--------- 900 a.m. and I hereby call this meeting to order. A reminder to please silence your phones and if you have to take a call, kindly step outside so we can m maintain a respectful atmosphere. Madam clerk, please call the role. >> Councilwomano, >> present. >> Councilwoman Morin Porz is not here.
Council Rafel Pinedo >> present. >> Vice Mayor Da >> present. >> Mayor Christie Fraga >> present. >> Mayor Horn. >> All right. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance led by Councilman >> Benedo 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. And today we have our invocation led by our pastor from Metro Life Church, Steven Leie. Welcome. >> Thank you so very much. and always want
to thank our leadership for including God in these uh meetings and for our city as it's done all these years. So, let's pray together. Lord, you're good to us and we want to thank you for every good and perfect gift that we know comes
from above. My prayer for this council and for every person under the sound of my voice today is that they would understand the words of the great psalmist who declared, "The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want."
Those last three words show a man who has worked hard and has achieved his desires. So my prayer for this council is as they end this year they will sense a peace knowing that everything they set out to achieve they have done. So now
they can close out this year sensing your direction as well as your pleasure for their life. Bless them. Bless each and every person as they enjoy the holidays that are before them and be with us during these
proceedings today. In thy name we pray. Amen. >> Amen. Thank you, pastor. >> Okay. Agenda order of business. Madame city manager. >> Good morning, Mayor. We don't have anything. >> Okay. Mr. City Attorney, >> good morning, madam manager. Mayor,
nothing. >> All right. Councilman Benedo. >> Nothing. Mayor. >> All right. Vice Mayor Kaban. >> All right. Counciloman Reynoso. >> Nothing. Mayor, thank you. >> And madam city clerk, >> I got nothing. >> All right. Perfect. Okay, I also have
nothing. So, we'll go ahead and move into our public comments portion of this meeting. We'll now open the floor for public comments. Each speaker will have three minutes to address any item on today's agenda or anything gerine to this council. Please begin by stating your name and address for the record and
ensure you are registered with the city clerk. We will first hear from any pre-registered speakers followed by any walk-in speakers. Um, once all have spoken, I will end with any final speakers before closing the public comments. As a reminder, in accordance to the city's code of conduct, we ask
that all remarks remain respectful, courteous, and in an orderly manner, personal attacks, offensive language, and disruptive behavior will not be permitted. Let's work together to keep this forum productive and constructive for all. Today, I only have one pre-registered speaker, which is Mr. Richard Glutat.
Good morning. Happy holidays. Luxad 4768 Northwest 114th Avenue. There's an old Arab saying that said when the camel is down all the knives come out. So what's happening now is finally
people are waking up to the fact that they have to dump Trump and bust up this MAGA right-wing fascist regime. It's no good for the country. It's no good for the world. It's really messing things up. I'd like to congratulate Eileen
Higgins for her victory over the corrupt fascist uh Cuban dictatorship that's been running the city of Miami for so many years. I think you should call her and wish her well. It's a new day in Miami. It's a new day in the United States.
Thank God for that. Uh I'm going to talk to you about five ways to catch a liar because in politics there's a lot of liars because uh three of the biggest uh groups of psychopaths who are excellent liars are politicians,
lawyers, uh CEOs, for example, uh people in the police work, surgeons. Those are the groups that have the highest rate of psychopathy and they're known for being the biggest liars. First thing to catch a liar is why would I lie
to you? They always say that. They always ask you a question. Why would I lie to you? Number two, who told you that? That's another way to catch a liar. Number three, don't you trust me? They always say that after they lie to you. Are you really going to make a big
deal out of this? That's another thing liars always ask. liars. If you ask a something to a liar, he'll always answer a question with a question. That's how you know they're they're real liars. And number five, what are you exactly
accusing me of? They always put you on the defensive. They could be lying right to your face and they'll still say, "What are you accusing me of?" So, what I'd like you to do in 2026, make make a New Year's resolution.
New Year's resolutions are hard to keep. Like I like to lose seriously at least 10 pounds. It's it's it's important for my health but it's so hard. But if you try I'm trying but if you try to keep a resolution you may be able to do it.
Most people give up their resolutions in the beginning of the year. They just say forget about but my wish to you as politicians and leaders of the communities make a resolution not to lie again in 2026. Stop lying.
Everything comes out in the Washington. The truth cannot be hidden. Eventually, everything comes out and all your lies will be unraveled. Let the people know you're you're honest. You're forthright and you're not going to lie anymore. People aren't stupid. Abraham Lincoln,
the founder of the Republican party, said, "You can't fool all the people all the time." Remember that. So, stop lying. Make a resolution never to lie again, no matter how difficult it may seem. You don't have to lie anymore. Be
honest. Uphold the Ten Commandments. Thou shalt not provide false witness. That's lying. >> Thank you, Mr. Glen. Merry Christmas. Thank you. Okay. Any other speakers at
this time? Please approach the podium. This would be your reasonable opportunity. Being no more public speakers, public comments is now closed and we will need a motion on the consent agenda. Madam clerk, would you please reiterate the consent agenda?
>> It's all the items on section six. >> Thank you. >> Motion. >> Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso. >> Second. >> Second by Counciloman Penato. All in favor say I. >> I. >> That the record reflective consent agenda has passed unanimously. All right. We'll now need a motion on the minutes. >> Motion. Motion to approve by Councilman
Reynoso, second by Councilman Pinedo. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Let the record reflect that the minutes have passed unanimously. All right, >> we will now go into our presentations. >> Item 8A, keep our beautiful business award. >> Mr. Del Toro. Hello.
Good morning, honorable mayor, vice mayor, members of the council, madame manager, Mr. Deputy Manager, Mr. City Attorney, Madame Clerk, uh Danny Del Toro, interimm court compliance director. This month, we are pleased to recognize Bill Cidles, Msubishi for their outstanding commitment to keeping
the beautiful. The property for which they are being recognized is located at 10688 Northwest 12th Street. Bill Cidles Mitsubishi has been in the city of the route for four years. The the property is approximately 168,000 total square feet and the business has
40 employees. Bill Cidles Mitsubishi provides the city of Dorado and the surrounding communities with a one-of-a-kind car buying experience, exceptional customer service and an and a diverse in inventory of Mitsubishi's latest top models. Since acquiring the
property, the dealership has made significant improvements to the site, including painting of the exterior of the building, interior and exterior building enhancements, and a complete landscape redesign. It is with great pleasure that we name
Bill Cidos Mitsubishi for the keep the beautiful business award for their continued efforts to keeping the beautiful. Madame mayor and council, here to accept the award on behalf of the properties executive manager, Douglas Leawitz. >> All right.
Welcome. Thank you. Would you like to say a few words? >> Oh, well, thank you. First of all, thank you for having us. >> You don't mind just anyone watching us online can hear you? >> Thank you so much. Yeah, thank you for having us. Uh, Bill Cidle Auto Group has been a mainstay in uh South Florida for
many, many, many years going back uh several generations. So very proud to be here and uh we love the city of Dorado of course and the support that we get um especially from Dorado police and and uh and and uh council um the whole team and the mayor. Thank you very much. Um but
uh in general um you know things are tough right now in in the economy and in business and groups like us. We're hanging in there. We're doing the best we can and just keep it keep uh keep in mind how important your local businesses are. >> So with that said, thank you so much for the award. Uh it is a really beautiful
property. Um, it's the southwest corner of Dural, so it's kind of like the gateway to Dorado for uh for many people that travel through South Florida. We're we're happy and proud to be there. And uh if you if anybody needs any assistance in uh with automotive vehicles or anything, you you come see
us and we'll take care of you. >> Thank you for all the support you guys um have always had for the city and for our police. I know that you all support very much. So, thank you. And we'd love to take a picture with you if you wouldn't mind coming. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. They're all very festive.
Just gonna wait for him to get the photo. >> No, no, you're good. >> Don't worry. >> Go ahead. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> And now One more. >> Thank you.
>> Very nice. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you very much. >> Okay, let's continue discussion items. Item 9A, a resolution of the mayor and the city council, the city of Dal, Florida, approving a special event permit and use of the city
logo requested by Luard Odosko on behalf of the Leon Sport Group to host the Grand Fondo Jitalia departing from Dal City Place located at 8300 Northwest 36th Street on 995 mile bike ride trajectory taking place on Saturday, February 7, 2026 and Sunday, February 8, 2026 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. providing for
implementation, incorporation of recital and an effective date. >> All right, >> good morning manager. Yeah. >> Yes. Um we have assistant uh director of planning and zoning um GMO Nasim de Nasimeto. Um he's going to be presenting the item. Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Good morning um madame mayor, uh vice mayor, council members, city attorney, uh city manager, assistant city manager, city clerk. Uh this event is uh the grand grandfalia uh grandfalia race 2025. The applicant
um Erdo Orosco on behalf of Leon Sports is requesting um a special event permit and use of the city logo at to take place at City Place February 7th and 8th from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The applicants expecting a thousand attendees. Um setup will begin at 7:00 a.m. on the 7th, tear down by 4 p.m. on the 8th. The race starts and finishes at City Place. Parking for all attendees will be
provided on site. The race course is 95 miles across various municipalities in the county from Dorado to Homestead and the planning and zoning department is requesting approval of this special event.
>> I just want to confirm that there's no re street closures like permanent street closures for this event. Um there isn't permanent street closures. They'll be temporary and then >> and then open and then Okay. >> All right. I have no further questions. I need a motion to approve or if there's any questions for the department.
>> Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso. >> Second. >> Second by Vice Mayor Cabraw. Any other questions, comments? >> Yes. Uh Councilman Pinedo. >> Thank you, Mayor. First of all, I would like to actually say thank you, Eduardo, for for being involved in this one as
well. I think it's a great great initiative and I have had the chance to meet with you and and the organizers of of the event and part of the conversation I know has been also since it's happening here in our city to make an announcement that this is coming to
our city which I think is great. It's the first time that we host something like this. So I know you're you're not going to make it but I'm going to make it on your behalf. Uh there is a request that uh for for them to be able to make
the announcement from a public space in the city of Dorado, >> meaning in a park or city hall, but it's up to the council. No, no press conference, but to host their the
organizers and the sponsors and also they're going to buy the media obviously for for people to get involved and and be aware that it's happening in our city. >> Okay. >> So, I know it's up to the council and the city manager, but it's my uh
understanding that it is something that it will be for an hour, no more than an hour, an hour and a half, >> one hour. You want to come up real quick? >> I have no I have no issue with it. Um, >> we just saying to coordinate with parks
to see. My only question is wouldn't you want to do it from City Place since that's where you're taking off from? >> Sorry. >> No, you wouldn't want to do it from City Place since that's where you're taking off from. Like do something officially >> maybe. Yes. First of all, good morning everyone. Good morning, City of Dorado.
