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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1975-11-06 MinutesTV sF MIAM OF MEETING HELD ON ES NOV 6 • 1975 PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CITY HALL Hi D. SOUTHERN CITY CLERK RALPH 6. OHM ASStSTANT CITY CLERK MUTES OF t OUAR `t I NG CITY COMMISSION OF MUM I1 'LOBI 3A ACCEPT COMPLETED t•.ORK OF ANCHOR PrIg'r pannT. INC. FOR BASEBALL BAC.:STOi'S. ACCEPT COMPLETED tIORK OF AMERICMJ DAVITS CORPORATION - BELLE MEADE rst nn BRIDGE REPAIRS - 1975. . ORDERING RESOLUTION-S.W. 22 STREET }{ICitWAY IMPROVEMENT PHASE II-H-4395. 4. PLAT I.CCI PTANCE - .PAIGE SUBDIVISION. 5. AUTHORIZE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR OBJECTIONS TO ACCEPTANCE OP COMPLETED CONS 'F UCT:toll-TRACY sAN 1TARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5275-C AND Sk-57.75-S. 6. PROVIDE 817,000 FOR PLACING MARINE STADIUM! STEEL BARGE IN DRYDOCK FOR SANDBLASTING, RECOATING AND REPAIRS. 7. APPOINTMENTS TO THE CITY OF t1IAMI COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY AND BEAUTtFICATION. 8. ;J APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY OF MIAMI COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY AND BEAUTIFICATION. 9. 10. 11. 12. 1.3. 14. 15. 1 17. 18. 19. WAIVER FOR RENTAL FEES FOR USE OF BAYFRONT PARK AUDITORIUM BY THE BABCOCK COMPANY, NOVEMSBER 25, 1975. DENIAL OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY OF !IlA I. BID ACCEPTANCE - O.I. SCOTT & SONS FOR GRANULE FERTILIZER. HID ACCEPTANCE - LEHHMAN PIPE AND PLUMBING OF MIAMI - IRRIGATION PARTS FOR LEGION PARK IRRIGATION SYSTEM. i3ID ACCEPTANCE - RUSBRT H. HANSEN, KOPPERS CO., C & W UNLIMITED AND NERCO OF FLORIDA. INC. FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF ALVAH CIHAPMAN AND CHARLES PERRY, DUPONT PLAZA DEVELOPMENT SUB- COMM TT8E OF THE MIAMI-DADE CUAMBER OF COM- MERCE DOWNTOWN ACTION CO!1MITTEE . PRWCLA1ATIAN TO DR. CHARLES E. PERRY, RETIRED PRESIDENT OF F. I. U. PF.Rf ORAL APPEARANCE OF FIRE CHIEF DON HICX! ` irc RDTNG NEI FIRE RATING & INSURANCE. RATES V'oR THE CITY OF MIAMI. MTSCELLAtEOUS DISCUSSION ITEMS: LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO ASSIST POLICE DEPAI1T, ETA:. CMtMijGE OF ZONING CLASI:IFICATION-"RIVES COVE. 14L'PROXIMATELY 1450 N.'/, 17 Avenue. MURAL Of VACATING & CLOSING OF N-S ALLEY NHT t = N.'I. 14 STREET ARID E-11 EXPRESSWAY. R 75-.013 R 75-1014 R 75-1015 R 75-1016 R 75-1017 8477 75-1018 R 75-1019 R 75-1020 R 75-1021 R 75-1022 ---- R 75-1023 R 75-1024 R 75-1025 -8 DISCUSSION 8-13 DISCUSSION 8-13 TRST READING RE13• 5 MINUTES REc'IIMG In CCI IIII NiMII, FLORIDA 20, WAIVER OF OFF-STREET PARKING AND EXTENSION or CERTIFICATE 0P OCCUPANCY FOR ONE YEAR - APPROXIMMATELY 1150 N.". SOUTH RIVER DRIVE TRACT "A". 21.. EXTENSION OF CONDITIONAL USE, LOT 20, B3LOCH 83 NI MIAMI (8-41) AT N.W. C©RNER OF N.E. 3 STREET AND BISCAYNE BOULEVARD. 22. SERVING OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN THE 0RANG BOWL. (Part I) 23. C3ANGE OF ZONING CLASSIFICATION -BAST SIDE or N.4. 7 AVE. AI';TW7 'N 10 & 11 STREETS. 24. PUBLIC HOUSING -DISCUSSION ITEM. 25. AMENDING MIAMI CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PLAN SECTION 2-111(4)(b) BY REMOVING REFER- ENCE THEREIN TO "SYSTEM" AND CORRECTING SAME TO READ "PLAN". 8478 28 R 75-1026 5 R 75-1027 15 DISCUSSION 16-17 FIRST READIN R 7 5-10? 8 19-19 M 75-1029 &30 20-27 26. INCREASE ANNUAL FEE FOR TAXICABS, FOR -HIRE CARS & SIGHT-SEEING CARS. 27. VESSEL CONTROL ORDINANCES, AMENDING 6871. 28. DISCUSSION OF WITHDRJIWN AGENDA ITEi4S. 29. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT ENT OF LUM!IUS PAR.IC AREA, PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF Mr. MARTIN FINE. 30. PROPOSED PAYROLL DEDUCTION, NON -OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE AND ADDITIONAL EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE. 31. PLAQUES, PROCLAMATIONS & SPECIAL TTEMS. 32. ALLOCATING $2,000 FOR CITY ADVERTISING IN THE LATIN-AMERICAN GUIDE, 1976 EDITION. 33. ALLOCATING $5,236.23 TO THE PUBLICITY DEPT. 34. PENSION ADJUSTMENT IN PENSIONS OF DENEFICIAR� IES OF RETIREMENT SYSTEM 6 PLAN TO INCRLASE BENEFIT BY 3/4 OF 1t. (Repealed by 8500) 35. REFER BACK TO ZONING BOARD MATTER OF Z8 27-7:" AB 125-75 6 A8 126-75 CONCERNING LOTS 9,10, 13, 14 6 19, BLOCK 1., AVOCADO PARK (3-68) . 36. AUTHORISE DEPOSIT or $63,400 IN REGISTRY OF CIRCUIT COURT IN COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDER IN THE CONDE IATYON SUIT - CITY OF MIAMI V. GTSELE FASHIK, ET AL. 37. AUTHORISE 6 DIRDCT CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST VILLAGE SOUTH, INC. 6 ESSESSESS 6 TEE ENTERi'RISC3, INC. FOR C NTIN.. UED ILLEGAL OPERATION Of A RESIDENTIAL DRUG REHABILITATION CENTER. 38. CLAIM SETTLEMENT - JOSE A,. FERNANDES. 8479 8480-8490 DISCUSSION 28 29-34 35 75-1031 36-40 M 75-1032 40 41 R 75-1033 41 R 75-1034 41 8491 f 42 R 75-1035 43 R 75-1036 43-44 R 75-1037 44 R 75-1038 44.45 a MEI MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ITEM NO. SUBJECT Avalsousama 39. ACCEPTING $21,500 PROM MIAMI PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, LTD., MIAMI TOROS SOCCER muns AS COMPLETE PAYMENT FOR RENTAL or ORANGE BOWL FOR 1974 & 75 SOCCER SEASONS. Asommomomy RESOLUTION NO, PAGE til ORDINANCE OR I R 75-1039 40. AMUSEMENT RIDES PERMIT-AIRPARK PLAZA MERCUAN'S R 75-1040 41. GRANT FREE PUBLIC PARKING AT LEGION PARK DECEMBER 13 4 14 FOR A CnARITY TENNIS TOUAN- ANENT AT THE PALM BAY CLUB - PEOPLE-TO-PEOPL SPORTS COMMITTEE.. M 75-1041 42. REFER TO MIAMI MEMORIAL COMMITTEE REQUEST TO ERECT STATUE OF GENERAL ANTONIO MACEO, MARTY or THE CUBAN WAY OF INDEPENDEMCE. 43. 44, 45. 46. 47. 48. APPOINT P.W. ANDREWS AS CITY MANAGER. APPOINT JOHN S. LLOYD AS CITY ATTORNEY. APPOINT H. D. SOUTHERN AS CITY CLERK. APPOINT RALPH G. ONGIE AS ASSISTANT CITY CLE APPEARANCE OF LOBSTER FISHERMAN. PRESENTATION OF COMMENDATION TO MS. VELIA YEDRA IN RECOGNITION OF HER ARTISTIC ACHIEVE MENTS. 49. SWEAR -IN CEREMONY OF CITY OFFICIALS. 50. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF WATSON ISLAND - MOVIE PRESENTATION. 51. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN THE ORANGE BOWL. 52. CHARTER AMENDMENT 112 OF NOVEMBER 4, 1975 ELECTION. 53. 'EMERGENCY TELEPHONE - 911. 54. MRS. ANN N. MARCOVIX REGARDING INCREASED TAX ASSESSMENTS. 55. ART IN NEW POLICE BUILDING. 36. DINNER KEY IMPROVEMENTS. 57. CULTURAL EXPANSION PROGRAM. 59. LATIN AMERICAN TOURISM, TRIP BY MEMBERS OF CITY COMMMSSION. S9. MN= DE 59. CHANGE DECEMBER COMMISSION MEETING DATES. 60. PROPOSED CIVIL SERVICE AMENDMXNTS: DELETION OF cmigensurp REQUIREMENT I RULE XVI, (21 (o M 75-1041 R 75-1043 R 75-1044 R 75-1045 R 75-1046 DISCUSSION M 75-1047 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION D/SCUSSION M 75-1048 DISCUSSION FIRST READING M 75-1049 M 75-1050 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 49-53 53 53 54-63 64-71 71-72 72-73 74-7t 77 77-78 78 79-81 91 FIRST READINGS 82 WY COI GLLAR IIETING OF 11€ CII CI 1114,11, I-WRIJI\ CN THE 6TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1975, THE CITY cO MI SI N ICCAAN IVLIIS REGULAR IN ,II1A Ih. ttt REGULAR IN PLACE CNTHE .t�Y TJ. E/ING WAS CALLED TO ER AT 9:10 O'CLACK A M$ BY VICE MAYOR 1 t PLUM R WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE OONMISSION FOUND TO BE PRESENT: - GORDON QIBSON Y M I) , I.ITY F.RK !km�i. &IGE, SISTANT ITV CORK AN INVOCATION WAS DELIVERED BY REVERS GIBSON Y PRESENT IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. 1. ACCEPTING COMPLETED WORK OF ANCHOR POST PRODUCTS, INC. BASEBALL BACKSTOPS LED THOSE The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoptions RESOLUTION NO. 75-1013 A RESOLUTIODI ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY ANCHOR POST PRODUCTS, INC. AT A TOTAL COST OF $50,966.79 AND AUTHORIZ- ING A FINAL PAYMENT OF $5,096.68. (Hers follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon. the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYESs Rev. Gibson. Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. NOES: None. A$SENTs Nayor Ferro and Mr. Reboso. 2. �F kis O��IDiiEWCRK ', AMERICAN GOiRf��ORATION PEADE The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson. who coved its adoptions RESOLUTION NO. 7S-1014 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED MOM PERFORMS SY AMEItICAN DAVITS CORPORATION AT A !OVAL -COST or $1.445,00 AND AUTHORIZING A FINAL PAYMENT or $$44.50 FOR BELLE NEADL ISLAND BRIDGE REPAIRS - 1975. (Nero follows body of resolution, omitted here in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and adopted by the foliowi.w vot-e- AYEis hove Gibson, Nts. Gordon and Ng. Plummer. N SS, Noses. AR3IiNTs Mayor Ferro and Mr. Peboso. on file NOV 6.1995 ORDERING RESOLV*4S,W,22 Sty HtGHwAy 'HP41E/ENT PHASE II-H-4595 The following resolution was intro,Wc,A by conmiLisioner Gibson moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 7ri-1(114 A RESOLUT/ON ORDIRING S.W. 22 STREET HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - PHASE /I - H-4345 AND DESIGNATING T}C PROPERTY AGAINST WHICH SPECIAL ASSESSMENTs SHALL BE MADE roR A PORTION OF THE COST THFRE0F AS S.W. 22sTREET HIGHwAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT - PHASE II - H-4395; ANU ALLOCATING THE AMOUNT OF $10,000.00 FROM THE HIGHWAY BOND FUND FOR PRELIMINARY EXPENSE. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) !Thn being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was pass,-- and adopted by the following vote - AM:: Mrs. Gordon, Rev. Gibson and Mr. Plummer. NOES: None. ABSENT; Mayor Perre and Commissioner Reboso. 4, PLAT kCEPTAKE PAIGE SUBDIVISION The following resolution was inttoduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption; RESOLUTION NO. 7S-1016 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE PLAT ENTITLED PAIGE SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION rN THE CITY OP MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND ACCEPTING THE DEDICATIONS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT AND ACCEPTING A COVENANT TO RUN WITH THE LAND POSTPONING THE IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCT/ON OP STANDARD CONCRETE SIDEWALK AND AN AUGER HOLE DRAINAGE STRUCTURE AND AUTHOR- IZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE PLAT. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Ferre and Mr. Reboso. 5. AUTHORIZE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH NOTICE cif PUBLIC HEARING, FOR OBJECTIONS TO m OF 1010 CONSTRUCTION - IRACY SANITARY SEWER 1,44401484ENT Nv AID .4. 'NV The folLowimg resolution was introduced by almmissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTZON NO. 75-1017 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A NOTICE Of PUBLIC HEARING FOROOJECTIONS TO IRE ACCEPTANCE SY THE CITY CON., NUS= or THE CONFUTED CONSTROCTVON CT TRACY SAUTARY SAVER INPROVICANNT 5*41275 C (centerline sewer) AND SR-5275 S (sideline sewer) IN TRACY SANITARY SENOR IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SA.4275 0 (sideline sewer). Mere follows body of rosolution. omitted here and on tile in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon bwino seconded by Commissioner Gocdon, the resolution was paused :and adopted by the following vote - MS: Mev. Gibson. Mrs. Gordon and Mt. Plummer. MOM None. MUM: Myer Ferro and Nt. Waco. 2 NOV 6 -1975 6, It $,v,tA_ PUKING Itett SAMUSTING, R1COATING & REPAIRS STADIUM STD W1R(iE 1N DRYDOCK FOR AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SIXTIONS 1 AND 4 OF oRDIMANCE NO. 8464, 1J' A:•1ENLEii, 1'HE P,I'1'ROPitlAT. IONS o DINANC PoR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBE R 30, 1376, BY APPROPRIATING $17,000.00 TO "PUBLIC FACILITY FUNDS" FOR NECESSARY REPAIRS OM THE MARINE STADIUM FLOATING STAG; REPE:'ALING ALL ORDINANCES, OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SEVEtA 1LITY ;t1oVts1ON; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Was introduced by Commissioner Gibson and seconded by Commissioner Gordon, for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Re?.oso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mr.. Plummer. NOM Hone. ASSENT: Mayor Ferre. ABSTAINING: None. Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Gibson and seconded by Commissioner Gordon, adopted said ordinance by the following votes AYES: Mr . R& oso, Rev. Ci),sun, Mrs. c;ordoil and MY. I t(maner. NOES: hone. AUDIT: Mayor Perri:. AR$TAIN ING: None. 8AIi Oi /NANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8477. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 7, APPOINTMENTS TO THE CITY OF MtAMI COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY AND BEAUTIFICATION The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson. who moved its adoption: RBSOWTION NO. 78-1018 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING THREE INDIVIDUALS TO THE CITY OP MIAMI COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY AND BEAUTIFICATION. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted hen end on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Nebo**, the resolution was passed and adopted by the followtnq vote- AYi3s Mr. Aeboao, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. MOM None. AUENTs Mayor Verse. 8. APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY OF Moot C MIT EE ON ECOLOGY AND BEAJTIFICATIaw The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoptions MII0WTION Mo. 75-1019 A RLIOWTZON ARIOZWTLIIO MR7-110 MOM To Tsai CITY Oi!' MIIAMI commons of MOOLONY AMU IMNAUTTPLCASItNi. Were follow body et resolution. omitted here and on fits in the Mine or the City Clerk.) Upon betaq seconded by Calermissioner Gordon, this resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote• AT $s Mr. I ebow, Row. Gibson, 5m. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. MOM Mons. 11iWafts Mayor PsUrn. a NOV 6.1995 9, E OF BAYFRONT PARtiontomum BY THE BABCOCK The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who Moved its adoption* RESOLUT/ON NO. 75-1020 A RESOLUTION WAIVING THE RtNTAL PEE FOR USE ot. THE HAYPRUNT AUD/TOR- IUM FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL cHRIsTIAN LEADERSHIP aRLAKFAST FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1975, AT 723u A.M.1 SUBJECT TO ADVANCE PAYMENT FOR EVENT PERSONNEL, INSURANCE, AND 0THER COSTS BORNE BY THE CITY. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. NOESe None. ASSENTI Mayot rerre. 13. DENIAL OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI The 'al/owing resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 75-1023 A RESOLUTION DENYING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DIRECTING THU CITY ATTORNEY TO DEFEND ANY SUIT BROUGHT FOR THE RECOVERY OF DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF SAID CLhtMS. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissione: Reboso, the fe:wOution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. NOES: None. ABSENT: Mayor Ferre. 11, BID ACCEPTANCE - 011. SCOTT & SONS FOR GRANULE FERTILIZER The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoptions RESOLUTION NO. 75-1022 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE SID mum FROM 0.M. SOOT? AND SONS TOR rursizsuuso mums manumit AT a cost or $13,732.70 FOR USX SY THE PANS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT: AUTHORISING AND DIRECT- ING TAX CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCEASING DEPARTMENT TO USUE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THIS MATERIAL; ALLOCAT/NG FUNDS MUM 1973u. 76 FISCAL BUDGET OF TUX PARXS fi RECREATION DEPARTMENT. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here =don fkle in the Office of the City CI ch.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the resolution was gassed and adopted by the following vote.. ATM Me. Reboso, Rev. Oibeon, Mrs. Gordon end Mr. Hummer. NOM Nome. ASSISITs Mayor Ferro. • 4 NOV 6 -1175 121 BID o:'Kt 46W4 PIPE MD PLUMING OF M1AIRRIGAT PARTS FOR LEGION wARK IRRIGATION SYSTEM The following resolution was introllAced by commissi ner Gibson, who moved its adopticrit NL6OLUTION NJ. 6-102.3 A AE8oLtITIGH ACCEPTING TUF mns HLrEtVrn FOR FURNISHING IRRIGATION PARTS FOR LEGION PARK PROM LEHMAN PIPE AN O PLUMBING OF MIAMI FOR ITEMS 1 THRoUGH 90, LESS tTE1S 75 THROUGH S1, AT A COST OF $8,543.24, AHD STATE SUPPLY OF HOLLY4000 FOR ITEMS 75 THROUGH 81, AT A COST or $11,745.911 TOTAL COST $22,239.15; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE PURCHASE °ADM POR THIS MATERIAL; ALLOCATtNG $22,289.15 FROM THE PARKS FOR PEOPLU IOND PROGRAM FOR THIS PURPOSE. (Nem follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES* Mr. !taboo°, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. NOES: None. ASSENT! Mayor Forte, NOTE! Mayor Ferret entered the meeting. a BID ACCEPTMCE - T H, HANsEN, PPERS CO., C & W UNLIMITED AND OFFLORIDA, INC. FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved it!. adoption! RESOLUTION NO. 75-1024 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BIDS FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR FOURTEEN (14) PARKS, NAMELY: PEACOCK, LEGION MEMORIAL, ALLAPATTAH, EAST BAY V/STA, BELLE MEAD, RIVERSIDE, MINI -PARK 01, CURTIS, EATON, SILVER BLUFF, CORAL GATE, GRAPELAND, ORANGE BOWL PLAYGROUND AND CURTIS PARK, FROM HUBERT H. HANSEN FOR ITEMS 1 THROUGH 6 AT A TOTAL COST OF $7,8091 FROM KOPPERS CO. FOR ITEMS 7 AND 8 AT A TOTAL COST OF SS,301.03 AND FROM MERCO OF FLORIDA, INC. FOR ITEM 11 AT A TOTAL COST OF $3,395; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE PURCHASE OADZE8 FOR THIS EQUIPMENT: ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE 1972 PARKS FOR PEOPLE BOND PROGRAM, FURNITURE AND PLAY APPARATUS. (Nero follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Cleft.) Upon being seconded by COmmissLoner Gordonthe resolution wee passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Hanoi° Reboso COmmissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayo Maurice A. Perm MOMS; None, NOV • 1976 Thereupon motion os waive the rciadinq of the minute of the previrrua meeting was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, secondi'd ray Commissioner Oibeon and passed and adopted by a unanimous vote. 14, -* • ► ApppEARANCE of kv,AM PMAN & CHARLES PERRY, DUPONT uCHAMBER P • aN 1T EE OF '11tAh+lI..h°'E COUNTY Cfw ri OF ACE TOWN twT I ON tOMMITIEt M.3I►Or wprset TArc.1we nn{n0 to akin rjvfr tt-ntq 3 lnrt t ikf> up ter. rharlpg 1'. PPrry on the Dupont Plagta Development SUbcOMMittee but before that I'd like to welcome Mr. Alvah Chapman who is the Chairman of the Sub(nmmittce of the Chamber of Commerce of downtown. Mr. Chapman, Dr. perry. Dr. Charles terry: Thank you very much, Mayor and members of the commission. Each of you in your packets for today have a copy of a resolution that I'm addressing. I'm the Chairman of the Dupont plaza subcommittee of the Downtown Action Committee of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and your Manager is .i member of that sub- committee. Our subcommittee has unanimously recommended this resolution for your attention. Basically, we are encouraging you to reiterate a position that you have already taken in a resolution of January of this year to work with the county and the County Manager encouraging the State Department of Transportation to expend the necessary resources to start the preliminary engineering for the downtown core traffic area which is the Dupont Plaza. Until that traffic solution is found and it cannot be found until you begin preliminary engineering it is going to be impossible for the Dupont Plana area to be developed appropriately. .So it is the position of the downtown action committee and the subcommittee which T have the responsibility for, the Dupont Plaza Subcommittee to have you pans this , cuolution thi t; morning and then we will at~ ,rat. you and your staff encouraging the State Department of Transportation to expend approx- imately $300,000 is at least the initial tee that we're talking about that they have budgeted to begin preliminary engineering for that. project. We have, Andy and 1 have prepared a dog and pony show for you and we have all the charts and graphs if you'd like to see them but you have seen them before so I would hope that you could move this resolution and we will be pleased to answer any specific questions that you may have. Mrs. Gordon: I'm in favor of it but I would like very touch to see the graphics that you've brought because I want to see what, 1 want to refresh my memory on what it proposes for the turn... Msyor Perrot Wait a moment, Dr. Perry. Here is the way I think, excuse me, Rose for a moment. I'd like to recommend a few things. We have this all written out and we've had it for a year and a half actually two years now. It is _. report. It is dated August 1973 and it was given out in September of 73. Now as you may recall... Dr. Perry: This document, it's the Downtown Miami Conceptual Transportation Plan. We're only addressing, Commissioner Gordon, the area surrounding Dupont Plaza. Mrs. Cordons I know, that's the only part I'm talking about. Mayor Perres Now here is the point I want to stake. I think Mr. Andrews, let ms go over the history very quickly so we know where we are and perhaps whore we might go from here. This was something, the origin of this was Mr. Harry Hood Bassett with Mayor Dave Kennedy. And Mayor Kennedy got the governor to vom+mitt.to have this study wade. The governor committed and the study was lads. It took over a year to do it. i forget the exact date on that but it was sometime in early 73. September was the date on it but it wasn't released for two or three months subsequent to that because... Dr. Perry: Mere were preliminary releases. Mayor Fevre: The first meeting that was held on that wee in the Miami Library and it was thee* months after the date on the report - January 16th. Chi. And tt was released in September. Actually the State Department, they government kept it and did not release it foe public knowledge until that meeting at the library which was in January. At that meeting which was January 74 by then I was Mayor. At that meet- ing i regvested that ISr. PauL Andrews head an adhoc committee that would address its - itself across government including the state, including the county end including thu city to cow beak with a report. A report was issued to the members of the commission ascend S or 6 months Later, July of 1974. That moans that we've had that report for a year and three months. The reason why nothing has been done on it is beceuse the state maid they didn't have the no.wy, the county said they didn't have the money and the city certainly doesn't have the money. Maw t would recommend athat we do this because this is perhaps one of the most important things that we have before us. I mould revonmond that is this month at the meeting of the 24th... Maybe on the meting of the 24th we should have a full one hour presentation by staff as to what the 6 NOV "1975 implications are. That will give us time to review the neiswenger Report. We can came prepared and have a full one, one and a half hour presentation. I would like, Mr. Andrews, for you to invite the ner,ebers of your committee ittee including the county staff and call the D.o.T. man from Pt. Laude.tdsle, tAen Simpson. Have them all here men we ran really get into this and review it. New that's 01. Number 2 the governor is going to be in Miami 1 know on December 4th to 1i eve ► ii a trip fc>> Vcne:ueia .and Colombia. I would like to see if we could then schedule a meeting with the City Com- mission and maybe members of the Chamber of Commerce - Alvah might want to participate. Let fle tell you what the governor once told the about this. He maid,"I'm going to do in Miami what t think the community wants." but if the community doesn't want it badly enough to pressure for it then it's not going to get done. Now I think perhaps if you would call the governor's office and find out if that :same day, December 4th perhaps in the early afternoon before we go to the airport we c4m have a meeting right here after we've reviewed it for an hour to see if we can get some of this underway in December. because rather than take up the time now, Rose!, for us not to be prepared. Mtn. Gordon* Ok. Well, let's move the resolution. Is that what you want to do? Mayor Ferrer 1 see nothing wrong with passing this resolution. Dr. Perry: Well, obviously what you want to do in terms of your presentation with the governor we would be very pleased to cooperate but we'd like very much for this resolution to be passed because we believe, we have reason to believe that once this resolution is passed by this commission and a similar resolution is passed by the County Commission that the State Department of Transportation will <•tmNnitt the three hundmted thousand dollars, to begin the preliminary engineering. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption; RESOLUTION NO. 7S-102S A RESOLUTION REITERATING REQUEST CONTAINED IN RESOLUTION 75-22 AND ADOPTING IN PRINCIPLE THE DUPONT PLAZA AREA PLAN ELEMENT OP THE DOWNTOWN HMARI CONCEPTUAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AS MODIFIED flY THE MOINT TECHNICAL STAFF REVIEW REPORT REQUESTING THE FLORIDA DEPART- MENT or TRANSPORTATION TO PROCEED WITH PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON IMPLEMENTATION. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manoto Rs bolo COmsmsissLonet hose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vies Mayor J. L. Plummer. Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre MOSS: None. Nayor Ferrer Dr. Perry, before you leave let's see if we have this straight now. Mr. Andrews, you will schedule this for a full one or one and a half hour briefing so that all the members of the commission and those from the chamber that want to go through this with us including county and state people can be hero so that we're know- ledgeable. That will give us time to study the hetswenger Report on our own. (2)You will call the governor's office so that hopefully that same Thursday before we leave for South America that we will have a half hour meeting hers so that the governor can review with us the iportanoe of this and what our conclusions are and why we're anx- ious to get going. Nr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor, if we're fostonate enough in having the $300,000 committed for the study the thrust then with the governor would be to insure that it has his support to follow up funds to go ahead and get the project under way at an early date because that's going to be the critical area is getting the moneys in place to go ahead. Or. Perry: until we get Mayor Forces anybody aisle reports that Ae can't oven get this project into line for feral money. Mayor. this coamsitt neent on preliminary engineering. Me all recognise that but Mat see tell you Chuck, you know better than that this cc sanity is full of engineering reports and other kinds of are never implemented. So what the lunar*, is saying is - i recogriaw 7 NOV 6.1975 time importance of thawprimary bridge. Sut nn . we cross that bridge we've got to Mks sure there's some follow up so that we t aligned. Dr. Perry: There is no question about that and that is the reason for this sub- committee and the Downtown Action Committee and the Chamber to assist you and this commission and the County Cofttnission and the County "nn Eger in !,.,.inn that eorr# of these projects get off dead center. Tha!', why thc,. : of us who are velurtecrC are participating in this activity. 15, PROCLAMATION TO DR, CHiARLES E. PERRY, RETIRED PRESIDENT OF F, I.0 presentation of proclamation to Dr. Charles E. Petry, retiring President of Florida international Univeraity and expressing the sincere appreciation and gratitude of the City Cc missing. 16, ERSONAL APPEARANCE OF FIRE CHIEF DON H I CK'% N REGARDING t EW FIRE RATING & NSURANCE RATES FOR THE LITY OF MIAMI Fire Chief Don Mickaant Mr. Vice Mayor, may we of the Fire Department offer our congratulations to Commissioner Gordon, you and the Mayor. T would like to report to you that we received our I.S.O. Report back last Thursday and the good news is that through a cooperative effort of all the fire fighters and fire officers in the City of Miami Fire Department and many new innovative programs on fire preventions in the last two years we have maintained our class one rating which is one of three in the United States and moved our city from a Class 3 to a Class 2 which is one of 7 in the United States. Now what this :cane that: this was.. a cuopeitivc effort between the Fire Depart- ment, Public Works, Building Department, communications Department, Police Department, our city administration particularly the Budget Department and Mr. Andrews and our City Commissioners who have made it able fur us to maintain this Class 1 rating. Tha citizens will receive the benefit of this. As you know having a class 3 city a single family dwelling or an ordinary home can't receive any less insurance deductions but businesses in our city will be able to receive in the next few months a reduction in their insurance rating ranging from Is% per hundred up to 11% according to what the building is. And again i want to thank all of you for our cooperating efforts through- out the last two years. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor, 1 want to restate once again so it is said the second time: The City of Miami now enjoys once again a #1 rating in its Pire Department. There are only 3 cities in the United States that have that kind of rating. Mr. Plummer: What aro the three cities? Chief Hickman: Loa Angeles, Memphis, Tennessee and that is right at the present. You can lose them very simply, they vascilate every year by this rating. Ms. Andrews: The second important thing is the now rating as far as the insurance Services Rating raising us from a level of a three rating to a two rating. There are only seven cities in the United States that enjoy that kind of rating. Chief Hickaans 1 would like to add also that that is the top rating of the city. There is no Class 1 city Ln the United States of Canada and never will be because of the climatic condition. We lie in the hurricane belt, this keeps us from being a class 1 city - there's that many deficiencies. Mayo: Ferro: Chief, the Miami Herald had a story the other day and I didn't under- stand it because it said that (it vas talking about Dade County being a Class 9, I guess the Herald wouldn't put that it was in some other...) Chief Hicknans I think they said they had talked to Chief and he had ratings in various areas of Dade County from a class 10 to a► class 6. Mayor Errs: And that they were a Class 9 but that we were a Class 3. Nov you're always saying that we're a class 1. - idon't understand that. Chief Hickman: Well, let me explain it, sir. There are deficiencies divided up in many areas in your city. The Piro Department has 1950 possible deficiency points. We came out with 137. This gave us a Class 1 rating. Your city over all can receive 5000 deficiency points from Camsunications, Building Department, Public Works, Polio. Department and the rlre Department. We came out with a few over SOO Whig puts us in a class 2 city and as you're cowering the county they are la overall class 9 evt- dently where we are a Class 2. As t just said there is no Class 1 in the United States or Canada. i 8 NOV 6-1915 MRr. Mdrtrwst Mr.Mayor, do we understand that we've got two ratings here, one which rates the fire Department by itself, its capability and putn it in various classes. Mayor Ferree And that's where we're rated r_14.13:; 1. Mr. Andrews. That': where we're rati.d J1.1. I:. the Piro 1►c'Iiarttnent in itself irrespective of any other... You can't have a Ifire Department without an adequate water supply. That water :;apply and all the other things that support the Fire Depart.. rent are rated separately and the city placed in a class according to everything other than but including the rire Department. That rates the whole city not just the Fire Department. So we now enjoy a #2 rating which is the highest among cities and there are only 7 cities in the United states that have that rating. Mayor Perrot Well. Chief, I'll tell. you I've said it before lout 3'12 repeat it aeein and I don't mean this in any way disparingly towards the rest of the city because I'm proud of the City of Miami all over. Hy the way, I will later today or tomorrow release a very important document in reference to our Police Department which Paul, i want to show you first. You may have gotten a copy of it but I want to go over it and I think that Police Department is beginning to really take some very very important shape and 2 want to say so and I want to document it a little bit later on. However, I want to rnalte this statement to you• Chief. If the City of Miami is a viable entity it is main' ly dye to the Fire Departmentbecause as I go around, and you know this was campaign time we just got through two days ago, and during campaign time we do a little more visinting than usual although I must say that this commission is unbelievable at how well they are represented at every event that is going on in the city. it is unbele ievable how clone this commission is to the people. And i would say that Mctropoii t- ain Dade County doesn't come anywhere near with the cxreption of Steve Ciarkk who goes to • lot of things. But I see very very few people covering the way we do and I think we've got a pulse of what the people believe in and what they thing and the applause that I always get when I talk about the Fire Department Le unbelievable. It is a spontaneous natural thing and I say, "We've got the best Fire Department in the United States." and immediately everybody starts to applause. That has the psychological affect on citizens that really is unbelievable and for that I think you have to take an awful lot of credit, you and your staff and the chiefs and all of the men in the deparment. I think that what we have achieved is very significant and in that sense, Mr. Andrews, i am going to be coming (this is just on the side here on the record) with a recommendation in the next few weeks that I have been studying for the last year on legislative performances of commissions throughout the United States. The City of New Orleans has, and I've been talking to Moon Landreau and others about this, they divide the commission into working committees not so that they take admin- istrative responsibility but so that we have members of this commission that are informed on the basic departments and services that this commission renders. And as you may recall in our conversation with Booze Alen they strongly recommended that we, even though they have not oput it in writing, but they say that that is really one of the things that we should do to improve the efficiency of our operation. I think from a letielative point of view, and I think that that is something that I'sa going to be coming up with in the next month or two and recommend to the commission that we actually forms standing standing committees. I would like to request the input of the administration and perhaps you night even want to get Moose Allen in this, and this is what I Kant to recommend; we've been talking about having informal meetings. You remember back in twenty years ago and even fifteen years ago the City of Miami used to have inform/Commission Meetings. When Jack Orr was alive he had these Mao - day morning meetings of the County Commmission. Mow what I would like to recommend is that we form, and I've been thinking and I haven't comae up with a list yet, but I've got about 7 or eight committees in which all four members of the commission serve on two committees and that on a rotating basis trice a month on time weeks that we do not have Cicmmaission Meetings that theme committees have morning sessions. Wow that means that it would not be an over imposition on the oomrsissLon sine` you can have eight the eighth time and you would only serve on two commissions don't you see. It would take two (months and during a two month period you would only be meeting twice. Do you follow me, what I'm ssyi.wng7 if you have it every other week and you have eight committees and you have four two' aers and there are three members to each committee that means you would participate to two committees. Mach commissioner would belong to two committees one which he would chair and the other which he would not. ... That's something that we have to work out the details of. Phut the point ix that at the end of an eight week cycle, tin sorry it would be more than that because there would be 4 months because we'd meet on the off weeks. You would have a complete cycLe every four months which means that during the year that committee would meet three times. Follow na►7 So it isn't too ouch of an imposition than on the committee or on tie commissioners to meet at that frequency and i think t'iat way we would be much better informed on a departmental basis. 