--------- the broadcast is now starting all attendees are in listen only mode good morning we're calling this meeting to order today is Wednesday March 12 2025 today is our regular council meeting for March and it is now
10:15 a.m. Madam clerk please call the RO councilwoman Nico Roso present councilman Rafael Pino present councilwoman pres vice mayor Marin poras mayor chrisy frag pres Mary H thank you please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance led by councilman
Beno Al United States of America the for it stands Nation indivisible withy and justice for all I'd like to call up Pastor Edwin
gastro for our invocation and before he does that I'd also like to quickly ask for a minute of Silence for um those who have passed that have close to us this past month uh former Congressman Lincoln Diaz Bard a dear friend of our community
Jose brusa brusa and the former School Board chairwoman F Tavarez hatman thank you Pastor C good morning good morning mayor Fraga council members and everyone present and also Ginger that I
met this morning I don't know if you met her but she's beautiful so uh thank you for your invitation I'm honored to be here with with you this morning and I would like to begin this meeting in prayer if you can join me Heavenly Father we come before you today grateful
for the opportunity to serve in this community we recognize that leadership is a great responsibility and we cannot do it well without your wisdom and guidance your word says in Proverbs 3:5
and six trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not depend on your own understanding Lord today we ask for your guidance help these leaders to make decisions that are fur wise and good for
everyone in this city give them clear Minds Humble Hearts and an Spirit of thing work so that they together can do the best for the city of Dural your word also says in James 1:5 if anyone lacks
wisdom they should ask God God who gives generously to all without finding fault so today Lord we ask please give them wisdom fill them with your spirit give them the understanding and the care for
this city Lord we bless their families we bless their health their mental health and we thank you Lord because we have a community that is beautiful that is prosperous and safe also I want to pray Lord for the police department for the school
and every public leader in this community we bless their families Lord and we thank you for the privilege of live in this beautiful and prosperous city of Dural in Jesus name I pray amen amen thank you thank you Pastor all
right we've got the agenda order of business now if uh like to hear from our city manager's office if there's anything that they'd like to pull good morning madam mayor um uh no I believe the City attorney is going to pull an item thank you Mr City attorney
thank you madam mayor uh yes I'd like to pull 6B uh just to make a clarification okay 6B councilman Beno I'm good thank you vice mayor 60 60
okay councilwoman Roso none thank you mayor okay councilwoman k um 6A and 6c 6A and 6 c z like Z bro
okay I'm going to go ahead and pull 6 Q for discussion as well all right mayor yes could you give me one second yes repeat mayor could I pull item six
you yes you okay all right we're going to go ahead into public comments now this is our reasonable opportunity to be heard if you have anything that you would like to address this Council
on please approach the podium you have three minutes to speak in a respectful manner please state your name and address for the record I'm going to call the comment cards first you did not fill out a common card you can still come up to the podium just make sure to fill out a common card with the city clerk after if you need translation please let us
know we're going to go ahead and start with Mr Richard glat this is a beautiful uh new uh Podium here all right good morning uh Fraga Magus I'm welcoming you to uh Dural the
Premier Rental Community where homeownership is Just a Dream there is a familiar checklist for extinction we are ticking off every item on it the idiots know only one word
more they are unencumbered by Common Sense they hoard wealth and resources until workers cannot make a living and the infrastructure collapses they live in privileged
compounds kind of like I do I'm privileged they see the state as a projection of their vanity the Romans Mayans French hopss ottoman Romanov bamin pavi and Soviet dynasties
crumbled because the whims and obsessions of ruling idiots were law the most ominous danger we Face comes from the organizations and destruction of
Institutions including the courts Academia legislative bodies cultural organizations and the press that once assured that civil discourse was rooted in reality and fact helping us
distinguish lies from truth and facilitate Justice okay the the reason I'm reading this is because it's so appropo not only to the city of Durell but most places in
in the world because nowadays the governments are not really responsive to the people no matter how hard the people seem to want to change things for the way they see like for example when Barbie Hernandez uh had to go because of three
votes the people were begging the city not to let her go whether you like her or not it doesn't really matter it but the point is is that nobody got here and spoke against her the will of the people at that particular juncture in our
history was was denied I happen to like her I think she's a wonderful person I was sorry to see her go but three people out of 75,000 what kind of a democracy is that where three people can control the
destiny of thousands that's that there's something wrong there I think something like that should have at least been on a unanimous vote but three people can control everything and three people here are
controlling our health because with all the overdevelopment and destruction of our environment my health and your health is just deteriorating more and more and more thank you Mr
glop okay next we have Lizzy Aros Aros good morning mayor and council members and everyone present my name is Lis alos and I am honored to stand before you today as a proud member of the Venezuelan Community First I want to
sincerely thank you for the resolution in support of the Venezuelan adjustment act your recognition of this issue means so much to thousands of Venezuelans who have made Doral and the United States their home the Venezuelan adjustment act
is more than a just a piece of legislation it's a pathway to stability and opportunity for people who have fled dictatorship political persecution and economic collapse many of us have lived in the United States for years working
hard building businesses raising families and contributing to our communities however without permanent legal status we remain in limbo unable to fully plan for the future this law would allow illegible
Venezuelans to apply for permanent residents giving them the security they need um to continue contributing to this country it would strength the our Workforce boost the economy and keep families together while your support
it's a huge step we still need help from higher levels our States leaders our Congressional representatives and National decision makers that's why your voice matters resolutions like this show the unity and commitment of local
governments to supporting immigrant communities we hope you will continue advocating for us encouraging state and federal leaders to take action on behalf of the Venezuelan Community I thank you again for recognizing the importance of
this bill with your support We Are One Step Closer to achieving the stability and dignity we seek thank you thank you very much would anyone else like to speak in public comments this is your
opportunity being no more public comments public comments is now closed okay we need a motion on the consent agenda however I believe there is one more item that will be pulled yes through the mayor yes could I also pull items 6 U and
6V I think you had already pulled U so 6 V and 6t then are you t&b yes thank you [Music] okay Madame clerk can you please review the items that have been pulled so that
we understand what is being pass in the consent agenda yes madame mayor it'll be all of the items on the consent agenda with the exception of 6A 6B 6 o 6 Q 6 U
6t 6 V and 6 Z okay okay I need a motion on the consent agenda motion motion to approve by councilwoman Roso second second by councilwoman Beno all in favor say I I I okay show the consent agenda passed unanimously all
right I need an approval of the minutes motion motion to approve by councilman Roso second second by councilman Pino all in favor say I I show the consent agenda approved unanimously we'll now move into presentations Madam clerk item 88 presentation keep draw a beautiful
business award can't believe we have Mr EG Estrada good morning honorable mayor vice mayor members of the city council Madame manager Mr Deputy manager Mr City attorney Madam Clerk and members of the audience Edgar isra a co-compliance
director this month we are pleased to recognize Westwood holding Corp for their outstanding commitment to keeping d beautiful the property for which they're being recognized for is located at 2325 Northwest 102nd Place Westwood
Holden Corp has been in the city of D for 32 years the property is approximately 33,000 Square ft and it is home to three local businesses including its management management company commercial property group some of the recent improvements include repainting
of the entire building installation of wall signs reeing and coating of the parking lot and installation of Maintenance and Landscape it is with great pleasure that we name Westwood holding Corp for the keep D ra beautiful business award for their continued efforts to keeping D
beautiful uh mayor and Council uh the property owners unfortunately were not able to make it today due to an unforeseen emergency so I just wanted to read their their award into the record uh and congratulate them okay thank you very much Mr Strada we send our best to
them all right all right we'll continue on then and we'll move into discussion items Madam discussion item 9A a resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of D Florida expressing support for Senate Bill 10008 sponsored by state Senator Brian AA providing for transmittal incorporation
or recital and an effective date okay um this is my item so this is just basically a uh legislation that is right now going through the Senate it did receive a house sponsor I will be in Tallahasse next week um wanted to take this this is a legislation that um was
sponsored by Senator Brian Avila requesting that future waste energy facilities or any facility that burns um waste would be would would be required to be at least a mile away from the closest resident obviously we've been
dealing with the waste energy uh facility here in Dado for many years we're right now in a holding period as the county decides where they're going to rebuild this legisl would protect D and other communities throughout the state that would need um this type of facility in the future to make sure that
it is placed far away from affecting the health uh life and safety of residents so U put this on the agenda so that we can show our support and um send it up to Tallahasse again I'll be there next week and hope to be able to take it with me there's no other comments motion
