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CC 1976-10-19 Minutes
CITY OF MIATViI SPECIAL .COMMISSION MINUTES Of MEETING HELD ON OCT191976 PREPARED BY THE OFFICE CFITY HTHE A► .L CITY CLERK. C RALPH G. ©HGIE CITY CLERK 1 NO. 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19, 20, IM�J( $_QF�S OIMIwRi(14 Iasi SUBJECT PERSONAL APPEARANCE: EVELIO LEY - INTER-AMERICAN TRADE FAIR . METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION - DISCUSSION. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: DR. BEN SHEPPARD - REPRESENTING SCHOOL BOARD. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: ATHALIE RANGE & JERRY RICH - REPRESENTING AFRICAN SQUARE PARK. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: DR. BEN SHEPPARD - DADE COUNTY SCHOOLS AFTER SCHOOL CARE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION MO M-76-938 M-76-93§ M-76--940 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: BOB KUNST - F.I.U. - REPRESEN- TING GAY & BISEXUAL ACTVITY CENTER AND THE TRANSPERIE4CE CENTER. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: HOWARD DIXON - EXECUTIVE DIRECTbR OF LEGAL SERVICES OF GREATER MIAMI. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: JOHN CORRIGAN - PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF VISITORS OF GREATER MIAMI. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: PEGGY SAPP - COCONUT GROVE AFTER SCHOOL HOUSE. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: LIMONET JOSEPH - HATIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZATION. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: DR. CARL MC HENRY - PRESIDENT OF COCONUT GROVE FAMILY CLINIC. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: GEORGE DWALTH - GOODWILL IN- DUSTRIES. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: WILBUR COLEMAN - FOSTER CHILDREN TRANSITION PROGRAM. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: MICHAEL FAIN - DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: LILLIAN CLARK - FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATIDN. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: JEFF BLAIRMAN - METATHERAPY INSTITUTE. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: EUFALA FRAZIER. DISCUSSION COCONUT GROVE OPTIMIST CLUB. DISCUSSION MINORITY CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE: RON SMITH - SUNRISE SCHOOL FOR THE RETARDED. DISCUSSION PERSONAL APPEARANCE; SHARON LIVINGSTON - HOPE SCHOOL. DISCUSSION J5-9 9-II 12-13 13-16 17-20 20-23 23-28 28-31 31-33 34 35-36 36-37 37-38 38-39 39 40-41 41-42 42 42 42-43 43-44 44-45 INI�( CIiYtISS�Ia� OFIMIANI�, FLORip4 11111 NO, SUBJECT warrsismailmaimir SOLUTIONtNANCE OR NO PAGE NO. s • 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: REVEREND CARLOS ROMERO - NICKY CRUZ OUTREACH. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: SEREN KAJEN - CALO CENTER. FUNDING OF DAY CARE CENTERS - FISCAL 1976 - 1977. PERSONAL APPEARANCE: JACK YANKS - RE: MILLAGE RATE. FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS - FUND NICKY CRUZ OUTREACH AND COCONUT GROVE FAMILY CLINIC. MILLAGE ORDINANCE - FIRST READING DISCUSSION DISCUSSION M-76-94I DISCUSSION M-76-942 M-76-943 FIRST READING FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS - SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS M-76-944 APPROVE ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS AS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED AND AMENDED FOR FUNDING OF SOCIAL. SERVICE PROGRAMS. A MOTION TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 8578 - INCREASING SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS BY $1,616,173.29. APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE - FIRST READING. URGE GOVERNOR TO INCLUDE MEMBERS OF CITY OF MIAMI GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY TO THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MARIE PETIT AS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE MAYOR. ADJOURNMENT R-76-945 M-76-946 FIRST READING R-76-947 R-76-948 45-47 47 48-59 59-64 64-66 66-69 70 70-71 71-73 73 73-74 74-75 „1 • IngUTEE OP 8PECIAL MBETINO OP THE iTY COMM/SSION OP MIAMI, FLORIDA * * * * * * * th I5th day of October, 1976, the City Commission Of MiaMi, rida met at Bayfront Park Auditorium, 499 Biscayne Boulevard in -id city in SPECIAL SESSION to consider the proposed appropriation Ordinance for the City of Miami for the fiscal year 1976-1977. The meeting was called to order at 9:24 O'Clock A.M. by Mayor Maurice A. Ferre with the following members of the Commission found to be present: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre Joseph R. Grassie, City Manager A. P. Crouch, Assistant City Manager George F. Knox, City Attorney Ralph G. Ongie, City Clerk Matty Hirai, Assistant City Clerk An invocation was delivered by Reverend Gibson who then esent in a pledge of allegiance to the flag. led those Mayor Ferre: Before we start on our published agenda, we have Mr. Evelio Ley who is here. Mr. Ley, you wanted to discuss certain things about your recent trip to Bogota and how you did and so on. Mr. Evelio Ley: Mr. Mayor, members of the City Commission, after a memorandum of conversation between the Inter -American Export Promotion Centers (C.I.P.E.) and the City of Miami representative during the days of October 8 - 12 which I hope all of you have a copy of this conversation otherwise I will give it to you right away. I suggest the appointment of the Inter -American Trade Fair Directors Committee to be working directly with the Mayor of the City of Miami and the Commissioners of the City of Miami during this year until the Inter - American Trade Fair that will be in November, 1977. I suggest that under the chairmanship of the Mayor of the City of Miami we have in this Committee the Governor of the State of Florida, the Mayor of Metropolitan Dade County, Mayor of the City of Coral Gables, Mayor of the City of Miami Beach, a representative of the United States Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Commerce of the State of Florida, the City of Miami Manager, the Dade County Manager, Director of Diario Las Americas, President of the Miami Herald, President of the Miami News, the Editor of the Miami Times, the President -Elect of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, the President of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, the president of the Southeast Bank corporation as representative of the financial community, Mr. Leslie Pantine as representative of the Hispanic commission of the Bicentennial Year, the President of Florida International University, the President of the University of Miami, the Dean of the Counsellor Court, the President of the Inter -American Businessmen's Association, the President of the International Center and the President of the Bankers Advisory Board of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, V - OCT 1 9 1976 Mr. i,eyt The Staff retnbers that will be working with this CCOMittee will be Mr. Xavier Roca Executive Director of C.t.P.E., Mr. Nieholas Rivero Representative of the General Secretariat of the OAS Office, M. Charles Crumpton--City Manager's Office i Community Development, Mr. Jose Paredes - City Manager's Office - Finance, Mr. Evelio Ley Coordinator. Mayor Ferre: I would recommend that this be accepted and adopted because we need to have a coordinating committee. You know that they are going to be doing all the work but for show purposes we need to have one so I would strongly recommend that this be adopted. Is there a motion? The recommendation is an Advisory Committee be adopted with all the elected local officials, state officials and different repre- sentations, Chamber of Commerce, etc., etc., etc.. Anybody that you want to add may... Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I would hope that you would take Mr. Finch and those with you since he and Mr. Mayor Ferre: It's called the Miami Chamber of Commerce. The Black chamber of Commerce so add that to the list. You already have the Editor of the Times. Mr. Ley: Yes, the Editor of the Miami Times is here. Mayor Ferre: Is there a motion? Moved and seconded. Further discussion? Call the roll. Thereupon, the following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gibson who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-938 MOTION CREATING A COMMITTEE - "THE INTERAMERICAN TRADE FAIR DIRECTORS COMMITTEE" - COMPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: Governor of the State of Florida Mayor of Metropolitan Dade County Mayor of the City of Coral Gables Mayor of the City of Miami Beach U.S. Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Commerce of the State of Florida- City of Miami Manager Dade County Manager Director of Diario de las Americas President of the Miami Herald President of the.Miami News Editor of the Miami Times President and President Elect of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce President of Latin Chamber of Commerce Mr. Charles Zwick, President of Southeast Banking Corp., as the representative of the financial community. Mr. Leslie Pantin - as representative of the Hispanic Commission of the Bicentennial Year. President of Florida International University President of the University of Miami Dean of the Consular Corp. President of the Interamerican Businessmen Association President of the International Center President of the Bankers Advisory Board of the Latin Chamber Miami Chamber of Commerce aerome Bain, President of the Miami Board of Realtors 2 OCT 191976 Will also be on the Committee, as ex-officio Metbere3 's );aVier Roca, Executive Director, C.I.P.E. NI'. Nicolas Rivero, Representative of the General Eedretariat of the OAS Office Mr. Charles Crumpton, City Manager's Office, Community Development Mr. Jose Paredes, City Manager's Office, Finance Mr. Evelio Ley, Coordinator Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the motion Was Massed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre Mayor ?erre: Anything else, Mr. Ley? Mr. Ley: No. Mr. Plummer: Will you send us a copy of those people that you have put on that Committee? Mr. Ley: We will. We have to prepare a letter asking those people if they would like to serve on that committee... Mr. Plummer: But I would like to have a copy of those people that are going to be asked. Mr. Ley: Of course, we will send it. Also, I would like to suggest that the Chairpersons of the different Worker's Committee will be ex- officio members of this committee. We will have a working committee that will take care of... Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Ley, I would like to suggest, perhaps, that you ask the President of the Board of Realtors for the Greater Miami area. They have a deep interest in... Mayor Ferre: Why don't you add them to the list. Mr. Ley: (INAUDIBLE) Mrs. Gordon: Okay, that's Jerome Bain, he's the new President. Mayor Ferre: Anything else? If you have any other ideas or suggestions on representation, please give them to Mr. Ley and we will incorporate them into the Committee. Mr. Ley: I would like to repeat that we will have a large working committee and every chairperson of this working committee will be a part, an ex-officio member of this committee. Mayor Ferre: Okay, thank you. Mr. Ley: Thank you. Mayor Ferre: At this time I'm going to ask Mr. Parker Thompson if he would address the Commission on what he's here for, OCT 191976 NI , Parker Thompson: Thank you, . Mayor and members of the COMMission. r appearing before you as Chairman of the bade County Council of the Arts and Sciences to request inclusion in the City of Miami budget of an allocation to support the budget of the Dade County Council of the Arts and Sciences. This council was formed after many years of effort to get it formed by many people in this community. It was formed in by ordinance in April, the members were appointed to it in July and it has come into existence. It is the first effort by this area to pull together and attempt to create an overall cohesion and directed effort toward the cultural activities of this community. In this capacity specifically the council will be working towards an effort to create an overall survey of the cultural needs and facilities of this community, an economic survey as to the economic impact both in the areas of employment and tourism of the cultural facilities and to attempt to help with respect to the specific cultural organizations, visual arts, performing arts and the like throughout the community. Mayor Ferre: Parker, let me cut through. Is this like a United Fund for the arts in community? Mr. Thompson: That may be down the road. At this moment, the effort is not to do overall fund raising as such but to aide in grantsmanship, fund writing applications for cultural organizations with... Mayor Ferre: Is this similar to what Tampa has done? Mr. Thompson: That is correct. Mayor Ferre: Does this follow the so-called "Hector" Bill? Mr. Thompson: It is very similar to that Hector Bill and ultimately the council couldn't convert... Mayor Ferre: Is this an autonomist body or is it part of the Metro- politan Dade County? Mr. Thompson: It was written by the Junior League and by Bill Finites for them to be as autonomiss as possible under the Charter and essen- tially other than the approval of the Executive Director by the County Commission, we have our own budget, we are authorized to and are attempting to get Federal, State, County, Municipal funds as well as private. The Junior League has pledged $10,000 towards the salary of the Executive Director for the next three years. Mayor Ferre: Do you have an Executive Director already chosen? Mr. Thompson: We do not have an Executive Director, we have an Administrative Assistant appointed, Mrs. Peggy Hearst, who is also on the State Fine Arts Council which should also be of some great help to us in our coordination with the State and Federal Government. Mayor Ferre: What is your budget for this year? Mr. Thompson: The overall budget for the first year is $60,000 at which $10,000 will come from the Junior League and $50,000 from governmental sources. Mayor Ferre: Well what are the governmental sources that have pledged to you at this point? Mr. Thompson; 55% of it was requested and pledged by Metropolitan Dade County,,, 9 Mayor ?etre : 55% of $60, 000? Niro Thompson: Of $50,000 which would be $27,500. We are attempting tb secure the remaining $22,500 from the municipalities of bade County. Mayor Ferre: Who else have you requested the funding from? Mr. Thompson: We have requested funding from Miami Beach, from coral Gables, from South Miami, from Hialeah and we have... Mayor Ferre: For what amounts? Would you tell us each? Roughly, we won't hold you to the figures. Mr. Thompson: Essentially, the requests were to Miami for to Miami Beach for. $10,000, to Coral Gables for $5,000 and amounts, I can't really give you the specific amounts from municipalities. $10, 000, lesser the other Mayor Ferre: Are there other questions of Mr. Parker Thompson? Mrs. Gordon: Yes, I'm more acquainted with what your proposal is today than I was a week ago. I would also like to ask you what input, if any, will be available or will the City of Miami be able to put into your committee? Mr. Thompson: Extensive. In fact, there First, we are seeking municipal support so ficant municipal contributions towards the Swan has attended our meetings as a... Mayor Ferre: are two factors in that. that there will be signi- work of the council. Nora Is she a member of the committee? Mr. Thompson: She is not a member of the council as such. She has attended the meetings and we have started, as I believe I wrote you, Mr. Mayor,... Mayor Ferre: Parker, how many members does the council have? Mr. Thompson: 15. Mayor Ferre: 15. They were all appointed by Metro? Mr. Thompson: That is correct. They were appointed by Metro from lists prepared by the Junior League, by the Cultural Executive Council and from other sources. Mayor Ferre: Well you see, you didn't ask the City of Miami to help prepare the list and what I'm saying is it would be nice if you do expect funding from us that we would have the right to appoint at least one person. Mr. Thompson: I agree with you, Mr. Mayor. I cannot rewrite the governing ordinance at this moment. Mayor Ferre: Who are the 15 members? Can you rattle them off? Mr. Thompson: Well I can't rattle them all off but Maria -Elena Torono Mrs. Christina Hills, Mrs. Lee Hills, Joan Lahman, the wife of Congressman Lamen, Judith Arango, Mel Jacobs, Joe Harrison, Mel Jacobs is the President of Burdines, Joe Harrison is the President of the Metropolitan Museum, the Miami Arts Center, Parly Davis, Daniel Helier, Bob Herwitz, Rolland Woods, I'm trying to come up with 15 names in a hurry but that is the,.. 5 ?etre: Well that's pretty good. I've already gotten fout that within the City of Miami; Judith Arang0, doe Harris and... Mr. 'Thompson: I think there are more than that, Mr. Mayor. I think there are about z dozen that live within the municipality of Miarti. Mayor Ferre: That's a pretty impressive list. Rev. Gibson: I didn't hear anybody that looks like Gibson. Mr. Thompson: Rolland Woods, Rev. Gibson. Mayor Ferre: You've got one black and one Latin, is that right? Mr. Thompson: That is correct. Tina Hills, of course, is basically Puerto Rican. Mayor Ferre: She qualifies, technically. It seems to me, I'm for you and I have and will continue to vote for this thing. It seems to me, two observations; one, if you're asking the City of Miami for funding you should have asked the City of Miami for a little input before this committee was finalized. Two, I do think that when you have a community like we do in Miami that is 75% minority and in Dade County where you have 40% minority, that the makeup of the committee, I'm not saying it has to be exactly 40% but certainly more than just one Latin and one black would have been more appropriate. Mr. Thompson: I concur with you, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: Well what can be done about it in the future? Mr. Thompson: As vacancies are created, the vacancies themselves are filled from slates under the ordinance they are proposed by, the council itself, and I can assure you the council will attempt to take care of the unbalancing. Mayor Ferre: Because I would hate for, in the future, us to have a little show down here at our Orange Bowl type of thing because one of our own things that we fund are not taking care of, having proper representation of Latins and blacks. Mr. Thompson: I fully concur with you, Mr. Mayor. Mrs. Gordon: I have a question, Parker. The funding for this year is 60. What is anticipated the following year might be. Mr. Thompson: Unless the council starts to be a fund raising organization like the United Fund for the Arts which would then filter down, I do not see the budget, which is essentially administrative budget, going in excess of $100,000. I would hope that we could fund the differential from national and state sources and... Mayor Ferre: How much does the Tampa budget run, Parker? Mr. Thompson: The Tampa budget is $500,000 but most of that is fll axed directly through to the participating arts organizations. Mayor Ferre; Well where do they get that money? Mr. Thompson; Well for one thing, by being an arts council, they're getting more from the state, proportionately, than we are. That's one of the things that we hope. Mayit ?erre: That's one of the keys to this thing is that we're going o be able to get matching funds froth... The State has completely ighored Miami and by this method, we hope to get our fair amount of itnding from the state. Mr. Thompson: Correct. Most of the federal funding is funded through the state organization as well and not having had a formal arts council ih this community, we have not really had a direct input into that. Individual organizations have but they don't have the clout that the overall arts council will have. Mrs. Gordon: How often are the members appointed? In other words, do they serve for a year, two years, three years? Mr. Thompson: They serve for five but the staggered basis of it, they staggered the first 15 so three are on for a year, three for two, three for four and then they will serve for 5 year terms. Mrs. Gordon: In other words, the end of the year you could adjust your balance if you wanted to. Mr. Thompson: That is correct. Mrs. Gordon: And then you would be coming back to us again nest for additional funding. Mr. Thompson: That is correct so you could see what we did. Mrs. Gordon: Okay, I'll move it, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Gordon moves, second by Reboso. Further discussion? Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, are we be appropriate, based upon your the provisions that the City of going to address, I think it would only comments that it should be subject to Miami has representation. Mayor Ferre: I don't think you can do that at this time, J. L.. I think the intention is good but I... Mr. Plummer: Well, Mr. Mayor, it doesn't take long to rewrite the rules and regulations that's governing this Board and I'm sure that it could be done within 30 days and there wouldn't be the need for the money until that time. Mayor Ferre: I would recommend that we do it this way and whatever the majority wants to do is okay with me, is that we tell the President, who is here, Parker Thompson, that we would like for next year's funding to have a specific provision that the City of Miami, since it is requested for funding, have at least the ability to appoint one person on that and that the Charter for this thing be so revised so that it is specifically. As long, and you could put it on a tie, tie it in. As long as we fund, we want representation and whenever we don't fund, then we don't have representation. Mr. Plummer: Well I am wholeheartedly Mayor, but I think that we should have upon the percentage of funding that we think it's only appropriate that if we should have 1/5 representation. Mayor Ferre; I would accept that. in concurrence with that, Mr. direct representation based do and are requested to do. 1 fund 1/5 of this budget that we MIC MW MW MEW MM MK OCT 191976 t Plummer: Now I'll go along with you, Mr. Mayor, since this is sting this thing off the ground, to fund it for this year but t Wit it to be fully understood what my feelings are for next year that if they come forth and ask for funding that I'm going to expect the same amount of representation percentage wise that they're asking for in dollars so I'll go along with it this time. Mayor Ferre: Let the record reflect that i subscribe tb that and will so vote next year based on that but for now let's get you going and you've got a year to get this thing straight and I think it's only fair that you do that with... Whoever is funding you ought to have a little say and if you don't want them to have a little say, then don't come and ask for money, it's that simple. Alright, there's a motion and a second. Further discussion? This is an appropriation of $10,000 for the purposes of the Dade County Council of the Arts and Sciences. Mr. Plummer: And that is from revenue sharing. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, it is. Mayor Ferre: I would imagine so. Mr. Plummer: I'm just delineating it for the record._ Mayor Ferre: Alright, call the roll. Thereupon, the following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-939 A MOTION APPROPRIATING AN AMOUNT OF $10,000 PROM FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS (FISCAL 1976-1977) TO THE DADE COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the motion passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Mrs. Gordon: I wanted to address this agenda, Mr. Mayor. You're asking for an adoption of an appropriation ordinance, first reading is item number one according to the agenda and I would respectfully ask that we reverse and take number 3 first because before I will vote on one or two, I will have to have this Commission's position on number 3. Mayor Ferre: I think that's a fair request. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I have no objections to that but I think you have a problem. I think that the advertisement says it that the regular budget would be at 9. I think, Rose, you can take 2 first, then 3 and then one. Mrs, Gordon: Well I can't take number 2 either until., I have heard number 3, J. L. .., OCT 191976 0 T�luMMer: I agree. In other words, take 2 first, then 3 and then e batik to one because I think because of the way that the advertise.. meft is written, votl correct me if I'm wrong that we have got to have eqular budget hearings starting 45 minutes ago. Mrs. Gordon: Okay, in other words, what you're saying is the first reading on number 2 would require a second reading afterwards. Mr. Plummer: We wouldn't have a first reading on either one until both have been thoroughly discussed. 'Mrs. Gordon: Alright, but on the other hand, isn't this supposed to be a public hearing, Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre: Yes. Mrs. Gordon: Well why don't we hear 'from the public before we of these things. Mayor Ferre: I think that's a good idea, I agree. I understand your point, J. L., but I think Rose Gordon is completely entitled to know what th;: position is of the majority of this Commission on all of these items before she votes. Mr. Plummer: All I'm saying is take 2, then 3 and then 1. That's all I'm saying and you're still complying with the law. Mayor Ferre: I accept all of that. Okay, this is a public hearing called for 9:00 and are there any members of the public that wish to be heard this morning? Raise your hands. Are there any members of the public that wish to be heard at this time at this public hearing? Seeing none, then I guess following Commissioner Plummer's recommendations, we would start with item number 2 which is the adoption of the millage ordinance on first reading. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I will call to your attention, and I've just asked for clarification. I believe the law provides that you cannot do that until you have concluded a two hour hearing and I think what you have to do is wait the two hours. Mayor Ferre: Is there anybody here who wishes to be heard at this time? If not, this Commission will then adjourn till 11... Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, instead of adjourning, let me bring to your attention a matter that came up yesterday. I don't know if I'm permitted at this time to bring this to your attention since it is a budget... Mayor Ferre: Alright, we will adjourn the budget hearing until 11:00 because we've got to do that by law and at this time I will call a special Commission meeting for the purposes as outlined by Commissioner Gordon with regards to the... METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION - DISCUSSION: Mrs. Gordon: A matter that came up before the South Florida Regional Planning Council yesterday where I sit representing you through the League of Cities. This matter pertains to the Metropolitan Planning Organization designations for Urban transportation planning which the Governor has appointed members of regions to serve. This organization has tremendous powers, responsibilities and obligations such as the powers, the M.P.O. shall have all powers, enjoy all rights, priveleges, and ammunities shared by public bodies, exercise all responsibilities and perform all obligations as provided in the rules including but not limited to the following; The M.P.O. may employ personnel and pursuant to contract, utilize staff resources of local and/or state agencies. OCT 191976 i'll just skip over some just to coo down to one to give you an tple. The M.P.O. may acquire, own, operate, maintain, sell or lease real and persona]. property. The M.P.O. may accept funds, grants, assistance, gifts or bequeaths from the local, state and federal sources. The concerns that I have are based upon the fact that the M.P.O. for this area is composed entirely of Dade County Commission representation and one member of the school Board. This is rather striking because in Broward County, just the opposite is the case* In Broward County, 5 members of municipalities and 5 members of the County Commission and one School Board member make up the M.P.O.. My concerns are also sharpened because Miami is probably the most concerned area for this transportation planning and we have, according to this set of guidelines or this set of orders which comes from the Governor, have been totally ignored. I have given a copy of all of this material, Mr. Mayor, that I've given to you, to Mr. George Knox yesterday. The reason that I delivered this to him was because I felt this needed a legal interpretation, since I'm not an Attorney, to be able to explain to you the implications in all of this and if his explanation satisfies this body, that this body go on record to the Governor expressing our concern for having been totally ignored from any representation on this M.P.O. to Mr. Knox, I would ask you if you would care to further my explanation from your research of this matter. Mr. Knox: The letters M.P.O. represent a designation by Metropolitan Planning Organization. Now there has been federal assistance offered to regional metropolitan areas in planning and implementing urben transportations systems. The officer, pursuant to the federal regu- lation, the Planning Officer for the State of Florida is the Governor and the Governor is charged with the responsibility for designating, as the language of the federal regulation says, designating organiza- tions which will serve as M.P.O.'s. The regulation further provides that where there are regional agencies charged with the responsibility for planning and transportation planning, that organization will wear the additional hat of an M.P.O.. Now, as far as the designations as between Ft. Lauderdale or Broward County and Dade County are concerned, the only information that I had access to was the information which is contained in this packet. Now it appears that all of the Metropolitan Dade County Commissioners were on this list of appointees. It could 410 be that the justification for this was that because of the way that the designations are made, whomever in the Governor's Office prepared this correspondence had the impression that the City of Miami was represented by those individuals on the Metro Commission who are listed as being from Miami. As opposed to Broward County, where there is no Metropolitan area of Government and additionally, and I may be wrong but it's not my impression that the municipalities in Broward County has transferred the mass transportation, urban transportation function to their county government so the question is whether or not the City' of Miami, having transferred its Urban transportation function to Metro, would really be a proper party to be included in the list. However, the City of Miami does have a tremendous interest in this whole area because whatever transportation system is developed will be travelling upon the streets of the City. Mrs. Gordon: May I ask my fellow Commissioners to pay attention. You may not be very happy with this later on when you find out the impact of this legislation and you haven't even become aware of what's happening to us so pay attention to Mr. Knox because he is giving you the vital statistics of this whole thing, please. Mayor Ferre: I would recommend that we pass a resolution at this time and I'm going to go see the Governor in just a little while. take these things with me, 10 OCT 191976 • ''ss Gordon: I've asked Mr. Knox to prepare one and also to consult pith the executive director of the regional planning council who 'ihted out these pitfalls to us yesterday and I don't know if he was ►ble to reach him this morning or not, Mr. Knox: As of 9:30 this morning I was not able to reach the executive director. Mrs. Gordon: Alright then, were you able to prepare a resolution to the Governor asking for representation on the M.P.O. of persons from the City of Miami government? Mr. Knox: No mam, this can be done within the next few minutes because it is my understanding that I should talk to the executive director first in order to know how to frame the resolution. Mrs. Gordon: Well then, Mr. Mayor, I guess we could just set this aside for a little until it's prepared. Mayor Ferre: Well I would like, since I'm going to see the Governor in about 15 or 20 minutes, I'd like to have a resolution so I can tell him. Mrs. Gordon: Alright, I would so move you that... Mayor Ferre: I'll tell you, Rose, don't you move it because I'm going to appoint you to that committee so I don't think you ought to be the one moving it. Mrs. Gordon: Well as a representative bringing this matter to your attention, I think it will not hurt. Mayor Ferre: Alright, Rose Gordon moves. Mrs. Gordon: I move you that this M.P.O. should include a person or persons from the City of Miami because the City of Miami is so vitally concerned with the actions that this agency will take. Rev. Gibson: Second. Mayor Ferre: Alright, there's a motion and a second. Further discussion on the motion? If not, call the roll. vote - AYES The preceeding motion was passed and adopted by the following Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None, (SAID MOTION WAS DESIGNATED MOTION NO. 76-940) ayor Ferre: At this time we are going to go into an executive se8S3.pn with the Manager. Mr. Grassie, where can we meet so we can discuss labor negotiations? Mr. Grassie: In Mrs. Bush's office which is right around the corner from this hall. Mayor Ferre; Alright, we will adjourn and we will convene here At 11;00. We are recessing until 11;00. 1.1 MEM', REVENUE_ SHARING__FIUNDS = PUBLIC ,SPEAKERS: PERSONAL APPEARANCE - DR. BEN SHEPPARD: REPRESENTING SCHOOL BOARD: Mayor Ferre: At this time, as is our tradition in the City of Miami, We always give elected officials the courtesy of being heard whenever they come to these public meetings so at this time I will recognize -''the Chairman of the School Board, Dr. Ben Sheppard. (INAUDIBLE) Mayor Ferre: Always done that. That's an old standing tradition and by the way, I might point out that it works two ways. Everytime the City of Miami goes down to the School Board asking for anything, we get recognized immediately so it's nothing new. Dr. Ben Sheppard: I'm here on behalf of two of our programs, the Overtown Community Rec Center and also the Miami Bridge. Both of these have been supported through Revenue Sharing in the last few years and we're asking you to continue the process and support us in this coming year. We feel that we can get along with the same support you gave us last year on both programs and I will go into further detail if necessary but I don't know. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie, what is the recommended funding for... Dr. Sheppard: Overtown Recreation Center and the Miami Bridge. Mayor Ferre: Where is the latest list? Has that been provided for us this morning? Mr. Grassie: Yes, Mr. Mayor, I'll ask the Staff to distribute the list to you right now and if you would also give a copy to Dr. Sheppard, Rob, then you'll be able to speak from the specifics, sir, so that you have it in front of you. Mayor Ferre: St. Lukes Miami Bridge had a previous funding of $25,000, recommended funding is $25,000. Now the other one is the Overtown and the previous funding was $70,000 and the recommended funding is $70,000 so thank you very much for being here, Dr. Sheppard. Dr. Sheppard: Thank you for your kindness. We will pick up the slack at the Catholic Service Bureau but this will help us get through another year. Mayor Ferre: Alright, thank you, Dr. Sheppard. Dr. Sheppard: Thank you all. Mr. Plummer: wait a minute, I'm sorry, Maurice, I'm trying to find it... Mayor Ferre: It's on the front page. Mr. Plummer: I understand. Now what are you saying, Dr. Sheppard? You need more than the 25? Mayor Ferre: No sir, that's why I was calling you to listen to what be said. Dr. Sheppard; I'll be perfectly satisfied, I won't be satisfied but I know you've got alot of programs asking so I'm asking for the name support we got, the $25,000 for the Bridge and the $70,000 for the Overtown Recreation Center. 12 Mayor Force: Alright, thank you, Dr., Sheppard, It is being reCOMMehded and I'm sure that you will have the support of this Cortttnission6 Dr. Sheppard: Thank you. 2, PERSONAL APPEARANCES: ATHALIE RANGE & JERRY RICH: REPRESENTING AFRICAN SQUARE,PARK: Mayor Ferre: How many of you wish to speak this morning? I see about a dozen hands. At this time I will recognize Mrs. Athalie Range, a former City of Miami Commissioner who distinguished herself and it was my pleasure and really an honor to serve with her•for 31/2 years before she left us and went to Tallahassee and served the State, all the people of Florida, as the first Secretary of Community Affairs for the State of Florida. Mrs. Range. Mrs. Athalie Range: Thank you so much, Mayor Ferre. I did go to Tallahassee as you say but I loved Miami so much that I came back home. To the Honorable Mayor and Honorable Commissioners, our presentation this morning will be made by our Executive Director, Jerry Rich. However, just before Jerry comes to you with our plea, as you will note, we have been recommended for zero funding this time. I simply want to say to you that our purpose for continuing to come back or our reasons for having to come back is simply because we have not been able to move on the very active project of the African Square Park for which we were funded or at least monies had been put aside several years ago, some $425,000 was put aside and we have been told by you, the members of the Commission repeatedly, that the money is actually in the coppers. We have no knowledge of why African Square Park is not under construction. We've certainly done everything that we've been asked to do as far as the plans for African Square Park and we do feel that if the park were built, it would serve as a means of our not having to come back to you for more funding each year because it would serve as a means of our being able to go out and solicit private funds which is our aim but until we can get something concrete out there, it's very very hard for us to go to private corporations and then when they ask what have you done, what about African Square, we say the property is there, it has been cleared partially and there is a sign on it that says African Square but now for the past 31/2 to 4 years since we've been funded, I'll tell you ladies and gentlemen of the Commission that nothing, absolutely nothing has been done on that project. I will not take more of your time, I will ask you now to listen to Jerry and after you've listened to Jerry Rich, I will certainly ask you if you can find it within your hearts to give us this funding that we're asking for, we're only asking for 40%, of our budget if you can find it within yourselves to give us this 40% and then to go back and recheck the reasons why the Park is not underway. This is really the key to our success. Mayor Ferre: Mrs. Range, let me ask you what, in dollars, exactly what is your request? Mrs. Range: $36,000 is all we're requesting this time. Mayor Ferre: The $36,000 will go towards administrative or will it go towards the building of the park? Mrs. Range; Oh no, the building of the park, that money has already been set aside, It will go to our continuance of administration until such time as the park is underway. Mayor Ferre; What is the size of the total budget? Mrs. Range; About $90,000, 13 OCT191976 kFm p _ 4 ayor Ferret And your other funding is corning from bade County 8. Mange: Other sources, yes. Mrs. Gordon: I have a question, Mr, Mayor, with regard to that. to our Park Bonds Issue, isn't there funds in there for this purpose? Mayor Ferret Mr. Grassie, you better listen to the conversation at this time because the question is going to be asked of you. Mrs. Gordon: The question is, in our park Bonds Issue, wouldn't this amount of money which is the $36,000 he available for this purpose which is a development or to proceed with development of this park? Mr. Grassie: Well Commissioner, I probably have less information about this than any of you but my impression is that we're talking about two different things. One, we're talking about some bond funds which have been set aside and which are available to actually to the park construction and I understand that the architects are 95% completed with the work in drawings and that's supposed to go out to bid quite soon. Now a second question, as I understand it, is whether or not the citizen component is funded on a continuous basis and I think that that's what they are talking about right now and that is the element that I don't have all of the information on. Mrs. Range: Yes, that's exactly what we're talking about. I simply brought up the issue of the park because what we're trying to have you understand is that if the park were underway, our needs for coming back for funding each year would certainly be lessened to a very great degree because if the park were a reality, then we could go to private sources for monies that we now come to you for. Areas around the park would be such that they would be revenued generating, not the park itself I'm saying but areas around, areas surrounding the park would be revenue generating and there would be dollars coming in from any number of sources so I make mention of the building of the park because at this point we are recommended by the staff for zero funding yet we have done what we promised we would do last year, we have a very fine presentation for you that was delivered to you and I realize it was late but Jerry will speak to that and he is here now prepared to answer any questions you might have. Mayor Ferre: Let me ask you a question as you start. We did not fund you last year, did we? Mr. Jerry Rich: Yes, you did. We received $25,000 from the City of Miami last year. Mayor Ferre: why is that not here? (INAUDIBLE) Mayor Ferre: Well we should have a list of all the things that were funded last that are not being funded this year. (INAUDIBLE) Mayor Ferre; Well would you show me because I can't find i is the African Square? (INAUDIBLE) Mayor Ferre; oh, 1 see. You see, the thing that confuses _is tha know it as African Square but it's here as 62nd Street C.D. Corporation, 14 OCT 19197C Mich: That is the name of the sponsoring agency for African Square &tk and the development of Martin Luther King Boulevard l will try to take my remarks very brief and simply say that over the past 5 years the City of Miami and Dade County Commissions have authorized expendi- Jure of nearly $1,000,000 for the planning of Martin Luther King Boule- Vard and also have appropriated some more than 101 million dollars for .the actual construction of the roadway which is now in process. The engineering plans have been developed, the sites are in the process of being cleared and contracts are in the process of being awarded so that We're confident that within 2 years we will have an improved roadway on N.W. 62nd Street. We're concerned, however, how will the community profit from this if, at the completion of that roadway improvement project and the construction of the various parks for them that are planned. The building conditions on that street and the housing conditions remain in their present dilapidated and rather drab condi- tion. The businesses along that boulevard remain in their present sub -standard condition without some stimulation of their activity and the attraction of additional business and commerce to the area. If our community organization is not involved in agressively seeking to achieve financial benefits of direct benefit to the community from this expenditure of some $10,000,000 on the roadway in the form of creating jobs for people in that community by employment with the various contractors... Mayor Ferre: Jerry, all of this Commission is in principle for what you're trying to do. Could you address yourself to the budget itself and where you're getting the funds and why you need it? Mr. Rich: Alright, we have a projected operating budget of $90,000 for next year to continue our involvement in the kinds of things that 1 just mentioned, improving housing and business conditions on the boulevard as well as to attract some 3/4 of a million dollars in private monies for the development of a shopping plaza, for the development of a shopping mall which our non-profit corporation will sponsor, for the creation of some 7 business enterprises to provide needed goods and services in their community and to generate profits that can be used by the organization for re -investment... Mayor Ferre: So it would fit under Community Development. Mr. Rich: Well we think that our program not only has community develop- ment implications but it is also a social service project. Mayor Ferre: And economic development too. Mr. Rich: And economic development. Whereabout the business of stimulating employment in the community, improving housing conditions and business conditions, etc., etc.. Mayor Ferre: Now where are you getting the other $50,000? Mr. Rich: We propose to receive 40%, $36,000 for the City of Miami, 40% and $36,000 from Dade County and 20% from private foundations and get some contributions from private individuals on the boulevard and in other places. Mayor Ferre: Well what does the money go to? Mr, Rich: The money that we're requesting is to provide for a staff of four which is an increase of 3 people of what we had last yea and to provide the necessary operating.., Mayor 'erne; Does that include the Executive Director? 15 OCT 191976 Rich: that includes the Executive Director and three other persons. Last year we operated with only one staff person with the $25,000 that tie received from the City plus we supplemented that by an additional $12,000 or $13,000 last year. Mayor Ferre: Do those four individuals take up the full $90,000? At. Rich: Those four individuals do not, no, because we also require money for the hiring of some consultants to assist us in developing some housing plans and to assist us in some of the commercial develop - bent activities that we would do and close to $10,000 of that amount u>ould be for that purpose. Mayor Ferre: Well what's the total of the $90,000 that goes straight for salaries and administrative...? Mr. Rich: That amount is about $50,000. Mayor Ferre: So there is $40,000 for other things. Mr. Rich: That is correct. Mayor Ferre: Alright. I'd like to, at this time, Mr. Manager, if it's alright through you, who is the Chahrman of the Evaluating Committee that you would like to speak to this item? Mr. Grassie: Well I would like for the discussion to start with Rob parkins who, as you know, is the head of the staff effort. Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mr. Parkins, would you take the microphone. I notice that this is not being recommended for funding at this time and we would like to ask you what the reason was of the staff. Mr. Parkins: The original proposal was for an extensively to overview the City to determine that the City did what they had implied they would do or had contracted to do. We felt that this was a duplication of job function with Executive Director. Secondaril where we have provided $25,000 the year prior and no support had come from, at least according to the application, come from any other area, the County was now providing $36,000 and we felt again the duplication of job function and the fact that additional support was coming through the County meant that we would not recommend it this year. Mr. Rich: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, the original appli- cation that we submitted in order to meet the application deadline of August 12th was not as broad and comprehensive as one that we subse- quently submitted which included the entire range of our program activities which have been in the process of development for quite some time. Given the manpower limitations that our organization has had, mainly upon staff person, we submitted to the staff just yesterday morning a full and comprehensive indication of what our program activities would be and that range of activities extends beyond the of activity that we had originally proposed which we admit would be representative of some of the duplication of effort on the part of other members of the City staff. Mayor Ferre: Well what was your budget last year? Mr. Rich; Our budget last year was $37,318, $25,000 of which was pro- vided by the City of Miami. Mayor Ferre; Alright, are there any questions? Alright, if you could stay for awhile we will come back and discuss this further as we get along. 16 OCT 191976 PERSONAL APPEARANCE: DR. BEN SHEPPARD DADE COUNTY SCHOOLS AVER SCHOOL CARE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: Mayor Ferre: At this time, Dr. Sheppard wanted to mention one last thing before he left. Dr. Sheppard: We are waiting for the support to come in on the Community Schools, the Dade County School After School Care and Community School program. I notice you have it figured down here and by the way, I can almost say responded in part by the school program that you folks advocate. I'm quite sure it's going to go in the basement of the school. Mayor Ferre: Is that part of your budget that you adopted? Now you're talking about the school resource... Dr. Sheppard: The School Resource Officer, I'm quite sure, is going to go through because I think at the last meeting we decided to take it on a contingency but there is one other person to come down here if necessary to speak on the After School Care and the Community Schools but I notice you already put it down and if this reflects the fact that it has been adopted then it's... Mayor Ferre: Well none of this has been adopted now. You're talking about Dade County Schools After Care Program recommended funding, $200,000. Dr. Sheppard: Yes. Mayor Ferre: And Community School, $70,000 and now you're also speaking here about the school... Dr. Sheppard: The School Resource Officer, we'll take care of it, that is the School Board. Mayor Ferre: The total amount? Dr. Sheppard: As much as we did last year. Mayor Ferre: Well what you did last year was you paid for half of it which amounted to approximately $225,000 and we matched that. Dr. Sheppard: I can't promise you the whole amount but we have... At first we wiped it out then we put it back after you folks came down. Mayor Ferre: Well Dr. Sheppard, I just wanted to, I know you know it but just for the record, to remind you that last year when we appeared before you, it was the statement that was made by the City and which you recognized at that time that we would do the funding for one more year and that beyond that we would not do any further funding and that you would absorb the total cost of the program. Now I know that has been an impossibility at this point. I'm a little bit embarrassed because I went before you and Rose Gordon went before you and Joe Grassie but this, and I did it because of the time. If I didn't go before you at that time, that was kind of like the last opportunity we had with you but this Commission has not gone on record favoring that proposal at this time so I just want to make you aware of that because I don't want to be embarrassed by it later on. Dr. Sheppard: I believe that, speaking strictly from memory, the School Resource Officer was accepted by the School Board. To what proportion and to what extent, I can't say, but it was accepted. Mr. Plummer; Mr. Mayor, my relationship with Ben Sheppard has always been great but I have to have a question answered. It shows here that •I•ammr- 17 OCT 191976 sot 11. wht it the reco mended funding, Now I wait to khOW why that app ars here As a recommended fuftding when the origihai pf'oposa2: wat that it hot be funded. Mayor Ferre: Which one are you talking about? Mr. Plummer: In other words, what I'm saying is that the staff Who did the work on this recommended that this not be continued. Alit 1 correct? Mr. Grassie: That is correct, Commissioner, in terms of the first recommendation based on a funding level of $1,300,000. Mayor Ferre: Where is it? I don't even see it here, J. L. Mr. Plummer: In other words, what I'm saying, Maurice, originally this... Mayor Ferre: You're talking about Day After School Care. Mr. Plummer: Correct. Mayor Ferre: I'm sorry because he was talking about the Program and now you're... Mr. Plummer: That's been eliminated. Mayor Ferre: That hasn't been eliminated. Mr. Plummer: Oh yes. Mayor Ferre: No. Mr. Plummer: By a vote of this Commission it's been eliminated. Mayor Ferre: No sir. Let me tell you what happened. Rose Gordon made a motion and I seconded it and as I recall, we couldn't get any further, I don't know whether we took it to a vote or not. Mr. Plummer: We did take it to a vote and by my vote in a reverse position, it passed and it was deleted. Mayor Ferre: I don't remember that it went to a vote.. Mr. Plummer: Oh, I do. Mayor Ferre: It went to a vote. Mr. Plummer: Yes, sir. Mrs. Gordon: You're talking about the School Resource Officer now, Mr. Plummer: Yes, mam. Mrs. Gordon; I don't recall that, Ralph, do you? Mayor Ferre; I don't either. Mr. Ongie; I don't recall it but I'1. check. Mr. Plummer: And you also stated at the same time, Mr. Mayor, that that was only a tentative position, it could change at a later time and I agree but at this position right now, it has been deleted. Am I right, Mr. Grassie? 18 OCT 191976 tassie: YOU are correct, Commissioner. Mf Plummer: 'hank you. Now I want to get back to My question. t Wart to know how a program is recommended by staff to be discontinued but then suddenly I find here that it is recommended and t want to know what their reasons originally for discontinuing the program were, Mt. Grassie: Commissioner, you interrupted me halfway through my re- sponse. What I was saying was that the original recommendation of the staff was that at a funding level from Federal Revenue Sharing of $1,300,000, that this particular program was not recommended for funding. Mbwever, on October 6th, through Resolution 76-872, the City Commission determined that we would increase Federal Revenue Sharing by $270,000 specifically to pay for After School Care and the Community School Program. In consequence of that, it is now on the recommended list. !Mr. Plummer: So then what my understanding is that it was not high enough on the priority with the limited funding but when it was expanded, it then became within the priority. Mr. Grassie: That is correct, sir. Mr. Plummer: Okay. Mayor Ferre: As I remember, J. L., it was the very next thing. See, they had a list of priorities of things not funded and the very next was for these two programs. Now at that time, we did not, and I want to correct Mr. Grassie, that the addition of $270,000 which was to get it up to 10% of the total Revenue Funds being expended to $1,570,000, we did not specify at that time what the monies would be used for. That is something that, that is what this public hearing is all about. Mr. Plummer: Well, Maurice, there are going to be contentions and the point that I'm trying to make is that I recall somewhere, and I stand corrected if I'm wrong, as to the value of the cost per child as to the value of the money being spent. Mayor Ferre: That is correct. Mr. Plummer: Now do I recall that, Mr. Parkins? And that was the reason that it was not recommended. Not because there was not sufficient money, it was my understanding that there was an objection on behalf of staff that they didn't feel the value per dollar per child was there. Now if I'm wrong, I want to know it, that's all I'm asking. Mr. Grassie: That is a correct conclusion, Commissioner. Mr. Plummer: Okay, fine, because you're going to have other people making the statement that they were cut out and why weren't they included so we understand each other. Mayor Ferre: Yes but on the other hand, Mr. Grassie, you say it's a correct statement, that's fine. Now on the other hand, I think it was a very clear statement made here that, and there was a list that was given to us, and the very next project if we had money was this project. Mr. Grassie: That is also correct, Mayor. Mrs. Gordon: And motion number 76-872 was a motion of intent to fund After School Care and Community School programs in the amount of $270,000 and that was done on October 6th. Mr, Plummer: Rose, you're correct, 19 ' OCT 191976 Mrs. Gt'rdoht Okay. Mr. %lummert Very definitely. i fecall it but i just wanted to know the reason why it was recommended not to Rind in the beginninq, that was the point I'm trying to get at. Mayor Ferre: Well that's what this public hearing is all about and this is what we're working to determine. We've got $1,570,000 to decide how we're going to spend it and... Mr. Plummer: Which $87,000 is already gone. Mayor Ferre: How is that? Mr. Plummer: The first 30 day funding. Some of it is going to=the program and some of it is not, that's gone. Mayor Ferre: Alright, that's clear, okay. Bye, Dr. very much. Mr. Plummer: You've got no problem, I just wanted the question clarified. Dr. Sheppard: Thank you. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: I'm one of the mothers from Silver Bluff Community School, may I speak to this point? Sheppard, thanks Mayor Ferre: Yes, of course you can speak, the question is when? Are you in a big, big hurry? (INAUDIBLE) Mayor Ferre: I will take you up but we've got Bob Kunst who has to be back at F. I. U. in a little while and I promised him I'd take him up next and then we'll go right down the line. 4. PERSONAL APPEARANCE - BOB KUNST - F. I. U. - REPRESENTING GAY & BISEXUAL ACTIVITY CENTER AND THE TRANSPIERENCE CENTER: Mr. Bob Kunst: I'm representing a very important element in this community E which has rarely gotten any kind of recognition or any kind of support t and that is the gay and bisexual communities which of course is the toughest issue that anyone wants to deal with and we're prepared to deal with it. The transpierence center, which I represent and am Director of, is a very unique growth center not just in Dade County but in the country and what we're focusing on is giving positive support to people who do have counselling problems and have to deal with it. There is not a place you can turn to in this community for a positive reaction, positive support to these alternative lifestyles and what does that say to this community. There are 300,000 gays in Dade County. That's not a small percentage of our community. That does not include parents, that does not include families, that does not include an incredible amount of suffering that people have to go through. You all know people who are gay and you also know people who are going through a great deal of per- sonal pain because they cannot publicly come out because their jobs are not protected, because their housing and public accommodations are not protected, the law does not work for the gay and bisexual community. That does not mean that there are not people who are not going to reflect that lifestyle in spite of all the repression that exists. In this community, you cannot go anywhere and find anyone that's giving you more than tolerance outside of the transpierence center and I don't know if you can appreciate what that means, My partner, who is the ciinical 20 OCT 191976 .r:ector, br. Alan RoCkway, when he was studying for his PhD and took years of clinical psychology, was never once given any information h the bisexual lifestyle and only once was given any information on the homosexual lifestyle and even that was not exactly positive infor- nation. That is going to tell you a little bit about what our professional and Para -professional community is all about so when a person needs help, where do they go and this is why we have attempted to put together in our very brief existence of 5 months, less than 5 months, we've already seen 400 people in so many various lifestyles, you cannot even imagine because it's very easy for to sell all of its products on sex but have anyone talk about it and deal. with it in terms of, I have questions, I have feelings, I have no place to turn to. You would be surprised what is going on in this community. Besides having a very positive program in dealing with its counselling, individual, family and group counselling and a number of workshops that we have in terms of growth and consciousness raising, we also have a very excellent program in outreach, an education program to the community. We have already gone to both the Dade County School Board, the City of Miami Police, the Dade County Police, the Drug and Alcoholic Programs in Dade County offering our services and a specialized training program, we have set up a 12 week course through the University of Miami continuing studies, we have a very active course now with the Florida International University that we're putting together for the clergy because these are all people who make contact with people who have problems and yet don't even know how to deal with it and we have, as I said, a model program. This is the first time that we have come before the City asking for Federal Revenue Sharing Funds. The gay community, besides all of its repression, contributes quite a lot to the City of Miami through its taxes and yet gets nothing back in return, not a penny on the dollar and it seems to be sort of a very significant social statement where we can take such a large group of people and totally ignore them, constantly put them down not even understanding what positive contributions they've made to the community. In a sense, it really is a terrible waste not just in terms of our community because when people are uptight, they're not giving completely of themselves and so the whole community loses and this is not just a gay issue. Homophobia is a mental disorder. Homophobia is an anti -gay position where people are so afraid of dealing with the same sex that it literally affects their total communication with all people of the same sex. It says to the individual, "There is something about my own body I don't like because I cannot relate to somebody else of the same sex." That is what homophobia has produced in terms of our community and the community all over the country. It is not strictly a gay issue, it is a total community issue and the fact is that we have, I suppose, been brazen enough to go up against all the forces that be and said look, we are going to develop a program and it's a positive loving program and we're getting a great deal of communication and support. What I'd like to ask of this Commission is I know that you are very tight for Federal Revenue Sharing Funds. It's almost criminal that there are a lot of very worthwhile orograms, in fact, probably more worthwhile programs than were even drafted to be submitted to you that everybody has to fight for the same dollar. Maybe that's an additional statement on our society and what has happened but I would like to add that we have received a lot of very positive responses from the Administration in terms of finding alternative funds for us and we're very grateful and we are looking to getting support from the Administration and from this Commission to open up into other territories. For example, in training, it's almost hard to believe that of the thousands of supposedly professional and Para -professional counselors in Dade County, not one of them could actually tell you what the gay and bisexual lifestyle is about unless they personally come out themselves and say look, this is where I'm at, I'm willing to share with you my upfrontness and my feelings, good feelings about myself. That's a very hard statement to make and yet we know that there are an incredible amount of professional people who are exactly 21 OCT 191976 in that boat and by our being up front, we can help them to be up front air to train them on how to actually train other people who are having these problems. There are thousands of kids in high school who are ioing through these questions right now and you don't have a single trained counsellor who can even deal with the issue. It's a very criminal thing that we would allow our children to go through so much personal pain. It's a tremendous injustice for the families who even know that their kids have problems and can't even talk to their kids and say look, I understand, I'm willing to give you some support. How many kids are runaways because they cannot deal with their sexuality? You cannot get a person like Elton John to come out and say I'm bisexual and it's great and not have the entire youth community effected on one level and yet you do not have anyone else who can possibly give a support trip on that. What I'm suggesting is, we have a very valid and important program and we have not really, I guess we're sort of last in line in terms of priorities and it's a very rough issue to deal with because everyone gets hysterical about it and we understand that but I would also like to ask this Commission to take a little extra stand that the Administration is helping us but we need your help on some other levels. Number one, the National Institute of Mental Health does have funding for training programs and research which we are prepared to give. We'd like your backing with the Administration's help in this effort. We also would like your backing in support for us to be able to get on radio and in the media to say that there are counselling services which are available because when it comes to telling the community that there is an alternative, everybody shuts up. We asked for, for example, $9,000 to actually do publicity in the community. We'd rather not have the $9,000 if the City would come behind us and say to all the radio stations, look, would you put public service announcements on the air letting people know that a facility like this exists. We're willing to make the trade-off. We went to the City Administration and said look, we'd be very happy not to ask you for funding if you would do printing for us in terms of letting people know that we exist and I would not even suggest it only for us, I would suggest it for every group that is coming. I may be saying a very big political thing right now but I'm saying that you have the resources to collate a lot of the expense and in terms of printing, we'd be very happy to not have to ask you for funding if we could go to you and say look, this is how we could get information out to the community and not just to the gay community but to the non -gay community and so I'm offering these things as suggestions of getting your help. I'm also suggesting that we want to come back to you and we want you people to fund when you are prepared to raise your commitment in Revenue Sharing to deal with this kind of a program. We went to a rockbottom consider- ation, we submitted a tremendous proposal here. We know that this is a door opener now because we're getting help from the Administration and we will be able to go to the County and other agencies which is tremen- dous and we are very grateful to the City of Miami but we would like for you to also open up your hearts a little bit further if you could. Mayor Ferre: Bob, are you getting funding from the county? Mr. Kunst: Not yet. We're hoping to by the end of November. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Grassie, what is your recommendation? Mr. Grassie; Of course I have not seen the program outlined myself, Commissioner, but my impression is that the staff has not given this particular a high enough priority to include it within the funding that we have in front of us. Mrs. Gordon; What were you referring to, Bob? 22 OCT 191976 Mk. Kuiistt Well first of all 1 really should add several points here that are really ir:iportant, Per example, when we went to Community De- velopment with one day's notice, we were asked to speak before the task force in Coconut Grove. We went to the task force, we presented our program, they said very far out, we recommend it. Meanwhile, the task force, the overall task force for Community Development which really doesn't deal so much in social services and social work said no and we hadn't even been asked to appear before them and it seemed like other people were making decisions and this was one of the basic foundations why we were not recommended. Mayor Ferre: Rob, is that... Mr. Rob Parkins: Yes. Mayor Ferre: Well it seems to me that all of these programs ought to be thoroughly studied and discussed before you make any recommendations. Are you saying that you didn't do that? Mr. Parkins: No, that's what I'm saying, we did. In fact, we've met several times. As Mr. Kunst indicated, we've been working with him in the area of reviewing services, additional support where possible, we are working with you on the grant and the National Institu- tion of Mental Health. The reason this was not recommended for funding, and there is no problems with the merits of the program, but two -fold, first of all it is a brand new program that would create an implied commitment for continued funding, the City is a sole source of funds as it's recommended and in addition of the total funds that were requested, 50% went for Administration with 9 positions provided. Mayor Ferre: Rob, is there anything else you want to add because we really must move on now. Mr. Kunst: No, I just would like to thank you for your efforts and that we will be back in the future and we'd like to actually have the Admini- stration really consider us for Federal Revenue Sharing and any other kind of positions. 4% Mayor Ferre: Thank you very much and good luck to you. 5. PERSONAL APPEARANCE - HOWARD DIXON - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES OF GREATER MIAMI: Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mr. Dixon. Mr. Howard Dixon: Mr. Mayor, members of the Commission, my name is Howard Dixon and I'm the Executive Director of Legal Services Program of Greater Miami. In 1971, 1972, when President Nixon was running for re-election, he designated a large sum of money to go to the Latin - American residents of Dade County. With a portion of that sum, the Latin-American residents of the Little Havana community ask us to come into the Little Havana community and provide legal services. In 1972, as during all of the Republic Administrations, we have cut and cut and cut because the Republic Administration has not necessarily been concerned about social services. In 1973, Congress passed the Federal Revenue Sharing Fund Act and funds for the office of Economic Opportunity were sharply cut and no more money was, of course, available for the Latin- American communities from the O. E. 0. to continue the programs that President Nixon had so generously started in the year in which he was running for election. Now we went to Metro -Dade County and they said they would give us money provided that the City of Miami did. Both of you then gave us funds for 1973, 1974 and 1975. Now comes 1976 and the staff has not recommended a dime for us. The argument I got from the 23 OCT 91976 taff when I appeared before them was, well, there is only going to be $O0,000 and there is just not going to be enough to go around. stow `this is a program that serves an identifiable need not duplicated in ariy way by any other service in the community. We are, at the present time, planning for the development of specialization within legal ser- Vices to serve more clients by developing regional cities throughout fade County. One of those regional cities is going to be within the Latin-American Office but unfortunately if the City goes through with :this plan and the county then follows in its footsteps, we'll have no Latin-American lawyers in that Latin-American regional office. I took a brief summary of the proposed spending by the Administration of these Federal Sharing Funds. Identifiable funds that are going to the Coconut Grove area, for example, provide $5.32 from each poor person in that community. Now the 22,000 poor in the of that area, they're getting 1.36 dimes, 1.36. I didn't have the time or the adding machine to know what's happening in the rest of the community but I know that more and more of the funds are going to middle class purposes, middle class results because by large these are the people who are very often presented to the staff, the most logical point of view is the people who are important and who cares and nobody really cares about the poor unless you bring down the poor here and and do a job on what the County Commission level would like to see but basically, you are cutting out our services to the Latin-American community and discriminating against the Latin-American community to a large extent if you follow the staff recommendations as they are set up. Thank you. Mayor Ferre: Howard, how much money actually did Legal Services get from the City of Miami last year? Mr. Dixon: $25,000. Mayor Ferre: How come that doesn't show here, Mr. Manager? Mr. Parkins: It does, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Grassie: About halfway down the page on the... Mayor Ferre: Well would you tell me what is the difference because I have got so many lists here and I'm going... This one says... Mr. Grassie: The one with two columns, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: Oh, these are allocations, this is the list. $25,000 and $10,000 for Wynwood. Alright, and you're requesting how much for this year? Mr. Dixon: We're asking $50,000 for the Latin-American office because we are regionalizing. We are trying to provide for the specialties and we withdrew our request for the Wynwood Community. Mayor Ferre: Alright, I think Mr. Lopez wants to speak to the Wynwood situation on Legal Services. Mr. Emilio Lopez: My name is Emilio Lopez and when I speak to you now, I am representing the Wynwood Coalition. As you know, last Friday night you all were invited to attend a meeting in which 150 people were present to try to revive the issue of bringing legal services back to Wynwood because Mr. Dixon, in a new program that he is trying to implement, is centralizing. He is going against the wishes of not only the Wynwood Community but other communities to stay in the communities. While all the agencies in the community are going back to the communities, they are trying to centralize and specialize instead of staying in the communities where the services are needed. That night, we presented 24 M±: Howard and the Chairman of his Board, a petition signed by 1,350 people plus 20 organi2ations in the Wynwood area requesting of him not to Close the Wynwood area facility of legal services. Our proposal to Mr, Howard was that there are other ways in which we could be able to keep that office open. They came in requesting some funding for the Wynwood area without consulting us and letting us know and then when they centralize, they are going to close our area. We are asking you that if you're going to give any money, put a quotation or something in there requesting Mr. Dixon and his staff to leave an office in the Wynwood area to stay there permanently. I know he is going to use the issue that they cannot serve the people with one lawyer and they are going to We can start here the same issues, argue both issues back and forth and we can prove to them that we need those services over there. The Puerto Rican Opportunity Center in the last month since they've been closed, they had to refer about 20 cases to different agencies in the community requesting legal services. What the Wynwood Community Coalition is requesting of you, if you are going to give any monies to legal services for any Hispanic community center, that they keep those services in the community. Mayor Ferre: Okay, I've got a recommendation. I think... Mr. Dixon: Mr. Mayor... Mayor Ferre: Excuse me, Howard, and then I'll listen to you. You may want to listen to what I'm going to say right now. I think that we do need some type of legal services for the poor and the indigent, there is no question about it and I think we have a moral obligation to help poor people who don't have the means and you know, it is a problem. I'll tell you how I think it should be done, members of the Commission. We now have as our City Attorney a black man and his assistant is a Latin. Now certainly they should be sensitive,since the majority of the poor in this town are either Spanish-speaking or Black, to the needs of the poor people so I would recommend, Emilio listen to me now, that if we fund this, that we fund it through our own legal department and that they create an office for legal services and that they render the type of services necessary not only in Little Havana and Culmer but in Wynwood and I don't know whether the way to do it is to have an office there and perhaps Monday and Tuesday an Attorney would spend in Wynwood and Wednesday and Thursday in Culmer or Friday and Saturday in Little Havana, you might need more than one Attorney but so that there is always accessibility of people. Perhaps, alot of the people are working people so they may have to render that service in the evenings or the late afternoons. We would work out something so that out of the City Attorney's Office we could render that service. Now the question, of course, that arises out of that proposal is the duplication of services and since legal services does have other funding other than the City of Miami, are we, by doing this, taking the full burden on our own whereas with you we would have a better deal. Mr. Dixon: Mr. Mayor, in response to Mr. Lopez's concern about Wynwood, the basic problem is that we are trying to operate on an efficient basis with the taxpayers money and it's damned hard because nobody wants to listen to efficiency. For example, we now have a certified list of the clients in that community for the last year ending September 30th and we served 161 clients and 40% of them came out from other areas of the community. The same lawyer, with the assistance of the funds we had last year to provide for a para-legal, would have served 600 clients in a specialized office in the Latin-American community. Now the dollar is getting tight. We've already lost $100,000 from other sources and we are concerned about providing services and and no politician or wants to listen to that because he says he needs an office there and he is going to have it even if it costs $160 25 OCT 19191b Client but we Could do it for $50 per client ih another office. hOw let rife... Mayor Ferre: Now wait a minute, is there a Middle ground on this/ Let's talk about Wynwood first. For emample, Could you have an office where one of your attorneys would visit there once a week in the morning or something? Mt. Dixon: That would not satisfy. Mayor Ferre: Okay. Mr. Dixon: Okay, now the second question. You're going to ask your City Attorney to duplicate the services that we're obligated to do anyway. Now Father Gibson knows me as a fighter and we've got an office over there in the Latin-American Community and if we have to compete, we do but you're going to have to have him not go out and buy the same kind of poverty laws text, is going to duplicate our services and as a taxpayer of the Federal Sharing dollar, I would seriously object to that as being the proper place for the City Attorney to be involved. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Dixon, let me ask you this. What is your total budget? Mr. Dixon: Our total budget is $890,000 at the present time. Mayor Ferre: Now of the Miami, you're requesting Metropolitan Dade County Mr. Dixon: $50,000. $890,000, you've got $25,000 from the City of $50,000 this year. Alright, now how much does give you? Mayor Ferre: Alright and the rest of the money comes directly from Federal sources. Mr. Dixon: No, we also get money from Dade County, from the Beach Office and some from the State. Mayor Ferre: You get some from the State. Mr. Dixon: Yes, we get about $600,000. Mayor Ferre: How many Attorneys do you have total? Mr. Dixon: We have a total of 24. Mayor Ferre: You see, the question really comes up that if we were to go out and put up our own, this is just a wild thought that I had, but the fact is that there are an awful lot of Federal and State dollars that are coming in to render the service and if we were to take this thing on, we wouldn't be able to get that kind of money I don't think and then we'd have to pay for it 100% on the dollar or could we apply for Federal funding? Mr. Parkins:. There are a number of alternatives, Mr. Mayor. We've also been working with the Law Department and with the Cuban -American Lawyers Association for some volunteer time that they're willing to provide. We've also... Mayor Ferre; Let me tell you something about volunteer time. That's real nice but when somebody has a paying client and it's a volunteer time, they say look, I can't be there today, I'll be there tomorrow. 26 OCT i91976 ft Parkins: In addition to that, it's our understanding, and correct if I'm wrong, Mr. Alvarez, that we're in the process of putting to - ether a training program that will be administered by the Law Depart- thent so that we could provide a CBTA funded position for an Attorney in the Little Havana Center and we've also proposed or discussed an office in the Puerto Rican Opportunity Center. The interesting thing from our perspective was that the cost per client was less, it wasn't substantially less, on this basis and it also provided, as we felt, with a more direct neighborhood investment in effectiveness as opposed to efficiency. Mayor Ferre: Alright, Mr. Lopez. Mr, Lopez: One of the things, and I use an anology because the area that I'm really involved in is medical services but as you know, 20 to 25 years ago, all the family doctors become specialists and today they are concentrating on centralized areas like Jackson Memorial Hospital and that's why now you see Family Coconut Grove Center developing as a medical center, the Borinquen Health Care Center and many other centers because we need those services out there and the thing I want to especially say is that also, you cannot find a family physician anywhere unless you go to one of our centers right now. The same thing is going to happen, the things that they don't learn from experience and every other agency in this community, HRS, is going to the communities. But the point is, he is talking about duplication and he is planning to put an agency on 79th street and 27th avenue when there is another agency of legal services paid by federal funds or by the City, I don't know which one, that is on 27th avenue and 47th street. Mayor Ferre: Who runs that legal service office? Mr. Lopez: He can be able to tell you but this is the problem. We gave other alternatives to them. They are talking that they need specialization and supervision and we told them at a community meeting that Coconut Grove is against this office to be closed, Opa-Locka was against it and they went against the wishes of the whole community. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Dixon, the question was what offices is at 79th street that you are duplicating? Mr. Dixon: There is no office on 79th street, there is an office on 4705 N.W. 27th Avenue. A small office operated with County Community Development Funds. Mayor Ferre: Is that a legal office? Mr. Dixon: Yes. We formerly operated that office until the terms offered to us were untannable. Now let me point out to you again, Mr. Lopez here says the specialization won't work. Well the whole Florida Bar is going to specialization and if we don't have lawyers that can compete, we might as well close shop. If you're going to put one lawyer, as Mr. Parkins has suggested, in this center and that center and it's going to have variety cases from to zoning including the Civil Rights in discrimination and housing and etc., etc., etc., you might as well have a "0" there because he isn't going to... Mayor Ferre: But Howard, in all fairness, you're not going to have too much admiralty practice in legal services. Mr. Dixon: You do. Believe it or not, in the Cuban community, you do. Mr. Plummer; For welfare? Mr. D Xen; Yes, $ma . i fishermen ,are broke. You know that, you„ 27 OCT 191976 Mr. PlufMet t D sesh't that receive a grant from the Federal CTovernMeiit? Mayor ?erre: 'that's a drop in the bucket...solve their problems. Mr. Dixon: But that just gives you the variety of cases that occur in which a lawyer must have some... Mayor Ferret Okay, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Lopez, I think we've... Mr. Lopez: Going back to the specialization, at no time we're saying not to specialize, at no time we're saying that. We're saying to them that we need journalists out there in the community and they can establish a system... Mayor Ferre: They can have specializing... Mr. Lopez: Right. They had 8 or 9 offices. They plan 'to V,. and put it in 4 and we're telling them... Mayor Ferre: Emilio, we understand. What you're saying is keep Jackson Memorial Hospital because you need that for specialized work but you also need the clinics in Coconut Grove and Wynwood and all that. We understand. Mr. Lopez: Right, and we need the lawyers in the community and if they need any, we need the journalists... Mayor Ferre: Alright, you've made your point. Mr. Dixon, is there anything else you want to add? Mr. Dixon: The main thing I want to add is that Mr. Lopez, of course, is a special pleader, he is a very articulate one and he has done very well on behalf of his particular community and the thing is that you have to be responsive to the people's needs and that's very good but you also have to be concerned about whether or not you're spending the taxpayer's dollars efficiently. Now I'm standing here in front of you and telling you that in the past when we had your money and we spent it over at Wynwood, we were spending it inefficiently because a lawyer is sitting there handling 160 cases when he could have been in a specialized office having 500 to 600 so you are not going to be spending the money efficiently if you follow Mr. Lopez. Mayor Ferre: You made your point. Are there further questions of Mr. Dixon at this time in his presentation? If not, thank you. 6. PERSONAL APPEARANCE - MR. JOHN CORRIGAN - PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF VISITORS OF GREATER MIAMI: Mayor Ferre: Mr. John Corrigan. Mr. John Corrigan: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. . , the Council of International Visitors. With us, for the presentation, are Isa McCartney, our Executive Director; Mr. Donald Cahn, immediate Past President; Mrs. Claudias Jones, Director; Harry Langerman, on my left, our Treasurer; Phil Brawner, our Vice President; Reverend Richard Bailer, Chaplain; Mr. Irving Weaner, Director; Sam Harvey, one of our Past Presidents and Madame Danicic Dominique, Committee Chairman. Mayor Ferre: Now we're very honored and impressed that all of you people took from your busy schedules to be with us today for a cause which I know is very important. Mr. Corrigan: I should also point out, Mr. Mayor, that we have other members of the C.I.V. present. Of course, your good self and you have also been a past President of our organization. I believe Mr. Cobo is here and he has also been a member of the C.I.V., The C.I.V. is the only full time foreign hospitality center in Miami. It ts staffed and it operates on a 24 hour basis. We process over 4,000 international 28 OCT 1 1976 Visitots to this community each year. These visitors touch each and every segment t out combunity which participates and shares their lives and experiences in Miami With then. We are very ptoud of our record. Our organization is composed of over 700 members. Our funds come from the members plus fund-raising events and special donations. We, for the first time in 15 years, seek government help, seek Federal Sharing Programs. The recommendation, in our case thus far has been for negative funding. We would like to ask you seriously to reconsider the recommendation on a one year basis, on a commitment that we would not continue to come back to you. The merits of our request, I believe, are set forth explicitly in our application. We have requested a non -inflated figure for funding of $12,000. I believe that most of you are personally familiar to some degree with our organization and I would ask for any questions that you might have. Mayor Ferre: What is your total budget,. Mr. Corrigan? Mr, Corrigan: It's $26,000. Mayor Ferre: I see, so you would be asking us to pay for approximately 4 budget. Mr. Corrigan: Approximately 40%. Mayor Ferre: Where else are you... Are you getting any other governmental funding? Metropolitan Dade County? Mr. Corrigan: No. Mayor Ferre: Why not? Why didn't you apply to them? Mr. Corrigan: Well because our operations are headquartered in Miami and we feel that the impact of the program is basically in the Miami area. Most of our visitors we bring to hotels in the municipality of Miami. They, of course, do visit the government offices at Dade County as well as the City. Mayor Ferre: Well John, I'll tell you, I might take exception to that. If you look around, none of you live or very few of you live in the City of Miami. You don't live in the City of Miami and Isa doesn't live in the City and Donald doesn't live in the City and most of the membership don't live in the City and most of the activities that happen in Frances Wilson's house and all that, I'm not arguing, I don't want to argue with you about it but I think it is important. We are very touchy here about people that come to us and don't go to Metro when the whole community of the beneficiaries of the service and they don't pay their fair share. What I'm trying to say is that it makes it alot easier for us to fund if you come here and you say look, I've got $6,000 from Metro and we want you to match it, that makes it easier. Mr. Corrigan: Well I have to agree with you, Mr. Mayor, that the whole community does benefit from our services and your point is well taken. I was simply pointing out that we are headquartered here and that we bring the visitors to the municipality of Miami and that's where they stay. Those are our specific contacts. Mayor Ferre: The rest of the budget, which is $14,000, is subscriptions from member- ship. Mr. Corrigan: That's correct. Plus fund-raising events which, of course, have been estimated over the course of this fiscal year. Mayor Ferre: Well let me tell you that you don't have firmer supportor or a greater believer than myself. As you well know, over the years I have supported and Isa is probably one of the exceptional people in this community and she almost, single- handedly, has kept this thing going over the years. Of course, with your capable help and Donald and Frances Wilson and many others who really put in, Father Gibson isn't here but I might mention that Mrs. Gibson was very active in the C.I.V.. I don't know whether she still is. Mr. Corrigan: She is still a member, yes, Mayor Ferre: And I know Rose Gordon has been active in the C.I.V., all of us. Mr. Reboso; How many people do you have on the Board of Directors? Mr, Corrigan; About 15, sir. 29 OCT 191976 Reboso! 15? Where is Mrs, McCafthey? Corrigan: Ise f.s here, Reboso: She told me something about td . phone, (INAUDIBLE) Mr. Corrigan: Alright, I'm thinking of the Executive Committee. Actually, our Board is comprised of some 35 members who serVe staggered terms, There are about 15 per staggered term. Mr. Reboso: How many Latins do you have? Mr. Corrigan: We must have at least 5 Latin members. Mr. Toricella, do you knots Robert Toricella? He is a member of our Board of Directors. As a matter of faot, he joined us last week. Reboso: How long ago was Mr. Toricella appointed because last... Corrigan: Mr. Toricella joined us last week. Reboso: Oh, because I asked Mrs. McCartney and she said no Cuban -American was a member of the Board of Directors. Three Latins, I think, one from Columbia and she told me that Dr. Manolo Reyes was a former member of the Board of Directors but actually, how many do you have? Mr. Corrigan: Latin. Directors? Mr. Reboso: Yes. I suppose you have alot of activities with the Latin-American countries, right? Mr. Corrigan: Yes, we do. (UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER): We have Mr. Eckert Taffman, he is the Vice President... Mr. Corrigan: He is a native of Chilie. (UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER): We have Mrs. Mejia from Columbia, Mr. from Puerto Rico, Toricella from Cuba. Mr. Corrigan: Including myself, I was educated in Latin America. (UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER): And so am I because I'm a Puerto Rican too. Mayor Ferre: Alright, any further questions? John, let me make sure that we explain because I know many of you may have to leave. We will be considering these things after we've heard from everybody. The problem that this Commission has is that everybody wants part of the $1,570,000 and the truth of the matter is that we really should be spending $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 to do the kind of a job that we need to do in all these community services. But when you get into a list of priorities, the way I've always expressed it and I think most of us here, to me, the number one problem always is people that are hungry and then people that are sick and then people that are poor and need some type of service. Then we get into the Senior Citizens and other people who have problems. Then you get into specialized social areas like working mothers and day care centers and that type of a thing. Now it isn't that C.I.V. is not important, it's a very important function but as compared to what. For example, would you take, if you look at our list and you go down, we've got drug programs, that's medical; we've got food programs, hot meals, to me, that's the priority items here as you will see out of this total budget are, for example, day care programs and after school programs, community schools, that right there is almost $600,000. And then you have food programs which amount to another $300,000 so there is almost $1,000,000 between children and feeding people. Mr. Corrigan: Mr. Mayor, I'd have to stipulate with your order of priorities. The only thing that I would want to point out, however, is that to some degree there should be a blending of services but when it comes, of course, to food for the needy, to shelter and even to legal services for those who cannot afford to pay, I would have to agree that those would come before such important community , if you will, as taking care of the foreign but I believe that there should be a spread of services. 30 OCT 191979 Iayot Fette: If you've got the list and you go right down the list you'll see, for ec&ipie, Coconut Gtove Family Clinic, After School, we're even cutting out things like Cotiflunity Television and that's very important. We're not going to fund them this year the way this thing is recommended. We're funding things where there is a teal social need and especially to the poor. Alot of these things do not refer to the poor but these are areas that we have to concern ourselves with. We will give you the most serious consideration and I assure you that this Commission is very aware and very proud of the job that C.I.V. has done and we recognize the importance for the health and economic wellbeing of this community. After all, this does bring good name and renown► to the City and it does bring tourists and other visitors and we get it back in taxes so in a way there is justification proceeding something like C.I.V.. Whether or not we can do it for $12,000, that's something that we'll have to see. Mr. Corrigan: May I just say that on behalf of C.I.V. but I'm sure everyone present in the room, we congradulate all of you for the job that you're doing. Mayor Ferre: Thank you, Mr. Corrigan and thank you ladies and gentlemen from C.I.V.. 7, PERSONAL APPEARANCE - PEGGY SAPP - COCONUT GROVE AFTER SCHOOL HOUSE: Mayor Ferre: Alright, the next speaker. We'll go over here and we'll start with you. What happened to Tallman? Is he T. Willard Fair? Did he leave? Alright. Ms. Peggy Sapp: My name is Peggy Sapp, Advisor to the Coconut Grove After School House and this is our new Director, Yvonne Patterson. We are very pleased to be recommended for Federal Revenue Sharing but we do request the entire $5,000. The Administration of our... Mayor Ferre: This is the Coconut Grove After School. Ms. Sapp: That is not day care, that is a one-to-one relationship. We are dealing with prevention and I hope that we will save the taxpayers... Mayor Ferre: How many children are you dealing with? Ms. Sapp: We have 65 children and 65 volunteers and I think our volunteers benefit from the program as much as the children. Mrs. Gordon: What do you do in the program? Mr. Plummer: What is your total funding? Ms. Sapp: Our total funding will be $7,000. Mayor Ferre: Where are you getting the rest of it? Ms. Sapp: $2,000 is coming from the City of Coral Gables. Mayor Ferre: And that makes $5,000. How about the other $2,000? Ms. Sapp: $5,000 and $2,000 is $7,000. Mayor Ferre: Oh, I see, you're counting our $5,000 and 2 from... Ms. Sapp: Right, we need your 5. Mrs. Gordon: What do you do with the children? Ms. Sapp: We are an agency where we deal with positive reinforcement of the self image and the self image is the way you see yourself and the way you see yourself is the way you function in life. What we do with the child, when the child enters at 2:00, he has one friend. The friend says, "What would you like to do". We're in an academic situation, the child picks any game... Mayor Ferre: Excuse me. It starts at 2? Isn't this after school? Ms. Sapp: Yes, we're at Carver Elementary and they get out of school Mayor Ferre: So then it would be from 2 till what time? at 2;00, Ms, Sapp; From 2 till 3 we have our first session, then we have a rap session and then we have another session from 3;30 till 4;30. 116 Mt§, Gotdofi: you have 60 children there every day? Sapp: No, that's 65 total for the week, every week. tits, Gordon: How many times a week does each child come in? Ms, Sapp: Each child comes once a week. The reason for this is one hour. We oely have the 65 volunteers at this point we've only been open since October. Mayor Ferre: Wait a minute, you've got me all confused. Are the volunteers the children or are you talking about volunteers to help? Ms, Sapp: We have 65 volunteers and 65 children. You see, you have to have otte volunteer for one child. Mayor Ferre: Oh, I see. Mr. Plummer: Are these paid volunteers? Ms. Sapp: These are not paid volunteers. We deal With F.I.U. ... Mrs. Gordon: Each person takes a child, Maurice. Mayor Ferre: Let's see if we can have some questions so we can get an image of what... In order to vote on this, I need to understand. To understand, I need to ask questions. Now if you have 65 children and they go once a week for one hour, that means that each class is made up of 15 children. Ms. Sapp: That is correct. Mayor Ferre: They rotate so they don't... Ms. Sapp: Monday is "Orange Day" and that's the day they come. They are very little children which they don't understand Monday and Tuesday so we are color -coded. If Monday is their day, they come on "Orange Day" and they know and believe me, it's amazing but they're on the right day. Mayor Ferre: Now of the 15 that show up, you have 15 volunteers, you don't have 65 volunteers. You have 15 that particular day and you have 15 children. Ms. Sapp: Yes and you have the same child each week. This is a continuing rela- tionship for 9 months. Mayor Ferre: I understand. It starts on Monday and it goes through Friday, 5 days. It starts at 2:00 and it ends at 4:30. Ms. Sapp: Then we have the rap session. Mayor Ferre: You go from 2:00 to 3:00 and then you have a 11/2... Ms. Sapp: No, we have a rap session for about 30 minutes and then we start again at 3:30 to 4:30 and another rap session. Mayor Ferre: Alright, so that means that the children leave at 4:30. Is that correct? Ms. Sapp: Yes, that is correct. Mayor Ferre: Plummer, what is 65... Mr. Plummer: $1,776.92 per child. Mayor Ferre: $1,000 per child. Ms. Sapp: Well don't you think it's a benefit to the volunteer in the community? Mr. Plummer: He asked a question. Don't put your anchor at me. Mayor Ferre: Don't become defensive because that hasn't happened yet. We're just asking the question, how much does it cost per child. Mr, Plummer: Excuse me. Are you talking about a budget of 7 or $70,000? 32 OCT 191976 dr ette! $7,b00, Plummer: Oh, I'm sorry, tIM way off. fs. Gordon: Yon must realize What this service is giving to the area. tA different kind of service, it's not a comparable to anything else. Mayor Ferre: I'll tell you, Plummer, let me tell you what the difference is. you see, those little machines that you go around with are very good but there is tto substitution for the old noodle. Mr. Plummer: I won't comment in your particular case on that matter, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: Well I don't carry one of those things around. You just forgot one thing - you added one extra "0". Mr. Plummer: $107.69. I understood it to be 70, I apologize. Mayor Ferre: Now is that for the full year? Ms. Sapp: Yes. Mayor Ferre: Academic year, you don't do anything in the summer or during vacations. Ms. Sapp: Academic year, we don't do anything in the summer, that's right. Mayor Ferre: Now what does the $7,000 goes for? Ms. Sapp: Now that we have Yvonne who has a Master's Degree in education and human behavior from Harvard, we would like to use $4,500 of that to pay the Director because I'm tired and my husband wants me to stay home. Mayor Ferre: This is a part-time job for you. Ms. Sapp: Yes. Mayor Ferre: And what is your regular job? Ms. Sapp: This is her regular job. Mayor Ferre: There is no way she can... You mean this is your full income? Ms. Yvonne Patterson: Yes. Mayor Ferre: That's wonderful that you, a Harvard graduate specialist to volunteer that kind of work is something super. Ms. Sapp: We believe in our program. Mayor Ferre: That's super. Really? Good for you, we're proud of you. Ms. Sapp: We still need volunteers for any of you in the audience who are looking for something to do. Mayor Ferre: Are ;here any further questions? Father? Rev. Gibson: Let me ask. Isn't this the program that we sent a little extra check to the other day? Ms. Sapp: Yes, thank you. Rev. Gibson: I see, I just wanted to make sure. Mrs, Gordon: How much was it, Father? Ms. Sapp: Are there any further questions? Mayor Ferre: Any further questions? Mr. Grassie, I've got to leave by two. It's 12:30 and I hope that we will be able to wind it up by that time but I think you better get some sandwiches in here or something. Mr. Grassie: We will do it, Mayor. 3 OCT 191976 B. PERSONAL APPEARANCE = LIMONET JOSEPH HATIAN'AMERICAN ORGANISATION: Mayor Ferret Alright, the net speaker we're going to take from this side, Mr, Limonet Joseph: Thank you very much Mr. Honorable Mayor, Honorable Vice -Mayor and City Commission. Good morning, my name is Limonet. Joseph and I am a Hatian guy and I belong to a Hatian-American Organization whose name is H.A.C.A.D. standing for Hatian American Community Association Development. This morning I ran from here to City Hall in order to take part in that meeting because some of my fellow Hatians told me that they would be there at City Hall. Then, unfortunately, when I got there they told me that the meeting is here. I ran right away in order to take part in everything and no matter how tired I feel. I am glad to be at the meeting, to be part of the meeting. One of my neighbors told me last week that there are two kinds of people in the world - the bad people and the good people. Today we believe that we are among the good people. That means the people that can take care of other people so I am very grateful to be among you. What is interesting to me is that the that our obligation is to help the poor people. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Joseph, excuse me for interrupting but do you have a specific request of the Commission? Mr. Joseph: Yes, our request is to come to try to find some way of helping from this City. Mayor Ferre: Did you make a formal application? Mr. Joseph: No, Mr. Mayor because somebody as the President of my organization is supposed to come. He handles every... Mayor Ferre: Mr. Joseph, the problem is that we cannot operate with people from the citzenry, like yourself, coming up and asking for requests. We've got a formula in which people... Mr. Parkins, I have very strong feelings about this and I want to just express myself. We may not be able to do anything at this time but some of the most deprived people in this community from a human point of view that are having the most difficult time are these poor people, Hatians, many of them who have become American citizens, who come into this community, they are not political refugees, there is no refugee center for them, the federal government doesn't fund them, they can't work because they won't get work permits and it's just a horrible, horrible situation. I know that Claude Pepper has tried to do an awful lot but I think we've got a social responsibility here because it's going to•.affect the rest of the community. These people, Emilio knows, they move into the Wynwood area. For those of us when we were kids read by Victor Hugo and remember about poor stealing a piece of bread and going to jail, we remember that we have an obligation to people who are forced to steal bread to eat and we should be careful in condemning people who have these tremendous problems. I think, would you, sometime in the future, schedule a meeting with Mr. Joseph and his Associates and see if we can find a way to structure something that they can at least request funding at a future date. We may not be able to do it this year. Mr. Parkins: I'd be delighted to. Mr. Joseph: Mr. Mayor, I appreciate that very gratefully and we hope you have success in your kind of helping people. Thank you very much. Mayor Ferre: Thank you,. Mr. Joseph, 34 PERSONAL APPEARANCE - DR. CARL MC HENRY - PRESIDENT OF COLON GROVE FAMILY CLINIC: Mayor Ferre: Next speaker. Now those of you that want to speak, if you will start coming up, I'll recognize you quicker if you're up here. Dr. Carl McHenry: Mr. Mayor, Madame Vice -Mayor, members of the Commission, my name is Carl McHenry and I'm appearing before you as President of the Coconut Grove Family Clinic. With me today is our Administrator, Mr. Charles Jackson. As you will recall, the clinic started about 6 years ago as a partnership between the City of Miami, the University of Miami, Coconut Grove Cares and other interested citizens in the Coconut Grove area. Thanks to your help, it has blossomed and is something I think we can all be proud of. It is indeed a model primary health care facility. we are presently included in the City of Miami tentative budget this year for $77,000. We have been approved in the final Metro budget for ... Mayor Ferre: How much? Dr. McHenry: $77,000. We're in the final Metro budget for $100,000. Our needs are approximately $50,000 additional dollars in view of the increase of services and the volume. Our cost per patient visit, we think, is among the lowest in the County. It's running about $27.00 a visit. Mayor Ferre: How does that compare with yours? (INAUDIBLE) Mayor Ferre: Is $27.00 average or low or what? (INAUDIBLE) Mayor Ferre: Okay. Dr. McHenry: Our specific request, recognizing the entire needs as you pointed out, Mr. Mayor, would be to come up to the level of Metro funding. In other words, an additional $23,000.00. We believe that with that additional support from the City that we will be able to make up the other portion of the deficiency from other sources. We do have some modest United Way funding and we would hope to prevail upon them to renew that this year to make up the difference. Mrs. Gordon: How much are they contributing Doctor? Dr. McHenry: The United Way? $27,000. in the last contract wasn't it Charles? Mrs. Gordon: What are you asking them for this year? Unidentified person: We were asking United Way to respectfully to renew our contract, first of all, because we had a three-year contract. Secondly we are asking them to fund us at the level of about 40 thousand dollars, however we have not received any response from them in that request. Mrs. Gordon: It appears to me, if I ever heard of a program that United Way should be, really involved in, it is this one. Mayor Ferre: Amen to that. I'll tell you Mr. Grassie, I think it is important that we request Mr. Vido and those from United Way to come and talk to us once in a while. I know they are trying, and I think they do a good job, but I always have this nagging thing. You have heard my speech about my boy being a Boy Scout, and the United Funds subsidized my children, because it take $25.00 to be a Boy Scout, and it costs $75.00, which means that somebody else is paying $50.00 for each of -no/ kids to be a Boy Scout. I think that is ridiculous. Those that can't pay, shouldn't pay, but those that can pay the full going price, it is ridiculous for United Way to be subsidizing middle-class programs. As I grew up, and I remember charity in the church anyway, --charity is for poor people, the people that can't do it for themselves. 35 OCT 191976 1 really get up -tight when 1 see,(and 1 am very happy to see united Fund coming up with 10 Million dollars this year) but when 1 see them subsidizing programs that go to middle-class and wealthy Americans such as myself, 1 think that is wrong. Mrs.Gordon: I am on the Health Systems Agency and I know the feeling of the Agency to,area, local,primary care centers,and that is the intent. This relieves the burden on Jackson Memorial Hospital to a great extent. So, how much money did you say that the county is going to contribute because they are the major source of funds for that other institution? Dr. McHenry: One hundred thousand, we in fact started just the City of Miami, and the University and the County entered the picture this past year and that 100 thousand was brought in on the basis, of the relief that is afforded at Jackson. As a result of that, we have a van and driver and provide services in coordination with Jackson, from the primary facility there in the Grove, to Jackson. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Manager, is there any other in -kind type of services that we could contribute with our shortage of dollars, being what they are. What do you think of that? Do you need any additional manpower that we might be able to assist with? Dr. McHenry: We are in need of dollars, if I may be honest with you. Mrs. Gordon: So are we. Dr. McHenry: In answering your question, of course, dollars in the area of lab supplies, and medical supplies, and other softwares as well as hardware equipment in order to survive. A good example, we only have dollars that would allow us to provide services to approximately 3 months.After that we are going to have to look somewhere, or do something. :irs.Gordon: Are you telling me that what we are contributing, what the county is contributing, and what United Way will give you, will only carry you for 3 months? Unidentified person: The supply portion we are talking about, at the present level of volume of patient services. The salaries of the Doctors and nurses and all that is budgeted for the year. Mrs. Gordon: It seems to me, that it is an unfair balance that the county is not giving you enough money, that United Way is not giving enough money, that this is a definite asset to the citizens of Miami without any question, but these are poor people, and these are people that need a lot of help. Dr. McHenry: Are there any other questions that any members might have Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre: Let me ask Rob, --you have gone over this program. You are satisfied it is well managed and the efficiency factor, the cost per patient, and all that is well within reason? Mr. Parkins: Without a doubt. Mayor Ferre: If we had more money, would you feel that it would be appropriate to fund them. Mr. Parkins; There is no question of that. Mrs. Gordon: I would agree too. Mayor Ferre: Thank you very much. Thank you Doctor. 