'here are a lot of things going on that we ahoald know and we don't know. Some of the things that are going on in the Polio' Departments i received a totter whirls I'm going to show you about some of the 9 Nov 8.1975 �I things that era being 4one in the Police npartm»tit wh&ch €rankly I'm comploetely+ suepised at. I didn't know that that was wing on. 2'm very happy to see it but what I'm saying is 1 think this coMMission shotili have a more closer working know. ledge as to what is going on in these dep:irthents. Now the lost thing I wanted to nay in reference to that was I really think that we're going to have to go back to having some meetings on the Police Department and I'm :twit raying that thin perhaps should be maybe the f.i.rst of the year of tact ,tanvsry. I'm spot. rec•c,:nrtendinq the same format as before. I think that what we ought to really get into is a constructive series of meetings where we would go over for example this neighborhood approach. I've got some very good information that I gathered in Washington which 2'tn going to share with the commission pretty soon about neighborhood committees to suppnrt police work and how they've been tried successfully in 38 cities, some of them larger than Miami, all of them successfully not one failure yet. They're not a vigilante group and it is having some real impact on recuction of crime. Loss Angeles is one of the prime places where it has worked and Long peach and other places in California. Now my point is thias On a long term, 1 think we've got to do some long term thinking about police work, one of the reasons why 1 think the )'ire Department is the #1 tiro department in the United States is because as the chief has often repeated 50 cents out of every dollar is spent in prevention. Now if we were to approach Police work with that same attitude and try to approach which is what the neighborhood con- cept actually does... Let me just quickly clarify for those who don't understand. There were two very important experiments done around 2 or 3 years ago in police work. One was done in Kansas City. 'What they did was they doubled, tripled and quadrupled the number of automobile vi.sits(police vehicles) in a given neighborhood and then they rotated the neighborhoods. Mr. Andrews: And one of them they left. unattended. Mayor Ferree One they left completely unattended and the startling discovery of all of it was that the crime rate difference did not change at all no matter whether you had no patrols or you had two or three or foul tunes as many patrols. I guess the premise of that is that the professional thief is going to watch out for the patrol car and do his crime in between. Now on the other hand in New York City and in Philadelphia there was a major attempt made and then later on in Los Angeles at approach- ing crime on a neighborhood basis. What they did was this, they would take an area of the community and they would say, "Ok, this has 4,000 families and it has so many square blocks ..." and they would assign a group of policemen, 10 or 15 policemen to that area and they said, "Now it is your responsibility to prevent crime." and they would work as a team and these men would go into the neighborhood, they would get to know the people and it was a neighborhood approach. They established working committees, public relations committees where they would meet with the leadership of that neighbor- hood and they actually got the community to understand, know and even like the Police Department. There was a close rapport that was worked out and the affects of that have actually been dramatic where it has been tried. I think this it he type of an approach that we've got to take in police work and the real key to it even though I know they're not related but it's the success that we've had in the Fire Department with the pro•.ention approach which really to me is an incentive to bee start looking at police work in the same way. I would like, Mr. Andrews, and I'm telling you now in aovoember that sometime in January I would like to start a series of scheduled hear- ings and I want to tell you now that there were some unanswered things in the last series that we had last year that have never been answered. I've never gotten a report and I now am giving you notice of two months so that by January the administration will be prepared to get back to some of these questions and get into them again. I want to reiterate that this is in no way a witch hunt or trying to aeoebarrass anybody or create any problems. I hope that rather than to get into the specific cases of who did what to who that we could this time get into a discussion of what has been tried. I've been very impressed by the trip that Commissioner Plummer took, the trip that Chief Klimkkowski, several trips he's taken and 1 think it is time for the Pollee Department to share sons of this new found knowledge with the community, not only with the cow- n issLon but with the community so that we can start approaching police work in the sense that not only is e policeman an enforcer which he is, he is also a public serv- ants and trying to approach police work in the same way that the Fire Department has sppsosched fire work and that Ls to prevent the fire. We're not going to wait until the fire starts to start putting it out. that's why we're *1 and we're not going to watt oil the crime is committed to start stopping it. I think if we do that we're going to have some dramatic affects in our crime picture. Nes. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, ern the insurance rates that you said would affect the comma c- irri. buildings, Chief, aro we advertising this information so that the users will know that they can Apply bar a reduced rate? How are we lotting them know? Chief Rickman: Commissioner Gordon, it will take several months appreaitaately six I would :say for the local insurance service office to riwvaluato each building( in the City of Miami. and th.ry will do this to each building. OY 8 -1975 Mrs. Gordon: Each biding pernonaily in,pected Anted? Chief Hickman: Yes, Correct, all re-rat.:-.L Mta. Gordon And then the owner of the prop ry can apply for his reduced rate. Chief NickThan: 'That's CO1 teCt, and .1 t wi I. I be r t .' ct i ve to November l r4t of thi year. Mrs. Gordon: Oh, I _gee, thatn very nice. Chief Hickman: Mr. :ayor, may I rucogn.izc my Deputy Chief: of Operational, Chief Brice; my Deputy Chief of support Service, Chief prulii and C+ene Naples who represents the fire fighters. Without these menthe motivation of all them, it wouldn't have been a seccessful team. Mr. Plummer: Chief, in Orlando just recently a great deal of discussion was entered into about double taxationl I thought this city was unique in its problems of the taxing our people double, believe me this was the upper most discussion in Orlando of all cities in the State of Florida that feel that they are being double taxed unmerciful and even to the comment was that 200 years ago the big hue and cry was taxation without representation and now that we have taxation with representation God help us in the next 200 years. All of this boils down to one thing that I found very unique and Mr. Lloyd is going to follow through. Has there ever been because there has not been to my knowledge, a case in mutual aide whore the City of Miami called on Metropolitan Dade County for assistance? Chief Hickman: Yea. Air. I've called on them in the airplane crash out on 36th Street. I called on several cities. I have called on fires when ey fire defense becomes weak, when I've pulled too many apparatus into a large fire. Mr. Plummer: What would you say the percentage was... In other words I'm getting at a two way street situation. Chief Hickman: night, I understand what you're getting at, sir. Mr. Andrews: I'll help answer that and he can verify it - 1/10 of 100%. el Mr. Plummets One tenth of 100%. The question was that I was baiting the chief to try to get --- I have been reading in the paper where it states that Metro helps out Dade County so often that that is the reason, ---- Mayor Ferre: You mean Metro helps Miami? Mr. Plummer: ---right, that there should be no cry about double taxation. Let Me tell you what happens in Leon County. This is whittles are going after through the City Attorney because he case up there with sec. The City of Tallahassee has the sane situatioa as we have here. They have a good fire department, the county has an inferior fire department. The County of Leon pays in dollars, no in kind ----it dollars for the assistance of having the city stand by when called upon and needed. They pay an actual contractual fee every year. That struck hoar and w are writing now for that contractual agreement that they have, because obviously their situation parallels ours, that the county calls on the city quite often to assist in the fire department. That is just one area I wanted to get clarified. You are going to hear an awful Lot more from the entire state on this double taxation. Chief Hicia:aat Mr. Plummer, I hewn/ this is a legal matter, but as far as the fire service is concerned, we do appreciaterutat aid, because it is a two-way street, we look at it as a life-saving thing, I as sure many ways can be worked out to handle it. Mt. Plummer: There is no quesitoa, but it just irritated me to no end Go see the county make a statement stating that there to no double taxation because the county is contiguously helping out the city, and in the 5 years I have been a commissioner, I don't recall seeing county fire equipment there. I always see city of Miami equipment and in the county have seen the city go out there to assist them.Mayor Ferro: Mr. Andrews on the subject which I was gates to being up later on, but white we are on it. I want you---- :►. Cibr:oa:----1 want to ease deiwato----- Chief litchmass A11 right, thank you very much. 11 NOV 8 -19?5 sr fir Mayor ferret Mr. Andrews, in the riper List week, was a reply from Mr. Goode which 1 guess he released tothe ott,.+`', Mt. Andrews: He turned that over to the city and we are composing information to :,apply to they commission .as a result of that. it is very legal and technical. Mayor Ferret I would like to, even if we have to have a special commission meeting on it, because at that point, then I want to have one last meeting with Metro before we go to court and then 1 think we have to start getting tough and I am going to specifically advise this commission unless we get clear-cut satisfaction as to what direction we are going, at least that, then I think we have no choice but to go to court and sue Metro, and I think we have to get on with it post—haste. Mt. Andrews: The information we received is steeped 90% in legal findings and legal technicalities as to the double taxation issue. The moral issue, the righteousness of this is not addressed and if we begin anew, and most of these opinions and court findings have come about prior to the constitutional provisions as 1 read it, if we begin with the constitutional provision and begin to track the matter, it takes on an entirely different. light. Mayor Fevre: I am pot a tawyer and 1 am not going to get into constitutional questions but the promise is that where they really opened the door to Pandora's box was when Ray Goode himself admitted that there was double taxation and set up taxing districts for the county. When that was done, for the first time in t6 years, that was a defect() admission of the premise that there is double taxation. Once that was done, there is no going back. As far as I am concerned, and I would like Mr. Andrews, for you to get from the county clerk's office either the verbal report of the written report of the county manager, because he told me when I saw him in no uncertain terms, that he was recommending to the commission that the just thing to do was for the increase in the Fire Department of Metropolitan Dade, that he wanted, -----he was recommending that it be passed on to those that were receiving the service, and that Beverly Phillips made a great exception about this, and led by her position, the rest of the commission followed including the Mayor Steve Clark, and voted to place the burden on the full community Which means the taxpayers of Miami even though they don't receive any benefit from the Metropolitan Dade County fire department. Mr. Andrews: I Willa you to also know that we are making an effort to collect every single agreement that the county has,with each one of the municipalities and we are going to make an analysis of those agreements because it has been purported that part of the difficulty of resolving the problem is the fact that these agreements have been entered into and its contractual arrangement in which the county provides the service and the cost of that service is included in a total county tax base. However, t have discovered that there are provisions in some of the agreements so we are going to analysts all of them that permit the county to return this services to the municipality. Nov that provision is in there. then through that potentiality lies the tact that this can be restructured and reorganised so taxing districts can be set up and if the municipalities who have turned over their fire fighting facilities to Metropolitan Dade County don't choose to accept the principle of the separate taxing then this commission can urge that the county return those fire units back to those municipalities under this agreement. Mayor Ferret One Last thing Mr. Andrews, t would like for you to request from channel i, who I understand did a magnificent jab in their reporting is a series, either Chief or Mc. Andrews. --- Mr. Andrews ---of the Fire Departmment.--- Mayor Ferree ----of the Fire Department, t understand it was 4 series of about 3 or 4, ---- Mr. Amdrewst--the last +same was last night, yesterday evening. Mayor Ferret t did mot meet thew, unfortumatenly. 1 don't sometimes get home is time to watch tale vtsles. early to the ~aims, so 1 would like to say if they would Load the whoLe series to us. and offer the opportunity for the comwtsstoe and members here to actually use tlw vAiol. aortas put together, and if it 1s what 1 think it is. i would like to see it tkey would chaste it to us. because 1 mid like to thaw that around the cermetty. i thins 12 NOV6- it will have a tremendous effect of good will ; iitot ;hint the community and perhaps as we go to community meetings or the different civic meetings or even the clubs, like Rotary, kiwantq, Little River ChAtber of Commerce, ---you know what 1 mean, that we would show these at different gatherings to get the community nware of the quality of service they are receiving. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor I think that is a good idea but I would like you to enlarge upon the scope of it, and offer to the schools, we might be able to interest the students to go into fire work, it might inspire them, high schools particularly. Mayor Ferret It is a great idea. Let's see if we can get channel 4 to give us that as a donation to community service, and maybe ----if it is as good as I think it is, as I have heard it is, that we can get several reels, or several copies of it. Thank you very much Chief. 17, MISCELLANEOUS DI scuts IoN IT s : LEGISLATIVE PROCE I NGS, UE I GIBORHOOD GROUPS T3 ASSIST 'N.ICE DEPT, ETC, (SEE ITEM 416) CHANGE of ZONING CLASSIFICATION "RIVER Cove" APPROX, 1450 "l,W, 17 AVE Mayor Ferre: There is one objector, the applicant is First Federal Savings,will the applicant please step forward. The Zoning Board voted 7 to 0 r.commendinl the change, the Plarning P.epartrent recommended approval, are there any objectors present? Mr. Ivan Swope: My name is Ivan Swope, I am with First Federal Savings, and this proposed change would make the location of our new branch office which will be located in this area, make it all into the one toning, which is part C-4 and this would make the entire thing C-4. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE GRANTING CHANGE OF ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF TRACT I, TENTATIVE PLAT #896-C -"RIVER COVE", BEING APPROXIMATELY 1450 N.W. 17TO AVENUE, FROM R--i (MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIPLE) TO C-4 (GENERAL COMMERCIAL) Was introduced by Commissioner Cordon and seconded by Commissioner Plummer and passed on its first reeding by title by the following votes AYES: Commissioner Mamie Rsboso Commissioner Roes Cordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Terre WOKS: None. The City Attorney read the ordinance tato the public record and announced that copies were avellabte to the webers of the City Commission and to the public. 19. _OF VACATING t CLOSING oF1=S PLEr 8E1l EN N.W. VI STREET NV SSOMMayor Ferrel Are any objectors present on this? Mr. Plummer: Onesn•t this tie in Jack with yours. 1 believe it does. and t think ww ought to resolve the other sltuattoe first. Mayor Fortes Whitt is the p ooblem. therm are no objectors. Mr. Plummer: Term problem is if they don't get the other one Mr. Mayor• this nee Is useless. Mr. Robert Davis: To amity this Mr. Mayor, and I. Commisstoomra. this 13 NOV 6 -1975 is & pct ition for the elosurr of the t titet and Ailey, and would not Descents effective unless the Plat were recorded in conjunction with the tentative plat. Mr. Plummer: You nean for the detention facility. Mr. Davis: Yes, Mr..Plutmaer: That is what I am ;paying, one ties in with the other. If you don't Approve his item then this one is useless. Mr. Davis: It would be, ---this would still he uselss if they would not finalise the plat. Mr. Plummer: I still think we are taking it backwards, Bob. Which one is yours Jack? What are you doing here? Unidentified person: WE are not on the agenda, and we had heard un- officially that the subject might be tied in with this item, so that is the reason for our being here. Mt. Plummet: obviously it is. Where is you: items. Why hasn't it coma back up. Unidentified Person: l think the last instruction was for the City Manager and the County Manager to get together and discuss another portion of the thing. Mt. Plummer: Paul, have you had the opportunity to discuss with Ray Goode about Jack't project? Mr. Andrews remarks inaudible. Mr. Plummer: it is not publicized, so we can't take any action on it today, so I'll move we defer item 6, scheduled for the next agenda, the item of Mr. Sandstrom, so we can take official action on both items at the same time. In the interim they can bring us a position paper showing us exactly where we stand. Mayor Ferre: Plummer moves for deferral, seconded by Mr. Reboso.----- Mrs. Gordon: Mr.Msyor if you recall 1 abastained-----1 own property within 330 f t. Mayor Rerra: Let the record reflect Mrs. Gordon abstains. Mr. Lloyd: You don't have to abstain from a deferral motion. Mrs. Cordons Okay, it I don't have to I won't. Me. Plummer: Yhts is as avtul busy man, can we assure him it will bet scheduled for item fl on the 24th? Mr. Sandstrom for the record, you receive a lot of crtticism. Sometimes I guess it is due and sometimes it is not, but in the recent visit of the General of Police from Colombia, one of the things he wanted to do was to an. your facility. I have haver bean let jail Wars. contrary to the Mayer, the Mayor is always in jell, I want to tell you what I found over there was a very fine run facility, wll staffed, you have a trsmendoua.staff over there who are efficient, in what they are doing and I personally want to commend you for doing a tremendous job under dean hard circumstances. I want that on the record. Mayor Ferrets thank you. 14 AYES: WAIVER OF OFF-STREET PA K Plc, A� O EXTEi s,oN cr CERTIFICATE tE OCCUPANCY roR »4t YEAR - ►1PPROX, . N!�' N. SOUTHR1vEi '^tvE` WACT ►� The following ro. otut tcm w;r.; trtt rnducvd by ComrmisKtoner P1 + ove4 Its ; doptit,n RESOLUTION NO. 75-1026 A RESOLUTION PERMITTING MUNICIPAL USE OF APPROXIMATELY 1150 N.W. SOUTH RIVER DRIVE, TRACT "A", sPORTSMANS PARK SECTION fl (55-30), TO PERMIT A WAREHOUSE TO BE DEVELOPED FOR THE USE OF THE ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE, AS PROVIDED IN ORDINANCE NO. 6871, ARTICLE IV, SECTION 35, AND WAIVING ALL REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING FOit A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE F.NE) OF SAID PERIOD; ZONED C-4 (GENERAL COMMERCIAL) DISTRICT (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Cordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummet Mayor Maurice A. Ferre. NOES: None. KENSION OF COND TIOl1L USE, LOT 20, BLOC4 331 MIAMI (8-41) AT CORNER OF N.L. 5RD STREET $ BI sCAYNE DOULEVARD who The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson , who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 75-1027 A RESOLUTION GRANTING A ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF TUUE CONDLTIONAL USE GRANTED ON LOT 20, BLOCK 83N lilAI4L (B-41) LOCATED AT N.W. CORNER OF N.E. 3RD STREET AND BUCAYNE BOULEVARD BY RESOLUTION NO. 74-43 ADOPTED JANUARY 24,1974 TO PERNI'E MECHANICALLY OPERATED PARKING STRUCTURE (Here follows body of resolution, omitted hers and on fits in the Off ice of the City Clerk) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboso , the resolution was passed and adopted by the following votes AYES:Commissioner Reboso, Mrs. Gordon, Rev. Gibson and Vice -Mayor Plummer. NOES: None. ASSENT: None. tlayor Ferre abstained. 15 NOY 8 0191` t SCJSSION ITEM II SERV I NG OF ALCO' )L I C BEVERAGES i. THE ORANGE BOWL Mr. Andrews t t»lr. Mayor, may T. have :... i _ i t 1 t2„49_ of having an item taken out of order, if ybu' a.l pert;t.i t Me to l) matter? Mr. Mac Namara 19 here representing the Orange t;owl. C n i •- Thy have sent me a letter and they ?lave a particular reque!..;'. of the city ;hir•h I want to recc,;tmend to the cottuaiq- taion. i+ach year at the Orange Howl fe i' it. i.•' ; they invite the entire orange bawl Committee to a party that they have prior to t.hgame. They want to hold this in the Orange bowl and they'v_' h -4t it in the rust under circumstances where only a few people have attcndel. tic:- ae of the importance of the Orange Bowl Committee they want t.) invite. all their oerlbers and wive. ';r.w the ordinance provides that you cannot serve alcoholic b .v->rages it' the Orange Bowl and that is quite clear. We want like to obtain from thw City Commission a modification of that ordinance in only one area for one 1.urpo:t• and this is purpose would be extended to others who want to specifically throw a party .at the end of the season, for instance if the Dolphins wish to do this and the university wished to do this, and this could occur in an area that is completely isolated in the Orange bowl. Mayor Ferret Where is that? Mr. and-ewss That's at the rooftop of gate 14 which could be completely screened off and their request would, .the time for this event would be from 6 to 7t30 and conclude a half hour before the game festivities begin. Mayor Ferret Let me tell you something, Mr. Andrews - fine, I'm for it but I want to tell you what s sauce for the goose in sauce for the gander. Now we're going around net reccgniming something which is a reality. i go to theme Dolphin games someti:nea and go up to that press room and there is liquor served there every game. Now what is this thing about liquor not supposed to be served? Mr. Andrews: That's separated, and let Mr. Lloyd explain that. Mayor Ferree It's part of the deed? Rev. Gibscnt But Mr. Mayor. maybe►...you know I'm troubled that we... It seems to mite that, you know I ought to be against it but.... Ny God, Man, we face the world of reality. It just disturbes me that we... Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor sod members of the commission, what I'm trying to say is that I believe after reviewing this very carefully that this activity at this locat- ion car be controlled not only as to its location but the time in which events would take place and put a restriction that a half hour before game time that that area must be cleared and vacated and well controlled and in this particular instance I can see how it can be controlled and I think it is a good thing for the Orange Bowl to have this occur. tor. Plummer: Will somebody please notify the vies Squad Rev. Gibson: J. L., for God's sakes don't let then enharrass us like they did before. Mr. Andrews, maybe we need to bring the chief dawn here... I want to stake this observat- ion. Mr. Plummer: Father, what you do is like you did before, invite him up tor a drink. Rev. Gibson: Because I think some of the members in the Polies Department think that thety ate kings unto themselves. Now you remember that incident that I called to your attention? Mr. Andrewss Yes, sir. rev. Giboons There's some of those sergeants thinks they're bicgar than the chief end maybe they need to be told that they're just sergeants and not chiefs. You know what I men? he. Andrews s Yes, sir. Row. Gilman: And you could explain to the Mayor and the rest of the commission what i m=ea, what Ile talking about if you wish. I Ali disturbed them we could have A law end a sergw.snt decides (Mr. Mayer, y©u ought to hoer Chia bacauw+.., Mr. mayor, you and the vivo.Msyor nil to know this. Iles going to speak about it right now.). This city cos nee: blowing up because you have a couple of underlings who think they' bigger Chau the beets and the guys wo W soy something Like thins Say. You work for me, you don't work for the chief." New who in the dwell is running this show? Ar;d 16 NOV6-WS Mr. Andrews tan give the particulars and the spec. Ca. I called it to his attention and 1 want to say this, we 01.1:7iit tc get, we ought to let all those little guys undesntand that they aren't th • t,is.- it wore going into the ©range Bowl because we can't have an embarrassment like t h,:3 F;or. a two years ago. Mr. Andrews: I will summit .in ordimincE to the u:o; ni:;sinn after the City Attorney Ir.►s di sfted it with the proper cc+.lt:ro1:- (7:' )diec1 i' t) r,tdiu,inLc• so thE•fe in no misunderstanding. Mayor Ferret 11li right. Anything else on this item? Ur: you need a resolution? ttr. Andrews: No, not .it this [point. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I'm for it: 1 just think, Mr. Mayor, knowing what t know, I think at the very next meeting we need to invite the chief and the heads of his staff (majors and whoever run what) and tell them where we are. The city was embar- raasedt I never will forget in that orange Bowl all those people there were exposed to this kind of a thing. We can't have that. Public relations -wise it is a disgrace and I move that the chief along with his staff be invited to thi. next meeting to get the word from us. Mr. Andrews: Can I suggest, Father and Mt. Mayor, that this be one of the utters that we would bring up when we go through the police review in January... Rev. Gibson: 'That's after.... Mt. P3ummert rath►ct, ]et me suggest this, that. Mr. Azdzews write a memo to the chief informing him of the feelings of the eomanimaim and send each one of us a copy of it. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I ain't buying that. You know Martin Luther King is dead and gone but he said one of the ways to hide things from people is to write them and I think you need to bring those guys and let them hear it. Mayot Ferret All right, Mt. Andrews, then T don't think we need a motion, you're just instructed by this commission to have the chief here. Mr. Andrews: May I have it at the last meeting in December? Mayor Ferret No, sir, at the next meeting. Mr. Andrews: The chief was planning to take the balance of his vacation and made arrangements .. . Mayor Ferre: Then have the Assistant Chief... Mr. Plummer: Bring him here this afternoon. Rev. Gibson: Right. tlr. Andrews: Ok. NOTB: Set Item SI. 17 NOV 13.137E 231 riA,NCE' OF &NINO C ssir1CAT1 -EW 'TDF Or 7 NE 1*tWE v 1) A 11 STREETS Mayor Vettce: We will now trtk._r nil Item 9:1. We are nlwayM honored with the presence of Mel Adam:+. Mr. Mel Adams: Thank y(m. I was here several months ago when you were asking about all the vacant land. This t.s two blocks that will be under con- struction in December if the requested zoning is approved. This is home owership housing, the density is about 11 units per acre although the coning would permit 35. It has been through the Neighborhood, the DUD Advisory hoard and is ready for construction. We respectfully request your approval. Mayor Ferre: This has full approval of the planning Department and the Zoning hoard voted 7 to 0, are any objectors present? Mrs. Gordon: L want to make the motion to approve. I would like to ask the department to enlarge upon the scope of area of that is being considered for this change because i notice there is a great amount of C-5 surrounding this property, and a possibility perhaps that we might get more housing If the zoning were changed. Mr. Acton: Mrs. Gordon the master plan for the entire area in residential and we have, ----bade County owns most of the land in the area. We have been changing zoning on mainly blocks as they are ready for development. We intend to come back and make a comprehensive recommendation to the commission on :coning in this area, in connection with our comprehensive master plan efforts. Mrs. Gordon: Why don't you do it in one fell swoop. Mr. Acton: We have been trying to hold off on bringing items to the commission prior to the time we have done a comprehensive study of the entire area. Mrs. Gordon: But the property north of this and the property south of this, or east or west, (1 can't tell the direction here), are they owned by HUD now? Mr. Adams: We may have trensferred that C-5 block to the City, that is the park, so we probably don't own that. Mrs. Gordon: How about the part north of it? Mr. Adams: Sossee we own and that is going to be part of the expansion of Booker T. site. Mrs. Gordon: The only reason I as asking and questioning the way I an, is that we wouldn't want to see any smoky factories develop in there in the Interim period of time. Mr. Adams: I wouldn't get that beyond the Advisory Board, ---- Mrs. Gordon: No, I as talking about the upper park. I don't know that you own it, because it isn't shown in blue, it usually is when the contiguous owner is the same as the applicant. lir. Acton are you aware for sure that that is property that is under the control of HUD or a federal agelncy, north of the subject property . Nr.Acton: Mr. Adams can answer that question better than 1 can. 1 know that MUD does own certain land north -of llth Street, in that *roe. That entire area is in the reseewel arum. Mr. Adams: Immediately north of llth Street, between llth eetreet and the railroad line, cows we own, and that is cleared. Others ars existing commercial who/estate uses that we don't own. if the rapid transit goes ahead, that will take the belasce of Lt, beicauae that is the Use for the rapid transit, but we bought some, ors don't own all of it. Whet err do own wilt no to the Maker T site, but the queertlun that you raise is beyond our contra/ right new. Mrs. Cordons t realise that, so I wasn't addre esidd tt to Tom, I war addressing it to our department, on they prot:sad poet -haste in putting tlw adjacent zoning in a eo patibie use with the one we are about to Brant to you. xt NOV 6.1975 Mt, Acton! CoMmiciiono Cotdon a:hti 0(109t prvpore ;+ rvp0t1 for the Cone.i sstrn. Mayor Ferret the motion has been moved and s+econderl, call the roll, AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE ►1NEND NG ORDINANCE NO. 6t371, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI, AY CIL1Nt+IN(+ 'lilt. ZONING CLASSIFICATION Ot TENTATIVE PLAT NO. 945 - "CULMER VILLAGE" BEING EAST SIDE N.W. 711♦ AVENUE BETWEEN 10TH AND 11114 STREETS, FROM C-4 (GENERAL COMM RG1AL) AND C-S (LIBERAL COMMERCIAL) TO R--4 (MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIPLE) DISTRICT, AND l3Y MAitING THE NECESSARY CHANGES IN THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP MADE A I'AItT OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 6871, BY REFERENCE ANt) DESCRIPTION IN ARTICLE III, SECTION.2 THEREOF; BY REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVERASILITY PROVISION Was introduced by Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Commissioner Gibson and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Renato Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOESt None. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 75-1028 A RESOLUTION GRANTING A PETITION FOR A PLANNED AREA DEVELOPMENT (PAD) ON TENTATIVE PLAT 945 "CUL MER VILLARE", BEING EAST SIDE N.N. 7TH AVENUE BETWEEN 10TM AND 11TE STREETS, CONSISTING OF 8S DWELLING UNITS IN TOWNHOUSE CLUSTERS, ZONED C-4 (GENERAL. COMMERCIAL) AND C-S (LIBERAL COMMERCLAL) . PROPOSED TO DE RE- ZONED R-4 (MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIPLE ) DISTRICT (Here follows body of resolution, omitted hers and oo file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Reboot), tine resolution taus passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Ribose' Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore G Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Perm. WOES: Slone 19 NOV 8 -1975 241 PUBLIC HOUSING - DISCUSSION ITEM In connection with the matter immediately preceding. Mayor Ferro made the following statement: Mr. Adams, there are two things I want to say her• on the record. One was that when Jack Orr was alive and a great leader in this community and a great Mayor of Metropolitan Dade County his number one concern was housing. He had a series of what he called "summit meetings" in the community. As I remem- ber they were held in the Columbus Hotel, and I was at one of them. What he wanted to do was to call all the leadership, the so-called leadership of the community, and discuss how we would go about it. They were good working meetings and there were some conclusions. I would like for you and your staff, if you would, please, to make available copies of the memos and of the report of that. and 1 would like for you to send a copy of that to Mr. Andrews and to each member of the Commission. Now. let me tellyou what I am thinking about. I know the City of Miami has no direct responsibility for housing. and 7 am not in any recommending that we get back into the housing field, but I had a very, very distressing hour and a half meeting with Secretary Carla Hills in Boston. I don't know whether I told you about this or not. She invited me to lunch with two other mayors and we spent an hour and a half, and I started talking. about fifteen minutes into the meeting I just shut up. because I realised that we were in the hands of an extremely caloused human being who just absolutely did not care. and her job --she went to the extent --and this is when I quit --of saying that, even though she was Secretary of Housing of HUD. that her primary responsibility as an American was to stop this infla- tion that was going to rob every American of his heritage, and that therefore she was very strong about not fueling the in- flationary spiral, and that she spent just as much time looking at treasury bills and reports from Treasurer as she did looking at reports on housing. I said, I thought you were Secretary of Housing and not Secretary of the Treasury, and she got a little upset, as I imagine she would after that question. and she went into a long, half-hour speech as to how we couldn't meet the housing needs of this country --and I really can't follow her Logic —and therefore she wanted to put the emphasis on rent supplements rather than housing. The rent supplement bill, as I understand it from our people in Washington and from our Congressional Delegation that I talked to. including Senator Pepper and others in Washington, is a complete failure. It has just been a complete, typical and complete --and please forgive me for the partisan approach --Republican flop. It is just another one of these things where it is just done with mirrors And it doesn't do anything. And as a consequence, after you run through the money that you are going to now. looking a year down the road we are going to be at a complete standstill in housing, and God knows that._even with the great job that you have done and that Haley Sofge did before you, and what the City of Miami did. as good as it was. is nowhere near enough. it is really a trickle. And one last fact. I have said this before on this Commission, but I want to repeat it. This com- munity, Miami, has more automobiles per person than any other major city in these united States. And how does that relate to housing? This oo+sun ty has less bedrooms her people than any other majoc city in the United States. Thts is the worst housed city in the united States and it has clot more automobiles. And since our poverty Level. as you know, is over thirty per 20 NOV6-1975 cent.; that officially classifies under the government classi- fication of poverty. this is a poor community. That is com pared to other American cities. We area poor community that is under housed and must spend ail of its money in transporta- tion. To me the automobile is the worst monstrosity of modern America because it costa three to four thousand dollars a year to maintain an automobile. And to keep a job you have got to have a car, and that means you don't have enough money for a hawser and with inflation the way it is going, of the million and a half people that live in this community I darsaay there are not more than two or three hundred thousand people out of a million and a half that can today afford to buy a houses which means that we have a crisis on our hands. And the con- clusion to all that Is that I think government has got to do something about it. Dow, since we can't do anything about it. from a federal level until we get a new President, which won't be for a year and two months now. that means we have got a year and two months to suffer through all of this. i don't that we can afford to continue this, and I think the state and the localgovernments have got to assume some responsi- bility. Now, we don't have any money. The only way we can do this, in my opinion, is to go back to the electorate. and even though bonds, as you saw at Tuesday's elections, failed all over the United States. I would say that if we approach this properly we can convince the electorate in Miami --and I will give you the reason for it. Our bonded indebtedness is on: of the lowest of any major city in the United States. Everybody says. is Miami going to go down the drain like New York? we are nowhere near the level of New York. As you know the State permits a fifteen per cent. bonded indebtedness. and as I understand it we are just barely over two per cent.. one of the lowest bonded indebtedness of any major metropol- itan community. I would like to prepare and get ready for a referendum and going back to the public with nothing else but a one-shot deal, housing. and we aro going to go to the ex- treme of spending money to tell the story. The reason that thing failed last time was because it was not explained. And I want to do it --aced Mr. LLoyd. (City Attorney) 1 hope you are listening because i want you to get the legal structure of this. I would like to put this on a referendum basis throughout the county. but i want it split so that if it passes in the City and fails in the County at least the City is able to move forward on it. I want you to start studying the legal of that. and after you send ne the memos of what was concluded by Jack Ocr's meetings. which has been dormant for a year and a half, I would like to see this Commission appoint a five -man board --and just off the top of my head I have got three people specifically that I would like to recommend to be on this com- mittee. and those are the '(embers that served the City with such aapaatty in the peat. Mr. Martin line, who just walked ini Nr. Sidney Aronovits, who served with great distinction. if he is not a Federal Judge by then; and Mr. Dave Blumberg. who was here a little while ago. And perhaps we can get one or two more people that would serve on a advisory committee. I think we ought to try to get, to have good balance, ws ought to have one or two mown -- sirs, cordons May I make a recommendation. Mr. Mayor. that you consider a reattor--- 21 NOV 6"1975 Mayor Ferree A reaitrji, a buildet; i think we aught to have one or two women: we ought to have a Black and we ought to have a Latin. Mrs. Gordon! You are making your committee appoint - now. Mayor Ferrel No, I am just recommending the people that I think ought to serve, and i think --I don't think any- body is going to argue with Martin Pine, Sidney Aronovitt and Dave Blumberg. Mrs. Gordon: Ted Pappas. was just going to recommend Mr. Mayor Ferret All right. Ted Pappas is beautiful; and maybe we will have to expand it to more than a five -man committee; but to come and recommend to the city. Now, here is really what I would like --and Marty Pine and I have talked about this in the past, but if we, for example, were to come up with a hundred million dollar bond issue for housing. if we could figure out a way --and perhaps the committee could look into leveraging that one hundred million dollars so that it would be the basis of a local PHA type of thing where we would use it for guarantees rather than for expenditures, and then get the local savings and loan associations and the local lending institutions: with a guarantee of a hundred million dollars we might be able to get three or four hundred million dollars. I don't knot what the leveraging factor :night be. But what I am thinking of is using that. rather than for di- rect expenditures, using it as a banking type of thing where we would deposit it and maybe we might even do it --and I don't know whether this is legal, but we might, Mr. Lloyd, do it even by buying Miami and Dade County Municipal Bonds, and using that as a depository basis we would then leverage and borrow against ---leave a hundred million dollars in the bank. and maybe we could either, if we can't go to that we go to C.D.'st otherwise we buy Miami Municipal Bonds, through a bank, or through a consortium of banks, where we would induce thaw to buy Miami municipals, and that way we could qst a double shot there, and then use that as a banking --Marty, you follow sae on that? If we take a hundred million dollars and use it to buy Miami municipals, and maybe Dade County's. and put that in the bank on a depository basis and then use that as a guarantee against borrowing for a local FIIA effort type of thing: try to get 8% loans on that --- Mr. Andrew: What you are doing, than, Mr. Mayor. so I understand it, because I want to be of help in this area/ you are using that hundred Bullion dollars as collateral against loans. to guarantee them, and that would draw interest. and you may not even, if you are real lucky and this is will de- signed, let's Look at the ideal, you may be a long, long time before you would ever spend a hundred million dollars. mayor rem: mother wards, what I AM saying is that the reason why these things don't happen is because there is 22 Nov 8 -1975 no inducement, and if we were prime Lhc pump: put a hundred million dollars in reserve and let that be a guarantee, I think you would find the savings and loans and the lending institu- tions more willing to lend money for low-cost housing. which in the pant they have been reluctant to do. But if they had a twenty per cent. guarantee there, then I think we could take the hundred million dollars and get the --borrow three or four hundred against it, and use that as a precise for a major in- jection into housing. I would like to see if we could head for a March referendum, Mr. Lloyd, on that, so you have got to do some quick legal work now, and I have got to get this committee going very soon, to come back and recommend to us how to structure this, and legally I would like to see if we could put it on a basis that if it faits in the County and it passes in the City we would go ahead with maybe a portion of it. We may not be able to do a hundred million, but we may do fifty million. Mr. Reboots: I don't know if we need a resolution, but I would like to ask the administration to get together with Mr. Adams and study the possibility of a combined project in which the City can donate part of the land that we have at NW 22nd Avenue and llth Street, and maybe with a combined operation with HUD, in which the City can give part of the land. if it is feasible, we can start something without waiting until March. Thereupon the following motion was introduced by Mr. Reboso, who moved its adoptions POTION NO. 75-1029 A MOTION REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI DONATING CITY -OWNED LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LOW COST ROUSING BY PRI- VATE ENTERPRISE Upon being seconded by Mrs. Gordon the motion was passed and adopted unanimously. Mayor Ferrer All right. now. I pass the gavel over to the Vic-Cheicman--- Mrs. Cordons Before you make your motion can I ask Mr. Andrews a question? On this project that you came before us today, which we are looking forward to seeing become reality you said that there were going to be condominiums? Mr. Andrews* Home ownership. This --this funds from this are coming from the County, and it was an outgrowth of the housing meetings that this Mayor mentioned that Jack Orr spon- sored. Nrs. Gordon; But my point I want to get to. because it is a guideline to our own action that we ace going to be taking. I think: how much of that is being su'oaidised to the hose owner. bscausi.. You know. through the normal yours* of construction and financing. and so on. the for income person can't afford to buy. 23 Mr. Adams: Na; let me take a minute and --it the house nellu for thirty thousand, the hoe* owner would put five per cent. down: get a private mortgage for half the price; the County funds would be a second mortgage at three per cent. but it would be deferred payment; it wouldn't be paid until the first mortgage had been paid offs so you would sort of have two fifty --and Marty Fine, he always walks in when Y have to give him credit for the idea. Mrs. Gordon: That's great. because that permits • low monthly payment, and in effect lets them buy a house and build themselves up. Mr. Adams: Just one more thing. They took that slide off, but there was that L-shaped site. That's public housing, which will be under construction next month. Mrs. Gordon: That would be a rental type. Mr. Adams: Yes. Mrs. Gordon: And the other would be --- Mr. Adams: Home ownership. Mrs. Gordon: What? Garden type of units, or townhouses? Mr. Adams: Townhouses. Mrs. Gordon: i think that is fantastic. How soon will that be started? Mr. Adams: They should both be started in December Ors. Gordon: How many will these be altogether? Mr. Adams: Eighty-five of the home ownerships one hundred fifty-oewe of the rentals and as part of the rental we have been working with Mr. Androws so that the community building we are putting spend the one you are putting up for the park will be one building, instead of having separate but unequal buildings. Mayo Forms This is the resolution i would like to raak•s Humber ones that the City of Miami create immediately an advisory boards that on that board would be the following peoples Mr. Martin Fine, Mr. Armando Alehandre. Mr. David Blumberg, Mr. Ted P.ppas, and M1r. Sidney Aronovits. Represent- ing the Commission, Commissioner Nose Cordon and Commissioner Manolo Ribose. That sown -man committee would meet inmmedi ate ly to review the conclusions of the previous "Jack Orr Summit Conference on [busing" and come back to this Commission with recommendations. Number twos Mrs. Cordons Memo a Chairman. if you would. Mr. Mayer Myer retries Marty, could you chair it? Me. Martin Fine is appointed as Chairman. Number twos that the City Manager and the City Attorney be instructed to meet with Met Adams and the Metro p*opLe for tbs purposes of deafttnq a 24 v. 4, resso1utio:r that would c:v-nc_i;iliy end up its a bond issue for the March election strl;.• d2dic1'-ed to r-it 1 limited to housing. Now in that..? r fur co , 1 :..'r:iti n ' he given to a ?3p1i t Vote there i, f thn totct1. is ;l:-"' ;) { ;; Cli: 1 rr.tro ['a:y 1 `f, that -that 'oust be t:hn preforralal r, yt Cin' i"lty' i t' . w vc r, it elri.!t4 not, i.inci we would hnv i cam on ttie tefcsr.c+tiAnm 1 imi t: od to the peop1c* of th:, C ty of Miami. hcrc'ause it rlight be that ?:etro would hitvc. a, Lhe !<jQnpie of `tot`.ro would 11;lVe Ft, the total p::.oplc. or thr> cc,' iiunity might hnvr a different at:ti t.u.le than the citizens or ,, t.trn i , and i. f that can legs 1.ly be don,,, lr't3 ought to structure it that wily. ( ) '1'ttra t:C)G^d"Y3.ttve being instructed to discuss with t-i:tr.inistratton and with the banking co; , ;unity to i.nvPSL q ttc t.hc poss its i i ttit. t of strut._ turincl a ioCai rim approach and investigating the pas:iibility of not only the citiEns, and that includes more than the city of Miami, but Metro and the state government helping to fund such a local FHA so that we would get maximum leverage for maximum housing in the community. Are there any other points you warts to make? Mr. Plummer: Is there a second to the motion? Mrs. Gordon: i second it. Mt. Plummer: seconded by Mrs. Gordon. Father Gibson.. Mayor Ferrer: Wait a minute. I want to amend this. I want to put Dave Pincher on that... Rev. Gibson: I want Lo give you an alternative. I want to put Dorsett who is a banker. Mayor Ferret What's his first name? Rev. Gibson: I don't remember Dorsett's first name but his name is. Dorsett, the man who works on your tri-rdcial, tri- ethnic committee. A very alert, astute man. Mayor Ferro: Add the names David Fincher and Mr. Dorsett to that committee and I think there's no reason why it cannot be expanded further, r think we should not expand it too much because then it becomes a long non -working, it gets too big but at this stage I think we have flexibility. If any of you have any other recommendations, I'd be happy to incorporate them. Alright, Mr. Plummer, that's the motion. Mr. Plummer: Alright, as amended, is there any discussion? The following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferro who moved its adoption: MOTION 75-1030 MOTION CREATING AN ADVISORY BOARD 'TO CONSIST OF ARM1: DO MARTIN FINE, CHAIRMAN, DAVID DLt BERG, TEID PAPPAS.AI.EJAbiORp, SIDNEY ARDNOVI TZ, DAVXD VIt=CETEit, KELSEY DORSETT, TOGETHER WITH coCOM24ISSIONEaS ROSE CORDON AND MANOLO RErBBUSO WZTti TUB REQUEST THAT SAID BOARD IMMEDIATELY REVIEW Tf . CONCLUSIONS 0? THE PREVIOUS "JJ%CIC OR1t SEMI CONFEt NCE ON F U$U G" AND TO SUBMIT RECO1d- MENDa'L!IONS '1O THE COMMISSI©J: INSTRUGTIt. ' CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER 10 MFP'T %IITH Mkt. ADA!"S AND METROPOLITAN AAi]11 COUNTY OL?XCIA't. r L O t TIME PUTt POSE 0Y pX(M'TINO A RESOLUTION W LtGft WILL LEAD TO THE IS: UANCC aDIN LY RY TUB CITY' OF IdLAW AND METRO DADS COUNTY OF 1ONDS, TO HE St11Nx'FlED TO ' Tfi E[.IXTO:V- Aim IN MACH Or 197E in unpAta d Quexcros3, TUE PU I- 1'O. it OF "AID BONDS W 11E LI::IT1"D UUL.ELY TO 1 USI:JG: 25 NOV 6- 17- sio Arit) SAID cC.'41aI'CT: L 't.) t'i.tvt 'rLip. r sL; h i.y 11NC'r or Tti2 qCITY s�f`.t�.'..:t �i ' ti''��~l��'/ 1' 1 J *t'� t. 1VANylt�t l titw !y «.:v eel '1't L~ � l/ ? s -'t Ttr ). l in , Lo c�.,'t fir.., i iy L�i�d1 a � � y:.r i :(� LIT'? �� 1' �./ .L �� j�i. •� "I'ETA" \'Py C f rv' rw•� r T.. �T l wr,,� U " iri-: �;?i'..�►, tSt"t"L��4�i.tt .1�.) !. x �.•.).i.t.[ 4'il.! � t6� 3_�:... .� ii, flAID Oi;TAIN* tc+ f_'.�yrrt,rrri;.� :I�llLt tag3C:�:'�� it:�_; k`'t'U:'. 'it'tx 't'I\Tt C ?.L'w1 4 i1C i 1I03.Ll•�' l Li\ '1.1� t4 CONSIST 0 .' pp 'en% »r t:JS. i.��/yt'i'�f l i 9'+"`t,`,+�sr"f t (rL ltr.'•:: `I.C'l'k till 'i.l.r.`Pd,ll)irl.l1 :i C'C) tt.►'` ? linen fling noconcle,i by '1rs, Gordon, the motion e': n passed and adoptA by the following vote: lesern. Plummer, ! eboso, Reverend Gibson, tire. Gordon and Mayor Ferro. Noes: None. Prior to the introduction of the preceding motion the. Mayor turned over the chair to Vice Mayor Plummer and foll- owing the adoption of the motion, the Mayor resumed the chair. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor, as long as you've not created the committee, maybe one of the things you should charge them with first is to present to the City Commission and we'll have the Director of P i'►ance and other : work with the committee to present the alternatives as to the kinds of funding so you can examine them there must be a half a dozen ways that this can be accomplished and that would be the first thing to do so that would he the bare from which you'd start. Mayor Ferret I understand and that's why I want all...see this has all been reviewed before with this Jack Orr committee and you were there, Marty, so if you could get the minutes of that and if you would then, Mr. Andrews, inform all the mem- bers of the committee that have been appointed, because I have not talked to them, I would doubt very much if any of them would turn down such an important responsibility so will you write them a nice latter explaining the contents of this motion their required service, tell them that I don't think it would be for more than a couple of months because I would hope that we would get this on the ballot sorie time in the early part of the year so that it would be in time for the March election. tir. Plummer: Alright Mr. mayor, let me ask one question. Paul, "el, T want you here. Paul, you know, it's nice to tnlk about '•chat we're going to do and T concur wholeheartedly, but I'+n concerned as T drive around this town not of '!el's properties but of properties that are existing in the low income housing area. Not ftel' a. these are privately mewed, that Paul, are just a disgrace. Nov I know Metro has a minimum housing Board but Paul Teen and T will mention to you of one place in the Grove that by God in rty estimation, and t' n not nn engineer, doesn't even need the south Florida Auildinq Code, I mean, I drive by and T see the place barrica- ded with people still living in it. Now I think that we, the Commieston can do something about exietinq housing that is there and I think if we start in a couple of aroas that as Father may have Raid in the past, name others will get the word; and T toll you, T would like on this pne particular unit down there ani I think without even mentioning, you know 'rhich one I'm talking about. 'shy that thing is not, if nothing more, cleaned up, because there's old, wrecked automobiles, it is n disgrace and t hove that you can get on thin place, ndke those people at Least make that place livable because it mire doesn't exist today, and once we got thet one, let's ego after a couale ,ore and get Roewthing done about ,,hat we have in raking those Livable. 'layer Ferro: .UcLq'tt, anything oleo? +lam. An4ririi: Yon, a related mutter as Lang as have gottom 26 NOV 6-le1 lb into bond issues in rfer.en �o to `larch, t want to remind the Commission ion that Ese'vc'. s,7!nt you some communication and '1r. 'taynr, you've brought tt. of ..0n• F;+-rnnyly 'any months ago that you were going to /addret;:; the r- ,-tttr r. of the sillc� of .additional hoods; rot- Ol 4i{,j' r l.li"11 !Si' 1-11C ,LirpCS.ne of c-rrvinct Cut our serer and hitch_, programs and so forth, so w,_,' 1l be furnir.hing the Commi nsion with information in that tar l•a also and the two can he rol<it.ed. t•'e' 1l follow whatever. the Co - mission directs but sAe want to furnish you with that informa- tion so that you can dome to some major policy decisions particularly related to these hundred million as far as housing is concerned. Mayor F'cr-ro: Well 1'11 tell you my primary thought on that Paul. t don't think we can mix too many things, if we're going to go for housing, t think we're going to have to wait for other things or we do it the other way around. Mr. Andrews: Well, the area that you'll have to weigh, and this is going to be a Commission Policy judgement., but the area you'll have to weigh in where we're rapidly depleteing our money particularly as far as sanitary sewers are concerned, am I correct 41r. Grimm? And about March or April we will have programmed all of the money in sanitary sewers, Mr. Mayor, so we avant... Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Andrews, how much looney are you talking about that you would be needing for additional bonding? tir. Andrews: well, the programs that we've tentatively out- lined begin to approach about a hundred million dollars. That's subject to the Commission's review and their deter- mination after we furnish with facts as to what items are absolutely essential but 1:'m sure there would have to be a minimum of 20 or 25 million dollars in sanitary sewer bonds. Mayor Ferret Let me tell you my primary reaction to that would be this Paul. If you give people options as to what to vote for, what they do is they'll say I'll vote for this and vote against that and their conscious is fooled. That's what happened the last bond. If that housing had been approached on a single -shot basis, it would have passed. And that's the thing we have to think out very carefully because if you say spend a hundred million dollars for housing and twenty million dollars for sewers, then what's going to happen is they'll vote for twenty million dollars for sewers and vote against the housing. Mr. Andrews: I agree with you, I just want to make sure that the City Commission is armed with all the facts so that when a decision is arrived at, you have everything before you, hopefully everything before you and we can make the best de- cision for the community. Mayor Ferret I understand. Well that's something that we'll have to work with in the next few months. Alright, take up item No. 10. 27 NOV 6 - ar- ZING MI READ R �N OVEES' RETIREMENI PLAN SECtIal 2-111(4) (B) -REIN To "SYSTEM AND CORRECTING SAME TO AN tiltbnckner I:'!t'!'1 nzo AA ORDINANCE AMEN N t li(4) (b; .' THE MJAMI CITY tMPLOYELs' .; i I RL '.:'>li' PLAN, (oRDINA:10E NO. 5624, HAY 2, 1956, A5 AMENDED) As APPEARING IN CODIFICATION FOAM As A PAPA' or CHAPTER 1 (F T'IIF CODE OF THE CITY Or' MtAkMI, FLORIDA, 19''i7, AS AMI,' DEL, MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING i+ECTION 2-111(4) (b) OP SAID CHAPTER 2 ICY kE,`4OV- ING THE REFERENCE THEREIN To "SYSTEM" AND CORRECTING Sim TO AEAD "PLAN"; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE: $ECTX©VS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, INSOFAR AS THEY AtiS IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVE:RAHILITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of October 9, 1975 was taken tap for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner tteboso, the Ordinance was thereupon given, its second and final reading by titles and passed and adopted by the following vote: !YES: Commissioner Manolo Iteboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commtiasioner (Rev.) Tt4eodare Gibsc'r. Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr.. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOBS): None THE ORDINANCE WAS USIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8478. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 26, INCREASE ANNUAL. FEE FOR TAXICABS, FOR -MIRE CARS & SIGHT-SEEn c CARS AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ARnTN*NCr ares-MnI in. mHp, Cnnw ns, THE CITY ?Jr M IAMI, FLORIDA, SY MENDING SECTION 56-60 HEREOF BY INCREASING THE ANNUAL FEE FROM $75 TO $150 FOR TAXICABS, FOR -HIRE CARS AND SIGHT-SEEING CARS IN THE CITY OF MIA..I, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of October 9, 197 taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commdssioner Gibson, seconded by co issLoner tt+eboso. the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Msnolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Cromisatoner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vim Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOS: bone THE ORDINANCE V uiut MTED oRD/UA 110E NO.809. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the Ctty Commission and to the publLa. was ?8 NOV 6-1975 IP VESSEL. CONTROL ZNANCES, k'E" ING (4371 - A), , N: Mr. Plummer* I want the roccrd to t f legit that .ill of these ordinances were done to crelenrri!knce'tP thw m ri na coun 'i l u :} th th t.hpv rc uortrc1 to thi.:; commission it. would better the boating rommunity and that these were ordinances that t:It.Y the community in general. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING; TilE CITY OF MtA t COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 6811, ARTICLE :tt - DEFINITIONS - S7,CTIO;I 2, hY INCLUDINC DEFINITIONS FOR Tit. FOLLOWING: VESSEL, COAMERCIAL VESSEL, NON -OWNED man, t., PERMANENT LIVF-AI3OAPD VESSEL, COM- MERCIAL MAR/NA AND FAIRWAY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES COD SECTIONS, OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT INSOI:'AR A3 THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SE'VERABILITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of October 9, 1975 was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Plummer, seconded by Commissioner Gordon, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES; Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor .?. L. Plummer, lv. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES, None THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8480. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. Mr. George Acton: Mr. Mayor, Item "b" is also listed as Item #27 on your agenda and has to be read as first reading since there have been substantial changes to the ordinance. ... The home owner's association, the Marine Council, Mr. Wallace Krite and the Planning Department worked on amending this and we're all in accord with the amendment. Mr. Plummer: Tell us basically what the changes were. Mayor Ferro: Well, you can see it in your packet. It says, for example, one thing is that you can't extend more than 600 feet into the bay in front of your mean high tide line. Mr. Acton: Right. There are four elements to it. The first one is. Vessel shall be at least S00 feet from the mainland and shall not interfere with navigation in the bay. The second one is that permanent live -aboard vessels shall require written permission from a main Land owner for access to and from the mainland. The third says, said vessel shall require a permit from the Building Department. (4) is that all vessels presently moored or anchored in Biscayne Bay shall be require! t' ©onp.y with the above provision within 90 days of the effective date of this provision. This refers to live -aboard vessels. Mayor Ferrer Does this have the concurrence of the Marine Council? Mr. Acton, Yos, both the Marine Council, the Home Owner's Association and Mr. Brits. Mayor Forces How would this affect these two projects on Rrickeli Avenue who have requested for marinas? Mr. Acton: This only refers to liv—aboard yess. It do,-ran't pertain to marinas. 29 NOV 6 - S75 111 AN OFItiXNANC".E ENT AN ORDINANCE A.4'u. IDING THE CITY OF MI MI COMPREHENSIVE ZON/NO ORDINANCE No. 071, ARTICLE lid CIE47E At, PFoVIS•- tONS - SECTION T,ICTs A!:1! tIti.t.,... TO :ttrW?I)I ) NOt'- IUNAL I'RoVtSION ruk uuCKS, WF.ARVES AND JiOCI \GE:; REMAL ING ALL ORDINANCES, CODI $ECTtONS, oR PARTS THEREOFIN CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THEY ARE: IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVERM1LV'TY rRavistota. Was introduces by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gordon and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manclo Reboso Commissioner Rose Cordon Commissioner (Rev.) Tneodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MtMI COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 6871, ARTICLE V ONE FAMILY DWELLING R-1, R-1A, R-18 DISTRICTS, SECTION 1 USE REGULATIONS, AND ARTICLE VI - TWO FAMILY DWELLING R-2 DISTRICTS, SECTION 1 USE REGULATIONS, TO PROVIDE FOR WET DOCKAGE AND MOORAGE OF VESSELS: REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS, OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SF.VERABLLITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of October 9, 1975 was taken up for its second and tinal reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Reboso, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferro NOES, None THE ORDINASC= MI DESIG5ATED ORDINANCE N0. 41481. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the me:wbers of the City Commission and to the publta. AM ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN °POZNAN= AMENDING THE CITY OF MIIAMI COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE MO. 6871, ARTICLE VIZ - LOW morn M1LTLPLi - R-3 DISTNICT, SECTION L - USE REGULATIONS, BY PROVIDING FOREST DOCKAGE AND MOORAGE or VESSELS AND USE OF PROPERTY FOR COM- MERCIAL MARINAS& REPEALING ALL ORDI$A2ICLS, C+OOB SECTIONS, OR PARTS Tumor I5 CONFLICT MOMS AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT: CONTAINING A SEVERASILITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title et the neetinq of October 9, 197S ws taken up for its wooed and final reading by titlo and adoption. on motion of Commissioner Neboso, seconded by CommissionorGordon, the Ordinance Was thereupon given its second and anal reading by title and passed and adopted by the Ca/lowing votes AYE.3 s Caami vs lon.,c Nanolo IWbvao CRwlsaLonsr !lose Gordon Owi. adioner (Nov.) Theodore Gibioe Vim Mayor J. L. Plumes. Jr. Mayor Msurivm A. Parrs POWs done OPOLVAIICI OES IGVATFO • 30 NOV vary- 'w 41 The City Attorney read the oriinxice into the public record and announced that copies were available to the nNmbers of the City Commission and to the public. AN ottDi.NANCE I; T1 TLED - 410 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF' MIA.MI cOMPREHENaIVt ZONING ORDINANCE NO, 6871, ARTICLE X HTC;it DENSITY MULTIPLE - R-5 DISTRICT, 5EC'YtoN 1, USE kh,c1ULATTONS; ARTICLE X-1 HtGH DENSITY MULTIPLE - R-SA D:tSTRtC'f - SECTION 1, USE: REGULATIONS, AND ARTICLE XI - RESIDENTIAL OFrICE tR-C DISTRICT - SECTION 1 - US1i REGULATIONS, TO INCLUDE PROVISION I`OR A MARINE: GUEX. PUMP AS CONDITIONAL USE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS, OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of October 9, 1975 was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Reboso, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following votes AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Fevre HOES: None THE ORDINANCE VAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8483. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 6871, ARTICLE XII - LOCAL COMMERCIAL - C-1 DISTRICT - SECTION 1 - USE REGULATIONS, BY INCLUDING NEW SUBSECTIONS PROVIDING FOR COMMERCIAL MARINAS ON NON-RESIDENTIAL SITES AND FOR THE WET DOCKAGE AND MOORAGE OF VESSELS; REPEAL- ING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS, OR PARTS THEREOF IN CON- FLICT INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT, CONTAINING A SEVERABtL- ITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of October 9. 1975 was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Reboso, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo tbeboso Commissioner Rose Cordon Commissioner (Bev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferro tlOSSs None TIC OAKUMCE WAS D11IGNATSD MINA= [+ 8484. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 31 NOV 6.1975 41 ANCEriTITLED - AM ORDINANCS AMENDING THE CtrY OF MIAMI CO4PREHEN8IVt ZONING ORDINANCE NO, 6871, ARTICLE xVt GENERAL COMMERCIAL - C-4 DISTRICT - SECTION 1 - lTSf ki:GWTIONS, EXCL 1fl PERMANENT LIVE -AWARD VESSELS FROM SAID Dl3TRICT; PEPEALING ALL ORDIN- ANCES, CODE SECTIONS, OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THEY Ju IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A 5t:V;:RABILITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of October 9, 1975 was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On lotion of Commissioner Reboso, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final readi.req by title and passed ar.d adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES' None THE ORDINANCE WAS DFr$IGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8485. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. AN ORDINANCE CNTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 6871, ARTICLE XVIII - WATERFRONT RECREATIONAL - W-R DISTRICTS - SECTION 1 - USE REGULATIONS, TO PERMIT WET DOCKAGE OR MOORAGE OF PERMANENT LIVE -ABOARD VESSELS; REPEAL- ING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS, OR PARTS THEREOF IN CON- FLICT INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVERAgIL- ITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of October 9, 1975 was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Reboso, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Nanolo Reboso Commissioner Rase Gordon Commissioner (Nev.) Theodore Gibson Vices Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOts: Norm latORDENANCE WAS DWGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8486. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies wore available to the sewers of the City Commission and to the public. AU ONO/ENTITLED - AM ORD/NANCE MENDING 'ME CITY OF WANL COMPREHENSIVE WW00*ING ORDiNANGE NO. 6871. ARTICLE XIX • WATER/ROW INDUSTRIAL - W1 D/STRICT • SECTION 1 • USX REEIOUWTIO S SO EXCWDE PRRHAN1 NT LIVE- ABOARD MULL REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES. CODE SECTIONS. OR PARTS 'E'tI SSW IN CONFLICT IlIWOTAN AS THEY ARE IN CONPLICTi CONTAINING A SEVERASILITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title, at the meet/agog October 9, 1975 was taken Up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Cb■rriasfAaeer Gibson, seconded by Ceesmissioner Reboots, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and finest reading by title and passed and adopted by the tollowis«q votes Anis UNANIMOUS INOtUS NOIS s IIONI. WE O , CIAMCE D63IGJATED ORflMMMAN= NO. S481. 32 NOV 6 -1975 WO, y AN ORDINANCE: ENTITt. D AN ORDINANCE MENDING THE CITY OF MI MI CO1PREF1ENSIV! ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 6871, ARTICLE XX - LIGHT INDUSTRIAL - #-1 DIC,TRtcT, SECTION 1 - USE REGULATIONS, TO EXCLUDE PERMANENT I,LVE-AAOAPD VESSELS r ..c►;PT r,:, W. ETFtr7U :'')R WCRr, OFt'E1UI 1'J Y PURPOSES, REPEALING A.I. ORDtNANCF:B, CODE SECTIONS, OR PARTS l'ilLREOF IN CONc'LtCT INSOFAR AS THEY ARE TNT CONFLICT, CONTAIN- ING A SEVtM 3tLrTY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the tweeting of October 9, 1975 was taken up for ita second and final reading by title and adoption. On Motion of Commissioner Reboso, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final t.cading by Title and passed and adopted by the following Votes AYES' Coto issioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Coamiaaioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Terre NOES: None THE ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8488. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the I+ubll.0 record and announced that copies wore available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. Ali ORDINANCE ENTITLED • AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF MIAMI COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 6871, ARTICLE XXVIII - NON CONFORMING MUILDINGS AND USES, TO PROVIDE A NEW SECTION REGULATING N©N-CONFORMING VSE OF WATER AND WATERFRONT LAND WHICH IS NON-CONFORIING AS TO STANDARDS: RE:EALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS, OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT, CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of October 9, 1975 was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Reboso, seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Col, aissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: THE OPDZFIA$CE WAS DEIILOMATED ORDINANCE Nam., 8489. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED - AN oRDLDIN+ICC AM ZNG ORDINANCE NO. 6971. THE CANP1llK N$EVE HONZNO ORDIMANCE FOR THE CITY OF SIAMI• ARTICLE XXIX - ADMINISTRATION a. SECTION 4 - cHIFFIP =TES REQUIEM BY CiIANGIIIG THE eIRS? PARAGRAPH '1h Mt TO INCLUDE RI QUIPSO CERTIFICATES OF USE AND OCCUPANCY FOR WATER USES; Il EAL/NG ALL ORDINANCES, CODS SECTION$. OR PARTS =ERIIo? IN CONFLICT INSOFAR AS THEY ARE 111 CONFLICT/ CONTAINING A SEYERABILITY PROVISION. Passed on its first reeding by title at the aestinq of October 9, 1975 vas takes up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Commissioner Pbb<wo, seconded by Commissioner Oilmen, the Ordinance was thereupon given its second and final, evading by title and puaad and adopted by the following votes AYESI Cerra.asioner Maroto Hoboes Commissioner !lose Cordon C mmissLcmasr (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vic.) Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. layer Maurice A. Parrs WWII None 33 NOV 6 1975 wow • oPIiS2:i? Cs % DES lvYA Et ORI72Yr` 3 _ NO. 8490. The City Attorney read th` ordinance into the public record and announced that Copies were available to the tnembprs of the City rotsm;i sion rind l) the public. Mr. Acton: ►dr. Mayor and mc,mbers of the commission, for the record I would like to thank the members of the Marine Council. and Homeowner's Association that have worked deligently spending numerous hours over the past year and a half to produce thin ordinance in concert with the city administration. Mrs. Gordon: Before you go off the waterfront items, May I ask a question, Mr. Andrews with regard to the marine facilities out here and with regards particul.ar.y to the one slip does not have adequate electricity. Has that been taken care of? Mr. Andrews: Yes, that's under way now. Mrs. Gordon: Has the condition been corrected? Mr. Andrews: No, that's under design right now and the condition will be corrected. Mrs. Gordon: How soon, may i ask you? It has to take six more months? Mr. Andrews: Yes, ma'am. Mrs. Cordon: Why? Mr. Andrews: By the time we finish the design and we're moving into design and trying to solve the money problem at the same time to go ahead with it and then by the time we get a contract and the contract to complete the work... Mrs. Gordon: Well, Mr. Andrews, there is one particular slip out there where people are really under great disadvantage and they're really, a lot of their utilities are being destroyed because of the inadequacy of the electricity and there is a great dissatisfaction out there. Isn't it possible for you to speed that particular area up? Mt. Andrews; We'll try to do it, we'll find. out, Mrs. Gordon. Mrs. Gordon: I think it is number 5, I'm just going from my memory right now. Mayor Ferret While we're on the subject of marinas and all that two months ago we started to talk about that we should not charge any more but not charge any less than what the going rate is with these marinas. I understand that we were charging 30% less than the average in Dade County and I think that is just... That is not the purpose of the City of Miami to subsidise the fat cats that want to have big boats. I'a sorry that sons people take offense at that kind of language but I don't see why the taxpayers of the city should in any way subsidise the man who wants to have a SO or 60 foot boat. tlo's entitled to have it, tine but he's got to pay his fair share. Mr. Andrews: Right. Mts. Gordon, Mt. Andress, I want to pin you down more specifically on tlwinq. When will you be able to do something about that electricity. Ns. Andrew's It you're going to pin me darn give me an hour or two this afternoon to gilt an answer... Mayor Fermi And while we're pinning down I want also an answer as to when the new rates are going to be available for all those boat slips out there. Nt. Andrews: I' 11 give you those answers this afternoon. 34 NOV a- 1975 Iry 9 war war w,r 28, DISCUSSION of WIT AAWN AGENDA I TEAMS 411 Mt. Plurmer: While Marty i3 get -.tin,; his you I think that it behooves your ref f tcc prl,ot to , nniss i"Jn on t ur. r01 1 ^ 4 send us an updated agenda. You know now .oday and 1'r : old that T tt*m 13 w.i tihli papers out, Mr. ?Manager, let ne tell that on these agendas which we receive on ,.. •"h13rn4 j.. tt,4lt. on '•`N''ntss 1.1`;• ni rh` you hf're is 4 hn ant- that t got out of my book shCsk' on h€:re, . . Mrs. Gordon: t'n goin3 to t, 11 you why it's referred, J. L., so you'll know. They were never notified. Mr. PIin terl Rse, it's immaterial. There are other eases... Mayor Ferret it's absolutely material... Mr. Plummer& Immaterial as to the particular item, I'm speaking to the agenda in general. Mrs. Cordons Yes, but what you're pointing out Is a very definite flaw, that is that these people were not notified to be here today even though they're on the agenda. Mr. Plummer: Well, I received in a particular case two weeks ago, people were calling asking me what time their item was on the agenda. In good faith because my agenda showed such and such I told them then come to find out when I get here the damned thing has been withdrawn And I looked like a comf'letel fool. Mr. Ind:ewes They were communicated with, in fact Mr. }:ides is here and he personally made the telephone call over to them and their office was aware that this itwft was on the agenda and he tried to call back several more times, did not get any additional response and now as those times occured we get closer to the agenda date for the hear- ing but they were informed. Mrs. Cordons Mt. Andrews, I don't want to dispute you but I sat with a member of the legion at the Salvation Army Dinner last night and he was one of those persons who would have known had they been notified. He went and shade a telephone call to whoever it is in charge, came hack and said no, they had not been notified and consequently they would not be able to be here today because they had other plans for the day. Mr. Andrews: Well, we'll try to get you the name of the person we communicated with. Mrs. Cordons I wish you would because it would certainly clear up including me. Mr. Plummer: Paul, well and good. What I'm saying to you and the administration that on Wednesday night that you send us, when you send us that list of all the memos since the last meeting that you send us an updated agenda so we can know what items have been withdrawn, deferred and we can keep it in mind. Mr. Andrews: Ok, we can do that. Nt. limmers Thank you. 35 NOV 6•1975 .+err . it. 29, hRTlN FINE -PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF 111,ti`J` r PARK AREA Mr. Martin Fine appeared and made the following state- ments I am appearing here as an owner of property known as Park 'towers which is located in the subject area, but the entire area is delineated by, in my opinion. by NW Sth Street to Elegies Street and by the expressway to the Miami River. and I have been here before on many occasions, but i can't think of a time when t have been more excited about presenting something which i think can be done; can be done quickly: can be done ef- ficiently and can slake a major impact in terms of housing and related facilities. Specifically the proposal which I would like to ::tare with you. and which I have briefly reviewed with staff of your community development program for which funds are al- ready available.and we don't need bond issues or anything else, is one that would be implemented in the second and third year of this program. For example. I attended a meeting chaired by Manager Andrews the other night at the library on October 30th which was the first step in asking people. both those who live in the community and those who own property. and under the law those of us who own property have rights to participate in this discussion and decision -making process. Unfortunately it wasn't particularly well attended, but i know the manager is scheduling other meetings. To give you an example of the calousness with which this area has been handled in the past. when the expressway WAS built the county or the state. whoever did it. probably the state, condemned some of Lummus Park and paid the City a hundred and twenty thousand dollars. and we asked then that that money be used to purchase additional property. It never was. It was co -mingled with the general funds and the park was diminished in site*. I may be incorrect. but it is my opinion that the only new residential development of a private nature built not only in that area but all the way down to Biscayne Boulevard between that area and Sth Street is the project that we built. the Park Towers. and the one that Mr. Ferre built on Biscayne Boulevard in terns of the residential units on top of that office building. in addition to which MUD has done a superb job in Jack Orr Plana and in the Turnkey Project. but in my opinion the property next to Jack Orr Plass is disgraceful. It is the most derelict kind of property there is in that area, and in very simple words it ought to be acquired by the county or the city. or a combination of both. I would lily to. if I may. just pass these pictures around which I had taken as recently as yesterday to give you an idea of in my opinion the condition of the neighborhood. I think it is not well maintained, it is not well serviced in Uprose! collection of garbage and refuse. and is not the kind of thing that we want to see done in that area. Mow specifically we think that this area presents what I would like to refer to as a target of opportunity, that is a target of opportunity for moderate and LOW income housing. together with the latest facil- ities within a pleasant neighborhood. And more importantly I think it is a logical sxtensioa of downtown Miami. One of the great housing foundations in the country is the Lav enberq founda- tion in Mew VW'. which over the years has done some wry ex- citing things. and if I can pass these to you. tdistributinq copies of report) this is a report which shows what you can do is a downtown area with smaller spaces to create some meaningful en- vironments and particularly to relate to the rivertront. I'd 36 NOV 6 -1975 IOW i w w like to jusat, call your at.tetlt.it' tt t4 pagc• 27 which deals with the concept of life for dead spaces. and to ask you at your convenience to look at that and to ate the kinds of things that have been done and can be done, and in my opinion this Commission can implement very quickly. I sent off for the book that is mentioned in that article, and I would like to just read into the record one phase of what I think is a very significant portion of it, and that is that everyone knows that housing is not merely a question of bricks and mortar. Primarily it concerns human beings. It is not enough to pro- vide high institutional type buildings which we associate with safe and sanitary housing, and where people are stored alive layer on layer. The human element which makes people feel they belong somewhere,and makes them vitally interested in being there, is missing. This sense of identification of the individual with his environment is needed now more than ever. I want to share with you the fact that this neighbor- hood presents a unique opportunity to implement a program with funds that have already boon appropriated by the federal government. and which the City of Miami has, or will have, in hand, and which in my opinion you can do to bring about some- thing very, very quickly, and if i could ask Mr. Southern (Clerk) to distribute this, I have specific recommendations which Mr. Andrews asked me to make the other evening at our meting. When we finished he said, well, what would you like the City to do? And if I may I would read them to you very quickly; and that is, number one; to designate the area as an improvement and conservation district. Two; to set aside funds in an amount to be determined by staff and the Commission to purchase available waterfront property between river drive and the river and from Flagl.r Street to the 7th Avenue Bridge, with initial emphasis in the area which would be an extension of Lammas Park. As set forth in the Doxiadis report. this is a water city. Thor, ought to be a marriage of the river and downtown. Don't let the opportunity slip by. Reclaim the river, hr said. Ob- viously this concept would apply to the extension of the park. Now the Mahi Shrine. which is a venerable and old institution in this community owns property there. It is a paved parking lot. They and the Pioneers' Club have buildings. The Pioneers' Club is right on the river. I think the City could work with thorn to h:lp improve that property. And three; to coordinate the efforts of the owners of the waterfront property in the Captain Tbm's Fish House area and in the area from the 7th Avenue Bridge to the City of Miami Pumping Station to improve the appearance of the buildings in the area and to maintain the unique aesthetic waterfront quality of the property. Commenc- ing next year to acquire other property in the area; that is. in addition to tho waterfront. that the staff and the Commis- sion may doom appropriate. so that at the end of a three or four year period all the necessary property would have been acquired. Number four is a wry simple item and one which all of you are wry familiar with. and that is really to prepate a plan for the landscaping and over-all beautification of the area. including the park itself. with street furniture and preps lighting and all the other things that your planning staff is more familiar with than i. You know that you opened up the first portion of t'ue Miami Rivet walkway, end it is scheduled to be extended to this area. and we hope that it will be in the wry neat future; and to encourage Little NM along with others in the community to build other buildings in this area: that is. governmental agencies, particularly. Of course. 37 NOV 6-1975 HUD already owns eeveral bull dings in the area. Seventh; to consider the consider the appropriate mesna to link and con- nect the subject area to the government center complex. Sights to carry nut a building and s!oning code enforcement program in the area --and Mr. Plummer, that's very much along the lines that you mentioned earlier. It is one thing to talk about new houses; it's another thing to talk about cleaning up our own housing and get it done, and enforce the codes, whether you have to ask Metro to do it, or somehow get it done. And again, Mr. Plummer, what you mentioned, number nine; to assist owners in the rehabilitation of property where such rehabilita- tion is feasible and appropriate. Now the last one is a mechan- ical item, and that is to ask Mr. Crumpton's (Assistant City Manager) staff to obtain a list of the property owners in that area, one of which, of course, is here this mornings Mr. Adams from HUD. and to weld this group into a neighborhood associa- tion both of people who live there and people who own property. to meet the requirements of the community development program and to get underway and really get that neighborhood moving. I have given an awful lot of thought to this. Mr. J. Kislak and I own this property. We built it ten years ago, and we are very proud of it. We think the area has great potential for future development, and frankly, while a lot of meetings in town talk about housing, this is one where some housing has been produced, and frankly a lot more can be done, but i think a lot can be done other than housing in terms of landscaping and in terms of improving the quality of the area. Specifically, what i would like you to do is consider a motion whereby you would instruct your staff to look favorably upon incorporating as much of this as is possible in the 1975-76-76-77 Community Development. r'11 be glad to answer any questions. Mayor Ferre: I think it is important. Marty. i think it is fine, and 1 au with you all the way. but 1 think we need to do more than just pass a resolution urging. What I'd like to do, Mr. Andrews, is, if it is the will of this Commission to pass such a resolution. to instruct the administration to look into these things carefully; the ten recommendations here. and schedule this then for a regular meeting; schedule it as a scheduled item once we have had the opportunity to study it ourselves and have your recommendation, and then. rather than to just leave it hanging in a resolution, to cows back and go one by one specifically from one to ten. and see if by that time you can get the neighborhood. owners and people who live there into some kind of a committee and we have some kind of a united front. W. Fine: I don't know whether You can get them; in a committee before you adopt the concept, but 1 am sure we can afterwards. - Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Andrews, the property which is occu- pied by the Pioneers' Club and the Nahi Shrine Wimple parking lot; isn't that City -owned property? Mr. Andrews: We. The property that is opposite Lumwus Park and across the highway on the water. we own it, but theca 38 NOV 6 -1975 is a special provision -- Mrs. Gordon: some leases on it. Mr. Andrews: Right: but I wanted to bring those leases back to the City commission for examination ---- Mrs. Gordon: That's OK. I just wanted to point that out. Mr. Fine: I never knew that. I am delighted you did, and what i am saying is I think those leases are magnificent. it's just that they could be tied in to a whole concept. Mrs. Gordon: Yes. but with City ownership there is control. Will you give us copies of the leases so we may examine them. Mr. Andrews: Vas. Thereupon the following motion was introduced by Mrs. Gordon, who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 75-1031 A MOTION REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO STUDY TEN PROPOSALS SUBMITTED THI8 DATE BY MARTIN FINE FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LUMMUS PARK AREA AND SUBMIT HIS RECOM'MMENDATIONS TO THE COMMIS- SION AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING OF THE COMMISSION Upon being seconded by Mr. Plummer the motion was adopted unanimously. Mt. Plummer: Before we mow on, Mt. Manager, can we have your assurance that within the next three days those photographs, what they reveal, will be cleaned up? Mr. Andrews: Yes, sir. Mayor Eerie s And I'll tell you, Mr. Andrews. I think you really ought to --and I haven't wanted to bring this up. but one of thee* days I am going to take you in the car and show you where that exists in about four or five different places around Miami. I think you ought to request the Sani- tation apartment to wake a survey, an up -dated curvy --or I would recommend something else/ I would recommend that you got somebody that is not part of the Sanitation Department to make s run through some of the neighborhoods in Miami and make a report to us, because I know of at least Sour places where that exists. Mr. Pine: I'd like to point out. along the lines of what Mr. Plummer said; this is Jack Orr Placa right here (in- dicatiaq). I think it is a magnificent building. Without being presurptnous I would like to suggest thatMr. Andrews haw someone clock this otter ar.r. This block ns*t to Jack Orr plaza right here (indicating) in my opinion is a disgrace. There aro Junkers and just everything strewn all over that place. Where the County and the City of Niaai have millions 39 NOV 6 -1975 of dollars invested in otr plaza, right next to it is -- Mt. Plummer: Marty, I am not going to let him off that easy. I am doing to say from Flaqlor to Fifth Street and the >ocpresaway to the water. Mr. Andrews! what the Mayor is saying is much more than that. Mr. Plummer! But I am talking about this in particular. Reverend Gibson: 1 want to raise a question that has been bothering me. I wonder whether or not code enforcement by the County really does what we, the City, are committed to do. I just don't understand. Some of the houses that exist and the conditions are just so deplorable and disgraceful that I wonder how this City can in good conscience continue to exist tbe way we exist --and some of those houses. nobody even looks atthem. and there is no real effort being made to insist that those houses be brought up to date. And to go a step further: that series that Channel 4 just got through pointed out some situations --and Nt. Andrews, you know what is unfortunate? Most of that junk is in the City Limits of the City of Miami, and your staff should have been looking with a great deal of concern. because to me it is embarrassing. 30. PROPOSED PAYROLL L' ION NON -OCCUPATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE AND ADDITIONAL tOUITABLE IFE INSURANCE Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and members of the commission, a matter such as this which trovides for additional disability coverage off -duty has been accepted by the City Commission in a resolution adopted authorizing the Manager to snake provisions for this so that employees in the city could take advantage of it. Mr. Lloyd has in- formed me that the commission can merely authorize the Manager, or the aanager already has authorization to proceed to provide this kind without any special com- mission action but I felt that since the commission had passed prior resolutions authorizing the Manager to do this I should bring it up and lot you know what is happening and Mr. Lutz who is chairman of a select caoemittee of the City that I appointed has been reviewing this, the committee wants to do this. the City Manager is recommending that we do it. We're going to move right ahead with accomplishing this but we wanted the commission to know. The following motion vas introduced by t'.oanissioner Plummer, who moved its adoptions NOTION NO. 7%-1032 A NOTION APPNOVING CONCEPT OF PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS FOR NON - OCCUPATIONAL DISASILITY INSURANCE ANO ADDITIONAL EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COVERA E. Upon betnq t3Rcsended by Commissioner Gibe and adopted by the Collaring vote - AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon fisslon•c Manolo aebaso Commissioner (Rev.) Th sodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Manager. Jr. Mayor Metrics A. Form the sotias was passed 40 NOV 6 -1975 31, PLAQUES, PROC A IoNs AND SPECIAL ITEMS A. Iroclaming November as ",ont.. el Retardation Citizens Month in the City of Miami. ti. Pt sentatian of p1<s:luto .re:e n. titc:>s, },xecuti\'c f;et=rctritl', ‘:iVil service Board, upon his cci i tetent after db year of He. rVice with the City of Miami. C. presentation of Plaque to Jacob K. Kunkel, Communications Technical Step visor, Communications nepartment, upon his retirement after 30 years of service with the City of Miami. D. Presentation of plaque to Harry Hu.._igi.ns, sanitation uepartment, upon his retirement after 28 year of service with the City of Miami. E. Presentation of Optimist International Youth Appreciation Week Proclamat- ion to Mr. Moe Smiley. 32. ..TING $2,000 FOR CITY ADVERTISING IN THE LATINC 1ERICAN GUIDE, ITIOV The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner keboso, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 15-1033 A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING $2,000.00 TO COVER THE COSTS FOR CITY ADVERTISING 1N THC LATIN-AMERICAN GUIDE. 1976 EDITIOII; USING FUNDS WHICH WERE HERETOFORE PROVIDED FOR Ti4E NORTH AMERICAN BOXING CANES (Here follows body of resolution. omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Ferre. NOES: None 33. ALLOCATING $5,236.23 TO THE PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who coved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 73.4036 A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING $5,236.23 TO THE PUBLICITY AND TOURISM DEPARTMENT; USING FUNDS WHICH HIRE HERETOFORE PROVIDED FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN BOXING GAMES (Here follow body of resolution. omitted here and on filo to the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer. the resolution was passed and adapted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Hanolo lmboso Commissioner Ross Cordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. I ,_Piusesr Mayor Mimics A. Ferro. DOES: Nona 34. PENSION ADJUs1MENT IN PINFIONSSF BENEFICIARIES OF IETIReV1T SYSTB4 & PLAN TO INCREASE BENEFIT BY 5/4 QF ]7 AN OR ROMANCE ENTITLED., AN ORDtt_`d:StN+g/'CE }':t;)'�� , �)�_. :.; }'C):? F': FZC 1 VE1 . 5 ) , !. % ) T'; Ti!:.; CITY }i:•! ''.lr) I'.,_.J ' i�! l'.L I.... .��1 � :) l.) l !,.'1 AZ;!.) O,•• 1 i'. Ci TL) �t:..�)•,`�. .1,��:)i �.�l!'.. ,:/1 i' :' tt:. �i'i i', i rr tA:v SO itt\}.'::1. C:}i I{�NE'. L''!r.. i. AttY AS OF OE Cit J).\'i't , '('NE VE:; LO;N }'•;;�;':'t'C ;;ALL F? I CLtnSL;D lit' AN A(;l.•'iVi'i: AnouN L 1)1i:,M LL) BY XNCREA:, I C Tn 1't:%S tON 17.N , ''ttr ny `.�'};27:2:.E- QUi RT8RS (3/4) O7; ONV '. P Z CZN t (i;) OF Tun ��PR�' SCi1 T BEE11 :FIT FOA ';ACE' YEAR :y.1NC : �,I.H1{ ;s 1U S PECTIVE DACE OF RE T t REMi NP FOR EACH BENEFICIARY AND PROVIDING T ifMl THE AMOUNT OF EACH SUCH INCREASS SHALL. J3 ADDED TO THE PRESENT PENSION BENEFIT, AND THE RESULT/NG AMOUNT STALL HENCEFORTH BE PAYABLE ON A MONTHLY BASIS; AND BY FU"RTFER PROVIDING THAT FOR PURPOSES OF APPLYING THE ORDINANCE PRO -- VISION OF ORDINANCE ?tO. 7799, ADOPTED yEPTEMB R 25, 1969, PERTAINING* TO VARIABLE UNITS OF RETIREMENT INCOME, THE ADJUSTED PENSION BENEFIT AS HEftEINABOVE DETERMINED SHALL BE USED AS BASE MONTHLY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE FOR THE COMPUTATION OF BENEFIT CHANGES, IF ANY, WHICH ARISE !3Y REASON OF CHANGE IN THE VALUE OF VARIABLE UNITS; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION, i tS. PENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING THIS ORDINANCE ON r;o SEE'A,),;TE DAYS BY A VOTE.OF NOT LESS THAN POUR -FIFTHS ©V THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. Was introduced by Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Commissioner Gibson, for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the requirement of reading sage on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following votes AYES: Commissioner Manolo Rsboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Fevre NOES: Nona. Whereupon the Commission on motion of Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Commissioner Gibson, adopted said ordinance by the following vote: AYES: NOES: None Commissioner Manolo Reboil* Commissioner Rosa Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Fevre $AID ORUNANCB WAS OFSIGNATED ONOLNANCE NO.S491. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to tbs members of the City CommMissioa and to the public, 42 NOV 6 -1975 REFER RACK TO ZONIN 6BD Tit MATTER F 7-7", AB l -?5 CC�ERN I NG LOTS 9, U, 1:5, ill AND 19, .. t oC K , AvoCAno ARK (5.416 The following resolution wag inttoduced by Commissioner Cordon, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 75-1035 A RESOLUTION REFERRING RACK To THE ZONING HOARD FOR ANOTHER HEARING THE MATTER OF ZONING BOARD RESOLUTIONS Z11 27-7s, xB 125-75 AND 1 B AND 126 75 CONCERNING tors 9, 10, 13, 14 AND 19, BLOCK 1, AVtCADO PARK (3-68), TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A MATERIAL MISREPRESENTATION OF FACT MADE TO THE ZONING BOARD (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vico Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Ferro. NOES: None 36. k1THORIZE DEPOSI OF $63,400 IN THE REGISTRY t HE Cie UIT T IN MI I tTH T ORDER IN THE LON©EM�iATION WIT - CITY OF IAML V. I SELEE I ASHI K, ET AL, Mr. Lloyd, City Attorney: Now, this, next one will require a brief explanation. This is not one which is pteviously passed, this a resolution I am presenting at this time and what happened is, this is the African Square Project, by this resolution, we will deposit the good faith amount of money for the good faith appraisal in the registry of the court to enable us to take the Fashik property, which is a piece of property in the middle of African Square and this will complete the complex so we will be ready to proceed on the park itself. Mayor Ferro: Mr. Andrews, we need you on this, and Rose we need you too. This is dealing with African Square. The thing that concerns me with African Square is, I would hate, after spending so much money, find out it isn't quite enough to get the thing (intuited. We have already put in there about 250 thousand dollars, ---bow much money have we put in! Mr. Crouchs--2 million dollars is the project consisted of from tht- Mayor Ferri: -----bow much of that mosey have we put in? Mr. Crouch: -..probably SO or 60 thousand dollars. Mayor Ferret Maw much have we spent on the root of tb. Martin Luther King Blvd. project. Mr. Crouch: --vary little because the acquisition has not really occur d y.t. Mayor Ferret Where are thesis monies coming from! Mr. Andrew.: ---parks for people bond fund, 2 estllion dollars vas voted on for that project. Mayor Ferro: This has been dressing for 3 years. ---why don't we really get aotns with lt! Mr. Lloyd: This is what 1 am atteopttng to tell the commission at this time. WO had x co.teet as to the n.cwwtty of taking ,--I bat matter has bees resolved. This is the last pared of property ea ALA there is a coatsat and what this is . tee to put is the registry of the court, our pod faith - ivtt-take procedure. Mayor Fore: Moved by Mrs. Gardos,--••---s.cowd.d bli per t •-------- 4t NOV 8 -1975 The following resolution wa.+ introduced by Conmissi moved its ndoption: Gordon, who RESOLUTION NO. 75-1036 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZItit AND i)11tECTING 11IE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ALLOCATE FRfM THE 1972 PARKS FoR PEOPLE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES BONE) FUND THE SUM OF $63.400. FOR DEPOSIT IN THE REGISTRY OF' THE CIRCUIT COURT IN COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDER IN THE CONDEMNATION SUIT ENTITLED CITY OF MtA`1i V. GISELt FASHIK, ET AI. CASE NO. 74-21840, ALSO KNOWN AS THE AFRICAN SQUARE PARK PROJECT (Here fellows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and adopted by the followings vote- AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Ferre. NOES t None. 1I.E 8 DIRECT CITY ATTppRNEY TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ViiLAGE SOUTH, . AND ESSSESSESS AND LEE tNTERPRISES, INC. FOR CONTINUED [AMM. OPERATION OF A RESIDENTIAL DRUG REHABILITATION CENTER The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 75-1037 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY A TORNEY TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST VILLAGE SOUTH, INC. AND ESSESSESS AND TEE ENTERPRISES, INC. FOR THEIR CONTINUED ILLEGAL OPERATION OF A RESIDENTIAL DRUG REHABILITATION CENTER IN THE CITY JP MIAMI ON PROPERTY LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 1 THROUGH 8, BLOCK 17, DIXIE HIGHWAY TRACT (5-24) (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner kEboso, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Hanolo Reboso Commissioner Ross Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Ferro. 33. CLAIM SEI EMr - JaSE A. FERNANDEZ The following resolution was introduced by Commies moved its adoptions RESOLUTION NO. 75.103$ NOtS: None Gibson, who A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FiNANCX TO PAY TO JOSE A FERNANDEZ, WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIASLLITY, A SUM UP TO $5,000.00, IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT O! ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST TOE CITY OF MANE, UPON THE EXECUTION OW A RELEASE, RELEASING THE CITY OF MTAMI FROM ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS A (IIete follows body (if or►ittcd here in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconder) by Commissioner Itebosn, the passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner 't,mulo Reboso Commissioner Rose Cordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gi Vice Mayor J. 1.. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Ferre. 39, PTI CER R and on f i lei resolution was son NOES: None. G $22,500 FROM MIAMI PROFESSIONAL. SPORT, LTD. t'�IAM! TaoQ� UBS AS COMPLETE PAYMENT FOR RENTAL OF URANGE BOWL FOR 2W4 8 %5 So The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who moved Its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 75-1039 A RESOLUTION ACcE19 iNG A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,500 FROM THE MIAMI PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, LTD. MIAMI TOROS SOCCER CLUES AS COM- PLETE PAYMENT FOR THE BALANCE DUE AS RENTAL FOR THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM FOR THE 1974 AND 1975 SOCCER SEASONS (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by commissioner Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Hanolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Ferro. NOES: None 40. tuSEIMENT RIDES PERM!T /:IRPARK PLAZA I'ERCIW1TS The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gibson, who moved its adoption: tRBSOWTION NA. 75-1O40 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE Of A PERMIT TO AIRFARE PLAZA MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION FOR AMUSEMENT RIDES AT 5703 N.V. 7TH STREET, ON NOVEMBER 17, THROUGH 23, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS (sure follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of tbs City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Rsboso, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner llaatolo Rdboao Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Raw.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Meow Abstained; Mayor Maurice A. Ferro. NOES: None 45 Nov 6• 7s 41. QRANT FREE Pt1ILIC ?ARKI4G AT LEG1%'J PARK DEC, 13 & 4 ro A CHARITY TENNIS C" 1Rt�AMEN1 AT ME ALM 15,1Y ULUS - '1-noLE--To.-Pf OPLr SPORTS COMMITTEE Mr. Andrews: The People*to..people Sports Committee inc. request the vs.. of Legio^ Pnrk for fret public parking Dec. 13 ctnd 14 for charity tennis tournament at Palm Bay Club. Mr. Mayer and members of the Commission we have tried to resolve what is, of could become n ccrmpli.catcid neighborhood problem. This sports activity i:; taking place at the Palm fifty Club and the Palm Bay Club has asked that rather than have the people who will be in attendance to see this, park throughout they neighborhoot. in front of everyone's house, have come to the city commission, city administration, to request that two areas within the Legion park be designated fot parking up until 5 o'clock in the evening and t will show the commission this map, we think it is the only solution if this event is going to be carried out. It has benefits of the community in that they are inviting championship players from all over the United States to participate in this and it does draw attention to the City of Miami, but it does present this kind of problem, they want to go ahead and hold the event, they don't have to get permission from the City of Miami to hold such a match on their own grounds, but realising that that will cause a community problem by having ears parked all over through that residential neighborhood adjacent to the facility in my judgement it would be better to organise and restrict them to the areas within the Legion Park for those two days. I'll ask Mr. Crouch to hold the map up and point to those two areas. Mr. Plummer: Do you recommend it? Mr. Andrews: Yes, it the best alternative available. The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 75-1041 A MOTION GRANTING REQUEST OF PEOPLE -TO -PEOPLE SPORTS COMMITTEE FOR FREE PUBLIC PARKING AT LEGION PARK ON DECEMBER 13th E. 14TH, 1975, FOR A CHARITY TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT THE PALM SAY CLUB Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson. the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Maaolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Ferro NOES: None. 42. To of iC rig COMIT�-; j« I ERECT STA1 5F SAL to rig OF THE of SCE The tollovias motion was iatcoducod by Commissioner Gordon wbo moved its adoption: NOTION NO. 73-1042 A NOTION TO REFER TO THE KIA1WL MEMORIAL COMMITTEE A REQUEST!' FROM JOSE MARTI POT NO. IBM, V.F.Y. TO ERECT A STATUE OF GENERAL ANTONIO MACRO, MARTYR OF THE CU AN WAR or LMOEPEVOE1ICE, IN TUE Hdl$ORIAL !'LAZA AT SW 13TB AVERSE AND •TM STUNT AND REQUESTING SAID COMMITTEE TO SUMMIT ITS RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION AS SOW! AS POSSIBLE 46 tin lR -i475 Upon being seconded by coomissiuner hf:boso, Ow motion and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboco Commikisinner Rowe Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore CLbson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. was passed Prior to the adoption of motion Mrs. Gordon requested this be referred to the Memorial Committee to ask them to come back immediately with recommendations. APPOINT P. 4I. ANDR'EWS AS CITY MANAGER The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Cordon, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 7S-1043 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND ELECTING P.W. ANDREWS TO THE OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,FLORIDA AND PROVIDING FOR EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Hanoio Reboco Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Ferre. NOES: None 44. APPOINTING Jam S. L OYD AS CITY ATTORNEY The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Cordon, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 7S-1044 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND ELECTING JOHN S. LLOYID TO THE OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY OF TOE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORLQA AND PROVIDING FOR EMOLUMENTS Of OFFICE (Hers follow body of resolution, omitted here and on file la the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner PLuswer, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote AYES: Commissioner Hanoi* Nohow C mmissLoeer Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plumper Mayor Maurice A. Farts. NOES: Noes 47 NOV 6 -1975 45, APPOINT 1 tin Suet, ►tRPU AS C I TY CLERK The following resolution Was introduced by Comml:4stoner Gordc+n, who moved its :icinrt tntl: RESOLUTION NO. 75-1045 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND ELECTING H.U. SOUTHERN TO THE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF MIAMt, FLORIDA, AND PROVIDING FOR EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vico Mayor J. L. Plummer Mayor Maurice A. Perrs. NOES: None . q5, APPOINTING R j.PH G. ONGIE AS ASSISTANT CITY CLERK The following resolution was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION) NO. 75-1046 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING AND ELECTING RALPH C. ONGIE TO THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF MIAML, FLORIDA, AND PROVIDING FOR EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the Office of the City Clerk.) Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner Rose Cordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Mener Mayor Maurice A. Ferro. NOES: Mons 48 NOV 8 -147; 0 APP RANCE OF Lo srE, FtsHER1M- ISCUSStON ITEM 4tyor. t'er..re : 'Ie've cTnt 1 se rtour3 item. rite Cuban and Ameri- can I1ncl Cuban American l.& stcr `jsh'>r,lcri have been patiently waiting a11 morn'nq and t told them that after we finished with our :;chedul.n agenda that ? would rr.rcrgnine them for i dis- Cusston and at this time 1 r7r_ngnize Mr. Puic,l if he would step fnrwlrcl. Into the microphone for the record, your name and arldrel ,. Mr. Morn:' : Bruce Mornea, Secretary of the U. S. International Spiny Lobst:crs association of Dade and Monroe County. Mayor Ferret Your address? Mr. Mornea: 9321 S'9 80th Terrace. Mayor t'orra: And your name and address? Mr. Pujol: Jose Pujol representing 90% of the International lobsterrn n that had been affected by the Bahamian Law which are residents and citizens of the City of Miami. Mrs. Gordon: What's your address in the record? Mr. Pujol: 3521 NW 84th Terrace. Mayor Petro: Well now, are separately? Mr. Mornea: Yes. Well now presents about 80 to 90% of here on the same i sf.ue. you here together or are you here we're a minority group. He re - the fishermen but we're still Mayor Ferrel Oh, I see. Alright, now we'll recognize you and I'll recognize you second. Mr. Pujol: Well as you know, I had been here previously when 3 months ago we were left out without a way of making a living due to the resolution of the Bahamians and the negotiations carried out by the State Department were a failure. At that time we had tried to find some assistance, the assistance is within the guidelines of the EDA Administration. We had been working towards that goal. At different meetings, the request was scaled down to about 1 million and a half to 2.3 and there are provisions in their guidelines that say further our money will put. 7S% and the low cut share should be 25%. I know you passed a motion some time ago whore the City accepted this responsibility. Mayor Ferre: What's wrong? Mr. Pujol: It doesn't have the money. Mayor Fevre: That's right. Hz. Pujol: It doesn't have the money to put the inkind. According to the guidelines, it is written in their guide- lines a paragraph that says however in those cases wnere a local sheriff cannot be reasonably expected to be obtained or when its provision will delay implementation of the program... There is a stalling (a delay). This is written in the law. Mayor Ferro: I'm going to bring you up to date in a moment as to what I did in Washington on Friday and that'll clarify the situation. Mr. Pujol: Get me just toll you one thing. As the days go by, things are deteriorating very much. Mow we are up to the point also that the fish louses are closing, giving up their docking space. The City will hsve to provide us for docking space somehow. That may be inkind contribution without you spending a p.atny. 49 NOV 6•1975 0 0 '!ayor Ferret Alright, w r' 11 cant into that in a moment. Now I'll recognise you. Mr. Morneas t•ie had Lhe first meeting about this F.DA project itk St. retnr-blati, r 1q'11, tvc in t:ll[> N +tinnal '1ari fu Mr. Pujol pressed to have t:v' City of Mt:tni handle this di" tuation, t didn't think they wore po andibly capable of handling it, but he wanted them to handle it because hc' was sure they would help his croup and his group makes up 9d'i of the total group. we said okay we'll go along with you and we'll let him handle it because at that time ther0 wA3 talk about a governor's task for us handling the :;itu.ation. tell we went along in Mr. T'u jo1' s group and now we hope the City can back his group up with what they need because we want along with it and he took on the burden of choosing you, not us. Mayor terra: Alright, now let's explain what everybody's talking about because this is highly confusing. The sequence is this; the government of the Bahamas declared that, they passed a law similar to the main law which the United States passed and unlike the United States, because Maine found a way out and there's a licensing provision and Canadian fishermen are allowed to fish in Maine. The Bahamians, even though we have had several negotiations through our very capable ambassador Weiss. And by the way, I have on a continuous basis talked to Ambassador Weiss trying to get this thing resolved and we've had the very capable assistance of both Dante Fascell and Claude Pepper and our Senator Stone. Now we haven't been able to break that and therefore there is a ban on the fishing of lobsters in the Bahamas. Now 60% of the people that are affected are American citizens, more than 60%, and they're all residents and taxpayers in the State of Florida. Now after a series of meetings without the City of Miami's input, it was recommended by a group of fishermen in a meeting in St. Petersburg, that the City of Miami assume the respon- sibility even though it is obviously true that one, it is not a City affair, two, the majority or Many of the people don't even live in the City of !Iiami and some of them are as far away es Monroe County...excuse me, I didn't interrupt you now let me finish. in the interest of cooperating since many of these people do live in the City Of Miami, we agreed to assume the leadership role in trying to put this together. Now, the vehicle that we took at the recommendation of Senator Stone was that we went to the economic, to the Office of Economic Development, it's called OED, and through a series of meetings, we have requested the City of Miami through our grantsman,made petition for a grant of eight and a half million dollars for the purposes specifically as established by OED under Title IX for emergency funds. I then called the governor and requested that this be declared a state emergency. The governor has not done that because it's a very complicated logic behind why it can't be called an emergency. But Secre- tary of State Truubetta and the state fisheries department and what have you, took an interest and they've been very effective in pursuing this. Now at a meeting exactly a week ago or a week and a day ago in Tallahassee, it was concluded that the Office of Economic Development it Florida in conjunction with the Atlanta Begioaal Office would recommend from 1.5 to 2.3 million dollars provided however, that it be met with a 2S% matching grant by the City of Miami who is the applicant to the grant. Now the trouble with that of course is that that requires over a half a million dollars on the City of Miami, part of which I think we can Beset but it is an imposition on the taxpayers of the City. I therefore, while I was in 'iash- ington last Friday with Mr. Andrews, went over to the head man in the office of Economic Bevslopeet t. the man who is in charge of the Title IX grants. His name is Dempsey. (Unidentified Speaker) : With Mr. MeiseiL? Mayor Ferre: No, I did not see Mr. Meisell, Mr. Meisel' work for Mr. D arpssy. No, I'm sorry, it's the other trey around, Mr. Dempsey works for Mr. Meisel", But Mr. MeiselL, 50 NOV 6 19l5 Claude Pepper made the contact. He could hot wait for me and I talked to him and he said, "Look, it is going to be handled anyway by Mr. Dempsey who ire in charge of the Title IX grants." Now 2tr. Dempsey told tie the following, He said there are 68 million dollars that are put aside for emergency relief in the United Staten in the current budget. We cannot give you more than 2 million dollars. That's the MAXIMUM that we think we, can give. t c. the rc : lric t ori% would tie as folic/wag (1) They would be used for payment of mortgages and they would be used for the payment of boat channel mortgates and others. They could not be used in any welfare, they will not be grants, they would be strictly leans development funds. As these funds are returned it would come hack to the City of Miami on a standing grant basic so that we would .nd up then being the bankers so to speak for the Federal Government with 2 million dollars which could then be used for further devel- opment funds within the City of Miami after the loans would be returned, if they're returned. Now I told Mr. Dempsey that there is no way in which the City of Miami could come up with $500,000 in a contribution. We don't have the money. It's not that we don't want to, we want to but we don't have the money. And we wanted a waiver. He told me that that was impossible that they would not recommend it but then after scene conversation he said well perhaps he could reduce it. So here's what I'm hero to recommend. Mr. Andrews. Oh, one more item. I subsequently met with the Assistant Secretary of State William Rogers who in the State Department is under Henry Kissinger and is in charge of the whole Latin-American Division of the State Department. Mr. Rogers, that includes the Bahamas. Mr. Rogers happens to be one of the most influential men in the State Department and very close to Secretary Kissinger and he has a lot of clout in Washington. He offered after I explained the situation to intercede on our behalf. with the Department of Commerce and that is underway so that there will be . wai.ver of the matching grant:. The premise of it being is that this is (1) an emergency, (2) that the City of Miami really has no direct responsibility for it and therefore, should not be, that the 25% matching fund should not be requested. Now 1 would recommend that we wait another few days to see what the results are of that request by the Assistant Secretary of State and then, Mr. Andrews. I would like to ewe that the administration be instructed to try to find what matching areas we might have (1) in kind services for example like river front. You know, that's worth a couple of hundred thousand dollars. And secondly• that since this is a responsibility of Metropolitan (lade County, I don't really know why..we're doing it and we're happy to do it but all of these people live in Dade County not all of them live in the City of Miami; that we request that they join us in a matching effort. This really should be their responsibility. Mr. Pujols For example, the promoter of the Maine Law was Senator Muskie. Ns has offered his contribution with Senator Chiles and Stone. Senator bill Young has had an answer from Harry Kissinger saying that the natter is not closed when we know it is completely closed. So they are giving an easy way. Me have Mr. William Leman... Mayor Ferret ...but it has no impact on this. Mr. Pujols Ok, but what I'm saying that whatever political level anybody here may have to get this grant coasting down according to the guideiines..because we have been taxpayers, the money is there. It is not our fault that we lost our livelihood. We are not entitled even to Unemployment Compensation - we were selfesployed people pay- ing taxes, social security. city taxes and all that. N. we are in a distress situat- ion. Three months have gone by and bureaucracy is taking too leech of a ties. I would think some solution and have to come quickly for the benefit of everybody. We are not excluding anybody from the Keys or anybody. Always we have taken..position to do justi_= who deserve that. Mayor Ferree ltr. Parades, if you would step forward and if you would supplement what- ever comments I've made as to where we stand. Is that alright, Mr. Andrews? Mr. Andrews: Toss. I want to add one comment after that. Mr. Parades: Me have redone our proposal and scaled it down to .3 and we're also requesting some assistance from Metropolitan Dade County. The Manager will send a letter to !lays Goods requesting saves additional information in this area and we're ready to go ahead and submit the application pending that this matching is resolved. Mayor Ferces Well, why don't you. I'll tell you I would apprseiatte if you would write today Assistant 8ecmetaey of State William Mog.rs on my follow up to the con- versations we bad. a are page resume of where we are and +shy we want the waiver. I'd like to sew that totter before you email it. Nt. Andrews: Ms. Mayor and ambers of the Cm miuston. we were pcepared to comma some of our adraLntstratly a staff and in kind help but the area that we can't saws a astabuties that are going to take had dollars to accomplish Ls some professional that would assist the otty if we're to follow throu h in handling! and aclatinistering 51 NOV 6•197 0 0 over this prnyrat. And I Kant everybody to understand that for this to be sues+ sg- fu1 we're going to have to hav: that kind of person to Carry it out if we do accept the grant. Mayor Force: Well much more than that, Mr. Andrews, you've got to be very explicit. This will not cost the tagpayery of !•ti•tin r.,c rea .ant. Mrs. Gordon: I have a question, it i:; bothering me because t don't see where the grant is going to feed the people or is it? Stow are they getting the food they need, the sustenance they need? Ate they gnt-tinq it? Mayor Verret Let me explain that. The Federal Government will not give any money for food or medicine or any type of welfare relief of any kind. They refuse to do it. The only thing they will do iy they will make money available so that mortgages on houses can be paid and :;O that boats... Let me explain to you what the login of it in. Wait a minute. The logic of it iu this: The boats are tied up in the river and because they're behind in payments and therefore, what these people are asking for is not for a hand out or for food, they want to go to work. All they're asking the government is look, help us get back to work. Now where can they get back to work, and I forgot to say that I'm sorry. eighty percent of these boats are equipped to go into Honduras, into Central America, the Central American Banks and the Colombian Banks where I understand there is more lobsters even than in the Bahamas. Mrs. Gordon: Will they be permitted to go there? Mayor Verret Yes. Mrs. Gordon: No one will stop them? UNID NTIF'I£D SP> AKER: That's mistake right there as far as being permitted to go to those banks. That's still questionable whether we'll be able to but the thing you should make a point of is conversion to other type of fisheries off the Florida Coast to develop another industry in Florida. Mayor Ferret This is funds not to feed anybody 1»t to give them the opportunity to go to work. Mrs. Gordon: Well, that's fine but like I say I know that they have been in limbo and I'm interested in the families. Mr. Pujols We will give you more or less the breakdown of the 2.3 million we are requesting again. To be able to help as many families as possible up to 4 months of their mortgage...to a top of $150. That's a grant depending on the amount of families that will be the expenditure. It will be less than half a million or some- thing close to that. The rest is a loan that we will repay. The city eventually will keep it. It will be a revolving account now. Mrs. Gordons I think it is a great idea, the only thing that is bothering me is I want to know how you're eating. Where do you get the money to eat? Nr. Pujol: Oct the coney wr had saved and we are getting in debt. I was out in the Pacific just last month working on a big ship and I had been working to find temporary work and things like that. Mayor Ferres He's one of the lucky ones, there are toms that haven't been able to do that. Nr. Pujols I as a professional but I'm looking after the people that have chosen me and the rest of the honey is to help nsortgage payments to a certain amount. They will have to pay it back about a1,300,000 easy for working capital and conversion of boats, it's those boats that will follow the guidelines of National Marine risheries but to convert thew to shrimping because for exaspte there are more boats on shrimps.. you want to go Grouper. Scallops, Snapper - where there are other fields. Wells you will quality. Now it you want to go lobsterinq long distance, the Virgin islands, Puerto Rico all with government licenses on guarantee from those countries you need oo haul tnp your boat, do overhauls, put fuel, food, provisions, new traps to go back out or dive gwir. You need working capital. That money has to copse beck to time city to haip other people. All we need is something to sustain the industry. Mayer Ferres Alt right, we've got to move along now. So what I'd like to do, Mr. Modes, is to r.Quest that you calla special neetieq of the interested parties and sand as invitation to Senator Stone, the two congressmen in our area and the Metro COmmissLoners including Stew Clark, this commission and whoever else is involved iw it adwiPLstrativwly and I thank you ought to do it ass a week -mod so we can get •�- 52 HOV 6.1915 Pr • 1 Claude pepper here - he comes UrJwn o f week:,nds. And I would recommend that we do thin next saturday. Now that puts it can... Well ok, either the i5th or the 22nd and 1'll leave it up to you. Mr. Paraci�s, I'll leave it up to you either the l5th or the 22ed in than morning so that we can y.t our congressmen and everybody here to have a working eeasion and i.ee where we stand on thi.;.and in the meantime I hope you will have clarified with the Commerce Pepattmt nt Of iiee: of Economic Development the petition that we've made and get that $2,000,000. If not let'a have a summit conference of all the people that are involved. Ok? tJlViopmriLD S'EA ERt I think in answer to his problem there saes far as professional they have Jack Greenfield who has been working on this program. He's been educated in fisheries: and it seems like you .ould get this men from the federal bureaucracy to come over here tree. I think Harold Alien, Director of the Southeastern Regional of National Marine t'isheries would be glad to donate this man to the city and the state would be glad to donate Chick Davis to the city too for any work as far as getting an expert to handle this stuff. One other thing I'd like to bring up is you mentioned a man as influential as you are just becoming Mayor.... Mayor Ferret Some people don't agree with all of that. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: ...in all this tremendous power. 2 don't know if you're aware of it there is an important bill in subcommittee in the Merchant Marine Committee now that could possibly open the way to talks with the Bahamas and that is a bill that our congressmen Fascell, Sykes and Rogers have put in for the conservation of the Spiny Lobster but the problem of this bill is it has problems because the people that want to import tails and lobster that are conservation violations from other countriea that do affect our catch here from other countries and it has held up this: bill. An organisation has gotten hold of all the members of the Merchant Marine Committee by nail and we called off, a meeting today. a vote of the Merchant Marine Subcommittee of this bill because it endangered the Florida fisheries. We'd like to gat your support in your powerful situation of giving a copy of this to one of your aides. Mr. Lauredo. If you could talk to the Cuban -Americans and get them to endorse this with your power- ful influence it could possibly be this that motivates congressman Fascell to get this bill through congress being that it has been there for four years with the anticipation tat this would help out. This bill has been labled by congressman Rogers as an import- ant step in getting talks and a treaty with the Bahama Government. Mayor Ferro: All right. We've got to bring this to an end now. If you would give this to Mr. Lauredo and we'll get on it and I'll talk to Danny Pascell the next week or so. Uii1DD TIPSED SPEA&ER: This conservation is important for the State of Florida for the National Monument and for the river. 48, PRESENTATION OF C PPENDATION TO MS. VELIA YEDRA IN RECOGNTICN OF HER ARTISTIC ACHIEVEPENTS 49. SwEAR-IsCEREPOWOFCITYOFFtCLAILS The Honorable Judge Henry L. Balaeban retired Appeared to administer the Oath of Office to Mayor Maurice A. Ferree Commissioner Rose Gordon and Comissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr. Judge Henry L. Balaban, retired: "All raise your hands. Knowing that you have a ■iandato from the people I now call upon you to repeat with ms. 'I do solemnly swear that i will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States and of the State of llocides that I an qualified to bold office under the Constitution of Florida: that I wilt well and truly perform the duties of the office of which I ass now about to enter so help me God.' I declare you duly installed." The Honorable Judge Nary L. Balaban retired also appeared to administer the Oath of Office to City Manager Paul W. Andrews, city Attorney John s. Lloyd, City Clerk M. D. southern and Assistant City Clerk Ralph O. Ongte. Judge Henry L. Balaban; "Ail raise your hands. I do solemnly swear that 1 will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the Unttsd States and of the state of rioridai that I an qualified to told office under the Constitution of llorldas that I will well and euly porters the duties of the office of which I am now about to ester so help no cod.' 1 declare you duty tnstalled." 53 NOV 8 -1975 Pr SO, PR:POSED DEVELOPMENT OF WATSk,N I SL.AND-! OVI E PRESENTATION Mr. Andrewst Mr. Mayor, we wont to hria.i you up to date as to the pregrefss that has been made with reference to W,tt:;or 7:elAnd. I run going to ask Mr. Crumpton to tell you about some of his recent exion::0as far as evaluating various kinds of facil- ities t:ha.t right be thought and t t.dn:;lat.'A to M1.1t;11 , lAl'ijtt tl(` thou({lit to be Y.11it.aIl'1 (• for Watson Island and we're going to attempt to carry the commission through a plan that we have but before we do that we have a short film to show you in reference to Tivoli Gardens. Come up and get your name on the record. Mr. Herbert Simon: I'm Herbert Simon, Chairman of the subcommittee for the Develee neat of Watson island into an area that is t:rnporarily known as 2•tiatni International Gardens. We think that perhaps with the exception of 'Tuesday's election this will be the great- est thine that ever happened to Miami. We a11 believe this is -.omething that Miami greatly needs. Chuck Zink his been kind enough to come down here with some films that he took of Tivoli Gardens. He was over there personally several months ago I believe it was. We've seen the films, they're excellent and Chuck makes a good presentation of what Tivoli Gardens is like. Now Miami's International Gardens is inspired by Tivoli Gardens but of course, it will not be exactly like Tivoli but we wanted to give you an idea of what has been done in Copenhagen and I would like to tell you that also with us today and very interested people we have Nora swan who is the Chair- peersa n of Miami's BiCentennial Committee I'm Chairman of the Subcommittee, Nora is Chairperson of the general committee. We have Alvah Chapman who is Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce that we've been working very closely with. Ths two committees are in complete agreement. We have Chuck Cobb who is Chairman of the Subcommittee, you call it. the Watson Island Subcommittee is it of the Chamber t,f Commerce and we also have Anne Leis Aquetuson(have I got it right?) who is our banish connection. she's our connection with the Danish Consulate. Without further ado since Me. Zink who is better known to some of you as Skipper Chuck has to get back to WTVJ we'd like you to see the filth and then the Manager will come on later. Thank you. fir. Chuck Zink: before you turn off the lights I would like to= the last time that I had the pleasure of facing the City Commission, I see same new fads here with the big happening that took place in the Orange Bowl. Any of you remember that back when we had a big day it, the ©range Bowl .ift.er an incidet,t at Dinner Key? So it i.e+ nice to be back with you. I don't know how many of you have been to Tivoli Gardens. I have been there three times. About 9% years ago I had my first exposure to thia most unique place, Tivoli Gardens and then about 4 years ago I visited the gardens again and then this past August I was in the Scandinavian countries working making a film and I visited the gardens again. I always remember the first time that I walked in the gardens ft was on one of the last days in September. It was a very cold day and it was in evening time and I had heard a lot about it but I had never seen it and I remember walking through the gate and seeing these tens of thousands of lights spark- ling, hearing the music off in the distance, watching people walk through the paths and I really end truly can say it was one of the most unique experiences I've ever had. I talked about it so much that I wondered whether I was building it up so much and so I went tuck about 4', years ago 1 wondered well maybe it's really rather anti- climatic and it was even greater that time. And last August when I visited it it is just the same today as it was I guess back in 1843 would you believe when it was opened. It was opened by a man by the name of George Caret.. on. I think you should know the history of this because maybe it will help a little bit in you waking a decision. He had a dream, a vision and he built this botanical garden out in the country, believe it or not. And just as it is happening all over the world today the city caws to the country or versa -visa because today 200 and sons years later the Tivoli Gardens is located right in the center of this busy metropolis called Copenhagen. In fact, it Le Located right across the strut from the city hall. It is 13 acres, it ha:: 6 entrances. Over 500,000,000 people have walked through Tivoli Gardens since its inception. Approximately 6,000,000 people visit this unique attraction every year and it Ls open from the First day of Nay until the end of ieptsrbsr. They average 35-40.000 people a day. On opening day and closing day they have about 100,000 and I would imagine that gets a little tight - 100,000 people in then on 13 acres. It is just so 4ifferent. Now I Rust apologize for the film. i was shooting filn for a special which hasn't been on the air yet and I couldn't bring the special down here and certainly a man who has been in your corner es tar as venting to bring something like this to our area, Ralph Rsnntck has been using the film for other uses. So these are► out -cuts and I hope it will give you a little bit of an idea of whet this unique place looks like. no let's take a punk at nose of the out -cuts and I' 11 try to tell you more et the story as we go along. hs I said, it is located right in the center of Copenhagen opening in flay and closing on the last day of September. it costs tour krone to get into Tivoli Gardens and that's approximately .7S and that's all you have to upend from the hair you elk through the gat* until you lose. You can arrive at 9 O'Mock in the morning, you can tame your lunch, a lot of page do, ... You can spend all day there tree 9 in the morning oath midnight and You don't have to spend another coat. t would say that Tivoli Gardens has three personalities. You've an 54 NOV 6 -1975 heard of the three fas of 1v, Tiv”li has three face.. lemn you go in there in the morning you walk through the gariz.ns, you see the fresh flowers and the dew is still on the grass and it in a v-ry pLace. There ia no music, nothing in happening; you can just walk and strn11. And a lot of people when that gate opens at 9 O'Clock in the morning, believe it or not, are waiting to go through. It maine tains that personality until about 12:31 when the children start to arriVe. NoW there arc two areas ih the 14 acr.i. which ,oc a:;ide and !;et. 'inside lin the amusement rides and as you will nee ih the rilm they hive all the amuseMents that We have here in America - ferris wheels, Merryd.go..roundl, etc. And so from 1/ O'Clock until dusk it in a different personality because the amusement stall open, the kidare taking the rides and you her the squeal:3 ot laughter and then that thted, and I think the most important- personality for all of us to think abOut here in eouth Florida, is when the sun goes down and those terra of thou:Ian:Is of little lights go un and it really sparkles. That's when all the. free entertainment begins. They have these open air bandshells, they present concerts; they present ballet; they present the great pantomine theatre. These are all free attractions for the one price of admission. They present a variety shoe and each one follows the others so that they don't buck in other words. (All set? Ok, roll it.) This is the opening entrance. As I said there are six different entrances into the Tivoli but this is the main entrance. It costs about 75e, four Krone. There are pathways throughout Tivoli and many beautiful fountains. / don't think these two birds paid to get in. The main thing that people love to do at Tivoli is eat. Thera are aver 20 different restaurants from the finest international cuisine to the fish and chips and the hot doge and the hamburgers. But one of the big attract- ions, of couree, at Tivoli are the beautiful flowers. No matter where you look you see them. A lot of people junt like to sit in the sun and enjoy themselves. in the background ia one of the amusement areas and as you can see that is a !Orris wheel but it is in the form of hot air balloons, old fashioned but 1 think that is another great attraction. / guess if anybody would ask me how t would sum up Tivoli 1 would say it in two words, two things that impressed me so much about the place. One word would be simplicity because it is such a simple place. It's not a Disney World. But the general manager of Tivoli told me that Walt Disney for over 15 years every year would come to Copenhagen and spend at least 2 week a visiting Tivoli Gardens before he ever built the first building out at Disney Land. Of course, they have the great attractions - the ballet and in the back is the symphonic hall, they have their own symphonic orchestra; and that is the variety tage there. They have many unique fountains, of course. the Danish Modern. This small lake with the paddle boats. So I would say that Tivoli Gardens is a simple place. It doesn't have a lot of hurdy- gurdy, very quiet and the other word that I would use to describe Tivoli Gardens would be cleanliness. It is without a doubt the cieanest place I've ever been. People take great pride in keeping it clean. A31 said, from 35 to 40,000 people a day pass through the gates of Tivoli, over 5,000,000 a year. I've been there three times and I had an opportunity I would go back tomorrow because it's just the kind of a place that you fool very good in visiting. If 1 may put my two cents in, ladies and gentle- men, I sincerely think that this is what we need down here. We have to do something. I've spent 19 years in this community doing my thing; I believe in this community but think we've done an awful of talking and I think it is about time that we put some action instead of words as far as getting an attraction or something that people look forward to coming to Our community. I think whether this is the answer t don't know but Let's do something. Thank you very much. Naylor ?err.: Tnank you, Chuck. We know how busy you are and we certainly appreciate your taking the time to share this with us. Nev. Gibson: Nay I ask a question? They said from May said they're open from Nay until when? Mayor Ferret September. Rev. absons Well now, I would like for you to react to what ra going to say. We aren't that unfortunate that after September we have to close. You know what I mean? So our time is a little longer and I would hope that whatever you're recommending or suggesting we k.p in mind that God has blessed us here with twelve nonths. Mayor Ferro: ChuOlt, let me ask you this question. You've said 13 acres. I've always understood that it was 22 acres. 20 acres. Mr. Zink; Is it 20 acres? Mayor Ferrel Yes, because I'LL tell you, with those lakes and all of that it seems I'L ' to me that it's got to be more than 13 acres. Mr. Sinks it's 13 acres of land - it's 20 acres of the oomptate outer perimeter of the thing. Whoa i spoke to the general manager, ht. as. OUndeeon, I think LS the --- 55 NOV 6 - 197: ___._ naa's 'tame.; he refers _a it as 13 a- ens. I guess he's calking About the land., I also said y0O,000,000 We 200,OoU,r)0. ::ruse me, I try to keep all these figures in m' head. Mayor Ferree What's J00,000,000? Mr. Zink: ; oo,(l00,00ti people tall thtuuyh t hr g,,rclvtt r;liter+ its inception. Mayor Per t Chuck, I'rn one of those 200,000,000 that have been there about four or five times because I love it and 1 went there as a kid. I remember just after the war and I thought it waa the greatest place; in fact, I ..pent all my time there while I was in Copenhagen and now that I'm a grown boy there are other attractions in Copenhagen but I want you to know that t still prefer. Tivoli Gardens. Mr. Zink* Of course, I never visited the other places, Mr. Mayor, I have a different image there ... No, I'm kidding. Mayor Ferree I spent all my time in Tivoli Gardens but lot me ask you this question. As I remember Tivoli ,and the last time I really walked every path and every bit of that place, on the back side there is a wooded area. There is an area that is completely passive. There is nothing there but just trees, not even too many flowers and ati that. It is just walkways through, as I remember it in the beck side. You know there are two entrances to Tivoli Gardena not this one but the other one. Well, there are three actually. Mr. Zinkt Well here again there are three main entrances. There is a main entrances there are two side and then there are three more entrances that you can get in that are little small gates but they only open those on major days and holidays, by the way. They operate on the three main entrances. Is that right? Mayor Ferret how many restaurants did you nay? Mr. Zink: There are over 20, there are 22 there this year and they fluctuate too according to business. Mayor. Perrot 1'd like to point something out which is something I'm sure we'll be talking about later on and I'm not saying I'm for it that way but they don't have one concessionaire. They have a *multitude of concessions and for example, they'll put a restaurant out on concession and then they'll put a ride out or a theatre. But the government also subsidizes Tivoli Gardens because I think as I remember some of the pentomine shows, the musical concerts, the operettas and that's all government sponsored as I remember. INM DI3Lt Mr. Zink: And then they job let it. Yes. Mayor Ferret Let me tell you why that's important because at lunch today J. L. Plummer ads a point which I agree with. That is if we let out a concession for a restaurant he cannot sublease. Now I agree with that under normal circumstances but I think in a place like this 1f you do that let me tell you what's going to happen. All the restaur- ants are going to end up having the same personality. And I think the real key, and this is just my personal opinion, is to have a major concessionary but let him sublet and I'm not talking about the m*cseaea poppa operation but I ass talking about a variety so that you end up, where you don't end up with Mestaurant Associates and everything being the same. You need to have a little bit of that human warmth and the personal touch. Excuse me, J. L., lot me finish my statement hen. Per example. one of the great restaurants in Miami always whenever you have Cye Mandell or Eddie osianto with the Rasta or the other place, qr.'s Rivsrgates it's that personal touch of the owner or the guy that's operating it being there and worrying. And overytiwe you get away from that, when you get to specialty restaurant associates like the Rusty Pelican or the one down at Miamtarina♦ most of these concession thingw whore they're run by aw jor corporations ate cold. they're indifferent. you don't gat the same... Part of the thing that i liked about copaaaagen was the variety. You can peek your own and they've got all different kinds of places and most of thew have outside terraces as you mom. bor. And it is just groat to go outside and sit there in the evening and have a Coca Cold or a glass of wine. Rev. Cibsons ltr. Mayor. before he leaves I was hoping he right respond to ry 12 mantles over and against May to Beptumieic. 