motion to approve by vice mayor poras second second by councilwoman Cabra Beno has a question and if you man I would like to co-sponsor as well absolutely yes councilman Beno thank you the mayor yes Council
Mar also co-sponsor yes absolutely would anybody else like to co-sponsor you can add me I think we can all add everybody so Madam clerk you can add the co-sponsorship of the entire board all right thank you very much we have a a second and a motion please call the RO motion to approve made by vice mayor
porra second by Council M vice mayor poras yes Council maal yes Council noo yes councilman Pino yes mayor Fraga yes motion passes all right thank you very much move on to the next item next item Item B a resolution of the mayor and the city council of city of dado Florida affirming support for state representative fao's introduction of
House Bill 303 and state Senator Brian aa's introd introduction of Senate Bill 486 and their efforts to address the devastating effects of Rock Mine blasting on residential and Commercial rear properties providing for transmitt incorporation of recal and an effective date okay Council cab this is your
item thank you so sorry I I'm a little bit sick today well a lot sick um as you know for many years we have um have uh dealing with a blasting uh especially on the north side of our city where we have
many complaints of many residents for years and I hope that you will you already have read the memo so I can limit myself of talking too much on supporting Senate Brian AA um and to this build on the effort on the um the
rock mining blasting uh that is affecting residents and also commercial areas okay thank you very much do we have a motion motion motion to approve by vice mayor porz anybody else second second by councilman pino there's no more questions Madam clerk please call
the rooll motion to approve VI mayor VI mayor council P yes Council yes Council Roso yes mayor frag yes motion passes all right we move on to the next item next item item c a resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of dra Forida urg state legislature to amend Florida Statutes
31621 128 and 31628 65 2065 in order to amend safety year requirements and enforcements as they relate to the operation of micr Mobility devices providing for the city's lobbies with instruction incorporation of recital and an effective date okay Council this is your item thank you mayor uh the reason of
moving forward with this resolution origin the Florida stat state to amend Florida Statutes 31621 28 and 3162 65 is number one first of all because we we recognize that the route keeps
growing and expanding connecting and a lot of people use micr Mobility devices to get to one place to another especially when it comes to work or school so at the same time I having we keep receiving I'm sure you as well uh
some concerns about these micromobility devices around the city when it comes to especially safety gears and depending on the on the hour that they're used especially during nighttime so the reason of this resolution is to uh not
only to get your support but also to approve a modification to the previously proposed resolution that we passed origin the Florida legis legislature to amend the statutes uh to include the following number one to require a valid
fla driver license in order to operate a micr Mobility device two to mandate the use of protective helmets for all individuals 18 years of age and younger who operate a micr Mobility device and three to require the use of reflective
gear for all micromobility device riders that certainly will enh enhance visibility and safety for all residents and and drivers as well these modifications I believe will not only increase safety for Riders but also improve the visibility of those using
micromobility devices in our city reducing the risk of accidents and promoting a safer environment for all thank you councilman P questions any questions or comments motion motion to approve by vice mayor por second by
councilwoman Roso oh sorry councilwoman cabal thank you all right if there's no more questions thank you councilman Pino Madam clerk motion to approve made by Vice second yes councilwoman Council Pino yes
councilwoman Roso yes mayor Fraga yes motion passes all right thank you very much item D resolution of the mayor and the city council of state of D Florida affirming support for a chart 1348 the Venezuelan adjustment act or similar legislation that would authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to adjust the status of law abiding Venezuelan
Nationals to lawfully admitted permanent residents expressing concern over the suspension of temporary protected status for Venezuelans and its impact on the community providing for transmittal incorporation recitals in an effective date Council thank you mayor as you already know this um
resolution originally was passed on June of 20 2023 which adop the resolution 23 11 111 at that moment that resolution reaffirms the city's support for the Venezuelan adjustment act which is a bipartisan
legislation that will allow eligible Venezuelans National to adjust their immigration status to lawful permanent residency offering then stability and legal protections two at that moment we urge Federal action the resolution calls on a Federal representative to advocate for policies that provide legal
stability and Pathways to permanent residency for Venezuelan Nationals on February of February 12th of this year the city council we approved resolution 25- 55 which express concerns over the suspension of TPS protections the saying
that the recent suspension of TPS for Venezuela has placed thousands of low abiding individuals and families at risk of deportation and financial instability and two we were uh we urged president Trump and the administration to find solution for law aiding Venezuelans on
February 19 of this year representative Mel Salazar and dar in stto David werman and FICA Wilson announced the reintroduction of the Venezuelan adjustment act HR
1348 which again will allow the legal status for certain Venezuela's Nationals to that lul that were lawfully admitted permanent that were lawfully admitted to the states and now they're looking for a permanent residence if they meet certain criterias including entering the United
States before or on December 31st 2021 the recommendation of this resolution is to seek the support with the following actions number one is official communication after approving this resolution we will request our city
Clair uh to transmit copies of this resolution to key Federal legislators including the sponsors of this bill marel Salazar Darren Soro debie werman feda Wilson but also Mario Diaz balar Carlo gimenez and other South Florida
congressional representative as well as Florida US senators Community engagement the city of Dalal will continue to work closely with local Venezuelans organizations and advocacy groups to provide resources and assistance to affected residents and number three
public awareness certainly to encourage uh our city staff to help disseminate information about available legal resources and Community Support Services for Venezuelans affected by TPS suspension I want to make clear that the city of theout remains committed to
advocating for the rights and well-being of our Venezuelan residents and that's why we urge our federal representative to support the Venezuelan adjustment act and also to seek alternative solutions for those affected by the TPS suspension
I also want to recognize uh Miss mildre Rodriguez that is here if she can come forward because milder has been working on uh on the Venezuelan adjustment act for over five years now and she's the one leading this pretty much this CA not
only traveling around the country but meeting a lot of legislators especially when she's in Washington DC and she has become a champion on on these matters so I would love to have milder to come forward if you want to say a few words and explain to us a little bit about uh
what are what what are you doing what are the steps that the organization is taking how you what what's the difference between now and 2023 especially with the situation that Venezuela's still leaving uh with the maduro's regime so welcome thank you for
coming I I want to invite my Francisco because sure I have to explain a little bit more but in the first time I want to uh thank you very much it's for me an honor like like this for me it's an honor to be here in the city of
Dalal a place has witnessed this for resilience and inval contribution to the Venezuelan Community to the United State today we are getting to support a juice C Co one us not only to recognize a hardworking and in committed Community but also present a opportunity to strain
the the economic and social Fabric in the great country the Venezuelan adjustment at HR 1348 reintroduced on February 13 2025 with AA B partisan support is not just an immigration mure it's a proposal to respond the reality of over 400,000
Venezuelan who have built this their life in the United State before December 31st 2021 we are individuals who have fled the regime that persecute impression and self silence is uh citizens people who far from a border on
an an asset to the this country today the C of theer filed his commitment to this community and the uh to the very essential American values freedom justice and opportunity supporting this bill means recognize the reality of those who are already part of our
society who work pay taxes and contribute local and National development we call all representative in the Congress to Prior prioritize this legislation and act with responsibility and Humanity this is not about politics it's about people families and a story
of for and perseverance thank you thank you very much for all you the support in this uh bill is for the community and also demonstrate that we are an asset for this nation and we continue until this bill we
approve don't worry don't we don't um take a a date when when this bill going to be approved it's only to continue to work they hard work until this opportunity coming to us thank you thank you so much thank you milter and I and I
since you're here I know you're getting more support now than before especially from 2023 now there are more Congressional members reaching out to you and getting more information from you as well right okay when it's a
little bit H when we start in 2022 we only have three represent that was the last day the last year from the Congress that finished the Congress we work until the immigration Community
after that we introduce the new the new one in the June 12 2023 and we start with four only four um representative in this year we working hard in 2024 and we
get 15 more represent so this four that we had a recompense we had a um a reward for that work and we continue to get more done and we finish when the then the this law was approved thank you I
just want to thank you one more yes please sorry good even good afternoon mayor good morning mayor city councils city officials uh res of it's very simple uh today we historic uh we take historic standing in the our Venezuelan brothers and sister by supporting the
