to the Manager or he might put him in some other department. Mr. Weston: If. he reassigns him to a job acceptable then you've got another prob- lem, not a problem but another situation. Let me clarify that. I'm not saying tie's entitled to a court hearing before this removal, he's entitled to be told why and present his case. Mayor Ferre: Of course. Mr. Plummer: I`tay I speak? All I was going to do was bring forth an episode which happened which in fact touches exactly on the case. Paul, you remember Commander Sprague. That man was released by Mel Reese as the Department of Yachts and Docks and Mel refused to give him even an audience much less tell him why he was releas- ing liim and he released him. I remember very distinctly him telling me that he had no redress, that he served at the will, he stood before these microphones and said it. F}e served at the will of the Manager and he had no recourse, he was fired, terminated, whatever you want to du and he wasn't even given a reason. So it's... Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I want the counsel to hear this because this is where, this is D-Day. T always say to yoci all that I know a little move than you think i know. In our c}iurch you become director of the churc}t, and the systems are the same. All. the assistants serve at the will, the pleasure of the rector. if. what the counsel ,just said then you telling me that you have a team that a man must inherit and you're holding the man responsible and you're holding the man respongi- hle who comes here as a Manager for the performance. My brother, if that's what you're telling me we'd better change some things right now because I ain't going to buy that. ~ - Mayor Ferre: Well, I'll tell you L'll give you an example before you answer. We had a new Police Chief during, your administration. That Police Chief removed all /~°~ the majors or some cif the majors and replaced them. Didn't he? Mr. Plummer: Corrc,ct. P4r. Reboso: Garmirc~. Mayor Ferre: When Garrnire left and Watkins became Police Chief he removed some of the top people and replaced them with others. Mr. Plummer: No. - Mr. Reboso: No, Garmirc~ was the one that removed all the majors. Mr. Plummer: :~c~, the only thing that Watkins has done is added two additional majors. That' ~, all . Nr, ma,jc~rs have been ~~han>{ed. Mayor Ferre: t:lirnkuwski wasn't a m.i)or. Mr. Plummer: liu.'a AssS:;t;~nt taiScaf . Mayor F'erua: uh, t.hat.'x t-ir;ht . Hcrw ;tbaut Gunn? Mr. Plutaruer: He wn5 r, ncrw ma,jnt~. Dir, Reboso; We had th:3t when c;;tt-mi rc• .becaue Chief of Police. ' Mr. Andrews: When (,'hiel" c;;trmi ~-+.~ w;ts hire thc,xe was sevet:al changes mAde of lh~ k~r1d that you're addr~sHint; yourKelf to, Mayor artd that`s what ynu mtglit: bc~ rs~m~ etnber);ng. d©D _ e ~A~c Mayor Felras And didn't he do that.? Mr, Andrew;3 : Yes Mr- I2eboao: Sninc~ rna.jc,i•5 were.... Maynir Zac!rrt~: Ancl hc~ clldn't have .7 right. to do that? h1P- AnctYeWb : Yc~H he cl I cl . t~tayor Ferre: Anc! yoct dc~n't~ -~,-rve the right to remove somebody as a depat`tinerit head? Mr. Andrews: t ttii.nk what the City Attorney is attempting to tell you is that the Manager has the exact right for whatever reason the Manager chooses bvt it has to be a reasonable reason to remove a person that when he does so that that person be so informed and having been so informed the Manager complete authority to do so. Mr. Reboso: Paul, is that clear in the Charter of the city or is it a matter of the City Commission? Mr. Weston: Let me try to explain that. I.'ve been trying to say that they're entitled to due process. Now this has been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. Mayor Ferre: Everybody is entitled to due process. Mr. Weston: That's exactly so, Pir. Mayor. And all I'm saying is that if you're. ~ going to remove a man you've got to tell him why and give him an opportunity to be heard and explain it and it's gat to he for a good reason. It cannot be arbit- rary. Mayor Ferre: All right. In other words John Smith, you are fired because you are incompetent. Now do you have anything to say about that? Yes, Mr. Manager, I am not incompetent. Why do you say I'm incompetent? You're incompetent because I don't like the way you do the fob. Here's the way you ought to do the fob, here's the way you're doing the fob - you're fired. Now that's it. Naw that's due process. Right? Mr. Weston: Overly simplified, yes because.... You cannot do it arbitrarily, you've got to have cause.......... Mr. Reboso: My question, Mr. Mayor, can we, clarify that with a resolution from this City Commission? Mayor Ferre: I don't think so because he's talking about state law. Mr. Weston: No, I'm talking about federal law. Mayor Ferre: Alright, that's like saying do you have Civil Rights? Yea, I have my Civil Rights, you can't violate that. You know? Now you're saying that every- body has due process. Ok, we've got due process. Mrs. Gordon: May I say something, Mr. Mayor? I don't know how you feel about all this conversation but I'm ready to turn my stomach upside down. Rev. Gibson: Ao it, Rose! (LAUGHTER) Mrs. Gordon: I want to finish saying it first because I did have the floor. I must tell you a little story, all of you. I have a gentleman, a Very old man who is a client of mine and he's an artist. He asked me about a week or so ago would I like to have this little painting that he prepared. I said yes, sir, I'd like to have it for the appropriate moment on this commission and it is appropriate right now. Rey. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I want to speak. Are you through, Rose? 1•Irs. Gordon: No, sir, I'm not through I'm going to tell you what I have to say and then you can do what you want. You know I really like these guys in spite of it all, What I have to say is simply this: I feel like I'm at s hanging, I gee the noose and it's hanging from the top and somebody's head is gett~,t~g shopped off, I can see a lot of pepple that axe going to go home tonight and l~pae e~~e sleep. And I'm wondering why, I `m wandering why be~ac:se C 1pQke to :ne ~.i,ks this is - anotherforn, of political ~ what do they call it in state gover~en~ were the ~~ nc~w administration comes in rind fi*t_~ all of those that ate in and puts in a whole nc~w team and so on and so f~:rth - and I don't honestly think that any ofle of you Intend to cio that. I don't really think that you intend to do that. l~i3yor Fevre: Nobody is saying that. lira. Gordon: 7 know, but so, therefore; all this conVers~ttion with regard to It~w many hc~;td~; are we gotn}; to put up there in that noose and who is going to do it and when, what hour of the day nr night. I think it is superfluous. Me't'e herd now to decide upon a Manager and I think this convet-sation we're having right now Is unnecessary and in poor taste, very poor taste, and I didn't mess your table up, father. Rev. Cibson: Mr. Mayor, I want to make sure everybody understands Theodore beY cause I'm on the lowest end of the totem pole. Look, no way in the world if you were looking for a City Manager. and invited the to come here I would come if the team was already selected before I got here. I have the responsibility to run this city. Mr. Andrews, isn't that the wa5* you got on as Manager? And if the team that's here does eat coincide you hold me responsible. You don't hold the Beads of this department or these departments, you hold the Manager. Now you know man, and talk about this is necessary to be discussed, nobody is saying who's going to be fired. You can't fire these people because they have a certain level of Civil status rating, Isn't that right? Mr. Andrews: Some of them do, yes, Father, not alI of them. Rev, c;ibson: Right, to a certain degree. And I just don't think we're being fair by calling any first rate man here and say to the man, well if you want an Assistant City Manager what is already appointed and you've got to live with it. Oh no! Not Theodore. And I think that all of us who are not facing that realist- ically is kidding him or herself. Man, you wouldn't become rector of a church and leave all the assistants around there. It's just like building the train. But here's what. If the assistants know that their appointment is dependent upon that new man he will have to work. They will have to work with that new man. Tfiat's what,.that means and anything short of that we're not being fair. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and members of the commission, maybe I can assist you from this standpoint. There is no doubt in my mind that there is not one immed- iate member of my staff including assistant managers and administrative assistants and department directors and assist department directors who do not understand that they serve at the will of the City Manager and that this understanding exists with the new manager arriving here, that they must individually prove themselves in that position, that that new manager recognizes he has the authority and, in fact, if not the responsibility if he believes that one of those individuals is not performing properly to so remove them for whatever reason. Mr. Plummer: Well Paul, that's not the point. The point that I think that the Mayor was trying to make ... Mr. Andrews: I understand that but I want to relieve any... Mr. Plummer: is this in fact the case? That's the point. Xou know you're the boss. Whatever happens down below you we hold you responsible. Ok? Now if we're going to hold you responsible you have got to have, you the Manager, have got to have the latitude to run that ship as you see fit. Mayor Fevre: 1 }late to stea] the thunder from my friend Commissioner Reboso, are you going to make your statement or should I make it about the cabinet? Mr. Reboao: ,,,like: Ruse, it's like a new preAident not being able to appoint hlq own cabinet. Mayor Fevre: Ur tli~• i;c,v,•rnor „f the state not being able to pet department he,idit, Mr. ReboYO: ile ,~:.tn re;tppoint whoevNr he wishes. Mr. Plummer: Yc~:,, brit wc~'rci not a Republican ana a Democratic Commission, we're non-partisan. Rev, Gibson; (]NAlllitJil.l.) Mr. Plummer; Fath,.:r, I'ut gall for it. line.. , I,et me state, if you want to go dpwn the Mks, Gordon, Co i~ot' what? ~~ /"` f Mr. Plummer: I'm all for the Manager ~~aving the right to run this ship as he sees fait. Mts. Gordon: The Charter gives him that right, you're not giving it tb him. Mt. P2.unuyer: I'm not giving him a thing. Mrs, Gordon: Uf course not, the Charter gives i.t to him. Mr. Plummer: There seems to be some question as to whether of not he has that tight. Mrs. Gordan: There is no question as to that right. The question is whether or not a new Manager should promiscuously fire everyone who is a department head and put in his own team. 'That's what I heard. It's just ridiculous. Mr. Plummer: No one has said that. I haven't heard anyone say that. Mrs. Gordon: 'That's what I heard. Mr. Weston: What I'm trying to say is the city has already had a suit determin- ing this. The name of the suit is Bryan V. Landis and it is a very old one, In that one the holding of tale court was, and this is a footnote in out Charter, "the City Manager may not summarily remove from office the Chief of Police (and this applies to other unclassified positions) without notice or opportunity to be heard in hie defense," Now the key to that is "s~unmarily". Now I'm not saying that going through a proper procedure, telling the man, "you're not doing the Job prop- erly and this is why you're not doing it" ar.d letting him be heard that he .cannot be removed. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Weston, correct me if I'm wrong. There is a certain set of rules that applies to the Chief of PoiicP that do not apply to the rest. Atn I correct? Mr. Weston: I don't know what set of rules you're referring to...there's a sect- ion in the Charter under 26.... Mr. Plummer: I am told that at the time of Walter Hedley that when they were try- ing to get his job that he got before the legislature a certain act in which they just couldn't arbitrarily discharge the man. Mr. Weston: I'm not familiar with that particular act but I am familiar with the - general case law. I've had to litigate a case recently...and that rule does apply. _ You've got to give him reason and a hearing. That's all I'm saying - reason and a hearing. That can be a hearing before the City Manager. _ Mayor Ferre: Mr. Huttoe, before you say anything I think we're just really tread- ing water. We're thrashing here, we're going in a circle. We're all in agreement. I think we're just coming from different ways. I know what Theodore Gibson is worrying about. He's right. I happen to agree with him. I know what Rose Gordon _ is worrying about. She's right. I happen to agree with her. There's no contrad- fiction here. Theodore Gibson and Reboso are. saying,. and I agree I think we all agree, that a man who comes into a new administration whether he be the President of the United States of the Governor of the State of 8lorida or the Administrator of the City of Miami has the right to determine who will or who will not be in charge of his administration. There's nothing new in that. Now, the law says that a man cannot be arbitrarily fired without an explanation and without the abil- ity to be heard. By who? Well by the guy who fires him. So that's what you call due process. Due process doesn't mean that it is going to go before the Commission, the Charter precludes that. It doesn't mean that it goes before a court. That's - not what it's about, it's due process, Due process in this case happens to be = before the administrator. There's nothing new about that and there's nothing sur- prising and there's nothing shocking and