Thank you for this opportunity again. Yes. And we would like to to make the announcement like launch the event in a public space after all. >> Maybe it could be in a park. Uh could be next week or >> and you wouldn't want to do it at city place since that's where you're taking off from.
>> Could be. Yeah. Could be at city place. >> Okay. Cuz I can help you. We can work with that. We can and we can be there and do it like >> with the city. >> Wonderful. But and we can what we can do is we can put the flyer up on our social media which we don't normally do but since you're asking for use of the logo
we can advertise it on the page on our is that okay? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So we're going to work with Marong and and we'll we'll work with City Place. I'm sure they will have no problem. We've talked to them a lot >> and we'll do it from there and we can all be present or you can invite whoever you'd like and and what we'll do is we
will publish it on our on our social media. >> Perfect. Fantastic. >> Good. Is that okay, Councilman? Yes. Okay. I'll work we'll work with with Marong and with City Place. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Thank you always for >> for for placing your trust and confidence in all our events. >> You do a great job. So absolutely just
keep following the rules and doing a great job and we're always going to support you. >> Fantastic. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Mayor. >> Madam Clerk, please call role. >> Motion to approve made by Councilman Marenos. Seconded by Vice Mayor Caval. Council Marinoso. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Caval. >> Yes.
>> Council Penedo. >> Yes. >> Mayor Far. >> Yes. Motion passes. >> All right. Thank you. We'll move on to the next item. >> Next item item 9B. A resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of Florida pursuant to section 2-321 of the city's court of ordinances waving the competitive bid process and authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement with a million technologies
USA for the parks and recreation department registration software system for a period of three years with two one-year renewals for a total of 5 years in an amount not to exceed budgeted funds annually providing for implementation incorporation recital and an effective date. >> So good morning mayor and council. Um,
mayor, this is um this item is to institute a software. I wanted the parks director who's here, Michael Festa, to give us a presentation. Michael's been working since he arrived and since before when I started um we've been we have been looking at several um at
several softwares to be able to automate more of what we did. particularly because you um the mayor and council wanted to automate things like um being able to reserve the pavilions online and and just bring us up to the 21st century
in that sense. So, Michael's going to give us a brief presentation to to to talk about Amelia. >> Good morning, honorable mayor, honorable vice mayor, council members, madame manager, Mr. Attorney, Madame
Clerk, Mr. deputy city manager. Uh so parks and recreation software, it doesn't seem like it's uh the fun part of parks and recreation, but it's one of the most important things that we do on the back end to make sure that when residents come in through the the doors
of our parks, they're going to enjoy our programs and our services. So, a little bit of background. Next slide. So our current software which is Regra and we do probably 80% of our transactions on on Regra is from 2018. I
will say at the time that we purchased it, it was the best that we could purchase at that time. Um but what has happened in that time is this area has this industry has gotten bigger giving us more options. Um, but at the same time, we as a department and as a city,
our services have changed dramatically, right? We opened up a gym which currently has 2,000 members. We opened up a cultural center. We opened up an aquatic center that sees thousands of people every month. Uh, so while it
worked and it served our needs for the past, for the future, it no longer meets our needs. So, our goal is to identify a software that'll do what we do and continue to offer the services that we do on top of some of the items like the
manager mentioned to expand the way that we interface with with the public. So, Red Track, sorry, go back. Um, on top of that, we currently operate off of two softwares. So, we have Red Track that does our main parks and recreation
operations and then we have MindBody which does the gym memberships at Dorado Central Park. As you can imagine, that's very cumbersome. Um, so we want to go in the area of going into one software so you have a single sign on for all your
parks and recreation needs. So, just to compare the staff experience with the customer experience, it's a lot of overlap, right? It's a lot of tedious processes. is it's a lot of manual processes that we still do. We still write in a reservation in pencil and
then in pen on a piece of paper when it's confirmed. That can be very um it's when you're dealing with 20 to 40 party rentals a weekend. It opens up the opportunity for mistakes to happen, for things to fall to the cracks, and that's not what we want,
right? Um, so on the front end, it's the same manual processes the residents have to do. People still have to come into the park in person to pay. It's not feasible online. Uh,
accessibility on the website is not the greatest, right? You can't increase the sizes of the fonts. You can't translate the fonts. We don't have an app. It's not very mobile friendly. So it pushes people to go towards a desktop in a world where most people do their
financial transactions on their phone or on an iPad, right? So we want to go away from that and we want to go towards that one system that allows us to do that. So some of the key features that we were looking at in a software and our four main business operations are your
program registrations, your gym and pool memberships, your online facility reservations, so that's pavilions and tennis courts and pickle ball courts. and then your point of sale at the water park. Um, most softwares will do three of these. For one, to do all four,
meaning the gym membership component of it, the way that we're doing it with MindBody, very difficult to find. Uh, most parks and recreation departments do not operate a full gym like we do or a full aquatic center like we do. So, it really narrowed the the the the vendors
that we were looking at because we wanted to have that all-in-one system. Um and then we had a preference for a mobile application. Uh so you the current some of the options have mobile friendly. Um but it's very cumbersome and an app is always the easiest way to
to complete a transaction on especially on your phone. Um we wanted the capability to directly reach the people registered for programs. Um but the ability to also upsell, right? Because we we're running a gym now. We have to treat it like a business. We have to
work off of leads. We need to track activity. we need to send that little reminder every week if they're not at the gym, hey, why don't you come in? Um, and most softwares don't do that. They're just transactional. This is our our ability to push push push, but at
the same time outreach in the sense of communication throughout the program, but at the end of the program digitally receive surveys and use that information to generate changes in programs and use that feedback in a way that helps the department function and improve
services. We looked at eight options. Um, Amelia is our recommendation. We looked at Civic Recre, which is a big player in the in the soft in the parks and rec software right now, but it doesn't meet that need of a gym, right? Um, it
doesn't have a mobile app. It's mobile friendly, but it doesn't have an app. We looked at Explore, very similar to Amelia, um, but some of the features are not as built out as Amelia. So, that was u a consideration there. And then we looked at other uh common softwares that
you have in other cities uh like Fusion, DAX Co, Reces, Community Pass, Kaisen. I I will say there is no perfect parks and recreation software. Amelia is the best of the options out there. There may be some tweaking of our our operations that needs to take place, but we're ready for
that. Um because as the manager said, we need to automate a lot of our ser a lot a lot of our things. I want to get away from having Excel logs and manual processes. I want to be able to put all our functions, including, you know, the 64 programs that we run in-house and the
49 contracted vendors that we have that work on our programming to track their performance on the software. And we we feel that Amelia is best prepared to do that. and why we think they're respon their design is very responsive. It's a very
streamlined user experience for both the user and staff to complete transactions. That's one of the big complaints that we get about the current software, especially with the silver club is when they do go to register at the park and that's a population that primarily registers at the park. It can be very
tedious because it's a lot of clicking for staff, right? But we also want to push them now with the app and a lot of them have Uber now and a lot of them pay their bills online to be able to push that um to to limit their interaction at the park and the ease of comfort of doing it from their home or with um a
family member. Uh we want to be able to automate especially reporting. Um Amelia has great support. They're based in North America. They're based in the eastern time zone which is important for us and we've we wanted to go with a software that a city of our similar size
similar products um and Amelia is was or is has been implemented. Grapevine Texas who is the NRPA gold medal award winner for our category. We went to them. They were very happy with the software and they have same functions we do. They
have uh they have their programs, their rentals, but they also run a gym. That's very important for us. Um and very innovation focused. Just the fact that they have an app and we have the ability through them or through their vendors to in the future add on to the app to
develop our own white label app which will be a city of Dorado branded application for parks and wreck. That's that's a game changer. That's something that many cities do not offer and we feel that it's it's perfect for our market for for Dorado for our residents
because they have accustomed to great services, great programs, great experiences at the park and that should translate to the online our online presence. So just summarize our our benefits for both the community and for the city um staff. Easier registration, the mobile
app, the insights, inclusive access, operational efficiency, higher reliability, quicker response, and then most importantly, a single sign on for all our programs that we run in-house and the the memberships at the gym and
the pool. So, when you come into the gym, this is something that you'll be able to use on your phone scan. And this software will tie with the gates. It's not going to be somebody pressing the button anymore. It'll be an automatic thing. Um, and we'll be able to implement this at
Central Park, at the pool, and at Legacy Park. Um, which has a membership uh style. It'll also going to online registration. We'll be able to embed it onto the website. So right now you have to open two tabs on your screen, go through the catalog of programs, and
then go through the software. This will be integrated into the website. So you'll have all the information there, all our collateral, all our our marketing, and you'll be able to register from from the website. And then for our memberships, which again, this is a new area for us, um,
greatly expanded. We currently have 2,000 members at Dorado Central Park and that's growing about 20 to 30 people per week. We expect that that's going to have a significant jump now in in the new year with with everybody's New Year's resolutions. Um so, you know,
we'll be able to run discounts, run promos, which a lot of that we do manually now, right? Um and then offer new products. One of the biggest comments we've gotten from our our member surveys is we love the $40 a month, but can we offer a product that
includes all of the fitness classes? Our current software would not allow us to do that. So, with that software, we'll be able to propose uh another product, another membership that has all of the classes included, and then it's just you open up your phone, you you sign into
the classes you want to attend, and it'll be seamless for them. it it could be a a five minute before the class type reservation versus having to go into the software and and do all that. Um, we're really excited about it. We're really excited about some of the other
membership benefits that we're going to be rolling out now in January as part of your membership at Dorado Central Park. Uh so it's a not just a fitness gym but we want that the park to be a part of your everyday life and that includes
from your youngest to your your your most senior. So this is a 5-year breakdown of what the software would entail. Um we are currently paying between MindBody and RECTRA $37,000 a year. Um so we are
getting a discount in the first couple years of this software to be able to because the roll out will will take some time and that's something that has been extended by Amelia. Their annual typical annual rate which is that first uh column on the left is 39,000. So we're
slowly building up to that. Um and then there's other functions and things that we would like on the back end. One of them being the app, one of them being the ability to distinguish between a resident and a non-resident automatically. Uh the smart to text. So we'll be able to text the residents when
they're at it registered in our program. Hey, practice is canceled today. The fields are are it's raining. We'll be able to have that capability with it. Um and then the smart wreck analytic modules on the back end. So we'll have live data presentation on our desktops and at the parks so
people can measure the programs and see it in a live basis. Right now when we do most surveys it's either either a survey monkey link or it's a paper survey and most of the time that doesn't really get compiled into a way that we can use it
for for our changing our feedback on the on the programs. So this is the 5-year cost. Um there is a $12,000 uh dollar imple implementation cost and that will take place just in year one of the of the program
timeline. So we had a very long conversation um with Amelia about what's a realistic timeline to implement this software. I've seen this go in some places from six months to two and a half years. It
just depends on what commitment you have both from staff and from the developer. Their development their uh implementation realistically told us eight months but if we dedicate a team to it on our side which we will because it is a need and we we are having issues
now with with track rec track you can cut that down to maybe 6 months. Um but that's us running and pushing which we have to. So we're looking at the first two months is an analysis of all our business operations and our contracting with with the vendor. Uh two months
after that two-month period is configuring the software to meet those needs that we have. Um then uh launch readiness. So that's when we'll start beta testing probably inhouse and including members of the public in it. And we haven't figured out how we want to do that yet, but just some of the key
stakeholders that use our our different amenities to give them that login to say, "Hey, play with it." and we want you to break it. We want you to fix it to find the loopholes before we go live. Um, so there is going to be a time that we have to reregister everybody in the city onto this software. We do not want to migrate data from one software to the
other because it's a lot of old data in some cases, bad data. Uh, so we want and we want people to have that first interaction with the software being creating their accounts instead of just logging in with their old password and their old login is going through that process. Um, and then there's going to be that community outreach portion of
actually showing people how to use it, right? So, it's the silver club, it's the the gym members. It's setting up that time to go in and say this is how it works and then, you know, give us your feedback to see how we can fix it. So, we are targeting a summer 2026,
early fall implementation, so where it's out and it's live and we're off the two additional softwares. Um, so that's a realistic. It could be pushed. It could be shortened and that's something that we're going to work on trying to do. Um, but it's going to depend on us and the
contractor and the departments to the IT and finance to work together to really shorten that that timeline. Um, so we think it's a great investment for the department and for the city because it's really going to take we already have worldclass services but I
think we need that worldclass software to support their those services that we have. Any questions? >> So mayor just as a ending to what Michael is saying. So I really want to commend the parks team. I want to commend Michael, Aaron, Ken, and their
entire team for um going after this. It was again an early conversation I had when I came in with Aaron and Ken and then when Michael came on board um and we're finally here and I'm looking forward to um to the implementation. So
again, if you guys if you have any questions. >> Thank you. Um >> yeah, I think that this is extremely exciting and needed uh for some time now. There is a lot of antiquated systems that I think we can improve on so that you know just to rent a gazebo you're not having to go to the park and
give a deposit and kind of just very old old traditional ways of of doing it. I think there's a much better solution. This is clearly the one that you've found. I have just a couple questions that I think there are things that I've heard in the community and I know we've discussed um and I'm I'm hoping the
system will eventually be able to do these things. One of the things that I think we got a lot of um concerns about this as we opened up the the the aquatics facility this year and we've talked about is like a pre-registration if pre- ticket purchase to come into the
aquatic side. Um so the people don't have to wait in the extreme heat for a very long period of time with little kids to get checked in, buy their tickets, go in and then sometimes we're at capacity. They've been waiting in line all this time. So, I think we had talked about at some point maybe opening up a certain amount of pre-registrated
um like you can reserve your spot earlier. So, let's say you will know you want to go this weekend with your family. We open up maybe 50% of the capacity available on our on our app or on our website. Is that something that will be able to be done eventually with this app? Because I think that would be very beneficial.