Venezuelan adment um Doral is home one of the largest Venezuelan communities in the United States as you know families who have fled dictatorship political persecution and economic Devastation in search of safety and
freedom uh the res this resolution is more than a symbolic gesture it is a declaration of our commitment to Justice the Venezuelan adjustment act will provide a clear path to residents for those who have already contributed so much to our economy as you know and our community this
business owner teachers doctors and workers who embody the American dream and have reached our city with the resilience and determination uh by supporting this resolution we send a strong message to Congress that's what we do every time that we go to Congress we send them a
message we tell them what we need and why we need it right so the time is the action is now Venezuelan deserve the same opportunity that passes that pass wave of immigrants fleeing oppression that have received they deserve
stability dignity and the chance to fully integrate into the nation they now call home uh Doral is known as as you know dorela right so for a reason let's honor that name by standing together
United Support in this act I really thank you so much for the resolution mayor p Council PTO mayor Fraga vice mayor porest council Ros and Council cabal this is very important for us we we have
a very high community that needs help right now is the time to act playground is pass this is a time to work hard my wife has a saying that is very good she says this is don't get
preoccupied get occupied so so if you are preoccupied because you're going to go well what you do to get aupai to work for that's what we do we have visit so many times to Congress we have so many meetings with Senators congressmen and
all saying this is a very feasible bill because it's it's a single bill it's not an immigration reform per se at all conso said it on interview this is a great opportunity for get Perman resed to people that need it right now thank
you again guys thank you before you leave can you provide your address for my name is Francisco Rodriguez I live in Orlando Florida my address is 9814 mway Orlando Florida 32832 I don't live in D but my son lives
here just for the record the same address for for mildre as well for okay thank you can give you my son 4230 no no you're you're fine thank you thank you so much you thank you to to my colleagues as well thank you councilman do we have a motion on the item motion
to approve motion to approve by councilwoman cabal is there a second second second by councilwoman Roso we will now um if there's any comments I have a comment okay go ahead councilwoman C thank you um I would like to
ask um to um consan Pino to see if I could co-sponsor this resolution uh for me the uh Venezuelan Community is very close to my heart not just because majority like M Rodriguez said uh Miss Rodriguez as well majority are residents
for our city but I always um said this when I am within our Venezuelan brothers and sisters that I am very grateful and the Dominican Republic is always very grateful because you were the one who actually embraced our father of our
country um Juan Pablo DTE when he exiled from Dominican Republic in Venezuela so for as Dominicans uh Venezuela is very close to our heart because you were the one who embraced him by the time that he needed to to unfortunately leave uh the country After we receive our
independence so thank you so much for everything that you do and most definitely this is a a very uh sorry a big concern uh and the impact that uh this will bring not just um in the nation because there's many Venezuelans
all over but especially to our city here so uh God bless you and we're going to keep you in our prayers in order for you to be able to resolve this issue thank you councilwoman councilwoman Roso thank you mayor um I've said this little piece
of facts throughout a few Council meetings but my husband is Venezuelan he's from marago and I have three Venezuelan children this anything Venezuelan um has a priority in the office that I hold here in D especially
with the injustices that are happening in the country I want to thank council member P for putting this out um I heard one of the council comments saying I'm sorry our public comments saying that we need more people to be involved more of
our leaders to be involved but you know a movement starts with one and then it grows we as a Venezuelan Community have not had this type of attention I want to say ever the movement is growing people are watching people are interested in
what is happening um other Americans are noticing what is happening to the Venezuelan community and they are many of them behind us they want to see a fair immigration process and I think as long as things have rules and processes
in place why not give hardworking Venezuelans that have come here seeking help from a country that a lot of them have done nothing else but to add to our economy add to the growth and the culture of a city like the city of Dalal
so I'm 100% supportive of this item I'm 100% in support of letting other leaders know hey the Venezuelan Community needs our voice and I've said this also before our job as Leaders is to speak for those who do not have voices so again count on
our support and thank you so much councilwoman Pino thank you thank you councilwoman Roso through the mirror just very quickly thank you uh councilman I'd also like to co-sponsor it that's okay with you I I want to thank um Mildred Francisco the entire
team for all of their hard work because without them this would not have gotten this far so congratulations on all the great work I think you guys have over 300,000 signatures now we need to get to 500,000 guys so go to the website and sign this the letter it's very easy and
quick um I'm very proud and happy to see that we are reaffirming our support for this um this piece of legislation and of course I wholeheartedly support it and I hope that we can also get the the same support that we did in 2023 from other
elected officials from the county um from you know the different levels of government because we need that as well I'm glad that other Congress people have joined but I think we should also start building up that local support like we did in 2023 and I think it can be done so thank you again for Paving this way
and and all the great work and congratulations thank you thank you um I I'll just quickly say I think all of us want a co-sponsor so if you can add our name to all of them thank you councilman Pino for bringing this forward M Fernando it's been a couple years now um that that you all have been working on
this and since we met I think there's a lot a lot of progress that has been made and I'm happy to see that it continues to move I know it's a lot of hard work and sometimes when one door shuts another another door opens um and so so there's uh there's a voice that that
continues to be spread regarding um the impact that has been made uh with with legislation like this so we wholeheartedly support it for many reasons that you've already heard here today and for many of the conversations that we've had in the past and I think it's important to let people know what
this legislation truly does and and its intention so um I'm glad that we're here supporting it again councilman patal thank you and we continue to send you our um our support our prayers and our commitment to fighting for um a fair and
and and just system thank you thank you go ahead and call the RO motion to approve May by councilwoman K second by councilwoman Roso counc yes Council Roso yes Council P yes Bas FR yes motion
passes okay we move on to item e item e a resolution of the May the city council of the city of dra Florida directing and authorizing Council also to work with the city manager's office to propose improve Improvement of special needs events and programs to prioritize R's residents providing direction to the city manager and City attorney providing for implementation incorporation of recital and an effect the DAT okay
Council W Mar noo this is your item thank you well colleagues I am bringing this item very similar to the item that I brought last month for our silver Club um I want to be able to represent the
special needs community and make sure that the things that are important to them is being well represented I was very disheartened hardened to know that last year one of their equivalent to their end of the year Gala was not programmed and I want to make sure
things like that do not happen to them again um we need to include and represent and take care of them just like we do any other function um that the city does and that's not to say that's not happening but I just want to
make sure that extra emphasis is being focused and that we do right by them so that is my item thank you thank you very much I need a motion motion to approve motion to approve by Council P
second second second by Council Roso Madam cler please call the r motion to approve May by Council second by Council coun yes Council Roso yes Council yes yes mayor FR yes pass okay thank you very much item f a
resolution of the mayor and the city council of city of D Florida approving a special event permit and use of the city logo requested by L Osco to host the Rond Dalal 2025 at D Meadows Park located at 11555 Northwest 58 Street D for 32178 on Sunday April 13 2025 from 6:30 to 10:30 providing for
implementation incorporation of recitals and an effective date okay I think we're going to hear from Planning and Zoning GMO welcome good morning good morning mayor vice mayor council members City attorne uh city manager City attorney assistant city manager city clerk um the um the applicant Eduardo
Osco is requesting approval to host U the Run Dural 2025 it's a 5K run walk is there no presentation okay sorry um uh the event will be hosted at uh D
Meadows Park located at there we go um located at um 11555 Northwest 58 street from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Sunday April 13th with setup from 4:00 a.m. tear down
at 10:30 a.m. um they are requesting use of the city logo no financial assistance has been requested by the applicant um they are requesting uh road closures Northwest 58th Street from
Northwest sorry on Northwest 58 street from 11 17th AV to 107th AV 117th AV from 58th to Northwest 50 and 74th street from 114th to 107th there will be parking on
site um that's the site plan and they are um estimating about 1,600 um attendees and um yeah so planning and zonings seeking approval thank you very mucho all right if there's no other
questions I need a motion to approve motion to approve by Vi mayor por second by councilwoman Cal mayor yes Council P thank you I just want to say first of all happy birthday to Ardo happy birthday yes and second uh I
spoke to the city manager and the administration to see if it's possible to wave the process of every year of the organization coming to apply for for these permits since this is the third year that they hosted in the city I
think the numbers have been increasing every year we all participate uh we hope that we can actually improve our mark this year right our time uh but I think that it's it's becoming more like a signature event for the city than anything else uh