10. PERSONAL APPEARANCE- GEORGE DAWLTH-GOODWILL INDUSTRIES: Mr. George Dawlth: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, my name is George Dawlth, I am Executive Director of Goodwill Industries of South Florida. Goodwill has been serving the community in terms of jobs and training for the handicapped since 1959. In recent years we have run into increasing financial problems and while we have funding from various sources, we are in danger of having to reduce the level of employment for the severely disabled. Approximately 52 people may have to be dropped from employment in the Goodwill workshop here in Miami. OCT 1. 91976 We ate hopeful that the Conaission can find a way to help us over the We don't continue to ask for funding from the City in futute years. We e never asked for it before, but we do want to maintain an adequate level Of employment for the severely disabled at this time. It was not until October 4 We were advised by the staff that part of our request was not legally possible because of a restriction in the federal guidelines. We have since asked for support in another way in terms of funding so that we can shift some of the financial burden. The United Way currently is supporting us to about $234,000. We get $300,000. from the State, we get $16,000 from Metro and we earn ourselves through the efforts of the handicapped people, close to 2 million dollars. Our budget this year is approximately two and one half million dollars. Any questions? Mrs. Gordon: How much are you asking for? Mr. Dawlth: We had originally asked for $86,000, but We understand regulations t,would not permit 60 of the 86. Mrs. Gordon: You are asking for $26,000.? Mr. Dawlth: Yes. 11. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF WTL,BUR COLEMAN-FOSTER CHILDREN TRANSITION PROGRAM: Mr. Wilbur Coleman: My name is Wilbur Coleman, and I am representing Foster Children Transition Program. This is the first time I submitted a program for funding and it is dealing with, according to the guidelines that you gave, a high priority group, that is both the hungry as well as the sick, and those who are unable to help themselves. The program is dealing with foster children. It is a program designed to give aid and comfort to foster children after they have been made awards of the court and during the transition program, which they are united with a new family. There is no program either State nor county not city that is currently funded doing this. We are talking about the abused child. We are talking about children who have been beaten, children who have been starved, childred who have been exposed to any sort of misuse, abuse and mistreatment. This program is dealing with people primarily who cannot for no reason of their own, help themselves. I consider it a very high priority item. It was not recommended for funding. I am very deeply disappointed with that, in lieu of the fact that the alternatives are now, there is nothing going on. I have spoken with the state, a Mrs. Marie Portier, I have spoken with people at the court, to Mrs. Lillian Sands. There is no money for the State, the State has no program, which is equal to this, or even close to it. The foster children that the State has, the people who are considered wards of the court, are taken and placed, or sought, a foster home. They are put into a holding facility until some foster parents are found for them. The counselors come out to the home, and speak with the kids. They also speak with the parents, but as so far as program designed specifically with the purpose in mind, of bringing that family together on a social basis as well as a work related basis as a regular tie-in, they don't have the staff nor do they have the fundsito implement it. So the program that I am asking for funding, I am sorry, ----I was originally asking for 100% funding. Since that time as of yesterday, I went to Catholic Services and they are interested in funding the program and they are willing to go along with you. The program is not in operation. I am new in the field of seeking funds, so as far as other agencies other than the State, who don't have the money, so I was told, I have not been to the county or any of the other facilities, because I am totally unaware of them. As I said before, I have been to Cahtolic Services, they are interested so now we no longer speak of 100% funding. I can do no more than once again appeal, to the kids that cannot help themselves. Mayor Ferre: The formal application was made, Mr. Parkins? Mr. Parkins: Yes, Mayor Ferre: You did study the program? Mr. Parkins:.Yes we did. One of the problcaas we had is that, at September 9, we had requested additional information, for evaluation and we received no response at the time. least on purposes, Mr, Coleman:The site there to be used is a church facility, Holy Redeemer, and there was communications with myself and the priests over there, as well. as OCT 191976 fny highs timber af+.d this is the first that t heard of additional request for ififOttAtion, t have been in contact with Mr. ton Williams, through the phone Oft several occasions and I talked with Mr. Max Friedman when he came out but at that tiMe the people I had been talking to, no one had ever asked me for any additional information. Mr. Plummer: One comment you made, the Catholic Charity Service Bureau,..® are you aware that this commission is subsidizing them? Mr. Coleman: No, Commisisoner Plummer, as I said before, --- Mt. Plummer: If they have that much money I am wondering if we should be subsidizing them. Mr. Coleman: What I said to you before, --what I said to you earlier, went before them to ask them for aid and assistance. Mr. Plummer: I will get excommunicated but I have to ask the question. Mr. Coleman: I went before them yesterday, no one has ever said anything about any dollars and cents. I told them I was coming before you today. They asked me to let them know the outcome of that today and they would give it further considerations but as so far as commitment, a Monsignor Welsh, nor any of this staff have said, well I said the same thing Dr. Sheppard said, that he would go to them too. So I guess we are both going to the same source. Mayor Ferre: Thank you very much. Next speaker. 12. PERSONAL APPEARANCE-MICHAEL FAIN -DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL. Mr. Michael Fain: My name is Michael Fain, I executive director of the association for the development of the exceptional, which is a program which exists in the City of Miami. We serve 45 mentally retarded, multiple disabled people who originally came from Sunland Training Center, and now located in the group homes in the City of Miami, through deinstitutionalization. Mayor Ferre: What is the name of the institution you are with? Mr. Fain: It is not an institution, the Association for the Development of the Exceptional, ADE . Mr. Plummer: You put in a request for funding? And you were denied? Mr. Fain: Yes, I was. I was told the reason for denial is that they are not funding any new programs and they have x amount of dollars to continue funding for the programs that, ---- Mayor Ferre: That is not quite accurate since I see the YMCA Allapattah Branch being funded for 25, that is a new program. Mr. Plummer: There are three new programs being funded. Mayor Ferre: Let me understand this properly. How much did you request? Mr. Fain: I requested $25,000. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Parkins, you want to address as to the reason why this was rejected? Mr. Parkins: Yes. It was a new program not currently conducted. This would be a start up on a brand new program, --would not affect the viability of their currently on -going program. So they had received a $114,900. from the State of Florida before, on in the case they would be receiving that again. We felt with that amount of additional support, that at this time, considering priorities and dollar limitations, we would not recommend them. MR. Fain; I was told that the program was prioritized very high, Again we are funded by the State, no new program was ever fudned for $1.14,900, through the State. The program does have some credibility behind it, otherwise it would 38 OCT 191976 not have been funded at that 1eve1. What We are trying to doo and the reason ahy I did request $25,000. was, we are doing an independent travel training program, trying to train exceptional people who are physically handicapped also, to travel independently throughout the City. Many of our clients are physically unable to travel on the MTA system. What we were requesting was a bus with a driver, and maintenance for this. I do have a proposal in through the Department of Transportation and I do have a letter stating that it would take approximately 2 years to acquire a bus. We do not have the funds in our budget to buy a bus, and that's the reason why 1 did come to the city and hope we can work something out. Mayor Ferre: Any further questions? Thank you very much. 13. PERSONAL APPEARANCE- LILLIAN CLARK —FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Mrs. Lillian Clark: I am Lillian Clark from the Methodist Community Center. I want to thank the Commission for the help you gave us last year. It really helped us to go on a lot. I believe you have recommended $8800. for this year. I had hoped, -----we will be grateful if that is all you can possibly give, but I had hoped it would be a little more. Because expenses have gone up, utilities have gone up, and I am going here and there getting money and asking for it. Also I want to say that it is not just the hot -meals program, it is sort of family caring. We care for our people. WE have a welfare worker comes once a week, we have the mobile health unit. Even after they leave us and they are put into homes, we look after them. We take care of their burial sometimes. We are in truth their family. Mrs. Gordon: What is your address? Mrs. Clark: 127 N.E. 4th Street, across from the First Methodist Church. We one of the oldest organizations because we started in 1955. Mayor Ferre: As I understand it Mr. Parkins, this is really one of the best run and lowest cost per meal operation in the community. Is that right? Mr. Parkins: That is correct. It is. Mr. Plummer: What are they per meal? Mr.Parkins: Roughly, $1.60 per meal. Mrs. Gordon: Do you cook on premises? Mrs.Clark: We cook on the premises. The food itself averages 90e. The $1.60 is everything, the utilities and the help. Mr. Plummer: What is the average, across the programs per meal? Mr. Parkins: In the case of the Dade County programs, it is $1.69, the JESCA hot meals is $1.30 and the Little Havana Activities Center is $1.45.This is the only one that prepares food on site. Mrs. Gordon: There are other programs that are less than those you have mentioned, as I mentioned the last time we had this discussion. It doesn't need to be repeated. But we do have a good program. You are getting federal funding? Mrs.Clark: We are getting through the senior centers of Miami, but we are not sure. That isn't settled yet. They won't give us any raise. It may be the same, but we haven't heard yet. Mrs. Gordon: There are other areas for federal funding without going through the senior centers, I believe. I don't want to make a possitive statement, but if Mr. Parkins and you can get together, maybe he can enlighten you on other sources of funds for your program? Mayor Ferre: Would you try to help them Mr, Parkins. I think this is a very important program. Mrs. Gordon: You can get more help, Mrs, Clark: Thank you very much, We- 39 14. PERSONAL APPEARANCE- UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION: Mr. John : Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, I am John director of United Cerebral Palsy of Miami, our association did submit a grant for funding on one of the two highest priorities of our association or the thinking of our association. We serve severely developmentally disabled youngsters who have not just one disability, but possibly 3 or 4. The two Priorities of our association are in the area of the infant, multiply disabled child and the adult who has past his school years. Our grant for revenue sharing was in the area of the infant program. We believe this is a real viable,helpful program not only to the child, in getting to him early, and bringing to him all the therapy and early learning experiences he needs but also to the parents, and it is a combination kind of program where the babies come in on a daily basis with their parents, so it is a parent training program as well as a rehabilitative program for the babies themselves. We really applied to revenue sharing because we felt severe cuts in other areas of funding. We were previously funded under developmental disabilities for this program and received an 18% cut in that funding this year. We also received some money through the state and received a 23% cut this year. So we are not trying to expand our program, we are trying to sustain it. We were told that there was not sufficient money to help sustain the program,if we referred to CETA positions which are not applicable, I do not want to put more positions on. I want to sustain those trained people I have in the program now to help these developmentally disabled babies. So while we have been told there is no funding, I would urgent ask the commission to reconsider and at least con- sider some partial funding so that we may sustain this program through 76-77. Mrs. Gordon: May I ask you a question? This is one of your many multitude of programs. Since you don't particularly want CETA positions for this program, for the training purposes, that would make it difficult. Had you thought about taking or obtaining some CETA positions and transferring fundings within your own organization from other areas where CETA positions could be used, secretarial or such. Director of Cerebral Palsy: Well I am not funded in the area of secretarial. Mrs. Gordon: I don't mean from us. You must have some secretarial services in your organization. Director of Cerebral Palsy: Yes, but they are paid for through independent fund rasing, not through any grant proposals. Mrs. Gordon: I know, but couldn't you logically, --the independent fund raising pay for this program and you substitute some positions. It is a bookkeeping entry, but it may be a way we could help. Director of Cerebral Palsy: I see what you mean. It is extremely difficult though. We are talking about specialists that I need in a program. Mrs. Gordon: Not everybody is a specialist in your entire organization. Director of Cerebral Palsy: No, but I am talking about in the program area. Mrs. Gordon: Do you follow what I am saying to you. I for your organization. You know I was a proponent for it last year, and fought like the devil to help you get that money for that Century Park. Director of Cerebral Palsy: I know and I appreciate it. I am not being argumentive about it, I just trying to understand. Mrs. Gordon: We are trying also again to do the impossible thing today. We can't honestly do it. Mayor Ferre: Rose is also the one that lead the battle for that Sensory Environmental, ---- Mrs. Gordon: --the $25,000. that we started,---- we were the catalyst that the county followed, our lead. I think we were the first ones Maurice to participate with you, EL- MF- UK- 11111.. WC- 40 OCT 191976 bireetor of Cerebral Palsy: I understand, and I appreciate it, and t know :he CMtission's interest in out particular disability and in the babies that we serve, so this is one of the reasons t am so anxious to sustain this program during the doting year. The environment will contribute to that, in addition Mayor Ferre: John, let me tell you this. Again my only concern is the same thing I asked of C.I.B. This is something the county should be participating it too because the people you serve are not just city citizens. You take people from Ft. Lauderdale, that come all the way down here. You are really an area -wide type of an organization, and the thing that concerns me is that the citizens of Miami would use their funds. Director of Cerebral Palsy: Mr. Mayor we take children from Lauderdale for instance only if there is no other alternative. There is a unit up in Broward. Mayor Ferre: I am not saying that you shouldn't take children from Lauderdale. I am just saying what the problem is. Mrs. Gordon: Bob, could you tell me if you could get together and see in what way, do you have any manpower people on staff at all ? Director of Cerebral Palsy: No. Mrs. Gordon: We do send manpower people into a number of agencies, non-profit agencies, that I know of. They do the type of work that a manpower person can do. They can't do the trained work with the child, but they can do the other work. So is it possible that Mr. Parkins and you can get together and see how we could help you? Director of Cerebral Palsy: I'll be glad to. Mayor Ferre: Thank you very much. 15. PERSONAL APPEARANCE - JFFF BLAIRMAN--METATHERAPY INSTITUTE: Mayor Ferre: Next speaker. Mr. Jeff Blairman: My name is Jeff Blairman, I am the executive director of Metatherapy Institute. The Institute is not one of those programs that was recommended for funding. Our Institute serves adolescents with emotional problems on a residential basis. We have approximately 48 youngsters in residence at any given time. Mayor Ferre: Where is your program? Mr. Blairman: The facility is located in Naranja. The clientele the City of Miami predmoinately, Latins, blacks, low-income whites. Mrs. Gordon: What is your program again? Mr. Blairmen: Metatherapy Institute. Mayor Ferre: Have you requested funds from the County? Mr. Blairman: Yes. We are a contract agancy of the county and of the state of Florida. We also have CETA positions through United Way. Mayor Ferre: Then what is the purpose of your request from the City? Mr. Blairman: The purpose of the request is to fund family counselors in order to bring the counseling to those families who will not come down to us. It is critical for the responsible functioning of a program like ours to insure that the families of the youngsters who are in residence also participate in counseling otherwise, if I may use an expression, we will be sending these youngsters back to the shark from which they came. come from Mrs. Gordon:Is that a drug program? Mr, Blairman: A portion of the funding is comprehensive drug, division of retardation through the state of Florida, Mayor Ferre: You serve 48 childre 4111 a portion is OCT 191976 aithant Yes. The median age is 11 or 14 years old. MAyot Terre: Mr. Parkins, you want to address youself to this? Mt. Parkins: Yes, sir, again, it is a brand new program. It would have a continued implied commitment for funding. They are receiving $182,200. from other sources. That works out to approximately to a cost per client of $3,795.00 currently. We added the additional $56,000. they are asking, we would leap to a cost per client of. almost $5,000. Mayor Ferre: Any further questions? Mr. Blairman: One more comment if I may. The program is a successor of a program that was in this community for 6 or 7 years, Operation Self -Help of Hialeah. The reason for this request, is that private sources raised for us the amount of money necessary for our move into a rural environment. There are no additional sums of money available from the county or United Way for this aspect of the program. Thank you. 16. PERSONAL APPEARANCE - EUFALA FRAZIER: Ms.Eufala rrazier: Mr. Mayor I am Eufala Frazier, director of Tenant Education Association of Miami. I would first like to say I appreciate the amount of money you recommended for us. However, I would like to request that the Commission would grant us more. Last year in mid of training, we had very severe set backs. We served more than 10 thousand people last year in a very high density area. And about mid year our entire office was vandalized and everything we had, had been donated to us, so we did not have funds to purchase any new equipment, even some of the supplies we had were taken from us. So we do not have enough money in this particular budget to even get secure, the place where we are, so we could work to serve the community. Mayor Ferre: Any other questions? We certainly have high regard for your program. Thank you. 17. COCONUT GROVE OPTIMIST CLUB: Unidentified person: I am from Coconut Grove Optimist Club, I am the secretary and treasurer, MR. Billy Rolle is president of Optimist Club. Last year we served over 1000 boys and girls in the Coconut Grove area. We are expanding our program to include a minature park. The will see the minature park on corner of Douglas and Grand Avenue. Also we are expanding our marching band. So we thank you very much for the funds you recommended for Coconut Grove Optimist and you know the additional funds we have, we raise our funds from poor people, so we have to raise nickels and dimes to raise the amount of money that we need in Coconut Grove. We expanded about 20 thousand dollars last year and we intend to expand our program this coming year. Thank you sir. Mayor Ferre: Any questions? Next. 18. MINORITY CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION: Mr. Jack : Mr. Mayor and Commission, I am Jack with Minority Contractors Association. We submitted a formal proposal for Revenue Sharing funds and we were informed by telephone, this proposal was turned down. We are asking for a reconsideration of that decision, primarily because of the fact that we are being required to revamp our whole operational procedure. We have a very limited budget from previous funding sources and we take note that we presented a budget to you that may allow us to get a little equity so we can finance our own operation in the future. We would like a reconsideration of decision. We were informed that the decision was based on the fact that there was no recommendation from target area groups. I would like to point out that our clients are predominately from the City of Miami area. They include black and Latin contractors, some small businessmen. We have a technical assistance program that we would like to see survive in the future. Mayor Ferre: Any questions? From staff, if you would make a response. Mr, Parkins: It is our opinion that this really belongs in the area of economic development. There was one other concern in that it is designed to ME OCT 191976 provide sale educational training and under the current guidelines for federal revenue sharing, education itself is not eligible. They teceived $154,000. froth federal revenue sharing sources, and we felt that at this time that was sufficient. Mr. Jack :Only one point, the sources of funding we have are some from the county, and also from the Department of Commerce, office of Minority Business Enterprise, and both funding sources are indicating certain changes. For example, our current contract with office of Minority Business Enterprise, is only for a duration of some seven months, and we are looking for some support from the City. I don't think we have had adequate support from the City in the past. Mayor Ferre: All right. Thank you. Next speaker? 19. PERSONAL APPEARANCE-RON SMITH, SUNRISE SCHOOL FOR THE RETARDED: wruff.xarevessmimb Mr. Ron Smith: Mr. Mayor, Commissioners, I am Ron Smith of the Sunrise School for the Retarded, formerly known as the Exceptional Children's School. Mayor Ferre: Where is Sunrise School for the Retarded? Mr. Smith: It is in Miami now. Mayor Ferre: In the City of Miami. Mr. Smith: Yes, N.W. 17th Street. We are formerly from the Homestead area but we moved up here on the 28th of July. That was because our school was nearly forced to close. Our buildings were condemned and Dade County gave us Parkway Children's Center fro a dollar a year. Mayor Ferre: Have you requested funding from Dade County? Mr. Smith: Yes we have. The help us with our operating budget. Mayor Ferre: They have funded you? How much? Mr. Smith: $49.000. Mayor Ferre: What is your total budget? Mr. Smith: Nearly a half million dollars. Mayor Ferre: Your request from the City is how much? Mr. Smith; $60,000. Mayor Ferre: And you are getting the rest of your funding from federal grants? Mr. Smith: Yes, and through the retardation program. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Parkins could you give us the logic of why this was denied? Mr. Parkins: Again without going through the new program etc, this is duplicating with Easter seals, and they propose to only serve one additional client for the 60 thousand dollars they were requesting. Mr. Smith: This isn't Easter seals. Mr. Parkins: I say it is duplicated with it, excuse me. And the request for additional information in order to complete the other sources form of their budget was not provided to us. Mr. Smith: I would like to say one thing, This isn't really a new program, except it is new in Miami. We have been serving clients from Miami for a number of years or our Homestead location, 43 OCT 191976 We're building a new school down there in two years and out request was for physical therapy and we are one of the few schools in the Miami area that serve the profoundly and severely retarded and our philosophy is that everyone has potential and our goal is to help each of our clients to reachtheir potential and without your help I'm afraid that we just won't be able to do it. We became an inter. - Mediate care facility for the mentally retarted, the first private school in the State of Florida to achieve that status and if you could reconsider, it would really be appreciative. Mayor Ferre: Alright, thank you very much. Are there further speakers at this time? 20. PERSONAL APPEARANCE - SHARON LIVINGSTON - HOPE SCHOOL: Ms. Sharon Livingston: Mr. Mayor, members of the Commission, I'm Sharon Livingston, Director of Social Services at Hope School. We submitted a request for the first time for this year for $15,000. Mayor Ferre: Where is the Hope School? Ms. Livingston: Hope School is at 666 S.W. 4th Street. The school has been there for 20 years, has operated as a residential facility for education of the mentally retarded students, children 3 i with no upper age limit. We requested funds in an attempt to provide some kind of recreational program for those residents at Hope School who are automatically residents of the City of Miami whose parents are are either non-existant or parents are in such a locality that they are not able to provide any kind of recreational activity. We were told by Mr. Parkins and his staff that we would be recommended on a priority basis for a C.E.T.A. position if that C.E.T.A. position were ever to become available. However, my only concern is that C.E.T.A. position is terrific and we appreciate it but we do need some money. We can't provide a recreational program if we can't take the children bowling, if we can't... Mayor Ferre: Tell us your budget. Ms. Livingston: Okay. We receive a $70,000 a year grant from Title 20 Federal funding and we receive $72,000 from the State, $5,900 from the County and $636,000 from tuition and fund raising activities. Mayor Ferre: $600,000 from tuition and fund raising and your total budget is how much? Ms. Livingston: $784,000. Mayor Ferre: And you're requesting how much from us? Ms. Livingston: $15,000. Mayor Ferre: $15,000 and the County gave you $5,900 and let me you this. How many children do you have in the whole school? Ms. Livingston: 100. 84 residents and 16 day students. ask Mayor Ferre; 100 and your budget is 784,000 and how many of those 100 live or are from families in the City of Miami? Ms. Livingston; I thought that question would arise. I can only approximate that I approximated it about 70% of the 84. Mayor Ferre; And you have Black children, Latin children, there iv no racial distinction or religious or.,. 