>> Yeah, we we'll be able to do pre-sales and that's a conversation that we've been having in house as to how we want to roll that out. I think the first way that you'll see it rolled out probably now for uh the water park season come come March is we want to make this one of the member benefits. One of the perks
of being a member at D Central Park is that you can pre- buy your tickets into to the water park. Um we we really want to be careful with it because if we let's say we do 75% of capacity or 50% of capacity, you're going to have some days like on a Saturday and Sunday where you're going to sell out possibly in 20
minutes, right? Um, and that's something that we'll roll out. I would like to get to a point where maybe, you know, 10, 20, 25% of our capacity is uh pre-sale, not just to members, but just to the community as a whole. Um, but we want to really like slow it, ease into that.
We'll probably start now in in spring break when the water park opens up to tweak it to go into the summer and really really launch it. Um, and those I think the during the week shouldn't be a difficult thing to say, hey, we can pre-sale. It's that Saturday and Sunday that we have the line that people start
lining up at at 9:00 a.m. that we want to be careful with, but it does have the functionality to do that. And we could do we could do parking, prepaid parking, we could do prepaid water park tickets for any program. We could do prepaid um entry. >> I just think that people would appreciate more if we say we're sold out
for Saturday. you know, positions may open up at noon, let's say, if people don't come check in. Um, then people coming and having to wait hours in line to get into the water park. Um, or they wait in line and then they don't have an opportunity to get in because we're
we're at capacity. So, just something I really want to work on before we open again the season. >> Yeah. And maybe that entails like a timed entry like what Disney did during CO is you you pre-bait, but you need to be in the park by >> Exactly. 10:30 or sorry 11:00 or you're
going to lose your spot. Correct. So those are things that we have to work through and and establish the processes on our end to be able to do that. But it's something that I would like to do because it is one of the the pinch points that we have with the services right now is the line at the water park on Saturdays and Sundays. It got better towards the end of the summer um because
staff got into the >> rhythm >> into the rhythm of it. I think the current software was a detriment to that because they did have to check addresses manually on a website and all that. Um, and this will help. Um, but yes, we we will definitely do some program where
you can prepay to get into the water park because I think it is it's the 21st century. We should be able to offer something to that to >> it would be great if on their on their app they have their ticket for the day. They come, they swipe their the waiver and everything is done and they go right in and and it's a also a big saver for
staff, right? Because you don't have three people there just trying to register people to get into the park. >> So that's one thing. Um the other thing is we talked for a while about like class registration. So right now I think the way we're doing it and this was a big discussion when we opened up the um
recreational facility and the gym was do we include classes in the monthly membership knowing that that is a sales point. We also didn't I think there was a a discussion that we didn't want people to register for class and not show up because now you have a class of 25 people or 30 people the class is
showing as full and you only have three people showed up because nobody there was no cost associated with it. We know a lot of times when things are completely free people sign up and then they don't show up. So ideally with a software like this I would hope that it also could have like maybe a scan code inside each classroom. You sign up you scan when you come in. It's almost like
taking your attendance if you signed up. And if you've signed up for a certain amount of classes and you don't show up, you don't scan your your your membership card, then there's a there's a penalty, right? Because now you're filling up a class that you're not showing up for. >> Yeah. So, how it works now is um we have
a walk-in fee and then we have a member fee for each class. So, it's it's $5 to sign up for a class on top of your membership. But what we've seen in our surveys is people are willing or asking us, we want a product that encompasses the cost of the classes so I'm not
having to pay $5 every class. >> So that's a product we're looking to roll out with this software. Um, and yes, that would be one of the features that we would like to have into that software. Whereas if you don't show up, maybe first time is okay, second time is okay, the third time you may get a charge back um for taking up a spot
because we do see it in our our programs now, right? The bingos are free, the seminars are free, some of the events are free. You'll have 300 people that want to come to an event and then you have 100 people show up. And we plan for 300 and we plan for more um when it comes to an event in a program, but it
it would really allow us to dial in on the amount of people because it reduces our cost and it allows us to staff appropriately for events. >> Awesome. And I'm assuming also that all the programming, you'll be able to register for the programming on the app as well too and pay for it there and >> Yes. all of that. You don't have to go
to the park anymore or call >> it'll all be on on the app. Um the only people that will not be on the app are our contracted vendors because they typically use their their own softwares because they they run their leagues. I would like to get to a point and that's a conversation we're going to have.
We've never really had um with it and finance to get most of our providers on a software. Um but it's going to take a lot of establishing a lot of processes that we haven't had in the past. Um because again I would prefer single sign on is you you're registering for Dorado
Soccer Club or Dorado Little League and you want to register for uh a membership at the gym it should be one app but right now it's all fragmented our our own operations are fragmented into two applications. Ideally, all our internal stuff is online and
then kind of like the pie in the sky, let's look at it to see if it's feasible is to put more of our contracted uh providers onto >> on the app as well. >> Okay. And then obviously this will be rolled out in all the parks. So even legacy that you have to pay a fee to be able to use the track and stuff, it'll
be the same system, a scanned. >> Yes. >> All all parks. >> All parks around. Perfect. I think it's great. I'm really looking forward to it. that I hope is less than 6 months. I know that's ambitious, but um I'm looking forward to it being ready and being utilized as of next year in the
summer. I think people will be very happy and as a smart city, this is something that I think is >> much needed. Yes, >> very much needed. So, thank you. >> Any other questions? >> Motion to approve. >> Motion to approve by Council Pedo. >> Second. >> Second by Councilwoman Reoso. There's no
further questions. Madam Cler, please call the RO. Good job, guys. Awesome. >> Thank you. >> Motion to approve by Councilman Pedo. Seconded by Council Reynoso. Council Pedo, >> yes. >> Council Reynoso, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cabra, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> All right. Next item. Madam clerk.
>> Item 9C, discussion, request for support in exploring adults on the spectrum job opportunity programs. >> Council, your item. >> Thank you, mayor. Well, the reason why I'm I'm bringing this forward is number one because we have been very proactive
when it comes to our special needs community in the city of Dorado, especially in the last in the last year. Uh something that I take the chance to thank the mayor and the administration as well because we have done a lot of good things for for these families
especially in the last year when it comes to services and programs. So the idea is and and what I'm looking for is the support from our our city manager and and my colleagues to explore uh establishing job opportunity programs
for adults on the autism spectrum within our city. This initiative certainly reflects our commitment to fostering inclusivity, expanding workforce pathways, and supporting residents with diverse abilities. I respectfully request that our city manager in
collaboration with the city attorney review comparable programs currently implemented in other Florida municipalities and communities across the country. This review, in my opinion, should include an examination of program models, legal considerations, funding
sources, because sometimes there are a lot of uh uh grants opportunities at the at the state and federal level, staffing needs and and certainly uh partnership opportunities with the private sector. Additionally, I would like to request the city manager and HR
along with the HR director to connect with some particular community leaders in this area and organizations to gather insight and potential as I mentioned partnership opportunities within our city. I think their experience with some
of the community leaders will certainly help in understanding best practices and identifying how such program could be adapted for our community. So I will kindly request that any findings and recommendations maybe can be discussed during our next council meeting in
January. But I do believe we have a great opportunity since uh since we're against we have been very proactive especially in the last year uh when it comes to our special needs families in within our city and and remember something that actually came out this
year right now when uh we talk about autism spectrum right now there is out of five one is considered to be under the spectrum so the number keeps increasing And there is a need out there. There is
a need because we have to remember a lot of these kids, adults, they don't most of them they don't even finish high school. So they don't have a high school diploma. So it's hard for these families, especially once they turn 21 because they still can stay in high
school until until they turn 21. But after 21 years old, there's a limbo. So I think that we do have we do have a responsibility as a as a local government to try to help these families especially when when it comes to at
least services or guidance. So that's why I consider that this should be part of our uh initiative when it comes to to special needs families in our community and hopefully serve as a model for other municipalities to help uh these
particular families. So, I leave that to our great city manager. >> Thank you, Councilman. Um, Councilman, yes, absolutely. We we will look into, um, the initiative. I think it's wonderful. Um, we, um, uh, the HR
director and I and the attorney will definitely meet and do that. The only thing I would ask is that you give us at least till February because I think >> you know our deadlines for staff and everything else are short. So, and we
and we do want to do some of the research that you suggest and being able to look at other things and that may take us a bit longer. So, if you could give us till February to come back with with some um >> Absolutely. >> Okay. >> I appreciate it. >> Great. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
If you all right any comments or any questions motion >> motion to approve by council pino second by vice mayor cabra madam clerk please call the role >> motion to approve made by council pedo seconded by vice mayor counciloman >> yes >> vice mayor ka >> yes
>> council member >> yes I'm here for >> yes I heard so excited >> thank you >> thank you >> all right next item >> item 9 discussion advisory boards committees and commission members nominations attaches a nomination.