without waving any fees or anything like that but at least to expedite the process so they they don't have to come back for for approval every time that we have uh that they're planning to host the event in the city so I think that I have no problem with that as long as
legally through legal we have no issues um you know with giving direction to to the administration to move forward and creating this more like um obviously continuing to have the fees because it is for profit for them but um but to
give them some type of concession as a signature event that that it's consistent yeah as far as legally is concerned the only thing we would do is just enter to some kind of an agreement okay where we would have just you know some kind of you know legal disclaimers and then yeah it could be lber green
Works yes if I if I just may add this would be specific to the special event permit process going to council it wouldn't wave building permits corot Etc so I just wanted to state that for the record correct yes yes I have no issues with that we can add to have
Administration meet with the applicant through legal and create some type of memorandum of understanding for a couple years that works Y and and for my clarification would just would this just be for the um rund for just rund because Mr Osco also hosts other events in
December yeah I think that he can have the conversation with Administration and the memorandum of understanding can come back with what events he wants to include there great thank you so much but let's try and limit it to just the the events he's been hosting with the the 5Ks and the the half marathon right
thank you yeah thank you perfect thank you all right okay we need a roll call a motion to approve made by vice mayor por second by Council vice mayor poras councilwoman Cal Council P yes councilwoman Roso yes may FR yes Mo pass
okay madam cler we're going to take up the items that were pulled in order alphabetic order so we'll start with 6A item 6A a resolution of the May the city council of City OFW Florida waving the formal competitive bid process pursu into section 2-3 to one of the city's Court of ordinances and awarding inform formal request for proposals irfp number
202 2402 for school zone speed detection services to Red speed Florida LLC authorizing the city matter to negotiate an agreement with reded for a 5-year term providing for implementation expenditure budgeted funds incorporation of recital and an effective date this was pulled by councilwoman cabal okay councilwoman cabal you have the floor to
the chair um to the city manager I gu would like to for you to please to elaborate a little bit um the reasons I know that we have our our meeting um before the meeting I before our council meeting on the revised agenda but I
would like you um if you can elaborate a little bit on um the reason that we are um request that you're requesting for another proposal to negotiate again yes good morning councilwoman
through the mayor um the City attorney um helped with this item and I would like like for him to reply in reference to he's the one that helped uh draft the letter um to [Music] explain thank you madam manager um
councilwoman Cal the reason being is uh we entered the resolution that was passed on on Vera was passed on July of 2024 as of January of this year there had not been much movement on var's part to do anything pull permits do anything
that was necessary uh it is important I think for the City to make sure that by August of this year we're going to have these School cameras up and running and so it was evident that that wasn't going to happen uh the agreement section 15.1 which we cited in the letter allows us for any reason uh to go ahead and be
able to terminate provided that we give a sufficient reason and and there is no cost or uh liability to to the city on this so that's why we went ahead and did that uh the resolution that you have before you is going with the second highest bidder uh that was found to be responsive um and and that's why the
city's moving in that direction just to make sure that we have this by August through the chair uh through the city attorney so um what was the uh do you have uh were you able to talk to them have any communication with Vera and see
why was the delay on them on having up this U running no I mean it was really incumbent on them to based on the agreement that we had to do those things and to really communicate with the city um and they they there was just no communication whatsoever uh even after
we sent the letter uh there wasn't much communication afterwards it took about a month so they were not working with the uh with the staff or anything after this was approved or no I mean once to be to be candid once the letter was sent then
we started getting some calls but I mean it was I I think in in the opinion of both management and myself a little too late because we needed to someone that was really going to be proactive and make sure that this was going to happen by August okay and with the uh with the
the no vendor that that was the second um within the bit at that time have that they have given you um at least a time if they get this approved today how long it's going to take them to be able to put this up running are they're going to
be able to do this before school year or from my understanding uh of what I've I've heard is that they're willing and and able to make this happen by August so crossing our fingers that this one works is there um anybody from from the
company that is here because I would like to ask uh through um if I may some questions to the vendor I do believe they are here present correct they are mhm morning good morning uh good morning mayor council members uh
Greg parks with red speed thank you Greg Council thank you I just received an email um and I also wanted to understand um some issue and if you could please elaborate sure um about the program that
you had in in Palm Bay and also in manate County no I'd be happy to thanks for the question um we operate more schools own safety programs than all other vendors combin in the country over a 100 we have 28 customers in Florida
nine I think in mi D County as recently as last night mi spring signed with us so we got a great relevant experience we have dozens of cameras operational in the county and we absolutely be live by the beginning of school manate County changed commissions the board that
approved it was gone all but one and they didn't want to do a program uh their political decision they're right man County had a flasher issue our Palm Bay very minor it was corrected uh things happen but we operate excellent
programs and what were those issues that were corrected uh flasher timing okay I just wanted to to know on Mr attorney if if you will and Madam um manager if you already have an idea
let's say if anything happens you know I don't know with the permitting with the county and um you know to have this running if you already have a set on time like if this doesn't happen within you know like this other company um of what you have expressed that had
happened um what would be if you have an idea what would be the next step or if you're going to be taking uh any steps depends on how long this will take through the mayor councilwoman um all our contracts include termination
Clauses um for non-performance and also for convenience so um the the the company is willing to you know abide by the timeline that they have provided then we should be fine if not we could always put this back out and the timeline could you please um well what
we're hoping is is that we are operational by the time that the school year begins in August of this year of 25 okay perfect thank you so much for answering my questions thank you thank you very much all right I need a motion motion motion to approve by
councilwoman Roso I need a second second second by councilwoman Beno okay Madam clerk call motion to approve May by councilwoman Roso seconded by councilman Pino councilwoman Roso yes councilman Pino yes councilwoman Cal yes vice mayor poras yes mayor frag yes motion passed
all right thank you very much next item item 6B a resolution the city council of City withraw forward approving settlement terms with Dal 10 LLC providing for implementation and corporational recital and an effective date this was pulled by the City attorney Mr Lorenzo you pull this I did yes thank you Madame mayor um so simply
I just wanted uh to pull this just to advise the council and during the February uh council meeting uh this board uh went ahead and approved the term sheet uh which had all of the significant terms uh we've already forwarded and been negotiating the U purchase and sale agreement and the
settlement agreement I have with me uh R gessi your other City attorney uh who's been heavily invested in this in the last couple of weeks uh everything's pretty much finalized now there is one caveat uh and that's dealing with some U mitigation credits and some permits with Duram and with South Florida Water
Management uh and there's some documentation that we're just trying to get a little bit more clarity on and make sure that that is able to seal the deal so I just wanted to put that on the record that i' I'd ask this uh uh Council and the mayor uh to please give us both uh miss the the the manager and
myself and our team uh discretion and latitude to be able to finalize that negotiation and bring the final product uh the purchase of the property okay thank you very much there's no comments or questions we need a motion um I have a I have a question could you
please because I remember at the time that we went through um a few years back uh with this issue um that the cost at that time of the land was $10 million and now we're buying it for uh 20 if it's not my understanding no well
the settlement amount is that 21 but it doesn't include only the purchase of the land it includes other uh figures including attorney fees and cost that are owed could you please elaborate a little bit about it and how is it that it was terit the uh I guess that it was
a study or how we came how they came up with that amount and that we were planning to settle for that amount I'm going to let my colle been how long how many years from the time because I don't I mean I know that oh this has been going on since 2018 five years for five
five six years more yeah about six at the time like six years was $10 million no that was like the pricing of that time a little bit further I think that was around 2017 18 yeah around yeah around that time yeah um obviously the market has changed dramatically since
then um this was a negotiation uh we were not doing well in court uh we had Insurance Council and insurance company uh we were not doing very well in court the the settlement include they haven't
been able to I without making their case but they haven't been able to develop the land or do certain things on the land because of the issues with contamination and everything else that they alleg we caused uh we disagree with that uh we