that's the law and all we're doing is reiterating it. Now as far as I'm concerned 'we've talked this issue out and I hope we all understand it and I don't see that there is any need to discuss it any further unless any one of you want to bring it up. Mrs, Gordon: Well, let's hear the recommendation, Mayer Ferre; Well wait a moment. Rose, I'm sorry, I know you want to bear the reeomtme~tdations, 1 do too but I think we've got to get some of these gu~.dalines Qstablished before we hear names, Now Mr, Huttoe, you want to add someChin87 ~~ tars Charles Huttoe: Mr. Mayors I was going to refef to the court opinion in regards t'o a t?o~ice Chief that Police Chief was not a departfneiit head but a div== ision head undeY the Charter at the title= The Chatter was amended to make the police and Fite Department Chiefs depattment heads. At that dine They utere dives - sion heads and couldn~t be removed i3ithout cause t~ef~5te a hearing before the City Comnlission~ Mayer Jerre: Charlie, that's fine aiid thank you fot the clarification. That still does not change the basic prefniae of what It2hosa is saying. tie asked caii a City Manager remove department heads at hie will and the answer is "Yes"o Hotaever, it must be for cause and there must be due process Now there ie t-o contradiction in that. Now unless there are any more questions, now are thane any more questions in approach or how wefre going to go about doing this 30 before we get into the names? If not, I'm going to take the liberty of readiing over again the 21 points that you told us was the criteria. (1) The Consent Decree. (2) Service letter. Now what does that mean? Mr. Plummer: Can't read his own writing. Mr. Roberts: Service levels, maintaining current service levels and increasing productivity. Mayor Ferre: Oh, service level. This is less revenue, more increased product- ivity. (3) Expanding tax base. That means how is he in development. (4) Social _ Service delivery system which is important. (5) Enhancing citizens' input. (6) Fiscal planning. (7) Labor relations. (8) Independence of city. That means Metro. How does that person handle relationships to keep the integrity of the city. (9) Transportation problems. (10) Flight to the suburbs from the core city. (11) Crime and that whole section of public safety. r:,. CO'VTI~dUED 0^J NEXT PAGE ~:,~ ~~ MAYOR- COtJ~' I HUED Itelati.onship with the commissioners. In other words, how will that person get along with the Mayor and the four commissioners, and keep them ittfdrited and be fair, and not play up ko one, and that kind of stuff,=~12, relationships with the community, 13. relationship with other governments, 14.-~~relationsliip with staff, 15--is he a leader, the inovator factor, 16. his educational back ground, 17, proven previous experience, a proven record, stability, 18. knowledge of the Miami area if possible and State. 19. if he speaks Spanish, that is a plus, 20. how can he get along with the dews media, especially in the State of Florida with the sunshine law, how can he relate to the media, wihl they be able .to trust him, will they be able to discuss things with him, will it be an open type of thing. 21. how does he approach need for change? Did I cover them? Mr. Koberts: Yes. I want to stress again that we think that all 5 people that we are going to be presenting to you, we believe to be capable of doing a good job as City Manager and it depends on your priorities in selection. To give you a brief over-view of the candidates, what they have in common, then we will go into the individual names, and their specific backgrounds. All of the individuals are journalists, have completed at least~a master's degree level of work in formal training. One has completed work on a doctorate in public administration. All are married with dependent children, in good health, all are in their early forties, although we made no special effort at this, this is just for your information. The current salary ranges are between $38,000. and /''`~ 52,000. All have worked for large general purpose governments and city governments four have served as chief executives, all could be available within 60 days. I want to stress one more thing. Everyone of these candidates is satisfied and happy in their present position. There interest in Miami dtems from the challenge and opportunity that is here, the professional growth, and these candidates were all individuals, when we recruited, they were not respondents to advertisements. That isn't to say that we do not consider, or give full consideration to those who responded to our ads. This is just the way it turned out, i.t could be partially due to ttie sunshine law, I am not sure, but that is the way it turned out. Let me g,1ve you the names of all 5. Mayor Ferre: One last thing, procedure, I want to know before you read the names, how you want about selecting those people What criteria, other than this ,--did you interview them? Mr. Roberts: Yes. ~~ Mayor Ferre: Did you talk to their employers? Mr. Roberts: First I should mention that I worked with Tom Fletcher on this. Mayor Ferre: Who is he'? Mr. Roberts: Tom Fletcher, is a former city manager of several jurisdictions, including San Diego, deputy Mayor of Wahington D.C. and San Joae, and Tom and I reviewed all of the ----- Mayor. Ferre: Does he work in your outfit? - Mr. Roberts: He is a consultant to Arthur B. Little, that is right. We went to every single application that was received, read them through. - We sorted them, if you will, according to criteria. We~f finally got down to about 25, from that point on we started matching very closely with the criteria. - We interviewed about 30 candidates, many of whom would not acknowledge that they are candidates since they told us they were not in the top 5, please leave their names off any listing that was provided by the City, and Ghat again as 1 said, possibly due to the sunshine law. We interviewed them, we made at least 3 and usually S reference checks on all the candidates. So they provided, some we used our own sources on, We also went out and recruited individuals who were suggested to us, and checked out :any invididual that was suggested to us, as a matter of = fact, with the contacts in the city management ox other public asso~~.ation field and even locally. We have done some considerable checking and we interviewed - a number of people as I said earlier, including some city staff. - Our recommended candidated are the fc:tlatring .individuals; Joseph R, Gr,ast~~.s Walter C. Kane, Jerome F, MIller. Frank Spence, crew names are presented to - you in alphabetical order, We did not rank them, as I sa~.d, it depends on ~~ np h4 ~` ~ ~" `. your priority A fifth person, `erritt 5ti.erheim who is equall~- qualified i,~ not r~cimed in the four only because he declined to submit an applieation~ We are cnnvincc~d ghat with an invitation from the City he vrould be delighted to come here and talk with the members of the commission about the position. He has consideration which t~recl.uded him from submitting an application. Mayor Ferre: Yuu had better explain that a little better, some people are shaking their heads in the audience. Mr. Roberts: His rationale, is that what you are asking me to explain? Mayor I:erre: I'll tell you, since 1 talked to the man, and I want it on the record, to explain that rir, ficberts called me last week to discuss this problem, and i told him that if the man was not interested, he wasn't interested. And there is nothing we can do about .it, but it isn't quite that simple and this is something of a very delicate nature, and I have to measure my words carefully. Mr. Steirheim as you know, has a job, an important job. He is county manager of Pinnelas cf~unty. There are several very important and delicate items before that community and Ithink he was concerned, not for himself but for his community, and therefore, he had to be very careful in phrasing how to go about this, He said I cannot submit a formal application, because that will be very harmful to my community. I can't get involved in that. beyond that. If he wants to that is his right. If however if I am one of the finalists, one of the final five, and if the city of Miami is serious, and invites me to come over, I will come over to discuss this. You say what is the difference between that and an appli- r""" cation? Frankly there ins't much, except technically I think there is a little difference. 'technically we are asking him rather than he is asking us. You cut it anyway you want to. Two and two still makes four. He may have some problems which you will have to be understanding of caith his own commission, and his awn community. Can we Ict it go at that rot now? Mr. Robert4:t.~iat it did mean i;. terms of this report that I am now going to hand you, !.s that we have asked al.l t:he candidates to submit a statement which would provide a basis for the riembers of the commission to discuss their position on concepts of affirmative action programs and municipal budgeting and finance. We don't have suci~ a statement from Mr. Stierheim since he was not a formal applicant for the position. However, there is enough information in our reporC which is bawd on our files and our knowledge of the work he has done to give you some idea of his experience in this regard. So I will hand the reports aut and then cover the contents of the report in a moment. For those that are here in the audience, Mr. Mayor I would like to briefly ,~:,~., cover the experience of the individual candidates. Joseph R. Grassie, age 43, presently the City Manager of Grand Rapids Michigan. He has a master's degree in political science and economics from the University of Chicago and has taken courses in international relations and trade ,Mexico City College, Mexico. Before going to work in Grand Rapids, Michigan a city of two hundred thousand, in 1968 he spent 10 years with a private consulting firm which served city governments, and other local governments in the United states, and federal governments outside the United States in Latin America. He himself is fluent in reading and writing and speaking Spanish. Waa raised in Buenos Aires, }ie has some knowledge of the Miami area as a consultant, he served on a team that worked for theCity of Aliami in the 1960's in the area of personnel. He is a nationally recognized leader in the area of labor relations, as a matter of fact he is current.}.y chairman of.a national committee on labor relations for ICMA, he ig the author of numberouf articles on professional publlc management, and he has experience, to mention public and private work so he meets a number of the major criteria,--several commissioners. He is married, and I believe he has two or three dependents. The second candidar.e is Walter Kane. Walter Kane is 42 years old, he hs a toaster's dc~firee in business administr:itj.on pending, anti master's degree in public administration, from th~j University of Kansas. He is currently iR the executive director of Colorado Housing; Finance Authority. Ha was recrulted for that agency when the State I,ei;islature~ of Colorado ese~. that ~~p 1n i~i7'i, He was recruited from [he city of Lakewood Colorado, a city c,f Duct- lUQ thqubnnd, where he served as city administration, >;efore that he wr~s c:1 ty tnnnnge~r of L'pu Clar•~ Wisconsin, His roost si ~nificant attributes I think ~+re thc~ fact ihnt ht; is a very inovative and capable manager, In 1973 was awarded the iCMA most innovative manager award. He 1s partic~ilarly adept at developing Bub- tirdinante staff, he has strong background in inter Soverttme~nta~. relat~otts, he is a results oriented type manager with a sal~.d record of accotnp~ishme~ts ~P~ ~$~ which you will determine as soon as you read this report. The third recommended candidate, .Terda~e F. Milie~r, is 42 years did, ~aartied, has completed a master's program in urban anthropology, speeieli~in~ in Latin cultures, socio~-economic development in urban anthro~iblogy at tihe t~nivereity of the Americas in Mexico City, Mexico He is currently the ~~ecal assistant to Mayor Tom Bradley in Loa Angeles, he has extensive expetiende in • dealings~f human service programs and other mayor programs of concern to the City of iami. Before going to work for Che City of Los Angeles, he worked with National League of Cities, as a senior policy analyst, consultant to them, and before that he was again with t'he City of Los Angeles- He has been responsible for moat of the Cuban service type programs for the•City of Los Angeles, and has administered budgets in excess of what the totah city budget is for the City of Miami. He is the one candidate being presented taho has not seawed as a chief executive of a local government. And I again I want to state that we provided you with a variety of backgrounds in order for you to choose based on your own priorities. The fourth candidate is someone who knows this area well, he is the City Manager of a neighboring city, his name is Frank R. Spence. Mr. Spence is 4I years old, married, he is a Ph.D. candidate in public administration, and has a master's degree in that subject from Michigan, University of Michigan. Since 1968 he has been employed with the City of Miami Beach. The last 3 years plus as City Manager. He has significant accomplishments in the area of~development in working with the pxivate sector from that area, he has done a good job in ~~,, the area of labor ralations, and he has a good knowledge and dimension of the City of Miami, although I recognize the differences between the two cities, are tremendous, we feel he is adaptable and ready for a step up in this city. We acknowledge that there are some differences, not only the city but the way in