>> I need a motion to approve. >> Motion. >> Motion to approve by Councilman. Second by Vice Mayor Cabra. >> I'm not even >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Well, you don't need a motion for that one. >> All right. May's report.
>> Okay. So, not much to report this month other than I just wanted to thank our incredible parks department, um, public affairs and everyone involved, public works for the events that we had during the holidays. Very successful. I think every year we
continue to see more and more people coming to these events. The tree I think we've grown out the space and the for the tree lighting ceremony. Spoke to Michael about that. And hopefully next year we're going to be able to expand a little bit more and have more activities. Um the park event this weekend, the holiday celebration at the
park this weekend was incredible, very well organized. A lot of people came up and just celebrated how wonderfully um we've executed some of these events and improved. So thank you to everybody who's been a part of that, the administration and and parks department, everybody involved. It was really quite
incredible. um it I know there's just so many people that work behind the scenes to make this happen. So I just wanted to congratulate you all for a spectacular job. Wishing everybody a very merry Christmas um happy holidays, a happy new year um for everybody and just uh very
grateful for, you know, all the success we've had this year. I think January we'll be able to mention quite a couple things that have um have happened this year that was in the first year of the manager uh year. So, we're we're very excited about what's happening in
Dorado. And of course, we have a very special birthday. Well, first I want to mention today is Richie's birthday. Richie Guzman, Sergeant-at-Arms. Thank you, Richie. Happy birthday. We love you. And um a very special birthday we had that we're going to sing happy birthday to is our deputy city manager,
Frank Rios, on December 6. So, happy birthday, Frank. We love you. We're gonna sing happy birthday to Frank real quick. Ready? >> Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to
you. Happy birthday, dear friend. Happy birthday to you. I love how you do this and then you blew really really hard. >> You can have the whole cake. >> All right, that's all for my mayor's
comments. Thank you all guys. Merry Christmas. Happy holidays. >> City manager's report. >> Yes. Thank you so much, mayor and council. Um, I'm pleased to share some good news from our building department.
Um, at the South Florida Building Off Officials Association annual holiday awards lunchon on December 2nd, our electrical inspector, Felix Posa, was named inspector of the year. >> So, if we can have the building
official, Linda Blanco and Felix Bosa come up. So we can So the association promotes um education, strong code standards and safe building practices and Felix embodies the mission every day. His code knowledge, consistency,
and outstanding customer service make him an exceptional representative for the city of Dorado. So we congratulate Felix on this well-deserved honor and we thank him for his continued commitment to our community. So thank you so much. Um, Linda, I don't
know if you have something to say or Felix. >> Thank you. >> Good afternoon, everyone. Deputy City Manager, city manager, mayor and council. Um, Felix has been an outstanding employee for the city of Dal
going on four years. He has over 45 years of experience in construction, electrical inspections, and he is a true dedicated professional, loyal employee, and has done an outstanding job. Thank
you, Felix. Congratulations. >> So, I'm not going to say we can do a picture words for us. >> No. Well, >> thank you everybody and I'm very happy to receive all these awards and >> it's also every one of you and and every
uh employee here has been >> this place has been a home to me. Okay. And I thank everybody for it. >> Thank you, Felix. If you'll just wait for us to wrap up so we can take a picture. >> Take a picture right after. >> We have two more items and then we're going to take a picture. Is that okay? >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Felix.
>> So, got it. Um, I do want to wish all of the employees and all our residents a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. Lots of health and and blessings for the year to come. And now we would like to celebrate
another birthday that takes place this month. Our mayor's birthday is December 22nd and we want to um celebrate our mayor as well. Also, I think we're going to think sing happy birthday to our mayor.
>> Thank you. I get my own cake. >> It's a different cake. >> Open it up. >> Thank you. Happy birthday to you. >> Happy birthday to you. >> Happy birthday, dear.
Happy birthday to you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. >> Last year in my 30s. >> All right. Is that all for the managers? >> That's all for the manager. >> Thank you, M manager. Next.
>> The attorney's report. the attorney. >> I echo the the manager Thank you, madame mayor and council. I echo the u manager's sentiments, wishing everyone a very happy holiday uh and want to thank this council uh for a fantastic year. Thank you for allowing me to serve you
and uh the residents of Dural. It's been a pleasure and really an honor. Thank you. >> Thank you, Lorenzo. Madam city clerk, >> the report is attached on the backup, but I do want to wish you a happy birthday and merry Christmas and happy new year to everybody. >> Thank you very much. Um, I'd like to just real quick mention before we recess
for our afternoon uh agenda, the city, the uh police department also won this year the Pig Rose Challenge, the overall champion. So, congratulations to you all and thank you to our incredible sponsor. Yes, I forgot. I forgot about the Pig
Rose Challenge. Congratulations to you guys who really showed out what that it takes a village. Um, and to our sponsor, John Bell, for all the support. It was a great it was a great event to be a part of and supporting the the law enforcement of our community. So, thank you. And then I wanted to just open up if there was a for a moment of personal
privilege to any of my colleagues that want to wish a merry Christmas or want to have some comments for the the the holiday season. >> I'll go first. Thank you, mayor. Well, it's been exactly one year since I've been elected into this seat. And instead
of having a super long speech, I'm just going to say one word that really describes this year for me and my family. It's just gratitude. Gratitude to be able to serve. Gratitude to be able to expand my network of families, starting with my seniors and my special
needs. um the staff that I've been able to work with, really learning the needs of a community and being able to be at the forefront of the things that are necessary for a city to run as efficiently and effectively as we do. I
mean, we have we're such a privileged city and I say it every time I can. It really is a city of excellence. the quality of work, the people that work here, the residents that are here, the residents that we serve are really amazing. So, each and every one of us
are so blessed to be in the position to be here in the moment in time that we are together. It's it's truly um just a privilege and a blessing. So, thank you all for allowing me to serve. Thank you all for allowing me to represent you and thank you for your friendship and the
learning experience you have been able to grant me this past year and I can't wait to see what the next three years look like. So, thank you each and every one of you for allowing me to be here. Thank you. Councilman else,
anyone else? >> Just wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone uh for all these years as well and ble and wishing you the best for this coming year. Many blessings to your family and to the residents for the support that they have always given me
and uh hopefully for more many more years to keep serving my community. Many blessings to all of you. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. and um Councilman Pedato. >> Thank you, mayor. I also want to thanks all the staff, the administration. It
has been I would say is it's going to be considered one of the best years for the city of Dorado. So, congratulations because it's thanks to you guys. I mean, we're we're here. We're we're just a picture, but it's thanks to the staff. is thanks to our amazing police
department, which by the way, every time that we talk about our police department, this year has been a great year for you guys. So, congratulations. I'm proud to say everywhere that I go that we have the lowest crime rates in Miami Day County. So, it's thanks to you.
>> I'm always proud to say that we are the lowest mill rate in Miami Day County. thanks to this amazing administration. And I'm also proud every time that I go out there and speak about 2026 because if 2025 was a great year for the city of
Dorado, I'm very confident that 2026 is going to be even better. And that extends to the leadership that we have. It stands to the budget that we just approved, the three of us. Because believe it or not, that budget not only
increase services to our community without increasing taxes, by the way, but also provide what residents are really, really looking for. So, I want to thank you because again, we're here. We're going to always support you. We're
always going to support our uh city manager and the administration and all the departments. But at the end of the day, Dorado, it is what it is, thanks to the amazing staff that we have. So, happy holidays, merry Christmas, many blessings to you and your family, and
again, 2026 is going to be even better. Thank you. >> All right. >> All right. I need a motion to recess. >> Motion. >> Motion to recess by Councilwoman Reynoso. >> Second by Counciloman Pino. All in favor say I. I. >> All right. We'll see you back for our protocol and then at 6:00 meeting. God
bless you guys. Part: 2
The broadcast is now starting. All attendees are in listenonly mode. >> Good afternoon. >> Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to our evening session of December Council meeting. Today is Wednesday, December 10th. The time is now 6:08 p.m. And I
hereby call this meeting to order. A reminder to please keep your phones on site and if you must take a call, kindly step outside so we can maintain a respectful atmosphere. Madam clerk, please call the role. Counciloman Eoroso >> present. >> Councilwoman Morin Porz is absent. Counciloman Rafael Pedo >> present. Vice Mayor Dina
>> present. Mayor Christie Fra >> present. >> Mayor Horum. >> Please rise for the pledge of allegiance led by Councilwoman Reynoso. >> I pledge allegiance 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. All right. Thank you very much. Agenda, order of business. I don't believe there's anything to add or delete at this time. So, we'll go ahead and move into the public comments portion of this
meeting. We will now be opening the floor for public comments. Each speaker will have three minutes to speak um any item that is on today's agenda or anything to this council. Please begin by stating your name and address for the record. We will start with those who are pre-registered with the city clerk. If you have not pre-registered, we will
take walk-in speakers after. Please make sure to see the clerk and sign in as soon as you can. Um, we will then um, sorry, we will then take the the walk-in speakers. As a reminder, per our city code of conduct. We ask that you please keep all comments respectful, courteous,
and an orderly manner. Personal attacks, offensive language, and disruptive behavior will not be permitted. Let's work together to keep this form productive and respectful for all. All right. Anybody would like to speak? I have no registered speakers at this time. Any public speakers?
Please approach the podium. >> Afternoon. >> Good evening. My name is David Praau White Feather, 4900 Northwest 79th Avenue. I would like to thank the council for their time and I would also like to extend my personal thanks to the
men and women of the police department of the city of Dorado. I believe we should pay them more and I believe that every person that is a employee of the city of Dorado should have the chance to afford to live in it. Thank you for your time.