don't believe it was as bad but uh like I've spoken to most of you about I would rather and recommend that you purchase the land and and you've already agreed to do that uh that you purchase the land rather than just pay the damages that the that the court is likely to find
against Dural at least you have the land um there's appraisals uh part of the settlement don't quote me on the exact figure but about $3 million is for loss of use of the land attorneys fees and costs uh and then the rest the land is
being purchased for 171 I believe something around that amount yeah 171 or 17 apprais around the 18 right and we have an appraisal uh for actually more than that uh that we contract out independently just recently uh to do
that I stick with my recommendation as to uh the settlement uh I recommend it uh you all voted in favor of it the only issue and the only reason it was pulled today is because it's complicated uh an issue involving Med mitigation credits
and there's a mitigation Bank where these credits were purchased by the seller and the seller is assigning them to us the question is uh the chicken or the egg do we we after a conversation that we had yesterday I mean this is happening in real time this is happening
like yesterday afternoon this morning and going forward we have to purchase we want to take advantage of purchasing these credits it's $150,000 it's real money but in light of a $21 million settlement uh it's not something that should hold
it up we are we are stuck or not stuck we are discussing whether the seller assigns us the M mitigation credits before that and then we close or whether they can be
assigned after the fact it's it's not 100% clear the seller is looking for certain documents that they have to give us this is happening in a very short time period um So based on that we're going to negotiate how this happens so that we try and make sure we capture
those credits but I would not hold up this deal uh for that because the alternative is to go back to court uh the insurance carrier as many of you know has said that they don't want to cover us anymore that they don't believe there's coverage and we would have to foot the bill for the lawyers going
forward there's a lot of issues going going on that I've discussed with you at executive session and other uh matters so what we're looking for is leeway just to negotiate those terms so that we can get this closed by the 19th because there's no more Council meetings uh
between now and then as far as I understand hopefully I haven't been too verbal or uh taking up too much of your time but if you've got any other questions let me know thank you for for for answering and you know I am all to
resolve the issue um just for the record I wasn't at the day at the time that this was brought up I I was absent at the time okay just to all right that was unanimous so I unanimous with the ones that were that day I guess um so I just wanted you know for us to
keep uh finishing you know with all the different um litigations that we have and but to look always you know keep fighting on having something that is positive a positive impact to our city thank you and feel better thank you we
have a motion by councilwoman right now so I need a second second second by councilman pino there's no more questions Madam clerk call I have a motion to approve and direct city manager and City attorney the negotiations for the item May by councilwoman Roso second by Council Pino councilwoman Roso yes Council Pino yes
councilwoman cabal yes Vice May poras yes mayor Fraga yes motion passes okay move on to the next item Madam clerk next item is 60 a resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of D Florida awarding request for proposals 2024 21 Recreation and fitness programs to the top ranked firms and
authorizing the city manager to negotiate and enter into agreements with Gracie's total training pit feel well trained better Miss music for babies Regina Los Santos salsa and bachata panker dance ad and Company Inc and level up mobile gym for the provision of recreational programming for a period of one year with option to renew for an
additional two oneyear terms providing for implementation and corporational recital and an effective date this was pulled by Vice May poras okay Vice May poras thank you um I pulled this item just so that we could have a very quick um summary on you know how the vendors were selected I know that there's a lot
of um individuals that want to do business with the city which is great um and now that we're opening Central Park we have a lot of programming as well as in our facilities in outside of Central Park so I just wanted to um just do a public sort of a very brief um
explanation of all the great things that you know the city has already been doing to encourage participation and how we're selecting vendors so that you know the public just hears it thank you uh good morning everyone so just to add uh to to this before I call up the
parks director ctor um the past couple years we've been doing several things to encourage uh public participation especially those local vendors that want to do business with the city uh we've done vendor fairs uh where we educate the community we educate vendors on the process and provide assistance for them
uh and and allow them to use the city and our staff as a tool to assist them in in getting registered and going through the process uh beyond that specifically to some of the parks program recently in December we did uh have our process that was a simplified
bid process uh compared to some of the the more um detailed ones and the goal with that was to allow uh individuals who aren't familiar with the process to be able to uh come meet with staff or submit a a form or documents that were
not as um as uh detailed as as other procurement processes have have been um we did select back in December and we brought forward to Council for approval several programs and several instructors for Parks programming uh being that we
do have Dalal Central Park coming on board uh fully in in the next couple months uh we wanted to make sure we had a full menu of instructors and programs to to fulfill uh the needs for our community um so we we did contact
several vendors who have reached out to the city in the past who have done services for the city in the past who have provided services at no cost to the city in the past uh that we believed were going to fit some of those gaps that we had uh so in in in that we have
presented today some um some instructors uh that will be on a one-year pilot program with uh options for renewals for one-year periods to with two options for Renewal um if you need more from about the process or the specific programs I'm happy to either
call the um uh procurement director or the parks director oh I think that's fine just wanted to make sure that you know we we talked about it and thank you and with that I'll just place a motion thank you motion to approve motion to approve by Vi mayor second by Council
there's no more questions or comments Madam cler please call to Second yes councilman yes Council maroso yes councilman P yes mayor FR yes motion passes all right thank you very much Madam clerk next item next item is 6 q a
resolution of the mayor on the city council city of D Florida approving a special event permit requested by CC Avalar on behalf of of par five group to host a live golf International Miami at Trump National Dural located at 4,400 Northwest 87th Avenue Dural Florida 33178 from Friday ail 4 through Sunday April 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
providing for implementation incorporation of recitals and an effective date this is p by mayor frog yes thank you very much very briefly I pulled this item because um they they actually are not here I don't believe there's anybody here for them today but I've been meeting with um representatives of the Liv tour for a
couple weeks now and they want to have more participation in the community and we've been able to come up with some great activities for the community which will include the youth um volunteers um and so with that we have decided to or we have come to a term that we would be
a sponsor as a city by providing just this relationship with the community it's no in kind or no um anything that we're we're waving any fees or police um it was just for the use of the logo and also through public affairs um and and
the director that I've had from from the council through the manager's office working with them to promote the Liv tour um which is a great initiative in our city and something that we've been recognized as a golf Community for several years we want to bring that back hopefully it'll be on a more consistent
basis and they'll sign a year year-over-year deal where we'll have more opportunities to promote um this great event but um in this this year what we have asked we've been asked to do is to do banners um on the light poles and to also do bus benches and
it'll have our logo so it's basically um promoting our sponsorship with the Liv tour which I think is extremely important for our community so it I I pulled it so that we could get uh just approval from the council to be able to use the official logo as a sponsor and I will continue to work with them on these
great initiatives and programming which will include our youth our special needs um so we're doing a lot of great programming throughout the days that they'll be here with the pro athletes so that's pretty much it just need a motion motion to approve motion to approved by councilwoman P second second by
councilwoman Roso Madam clerk I have a motion to approve inclusive of a sponsorship of the event by allowing them to use the city logo and promote the event via banners and bus benches yes may by counc second by counc maroso Cil Pino yes
Council Roso yes Council yes yes may FR yes motion passes all right thank you very much well now move into the item um Madam clerk we're going to take up item t uh Tu and V together okay would you like for me to read them into the record yeah read them all into the record
because they're all regarding the same so so it does not mind taking them up together no problem item 6t a resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of D Florida awarding invitation to bid 202 24-14 D Boulevard entry features to Waypoint Contracting Inc in an amount
not to exceed 1, 62577 22 which includes a 10% contingency for any unforeseen conditions and a 2% dedicated allowance for anticipated permitting costs authorizing the city manager to execute a construction agreement authorizing the city manager to transfer
$434,400 from account number 101.8 z5500 633 to account 101 85500 631 and authorizing the city manager expend budgeted funds on behalf of the city and furtherance thereof providing for implementation incorporation recital and an effective date this was deferred from
the January 15 meeting and pulled for discussion by Council noo item 6 u a resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of Florida waving the competitive VI process pursuant to section 2-321 of the city's code of ordinances authorizing and Consulting contract agreement with Calvin jordano and Associates Inc for project
management and construction engineering inspection services for the D Boulevard entry features project in an amount not to exceed $155,500 cents authorizing the city manager to execute the Consulting agreement and expend budgeted funds on behalf of the city providing for implementation and Corporation recital
