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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1974-07-11 MinutesITY OF MIAMI • COMMISSION MINUTES JULY 11, 1974 OF MEETING HELD ON PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CITY HALL H. D. SOUTHERN CITY CLERK RALPH G. ONGIE ASSISTANT CITY CLE• 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. III MINUTES OF REGULAR MEET I NG CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA SUBJECT CONDOLENCES IN THE DEATH OF EMELINE MCGRANER VARIANCE - LOTS 15 THRU 18, HIGHLAND PARK (2-13) 1501 N.W. 9 AVE. (NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION) STREET CLOSURE - S.W. 3 STREET 173' WEST OF S.W. 50 AVENUE IN CONNECTION WITH TENTATIVE PLAT #901 - "WEST-SAN SUB" AMEND SEC 30-28 OF THE CODE - SCHEDULE OF LICENSES AMEND APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE 8190 - MODEL CITIES PROGRAM "THRESHOLD PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AIDES" AMEND ORD. 6871 - GOVERNMENTAL USE DISTRICT DISCUSSION ITEM - DEFERRAL OF ORDINANCE "REMOVAL OF TREES" PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - CHIEF OF FIRE RESCUE UNCLASSIFIED POSITION PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - 3/4 COST OF SANITARY SEWERS BE APPORTIONED TO ABUTTING PROPERTY DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZE WAIVER RENTAL FEE - BAYFRONT PARK BANDSHELL UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF MIAMI, INC. AUTHORIZE WAIVER OF RENTAL FEE - BAYFRONT PA AUDITORIUM CORAL GABLES WOMAN'S CLUB AUTHORIZE WAIVER OF PORTION OF AGREEMENT FOR LEASING DINNER KEY EXPOSITION HALL-MIAMI DADE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS TO CONDUCT HOME VARSITY BASKS BALL GAMES, ETC. EXTEND LEASE AGREEMENT-BALTIMORE BASEBALL CLUB ALLOCATE $1102.00 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR CITY HALL - OFFICE ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS DISCUSSION - FUTURE SITE FOR MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OFFICES RATIFY AND CONFIRM ACTION OF THE CITY MANAGER EMERGENCY PURCHASE INSULATION PRIMARY CABLE FOR ORANGE BOWL ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION NO, M 74-574 R 74-575 R 74-576 ORDINANCE NO. 8281 ORDINANCE NO. 8182 ORD. NO. 8283 DISCUSSION ORDINANCE NO. 8264 ORDINANCE ND. 8285 DISCUSSION R 74-577 R 74-578 R 74-579 R 74-580 R 74-581 DISCUSSION R 74-582 PA 1-3 3-4 4-•5 5 5 6-8 8-9 9-10 10 10 10-11 11-1 12 12-1 13-1 15 f • ITEM NO, SUBJECT Itina MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA RESOLUTION NO. PAGE 15-17 17 17 18 18 R 74-588 19 R 74-589 19-20 R 74-590 -- 20-21` ORDINANCE NO. 8286 21 R 74-591 21-22 R 74-592 ' 22-23 DISCUSSION 23 R 74-593 23 R 74-594 24 R 74-595 24 DISCUSSION 24 R 74-596 25 R 74-597 25 Le. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 2 26. 27. 28. 29. 3C. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. AGREEMENT-AANPONER SING COUNCIL OF DADE AND P NROE COUNTIES AUTHORIZE CONTRACT WITH TOUCHE ROSS AND CO. FOR EXTERNAL AUDIT ACCEPT HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY DEED FROM ROTUNDA STRUCTURES, INC. ACCEPT SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIM- JOSE GARRIDO CLAIM SETTLEMENT-SUSAN JANE & ERIK J. BLOMQVIST CLAIM SETTLEMENT - KAREN & MELVIN MC KENSIE CLAIM SETTLEMENT-JOHNNIEMAE ROUNDTREE AND WILL/AM ROUNDTREE ACCEPT BID - TRASH CONTAINERS FOR DEPT. OF YACHT DOCKS PROVIDE $23,000 FOR INSTALLATION OF FIELD LIGHTS AT ORANGE BOWL, AMEND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE ACCEPT BID - FIELD LIGHTS FOR ORANGE BOWL STADIUM ACCEPT BID - SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT SECTION A-H-4362 DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR ORANGE BOWL CROWD CONTROL SERVICES EXPERIMENTAL CURBS, ACCESS RAMPS FOR PERSONS IN MNEEL CHAIRS WAIVE RENTAL FEE - ATHLETIC FEDERATION OF MIAMI, MIAMI STADIUM APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MIAMI FASHION DISTRICT 3RD YEAR CONTRACT * STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE DISCUSSION & TEMPORARY DEFERRAL APPOINTING YVONNE Z. SANTAMARIA AS A MEMBER ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS - LIGHTING AT WYNDWOOD PARK ESTABLISH DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON APPLI- CATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY * MIAMI MINI-ALIADOS, INC. R 74-583 R 74-584 R 74-585 R 74-586 R 74-587 M 74-598 ITEM NO MIX MINUTE OF REGULAR MEETING CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ORDINANCE OR SUBJECT RESOLUTION NO, PAGE N. 3'7 . 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. RECEIVE BIDS - SOUTH PINEMOUNT SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5242-C and SR-5242-S COCONUT GROVE ZONING STUDY PERSONAL APPEAR- ANCE OR LARGE DELEGATION OF PERSONS TO DIS- CUSS: DECLARING NO BUILDING PERMITS BE ISSUED IN AREA OF PLANNING STUDY UNTIL JULY 26, 1974 PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF STOCKTON BRIGGLE REGARDING PROPOSED THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AT THE MIAMI MARINE STADIUM PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF BOBBY DYKES TO RE- QUEST FUNDS FOR ATTENDANCE OF TWO PERSONS AT: WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CON- FERENCE SELECTION OF CONSULTANTS - ORANGE BOWL IMPROVEMENTS SELECTION OF ARCHITECTS FOR AFRICAN SQUARE QUIT -CLAIM DEED TO MIAMI DADE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY FOR EXISTING VIRGINIA KEY SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND SITE - DISCUSSION AND TEMPORARY DEFERRAL PRESENTATION OF SERVICE RETIREMENT PLAQUES L. BRADWELL JR., SANITATION DEPT AND R.I. MOORE, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ENTER INTO AGREEMENT THROUGH MANPOWER CCUNCII OF DADE AND MONROE COUNTIES TO IMPLEMENT A MIAMI RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM. RESOLUTION - IMPOSE BUILDING PERMIT FREEZE IN AREAS COVERED BY THE COCONUT GROVE ZONING STUDY UNTIL: JULY 26, 1974 QUIT CLAIM DEED TO MIAMI-DADE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY DISCUSSION AND ADOPTION OF RESO- LUTION WITH CONDITIONS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - VACANCIES ON THE CITY COMMISSION - SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE CHARTER AMENDMENT REGARDING VACANCIES ON THE CITY COMMISSION ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT REGARDING VACANCIES ON THE CITY COMMISSION R 74-599 M 74-600 M 74-601 M 74-602 M 74-603 - M 74-604 DISCUSSION R 74-605 R 74-606 R 74-607 DISCUSSION R 74-608 ORDINANCE NO. 8287 27-28 - 28-49 49-53 53-55 55-62 63-64 65-66 67 67 68 68-69 69-78 78-79 79-80 HEX MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CITY COMMISSION OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ITEM NO SUBJECT ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION NO. PAGE +- 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 61. 62. PEOPLE TO PEOPLE - TRANSFER OF EQUIPMENT TO BOTOTA, COLUMBIA - REPORT BY COMMISSIONER PLUMMER, ETC. APPOINT J.L. PLUMMER AS CITY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR SISTER CITY PROGRAM THANKING PEOPLE TO PEOPLE COMMITTEE ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT "DEPUTY CITY MANAGER" REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO INFORM PUBLIC THE SUBSTANCE OF ALL PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS INCLUDING THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING EACH ONE CONSOLIDATION OF BONDS INTO A SINGLE ISSUE ACCEPT BID - COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR POLICE DEPT, PERSONAL APPEARANCE - MARIO PEREZ REGARDING SUPPER CLUB LICENSE AT t'VNTMARTE CLUB RESOLUTION - PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT #6 SALARIES OF CITY COMMISSIONERS ADJOURNMENT M 74-609 M 74-610 M 74-611 ORDINANCE NO. 8288 M 74-612 R 74-613 ORDINANCE NO. 8289 R 74-614 R 74-615 M 74-616 R 74-617 DISCUSSION R 74-618 ORDINANCE FIRST READING 81-83 83 83-84 84-85 85-86 86-89 90-10 107-1 110-1 : 1 1 I 5 OF R200LhR MEETING OP THE ern comteastoit OP MIAM1, ?Lonna On the llth dap of July, 1974 the City Commission of Miami Florida let at its regular meeting place in said city in regular session. the meeting was called to order at 9:04 O'clock A.M. by Mayor Maurice Ferre. On roll call, the following members of the Commission were found to be present: Commissioner Rose Gordon Commissioner J.L. Plummer Commissioner T. Rev. Gibson Vice Mayor Reboso Mayor Maurice A. Ferre An invocation was delivered by Reverend Gibson who then led those present in an invocation to the flag. On motion of Mr. Plummer, seconded by Reverend Gibson, it was unanimously agreed to waive the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting. 1, CONDOLENCES IN THE DEATH OF EMELINE MC GRANER Mayor Ferre: I think before we go into the regular agenda it would be appropriate to pass a resolution of condolence to the family of Mrs. Emeline McGraner, a lady who served this commun- ity with great dedication and a personal loss to each and every one•of us as she was a personal friend of all of us here in the City. I think it would be most appropriate for us to word the appropriate resolution for the family. The following motion was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 74-574 A MOTION OF CONDOLENCE IN THE DEATH OF EI83LINE MC GRAVER. Upon being seconded by Reverend Gibson the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Reboso, Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 2, VARIANCE - LOTS 15 THRU 18, HIGHLAND PARK )2-13( 1501 N.W. g AVE (NATIONAL PARKINSON FOUNDATION) Norbert Himmel: Attorney for the National Parkinson Found- ation and Member of the Board of Directors. When we last appeared here the basic issue concerning our request and petition was the parking problem and it was suggested that maybe we Right be able to get the orthamology research found- ation to Rake a trade with us or something concerning a lot. I have a letter here which I would like to present. At that meeting Mayor Ferre was kind enough to offer his assistance in meeting with us and a member of the orthamology foundation. Mayor Ferre was kind enough to do so and as a result of that 1 JUL 11 1974 aj 410 this is the letter which they have given us. They have said that under Certain Conditions they would be willing to exchange their lot for our lot. That would be exchange lot 19 for lot 20 so that we would have that extra lot counted towards our parking requirements. ;I also would like to point out that we learned a little bit more about the parking in the area gener- ally, a very interesting point was that the new garage which is being built not too far from our property is being built in accordance with a bond issue and there is going to be a need for cars to fill that parking lot to meet the bond re- quirements. Not that we are going to supply much for it but I thought that would be an interesting point on the parking issue. As the Commission may recall our use for parking is almost nill. Mr. Plummer: You know you have shown good faith as far as I's: concerned. You've done what is needed to be done. i want you to know that I went over there personally and in- spected the facilities and I don't know that this Commission can ask any more of you. What will that additional lot pro- vide, approximately how aaany cars? Mr. Zimmel: About 10 spaces, I understand. Now I don't know the exact number of spaces though interestingly enough we will never even be using all of the spaces we have. Mr. Plummer: What about the lot to the east of you, have you tried to negotiate the lot just to the east? That's towards 7th avenue. Mr. Zimmel: That belongs to the ophthalmology, they own all of that property, a whole section back there and their posit- ion is that they do not want to sell that. Mr. Plummer: You tried? Mr. Zimmel: Yes. We went and we asked them and they explain- ed that the reason is they hope someday that that is going to provide them with a chair at the University. Mayor Terre: Let me if I may, Mr. Zimmel to cut through a lot of this. If the Commission will look at the map; I went with Mrs. Levy to talk to Dr. Norton and what the crux of the matter is is that the ophthalmology, the Baskin Palmer people have basically purchased all of the land around there. The reason they have all of this land is because they plan, as they devel- op their clinic which is now in the midst of a very very large expansion, to have enough land available where they will, when necessary and if necessary, put up a parking facility them- selves. Now that parking facility in everybody's opinion is not going to be needed for a long long time because the County right now is building a 1500 unit parking garage right smack in the middle of that complex. I'm personally satisfied that with the swap, J.L., of 19 and 20 with the continuity of that land the way it is plus the ownership by the ophthalmology group of 9, 10, 11 and 12 and across the street, that there is going to be plenty of parking provided in that area so I'm convinced at this stage of the game with that swap it makes it reasonable. That is my personal opinion. Mr. Grimm: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, I would like to remind that this should be subject to the dedication of 5 feet on 15th Street. Mr. Plummer; They're on the record of already agreeing to that but we'll once again put it subject to the dedication of the 15th Street 5 feet. 2 JUL 11 1974 410 Z$ j,: we aorta to that. Mts. Gordon: Was the motion including that the mrwap was going to take place? Mr. Humors Ob yes, very definitely, That was the good faith that they Showed. Mrs. Gordon: Recognising the need for the addition and rec- ognizing that the extra lot will provide additional parking I will second your motion. The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-575 A RESOLUTION GRANTING A VARIANCE FROM ORDINANCE NO. 6871, ARTICLE VIII, SEC- TIONS 3,5, and6; AND ARTICLE XXIII, SECTION 4, TO PERMIT TWO-STORY ADDITION TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON LOTS 15 THROUGH 18 AND MIST 40 FEET OF LOTS 13 AND 14 BLOCK 21, HIGHLAND PARK (2-13) LOCATED AT 1501 NORTHWEST 9TH AVENUE, WITH SIDE SETBACKS OF TEN FEET AND ZERO FEET (31 FEET REQUIRED)6 WITH REAR SETBACK OF 30 FEET (31 FEET REQUIRED), WITH LOT COVERAGE OF 47.2% (24% PERMITTED) WITH FLOOR AREA RATIO OF 1.88 (1.0 PERMITTED), WAIVING 165 OF 189 REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES; SUBJECT TO 5 FEET DEDICA- TION FOR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FROM SAID PROPERTY ON NORTHWEST 15TH STREET AND SUBJECT TO OBTAINING LOT 19, BLOCK 21, HIGHLAND PARK (2-13) IN EXCHANGE FOR LOT 20, BLOCK 21, HIGHLAND PARK; ZONED R-4 (MEDIUM DENSITY MULTIPLE). (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office) Upon being seconded by Mrs. Gordon the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote- AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 3. STREET CLOSURE -S.W. 3 ST 173' WEST OF S.W. 50 AVENUE IN CONNECTION W Mayor Ferre: Is there anybody here on item 4, the street closure of S.W. 3rd Street 173 feet west of S.W. 50th Avenue. A resolution closing, vacating, abandoning and discontinuing the public use of S.W. 3rd Street. There are two objectors. Zoning Board voted 7 to 0 recommended the street closure, Department recommended approval. Is the applicant here, Mr. Gerald Westberg? Mr. Gerald Weatbergs Correct sir, I'a Mr. Westberg. Mr. Plu ere Mr. Westberg, are these people in objection? 3 J U L 11 1974 there, tire sir. Mr. Pl ter: Are there any objectorst Mayor Ferrel Are there any objectors? MO OBJECTONS APPEARED. The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plusher who:awed its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-576 A RESOLUTION OFFICIALLY VACATING AND CLOSING THE 173 FEET OF SOUTHWEST THIRD STREET, WEST OF SOUTHWEST FIFTIETH AVE- NUE IN CONJUNCTION WITH TENTATIVE PLAT NO. 901, WEST-SAN SUB. (Sere follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by M`rs. Gordon the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plusher, Mr. Reboso, Reverend Gibson, and Mayor Ferre. NUB: None. 4, AMEND SEC 30-28 OF THE CODE - SCHEDULE OF LICENSES An ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE III SCHEDULE OF LICENSE TAXES, SEC. 30- 28 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXEMPT- TING A RETAIL SELLER ENGAGED IN RE- TAIL INSTALLMENT SALES TRANSACTIONS OR REVOLVING ACCOUNTS WHEN SAID RE- TAIL SELLER IS A RETAIL SELLER WHO IMMEDIATELY ASSIGNS ALL RETAIL IN- STALLMENT SALES CONTRACTS AND (1) DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION, REMUNERATION OR THING OF VALUE RE- SULTING FROM SUCH ASSIGNMENTS, OR (2) IS NOT FINANCIALLY INTERESTED IN THE ASSIGNEE FIRM, OR (3) IS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE ASSIGNEE FIRM BY ANY MUTUALITY OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MANAGERS OR EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING A PENALTY: REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODS SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECT- IVE DATE. passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of June 13, 1974, was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Mr. Reboso, seconded by Mr. Plummer, the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the follow- ing vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: none. 4 JUL 1 1974 p ospnekaa WAS DRSZ ATED ORDINANCE WO. 8281. 411 • The Mayor announced that copies had been made available to the Coaiissionere and that copies were available to the pub.. lie. AMEND APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE 8190 - MODEL CITIES PROGRAM "THRESHOLD PR0 tAM f OR PUBLIC SERVICE AIDES" An ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE NO. 6190 BY ADDING FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000) OP ADDITION- AL REVENUE AS MODEL CITIES' HARD CASH MATCH PROGRAMMED THROUGH LAW ENFORCE- MENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION "THRESH- OLD PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AIDES"; APPROPRIATING SAID FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000) TO THE GENERAL FUND, DEPARTMENT OF POLICE; AND AUTHORIZING THE PROPER AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO DISBURSE SUCH FUNDS. passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of June 13th, 1974, was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Mr. Plummer, seconded by Mr. Reboso, the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plulmer and Mayor Ferre. NOES: none. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8282. The City Attorney announced that each Commissioner had been furnished with a copy and that copies are available to the public. 6, AMEND ORD. 6871 - "GOVERNMENT USE DISTRICT" An ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6871, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI, TO INCLUDE A NEW ZONING DISTRICT, ARTICLE 7CCI-2 -GOVERNMENT USE - GU DISTRICT, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION. passed on its first reading by title at the meeting of June 13, 1974, was taken up for its second and final reading by title and adoption. On motion of Mr. Plummer, seconded by Mr. Reboso, the ordinance was thereupon given its second and final reading by title and passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8283. The City Attorney announced that each Commissioner had been A l l " 1 1974 1 fetaisbed with a eopy of the ordinance and that copies are available to the public. 7, DISLUSSION ITEM DEFERRAL OP =MAKE 'BEM4YA1, OE TREES' Mrs. Gordon: item 8 which is the next item, Why are we defer- ring it? Mr. Andrews: This is being deferred because there are so many adjustments that are needed for the ordinance that more time is needed to provide for those and we want to place it back on the July 25th agenda. Mrs. Gordon: What kind of adjustments, may I ask? Mayor Ferre: Are these legal? Mr. Acton: Partly, yes. Partly as a result of the meeting of the department with the two individuals that the depart- ment has been working with in formulating this particular ordinance. We have been approached by both public utilities and they have made recommendations since the ordinance is not to become effective until October 1st, it was our rec- ommendation that we wait until the 25th and pass this ordi- nance. We do want the ordinance to go hand in hand with the Environmental Preservation District, the mapping in other words of those areas in the city and that will not come be- fore the Commission until September. Mrs. Gordon: That's not your reason for deferring it - because you wish it to come together.... Mr. Acton: No. That's not the reason. What I'm saying is, the point is that it will not become effective until October 1. Mrs. Gordon: Are you making any major changes? Is that in this deferring, are you changing the concept? Mr. Acton: Yes, we're making some changes as a result of our meeting with Mr. Simonoff and Mr. Hugget. Mr. Simonoff and Mr. Nugget, as you recall did write the Commission a letter stating that there were certain items of adjustments to be made. We're making those adjustments. Mayor Ferre: You know I see Mr. Simonoff here and George, I want to tell you I gave this ordinance casually to an attorney friend of mine who doesn't do any work for me or has any relat- ionship with any of my companies but someone who is interested in this type of thing. He looked at it and he didn't spend too much time but he told me that he thought that thing could be knocked out on legal grounds. Let's make darned sure John, that it has legal teeth in it, that it is not going to be weakened by somebody saying it is unenforceable and unreason- able and take it to court and knock it out. Mr. Lloyd: I have read the entire ordinance myself and I have also made some suggestions as to where some changes could be to accomplish that very thing. There are some prob- lems with it legally in certain areas. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me voice my concern. I'm sure we're all in favor of this ordinance but I think we had better know the impact that it is going to have and a cost factor to make this ordinance enforceable. You know one of the things 6 . ?Ill 111974 41, that 1 spoke to at the last setting was that I thought in all fairness to those Who want the ordinance and this Ccsttission, that it should be set forth in a 6 month trial basis. i can invision that this thing will cost a great deal of money for the enforcement just of this ordinance alone so I would like that to be taken into consideration to let u$ know what that cost factor is going to be. Mr. Andrewss Mr. Mayor and Commission, we'll have that infor- mation for you when you consider this on the 25th so that you don't pass it without that knowledge. Mrs. Gordon: May I ask Mr. Simonoff a question? Mr. Simonoff, are you going to be here on the 25th? Mr. M. Simonoff: I had planned to be out of town then. If necessary I can rearrange it. Mayor Ferret I think it is the intention, Mr. Simonoff of this Commission to pass this from what I can see of it unless some- thing unforseeable comes up. Now there is no question that the cost factor might be an important part of it. Why don't you go ahead and address us if you want to say something. Mr. Simonoff: Just basically, what we're all trying to do is take a bad ordinance and make it enforceable and if it is going to cost something to enforce an ordinance as a law then I think the City of Miami should certainly be prepared to do it. I can't see that it should be any... Mayor Ferre: As long as it is reasonable. Mr. Simonoff: Reasonable, certainly and in trying to set this up all of us have considered the fact that it is going to cost something if we try to keep down the process of expense in re- writing it. Now we haven't really made any major changes. All of these things that were talked about last time were in- corporated in a period of about an hour in a meeting with the Planning Department. I don't really know whether some of these things are not legally properly worded. The whole purpose was to try to get it worked out legally so that it could be proper- ly enforced which the other one wasn't. I would be happy to meet with any of them, any of the departments to try to simplify it and work it out. I think it is a very plain simple working ordinance as it sits but I'm not an attorney and sometimes these things do end up in courts. Hopefully we can enforce it with the minimum of that. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and Members of the Commission the reason that we're having some difficulty in finally framing this is that this ordinance and this activity there is so much subjective judgement as to how the ordinance will be carried out that the City Attorney unquestionably has dif- ficulty in translating that into a legal fora to make the ordinance a real sound one so we need the time to really carefully review this. Mr. Simonoff: I would like to suggest that since Bill Hngget and I had worked on this and Bill is an attorney that possibly we could both get together with the Legal Department. Bill being a legal mind and I'm trying to set it as...... Mayor Ferro: I think that is important. Mr. Simonoff: An architect should have to design by it what the natural enhancements of the site are and if we can helpfully JUL 11974 dt helpthis many Y way I think we really should do it and I think it ought to be done as fast as we can because I know for a fact tint there are pending developments that should fall under this ordinance and not under the old ordinance. I know that thete are sites tint are going to be demolished if something isn't done to flake the ordinance more enforceable. That is really what we're trying to do but to do it in a reasonable way so that an architect and a builder and a developer could sit down and take into account what is there instead of just knock- ing it all down. Mayor Ferre: Reasonabi.e, enforceable and eat it will stand up in court. I think it is very important that you and Bill Hugget really get together with both... John, I certainly hope that you will give this personal attention and that of the department to make sure that we do everything possible to get all of the details of this worked out. Mr. Lloyd: I will give it personal attention but I hope that I will get the ordinance for one day before the Commission Meeting.... Mayor Ferre: You have them available right now. It is a question of Mr. Nugget and Mr. Simonoff, if you have any input. Why don't you sake an appointment right now. Why don't you get together right now, make an appointment and that way you'll know exactly what.... Mr. Lloyd: Why don't you do this, can you give me a call Monday morning? Mr. Simonoff: Sure. Can we do it next week because I plan to be out of town. Now if we do it next week will it still come up on the 25th? Mayor Ferre: Yes. Mr. Lloyd: I would like to have an appointment with you and Mr. Acton and anybody else in the City and myself. What I suggest is give me a call Monday morning and we'll set up an appointment as early in the week as we can and I'll coordinante with Mr. Acton. Mr. Simonoff: All right. I'll do that. A motion to defer until the meeting of July 25th was introduced by Mr. Plummer, seconded by Mrs. Gordon and passed and adopted by the folloing vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 8, PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - CHIEF OF FIRE RESCUE UNCLASSIFIED_ POSITION An ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT AMENDING SECTION 62 OF THE CITY OF MIAMI CHARTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING THE CHIEF OF FIRE RESCUE TO THE UNCLASSIFIED POSITIONS IN THE SERVICE OF THE CITY BY ADD- ING THE TITLE OF CHIEF OF FIRE RESCUE TO SUB -SECTION (1) (c); AND SUBMITTING SAME TO 8 JUL 1 y 1974 THE ELECTORS OP TH2 CITY OP MIAMI INN TUE mown 5, 1974 STATE OF FLORIDA AND DADE COS GENERAL ELECTION; PROVIDING THAT THIS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 1; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION; DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE; DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIRE- MENT OF READING THE SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. was introduced by Mr. Plummer and seconded by Mrs. 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. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. Whereupon the Commission, on motion of Mr. Plummer, seconded by Mrs. Gordon, adopted said ordinance by the following vote - AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8284. PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - 3/4 cosT OF SANITARY SEWERS BE APPORTIONED TO ABUTTING PROPERTY An ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH A PROPOSED CARTER AMENDMENT AMENDING SECTION 56, SUBSECTION (j) (f) (h) OF THE CITY OF MIAMI CHARTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING THAT THREE QUARTERS OF THE COST OF SANITARY SEWERS BE APPORTIONED TO ABUTTING PROPERTY EXCEPT AT INTER- SECTIONS, WITH THREE QUARTERS OF THE COST OF AN 8" SANITARY SEWER, EXCEPT AT INTERSECTIONS AS SUCH COST IS ESTIMATED BY THE CITY MANAGER (WHICHEVER BE THE LESSER) NOT INCLUDING HEREIN THE COST OF LATERALS, PUMPING STATION OR OUTLET; AND SUBMITTING SAME TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 1974 STATE OF FLORIDA AND DADE COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION; PROVIDING THAT THIS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS PROPOSED CHARTER AMEND- MENT NO. 2; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION; DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE AND DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING THE SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. was introduced by Mr. Plummer and seconded by Mrs. Gordon for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the re- quirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote -AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mac. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 9 110 literevels the C mission, on motion of Mr. PlunNer, seconded b y M ra, Oordon, adopted said ordinance by the following vote A'$: Rev, Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. MOVISI *Ono. MATT CRUD VAS DESXGlkAllto OAMAMI NO, 8285, The Mayor announced that each Commissioner had been furnished with a copy of the ordinance and that copies were available to the public. 10, DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT DEPUTY CITY MANAGER Mr. Lloyd: Item c, this is the Deputy City Manager and Mr. Andrews wants me to change it again on what we have and we're going to have to work on the change so that will have to be deferred until later today. A motion to defer was introduced by Mr. Plummer, seconded by Reverend Gibson and passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, and Mayor Ferre. MOBS: None. 11, AUTHORIZE WAIVER RENTAL FEE-BAYFRONT PARK BANDSHELL UNITED CEREBRA, PALSY ASSOcIATIQN PF MIAMI._ TNS, The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-577 R RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO WAIVE ALL FEES FOR USE OF THE HAYFRONT PARK BANDSHELL BY THE UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF mama, INC. ON NOVEMBER 2, 1974, FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING THE ANNUAL :TALK-A-THON FOR CEREBRAL PALSY. (Sere follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Reverend Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plum- mer* Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOW: None. 12, AUTHORIZE WAIVER OF RENTAL FEE- BAYFRONT PARK AUDITORIUM CABAL GA3LFS WOMAN S CLUB The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION No. 74-578 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE 10 CHI s i 1AGSR TO INSTRUCT TN PROPER OFFICIALS OP TH2 CITY' OP MIAMI TO GRANT FREE USE OF TN union PARK AUDITORIUM TO THE CORAL GABLES JUNIOR WOMAN' S CLUB FOR THE PURPOSE OP MOLD/NG THEIR ANNUAL BNNEPXT CABARET TO BS HELD ON FEBRUARY 28 AND MARCH 1, 1975, WITH A DRESS REHEARSAL ON FEBRUARY 26, 1975; SUBJECT TO PAYMENT OF EVENT PERSONNEL, LIGHTS, INSURANCE AND OTHER DIRECT COSTS BORN BY THE CITY!''. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Reverend Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer and Mayor Ferre. HOES: None. 13, AUTHORIZE WAIVER OF PORTION OF AGREEMENT FOR LEASING DINNER KEY EXPOSITION HALL- MIAMI DADE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS TO CONDUCT HOME VARSITY B4SKEJBALj. wigs The following resolution was introduced by Mrs. Gordon who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-579 A RESOLUTION AUTFDRIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT THE PROPER OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO GRANT FREE USE OF DINNER KEY EXPOSTION FALL TO MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DOWNTOWN CAMPUS, TO CONDUCT HOME VARSITY'BASKBTBALL GAMES ON DECEMBER 7, 13, AND 20, 1974; AND JANUARY 8, 17 AND 29, AND FEBRUARY 5,8 AND 15, 1975, SUBJECT TO PAYMENT OF EVENT PERSONNEL, LIGHTS, INSURANCE AND OTHER DIRECT COSTS BORNE BY THE CITY, IN ADDITION TO A $100.00 FRE PER EVENING FOR SETTING UP AND TAKING DOWN THE BASKETBALL FLOOR AND THE SEATING. (Sere follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Uponbbeing seconded by Rev. Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote-AVS: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. Mr. Ferencik: We had a problem over there a year or so ago with a seating collapse and I would like to have it specif- ied in the resolution that this seating not be installed without our approval each time that it is put up. Mr. Plummer: I think it should be a standard item. Mr. Andrews: It is and Nr. Mac Lain is already on notice by letter and everything else. The other thing, Mx. Mayor, as long as we're discussing this I would like to add that 11 Jill. '. 11974 1 I Imp, that int W ty dohs thie pethieeion interfer with the termination of the lobate ill NeVeMber of 197& and Mr. Mac Lean '1ori't come in here and plead on the basis that he has arranged for basketball and other items of that nature to be placed in the auditorium and with the CoMmisaion`s concurrence that he is asking for a lease extension. Mayor ?erre: Do You want us to do something about that? Mr. Andrews: No. it just stands on its own. It is on the record and the CotPisaioners are aware of it. i 14. EIZEM LEASE MMEEMENT- T� AL Mi'!$E BASEBALL CLUB The following resolution was introduced by Rev. Gibson who moved its adoptions RESOLUTION NO. 74-580 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN EXTENSION OF A LEASE AGREE- MENT, ORIGINALLY DATED FEBRUARY 5, 1971, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI AND THE BALTIMORE BASEBALL CLUB, INC. FOR THE USE OF THE MIAMI BASEBALL CLUB, INC. FOR THE USE OF THE MIAMI BASEBALL STADIUM DURING THE 1975 SPRING TRAINING SEASON, SAID EXTENSION OF LEASE AGREEMENT BEING AT- TACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Plummer the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 15, ALLOCATE $1102,00 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR PLANS AND sPFCTFtCATTONS FOR CITY HALL -OFFICE ALTERATIONS, Ni A?DJ3IDN,S Mr. Andrews: When we were going through the process of de- signing the plans here for City Hall it was necessary to obtain some expertise as far as the structural design is concerned. I authorized that we hire such a firm to help us analyze the structural aspects of this building because they were quite complicated. Mr. Plummer: It has already occured? Mr. Andrews: Yes. Reverend Gibson: You know you've got a pretty good engineer- ing firm around here in this City. I'm just trying to under- stand why would we have to, since you know this? I just don't understand why we have to ask an outside outfit. I think men like ht. Grimm and those guys are pretty good engineers. 12 JUL ' '.1974 ter. AhdreWet itit sir and I'm real proud of them but there are serialised areas and sir. *rine can explain it if you wish. Reverend Gibson: I just wanted to rake sure that I understood. The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Pluasaer WhO NOved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-581 A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING THE 010UNT OF $1102.00 FROM TSR ACCOUNT ENTITLED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND - UNALLOCATED FUNDS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTANT SERVICES IN THE PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECI- FICATIONS FOR THE CITY HALL - OFFICE ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS - 1974. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Reverend Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 16, DISCUSSION - FUTURE SITE FOR MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OFFICES Mrs. Gordon: Could we have the Manager tell us what he is contemplating with regard to the request you made, Mr. Mayor? Mayor Ferre: You mean the one on our offices? Mrs. Gordon: Yes. I would like to know what he has to say about it. Mr. Andrews: I'm not prepared to make a recommendation at this time. We have been reviewing offices and parking and conditions of rental and I guess I have been out of touch with the rental market and I'm really shocked at what we may have to pay for office space. We're just going to have to keep searching. We uncovered another possibility of office space in downtown Miami yesterday which we are going to go look at that is a little less expensive. How convenient the parking will be and other conditions, we'll have to wait until we examine the premises. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Manager, are you directing your attention to downtown Miami? Mr. Andrews: No ma'am, we've explored areas in Coconut Grove as well and the costs run between 9 and 10 dollars per square foot with limited parking. Mrs. Gordon: Are you only looking at brand new buildings? Mr. Andrews: Well in the Grove area we were because we were trying to concentrate in an area adjacent to the Dinner Key area if we were going to move the Commission's offices to the Grove area rather than move them too far away. If we start to move further than that then we're considering downtown Miami. 13 JUL 1 1974 Mrs. Gordon* I want to voice my own personal opinion. I think it behooves me to do that at this time. I think it is a poor policy for the Commission and the Mayor to be downtown and the rest of the city administration here in the Grove. I don't say that it is a .poor policy for the entire kit and kaboodle to the downtown but I think to be directed in that way is a very bad policy and I've asked and I've stated that I personally don't choose to go downtown. Now the record reflects that. Mayor Ferre: You know, and I'll tell you, I think you are right. I think the more I've thought of this and the more I've looked at this whole, as bad as these offices may be here and as much as we may need them and as much as I would like to see us mov- ing in the direction of downtown, I don't see how this Commis- sion can be separated from the functions of the City. Mr. Andrews: In fairness to the Commission, we don't have to sake this decision until after this November election. This concept of the Deputy City Manager is not going to go together we're going to have a different set of circumstances that we'll have to evaluate. Mrs. Gordon: Well again the Mayor said and reiterated what I said, we need to stay together. The one part cannot be removed from the other and function effectively in my opinion. Mr. Andrews: Another judgement factor that you might address yourself to then which would help me in the looking for space; what would you consider a maximum distance that you would move away from the Dinner Key area? Mrs. Gordon: I think that would be decided when you found an alternative to going downtown. Mayor Ferre: I don't think .... Mrs.Gordon: It should be close, very close. Mr. Andrews: That's what we've been looking at, something that is as close as possible. Mayor Ferre: You can't be half pregnant and I go along with that premise, if we've got to be part of this City function, and that means right here. If you're 500 feet away you may as well be 5 miles away. Mrs. Gordon: I have mentioned and I've said, and I reiterate, I would stay here. I might be directed from the rest of the Commission but I don't think I want to be disected from the administration. Mr. Andrews: Then some of the alternatives we might look at is to, and which I'll begin immediately is not consider moving the Commission offices away from this building but providing expansion in a different way and we'll be looking to moving out some of the administrative aspects maybe from a portion of the building so there is more space here. Mayor Ferro: Just so long as we don't spend $400,000. 14 • i 17, DiK t pURL'Hil r INSUJTIONtPRIMARY N211EFOR ORANGE BOWL The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Pine Who Sowed its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74Y-582 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING THE ACTION TAXEN BY THE CITY MANAGER IN AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING DEPART- MENT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR 1.550 FUT OF 3/0 5000-VOLT INSULATION PRIMARY CABLE POR INSTALLATION AT THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM AT A TOTAL COST OF $3,027.15. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Uponkeing seconded by Reverend Gibson the resoltuion was passed and adopted by the folloing vote -AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon; Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. . 18. AGREEMFNT - MANPOWER PLANNING COUNCIL OF DADE AND MONROE COUNTIES Mr. Plummer: Paul, is this a grant that is coming directly to the City of Miami? Mr. Andrews: Yes, sir. Mr. Plummer: All right. And this will pay up to an individual $10,000 for an annual pay? Mr. Andrews: Yes. We anticipate employing 40-50 depending on salary of people who will be working directly for the city government and the conditions of employment, this can be con- sidered a threshold type of program in that conditions of employment we do not have to follow the strict guidelines of Civil Service requirements including physical. This will enable us to bring blacks and Latins into the city organization. They will have an opportunity to be trained and can then take examinations while they are working for the City. Mr. Plummer: Lot me tell you the point I want to make. You know just because you get money doesn't necessarily mean that you need 40 or 50 new people. Now is there a possibility that some of this money could go for existing positions which are being funded by the City. What I'm saying is Paul, you know when you fund this thing with 40 new people at the end of the year this fund runs out. Then they go on City payroll and I'■ just questioning do we have a need for 40 or 50 new people in this City? Mr. Andrews: In the area that we're planning to utilize theme and this will be brought out more definitely in the budget. Yes, and I'm planning if the Commission concurs that most of these people be used in the Parks and Recreation Programs. 15 JUL 1 1 1974 • • Mr. P1VMMert Paul, how do your justify that when we have such a erying Mead in the Police and Fire? Mt. Andrews: The standard as far as Police are concerned, File Jot to 'diet those conditioner you've get to get thee through the aeade*y and to forth and these people probably mid not be qualified. Mr. Plummer: Are you telling me that these funds cannot be juggled? Mr. Andrews: No, sir. Mr. Plummer: In other words you cant take someone existing on a payroll and put him on these funds? ', Mr. Andrews: No, sir. These people have to be unemployed for a certain period of time before we can employ them. This is for the purpose of providing employment to unemployed and under employed individuals in the community. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Manager,"may I make a sdggestion which you can consider as a way of using these people in the Parks and Recreation program and perhaps in addition to other ways that you've thought about. It seems to me that there is a crying need for some kind of foot patrolling in Bayfront Park. Is there a possibility that these people could be used as a park patrol without being absolutely trained as policemen or women but given sufficient knowledge to be able to act in a deputized manner? Would you consider this and report back at the next meeting? Mr. Andrews: I'll certainly look into it. Mr. Plummer: Not just Bayfront Park but all of the parks. Mrs. Gordon: I bring this most important is Bayfront Park because of the complaints that I have heard in recent weeks that what do we need more parks for when the parks we have are being used totally by undesirables. So therefore, inorder to sake it a desirable place for people to go it would come about in my opinion, by having City Employees visible.in some type of uniform which would be of a color that would be dist- inguishable, either orange or some other color that would make it easily distinguishable. This is a City Employee that is watching or guarding the parks. Mr. Andrews: Another pair of eyes or ears. Mrs. Gordon: Yee, exactly. The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who coved its adoption: RESOLUTION 00. 74-583 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH METROPOLITAN DARE COUNTY, THROUGH THE MANPOWER PLANNING COUNCIL OF DADE AND M NROE COUNTIES TO IMPLEMENT A MIAMI RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INCLUDE CURRENT PROGRAM EMPLOYEES ON THE PAYROLL WHILE THE AGREE- MENT IS FINALIZED AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. 16 JI11_ 11 1974 410 (ate follows body of resolution, ooitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Reverend Gibson the resolution was paused and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plum- mar, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferro. MUM Via. 19, AUTHORIZE CONTRACT WITH TOUCHE ROSS AND COMPANY FOR EXTERNAL AUDIT The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who coved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-584 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE FIRM OF TOUCHE ROSS & CO. FOR THE EXTERNAL AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS, RECORDS AND FISCAL YEAR ENDIW3 SEPTEMBER 30, 1974. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Reverend Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the follwing vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 20. ACCEPT HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY DEED FROM ROTUNDA STRUCTURES INC, The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-585 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY DEEDS EXECUTED BY ROTUNDA STRUCTURES INC. CONVEYING FOR HIGHWAY WIDENING CON- TIGUOUS 25-FOOT WIDE STRIPS OF LAND AT THE WORTS SIDE OF SOUTHEAST FIFTH STREET RUN- NING WESTERLY FROM THE CORNER AT ERICKELL AVENUE; AND DIRECTING THE PROPER OFFICIAL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO RECORD SAID DEEDS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Reverend Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 17 ,I111 11 197 111111111I111 h IIas 1 lig 21, ACCEPT ,n,SETTLEICIT_ . Of PROEM' DAMAGE CLAIM- JOSE GARRIDO Tbe follovihq resolution was introduced by Rev. Gibson Who sped its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-586 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ACCEPT THE SUM OF $500.00 IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF THE PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIM OF THE CITY OF MIAMI VERSUS JOSE GARRIDO, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO EXECUTE A RELEASE RELEASING JOSE GARRIDO FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE ARISING OUT OF THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED IN THE ABOVE CLAIM. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Plummer the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote-AMES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and MayasFerre. NOES: None. 22. CLAIM SETTLEMENT — SUSAN JANE AND ERIK J. BLOMQVIST The following resolution was introduced by Rev. Gibson who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-587 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY TO SUSAN JANE BLOMQVIST, A MINOR, AND HER FATHER AND NEXT FRIEND, ERIK J. BLOMQVIST, JR., WITHOUT THE AD- MISSION OF LIABILITY, THE SUM OF $60.00 IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI, UPON THE EXECUTION OF A RELEASE RELEASING THE CITY OF MIAMI FROM ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS. (Sere follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Plummer the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 18 • 2 , CLAULZTLEVENt. -1AREN AND MELVIN MC KENSIE Mr. Plainer: Mr. Attorney, I read here on 28.b. that ..d laid' one is this now/ Mr. Lloyds Karen McKensie. Mr. PluMmers Where did I read what her medical expenses were? Fifty-six dollars. Now is the rest of money going for what? Is it for punitive or for attorney's fees? Mr. Lloyds This is for pain and suffering and possible permanent iapedience. Mr. Plummer: All right. It is the other one I'm more con- cerned about. The following resolution' was introduced by Rev. Gibson who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-588 A RESOLUTION AUTRDRIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY TO KAREN MCKENSIE, A MINOR, AND HER FATHER AND NEXT FRIEND MELVIN Mc- KENSIE WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE SUM OF $350.00 IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI, UPON THE EXECUTION OF A RELEASE RELEASING THE CITY OF MIAMI FROM ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on fie in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Plummer the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 24. CLAIM SETTLEMENT - JOHNNIEMAE ROUNDTREE,& WM. ROUNDTREE Mr. Plummer: Now this is the one. What are the medical bills on this one? Mr. Lloyd: Medical bills of $253.00 and loss of wages for seven weeks $525.00. Mr. Plummer: Oh, I didn't see the loss'of wages. All right, that's what I didn't see. Mr. Manager, what can this City do? You know we see quite a few of these about this so-called cracked sidewalk. Now is there any way that the City can better protect itself? Doesn't an owner have some liability? Mr. Lloyd: I'd better explain that. Mr. Plummer: If you would, because you know this isn't the first one that we've seen. 19 JUL 111974 Mr. Lloyds The law is that after the sidewalk has been in- stalled that the City, the Municipality has the duty to main- tain the sidewalk in a.reaeOnably safe condition. Mr. Plummer: Pr. Mayor, I'll move it but you know, 1 think and Via not speaking, and let the record reflect, I'm not speaking to this particular case but it seems to me that people are making an occupation of falling on sidewalks. Mr. Lloyd: Just to set your mind a little bit more at ease, let me explain this: That our policy that the Law Department general policy in submitting these types of claims to the City Commission is that we do not submit the claim to the City Commission for settlement unless it is for just nominal expenses of a claim less than $1000 unless they sue the City. If they do that, then afterwards we defend and I can tell you this that we defend to the end far more sidewalk claims than we ever submit to the City Commission. We have hundreds of these a year. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor and Members of the Commission I would like to point out that the City administration is very con- scious of this through our Public Works Department. We have a separate crew that does nothing but go out and patch side- walks to try to eliminate these conditions; but with the trees that we have and other things we're constantly having problems. The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-589 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO PAY TO JOHNNIEMAE ROUNDTREE AND WILLIAM T. ROUNDTREE, HER HUSBAND, WITHOUT THE ADMISSION OF LIABILITY, THE SUM OF $778.00 IN FULL AND COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AGASNST THE CITY OF MIAMI, UPON THE EXECUTION OF A RELEASE RELEASING THE CITY OF MIAMI FROM ALL CLAIMS AND DEMANDS. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Reboso the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 25, ACCEPT BID - TRASH CONTAINERS FOR DEPT. OF YACHT DOCKS The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-590 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF NEW YORK SANI-CAN, INC. FOR FURNISHING FOURTEEN (14) 2 YARD TRASH CONTAINERS, ROLL -AWAY TYPE, FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF YACHT DOCKS AT A 20 JUL 111914 • TOTAL OOST 0P $ 3, 0►80.00 t AND AU'IT43RIZI* THE CrT"f MAMMA TO INSTRUCT to PURCHASING OSPARTMENT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER f+OR SAW A R PIRST I1&VING ERMINED THAT PUMA BUDGETED FOR THIS PURPOSE ARE AVAILABLE. (sere follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being eeeonded by Mr. Reboso the resolution was 'reseed and adopted by the following vote-AYS: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev., Gibson and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 26. PROVIDE $23,000 FOR INSTALLATION OF FIELD LIGHTS AT ORANGE BOWL AMEND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE The City Attorney read the ordinance by title. An ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 8190 ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 26, 1973 TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF $23,000 FROM THE ORANGE BOWL FUND BALANCE TO COVER THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF NEW FIELD LIGF'.TS IN THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION; DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE; DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING THE SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. was introduced by Mr. Plummer and seconded by Mrs. Gordon for 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. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. Whereupon the Commission, on motion of Mr. Plummer, seconded by Mrs. Gordon, adopted said ordinance by the follwing vote - AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8286. 27, ACCEPT BID - FIELD LIGHTS FOR ORANGE BOWL STADIA The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-591 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID RECEIVED JULY 1, 1974 OF WESTINGIDUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION FOR ITEMS 1,3 & 5 OF PROPOSAL, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $14,914.70; AND GENERAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. FOR ITEM 4 OF PROPOSAL, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF 21 JUL 111974 411 $2, 54g t FOR PURNISHING AND DELIVERING OP NEW FIELD t.IGHTS POR THE OBE HOWL STADIUM; AUTHORIZING THE WORK TO BE ACCOMPLISHED HY CITY MEM; Mb DIRECTING THAT A PURCHASE ORDER BE /MED THEREFOR, e (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk'a Office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Reboso the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -ASS: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer and Mayor Perre. NOES: None. 28, ACCEPT BID - SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT ACTION A-H-4362 The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-592 A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE BID OF GARCIA ALLEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,IINC. Ir. THE ESTIM- ATED AMOUNT OF $89,646.89 FOE. SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - SECTION A - H-4362 (REBUILDING) IN SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVE- MENT DISTRICT - SECTION A - H-4362 (REBUILD- ING); AND SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT SECTION B - H-4365 (REMACADAMIZING) IN SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT - SECTION B H-4365 (REMACADiAMIZING); ALLOCATING THE AMOUNT OF $368,486.41 FROM THE HIGHWAY BOND FUND AND $342,242.01 FROM THE STORM SEWER BOND FUND TO COVER THE ESTIMATED CONTRACT COST FOR SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - SEC- TION A -H-4362 (REBUILDING) AND ALLOCAT- ING THE AMOUNT OF $184,118.47 FROM THE HIGH- WAY BOND FUND TO COVER THE ESTIMATED CONTRACT COST FOR SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - SECTION B - H-4365 (REMACADAMIZING); AL- LOCATING $36,848.59 FROM THE HIGHWAY BOND FUND AND $34,224.20 FROM THE STORM SEWER BOND FUND TO COVER THE COST OF PROJECT E,ENSE FOR SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - SECTION A - H-4362 (REBUILDING); ALLOCATING $18,411.85 FROM THE HIGHWAY BOND FUND TO COVER THE COST OF PRO- JECT EXPENSE FOR SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVE- MENT - SECTION B - H-4365 (REMACADAMIZING); ALLOCATING THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $5,370 FROM THE STORM SEWER BOND FUND FOR SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - SECTION A - H-4362 (REBUILDING) TO COVER THE COST OF SUCH ITEMS AS ADVERTISING, TESTING, LABORATORIES, POSTAGE, ETC.; ALLOCATING THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $2,682.68 FROM THE HIGHWAY BOND FUND FOR SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT - SECTION B - H-4365 (REMACADAMIZING) TO COVER THE COST OF SUCH ITEMS AS ADVERTISING, TESTING, LABORATORIES, POSTAGE, ETC.; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MAN- AGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SAID FIRM. 22 JUL 11 1974 (Mere follows body of resolution, oftitted here and on file in the LCity Clerk's Office.) Upon being Seconded by Rev, Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote+kYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. BiuMmer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. *Otis None. 29, DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR ORANGE BOWL CRAW) CONTRAL SERVICES Mr. Plummer: Move to defer. I would like to have some dis- cussion of some incidents eat took place with the City Man- ager before this is approved. How much damage will this do if this is put off two weeks? Mr. Andrews: None. Thereupon a motion to defer was introduced by Mr. Plum- mer. seconded by Mr. Reboso and passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mrs. Gordon. Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 30, EXPERIMENTAL CURBS ACCESS RAMPS FOR PERSONS IN WHEEL CHAIRS Mr. Plummier: Mr. Mayor, I think it should be noted and Rose, maybe you're not award, that on Flagler Street already from Biscayne Boulevard to the railroad tracks have already been cut and it has shown a tremendous improvement in down- town but it has already been done. Mrs. Gordon: There are other areas we ought to attach our attentions to. Mr. Plummer: But let the record reflect that this City has done something. The following resolutionaas introduced by Mrs. Gordon who moved its adoption: , RESOLUTION NO. 74-593 A RESOLUTION AUTHOORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXPERIMENTAL CURB ACCESS RAMPS FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS AT SELECTED SITES, TO TEST THEIR EFFECTIVENESS PRIOR TO THEIR CITY-WIDE PLACEMENT. (Sere follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Plummer the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 23 JUL 111974 31, WAIVE RENTAL FEE - ATHLETIC FEDERATION OF MIAMI MUM . TADIUM The following resolution was introduced by Reverend Gib - eft w+ho Wired it* adop tton s RESOLUTION NO. 74-594 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE CITY MANAGER IN AUTHORIZING THE WAIVING OF THE RENTAL FEB FOR USE OF THE MIAMI STADIUM ON JUNE 21 AND 22, 1974 BY THE ATHLETIC FEDERATION OF MIAMI. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in theCity Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Plummer the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote-A36: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs Gordon, Mr. Plummer and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 32, APPROVE IN PRINCIPLE PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENTS To MIAMI FASHION j) i STR I CT The following resolution was introduced by Mrs. Gordon who coved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-595 A RESOLUTION APPROVING IN PRINCIPLE PLANS SUBMITTED BY SOL W. MEYERSON FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MIAMI FASHION DISTRICT, AND REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO INAUGURATE A HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN THIS AREA. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Reboso the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayan Ferre. NOES: None. 33, 3 YEAR CONTRACT - STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE D DISCUSSION AND TEMPORARY DEFERRAL Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, in all fairness can I suggest that we hold this until 2:00 O'clock when we take up item #29? Mayor Ferre: All right. We'll take it up in the afternoon. 24 JUL 13.1974 34, APPOINTING YVONNE Z. SANTAMARIA AS A MEMBER ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN ... The folloWing resolution was introduced by Mr. Reboso Who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-596 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING YVONNE Z. SANTAMARIA AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN, TO FILL THE VACANCY CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF MRS, GRACE ROCKAFELLAR. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Rev. Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 35, AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS - LIGHTING AT WYNDWOOD PARK The following resolution was introduced by Mrs. Gordon who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-597 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF THE NECESSARY FUNDS FROM THE PROPER SOURCES FOR LIGHTING AT WYND1i00D PARK. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the -City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Rev. Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayas Ferre. NOES: None. 25 JUL 11 1974 36. ESTABLISH DATE OF PUBLIC HEARINGyySSgToNt APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE MIIEPII IIADOS. INC. Mr. Andrews: Mr. Mayor on item No. 35A, the application was actually made on July 3 and to permit 60 days, mould fall into the first week of September. I'd like you to get an opinion from the City Attorney if you can schedule this properly for the first meeting in September which would 'be about the llth or so. Mayor Ferre: The 12th, this is the Henry Pino? Mr. Plummer: Setting the date for the 12th of September? The following motion was introduced by Mr. Plummer, who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 74-598 A MOTION FIXING SEPTEMBER 12, 1974 AS THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO MIAMI MINI ALIADOS FOR OPERATION OF A MINI -BUS SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF MIAMI Upon being seconded by Rev. Gibson, the resolution was passed and adopted by the fallowing vote - AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, aM Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. Mrs. Gordon: Now I want to question the Manager. What is the up -date on your survey to the taxicab industry. Mr. Andrews: We have all of the information, we think we have, at least. Toe information keeps coming in, it is very encouraging, they want to participate and I am going to be supplying the City Commission with a report and particularly to you Mrs. Gordon because you are chairman of that committee. But we had set a date of .fitly 1st hoping that the industry would respond by that date and every day thereafter some more came in, so we will have a report very shortly. Mrs. Gordon: Can we have it by the early part of next week so we have time to study it? Mr. Andrews: Yes. Mrs. Gordon: Okay, Mayor Ferre: Rose, I tell you, I think it is very important that we keep in communication with the Metro transit authority because I don't want these people coming here and saying that we are rasing Mrs. Gordon: They are part of the Committee Mr. Mayor. Mayor Ferre: I know, but it is important that they be an active part of the committee so they don't come back later on and say well, -- Mrs. Gordon: For your information, maybe you didn't know it, but there has been no steps taken, recommendations to you or to the rest of the Commissioner or anybody without LTA. concurrence. Mr. Plummer: 1 would also in moving the motion like Mr. Manager, that on the 12th of September, that when this public hearing is held, that by writing you notify Dave. Reynolds. Mayor Ferre: Let me tell you what the problem is, it is not Dave Reynolds you are g ing to have to notify, you are going to have to notify, ---because by that time, you have a new ball game,and the boss is going to be, John Dyer, so that is what I am talking about. Do you get my point? Mra. Gordon: I do, and Mr. Dyer is in concurrence with the method of procedure we are following, and fully apprised of it. Mayor Ferre: I am all for it Rose, I just want to make sure you don't have John Dyer or somebody coming here, saying we are recommending Mrs. Gordon: I fully understand and it is good the public records reflect this. Mr. Southern, City Clerk: Mr. Mayor, could I remind the Commission this date you set on this hearing of the Pine matter, the Code requires that it be not less than 60 days from the date the application was filed, September 12th would be more than 60 days. Mr. Lloyd: We are aware of that, the provision is directory not mandatory, this is all right. 37, RECEIVE BIDS - SOUTH PINEMOUNT SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5242-C ANn _SR-5242-S Mayor Ferre: We will now receive sealed bids for South Pinemount Sanitary Sewer improvement . The following resolution was introduced by Mrs. Gordon who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-599 A RESOLUTION TO RECEIVE, OPEN, READ AND REFER TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR TABULATION AND REPORT BIDS AUTHORIZED TO BE RECEIVED THIS DATE FOR SOUTH PINEMOUNT SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT SR-5242-C AND SR-5242-S Upon being seconded by Mr..Plummer, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson and Mayor Ferre. MOM: None. 27 JUL 11 :A •._j BIDS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING: GOOdwift, Ina. Sullivan Long & Hagerty Paul M . Howard Co. A.M.A. & Harold R. Squires 3oe Reinertson Equipment Co. $' COCONUT_ GROVE_ ZONING STUDY PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF LARGE BEFIATANFOEM PRAIng ISSUED IN AREA OF PLANNING STUDY .UNTIL JULY .26, 1974 Mr. Ted Tschumy : Mayor Ferre, Commissioners, and ladies and gentlemen, my name is Ted Tschumy , I live at 3610 Bay View Road in Coconut Grove, I am President of the Coconut Grove Civic Club. I am speaking today on behalf of the following organizations ---the Bay Heights Assoc., Bayshore Homeowners Association, Black Grove Association, Central Grove Association, Coconut Grove Association, Coconut Grove Cares, Coconut Grove Citizens League, Coconut Grove Civic Club, Coconut Grove N.D.P. Project Area Committee, The Dade Heritage Trust and the Tigertail Association. Mayor Ferre: Just for the record, --because we have had problems with these types of things in the past, it is important, I am sure you don't have it now, but get all these organizations, to write a letter, would you submit them to the Clerk so we don't have any questions about it in the future, Mr. Tschumy: Certainly, we are unified, these eleven organizations represent thousands of Coconut Grove residents. We appreciate the opportunity to appear here today. we know you are very busy, we will be as brief as possible. As you know, the City Planning Department has recently completed a planning study for Coconut Grove. This study was approved with several amendments by the Planning Advisory Board on June 5th. We approve of this study in principle, and are anxious for you early review of it. Moreover, and most important, we want to make sure that the study will have a chance to be. implemented in its entirety. If you review the study on 19 September, as it is presently scheduled, and adopt it, the zoning provisions it contains cannot become effective until December at the earliest. A dflay of this length can easily permit development which will frustrate the objectives of the study and damage its overall integrity. To preclude this probability it is absolutely essential that a Coconut -Grove -wide building limitation be effected immediately, such that no building contrary to the study's recommendation will be permitted prior to the study's final implementation or rejection. There is legal precedent for this type of action. I wish to emphasize that this will not stop building in the Grove, nor is it intended to do so. It will affect only that building which does not comply with the study's recom- mendation. This building limitation cannot be provided by the village center interim zoning districts now in effect. Because it comprises in fact only one percent of the total area encompassed by the study. In conclusion, we urgently hope that the Commission will act now, today, to establish a building limitation that will give the study the protection it desperately 28 JUL 11 '74 • • needs prior to its review and implementation. Thank you very much. Mayor Ferret Is there anybody else who wants to be heard on this item? Would you raise you hands, those who wish to speak,ope, two, three, four, I would be grateful, because we do have other items on the agenda. ----is three minutes reasonable, does anybody want to speak more than three minutes? Does anybody need to speak morethan three minutes? We will start with you Mr. Rice and go right down this way. Mr. Jack Rice: Mr. Mayor, Vice -Mayor and members of the Commission, Mrs. Gordon, ---I am speaking in behalf of many of the property owners on Bayshore Drive and others along 27th Avenue. I had written a letter to the Commission sometime ago ,when I left on vacation in -late June. At that time I requested a continuation in order that this change of zoning would, ----we would have time to have further study. Upon returning from vacation,, day before yesterday, I found that again today we have this matter coming before the Commisson. Unfortnately, after you had granted the postponement until September, many of the people have left the area, relieved to find that they have time to prepare for the hearing in September. Now they are asking without any warning, without any pre- paration for these people that are depending on the prior action of the Commission that this matter be brought up in July. Secondly, my clients have no desire to do anything that would injure Coconut Grove. They spent a great deal of money investing in the area. Their plans are to improve the Grove and make it a better place to live. They have rushed forward with the sewage system, which required a substantial amount of money to support the sewage program in the Grove, they supported the highway system in the Grove and all these other improvements but to now require that a moratorium or a change in the status -quo until September be imposed upon them would be a great hardship. I regret to say 1 arrived here a little late, but I understand further they want a moratorium based on the entire Coconut Grove area, even encompassing more of the Grove than was originally iatendt,d in the first moratorium, and I say this is a great har?s::ip on my clients, it affects their financing. My people right now don't plan to build anything but they may. I assure you this, with the stringent conditions presently imposed under the zoning law, that a building we build in the Grove, if it is to be built, and by the way, we didn't rush down here to get any permits, as far as I know we don't intend to come down and get any permits, so I am saying to both you and the people in the Grove, don't be concerned because the people that have invested money here aren't going to do anything that is not going to be advantageous to the Grove area. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor let me ask this question if I may. to all of you, as I understand. if I am not mistaken, the concern of the people of the Grove, that are behind the plan, is that a rash or even one amlication will come in for new construction. Is there any one of the opponents' who would have any objection to the interim over -lay extending entirely of the Grove, for one day beyond the conclusion of the study of this Commission,- ---Jimmie are you in objection to that? 29 JUL r Mr.Plummer: What I atn saying is this, assuming that this thing cannot be heard until Septe:ber 19, which is the scheduled day► it would then be implemented 30 days thereafter if it was approved at that Commission meeting, which would be October 19. Is there anyone who would have any objection or contemplates building before the 20th day of October? I am trying to cut this short if possible, Jim. Their concern is that if a new building or a rash of building permits, if there are no permits forthcoming what is the harm of putting it that way and let's just set it that way? Unidentified person: I am not a liberty to disclose that there are plans afoot, wherein planning procedures right now involving thousands of dollars in fees and etc. for projects, and it has been customary for this Commission to grant a period after a wide range ordinance so this is passed, to grant those people to proceed, rather than to have to suffer the damages of starting over. You have done it previously when you made sweeping zoning changes restricting development. Mayor Ferre: That is exactly the problem. Don't you see that that is exactly what this City is trying to a void doing, because if there were no problems, Jim, then we would not have gone through all this complicated process of re -zoning and if we have gone through rezoning and it is coming to a head now. for someone to take a permit out based on the old zoning, is completely contrary to the intention of this Community, Unidentified person; I am not trying to object to the planning study. The department is to be complimented , this is probably the finest document the department has ever put out. I am not totally in agreement with it because we trying now to work with that document in some of our planning studies, but I am saying to place any kind of moratorium on construction or to say I have 4 weeks at a time when each of you gentlemen know, and because people are going as fast as they can, construction is going up l% a month, we are trying to get these things started as fast as possible, Mayor Ferre: Excuse me Jim, why don't you design your new building whatever it is going to be, in conformance with what the new zoning is going to be. ---- Mr. James Dean: We are absolutely trying to, ---- in this ordinance, if we accept the remarks of my colleague you would call for an environmental design review board. I have properties that are in those environmental design review board districts. You don't even have that board yet, and yet you are telling me I can build if I perform according to this ordinance, and the ordinance isn't complete yet. So there is a lot of things in here, this is vea, compre- hensive, and I hate to see, say? Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, do you see what I am trying to Mayor Ferre: Yes, I see, M'. Plummer: Jim, would you or any of the other people have any objections to an interim zoning declared area until, an JUL 1.1 i 74 one day after the study has been approved, and finalized by this Cofmniaaion. Mr. Jamea Deem: At this moment I could not get a building permit ur,.less I complied with this, Mr. Plummer: No, I didn't say that, I said right now that is an interim zoning area in effect, okay? Mr. Dean: The properties I have are outside of that, and you are extending this beyond that limitation, and it is in an area where you are calling for an environmental design review board and that board has not been established yet, so I can't comply with what he is asking me to. Mayor Ferre: Here is the problem, if we could do it, by extending the interim as it exists, that would be terrific but the problem is, the interim zoning does not cover the whole area, so we can do it. what do we do for the area that isn't covered, see, and that is where we get into a dilemma. As I see it, we have one of two choices: --- we have three choices, we can have a hearing immediately, that means in July, and just face this issue and get it over with, ---we can do nothing and hear it September 19t1- which in my opinion would create or might create, problems that would reflect, --I think that might be responsible on our part, because the intent of what we are trying to do will be circumvented. and thirdly, if there is a legal way, to find a legal vehicle, that would address itself strictly to this problem, that would be legal, and would not be knocked out in court, as being unconstitutional, and con- fiscation without due process and all that stuff that goes on, and that is where the difficult trick is, you follow me, because you talking about a very thin line, and those of you that are attorneys know how thin it is. Can you become a magician Mr. Attorney. Mr. Lloyd: It requires a bit of magicianship. Mayor Ferre: Reasonable magicianship, it has to be within the law. Mr. Lloyd: My suggestion would be to have a public hearing by the Commission within a reasonably short time after an advertisement, and then adopt in principle this comprehensive zoning plan only for Coconut Grove. And if then at that time, the Commission, in its wisdom decided to do so, and either recommendT--this is a possibility, --a reso- lution could be passed by the Commission, which would require for building permits, if this is the manner which you wish to proceed, require for building permits, in the period between the time when the plan is formally adopted to comply with the provisions of the new comprehensive master plan for Coconut Grove, now I can tell you this, there is a possibility in this area of legal action against it, of course that is always a possibility. There is a case which says there can be an equitable estoppel under certain circumstances. What that is depends upon the circumstances. Mayor Ferre: It is a complicated procedure. Mr. Plummer : Well I am also questioning Mr. Mayor the people who, by action of this Commission in the last 31 • J U L . Li 4 meeting setting the date for September, quite possibly have gone out of town thinking it would be in September, Mayor Ferre: That's the horns of the dilemma. but I think the important thing we have, you consider, as I see it, ----you can't please everybody, and I think we have to live with the intent of what we are trying to do here. and therefore it is my personal opinion that we have to do whatever is necessary to achieve the following end. and that ' is, protect the Grove area, from further intrusion into its character, by using a vehicle we know is obsolete, and that will be modified, I am not saying to what extent or how much because we don't know, that takes a public haring, but we all know something is going to come out of it. Some modification is going to come out of that, and would seem criminal we would leave ourselves open for an invasion, if you will, even though legal, and people would have a legal right, but would cir- cumvent the intent and this is what I am trying, --if we can find a legal vehicle in which we can protect the intent, --- Mr. Dean: Mr. Mayor, you just said it, we don't know if we are going to accept all of this ordinance or not, so it is not fair to make a judgement of whether the drawings that come before you are correct or incorrect. Mayor Ferre: I am not making that judgement, but I am making this judgement, that I think every body's intention to see some changes on what obviously is an obsolete instru- ment. Mr. Dean: I agree with that. Mayor Ferre: Whether or not it will be verbatim. word for word, comma for comma, what that states, I can't predict. Mr. Dean: Some cases, doesn't go far enough. Mayor Ferre: Nobody can, I guarantee you it is going to be a 10 hour session. Maybe two 10 hour sessions, but the point I am trying to make is, that what we want to achieve here, what we want to avoid, is someone cir- cumventing the intent of what we are trying to do, because of this hiatus in time. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, is it possible we could hold two public hearings, have one next week, or on the 25th and then have another one on the 19th? Let me ask one other question, Mr. Lloyd, if we were to put an interim zoning as we did into an area of the Grove, is that an interim zoning? What is the terminology? Mr. Lloyd: Yes the interim zoning is the terminology but of course that would have to go first to the Planning Advisory Board, and, ---- Mr. Plummer: Here is what I have in the back of my mind, an interim zoning does not preclude construction, is that correct? It only makes it that if they want to construction something, they must come here with a public hearing. 32 Mr. Lloyd: This is true. Mr. Plutmaer:So we are not in fact putting a moratorium of nb conatructiorn. We are just eaying each application, this coeMission must approve in the area designated. Is that correct? Mr. Lloyd: This is true. Mayor Ferre: That Rounds reasonable. Nobody can §et a building permit without coming to this Commission first? Mr. Plumper: In an interim zoning, is that correct? Mrs. Gordon: Will you explain the time element between now and the time it would come to the commission. Mr. Acton: The interim zoning district is drafted so that if the particular applicant for a project meets the criteria of that ordinance, he can go and get a permit without going through any public hearings. Mr. Plummer: Okay, let's leave that alone and create a new vehicle. Is there any kind of a vehicle that this Commission can approve that all permits have to come before this Commission for approval, in the area designated. In o ther words. we are not saying yes or no, we are saying if a person wants to build in that time it must be before this Commission with a public hearing. Is there such a way of accomplishing that? Mr. Andrews: I would think if the Commission chose to do that, that that would be a vehicle, but places a severe burden on the Commission because of the number of applicants. Mayor Ferre: Could we say anything over 50 thousand dollars. The reason is, I think people's main concern are large buildings, and you put $50,000. and I am sure that would be a house or something smaller. Mr. Plummer: Let me determine one thing, Mr. Attorney, what they are asking for today, correct me if I am wrong, and you are going to be the bad guy, there is no way we can pass what they are asking today, and I am basing that on the fact there has not been a public hearing . It that correct? Mr. Lloyd: In essence, yes, the way you want to do it, there is no way you can pass what you are attempting to today. Mr. Plummer: Section B of 10, tell me exactly what that does. Mr. Lloyd: That is withdrawn for two reasons. In the first place by extending the interim zoning district as it is will not accomplish what you seek to accomplish. Secondly, before you do that, you have to go before the Planning Adv. Board, and it hasn't been done so you couldn't pace it anyway. Ni. Plummer: That is the first part of my question. The second part of my question was, „--- 33 JUL' ss Mr. Lloyd: No notice has been sent to the property otoners. Mr. Plummer: We can extend what is presently there can't we? Mr. Lloyd: Not today, you have to advertise and go before the Planning Advisory Board. Mr. Plummer: To extend it? Mr. Lloyd: You can't do it without advertising. Mr. Simpson: Actually the advertisement is not called for under the ordinance at the Commission level, but all previous extensions of interim zoning districts there have been 10 day notices of the public hearing to the general public. We were not aware of this item on the agenda until the agenda was printed so there have been no notices on 10B sent out to the affected property owners in the Central Grove area. Mr. Plummer: When does the present time limit run out? Mr. Simpson: August, sometime. Mr. Plummer: We can easily do it at the next meeting. Mr. Simpson: The City Attorney contacted my office and he made the determination that 10B would have to be withdrawn from this agenda but we are ready to move on it for the meeting of the 25th. Mr. Plummer: I had a lot of phone calls, what is the day that the present interim zoning expires. What day? Mr. Acton: In August, --- Mr. Plummer: I want a definite date. Mr. Acton: The 22nd of August. Mr. Plummer: The 22nd day of August, 1974 the present interim zoning terminates. Are we talking about that on the 25th through proper procedure we can renew that for a given period of time, is the time stipulated? I don't want 6 months, I want one day beyond the final hearing and implementation of this Commission, if it is 7 months, then let it be, if it is two months let it be. Is that possible ? Mr. Simpson: I made a rough draft of the ad that would go out tomorrow if in fact this is scheduled for the 25th. I left the time open, recognizing that the Commission would only want to extend it to such a date after they have completed. Mr. Plummer: ---the day after, --- Mr. Simpson: --the day after they complete it,or the Coconut Grove ordinances are in effect. Mr. Plummer; Let me ask one other question. because I think this is going to have a big bearing, from what I have read, about when this was heard at the Zoning Board and the 34 JUL 11.1974 Planning Board level, I don't think we are going to complete this study in one day. Mr. Simpson: ---one night, Mr. Plummer: ----well, even one night► here again that is one of the reasons I come back to addressing myself to a specified extension of time, and I would much prefer it be written in a manner that we have one day beyond completion and implementation of this thing, because I don't foresee, ----I think they had some 200 people down here to speak on the first meeting, so you are talking about a good three or four days of hearings before this Commission, plus the fact we are going into budget at that time. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Acton is standing at the mike, do you want to say something? Mr. Acton: Yes, I want to point out to the Commission that the interim zoning district only encompasses the Central business area of Coconut Grove. Mr. Plummer: We know that. Mr. Acton: I want to make that clear so that you will be extending controls for the central area. Now the Planning Adv. Board made recommendations on the adoption of the planning study for Coconut Grove and also for the controls for the central business area of Coconut Grove. They have not yet acted on all the other recommendations that are included in the Grove study. We have had a series of changes both to existing district regulations as they apply along 27th avenue and Dixie Highway, Douglas, the Bayfront, plus an over -lay district that will extend down 27th Avenue along Bayshore Drive, so what I am saying is these controls will be acted upon by the Planning Advisory Board in September. It will not come to the Commission as a total package until the later part of either September or the beginning of October. I want you to realize that the controls that were recommended in the study are extremely complex, and the Commission couldn't possibly I don't think encompass the entire recommendations that are made by the Department or the Planning Advisory Board in one meeting. Mr..Plummer: George, this is your baby. You know what you are trying to accomplish for the good, not for one side or the other side, you know what the legal rami- fications are. Now you tell me what this Commission can do to be fair to everyone concerned. Mr. Acton: I had recommended to the Commission quite some time ago that in the event that the either Planning Adv. Board or the Commission that is holding public hearings on an area -wide zoning study, that the City should pass an ordinance that would allow the Commission to prohibit the issuance of building permits during that period of time. Just when the public hearings commence, ---- Mr. Plummer: ----you are speaking of a moratorium, --- Mr. Acton: I am speaking of a moratorium that probably would extend no more than two months, ordinarily, shouldn't 35 JUL 111974 take More than two months from the time of the Planning Advisory Board begins public hearings,----. Mr Bluer: George that doesn't stop, and I am shooting holes in it, that does not stop the, immediately tomorrow filing of applications, in the area outside. Mr. Acton: The ordinance I am speaking of would apply to the entire area. Mr. Plummer: You said starting with the public hearings, if we schedule the hearings for the 25th of July, that is two weeks you could have the rash of applications, correct? Mr. Acton: This ordinance would apply, area -wide, commencing at the time that the Planning Advisory Board starts their public hearings. In other words the Planning Advisory Board has already started to commence their public hearings on the Plannirq Study for Coconut Grove. Mayor Ferre: I think here is the way we are going to have to move. Following on this recommendation, on the ordinance you and I have been working on, I think the way to do this, is that once the planning department has proposed, and the Planning and Adv. Board has accepted and passed, until the City of Miami Commission finally acts on that, that in that period in between, not to the extent Acton is talking about, because he is talking about when public hearings begin, ---sometimes we have public hearings that go on for a year, ----once the Planning Department recommends, and once the Planning and Advisory Board accepts, between that period and the period that the public hearing is held, that we will not have any building permits issued that would in any way violate the proposal as passed by the Planning Board. That is what you have been researching and that is a legal instrument that we can pass. Mrs. Gordon: When would that begin? Mayor Ferre: The moment the Planning Board votes, and says, we approve this, at that point between that point and the final public hearing there could not be a building permit issued that would in any way violate what the Planning Board has passed. Mrs. Gordon: Somebody answer when the point of beginning is. Mayor Ferre: As far as this case is concerned? Mr. Lloyd: June 5th, Mrs. Gordon: Okay, it would take effect immediately. Mayor Ferre: Then it is its public hearing, and then two months, six months, that can get a building permit in Board and the Planning Dept. finish with the public, up the Commission to have if we want to take month, is our problem, but nobody that area once the Planning has approved it, until we Mrs. Gordon; I think what we are doing is very precedent setting because we must consider this again 36 JUL for downtown where we are going to have another study and the whole dity is going to be divided, and studied in the same manner, ---I am not speaking against it. Mayor Ferre: I realize it will setback construction. probably a great deal, and there will be a lot of concern, but it has to be done. I think we have no choice but to move in this direction. Mrs. Gordon: I am not being negative, I am saying to you that what we are doing, we realize what we do. and we are doing it with the knowledge in mind, the City is undergoing almost a four -hundred -thousand dollar comprehensive study for the entire City and it is going to be done in segments. We have downtown completed and we will be hearing it in September and we might need to consider the same things to take place there. Mayor Ferre: Obviously and I recognize when I recommended this to John Lloyd yesterday and the day before and with Paul Andrews, we have been discussing this, that this is going to affect, since we are going to set a precedent, this might affect other area other than Coconut Grove including the downtown. I am well aware of that, and what it means is, once we have studies an area, and the department which means the administration recommends a plan, and once the planning authority accepts it, that we cannot go against that plan until we've had the public hearing and the final vote of this commission. Beyond that of course. whatever we decide is what will be the law. Mr. Dean: This in effect would be a moratorium on the entire, Mayor Ferre: I think there is no other way to look at it, Jim, other than it is a form of a moratorium. As you know, I am personally against moratoriums, because I think they don't accomplish anything in a community► like the City of Miami, but this does, this is a much more intelligent approach than a moratorium. It is a more intelligent approach than a moratorium because it entails the planning process, a document which is studied and the approval of a board which is the Planning Board, so, ---- Mr. Dean: You are saying this has already been done. Mayor Ferre: No I am not saying that, I am saying the department recommends that, obviously, because that is their document and there is a board which we have appointed which recommends it, and until we see it, and we are going to follow that until, during that period of time, so it is sort of a moratorium. fair. Mr. Dean: It is a moratorium, and I think that is un- Mayor Ferre: It isn't really a moratorium. Mr. Dean: I cannot get a building permit for anything within this area. Mayor Ferre: You can get a building permit if you conform to what that says. 37 JUL 11. • s7 Mr. Dean: I cannot perform according to that sir, there is aft environmental review board set up in here which you haven't even established yet. 1 cannot, you are not giving me the privilege of doing that. Mr. Plummer: Let me bring up a point that 1 think Mr. Ferencik has just made. Dean, listen to this if you will. please, Mr. Mayor I am questioning after talking with Mr. Ferencik, that this Commission has got to do anything, and based on this, that there is no way that anyone can take out a building permit today in the area unless they have already got approval from the pollution Board prior to March 5 for a sewer hook-up. That includes an R-1 according to Mr. Ferencik, that no one can get a building permit. There are no hook-ups allowed, so what are we worried about, or do you have yours before March 5th. I shouldn't ask that. Mr. Ferencik address yourself to that what you just told me on the record if you will. Mr. Ferencik: There is an order from the Pollution Control Board officer of Metropolitan Dade County which pro- hibits the issuance of a building permit unless and until they have approval from that Department. In general this department has not approved any hook-up to the sanitary sewer system where the applicant did not have prior approval to March 30 and this would include anything down to a single family residence. They will permit on single family residential duplex situation, they will permit a septic tank in on a temporary basis, but a major structure that didn't have its pollution control approved, or the discharge of sewage approved prior to the 30th of March, at this present moment can't get such an approval. This could be lifted, but right now, they can't. Mr. Plummer: Let me understand one other thing; George, R-1 and R-2 are not included in this study, is that correct? Mr. Acton: No; it is included but my recommendation was that any, I think the Mayor has already said it, there are many areas in Coconut Grove that are zoned R-1 that we recommend no change. So there is no reason for any particular applicant that wants to build in an R-1 district, to be prohibited from doing so, but the Mayor has already said that in his state- ment, in that permits would be issued if it is in accordance with recommendations of the Planning Study. Mr. Dean: Mr. Acton doesn't know his planning study. If you will turn to your environmental control area, there's 11 acres of land adjacent to the Everglades School which is zoned R-1 which is an environmental preservation district. That is an R-1 district, and I can't get a permit in there until get approval of the environmental review board, and you don't have a board, and that is an R-1 district. Mr. Acton: That is not true, no. 1 the Commission has not acted on setting up any particular environmental preservation districts in the City of Miami. They have deferred until the next meeting the adoption on second reading of the environmental preservation ordinance. We have not set any environ- mental districts within the City of Miami, and I don't know whether or not your particular property would be recommended for environmental preservation district. I understand, I know what you are saying. What I am saying the Commission has not JUL� . . , �-f 38 _ I 4 oh that. Mayor Ferre: Well, you still haven't answered the question, and it's an important question, and I think Mr. Lloyd has to answer it too, and that is, if we try to use the vehicle which I am recommending, then how do you answer the proviso that you have to go before an environmental board when such a board doesn't exist. So in effect we really can't tie any permits to that unless we waive that provision temporarily. Mr. Lloyd: That provision will have to be waived, if that provision is the way it is described, will either have to be waived or you can't tie anybody to it. It cannot apply, and of course any ordinance would be, ----would have to be based on a situation of non -applicability of that provision Mr. Dean: Can I get a clarification? How much of this report has been accepted by the Planning Dept.? Mr. Acton: The entire report was acted upon by the Planning Advisory Board. Mr. Dean: And approved? Mr. Acton: Pardon? Mr. Dean: And approved? Mr. Acton: And approved with a certain modifications. Correct. Mr. Dean: --and included the environmental preservation district, which is a part of this report, as recommended on the drawing, and that affects R-1 property. I am not trying to be a magician, and we are trying to really work within the best interests, ---- Mayor Ferre:Commissioner Plummer has pointed something out that I think needs final comment or clarification and that is, that in effect, the pollution board has control of this because of the hook-up moratorium. Mr. Andrews: To assist the Commission that area, you will recall that Garrett Sloan indicated that the modifications to the plant would be completed in July or August, and I under- stand the date is September or October, but he is going to be appearing before the pollution control board with letter of intent that this will be accomplished by October. Mayor Ferre: So what you are saying is. that in effect, nobody really is able to get a permit anyway, so what are we concerned about. Mr. Ferencik: This is the case as of this moment. This moratorium on sewer hook-ups can be lifted, I would not anticipate it is going to be lifted Mr..Plummer: Mr. Mayor can we do this, so we can stay legal, we can still stay within, and have all the answers, can we place a moratorium for two weeks, until the next meeting of this Commission at which time we would hold a public hearing and have all the answers, you can get in touch with Garrett Sloan, 39 JUL 1 V-7 and he can get in touch with the pollution Board, end hopefully eoMebody can come back here in two weeks and we can eay,okay we've got a public hearing, we are legal. and let's :make the determination today.. We are running around here with a lot of unanswered questions that are affecting people both ways and I would like if it is in order Mr. Mayor to offer a motion now, that a moratorium on building permits be put in for two weeks until the meeting of the 25th of July at which time a public hearing will be held before this Commission for further action. Mayor Ferre: It is a moratorium. Mrs. Gordon: Will you repeat what you said? I am sorry. -- - Mr. Plummer: Rose, basically for two weeks until the 25th meeting at which time we will hold a public hearing, everybody will come back here with the answers that we asking today that we don't have definite on, and this Commission at a public hearing on the 25th of July will make determination if any further action is necessary or it is not, and we will make a decision on that day. Mr. Dean: You are saying a moratorium on building permits? Mr. Plummer: ---on permits, right,---- Mayor Ferre: There is a motion, is there a second? Mrs. Gordon: In what area Mr. Plummer? Mr. Plummer: Well, the area that I thought we were talking about. Mrs. Gordon: I wanted you to include in that the downtown area too, because I believe it fits the same bill. We are going to be hearing on that in September also, the downtown study, the two areas ready for public hearing, Mr. Plummer: I have no objections, because I see nothing wrong with a two week delay, Give Bob Ferencik a rest, Mr. Mayor I'll include the downtown area, I don't see anything wrong with that, and ---- Mr. Acton: Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission I want to point out, ------- Mayor Ferre:----you see where we are' heading, Paul, -- Mr. Andrews: I am pointing out that the downtown area should not be included at this time because the public hearing processes as far as downtown is concerned, they are not under way yet. Mayor Ferre: obviously everybody is going to say Ferre is talking because he has an interest in downtown. For the record, right on this instrument, I have no building plans. no permits, and will not have anything this year, so Ferre is not affected directly. Once I've said that on the record, 40 let me now state, that I do not think that it is wise to precipitously blanket situations which we do not understand the full impact of. Let me say the downtown study is very. very, coMplicated, involved, technical study. We have spent over a year, and many thousands of dollars studying it. We are now in the process of going through committees who are studying it, we are now in the process of going to planning Department and planning Board. For us to put a one day or two week moratorium is in effect telling our planning Board and Committees we have set up, that we have no confidence in the work they are doing. We are nowhere near the process of the Planning Board approving it, now this Coconut Grove situation is a different matter, because the department has approved it, and the Planning Board has passed it. It is separate, different, it is much further down the road and I think it is a separate item altogether. and I am not in favor,----unilaterially, arbitrarily, in snap judgement. 30 seconds, tie downtown for two weeks. It doesn't mean anything, and I think the precedent is bad and shows we move in zig-zag movements rather than with concern, and deliberation, which is what we must do. Mr. Plummer: I'll concur with the Mayor 's statement, and reiterate my motion, ---Mr. Ferencik did ask me to include in the motion and E think it is good judgement that these permits only be on new construction, so we dan't deny the man the right to fix his roof if it's leaking, and he has to get a permit in this area, so I will include new construction for a period of two weeks at which time a public hearing will be held on the Coconut Grove area on July 25, a public hearing. Mrs. Gordon: Second, Mayor Ferre: There is a motion and a second. Mr. Plummer: The public hearing will only be whether additional areas are to be included or not included. We are not going to hear the zoning study then, we will hear whether or not to increase it, we will have the answers from the Pollution Control, and other types of things. Mayor Ferre: Any questions by the Commission? Mrs. Gordon: This is simply to bring us answers so we can make determination based on fact. Mr. Plummer: More importantly to me Rose, is we have a public hearing so advertised which this Commission has always done. Mayor Ferre: Let me see if I can sum this up, unfortunately this is not a public hearing because it was not properly advertised, number one, ----number two, we have a zoning study that has been made which has great impact, it is important, it has been done with a lot of deliberation and thought. It has been done by the department, we have had hearings. and the Planning Board has approved it. Now. the problem is, what do we do between now and the time the City Commission on September 19th, has final hearings to approve it, and what do we do to insure that nobody violated the intent of what we are trying to do, so what we are going to do, what we are voting on now, we are going to put a two week moratorium on construction in this 41 JUL1117'; { area outlined in this report in the Grove, and we will advertise for a public hearing, new construction, at the public hearing we will not study this report. That Will be a 10 or 20 hour discussion before these C'hanrbers in geptennber. Whet we will do is, we will get all of the information that has been floating around but has not been specified and we might find one of several avenues to take. One Might be the sewer hook-up, another might be the proposal I was making this morning, and there might be other that come up I am sure. We all understand what happened this morning? What we are going to do? Rev. Gibson: Mr. Mayor I hope you put in the record new construction. Mayor Ferre: Any further discussion on this? Mrs. Gordon: I saw some hands out there, ---- Mayor Ferre: Yes, your name and address, Mr. Les Hummell: I am Les Hummell, I live in Coconut Grove and I own a business there. With all due respect to the delaying this thing two weeks, there are a lot of people have come here and gone to a lot of trouble to be here that do have businesses. and homes and interests in the Grove, it is an inconvenience fcr them to be here, and they have something to say. The last 3 minute speech lasted 58 minutes, Mrh Dean did not talk all that time, but maybe we could have maybe 15 minutes for several other people to say something. A point I would like to make, as far as a business in Coconut Grove and I am not speaking for the Chamber, but only for myself, is, the merchants in Coconut Grove are not experiencing the thrill that has happened to the rest of Dade County according to a recent Miami New headline, which says 'Dade in Full Recession', well Coconut Grove is doing great, and we don't want anything sudden done that is going to rock the boat, Coconut Grove is doing fine. Now, there is an established rate of growth in Coconut Grove, it is a shopping mecca not only for people that live around Coconut Grove but people all over the County, as a check on MasterCharges we get from all over the County including Miami Beach which 5 minutes from Coconut Grove now by using the expressway, is evidence. All I want to say at this particular point is, and I would like to see some of the other people have their three minutes, is that it is a unique place, we would like to see it stay unique, but let's not throw any large bombs that will shake up Coconut Grove, because Coconut Grove is cooking along just fine. Thank you. Mr. Ken Triester: Mr. Mayor and Commissioners. I am Kenneth Triester, and I do rerresent the Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce who met yesterday and discussed this, and I would like to bring a couple of points to your attention, one is. the Chamber of Commerce is in favor of the concepts of the Master Plan, and also to the revised ordinance for the C-2a district, but I would like to bring to your attention there are two separate items, one is an ordinance for a new district called C-2A and then a separate item which is a Master Plan. The Master Plan encompasses the C-2A ordinance, but it is a separate item and I think that in 42 JUL 111974 deliberations in the future, those should be handled separately because both are very complex, and I think that one public hearing to deal with a very complicated C-2A ordinance and a very coin- prehensive and complicated Master Plan would probably confuse and not clarify the issue, and secondly I would like to bring to your attention the fact that the Chamber of commerce and other civic groups in Coconut Grove have been continuously working with the Planning Department on modifying and clarifying these ordinances, and to -date those meetings have been very fruitful and the Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce has met in the last few months with the Planning Department and I understand the Planning Department has subsequently got in touch with many of the civic organizations and effected some major changes in the plan. Those that happened since the Planning Adv. Board meeting,as an example, the original plan called for one-way streets in the downtown Village Center and through a detail study by the Planning Dept. they are now as I understand it going to recommend a two-way system which incorporates the bicycle path, the beautification but allows freer of transportation. I don't want to discuss this but I want to bring to your attention that there is many modifications which are now being discussed which I think are going to help make it a better plan, and we want that to proceed as quickly possible but that does have to take its course. As far as the Chamber is concerned, 2 think most of the items have been resolved, but there are still two or three items which are being discussed w:nth the Planning Department. Thank you. Mayor Ferre: Anybody else. Mr. Wayne Alien: Mr. Mayor and members of theCommission, my name is Wayne Allen, I am an attorney and I'm president of the Tigertail Association, I live at 2222 SW 27th Terrace A. First of all I want to thank the Commission for taking the time this morning to consider this matter and I would just like to take the time now to stress what we feel is really the important feature of this whole discussion which the Mayor mentioned earlier, and which we should not over look. and that is we are basically talking about good government. and good planning. When the Planning Dept. has gone to all the work and trouble, had the active participation of the whole community in developing a planning study such as they have done for the Coconut Grove, we must take some sort of action and I don't think it should be limited to Coconut Grove, ---I think it should be a city-wide ordinance which would prohibit somebody developing an Oklahoma gold rush situation. and running in here with permits and plans prior to the City having the opportunity to take action upon that planning study. That is what we are requesting and I think the City Commission has recognized it.and we appreciate it. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Allen, I, as you mentioned, did make that statement, and I was the one who along with the City Attorney thought of this solution. so that expresses my position. But on the other side let me also say there are many in this community and in other parts of the country that feel that elected officials should be abolished, and that we ought to have things done by professionals. Now is a very nice thought once in a while, but you know this country has run for 200 years based on the very simple premise that 43 JUL 111974 • decisions are made by people who are periodically selected and elected amongst those who offer themselves for public office to make these de+cisions. That is the difference, the distinction between a Republican and a Democratic. I don't mean to start a lecture here, the point is that is the way this system works, and I for one feel strongly that the final decision on anything that affects the population of any governmental body must be in the hands of those that have been selected and elected by the people to make those d ecisions. I am in no way degrading or belittling the importance of the inpact of professional groups, be they environmentalists, architects, professionals of any kind or citizens groups, but under our system, the final decision has got to be made by an elected body. I think we have to be very careful as we modify these situations, that we don't tamper with the system to the point we substitute the judgement of professional teams over the judgement of the people that are elected. I know it is a controversial subject and there is a lot of cynicism about it, but in the defense of our system it is important,I think, it is important that we continue to reiterate that. Mr. Allen: Mr. Mayor I don't think there is any question certainly from my group that ye feel the proper function of the Planning Department is to function as an expert to advise the Commission. We have never asked the Commission to carte -blanche take a recommendation. I think what we are concerned with, is that we pay good money for this type of expertise then we permit a situation to exist where the expertise really has no results because too much harm can be done before the City has chance to act upon it. That is what we are concerned with. Mayor Ferre: Let me give you an example. Do you remember the Doxiadis Plan? Mr. Allen: Yes. Mayor Ferre: That was the best set of professionals that the world has ever seen. Those people are so fantastic that they've got floors and floors of I.B.M. computers and have hundreds and hundreds of architects from all over the world, they have offices, ----they did the planning for Detroit, and Miami, ----do you remember the Doxiadis Report? They were going to put a tunnel all over Biscayne Blvd and a curtain of buildings along one side of Miami, and down the other, and those were supposedly the best planners in the world. I rest my case. Mrs. Gordon: May I ask you a question Mr. Andrews? Because we are on the subject of good planning, --have the committees been meeting on the downtown study? Mr. Andrews: Yes, but I can't tell you to what extent they have been meeting. I know they have been meeting. Mrs. Gordon: Who is in charge of that? Mr. Acton: I can't answer the question Mr. Mayor at this point. We are scheduling meetings with the entire sub -committees to review all the documentations the department has put together for the preparation of the downtown study. Mrs. Gordon; You have done that, or have not? Mr. Acton: We are first sending letters out to the committees. G 44 JUL 1.1197 Mayor Ferre: I met with 7 ofthe 8 co-chairmen, and I think you were there, Plummer, and we were waiting for the 8th one to accept and that was Alva Chapman, if I remember, and now its coMplete and Mr. ActOn will you let member3of the cormissiol know when they do plan to meet so anyone who wants to go can be present? Mrs. Gordon: Could iie consider or ask you to give us an indication of how long the period of time it will take these committees to come to you with a recommendation so that the Planning Board can proceed. Apparently the Planning Board is ready to move ahead and have had several work shoes and are ready to make a recommendation subject to this Committee's recommendation. Will you give me an indication of that? Mr. Acton: I can't give you an indication of the time required by the committee because the committees will have to act on their own, at their own pace, unless they get some direction from the City Commission as to when you went them to make their recommendations. Mrs. Gordon: I think it is so important even though the Mayor doesn't think the two things are parallel . We spent 90 thousand dollars for consultant fees for downtown and I have read the reports and I thinfc they have great merit. I am willing to wait for the committee to act and give recommendations but I think we had better set a time element so that this does not procrastinate into a 6 month or 8 month or one year delay and end up on the shelf with all the rest of these thousands of dollars of studies we have had, so may I ask you then to give us some timing on this by our next meeting? Mr. Acton: Yes, I would be glad to do that but I think the Commission should pass a motion instructing the committees to, based upon this time schedule, --- Mayor Ferre: What Mrs. Gordon is saying George, is that, you obviously have to call people like Alva Chapman and Bill Colson and Dan Paul, and discuss this with them, ---- off the record, when I talked tothem originally, discussed this and I told them that September, that it ought to be well under way in September. Would you discuss this with them and come back and answer Mrs. Gordon's question specifically, a reasonable quick date where we can have these things under- way and have some kind of final in -put from them by a certain specific reasonable date, and then the Planning Board can act and then we can move. Mrs. Gordon: I think it is necessary that they know the feelings of the Commission and that the Commission feels that the Planning Board should hear this, not later than September. and I would so move in the form of a motion that we let them knee the policy of the Commission that we would like our planning Board to hear this item for a public hearing in September. I move that. Mayor Ferre: I am completely against that. I am against taking a person like Bill Colson, Dan Paul or Alva Chapman telling them you are going to do this by September the 4th or 5th, and you don't know if these people have vacations now, let's give them enough intelligence to give them, give them the choice of responding. They may September 30th or they may say October 15, L 45 rather than for us to force, --- Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Mayor, you misunderstood what I said, totally,-- --I said we were to be setting a policy indicating that we would like our Planning Hoard to hear it. If they find it irposeible, to Meet, and cannot meet, they will so notify us, but at this point in time, they have no time element and I believe it should be moved that we should set this up because this is no different than Coconut Grove,all of the City Of Miami is in dire need of action, and the longer we procrastinate with more and more study committees. the deader the issue is going to become. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor I'll 'call the question on my motion, ---- Mrs. Gordon: ---then I'll move another one, --- Mr. Plummer: ----set a time date, July 25th at 9 A.M. the first item on the agenda. Mayor Ferre: We have a motion and a second and this is the matter of the two -week moratorium and the public hearing here of July 25th. Is there further discussion on this item? Mr. Plummer: When you say the word 'moratorium' --- does that stop all that is presently going on? Mayor Ferre: No, Mr. Lloyd: No, let's not call it a moratorium, we are preparing a resolution, which you will, pass this motion as you are doing but we will have a resolution for you. No further building permits will be issued on new construction until July 25th. Mayor Ferre: We have a motion and a second, further discussion? Mr. Joe Kolish: My name is Joe Kolish, I own property on 27th Avenue. I'd just like to go on the record at this time that I pointed out to the Commission a year ago that my property was surrounded by whatis commonly called high-rise buildings, and at that time the Commission decided to put a moratorium, --- they put it in effect for a year, I was unable to obtain any financing to build because of the moratorium. At a recent Commission meeting, approximately four months ago. this mora- torium for the area of Mary Street, 27th Avenue and Tigertail was removed by the action of this Commission. We again applied of course this time, as you know there is no mortgage financing. Now if this again is going to include us, then of course we cannot go ahead with interim plans if this is going to be a moratorium again. I just wanted to go on record because this is something that has been eating away for two years and when we finally got it lifted there was no mortgage money, and I want to point out that the study for the Grove, I was assured was the business district for the Grove. I never got any notices, I wasn't invited, or anything, Mayor Ferre: Thank God, so far, this country still remains a country of laws, and the Constitution of the United States, I 46 4F\ even a lot of people want to say, that there is a new idea about what property is, guarantees citizens the right o.f property. 'There is also the guarantee of, somebody can't take your property without due process. As long as that is true, in the Constitution of the United States, then you may suffer, and I suffer with you, but there will be a solution to this and I hope it will be soon. Mr. Kolish: I just wanted to go on record, because I am not a developer, and I am not rushing in or barnstorming I have been trying to build here for the last two years, and the fact reaming that we were not invited or put on notice, on this particular plan because I was under the impression that it only involved this City, but that is all I want. Mayor Ferre: Thank you. Mr. Joe Calley: My name is J.3e Calley, I live in Coconut Grove, I respectfully request that the motion be revised to indicate that no applications for new construction will be accepted, at least we have people who desire to be grandfathered in sometime after this next meeting in July, if they have not filed an application, if you prohibit them from applying, then we will have that issue, we will never have that issue for anybody in this two weeks and it takes almost nothing to apply for a permit. Mayor Ferre: That is the intent. Is that clear, and you will put that in the proper legal wording. No further dis- cussion? Call the roll, please, Mr. Southern, City Clerk: Mr. Plummer, yes, Mr. Reboso, Yes._Rev. Gibson, yes, Mrs. Gordon, yes, and Mayor Ferre, yes. Mrs. Gordon: I now move that we set a policy that we let our Committees know that we want the downtown study to progress rapidly and this is the intent of the motion that they know that we would like the planning board to have hearings in September. Mayor Ferre: There is a motion, is there a second? Is there a second, twice? There is a motion, is there a second? Mr..Plummer: Mr. Mayor hearing no second, I will make a substitute motion, that we request of the Committee appointed that they give us a reasonable time frame in which they can come back knowing the urgency of the matter, that we can then proceed with an orderly time frame, but cannot do such until we have from them,when the work of their committee will be done and I offer that in a motion. Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Plummer, I am not in opposition to your re -wording of my intention. That is perfectly all right, because it is the intention important anc' not who says it , -•----- I go along with you, Mr. Plummer: It is more important that we are asking people, we are not demanding. we are asking. Mrs. Gordon: That is exactly what I said, and if you took it in the wrong concept, that is your fault, not mine. Mayor Ferre; So1did I -- Mrs. Gordon: Well, you also didn't understand me, --- but that hakes no difference to me, if you say it, or I say it, as long as the coiMlittee understands, that we are not interested in it being delayed for along period of time, that they realize the urgency of it being enacted, quickly, they will therefore try to schedule their meetings more rapidly, so I will then second your motion. Mayor Ferre: There is big difference between asking and telling. ---- Mrs. Gordon: I am sorry there is a play on words, but sometimes its.a difference of ---- Mayor Ferre:----it is called courtesy, --- Mrs. Gordon: ----interpretation of the language. Mayor Ferre: We are not telling them to be back here by September, Mrs. Gordon: I never told them Mr. Mayor, and don't you put words in my mouth, Mayor Ferre; There is a motion and second, the motion is very clear, any questions on the intention of the motion? Call the roll, Thereupon the following motion was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 74-600 A MOTION REQUESTING THE DOWNTOWN ZONING STUDY COMMITTEE TO FURNISH THE COMMISSION WITH AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR RECEIVING ITS REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DOWNTOWN ZONING STUDY, RECOGNIZING THE URGENCY OF THE MATTER Upon being sego nded by Mrs. Gordon the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. Mrs. Gordon: May I ask you Mr. Manager once again. why is it taking quite so long for you to come back to us with recommendations for zoning consultants for the rest of the City. Mr. Plummer: You have a memo on it Rose. Mrs. Gordon: I got your memo but I am putting it in the public record. Mr. Andrews: Mrs. Gordon. I was unable to get con- sultants here in the time period that we needed. Some of them have gone away on vacation, the principals that wanted to come down and make the presentation, and this was the earliest date we could have them arrive here. 48 Mrs. Gordon: It was the consultants that could not meet your timing? Mr. Andrews: That is correct. Mrs. Gordon: Okay. NOTE: The Commission went into a 5 minute recess, and reconvened with all members present. 39, PERSONAL APPEARANCE - STOCKTON BRIGGLE REGARDING pRAP,QSED THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AT THE_ MUM MARINE STADIUM kr Mr. Stockton Briggle: Good afternoon, ----- Mr. Plummer: May I ask one real quick question, because the background material you gave us very, very complete. what I would like to know, Number one, what are you asking of this City, number two, let me hold No. two, what are you asking of this City? Mr. Briggle: Two things, basically, Mr. Plummer. We have, in the way, the Marine Stadium, is presently structured. There is.a limit, a basic 7-day limit on the Stadium itself for rental purposes. What we are talking about, the Miami Starlight Theater, which we think is going to be a very exciting addition to the City, is basically a quarter million dollars, is what it is going to take to do this project. That I am not asking of the City. Mr. Plummer: Number one, you are asking us to waive the 7-day rule. Mr. Briggle: Right. Mr. Plummer: Number two, ---- Mx. Briggle: I am not quite to Number two yet, --- in addition to that, I need 8 weeks of the Stadium in order to justify that kind of an investment. Number Two, I am asking that the actual rental structure itself, the pricing structure on the stadium be put into discussion,and we find some other way to decide how much it will cost for the utilization of the stadium because it is presently structured on basically a one or two night situation, which as you know is a certain amount of money and then a percentage. If we are taking the Starlight Theater over 6 days a week as we are talking about, on the present structure basis, it would be an enormous amount of money and quite prohibitive to even try to utilize the stadium in that way, so those are the two things I am asking. Mr. Plummer: Well, are you saying then that you feel that the percentage requested by the City under normal conditions is excessive ? Mr. Briggle: I am saying that it is not excessive under the normal atructuring,for this kind of situation, i think it is excessive. Yes, it would be prohibitive. Mr. Plummer: Paul, the minimum if I recall , is $350.00 49 per day, then plug, the personnel, the event personnel, the polite, the uehere, ticket takers, cleanup, then we go in to a percentage. Mr.Andrews: Yes, ---- Mr. Plummer: what is that n cent age .r Mr. Andrews: That percentage is scaled down, from my memory of 10% or so, to 7% depending upon the occupancy. Mr. Plummer: It is a sliding scale, from 10 to 7 percent, whichever is greater. Mr. Andrews: If you fill the entire stadium, it is down to .7%, that's from my memory. Mr. Plummer: And you are saying that 7% you feel for your kind of production, — Mr. Briggle:----nightly, Mr. Plummer, is very high, yes, Mr. Plummer: Real quick -like what are you willing to offer the City? Mr. Briggle: Well, you mean financially ? Mr. Plummer: Sure. Mr. Briggle: I think that we've given a great deal of discussion to this and our feelings about it, and what we would like to be able to do to make all this feasible is somewhere in the neighborhood, a set fee, of say $3,000. or $3500. dollars a week. We would be paying all the other people, all the other personnel involved, all expenses we would be paying. correct? Mr.Plummer: $3500. a week, that is a 7-day event, Mr. Briggle: Six, with one day off, --- Mr. Plummer: ---a 6 -day event, Mr. Briggle: May I point out Mr. Plummer, that in addition to the actual rental of the Stadium as we have it, in order to do this project, because we are talking about doing it, we are going to have to rent an enormous amount of additional sound equipment, lighting equipment. Mr. Plummer: That is normal for you. Mr. Briggle: No, it isn't normal for us because in most theaters that we get involved with, for example the Gusman, where we are involved with the Summer Star Theater that I am co -producing, that is all there, and in the case of the Marine Stadium, it has not been actually done for this kind of enormous sort of theatrical production, so it is going to cost us somewhere in the neighborhood of $6,000. for sound alone, and approximately another $6,000. for lighting alone for the month. 50 JUL:a.�:�i Mr.Plunmter: Very important, which day will you not be performing? Mr. Briggle: On Mondays, Mr. Plummer: You might as well say you've got it for the 7 days,---- is there a possibility that you could do this and have your free day Sunday. It is very important because the greatest use of that stadium is Sundays. Mr. Briggle: I understand the problem. What we are talking about is moving the Marine Stadium in a more complete utilization than was ever dreamed of, or ever been done in the history of the City of Miami. I understand the problems involved with the boat races and all of those things, but we are talking &out making it one of the major attraction,both tourist and the people who live here. one of the major attactions in S. Florida. The utilization of that stadium is going to be tremendously important in this way, to give up a Sunday for example which is a very important day for people who like to go out, Mondays are usually the most difficult days to get people out. We are talking about a large sum of money here, and an ability to be able to at least .break even on the project. Rev. Gibson: You mean to tell me you all haven't discussed this with the Manager and you are bringing it to us? Mr. Briggle: No, Rev. Gibson, it has been discussed in detail, with Mr. Jennings and everyone is aware of the project and to the best of my knowledge quite excited by the project. Rev. Gibson; Mr. Manager, you may be able to help us, I'm sure. Why can't you give us the benefit of what you discussed? Mr. Andrews: The only area that is under consideratbn at this time, will the Commission waive the provisions ii the ordinance, or resolution, which would require the 7-day limitation. That is one thing. would you consider waiving that? The second thing is would you give me the authority to negotiate with these people for use of the Stadium at a rate structure other than that which is already provided for by ordinance. Rev. Gibson: Let me ask so you can respond. What is your reaction to what he is asking for? Mr. Andrews: I think they are a little on the low side. I have to find out more, if they are a non-profit organi- zation. where the profits of this are going, and relate their requests to Rev. Gibson: I think you could help us if you straighten that out, because to ask us to do what you wart without giving us that, information, is, ----you know, -- Mr. Briggle: The problem is this, first of all, if I may, I didn't quite get a chance to precede what I was going to by answering so fortuitously Mr. Plummer's question, but in case you do not know, and there is no reason why you should, I am the co -producer of the new Summer Star Theater which will be this summer at Guaman Hall in August, which is under the auspices 1 51 JUL 11197 of the Downtown bey. Authority, sponsored and backed by some of the major bueineeees and people in the community. It is a very iMportant and exciting step forward in what we are trying to do for the City of Miami from a theatrical point of view. I aM not just'°entrepreneur who has come in and is trying to come up with a project all of a sudden out of nowhere. So, we have given all of this great thought, and our problem is also if 1 may add in answer to your question Mr. Plummer about what we are asking for, the presentation asks for November and April, unfortunately because there are an enormous amount of bookings already in November, in order to get enouth lead time this would be impossible so what we are actually asking for is the last two weeks in March, the month of April and if possible, the first two weeks in May. That is what we are asking for which would be a total of eight weeks. Mr. Plummer: Let me lay on the table my thoughts because I think I know what Gibson is coming to. We are going to send you to the Manager for negotiations and come back on the 25th with an answer. Mr. Briggle: You are talking about the finances, we have to have an 8-weeks. Mr. Plummer: If it is money in the pockets of the City of Miami. we are willing. Mr. Briggle: What I am saying is. fine. I am delighted to negotiate with the City Manager and work that out, but I am unable to negotiate on any basis unless I have the amount of weeks I need to do it, because for a quarter of a million dollar investment, I have to have the weeks. go, Rev. Gibson: We've got you to where you want to Mr. Briggle: Terrific. Rev. Gibson: All we are saying to you is, J. L. just told you, go to the Manager and you may be able to do that Mr. Plummer: So there is no misunderstanding, Mr. Manager I want to tell you how one feels, I am looking at figures here that the total gross potential for November and April of $1,657,544.00,--- Mr. Briggle: Gross potential Mr.Pluwmer: I understand, -- Mr. Briggle:----if people come ---- Mr. Plummer: ---you are talking about their offering t he City $7,000.00. Mr. Briggle: No, $3500. a week,---- $14,000. a month,---- $28,000.00, Mr. Plummer; He was nice enough to proffer, --I'll offer a motion now that we give the manager the right to ney- 1. 52 JUL 1 1 Otiate with these people with a free and open hand, which will encoMpass the waiving if necessary of all provisions subject to the Manager's negotiation and recommendation back to this Cosurtission. Rev. Gibson: I'll second it, in favor of the City, I want to make sure, - Mr. Briggle: Rev. Gibson, I think that this project, if it succeeds will not only be in favor of the City but will increase the appeal for everyone. Rev. Gibson:We understand that, but what we really have to worry about, what goes in the treasury . Thereupon the following motion was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 74-601 A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE WITH BRIGGLE- WILLIG, THEATRICAL PRODUCERS, FOR USE OF THE MARINE STADIUM ON A BASIS DIFFERENT FROM THAT PROVIDED IN THE CITY CODE, AND TO REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION HIS RECOM- MENDATIONS Upon being seconded by Rev. Gibson, was passed and adopted by the following vote Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon Ferre. NOES: None. the motion - AYES: Mr. and Mayor Mr. Andrews: I want to point out, when we complete our negotiations, the recommendations I come back to you with will probably require an ordinance change to achieve this. Mr..Plummer: Okay. Rev. Gibson: You tell us all of that when you come, - -- Mr. Plummer: Also have in your recommendations what problems have already been incurred by what has been booked in November. 40. PERSONAL APPEARANCE- BOBBY DYKES TO REQUEST FUNDS FOR ATTENDANCE OF TWO PERSONS AT: WORLD BOXIKfi ASSN .ANNUAL CONFERENCE Mr. Bobby Dykes: How do you do, Mayor, Vice -Mayor. and Commissioners, I am Vice -Chairman of the city of Miami Boxing Commission and I am here to ask that the City of Miami allocate $1100. travel allowances for the Boxing Commissioners to attend the World Boxing Association Convention in Panama City next month. Miami has always attended these meetings since the beginning of the W.B.A. inpfact before that when it was the National Boxing Association and in order to regulate boxing in the Miami Area it is imperative to attend these meetings. Mayor Ferre; Bobby let me ask you a question now. 53 Mayer Ferre: As 1 remember bask in 6,1 and 68, we go through this every year. Whose conventions were in Chicago or Atlanta. or some other place, you are talking about a couple of hundred dollars, you know $1100.- you have never asked for that much? Mr. Dykes: Yes, we have, every year since it has been the W.B.A. Mr.Plummer: Let me ask the man, what was put into the budget for it this dear? Mr. Andrews: No funds, ---- Mr. Plummer: That's nice. Mr. Dykes: We hope to have professional boxing here very soon in the Miami area, we have the only weekly amateur show in the United States right here at Dinner Key, and we are negotiating for professional boxing, the only way to regulate it and keep Miami in the foreground. without taking a back seat to the whole world, is to know what is going on at these meetings. The out -lay will be more than out -weighed by the thousands of Mayor Ferre:We are going to have the amateur boxing here, championship, next year, you know that. Mr. Plummer: ---and the year after. ---- Mayor Ferre: What is the will of this Commission. Mr. Andrews: I think theCommission ought to explore how many people will be traveling, Mr. Dykes;--two,-- Mr. Andrews: ---and why it can't be limited to one, ---- Mr. Dykes: We are asking a thousand for travel expenses, and one hundred for membership dues, boxing magazines we get every year to know what is going, ---- Mayor Ferre: Let me ask you this. I assume you travel tourist, and that you submit expenses, Mr. Dykes: Every year. Mayor Ferre: What is the will of the Commission, Mr. Andrews: The only place you could take the money from would be the contingency fund which is at about $3400.00 or so at this time. Mr. Plummer: My only thought on the matter is, if you are going to have a Board, and have the City properly represented you have to send them, if you don't abolish the Board. Rev. Gibson: Do we have the money? Move it, MOTION NO. 74-602 A MOTION AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE FROM THE CONTINGENT FUND OF $1,100 FOR ATTENDANCE OF TWO MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI BOXING BOARD AT 54 THE WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION CONVENT/ON TO BE HELD IN PANAMA CITY, AUGUST 12, THRU 16, 1974; $1,000. FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES, $50. FOR ASSOCIATION DUES AND $50. FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR VARIOUS BOXING MAGAZINES Upon being seconded by Mr. Plummer, the mbtion was passed and adopted bythe following vote: AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 41, SELECTION OF CONSUL,IANTS - ORANGE. BOWL IMPROVEMENTS DISCUSSION Mr. Anal -taws- Mr. Mayor and mPmb'rc of the Commission. the City sent 330 invitation out to local architects and engineers for the purpose of receiving information on which to make judgements as to the consultant to provide the services that we require to modernize the 0. Bowl. We received 27 proposals, and of those 27, I made a final determination that we should interview 9 of those 27, and those interviewed were, Carr Smith & Associates, Inc, Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Ross -Adams Engineers, URS Madigan-Praegar, Inc. Connell Associates, Inc, Kunde & Associate, Greenleaf/Telesca, Watson Deutschman,Kruse & Lyon and Rader & Associates, Inc. After completing the interviews with each of these nine firms, it is my recommendation that Commission, as I supplied you a memorandum on July 10th that you give me the authority to negotiate with Watson, Deutschman, Kruse and Lyon to provide this service. They are a local firm, Mr. Plummer: They are City of Miami people? Mr. Andrews: They are located on LeJeune Road across from the golf course, yes, it is in the City of Miami. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor I move we give the City Manager the right to negotiate with Watson, Deutschman, Kruse and Lyon. Mr. Andrews: They have for a longer period of time in business for 21 years in been in business individually than this. but they have been the City of Miami. Rev. Gibson: I didn't get that, Plummer will you ask those questions again? Mr. Plummer: I asked a firm? The answer was yes, to negotiate, -- Mrs. Gordon: Are these question, were they a local we give the man the right local firms, or is that the only one that is a local firm. Mr. Andrews: No, these are all local firms. Mrs. Gordon: A11 local firms? Mr. Plummer: The Manager has recommended this firm. Mayor Ferre: Is a representative of Watson, Deutschman, Kruse and Lyon here? Y 55 JUL i 1i]4 Mr. Andrews: I don't believe they are. Mayor Ferret Let me ask you this, who are their consultants,' -'firm dealing with the Stadium? W. Andrews: Edward D. Stone, this is not the son located in Pt. Lauderdale, it is Edward D Stone Sr. Mayor Ferret Paul, I want to make this statement on the record. Edward Durel Stone is a personal friend of mine. That has nothing to do with, and I know a lot of these people. Edward Dural Stone was the architect, he was a school mate of my uncle at M.I,T. and he was the architect for the museum that the Ferre Foundation donated in Puerto Rico, and Edward Durel Stone himself selected that museum to be the cover of all of his work when he published it about three years ago, in a major publication. I say that so we recognize the relationship. Edward Dural Stone has a very large office, and I know they do a lot of work all over the world and I've seen the embassy office he did in London, I've seen a lot of his work in New York, I know of many of the things he has done. He did work up in Tallahassee, ----Edward Durrell Stone is one of the top five leading American architectural firms. I have never heard of any stadium that Edward Durrell Stone's office has done. I would like very much, I think it is very important that we get a firm that has specialized and not one, but a lot of stadiums, and those have been through it, and knows what they are talkingabout. I think that Watson, Deutschman, and Kunde and Carr -Smith, and Ross Adams, they are all fine, and all local firms, to me the main decision has to be based on, not only the local firm but the expertise, the real knowledge, pro- fessionalism of knowing what they are dealing with, and Ed. Stone is a great architect. There is no question about it. I'd like to see how much he has really done on stadiums. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor let me make a comment real quick here. I am basing the motion simply on the recommendation of the manager who has availed himself and his offices to go through this procedure already, and I am assuming when he makes a recommendation to this Commission, he has looked into the qualifications of these individuals who have availed themselves of the project. If it is anything to the contrary I don't think the manager has done his job. Mayor Ferre: I don't want anybody to misinterpret, - Mr. Plummer: I don't want anybody to misinterpret my motion either. Mayor Ferre: J. L. I want to make a statement on the record. I have full confidence in Paul Andrews, and I know if he comes up with a recommendation it will be a well thought out recommendation. I would less than responsible Paul, if on the record I didn't have an in -put on my opinion, on Edward Durrell Stone's background specifically dealing with stadiums. And I am just saying perhaps will the important things we have, it might warrant and I am not knocking out Watson, Deutschman Kruse and Lyons, 1 JIJL- ; or Monde Assoc. , Carr Smith, floss Adams, --I am just Saying that in my personal knowledge of Edward Durrell Stone, I don't think that he has the expertise in stadiums that is definitely required in something of this importance and magnitude. Mrs. Gordon: I don't see his name on this list at all,---Bdward Durrell Stone is not on this list. Mr. Andrews: He is not identified as the prime consultant which would be a local firm. What the Mayor is addressing himself to is, many of the local firms would associate with another firm who has expertise in designing stadiums so that they can be of assistance in the final design. Mrs. Gordon: Has Watson, Deutschman, Kruse and Lyons had experience with stadiums. Mr. Andrews: Not specifically with stadiums the size of the Orange Bowl, but they have become involved in many projects requiring handling large numbers of people including the Miami Beach Convention facility, but Edward Burrell Stone has been involved and has designed some very fine stadiums. One is the Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Mayor Ferre: Flow large is that, ---- Mr. Andrews: ---66,000 people, -- Mr. Reboso: Mr. Stone is not the local architect. right? Mr.Andrews: No, but you must understand, we have gone to local architects and engineers locally as to prime person that we are dealing with, and this is in keeping with the Commission's policy that we deal with local firms, but in dealing with those local firms, we wanted to make sure that they had enough back-up, of expertise. Mayor Ferre: Let me make a statement about that, because I think it is important, in the direction that we take on these things. I concur with the opinion of this Commission, that we were never possible to use local firms in anything that we do. When you get to highly specialized things like airports, or beer factory, or something like this, --a stadium, there are people who specialize in them, and they do it all over the world, and it is like, if I am going to have open-heart surgery, it isn't that I don't want my doctor there, I want my own local doctor, but if the guy who does nothing but that, every day, he does 5 or 6 operations, this fellow Cooley, in Houston, or Debakey,---that is the guy I want tampering with my heart, and I want my doctor next to him. but I want to make sure that if it is that specialized, that we ge t the best. There are many who qualify as the best. there isn't only one Debakey, there's Debakey and Cooley, and others, all I am saying is, it is important that whatever local firm we use, that the crux, in my opinion, of the decision has got to be the expertise and I 57 • •• ( knowledge of the professional advice that they are going to be getting from the man or firm that really does that all the time, its done t+wo,three, four or five or what have you, these stadiums and knows that you avoid putting structural steel here, that you avoid using a plastic seat when a fiberglass is better, and $15,00 dollars cheaper, etc., ---- Mr. Andrews: Let me emphasize, you will notice in • my memorandum I selected four firms to deal with, taking them in the ranking I put them in. If I'm through the negotiation process of trying to arrive at an agreement that I can bring back to the Commission, I am not satisfied that Watson Deutschman and the Stone firm will provide the kind of services, ----then I am going to go to Kunde and Associates, if I decide they are not going to render, then I am going to Carr -Smith and Assoc and keep'going down the list until we are satisfied that we have exactly what we want. Rev. Gibson: I am interested, ---you know when we were. ---I started to use the words, the newspaper was right, then I'll have to leave town, but listen. I remember in the election, about the time of shortly after, ----no, just before election, everybody was telling us we ought, to build a new stadium. Remember that? Man, it was hotter than hell up here. Remember that? Mr. Andrews: Yes, very well, Rev. Gibson: I said to you, and you said to me, the people who built the Orange Bowl were still around here. I raise this question because somebody said something to me when I was kicking on that $1100.00 for the advice ofr I think I heard something like this, that the previous construction company had done all the sampling and the other business, that is why you went outside, --- Mr. Andrews: Yes, ---- Rev. Gibson: ---now, bringing it back in perspective, you said to me, the people who built that Orange Bowl are still around here, and you were a part of it. What I am saying to you Mr. Mayor and all the rest of the Com- mission, is I hope you keep that in mind. Let me go another turn, what I don't understand, I received a memo from you telling me who, 1,2,3 & 4 were now at that time, and I got 27 names, and there was a cut-off, a dotted line under, you remember that? Mr. Andrews: Yes, ---- Rev. Gibson: ---and then I read here,that you have now additionally interviewed on Tuesday July 9th, discussions were held with the following, Connell Assoc. Kunde and Assoc. Greenleaf Telesce, Watson, Deutschman, Kruse and Lyons. and Rader and Associates, ---what I am asking is, and I want to do this so I can intelligently vote, didn't all these people receive the same information at the same time? Mr. Andrews: Yes, when we sen flout the information for the invitations to the 330. they got all L 5$ the flame information, then we got 27 responses back. "Whose are the 27 listed on that sheet. Those were the people that were interested in having themselves considered for the consultant service. Rev. Gibson: Let me tell you what is running through my mind, I don't understand July 9,---- Mr. Andrews: ---the difference between the four and the addition of the five additional people who were inter- viewed. Rev. Gibson: I am a little worried about the date. Mr. Andrews: Well, what occured, and I can carry you through the sequence of events, we first, ---I first, invited four firms to be interviewed, having interviewed those, I began to recognize that of the total list of 27 that I should have at least a third of all of those that submitted proposals, that same evening I chose five more, and sent them invitations to make presentations and after nine were completed, then I made a decision which I felt was in the best interest of the City. • Rev. Gibson: Let me make sure, because I remember, you are telling me, 2, 4,6, 8, 9---you are telling me that according to the rules, we may or may not accept the order in which this was recommended, is that right? Mr. Andrews; That is right,---- Rev.Gibson:---and that you have recommended for, saying these are four qualified outfits? Mr. Andrews: Yes, sir, -- Rev. Gibson: ---you are also saying that the 27 that you gave us were also qualified, ---- Mr. Plummer: Not qualified, 27 people bid, Mr. Andrews: 27 submitted proposals, and in reviewing their proposals, in my judgement, these 9 appear to be the most appealing as far as their proposal is concerned, so therefore I interviewed those 9. Rev. Gibson: I am ready to vote, ---- Mrs. Gordon: I am ready to ask questions, ---- Rev. Gibson: What was the firm, which one of these firms handled the original Orange Bowl? Mr. Andrews: I think the original one was by Rader and Associates. I say Rader, original was by the City of Miami of which Mr. Rader, who is practicing privately, was the project manager and we had three architects under him at thatitiie, so the original design, ---and Mr. Darlow was part of the original design, and interestingly enough the original design was in concrete, and because it needed to be designed in steel to help the economy because we had a partial grant from the government, --the whole thing was redesigned in a very short peric4 of time in steel, and constructed that way and the City of atami r'id that. Mr, Reboso: Paul are you talking about the press box? Mr. Andrews: No, this goes back to the original construction, ---there were many additions after that, but the questions being raised are going back to the source. Mayor Ferre: Let me ask you about the Rader firm. did you interview Rader? Mr. Andrews: Yes, --- Mayor Ferre: I understand Rader sold his firm and he actually got out of it, and kind of re -grouped it again. What size firm does he have now? Mr. Andrews: They have about 70 people which is about 14 to 16 professional engineers and architects from my memory. Is that about right? Mayor Ferre: Do they associate with a firm that has expertise in, ---- Mr. Andrews: I don't think they indicated an association with another firm. Mr. Reboso: Paul. who did the press box? Mr. Andrews: George Kunde and Associates, the press box and the west end zone enclosure, upper deck. Mrs. Gordon: May I ask you mime questions?.I have in front of me your memorandum dated July 1 which shows all of the firms, 27, and listing next to the name, number of facilities by firm listed, then next to that, number of facilities associated with others and next to that, type of facilities. Under your first one here you have 12, number of facilities by firm listed and four, associated with others, a total of 16. Your next one down on the list has 7 total, and etc. etc. Now, your number one choice is number 13 on the list has one, and then your number two choice also has one, your nunb er three choice has 16, your number four choice has 7. on your list, please expalin to me how you come to the conclusions you have and why, I am interested. Mz. Andrews: Well, the first thing I did was, in the interview process was to, ---- Mayor Ferre: Where did you get that list? Mrs. Gordon: I took it out of the book. Mayor Ferre: In other words, that means the of facilities that they have designed? Mr. Andrews: Yes. but in the interview in reviewing this, there were associations, partially association with the firm located number process, and and this is here, some of the firms, such as Carr -Smith have not designed any 60 JUL1 stadium, except football stadiums. Mayor Ferret 1 want to remind you that Lester Pancoast has never designed a police station either, --- Mr. Andrews: 1 understand that, --- Mayor Ferre:---and we chose him because he was a local architect, and at least I chose him. I voted for him, because he had in my opinion a very -- association with people that were very expert and had previous experience in police design. If he had not had that association, in no way would I have voted for Lester Pancoast. Mrs. Gordon: I have some question I would like answered, Mr. Andrews, --- Mr. Andrews: ---and this represented originally a combination of the local firm plus the firm they would associate with, in determining how many similar structures that would begin to resemble the Orange Bowl in some fashion. Mrs. Gordon: In fact, it is not a valid list, it has no meaning? Is that what you are saying? Mr. Andrews: -not until you review completely the submissions and then you call the people in and begin to talk to them, and find out to what degree they were involved in a stadium, consulting engineering firm or architect, if they are partially associated with a project, will list that project, and until you sit down in an interview process and begin to talk to them. and find out, how much involvement did you have in a specific project, you find out that in some instances a large building, they were the structural engineers, but they list the entire building and the cost of it. Mayor Ferre: Paul, I see Mr. Little here, I see, Rose. ----you are with Carr -Smith, you are with Connell,Assoc. is anybody else from any other firm here? Mayor Ferre: Jacobson,---- Rade and Associates, Ross, ----anybody else. Going down this list here, where I see Carr -Smith, Associates and Roan Adams Engineering. let me ask these two firms for the reason that they are on your list of four, and are local architects, ---I would like of you to come to the mike. I want to ask them who their consultants are. Mr. Plummer: I don't think it is fair without having them all here, to answer the question. Mayor Ferre: The question I want to ask of both firms here, is, who are your associates, what backgrounds do they actually have? Mrs. Gordon: I think we ought to defer this and get more information from the Manager. JUL 11.1 `74 Mrs. Gordon: 1 think he had better give us a total analysis►, if we have to make decision, we have to Make theta on fact. Mr. Plummer: I will be glad to second the Motion but I want some definitive action and instructions to the City Manager of what we are deferring for. Do we want the four firms he has recommended to have their men here at the next meeting, or the nine firms, or the 27th firms,---- ReV.Gibson: Let the 9 of them, J.L. Mr. Plummer: If you want the 9, give the man instructions. Rev. Gibson: I think they ought to tell us, ---- this ought to be interpreted. Mrs. Gordon: Yes, that is what I want. I want facts, this is not really up-to-date. This is something you have given us, but it has no meaning. Mayor Ferre: I wartto state into the record, and I am not talking for or against anybody, ---- Mrs. Gordon: I'm not either. Mayor Ferre: I will not vote for a firm, local or otherwise, who does not prove to me in my judgement, that they have the expertise directly or indirectly, to go the job, and I mean they have been through it, that they know what to do, the latest on what size seats, what the latest is in Pittsburgh, in Atlanta, New Orleans, and the whole bit. Mr..Plummer: Okay,. sp the motion to defer is based upon the instructions to the Manager that he invite the 9 firms, ----a representative of 9 firms, ----for him to sit down between now and the next meeting to find out these expertise, explain to these people what the Commission is looking for and have them here at the next meeting, so we can question and find out what background they have. Mayor Ferre: There is a motion and second. is there 'further discus3ion? Thereupon the following motion was introduced by Rev. Gibson who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 74-603 A MOTION TO DEFER CONSIDERATION OF SELECTION OF A CONSULTANT FOR A CONTINUING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE ORANGE BOWL PENDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BEING FURNISHED THE COMMISSION BY THE CITY MANAGER AND NOTIFICATION OF THE NIi1E CONSULTING FIRMS INTERVIEWED TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING OF JULY 25th Upon being seconded by Mrs. Gordon. the motion was passed and adopted by the fo llowing vote - Mrs. Gordon. Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, and Mayas Ferre. NOES: None. 1 62 JUL1.1.1B74 42. SELECTIWOPARCHITECTS. _FDA. AFRI CAN SQUARE Mayor Ferre: Let's take up selection of architects for African Square. Mr. Plummer: Are we into the same f:ro1lrr:r here Rev. Gibson: Are these questions answered for us Mr. Andrews? Mayor Ferre: To me this is a comi.'letely different matter, because landscape architects, and I don't mean to hurt anybody's feelings. and I hole landscape architects will,not get upset with meT-it is not the same thing as the stadium. Are you recommending somebody here? Mr. Andrews: Yes, I am. ---I am trying to find memorandum, ----the firm we are recommending is the firm that, after interview process is one that has already been working with the committee. and its Paul Friedberg and Associates. my Rev. Gibson:Who is that? Mr. Andrews: Paul Friedberg and Associates. Mayor Ferre: Is that the one already on the job? Mr. Andrews: Yes, and the committee, which was an extensive committee was satisfied with the results they were producing up-to-date, but nevertheless we went through the process to make sure that we were properly interviewing a sufficient number of, --- Rev. Gibson:, Do you have some local people involved? Mr. Andrews: Yes, --- Rev. Gibson: Let rte explain to my fellow commissioners, why I am raising this, because I don't want anybody to get the wrong impression. I serve on the Housing,---- on HUD Board, and we voted just last week, for a six million dollar contract, and I said any local people involved, and you know what they asked me. said what difference does that make, and I wish this were noon the record. You should have imagined what I said and it wasn't a church word, and I said what you talking about, these people got to pay these taxes, and if you got a local qualified man, I said let the record reflect that the next contract you bring that I must vote on, you had better make sure that you square that away with me. and I thought I'd better say so I am being consistent, I can't do too much in the County, but man up here, I am going to help: talk with my fellow commissioners so we can get some local, Mr. Plummer: So this is the firm you recommend, and this is the firm the committee recommends, now what do we do, we give you the right to negotiate, I so move. Mayor Ferre: There is a second, is there further discussion on this item? If not call the roll,-----•- 63 Thereupon the following motion was introduced by Mr, PiumMer who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 74-604 A MOTION ACCEPTING THE CITY MANAGER"S RECOM- MENDATION FOR SELECTION OF A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL CONSULTANT FOR THE AFRICAN SQUARE PORTION OF THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD PROJECT upon being seconded by Mrs. Gordon, the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Mr, Plummer, Mr. Ribgso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 43. QUIT -CLAIM DEED TO MIAMI DADE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY. �OS�USS� �I�1O��YSEWA�G�E TREATMENT PLANT AND SITE Mayor Ferret We have a quit claim deed to the Miami Dade Water and Sewer Authority. Mr. Plummer: The only thing I wanted to talk on, has there been some hold up on our money from them for this year? Mr. Andrews: We are, Mr. Bailey has been in contact with the Water Department and arrangements are being made to transfer the four. hundred and some thousand dollars that are due us that's separate from the normal fee or normal ordinance re- quirement. This was for the continued sewer maintenance that we provided after the transfer took place. Mr. Plummer: How long have they had the opportunity to pay this bill? Mr. Andrews: It has been about 4 or 5 months. Mr. Plummer: I think we ought to just hold up this quit -claim deed and tell the to come down here next time either with a check in hand or come down here and explain why. Mr. Andrews: Ok. Mr. Plummer: I'm just saying tut. I'm tired of the County telling me "Thank you, we owe you." Now I'm just tired of that. How much damage is that going to do to them if any? Mayor Ferre: It eight get us $600,000. Mr. Plummer: That's right, we'll get paid: Mr. Andrews: I don't know how to fully answer your question at this time. I know your concern except I'm also concerned that maybe we're creating a problem far more serious than the $460,000 in that this $13,500,000, we need to move ahead on -- that. This is all predicated and this would be the last step needed in order for that to move ahead. Mr. Plummer: All right. Does this quit -claim deed preclude our right of interjection, has our contract with them for transfer been signed? Mr. Andrews: No. sir. Mr. Lloyd: Let as verify that, just a minute so we get this straight on the record. This is a three party agreement. The City of Miami has executed it. The Water and Sewer Depart- ment has executed it. The County has not. Mr. Plummer: Are you telling me this can go on for infinitua? Mr. Andrews: We hope not. Mr. Plummer: When is it going to be drawn to a conclusion? Can the City withdraw? Mr. Lloyd: The City would have to withdraw at this time but your problem is that there has been a de facto transfer of the Water Department to Dada County and Dade County has passed an 65 ordinaries taking over the r pertwent of Water and Sewers. Mayer Ferret (tH& bif LI) Mr. tloydt This is true and we'we been wielding it. Mr. Pidier t We've got a stick but no money. Mayor Ferret And you want to trade the stick for the money. but What Patti is afraid of is that you might loose the money and the stick. Mr. Plummer: No. We might get back a Water Authority and reduce our rates. Mr. Andrews: In fairness to the Water Department, Water Authority in this case, they have indicated that without doubt that this will be paid to the City of Miami. Mr. Plummer: Paul, how long have I heard that story about the Court? How long have I heard that story about Interama? I'm laying it on the line. Mrs. Gordon: J.L., what do you want to do about it? Mr. Plummer: I want my money. Now you tell me how to get it. Is a two week delay going to hurt them? I'll tell you whit, how about us approving it subject to the $600,000 that they owe us, how about that? Put the bad rock on them. But now I want to make sure that this does not preclude our right of negotiation because if you read this funny book that they just put out called a financial statement, and it is a funny book. bid you see what they're going to offer us for our property over there? You ought to see that one baby, that's beautiful. It is called thievery! Mr. Andrews: I haven't seen the booklet you're referring to. Mr. Plummer: I'll make a motion, Mr. Mayor, that we give them a quit -claim deed subject to them paying the monies due and owing on this project to the City. Is that proper? Mr. Andrews: I'm goingto find out between now and the time you come back at 2:00. Mr. Plummer: All right. That's fair enough. The preceding motion introduced by Mr. Plummer, seconded by Mr. Reboso was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mr. Plummer and Mayor Ferre. MORS: Mrs. Gordon. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, letme rescind that motion and make it a motion that we defer it until Paul Andrews comes back with the answers at 2:00. Thereupon a motion to rescind the previous motion was introduced by Mr. Plummer, seconded by Reverend Gibson and passed and adopted unanimously. 66 , I111. 11 1Q74 44, D ENTAT1 ON QE SERVICE . TNT PLAQUES RADWELL JR, ANITATION UEPT AND R,L MOORE, CITY CLERKS OFFICE a. Presentation of plaque to Louis Bradwell, Jr. of the Departant of Sanitation, retiring after 25 years of service with the City of 14teai. b. Presentation of plaque to Raymond I. Moore of the Office of the City Clerk, retiring after 23 years of service with the City of Miami. THE COMMISSION RECESSED AT 12:30 P.M. AND RECONVEINED AT 2:30P.M. 45, ENTER INTO AGREEMENT THROUGH MANPOWER COUNCIL OF DADE AND MONROE CaINTt FS TO IMPLEMFNT A MIAMI RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM Mr. Plummer: Paul, am I getting back into a hassle on this? Why are we going with them instead of on our own? Mr. Andrews: Because these funds flow through this tri-party agreement which is Hialeah, Metropolitan Dade County and the City but then the agreement in this instance provides that we're the manager of these funds. Mr. Plummer: We're not loosing out on anything? Mr. Andrews: No, sir, just the reverse. The following resolution was introduced by Mrs. Gordon who coved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-605 A RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, THROUGH THE MAN- POWER PLANNING COUNCIL OF DADE AND MONROE COUNTIES TO IMPLEMENT A MIAMI RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INCLUDE CURRENT PROGRAM EMPLOYEES ON THE PAYROLL WHILE THE AGREEMENT IS FINALIZED AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. (Sere follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the 'City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Plummer, the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Reverend Gibson, Mrs.Gordon, and Vice -Mayor Reboso. ABSENT ON ROLL CALL: Mayor Ferre. L 67 J U L 111974 46. RESOLUTION ` IMPOSE BUILDING PERMIT FREEZE IN AREAS COVERED BY THE COCONUT GROVE ZONING STUDY UNTIL: JULY 2�. 974 The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Pluni ter who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-606 A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT NO APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING PERMITS SHALL BE ACCEPTED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE PLANNING STUDY FOR COCONUT GROVE UNTIL JULY 26, 1974. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Mrs. Gordon the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer and Vice -Mayor Reboso. ABSENT ON ROLL CALL: Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 46.a. At this point the City Commission adopted a prepared resolution concerning a variance on lots 15 through 18, Highland Park (2-13), 1501 N.W. 9Avenue (National Parkinson Foundation). See resolution no. 74-575. 47, QUIT CLAIM DEED TO MIAMI-DADE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY n!SCUSStON AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION WITH CONDITIONS Mayor Ferre enters the meeting. Mr. Andrews; Mr. Mayor and members of the Commission, in fairness the Director of Finance was waiting until the agree- ment and the Water and Sewer matter of this transfer was con- sumated before he was prepared to bill the Department of Water and Sewers for the cost of maintenance of the sanitary sewer system in the City which had been carried on by our Department of Public Works. About 5 weeks ago Mr. Bailey decided that irrespective of whether the agreement was signed or not that he should go ahead with the billing. He did so, he then received a call from the Water Department indicating that right after the new Water Department Budget was adopted which was July 1, they would program this payment. They have advised us today tint that payment will not be made any later than the end of August. I indicated to them the Commission's desire to pass the resolution authorizing me to enter into the quit -claim deed for the treatment plant with the further provision that this be contingent upon the receipt of those funds and this is agreeable to them. Mrs. Gordon: (INAUDIBLE) Mr. Plummer: Almost a half a million dollars. Mr. Andrews: This is about $460,000 in monies that they owe us for the sewer maintenance that we have been performing after the transfer of the Department of Water and Sewers to L.. 68 JUL 111974 • Metre. They were not able to pick up that increment of work and asked that we continue performing the service of maintain- ing the sanitary sewers. We did so and Specified in the agree - Sent that hasn't been completed that this would be accomplished by the City on the condition that we would bill the Water and Sewer Department for the cost of performing the service. Mr. Plummer: So my motion of this morning is in order. Mr. Andrews: Yes. Mr. Plummer: All right. I once again make my motion that we pass item 15 subject to the payment of the monies owed to the City of Miami which for the record has no objections of Mr. Garrett Sloan. The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-607 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO GRANT A QUITCLAIM DEED TO THE MIAMI-DADE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY; TRANSFERRING TO THE AUTHORITY THE SITE OF THE EXISTING VIRGINIA KEY TREATMENT PLANT SUBJECT TO RECEIPT BY THE CITY OF MIAMI OF MONIES OWED IT BY THE MIAMI DADE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY IN THE APPROXIMATEAAMOUNT OF $460,000.00. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Reboso the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote-AVB: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 48, PROPO- QED CHARTER AMENDMENT _- VACANCIES ON THE CM COMMissTnN 49, PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, 35.d. was your proposal so we waited until you got here to make sure it is exactly what you wanted about the resigning, the death or a vacancy period on the Com- mission as to how it would be handled in the future and because of that we waited until you got here. Mrs. Gordon: How does this differ from the present, exactly which words differ from the present Charter? Mr. Plummer: Well basically, Rose, what it was.... Mrs. Gordon: I know what the basics were but I want to know exactly. Mr. Lloyd: If you will look to page 2 of the ordinance you will see set forth that under our new system of preparing amendments, you will note, Yes, you have a copy of it. It is behind your blue sheet. It will be Charter amendment #4. That WO are amending is section 13.a. entitled filling vac- anoite in the Commission. Now to Count down 8 lines you will see twlo sections underlined. That is the addition we are adding. Count down three lines further and you will notice sc a lined out areas. That is what is taken out and then right after that the underlined portions are the additions to the Charter. What the intent of the amendment is to pro- vide for an election as soon as possible after the person has been appointed to fill a vacancy for the Commission and not having a year interveining. Mayor Ferret Since this was somethiig that i had proposed, it is very simple. In the Charter the way it exists now if a person vacates the Commission can appoint or it can go to an election but it has always traditionally been an appoint- ed matter. Now all this does is that the appointment is good for only the period of time that is left between the appoint- ment and the next election. Usually it is is that it is the next City election so that for examples if an appointment is made it would be a period of two years. This way it would never exceed one year because there is always an election every year. Mrs. Gordon: Ok. There is no other change then. It either appointment or election at the time of a vacancy. Reverend Gibson: Mr. Mayor, let me voice. I said then and I want to do it now, when it first came up. I'm not opposed to people standing for election. I want to make sure everybody understands that. I've lived a life of constitutional govern- ment and that's the way our church operates. You know what I discovered sitting on this Commission? Any man, and I guess the people would take me to pieces about this, you're going to find it difficult, I want to tell you this and I hope many of you will say I'm going to do one of those Plummer things on you. You're going to say later on "Gibson told us so." Any man in his good judgement who would accept an appointment on this Commission and then shortly thereafter go to an election such as being proposed, I just question how many good men you're going to get to go for that, along with the fact, let me point this out to the public. The cost of an election is a terrific thing. Now the Mayor could afford it. The cost of an election is a terrific thing for a man and I would tell you right now, if I knew then what I know now.. You see gentlemen, what I'm also saying is constitutional government there is no way in the world to escape the orderly process of constitutional government and the provision was made. Now I understand the Mayor and I understand what some people are saying but I want to say to you that you're going tomake it impossible because if a man, for instance, if I run, when I ran, how many years was that, three years..... The expenditure to run for City Commission, a man has to be out of his mind along with the fact. I want to make this observation, along with the fact that the salary you're already up here, maybe you haven't told the public this, there's some of us saying "Why in the hell anybody is going to run for a $5000 a year job?" All I'm trying to warn us, I'm trying to warn us of some pitfalls and dangers. Man, they're clear to me. Either you're going to have to pick off the public as some people are being accused of doing/ I don't mean us. I'm talking about in the National Godernment. Or either, you know. And I just want us to know it's all right to play to what some of these folk are saying but some of the people cb n't understand that part that isn't written. Let me put it another way. The constitutional proc- ess says that we who sit here must substitute our judgement w 70 JUL 111974 for the people. ale live that way daily anyhow. Secondly, the people need to know that they pay us $5000 a year which ie $154 dollars every two weeks or some such figure and you've got to be out of yours Mind to take all the flack for $5000 a year. What We're going to do, I just want to make the follow- ing grant; what we're going to do is we're going to find it hard and we're going to put an awful lot of good people in a petition that they're going to tell us they don't want to serve and then we'll defeat ourselves this way. We'll then turn over the City because you won't be able to get good men to operate this government. Mrs. Gordon: Why don't you ever say woman, Father? Reverend Gibson: Rose, being a clergyman in the Episcopal Church when we say men it doesn't mean male or female - that's man, mankind whether you're man or woman or he, she or both split, you know what I mean, one of those things. Mrs. Gordon: I was just teasing you. Mayor Ferre: Father Gibson, I think you know how much I respect you personally as a man and your opinion. I'm sorry we differ in this. I think it is not that much of a differ- ence. I don't think that... A11 this really does is it doesn't change the system it modifies it like we modify our zoning laws or up -grade them and this still permits a man to be appointed. I recognize the point about the expense but I'm going to propose in just a moment or at the end of the day that we put on the Charter for change in the increase of salaries for the members of this Commission, not this present Commission but the ones as you're elected because obviously we can't do it for ourselves because I think there is a legal problem in that. But we certainly could vote for it as we get elected. Reverend Gibson: Let me answer you quickly. They're tied together for me. I'll tell you what you do, Mr. Mayor. You put the two of them before us at the same time I'll vote. I'll feel more comfortable because let me what I discover. You pay for nothing - you get nothing. Mayor Ferre: Well, I'm going to do it the other way around. Reverend Gibson: I don't want you to increase my salary. When I run for office after the increase I'll run knowing. But I'll tell you I want all of the people out here to hear that some of my fellow Commissioners have said to me "You know we must be crazy to work for $5000 a year". And all I'm saying to you is if you do this what you ought to do is put the salary on at the same time. I think that is fair so that good people, capable people would know fully in advance. I won't tell you... You may not pay me any mind but watch what is going to happen. Mayor Ferre: All right. I'm going to do it another way with your permission. I'm going to pass the gavel over to the Vice -Mayor and I want to sake the following motion before we get to this one. I move you sir, that the City of Miami puts on the Charter because this will be a Charter amendment, are you with me, John? OK, get your secretary in here. Mrs. Gordon: While he's getting his secretary can I offer a few comments? My personal feelings are that the appointive -' L.. 71 JUL 111974 system is all wrong anyway. As far as i'm concerned special elections are the route to take. I truly believe that when you face the public and the public puts you in you go in know- ing full well where you're going and why you're going there and what kind of a job you're promising the people and that's the kind of a job you're going to do for the people. I under.- stand your concern, Father, but I mean, you know, I call myself a public servant. I really believe I am. I work for the people and I'm not getting paid what I would work for myself in my own business but I'm working for the people, so are you and so are my fellow Commissioners and that's part of our public service. That's public service. We're not getting paid for what we would in private industry and I would go for no appoint- ments at all. I would like to see that route taken. Reverend Gibson: I want to respond since I raised the question. Let me tell you this: I hope I don't live long enough to say to you - I told you so. Now anybody in his right mind must understand, maybe the people out there don't understand what I'm saying but my fellow Commissioners understand so that if you don't get a fair reasonable compensation for the anguish and worry that you endure up here you've got to get it other- wise. Mr. Mayor, I could understand you, you understand, you don't need it. Well I'm going to tell you. this I ain't kidding about mine. I need all I can get and some more. Mr. Plummer: Father, if they set a price tag on how much it would be to compensate us for the anguish - Fort Knox ain't got that much coney. Mrs. Gordon: That's the way I think. Mr. Plummer: The only statement I wanted to make, as far as I was concerned, I have never since I've set on this Commis- sion had any qualms about subjecting any subject to the voters. Because of that I will vote with the motion. I have my own personal thoughts. As an individual voter, when I pull that little lever as to what I will do but the Mayor sees fir to subject this question to the voters and i see nothing wrong with any question being submitted to the voters for their opinion and because of that I will vote for this motion. Mayor Ferro: Let ae in preface to making the motion make this point. I'll try to make it short but I think it is an import- ant matter. You know in Greece they used to have a form of government in which the free men of Athenswould stand up and vote on every important matter. That was a direct democratic system. Now we don't have that in the United States. We have a republican form of government. In a republican form of government the people select people to make decisions. There is a difference. Now it is a compromise. American democracy is nothing more than a series of compromises that serve the people the best. It's not the best but as best as we can reasonably do. Now the Charter of this Commission of the City as the Charter of the County provides for the appointment when there are vacancies at the Commission level. That was a compromise. What this Charter amendment will do is it will further compromise and simplify the process because since we have an election every year anyway in November whether it be the City election on odd years or the regular election on even years. This provides a system in Which we can appoint officials but they must submit themselves to the electorate on a yearly basis so that the appointment will never be more than a period of one year at the maximum. It would probably be much less because the odds are that it would always be 72 JUL 111974 beyond Movember since there are 12 months in a year. Now I think that father Gibson Stated here is very very important. aft, the lamlt time the City of Miami Commission had a raise Was back in the 1940's. It was 20 same odd years ago. This City CoMMissioa hes not had a raise for 20 some odd years. Mow if you were to go to a banker and ask him "what is $5000 of 24 years ago worth today?" I guarantee that it would be well in access of $10,000. So in effect I'm going to make a motion in a moment that we go to the electorate and request that the City Commissioners be compensated on the basis of $15,000 a year. I think that is a reasonable figure that is less than the $22,000 that was requested for the Metropolitan Dade County Commissioners and I think that ours is a smaller unit; that doesn't mean we work less but it's a smaller unit, we are part time employees so to speak of the City, we're not full time and it isn't supposed to be a full time job. I would be reluctant, and I think Commissioner Plummer even though he didn't specifically state that reason, I think that is very much in his mind and it is very much in my mind. 1 would be reluctant to make the amount so large that it would become a full time job because that is not the intention of our Charter. That is not the intention of the way our govern- ment runs. This is a City Manager form of government and I think it would be a very dangerous precedent to have people that would be doing nothing else but dedicating their time 100% to theCity because inevitably they're going to start interferring even though they may not to, with the adminis- tration and that certainly is not the intent. The case of the Mayor, I want to be very explicit in this; I think it would be an extremely dangerous thing for us to make the Mayor's job a job that people would consider as a full time job. I don't in any way want to criticize my associates and my many friends in the Florida Legislature. I think theFlorida Leg- islature when the set the salary at $16,000 may have attracted to a part time job a lot of people who really make their full income opt of that job. For the Mayor to become a full time job in theCity of Miami, I think would go right to the heart of the problem and it would be an inducement for a Mayor to become a full time Mayor even though the Charter does not provide it and it would speak against the Charter as we have now. In other words, the Manager form of government. I am going to make my motion in the following way and I hope that it is understood in the best sense of the word as to exactly what my intentions are; that even though we increase the salary of the Commission to $15,000 that the Mayor's salary not be increased so that it will unquestionably be a part time job. I think that the $15,000 for a Commissioner is more than deserved - you can say the same about the Mayor's job but on the other hand I think there is less of a risk of a Commissioner becoming a full time or less of a problem of a Commissioner becoming a full time Commissioner other than, and I think there is a distinction there and I think we ought to try to speak to that distinction. That is just my personal opinion as one individual and therefore, based on all of this I would like to make the following motion: That the City Attorney be instruct- ed to prepare the proper motion, or what would it be? Mr. Lloyd: The City Attorney be instructed to prepare an ordi- nance for a Charter change making the salaries of Commissioners $15,000 and the Mayor $5000. Mayor Ferret You don't have to change the Mayor because the Mayor already gets $5000. So just leave that alone and that would be of course those Commissioners elected subsequent to the voters so that nobody would say that we're self serving. 