>> Thank you very much. Anyone else would like to speak at this time? Being no additional public comments, public comments is now closed and we'll move into our public hearing items. Madame May, please swear in the witness. Please, >> if you'll be presenting testimony in any of the public hearing items, please
stand up, raise your right hand, and repeat after me. I do solemnly swear. >> That the information that I'm about to present shall be the truth and nothing but the truth. Thank you very much. Item 19A, a resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of D, Florida approving the site plan for prime square daff at property located at the south of
northwest 74th street and west of 102nd Avenue in the city of Dal Florida pursuant to section 53-184F of the city's land development code providing implementation incorporation of recitals and an effective date. >> All right, madam clerk, just to put on the record, I believe we're going to take up item 19A
as well as 19G together since they have to do with the same project, the same property. Um, so we'll hear the presentation once for both items. Okay, we'll go ahead and open up the PL public hearing for item 19A and 19G. If anyone
would like to speak, please approach the podium. This is an item I item 19A, also known as 256429 and 19 G, which is 25-6340.
Being no public speakers, we will close the public hearing. Madam clerk, with the record of reflect, no one has chosen to speak at this time. Um, and now we will hear from the administration. Good evening, mayor and council. Michelle Lopez with the Gordino Group representing the planning department.
So before you on today's agenda, we're going to present Prime Square Derell. Um a commercial development that's located south of Northwest 74th Avenue and west of 102nd Avenue. It's approximately 3.25
acres with a future land use map designation of business. The applicant tonight is requesting two items before you. The first is a resoning. Uh there's two parcels that you can see on the screen. The northern parcel is currently zoned industrial commercial and the
applicant is seeking to reszone to commercial corridor. The southern parcel is currently zoned general use and the applicant is seeking to also reszone that parcel to uh commercial corridor. The site plan, which is the second item that the applicant is requesting,
proposes to construct three buildings totaling 45,682 square ft. uh and that will serve retail, office, and restaurant operations. A public workshop was held on January 22nd, 2025, and no objections were presented at that time by the
public. Uh surrounding the the property to the north, south, and east uh is zoned general use. That is the former site known as the incinerator site. And then to the west, we have plan unit development. Um, your future landers
categories to the north and east are institutional public facility. Um and then to the south is business and then to the west again low density residential existing views of the property and then the resoning request as I
described uh earlier in the first presentation you have approximately 3.25 acres totaling both parcels with the split zoning that I already described. Um, under your land development code, the uses for commercial corridor include
uh bank, fitness, sports, uh, animal services such as pet grooming, vets, um, and then you have beauty and personal services, religious facilities, etc. And then of course eating establishments, uh, which the applicant is proposing, professional offices, some medical uses,
um, and and public schools. Uh again, the the the site is 3 and a/4 acre. Um the the proposed site is consistent with your land use and uh your zoning. The applicant is also proposing parking to code. Originally,
when they submitted their application, they were seeking a variance. They have since pulled that request and they're going to insert 224 parking spaces where 221 are required. Five loading, 58 ADA, some bicycle wraps, landscaping and heat reflective materials incorporated in the
parking areas. There's a copy of your site plan, and some beautiful renderings, elevations, and the site plan conforms with all of the site plan standards in your code, including consistency with the comp
plan, uh, site development, enhanced property value, protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the community. All traffic concerns have been addressed. your traffic study has been approved by Miami date county as well as the city of Homestead public works department and again consistency throughout your land development code
and your city code I mean your comp plan. So with that staff recommends approval of the request to reszone from industrial commercial to commercial corridor for the northern parcel and from general use to commercial corridor for the southern parcel for
approximately 3.25 25 acres of property located south of Northwest 74th Street and west of 102nd Avenue as the request has been reviewed for consistency with the city's adopted comprehensive plan and the land development code. and staff also recommends approval of the proposed
site plan um for the same part properties as the uh property is consistent with the comprehensive plan your land development regulations and meets the site plan evaluation standards pursuant to section 53184 C3 approval of development plans and your land development code. Thank you so much. I'm
available for questions and the applicant's representative is also here today prepared with a presentation. >> Thank you Michelle. I don't know if we're going to hear from the applicant at this time. Are they ready to present?
>> Mr. Adler. >> Thank you. >> If I can make it up here without tripping. >> Yeah, no worries. >> Good evening, uh, mayor, members of the council. Brian Adler, law office at Bills and Sunberg, 1450 Brookl Avenue, Sweet 2300. Um we do have a full
presentation here um as well but uh we are joined this evening by the principles of the development Bernardo Rebro who I think is on his way, Carlos Cadet, uh Caesar Joeor and Alejandro Canana. We're also joined by the architects um we have um Andrew Star and
Sonia Harmo from um Pascal Perez Colligian Star and we have Juan Espinos, our traffic engineer. Um we do um we do agree with staff's uh recommendation. We do agree with as presented. Um and if it's the will of the of the council, we will present a full presentation or if
you would like us to um um to just address questions. We're also happy to do that. I know it's uh your final meeting. You have many items, so I'm happy to handle any way that the council wants. >> Thank you, Mr. Adler. I don't know if there's any if there's any desire to hear the whole presentation. I believe it's similar to the one made by our
staff, unless there's specific questions that would like to be asked. Um before we do uh entertain a motion though, I would need some uh to know if there's any expporte communications. I'll go ahead and start. I did meet with Mr. Adler about this uh project and it would not affect my decision at this time.
>> I have communicating. It's not going to affect my decision. I just have some questions about the project. >> Okay. Go ahead. >> I already had questions. >> Okay. You don't have questions today? >> No. Perfect. >> I said that I already had. >> Okay. Any other? >> We also had conversation, but it wouldn't affect my my decision either.
Perfect. All right. If motion to approve by Councilman Benedo, second by Vice Mayor Cabraw. There's no additional comments or questions. Thank you for addressing the concerns we all had during your your conversations. >> Thank you.
>> Motion to approve by Council Peno, seconded by Vice Mayor Cabrell. Council Pinedo. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Gabell. >> Yes. >> Council Marinoso. >> Yes. >> Mayor Frago. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> All right. Thank you very much. >> Thank you all. We need to hear item 19G separately, but I believe it's from the same presentation. >> Yes, we'll hear. You want to hear it
now? >> I think. Yeah, we can just take it up now. >> Okay. One second, Mayor. All right. Second reading item 19G, Ordinance number 202539, Prime Square Reszoning. An ordinance to the mayor on the city council of city of D Florida approving
an amendment to the city's officials zoning map for two continuous parcels from industrial commercial IC to corridor commercial CC for the northern parcel of the property 3530170010180 and from general use GU to corridor commercial CC for the southern parcel of the property 35301700
1 0190 for the plus or minus 3.25 acre property generally located south of Northwest 74th Street and west of 102 Avenue providing for stability conflicts and an effective date. This was approved on first reading on October 8th. All right. Thank you very much. I'm going to go ahead and open up for public hearing. Public hearing is now open for item 19G
25-6340. Anyone would like to speak, please approach the podium. >> Being none, we'll close public hearings. And we need a motion. >> Motion. >> Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. >> Second by Councilwoman Reynoso. Madam
clerk. >> Motion to approve ordinance number 202539 on second reading. Made by council pin. Seconded by counciloman Reynoso. Counciloman Pedo. Yes. >> Counciloman Reoso. Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cabal. >> Yes. >> Mayor Fraga. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> All right. >> All right. Now, we'll go back.
>> I just want to say thank you again for your time. >> Thank you, Mr. >> Thank you. First readings. Item 19B, ordinance number 202547, text amendment, industrial future land use. An ordinance of the mayor and the city council of the city of Dal, Florida, approving/9 a text amendment to the city of DAL
comprehensive plan future land use element policy 2.1.2. two entitled industrial category to remove the prohibition and amusement center entertainment health exercise and sport facility users within said future land use category authorizing the transmitt of the text amendment adoption package to state land planning agency and other
required governmental reviewing agencies pursu into the provisions of section 163.3184 Florida statutes providing for conflict serability authorization and adoption and an effective date >> okay thank you very much um madam clerk we're going to open up the public
hearing for item 19B 25-64 430. Anyone who would like to speak on this item, please approach the podium. Being no show of public comments, public comments now closed. Madam cler, the director of ref. No one has chosen to speak at this time. And we'll now hear from planning. Thank you. We have a very simple
comprehensive plan text amendment before you this evening. In your industrial land use category, there's language that uh prohibits use. If you see up on the screen, it says no rock quaring or ancillary uses, amusement centers, entertainment, health, exercise, and sports facilities are allowed in the
industrial future land use category. We are proposing to strike amusement centers, entertainment, health, exercise, and sports facilities uh from that future land use category. That's all. >> Okay. Any questions or comments for
planning and zoning regarding this? No being none. All right. Need a motion to approve. >> Motion. >> Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second. >> Second by Councilwoman Maroso. Madam clerk, please call. >> Motion. Motion to approve ordinance number 20247 on first reading made by Council Peno. Seconded by Council
Reynoso. Council Penedo. >> Yes. >> Counciloman Reynoso. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cabal. >> Yes. >> Mayor Frago. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> All right. Moving on to 19 C. >> Item 19 C. Ordinance number 202548, a special exception uses for industrial zoning districts. An ordinance of the
mayor of the city council of the city of D Florida amending section 53-128 use compatibility table of the city's code to add definitions for fitness sports uses and to update the compatibility table accordingly. amending article six of chapter 68 including division 2 industrial commercial district IC, division three industrial district I and
division four industrial restrictive district IR to list indoor outdoor recreational facilities as a special exception use subject to special development regulations and further amending the permitted uses in industrial commercial IC and industrial Izzoning districts to conform to amendments provided for herein amending
section 68-848 and 68-849 related to downtown Dorado our district to update fitness sports use terminology amending section 68-861 to clarify allowable special exception uses in the Raldo core overlay district. Creating section 74-171 indooroutdoor recreation facility to establish special development
regulations. Amending section 52-5 definition to eliminate conflicting terms. Amending section 77-139 to update uses on the minimum offset parking matrix providing for incorporation of recital incorporation into the code serability conflicts and an effective date. All right, we're going to open up for public hearing. Public hearing is
now open for item 19 C or also known as 25-6392. Anyone who would like to speak on this item, please approach the podium. All right, being none, public comments is now closed. Madam clerk, I have the work of lect has chosen to speak at this time. I also have planning and zoning
present this and then I just have some comments because it is in correlation to my item. Thank you, mayor. Okay. So through this code amendment, we are proposing to amend your industrial districts to accomplish a couple of
goals. The first is to clean up some inconsistent definitions throughout the districts. Uh the second is to insert uh certain uses as special exceptions through some of your industrial districts. So, if you if the council recalls on September 10th, 2025, the
council approved an amendment to chapter 53 of the city code establishing a process for review and approval of special exception permits. Um, the proposed the the amendment created the framework for staff to be able to now do this part of the project in that looking
at your districts, evaluating certain uses, and then inserting them by a special exception. All special exception uses once presented to the planning and zoning department will be reviewed and analyzed and then presented to the council at a duly noticed public meeting for the council's review and
consideration and approval or denial. So that's essentially the process. So the first definition that we're looking to strike is um recreation commercial indoor and the reason for this is that definition as currently
codified poses some inconsistencies in the overall framework that we're looking to accomplish. So we're going to strike that and then we're going to add three new definitions which include fitness center indoor recreational facility and outdoor recreational facility.