and an effective date this was deferred from the January 15 council meeting and pro for discussion by Council mon noo item v a resolution of the May on the city council of the city of D Florida waving the competitive bit process per two section 2-321 of the city's Court of ordinances authorizing a Consulting contract agreement com 91 Associates for
post assign services for the Dal Boulevard entry features construction project in an amount not to exceed $ 36,4 72 authorizing the city manager to execute the Consulting agreement and expend budgeted funds on behalf of the city providing for implementation incorporation of recital in an effective date this was deferred from the January 15 council meeting and pull for
discussion by Council re no thank you Madame clerk um well these items I pulled on a matter of principle I cannot stand and approve two monuments uh sign structures that are
exceeding a million dollars and the additional costs that come into placing this um I think about the programming that we could fund with this money I think about other projects that the city can fund with this money um so on
principle I cannot um vote Yes on any of these three items for that cause so thank you okay any questions any other questions to our um through the the
chair to um our Madam manager I know that this been going for quite a while um this project uh going back and forth also on the design and all of that uh if you could please elaborate a little bit or our City
attorney too about this particular three particular these three items good morning morning thank you through the mayor um yes councilwoman um this um this item and the three items that go along with it because it has
Engineering Services and post um uh Design Services um has been in the works at least from what I remember going back to 20 15 um and I am sure that given
everything that has happened in the rise in cost it has propelled these monuments to be um a lot more costly than they intended to be at the beginning um I know the Design's been picked for many many years um and I also know the concern that the council had with
respect to The Monuments that are there now or the the um almost Tob too small you can that we have um to do them so we decided to move them forward because Public Works has been um hanging on to
that and and you know moving and re uh rebud getting for the increases and so on so it is up to the council as always whether you want those monuments there or not and I totally respect the council
woman's um concerns um but that is the cost of what we have if you want more detail I can bring up the Public Works director Carlos aroyo to to speak to council if you have any additional questions if I may now that you are our
new city manager um my recommendation will be if maybe you can look into it now that you are on board and see if there's any other alternative that maybe it can be represented presented again to the council to see all the Alternatives
and see if maybe um we will be able to bring the cost uh minimize the cost uh for this because now might be a better you know better materials or another design that maybe will enhance uh the
the limits of our city because the ones that are now I do understand that they're very small I mean they're hardly visible for who comes and visit uh our city I think that is needed but um I think that maybe now that you are on
board you might be able to um look and maybe find like you have been done with other other contracts to see maybe we can have a better uh design and and a better price again councilwoman if that's the
will of the council I have no problem but I do know we would have to go back out and redesign um what we need to do and put it back out for Design Services so Carlos am I correct yes so we would have to completely redesign you know get
an an architect on on board and and redo the resign the design to do that because because this size and what we have that is the price of the materials and the and the cost right now we would have to redo engineering we would have to redo
design um and then go back out to bid for the for the if that will end it on being you know more more costly because of all the other work that has to be done that we already have I mean prior Happ already correct be a whole new project then no that's why I'm you know
I'm asking these questions um because you are the expert on this and and public works as well excuse me so then we can make uh a thoughtful decision yes I'm going to chime in here because I've been I think
I was the only one that's been sitting up here since this project initiated and what happens is every time that there's change in Council there's a change in opinions of how this should be done we've invested several hundreds of thousands of dollars already on redoing our Monument signs they're super
outdated them they look like tombstones which in my opinion are just not they they don't fit the the design and the the look of our city there's been a push to um modernize I think that the design we have is one that is um tasteful and
takes into account the cost I know it's a high cost I I don't you know I don't dispute that but we've already invested a lot of money so scratching this project from the beginning is going to cost us double and every year that we put this off and defer it which we've done for over 10 years the cost goes up
similar to what happened with the land um so every time we've put this off we're we're ending up paying more money I we've had several discussions about this the monument signs for me have been a big deal because it started back from the dado deor day the D deor District days um and has evolved from there and
so I really think this is something we need to pursue and move forward with or we scratch the entire project and we leave the Tombstones but I think for what our city has become today we need better Monument signs and identification of the city when you're coming into the
main quarters of the city that represents the city that you're coming into so um that's why I've been you know wanting to move forward with this because I think that it it it's needed for identifying the city um now that is not to say that
that there's there's also other entry features that we're going to have to look at moving forward because this only addresses the main D Boulevard and we will have to start looking at something that matches this look for 107th Avenue and other areas where we have the
tombstone so this is an ongoing project the more we delay it the more expensive it's going to be and the you know the less it's going to get done so I'm supportive of it I know it's extremely um you know it's something that's an extreme expensive cost but in the reality of today's pricing and materials
um I I don't think we're going to get anything much less expensive than this we're only going to see it continue to rise in price so as someone who's been sitting up here for more than 10 years watching this project at deferred deferred deferred deferred I think it's time for this to make a decision or if not scratch the entire project and not
and continue with what we have are these the tall monuments like the really tall ones I personally don't like them but you know and I I I don't know I I agree that um I mean I I don't like either to be honest just wanted to put that on the
record the sign again this is something that every time we have new people on the council it's art is in the eye of the beholder and it's it was put through committees it was I mean it's a design that is supposed to uh enhance the aesthetic
appeal of our community and also resemble what the city has become and that's why these also this is not up to just us it goes through fdot there's several agencies involved that have to approve so it's not just us saying we like this and we want this many times we provided a design and fdot rejected it
so we also have to take into account that there's several agencies involved and that's part of um the process that it's also delayed this and so we don't want to continue to kind of go down and chase our own tail for a lack of better
words and then go to fdot and it get rejected again so um we can put it up to a vote and yeah yes than you mayor I I also agree with you I mean I was I was not sitting here but I was part of the council part of the staff when this was
approved back in 2015 and I believe the current city manager was part of the staff too so I I know it has been going around for 10 years at least and I do remember it's exactly what we're seeing today I mean so these conversation has been going on for for the last 10 years
and I do agree with counil woman Ros I mean I know it's expensive now but uh I mean unfortunately and I I mean I like to call it how it is I mean this we're having the conversation again is because of lack of productivity before
based on previous council members I mean that's the reality that we're facing so uh yes I mean we can keep the conversation going and it's going to take more time it's going to take more years most likely and it's not our fault that previous council members didn't make this decision on time and that's
why we're paying more now and correct if I'm wrong but I also believe this was part of the bond at some point with the pedestrian bridge it was separate it was never part of the bond but it was the pedestrian bridge
Incorporated one of The Monuments but that's no longer happening right so and we all know what happened with with the bond and how the money was actually had to be moved around and again those are decisions that were made by by previous council members so um I'm in favor of
moving forward based on the fact that yes is it's it's horrible what we have right now I mean let's call it the way it is I mean when you enter it when you enter theale it you don't believe you're entering theale uh so it's it's very bad I mean and we have to change it and at
least we're making a proactive step on D bouber I agree we have to look into other maybe options regarding other entrances to the but at least we're doing what but also and you might recall
I think Miss AR Roo was here too we hosted uh workshops yeah where the community participated and the residents approve what we have in front of us so again we're not doing something because we
want to this was approved 10 years ago it was taken to the council back then it was approved before that we hosted workshops so I we're just trying to be proactive now and I do agree it's expensive and it will be more exp I mean
if you bring it back in six months a year it's going to be more expensive I mean that's the reality so I'm okay in moving forward through the um through the chair yes uh well based um on the information like I said before um that you have and I
remember also I mean I've been here for seven years that this is also something that is going back and forth and the information that public Works have uh provided and that they have worked for I have a motion to approve the project to keep moving forward okay
