The broadcast is now starting. All attendees are in listenonly mode. >> Good morning. >> Good morning everyone. Welcome to our November council meeting. Today is Wednesday, November 12th. The time is now 10:10 a.m. and I hereby call this
meeting to order. Please remember to silence your phones and if you must take a call, we kindly ask you to step outside and let's maintain a respectful atmosphere. Madam clerk, please call the role. >> Councilwoman Corino, >> present. >> Counciloman Maras here. Councilman Rafael Pinedo >> present. >> Vice Mayor Dnavar >> present.
>> Mayor Christie Fraga >> present. >> Mayor Horum. >> All right. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance led by Councilman Pedo to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God indivisible
with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Before we proceed, I would like to ask for a moment of silence this morning as we remember the passing of the Kendall District Deputy Devin Harammo
from the Miami Dade Sheriff's Office. Thank you for joining us and honoring his memory today. And now we will go into our invocation which will be presented today by Rabbi Abram Brashaviski. Nice to meet you. I mean nice to see you.
So, good morning. >> Morning. >> This month, the month of November is the month of Thanksgiving. And of course, we're all getting ready and eagerly anticipating this special day. And the truth is, reflecting on it, I
thought to myself, really, every single day is a day of thanksgiving. The fact that we're alive, the fact that we have so much, thank God, even when things aren't perfect. And so I encourage everyone, myself included, to give thanks every single day to God. Of
course, those special occasions, the Thanksgiving of the year and the holidays of course are a very auspicious day for an added extra thanksgiving. But I look around and I say we have so much to be thankful for. First of all, God, thank you for the council, the mayor,
all the amazing and I move around the city all the time. all the amazing staff and workers of the city keeping the place beautiful and one of the greatest city and on that vein thank God for beautiful city state country that we
live in. So God, I want to pray. I ask you that you continue giving us so much to be thankful for and it should be obvious and it should be always in a happy and pleasant manner and give the wisdom and strength especially to our
council here to continue making our city such a beautiful place. Thank you. >> Thank you, Rabbi. Great to see you always. All right, we will now go into our agenda order of business. We'll start with our city manager.
>> Good morning, mayor, council. Um, yes, just a few things. Um, we're going to be pulling off the agenda item 6A um to allow for additional time to complete um analysis with our other systems before bringing it back to council. Um, we're
also going to be deferring an item that was on for second reading this evening, which is item 19F, which is a flood plane management update. Um since we just received comments from the Florida Division of Emergency Management and that recommends language implementation,
we need to add to that ordinance. So the second reading will be in December. And the next thing is we would like to um change the discussion item 9E which is the the presentation for the transit plan study update. We're going to be
moving it to the evening session because the consultant told us that they would be coming um to the evening session and could not make the morning. >> Okay. >> All right. Mr. City Attorney, anything for you? >> Nothing, Madam Mayor. Thank you. >> Councilman Batal, >> nothing. Mayor, thank you.
>> Okay. Uh Vice Mayor Bra? No. >> All right. Council Marinoso. >> No, mayor. Thank you. >> All right. Councilwoman Boris. >> No. None for me. >> Okay. Um, Madam City Clerk, same for you. >> Okay. I'm going to go ahead and
move item 6N for discussion. 6N as in Nancy. That'll be taken up after 9F. And I'm going to ask to please defer item 6 Q. Madam manager. So, mayor, um the uh our
current agreement for item 6Q with USSI is um set to expire uh in November. So, since the deferral has been requested, we need to work with a provider to extend the services until the new agreement is approved. So, we will be
bringing that extension back to council um next month for approval retroactively. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> No problem. All right. If there's nothing else, we will go into public comments. We will now open the floor for public
comments. Each speaker will have three minutes to speak and address this council on any item that is on the agenda. Germaine to the city of Dorado. Please begin by stating your name and address for the record and ensure you are registered with the city clerk before or after you speak. We will first hear from those who are pre-registered
followed by any walk-in speakers. Once you have spoken, I will allow any final speakers um who would like to speak before we close public comments. As a reminder, in accordance to the city code of conduct, we ask that your remarks be in a respectful, courteous, and orderly manner. Personal attacks, offensive
language, and disruptive behavior will not be permitted. Let's work together to keep this a productive forum for all. Okay, we'll go ahead and start with Mr. Richard Glutstack, which pre-registered. >> I'm practicing my ice skating. >> Oh, I'm not that good at it.