They're described in detail. Um, if you want me to read them, I can, but I think we've got them up there. Um, the next item that we're looking to accomplish is update the use and compatibility table, which everybody is very familiar with. And so through this table, we're
striking some items that are now inconsistent with the proposed code amendment that includes gyms, sport membership, sports, retail, indoor sports club, and health, uh, exercise centers, uh, aerobics, gymnastics, etc. and then adding the indoor recreational facility and outdoor recreational
facility that we we just discussed. Now we get to the good stuff to the to the actual district changes. So in the industrial commercial district we're looking to strike the recreational facilities because we've eliminated that definition and then uh also health
exercise centers sports facilities and then add fitness centers. Um and then you'll see under C add those special exception uses that we've described indoor recreation and outdoor recreation. Um and then certain uses by special conditions um with special
development requirements indooroutdoor recreation pursuant to 74171 which is also a new code section that we're establishing. Uh the industrial district we have very similar proposed changes as I just described. Um, striking health exercise
center, adding fitness center, striking sports facilities, um your, um, special development requirements for indoor, outdoor, recreational, um, and then, uh, adding indoor rack, outdoor rack, uh, etc. Uh, per special exception.
Industrial restrictive, um, is very easy. We're just adding no striking just adding indooroutdoor recreational facility pursuant to the supplemental regulations that I've um already referenced and then again similar changes in your downtown Dura art
district right uh striking services including health fitness centers um and then adding uh fitness sports facilities uh under supplemental dural decor very very simple adding the special exception uses as described
and then the supplemental regulations that I've referenced um specific criteria and conditions for indoor outdoor recreational facility um and then guidelines to abide by right not located adjacent to residential areas uh
off- streetet parking must be provided um with certain thresholds um you know all events that are held in an indoor outdoor rec center has to meet certain certain criteria and the site must be located in a parcel with access to arterial roadway or expressway.
Then uh in addition to those just described uh no outdoor loudspeakers or ampli or amplified sound systems because we don't want to impact the neighboring sites. And then there are um certain exemptions that are uh may be permitted by the city manager or his or her
design. Um and then outdoor lighting we're obviously sensitive to um and and etc. Off- streetet parking was also considered. So we have uh minimum standards for off- streetet parking because we want to ensure that um all of
our uses have ample parking. And with that we recommend approval. Thank you ma'am. >> Thank thank you very much Michelle for the presentation. And I just want to um remind everyone I had we had started this process a couple meetings ago um in looking at this is part of the conditional uses. Same thing with the
one we just approved previously which basically is part of the process of striking it for a comprehensive plan so that we can now have a process for which conditional uses are um a form of of of uh accepting a curated process let's call for accepting certain uses in the
industrial zones that were prohibited. While we want to protect our industrial zones and I'm very much in favor of doing that. Um there are certain facilities that would meet the criteria. It's really favorable to a industrial area certain industrial areas not all
which is why we are um creating a process which would have an administrative review as well as coming to council for allowing certain uses. So for example we got a lot of requests for indoor pickle ball let's say or paddle which it was very restrictive and not
allowed anywhere in our industrial zones. And so in sitting with public I mean with the planning and zoning and looking at opportunities that this could be um favorable and could be you know lend itself to allow this which we've seen certain facilities but just are not allowed because of this restriction. We
found a way to make it a little less restrictive while still protecting our industrial zones but permitting the use in particular scenarios. So we thought this was the best way to do it. As you can see, the uses that we will be allowing are again curated. Making sure it's not a gym or anything like that because that will still continue to
protect our industrial zones, but particular uh entertainment and fit fitness uses which I think are should be permissible in certain areas and highly um in need in our community. So, thank you Michelle for working on this solely, your entire team um GMO and everyone who
was a part of it. So, really really appreciate your your efforts on this and help making help making it happen. >> Thank you. Is there any questions from the council? >> Motion to approve. >> Motion to approve by Councilman Pinato. >> Second. >> Second by Counciloman Maroso. I appreciate the support on this item.
People are going to be very happy. Madam clerk, please call the role. >> Motion to approve ordinance number 202548 on first reading made by Council Pinto. Seconded by Council Marino. Council Peno. >> Yes. >> Council member Maroso. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cavan. >> Yes. >> Mayor Frago. >> Yes. >> Motion passes.
>> Thank you. All right. We're going to move into 19D. This will also be in conjunction with 19E. So, similar to the ones we did at the beginning, we'll hear the presentation once. Um, I'm gonna open actually open up public hearing for both once. I opened it up twice last time, but I'm going to open up once for
both items and then after public hearing, we'll do experte communications for this and then we'll hear uh the presentation. Madam clerk, please read the item into the record. >> Item 19, ordinance number 202549, FLM amendment Euro LLC, RIT Sky Mansions. An ordinance to the mayor and the city council of the city of Dal Ford approving a small scale land use
amendment to the city of D comprehensive plan neutral lodging mass to change the land use designation from office O to office and residential O for plus or minus 4.95 acres generally located at 3285 Northwest 107th Avenue providing forability complex and an effective date. >> Can you read item 19E as well so I can
open up public comments for both? Item 19E, ordinance number 202550, Eurocon LLC Red Sky Mansions resoning. An ordinance of the mayor and the city council of the city of Dal Ford approving an amendment to the city's official zoning map from office 303 to multif family residential MF4 for plus or minus 4.95 acres for the property
located at 3285 Northwest 107th Avenue providing for saleability complex and an effective date. All right, I'm going to go ahead and open up the public comments. Public comments is now open for item 19D, also known as 25-6431, and 19E 25-6432. Anyone would like to speak on these
items and these items alone, please approach the podium. Being none, public comments now closed. Madam clerk, the record one has chosen to speak at this time. We'll hear from the planning and zoning director. >> Thank you, mayor.
Uh the applicant EuroN LLC proposes a project uh referred to as Ritz Sky Mansions uh to be located at 3285 Northwest 107th Avenue. The site in totality is approximately 4.95 acres and a workshop was held uh on October 22nd,
2025 where there were no objections from the public. Um so this evening you'll hear first reading of the proposed resoning and future land use map amendment and at second reading next month uh you'll the site plan will catch up. So before you this evening, the future
land use map amendment uh the applicant is requesting to go from office to office and residential on the land use amendment and for the reasonzoning they'd like to reszone from office 3 um to multif family residential 4.
So the site currently holds a hotel with ancillary parking. Um and as I mentioned it's uh it has a future land use category of office with a zoning district of office 3. And then it's uh flume categories to the north,southeast
and west are industrial and zoning categories to the north and south and west are industrial with uh industrial commercial to the east. And you see map a map of the your zoning and land use map on the screen. Existing views of the
hotel and associated parking are on the screen. And so let's talk about the land use changes first. So the applicant is proposing to go from office to office residential in your on the future land
use map. And so office currently permits corporate, commercial and professional offices. Um hotels, medical buildings, entertainment and cultural facilities. Whereas office and residential permits professional and clerical offices, so pretty similar to your office district,
hotels and motel similar to your office district. Um and residential uses. The the the other distinction is that office allows entertainment and cultural facilities where the office residential doesn't. the uh building heights are varying. So
in office you can go up to 14 stories and they would like to reduce that um by going to office residential with a max height of eight stories. The landscaping requirements are the same between both categories at 15% and your far ratios
are similar by 15%. So a little bit of a decrease in intensity in terms of uses and heights by um effectuating this land use change. All right. Now to discuss the uh zoning request. So the applicant seeks to
reszone from office 3 to multif family 4. Office 3 provides uh for office use environments for low to high intensity office uses. Um again, professional medical offices, art galleries, theaters, museums, hotels, and motel with a max density of of 75 units per
acre. Um retail services and public schools. Your multif family 4 provides for residential district allowing for mid and high-rise condominiums and apartments with high density. Um multif family and condo and apartment buildings, public schools. Um and then
the following may be permitted uh with special development standards in the district and that includes the hotel use, private wreck areas, family daycarees, group homes, um ancillary uses, etc. Staff recommends that the mayor and
council approve the the request for property generally located at 82, I'm sorry, 3285 Northwest 107th Avenue for a future land use map amendment from office to office uh residential for 4.95 acres and then a resoning from office 3
to multif family residential 4 for the same 4.95 acres. Again, this is first reading. At second reading, a site plan will also be presented. Thank you. the applicant is here today to uh provide a presentation uh and address any questions as well. Thanks.
>> Thank you very much Michelle. Um I just need exparte communications and then if we need to hear from the applicant as well. Is there any exparte communications? I did speak briefly speak to the applicant and throughout the process but does not affect my uh my decision. Would
the applicant like to come up and make a presentation? Hello. Um, good evening. For the uh for the record, my name is Tony Rodriguez Deaye. Um, I'm the project architect. My office is located to 2441 Northwest 93rd uh Avenue in Doral. Uh we
we do have a presentation ready. Um the uh director has uh touch on all the items. Uh, so I'd be more than happy to uh give you the presentation or uh or just answer any calls as as you any questions as you may have.