we have a motion to approved by councilwoman cabal second second by councilman Pino okay any other questions comments no okay Madam clerk please call The rooll Madame mayor this will be one motion for all three items correct okay
I have a motion to approve items 6t 6 U and 6V made by Council cabal and seconded by Council Pino Council cabal yes councilman Pino yes councilman Roso no vice mayor Bas no mayor Fraga yes motion passes okay all right we have the
final item item Z yes item z a resolution of the mayor on the city council of the city of RA Florida streamlining the vice mayor role in order to avoid confusion and promot fiscal responsibility providing for implementation incorporation of recital and an effective this was pulled by Council om
councilwoman thank you so um again with this item and I with all du respect to councilwoman Roso I understand that um your comment has been based on saving money and be physical respons
responsible but uh if we bring just what have been approved in the last um month when it comes to some positions that for me really we are not in need of those positions that are way more than 2,837 29 base
on the information the memo that I I have here I don't think that this fight it is really needed among uh vice mayor um excuse me Bas here this is something that since the beginning it has been
always going forward not just because something has been done before um I'm I'm not saying that because something has been done before is is not good for us to sit down and review it if it is something that is really that makes
sense that but in this case it's just a fight that really doesn't make any sense um and I really think that if you wanted to you're bringing this forward uh on us because you said that
the cost is too high uh to be able just to print um the envelopes to print the letterheads the cards like we all have done the frame something that anyway every two years we have election is somebody it's um is not reelected uh
anyway everything has to many of the things that you're putting here in the items has to be replaced excuse me um so I really think that um there's no reason for for this fight Among Us anyway each of us
rotate so at the time that it comes to you I mean that is your turn I'm pretty sure that and I hope and I would like to amend this that at least for the years that we are going to still be here all of us all these the members that are right now elected there will be no
Amendment into this resolution because I don't think that is fair that this has being done uh you coming on board and you're telling me that $2,837 is really going to make a difference for a fight
I mean just think about it I think that we're trying to work all of us here together as a team or at least trying to agree on the things that are for the well-being of the community but in this case to have this fight with another council member when all of us have
rotate I was once a vice mayor you're going to be a vice mayor at one point too and I will never try to do something like that to you because I think that you you deserve to also be recognized for you to within your position for you
to have your signs you know your name I mean it is a rotation that all of us does and I think that that's clear in the community that everybody knows that this is a rotation it's not a position that is voted all of us
rotate the the mayor also did twice three times three times so and I don't think that you know nobody uh brought something like this you know to limit and if it is
about the money I'm pretty sure that there will be people that will be willing to donate that money if it is you know your concern of the cost counc one but I really wanted to ask um and I hope and I'm pretty sure that you all
going to support this that to amend this resolution that then at the time that we are here all of us this resolution would not me be amended thank you councilwoman mayor yes councilwoman re
Roso the mayor I would agree with councilwoman Cabra but then we would both re wrong so I would like to just call the question thank you so much thank you councilwoman all right uh I need a motion motion motion to approve by
councilman Pino second second by councilwoman Roso Madam clerk please call the role motion to approve by Council second by councilwoman Roso Council Pino yes Council yes Council no vice mayor Bas no
mayor frag yes motion passes okay thank you very much we'll now move on to the mayor's report Madam clerk if you could please pass around the letter um in my report this month one of the things that I wanted to bring forward was I I believe all of us were at the the um
February 19th BCC meeting um regarding the waste energy facility but there was also an item discussed there regarding a moratorium for annexation um for municipalities throughout the county um originally uh section 6 and section 15
were excluded from that moratorium um and then there was a motion to amend on the table uh that was laid on the table at that time to include section six um I have prepared this letter to send to our County Commissioner um this does affect our
city what while I'm disappointed the section six was included in the moratorium and that's something that we will continue to discuss and and look at um as we move forward uh I was at least encouraged that he showed support for continuing to allow for section 15 to be
amended I mean to be um annexed and be uh and be incorporated into the city of D therefore we prepared this letter there was a resolution that was adopted June 14th of 2023 by this Council that included a contract requesting um the
4-year mitigation which is the same deal that medley got two years ago when they received their incorporation so this letter basically just encourages and um requests that the county commissioner uh for District 12 put on the BCC agenda
meeting for April the agreement with the city of derado to move forward on Section six section 15 annexation I think it's uh important we have invested tremendously for over 17 years um fighting to get this
area incorporated into the city of D for several reasons one of them is to protect the uh the entry features in our community this is on 58th Street and the area needs to be be you know needs Improvement and beautification um projects so I'd really like for us to
stress the importance of this to our County Commissioner through this letter and ask for it to be um incorporated into the April meeting for the County Commission and that way we can proceed with section 15 which not only will uh will represent an important um Revenue
into our community but also uh allow us to continue to enhance and improve the Aesthetics and the main protect the main entrances of our community so just wanted to share this with you all I will be bringing more information forward on Section six um probably in the next
month and we'll Reach Out directly to the county commissioner's office to make sure that this letter is received and that hopefully we can get section 15 um to be approved by the County Commission at the next at the next meeting that was really what I wanted to share with
everybody additionally um we wanted to wish all women in our community a happy uh women's month uh women's history month and also an international women's day which was celebrated last Saturday um and also remind everybody that next
month we'll be having Our Extravaganza uh and lastly April 8th and 9th next month are date days and I believe some of us are going to be going or would like to go to dat days and it coincides with our council meeting for the month so I'm requesting that the
council meeting be moved to April 16th um I believe the clerk has already checked the schedule and if it's okay with everybody we'll be moving it one week so we can go to date days that's fine okay everybody's okay with that yeah let me check my
calendar 60 while while Council one's checking her calendar I also wanted to wish some of our directors a happy birthday um Edgar March 4th happy birthday Carlos aroyo March 5th and our Parks director
Erin Sullivan March 30th so happy birthday guys that's it for my May's report I think we're just checking that the council woman's agenda for the 16th but I believe some of us already committed to day days so we really don't have another option at this point but I mean
I I I'm going to move a few things that I have in the hospital that day then yeah okay all right so March 16 I mean April 16th it is thank you very much uh we'll now move on to council comments to the
May councilwoman Roso well once again I'm very happy to uh see all these wonderful faces at our Council meetings again I think Community engagement is super important to the job that we do here up in Council I want to thank each of our department directors I haven't
gotten around to meeting all of you yet and having our one-on ones but I'm extremely proud of the work that each of you do for the city of Geral and the team that you lead I think it's um you know it's just the sense of teamwork and the pride that we have for our city and
always committing to Excellence so thank you for for leading that and thank you to all the employees that we have here additionally I want to Echo the mayor in happy wom's month to all um the amazing ladies that we have here yes um happy St
Patrick's Day for next week and also for spring break the city parks department has amazing programs for those that are looking for many camps I want to invite our residents to look into that and see
if there's any of the programs that we're offering or we've partner up with interest anyone um also last night I had the opportunity to have a ride along through our city and I want to thank our police department and the amazing work
that they do um our city is very well looked after and is very safe I want to thank the men and women that do that that allow for us that while they're patrolling the night or while they're driving around in the morning and taking Tak care of the calls that they have
that that allows us a majority of the residents to have and live in the safe and beautiful community that we do and it's in part to them so thank you for allowing me to have that opportunity and see a little bit of what you guys do at nighttime um and I want to invite the
residents um or anybody else to come to downtown DAL to our art walk this Saturday I think culture and the Arts is very important and this is a great opportunity to see a little little bit of that this weekend thank you my
colleagues thank you very much any other Council comments Council thank you mayor I would like to first of all to recognize some of the member of the community there are here as well I know we have members from the silver club
they're here we have veterans here so thank you for your service absolutely thank you so much I also want to recognize uh we have Miss Doral here Miss Garcia so welcome and I also want to
thank everybody from the community that actually show up today because it is important I mean it's important to participate it is important to get involved uh we're a wonderful community and please keep doing it we need you
guys yes aen Pablo you're always welcome here I also want to thank our Police Department our police officers I Echo ccil woman R's comments we have a great great police department and and I also want to thank you for the great response