44 OCT 191976 Ms LiVihqstoht P iVate 1`1o1 ..irofi Mayor Ferret Mr, Parkins, Mr, Parkins: This program, some of the figures differ frott what you just said. The total budget that we show comes up to $821,650 from other sources. My calculation indicates an increase in other funding over the year prior of almost 2% with a cost of client increase of almost 352% based upon a reduction in clients from 102 to 23 to be served. Ms. Livingston: The grant was written on the basis that those clients who would be served in the recreational program would be those clients who do not leave Hope School. Who, in fact, do not go home to their parents on weekends, do not have any other outside activity. Mayor Ferre: How high a rating did you give this program, Mr. Parkins? Mr. Parkins: It is on the, it did not receive a rating for the also qualified list. Mayor Ferre: Alright, are there further questions? • Ms. Livingston: Thank you. Mayor Ferre: Thank you for your patience. 21. PERSONAL APPEARANCE - REVEREND CARLOS ROMERO - NICKY CRUZ OUTREACH: Rev. Carlos Romero: Mr. Mayor, I am Reverend Carlos Romero, a Baptist Minister and I am representing Nicky Cruz Outreach. Mr. Daniel is the Chairman of this Board and I want to give you a very clear information about what we did last year. Last year we had 92 persons with a budget of $12,500 and we are working with different kinds of people. Mayor Ferre: what is your request for this year? Rev. Romero: We request $14,000. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Parkins, I notice that previously the Nicky Cruz Outreach Program was recommended for funding of $13,700 and now I notice that it's recommended for "0". Would you explain how and why this comes about. Mr. Parkins: Yes, that was an error in our own office where based upon the meetings that I had individually where any Commissioner who expressed some concern or felt that there was a particular program that deserved additional review, we did review it, I had entered it on the worksheet, it was picked up on those worksheets inadvertently, it had not been recommended by the task force group, it was recommended by the local task force, it was not recommended by the evaluation team. I can go into specifics on the reasons why if you would like. Mayor Ferre: what you're saying is, in your evaluation this was not recommended. Mr. Parkins: That's correct. Mayor Ferre; But then you did put it cart. Mr. Parkins; That was an error, yes, sir,' 45 - mv M▪ IRY OCT 191976 et Well it seems to me that that type of aft errof is dOi ia lye to an awful lot of Misunderstanding. Mr. parkins: I agree. Mayor Ferre: And I, you don't give people a little hope and theta all of a sudden cut it out like that unless you have some justifications for it and I think whatever reasons you have, you tell the Commission. :, parkins: Do you want me to go into detail? Mayor Ferre: If you want to, that's up to you but I think that you've recommended this program and now you've cut it out and I think you've got to tell us why this happens and what the justification of it is. Mr. Parkins: Okay. Particularly from the standpoint of the Little Havana task force who did recommend the funding, they pointed out that this was one of the few programs that addresses specifically cultural problems between parents and children. Mayor Ferre: So it was recommended by the Little Havana... Mr. Parkins: The Little Havana task force, that's where the confusion evolved. when we began to analyse the comparison of the program proposed this year vs. their performance last year, we found some definite inadequacies. As an example, they claimed they would provide 30 residential and 95 non-residential clients to be served last year. They indicated that the best they could do was 70 based upon their current proposal. client files did not really support any direct service except under minimum circumstances. One positive point this year was that they have accrued some additional professionals to assist in the program on a voluntary basis but again the basic recommendation was that it not be considered for funding this year. (INAUDIBLE) Rev. Romero: We have two offices. Mr. Reboso: Because we have here a letter of Reverend saying that the office is closed, 1401 S.W. 8th Street. Rev. Romero: Well that is a mistake and that is not true because we had been in touch with the owner of this office and the office that is open, we have two offices now. One in 3501 West Flagler street and 1401 S.W. 8 Street. The two offices are open and are operating. Mayor Ferre: I see that Reverend resigned on September 1st. Rev. Romero: Yes. Mayor Ferre: And who is now the vice -Chairman? Rev. Romero: The vice -Chairman is Mr. Antonio Rams. Mayor Ferre: And the operation is open and is functioning. Rev, Romero; Yes, sir. You have to be there to see how many people with different troubles comes to the offices and they are seeking different kinds of help. Homebreaking, school troubles, moral troubles, deliquent troubles and this Board is working hard in order to help those people who come to seek some kind of orientation. Mothers with day children... 46 OCT 1919/6 1 Mayor Petrel Alright, anything else? Any other questions? Thank you Very much, Nekt speaker, 22, PERSONAL APPEARANCE - SEREN KAJENE s CALO CENTER: Ms, Seren Kajene: My name is Seren Kajene and I'm from Calo Center, this is a group home for retarded young adults, for 51 adults, It's a residential facility and we had requested for a grant of $9,800 for -social work position and we... Mayor Ferre: How much was the request? Ms. Kajene: $9,800. Mayor Ferre: What is your total budget? Ms. Kajene: I don't have my figures. Mayor Ferre: Do you get any funding from anyone else? Ms. Kajene: From the State of Florida we have two buses. Mayor Ferre: You get State funding from the State of Florida. Mr. Parkins, do you want to address yourself to this. Mr. Parkins: Yes, sir. They receive $166,155 for mental health, $21,500 for a grand total of $187,655. This is incidentally a raise from last year by 45% in just other support. The major reason why this was not recommended is because it is not a non-profit organization. Mayor Ferre: Alright, is there anything else? Any other questions? Thank you very much. Are there further speakers at this time on Revenue Sharing? Mr. Plummer: Mr. Parkins, do I understand then that based upon your last comment that each and every one of these programs that you have recommended is non-profit? Mr. Parkins: Yes. 47 OCT 191976 23 . FUNDING OF WI CARE CENTERS -- F LscAL 1976-1977 Mayot Ferre: All right, Mt. Parkins, I had requested at the last tieeting on the Day Care Centers a breakdown of the sothething like 200 children that were being served - Mt. Parkins: 150. Mayor Ferre: 150 the breakdown of where these children lives Mr. Parkins: We have approximately 90% in the City and in a few tiotnents we have specifics - Mayor Ferre: Very good, any other questions? Mr. Plummer: Well let me ask this question. To your knowledge Mt. Parkins, is there a priority for the remaining 10%, of City people? In other words, does a city taxpayer have any priority or is there a waiting list with city people on it? Mr. Parkins: I am glad you prefaced that with "to my knowledge" because to my understanding, city residents would receive a prior consideration over anyone else. I could address that to Miss Chandler - Mr. Plummer: Well, I would like an answer. Miss Chandler? The question is, since 90% are city residents, that obviously leaves 10% who are not. Is a city resident given a priority over a non -city of Miami resident? Miss Chandler: Well in 1974, I checked our City Law Department and I asked the question, do we as an entity have the right to reject someone because they do not live in the City of Miami in the Day Care Program? It was stated that with Federal Revenue Sharing dollars, while they specifically go toward the City of Miami, they are still tax dollars, and as such, we cannot reject someone because they do not live in the City of Miami. However, as Mr. Parkins stated, 90 to 95% of our children do live in the City of Miami but we do accept those other children that do not live in the City. The waiting list is comprised probably of about 85% children who live in the City of Miami. Mr. Plummer: Well then I am at a loss because as I am aware, every city is a recipient of federal revenue dollars and they have the right to, as they see fit, based upon priorities, if they wanted to start their own day care center, they could, so I am at a loss to understand that kind of a ruling. Miss Chandler: That was from the Law Department. Mr. Plummer: Yes, but I don't understand how such a ruling could be made that we can't have a priority for city residents. I can understand if we had openings and there were people on a waiting list that it would be- sure, fine, fill up the classrooms. Miss Chandler: I got a formal opinion, from the city attorney. She did follow it in writing. Mr. Plummer: Well I would like to see a copy of that because it just seems like to me with the city receiving revenue dollars and they having the right- if they thought day care was high, they could start their own: I would be opposed to such, understand me because I think it would be a duplication of administration. Miss Chandler: So I don't leave you with the impression that we are rejecting city residents for day care, we are rejecting city residents and accepting people outside the city limits - that is not the case, However, as stated, we cannot simply just reject someone not living in the City of Miami, strictly on the basis that they are non residents. Flutter: Miss Chandler, I understand you and you understand the. disagree. t think home folks cote first and then if we have sotie left over, we will take care of the rest but I think that as long as there is one person from the City of Miami that has requested that kind of service, and they ate put on a waiting list with 10% of non - city residents, I think its wrong. I think that thing should be Prioritized to city of miami residents. Thats my opinion. Mayor Ferre: Miss Chandler, I will tell you my problem and I have expressed it before, you have heard me express this opinion before. There are so many people that have so many needs, in this community, that I just got to question how we can spend $2,500 per child and out of a total of 11]/2 million dollars, spend $300,000 to take care of 150 children? Its a philosophical problem that I have and I wish you would answer and try to satisfy that problem that I have. What I am saving is, we have 350,000 citizens, many of them who have very serious needs. How can we justify spending $2,500 per child for 150 children? Miss Chandler: Mr. Mayor and Commissioners, I will try to philosophize as well as give you information on what your concern. The City of Miami allocated $500,000 to operate 3-Model Day Care Centers. I think the term "model" here is very important in that it was set up to realize what is quality child care? Quality child care is based on many things. There are several entities, oneof them being parent involvement, one of them being component that works with the child as well as the family in counseling. It also involves having staff members that have had training and knowledge in early childhood child care to work with the child. We are taking children from 2 1/2 thru 5. This is a very important time of their life. Another thing that I think is very unique about the City. It allows for children from all socio-economic levels to come together in a day care center, which is the first time, under any kind of federal subsidy, that children from all socio =economic levels could have the same kind of services. If that is the case, I think that you would have to look at the City of Miami structure in terms of pay rates. 85% of the budget is in personnel and that is based on the fact that the City of Miami Day Care is under the Civil Service structure which states that a minimum in 1974 was $3.66 of which we could pay a teachers aide. I had projected that it would be lower but due to the fact that we were under the civil service structure, we have to be in compliance with Civil Service Rules and Regulations. We are up high in terms of personnel. We are very specific when it comes to contractual services, commodities etc. This year the City of Miami operated on a total budget of $300,000 from Federal Revenue Sharing. I think if you divide $300,000, into a base of 150, it will come to about $2,000 per child. I think the City of Miami also needs to realize that the Day Care Program with its model content, has received national attention. Mayor Ferre: I don't care about national attention. Mrs. Gordon: What about the $65,000 that is in the trust fund of fees that were paid by parents, would you touch on that please? Miss Chandler: All right, we have about $60,000 in fees. We have $45,000 from a state grant. We have a source of about $25,000 USDA plus about $14,000 from salaries through rate of attrition. I think if you total that, it will come to about $160,000. What you are talking about in the cost to the City of Miami, Day Care, is about $2,000. I also have here a letter from the Day Care Council of America which states that child care ranges from $2,200 to $3,200 anywhere in the country. This again, I think you must realize that the City of Miami cost of living is high, so therefore, our child care is high. If we.iwere living probably in some other place it would be commensurate with the area. Do I answer your questions Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre: Not really, I am sorry, perhaps because it is a very difficult question to answer but the problem that I really have is that I cannot, in my conscience, vote for the expenditure of $2,500 or whatever because it is $2,000 from the Clty and you get other sources so that average per child is well in excess of $2,500. I just cannot, with the needs of this community, see how we can single 49 OCT 191976 5children and spend these kind of sums, ",1 think its a great ragratn, 1 think its good but its a question of priorities and 1 just cannot, with people going hungry around here, and the social problems to have, 1 cannot Vote to favor those 150 kids, I am sorry, Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, may I speak to your philosophizing? How Much is a child worth? Mayor Ferre: Millions and millions and trillions of dollars because 1 life does not have, whether its a child or an older person, human beings do not have dollar figures on them Mrs. Gordon and I don't think anybody can really as that kind of a question seriously. Thats like saying, how much is any human being worth? I don't know how much a human being is worth. There is no price for a human life. The question is, how much money can this City afford, can we afford to subsidize $2,500? My God, there are children going to school here that don't pay that much. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, would you allow me the privilege please of speaking, thank you. I am not going to philosophize, I am just going to give you statistical information and when we talk about a child and I asked that question and you wouldn't let me finish the sentence, the sentence said, the balance of the sentence is, that the kind of training that the child receives between 2 1/2 years and 5 years prior to going to school is extremely important in what they will become when they become adults and we have the opportunity to shape the lives of 150 children. Mayor Ferre: Why limit it to 150? Lets do it with 5000 kids. Mrs. Gordon: Because this City of Miami is willing to put 15 million dollars, we have $15,900,000 of federal revenue sharing and we are willing to put only 1 million 570,000 into social services. Where is the rest of the money going? Mayor Ferre: I am not arguing about - listen I will tell you what. I will vote with you right now to eliminate the Fire Department and the Police Department and lets spend all of our money in having every child and giving him $2,500 to have these kind of services, but why are we going to pick 150 kids out of a communipy of 350,000 people to spend $2,500 per child - why? Mrs. Gordon: Why do we pick any people in any programs and why do we fund just those programs and just those people? There isn't a program that you have on this whole list that is servicing everybody in the City of Miami but you are servicing a unique population. I want to say that we are servicing these particular children because those children are in need of day care. Why are they in need of day care? All of them, almost all of their parents are working parents. Some of them have only 1 parent and they have no other place to put this child. Now if they put the child in a non -quality care center, sure the child will survive and live. The Mayor walked out, that's okay, it is a sore subject with him as all of you must understand. He doesn't like this program. He never has. He has put up with me and you for 3 years because we wanted this to be a living thing to grow and become bigger and better each year. That this City could take recognition for this kind of social program which services all of the population. That the children of spanish heritage and the children of black heritage could play together. Where do you find this? Where do you have an opportunity for little kids to be together on this level - where? Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, may I inquire? Miss Chandler, how many employees are in the Day Care Center? Total? Miss Chandler: Total - 45. Mr, Plummer: 0ut of the 45, how many civil service and how many CETA? Mess Chandler: 0ut of the 45, all of our 45 are civil service in that it is the source of our support, funding from revenue sharing, 50 O C T 19197 6 Wecid have ern positions, however I do think that when one donsidets the teat of the soup, you take it out, you have nothing but liquid. in our progtam , those CETA programs, CETA petgtnnel ate not a great pact of the program. We could function without the CETA positions. Mr. Plummer: Are they above the 45? Miss Chandler: No they are not. Mr. Plummer: In other words, how ttany of them ate CtTA aril hots Many of them are civil service? Miss Chandler: There are only 8 CETA positions. Mr. Parkins: There are 12 altogether. 7 CETA and 5 career develhpment interns who only work 20 hours per week. Miss Chandler: Those CETA positions in terms of manpower only 8. Mr. Plummer: How many regular employees are there? Miss Chandler: We have 31. Mr. Plummer: 31 - that would equate itself to about 1 employee to every 3 students. Miss Chandler: No, that is not correct. Those employees are 6 hours, they are not full time, the center is open 11 hours. About 2,800 hours per year, so therefore it averages about 1 to 9. Mr. Plummer: What would the average teacher for the day care if you call them teachers, what would be the average pay? Miss Chandler: Again, that varies on civil service because you have full time 40 hours civil service staff making about $12,000. You have others on an hourly rate, I could give you those figures. We have 3 supervisors. 1 at==$13,000 and 2 at $12,000. We have a custodian, civil service at $8,000. We have, teachers at $4,438. We have teachers aides at $5,000and we have teacher assistants at $7,000. Mr. Plummer: The average then should be somewhere about what? Miss Chandler: I would say between $8,500 and $9,000. Mr. Plummer: Now let me ask this question. My problem has always been and you are well aware, the fact if I send my child to a private school, I elect to do such and I pay roughly $1,650 a year. I think it is considered a pretty good school, St. Stephens in Coconut Grove. I think that even though I gripe, that it is a lot of money, I think its money well spent. Now I guess really my question has to be to Mr. Grassie. Mr. Grassie, if I can send my child to a private school for $1,650, and we are paying roughly $2,600 per child in a municipal operated type of schooling, why don't we turn to the outside and try to let them do it for us at $1,000 less per child? Obviously, they are doing something that we are not doing. Mayor Ferre: What he is talking about is this. Lets appropriate $300,000 and then let the families that are in need of funding, come before a special board and find out the specific need and then let them go to the private sector if they can do it cheaper and the point is and I agree with Plummer philosophically, I don't see how we can spend $300,000 for 150 children. With the needs that we have in this community, now, I will appropriate $300,000 for the need of children but I don't think that the community should - I think they ought to have 500 kids in that program - not 150. Mr. Parkins: Mr. Mayor, I think it might be important. Dr. Crown is here from the Day Care Advisory Committee and we have had some discussions about quality of service that I think she would like to address. Asof 51 OCT 191976 Mayof Ferte: Doctot, convince the doctor, I want td be con ►inted, 1r, Crown: 1 shall try, 1 am sorry you didn't joint us in Washington. Mt, Plummer, let me speak first to your point. Your child goes to a program which costs $1,600 a year. My assumption is,- that your child goes approximately 8:30 to 12 o'Clock. Mr. Plummer: No, you are totally wrong. My child goes from 8 O'Clock in the morning until 4:30 in the afternoon and she is picked up and delivered. Plus the fact, if I may expotind on the same subject, and Rose just asked me and I forgot to bring that out and I think its more vivid .example. I have 2 children, thank God. One is in St. Stephens School and that one I pay $1,650 a. year for but I also have the little baby 3 years and I pay $1,200 a year. Mrs. Gordon: Does she go all year around? Answer that with the rest of your statement. Mr. Plummer: With the younger child, I pay, $1,200 per year and she goes at 8 o"Clock or 8:30 in the morning until 4:30 in the afternoon and they pick her up and deliver her. To answer Rose's question - no. She goes 9 months and for the addit- ional summer vacation, I pay $400. That includes swimming, lunches, pickup and delivery which then for a 12 month program would come out somewhere right in the neighborhood of $1,500. Dr. Crown: I don't question the quality of St. Stephens, I would like to know - with the facility paid for, they are actually meeting their expenditures? Mr. Plummer: I can't answer that, I have never been into their books and neither can you dispute it. Dr. Crown: No I would not, but I think to throw out the amount you are paying and then question, why is the City not producing the same thing for the same amount of money is mixing peas and potatoes. As we have gone through the various budget hearings, the thing that is so pointed is that programs are funded for the exceptional person within the community. The retarded, the severely disturbed. How about the population which is going to grow 'up and be a normal part of our community which will finish school, which will be employed, which will pay taxes? The children that are in these Day Care Centers have parents who are able to work and as such, pay some taxes. Mr. Plummer: I don't disagree with you and its been said many times and please make it very clear to you as I have in the past when people wanted to change my words around. I think Day Care is fantastic programs. I would like to keep Day Care within the City of Miami. My problem is very simple. I think that we have got to find a way, in the same way we are going to have to tighten belts with the rest of the funding of this City, I think we have got to find a way to reduce the cost and supply more children. Now that is very simple and to expound on the other point very simply, the other school is not church associated. It is totally private and I don't they are there for charity. They are there to make a living and a profit which they are entitled to and they obviously make profit off of $1,500. I just say to you that I want to see Day Care stay in this Revenue, I think it belongs there, I think that it is a good program but I think the cost is projibitive. I would love to see it brought down to a cost of $1,500 and expanded to more children. I don't want to cut a dollar. I don't want to cut a dollar. OCT 191976 Jr Crown. t think if you will go back over some of the discusgion, we have held up out recommendations for expansion until we could get the figures clarified, There ate monies which exist which have not been available for use within the program. Until that is clarified, we ate not comfortable as the Advisory Group to recommend going ahead. We are quite aware that we can expand to 2 or 3 or 4 additional programs without any additional administrative overhead. This has got to bring the cost down. There is no question about this. We do not feel it is fiscally sound to go ahead with these recommend- ations until we have full clarification from budget. I think the other issue is, if the City is going to expend taxpayers money, then I think that the taxpayers have a right to expect quality service for the children that are in the program. I quite agree, it would be nice if we could serve every single child but we don't have those funds anywhere in the country. Children are terribly expensive and they don't vote while you are in office. Mayor Ferre: I have done a lot of things recently, that a lot of people have threatened me, with votes. I am going to tell you something. That doesn't scare me a bit because I am going to do my job as I see it and if you want to organize every single voter to vote against me, thats all right but as long as I am in this office, don't you come here implying directly or indirectly about voters and that we are motivated by voters because I am going to do, I am going to vote my conscience and I am going to do what I feel is right and I don't care what. The voters have an opportunity every 2 years. Dr. Crown: I think that is very honorable and I think that you misconstrued. I think that one of the reasons that we had been very Mayor Ferre: Yes but when you mention voters - Dr. Crown: I think that one of the reasons that childrens programs have been so overlooked is that they are very expensive. There isn't a childs program in existence that is not expensive and children basically at this point are non -productive. They don't produce tax dollars because they don't earn. Its only when they reach 18 to 21 that they start becoming productive and the question is, are they going to be productive, healthy human beings or are we going to keep them locked up in jails and mental institutes? Mrs. Gordon: I would like to say something that is most important that the people sitting here today might understand. If we had to pay for the expertise that this advisory committee consists of, we could never afford to run any kind of program. Dr. Crown, would you introduce the members of the Advisory Committee that are here today. Dr. Crown: Dr. Alma David of the University of Miami. Mrs. Gordon: And these are volunteers. Not a penny, not a nickel is being paid in any way shapeor form for their services. Dr. Crown: Helen Weinstock who for years has been responsible for the childrens program at the "Y" and the other members have attended regularly, faithfully and are committed to helping provide quality services for the children. Mr. Plummer: They are to be commended. Mr. Grassie, I would like to ask of you Sir. Have you heard all the conversation? Let's hear a little wisdom. OCT 191976 lAts, dordunt Mt. 