which the city has gone about carrying out its reaponaibilites. The last candidate Merritt Stierheim also is knowledgeable about the city of Miami. For several years he was the assistant city Manager here before going to Clearwater, where he assumed the responsibility of City Manager. He served there for six years, and a very good record, particularly in the area of public finance, where for 5 of the 6 years he was there they managed to reduce the tax rate in the 6th year to hold it at the same rate. We think the achieve- - meets he has accomplished in Pinellas county are worth noting. He has a good record in Inter-governmental relations with knowledge of both county and city government. He gives you another dimension in dealing with the Dade. County officials. This is the summary of the candidates. I would like to, before wrapping this - r up, strongly suggest that you invite all 5 candidates to be interviewed. They ~'` pretty much gone out on a limb in informing their superiors, or officals, of their candidacy and we think they are well qualified for this job. I would also suggest that the commission interview these candidates as soon as possible. We'. have found from our own experience that delays can cause some candidates to drop out or problems to come up that are unanticipated now. I would also like to remind the commission, I think it is very important, that the interview is a two-way street. These are all candidates who were sought out. They are happy in their present job. Just as you will be looking at them and their capabilities, so too, they will be looking at their commission, they will be working with, and I suggest that you have someone meet them at the airport, those coming in from out of town, pick them up, show them around, I think the idea of inviting their wives is a good one, otherwise making it comfortable for them to be here in the City of Miami. When you have made your selection, again our experience shows us that you should act as quickly as possible to conclude negotiations. If we can be of any assistance, as I indicated in our. report to you, we will be please to do that. _ At this point, I can good luck, unless you have other questions. ~ Mayor Ferre: Any questions from the commission? I'll recognize the public later on. Mr. Plummer: The only thing I wanC to be assured in my mind, Mr. Roberta, I didn't ask the question, you have made mention without naming three individuals from within the City administration. po I have the reason to believe that you did in fact interview all three? Mr, Roberts; I interview two of them personal.~y, and one by telephone, and I ,lust the otF-Qr individual today. Mr, Plummer: Was the choice of the one you i~tervietaed by phone, the~t it be that way. Mr. Roberts: No, slr. Hi.s application has received after I tAa~ ably tip come here before preparing this report. T}iis was after- Match 23rd, I wdb in Mi.atni to interview the rand]-dates that week and it would have involved sub~tatitial expenditure of money and time to come back here. That was the ohs eandfdate that '[ did not interview. So we tried to cover it on the phone. I think I have a pr'etty` good sense of his qualifications vie w=vis the others skid that was ttie basis for the decision. Mr. Plummer: Shouldn~t we put on the record dust so there will be no, at a later date, how things pop up, have a way of haunting you, I think it should be on the record, and.very clear, about the time frame and the deadline, that was set. Just forthe record I would like you to establish that, that there was one original date, then it was extended. Clear that for the record. Mr. Roberts: In fact we advertised in the Miami area for applications ~ to be submitted prior to March 19. We advertised in National journals for two reasons, requesting that the date for submission of applications be not later than 31st. Our purpose in doing that was that we wanted to make some swings around the country, and talk with as many people as possible personally. And I knew I would have to come back here and interview individuals who are already employed by the city government. That was the reason that we had hoped to have applications before the 19th. There was no refection of an application that came in after the 19th, however. We accepted them all the way through the 31st. The only constraint we really had in terms of time was we had to make the report to you. You told us to expidite the process and that we did. r"" Mr. Plutmner: To your knowledge, no one was refused who gave an application prior to the 31st, Mr. Roberts: Absolutely not. Mr. Flummer: I just wanted it on the record. Mayor Ferre: Any other questions? Dr. has a question. (inaudible) Mayor Ferre: He is, that was the consent decree. He elaborated, I just read it off. He said consent decree, that means the ability to deal with minority problems and .civil rights and questions of minorities. Also the human service delivery, you will notice in the case of three of these people, f~..:.,; in particular, they are very very heavy on social programs. (inaudible) Mayor Ferre: Mr. Miller studied social anthropology in the University of Mexico, but he is not complete fluent in Spanish. Mr. Graisae was born in the Argentine, he is an American but he wss born and grew up in the Argentine, and is completely fluent in Spanish. Let me give you tnry opinion. My opinion is that once you let the horse aut of the barn, you better get him back in real quick. Naw, the horses are out of the barn and we had better move very quickly in my opin~.on. Therefore I would like for Mr. Roberts to, this afternoon, immediately start calling = these people and scheduling them to come down here starting Monday. Mrs. Gordan: Monday is the one day I wish you wouldn't. Mayor Ferre: Tuesday, starting Tuesday morning and you schedule, Mr. Andrews will be in charge, you can assign somebody to it, scheduling these S individuals with 5 commissioners, That means there is going to be 25 meeting, Each co>snissioner is going to hava 5 meetings, because we have 5 candidates. Mrs. Gordan: Wouldn`t it be just as well to have them all here before the 5 of us? Mayor Ferre; That is a good way to do it. 1 tell you, I want eye-ba~.1 tp eye-ball, the personally, If you don't want to see them personally, that In all right. I want to talk to them about their iat~ly, i want to talk AbauC whetherr obey like golf, If Obey like golf, I tnigh:. be very pre,~udicecl sgslrult h1a~, ' 7. nm a vary objective . ~~ ___. _ ~l~~ss~i~rl/~T ~`'' Mr. Reboso: I for one, think we should be ready to select a tie city manager next 'Thursday, Mr. Plummer: Are you trying to tell one we are tneetirig ~iext Thursday? - Mr. Reboso: That is right, for a special meetittg so we cati interview them on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Maybe in one day you can see all five of them. Mr. Plummer: I am sure hoping so, _ Mayor Ferre: I think that is an excellent recommendation. I donut know if it is Thursday, but I think that by the end of next week we should make a choice or move on to some of the other candidates. Mr. Roberts: Is it your intention to invite the wives as well. Mayor Ferre: I think so, that is one opinion out of five. What do you think? Mr. Reboso: I think so. Rev. Gibson: I agree. She ie part of that team. /"°'~ Mr. Roberts: You are not interviewing the wife, but this is so the wife can see,----- Rev. Gibson: No, no, I want to talk with her too. You can get some indications from the wife that you can't get from the husband. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor what are we doing. Mayor FErre: We are going to select the Manager. Mr. Plummer: Are you going to have them all come down on Tuesday? Mayor Ferre: Sure. _ Mr. Plummer: And we are going to meet on Tuesday? - Mayor Ferre: I want to say on the record, I am willing to face all five _ ~. of them together, but I am going to tell you, I want to talk to each one of these candidates,--me and him, eye-ball to eye-ball. Rev.Gibson: That is the way I am going to talk to them. Mayor Ferre; I want to talk to their wives if they are available and as far as I am concerned,----- Mrs. Gordon: We could interview them collectively then retire individually or private discussion afterwards. Mayor Ferre:I don't want any body to say I am violating the sunshine law. Mr. Plummer: Can we do this on Wednesday? The reason I am saying that is Mr. Andrews and I have a special meeting of the pension board on Tuesday, that has already been set. Mayor Ferre: Let me tell you something about the reality of this whole thing. These are busy people. C+ne of those guys is the chairman of the housing authority in Colorado. The other guy is the City biaaager of Grand Rapids. The other guy is,-- -they uiay say, Wednesday is my City Commiasan meeting day ~- at Grand Rapids. It is Mice to say we are going to get the all hexe Wednesday and that is it, But one may be able to come Monday and not Wednesday. one an Tuesday not Thursday. We axe going to have to play it by.ear. Mr, Roberts; could ~ coordinante this with Mx, ~lndxewa, We eould get Qn the ' - phone and work out some times, and as I talk with the eanddatea I'll have ~ better sense of their ability to be here on certain days text week, We wii.l melee ~t as sopn - as possible, 1~'^ +~' Mayer Ferre: Now, look, targets so we can get priorities. If they cats all come together on Wednesday for a commission meeting iinterview, that is first preference. If they can't do it on Wednesday, Tuesday. Okay? If they can't do it Tuesday. Thursday. 1f they cant all get together on any one dayi~then we are going to have to meet separately. That is the way the ball bouttces~ Mr. Plummer: I think that is preferable, to get them all on lledttesday. I would assume in the public sector, the meeting should not be more than an hour., if it is possible to schedule them all 5 for the same day. Mayor Ferre: I personally would like to meet with these individuals privately. There may be a lot of things come out when you are dust sitting having a cup of coffee, which isn't going to come out, then maybe we can bring some of these things aut one way or the other. I have some questions on some of these people that I need to know. There is one guy here, if you read what he says about himself, you would think he was Martin Luther King. I am wondering if this is for real, Mra. Gordon: Which one? Mayor Ferre: There's two. Miller was one, and Graisse, from Grand Rapids. I am absolutely convinced that the worst thing we can do is for this commission, once we select our preference, to end up getting into a bargaining session or a negotiating session with that individual. Let me explain that. Mrs. Gordon: I didn't hear you,-------- Mayor FErre: Let me explain that, they were involved in the case of Tuacon. Is that the name of the City? Unidentified: yes, Mayor Ferre: You didn't tell me this, but I know about this. They selected a guy who was a very capable candidate. Then the commission started getting into a hassle publicly about how much the guy was going to get paid, and how much this thing was going to be done, and before you know it, the whole thing got out of whack, it really became a donnybrook. What I am saying is this, I think that we have to make the final decision. Once we select who that individual i.s, I would like to have somebody that is not one of the five of us, to set the guidelines of what,--then let him came back and talk to us, rather than to get in one of these cross examinations,-----will you come for 43, will you come for this, or accept this kind of thing,---what I am saying is, that in the end we have to da that, but I would like to have sn intermediary so that we don't do,--that we don't end up with the same crisis that they ended up in Tuscon, by doing it that way. Now, if you look at the city manager, Arthur D. Little recommendation in the submission letter, page Z, it says, as follows: 'while it is beyond the scope of our present assignment to assist in the negotiation process we are able and would be pleased to do this for a nominal fee if the commission desires',--I am expressing my opinion, that I desire, because I think that simplifies everything Paul what do you think about thi6? Mr. Andrews: I think that is a good thing to do, but you would first want to define what nominal. is. Mr. Roberts: It depends on who the candidates,--where it is, if there was any need~to sit,---- Mayor Ferre;I am talking about something quick, you are not going into a long deal of negotiations. Mr. Roberts;---I would think no more than $SOQ.OO. Mayor Ferre: It is worth $500.00 to me to have him do,-- Mr. Roberts:You may find it isn't neceasaay, though, after you Ro throuKh the process. Mayor Ferro; It may or may not be necessary, ~f ~.t ~e,~~--~--. r~ # # ~ ~ ~~~~ ,.... _ ._ s+ _~r r 6: ~ -. ~... Mrs. Gordon: Tuel~day, Mr. Maybe ~aouid be impossib~.e for ttie~ it i~ the beginning of a holidaj- that I have to prepare fors l have a fu.l schedule bn Monday. Mr. Plummer: It has to be Wednesday or Thursday Mr. Roberts: I'il work with Mr. Andrews on it. Mayor Ferre: I am going to call for a cbutmissibn meeting ott Thursday to select. What hours? Let's recap this. Wednesday is the drat Seder. Okay, let's make up our minds, is it Wednesday br Thursday?' Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor you must recognize that as you select this date you are probably going to have to be a little flexible because he is going to have a problem trying to get everyone on the same date. Set a goal. Mr. Roberts: We will do our beat to do that. Mayor Ferre: Okay, Tuesday or Thursday. Now, I am going to call a special commission meeting for Thursday afternoon, subject to cancellation.Thureday at 1 P.M.,is acceptable to everybody? Mr. Roberts: There is one other point that was ~uat made and I think /~ it is a darn good point, that is, that is Easter week. and the transportation into Miami may be difficult. Mayor Ferre: We know that. That is life, so try your beat. Thank you very much. ~' ~.,. ,~, ~~ ,~ , f ,~•'~ r p r i~ ~/ i' J/ ,` . f ' /~ , t~ if r rr _ -- -_ . ._ _ _, . _. _. _._ ._ ____ _. _... -- ^--*----r + r.~. ... ~ ..M..._ +wti ..... ,~ T Persona]. Appeaf`ance xrsults of s PbL~~~/F'~R~ ~M~~~-~10~T ~ 5 - M12. ~HRRLES {-iUT7i0~ Expla~t~ihiofi of bre~kc~b b Chairman, Civil Service Board PST 5KUB~Sfi, ~`~i~f F~tamii~er ~. Mf. Charles {it-ttoet Mr. Mayor, lady and gentlemen of the coiss,ori, I .realize that you spent a lot of time on a lot of othet things at-d there has been some discussion in regards to the Police Examination but there ate sotee thir-ge that I felt the Civil Service Soard with their staff should brim to the attention of the crnmniesion and to review same of it with yoi{. 5e the fit'at presentation that I would like to bring to the attention of the City Conhniesion, I would ask Ms. Pat Skubish who is our Chief Examiner, and I'm sure all the tnetitbers of the Ccnnmission know Pat. Pat has done an excellent job since she has been a member of the board and also serving as our Chief Examiner. I would like for her to came forward and present so:ae. facts and details as to the examinations and the ethnic makeup of the results of those examinations and then I would like to get back to the commission and make some recommendations. Me. Pat Skubish: Mr. Mayor, members of the commission and City Manager, my name is Pat Skubish. I'm employed by the City of Miami in the Inventory Gon= trol Detail of the Miami Police Departu~ent. I'm an elected member of the Civil Service Board and also hold the position of Chief Examiner to the Board, I'm - here before you today to give you the statistics on the ethnic breakdown of the _ Police and Fire Departments. The ethnic composition of sworn personnel in the Miami Police Department and Fire fighting personnel in the Miami Fire Depart- ment was statistically evaluated on February 29th, 1976 and is respectfully sub- _ witted for your. information. There are Anglo males, 562; black males 81; Latin _ males 107; for a total of 750 sworn personnel males. 562 Anglo females; 81 black females; 107 Latin females for. a total of 47 sworn females for a combined total of 797 sworn personnel. The Fire Department representation is as follows: - Mr. Plummer: Wait a minute, I've lost you somewhere. What was the last ones that you quoted? Ms. Skubish: I had quoted for a combined total of 797 sworn personnel in the Police Department. Mr. Plummer: I see. Ok. Ms. Skubish: Ttie Fire Department representation is as follows: Anglo males 642; Latin males 28, black males lU for a total of 680 Fire Fighters. The ethnic com- position of Police Officer and Fire Fighter eligible registers which were recently established following extensive recruitment and examining and is also submitted for your. information: for Yolice Officer black male 9; Latin male 44; Anglo male 19 for a total number of 72 male applicants; black female 11; Latin female S, Anglo female 18 for a total of 34 female applicants showing that there are a total of ~ lOb applicants on this register. For firefighter, black male I54; Latin male 128; Anglo male 158 for a total of 440 male applicants. Black female 4, Lain female 1, Anglo female 1 for a total of 6 female applicants which brings the combined total of 446 applicants on thin register. Of the first 100 who passed on the firefighters exam there are black males 15, Anglo males 59, Latin males 26 ., Of the second 100 who passed there are 25 black male, 47 Anglo male, 28 Latin male. The combined first 200, there are black male 40 which equals 20X; Anglo male 106 which equals 53% and Latin males 54 equalling 27X. This concludes my report. Thank you. Mr. f{uttoe: Thank you, Pat. Ladies and gentlemen of the commission, Mr. Mayor, you know aye can deal in numbers and we can come before you and we can give you percentages and we can give you breakdowns but I would like to review with the history and this sort of goes in with what I have in interviews by the press and the media that I have informed the press and the media there is no reservation in my :wind, there's no reservation as indicated by this commission, no re~ervat- ion indicated by the Manager or the administration of this city to meet an ethnic goal and make up. And everything reasonably possible is being done to do so. Now we have over the years recruited and directed our recruitment to areas of try to build up our ethnic background. I would like to review and gq back to the real promotion we had in the Police Department which was headed by now Major Leroy Smith and which we referred to "Operation badge", This is where we directed our emphasis in recruitment to build up our percentage of black offieere within our Police Department. Gentlemen, after we had directed that and the Manager's Office along with Major Smith have made an extensive recruitment program and we came up with a fairly good register we then didn't hire anybody beoause we had an economic crisis at that tir,z within the city and we cou~.dn't hire tt-Q many people. I think that records will indicate that we ware over b0 police of~~.c:~~rb short in budgeted positions but we were .-.port o hav~.ng to thin cut beak into oar --- ~~ ,- departments. At a Later date we a~dr.t. in when Reverend CrahaiA was oh this commis- lion, we put through then an extensive recruitment program which we called npefat= ion Fire Hdse. We went three years without hiving any firemen due to thrx fact that we had an economic crisis within our city, Gentlemen acid lady of the coin= mission, T recognize as well as everyone else iii this city that has anything to do t~ith it, not as niur_h as the Manager and the budget people, that were iii aiiottiaf econvmtc crisis within this city. We certainly do haiie a shortage isf fuitds~ 1 know this but t think it is inherent upon myself as the Chatrtnait of this boai'di Cavil Se:-vice $oard because I think, Mr, Mayor, you and the other coic~issioners really recognize that over the past three or four years T've bean kic~ted albt-g s- with board and along with others of why we hadn't accotnpl3shed ter'taiii things within this city and I along with the others assumed this responsibility because it is our responsibility to a great degree. The Manager has assumed his respom- sibility and I realize the problems that we do have. But you know I don't think this community really can take from us now an expression, and Mr. Mayor, I think you hit it on the head when we had the workshop when you wanted five questions answered there and one of them was the honesty with the public which you alluded to today; is .if we go out and we spend a considerable amount of money and man hours into recruitment and directing it to our areas of ethnic recruitment and then we come up with fairly good registers with 106 on that police officer regis- - ter even though we may can find some fault with the University of Chicago which I'm not, I don't want to get into that. And we have a very good register on the fire f ighter. We have numbers there but you know those numbers, those per- centagea, Mr. Mayor, lady and gentlemen of the commission, mean nothing. Nothingt I don't care if we're 100% it means nothing until we put them to work, until rae put more Latins in our Police and Fire Department, until we put more blacks in our Police and Fire Department as well as our other departments of this city. Thie has been the effort of the Manager and the City Commission and the Civil Service Board and those other people who have been brought in. And I think it is time that we paid due thanks to the International Association of Fire Fighters f" who sent people down here to help us, to the International Local here, 587, Pres- ident Gene Naples, Vice President International Charles Hall and those people and their people along with Chief Hickman and his staff,~the Manager's Office... Let me finish here and I'm finishing up here. Mayor Ferre: Yes, but I've got to interrupt you because you say it is due time. - I want to tell you something, I must be hearing wrong but this commission has had nothing but praise of Gene Naples and Mr. Ha11 and the International and the Local union. Mr. Huttoe: Ok, I will stand corrected on my verbage there. Mayer Ferre: I think everyone of us has gone on record. Am I wrong, Gene? That these people including the Chief, I think they've done one heck of a f ine job. -_ Mr. Huttoe: We also, Mr. Mayor, if I may, and I will say this and acknowledge /`=°~° that. I don't mean to say that the commission has not recognized these people, - Mr. Mayor, but we had three men with the Fire Department, firefighters who did an excellent job - Lt. Floyd Jordan, Firefighter Willie Waters and firefighter Omar Molina. In fact, firefighter Omar Molina has been offered from the Inter- . national Association of Firefighters asked to come to help them throughout the country and recruit. But gentlemen, let's get back to the main issue of this. I want to submit to you, I want to submit to everyone else that we're not going to accomplish anything with this register unless we put people to work. I pointed out and asked Mr. Paulk to point to this commission over a year ago when _ we were talking about goals that the only way we could zeach the Cohen Consent and these other goals that we might establish was to fire, which you alluded to, Mr. Mayor, fire employees who were working which we can't do. So there's only other alternatives. Now the one alternative that T think would be the most reasonable if you come financially, and I'm not going to say this city has the money to do it but I think this commission should put some time and study and ask for some figures to see if it is possible because I don't think we can stand back and say we can't do something, I think we have got to see if we can and can't then admit it, aut I think we have to be honest as you have said, Mr, Mayor .and let the people know whether. or not we can put them to woxk, not to like when I was sitting down when they were giving the firefighter exams and. they had 800 and some applicants down there and when these people were told how many applicants you should have heard the expression that went out over this group that was taking the examination - the applicants that were taking the exam. Now, one way that T think it would run around 800 to $g40,OQ0 ~s to change the retire- meat program to~a 25 year, I know it, Cocmuissioner Plummer, Mr. Plummer; I've got to stop you Charlie, pleaee. ~'ye ,got to stop you right hare. M:r. Mayon, I have to say in all honesty, Mr. Huttoe, ~.aet year th~a eomm~:s~ ~.-- sioa esw the w~sdcnn of putting the pension matters on top Qf the ne~ot~at~ng •7 '. table. That is presently within rte ~:,..~.Flistration, We have facts and figutes: I will go that far to tell, yotl, i',.,c with you coming out in the open and bring ing it out now I think could possibly hamper negotiations which is ilia Managert§ prerogative and I would refrain if 7 were you using facts, and Y will tell you your figures are way off. That we leave that in the hands of the Manager aitd you m3.ght speak to it in the realm rather than facts a~-d figures Mr. tiuttc~e: All tight, sir, I'll be happy to do that because that Wag my ih~ tent, Commissioner Plummer, is not to get into the facts and figutes of it but rather a recrmmendation. To Ko to a 2S year retirement I think studios should be made by this commission, by the Manager's Office to see if it can and if it is feasible. By this Z think that it would open up positions in our city whereby then we could fill these positions from these registers and we might be reaching these goals which every one of us, the commission, the administration artd the Civil Service Board as well as the department heads are attempting to reach. I think it behooves ug all thirough the media to let them know the pYOblem that we have. If we're not able to put these people to work T think they should be, I think that people that are on this register should not be holding off of going out and getting themselves employment in other areas of our community but hold- ing off hopefully maybe that we may hire them and delaying their going into other professions. So I think it behooves everyone of us to give consideration to what we're doing because I think we have done an expellent job here, we just need the positions to put them in. And I hhope this commission will give due consideration to this and as you say on the negotiating table to see if we can accomplish some of our goals in this manner. Thank you. Mr. Plummer: Charlie, let me just state one other thing since you broached the subject. Piy board, and I'm not speaking disparagingly of Rose's board because as you know we now operate totally independent of each other but my board tacos- /a- nines the fact of what you speak and presently we have more than one plan that is addressing the very heart of what you're speaking. Ok? There is another plan which would free up positions to accomplish the game end result. Now, it's fool hardy to even mention these without facts and figures and dollars involved. But I want you to know and since you broached the subject, I want the commission to know that my board is actively working in this area. So I want you to know that. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Pluruner, I would like for you to observe on the front row the first five kids because that is tiie natural reaction. of what happens when you start to talk. Mr. Plummer: That's a smart boy because he woke up. Mr. Huttoe: Mr. Mayor and lady and gentlemen of the commission, thank you for your kind attention to us. Mayor Ferre: Alright, thank you. ~,. 36. Personal Appearance CENTRO MATER Carnival permit MRS. FRANCES ELDREDGE 353 S. W. 4th Street - ".rs. Francisco Aldridge, ?resident of Centro Mater: We are here today with our children, I am speaking in behalf of them, parents and Board of Directors. On - March 23rd we applied for a permit for our Fiesta Guajira. It is a raising fund that we celebrate in our place. We have been informed that this permit is riot going to be granted because of lack of certificate of use and occupancy of our present facility. And that is the purpose of our raising fund Fiesta Guajira because we really need a building. We are already trying to buy a building. _ Mayor Ferre: Ok. I think we understand the picture. Is there any solution to this, Mr. Andrews? Mr. Andrews: I don't know where the solution lies but I know that the commiss- ion and that we in the city administration, Ronny Mayer and everyone. would like to help, Qur problem is, once again relating to this morning, this is a frame building not occupied, in the i~) Fire Zane and while we recognize they want to use the grounds there is a technicality of the non-occupancy of the building which would prevent them from using the grounds. Mr, Reboso: Paul, they are not going to be using the building, 1t`s just open ground. P'Ix, Andrews: That's what we`re trying to overcome, Mr. Reboso: They do it i?ve~ry year, So as long as they doc~'t use the bu~.~.d1~tg can we go ahead? ~U ~Pi~_ ~ ~ ~9~'~, Jam` /~ Mrs. Aldridgez We11 peYhaps you could put a sigh u~ of lock it up go the 1iui3.d= ing; see, whet the feat is is fire Mrs: Aldridge: Yes, I know: Mr. Andrews: If there is a way, and the Building Depart6ent Mould ha~ie to ~rark faith them to make sure that thet~e ie no occupancy of that buildings ~ee~tidiy that they provide some kind of sgnitary facili.tiea for the carnival thAt they carry on but not occupancy of the building because that#s Where we'd get i.fi trouble: Mrs. Aldridge: tae have portables every year. We tent portables for the fair. Mr. Reboso: That is no problem, the door is going to be lacked and the portable bathrooms . Mayor Ferre: Well, let me ask you a question ,because I'm confused. You've had that fiesta before. How did you get a permit last year? Mrs. Aldridge: We always get the permit but this year is different. Mayor Ferre: What makes this year different? Mr. Plummer: The Avondale Fire. Mr. Ron Mayer: No, sir, it wasn't the Avondale Fire. In prior years you'll recall we had a solicitation ordinance. This was reviewed by the board that reviewed the request for charitable solicitations. They did not enter into the formalities of zoning and that aspect of it. It was just that it was an author- ized charitable drive that was requesting. Mr. Reboso: Mr. Mayor, I move that we grant it this year if they take those precautions that the. City Manager has stated because the main objective as Mra. Aldridge said is to raise the money. Mra. Aldridge: Yes, the main objective is to buy a building. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved its adoption. MOTION N0. 76-368 ~~ A MOTION OF INTENT TO PERMIT CENTRO MATER SCHOOL TO HOLD ITS FIESTA ON CITY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 353 S.W. 4TH STREET, SUB- JECT TO NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AS OUTLINED BY THE CITY MANAGER. 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 NOES: None. ~~ Peisonal Appearance 12c~i;oL~~ ,,;,f" STA~'tJ5 OF' WOMEN 37. NiS: VYRGINIA ESSEX hi~~~_ ~;rs .Appointrtt~nbtr: F20SE C~R~nN Gh~irperson ~.t L~ ~~~~t MA. Virginia Essex: Mayor }~~rre, Vice-Mayor Gordon and honorable rhefghefe of the commt;;Gion, my purpose of eppe:~ring here today` is to thank you for the pt•Iv= ileclge that you gave to m~~ as serving the City of Miami and to Yepoft to you some of the activities of this commission during my term of office which will expire next Monday night when my successor is elected as chairperson of this commiesl.on. Yau have before you a report of our activities and so t will not read it in its entirety but T would like to just hit some of the Highlights for you and maybe we'll discuss then. 1'he commission was established as you know by resolution in July of 1973. It consists of 15 members, eight of whom were your original appointees. There are no vacancies on the comittission at the press ant time. All vacancies hati~e been adequately filled by you as the need arose, It was some time after the rastablishment of the commission before each of you had made all of your appoint~aents. 'fiat slowed us down dust a little bit but we finally got into action. The make up of the commission, I think you will be interested in, is very well balanced. 'There are four Latin women, four black .. women and eight of the women are white. The age ranges from 24 to 50 and all are from a rather middle income bracket - high income, low income perhaps the way you look at it. They represent a variety of professions. Three of the women are in social service, three are home managers, two are in education, two are in realestate, two are in banking, one is a medical therapist, one is in .tax work. and one is an artist. Now because of the heterogeneous composition of this tom- mission and the newness of the tasks that lay before it the past two years have been mainly a getting acquainted period, exploring opportunities for service and developing plans. We developed the by-laws which has been our guideline with the assistance of one of the attorneys from the City of Miami and you were given copies of them. In April of 1974 I was elected the first chairperson of this commission. Berni Casselvo was elected co-chairperson and Monty Steele wag selected secretary. I'd like ~o paint out to you that some of the members of this commission were able to be with us today and one of them is Monty Steele and Alberta Sands and Marge 4~atson who are sitting here, have been sitting this afternoon waiting for an opportunity for us to make this report to you. Meetings have been held in the City Manager's Conference Room on the third Monday of each Monday for the past two years. We have had programs on substance and alcohol - abuse and what the community ie doing about them, senior citizens and their needs, the Hemispheric Conference of Women 1976, the City of Miami's Bicentennial pros- ram, Affiroative Action irograms and their affect on Federal Revenue Sharing, continuing education and other communi.t}* involvement. One of the commissions first goals was to support the City Commission in its support of the ratificat- ion of the Equal Rights Amendment. The commission joined the Dade County E.R.A. Coalition and some of its members were quite active in E.R.A. 75 and will be sup- - portive and active on the E.R.A. 76 issue. After joining with the Dade County Commission on the Status of Wo;nen to produce an educational Rape Awareness seminaz- the Miami Commission presented two seminar programs for the City of Miami employe _ These were chaired by Ms. Watson who is here and were well attended and very well received. The commission actively worked for the opening of a work-release ten- - ter for women. The county operates this program in the City of Miami as you know. _ But the important thing is ghat it was .the first of its kind ever established and - it represents study bei~~g turned into action on behalf of minority women in Miami and their families. For the first year the commission worked on three task forces- Substance Abuse, Child Care and concerns for the older persons. During that year the Action Plan which is attached to the report was developed and the 15 points that are recommended there are being studied and hopefully implemented by each of the commission members. A worksheet far plan of action is attached to your report - which I'd ask you to look at. We have been well represented at many meetings and programs .concerned with women. We have been involved with a conference on the woman offender presented by the Women's Division of the Department of Labor. We have attended joint meetings wir.}~ the state, county and other local commigeians to form an inter-county coundi.l of commissions on the Status of Warren. We have been involved with heresy an, an organization to gather and showcase material de- pitting the involvement of women in the development of the City of Miami. Wa have researched the many and varied committees and boards appointed by the city with a view to how we could be supportive of them, We began a research in the needti of the elderly which can and propably should be continued. There is an atCachetl overview of the work that we'va begun on that. We have with tha aAietance of the City Day Cara pirector researched local needs to assist that program. PuII. employ- merit of women bein® one o£ our goals we were working with the city's Affirmative Action Or"ficer to study the city plan and render our aid where possible. We do not feel competent to pursue t}iis work without staff assistance but would like the opportunity to continue workng in this area, We'ye set futux•e goals fox ourselves, participation of morn.: c.ti.l~:.~ in task force groups, ad hoc oo~mitteea,,-- M~~ yore publicity for the City of Miamii commission Status of Woken to hghiight out involvement within the city, more appearances at civic groups, radio television; participation at other conferences and public hearings: We do feel a sense of accomplishment but pfoblems beyond our control hake also left us with sole feel ings of impotency and frustration. In 1974 appearing bete for a faquast for a small amount of financial aid and some back up staff we were acknowledged Arid received, thanks to yvu Mayor Ferree you offered us the services of one of youf staff for approximately 6 hours per week and an allocation was approved of not more than $50 per month for supplies, postage and etc. Unfortunately, teeny changes in personnel resulted in staff not being available when we needed so~eone to get things done and because we were constantly having someone new and perhaps un informed, nobody seemed to know how to draw down the $5Q which was allocated to us and that left us with a problem. Now we recognized these probl~ns as being one of birthing and nurturing a new program. However, if we are to move ahead as a viable citizen group to enhance the lives of the people of Miami we must be more adequately funded and staffed. We'd like an opportunity, Mayor perre, to meet with you or your designate to further discuss the possibility of perhaps some joint funding with the Affirmative Action Advisory Committee or the Youth Advisory Board or any other grouping ss you might see as practical and feasible ~in terms of staff being available and perhaps an office to get things dens. Further, we'd like to recommend that you provide a formal charge to our commis- sion listing priorities that the City Commission would like to see us work on and to accomplish with you: You have at hand a commission of interested informed hard working women who are willing and ready and able to serve you and the needs are here and we're all well aware of it. We urge you, don't let this array of time and talent lie dormant and go wasted. Hayor Ferrer Alright, I'd like to do this then. Rose, Gordon, Vice Mayor, I'd like to appoint you and J. L. Plummer if he will serve, as a committee of two ~ representing this commission and I would like the Manager to appoint somebody from the administration so that it will be a three man committee to meet with the full Committee and Virginia, of course... Mrs. Essex: We 1.I we're meeting Monday night here at Dinner Key. ^ Mayor Ferrer. Well, I don't know, Rose can't make it Monday I don't think.... She reauested (1) that we consider some improved funding so that they can be more effective. (2) She also requested closer cooperation from administrative - department heads. (3) She requested a charge from the commission to specific areas. In other wards since they are a committee that responds to us we ought to say to them, "All right, here are 15 subjects that you want to discuss but let's limit it to three and you're charged with this next year to get this done or that done." Seel So that we work with them in establishing priorities. - Obviously I think that you ought to be the initiators of the priorities. Mrs. Essex: There are 15 priorities that are listed in the report which you haven't had a chance to look at yet and you've just asked two people to work with us and with the City Manager's Office. May I suggest that we meet Monday, you have a very busy week, and that we have a committee appointed also to meet and then the following month we'll come back. Mayor Ferrer Xou have your meeting and then come back jointly to the commiss- ion and we'll discuss it openly here with all five of us. Mrs. Essex: And we'll set up a meeting with Rose and J. L. ~'° /~` ORD: 6871 38 ~ ~~~tio~ 1'7 FEt3C`E~.- 'W~,~,I,S - H~I~G dN /1TiT~9~1A'ACL' ~*ifiTr'LFi1_ AN EMERG$NCY ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0+ 681; THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE F'OR T'HE cI~'Y 0~' ~fIANI; $Y ADDING 2 UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPHS TO SUBSBGTIG~N (2) OF ~EC~'= iON 17; AR'~ICLE IV ENTITLED FENCES; tJALLS AND HEDGES; TO PROVIDE FOR A REQtTIREMENT 01~ A 6 FOOT WALL $ETt~1EEN NON= RESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY; AND 'TO LIMIT THE USE OF DANGEROUS MATERIALS INCORPORATED IN FENCES ANb WALLS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS UR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAIN= ING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION. Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gordon; for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Fevre NOES: None. Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gordon, adopted said ordinance by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J . L. Plummer, Jr . Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Fevre NOES: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE N0. 8541. 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. 39. AMEND SUBSECTIONS {A) and (C) 39-5 of the CITY CODE CHANGING FEES FOR USE OF CITY OF MIAMI MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOLS AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED- AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTIONS (a) AND (c) OF ~ 39-5 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, CHANGING FEES FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOLS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVIS- ION AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Reboso and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferri - NOES: None. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record end announced that copies were available to the members of Che City Commis- sion and to the public. ~7 r Adjust fees: CI?''Y OW~'Efi C,O~E~` C`.~SES 40 , EMERGI;NC~C ORDINANCE Me1~e~~~ afi~ Mi ~irii ~pf•inc~s Mr. Plummer, *ir. Howard, l've recei~ted quite a few cabs f~cota ~iecple Who are being affected, and I'm not, it might not be this particular items by the change in the got f fees . In particular one indi~iduai ~aho called iBe jregteirday does ftFit live n the cyty but he is a segiog citi'etii and heysays this and t think it flakes sense. He sa a instead of. rhez is $312 ie that our near fee? Mr. Howard: For senior citizens in the City of Miata it ie $115 including tai~~ Mr. Plummer: But it's $31Z... Ok. Instead of charging $312 for senior citizens out of Miami reduce it 100 to $212 and you don't allow them to play on Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Mr. Howard: `.Chia ordinance really does something even better than that. Between one and 3 F.M. Monday through Friday which is all the time any person catt play ' for $1.50 which if the senior citizens can play at that time.... Mr. Plummer: A1, I'm not a golfer. Would $1.50 equate to the normal man play- ing golf of $200 or not? INAUDIBLE Mr. Howard: Well, I'll laok into it. Do you mean to.... Mr. Plummer: In other words would a guy spend more than $200 by the $1.50 a day? Does a guy play two or three times a week? . ! Mr. Howard: No, because what happens usually a person thinks he's going to play more and it is like money in the bank and he takes a membership out for $115 fig- uring he is going to play four days a week. He usually never does. Usually .the city is better off with memberships because you have the money in advance. Mr. Plummer: [Jell Ok, if that be the case then why don't we consider the member- ship at a lower reduced rate? Mr. Howard: Nell, because... Mr. Andrews: May I interrupt a minute? This ordinance was 3ust adopted, the one you're referring to. Mr. Plummer: I understand. Mr. Andrews: Why don't we let a little time go by and see what else happens? ~ Mr. Plummer: Because I don't want any more phone calls. Mr. Howard: By doing this for senior citizens outside the City of Miami if we could get the cooperation of the county and Miami Beach to accept other senior citizens we'd be fine but when we open it up we cannot even get our regular play because we get so many seniors from outside.... Mr. Plummer: We11 look, the only reason I brought it up truthfully, it was his contention to me that the city would derive more. revenue by doing that than to do it the other way. Now that was his contention. Mr. Howard: Nat always because you have to get the volume to receive more. Mr. Andrews: Right. Let's try i.t for a little while. Mr, Plummer: Alright, so we'll review it in three months? Ok. Mr, Andrews: This ordinance will provide for a higher golf cart fee producing $35,000 a year more. ~1~` ~ ~ ~7 ~~7 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED= •`. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 QF~ SEC'TION 39-13.1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, I`LORIDA~ FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVI5fNG THE AMdtiI~T Ct#ARGED FOR CITY OF MIAMI GOLF COURSE GREEN I'EE5 REPEALIiVG ALL ORDINANCES, CObE SECTIONS OR PARTS THLltEOF IN CON- FLICT, INSOFAR A5 rHEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVERABTLTTY PROVISION; DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, AND DISPENSING WITH TIIE REQUIREMENT OF READING 'THE SAME ON TWd SEPARATE HAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR--FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION; AND CONTAINING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Was introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gibson, for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the reQuirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. _ Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None.. _ Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gibson, adopted said ordinance by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon ~ji Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE N0. 8542. 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. AUTHORIZE PAYMENT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI Services rendered for 41. OF $2,400 CITY OF MIAMI DAY CARE PROGRAM '"!ie following resolution ~~+as intro~iucP~l hv_ ('.nnoniRRioner. C*er~ion, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 16-369 ~~~'"'' A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF $2,400 FROM THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS OFFICE THROUGH TKE COMMUNITY TRUST FUND TO THE UNIVERS- ITY OF MIAMI FOR SERVICES RENDERED FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI DAY CARE PROGRAM. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plunnner, Jr. Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. ~j ~3 ~~~ '~ ~ 1~7~~ ~1U~'fiORI~E AND DIREGT 4~ ~ T~iE Ct`~''Y' MANAGER R~QT:i.RE lENANT~ ~~' ~I~R 5~ ~INN~~ MARINA TO 'VA~~-T~ T~~R $~~2'.pHS OG~' 13~~~1 for MIAMI bYNl~~ft KAY 80~1'~ ~fW ~'hp f~11.n~.,irta r.Pa~+lt~tinn •.,n4 introduced ~:+ r`df!':"~i~~i8':er (~i.b~t~:i, t61~b ~~ved its adoption: ftE50LUTI0N N0. 76=370 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY 1•tANAGER Tb REy QUIRE THAT THE TENANTS OF DINi~1ER KEY MARINA PIER 5 VACATE TNE1R BERTHS FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING OCTO$ER 13, 1976 AND ~NDtNG OCTL OBER 1I, 1976, AND THAT THEIit DOCKAGE PAYMKNTS B$ WAYVED FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME WITH NO LOSS OF DOCKAGE RIGHTS OR SENIORITY; AND FURTHER AUTHORT.7,ING AND DIRECTING THL CITY MANAGER TO CON- TRACT WITH THE EXPOSITION CORPORATION OF AMERICA FOR THE iJSE OF PIER S FOR SAID PERIOD OF TI1~~ FOR A FEE TO BE NEGf1TIATED BETWEEN THE CITY PIANAGER AND EXPOSITION CORPORATION OF AMERICA.• (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Off ice of the City Clerk.} Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plumcaer, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Mano].o Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice-Mavor Rose Gordon ~.-- Mayor Maurice A. Ferro NOES: None. 43. APPOINT MEMBERS TO CITY OF MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL COMMITTEE The follo•~inU resol~itto-~ ••+as intrnc~+~eec? by Co±~+!i~e{ot-e* ri~ieor., ~*ho *~oved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 76-371 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING D:t. LUIS ALGARRA, MRS. MARY $ORDEN, REV. GEORGE A. CLADKY, i~2S. YVONNE DECK AND MR. HERBERT M. LEVINE TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL COMMITTEE. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file f in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, 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. Ferro NOES: d~ the resolution was passed and None. .,, ,'?""~ 4~ 4 N~~ne flew Vii. U'ab. Building "tK~J1~1~NE DUNK BLfiI~,~~1~CT" Refe~~ed to t~~ ~tei~~i~l C~ifititlitt~e The following motion was introduced by Commissioitet~ Go~dot, who ~no~ed its adoption. MOTION N0. 76.372 A MOTION ?tE1TERATING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MIAMI MEMORIAL COMMITTEE WIT)i REFERENCE TO NAMEING THE NEW t~UD BtJILDTNG 7"!iE "LAURAINE DUNK BUILDINGrr~ Upon beittg 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. 45. CLAIM SETTLEMENT - ANA ROMERO The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its adoption. RESOLUTNION N0. 76-373 A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY TO ANA ROMERO, WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE SUM OF $1,500.00 IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF HER CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR PERSONAL INJURIES SUFFERED ON MAY 21, 1973, WHEN AN ALLEGEDLY DEF- ECTIVE CONDITION IN THE STREET CAUSED HER TO FALL IN FRONT OF 40 N.E. FIRST STREET, MIAMI, FLORIDA, UPON THE EXECUTION OF A RELEASE RELEASING THE CITY OF MIAMI FROM ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson _ Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon _ Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. RATIFY ACTION OF ENGAGE DR. J. SAWYER to meet with subcommittee 46. BOARD OF TRUSTEES to establish Board Goals and Objectives RETIREMENT SYSTEM The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 76-374 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN ENGAGING DR. J. SAWYER TO ACT AS AN ADVISOR TO THE aOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MIAMI CITY GENERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING AN EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR AT A FEE OF $200 PER MONTH DUR- ING MARCH 1976; AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANACL•'R TO ENGAGE DR. .J. SAWYER FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING EDU- CATIONAI, SEMINARS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR AT A MAX- - IMITM FEE OF $200 PER MONTH, WITH ALL HEREIN .PAYMENTS ALL(}CATEA FROM THE MIAMI CI71' GENERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN TRUST ACCOUNT, (Here fnll.ows body of resolution, omitted here and on filE in [he Office of the City ClerEc.) Upon bung seconded by Commissioner. Reboso the resolution was Passed and adopted by a unani~araus vote, NOES: None. QO ASR ~~', ~`t~~ftD 8TH - CLU2T25 PAT2K - ?',r,.~; :~ it..A,~iz' 1975 The followinK resolution was i.:' ~;rt~duced by Cvmoiissioner Plutnmefi ~$o i~o~ed its adoption: ^.1:5('I1[?T1ON N0. 76--375 A ?ESOI_i?TION AtdAR??1N(; 'triE BID OFD FBSARY FOUNDATION COMPANY IN _ THE 1~t40UNT.OF $$1,162.25, FOR T}tE CURTIS PARK - pOAT RAMP ~ 1975; ALLOCATING THE ArICItJAIT' OF $R?.,152.2.5 I~ROM THE ACCOUNT ENTITLE]) '"PUBLIC PARKS AND RECRF.ATICINAL FAC?CITIES BOND FTJNI)" TO COVER TtiE E5'tI1vtATED rONTRAI"C COS'C: A~,LO~,ATING FROM SAID ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OI' $$,927.50 TC~ C0~'ER 1'HE i OST OF PROJECT EXPENSE; ALLO- GA'T'ING FROM SAID ACCO?JNT' Tt'.E AMOtiNT OF $1,623.25 TO COVER THE CO5T OF SL?Cti ITF.*1S AS .~??I7?;RTiSI`%(., Tr STING LABORATORIES, POST- _ AGL, ETC. ; AND Atl'ftiORT'.ING '"HE :TTY ~;.4,*IAGER TO EXECUTE A CONS TRACT WITH SAID FIRM. (Her.e T.OIlCWB body c~r~ ~ c=~~:;luttan, omitted here and on file in the 01 f ice of r?^e C:i tti- Clor.~k . j Upon being second~~+d b}• Cn.n7,i~:::.on.-~r "ord+~n. the resolution was passed and adopted by the fol.lc~wing vore- AYES: Comr~ieeioner Manol.~? Rr'r?c;3c~ Commis5i.one?- (R~=~~. i 'iheoc~rx:~ !":_',•~:on Corunissianer J. I,. I'].~Urr;er, .1r. Vice--Ma~rar- Rose Gordor+ Mayor 1'f~urice r1. Ferre ;3GES : A?one. f 48. AWARD BID - CAR5, LIGH'T' TI2t7CT;.S ~'~A1D OTIiER VEHICLES '['he follcx~~.ng resol.utian ~~Hs 3..^trndS,ced by Corm;issioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: RF:SULCTTUN N~°. 75-376 A RF.SC~LU'tION ACCEP'iI;~C: 'fHE $i115 RECEIVED MARCH 15, 1976 FOR FUR,NISNTT~G T'ASSF.:VGi~.R CAi'S, ?_it'ti'i' TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES FOR THE DEPART'NEN1' Or FUAI,TC PROPERTIES OF THE SUPPLIERS SET FORTti ZN SECTION 1 HEROF, FOR Tt-t AMOUNTS SET FORTH THEREIN; AND atTTHORIEI.NG p~ID I:+IREGTING 'T'HE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING DIVISIU'~ `~'0 7~;;.L'E PURC1iASE ORDERS THEREFOR. f~ (Here fullocas body of resolution, omitted here and on file in tine ~f.fice of the City Clem:.) Upon being seconded by CottunissionEr Gordon, the resolution was passed and - adopted by the following vote- = AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (RP_V.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, :Tr. Vice-Mayor RoAe Gordon Mayor Mauri.ca A. Ferre NOES: None. 49. AWARD OF TiIT~ - 3E,r`VICE MONI7'OTtS The following resolution was 1ntr.odu~ed by Commissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption: R,SC1L'u'Ti-t)N N0. 76-377 A RESGLuTION ACC'F;'T€NG 'I'~'<t; f~,'~. ::; ~ CuSHAiAN ELECTRONICS, INC. FOR FURNISHTP.(; F1GHT (~ Si?'i.''[L.' ;it )!vC"'Oi(S FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COM- MUNICAT?DN5, A;' A 'i•C+'nl. CJSi' „c' ,~~.`.+,9?4; AND AUTHORIZING A,ND DIR~ ECTINC: TI~1E CI'Tl' ;`k."d~;%,~:?~ TCt ~,"; :; °;[tt?C'1' '"HE PURCHASING DIVISION TO ISSUk: YURC?iASF: :1RI9ER.`i ~'I1t.~iI;x'i)k. (Here follows body r.f ,•"-r,v'.~ti:.t1, c:;;itted here and on file in the Office.oi the +.":i~~: i'a:r.. UppA being seconded by Cowmis:~ion?:~ !:ih;+ r. ~-~~~r resolution was Passed 8n-d adopted by a unanimous vote. ~~ ~~~ _. __ __ _ ifw..'