>> Thank you very much. Any questions from the council comments, concerns? Yes, council. >> Just a quick comment first. Hi, Tony. Good to see you again. >> Thank you. uh you know sometimes when when we have these type of uh certainly
requests or or presentations for residents especially the ones that are out there most of them they don't see these council meetings so they don't know what's really going on they just see when a new construction is start and that's it. So it's sometimes it's easy
to hear some concerns or complaints about oh it's a new construction there's going to be more traffic in the area for example and sometimes people don't understand that is actually better having or proving these type of projects
instead of an office building of 14th floor that is what you can build in your property because at the end of the day it's your property. So sometimes people don't realize that how important these decisions are when it comes before us because at least we
have a say and we have the decision. So my point is that since you might hear or we might hear, oh you guys approve just a new project, residential project, it is important for residents to understand that it is
better to have something like this in your property instead of an office building in that area. So I just say it as a as a point of reference as as a refresh of memory to the residents because there there are certain projects
that I wouldn't voted in favor in the p that that were approved in the past like the one across the street of your project on 107 and 41st. But the point that I wanted to make just for
the record is that number one to thanks Michelle and and the planning and sunning department because they have been doing an incredible job for the past months especially when it comes to these type of new projects coming before us. and second to remind my colleagues
and and our residents that what we're doing is something that makes sense to that particular area in this occasion in your property. So, I just wanted to leave it on the record that what we're
approving tonight, it makes sense to the city. It makes sense to you as a as a as a as a developer, as your as as the owner. and it's something that it will certainly be a benefit for us overall in
the city. >> Thank you so much uh M councilman. Uh to that I would just like to add something very easy is that we're proposing 69 units where we're we're uh approved for 109 units. So we're we're keeping the
density uh low. Uh we we believe that the project is going to be an excellent project for the community. >> Thank you. >> Yes. I'd just also like to put on the record that historically this property was residential at one point and there was a change to my understanding. So, um
I think that you guys have done this in a very tasteful way and will add a benefit to the community. So, I' I've had several discussions about it with you all and I think it was, you know, very pleasantly done for the property and to enhance the the hotels and the
amenities. So, I'm confident it'll be a good project. One one more thing that I'd like to put for the record is I'd like to uh say that the staff has and the staff and directors have been very extremely helpful in in our process of design and
and u and and um submitt of the pro project. >> Thank you. We need a motion. >> Motion >> a motion to approve by Councilman Benedo. >> Second. >> Second by Councilwoman Reynoso. Madam clerk, there's no more questions. Please call the role. Motion to approve
ordinance number 202549 on first reading made by council pedo. Seconded by councilwoman Reynoso. Counciloman Pedo. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Reynoso. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cabal. >> No. Against more development on our city. >> Okay. >> Mayor F. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Motion passes.
>> All right. We need to take um a vote on item 19E as well. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso. Second by Councilman Vento. I don't know if Mad Clerk, did you need to read it again into the record? >> I would like to. >> Yes, >> this is a short one. I got to read it
fast. Thank you. >> Ordinance number 202550, Euron LC Sky Mansion Reszoning. An ordinance of the mayor and the city council of the city of Dorado, Florida, approving an amendment to the city division map from office 303 to multif family residential and four plus or minus 4.95 acres for the property located at 3285 Northwest 107th Avenue providing for stability
complex and an effective date. I have a motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso, seconded by Councilman Penedo. Councilman Reoso, >> yes. >> Counciloman Penedo, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cabal, >> no. Mayor FG. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> All right. Thank you very much. We'll move on to item 19F. >> 19F. Ordinance number 202552, amending
chapter 44, golf carts. An ordinance to the mayor of the city council of city draw amending chapter 44 creating articles 8 chart golf carts providing forability incorporation into the code and an effective date. >> Okay. Public hearing is now open for item 19F. Anyone would like to speak on this item, please approach the podium.
Also known as item n I'm sorry, also known as item 25-6448. Being no show of public comments, public comments is now closed. Madam clerk, like the record of anyone has chosen to speak at this time, we will hear from Councilman Penal and this item.
>> Thank you, Mayor. As many of you know, over the past few years, we have seen an increase in the use of golf carts in on our municipal streets here in the city of Dorado. According to Florida statute 316.212, 212 give local governments the
authority to regulate this activity and with that growing demand I believe is our responsibility to ensure that safety remains our top priority. Therefore the ordinance before you today creates a new article in chapter 44 of our code
dedicated only to golf carts. Its purpose is simple. To establish a clear, consistent rules that allows residents to enjoy these mode of transport transportation while protecting pedestrians, drivers, and families
across our community. Well, I want to thanks our city attorney as always for helping on drafting this this ordinance. I believe it goes alone and it helps as part of our also micromobility ordinance. I know there is
a there is a uh where there is a small change that we're planning to make under one of the sections related to prohibited use. >> Yeah. And one of one of the good things about the ordinance just for the record is that not only creates
uh authorized use definition but also what we call prohibited use inspection required equipment uh slow moving vehicles operators traffic laws enforcement. So I think this is something that looking into the
future of our city it's uh it's needed. So, but I would leave our city attorney to address the the change that we're making as well. >> Thank you, councilman, mayor, council, manager. Um, the one change would be on section 44.409 prohibited use uh to
remove move on paragraph 6 uh parks so that parks uh so golf carts uh once allowed in the city would be also allowed in parks. Uh, I'd also like to bring to the council and attention that uh in between first and second reading, there will be a workshop uh with our public works department and our our
police uh to discuss a little bit more as to uh what streets these golf carts will be operating on, signage uh and and things of uh of that nature. >> Thank you. >> All right, I think this is great. Any questions?
I just want to commend uh Councilman B. He's become like the microobility guy in our city. So, I love it. Thank you. Great flag. I agree. It's great. I'm looking forward to this. >> All right. If there's no more questions, I need a motion to approve. >> Motion. >> Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso. Second by Councilman Pedo.
Madam Clerk, please call a roll. >> Motion to approve ordinance number 20252 on first reading. Made by Counciloman Reynoso, seconded by Councilman Pino. Councilwoman Reynoso. >> Yes. >> Counciloman Pedo. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Caval. >> Yes. >> Mayor Frago. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> All right. Thank you very much. Move on
to the next item. Second reading item 19H ordinance number 202540 chapter 23 flood play management update an ordinance for the main city council of the city of draw Florida many chapter 23 of the city's code of ordinances to comply with Florida legislation SB 180 providing for incorporation to the co terability
complex and an effective date. This was approved on first reading on October 8th. All right going to go ahead and open up public comments. Public comments is now open for open for item 19H also known as 25-6356. Anyone who would like to speak on this item please approach the podium.
With no show of public comments, public comments is now closed. Madam cler of the record, no one has chosen to speak at this time. We hear from Jane Deckard, our development services director. Good evening, mayor, council, uh city manager, deputy city manager, city
attorney, city clerk. Um just a few small um updates to this ordinance. They're double underlined or double strike through. It was just working with FDM on the corrections and just refining it. No big no big uh changes from first
to second. So happy to take any questions if you have any. >> Thank you, Jane. >> Motion. >> Thank you. >> Motion to approve by counciloman Reynoso. Second by Councilman Pedo. If there's no additional questions, Madam Cler, please call the RO. >> Motion to approve ordinance number 202540 on second reading made by
Councilman Reynoso. Seconded by Council Pino. Councilman Reynoso. >> Yes. >> Counciloman Pedo. Yes. >> Vice Mayor Gord. >> Yes. >> Mayor Fraga. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> Item 19, I ordinance number 202542, certified recovery residences. An ordinance of the mayor and the city council of city of draw amending chapter
74 miscellaneous and supplementary regulations of the city's code of ordinance creator code certified recovery residence to establish procedures for the review and approval of certified recovery residences providing for incorporation into the code severability complex and an effective date. This was approved on first reading on November 12th. >> Okay. Going ahead and opening the public
comments portion for item 19. I also known as 25-640. Anyone who would like to speak, please approach the podium. Being no public comments, public comments is now closed. Madam clerk, let the director chosen to speak at this time and we will hear from planning and zoning.
The proposed ordinance was in response to Senate Bill 954 uh in order to provide and allow for um certified recovery residents in in residential districts. There are no changes between first and second reading and we're proposing uh approval to remain
consistent with the statute. We need to adopt our own regulations before January 1st, 2026. Thank you. >> All right. Any questions, comments? >> Motion. >> Motion to approve by Counciloman Reynoso. >> Second. Second by councilman Pino. Madam clerk, please call the role.
>> Motion to approve ordinance number 202542 on second reading made by council also. Seconded by council pino. Counciloman Reynoso. >> Yes. >> Councilman Pedo. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cardell. >> Yes. >> Mayor Frago. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> Okay. Moving on to item 19J. >> 19J. Ordinance number 202543 amending
chapter 44 traffic and vehicles parking. An ordinance of the mayor of the city council of the city of Dford amending chapter 44 traffic and vehicles to city court of ordinances to establish uniform monthly on street parking permit system providing for a permit eligibility based on parking zones providing consistency fairness and administrative efficiency providing for civility incorporation to the code and an effective date. This was
approved on first reading on November 12th. Okay. Opening up public comments for item 19J also known as 25-6395. Anyone who would like to speak please approach the podium. being known and seeing the enthusiasm of our public works department to give
their presentation. Public comments is now closed. Madam clerk, no one has chosen to speak at this time. You have the floor. >> Good evening, mayor, council, uh, city manager's office. Um, we put together very quick brief uh, presentation just
to explore what uh, this amendment change will will add and what benefit it gives uh, the residents. So, Let me see. Okay. Oh, there you go. Okay. So, let me just walk you briefly through how how
and why we're here. In 2019, uh the city dorado did the parking study um which served as the blueprint for future parking demand on how we're going to implement short-term, midterm, and long-term projects. Uh 2021, we amended chapter 44 to include parking. In 2022,
we onboarded our partners over at the Miami Parking Authority. 2023, uh we amended chapter 44 again to include some language um about enforcing ballet and other general uh language clarifications. Um additionally, later on, we we amended
44 again to create uh monthly on street parking permits for residents, businesses, and uh students. Um then this year in August we held a parking workshop for downtown Dorado South, which is a neighborhood that's been struggling with parking. And in
October, we met with their board members um and then got their input as well. >> Okay. Okay. So, just to remind everyone, Dorado's mission is to um ultimately enhance the quality of life of all its residents. And this amendment will uh ensure fairness, consistency in the
pricing structure for parking permits and resolve future disparity by allowing us to create zones uh giving residents priority over the spaces near their homes. And then there on the right hand side, you'll see what, you know, potentially it's just a mockup of what a what signage can look like uh once those
zones are created. So, I think this is the most powerful slide here in this presentation. Um, here is how we're compared to the rest of South Florida and other municipalities. Um, if you notice on the bottom, city of Dorado offers the lowest uh parking
permit system. Um, uh, comp as compared to to like I said to all the other municipalities offering a similar service. And currently with what we offer with permits, uh there's about an 80% redemption rate, meaning there's a really high demand uh for
permits. So if we don't create these zones and we open up spaces, then you know it's fair game for everyone and then it'll be even more of a problem down the line. So this uniformity will uh offer the same rate to everyone, residents, commercial or students. uh
they'll go through the same application process and they'll all be offered the same quality of service. So this brings us to our case study which is as mentioned uh downtown Dorado South. Um the main feedback we we got from the parking workshop was that there
was a shortage of inventory. Uh no guest parking available after hours. Uh these residents had to you know had long drives or walks from their homes to find an available space. And then some spaces were being used for storage for mobile vehicles or work vans. And there's very
light enforcement because there is no regulation in that zone. So with this amendment change, we can you know tailor make a solution. Uh here we can offer zones which addresses the long walks making sure you know folks have a permit or a parking space near
their house. Um here we limit the number of permits to one per household which guarantees fairness and opens up inventory. Then we also offer complimentary parking during the day and then just regulate at night which opens up about 175 spaces for visitors.