'Parkins had his hand up asking you to iet hi say a8tething. Was there something you wanted to say Bob? Mr, Parkins: I might mention that the Day Care Program has been in the office of Community Affairs only since July and Miss Chandler and I have been addressing areas where we were looking for cost savings to improve the efficiency without affecting the effectiveness of the program. It's important that you consider when you are talking about cost per client that you look at pure costs and not revenues related to that. For example, based only on payroll register and the actual expenditure on commodities, deducting the return that we receive from food reimb- ursement, we have an effected true cost of about $1,884 per client. Now, admittedly you have some pass thru dollars like the CETA positions. I can give you the dollar figures if you like. Mr. Plummer: Would you say that again. Mr. Parkins: All right, the personnel civil service costs directly from the payroll register is $236,29t. Mr. Plummer: What happened to the figure of $285,120 developed by you? Mr. Parkins: You are going a little bit further ahead of me. I would say one of the problems we have had is tying down specifically where everything is in this program and I indicated we were having an Operations Analysis Team to view the entire program. They have made some recommendations, preliminarily. I anticipate you will see some savings, and I again remind you that this has only been with us since July. Mr. Plummer: What happened to the figure that you gave me just today of $362,941? MR. Parkins: That is the total cost including the CETA positions added in. Mr. Plummer: So that is the total cost of the program, is that correct? Mrs. Gordon: The total cost, but not to the City, Bob? Mr. Parkins: That is correct. Mr. Plummer: The total cost of the program it is costing per child. $2,419.60. Is that a fair statement Mr. Parkins? Mr. Parkins: THat is fair when you add in the CETA positions and the return for food reimbursement. Mr. Plummer: The total cost per child equates itself to $2,419.60. Is that a fair statement? Mr. Parkins: If you build in the CETA participants in that process, yes. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Parkins, for the 3rd time. Mayor Ferre: He said yes. Mr, Plummer: A simple little yes, thank you. Mrs. Gordon: Could I have Maria Hernandez, the Trustee of the Miami - Dade Community College to stand and Maria Allen of the Division of Youth Services, both these ladies are on the Advisory Committee and have put in countless hours in helping us with the program. Mayor Ferre: Obviously, this is a program that has been very carefully thought out, It has the highest calibre of professionalism. 54 OCT 19197E NET- to a tka t ly fiWilt Ferret There is no questioh About that, Nobody id questioning that. Nobody really questions the need, i think what we are really questioning is the priority of the dollars that are being used for a program which services 150 citizens versus the tremendous needs we have for other programs. That is the only thing. Mr. Plummer: I have asked Mr. Grassie to speak. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie? Mr. Grassie: I believe that what Commissioner Plummer asked for Mr. Mayor was a staff position or staff summary based on the discussion that the City Commission has had so far. My impression of what you are saying is that you feel that the program should continue to be funded and that at the approximate $300,000 level, I think Commissioner Plummer said that and second I gather very clearly that you are saying that we need to become more effective in terms of providing more service to more people with same amount of money. I think it is fair that you put that charge on us and all I can say is that we are going to have to report to you and I assume, reasonably soon, as to how we are going to do better in terms of providing more service to more people with the same amount of money. Mr. Plummer: And how do we do that Mr. Grassie? Mrs. Gordon: I have an answer. Robbie has an answer too. Mr. Plummer: Rose, I have asked Mr. Grassie to speak and I would like him to finish. Mr. Grassie: I have had an opportunity Commissioner to have only preliminary kind of contact with the program. My first impression is that with the staff that we have, we ought to be able to service a significant number of more children. A larger number of children with the same basic expenditure. Now, that needs to be demonstrated but that is my first impression and that obviously would cut down on our unit cost, our cost per child. Mr. Plummer: For example, if we the Commission allocate the $303,000 which is stipulated here, I have no problem there. We then put the stipulation on you, the Manager to increase that program to more children. Mr. Grassie: I guess in your position, what I would do is require that within 60 days, we come to you with an analysis that lays to rest once and for all what the actual per child cost is because apparently we have 3 or 4 different ideas about that at this point. Second, to provide you with a plan for what is to happen for the rest of the year. If that is satisfactory, then you will continue. If it is not satisfactory, presumably, we can discontinue the program. Mayor Ferre: All right, Doctor? Dr. David: I am Alma David and I am on the Task Force too and I am a little bit uncomfortable with the figures of 150 citizens being served by this program. We are looking at the children. They are the primary citizens being talked about but when you multiply the parents that are able to work because their children are in this program and you multiply that by the employers who can have the services of those parents who work for them and when you think about the older children, who are not kept out of school to take care of their younger children, then your money is going much further than when you are talking about 150 children. I just would like to have the Commission and the audience look at it from the standpoint that we are not just talking about 150 children, We are talking about all of the lives that are affected by the services given to these 150 children. 55 OCT 191976 tc� iit terns of increasing the number of children. No one would like to do that better than I because the need is,great, however there are laws that set up the regulations that say how many children pet adult and so we can't just stand here today and say that we will multiply this program - X number of children until we pay attention to the guidelines that are given to us to go by and those guidelines are very logical. Florida was the 50th state in the United States to pass statewide regulation in terms of Day Care Centers and so since we have finally joined the nation in this, we can't go back on that and not pay attention to the rules and regulations set up by the State and by the Federal Government. Mayor Ferre: Dr. David, let me tell you my problem again. We live in a state where there is 8 1/2 million people and the average income per capita in this state is around $6,000. Now, you are asking this Commission to fund $2,500 per child and therefore because of that, we can only serve 150 children, 90% of which live in the City of Miami. Now the problem with all of this, is the City of Miami has a 40% poverty level. You know that 40% of the people of Miami are classified as poverty. We have people that are not eating a hot meal in this community. We have all kinds of social problems. I am not questioning the tremendous need. I think we have horrible needs in this country. It is inconceivable to me how there could be 28 million Americans that are classified as living in poverty. I can't understand that. I can't understand how we can live in the most powerful, wealthy country in the history of mankind and have 28 million people classified as poverty. I can't understand how we could have 8 million people unemployed. It is just beyond my comprehension of how the government can permit something like this to happen. I can give you arguments of a hundred things that I don't like, that I don't understand or accept. The question is, what do we use our monies for? Dr. David: Mayor Ferre, would you and the Commission feel more comfortable if we turned away the children who are paying the top tuition and took in all children who are not able to pay at all? Would you feel more comfortable with this program that way? Mayor Ferre: Well let me ask you this. Do you have people thatpay the full fare, the $2,400? That's wonderful - congratulations to you. If you have people paying $2,400 per child? Dr. David: I don't have the figures in front of me but of the people who pay tuition, would you prefer that we had all children who cannot pay? If so, then we would have an astronomical budget. Mayor Ferre: Oh no. I think that's wonderful. If you can get people to pay $2,400 and if they can afford it, that's terrific and I think thats great. How many do you have that are paying the full amount? Miss Chandler: We have no one paying the full 2 thousand but we have parents paying $39 or $40 per week. Rev. Gibson: May I ask this question? You have heard what has been said. At least you know that one thing rings loud and clear. We are concerned about the cost per student. It would be reasonable to assume that having heard that, your committee and the Manager could go back and see if this number cannot be increased and yet not do harm to the service. I would hate to say, increase numbers, if that was the only object. I would rather say to you, you heard about the cost per child. Isn't it possible that you the educators who are concerned about quality can also couple with quantity; I don't want the Manager to be the educator because I am not eta sure that when I voted for him, I voted for him because he was an educator, 56 OCT 191976 r t WM t to cdfipdufd this prnblent. syea.' Petre: I would like to recomtnet d theta Fattier Gibson because we must (hove along. t would like to recommend members of the Commission that we fund the $300,000 and that we put it in the hands of the administration to tome back with na report within the next 30 days as to how he is going to recommend to improve the efficiency factor and the service. I am not and I will say it again and again. I will not vote for the expenditure of $2,400 per child to spend $300,000 when we have the tremendous needs that we have in the community but I will spend and I will vote for the funding of the $300,000 and put the burden on the Manager to come back and justify it to us. Dr. David: We'll have to see what we can do. Rev. Gibson : I would go for that providing,coupled with that are these professionals. I am getting scared of just saying to the Manager, I would go for a motion that intends to put those people together, you know. They know that the Manager holds the purse strings but it is also true that the Manager has to get a play from them. This is good education and I think these people are going to come back with some reasonable understandings and I will move that motion. Mrs. Gordon: Repeat that motion. Rev. Gibson: The motion is that we fund the program to that $300,000- Mr. Plummer: $303- Rev. Gibson: $303,000 - and that the Manager and- Mayor Ferre: It's $300,000. Rev. Gibson: Well whatever the figure is, we aren't going to argue about that. That the Manager and the Advisory Committee and I take it that it is the professional committee to work together and come back in 30 days and see whether there can be a meeting of the minds of our concern. Mrs. Gordon: I have to ask you a question because I think that it is not a bad business policy to do what you are doing but I would like you to do this with each program that we are going to fund because I think that we ought to know, from the Manager and also from the group to justify their expenses on the same basis. Mr. Plummer: I wholeheartedly concur. Rev. Gibson: I agree. Mr. Plummer: Father, let me interject one point here and I don't want to dictate to the Commission but I want to make my feelings known. I feel that this cost per factor has got to come down to $1500. Based upon that, I am looking that this program will be increased no less than 50 children. That $1500 into $300,000 is 200 kids so I am giving input for one that in 30 days if the recomm- endation does not come near that number - Mrs. Gordon: $1500 J.L.? You may as say right now that you don't want to fund the program and thats it. It is impossible. Rev. Gibson: J. L., the danger of doing it that way is frankly, you wouldn't need the committee. I would suggest that we have told the committee and the Manager how we feel and how we think about this project. I would rather say to them, look, you are good stewards and deal with the problem. 7 OCT 19197E) rir titter t` I will withdraw that but I want the latitude of the Manager to be able to look at the private sector to put it otit passibly as one of his checking into this program that there is a possibility that it might be put out to the private sector of already existing programs. T want that latitude to be givetl. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Plummer, I would suggest that we not try to be tailors, carpenters or whatever we are not and leave the professionals to handle the professional job of educating. Mr. Plummer: What you are saying, is give them the full latitude? I agree Mrs. Gordon: Yes, and let them take this program and let them do the most that is possible with it. Don't put them on a 30 day probationary period because that is exactly what we are doing. We don't want to probation this program. This program has been in existence for 3 years and it is a good program. Its the best program so that the Nations Cities of the United States wrote about it. If it was a bad program, would they write about it? Would they send the Mudd Foundation down to take pictures of it so they can tell the rest of the world what we are doing? Let's face it, we are unique. We are a very good city that we are able to recognize what we could do with arevenue hshae ring aaand uother people don't care. Other cities p nd. You know that and I know that. At least we saved a million five out of 15 million. That's something too. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I suggest again. These are professional people, they heard what we said and I would hope that you would give them some latitude for the Manager and the staff to come back certainly, you ought to be able to look into this matter and not have a definite answer within 30 days. I would hate to think that you could do it in 30 days but at least you ought to report back and say to us, these are the things we have looked into and these are some possibilities but we don't have the answers yet. Mayor Ferre: Father, I have got to leave. You have a motion, is there a second? Mr. Plummer: I seconded the motion. Mayor Ferre: Further discussion, ? Mrs. Gordon: The motion for clarification is to fund the program For $303,000? Mayor Ferre: $300,000. Mrs. Gordon: $300,000 - and its not a provisionary funding is it? Mayor Ferre: No, it is a provisionary funding because the Manager is coming back within a month with his recommendations which we will then implement and vote and the thrust of the motion is to reduce the expense from $2400 down to whatever the Manager says is going to be reasonable. That is the thrust of the motion. Mrs. Gordon: I don't understand this motion. Mayor Ferre: The purpose is that this Commission does not with the expenditure of $2,400 for 150 children. Mrs. Gordon: We are not, its costing us $1,800 per child and not $2,400. I don't want this in the motion. I hope to God its not in the Motion. The motion is simply to fund the .program and have the Manager work with the committee improving the program, is that correct? Mayor Ferre; That's not the motion I heard. Mr, Plummer: work with the Manager. Mrs. Gordon: Exactly, well the committee will work with the Manager 58 I want it the other way around, that the committee will OCT 191976 in improving the program, correct? All right? Okay, is that the tatif5h4 then I understand the motion, okay? Mr. Plummer: I want that pro children of the City of Miami left over, then we can hilow Starts at home. Now I realiz law opinion but I want that t I just cannot believe with al sharing - Mayor Ferre: make it part You made the gram to first and foremost serve the and then if there is any vacancies somebody else but by God, charity e that he said there is an existing hing researched Mr. Manager because 1 cities receiving federal revenue You come back with that recommendation, you want to of the motion? second on this. Further discussion, call the roll. Mrs. Gordon: I take it as part of the motion and vote on it as a part of the motion providing its legal. Mayor Ferre: All he is asking for is a report Mrs. Gordon. Further discussion, call the=fo11. Mr. Ongie, City Clerk: Rev. Gibson: Yes. Mr. Ongie: Mrs. Gordon? Mrs. Gordon: YEs. Mr. Ongie: Mr. Plummer? Mr. Plummer: Yes. Mr. Ongie: Mr. Reboso? Mr. Reboso: Yes. Mr. Ongie: Mayor Ferre? Mayor Ferre: I vote yes. The aforesaid motion was designated Motion No. 76-941. Reverend Gibson? 24. PERSONAL APPEARANCE - JACK YANKS - RE: MILLAGE RATE: Mr. Jack Yanks Mr. Mayor and City Commissioners, my name is Jack Yanks. I'm a resident of the City and have been a resident since 1940, that's 36 years. I have lived in the City of Miami and I have paid taxes here and the reason why I came out today and I want to compliment the Commission for being so underpaid to devote their time to these hearings. The reason why I came out was because there appeared a notice in the paper that the City is proposing to increase the taxes by 8% and as being a taxpayer and owning property, I think next year I'll come back here and apply for a grant or subsidies from the City to pay my taxes on my properties I own. To give you an example, 10 years ago on my house, which I've lived in for over 10 years, my taxes were less than $200 a year. They were like $96 a year and in 10 years they have gone to $800 a year. Now the City is increasing taxes and I'm asking the City Commissioners today to instead of increasing taxes, why don't we get rid of some of our fat that we have. We get most of our taxes, $46,000,000 out of your $76,000,000 unrestricted revenue from the City, directly from businesses and real estate taxes. I have gotten a book which was given out today which is an estimated budget and looking at the first sheet, number 1 and 2 is you get $46,000,000 from real estate taxes. The next item is that you're showing that you've dropped your millage rates from 59 down from 20 Mills down to 10. something on the millage rate but one thing that you're not telling the City taxpayers is that the land increase has gone on the average house from $10,000 in 1960 to $35,000 this year. You're really not giving any decrease OCT 191976 tdres you're adding taxes to it. The next item is that you're 1htl the burden on the business people of this community. I'm not i.king about the homeowners, I'm talking about the business people. have increased the police reports, you're increasing your police reports, if somebody wants a police report, by $200,000. You've cut your tennis, that people who want to play tennis, let them have a tennis court so you've taken it and cut it down from last year from $04,000 down to $16,000 this year. Your incinerator fees, who are public companies that are probably using these fees and paying for them and they're charging me garbage pick up and they're increasing their rates every day, why do they decrease the income from the incinerator fees from $286,000 down to $39,000. Mayor Ferre: You live in the City of Miami? Mr. Yanks: Me? I sure do, for 36 years. Mayor Ferre: And you pay garbage pick up fees? Mr. Yanks: I pay to the City taxes, I do not pay a garbage pick up fee but on my commercial pieces of property, I've got to use an independent company to come by and pick it up because the City does not have a commercial pick up service. They'll pick up one garbage can for every apartment. If I want to put 40 garbage cans out there or if I have a warehouse, they'll put three garbage cans out there and that's it and the service that I get on the commercial property is something that is not the best. The questions that I have here is that you're increasing property taxes but you're doing nothing to cut the excess spending. All morning you were debating should you give out about $1,000,000 to the needy and the poor. I say give it out to them, that's nothing but we've got over $20,000,000 that's going into the Police Department and I read in the newspaper that we have police officers that are doing secretarial jobs. This I take exception to. Why don't they hire clerks to take care of the secre- tarial jobs. We have a $20,000,000 City budget and when I have to pick up the phone at night time and I have some prowlers around my house and I try to get through to the Police Department and I call the operator and the phone rings for 5 or 10 minutes before someone answers it, I take exception to that and if anyone thinks I'm kidding, let them call abcut 1 or 2:00 in the morning, call the operator, ask her to get the emergency number and the phone will ring for at least 5 minutes before someone will answer it. We have $12,000,000 in the Fire Department. We have good facilities but can't we cut out some of the fat there before you raise the taxes on the property owners? Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: I want to thank you for your patience because you sat here for four hours to make your statement and the questions that you asked are valid questions and these are things that we've been talking about for the last three months and I want to tell you that I think you won't have any arguments from anybody in this Commission on the basic thrust on what you're saying. The problem is that we have a new Manager here and he just got here and this is his budget and he takes responsibility for it. I would hope that by next year, and I hate to put it to you this way, but the Commission is really bound because this is a part-time job and it is not a paying, it doesn't pay very much and most people on this Commission take it really as a civic service and we don't have the staff or the knowledge or the ability to really go through this budget and find out what it's all about. That's an unfortunate circumstance. The way the system is supposed to work is that we're supposed to have a Manager that's supposed to have all these questions answered for us. We can't hold this Manager accountable at this time because he is new. 1 would a 60 OCT 191976= rtainly hope that by next year, budget time, that this Manager is ,ding to come with substantial reductions in the operation of the pity of Miami without decreasing the efficiency. Now I don't know what else to tell you except that I'm sorry. Mr. Yanks: Mr. Mayor, I, as a taxpayer, run a company in this town. 1 have a problem keeping people when they can say that they can go to work for the City of Miami as an Engineer and make $42,500 a year. l respect the City Manager for dismissing two of his assistants that don't have any background in management affairs that were Civil engineers which I have working for me that don't get paid 15 - $18,003 a year and they're working for the City at $42,000 a year. The City Commissioners get paid less than $5,000 a year for the work that you're doing, you're businessmen. You run the City. I take exception when I hear down in Civil Service that some people are making $12,000 a year and we've got Inspectors that are making $15,000 a year. Out in general business, these people don't make that kind of money and they don't get the fringe benefits that the City offers to them. I might as well say the hell with my business and come to work for the City as an Inspector or as an Assistant Manager getting $42,000 a year. Mayor Ferre: You've got a valid point and these are things that the Manager has now got to address and hopefully by the next budget year we will be able to have some better answers for you. Mr. Yanks: One other thing, Mr. Mayor. I was impressed today by Mr. Parkins over here with all the questions that you threw at him. He had his facts and figures exact and together. If we can get somebody who can analyze every budget and cut the fat out of every department, I think the taxpayers and the voters would be alot happier if we can come back next year and have a... Mayor Ferre: Right on and you've got my word that that's exactly what's going to happen and I want, and Mr. Grassie, that's what you're going to be doing. Mr. Yanks: Excuse me, Mr. Mayor, one other thing, sir. I'm a builder. I built a building 7 years ago and when I went to pick up my building permit, they valued the building at $13 a square foot and that's what goes on a tax , $13 a square foot. I just took out a new building permit to build an apartment building here in the City of Miami. I'm not talking about the County, I'm talking about in the City and they valued the building at $26 a square foot. I'm putting up a 40 unit apartment building and the City came out to value of $1,600,000. The MI appraisal in a bank is only loaning me $600,000 and they're going to charge me taxes on $1,600,000 to build in this City. Mr. Plummer: How many units are you building? Mr. Yanks: 40 units, sir. Mr. Plummer: And how much is the total cost? Mr. Yanks: The total cost to build it is going to be about $550.000. The Bank is only giving me $600,000... Mr. Plummer; What does that equate, sir, per unit? Mr. Yanks: Per unit, I'm figuring $15,000 per unit. The $30,000 a unit. Mr. Plummer; Is that one bedroom, two bedroom.,, 61 OCT 111916 "ahks: brie bedroom, two bedroom... Mr. Mlutmer: bid that include land costs, sir? Mayor Ferre: We're trying to figure out what the cost per uni Mr, yanks; The cost of unit is what the City is saying... Mr, Plummer: No, what does it actually cost you, sir? Mr, Yanks: What is it actually costing me? Stan is saying? $52,000 a unit. Mr. Yanks: I'll tell you where the problem is, sir. This is my business. It's because the same thing that happened to this Day Care Center, she says we have to, by law, pay a minimum scale to the Civil Service employees. I am building. I use my men, my carpenters get paid to do carpenter work, to put the steel in, they pour the concrete. They get a full 40 hours a week in. They don't lose any time but being under the Davis -Baking Act, you cannot use a carpenter to put the steel into the concrete, you cannot use the carpenter to finish concrete. You've got a Laborer do one thing, push a broom and he gets paid $7 an hour. Mr. Plummer: And you can build one or two bedrooms for About $14,000 a snit, Mr. Plummer: Mr. Crumpton. Where is Crumpton? You hear what that Because we're building some, sir, and it's costing that can only about $14,000. Mr. Yanks: With two elevators in the building, a high-rise building. Mr. Plummer: And that is including land cost. Mr. Yanks: No, sir, the land cost is not included in the construction. The land cost comes out to $3,000 a unit. Mr. Plummer: So that's $17,000. Mr. Yanks: And it's going right next door to Omni Project, right next door to Omni. Mr. Plummer: High-priced area. Mr. Yanks: Yes, sir. Mrs. Gordon: How big is the land you're building that unit on? Mr. Yanks: Almost... Let me tell you something else now. Mrs. Gordon: Would you like to be a consultant to us? Mr. Yanks: Let me tell you something about the City. I went through, I'm glad you brought this up because I want to get it off my chest... Mr. Plummer: You're just about to save the City 11 million dollars. Mrs. Gordon: You don't know your value. Mr. Plummer: You just became Mr. Crumpton's boss. 1 don't know if he realizes that or not. Mr. Yanks; 1 brought a set of blueprints to the City to get a building permit. It cost me about $2,000 for the permit. A year ago that 62 MK- wit ME OCT 191976= tat a building permit would have cost me $600 but what do they, they deep raising the permit cost to my fees. They sit around and they gay let's raise it up and they're making it that the business man 'or anybody else in this County will not invest in the City of Miami because you're going through the same darn thing as they did in New York. People have abandoned properties in New York and they say the hell with it but if you give an incentive, when I ride down into, they call it the "ghetto" section of this City over by the N,W, section... Mrs. Gordon: What is your name, sir, Please? Mr. Yanks: I'm not being ficticious. I could buy property there, good building sites, for $2,000. A home building site with Water & Sewers. It's a black section of town. Mr. Plummer: wait, slow down. What would you say if I told you that the City is paying $9,300 per unit for land cost? Mrs. Gordon: In that area. Mr. Plummer: What would you say, sir? Mr. Yanks: Well hold it now. I'm just a country boy and that's what we need more of. Now I believe that the American Dream of negotiations and bickering. That's what it boils down to. I've gone through the worse period in the last two years of this town, I've been in the construction business all my life right here, my office is in the City of Miami, I live here and I pay the taxes and I'm not leaving but the City, you're asking me a question of why do they pay so much money for it, it's because they've got appraisals. There's three kinds of appraisals when you give out a piece of property. There's market value, replacement value and what is it worth today. Now if I built this 40 unit building out in the middle of the Sahara Desert, it would cost me $5,000,000 but who in the hell would want to pay me to live out in the middle of the Sahara Desert? Because ... That's replace- ment cost but the value that it's worth is only worth 10because no one wants to live there. Mr. Plummer: Will you do me a favor? Mr. Yanks: Yes. Mr. Plummer: Tomorrow morning, sir, would you call my office and give me a phone number where I can reach you because I'm going to send a limosuine, when we have this next hearing on community development housing. Mrs. Gordon: Would you answer one question for me? I asked you before and I didn't get an answer. You're building 40 units on how large a track of land? Mr. Yanks: The piece of property is 268 feet by 110 feet. Mrs. Gordon: What did you pay for the land? Mr. Yanks: Yes, mam, I'll tell you what I paid for the land. The" land, as I understand, was bought by some other people that couldn't pay for it about 2 or 3 years ago. They paid $200,000 for it. I paid $150,000 for it and that comes out to less than $5 a square foot. That brings me my cost of 40 units, that's all I could put on it legally with the two bedrooms. I have 23 two bedrooms and 17 one bedrooms plus the activity area. These are not going to be condiminiums, these are going to be rental units with a swimming pool, saunas... 