.. 50 , '1~R~NSFE~t $1, 400 FROM CON'T'INGENC''"`: FUND TO ~I~~F~O$ft~~,~'~ 1~G~Oitr~fi 5~la~y of NO1E2A SWAN, City of Nli~h-i B~~rite~Yt~~ Cdttifritte The following resolution was introduced bq Co~a3sgioti~Y Gnrdb~t~ tahd ~iottsd its adoption: RESOLUTION IVO. 76=378 A kL5t11,U1'ION bIR.EC'I'~NG TttE CLTY MANAGER TO TRANSFER $1460,t)b 1~ROhI '1't{E CONTINGENCY F~TND TO THE ApFRdPRIATE ACCOUNT FOR 5AIa~ ARY Oi" NORA 5IJAN, CHAIRMAN, CITY OF MIA1~tI BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted bete and oit file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, 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. Fevre NOES: the resolution was passed and None. 51. Transfer $1,300.00 from CONTINGENC~..FUND Provide funds for FLORIDA EARTH SOCIETY-EARTH DAY PRpGRAM "ayor Fevre: slave they lived up to their... Mr. Andrews:. They lived up to it but I want the commission to remember because I won't be here last time, the staff will help remember it, that this turned out to cost $13.00 per person because there were 200 people and they got $1300 from Metro and $1300 from us, that's $2,600 for 200 people. Mr. Plummer: Yes, and a lot of those were the cooks and the sellers. - Mayor Fevre: We've got to be big enough to admit when we make mistakes. I want to admit that I made a mistake. Ok? That. was wrong. That was a mistake. That = guy came here, that fellow Mc Naughton or whatever his name was and talked us _ into ---Norman Vincent Peale and I don't know who else it was he had down here, - Ruth Bennett and Margaret Meade and Buckminister Fuller ---- And he didn't bring any of those people down. Mr. Andrews: The President of the National Audubon Society was there. Ok. The following resolution was introduced by Conunissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 76-379 A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TRANSFER $1300.00 FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND TO THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNT TO PRO- VIDE FUNDS TO THE FLORIDA EARTH SOCIETY IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR EARTH DAY PROGRAM, AS AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION N0. 7b-2~6. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J, L. Plummer, .Jr. Vice-Mayor Rose l;ordon `layor Afautir.e A. Perre NOES: None. 1d the resolution was passed and 1'~.F" /~ ! !.? llr~ ~- Nibtion CONGRA'PUL~TING LE4V "~~l"c:E an reeeivinc} CONINitSN~R~ 5~;R~f~~ ~-~~~2$ 5Z: OP ~ YEAR from AdverLinin~ Federation of ~te~t~f` bt~~ti ~rq~ ('.r~}-r1nr1! 1,cN.t Dr o ro~o~,gd~~ aC'*i?n rnCp~r{tiOn I t~ti''1~ ~~ ~'Of'th`~' ~f L33 ~~~~'~ _ic_. .. _ _.. v ing a eesolution commending hira nr the award that he received. Cat Y f~aa thi$ ti-to the record? Lew Price, Director of Miami-Metro Department ~~ Publicity and Tour. ism is the recipient of the Community 5er'~ice Award of the year ftif ttie Advertising Federxtiort of Greater Miami. Price was honored oft 'Mauch 31st fb't hie intensive efforts in furthering the economy of the area through hta proinot= ion of tourism, domestic and international and for his civic contributions. Previous recipients of the covered award include Mitchell Wolfsoni Chairman of the Board of Wometco Enterprises, Ja~*es }:night of I~nigh.t Ryder Newspapers and William S. Ruvin, Presj.dent of Jordan Marsh. Presentation to Price was made by Metropolitan Dade Coun*_y Conm-~issLoner Sid Levin who won the award last year and Mayor Steve Clark. I would like r_o move the we send a copy of this resolution to Mr. Price and have it approp~•iately framed. Mayor Ferre: ..well deserved and }: think hh deserves that recognition. I'm sorry he's not here. The following motion was intraa~~ced by Ccranissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption. *:UiiUti v0. ?G-38O A MOTIUP: CONCRATUI.ATING LEW PRICE, DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLICITY A;tD TOURI5:~1, OtJ RECEIVING THE COMMUNITY .SERVICE AWARD OF 1TIE TEAR FROM THE ADVERTISING FEDERATION OF GREATER MIAMI, AIJD DIRECTING T}i.~T A S:]ITAISLE DOCUMENT BE PREPARED AND SUBMITTED TO MR. PRICE. Upon being seconded by Commissioner PlumZrer, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Cormissione: .J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mavor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. f CONFIRMING RE50LUTION -- Appreciation to SEN. R.~LPH POSTON 53. for .suggestion on removal of POLYTURF and allowing GtSODWILL INDUSTRIES to accept renurneration therefrom .The following resolution was in~roduce.d by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: RESOL'u~ION N0. 76-381 A RESOLUTION E~'}tESSIhG T'r}E APPRECIATION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO SENATOR RALPH POSTON FOR HIS SUGGESTION -_ TO ALLOW GOODWILL INDUSTRIES TO GAIN REMUNERATION FOR THE DIS- POSAL OP THE ORANGE BOtdL POL1'TIrRF. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso - Cotmniseioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Pluuuner, Jr. Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: aJ ... the resolution was passed and None. ' 1~., 5~ ,s COfJFtRMIN'G _,RES(?I,UTtON - WAIL c: FEES FOR ~S~ Off' SHOfi$~~E _ rasa De Esp~llst - ~ant'e D~ Leori festiV`tes ~t ~~~~~~ ~~, i'hs ~o3.lowing resolution was introduted by Co~issi6t-er ~ii~f~f ~ t~h~ foo~~~ __ its adoption: RESOL[JTtON N0+ 76=332 A R!'~SUI,UTION APPROVING THE WAIVER OF FEES FOR ~`liE USE OF THE CITY OF N11ArII SNOWMOBILE ON APRIL 4; 1976 FOR CASA DE ESpANA IN CONNECT= ION WTTH THE PONCE DE LEON WEEK F'ESTIVITIE5 AT WATSON ~'ARKa (llere follows body of resolution, omitted here ~attd on file in the Office o£ the City Clerk.) 55. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plutmner, Jr. Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOE5: the resolution was passed and None. CONFIRMING RESOLUTION - Speedy Recovery to CONGRESSMAN CLAUDE PEPPER Thy follo~~ri.n~ resohution --as introduced by Commissioner Gordon, Who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 76-333 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE WISHES OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO CONBRESSMAN CLAUDE PEPPER AFTER HIS RECENT SURGERY. (Here Follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) _ Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, 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: the, resolution was passed and None. ,~ 56. Appoint COMMISSIONER ROSE GORDON to Dade League Board The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption: MOTION N0. 76-334 A Mo~rLON of INTENT To REAPPOINT VICE-MAYOR ROSE G'~ORDON AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DADS LEAGUE 4F MUNICIPALITIES FOR T1~E COMING YEAR COMMENDING iN JUNE. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, 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; the motion was passed and None. 1`. 57, ~1~,L0C~TE $46,054.44 from 1?arks for Petp~e goad ~'ufi p~~rment to EDWARD D. 5T0NE & ASSOC~A~'~~ I~Ctf'~ deign services for BtGE~TTE~tN*~~, ~+S~~t~ The following resolution was introduced by Comaiissi,c-nef P1H~er, wHd ~n~ved its adopt9_oit: RESOLUTION N0. 76=385 A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING 'IItE AMOUNT OF $4bi054.44 PROM THE PARK5 FOR PEOPLE BOND FUND PAYMENT TO THE CONSULTAIIT, EI?t~ARD D. STONE, JR. & ASSOCIATES, 1'OR EXTRA DESIGN SERVICES ON BICENTENNIAL~PARK~ (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file• in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, adopted by the fallowing vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodora Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor tiaurice A. Ferre NOES: the resolution was passed and None. 58. GRANT OF EASE-~",ENT - CITY OF MIAMI BEACH for Force Main Installation on city property at VIRGINIA KEY ' *~x. An~reers ~ D.equest for nerrission an' grant of easer..ent to .he City of '3ami Beach force main installation on City propexty, Virginia Key and Mr. Grimm is going to hold up a map to show you what this is. It's that short distance to connect their, this was that long drawn out matter of getting their force main over to the treatment plant and I recommend it. Mr. Plummer: We went through this before. Let's not rush over this one. I will vote yes if it is understood and part of the negotiation that at any time the city needs that property and that main has to be moved it will be moved at Miami Beach's expense. Mr. Grimm: That's not very practical, rir. Commissioner. The agreement between us and the Water Authority of Miami Beach gives us rights over, around and through it. Mr. Plummer: Ok, fine, I'll move it. ... t The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption. MOTION N0. 76-386 A MOTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE A PERMIT AND GRANT OF EASEMENT TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IN ORDER TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN A 54-INCH FORCE MAIN UNDER AND ACROSS CITY OF MIAMI PROPERTY LOCATED ON VIRGINIA KEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSMITT- ING RAW SEWAGE FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH TO THE MIAMI-DARE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY TREATMENT PLANT ON VIRGINIA KEY. 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, ~~ - y"' PER1~lI Fi15TORICP-L E3AY Or ~'.G5 11W~,SYOI3 S9~ AS~aG~TI0~1 T+0 PACE to ue placed in COG0~3tJZ' GROVE ~~1~t~C Mi~RKER T'i~e following motion was introduced by Gonmrissioneit ~tebosd, who itol-ed i,ts adoption. rtOTION IVO. 76=387 A *SU't'ION OF INTENT' 'f0 T'ERMIT THE HISTORICAL ASSQCIATION OF SO[JTHBRN FLORIDA 'f0 PLACE A HISTORIC MARKER D1;DfCATED 'TO THE BAY OF PIGS IN= VASION IN COCONUT GROVE $AYF'RUNT PARK. upon being seconded by Commnissioner Cibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Gommissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice-Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. 60. PERMIT USE OF S. W. 1st STREET and 9TH AVENUE COMMUNITY BUILDING "EL DIA DE TRABAJO" MAY 1, 1976 Waiving fees Mayor Ferre: Now on May lot we have Mr. Carlos Rodriguez Quesada who wants to-- Anita, are you involved in this? Request-- We11 why don't you express it your- self? Translation by Mayor Ferre: Mr. Rodriguez is saying that on May 1st the Cuban Community has traditionally celebrated as churches throughout the world May Day and the Communists have taken it over also but we that are fortunate to live in the Free World also celebrate it as a day of celebration for the working man. They would like to celebrate this officially, the exile Cuban Labor movement. They would like to request to use the Baptist Church that we took over for that event on the evening of May 1st. Ia there any objection to that? The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Reboso, who moved its adoption. MOTION N0. 76-388 _ A MOTION OF 1NTENT TO PERMIT USE OF COMrNNITY BUILDING AT S.W. 1ST STREET AND 9TH AVENUE FOR CELEBRATING "EL DIA DE TRABAJO" ON MAY 1, 1976, AND WAIVING FEE FOR SUCH USE. 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: Nose. REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF "MISS MIAMI PAGEANT" sponsored by; 61. FEE FOR GUSMAN HALL Greater Miami Jaycees Mavor FPr.re: The Greater Miami Jaycees, they WSnt support for the annual Miss Miami Pageant. The Mayor's Office and the City of Miami Publicity have Kiven it their full support. At this time we would 11ke to request thte waiver of t.lrc• fee for the use of Gunman Hall. And here we go again. We wer.c• auppoWC~d to I-r~v« a committee set up Co review all of these people that wanted GuHmen Hall fur irua. Remember that? We said we were going to set up $:5,000 crr sUrn~+t h 1 ny, and an / rr- call it costs k or 5500 a night. INAUDIE3LE Mayor I~erre; Frank, did you hear? That has to be auppl.ied to the committee and they will evaluate it and decide. What did they decide? .,,. ~tf': Andtews: The coiatnittee evaluates it and we have at~out $3f000~ $500 fof usage of so and we've get enough fof eight of so evt~its this Meat: Mayer F'eYtet will you give it to the Manager and 1lAve the committee evti irate it and hopefully that Mill solve the proble~. 6~. 1~~~t50N~1~, ApPEAR1~btCE M~2: El,~-I~CO v '~AXICAE Ni~mTg~t ~tsferrec~ to t~~e City ~s~i~~~r ~rrAVnaL~ Mr. Andrews: There is more than one organization in this taxicab driver :natter acid I'm informed by the staff that this is being scheduled for the 22nd meeting; that we will have an answer. Mr. Blanco: Mr. Mayor, I think I could have the courtesy of being advised that there wasn't going to be. Mayor Ferre: It was a misunderstanding and we're sorry that you had to waste your time today. All I can tell you is that I'm sorry. 