73 JUL 111974 Reverend Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I want to go along with it. You have now put Me where 2 can live with both things we want to do. 'ghat I want to object, I want to object vigorously to having the Mayor $5000 and the Commission $15,000. As long as'you're serving that is fine but I want to be able to attract Men who aren't financially situated as you are for the benefit of the public. The Mayor is a man who receives no compensat- ion, wouldn't have it. But what about a good man who is not similarly situated? I think that we ought to say to the pub- lic pay the 5 men $15,000 and if they want to turn it in let them turn it in and then we'll be able to attract good men to run, and women whether it is the Mayor or whether it is the Commission. Mr. Plummer: Father, i want Ron, I want you and Woody to hear this because I think this is something that hasn't been said that should be said for the record. To the best of my know- ledge that Mayor Ferre has never accepted one penny of salary from this City during the time he was a Commissioner... Well it does, because it could be a bad reflection back, that he has never taken a penny of salary since he has been a Commissioner nor has he taken a penny in salary since he has been the Mayor and I think that is very important. Mayor Ferre: Well anyway, that's my motion. NOTE: Vice -Mayor Reboso relinquished the chair to Commissioner Plummer. Mr. Plummer: Motion made, would you repeat the motion for the clarification of everyone. Mr. Lloyd: May I do that, Mr. Mayor, because it will require a resolution to be drafted. The motion to change the Charter to provide for salaries for the Commissioners of $15,000 per annum and for the Mayor to remain the same at $5000 per annum and to become effective as new Commissioners are elected. Mayor Ferre: Since the Mayor's salary is already $5000 you don't have to say a word about that. Mr. Lloyd: Yes we do because we don't want to make it, we've got to make sure that the voters understand it properly. Mayor Ferre: That's alright. Mr. Plummer: Just for my clarification, that's when a new man takes office or after the election of next year? Mr. Lloyd: Just remember that the Mayor is actually paid as a Commissioner too under the Charter so it has to be clarified. Mr. Plummer: Now is that effective as a new man takes office or is that effective at the next election next year? What was the intent of the maker? Mayor Ferre: The intent is that that would be after the voters approve it it would be at the next election. Mr. Plummer: In other words, if the voters approved it next November it would become affective next November. Mr. Lloyd: I understanding the increase. want to make sure that I understand it now. My was that this present Commission would not get Now if you wish to have this present Commission 74 JUL 111974 get it it becomes effective November 5th as it is voted upon which I'm perfectly happy to do. All I want to do is get the intent of the CoMMission. Mrs. Gordon: May 1 remind you that enly two Commissioners run in 1975 and that two of the present Commissioners will not be running until 1977 so you Must be very explicit in what you're talking about. Mr. Plummer: What does the maker of the motion want? Mayor Ferre: Let me ask thia because 1 think it is a very valid point. It would be unfair for two Commissioners to be making $15,000 and for two to be making $5000. Let ne ask this question if I may. There is nothing wrong as long as the voters pass it for it to become effective immediately is there? Legally? Mr. Lloyd: right now, go ahead and pass it because we have to get it to Dade County at the next Commission meeting and we'll prepare it this afternoon. This way, in the event tilt I find something wrong with it I'll let you know but I have one but of a qualm. There has been some law that you can't raise your own salaries at the time but I think that has been changed. Mayor Ferre: Well if the electorate votes for it don't you see then it is their will and I don't see any court.... Mr. Lloyd: I'm not concerned over it at this time. Mayor Ferre: Ok. So the maker of the motion and the intent is this because I don't think we can discriminate. You can't have two Commissioners making 15 and two making 5. It would be the intention of this motion that it be, if the electorate vote for it that it be effective whenever it becomes law, 30 days after or whatever it is. Mr.. Lloyd: We can make an effective date in there. Why don't we just make it December 1 of 1974. Reverend Gibson: Mr. Mayor, I want to be constructive. I have some real problems with voting for a salary for four people at one rate of pay and another at another. I don't think it is fair to the people of the City or do I think it is to the people of the City that you must ask to serve. Now I under- stand the Mayor and I would hope that since all of us know that the Mayor isn't concerned that we not inflict this upon another man, that we vote the salary and if the man does not feel like he wants to take that salary that he not take it. I think it is a grave danger. Mr. Plummer: Father, are you offering an amendment? Reverend Gibson: No, I'd like to offer a substitute motion to.. That the salary of the Commission be, that would mean the five of us, $15,000. Mr. Plummer: That's an amendment. Reverend Gibson: All right, an amendment then. Mr. Plummer: Does an amendment need a second then? Can either one of the maker or the second of the original motion make the second? Does any one want to second the amendment? The 75 JUL 111974 aMendeetit, Rose, very simply is that all five including the Mayor be paid $15,000. That is the amendment. Does anyone want to second that? Mrs. Gordon: r would like to speak to the whole proposition. I think the Whole thing is untimely, I don't think we should be taking any action on this whatsoever. I think the Metro- politan Dade County has placed something similar to this on the ballot. I think it would be good judgement on our part to do nothing just to see how the people react to the County Charter change and then there are other elections in other years and we can go from there. But I think at this point in time I'll vote against the motion. Mr. Plummer: Any other discussion or a second to the amend- ment? Is there a second to the amendment? Is there a second to the amendment? Hearing none the amendment dies. We will vote on the original motion, the original motion being that the salaries of the four Commissioners not including the Mayor be raised to $15,000 which is a motion to put it on the ballot November, for the referendum of the people, made by Mayor Ferre seconded by Commissioner Reboso. Mrs. Gordon: All right, for the sake of getting it on the table I'll second the motion. That doesn't mean I'll vote with it but I'll second it. Mr. Plummer: Mrs. Gordon: Mr. Plummer: be included. Mri.. Gordon: Are you saying the amendment? Yes, to get the amendment into the motion. The amendment to the motion is that the Mayor It is now seconded by Mrs. Gordon. It is clearly understood that it does not have anything to do with the way I will vote on this motion. Mr. Plummer: Is there any further discussion on the amendment to the motion? Searing none, call the question. , Mr. Southern: Mr. Reboso? Mr. Reboso: No. Mr. Southern: Reverend Gibson? Reverend Gibson: Yes.' Mr. Southern: Mrs. Gordon? Mrs. Gordon: No. Mr. Southern: Mr. Plummer? Mr. Plummer: No. Mr. Southern: Mayor Ferre? Mayor Ferre: No. Mr. Plummer: The amendment fails. Is there any further dis- cussion on the gain motion? Is there any further discussion? Hearing none, Mr. Clerk, call the roll. Mr. Southern: Reverend Gibson? Mood Qibs! u �'ee Ar Southern: Mfrs. Cordon? lr8 0Ordent NO. Mr. Southern: Mr. Plummer? Mr. Plummer: I'll vote last. Mr. Southern: Mr, Reboso? Mr, Reboso: Yes, Mr. Southern: Mayor Pierre? Mayor Perrot Yes. Mr. Southern: Mr. Plummer? Mr. Plummer: In voting no 1 wish to state that I have served for 41/2 years on this Commission at the salary of $5000. I would like to state that i don't consider it at any cost a salary. It is merely a reimbursement of some of the expenses which I am out of pocket. i an not working at this job for a salary. I do it for public service. I think it something that we are subjected to. I don't think there is any amount of money that could compensate for the pressures, the flack and everything else that we take here at this table. I do not do it for a salary, I have a job and occupation which I work at for a salary and I think this is nothing more than merely re- imbursement to help us compensate some of the expenses. I vote no. Mayor Ferre: J.L., This is not a rebuttal but I want to make a simple statement. I would accept the premise that yoive established. The point is that $5000 twenty-four years ago, What is the value of $5000 twenty-four years ago today? I would guarantee you that it would be in access of $10,000 in 1974 dollars and probably a lot closer to $15,000. That's where I got my figure of $15,000. A dollar of twenty-four years ago is worth probably around 50* or less today in 1974 dollars. I agree with you and that's exactly why I want to make triply sure that in the Mayor's case tint there is no temptation or any question about that being nothing more than a part time job. Now I don't think that in any way excludes anybody from running from that office anymore than.. $15,000 certainly is not going to be considered as a salary as you just pointed out and the last thing was that you know we're not deciding this we're going to let the electorate decide that. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, (1) I think the $5000 is good and I'll tell you why. I believe it would keep someone from try- ing to make this a full time occupation. There is no way anyone could survive on $5000 a year so it would have to attract those people who have a full time profession that would do this on a part time basis as I think everyone of us up here do. (2) Mr. Mayor, we have always been priviledged or honored or trusted when we have expenses which are not the ordinary expenses, the privilege of submitting a voucher for payment and I think that has always existed and I think it is a good system. We produce our bills, we give them to the City Manager and he pays us for reimbursement. I would vote, Mr. Mayor, today to eliminate the$5000 salary simply for L. 77 reimbureeaent of .%penees. It might edge Out more than $5000. It probably would but t mould vote today to eliminate sty salary, just reitgburse ate for the expenses out of pocket t) t I incur by City business. But $5000 is ghat is in the Charter, I think it is a good figure and ttn is why I voted against the motion. Mrs. Gordon: 1 just wanted the record to reflect I take no expenses for gas, oil, parking fees or anything else in any travels, my duties. 1 am a' public servant. I'm proud of it. 1 enjoy what I'm doing. I get a great of fulfillment and satisfaction - you do too and you're not working for $5000 you're working because you love what you're doing. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Clerk, will you announce the tabulation of the vote on the main motion. Mr. Southern: The motion passed 3 to 2. 50, RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE CHARTER AMENDMENT REGARDING VACANCIES ON THE CITY COMMISSION The Mayor read the proposed resolution by title. Mrs. Gordon: I'd rather have it just a straight election but I can imagine how that vote would go here. Mayor Ferre: You know, since you made that statement Rose, let me on the record, Mr. Andrews, would you tell me what does a special election of the City of Miami cost the City taxpayers approximately? Mr. Andrews: Between, depending on the nature of the subject matter and you have to speculate as to how many people are go- ing to con, to the polls, you're talking of between 20 and $30,000. Mrs. Gordon: I recall that because when we just had one elect- ion in 1971 and not a run-off I was told that the savings to the City was around $22,000. Mr. Andrews: It depends on the number of people and the number of poll workers and the number of machines set up. Mrs. Gordon: And for the benefits that the public have in selecting who they want to serve over whether we select our- selves who we want to serve it is certainly worth that much money to people who are taxpayers and that is where we differ. Thereupon the following resolution was introduced by Mayor Ferre who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-608 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 1974 STATE OF FLORIDA AND DADE COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING THAT IF A VACANCY OCCURS ON THE CITY COMMISSION THAT SUCH VACANCY SHALL ONLY 88 FILLED BY AN APPOINTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TEAM/NAT/NO AT SUCH TIME SAID VACANCY I8 FILLED AS THE RESULT OF AN ELECTION HELD AT EITHER (1) THE ODD YEAR CITY OF MIAMI GENERAL ELECTION AT WHICH ELECTION THE MAYOR AND TWO COMMISSIONERS ARE ELECTED, OR (2) THE EVEN YEAR, STATE OF FLORIDA GENERAL ELECTION AT WHICH ELECTION NATIONAL, STATE AND COUNTY OFFICES ARE FILLED, WHICHEVER IS HELD FIRST. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the. City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Mr. Reboso the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mayor Ferre and Vice -Mayor Reboso. NOES: None. 51. ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT REGARDING VACANCIES ON THE CITY COMMISSION The City Attorney announced that each Commissioner had been furnished a copy of the ordinance and that copies are avail- able to the public, whereupon the ordinance was read by title. An ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT AMENDING SECTION 13-A OF THE CITY OF MIAMI CHARTER (CHAPTER 10847, SPECIAL ACTS OF FLORIDA, 1925, AS AMENDED) FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING THAT IF A VACANCY OCCURS ON THE COMMISSION SUCH A VACANCY SHALL ONLY BE FILLED BY AN APPOINTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIM}3 TERMINATING AT SUCH TIME SUCH VACANCY IS FILLED AS THE RESULT OF AN ELECTION HELD AT EITHER (1) THE ODD YEAR CITY OF MIAMI GENERAL ELECTION AT WHICH ELECTION THE MAYOR AND TWO COMMISSIONERS ARE ELECTED, OR (2) THE EVEN YEAR, STATE OF FLORIDA GENERAL ELECTION AT WHICH ELECTION NATIONAL, STATE AND COUNTY OFFICES ARE FILLED, WHICHEVER IS HELD FIRST; AND SUBMITTING SAME TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 1974 STATE OF FLORIDA AND DADE COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION; PROVIDING THAT THIS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 4; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION; DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE; DISPENSING WITH THE REQUIRE- MENT OF READING THE.SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE !MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. 79 E �. " 1 1974 wab introduced by Meyer Ferro and seconded by Reverend Gibson for adoption as en emergency measure and dispensing with the requirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote -AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plum- mer, Mayor Ferre, Reverend Gibson and Vice -Mayor Reboso. NOES: None. Whereupon the Commission, on motion of Mayor Ferree seconded by Reverend Gibson, adopted said ordinance by the following vote -AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mayor Ferree Reverend Gibson and Vice -Mayor Reboso. NOES: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8287. 1 SO JO_ i 11974 4 521 PEOPLE TO PEOPLE-TRANsFLR 0 ' EQUIPMENT TO BOGATA, COLUMBIA REPORT BY .COMMI SS 12)NEa PtUMM t ETC, Mayor Ferret Mr. Plummer, would you give us a report on the recent trip that you took to Columbia on the Sister City Prog- ram, People to People? As everyone knows the Sister City of Miami is Bogota and there was recently 50 some odd people from Miami that went on a trip to Columbia to Bogota headed by Commissioner Plummer. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, I'll make this very brief. I went as your representative and the representative of the City of Miami heading up the delegation of 55 people. We left last Wednesday morning and returned to the City on Sunday. Mr. Mayor, the program -Sister City Program with Bogota was most enjoyable for those who went down. We had extensive meetings all of the 5 days that we were there from the Ambassador of the United States, the Mayor of Bogota, the Police Chief, all of the officials were there to meet us and greet us and show us what Bogota had to offer. We're speaking of a city of 3'A million people. The needs of 31/2 million people are great. They expressed to us in no uncertain terms what we the people of the City of Miami could help them do in the needs of their people. Very basically, Mr. Mayor, their needs are just like ours. They have the same problems somewhat magnified as to what we have here in Miami. I would tell you that everyone on the trip was greatly impressed with the way that they were able to operate under very trying conditions. Mr. George Hol- land seated here in the audience was on the trip with us. We were received very hospitable by all of the people. Every- where we went we were recognized. We were in a group and I think that we did the City of Miami a great deal of good in the Sister City Program. I would like, Mr. Mayor, to present to you one of the great poets and music critics of Columbia is a Dr. Herrera -this is a record, Mr. Mayor which ,is to be given to you and a book of poems by Dr. Herrera and he asked that I give this to you on the Simon Bolivar history and on behalf of Dr. Herrera, I would like to present this to you at this time. Mayor Ferre: Thank you very much. Mr. Plummer: I would also, Mr. Mayor, tell you that I have never went and presented so many keys to the City of Miami in a short span of time. Most of the times it was reciprocal and I was not going down with a great deal, or coming back with a great deal of overweight as I went down. Mr. Mayor, the entire 55 people in the group decided that Plummer shouldn't have to lug back hundreds of keys to cities so we got together and we've got another present for you. Mayor Ferre: That's what I was worried about. Mr. Plummer: Is the photographer here? Mr. Mayor, the people of the Sister City Program wish for me to present at this time all in one lump sum, the keys that we received from the City of Bogota. Mr. Mayor, on the serious side I came back and I've already had a discussion with the City Manager to give you an example: It was stated to us that they hoped the City of Miami would not disgard anything without giving Bogota consideration and if they couldn't use it or they couldn't see fit of some way to alter it or maneuver it to let them throw it away. I have a resolution prepared here today to allow the City Manager the authority of going through our dusty shelves seeing what, if any we have of equipment in any manner that could be declared surplus that we in exchange could send - 81 jor► i. a.11974 down to Bogota. If he finds Such it would give him the author- ity to proceed with the necessary paper work to proceed. If you want that in the form of a motion, Mr. Mayor, I would be happy to make it in the form of a motion. Mayor Perre: George, do you want to say something? (Inaudible) Mr. Plummer: Well, Sister City Program - right. It is through that. Mr. Andrews: Let's confine this to our Sister Cities. It gets completely out of hand if you don't. Mr. Plummer: George, the other areas that you're concerned about will be covered in the general area of Bogota. There is no question about that. Mr. Andrews: They are covered through the State program with the State of Florida to the Nation of Columbia. Mayor Ferre: I'm sure Bogota might arrange for something to be loaned to another.... Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, let me bring to you, if I may, the words of the press aid of the American Ambassador. Some four months ago this city had a fire apparatus which was declared surplus and was given to the City of Bogota. Mr. Mayor, the first words out of his mouth were that we, the people of the United States -in particular, Miami received a million dollars worth of publicity from that one gesture. There is no quest- ion. Just to give you an example, the City of Bogota has 25 fire trucks. They told me that if at any one time that had 15 running and operating that they were very pleased. They have 8000 policemen and a total of 50 radios to operate 8000 policemen. Mrs. Gordon: In how large an area? Mr. Plummer: Three and a half million people - 8000 police- men. Mrs. Gordon: Look at the proportion they have per capita. Mr. Plummer: Rose, I'll tell you a little joke. I said to the Police Chief "What do you do if one of your men get into trouble?* He says "Well what do you do in your country?" I said "Well he gets on a radio, he screams for help and they come from everyshere." He sais "On no. That isn't what we do down here." I said "What do you do down here?" He says "We find out how good a policeman he is." It is unbelievable. The following motion was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 74-609 A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO CONDUCT AN INVENTORY OF THE CITY OF MIAMI'S EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND TO TRANSFER ALL SURPLUS AND OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT, AND OR SUPPLIES TO THE CITY OF BOGOTA, COLUMBIA, MIAMI'S SISTER CITY. Upon being seconded by Vice -Mayor Reboso the motion was +B2 ...1.1974 r passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboeo, Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: NnnA 53. APPOINT J. L. PLUMMER AS CITY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE pFnPU _TO .PEOPLE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR SISTER_ CITY PROGRAM Mayor Ferre: I would like to personally thank Commissioner Plummer for having headed this group over 50 Miamians to Columbia. I have heard directly from the Mayor's Office and from other sources that it was a very successful trip and 1 think that Commissioner Plummer represented the City of Miami very well in every occasion. I understand he only got about, 4 hours sleep in three days and he had to recuperate and rest since. I think that we certainly owe him a debt of gratitude. I was asking him, and I recall that Mayor Kennedy had appoint- ed Commissioner Plummer as the City's liaison man on the Sister City Program several years ago. I think it might be appropriate to reiterate that and I would like to so appoint Commissioner Plummer, perhaps we might do it more formally in the form of a motion. The following motion was introduced by Vice -Mayor Reboso who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 74-610 A MOTION APPOINTING COMMISSIONER J.L. PLUMMER AS THE CITY OF MIAMI'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE SISTER CITY PROGRAM. Upon being seconded by Mrs. Gordon the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Reboso, Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. ABSTAINING: Mr. Plummer. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, you might be able to read this. This was on the front page of the largest circulated paper in Bogota. Mayor Ferre: I would prefer if you read it to us. Mr. Plummer: You would prefer if I read it - it is all Hebrew to me. Some 6000 circulation. Mayor Ferre: I think it also would be Appropriate to pass a resolution formally worded thanking the President of the Com- mittee who is Mr. John Corrigan and to the committee as a whole for the fine job that they are doing and that they've done in this. 54, j1{ANKING PEOPt E TO PEOPi E COMMITTEE The following motion was introduced by Vice -Mayor Reboso who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 74-611 A MOTION THANKING THE PRESIDENT, JOHN CORRIGAN AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE TO PEOPLE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR EXCELLENT WORK. Upon being seconded by Mr. Plummer the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. Mrs. Gordon: Would it be out of order, Mr. Mayor, to ask you since you set the trip up why you didn't go? Mayor Ferre: ''Yes. I had an emergency and I had to go to Europe, Mrs. Gordon. It was a personal problem that 1 had in My famiiy, Rose. Mrs. Gordon: I'm not prying. I just knew you had set the trip up and I wondered why you didn't go. Mayor ?erre: Unfortunately, I had a personal problem that I had to attend to. 1 55. ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT DEPUTY. CITY MANAGER The Mayor read the ordinance by title. Mr. Plummer: (INAUDIBLE) Mayor Ferre: What he's doing is he's voting to put it on the ballot, that's all. An ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT, AMENDING SECTIONS 19 AND 62 OF THE CITY OF MIAMI CHARTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS TO UNCLASSIFIED POSITIONS IN THE SERVICE OF THE CITY BY ADDING THE TITLE OF DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TO SECTION 62, SUB- SECTION (1) (a), AND IN SECTION 19-C AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION BY ORDINANCE TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NUMBER OF DEPUTIES AS THE COM- MISSION DEEMS APPROPRIATE; AND SUBMITTING SAME TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY.OF MIAMI IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 1974 STATE OF FLORIDA AND DADE COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION; PROVID- ING THAT THIS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT SHALL SE REFERRED TO AS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO3; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION; DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE; DIS- PENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING THE SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. was introduced by Mr. Plummer and seconded by Mr. Reboso for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the re- quirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote -AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plum- mer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. Whereupon the Commission, on motion of Mr. Plummer, seconded by Mr. Reboso, adopted said ordinance by the follw ing vote - AYES; Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. sup ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8288. Mrs. Gordon: On discussion, how do people actually know what you're referring to when you give them a Charter change like this? 84 111974 • Mayor Ferret ?outhave to give it s0m publicity, t would imagine the press is gc.ing to do that anyway and I'M sure the editorial departments will and i hope that the City will also. Mr. Andrews: Yes, I have to be careful in this area too and take My directions front the City Coe eeion because we have to be careful... Mrs. Gordon: Well when you the knowledge, let's put it them will they also receive to coat them as part of the they want to pass this? Mr. Andrews: Sure. give the people the publicity or that way, of what this means to the amount of money it is going consideration of whether or not Mrs. Gordon: They will or they won't? What would be the normal procedure? Mr. Andrews: That would be up to the Commission as to the way they wish to proceed with this matter. That's why I say I'm going to be very careful and take my direction from the Commission because this is a matter in which the Commis= sion is going to thepublic. Mrs. Gordon: I certinly believe that if you're going to give the public something like this you have to tell them what it means to them in dollars and cents. Mayor Ferre: I agree with that. Mrs. Gordon: If they feel that they want to modernize the structure and pay the money to modernize it then they will vote for it. Mayor Ferre: That is a separate item but I think you're absolutely right and I would entertain a motion if you want to make one after that. The Mayor announced that each Commissioner had been furnished with a copy of the ordinance and that copies are available to the public. REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO INFORM PUBLIC THE SUBSTANCE OF ALL 56, PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS INCLUDING THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING EACH ONE Mrs. Gordon: How do we handle the part you just asked for, by resolution, just a motion or what? Mr. Plummer: (INAUDIBLE) Mrs. Gordon: No, we're talking about a policy type of decis- ion. The manager is asking for direction. Mayor Ferre: The way we've always handled it in the past, as i recall, we prepare a brochure in the City and the brochure is passed out by the Sanitation workers. Is tilt right? Mr. Andrews: Yes, but you don't utilizing the Sanitation workers thing would be to get a brochure licity. newspaper articles, news have to use the method of in this case. The important and get various forms of pub - releases and so forth so that k. 85 JUL 111974 • the publie knows precisely .what they're voting on. Mayor Ferre: It is not only important it is essential that this be done. Mrs. Gordon: Then I move that we inform the public specific- ally what they're voting' on, what it will do for the City or not do and what it will cost if it is passed. That is in the form of a motion. Mayor Ferre: All right. 1 Now I hope you're including all of the Charter changes that we're asking the voters to vote on. Mrs. Gordon: Well of course, everything you turn over and you want the people to vote on, they have to be informed to what they're doing. Mayor Ferre: Right. Just for the record, Rose, that it isn't just to this one ordinance that we just passed but to all ordi- nances that are requesting the electorate to vote in November on Charter changes. The following motion was introduced by Mrs. Gordon who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 74-612 A MOTION REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE VARIOUS CHARTER AMEND- MENTS PROPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELEC- TORATE IN NOVEMBER INCLUDING THE COST OF IM- PLEMENTING EACH ONE. Upon being seconded by Mr. Reboso the motion was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. Mrs. Gordon: Is this a motion, or are you going to make a resolution out of this, Mr. Lloyd? Mr. Lloyd: We can make a resolution to be formally passed at the next Commission Meeting from the information given the Clerk, in standard fashion. 57, CONSOLIDATION OF BONDS INTO A SjNcLE ISSUE._ Mr. Andrews: There is another Charter change which I would like to read to you and then I'll explain it. A resolution authorizing and directing the City Attorney to prepare an amendment to the Charter of the City of Miami to be submitted to the electors of the City of Miami on November 5, 1974, State of Florida and Dade County general elections for the purpose of providing for the consolidation of all bonds into a single issue for the purpose of sale by theCity and pro- viding that both principle and interest shall be payable in legal tendor of the U.S. in lieu of payment in gold coin. When the City Commission is in the process of authorizing the sale of bonds, as you will hopefully will be in October, for a certain amount of sanitary sewer bonds another amount of storm sewer bonds and perhaps another amount of highway bonds, under the present Charter it is necessary that we sell 86 JUL .A '1974 these as indivIltal bond issues. The Finance Director it fore* Me that considerable sums of Honey can be saved in terms of interest if these bonds, once identified by the Commission for sale,can then be consolidated into one bond sale that we wciuld be far better off in going to the mattket with a ten Million dollar bond sale but it might composed of three dif- ferent issues. Mr. Plummer: Paul, why wouldn't we be better off allowing the lattitude of the Finance Director to go either way rather than holding him , you're proposing a broad change now which supposedly will be on the books until the next time someone proffers a change. Mr. Lloyd: This is what the Finance Director wants. Mr. Plummer: No, this is going to put it all into one basket. Mr. Lloyd: Yes, but he proposed that himself. Mr. Plummer: That doesn't make it right. Rather than being restricted to making him do that from now on..latitude of doing whichever is beat for the City. Do you follow what I'm saying? Mr. Andrews: Yes, I understand what you're saying. I can't answer your question whether that has, if that can be so con- structed in a Charter change. Mr. Plummer: (INAUDIBLE) Mrs. Gordon: I agree, if it is a charter change it is there to stay until another election when you change it. If you're going to do any Charter change you've given some flexibility. I think you've got a point there, Mr. Plummer. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Bailey, my contention is rather than chang- ing this in a definite fashion why don't we change it in such a manner we give you the lattitude in the future as well as in this issue of doing whichever is best for the City, either/or rather than binding you into one set fashion of being able to sell bonds? Mr. Bailey: This is the best way to accomplish your purpose (INAUDIBLt COMMENTS) Mr. Bailey: I don't believe there would be such a thing as not costing more to print three or four separate and distinct bonds and coupons for each of three different purposes... Mayor Ferra: Let me say as the signer on a whole series of them recently I know what you mean. I had to sit there for a half an hour with you signing all of those things on that crazy machine that they have up there, but on the other hand, Mr. Bailey, what Mr. Plummer is saying would in no way negate what you're trying to accomplish. It would just give you the lattitude of going either/or, and I think you would be in a such better... Mr. Bailey: Oh, by this method here we could still do that. We do not have to combine them.. Mayor Ferre: This would just be permissive. This is not mandatory. Is that correct in the legal language you've couched it in, Mr. Lloyd? It is not Mandatory? 87 JUL 111974 A Mr. Lloyd: (INAUDIBLE) All you're passing is the reso- lution but What I.'m reading to you now is the ordinance. We haven't gotten to it, I'M sorry. If you will take the ordinance and turn to page 2 right up at the top of the page you will see it says section 58.b., now if you will look down at the underlined portion that is the portion which we're adding to let Mr. Bailey do what he wants to do. You will note that it says: Subject to the provisions of the respective ordinances authorizing such bonds, the City Cottnission may by resolution consolidate into a single issue, that give the Com- mission... Mayor Ferre: Ok, "May". Thereupon the Mayor read the resolution by title. The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-613 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 1974 STATE OF FLORIDA AND DADE COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF ALL BONDS INTO A SINGLE ISSUE FOR PURPOSES OF SALE BY THE CITY; AND PROVIDING THAT BOTH PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST SHALL BE PAYABLE IN LEGAL TENDOR OF THE U.S. IN LIEU OF PAYMENT IN GOLD COIN. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office) Upon being seconded by Mr. Reboso the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Rev. Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. Thereupon the Mayor read the ordinance by title. An ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT, AMENDING SECTION 58 (b) OF THE CITY OF MIAMI CARTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSOLIDATING VOTED BOND ISSUES INTO A SINGLE ISSUE AND DELETING THE REQUIRE- MENT FOR PAYMENT IN GOLD COIN AND SUBSTITUTING PAYMENT IN LEGAL TENDER OF THE UNITED STATES IN LIEU THEREOF IF APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION BY A RESOLUTION AND SUBMITTING SANE,TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 1974 STATE OF FLORIDA AND DADE COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION; PROVIDING THAT THIS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS PROPOSED CHARTER AMEND- MENT N0, 5; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, 88 JUL 111974 • INSoF'AR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVi ABILITY PROVISION; DECi,ARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE; DIS- PENSING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING THE SAME ON Tim SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OP THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. was introduced by Mr. Plummer and seconded by Rev. Gibson for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the re- quirement of reading same on two separate days, which was agreed to by the following vote -AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plum- mer, Mr. Reboso, Rev. Gibson and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. Whereupon the Commission, on motion of Mr. Plummer, seconded by Rev. Gibson, adopted said ordinance by the following vote - AYES: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso, kRev. Gibson and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. SAID ORDINANCE WAS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 8289. The City Attorney announced that each Commissioner had been furnished with a copy of the ordinance and that copies are available to the public. 58, ACCEPT BID -,COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR POLICE _DEPARTMENT P. W. Andrews, City Manager: You have before you a resolution to award the police computers. Before doing so Stanford Research Institute wishes to make a ten-minute presentation to you, and that will be accomplished by Mr. Moore, Vice -President of the Office of Research Operation of Stanford Research Institute. But before he makes his presentation and before you enter into discussion as to the award of the computers there are several factors that I want to bring to your attention, and there are several resolutions and one motion that I would like you to act on prior to or during the discussion of the computers so that this can all be accomplished at one so you have as many of the facts before you as possible. The first item is that we have followed the direction of the City Commission on the con- tract for the third phase. You have adopted a motion, and we now have a resolution prepared authorizing me to enter into a third year agreement for four hundred and eighteen thousand dollars. I want to emphasize that this agreement --and Mr. Lloyd has some final minor matters that he has to adjust in the agreement --but I want to assure you that that agreement will contain a provi- sion that this constitutes the third and final phase of the work to be performed by Stanford Research Institute. While it repre- sents the third and final phase, I want the Commission to appre- ciate that it may be necessary from time to time in the follow- ing year to have Stanford Research Institute return to the City of Miami and give us assistance. This might occur in the fol- lowing way. Three or four months after the completion of their final and third -year contract, it may be necessary to ask them and several of their consultants to come to Miami for a week or two to review everything that we have accomplished in house;to assess for us the progress we have made, and to give us direc- tion as to where we should be moving in the months ahead, and then another three or four months goes by and we may ask them to come back for a week and do the same thing again. This will be kind of over -the shoulder consulting services. There is one other aspect of the agreement that I want you to be aware of. It was a condition that was contained in the first and second agreement. There is what might look like a peculiar provision which provides that a seven per cent. fee be assessed separately from the normal payment. The payment shall not exceed four hundred and eighteen thousand dollars, and the seven per cent. is an operational condition of Stanford Research Institute with their parent corporation, or parent organization. A portion of their total fee goes to that organization as administrative overhead. The second matter is that I want to make sure that the Commission understands, in the discussion of the computers, that we are going to carefully consider the time scheduling to have these computers become operational. Initial analyses have already been completed as to the potentiality of having the com- puters become operational in the existing building if there is a severe time lag between the construction of the new building and the time that we have the computers in house in the old structure. Additionally I would like the City Commission to adopt a motion which would be establishing a policy on the part of the City Commission that any differences of opinion between Booz Allen in their final report and Stanford Research Institute and their findings,that I hold meetings with them to resolve any 90 JUL 111974 • differences and report to the City Commission. After the Commission has received this report it can act in any manner it chooses as far as finalizing any policy decision on the part of the City Commission. Additionally, I want the priv- ilege of also holding meetings with the City of Miami Depart- ment of Communications, S.R.I. and the Police Department where there is a difference of opinion as to one particular aspect of modernizing the Police Department, and that is the way that the police officer in the field receives his communi- cations through the dispatching system and the computerization program. Another area which Mr. Moore will touch on is the cost of implementation and operational costs as Stanford Research Institute has estimated those costs will be for the computerization. I think it's important that the Commission have all of these costs, including the annual operational cost of the computers once they are in place. The final item is an additional resolution which I will distribute to you which will provide and give me authority to proceed with the plans for the construction of the police building. The plans by the architect will be ready on August the 14th. We can start bidding on August the 19th and receive bids on September 21st, and be ready to submit to the Commission award of bids on September 25th. We hope to sell bonds, or to recommend to the City Com- mission the sale of bonds in October for this purpose. Now in summary those are the areas that I would like to have the Com- mission act on, or give consideration, as we discuss the com- puter award. You can take those independently, or you can wait until after Mr. Moore is finished with his presentation and you get involved in the discussion on the computers themselves. Dr. Ernest Moore: There is a resolution before you to approve the purchase of two mini -computers for the Miami Police Department. At the last Commission meeting you received into the record a preliminary report by Booz Allen Hamilton, Incor- porated entitled Evaluation of Data Processing Plans and Requirements, dated 25 June, 1974, in which these two computers and their intended functions within the Police Department were discussed. A review of the audiotape of that portion of the last meeting pertaining to this report, and the inferences drawn from this by the press indicate that some confusion in regard to SRI's recommendations exists. It was my original intent to ask your permission to present to you a thorough review of the questions raised in regard to the Police Depart- ment information system. On second thought, and luckily in view of the late hour, these matters involve so many details that it became too long for an oral presentation. I will, therefore, confine my remarks this afternoon only to those key issues that in our role as consultants to you we feel to be essential for your understanding of the issues on which you are about to vote. I have prepared printed copies of what I am about to say, to which my original detailed comments are ap- pended. You may find it useful to review these at your leisure in the total context of the Miami Modern Police Department Pro- gram. You have received recommendations from two consultants with regard to the Police Department information system, which in some respects are widely divergent. Let me, therefore, first restate those most important points where both Booz Allen and SRI arrived independently at the same conclusion. One; that Miami is behind other cities of its size and complexity in the 91 JUL 111974 • use of computers and modern data processing for increasing the efficiency of its police department. There is an urgent need to go ahead with such automation. Two; that the purchase of the two mini -computers recommended to you by your City Manager is a logical and right first step in that direction; and three, that the purchase of these computers in no way du- plicates other facilities that might be available to the City. To repeat; there is no difference between your consultants on these points. There is, however, some disagreement on the ex- tent to which the purchase of two mini -computers will provide for the total information system needs of the Miami Police Department. First you should understand that the present pro- curement does not provide for all of the equipment required for a fully operational field dispatch and support system. The presently requested equipment becomes part of such a system, but you will be asked in the not too distant future to approve funds for the purchase of peripheral equipment, consoles and displays to bring the Fystem to fully operational status. The second important point I would like to make is that additional capability for an automated record system and management sup- port system are also urgently needed by the Miami Police De- partment, and I want to stress that. There are two other functional areas that we are not talking about today with this procurement and that are, perhaps, equally important to the modernization of this police department. We firmly believe that the total computer configuration we have recommended will prove to be the best way to provide these functions. However, as we indicated in our February 28th presentation to you, your decision as to procurement of these systems are not immediately required, and will be preceded by a thorough detailing of the procurement request as the action now before you. There is ample time, therefore, to resolve the differences and misunderstandings between your consultants. But regardle,;s of the details of the technical execution you should anticipate future funding requests for equipment and system development to implement these sorely needed functions. This brings me to what is probably the crucial discussion; that of overall cost. Listening to the questions regarding costs at the last Commission meeting has greatly dis- turbed us. Adding to the confusion are public statements by the newspapers that indicate that you, the Commission, believe that SRI perhaps overstated the costs by a factor of almost four to one. We estimated total information systems costs at 5.5 million dollars. Of this sum two and a half million were for equipment, added to three million, most of which were for personnel to carry out the system development and programming tasks. Our report in April, 1973, laid these requirements out in detail, discussed the possibility of the City's hiring in- house staff and pointed out the cost savings possible. We recommended then the immediate employment of five data processing specialists. The City has had great difficulty in establishing these positions. As of today none of these have been hired, although positions have now been approved and applications for Data Processing Director are being reviewed. Our 1973 estimate was intentionally conservative, based on contractor costs throughout. In view of the fact that as recently as last March the City Manager had still to consider the use of a contractor, we submit that our estimates were both prudent and responsible. Depending on how much of the work the City now can actually do in-house, the system development costs will be located somewhere 92 JUL 1.1.1974 between 1.4 million and our original estimate of 3 million. Only City actions will determine the final figure. We have prepared a revised chart of system costs for you based on our best estimate today of what will take place. These figures differ in format from what we presented last time and they now reflect progress in the hiring of in-house rather than contractor development staff. Also, we now have the actuzl costs for the purchase of the two mini -computers. As you can see, we believe that the cost of the basic operational capability on the two minis will come to a total of $1,360,000, while the total in- formation system costs, if all capabilities are eventually ap- proved, will come to at least 4 million. As you should also note from the chart, each additional functional capability is asso- ciated with additional costs. Expansion of the first two m mpu- ters to encompass more functions will not eliminate these costs. Mr. Jack Bialik, the project leader in the information systems area, is available to discuss this chart with you. However, let me first add a few closing remarks. We sincerely hope that we have clarified some of the potentially troublesome discrepancies that seem to have arisen. Now the program is becoming oriented to implementation. You will have to decide today on the first hardware procurement. There will be others. You will have a building under construction. With in-house computer system de- velopment the police department will have a significant number of new employees embarked on a very difficult venture. The program implementation is by no means contained with the Police Department. Major contributions are required in particular from the City Department of Communications in procuring, testing and installing the new radio equipment. In addition, specific agreements with Dade -Metro for the interface with the computers are yet to be made; only an informal agreement in principle can be said to exist at present. I urge you to recognize and provide for the significant management effort that is going to be required here. What I say is that the MMPD program is in your hands. It is the City's money, personnel, and above all, determination, that is needed now. Finally, let me repeat: Both of your consultants are in agreement about the benefits of moving ahead as rapidly as feasible to purchase two mini -computers now, improve communication facilities, acquire technical staff, and further detail the requirements for any additional system com- ponents. We urge you to act affirmatively on these recommenda- tions. I would like for Mr. Bialek to talk a little more. Mr. Jack Bialek: I think the last time I addressed the Commission there was one question asked of me, I think, by Mayor Ferre, as to what the incremental additional cost over the present operating system would be for the proposed system. At that time I indicated to the Commissioners that, in addition to the staff that was then current for the computers, an additional staff of eight people would be required. In addition to that the computer system will be larger than what you have now. It is obvious it will be doing more things. There will be an in- crease in the maintenance fees per month for that system, prob- ably representing in the neighborhood of about three to four thousand dotLars a month. Now the incremental cost over the current system, projecting to three -shift operation from approx- imately one and a half shift operation now, is in the neighbor- hood of about one hundred fifty thousand dollars a year --and I don't have the budget figures for the entire cost of the current operation. I am projecting the incremental cost of the system. JUL 1.1.1974 Dr, Moore: This refers to the total system; not the one you are talking about today, the two minis. Mr. Bialek: The costs that we are talking about are operational costs, and the operational cost of the two minis that we are ordering now is mainly for operators for the addi- tional shifts. The development costs that will go on will be mainly concerned, after these become operational, with the managerial system that goes in with it, so that we are talking in the neighborhood of, probably out of those eight people only half of them are concerned with the two million that we are involved with now. For the maintenance figures which you will have immediately, during the development stages, we will put that on a single -shift basis, and the cost is in the neighbor- hood of between thirty and thirty-five thousand dollars a year. That's for maintenance. That's on -call maintenance, prime shift. No City personnel for maintenance. A decision will have to be made as to whether you continue to contract your maintenance or whether you train staff. Operating personnel: For the two mini -computers --no operator for the dispatch computer; that's not the kind of computer it is. One operator for each shift for the larger mini, and you have to have additional operators for the seven days a week, so the staff is one operator. Mr. Plummer: What is going to be the annual cost when the two minis are fully operational? How much more money is it going to cost this city? We know that we are looking at one million three hundred and sixty thousand for procurement. What is it going to cost this city on an annual basis for those two mini -computers, if we never order another thing? Mr. Bialek: My best estimate at this time --I would es- timate approximately half the cost that I told you for the whole system; seventy-five thousand dollars. Mr. William Hahn: I am with Xerox Corporation, and we were one of the bidders who submitted proposals on your invita- tion for a computer system. Xerox would like to make the state- ment that when we were making the decision whether or not to bid that decision was predicated on several statements that were made in your invitation to bid. I'd like to read you one of those statements. It says that failure to meet complete hard- ware and systems software specifications will not result in die qualification, with the exception that support to Cobal and dispatch applications are essential. Now Xerox looked around the market place to see who our competition might be and de- cided who they would be and determined that anyone who did not -- this statement says anyone who did not have an announced Cobal compiler would be disqualified. Predicated on this statement in your specifications, and others, we decided to bid and we did submit a bid. We did supply in our bid a Cobal Compiler, with listings, and so forth. Now we understand that the com- pany about to receive this award does not have an announced Cobal compiler. Xerox would like to go on record as stating that we think that that is a violation of good business ethics; • 94 JUL 111974 that this should not be awarded to a company that does not have an announced Cobal compiler at this time. It was not bid. 1 understand only a price was included of what it would be if it became available. We would also like to further state that we think that the specifications for this system were written in such a way as to make the system unduly expensive. P. W. Andrews: I want to assure the Commission that if you should adopt this resolution that I will not enter into this contract without the Cobal compiler as part of the contract. If that is the case I will assure this commission that I will come back with recommendations that we reject all bids and re -bid this whole process. Mr. Hahn: At this time the company does not have an announced Cobal compiler, and the ground rules for this proposal were so stated, and we suggest that this contract not be awarded on that basis. • Mr. Andrews: Prior to the Commission finding itself in a position of potentially debating between two vendors may I have Mr. Bialek Come forward and explain to the Commission the establishment of these specifications and what is provided for. They have analyzed this particular aspect of the specifications and they have certain recommendations and matters to report to you. Mr. Bialek: I'am not sure how much the Commissioners are aware of., but these are the specifications that went out to the bidders. There are some thirty-five pages of technical specifi- cations. I don't intend to go over those --- Mr. Plummer: Give me the questions and answers for the seminar to bidders. Mr. Bialek: What Mr. Andrews says is exactly correct. We have recommended to the City --and Mr. Andrews will proceed on a courser -he has just assured you that a part of the contract to the successful bidder will be the delivery of a Cobal compiler. Now as to the actual status of a Cobal compiler for the successful vendor. First of all, the successful vendor himself will buy the Cobal compiler and the equipment from an original equipment manu- facturer. In this case when we received the bids we received bids from three different vendors who proposed essentially equipment from the same corporation. Now when we received that many bids from that many people saying they proposed to use the same equipment it behooved us to find out what was available with that equipment. What Mr. Hahn has said is true. There is not an announced Cobal compiler for the equipment that is being proposed by E Systems. The key word here is announced. We have actually traveled to the site of the manufacturers, Digital Equipment Corporation. We have actually taken one of the programs that now exist on the police computer. We have actually run that program through the compiler that they will announce short- ly, and we have run the program on their computer using their compiler. 8o we are not exactly ignoring the fact of a Cobal compiler. To make it very simple, when you talk to a computer you talk in funny languages. One of the languages is called Cobal. It's a computer business oriented language and that is a short terminology for it. What this program does is it 95 JUL 111974 translates your computer language into a language that the computer really understands; and since a lot of the programs that are out at the Police Department now are written in a language called Cobal we thought it only right that any system that comes along to replace the system out there should be able to talk in the same language. Mayor Perre: I just went through this yesterday. In my company we were looking at different IBM systems, and Boroughs, and so on. One of these proposals was IBM System B-15. That's a brand new thing that IBM is caning out with, and we have been through these things before, and as good as IBM is and as big as they may be, I don't want to be the first one; I really don't. Let somebody else de -bug it and have all the problems. I cer- tainly hope we don't get into something that is experimental and is so new. I know nothing about what Cobal means, but I certain- ly hope we don't get into some now unannounced system that they are going to develop and end up spending two years trying to correct it and de -bug the thing. Mr. Andrews: May I try to explain this in terms of language that I understand, and I hope then that I will be communicating with you. This particular area that they are talking about is a system.or device or mechanism that will enable us to take the programs that we have on our present computer, which is differ- ent than the computer that we are going to purchase --- Mayor Ferre: Are we presently on Cobal? Mr. Bialek: Yes. Not completely, but a large portion of them are written in that language. Mr. Andrews: And to take that information that is now stored and programmed into those computers and be able to trans- fer that information and those programs to the new computers that we are going to buy. They two are two different languages, so to speak, and in between we will be able to accomplish it. Reverend Gibson: I am concerned when I hear this gentleman say that when he bid he bid with one set of facts and rules. How do we explain the differential? It seems to me that if I am bidding peaches and you are bidding oranges that can't be right. Now, Mr. Andrews, since you are the Manager, you explain to me how these two --otherwise I am going,to be one of the guys who feel otherwise. I feel that if this man was bidding under one understanding, you know --need I say any more? Mr. Hahn: The case in point, gentlemen, is not whether or not this company will ever have a Cobal compiler. As my esteemed consultants over here know, it is a very extensive effort to develop a Cabal compiler, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. They may some day have it. We don't know and we can't say whether they will or not. Mr. Plummer: Let me ask a question. Are there any of them in operation now? Mr. Hahn: Our Cabal compiler is; yes. Mr. Plummer: But the ones that they are putting in. 96 Mr. Hahn* They have not announced a Cobal compiler. The bid said that, with the exception that support to Cobal and dispatch applications are essential. We bid Cobalt they did not. We submit that to award this contract to them is unfair and is not good business ethics. Mr. Bialek: Reverend Gibson, I beg to differ with Mr. Hahn, and I think he knows it too. There is no word in here that says the product has to be announced. It says that when the system is delivered it has to have a Cobal compiler. That's very, very simple; and the records of the meetirYg with the vendors are there. You can read them verbatim if you care. We have. And the specifications are on record. You can read them if you care to. Mr. Hahn: Mr. Bialek, is Digital Equipment Corporation under any obligation at this time to supply a Cobal compiler? Mr. Bialek: Digital Equipment Corporation is not the vendor we are dealing with. It is E Systems. Mr. Hahn: But where are they going to buy their compiler? Mr. Bialek: I don't know where they are going to buy their compiler, Mr. Hahn. I can't answer for-E Systems. They are pro- posing a Cobal compiler for the deck equipment. I assume that they will get the compiler that we tried out at Digital Equipment Corporation. I assume, but I have no way of knowing tat. Mr. Plummer: Wait a minute. Are you saying that E Systems doesn't know where they are going to buy their hardware from? Mr. Bialek: No, sir; I am not telling you that. Mr. Plummer: Then how, if E Systems is only selling the software, the system --- Mr. Bialek: No, sir; they are not. Mr. Plummer: Then what are they selling? Mr. Bialek: They are selling the City of Miami a complete system; package; hardware, Cobal compiler, which is a small amount of the software, operating programs for the dispatch system, some introductory field support programs. It's a com- plete package. They are a system vendor. Mr. Plummer: But are they the total system? Mr. Bialek: They are responsible for all the pieces in this bid. Mr. Plummer: You didn't answer my question, Jack. Are they, themselves, manufacturing, producing and installing the total system as this procurement. Mr. Bialek: As far as the City of Miami goes, yes. They buy equipment from Digital Equipment Corporation. I might say the other four bidders of the six bids that were considered re- sponsive, five of the other six do use different people, manu- facturer's,equipment. That is, they don't make them themselves. 97 JUL 11 1974 Mt. Plummer: 1 don't find any qualms about that, but I am finding qualm from the fact that --are you from E Systems, sir? Who? NCR. Well, there is no representative here from E Systems? A11 right. We will get to you next. (Inaudible remarks from members of the audience) Let me understand. You contention is that your company did not bid on the Cobal compiler. Is that correct? Mr. Hahn: No, sir, Mr. Plummer, We are contending that we did bid on the Cobal compiler and they didn't, and Cobal was one of the fundamental requirements of this bid, and it was predicat- ed on this statement that we submitted a bid in the first place. Had this statement not been in there we would not have submitted a bid and would not have gone to the expense to prepare this proposal, which was expensive, I assure you; and we feel that, since it was a prerequisite, and you said in this statement here that those that did not provide it would be disqualified, I sub- mit to you that Digital Equipment Corporation is under no obli- gation to supply a Cobal compiler now or ever, because they have not announced it. Mr. Bialek: Mr. Hahn is correct. Digital tion is not the vendor you are dealing with. Mr. Plummer: Well, is E Systems required, to provide it, or can they provide it. Equipment Corpora - or are they going Mr. Bialek: You City Manager has advised you that a contract will not be signed unless they agree that a Cobal compiler is a part of the delivered system, yes sir. Mr. Plummer: Let me tell you what we get back into. We get back into the point --and I remember --Mr. Manager, I want you to hear this --remember the time we got into one hell of a hassle here about uniforms, and it simply hinged on whether or not at the time ok bidding they had a tailor here in•Miami; and the company that was thrown out -and they even had the low bid --was because at the time of bidding they did not have a local tailor on their payroll, and that's exactly what this man is addressing himself to; at the time of bidding he had the equipment that we asked for. At the time of bidding E Systems did not have it, but thy will, if they are successful, get it. Is that the way I am read- ing it? Jack, am I reading it correctly? Mr. Bialek: I`am not sure I interpret your last sentence. Mr. Plummer: Then let me put it another way. The point very simply is that at the time of bidding E Systems did not have what was called for in the bid, and because of that this man's contention is that it says in here that they would have been disqualified. Mr. Bialek: That is an incorrect statement. There is nothing in the requirement that says it has to be present at the time the bid was made; and Mr. Hahn can't find those words in the requirement, nor can you find them in the transcript of the records. 98 JUL 111974 Mrs. Gordon: Isn't the key problem whether or not the bid included the providing of it or not? Did your price, or did your bid include providing it? Mr. Bialekt Yes. And again I repeat what Mr. Andrews said; that there will be no contract unless the price is specifically stated in the contract that they will include it; that they will deliver it. Mr. Plummer: Is it included in the seven hundred and twenty thousand dollars? Mr. Bialek: The seven hundred and twenty thousand dollars is for hardware and a hundred and seventy-three thousand dollars for software. That's the entire bid. Mr. Plummer: Does that include the Cobal? Mr. Bialek: Yes. Mr. Hahn: That includes the Cobal. The statement they made was that if it becomes available and when it becomes avail- able. The ground rules are just not --- Mayor Ferre: I think there are some nebulous clouds that have now been clarified. As far as I am concerned it has now been clarified to this extent; that no where in the bid documents does it specifically say that the Cobal system has to be in ex- istence at the time of the bidding. What it says is that it has to be a part of the procedure in the end. The Manager has guaranteed and assured us that it will be. And it is on the record and I take his word for it. What else is there to dis- cuss? Mr. Plummer: The only thing to discuss, is the manner in which the bids were compiled. It is a kind of bidding system I have never seen before. There were points added for certain things. There were points deleted if you didn't have other things, and we are just relying on the Manager's ability to say that these things were right or wrong. Mayor Ferre: I have been personally through all this com- puter bit in my own business, and it is so technical that finally I came to the decision that I couldn''t make the decision; that I did have to rely on the Management's responsibility of understand- ing things that I didn't understand, and as long as I had confi- dence in the people that were doing the analysis and doing the bid procedure, then it was really down to that, because other- wise we can spend all night here and I guarantee you that we are not going to understand too much more than we do now. Mr. Plummer: Are you Mr. Bill Hahn? All right, sir, I bring to your attention one of the questions asked by Varion Data Machines of Orlandor- did you remember that, sir? --in which they were questioning the Cobal compiler, and it said that even though they didn't have it that they certainly invite them to bid; and I would assume that would apply to Xerox also, sir. 99 JUL 111974 Mr. Hahn: I was there at the bidders conference, Mr. Plummer, and was well aware of what you are saying, However, the state- ment was flatly made by Mr. Bialek that Cobal was definitely a requirement, and Varion was invited to bid for other things that the City might be able to pick and choose, such as termin- als, and so forth; not for the total system itself, because Cobal was a requirement. Is that not correct? Mr. Bialek: I find myself in a peculiar position. I am not arguing with Mr. IMhn. Cobal is a requirement. I am agreeing. Mr. Plummer: Let me ask you another point that he raises. He raises that this sytem will be a very expensive system, be- cause I understood him to indicate that this would, in fact, be a pilot. Mr. Hahn: We feel that the specifications were so written as to make this system unduly expensive. Other cities much larger than Miami have similar systems for less money; consider- ably less money. Mr. Bialek: I don't know how to respond to that, because I don't know what he is talking about, to tell you the truth. Mr. Andrews: I want you to appreciate in terms of this total bid what it is that we are speaking of. This item is a five to seven thousand dollar item in relation to almost a nine hundred thousand dollar bid. Mayor Ferre: I know it is an important principle, but I think it has been clarified. Jim McGruney: I represent NCR Corporation. I would tend to agree with Xerox to the extent that we could have bid a lower total figure if it were not for the Cobal requirement, a differ- ence of roughly two hundred thousand dollars. The question that I really have --- Mr. Plummer: Wait a minute. You say if you didn't have the Cobal requirement it would be less by two hundred thousand dollars. The Manager just said you are talking about a seven thousand dollar item. Mr. McGruney: it's the difference between the compiler and the hardware that is associated with it. Mayor Ferre: But we are going to have a Cobal. You see, that's the point. It isn't that you can eliminate it from your bid. That's not, as I see it, the point. The point is that we are going to have a Cobal compiler, or whatever it is called. Mr. McGruney: That's not the point I wanted to bring up. What I wanted to question was that, since the bidders do in most cases have these systems available for demonstration and for review, why no one has contacted any of those to see them actually in operation, because we are comparing, to some extent, apples and oranges, and more dollars may buy you more system. 100 JUL 111974 Mr. Plunvmer: Well, I just heard Jack say that he went and tested out a system. Mr. McGruney: He tested out particular piece of hardware. He bidders, in other Words, the five involved in this; and would it be • the Cobal compiler for one did not check out the proposed bidders which were actually worthwhile to do that. Mayor Ferret Mr. Bialek, you want to answer that? The question is, have you, in fact, and if not why not, checked out the various Cobal compilers available on the market, and the systems. Mr. Bialek: I would be very happy to check out a complete system, as these vendors specify, but there is no complete system like this sitting on the floor of any one of these vendors now. I would be happy to go. The reason we chose one particular vendor to check out the Cobal was because; one, we know there is a Cobal compiler with Mr. Hahn's equipment; we know there is a Cobal compiler with NCR equipment, and we had to make sure that there Was a reasonable, there was going to be a compiler with this other system, because three different vendors chose that hardware to make a bid on. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Bialek, in your opinion, is your choice the best choice for the City of Miami? Mr. Bialek: We feel that it is, yes, sir. Mayor Ferre: Technically? Mr. Bialek: Yes, sir. Mayor Ferre: And economically? Mr. Bialek: Yes sir. Mayor Ferre: And that is your recommendation? Mr. Bialek: That's our recommendation. Mayor Ferre: Mr. Manager, is that ---do you accept that recommendation? Do you concur with that opinion? Mr. Andrews: Yes, sir. Mayor Ferre: And are you satisfied that this is a reliable process of investigation and recommendation? Mr. Andrews: Yea. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, my discussion with the Manager and with SRI pertains to a discount given between the hardware vendor and the software vendor, and nowhere did I find in the bid of E systems that discount shown, and I want to make sure that this city is the recipient of that discount, and I want to see that written out, and they told me from SRI that it would be shown in the contract, and I just want to see that in the con- tract before it is approved. 101, JUL 111974 Mr. Bialekt Mr. Plummer, i:hsre is some misunderstanding then, and maybe it is the. way I prat it to you. There is a class Of vendors called the original equipment manufacturers. They buy equipment from a prime contractor, such as Xerox or NCR or Digital Equipment Corporation. If you are classified as an original equipment manufacturer --and in some cases muni- cipalities can be so classified, or a research institute --there is a schedule of discount fees which apply to that particular kind of vendor or recipient. The price that was submitted by the vendors was their best price based upon what they knew they had to pay for the equipment from the manufacturer, so that if indeed their bid is the lowest it must be based upon the fact that they gave you the best price that they could, including discount they get for buying the equipment. I can only deal with you openly. If they didn't pass the discount on and still have the lowest price they must be doing something else to make that the lowest bid; but I am assuming.they were competitive. Mr. Andrews: During the pre -bidding conference, at which the purchase agent was present, he carefully explained to the people present that the City of Miami could not --and this amounts to negotiating a bid --in which all the prices which they have reviewed for the pieces of it, the parts of it, and finally as- sembling the price value --that the City of Miami was not in a position to sit down with the vendor and go through it item by item and discuss those items and arrive at a different price than that stated to the City; and the Purchasing Agent was specific in telling the group that they must do this competitively; they must submit their best and lowest bid to the City of Miami, because our City of Miami Charter prevents us from sitting down and negotiating the bid. Mr. Plummer: That's in writing? Mr. Andrews: I don't know if it was in writing. Mr. Plummer: OK, you said it. is on the record. I am satisfied. Thereupon the following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-614 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE BID OF E-SYSTEMS INC. FOR FURNISHING A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR USE BY THE CITY OF MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH SAID FIRM, AT A TOTAL COST OF $893,740.00; AND INSTRUCTING THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR SAME, PUNDS BEING PROVIDED FROM THE POLICE BONDS FUNDS (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's office) Upon being seconded by Reverend Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mrs.Gordon, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. 102 JUL 111974 Mayor Barre: Now, Mt. Andrews, you want to advertise for bids for the construction of the Police Department? Mr. Andrews: Yes, and there is a resolution before the Cc iis..► sign in reference to that. I'll read it if you wish, Mr. Mayor. Mayor Perre: I don't have it. Mr. Andrews: A resolution authorizing the City Manager to ad- vertise for bids for the MMPD Headquarters Building during the month of August as soon as possible and to receive the plans a and specifications thereof. Mr. Plummer: Mr. Mayor, my only objection comes over the fact that I think we, the Commission should review those plans before they go out for bid. I don't know what the plans contain, I have never seen a set of the plans. I have a rendering which was given to us and I'm told now that it has nothing to do with the final draft and I don't think that it just couldn't wait until the 12 of September when we could have time to go over it and act on it on the 12th. Mayor Ferre: J.L., let me, Mr. Andrews, because I know; again, I hope you will forgive me for using my personal experience... There are many occasions when if you move ahead on bid proced- ures you can save time. I would imagine that what this means is that you might save thirty days or 60 days in this whole matter rather than waiting for the final program. Now, the awarding of the final bid will not be until this Commission has had an opportunity to see those plans. Mr. Andrews: Yes, sir. Mayor Ferre: And if we have any recognize that you may have lost Mr. Andrews: Right, and you may The following resolution was who moved its adoption: objections then I think you r the whole bid procedure. create problems far worse than.... introduced by Mr. Plummer RESOLUTION NO. 74-615 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO EXECUTE AN AGREE- MENT WITH STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF THE MMPD PROGRAM STUDY FOR A SUM WHICH WILL NOT EXCEED $418,000; SAID FUNDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO BE ALLOCATED FROM THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND CRIME PREVENTION FACILITIES BOND FUND. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Rev. Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plummer, Mrs. Gordon, Reverend Gibson, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. e following resolution was introduced by Mr. Plummer moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-615 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OP MIAMI TO EXECUTE AN AGREE- MENT WITH STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF THE MMPD PROGRAM STUDY FOR A SUM WHICH WILL NOT EXCEED $418,000; SAID FUNDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS AGREEMENT TO BE ALLOCATED FROM THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND CRIME PREVENTION FACILITIES BOND FUND. (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's Office.) Upon being seconded by Reverend Gibson the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote -AYES: Mr. Plum- mer, Mrs. Gordon, Reverend Gibson, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: None. .313L 11131 z, Mayor Ferret And we may have to just throw everything out and start over again, and then you may be losing more time than what you are actually gaining. I just want to explain the difference. I for one --I like to move ahead on things --would be willing to take that chance, provided it is fully understood that the moment these plans do become available, and they have got to become available for the bidder to bid, that we get to see them immediately. I would assume, as you said, that they would be available in mid -August, and you would put the bid date when? Mr. Andrews: They would go out for bidding on August the 19th, and we would receive bids on September 21st. That would give about thirty days. Mayor Ferre: We have ample time on September the 12th, where we will have seen the drawings, to at that point just cancel the whole bid procedure. Mr. Andrews: I am going to change my recommendation to the Commission, and that is that, rather than run the risk, because I have truly tried to keep this Commission informed on this matter as well as I can, to eliminate any doubt, let's wait until Septem- ber the 12th to advertise this and receive it thirty days later, and that way the Commission will have --if we receive them on the 12th the Commission will be in a position to take this matter up at the first meeting in October. Mayor Ferre: Paul, if --I am going to disagree with your recommendation and go with your first recommendation, and let me tell you why. If you ask for bids on the 19th and say that you won't take bids until the 15th or the 20th of September, you can always extend the bid period for fifteen days, a month. You can always amend the bid, and say, because of these changes we are going to extend it for one more month. But let's get the ball moving. There is a psychological impetus. I don't think it means a darn thing. There is no way you can get hurt, and you might save thirty days. Mr. Andrews: If the Commission is tolerant of that, fine. I am willing to do that. Mayor Ferre: We will have discussion with those plans, and I want it as part of the motion, if we are going to make such a motion, that the moment these drawings are available that each and every one of these commissioners, including myself, get a copy of it,, and that it will be reviewed on the 12th day of September, and at that time if there are any objections we can either extend or withdraw, or amend --- Mr. Andrews: Or amend in sufficient time to receive them. All right, then may I suggest that the Commission adopt a motion to that effect, and then adopt the resolution, because that will be the predicate for the resolution. 103 JUL 111974 Mr. Plummer: I am not going to make it; I don't agree with it. Mayor Ferret I'll make the motion. I don't think we have got anything to lose. I'll word it carefully. I move that on August 19th or before --no, I guess August the 19th-- that the Manager be instructed to put the plans out to the appropriate contractors who wish to bid on this building, and that the bid day be September the 20th, provided, however, that once the plans are available for the bid procedure that copies be made available at the Commission Room upstairs of the full bid document, including the plans, for the inspection and per- usal of the Commission, and that furthermore that this matter be an item on the agenda on September the 12th for discussion, should this Commission at that time wish to change, amend or extend the bid time and procedure. Thereupon the following motion was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who moved its adoption: MOTION NO. 74-616 A MOTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS ON AUGUST 19, 1974 FOR THE PR, POSED DOWNTOWN POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING; SAID BIDS TO BE RECEIVED SEPTEMBER 20, 1974 AND TO FURNISH THE COMMISSION WITH A SET OF THE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND BIDDING DOCUMENTS FOR ITS INSPECTION AS SOON AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE AND TO PLACE THE MATTER ON THE AGENDA FOR THE SEPTEMBER 12TH MEETING OF THE COMMISSION FOR ANY CHANGES WHICH THE COMMISSION MIGHT DESIRE TO MAKE PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE BIDS Upon being seconder. by Reverend Gibson the motion was adopted by the following vote - AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: Mr. Plummer. NOTE: Prior to introducing the motion the Mayor surrendered the Chair to Vice -Mayor Manolo Reboso, and subsequent to the adoption of the motion the Mayor resumed the Chair. Reverend Gibson: I hope that any future bidding by this Commission, anybody, that the language be more exact and ex- plicit than was in that contract with those gentlemen that I heard here today. (Resolution No. 74-615 earlier in the meet- ing) I shall always remember the late Bill Baggs. He went to a lawyer to get a will drawn. The lawyer was telling him what he ought to put in; this and that, and he said, No, Man, I do know the king's language. I was distressed that that gentleman left here with a misunderstanding, and that gentleman left here with a misunderstanding. I am not saying that there were justi- fied. Let me tell you something. P.R.-wise that's not good for us. I just want you all to be dog gone sure in the future that if there is any question in anybody's mind you all better explain 04 JUL 111974 to them in detail and everybody better understand, because next time I am gOing to offer a mouton to do just what that man wanted done, because I have some concern. Now I am not saying that you did the wrong thing, but any time you can't write things so that, not the professionals, the average citizen can understand, brother we are in trouble. Mr. Plummer: On this sheet, this document, Mr. Moore, that we were given, information system costs, would you come up to the platform for just a minute, if you are the proper party, Jack, or whoever it is. I need to know down here where the double asterisk is, on the eight hundred thousand dollars worth of equipment, it says this assumes all costs are assigned to the MPD and are not shared by other City departments. Now is that just costs, or is that costs and equipment. Am I try- ing to read something in there that is not in there? Mr. Bialek: Sir, that column is labeled equipment. Mr. Plummer: So in other words, when the purchase of that equipment is made, the total cost of that equipment will be assumed by MPD, but it will be used by all City departments. Mr. Bialek: That's a decision by the City. What we are saying is that in our original design we were told to stay with the requirements of the Police Department, so we have a system here which stands by itself and can be used by the Police Department. In the letter transmitted to you it stated that this system could be enlarged by you as a joint system for the City. But these costs here are assuming that you don't do that, because we had no specific instructions to construct them any other way. Mr. Plummer: Paul, I want you to go on record that this here is nothing other than exactly what I am reading. If the City chooses to purchase this eight hundred thousand dollars piece of equipment, managemenrsupport, that that w ill be used by the entire city, not just by the Police Department, but that the cost will be assumed by the Police Department. Is that what I am reading? Mr. Andrews: That's right. What they have done here in the Management Support, is to indicate that if a separate computer was to be purchased and the software, that this would be the approximate cost. This cost can then be allocated to some other computer, or a portion of it can be. Mr. Bialek: That's correct. Mr. Plummer: That all costs are assigned to MPD, and are not shared by other City Departments. The point I am making is that if that piece of hardware is purchased the cost of it will be assigned to the MPD, but it can be used by all City Depart- ments. Mr. Andrews: Yes. Let me put it another way, Mr. Plummer, so that it is abundantly clear and that we are communicating with one another. If a year from now or two years from now, if 105 JUL 111974 • we found that it was desirable to have a completely separate computer for computerizing the rest of the city, excluding the Police Department, and we decided that it was best to locate that computer right here in City Hall, and the decision was made that the„Management Support System of the Police Depart- ment should be put on the City Hall computer, then you would pick up those costs attributed to the Police Department func- tion and they would be this, or somewhat less, to be added to the City Hall computer. Mr. Plummer: That isn't what it reads here. This presumes all costs, all costs, are assigned to the MPD. Mr. Bialek: Yes, sir, and with this document we are talking about only MPD functions., only. Mr. Plummer: No, you do speak to, and are not shared by other departments. Mr. Bialek: Yes, sir. The costs are not shared by any- body. Dr. Moore: If you decide to buy this computer for the MMPD, then they have to share that cost. We have not looked into City requirements. We have been specifically charged not to look into City requirements, so I can't give you an answer. as to what the City will do. Mr. Andrews: Then these costs would be shifted, and I would believe they would be somewhat less. Mx. Plummer: So we are wrapping it up today. We have spent roughly one million three hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Mr. Bialek: Yes, sir. The One Million three hundred and sixty thousand that Mr. Plummer refers to is the procurement authorized here today of eight hundred ninety-three thousand dollars, plus the development costs associated with that; yes, sir. Mr. Plummer: Which comes to the one million, three hundred sixty thousand. We have spent no more. Mr. Bialek: That's right. Mr. Plummer: Can we just go on record that the City Attorney make sure that in the final contract it clearly pro- vides that the price of the two computers purchased in this agreement is not dependent upon the purchase of any additional computers from this same bidder. Thereupon the following resolution was introduced by Reverend Gibson, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-617 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE MIAMI MODERN POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER RECEIPT OF THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS THEREFOR 106 JUL 111974 Caere follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file itt the City Clerk's office) Upon being seconded by Mr. Reboso the resolution was passed and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: Mr. Plummer. Mr. Andrews: One other matter. I brought this out in my initial presentation. I want the Commission to assist me in still going through many complicated matters with reference to the computerization,and further, the communications aspect of this police modernization, and I am asking that you give me the privilege of having Booz Allen and SRI meet with me so that I can resolve any differences, hopefully, and come back to the Commission with specific recommendations. Also the Department of Communications has had some differences of opinions on certain aspects of communications with the specific police offi- cer in the field, and they differ from a combined approach that SRI and the Police Department is planning, and I want to come back with a recommendation. Thereupon a motion to adopt the recommendation of the City Manager in this matter was introduced by Mr. Plummer, seconded by Reverend Gibson and adopted unanimously. 61, PERSONAL APPEARANCE - MARIO PEREZ REGARDING SUPPER CLUB LICENSE AT MONTMARTE CLUB DISCUSSION ONLY The Mayor read the following letter from the law offices of Sager & Burns dated July 11, 1974, and addressed to him: Mr. Perez has expended substantial funds in order to be able to complete, with only minor exceptions, all work required by the Supper Club Ordinance. Completion of the details, such as decorative plastering on the completed walls, will be done within two weeks. Mr. Perez respectfully requests authority to operate as a Supper Club under the Supper Club license which was issued April 16, 1974 at a cost of $632.50 for only six months. Such temporary authority would allow time to complete the balance of the work and processing of his application by the City (Including various required inspections) in order that he have a full six months trial period before returning to the City Com- mission for final determination. Mayor Ferre: In other words, what has happened is that you haven't finished. Is that right? Mr. Mario Perez, representing Cafe Montmarte: Yes. Mayor Ferre: And you need another two weeks to finish. Mr. Perez: I need a couple of weeks to finish. Mayor Ferre: Is there any reason why we can't do this? 107 JUL 111974 • John Lloyd, City Attorney: Yes, Sir. This is actually a request for an instant variance, without going through the toning Board and making the proper application, and it's a usurpation of the Building Director's powers to grant a certif- icate of use and occupancy. When they finish it they can then come forward. Mr. P. W. Andrews, City Managers And we can grant it. It's to their advantage to accomplish this as quickly as possibly, and as soon as they do they will have compliance and --- Mayor Ferre: The problem is he has got a show going on over there. There is no relief we can give the man? Mr. Lloyd: Not in this area. I don't know of any other way. Mayor Ferre: When is the six months up? Mr. Perez: October the 15th at midnight. Mayor Ferre: And you can't do it before October 15th? Mr. Perez: Yes, i'll be done in two weeks with this job, but it seems that --- Mayor Ferre: Well, I don't understand what the problem is. Mr. Plummer: I'll tell you what the problem is. He had to comply with all of the things to upgrade to even be considered for a supper club. Now, from the time you get that application processed and get his certificate of occupancy, which allows him to operate until three o'clock is when the clock starts running on the six months. The six months don't even start running un- til you are operating as a supper club. Mr. Perez: How come they sold me the license on February 15th? Mr. Lloyd: He is talking about the fact that the licensing year ends 30 September and 1 October is the date of the new licensing year. I think that is what he is talking about. Mr. Perez: They sold me a supper club license besides the one I already have. Mayor Ferre: What he is saying is that his license is out September 30th and he needs two more weeks. Is that what you are saying? Mr. Perez: Yes. Mr. Plummer: Are you staying open now until three? Mr. Perez: I have been staying open for two months already. The City Manager has got reports that the Police made every day from the Montmarte. 108 JUL. 111974 Mayor Ferre; Well, what is the question? I don't under.- stand this. Mr. Andrews: The questions is that the license was issued on the provision that they would take these improvements in a reasonable length of time. Now that has not occurred, and there was a list of additional improvements that this ordinance was predicated on. This has not taken place. There is no evidence that it is going to occur. Mr. Perez: A lot of things have been done already. Four walls have been erected already. Mr. Ronald Mayer, Assistant Building Director: As of July the loth we had an inspector. There were four pieces of property which were to have improvements so that they could be used for supplemental parking. Now one of these four pieces of property has completed the improvements which were to be done. There were some of the complaints of the neighbors, that these things were promised and weren't built. Mayor Ferre: That's the most important thing that you have got to address yourself to, because that's what the neigh- bors were complaining about. Mr. Perez: All the walls are erected. The City inspector recommended a temporary permit. Mr. Andrews: I want to remind the Commission that when the public was here and this matter was discussed the Commission made certain commitments that these things would be done as a compliance, and those people left here --- Mayor Ferre: Amen, and you have got to do it. Mr. Perez: I am almost finished. It is nothing we can do overnight. Mr. Plummer: lbw was he able to start operating without these improvements. I never knew that you operated that way. Mr. Mayer: He was not. There was nothing issued. We did not issue anything. He probably went down to the license bureau. Mr. Plummer: But he was not supposed to start the three o'clock operation until he completed these and got a certificate of occupancy. He has been doing it all this time under the thought of, well, I'll get it done and then I'll get a certificate of occupancy.' So, actually, the tail is wagging the dog. Mr. Perez: Well, how come the City sold me a license for a supper club? Mr. Andrews: To try to solve a problem for yourself and for the community, and the Commission was attempting to solve the problem for you, and it was intended all this time that you provide these improvements. 109 JUL 111974 Mr. Perez: How can I get the extra income to do all that? Mayor Ferre: Well, that's not our problem. I'll tell you, you have got a problem, and you had better get all that done or you are going to have a worse problem, because we have got an obligation, and as far as I am concerned --you know, everybody here voted for this, but we have got an obligation to the people in the neighborhood, and we have got to live up to that, so you have got to do it too; so I don't know what we can do. Are you closing him down? Mr. Plummer: They have already closed him down. Mr. Lloyd: They are not closed down; they just can't operate on those extended hours with the supper club. Mayor Ferre: My advise to you is you had better tell your contractors to do that as quickly as they can possibly do it, so you can then open 'till three. I don't see how this Commission can do anything. And you know that everybody here wants to help. Does anybody here see another solution to it? Mr. Andrews: It is incumbent upon hind to react as rapidly as possible and get these things in place, and we will cooperate with him in any way we can. No action was taken on the request. 62. RESOLUTION - PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT #6 SALARIES OF CITY COMMISSIONERS The following resolution was introduced by Mayor Ferre, who moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 74-618 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, SAID AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED TO BE REFERRED TO AS CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 6 FOR SUBMISSION TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 1974 STATE OF FLORIDA AND DADE COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE SALARIES OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, OTHER THAN THE MAYOR, TO $15,000 PER YEAR, THE SALARY OF THE MAYOR TO REMAIN AT $5,000 PER YEAR, THE INCREASE IN SALARY TO BECOME EFFECTIVE BEGINNING DECEMBER 1, 1974 (Here follows body of resolution, omitted here and on file in the City Clerk's office) 110 Upon being seconded by Mr. Reboso the resolution was pasted and adopted by the following vote - AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Perre. NOES: Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. The Mayor, prior to introducing the resolution, relin- quished the Chair to Mr. Plummer. An ordinance entitled - AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT AMENDING SECTION 4 (h) OF THE CITY OF MIAMI CHARTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE SALARIES OF THE COMMISSIONERS, OTHER THAN THE MAYOR -COMMISSIONER, TO $15,000 PER YEAR; THE SALARY OF THE MAYOR -COMMISSIONER TO REMAIN $5,000 PER YEAR; AND SUBMITTING SAME TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 1974 STATE OF FLORIDA AND DADE COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION; PROVIDING THAT THIS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS PRO- POSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 6; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CON- TAINING A SEVERABILITY PROVISION; DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE AND DISPENS- ING WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF READING THE SAME ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS BY A VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR -FIFTHS OF TIE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION was introduced by Mayor Ferre and seconded by Mr. Reboso for adoption as an emergency measure and dispensing with the re- quirement of reading same on two separate days. On roll call the ordinance failed to pass as an emergency measure by the following vote - AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. A four -fifths vote of the Commission is required to waive the reading of an ordinance on two separate days. Thereupon the ordinance, without the emergency provision and the provision waiving the reading of same on two separate days, entitled - AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT AMENDING SECTION 4 (h) OF THE CITY OF MIAMI CHARTER FOR THE $URPOSE OF INCREASING THE SALARIES OF THE COMMISSIONERS, OTHER THAN THE MAYOR -COMMISSIONER, TO $15,000 PER YEAR; THE SALARY OF THE MAYOR -COMMISSIONER TO REMAIN $5,000 PER YEAR; AND SUBMITTING SAME TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MIAMI IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 1974 STATE OF FLORIDA AND DADE COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION; PROVIDING THAT THIS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 6; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, CODE SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT, INSO- FAR AS THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; CONTAINING A SEVER - ABILITY PROVISION was introduced by Mayor Ferre, seconded by Mr. Reboso, and passed 111 Jail 1974 on first reading by title by the following vote - AYES: Reverend Gibson, Mr. Reboso and Mayor Ferre. NOES: Mrs. Gordon and Mr. Plummer. Mayor Ferre: That leaves us, as I understand it parlia mentarily, that it passed on first reading but not on second, because there was a four -fifths requirement, which means that it has to be read again in thirty days, and if the County Commission has a meeting at that time then they can put it on, and if it doesn't, well, that's it. 63. 1974-75 BUDGET - ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUBMISSION TO COMMISSION: Mayor Ferre: As I understand it from the Manager it is his expectation to have the budget ready for submission to us and to the public on the 19th day of July. Now, it is my opinion, and I'd like your opinion, that we ought to, before going on vacation, have the first full -day session of the bud- get hearings for this purpose. As you recall in the past, and I am sure that we will do it the same way, we have the first day as a general explanation of the budget, and then beyond that we get into the specific requests of each department, and we hear department heads, and so on, and people start coming in for those discussions. Those are the long, time-consuming dis- cussions. I think those we should hold in September, but the first meeting, which is the general explanation meeting, I think we should hold in July, and the reason is that then that will give us a thorough knowledge of the premise of the budget, and then it will give us all of August for each of us who want to study and ask questions, and so on, and at least we will go into our August recess with more understanding of the budget than if we just have a written document. Mr. Plummer: 'bu always have a budget message in front which outlines the procedures and changes, and --- Mayor Ferre: But, J.L., you know as well as I do that we have got to go into a full four or five hours of talk and explan- ations with questions, and --- Mr. Plummer: Mr. Manager, are you going to have negotia- tions with the employees finished by the 19th? Because that's going to be your main factor. That's 85% of your budget. Mr. Andrews: I would say, if I can use a percentage, we will have 90 or 95% of all our discussions completed by then, save the one area of the discussions as far as pensions is con- cerned. Everything other than that will be completed. I would say that by the end of July we will have completed all our dis- cussions. I think all the economic issues will be included in the budget. Mr. Plummer:.I would like to follow the regular procedure that we have in the past. If you would like to move it up to an earlier date in September, that's fine with me, but I think that additional time which the Manager can have would be well in accord rather than have it in July. What I am saying is I am giving the Manager more latitude to get the budget prepared. 112 JUL 111974 ADJOURNMENT* There being no further business to come before the Commission the meeting was adjourned at 6:45 o'clock P.M. MAURICE A. FERRE MAYOR ATTEST: H. D. SOUTHERN CITY CLERK RALPH G. ONGIE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK 113 JUL 111974 cri OF M AM 1 DOCUMENT MEETING DATE: INDE July 11, 1974 ITEM NO4 DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 COMMISSION AGENDA & CITY CLERK REPORT (20 Pages) GRANT VARIANCE FROM ORDINANCE NO. 6871- TWO STORY ADDITION CONSTRUCTION -HIGHLAND PARK-1501 N.W. 9TH AVENUE CLOSING 173 FEET OF S.W. 3RD STREET WEST OF S.W. 15TH AVENUE FEES FOR USE OF THE BAYFRONT PARK BANDSHELL BY THE UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION FREE USE BAYFRONT PARK AUDITORIUM -CORAL GABLES JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB FREE USE OF DINNER KEY EXPOSITION HALL TO MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE -DOWNTOWN CAMPUS EXTENSION OF LEASE AGREEMENT -CITY OF MIAMI AND THE BALTIMORE BASEBALL CLUB INC.- ALLOCATING $1,102.00 FROM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND -SPECIAL CONSULTANT SERVICES -CITY HALL OFFICE ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS-1974 PURCHASE -INSULATION PRIMARY CABLE -ORANGE BOWL STADIUM AGREEMENT METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY AND MONROE COUNTIES TO IMPLEMENT A MIAMI RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM CONTRACT-TOUCHE ROSS & CO. -EXTERNAL AUDIT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS,RECORDS AND FISCAL AFFAIRS -FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT.30-1974 ACCEPTING HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY DEED -ROTUNDA STRUCTURES INC.-NORTH SIDE OF S.E. 5TH STREET AT BRICKELL AVENUE COMPLETE SETTLEMENT PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIM OF THE CITY OF MIAMI VERSUS JOSE GARRIDO CLAIM SETTLEMENT-JANE BROMQVIST AND ERIK J. BLOMQVIST,JR. CLAIM SETTLEMENT-KAREN Mc-KENSIE CLAIM SETTLEMENT-WILLIAM T. ROUNDTREE ACCEPT BID -NEW YORK SANI-CAN INC.-FURNISHING YARD TRASH CONTAINERS -DEPARTMENT OF YACHT DOCKS COMMISSION T RETRIEVAL ACTION CODE NO. R-74-575 R-74-576 R-74-577 R-74-578 R-74-579 R-74-580 R-74-581 R-74-582 R-74-583 R-74-584 R-74-585 R-74-586 R-74-587 R-74-588 R-74-589 R-74-590 0064 74-575 74-576 74-577 74-578 74-579 74-580 74-581 74-582 74-583 74-584 74-585 74-586 74-587 74-588 74-589 74-590 DOCU ENT4NDE) CONTINUE ITEM NO.DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 I 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 PAGE # 2 COMMISS ION -I RETRIEVAL ACTION-- CODS 1 O. ACCEPT BID-WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION - NEW FIELD LIGHTS FOR THE ORANGE BOWL STADIUM AWARD BID-GARCIA ALLEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC.-SHENANDOAH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT SECTION A- H-4362 CONSTRUCTION OF EXPERIMENTAL CURB ACCESS RAMPS FOR PEOPLE IN WHEEL -CHAIRS RENTAL FEE OF THE MIAMI STADIUM BY THE ATHLETIC FEDERATION OF MIAMI APPROVING PLANS SUBMITTED BY SOL W. MEYERSON FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MIAMI FASHION DISTRICT APPOINTING YVONNE Z. SANTAMARIA-MEMBER COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN -FILL VACANCY RESIGNATION MRS. GRACE ROCKAFELLAR AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE FOR LIGHTING AT WYNDWOOD PARK AGREEMENT METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY AND MONROE COUNTIES TO IMPLEMENT A MIAMI RECREATION SUPPORT PROGRAM PROVIDING THAT NO APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING PERMITS SHALL BE ACCEPTED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR COCONUT GROVE UNTIL JULY 26,1974 GRANT A QUITCLAIM DEED TO MIAMI-DADE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY-VIRGINIA KEY TREATMENT PLANT CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI TO BE SUBMITTED TO ELECTORS IN NOV. 5, 1974 CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AMENDMENT TO CHARTER CITY OF MIAMI-PROVIDING FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF ALL BONDS INTO A SINGLE ISSUE ACCEPT BID-E-SYSTEMS,INC-FURNISHING COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT AGREEMENT WITH STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF THE MMPD PROGRAM STUDY AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE MIAMI MODERN POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING CITY ATTORNEY AMENDMENT CHARTER NO. 6 FOR SUBMISSION ELECTORS CITY OF MIAMI- GENERAL ELECTION NOV. 5, 1974 R-74-591 R-74-592 R-74-593 R-74-594 R-74-595 R-74-596 R-74-597 R-74-605 R-74-606 R-74-607 R-74-608 R-74-6I3 R-74-614 R-74-615 R-74-617 R-74-618 74-591 74-592 74-593 74-594 74-595 74-596 74-597 74-605 74-606 74-607 74-608 74-613 740614 74-615 74-617 74-618 PAGE # 3 .DOCU .ENTINDEX. DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION ITEM NO. 34 ORDINANCE -PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT - SECTIONS 15, 19 AND 62-ADDING DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS TO UNCLASSIFIED POSITION 0065