63 OCT i.91ib AYES: Gordon: I congriltUiate.. you Mr. yanks: Wait a minute, team. I just built on 34th Street bedroom apartments I'm renting out for $210 a month. Mayor Ferre: Look, I'll tell you what. Mr. Manager, would you come back and talk to us about this? This is not the time to talk about housing costs in the City of Miami. I want your help but I am already one hour late for a very important meeting and I've got to go. This is a part-time job and it takes hours and hours. Now if you want to vote on something, I'd be happy to vote right now if you want to get this budget adopted otherwise we'll do it some other time. Mr. Yanks: Mr. Mayor, Councilmen, Council lady, thank you. My name is Jack Yanks, Jack Yanks Construction Company. Mrs. Eisenberg: Mr. Mayor, I'm just going to say one thing because I sat until 9:00 Friday and I've been here since 9:00 this morning, I would respectfully request the Commission not to accept this budget. Please do not bankrupt us, please consider what you're doing and do not vote for this budget. I don't care if Mr. Grassie is new and things can happen next year. We might not have a City next year. 25. FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS - FUND NICKY CRUZ OUTREACH AND COCONUT GROVE FAMILY CLINIC: Thereupon, the following motion was introduced by Commissioner Reboso who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-942 A MOTION TO FUND NICKY CRUZ OUT -REACH PROGRAM UNDER FEDERAI. REVENUE SHARING FUNDS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $13,750.00. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion passed and adopted by the following vote - Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. Thereupon, the following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-943 A MOTION TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO COCONUT GROVE FAMILY CLINIC FROM FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS TO A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $100,000.00. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES; Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr, Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre 64 ai- Mf`S, Gordon: on discussion on the motion, t didn't get an opportunity to ask the question. Mr. plUM er, are you also increasing, and Mr. Reboso also, the total sum of $1,57O,000 to be $1,600,000 and whatever amount it would be? Mr. Plummer: very definitely. Mrs. Gordona Then I would vote with the motion. Mayor Ferre: Alright, now is there a motion for the adoption of the total Federal Revenue Sharing... Mr. Plummer: I've got to ask a question, Mr. Mayor. Mx. Manager, to you, sir. Tacolcy Center, of which I think is a fantastic program, hasn't that always been picked up in the regular budget and why is it this year being switched to Revenue Sharing? Mayor Ferre: Cculd we make the answers short? Mr. Grassie: What is the answer, Mr. Parkins? Mr. Parkins: Part of it has been picked up out of the regular budget. This occasion, there is still a portion, I believe, that is being picked up under the regular budget. Is that correct, Mr. Pitts? Mr. Plummer: I don't want Tacolcy to be a Tacolsky in the regular budget to guarantee That's a City, joint project and I think it want it in Federal Revenue Sharing. Mr. Parkins: They are included, that is correct and they will be included. This is for an additional program, a brand new program that he's implementing for economic development opportunities... Mr. Plummer: Beyond the regular funding? Mr. Parkins: That's correct. Mayor Ferre: Alright, next question. Mr. Plummer: The "B" portion. Why is the Allapattah Branch being funded to the tune of $20,000? Mayor Ferre: It's the only program in Allapattah. Mr. Plummer: Is that the answer? Mr. Parkins: Well that and it also is a tri-ethnic community program that addresses itself directly to mental health programs... You're satisfied that it's a quality program. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Parkins: Yes, I am. Mayor Ferre: Alright, next question. Mr, Plummer: The third one. The Little Havana Community Center operations, we included $50,000 in last year's budget. Why are we including $25,000 this year in Federal Revenue Sharing? Mr. Parkins: Correction, that was $25,000 in last year's budget and the total costs of the operation of that centerhave not been met by one shot deal. I want them funding at all times. 's a fine project and I don't 65 OCT 191976 y ihd ease in revenue attradted due to a slack period in the refhoitation schedule. Mayor Verret Alright, next question. Mr. Reboso: At this time, Mr. Mayor, I mve proposed programs... Mrs. Gordon: There's a resolution here, shall we Mr. Reboso: With the modifications. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, with the modifications. Mr. Reboso: Okay. • 26. MILEAGE ORDINANCE - FIRST READING: Mayor Ferre: Now as I understood it, when we started out in this program we were going to first vote on item number 2 and then we were going to vote on item number 3 and then number 1. So before we make a final vote, I will now call for the... Mrs. Gordon: No, we were going to vote on the Revenue Sharing. Mayor Ferre: No mam, I disagree with that and I can be overruled but at this point I will rule that we were going to vote first on number 2, then on number 3, then on number 1. And I will now, unless I am overruled by the majority of this Board, call the issue of item number 2, Adoption of Millage Ordinance on First Reading. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, on that particular budget I've got questions yet that remain unanswered. Now I thought we were going to handle Revenue Sharing. Mrs. Gordon: Mayor Ferre: what's going That's what I thought. I'm not going to vote for to happen on the Millage. Revenue Sharing until I know Mr. Plummer: Okay, I think that's a fair request but I've questions that have yet not been answered. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie: Ask your questions on item number 2. Get the Ordinance out so we can... got Mr. Plummer: Where do we stand on the School Resource Officers? Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie: Is it in or is it out? You haven't determined that yet. Mr. Plummer: I thought the motion of this Commission was that it was out. Is that correct? somebody makes a motion to reverse it, it iS Out. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Grassie: Mr. Plummer; Unless That's the last action that you took. That's the policy of this Board at the present time. Mr. Grassie; Yes but you also know that you heard from the School Board saying that they intended to... . Plummer: Pick up maybe half and we said to them last year that that's not good enough this year. I want to know, Mr. Mayor, Mr. ilfassie, what about the $42,000 on the medical on the Pension Board? Mr, Grassie: That has been increased, Commissioner, although you don't have that in front of you, when you brought that to my attention I went back to the staff and we have increased the amount available for medical exams to $35,000 as has been initially requested by that group. Mr. Plummer: Alright, what about the $50,000 to the Communications Department? Mr. Grassie: That has been provided out of, if we're talking about the same thing... Mr. Plummer: That we lost in the franchise. The franchise gave us $50,000 a year free service which now has been negotiated out of the franchise. Now, as Mr. Demby said, his budget would have to be increased to provide for that service. what about the $50,000? Mr. Grassie: Mr. Demby's budget, like every other budget, is going to have to be decreased to account for all of the new costs that have come out of this review process, they are over i million dollars. Mr. Plummer: That's not the point, Mr. Grassie, the point is that that is for telephone service, that's not for his budget. That's for telephone service that we previously got as a free item in the negotiations that we no longer have. Now has that been addressed? Mr. Grassie: No, it has not, Commissioner. If that is to be addressed separate from the basic balancing of the budget, then we'll have to treat that before we balance the budget. Mr. Plummer: I'm asking these questions because it came up during the hearings and I feel they've got to be addressed. Mayor Ferre: Alright, do you want to make a point on that? Mr. Plummer: No, I'm just wanting to make sure that we're not coming up $50,000 shy later on. what about "911"? Where do we stand on that as far as engineering fees which had originally been proposed at $60,000? Mr. Grassie: We have no response from Bell Telephone on that but you remember that we still have the $25,000 for implementation that was originally in the budget and that's still in. Mr. Plummer: Alright, what about the $50,000 for the so-called Communications Director? Mr. Grassie: That is coming out of the Publicity and Tourism Budget as you had indicated. Mr. Plummer: I really hate to be rushed but what about the 120 Sani- tation workers that will be dumped by the end of this year? Mr. Grassie: We are not making provision to continue them after the Incinerator is closed. They will have to be picked up either through attrition or in that department or hopefully by moving them to other departments and if all that fails, they will have to be laid off. fix'. Plummer; I don't think you can do that, can you? 67 OCT 191976 taSt et Yes sir, we cans Plutntiier: Alright, the next question I had asked that somebody look into is what about the $386,000 for stand-by labor that we use ,Manpower people there to supplement? Mr. Grassier We don't have a solution in the sense of haing worked out how we can substitute Manpower Program money for those I understand from Mr. Parkins that he has staff working on it but I'm Rob, we have not worked out yet not aware that he has an answer yet. ees for standby labor and the question of substituting CETA employ sanitation yet, have we? Mr. parkins: Not yet, we have not but we will have a conclusion shortly. Mayor Ferre: I've got a time constraint problem, I'm sorry... Mr. Plummer: Well Mr. Mayor, let me be fair with you so I don't play any games with you, okay? Mr. Mayor, as you know, this budget, as proposed, I'm not going to vote for. Now that you know and so I don't want to play games to ask for these answers and still vote against the budget tomorrow. I'm going to vote against this budget. Mayor Ferre: I'm perfectly willing. to come back tonight, I'll come back tomorrow, I'll do anything you want but I must leave now so I'll do whatever the will of this Commission is. If you're ready to vote for this budget, fine. Let's vote on this thing now and get it over. Mr. Plummer: Well you go ahead and vote. Mayor Ferre: Alright, on item number two which is the Millage, the adoption of the Millage Ordinance for the first reading, I'll read the Millage Ordinance. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE DEFINING AND DESIGNATINGHEPURPOSEEOFITORIAL TAXATION; LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI FOR FIXING THE MILLAGE AND LEVYING TAXES IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1976, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1977, PROVIDING THAT IF ANY SF,CTION, CLAUSE OR SUB -SECTION SHALL BE DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL, IT SHALL NOT AFFECT THE REMAINING PROVISIONS. Was introduced by Commissioner Reboso and seconded by Commissioner Gibson and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon The Mayor read the Ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public, OCT 1. 9197 tit Mitt Mr. plummet: tinder discussion. Mrs Mayot, for the redotd l have to go in opposition to the motion. 1 think it was Very appropriate the other day that when the City of Miami`s ad as required by law to increase the Millage it was ironically placed on the Obituary page. I think that that maybe was not by coincidence but by d;ire. I think that the hardest thing for me, as a Commis:>i onc;r , to do is to tell the people that I'm going to raise their taxes. Mr. Mayor, I find it impossible to tell the people that I'm going to raise their taxes and to eliminate policemen and firemen. I can't do that, there is no way that I can do that. I think there are too many unanswered questions in this budget that have to be addressed although I feel that Mr. Grassie has done a tre- mendous job in the short time that he has been here, I find very, very strong opposition to the cutting of each individual budget at the discretion of the Manager. I feel that that is the job of this commission to approve, it has now been taken away from us, I even question the legality of delegating authority but obviously the motion will carry, it did the other day. Mrs. Gordon: This is not an emergency ordinance that you're dealing with now. Is that correct? Mr. Plummer: I'd like to continue under discussion. I don't feel that the Pension problem is being addressed properly, I think it needs more attention than what has been given already and Mr. Mayor and to Mr. Grassie, to you in particular, please do not take this as a personal attack but I will speak to this book. I think that this book tells me no more than reward me for inefficiency and let me continue for another 12 months. Predicated on those thoughts, Mr. Mayor, I will vote in opposition. I don't feel the taxes need to be increased. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, Is this an emergency ordinance? If it is, it doesn't say so. Mr. Grassie: The one that you have in front of you, Mr. Mayor, is not an emergency ordinance. If you should elect to adopt it as an emergency ordinance, we have that available to you and you could vote on it as an emergency ordinance. Mayor Ferre: I don't think you're going to be able to do that because you're only going to have three votes so it will have to be a regular ordinance. Mrs. Gordon: I would like to state for the record that my "no" vote is predicated upon the fact that there has to be trimming in the budget that we can live with the certified Millage and some attention to that would bring it to that amount. Mayor Ferre: Just for the record, I have amply expressed my opinion on at least 3 or 4 different occasions and anybody who wants to hear it can go back into the record, I'm tired of repeating it over and over again so I stand on my previous statements. OCT i;196 27. FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS: Mayor Ferre: Take up item number 3, Federal Revenue Sharing Funds. Commissioner Reboso moves, Commissioner Gibson seconds as amended and we voted on the previous amendments. Is there further discussion on the Federal Revenue Sharing as amended? Mrs. Gordon: Yes, the amendment includes the total figure, Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre: That's correct. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, may I simply request of you, sir, that you break that into two parts so that I can be afforded the opportunity of voting "yes" and "no" on each item. Mayor Ferre: Tell me how you want it broke. Mr. Plummer: I would like the first one to be delegated or address itself to Revenue Sharing as it relates to social dollars and then the second motion to be on the overall Federal Revenue Sharing budget. Mayor Ferre: Alright, if it's alright with the maker of the motion, we'll break it down. The first motion is a motion which approves the total dollars as outlined, it will be one million, six hundred thousand and some odd dollars which the Manager will specify into the final motion when it comes up before this Commission at the next meeting and it's been made by Reboso, seconded by Gibson. Is there further discussion? Call the roll. Thereupon, the following motion was introduced by Commissioner Reboso who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-944 A MOTION APPROVING A TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS IN AN AMOUNT OF $1,616,173.29. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre the motion was NOES: None. passed 28. APPROVE ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FUNDS AS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED AND AMENDED FOR FUNDING OF SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS: Mayor Ferre: Now Commissioner Reboso moves that the amounts as specified and amended to the specific programs outlined here be adopted by this Commission under the guidelines as previously specified and as amended in each individual case as part of the record. Father Gibson seconds. Is there further discussion? Mr. Plummer: Under discussion, Mr. Mayor, my vote will be to the negative, against the motion. Some $8,000,000 is dedicated to the General Fund which includes salaries. I think it is, without a doubt, the most dangerous way in the world to fund a budget which is on dollars that could be removed from you tomorrow. OCT 191976 ;otdoh: What ate you talking about, J. L.? Mr. L lut rner: We're talking on the total... Mayor Ferre: Excuse me, if you listen 1 will etplain it. We were going to vote on it as one motion. Plummer requested that it be separated into two. We voted for the amount, we didn't Vote for... Just for the amount. Now the second motion is the specific things as amended here. Mr. Plummer: I'm sorry, I stand corrected. Mayor Ferre: Now, on the second motion, as you requested, We've split it into two. Further discussion on the second motion? Call the roll. Thereupon, the following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Reboso who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-945 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM UNITED STATES FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING FOR FUNDING OF SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO APPROPRIATE AGREEMENTS. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre ON ROLL CALL: Mrs. Gordon: On the question on that, we have a resolution that is here before ups on this item. Are we voting on that resolution because we have it presented to us in the form of a resolution? the resolution was Mr. Reboso: As amended. Mr. Plummer: As amended, Rose. Mrs. Gordon: As amended, the resolution as amended, not a motion. Yes. 29. A MOTION TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 8578 - INCREASE SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS BY $1,616,173.29: Mayor Ferre: Now we're on item number 1. Mr. Plummer: No, now we have to approve the whole Federal Revenue Sharing. Mayor Ferre; It's already been done on an emergency,*, Mr, Plummer; NQ Sir, i't'a been amended, Pkts 71 OCT i 9197L ,Mayor ?erre3 Moved by Gotrabsiof er Gibson, seconded by Commissioner b bor Mr. Plumnner: Under discussion, Mr. Mayor, I will make my point and my point being very simply that in excess of $8,000,000 is being .transferred from Federal Revenue Sharing into the General Budget et whjchn, irCiudes salaries and I think this is, without a doubt in my one of the most dangerous ways in the world to fund a budget and because of that I will vote against the total. Thereupon, the following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gibson who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 76-946 A MOTION TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 8578 BY INCREASING THE AMOUNT TRANSFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS BY $1,616,173.29. Upon being seconded by Commissioner and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, fir. CO LOLL CALL: Mrs. Gordon: Is this a motion or a resolution? Mr. Ongie: This is apparently the overall Federal Revenue Sharing. I do not have the document. I don't know what we're voting on. Mr. Grssie: For clarification, Mr. Mayor, I believe that you're voting on a modification of Ordinance 8578 which you adopted as an emergency ordinance appropriating $15,707,000 of... Mayor Ferre: That's right and now this takes it up to a million six hundred and whatever it is. Reboso, the motion was Mrs. Gordon: And a question on that previous adoption of that emergency ordinance. The only change, as I see it, is the amount that is being transferred to the social services and may I ask a question for clarification. Was that a unanimously approved ordinance at that time? Mayor Ferre: Yes, it was. Mr. Plummer: Just to answer your question, if you're trying to get an answer why did I vote for it then and now again, the answer is very simple. As it was said to us, we had to get that passed so that we could advertise to present it to the general public and I voted for it so it could be presented to the general public. My overall feeling is that it is not proper. Mrs. Gordon: As far as anybody liking the way this thing iS being put together, I don't like it either but I'd like to know if you have any other solutions. If you don't, then we have none to offer and I'll have to vote with it, passed 414. 72 OCT 131915 Mrs Plumfiier! Mr• Mayor, l would like one clarification from Yz Manager. o 1 understand correctly that we have a buffer of trillion dollars being carried over... Mayor Ferre; J. L., you know that that's not so. You know so because we just changed that. Mr. Plummer: Do we have a buffer, Mr. Manager, of roughly 2 plus carried over to 77 - 78. Mr. Grassier Well as the Mayor has indicated, Commissiwilloner, changed that amount just now slightly. But you a forward of over 2 million lars. 30. APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE - FIRST READING: the 2•4 itisn't million you have carry AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1977, PROVIDING THAT IF ANY SECTION, CLAUSE, OR SUBSECTION SHALL HEBE EEDDECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL, IT SHALL NOT AFFEC T G PROVISIONS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. Was in troduced by Commissioner Reboso and secondedfollCommissioner Gibson and passed on its first reading by title by the vote AYES: Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner Manolo Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon The Mayor read the Ordinance into theCiecty rdmandsinnounced that copies were available to the members of to the public. THEREUPON, MAYOR FERRE CALLED A SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING TO DISCUSS BUSINESS OF PUBLIC IMPORT. AS 31. URGE GOVERNOR TO INCLUDE MEMBERS FM�ROPOLITAN PLANNINGTY OF MIAMI MORGANIZATION• REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY TO THE Mayor Ferrer I am now calling, under the Charter it gives me the right to call for a Special Commission Meeting which I am now calling and I will read the resoluteoWillthat ofRose the C�ty Commissirdon is on of theto eCity 'A resolution expressing th of Miami that the Governor of the asState resentatives ofctheeCity �upon of the City of Miami Government the Metropolitan Planning Organization'. Thereupon, the following resolution was introduced by Vice -Mayor RoSe Gordon who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-947 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE WILL OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI THAT THE GOVERNOR OF MIAMIEGOVETR�MENT FLORIDA INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE CITY AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY UPON THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. 73 OCT 19197- folloWs body of resolution, oftiitted here and oh file ih the offide of the City Clerk), Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolu passed and adopted by the following vote_ AYES. Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, would you instruct that copies of this be sent not only tc the Governor but also to the South Florida Regional Planning Council. Mayor Ferre: Alright, and the Press. • • 32. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MARIE PETIT AS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE MAYOR: Mayor Ferre: Now I have here, 'A Resolution authorizing and directing the City r'Fiajer to enter into an agreement with Marie Petit, for her profession. services, as Administrative Assistant to the Mayor, subject to the and conditions contained in the attached contract; with funds tL fore in the Amount of $15,000 hereby allocated from Code 1190 " ._fice of the Mayor" of the 1976-77 operating budget.' Now I point out... Mr. Plummer: Are you doing this for all of us? Mayor Ferre: No. I might point out that the City... (INAUDIBLE) Mayor Ferre: Mr. Plummer, I would like to point out to you that Mar.e Petit has been working on MY, personally, and has never been paid by the City and that she has done most of her work in City work and since I do have two Assistants, and the office has been vacant for over 6 months... Mrs. Gordon: I'll move it, Mr. Mayor. We aren't objecting to this. Mr. Plummer asked a clarification on another matter. Thereupon, the following resolution was introduced by Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 76-948 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MARIE PETIT, FOR HER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AS ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE MAYOR, SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THE ATTACHED CONTRACT; WITH FUNDS THEREFORE IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000 HEREBY ALLOCATED FROM CODE 1190 "OFFICE OF THE MAYOR" OF THE 1976-77 OPERATING BUDGET. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk). 7+ • on beihg seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the resoluticri was ied and adopted by they following vote z ►!omm.1 Hts1 o1►e'•r ( itt'v . ) Theiodorei (;.i 1►tioh Opnmi.iNr:ir►►w► J. I . Humor, Jr, Commissioner Manolo Reboso Vice -Mayor Rose Gordon Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: t orie . Al 'OtJ21 1Ft : There being no further business to come before the City Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 2:50 P.M. MAURUCE A. FERRE MAYOR ATTEST: RALPH G. ONGIE City Clerk MATTY HIRAI Assistant City Clerk OCT 191976