And and then we also have a dedicated enforcement officer which acts as a neighborhood ambassador if you will. Uh this should address um you know deters crime. It it would also deter speeding and things like that. it acts as a an extra set of eyes uh out there on the
road uh overnight. And with that, happy to address any questions. >> Thank you very much. Um thank you for doing the presentation. The first time it came to us, we had so much going on that it kind of just flew by and there were a couple things I wanted to just point out which you did throughout this presentation. So one is the need that
we've seen. Um the workshops we had, there was a lot of buyin from the community, a lot of support. Um, we talked about the possibility of finding more spots and I think we had identified a couple that could be striped for parking. Has that been done or has that been looking? >> Yes, we we've gone out there measured.
We I think we can pick up maybe 15 to 20 additional spaces >> which makes a difference, believe it or not, with the limited amount of spots that are out there. So, um, do we anticipate that that'll be implemented and done by the time that this rolls out? >> No, I don't think so. >> No. How long do you think it'll take us
to get those parking spots >> opened? Yeah. >> So, we did an assessment to see what what we could do. Um, I had to bring in engineering to do the design and then the construction. So, maybe but we want to start at least this process so we could go ahead and and add more as
needed. >> Okay. Which was my next question. Ideally, this is going to be rolled out for for January, right? >> Correct. >> Okay. Um, and we did get the buy in of the HOAs and the CDD. Everybody's on board. So all streets are included which maximizes our potential for >> right now we're going to start with the city roads the city owned rightaway and
then we have a meeting now in with the CDD now in January because they're going to give us an agreement that we're going to come back um and circle with the city attorney so that we could go do the enforcement but our our ordinance allows has language that we can enter into an agreement and we'll bring that back to the council. So then if we start the
enforcement in January without those potentially being part of it, when we open up the registration process for people to get the permits, which I believe we're going to do, how many% I always forget this. What's the percentage we're going to open up for? >> 70 70%. >> How does that work then? Would we open
up again when those are available? >> We would open again in the CDD roads. Correct. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Um and then I think the other thing that's important to point out is that there's no enforcement during the day. So what we saw when we studied this was there was a lot of open spaces and
availability during the day. The biggest contention point and point of issue the biggest issue was at night which is when it's the residents that are there looking for parking for you know their families and and where they're living. So this is going to hopefully alleviate
and create more of a flow and and open spaces for the residents who are the ones that should be parking there in the evenings. So just wanted to point those things out in uh just kind of layman's terms and everything. we looked at, studied, discussed with the community um in getting not only their acceptance and
buying on this, but in our opportunity to roll it out. I'm also, you know, pleased. I know there was a big push for possibly increasing the price of the permits. I know we are the lowest in the county. That's what we're known for, but I think it's important with the cost of living and not creating an additional
burden on some of these residents. So, I think it's a a a consistent and fair price, an equitable price for the entire city. So, um, I look forward to being able to alleviate some of that hardship that they're having as far as finding parking in in this sector. So, hopefully
we'll get the HOAs and everybody on board quickly so that ideally we could just open it up once, but I know you all want to roll this out as soon as possible and I know the residents want it as soon as possible. We've been hearing this, you know, quite frequently. So, I appreciate your work on this and I look forward to it being
successful and um and people being able to to get their secured permits. So, mayor, just really quick, I wanted to um thank the department. They're doing a wonderful job in trying to um get this rolled out and prepared. This was the
area of highest need that we had and um we are going to be continuing to do this throughout the city and other neighborhoods that have the same issue, but this lays the groundwork for what we're going to do. So, what we have in uniform policy that'll take us through that and then we're going to engage or
or put out to do our parking study that we need in order to be able to to have all of that in line. So, >> just real quick, can we put up the the presentation one more time and go to the zones? And I know there was a lot of discussions. We started with like five
zones. We went down to two was seemed to be the um the one that was most desired amongst the residents. I think it makes the most sense. Just want to see something. A lot of those red lines are well they're pretty evenly split. Go to the next one. The slide that had the
that one. >> Yeah, >> I guess they're evenly split. I was just trying to see the red the the red there's a lot more I guess in zone two of those private roads. So, just trying to see how much availability there will be in the zones before those um those
roads come online. But, okay, we'll work on that. Thank you. There's no additional questions. We need a motion to approve >> comment. >> Oh, yes. Counciloman Maroso, please. >> All right. To the mayor. I want to thank staff. This was a super tedious project and the community engagement that was
had for um based on your presentations and everything else was excellent. Um, I echo the comments that the mayor and the city manager made. So, excellent job. I'm glad that we're finally um offering some relief to the residents as well. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you all. Happy holiday. >> We need a motion. >> Motion. >> Motion to approve by council marinos. >> Second. >> Second by Vice Mayor Cabell. Madam clerk, please call the role. >> Motion to approve ordinance number 202543 on second reading. May by counciloman Reynoso, seconded by Vice Mayor Cabal. Counciloman Reynoso.
>> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cabell. Yes. >> Council me. >> Yes. >> Mayor Frag. >> Yes. >> Motion pass. >> All right. Thank you very much. We'll move on to the next item. >> Item 19K, Ordinance number 202544, Calvin Creative Establishment. An ordinance of the mayor of the city council of the city of D Florida amending chapter 74 miscellaneous
supplementary regulations of city landment code to create section 74171 Calvin creative establishments establishing definitions requirements and other regulations governing establishments engaging the sale and or on-site consumption of Calvin created products providing queration to the code serability conflicts and an effective date. This was approved on first reading
on November 12th. >> All right, opening up public comments for item 19K, also known as 25-6413. Anyone who would like to speak, please approach the podium. Being none, public comments is now closed. And this is Councilwoman Marinoso's item, second
reading. Thank you, Mayor. Um, again, everything that we do is for the benefit of our community and this will benefit and prevent a lot of future issues that we may have with our residents. So, for the health and safety of our residents,
this is the item I am presenting. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. I don't believe there's any changes from first to second reading either. Would you like to speak at all? >> Sure. >> There's just one minor change that um for whatever reason didn't make it into the record for first reading. We have a
definition established for government property means any property owned by the city, county, state, school district, federal government, or other public agency. There's distance requirements between educational facilities, places of worship. And so we wanted to ensure that there was an appropriate definition
to define those uses. Um, and then there was uh language in the first version that permitted the planning director to wave requirements. We've stricken that language. That's all. Right. Perfect. Thank you.
>> Motion. Motion to approve by council marino. Second. >> Second by councilman pinedo. Madam clerk, please call the role. >> Motion to approve ordinance number 202544 on second reading. Made by council maros. Seconded by counciloman penito. Counciloman maroso. >> Yes. >> Counciloman penedo. >> Yes. >> Vice mayor. >> Yes. >> Mayor Frag.
>> Yes. >> Yes. >> Motion passed. >> 19 L. Ordinance number 202545. Amendment to microobility devices. An ordinance of the mayor of the city council city draw Florida magic article 7 of chapter 44 title micromobility devices related to the regulation of microobility devices providing for implementation
incorporation recital incorporation into the code serability and an effective date this was approved on first reading on November 12th all right opening up public comments for 19L also known as 25-6415 anyone who would like to speak please approach the podium being none public comments now closed
madam clerk no one has chosen to speak at this time and we will hear from Councilman Pinedo, our micromobility councilman. >> Thank you, mayor. Uh, no changes between first and second reading. >> All right. If there's no changes, no questions, we need a motion. >> Motion.
>> Motion to approve by Councilwoman Pinedo, second by Councilwoman Cabr. Madam Clerk, please call the RO. >> Motion to approve ordinance number 202545 on second reading made by Counciloman Pito, seconded by Vice Mayor Carell. Counciloman Pedo, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cabell, >> yes. >> Councilomano, >> yes. Mayor F. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. All right, we move on to
the 19m >> 19m ordinance number 202546 amending purchasing for procurement. An ordinance of the mayor and city council of city of draw amending portions of chapter 4 article 5 of the city's code of ordinances relating to purchasing and procurement providing for survivability incorporation into the code and an effective date. This was approved on first reading on November 12th.
>> All right, we're opening up public comments for item 19M also known as item 25-6279. Anyone who would like to speak, please approach the podium. Being none, public comments now closed. Madam clerk, the record reflect one
chosen to speak at this time. Mr. Roman, >> good. Uh, mayor, uh, council members, uh, city attorney, madame, uh, city manager and deputy city manager. Uh, there's no change from the first reading. Um again I want to reemphasize
this is going to be uh changes to the uh procurement code that would allow more uh flexibility and also allow um especially on the um on the quotes on the 30 uh then 30 to 50 would allow more um utilization of local businesses.
>> All right. Thank you very much. Any comments, questions, concerns? >> Motion to approve. >> Motion. Motion to approve by counciloman Pinedo. >> Second. >> Second by councilwoman Reynoso. Madam clerk, please call the role. >> Motion to approve ordinance number 202546 on second reading. Made by
council pinto. Seconded by council reos.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o Council Peno. >> Yes. >> Counciloman Reoso. >> Yes. May cover. >> No. >> Mayor Fav. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> All right. We move on to item 19N. >> 19N. Ordinance number 20251. Repeating ordinance 202536 and adopting budget
resolution for fiscal year 2526. An ordinance of the mayor of the city council of city draw Florida repealing ordinance number 2536 ratifying and adopting resolution number 25-281 providing for civility incorporation to the code and effective date. This was approved on first reading on November 22nd. >> All right. Opening a public hearing for
item 19M also 19N also known as 25-6443. Anyone would like to speak please kindly approach the podium. Being none public comments is now closed. Madam clerk, the record of one has chosen to speak at this time
of finance. Madam manager, you have any comments? >> Yes, mayor. There is no changes between first and second reading. This is the second reading to adopting the military as we did um uh and uh as required by our charter, repealing the original
resolution um and the original ordinance and adopting it by ordinance and um and and the resolution that we adopted on the special meeting. >> Great. If there's no additional questions, we need a motion to approve. Motion.
>> Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso, second by Councilman Pinedo. Madam clerk, please call a role. >> Motion to approve ordinance number 202551 on second reading. Made by council maros, seconded by council pinto. Counciloman Reynoso, >> yes. >> Councilman Pedo, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Caval, >> no. >> Mayor Frag, >> yes.
>> Motion passes. >> All right. Thank you very much. This exhausts our agenda for the day. Thank you all for being here, for joining us. Merry Christmas once again. Happy holidays. May you have a healthy, prosperous, and new year filled with
love, and we will see you back here next year in 2026. Anyone else have any comments? >> Being none, I need a motion to adjourn the meeting. >> Motion. >> Motion to adjourn the final meeting of the best year for the city of DA 2025.
>> Second by Councilman Poto. All in favor say I. >> I. >> This meeting this year is adjourned. Um,