Okay, good morning. Richard Glickstad here. For those of you that can't see my I brought my magnifying glass here so you could It's got a toilet on it. It's very It's It's an It's the only one
like this. You'll never see another one. All right. I ask you a question. Do you want law and order or dictatorship? What happening? What's been happening lately is the disrespect and downfall of
our democracy. A lot of people don't care if we have a democracy because only one in five people in the world actually lives in a viable democracy. The most dangerous enemy of faith is defiance. And that's defiance of the constitution.
And that's what we see on a daily basis by your MAGA glorious leader Donnie Trump. Spiritual decay occurs when people trade truth for desire and reverence for rebellion.
Instead of doing what we're supposed to and follow the law, people are ignoring the actions and motives of our leadership such as Congress and Constitution with a total disregard. And once they control the courts,
they control everything. Hitler did it. And Trump can do it, too, if we're not careful. Prosperity without righteousness leads to ruin. This happens to most great empires and it's happening to us. We saw the seeds
of our own destruction when we place our own material wealth and comforts before God. When all you care about is getting a new car, going to a beautiful party, dressing up like Barbie. That's disrespect. God is watching and waiting for
retribution. Remember, he will act eventually and punish those that go against his teachings and his word. Never doubt this. Never doubt this. Just because right now everything's smooth as silk for you, going great, that doesn't mean that tomorrow you're going to get
hit by a bus or your kids's going to have a bad accident in school or something. You never know. They say, "Why do kids get cancer?" Well, maybe that's God's punishment for his parents or his grandparents. He He'll
get around to it. It's just a matter of time. Today you can be up. Tomorrow you can be down. Never forget who's in charge. Never give up your reverence. Don't put your material possessions and your
social positions ahead of anything else. Thank you, Mr. Gladste. >> You're welcome. >> Would anyone else like to speak during public comments? This is your reasonable opportunity. Public comments going once, twice. All right, we're now closing public comments
and I need a motion on the consent agenda. Madam clerk, would you please read the items that were pulled? Yes, it'll be all of the items on section six with the exception of 6A, 6N, and 6Q. >> Motion. >> Motion to approve by councilwoman Reynoso.
>> Taken. >> Second by Councilman Pinato. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Let the record reflect that the agenda has passed. The consent agenda has passed unanimously. All right. I need a motion on the minutes. >> Motion. >> Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso. >> Second.
>> Second by Councilman Pinedo. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All right. The minutes have passed unanimously and we'll now move into presentations. >> Item 8A, keep draw beautiful business award. Good morning, honorable mayor, vice mayor, members of the council.
Madame Manager, Mr. Deputy Manager, Mr. Attorney, Madame Clerk, Danny, sorry, Danny Door, in code compliance director, this month, we are pleased to recognize Red Lobster for their outstanding commitment to keeping the raw beautiful. The property for which they are being
recognized is located at 1695 Northwest 87th Avenue. Red Lobster has been in the city of Dorado for 27 years. The property is approximately 65,000 total square feet and the business has 42 employees. Red
Lobster started as a single family-owned restaurant in Lakeland, Florida to now having over 500 locations around the world, including this one in the city of Dorado. They are dedicated to making delicious highquality seafood available and affordable to everyone. Some of the
regular upkeeps include monthly landscape detailing, daily as needed maintenance by their team members, routine cleaning of exterior of the building, and periodic seal coating of the parking lot. It is with great pleasure that we name Red Lobster for the keep the route beautiful business
award for their continued efforts to keep the route beautiful. Madame Mayor and Council, here to accept the award on behalf of the business is managers Jesse Yagal and Valentina Bari. Congratulations. >> Would you like to say something?
>> Just thank you. >> Um, just thank you for being recognized. I mean, it's our pleasure to be here and actually to serve the community. That's a >> long longl lasting establishment in our city. So, thank you very much. Would you come up for a photo? >> Yes.
>> Thank you. Nice to meet you. Another one. Okay. Um before we proceed, I just want to ask very quick if we could take a 10-minute recess. Um the members of the PBA are here, but we just passed our contract. So, we want to take a quick
photo op with council and then we're going to do a quick photo op um for the signing of the contract in the office. And we'll be right back. Is that is that okay with everybody? >> We do a 10-minute recess. Take a picture. Yes. Okay. We'll be right back. We just go to take a picture.