63. MOTION OF INTENT: Employ BENNY BAYLINE ss OFFICIAL CHAUFFEUR - of the Mayor's Office subject to tertainatiott at the wiYl of the City. - Mayor Ferre: The City of Miami and the Commission .always has a problem and I know that my office daes. Continually I've got papers that need to be picked up at City Hall or I've got somebody that needs to be picked up at the airport. There isn't a week that goes by that Frank Cobo or somebody from my Office has to go and get somebody at the airport and that's expensive. Now Benny Bayllne who used to have this fob at Metropolitan Dade County has been retired for several years. As I recall Joyce Goldberg retired. Now he did for many many years, Benny Bayllne had the task of being an aide sad what have you. Now he's retired so he can't accept full pay but I've talked to him. Pox $50 a week he is willing to take on the fob of being assistant courier, pick people up at the airport, drive them and that's pretty reasonable in my opinion for the kind of service that he, and he's a pro at it. He's used to it. He does that sad he also takes down signs real well, puts them up and does a lot of other things and I think he'd be the perfect guy for the fob. Now, of course, it is up to the commission and.... ~ Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor, this is not popular but I guess the City Manager can't afford to be popular all the time. I don't know if the commission kno~ta the way we are struggling to try to conserve dollars. I'm abolishing positions every week at the lower level trying to be careful not to do it in Fire and Police and we're cutting back all over. We still have $1,000,000 to go yet before the end of the year. Mayor Ferre: Paul, I understand. If you were talking about a mayor position or if you're. talking about 10 or 15 or $20,000 I would understand that. We're talking about $50,00 a week and I'm going to tell you it's going to save mare - then $50.00 a week because I tell you that it costs us dust to have somebody like Frank Cobo or some of these people go out to the airport and wait and soae- times he goes out there for two hours to wait for ... Now I got another call now, the Mayor of Caracas is coming in. Now I'm going to tell you I'm not going - to send Frank Cobo because everytime I send him you knave what he does to me? The next day I say, "Frank, why didn't you do it?" He said, "Well, I didn't have time to da that you know, I had to go out to the airport, the Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the City Board." Now I'm not going to send Frank Cobo out to meet him because everytime I do that and I chew on him because he didn't get something done he says, "I couldn't do it because I spent 3 hours yesterday out in the air port waiting for this and we had a problem and I had to drive him out to Miami Beach and come back,"' Now I think for $2,500 a yeax, $50 a week, and he Would be available, and as far as I'aa concerned he can use the city cax. Xou cannot use your own car. Xau're not going to use your car. Xou~ye gpt to use the city car and he wou~.d be available to the Manager's Office, Mr. Andrews: We've gat someone that's in house at Fub~.ic Wparks and ether places that we use as..,. t... Mayon Fevre: Does he get $50 a week? Mr. Andrews: No, but he noes a lot of other things t6c~ Mayor Ferrp: We11, you ieight be surprised with genfl)i+ Mt`~ Andrews: The otheC thing is if you're going to do this 1.'fi got,g td look for this money within the catiruissioa'g budget. Mayor Fevre: Oh, t think you have to. There's no dther way to do it, It has to be from within the cotmnission's budget. And I'm going to say that if he doesn't work out it's subject to dismissal without any notice. Do you under- stand? Mr. Andrews: And this is not an additional automobile, now. Mayor Fevre: No, sirl. The Mayor has an automobile which in my opinion belongs to the city for everybody's use. Ok? Now it's called frank Cobo's car but it really belongs to the city. Frank is not going to drive anything. That car belongs to the city and I'm saying that Benny is to be available to any of the commissioners and the administration and the Law Department to bring documents. A lot of times you send lawyers down to bring papers to my office or you send a secretary down. Now that's got to be worth more than $50 a week. $50 a week is not very much and I'm saying in the future when you've got to send something down to my office or somebody else's office there he is. That's the purpose of what he's going to be doing. Now if it were a mayor amount of money I would be concerned but frankly $50 a week is not that big an Item. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved its adoption. MOTION N0. 76-389 A MOTION OF INTENT TO EMPLOY BENNY BAYLINE AS OFFICIAL CHAUFFBUR TO THE MAYOF'S OFFICE AT A SALARY OF FIFTY DOLLARS FER WEEK, SUB- JECT TO TERMINATION AT THE WILL OF THE CITY. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the motion was passed and _ adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner {Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice-Mayor Roae Gordon _ Mayor Maurice A. Fevre NOES: None. r~.... Mayor Fevre: Now you are to work, he's the boas, he tells you what to do. I'm not the boss. You understand? Everybody around here knows that. I want you to know that. Frank Cobo is the real Mayor. Mr. Benny Bayline: Mr. Mayor, if I may say so in the last 20 years I have taken care of Presidents, Governors, Mayors and I have all diploma to show for it and made the city very happy and I want to continue that. Mayor Fevre: Now Benny, one more absolute requirement - no talking. Ok? I don't want you taking up anybody's time discussing things. You understand what I mean. Ok, Mr. Frank Weston, Assistant City Attorney: May it be made of recozd that all resolutions and ordinances passed today, copies were before each of the com- miseionera and were available to the vublic. 64. DISCUSSIAN ITEM: L+QASTER FISHERMEN"S ASSOCIATION u~ae of Riverside Baptist Church propearty. !'syor Fevre: "r, An3rews, the lobstex situation aver at the Rtvexade thing, I ve got a whole bunch of angry people on that lobster thing, Whew does it stand? Mr, Aadre~-s: Well, it stands that they, are we talking about rarttR~ Q~ what? Mayor Fevre; Xes, Mr. Andrews; ?'hey'te going to pay the xent. I cast tei~ you what ~~ ~a, ~• .. /"'t 6~• ~~~~ PLA~'t~ ~N MI;~~~~Iy p~~t~ cl~c~icatcct to ~1DF#~ I•Ft~~~ . ~~$f1t ~~t~~~inc~ tt'C~ ~bm~h~s~~~iti~.~i~ Able D~~ ~~ MBA M.a~Oi~ ~a~ra. ~ - . ~` s A.iha~t pair*_t' ~ x~e~t~ast to ~+ut ~ ~i~~~~i~~ E~~~ t1~t~~At~ ink Arba~ »ay it ~t~irbsa Parks `I'ltie f~1].otofng ~lotfoii etas fritroduced bP Gom~issionef Gordon, whb ~o~ed its ad~ptio~n. MOTYOIJ N0. 76390 A MOTION tlP INTENT TO PERt~S2T PLACING OP A PLAQUE bEDICATED Tb JOklrit FRITZ IN LAdSE PARtt AND THE PLANTING bP A LAFtGi I'LGIt= ING TRRE CbMi~MORATI~TG ARUf?R DAY` IN MIAMI: Upon being aeronded vy 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 NOBS: None. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE CITY OMMISSI N ON MOTION DULY MADE AND SECONDED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT ~:1.7 O'CLOCK P.M. Maun~,ee A. Fenne ATTEST ~. a. souzhe~c.n CITY CLERK Ra.2ph G. ~ng.~e ASSISTANT CITY CLERK r;. - APR ~ ~ 1~7~ _ ~'~ CE%TY OF R~IIAMI r~, i' ' M@&TiNC DATE: ITEM NC ~ DOCUMENT Ib~NTIKICATtON 1 2 3 4 5 6 _ 7 8 9 10 11 12 - i3 COMMISSION AGENDA AND CITY CLERK REPORT AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREE- MENT WITH ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING FIRM OF FERENDINO, GRAFTON, SPILLIS, CANDELA APPROVING ANT) RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN ACQUIRING TWO LOTS CONTIGUOUS TO THE SITE OF THE CITY'S PROPOSED DOWNTOWN COVENTION CENTER. TAKING THE PROSECUTION OF THE WORK "ORANGE BOWL-WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENT 1975-(2ND BIDDING) -JOB N0. B-2659" OUT OF THE HANDS OF MINORITY SYSTEMS, INC. APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS ACROSS N.W. 62 STREET BET[+1EEN THE NEW MIAMI-EDISON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ACCEPTING FOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT THE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY DEEDS FROM BURTON A. LANDY WAIVING ALL FEES FOR THE USE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S SHOWMOBILE BY THE COCONUT GROVE PARENT•TEACHER ASSOCI- ATION WAIVING THE RENTAL FEE FOR USE OF MIAMI STADIUM ON JULY 2,3, AND 4, 1976 FOR A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL WORLD SERIES. APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN OFFER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING FROM THE SOUTHEAST FIRST NATION- AL BANK OF MIAMI Tip MAKE A $1,000,000 LOAN UNDER THE TERMS SET FORTH IN ORDINANCE N0. 8540 AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF $2,400 FROM THE COr4rIUNITY AFFAIRS OFFICE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY TRUST FUND TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FOR SERVICES RENDERED. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO REQUIRE THAT THE TENANTS OF DINNER KEY MARINA PIER 5 VACATE THEIR BERTHS FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING OCTOBER 13, 147b APPOINTING DR. LUIS ALGARRA, MRS, MARY BORDEN, REV, GEORGE A. GLADKY, MRS. YVONNE DECK AND MR, HERBERT M, LEVINE TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL COMMITTEE, AUTHORIZING TE3E DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY TO ANA ROMERO, WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIABILITY THE .SUM OF 51,500,Q0 IN•FU.LL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF BER CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI ^ COMMISSIO R-76-356 R-76-359 R-76-360 R-76-361 ETR I EVAL OD~~. 0066 76-356 76-359 d 76-360 76-361 R-76-362 76-362 R-76-363 76-363 R-76-364 76-364 R-76-366 76-366 R-76-369 76-369 R-76-370 76-370 R-76-371 76-371 Rw76-373 76-373 C6'~Y OF MIAMI DOCUMENT ITEM N0~ D~CUMEtt'~ IDENTYF~CA'tION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 COMMISSION AGENDA AND CITY CLERK REPORT AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREE- MENT WITH ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING FIRM OF FERENDINO, GRAFTON, SPILLIS, CANDELA APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN ACQUIRING TWO LOTS CONTIGUOUS TO THE SITE OF THE CITY~S PROPOSED DOWNTOWN COVENTION CENTER. TAKING THE PROSECUTION OF THE WORK "ORANGE BOWL-WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENT 1975-(2ND BIDDING) -JOB N0. B-2659" OUT OF THE HANDS OF MINORITY SYSTEMS, INC. APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS ACROSS N.[J. 62 STREET BET[JEEN THE NEW MIAMI-EDISON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ACCEPTING FOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT THE HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY DEEDS FROM BURTON A. LANDY WAIVING ALL FEES FOR THE USE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S SHOWMOBILE BY THE COCONUT GROVE PARENT~TEACHER ASSOCI- ATION [JAIVING THE RENTAL FEE FOR USE OF MIAMI STADIUM ON JULY 2,3, AND 4, 1976 FOR A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL WORLD SERIES. APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN OFFER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF OFF-STREET PARKING FROM THE SOUTHEAST FIRST NATION- AL BANK OF MIAMI TO MAKE A $1,000,OOU LOAN UNDER THE TERMS SET FORTH IN ORDINANCE N0. 8540 AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF $2,400 FROM THE COr'Q~IUNITY AFFAIRS OFFICE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY TRUST FUND TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI FOR SERVICES RENDERED. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO REQUIRE THAT THE TENANTS OF DINNER KEY MARINA PIER 5 VACATE THEIR BERTHS FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING OCTOBER 13, 1976 APPOINTING DR, i.UIS ALGARRA, MRS. MARY BORDEN, REV. GEORGE A. G].ADKY, MRS. YVONNE DECK AND MR. HERBERT M. LEVINE TO SERVE AS MEMBERS OF THE CITY QF MIAMI INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL COMMITTEE. AtTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY TO ANA ROMERO, WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIABILITY THE SUM QF $1,500.00 IN FULI. AND CQMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF HER CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI cot~~ssi R-76-356 R-76-359 R-76-360 R-76-361 0066 76-356 76-359 76-360 76-361 R-76-362 76-362 R-76-363 76-363 R-76-364 76-364 R-76-366 76-366 R-76-369 76-369 R-76-370 76-370 R-76-371 76-371 R-76-373 76-373 ~. ... » _ ,.... ... .... .. _..... _...~~_ _.u~__Qt i4 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN ENGAGING DR. J. SAWYER TO ACT AS AN ADVISOR TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MIAMI CITY GENERAL EriPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PALN AWARDING THE BID OF EBSARY FOUNDATION COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $81,162,25, FOR THE CURTIS PARK-BOAT RAMP 1975 ACCEPTING THE BIDS RECEIVED MARCH 15, 1976 FOR FURNISH ING PA55ENGER CARS, LIGHT TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PROPERTIES OF THE SUPPLI- ERS SET FORTH IN SECTION I HEREOF. ACCEPTING THE BID OF CUSHMAN ELECTRONICS, INC. FOR FURNISHING EIGHT (8) SERVICE MONITORS FOR THE DEPART- MENT OF CUMrIICATI0N5, AT A TOTAL COST OF $35,914. DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TRANSFER $1400.00 FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND TU THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNT FOR SALARY OF NORA StdAN, CHAIRMAN, CITY OF MIAMI BICENTEN- NIAL COMMITTEE DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TRANSFER $1300.00 FROM THE CONTINGENCY FUND TO THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE FLORIDA EARTH SOCIETY. EXPRESSING THE APPRECIATION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO SENATOR RALPH POSTON FOR HIS SUGGESTION TO ALLOW GOODWILL INDUSTRIES TO GAIN REMUNERATION FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE ORANGE BOWL POLYTURF. APPROVING THE WAIVER OF FEES FOR THE USE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI SHOWMOBILE ON APRIL 4, 1976 FOR CASA DE ESPANA IN CONNECTION WITH THE PONCE DE LEON WEEK FESTIVITIES AT WATSON PARK EXPRESSING THE WASHES OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO CONGRESSMAN CLAUDE PEPPER AFTER HIS RECENT SURGERY ALLOCATING THE AMOUNT OF $46,054.44 FROM THE PARKS FOR PEOPLE BOND FUND PAYMENT TO THE CONSULTANT, EDWARD D. STONE, JR. R-76-374 R-76-375 R-76-376 R-76-377 R-76-378 R-76-379 R- 76- 39I R-76-382 R-76-383 R-76-385 76-374 76-375 374-376. 76-377 76-378 76-379 76-381 76-382 '76-383 7b-385.