1N L 1l1LS Mayor series He was just wising is point that we ate 12 maths 56 NOV 6-197 0 Aev. Gibs ont Hight, 1 follow 'that.. I just wanted you to mart to 12 months Over against_. You know. Mr. Zink: I can only speak my c'pini-m i ; that we -ire ih the tourist business 12 nonthn a year. It's not a winter time or nilm„mor tine operation... t.o)tdoat flow (Iv pcuplr; n UL tt lnsporlat ieWi' Mr. yini: well, t'.l1 tell you :.c ►F-thinq; you think w.3 havn a parking problem try to find a barking :.pac:o... They have a► rc:a1 nuper critical situation parkingwise thee.,. People come by bus or by train, bi rylo:-, anyway they c:an get there. There are no places to perk hardly no p+)pl(.! mostly come in by bust and train. Firs. Gordon: Well would you suggest some kind of a shuttle system may be the answer here? Mr. %inks Well, I certainly think that you have to consider some kind of a parking situation to go along with your park because otherwise you're never going to be able to accomodate. Now I think you have that kind of a thing here but again I'ta going on my opinion. in closing I want to tell you what a small world it is. As far as Tivoli Gardena I sat there the last time I was there and they put an a fantastic variety show with jugglers and all this and the kids loved it and I noticed a trapese act of high flying act working. And I thought gee, they look familiar and I was in the back of the audience because most of the audience because most people stand to watch these things cause they keep moving. So afterward I thought I've seen those people before. The next day I war sitting outside the Tivoli Gardens Office and three people came along in civilian clothes, this high flying act and they spotted me and I spotted them and two of them live in Westchester in West Miami and they're spending the summer working at Tivoli Gardens. so it is a small world but I think that we really and truly to think about this and I thank you all very much. Mt. Crumptonu Mr. Mayor, if I might just proceed to give you a little bit of inform- ation that we have been collecting together. As it has been indicated to you there are two committees that are working on it in the community, the Bicentennial Committee and the Chamber of Commerce Committee. We've also met with many people in the areas of design and planning and development who have done these kinds of activities. We've met, and there are many who have looked at this particular island and relationship to what they have done elsewhere. We have reviewed these items with Ed Stone and his people in fort Lauderdale. We've talked with Maurice Alpert and Joanna Sanno of the Omni international people who are doing things in Miami but they also have a large development in Atlanta as well as in Norfolk Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia. I had the pleasure of talking with Mr. Gary Waths who is the vice president for Recreation Broad- casting in Cincinnati who have been doing this kind of reaction activities, Kings domin- ion north of Richmond, Kings island north of Cincinnati and with Peter from Caobridge Seven Associates in Boston who are experienced in the design of these recreat- ion oriented amusement areas, the exhibition facilities and have also been consultants to manufacturers of the recreation and amusement rides and the equipment which go into these places and they have designed then, manufacturers have reworked then and they're it use at other places. So we have looked at the broad designers, the experts as well as revolving around the resolution that was passed earlier by you in approving the Ed atone Plan. We've incorporated these particular matters into it in working with Ed Stone also and in putting all of these matters together the committees, the experts have concluded that what we have presented to you which is before you at this time as a preliminary item for discussion purposes, the proposals for developing recreation and amusement gardens at Matson Island. We have found in talking with the private entrepreneurs. i was very pleased to hoer them; Mr. Maths of the Taft Enterprises in Cincinnati stressing the need for quality. la their developments, he said the people are very sophisticated now and they need quality. They need landscaping, not just landscaping but luxurious lasdsca4ping. It was mentioned by ilr. Zink of the cleanliness of Tivoli Gardens, this is also what those who are in the business today indicate that we must have a clean quality gardenlike luxurious landscaped area. This particular drawing here gives you location. A11 of us know where that is sitting in the bay but it is here to indicate and to emphasise its Location as the center of downtown area, the port area, the Miami Reach area, Plaza Venetia, $:Centennial Park, Community college the Convention Center and the likes. And as far as elements of transportation in gett- ing to it - the expressway system', the future rapid transit system, the capability of a water oriental systom...iinaudtble). Ail kinds of different nodes of transportation. rseder systems from fytaawi uaach, the wtnland and elsewhere so that we have a greeter potentiality of getting people to and feeia this particular area than many many an area lee. You're all acquainted with the tourism of this area, of the people who *peed appsoeiemtely SW annually per tourist. The Latin Americans spend closer to t i500 per tourist. Of course, a Lot of that, soar of that is hard goods. We have the cepabi! ;tees of tying in fres a tourist's point of view tourist packages with the port to extend their stay !ere at the beginning Of at the end. Bo we have a fantastic cdpabttl, 1 Nava-1975 r I We have various land uses that cio eMi:s` on the island in the area e Chalks Airliner and the marinas at this location and *his location, the J.apEenene Gardens, the Garden of the Americas and other types c F azt i:•i tto4 that presently exist on the island. This is a location. What we really cant to gat into are the ctc,velopnent design items and we want to show you in a rch. nitic concept form. reel, in hind that thin tst very genet.il bust hecause we're t1tikin-i .iho,et tire: moment; .as far as detai t s w: havp details and w. 've (Tone into (1ctai 1 ::. . , ill; ¶ what lheee particular things can and cannot be. We felt that at this tirro that it would be best not to get into the details for that is not the item thatis gernanc, today, it is the concept of Watson island as a recreation n+rcien, .an international garden, a Tivoli Gardena of this capability of having the capability of... cerui the residential islands that are around it so that there will have to be uensitivity in the various land uses around it with a major arterialgoing through i.t...c.apabilit_y of r eestrian links with conceivably air right capabilities over them... Chnika Aviation which is a piece of history in Miami. And in doing so in yc1r material that you have before you are a series of design and development guidelines which will spell o,at what direction that this 3.seland should go and Clive direction to any group, possible proposer of development of this particular item. it's like enveloping it with a cloak to give you room enough to move around in but that cloak a1 o keeps it from going wild and this is what the guidelines are all about, the various kinds of activies and keeping in mind too that as was pointed out that Tivoli Gardens is private enterprise and government melted together as,a team. As you recall as when we were in Atlanta that this was the kind and this was the vitality that was going on in the Atlanta area of government and private enterprise melting together and going on as a team to get things done in the downtown area. And as a part of the implementation of transport;rt= ion and the potentialities and capahilitien of parking here and there and the future proposals of this particular matter all of the administrative procedures will be followed in developing a more definitive proposal embodying these guidelines in the concept to secure the beat qualified firm for this project and, of course, that would include testes of designers and economists and other consultants retained by the city so that we can be assured that the city's interest will be protected. And so in bringing this to you today we have members of the committee who can answer specifics if specifics are needed. We would look to see that the city commission would authorise the city staff to proceed with the process of soliciting proposals for the development of Watson Island in accord with the process and the concept :and the guidelines which are preser,tecl and attached to the resolution, to the transmittal letter that you have before you and that is the document that you have before you. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Crumpton, since you're familiar with the Stone Plan for Watson Island, is there any retention of that plan in this plan? Mr. Crumpton: Surely. Much of the gardens, this is the garden setting and in the Stone Plan we have built upon the garden concept of that was developed in that pantic- ualr plan. Mrs. Gordon: It's an embeilislunent on that plan, is that it? Is there additional features? Mr. Crumptons Thera will be additional features in expanding on the gardens and expanding some of the marina capabilities, expanding on the amusement recreation side of the Stone Plans picking up the the restaurant concept, the historical con- cept and this is a building on that particular plan and this Ls wny we consulted very closely with ltir. Ed Stone in all of this pocess as we were going along to melt it together. Mrs. Gordon: You're not suggesting then that we go to some other planners? You're saying that the ideas that are being recommended would be relayed to him and he would incorporate it into the original plan or as an adjunct to it. M I following you cor- rectly or are you saying to just forget about hie and start with somebody else? Mr. Crumppton* No. I'a not saying forget about stir. Stone or the Stone Plan but we are saying that some of the concepts that have come about... loss Cordons Who would be doing it? Mr. Crueptons As far as the development of the island this would be melting private enterprise vita government and having them develop a plan for this. Mrs. Goedons Who is going to develop the plan? Nr. Crasptoas There is no one in particular of the moment that would be doing this. AS we see it there are many proposals for private enterprise to Tot into this... Mrs. Gerdont 1 just vent one person to toll me why are ttW scrapping the Stone naa and... 58 NOV 6 -1975 Mr. Crumpton: We're Lt scrapping the stone Plan. Mayer Ferrel I'M going to recognize the Manager and then I'm going to recognice you and then I'm going to make a statellent. Mr. Art:trews: Mr. Mayor and mombeff, of tht commission, thPre nay he a little conftaw, ion at this point and pit tty tr• oqH.0 1,1 :Araicilltoning i t (intlht- plan that Xt. Stone prepared for the city was A master plan to give direction toward the use of Watson /eland for rec:reational purposes, for gardois, for marina, relocating the blimp base (it would have to be relocated somewhere else) Chalk's Plying Service was to be related. There WAF in that concept a historic village which was located over along the southwest side of the island. tiased on that concept ot planning then that has been expanded to the concept of a Tivoli Gardens or d Miami type of recreational garden which would occupy principally the wcstern portion of the island if we can use thr highway as the divider with perhaps a more possive area on the east 1,ide of the island taking advantage of tne Japanese Gardens and consolidating the marine facilities up in the northeast corner of the island. Now what M. Crumpton and what the committee Jo involved and the Chamber of Commerce are involved in is the development of an invitation to be sent out to the private sector embracing this concept that M.r. stone originally initiated and emcelLishing it with this Tivoli. Gardena concept translated in modern times to Watson Island. And we are attempting to set the guidelines in this invitat- ion to the private sector to invite them to submit proposals to the City Commission would would on a proposal basks examine that. which could be constructed through the private sector according to our master plan. And when the commission would find that one appears to suit the city's criteria more closely and has more imagination to it and more appeal than any cf the others once that process has been established then you would go through through the phases ca a development of d preliminary plan which the commismion would approve and onto the final development of that portion of the island. It might be done in phases, it might be done all at one time. It depends on how the commission would view this. So it is a gradual process of involving the private sector in combination without ability by provide certaih public improvements. Sanit- ary Sewer Force Mains might need to be connected and you night need a greater water supply. The power company would nave to supply greater electrical energy perhaps. We would be responsible for getting the proposals and making the water connections. Metro Transit night be involved if there were a bus shuttle service. So government plus the private sector has an opportunity now to develop the island Ina very unique way but that would come about through an invitational process. This would be a little bit akin to (which I want to talk to you about later) the proposals that we would receive for marina development here at Dinner Key through the private sector. Mayor Ferrel All right, Mr. Chuck Cobb who is the Chairman of the Subcommittee* of the Downtown Action of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Chuck Cobbs Ccomissioner Gordon. I just wanted to answer your question and that is that your city staff is too modest to say that they have prepared the master plan and I think that they have prepared a master plan. They have taken the input from the Stone Plan along with the creative ideas from the Alpert organization and the creative ideas from Cambridge Seven and come up with the master plan, the meter concept . - tea plan that they're presenting to you today. I think the key elements here, Mr. Mayor and commissioners, are really on pages 4, 5 and 6 of this write up and these ere the key design criteria that the city administration is recommending to you that you approve for this site and that the private developer will have to live within in creat ing and developing the property under the city's guidelines. So the key elements are here and are here it the recommendation of your staff and / think they're excellent design criteria. Mrs. Gordon; On the revenue return for the investment dollar, the private developer works on Out premise, how would he receive it from the operation of the restuarants or from an admission fee to the park or what? fir. OA*: Any way you want it to be... it would be my recommendation that you insist OA a percentage of the gross revenues that he Obtains and that you insist on that as pert of the subsequent proposal that comes to you. Mayor Perces nose, I just want to answer that and answer it very siw$y - we don't know because that has to be worked out and I think that eventually we need to go to a public heering. Let me, LC I can intercept this whole process, and I think for thooe that have not bad the full benefit of the history of this for me to take five ninutes and trace it. Tio years ago when it became apparent to laton Gissendaner and myself that into/awe was going down the drain 44 7•412 and a hale ago klton Oissendaner came to my office and he said there is ome thing out of the many aspects of Interim that might be worth, en4 I know this L. 4 toed* subitertbecause anytime 'mu sae Intesame the clouds begin to lower upon us. Out there was one aspect of that whole- 59 NOV 6 1975 design that Was dutatanding because all of the economic studies where we spent hundrele of thousand of dollars with the best possible Minds in Ameriea, the people that designed Dieney World, the people that made all kinds of basic designs for every major theft park concluded that the one thing that would carry Inter, every* thing would he a loss but thin thing was etrone enough to carry the whcile prolect. New it was duui.ltivd, al arc} had been Th architecl and the Cambridge Seven. They had belie very carefully chosen after interviewing like we do here in the City of Miami hundreds of architectural and design firms and thin was the best. Thuy were chosen for that reason. They had pretty well completed their Mete 1 then talked to Mr. Harry flood Bassett of the First National Bank of Miami and with his approval ve called a meeting of the bu3iness community anti at thet meeting / think Chuck, you were there and I think Alvah, you weerthere, Mr. Andrewa, you were there and as I recall we really hal the !op business leadership of Miami all gathered together and we talked aboet the poesibility of thiu. And that committee thought that it was a good idea to try to create in Watson Island this recreational project. We subsequently then held another meeting where we invited the Cambridge Seven people to come down at their own expense is the way it turned out and they cam* down with all of these drawings and what, nave you. Now, because of the enthusiasM that gathered there Interama, and we almost got into serious trouble on that, went out and spent something like $15,000 in studying and making the feasibility study to see if that project could be fitted into this property and such things as traffic counts were taken into account. There were studies on sewerage, some basic soil tests, some basic designs were made. The Cambridge Seven went back and they made an adaptation of what they had for Interama and they came with the conclusion that they needed 26 acres, Now the 26 acres as it turhed out wan too much an we brought it down because of the Tiveli Concept being 2? WWII to 20 or 22 acres. Now subsequent to that there was a committee set up by Mayor Steve Clark which Chuck Cobb chaired as I recall. The purpose of that committee was to advise the county as to what to do on Interama. It became apparent to me at that point that I had made a tactical error in this whole thing in trying to talk moving one of the Interama projects oe Watson Island because immediately it created the controversy that comes with anything named Interama and then we got... The afternoon newspaper talked about "Waterama" and this and then because they didn't quite understand what the concept was. I went down there and spent about two hours with the editorial staff and I really don't know where it stands at this point with them but we'vc had to do an awfully lot of leg work since then. There was another subsequent meeting of Mr. Chuck Cobb's county com- mittee at which time I had requested that this become a City of Miami Committee and carry on the concept once they were over the Interama question to talk about Watson /stand. At that time it was the advice of Mr. Cobb that since there was an inherent conflict that we leave this thing go for 5ix months, let the Interama question be settled and then come back to this. Now the Interama matter was settled, it went by the legislature as you recall in April and some time in the early part of the summer Mr. Alvah Chapman agreed to head the downtown committee at which time he and I die - cussed thi3 and it was agreed that he would recommend that this matter be brought before his committee to see if he wanted to take it on as one of their downtown proj- ects wftich was subsequently done and they took it on as a downtown project. He appcinted Mr. Cobb to chair this committee and he has a ma blue ribbon committee. Now at the same time through Hrs. Swan's efforts they after many discussions and many committees decided that their prusary project for the SiCentennial was going to be Watson Island and to get Watson Island going as a major attraction for a major park. She subsequently fogged a committee Which was headed by Herb Simon and Hr. Simon agreed to chair another bue ribbon committee of citizens to look at the possibility and the reality of bringing to Mi4Mi a project teach would capture the imaginations of this community and that's basically where we're at. Nov let me explain briefly where we stand et this point. The Hemmer agreed that this was an important enough thing that we needed some more study and he therefore authorised Mr. Ccumpton to go and visit various cities and melte a thorough in depth study of what if anything could be done. Ns. Crumpton has done that. He has taken a month and a hale or two months to do it. He has been, as I under- stand it, to Boston, to Atlanta, to Cincinnatti. He's spent a lot of man hours and a lot of studies. Us took the reports he took the Intorams Report; he took the reports done by edward Durrett Stone Jr. and these aro the sketches and the result of al/ the thinking of an awful Lot el.peopla put intoono. Now what is it we're talk- ing about and why Is it different an why is it *portant? (t) It is not the tdward Durrett Stone Study that has been approved by the City of Miami Conmiasion, It Ls not that. It is an enpansion of that. We may as well call it wnst it is. Let's stop pussy -footing around and saying that it is but it isn't andmayoe it is an expenion it is not. It is an extention ut that. (1) It is a lot mere ambitious than that. (2) The concept is trying to create in the downtown core arms a recreational center that would attract both visitors and also be for the use of our own people. I would like to point out that there are es I understand somet'llng like 32 successful theme parka in the United States and by thet 1 11044 that have a eepacity of over a pillion people a year. A41 of them are making a profit. (t). (2) Eighty percent with the exception of Disney World itt Ytorida, but including Disney kust in California(40i of tbe visitors come within 4 300 mile radits. How Mangy 'World in Ovtando is difisrenir e because it is a unique .hing which baii.ally attracts peepeo from outside of I"1c3riia and than is the only case in the United Stztns where it ig reversed. Tivoli Cardens is the basic nodle since it's a hundred years old which attracts 5,000,000 in five ronths of the year is also mainly used by the people of Copenhagen. The main users of 'Tivoli Gardens are the people c,t Copenhagen. Non+ we all know that this com- nunity outside of the 5eaquarium and ., few othc,r things really in devoid of any type of q -i?.ity tour.i jt attractions (l) . (2) Tut:re as .: no place:: lot our lc'oh1.e to go really ,'xcept to go to Crandon Park end the beaches. tktw we have a tourist economy tat is basically in some parts of the community, and let's say it honestly, dying on the vine. And people will not come to I'lorida just to see the nun and the surf. That isn't enough any more and 1 would like to give you these figures so you can think about it a3 we go over this;. The Miami tourist economy is based on air transportation. Lighty percent at all the tourists that come - 86 , I stand corrected - 86% of the tourist that came into Miamicome in by airplane. That is unique in the State of rlorida. For example, in Orlando only 40% come in by air the rest of theta by automo- bile. Now if there are 30,000,000 tourists that come into Florida, and last year we barely had 10,000,000 tourists in the Miami area that means that for every 3 tourists tat come into Florida two do not come into Miami. That means they stay somewhere else and the point iai this, that of the 13,000,000 people that go to Disney World every year the majority of which come by car we're 3S to 4 hours away and they will not cone to Miami. And the reason they don't come to Miami is they find no need to come to Miami. They'll go to Busch Gardens in Tampa, they'll go to Cypress Gardens and they'll go to Weeki-Wachs Springs and if you'll notice, the advertisement that's been dons by those three facilities have been done in conjunction and basically what they're doing is they're getting the same 13,000,000 people that are visiting Disney World or are going off to these other attractions. We don't have anything to compete with that in Miauni and that's the crux of this whole thing. Now how much is it going to cost and .pow aro we going to pay for it? This has not been studied and that's not what is before us but I think the commission is entitled to know what the thinking is of the people that have been involved in this before we're asked to get any further into it. One of the ideas that's been thought about here is to have some kind of a revenue bond issue. Now why did the revenue bond issue if it's such a good thing fail in Interama? The revenue bond issue failed in Interama for two basic reasons: (1) the bond market was off and (2) it had nothing to fall back on. In other words it was strictly a revenue bond issue which would not fly and the tnird reason is that it was even when it was cut down to the bone it was $1E2,000,000. It was Just too big for what it was supposed to be. And the 4th reason is that it was just a recreation gardens it had all kinds of things that were money losers - this does not. Now why would this be a success? (1) the location is perfect. It is accessible, it's beautiful, it's on water. (2) it is a much smaller project. (3) There is a crying need and it is going to have full community support which Interama did not have. (4) It is completely different from Intorama. It has nothing to do basically at all with that project. (5) The City of Miami as you all know and I happen to be very proud of even though nobody seems to want to write about it or put it out to the public and I keep repeat- ing it over and over again and it's never been publicised - the City of Miami is one of the few cities that in 1975 went from and A to en A♦ rating in Standard i Poore. There are not a dozen cities in the United States that can claim that in the cast couple of years. I'd like to point out the first time that New York City was put down which was in February down to a B rating we went from an A to an A+ rating that same month. In Florida tare are very few communities that have an A♦ rating in the south other than Dallas and Houston and about two others and Miami there ace none. I think you can count them on ono hand. Now, we also have something else which we have to take into consideration. We cannot mortgage the Land but what we do have is we have a franchise tau. It is called the Florida Power and Light Franchise. It has seven years to go. If you will recall the presentation that was made by the City Manager two months ago when we talked about the renovation of Dinner Key Auditorium you will remember that in the Last three years the figures that have not been it any way touched for the Florida Franchise Tax as projected by Wendell Bailey, and if anybody is a whiz he is at making these projections. was 7, 8 and 9 million dollars respectively. Wow, that is $24.000 that is at this point four years away, S. 6 i 7 years away that is at this time uncommitted. The design and the construction of something like this in my opinion the earliest we could get it to two years. it will probably be three years before we qst it. Witain three years we could use the Sth, 6th and 7th year of a franchise tax to amount to $24,000,000 to do what in finance is called an under pinning of a bond issue. in other words it would not be used unless it is needed, the full faith and credit of the city is not impaired and it would be used to underpin what would be a revenue bond issue. I think that if we negotiate with rlorida Power and Light which the Manager has been instructed to do it would be expended and ea*tended beyond that point and therefore, what I'm saying is we've got plenty of money to do this and other things. Mow what else project Mould this br7 Weil. that's menething that I think the committee is going to have to roca/tead and then Mass. we're going to have in my persona/ opinion. we can't Hickey !louse an this one we've got to go to the very top hest talent and I would recommend there is one design fiat t that has don 110s of the thaw parks to the United States. t forget their name. somewhere out in.._ 61 M©V 6.197 3 Caliornia. They weft an of` -shoot of Walt ttisney, he created theta. And there is an economic research development, E.R•D. ► t think it is called when has done without any exceptions every Major these park in the United States and I think we're going to have to go and get the advice of N.R.D. and some major, and if somebody else is as good and t don't know of .anybody el!;e that's as good - hussy World uses them, Tausch Garden uses *.hem, evrryhc;riy';r used _..P.1). Nn, 1 ;;aid tWC) ffrvri. On'' in V.R.O. and the Whet one ia the; ci iqr. firm in C.,i' i fu! c,.a whi c;ih is .:an of i ;hoot. I tl&i tjt c'f iteeearch or somebody ... What is the name of the design firm that did the basic Walt bisney thing in the beginning and shun off gaud then did all the other, it was part of Stanford Research car... Thou the other one iu an architectural firm and design firm that was tart of another b.q firm. Yos, I remember now. The man who did it worked at Stanford and Walt t)i.riny unerl him again. t'll get you the name. Of course, that's not part and parcel of any o thi:: discussion. I think that the point is that eventually with all due resp'cts to Mi. Crumpton and Stone and to all. of our own people we really need to get into proven professional hands of people who have a track record for the basic reason that eventually either we or whoever Le going to do this is going to have to go to the bond market to raise the funds. My ideas are fine but you're not going to raise a nickie: on my ideas. You have to have some. body who knows what he's doing and who has a eredibil.i.ty in Wall Street. Now I think that from hers to touchdown we're three years .-away maybe two at the best. From here to making the hard decisions I'd say we're six months away. 8o all that the adminis- tration is asking for here; ypu know how Paul iu because we've been working on this now for four or five months and every time he says I don't want to talk anymore about it until we go to the Commission because he was getting nervous that we were really getting to a point where it was beyond just dreaming and we were now stetting into areas that tnc commission it entitled to participate and make a final decision. And what we're doing really nere is, and it is my fault and I apologise tor it, we're three months behind because Paul wanted t:o do this back in the beginning of the summer and 2 asked him please just to hold up on it until Mr. Chapman got into this position, this committee began to function and Herb Sinton's committee began to function because I didn't want to go into this alone. I thought it was essential that we have commun- ity support, the Chamber, the business community support and the administration's sup- port and that's where we're at today and all that they're really asking for is the commission's blessing to really get into this a little bit deeper so that they can then come back with specific recommendations and at that time, lady and gentlemen, we're going to have to have a public hearing and go through the whole process. but we're not there yet but they don't want to go any deeper and spend any of our money, and their time is our money, unless they have approval of this commission. Mr. Andrews: You've outlined two steps in arriving at a sound base that this its economically feasible. When we arrive at that point we're going to have to stop the clock and take what we have somehow through the I.I. Fund because we want to make sure that we don't proceed too far and that's the State Cabinet to get approval because they control this by deed for recreational purposes and we have to demonstrate to them that this is a total community interest, that it is recreational in nature and that they will approve that kind of development. But we have to have first the commission's approval that we're headed in the right direction as far as concept is concerned then when we build the skeleton a little more and put some muscle on this then we'll be able to go to the State, get that hurdle cleared then we'll be much closer to producing the proposals that we need... Mrs. Gordon: ...answered. t mean I'na not raising it as objection, points of informat- ion. Is the concept one that will be open to any person that wants to walk in there or will it be one that will require an entrance fee? If it is that kind of a concept I would object. It it is free to the public and they only have to pay for the rides or the food or this or that then it's ok but I don't want an Admittance fee. That's my personal opinion. $ayor Ferrer Rose, I Agree with that concept and I'll tell you how but I don't want you to say later on that anybody is pulling some fist tricks on this. The way to solve that, if you just think about it for a moment is we're going to have to charge for parking or if you ride over there in a bus by bus or by boat you're going to have to pay so therefore, it isn't one of these things where you're going to be able unless you go over on a bicycle or walk over is to get in for nothing. Now, the why is that? The way thaw things work and wherever they're successful, own Tivoli Gardena which is a public: park as Chuck Zink said that everybody has to pay 75 dents. Let me tell you how they get around that. They don't charge children anything. They don't large senior citiaans. 100 could atsn have some kind of a format where we would on certain days nob* open it up to general public type of a thrice. But to control the gate somehow you have to have some kind of a factor and I don't profess to be an expert and I say that I have an open minion it because eventually we will need to gem oacpert_ to toll us why and what awed* to be done and how. Now in peLnatpaL I think this is public property and it oust be a pubiiv park sera to everybody and I completely web., scribe to that Philosophy. This is not a private project, this is not Disney Worn and ww can't approach it that way. 62 NOV 6 • Mrs. Gordon: That's 1.ght, that's the only thing I'm raising the objection to. Mr. Chuck Cobb: One point of clarification on your summary is that the city adminis• tzation has suggested that they need the ability to talk to other Companies about their possible involve4eent and t think Mr. Andrews feels that's very important and that would be another point nn vour.. Mayer Ferret That's the whole premise, of what We're going to do in about 5 minutes car whenever... Mrs, Gordon: That doesn't change what I asked and got angw4rrd, 1 mean still open to the public, poor, rich, medium income, anybody. kev. Gibson: Mt. Mayor, I want to make this: comment., i ,econd that notion with this in mind; one of the things you continue to Say to us is how important it La that the business community of this city become involved and seeing these men here makes no believe that we're about to do something like Atlanta. I was tremendously impressed. Rose, you should have been to Atlanta. That city is live and it'.a like thia is our family and if we got anything wrong we the family are going to do it and I just hope that my God the business community will nut leave us over there by our- selves and then criticize us. You know let's do it together so there won't be the criticisms. The following notion was introduced by Commissioner Plummer, who mowed its adoption: MOTION NO, 75-1047 A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH THE PROCESS OF SOLICITING FOR PR©P©SALS FOR THE DEV*LOrMENT vF WATSON ISLAND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCESS, CONCEPT AND GUIDELINES PRESENTED TO TIIE COMMISSION THIS DATE, SAID AUTHORIZATION TO INCLUDE THE DESIGN AND ECONO IC ASPECTS OF SUCH A DEVELOPMENT. Upon being accorded Ly c•oratni.se..inner t:ibson, thc: motion was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Commissioner Moire Gordon Commissioner Manolo Reboso Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOESt None. Mr. Plummer: How long, Mr. Manager, do you think before we will hear something back from you? Mr. Andrews: I would think that in the next two to three months. Mr. Plummer: You've got 90 days. 63 NOV 6 1975 S1e ALCOHOLIC BEVERi 3 IN THE ORANGE BOWL.CONTINUAT. M1. An;.'rewst Hr. Mayor and members of the commission, the Police Department are hers and they've brought quite a bit of the staff with them see the staff could have the benortt o! the cemeissi©n's... :firing all the staff up here and have them sit too. IHAVeIPLE Mr. Andrews: And atter were finished with that discussion 2 want the chief to regain Lecauee t want to brief the commission on the 911 concept as it affects the city and he has just given me some addi.tiona? information which I'll pass on to the commission. Mayor Ferree Hey, what's going on here, who's taking <"are of the shop? We've got all of these brass here, who's taking care of the shop? Mr. Plummer: Pat Albert took care of it all before he left. Do you realize we're sitting about $300 an hour here? Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayon, since 1 raised the issue I want to explain on the record why I raised it. I have two things in mind. i was embarrassed when there was a party up in the Orange Bowl, certain of the staff people issued the order to go up these and arrest those people because there was whiskey up there. We were taking an action before you men carte to circumscribe a certain area that whiskey Could be made available on certain occasions under certain conditions. I did not want a memorandum written, 2 wanted everybody who was over anybody tc) hear us, the com- mission say it and unduratand that we mean it and we don't plan to have this city embarrassed. now it was embarrassed and all of you remember the incident. It was a Dolphin game where all those people were embarrassed to hell. And i thought the least we could do is to make sure that everybody understands that we don't plan to go through that again. And let me put the other thing I thought we had only one chief. I thought we had only one chief and then once we get that whiskey thing cleared and chief, so that you don't have to mince words with the taken about it I thought we, the commission, ought to take one open stand - go tell it around the mountain - that once we make that. position clear that all the other people will know. Now let me mention the second thing. When we were having the Justice Department down h*re fay understanding was and still is, and if it isn't so I hope the chief will straighten toe up now, we told the F.O.P. and those black policemen who went to court that they could core down here and we expected theta here to air their grievances. Ok? I don't know who were the other chiefs other than you but for whoever is the supervisor over Davis, they told Davis that he couldn't come and also made a state- ment like this. I want the Mayor to know it, I want the commission to know it, I want the Manager to know it. If it's a lie Davis told it; that you work for me, not for the chief and that's why I thought we ought to bring all of you down here and let all of you know that you all work for us. Now if it is a Lie you have an opportunity - there is the mike and there's a mike. You can get Davis here and put it on the record. Now if it is a lie... Don't tell sae I'm lying because I'll read what I have before me. And I think it is a disgrace to embarrass good respectable citizens in the Orange Bowl and I want to make sure this doesn't happen any more. i have a concern unlike a lot of others of you here; I'm a native son - I don't intend to have my hometown people embarrassed. That's exactly the way I feel. And if we're having a hearing down here and Davis is President of an organization just ltke(what's the can's name that has that article in the paper? What's his name?) Mr. Plummer: Ken Harrison. Rev. Gibson: Yes. Bane thing, he +ass and he bears the cap for the whites - I enpect Davis to be able to come down her. and bell the cats tor the blacks. Davis also wrote a memorandum, Mr. Mayor and members of the commission in which ha said that was not true of the r.o.P. not was it true of the Latins who had grievances and I thought I'd better put it all on the table. You see, because when we leave here i have no way to... Plus Use third thing is the Elks Club on 7th Avenue is mad as hell with this commission and -you all could toll the Mayor, you could tell the City Commission, you could tell the chief what happened in that incident. ror lti days those people have been h4asrrasssed, everybody going in there saying let is. see your license, do you have any right to stay open this late. And those blacks were getting ready to turn this coined city out. '!let's right. If I have not related it as is, it I haven't told the trith, one thing you'll learn about is. - you can got right up there end say he is a liar. I know only ono way to deal and I think this atty Ls tamer than any employee, any commissioner inaludtng as. You've heard that story befogs. haveet you, Mir. Andrews? llr. Havoc, I just want you to know I put mime on the table. I bell the cat where the boss is not where the cooks and the Haab... You know? Ok. 04 NOV 6 1975 I F Chief Garland Watkinst Cos;tnisiaioner, I think the, not at this' time but I think at a later titre the department would like to respond to very serious issues. 2 don't have the answers for them today. Commissioner, i think you've raised some serious issues. I don't have all the answers today but I think they're entitled to an answer from the department's position and I assure the commission that answers will be provided for the points that y‘v've faired. 1;; there ariyt.hiru! rise that the staf i heed to be addressed to? Rev. Gibs:one No, sir, you don't have to answer them now. All 1 wanted to flake sure was that you know 'hat we are going to take a position where whiskey is going to be iotd or handled in a certain area of they Stadium. And when we take that po ition I hope there won't be other commissioners other than the 5 of us up here. I want to make sure that was clear. The other one was if we are going to permit all of the associations to cote down here and bell the cat don't do it to that black outfit and not to the others because in the memorandum your mime was referred to. You gave the ok and the men who work under you said, "You don't: work for the chief you work for me." I'm not going to deal with no name, I've made the ascertioni you could ascertain, I'm sure you know the same thing I know the man has told you. And you could also toil the Department what I said abet the Ilk's Club. Chief Watkins* That is being investigated and if it is legal, and it is an administrat- ive decision to make whether .the department will comply. t think we always have com- plied. Bo you have the department's, i think 1 speak for each person here. Rev. Gibson* Let me end with this comment. You know, Chief, Mr. Mayor, you remember that... Mt. Llnyd, what was that black latecr tint testified, said something just before he left, what was his name? Mr. Lloyde You mean Jessie Mc Crary? Rev. Gibson: No, you know on your staff. Mt. Lloyds Oh, George Knox. Rev. Gibson: George Knox said something that I hope this city administration will never forget and this was the key. He said there is such a thing as institutional racism. Do you remember that? Those words ought to be underlined and sent around. Chief, what I'm trying to say is you know when your back is turned there are an awful lot of bosses. And you know what I learned in running the church? When I am around everybody understands I'm the boss. And when I'm around I make the decisions but when my back is turned the organist decides to change the tune that I specified and if I'm not around the Sexton decides, "Well, I don't want to use this kind of clean- ing over and against something else." And that's why I wanted all of the men down here because I was hurt during holiday festivities. Those people were embarrassed. Even our good friend(what's the lawyer who cane here, what's his name?). Dan Paul came near going to jail. Do you remember that incident? Right! And that's because we had a lot of bosses - have a lot of chiefs and not one chief. Mayor Ferree rather, I get your point and I agree with the premise and philosophy of Lt and I'a certainly not hen speaking - i'a speaking about the Orange Bowl inci- dent, I'm not talking about the Elks' Club incident. The Orange Bowl incident hap- pened almost 2 years ago and we had at that time another chief and I think we had another set of circumstances in that department. And from what I hear from Mr. QuLnt�3= have you gotten a copy of his Letter yet? Chief Matktnss Moe sir. Mayor Fevre: Well, you're going to be happy when you see it. I'a not going to... let you sit for another day or two before I release it but you'11 be getting it the first of the weak and I think You'll be pleased to see it, Chief. What I'm saying to that we live. I hope, in another day and age in the Police Deportment and that's got to be taken into account. Ilot the Elks' Club, I'm talking about tine raid up in the !range Bow/ and I hope that type ' f tiring would never occur under the present administration. So I subecrtbe to what you said and now on the elks' Club incident I think this commission is entitled to a report on that. Ur. Plummer' Chief, what we're readily saying... No, I'm not going to say what Father Ls saying' Le that there was a request this corning from the Orange Bowl Committee to hold a pasty prior to the Orange Bowl game to a designated area in which atooholic beverages 'mold bar emceed. Ok? Now that was the Manager's request of the commission this moraine that his reco via mtiva that it be approved and that so there would be no atsaiiderataudteq as there was before that Lf this commission apeman' it that the Poiloe Depmrtaswt doesn't do anything contrary to what this seem. mission hers approved. i think that 'roar that +uqm Lee a nutshell. They lust didn't 65 NOV 6 w 197 r want to be any more e.ci errass:aent a:; there WAS. And Aix the Mayor says, you weren't the chief then and hopefully, we know things aro different, not hopefully, we know they're different. Mr. And or spec had any relieve ews: And I'd like to ,add the comment that anytime that we hovel b.Hn decisive fic in areas such as we're being in this area the Police Department has never pxublem in following that. which t.}Ace ccuami s oi.ori has. adopted and 1 want to right now that we're not going to have any problems. Mr. ?lutttivner: I think the other area can be addresoed right now, Paul, and I think it is more of an administrative than it is a departmental. tt is rather obvious that the P.O.P. and the P.g.A. have the right whether on duty or off duty to be present at these meetings. Why isn't the same order given to allow the Hispanic and the black organi2at• ions to be represented here? Mr. Andrews: They have. Mr. Plummer: They are given that right? Chief Watkins: They were appointed committed members and they were given the carte blanche to attend the meetings. There was a stipulation that even if it wasn't said should have been certainly considered is the fact to appraise their commanding officers when a meeting is going... ' Mr. Plummer: But what I am saying is's pretty obviously that they're here all of the time and if this same permission hay beer given to them I hink it should be extend- ed all the way across. Chief Watkins: I didn't know that they requested... The only thing I knew was the, some concern about one of the meetings of the Justice Department. This is a separate issue. Mr. Plummer' Well. I think it dovetails. Rev. Gibson: You know I would hope, Chief, that you would be smart enough to realise that the Justice Department issue was very very important because you had $11,000,000 going on that and what I learn is people get religion in a hurry when money is involved. Isn't that right, Mr. mayor? Right. He's a money expert. Let me say something. The chief, with all defference, the chief had issued, had granted the permission. This is what I'm trying to say to the commission - the chief is not at fault but the man who is over theta is stooling. That's what I'm saying. And this commission needs to know, Mr. Mayor, Mr. Rebus*, Rose and Plummer, listen to this. Those black boys threatened to take this city to court because in the court order the court order said specifically prohibited you from harassing them because they participated. And the men who were involved were part of the court suit asked toe about that because I took this commun- ity to court to integrate the school system end I know what that's like. And they threatened, ask the chief or Mr. Andrews if either or both does not have or both of them don't have a letter in which the attorney has addressed them about that issue. And ask Klinkowskt, Major, if he didn't ask that they invite his to a meeting to try to talk it out. Isn't that right, Major? ... About that Mike' Club. Ok, fine. Look, thank you. Mr. Andrews: see. you answered a question. You did get ttatiort and you were aware of it and you did... Mayor Torres Mt. Andrews, let me bring something cise up. reships this is just another issue but we can get it on the record here and get your thinking on it. AS you know in the negotiations the policemen that serve on the F.O.P. and the P.Y.A. (no, not the community.; Who is the one that negotiates the contract? Ur. Andrews: F.O.P. Mayor Ferces Ail right. the members of the F.O.P. are entitled to come here on city time and negotiate or for Civil. Service Actions or things that affect them. Bow the members of the black, the Community P.I.A. are not. I know that the tech- nicality of it, and I know there is a good technicality on it, the technicality is that the P.O.P. supposedly represents everybody and therefore, is the negotiating agent... Mr. Andrews: Bargaining agent. Mayor Ferree Bargaining *gent for all the policemen. But in effect you have some of these black members of the Community M.A. that don't cane here don't have that same right. Now I know technically that's correct but Is actuality tiro just not PON 66 NOV 6 -175 going to be convinced .at that's the way it is. Mr. Anlrewst You have four organizations that t can identify now and there may be a fifth within the Police Organization ancl that is the F.O.P. which in the bargain,. ing agent for contracts and represents all of the police employees as one unit. Hut then in addition to that you have throe other organizations and that's the f'.A.A., the Community P.P.A. which i:: the black organi.:at ir,n and then the Latin organization. Now there nay he a tifth that I'm not aware of but I think principally those four are the organized groups within the Police hepartMent. Mayor Verret Well, that's something that Mr. Hutto* just brought to my attention and I thought I'd just drop it out here and see if you'd look into that. Mr. Plummer: Paul, what are we looking .at in the new legislative action of the collective bargaining? isn't that rule there that states that any throe employees... Mr. Andrews* No, it's gotten far more complicated than that and from what I understand of the law it would appear that the F.O.P. would continue to represent the Police Depar ment. We'll have a fire organization and technically, technically probably one more organization that will represent all of the rest of the general employees. But I'm going to recommend to the commission that we continue to recognise the three remaining organisations because at least two of them, but that's a matter that we'll have to go into as we move along. Lt. Ken Harrison: If I might respond i might be able to clarify this and the Mayor could have asked me simply for a direct answer... Mayor ferret Well, I haven't recognized you at this point. Let's see if there is anything else. Do you want to add anything else? Mr. Andrews* No, but I will get together with the chief and we will certainly assess their representation here on matters concerning the Police Department other than bar- gaining as far as operation and certainly they can be represented. i'll have to examine the F.O.P. Bargaining Agreement to make sure that within that there is no prohibition. I don't remember. any. Mayor Ferret All right, Lieutenant. Lt. Ken Harrisont For the Mayor's information, the F.O.P. has a contracture' agree- ment that sets aside a timepoll that the membership of the F.O.P. donates. I do not come here on city time. I come here on time that has been donated by the membership of the F.O.P. for use of its president. Mayor Ferree Mr. Hutto*, why don't you clarify what you just told me because I don't understand. Now we're getting bogged down. Didn't you just say that we ought to have the same thing for one as for the other? What were you talking about? I may have mis- understood you completely. Mr. Charles Hutto*: No, sir, I brought to your attention, Mr. Mayor, that in the negotiated contracts with the employee organisations then was tine provided by which these units could be, and they're negotiated, and Lieutenant Harrison certain- ly knows his contract because he negotiated its which provides where they can by the tine pool and the other efforts that they have appear before the City COmmisslon or other bodies to represent their membership and at the time that I asked the Community Benevolent why they did not when they were coming before, coning to us individually bringing up certain things that they were not happy with, why they did not appear before us, before the board and bring it to our attention. They said they could not because they could not gist off and did not have the tine. I asked, Lieutenant Harrison was not president at the tine but Charlie Salerno, why they weren't here and he said, "hell, we were the negotiating body, we had the contract and provided for us to be hero, the black officer belonged to that and was under that contract." And so as the result they were represented by the Fraternal order of Police. Mayor Peers* Ok. so t ask the question then. Lieutenant. Was SaLe:rno there on P.O.P. tins or was he there on city ties? Lt. Harrioons Last year to my knowledge we had the tine pool. He was using time pool time. Now there is a pxevislon in our contract that aloes up to ! hours a month tar meetings of our organisations that we have en enecutive board that can coed for up to taro hairs *month onth to meetings of our organisation. Mayor Torres is that just for the 1,4).16.7 Lt. Harrisons Yes, sir. 67 NOV Q • 1975 Mayor rerre, That doesn't include the '.B.A.? Lt. Harrison: No, sir. I don't negotiate except by f .o.l'. authority. Mr. P4u pert Yes, but let me tell you what's wrong, Kenny. If you've got to use 0 time pool from eoneone else that's wrong. Lt. Harrison% My membership donates time that they've earned to a pool that's avail- able for me as President of the r.o.v. Mr. Plummert but that's wrong. Lt. ttarrisont Why is that wrong? Mr. Plum mere Well I'll tell you why it's wrong. When the Employees of thin city have to kick out of their own pocket which is time, time is money, for their repres- entative to be here to defend their rights that's wrong. Now as fat as I'm concerned I will be glad to offer a motion that each and every organisation be given the time at city expense to come here and represent their organizations. If they have to call upon their members to give up their earned time which is money... Mr. Andrews: All day long. Mr. Plummoer t No, at; it relates... Mr. Andrews: They •.nmc here and sit all day though. Mr. Plummert Paul, look let's not kid each other. I'm talking about when matters pertaining to the employees are on the agenda I think all of them should be afforded the opporunity to be here and be present at the city's expense. Mayor Ferret I would only go with that with one provsion that this be done with the administration's knowledge previous to their time and with their approval because otherwise you're going to get into a hassle, "Well that affects me and I'm going to sit here and the commiesion said..." and you know we'll it for 5 hours and I can see where you're going to have a problem on that. Mt. Andrews: But I think what Commissioner Plummer, if I may assist, my understand- ing is when there is a specific item on the agenda for discussion that relates to the employees that then that's appropriate for these employee organizations to be heard on that item. Is that what you intended? Mr. Plummer: All employee organisations. Nr. Andrews: That's what I'ma saying, all employees. Hr. Plummer: Yes, sir, at city .Venue- Lt. Harrison: It I nay respond to that, I think that the commission ought to take a hard look at this. You're infringing on my organization's authority as a bargain- ing agent. Now we have the membership cards signed waking us the bargaining agent. Mow you're giving certain provisions that are in the state law to others organisat- ions that rival nine in competition for bargaining rights. If you're doing this I'm going to take an exception to it and I think it is an unfair labor practice under the current state law. Mr. Plummer: Kenny, I'm not speaking to bargaining. Lt. Harrison: You certainly any. You're giving other groups the authority to come in here and they're not the bargaining agent. You can call. any group can come down here... It's been in existence to ny 10 years on this Police Department. If they get the authority from their immediate supervisor to be here for a specific issue they can be here and that's boon in existence for the 10 years that I know about. Mr. Plummer; Gibson has documented evidence he says is not true. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Manager, let me say something to this commission. You know I'm not the smartest guy on this commission but sometimes you know I know what Zia talk- ing about. let me tell you something. If you foot around the way I hear some of those people talking no way in hell you're going to convince the fedora/ government that you're acting in good tad'. You know that trap you all took up to washtagton you know one thing - it I wire those blade poltc.atan knowing I had a court order and if I were thine black policeman and bowed that I could put wrench that fi1,000.000 you know auoi thing. if you all didn't let woo to and kind of gat ny thing tegetler..- 68 NOV 6.1975 you know What I'd do. You know what I'd do. And all of us will be in trouble from the cortlmiasion dorm it we loose taut $11,000,000. And I want to tell all you brothers something out there - You and I can't live without it. Let's be realistic and fair and honest and honorable. Sir, I'm not txlkinq about... Lt. Iiarria3an: It's Lieutenant Harric.;on, sir, t'n t,zlkinrt about harlaining and that' ai w'rat you're talking about. Rev. Gibson: No. Lt. Harrison: That's exactly What you're talking about in this issue. Rev. Gibson: Well ok, let rota say this. I'm going to take my position now. I wouldn't give a KO and no if thoaae black policemen are not in here when you deal with that federal government I'm going to tell the federal government. I owe that to myself. Lt. Harrison: I don't understand what you're saying. Would you explain that a little bettor for me? Are you saying that every black police officer should be here? Rev. Gibson: I didn't say that... Lt. Harrison: I don't understand what you're saying. Would you explain it to me? Rev. Gibson: I was trying to explain it to you you didn't want to hear. Mayor rertet I understood it so I'IA explain it. Rev. Gibson: Mr. Andrews knows what I'm talking about. Mayor Ferret I understood it very clearly. What he is saying is that when we deal with issues that affect these people that they are entitled to be present at city expense. Now Lt. Harrison says that he disagrees with that. I understood that too. Lt. Harrison: That is not what I said. Mayor Ferret That is infringing on the bargaining rights that you have and that you don't want any other organization to infringe by right which you have. Lt. Harrison: That is not what I said. I said that it's been in existence that where there is a specific i:;ue that deals with anybody they can get approval to be here from their immediate supervisor. That includes any group including nine. I happen to have through bargaining process a time pool available to me to be here. Rev. Gibson: Ok, Lieutenant, let um tell you this. He wasn't here, Mr. Mayor. I related and I have in my hand a document that the ratan went to the chief and this excludes the chief - exonerates him - that the chief told his yes and the man who was over his told his no. Lt. Harrison: I know the specific incident and I've been in touch with Chief Watkins and were trying to resolve that issue ourselves. Rev. Gibson, Ok. Now the commission knows that Gibson ain't wrong and ain't crazy. Lt. Harrison: The wan was here and he was not disciplined for being here, sir - he wins hare. Msv. Gibson, That was has a reprimand. Nr. Andrews, :tiny don't you, you know, the mans has been caprimanded and ail of that. I've got the document. Nu. Andrew's Yes. That's not thc: point. The point: that the commission was trying to point out before you arrived, I don't know it you've heard it or not was the tact that the chief had given his word that the staa could attend and the commission was philosophising that there may be more than one chief Ln the department because the ma's supervisor said he could not attend, that "I'm giving you the orders." And that's what we two sttesptinq to get straighte,wd out hers and perhaps it is some- thing that you were involved in too... Lt. Harrison: Yea. I've been involved in that incident and to ray knowledge that mar was not disciplined for being here. Nr. Andress Ali right. Out that's not the pout that he was disciplined or not it has the tact that the chief had gtvwn him pees~stsstoh !vet soesbosy olio below the chiet 69 Nov 8 -19WS told him he was not going to be avuilabih. Now the other area is really a very simple one and I hope we don't make it complicated and that its in areas other than bargaining, and even if it were bargaining where minority organizations within the total Police Department I think should have the privilege of attending these very important arras where we're discussing blacks, Latins, Anglo-Saxon': and they shouldn't have t c, dct.,ena r,r.lrly or, one barq,li fin(+ Lt. Harrison) My organization represents blacks, Latins, women... Mr. Andrews: I knuw they do. Lt. Harrisont ...and they have input through the process that we establish. tlr. Andrewst Hut there are independent n: ganttation,:„ nt 1► t than Fraternal Order of Police within the Police Department and all that is being requested is that they have an opportunity to represent their individual organizations on certain issues that go beyond bargaining. Lt. Harrison: T have no qualms with that but if it begins to infringe on the bargain• ing process I'm raising the objection • when you begin. If you're talking about specific issues that deal with their meunbershi.p I submit to you that they have been given the authority to be here before. ,You're speaking of one incident and that's being worked on to be resolved internally and I'm surprised that it's here. That man was not dire. cipiined for being here. If he was disciplined it was for something else. Rev. t,ihsore Ms. Mayo) , 7 don't like that statement because dither he lied when he wrote the statement or he told the truth and nobody refuted it not even his com- manding officer. Auld let me say this: I'm no fool, I'm no fool. I went to white schools. Ok? So you know if I got it all black maybe I didn't get it right. Listen to this. When you wrote the kind of thing that was written to this man, and this man had to answer I know the system. I'm an Episcopalian, man we organized this system. You know what? You put it in this folder. See counsel shaking his head, you're putting it in this folder and all you don't do directly you do indirectly and all you don't do today doggone it you do it tomorrow. Lt. Harrison: That's an issue I've been working on. If you want to help me with that I'd like to see some provisions to expunge these records. That's another issue that we're working on. Mr. Plummer: You know so it doesn't go away from here, everybody walking away like a hot potato and nobody understanding, do we the commission understand and does the chief and does Lt. Harrison as head of the F.O.P. that in the future henceforth all smatters that come before this commission relating to employees that the employees will be given the right on city time to attend these meetings, is that... Mayor Ferret No, by their representatives. Mr. Plummer' Dy their representatives, yes. By the representative of their organisat- ion. It has nothing to do with bargaining. That's understood? Ok. That's 01.1. Mr. Andrews' The F.O.P. is still the bargaining agent as for as the Police Department. Mt. Plummer: Fine, if that's what they choose under their own process, great! Chief Watkins: Let me confuse, and it may sound like it is in jest but I'as serious. 1 think you also are going to have to realize there is going to come times when we need a representative bargaining from the administration's point of view. We sometimes seem to be at a Loss in all of this shuttle. For exempts, if someone appears carte blanche what control does the department haw? I think the stipulations which have been pointed out would have to be incorporated in this. Is the request reasonable? Did it seek the approval where at least s can hold a supervisor accountable for what his men are doing then it there is abuses to the system it should be Appealed to the ehieet's office and then to the City h!aaagsr's Office, the commission or Whatever. But if you set up a systems when there is no control by the management of the department than don't turn around and hold the mane event of the department responsible if it goes oft key. I'd just like to bring this up too because there are certain issues that only one side of the Issue gets presented to the commission and I think this could be dangerous. Ave. Gibson: Chief, I hope it Works the other way too that once you give the author ity that all the other feltars mobs you understand that you're the bons. Chief Watkins It there age abuses once that's clear and it 's not the normal break dam of miscommunication then MI mho certain that that's dealt with. 70 NOV6-1975 ReV. Gibson: Chief, the reason I asked him to bring the men make sire that there was no breakdown in communication. YOU dealing with them they could say, ''Well, I didn't hear it." ;say it they know doggone full well not only you're saying it saying it. i hope you understand what. I'm saying. Chief WaLkins: Yeu. Rev. Gibbon: Yes, sir. here is I want to see, as long as you're Hut if they hear us but the rest of us are 52: DISCUSSION OF CHARTER AMENDMENT #2 OF ;1OVE BER 4, 1975 ELECTION Mayor rest All right, on another matter but while you're here, Lt. Harrison, and let Me preface it by saving that I fully recoonipe and ,-,r:c+ent that the xraternal Order of Police as an organization has a full right to state their opinion to oppose any amendments, to take any adds that they want to in newspapers and say anything they want. i don't question that right at all. $ut just information sake and out of curiosity and for the record I'd like to know; you took a posture which was put in the newspapers on November 3rd for three days that says, "Vote 'no' on amendment 2, signed the fraternal Order of Police." Now I know that was I'm sure taken at e vote of the Executive Board or the Board of Directors. Lt. Harrison: By the membership. Mayor Perce: Was it taken to the memhership? Tit. Harrison: res, sit. Mayor Ferree And the membership voted on it at a special called meeting for it? Lt. Harrison: The regular meeting. It was discussed and the voted to support the recommendation of the Executive Board to oppose that issue. Yes, sir. Mayor Perrot How many members were present at that? Lt. Harrison: I'd say we've been averaging about 65 meiabers a tweeting this year but I'd have to go back to give you an exact figure. Mayor Ferree No, just roughly, I don't need to know the details of it. Just roughly 65. Lt. Harrison: Yes. Mayor Ferret How many members do you have? Lt. Harrison: Including the retired people 942 members. Mayor remits Mow let me ask you this. And every sworn otticer or nest everybody belongs to the F.O.R.? Lt. Harrtsons About 96%, yes. Mayor Ferns And they get notice of there meetings so if they don't show up it Ls their fault? Lt. Harrison: Tea, sir. Mayor Ferres Do the black officers participate in the T.O.P. meetings? Lt. Harrison; They come to the meetings, yes, sir. Maya Pens And they were . • there -were sons black police officers at that meet. Lnq when this was voted on? Lt. Harrison; I'd have to go back wad l Mayor Perces You don't recall aft hand. at roll, i ooulda't tell you roc sun. Lt. Harrison. Obviously i don't. I can get that information though. we have a sign in rooter at every meeting. Mayor Perc+es Yau see, the way this thisq reads is, "else arc and women of the Miami lbiioe Osparlaess.t who are• webers opt the Fraternal car of Felice urge the eitiasns 7] NOV 6.1915 of Miami tee support ue, in maintaining the integrity of the Civil Service Board by voting 'no' to Charter tanendment 02 based on the following points: (1) A seven man board, five :embers appointed by the five commissioners would eventually lead to political patronage." It wouldn't lead to it eventually it would lead to it immediately just like we have it now. We've got three, that's political patronage too. Lt. Harrison: Weil, we'll correct it to say that. Mayor Ferret And then the second thing is, "The salaries rot two additional members would be an extra unnecessary financial burden for the taxpayers. If the city adminise tration truly desires minority representation on the board it can be and should have been accomplished within the three existing appointed members." Well, as you can understand what we were really trying to do is get to that equity by expanding the board so that we could do it on a more equitable basis. Now with three member:: we were, and I'm sure this is obvious to anybody who looks at it and studies it, we were trying to accomplish this by expanding it. Now, of course, what you're saying is that we should remove some of the members to have a better representation. Lt. Harrison: Mr. Ferre, I spoke against this when it was introduced as a pocket item... Mayor Ferret Ferre. Lt. Harrison: I'm sorry, 2 get confused sometimes, I speak before I think on occasion. When this was introduced at a regular commission meeting late in the evening an a pocket item not on the agenda as an emergency me:seine so it wouldn't require a second reading so that it could be put on the ballot and meet the GO day requirement in the Charter t spoke against it at that time. I expressed the opinion that the only avenue left open to the employee groups was to oppose it at the ballots. That's exactly what we did. Thera was no effort grade to shield our intentions. It was taken to the nenber- ship, exactly what is said in that add is truthful. There is nothing in there that is not truthful. We were within our rights to take these stands and I understand your position. I still feel that you could have attained this, i•a not suggest that you remove anybody. There are other alternatives. This was not discussed with any employee groups. One of them is a 9 member board obviously. As presented under this issue you cut the input from the employee groups exactly in half, exactly in half and that to me is the main crux of our opposition to it. Now there are some alternatives. Mayor Ferret I understand. I have no other questions. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor, I'm ready to discuss 911 with the commission... Mr. Plummer: Well Paul, let's go ahead while everybody is sitting here now, bring up the Orange Bowl thing and let's either pass it or turn it down and then can go away from here knowing exactly what happened. Mx. Andrews: I think that you have already approved it and now Mr. Lloyd and I will get together and I'm going to specify all the conditions in detail so they're right in the ordinance so that it cannot be misunderstood and that's the best direction of the Police Department. The controls will be right exactly in the ordinance, the place, the time, the conditions and they won't have any problem with it. I's confident they won't have any problem. 53. FiERGE CY %JEROME - 911 Ht. Andrews: ... In 911 there were really two options that the County Manager had in reference to implementing 911 for Dade County which he presented to the County Casusission. One 'has: a plan for a single all en. +'•rimy venter of a Pottt-iuriedict+ Tonal nature. In other wads every caller on 911 for emergency service no matter waht it was should have gone to a ventral location in Dads amity and Dade County Government would have controlled it. Dade County would have transferred that call to the local jurisdiction or had become responsible for direct dispatching. The city of Miami in particular and Miami saavik, Coral Gables, Elialesh took a very very strong position and the City of Miami i think shoed the leadership in that are that we wanted our own oration which was possible. ltr. Denby whom I have to give credit to did a lot of research in this area, a lot et uncovering cot information in working with the tetephosee company and when we finally got down to issues we discovered that the cost was not that great for the City of Miami to be isolated and have a aelect- ive system so that any person living in the City of Miami making a dial inquiry of 911 on the telephone would came directly to our own Poiitwa Department and our own Polito Department of rice Department would dispatch our own units to within the City of Miami. When the County gager presented this to the County Commtisston he supplied them with the reeoamendation that called for the selective routing service in which the City of Masai will be initiating its own 911 program, ail past of this greater 72 NOV 9-1915 1 911 program for the entire county. That plan now has been submitted to the state and the chief wad just informing tte of the information that we have obtained today from the state and I'd like for him to tell you that information direct. Chief Garland Watkins! We had the last: mooting with the comMittee that wa4 formed address and to drar, up the Wan for t1c "1L wh.ich :i ciudrei hack. :Afoty► Mi di Beach' Hialeah, coral cables. The plan which they called e5 which would mean that each city would have the capability and the mechanics to handle their own calls, this wag approved by the representatives of the :state Communications Division. Mr. Andrews: So we keep our own :system. Chief Watkins' I would like to personally thank thv commission for their support. COMMicgionex PluMMer was there on the behalf of the League of Cities I believe. Without the interest of the commission and without being united with Mr. Demby from Communications and the other cities I think it could have come to another conclusion. So I'd like to thank you for it. Mr. Andrews: Wiest he is really saying is this was an honest to goodness team effort of both commission, administration and many departments involved. Mayor Ferrel That's wonderful. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you. 73 NOV -1975 PERSONAL APP ►a r aF MSS, ANN ti, ''' COW r K RE 1 IG INCREASED TAX ASSESSMENTS Mayor Ferret At this time I'll recognise Mrs. Ann M. Marcovik of 448 NE 56th Street. She wrote me a letter and 1 told her that i would recognise her at this Commission meeting as a citisen who has something to tell us. Mrs. Marcovikt it is just the old complaint of the tax- payer, 1 am afraid, and i am just wondering where it is all going to end with us. We have just about reached our saturation point, and it seem like every time someone turns around looking for money we just get it: and i don't see why you can't turn to some other sources for some of your money. Mayor Ferree tas. Marcovik, let me --and perhaps i should have done this with just you and i to save the Commission's titre -- but let me explain to you that out of every dollar that the City spends to give you police protection, or fire protection, or parks --and I know there are some questions that a lot of people say, what protection? ---but let me tell you, we have got the number one fire department in the United States. it is the best fire depart- ment in the Country. It is the only one that has a Class I classification: that is recognised. All over the wbtld people come here to see our fire department. Now you and i as ad valorem taxpayers, homeowners. only pay for less than thirty cents on the dollar. For every dollar we spend you are directly paying thirty cents. Now, true, the moneys we get from the federal government and the state government and out of fees you pay for, too, indirectly because we are all taxpayers of the federal government in income tax: so it is all our money. But i am saying the homeowner directly pays for less than thirty cents on the dollar for services that we, the citisen, receive. Now, the reason i asked her to be here, Mr. Andrews. is that last year I went up before the Metro Commission on a personal case, my own home, and at that time Commissioner Redford agreed with are that we have got to do some innovative thinking about taxes on people who are small home owners. Let me explain bo you exactly what the premise is. I am going to take --and I am not going to name here --a wonderful lady in this community who is an outstanding citisen. an author; she is a woman highly respected in the Audubon Society and many, many other --she is really one of the top citisen of Miami. Mow she has lived in hes little home in the Grow thirty years or more, and it is almost a distress situation where that woman almost has to sell her house and mow out. Of course, she can't n ovo out because where is she going to live? What has happened to her in the last fifteen years is her taxes have quadrupled. she has a small little home. she says. why have cry taxes gone up? Ms11, her taxes have gone up because *be lives to a residential community right on the border of property that is sorted for high-rise in the Grow. Now, what has happened is that the land values have gone up. Why? •scans* of speculation. Mow she says that as Car as she is concerned she doesn't want to build a high-rise on her property, and she would be wilting be so stipulate, or she would be willing that after the dies, if she is taxed as a home, that she would be willing s that that would be a lien 74 NOV 6-197 against her property should her heirs, or whoever has the property in the future, would pay taxes based on going back to that assessment on a high-rise basis, but while she is liv- ing in it as a home that her taxes should not be based upon the premise of an inflated land value based on its best and highest use on a speculation basis. You follow me? Mr. Andrewst i understand. Mayor Ferree In other words, here is a property that may be worth twenty or thirty thousand dollars. Now she lives within a block of a high-rise and her property now is assessed at a hundred thousand. dollars. Now she doesn't want to have a high-rise. She doesn't want the value of her property to go up. She is perfectly happy. And if she sells it for more than it is assessed she is willing to pay the taxes. xf she sells it for a hundred thousand dollars. then ahs would be willing to say, go back to when my property was frown and I'll pay the back taxes out of the profits that 1 make. Mow to do that we need a constitutional amendment. and I recognise that. Mr. Andrews. And I will now pass the gavel to the Vice -Mayor and I want to sake a motion. I make a motion that the City Attorney be instruc- ted to. in conjunction with the County Attorney. to draft up what he was supposed to have done a year ago. and that is to draft up the necessary legal requirements for this Commission to go to Tallahassee through our lobbyist and present to the Legislature some kind of relief for people much as this lady here who are being taxed out of existence. on some kind of a deferred payment basis. Mrs. Gordon: I'll second it. but I want to offer some information. Gwen Margolis is entering such a bill for the home owner; that the deferred payment would become due and payable when the property is sold. or if it became an estate. and the only thing about it is the revenue to the community's and there is a second adjunct to the bill that certain types of loans become available to the communities to borrow against those liens. So I think we should go on record. as you have made it as a support to the concept and they have to work out the details. I think the concept is very valid. Thereupon the above motion, introduced by Mr. Ferro and seconded by Mrs. Oordon, was adopted unanimously and designated Notion Mo. 7S-1046. Mayor Ferro: I am sorry there is nothing else we can do at this time. (10 Mrs. Naroovik) Thank you for your patience and I hope that some day we will be able to look you straight in the eye and tell you thatAte have been able to accomplish something which will satisfy you and the thousands of other property owners that are really being clobbered. 75 Mra. Oordont Another approach we might want to consider as a oacond suggestion is to increase the homestead exemption: supporting that concept. Mayor Ferret Let me tell you what i am concerned about. The City of Miami --I don't know whether the people are Aware of this because it really doesn't have that much publicity. Dade County has over thirty per cent. of the citizens that are quali: fied for poverty. Do you know that the City of Miami is closer to fifty per cent.? Of the major cities we are one of the poorest cities in the country, and that's one of the reasons why. lbw, if we continue to offer incentives --and i am concerned about the people that live here --the more attractive we make it for people to move here, you know what is going to happen? You are going to end up with a city that is going to always be fifty per cent. under the poverty level: and t think we have got to be extremely careful. i would rather give the people that need it that are here relief this way --- Mrs. Gordon: it's a tax abatement. Mayor Ferret It's a tax abatement rather than an outright -- Mrs. Gordont Until the sale. Mayor Ferret That way we can, maybe, borrow against it. because it becomes a lien on the property. 76 NOV 6.197 55. ART FOR NE4 BUILDING Mt. Anarewst I want to remind the commission about what I consider an important and almost hieturic event as far as the City Commission is concerned .and the City of Miami. lw you're aware we're going to have the program nt 2130 at the Vizcaya loom of the Columbus Hotel in which we will make the annonncmclit of the winning award as far as th^_ art for the Police :.tat.ion Building. This iz, the first really true incidence that I'm aware of in the ci.ty'4 history that the City of Miami has becoRtw co involved in a cultural activity involving specifically the arts. Mrs. Gordon: Have you any idea how long it will last., Mr. Andrews, because i'rt supposed to .leave town at 3t30. Mr. Andrews: Well, 1 wits going to say 1 don't think it will take longer than an hour. Mayor Ferret We're going to start at 2t30 sharp. Mr. Andrews' That's my understand. Yes. 56. DINNER KEY IMPROVEMENTS Mr. Andrews. The next thing I have is Dinner Key and I want to run through that regl quickly. Mr. Mayor and members of the commission, you'll recall that when the Crow row rarine ::►sr•►e *-,e¢ere the corrminnion the!, never ren11!! hail an o' nrtu*ity to make a pzercatatlon of their proposal for the marine servicing facilities here at ©inner Kay. Megrill-Stevens did, they presented a very brief presentation to the commission and after several meetings it was concluded and the commission sensed the argument that Mas going on between both lessees that they couldn't come to grips in a unified way that both of them could have been involved in the development of the total property. At that time I recommended to the commission that we not pursue the individual proposals in that it appeared that there was no way to solve this partic- ular problem. 1 can't find the resolution I had here that was adopted for that purp- ose but I had it. You authorized me at that time to proceed with receiving public proposals where Grove Key Marina, Merrill -Stevens and anyone else . ouh ci submit pro• posais because they couldn't get together. I was asked by Grove Key Marina last week if I wouldn't take the time without any committment of any kind on the city's part to make a presentation to me of what they would propose on their property and at the opening of that presentation I cautioned them for about the third or fourth time that they realized that they nay be presenting information to me that was inno- vative, new creative thinking in this area and if they did I was going to use it in our proposals which were right at the last stage of completion. Well, they said they were willing to gamble because they were going to submit a proposal anyway. And Mt. Mayor and taeMbers of the commission, of all the concessionaires that have ever come before the commission and in administrative sessions that I've been a party to in the last 15 years that I've been in the City Manager's Office this had to be the finest presentation I've seen. The finest presentation I've seen. They not only encompassed the area that they were going to become involved in they went through the trouble of making elaborate colored renderings of the total Dinner Key area with new concepts of uses... Mayor Ferret Could we see it? Mr. Andrews: Yes. I want to carry it a little further than that. I was so encour- aged by this that now I'd like to go back with your permission to talk to Merrill - Stevens to see if they're willing to develop their properties on a somewhat similar basis to that of Coconut Grove. If they are than I would like both of then to oaks a presentation to the commission and it we could achieve that we could really be on the way at an early date to go ahead and improve those properties. It includes rest- aurants, landscaping. I've so encouraged by what i'vo seen that... This is what I want to point out for the last time, rather, is to find out from Merrill-8tevsns if they aren't interested is developing a proposal for the area that they have under lease for its future development. Mayor Vern: wonderful. Rev. cabman: Mr. Andrews, let mo ask this. When they were here tiwy led us to believe that they wanted all or nothing because they had a court, because they thought they had a legal right. do what I'm disturbed about or whet concerns me is that, well Woe ask two things. Now does this week with the Master elan? Ile. Andrews: There is only one emceptioe in this to the Master plan, and it is this: Ilse Kanter Vials calls for the removal et these !wilding structures and replace - went with new facilities and I bellowed that throughout this process but what I learns 4 77 NOV 6-1975 r s' through listening to t..e Grove Keay Marina who actually went out and had SOME eoc►notnic studies conducted which they gave ne indicates that we're once again perhaps being very very foolish in removing these buildings. They're structurally sound, they don't look well but they've demonstrated how they can fix theft up and they Ray if they were forced to build new buildings which they're doubtful that economically they could do so... Mayor Ferret Economically feasible. Mr. Andrews: ...that we would have buildings equally as high as the ones that are there but just oriented differently on the property. Mayor Ferret I' 11 tell you in this day and age, three years ago i had a completely different attitude, in this day and age I don't see how in roc!' F nape wr rah go around destroying multi -million dollar structures if we can turn around and &petal some money to beautify and improve them if that can be done. Now let's be convinced of it. Let them make their presentation and let Merrill -Stevens make theirs and then we'll take it from there. Mr. Andrews: Father, if I may address you directly, I don't think that we have any thing to loose whatsoever by giving them an opportunity and posing that question to them. If they still don't went to do it I would encourage you to look at the Grove Key Marina presentation because then we could still continue on that basis of the motion that you adopted and we can go to a public proposal... 9, CULTURAL. EXPANSION PROGRAM AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE NO. 8464 BY APPROPRIATING $2,000 FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND EX- PF:Ntal7'URES FOR. CULTURAL T XPANS10\' PROGRAM, SAItt REVENUES TO 8E RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE P PEB CITY OFFICIALS TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM. Nast introduced by Commissioner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gibson and passed on its first reading by title by the following vote: AYES: Commissioner Manolo Reboso Come►i.ssioner Rose Gordon Comissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Fevre None. T!. City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were avallable to the members of the City Commission and to the public. 78 NOV , LottN /IMER1CA* TaustsM Mayor Ferret Rose, we've grit the City of' i ami' :, sponsored trip which has now been narrowed to Venemuela and Colombia. Mr. Lew Price, if you'd come forward becAttae I want commission to have :;oine: basic i r l ormat. i e r hew it is ; ;hapi ng lip. Put 1 %'ant to tell you that we haVe a teal f i t:;t :string, 1 :k.3 like, cotmai ttment Oh the part of the stain business corrunity, bankers, the president of out local newspapers, president of our local tuleVinion station, the president of the UtiiVersity of Miami, people from I'.I.U., nt. fyin Sheppard and many tnariy other oetetanding citizens including Mayor Steve Clack, the Mayor of Miami Beach, }rarold Rosen, our. (overnor and we might get one of our congressmen and it looks like we're really going to have fa real super trip coming up. Now I recognize that we hive stringent restriants on our budget but I might point out that last year there were 76,000 v r, i t ors f r om Co] om} , i a alone, ;just the Republic of Colombia. Now 76,000 visitors who spend an average of $15000 aceorde ihyl to the State of Florida research on tourism is as 1 multiply...that's a hundred million dollars that is being spent just from Colombia alone in our comjunity and I'm sure the City of Miami is the beneficiary to a great degree. Now Venezuela and Mramil are our next largest visitors and I might say from person knowledge if it hadn't been for the Brazilian trade this summer the Miami based hotels would have all died on the vine, really literally. It would have been a real disaster, this tourist summer. Now Mort is doing a great job. This is the third Folk Festival year that we're beginning to get national and international recognition. We're moving along hopefully with Watson Island. We're moving along with our convention center. I think it is essential that we put out some effort at the city level because we are the beneficiaries, Miami being the main center. with really with all due respects, to that much effort on the pert of the estate or the city. And I really think this is important enought for us to put a little weed money and I think that the Manager and the commission if they so wish should really be participants. Now 1 happen to be in a lucky situation economically where 1 can afford $600 or $700 that this trip is going to cost. And by the way, that's not bad$ a hundred dollars a day is not a bad figure for this type of a trip. The City of Caracas is going to dedicate a $4,000,000 facility in our name. It is going to be celled the City of Miami Marina. I hope we will come back with the commitment from them to sponsor a park at Watson Island similar to the Japanese Gardens and maybe we might get a Venezuelan restaurant there as part of our Tivoli. Gardens of Miami Gardens concept. And 1 think that and tourism and the commercial relationships that we're going to establish is well worth the money that we could put into such a trip. And I would strongly recommend that this be an official trip of the City and that we author- ize for the expenditure of moneys for the members of the commission that want to go and for the administration to also participate on a limited basis, I think maybe the Manager and Mr. Price and a few others to a limited extent. This is just my idea now. What is the will of the. commission? Mrs. Gordon: Maurice, you cut one country out. I'd like to ask you why. Mayor Ferres That's a long complicated story. Basically it originates with Mr. Alvah Chapman, the president of the Miami Herald who said, and I think with all - and 1 completely agreed with him that you're asking busy people to take a week out of their schedule. One week out of S? weeks Ls a lot of time to give up on something like this and they said they wouldn't mind giving up a week -end and maybe two working days but that to go beyond S days Ls too much. Mrs. Cordons What will the dates be then? Mayor Ferro: Wel/, I'll get into that in a moment. And then the governor agrreed that if the trip could be shortened he'd be much happier and he would dedicate the time. The governor, as you know, is going with us which I think is important. It is a City of Miami trip sponsored by us, organised by us and done by us but the governor is going to be with us. For that reason then inconsideration of Mr. Chapeau and the other business people and because et the governor's time schsdule we've decided to stake it from December 4th which is a Thursday afternoon laving, I think it was 4.30 And we would dome back on Tuesday night. Now the outer reason was that we wore literally going to be living out of a suitcase and just not dedicating - for example Aogota, which is the capitol of Colombia where 76,000 visitors visit us a year we were going to dedicate 19 hours. It almost would have been an insult in minty opinion to go there for 19 hours. And so therefore, what we did is we cut it down to two countries and gave each country two days, Vs days. 'Ave trip now is scheduled to leave tor Guavas ca the 4th of December and ws' 11 be there the 3th and the 6th. On Monday tbs 7th we will Lewin for !Bogota at mid -day and be Lit Bogota the $th and the 9th and come back an the cwnieq of tlw 9th and get here around 10 O'Clock at night. imtr. hew retool Do you want to mention Mfrs. Cordon's Question that the $rasiliaa trip is now pleased for March presumably? 79 6.1975 f Mayor Perrot Yes, we have not canceled the Brazilian trip we've Only postponed it because we figured that Brasil was important and big enough for us to dedicate one special trip in March. What is the will of this cor1%L ivn? Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I've clot no qualms with an official trip of this City Coma mission. T think the dates arm' nit o !'}lat's not what )'re di:'curs' ing here. Mayor Ferret Well, the problem is that the governor is the one who set that date and it's just too far fixed now to change it. Mr. Rebosos Mr. Mayor, how much money in.... Mayor Perre: We don't know yet, do we, Lew? Mr. Prices Approximately the new price will be $792 including hotel, ground trans.. portation, receptions. You might have to pay one or two meals but just basically it should include everything, transportation and all. Rev. Gibsont How much? Mr. Price $792. Rev. Gibson: Why? Mayor Ferrel The air fare alone has got to ba worth $350. Mr. Prices You're taking basically 132 people. it is a charter flight, a charter airplane. /NAUDIBL$ Mayor Perrot J. L., 1 really don't have the breakdown on it. According to Eastern Airlines who has been working it is at their cost. Mr. Prices We've gotten approximately 50 checks in already, deposits on it. I just had a call from Mayor Rosen of Miami Beach before I left to come down here. He has said he is sending over a check tomorrow for l0 people from the City Council and from the T.D.A. Mayor Ferrer I would recommend this, that we appropriate $6,000. 1 think we may have to do it in such a way, Mr. Andrews, that those that go may have to put $100 or something on their own and I think that is fair. You know, so that it is not a burden... if we hake the commissioners pay for the full amount you're not going to have any representation. Mr. Rebosos Not to exceed $6,000. Mayor Ferrel But if we say $6,000 and if it caws up to sore than that, suppose the 9 people go well then we'll have to divy that up and the extra will have to be paid by each member. Nr. Prices Again, could we euphuism the purpose of the trip is to encourage the South Americans to celebrate the slCentennial with us to further promote tourism as well as trade and commerce. We think we can do a lot of business for Miami fins between Miami and South American finis. That hopefully will be one of the fulfill- ments. This has the blessing of the state Department. They'll be working with us on the trip. The embassies in *ark country will be involved as well. Mayor Pecres i might point out that the Miami Beach is paying for 10 trips and they want everybody to go. They've got 10 people on that trip as I rewaber. Nt. Prices Disney World coiled bode), to... Mayor Forces And they've increased it to 3. I think it is an investment by the city on so■wethinq extremely worthwhile. Mr. Prices W. want to usplain too again now this is an invitational trip. It's not open to everyone because hopefully these are business people that will do business to gesserate business for the purpose of producing... Mayor Perres Well, I already know of deals that are ahoy gal that will well be worth the investseet that we have. 8.0 NOV 6 -19T5 i Mr. Plutt'nett r!t. Price, in your estimation you thin expendint is well worth the money spent? t•St. Price: Absolutely, I think it Lwell worth it. I think We should be do more of this. MAyot 1•c.rre t Let me ask this, Mt. Andrews. Do )„u recommend this;? Do you think this is a wise expenditure of money? Mr. Andrews: Yee, air. in fact, I encourage the city to foster even greater than It hiu3 in the past the whole Sicc.er City grogram. You can't believe the .-;mount of l.ublirity, we would be hard pressed to purch,:ue that kind of publicity if we wanted to. We expand upon it and we can make the kind of presentations that we can make when wp're there. That's why when the commission asked me my opinion about equip- ment, as an example, some of which is being sold now to Bogota at a price equivalent to that which we could obtain here if we dispose of that equipment - in fact, or better - but actually being sold. And the publicity that we get from that is just amazing. the commis in The following motion was introduced by Commissioner tteboso, who moved its adoptions MOTION NO. 75-1049 A MOTION OF INTENT TO ALLOCATE THE SUM Of $6,000 TO PARTIALLY DEFRAY Tl L TRAVEL EXPENSE Or mnmsERs OF THE: CITY COMMISSION AND T&IE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO CARACAS, VENEZUELA AND I OGOTA, C0LONSIA. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Plummer, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner Msnolo Reboso Conuniasioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer., Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Ferre NOES: None. 59, CHANGE DECEMBER COMMISSION 1' ETUVG DATES The following motion was introduced by Commissioner Gordon, who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 75-1050 A MOTION CHAINING THE DATES 0t' TUX REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS IM DECEMBER FROM DECEMBER 11Tit AND 2'STU TO DECEM- BER 1ST AND 19T1E RESPECTIVELY. Upon being seconded by Commissioner Gibson, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - Commissioner Nose Gordon Commissioner Manoie Neboso Commissioner (Rev.) '1lmeodors Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. rem MOSS: None. 60. pint. tcE UVn tte 9 Mr. Robert Paulus Ms have two Civil Service Rules before you today, one dealing with the subject that was before you i tied: in earl' teoptenter on the citizenship requirement that was previously in Civil Service Rules and still is as a matter of tact although it has been stricken out district court. That's Rule V, section 3 which is Item 23 03 on the agenda. Mayor Perms Mail, as I understand it, it is really academic because the court has already knr ksed that one down. Is there a motion? Mr. Baulks Mall, the affect of it, Mr. Mayor, is that More it struck down the residency and it &truck down the oath in the circuit court La *or OcLsans it was appeeled 464 thwy diverted the action of the lows court to reflect only to the citisenahiip requirement cad did not strike the oath and Mrs. Gordon raised the question about not d•bstisw and 4Lao Commissioner Gibson about not deleting the oath. 81 NOV 11975 Mayor Ferret I would agree with that.. Mr. Pauikt We therefore, then withdrew .. the board rescinded that particular rule change that was before you, restructured it providing new language to provide that every employee prior to bring c'1ployeed would swear to the same oath previously. AN ,RbINANci. ENTITLED - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE No. 6945, THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND kEct1LATIONs or THE CITY OF MIA I, RY AMENDING RULE V, SECTICIN 3, RY DELETING THE CITIZEN.. REQUIREMENT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS oR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLiCT, CONTAINING A SEVERASILTTY PROVISION; AND PROVID?NG FOR AN E1'1ECT- IVE DATE. Was introduced by Commissioner Gordon and seconded by Commissioner Gibson and passed on its first reading by title by the following votet l�YS:s Commissioner Manoio Reboso Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner (Rev.) Theodore Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayon Maurice A. Verse NOES; None. The City Attorney read the ordinance into the public record and announced that copies were available to the members of the City Commission and to the public. Mr. Paulks Under 23 (b) it is simply withdrawing as a charge the language that indicates that one may be di smi sseed for conduct unbecoming a city employee as a specific charge of misconduct. Since it is rbthet ambiguous, there is no foundat- ion to that within itself and setting that up into the Preamble that the charges which follow would in affect be conduct unbecoming an employee. So it is lifting it from one place and putting it into another section of the rules without reading it specifically. So it would be in better posture within the rules as those things that follow as misconduct would be properly indicated. Mr. Plummer; Board recommend it? Mr. Paulkt Yes, sir. Mr. Plummer, Manager concur? Mr. Andrewss Yes. AN ORDINANCE $lTITZBD AM ORDLNANCE ACING ORD/NANCE NO. 6943, PASSED AND ADOPT=D NOVENDER IS, 1961, TEE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND RIDGULATZONS Or Till CITY Or MIAMI, SY DELMTINO SU$•SECTION (8) or RULE XVI, SECTION 2, AND SY TRANS-. mERRINIG IT TO NONCOM, FOR DIQIISSAL, SUSPENSION AND DEMOTION" Or SAID MULE XV I, SECTION 2 i *PEALINO ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS IMEREOP IM CONFLICT CONTAINING A ,eve A$ZLITY PROVISION, AND PNOVIDi1I0 FOR AN aroma DATE. Was introduced by C mmisstoner Plummer and seconded by Commissioner Gordon and passed on its first reading by title by the following vet*: AYES: Commissioner Nanol° Reboso Commissioner Nose Gordon Commissioner (Bev.) Theodora Gibson Vice Mayor J. L. Plummer, Jr. Mayor Maurice A. Per,. NO i s None. The City Attorney read time ordinance Into the public record and announced that copies urns avoilabts to the members of the City Commis• slaw and to the public. 82 NOV 1-1975 AD.Iet:RN•'ENT: There being no further business to come before the City Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 5:05 Y.M. ATTEST: H.D. SOUTHERN CITY CLERK RALPH C. ONGIE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK MAURICE A FERRE MAYOR 83 NOV 6 -1975 CIiY OP IVSIAMI 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DOCUMENT INDEX DOcUPV f tDD1fl tCATtiM COMMISSION AGENDA AND CITY CLERK REPORT. ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERPOMED BY THE ANCHOR POST PRODUCTS INC. AT A TOTAL COST OF $50,966.79 ACCEPTING THE COMPLETED WORK PERFORMED BY THE AMERICAN DAVITS CORP. AT A TOTAL COST OF $8,445.00 ORDERING S.W. 22 STREET HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS -PHASE II - DISTRIC II-4395 ACCEPTING THE PLAT ENTITLED PAIGE SUB -DIVI- SION, A SUB -DIVISION IN THE CITY OF MIAMI. AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH A NOTICE FOR OBJECTIONS TO THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE CITY OF MIAMI OF THE COMPLETED CONS- TRUCTION OF TRACY SANITARY SEWER. APPOINTING THREE INDIVIDUALS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI COMMITTEE OF ECOLOGY AND BEAUTIFICATION APPOINTING MR, TED BAKER TO THE CITY OF MIAMI COMMITTEE ON ECOLOGY AND BEAUTI- FICATION. WAIVING. THE RENTAL PEE FOR. THE USE OF THE BAYFRONT PARK AUDITORIUM FOR THE ANNUAL CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST. DENYING CENTAINS CLAIMS AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEFEND ANY SUIT ARAISING OUT FROM SAID CLAIMS. ACCEPTING THE BID RECEIVED FROM O.M. SCOTT AND SONS FOR FURNISHING GRANULE FERTILIZER AT A COST OF $ 13,732.70 ACCEPTING THE BIDS RECEIVED FOR FURNISHING IRRIGATION PARTS, FOR LEGION PARK, FROM LEHMAN PIPE AND PLUMBING CO. AT A COST OF $ 8,543.24 ACCEPTING TIIE BID FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR THE DEPT. OF PARKS AND RECREATION. REINTERATING REQUEST CONTAINED IN RESOLUTION 75.22 AND ADOPTING IN PRINCIPLE THE DUPONT PLAZA AREA PLAN ELEMENT OF DOWNTOWN. PERMITTING MUNICIPAL USE OF APPROXIMATELY 1150 SOUTH RIVER DRIVE TRAC "A" TO PERMIT IMMIT1N D*T"s NOVEMBER S, 1975 R-75-1013 R-75-1014 R-75-1015 R-75-1016 R-75-1017 R-75-1018 R-75-1019 R-75-1020 R-75-1021 R-75-1022 R-75-1023 R-75-1024 R•75.1024 0061 75-1013 75-1014 75-1015 75-1016 75-1017 75-1018 75-1019 75-1020 75-1021 75-1022 75-102 75-102. 75.102 r-r ««ice OCUMENT1 NDEx CONTINUED °a°e°_ 1IIMTIPICATZM1 1 17 18 19 20 2 22 23 24 26 27 _• A WAREHOUSE TO BE DEVELOPED FOR THE USE OF THE ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE. GRANTING THE ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF THE CONDI• TIONAL USE GRANTED ON LOT 20 BLOCK 83-N ZONE B-41. GRANTING A PETITION FOR A PLANNED AREA, ON TENTATIVE PLATT NO. 945 KNOWN AS "CULMER VILLAGE". ALLOCATING THE SUM OF $2,000 TO COVER THE COST FOR CITY ADVERTISING IN THE LATIN AME- R/CAN GUIDE. REFERRING BACK TO THE ZONNING BOARD FOR ANOTHER HEARING THE MATTER OF ZONNING BOARD RESOLUTIONS ON "AVOCADO PARK". AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ALLO CATE THE SUM OF $63,400 FOR DEPOSIT IN THE CIRCUIT COURT IN THE S'lIT ENTITLED CITY OF MIAMI VS. GISELE FASHICK ET AL. AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST "VILLAGE SOUTH INC AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY TO JOSE A. FERNANDEZ, WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE SUM OF $ 5,000 IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS. ACCEPTING A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,500 FROM THE MIAMI PROFESSIONAL SPORTS INC. AS A COMPLETE PAYMENT FOR THE RENTAL OF THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM. AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT TO THE AIRPARK PLAZA MERCHANTS ASS. FOR AMUSEMENT RIDES AT 5703 N.M. 7TH STREET. APPOINTING AND ELECTING P.W. ANDREWS TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI. APPOINTING AND ELECTING JOHN S. LLOYD TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI,. APPOINTING AND ELECTING N.D. SOUTHERN TO THE OFFICE or THE CITY CLERK, FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI. APPOINTING AND ELECTING RALPH ONGIE TO THE arms or THE MUTANT CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF NMANI. R-75-1026 R-75-1027 R-75-1028 R-75-1033 R-75-1035 R-75-1036 R-75-1037 R-75-1038 R-75-1039 R-75-1040 R-75-1043 R-75.1044 R-7S-1045 R•75•1046 75-1026 75-1027 75..1028 75-1033 75-1035 75-1036 75-1037 75-1038 75-1039 75-1040 75-1043 75-1044 75-1045 75-1046