that you guys actually had yesterday with the uh incident at that Ronald ran Senior High I want to thanks our school board commissioner Danny spino as well in keeping everybody up to date on
social media as well and obviously the Miami day County Public School System Police Department Miami day County Police Department and everybody that responded yesterday I think that was that was amazing so thank you for keeping our community safe thank you for keeping our children safe and that's a
huge relief so that's why I always like to say every time that you see a police officer say thank you because I mean they're the ones protecting us and keeping us safe and yes buy caitos for them when you get a chance don't buy donuts right
Chief no Donuts every all healthy stuff so I just want to say thank you for everything that you guys do it's it's pretty amazing and thank you to all the wonderful staff that we have and all the women that we have as part of the team
our city manager thank you so much for last three months have been pretty amazing next to to you and your leadership and it's great to serve next to Four Women as well I'm the only guy
as you can tell let's see if that changed next year but uh but uh so far I'm the lucky one and I'm the favorite councilman of the city of Dural so let's keep it that way thank you so much thank you councilman any other
comments I have some comments yeah vice mayor um I want to reiterate my condolences to the family members of all those that passed away this in in the last couple weeks um I also want to thank our our city staff our manager everyone that's doing the great work and
continues to do the great work we really have had um amazing turnout at a lot of our events and I'm hearing it from all of our residents they're very very happy um they love all the programming um Aaron her team and everyone else that's
worked on it thank you um keep up the great work I also want to um congratulate all the women as well for uh women's month this is really the time to recognize all of our accomplishments and contributions that we make um
everywhere and I also want to recognize um someone that's here darus Steen back in the back his son Tyler Steen plays for the Philadelphia Eagles who happen to be Super Bowl champions this year so congratulations wanted to give them a
shout out um they are a family that have been yes we have Super Bowl champs guys that is really cool and very amazing in they're actually a family of Veterans as well and they have been in the community for over 20 years so um we have a local
hero and Tyler thank you all for for every for representing us really well and um that's it I want to wish everyone a Happy uh March month and I'll see you next month thank you very much any other comments yes thank you I know that we
acknowledge uh the passing of uh those leaders on our community that uh made a great impact in our um community and they will be uh missed uh to I would also would like to recognize the incredible contribution of women in our
community and to our Venezuelan Community uh your presence here today uh shows strength and and unity uh we stand with you especially during this challenging time with the TPA challenges um I I apologize that I'm not
feeling well today uh that's why I'm with a mask trying not to spread the germs or anything like that um thank you uh to arief for uh reaching out and let letting me know what was going on uh next door because I live all the way on the North side so thank you for reaching
out and I'm dream when I call you because I know many parents call me um trying to ask what was going on because they they did not have at that moment any information so many blessings to all of you and um happy St Patrick S Patrick
is coming one of my favorite Saints so search about him because it's not just about beer it's he did much more than that he actually was a great Saint many blessings to you thank you councilwoman I also wanted to mention just before we went on to the
manager's report it was also Lorenzo's birthday March 5th so happy birthday Lorenzo forgot sorry and I also wanted to yeah I also wanted to recognize we have some students here from Miami Dade College and their Professor Ralph welcome Ras nice to see you guys they're
political science students so we'll be doing some uh a tour of City Hall and they're here to just witness our council meeting today so welcome to all of you all right City manager's report good morning thank you mayor um um as you know since when I arrived um
we one of the vital things the city manager's office uh priorities we have been working on uh along with my with the deputy city manager and our assistant city manager and our executive team is to fill some of the vital vacant
positions that we have and to make some changes within the executive team that will increase efficiencies and help us move forward um as we embark on doing new projects and the things that we um set out to do so with that said I wanted
to bring up um our building director Jane Decker and our new um building official so that um Linda Blanco so that we can um intr ruce you to this new hire
um and uh very professional that we have uh in our city good morning thank you Madame manager good morning mayor vice mayor councel manager's office City attorney my colleagues in the audience city clerk Jane Decker building department director
no longer the building official or flood plane manager very excited about that they say uh big blessings come in petite packages so I am blessed to have have Linda on the team you guys know that I welcome challenges and change with an
open heart and mind and I very much look forward to leaning on and learning from Linda so and you know I like alliteration so with that thank you all I am very grateful for the opportunity to serve the
community and I want to thank Jane and vice uh city manager assistant city manager Frank Rios and the city managers sardinas um this is a great community and I look forward to helping any way I
can thank you thank you girl power too yeah I was gonna say welcome Linda we're happy to have you Jane thank you for holding down the four I know it was a tough two months month and a half so so thank thank you for holding on the fort and uh you know it's rare you see women
in construction management in the field um and so we're happy to have you and I know you come with a wealth of knowledge and experience um for many years and I've already had several people that have sat with you and have said wow I I finally got you know the answers I needed and and progress and solutions not to say that
Jane and her team have not done it they they're wonderful but um it's definitely important that people feel that they are getting solutions to you know situations so especially in buildings so thank you very much we welcome you with open arms thank you she's already got her boots on
and I know she does I've I've seen her thank you yes mayor thank you um in addition to that I also would like to bring up assistant city manager and CFO Fernando gayor and who has um some interesting
news to share regarding Our IT director Eileen Fernandez if she could come up as [Applause] well uh good morning Madame mayor council members at all
um since I arrived to the city of Dal um Eileen has been the interim IT director in two separate occasions for an extended amount of time um in the time that I've been here I've really gotten to know her both as an individual and as
a professional um she is as impressive individually as she is professionally um before I say some really nice things about her um you know Eileen has grown um literally grown up in the city so she first joined us in
2019 as a help desk uh specialist worked her way up to director so that is literally starting at the bottom and getting to the top and she's done it in a very short amount of time so that is an accomplishment um alen is a an amazing
mom a great family member very supportive of her family family and her husband she's a Durell resident and um just a few of her certifications which could take a while if I really decided to do all of them but I'm not going to
um since she joined the city of Durell she's gotten her master's degree um she's a certified government Chief Information officer uh and a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt so congratulations I'm a green belt you're a black belt good for
you um trying to scare us yeah she can innovate us to death um the reality is she's an amazing team leader um she understands the importance of it and how that correlates with operations and business analysis and
what impresses me the most is when it shows up here they're not just here to give you a software solution but they're actually here to take a look at your business process and see how that can be improved so with that said congratulations very welld deserved and I'm very proud of you
[Applause] thank you um I'm I'm really honor that I've been entrusted with the leadership of the great it Department that we have and I'm excited to work on all the technology initiative that will benefit
our residents business owners and our employees as well thank you thank you Eileen congratulations thank you we're happy to [Applause] um and then I would also like to bring
up our police chief Edwin Lopez and who has some uh news to share regarding our Deputy police chief alisan there's a trend here I don't know if you all have noticed good good well one more minute good morning good morning mayor vice
mayor council uh city manager City attorney Deputy city manager uh for us it's a it's a happy day um I got to bring my uh my colleague up here law enforcement officer for about 28 years um and our new deputy chief the the
first female deputy chief in the history of this Police Department so it's uh it's a major moment for us it's a historical moment and it's someone who's um who's committed to doing what's best uh for every single member and resident of our community so it's a it's an opportunity to to usher in um her
leadership um she's been already with the city for almost two years so she has a good grasp but she's she's a cop she's a mother she's a grandmother and she's someone who who loves us all so we're grateful to have her on board thank you thank you Chief good morning mayor vice mayor
elected officials city manager Deputy city manager I want to First thank Chief Lopez for entrusting me with this honor I carry it with professionalism commitment and dedication to the city of Durado and our officers I am truly
grateful for your support and I just thank you again in advance thank you thank you Alisha great job congratulations Leisa so thank you mayor we're still working on some of the things that we
have left and we will be back with more news next month thank you thank you awesome great work all right City attorney's report thank you Madame mayor um thank you all for your birthday wishes um congrats to Eileen congrats to all the women on uh women's month um and
uh just a few updates uh we continue to work there uh weekly uh with all the directors and with management just to make sure that anything that was a backlog is getting pushed through uh especially in the planning and zoning department uh so I want to thank all the directors for making time to meet with me on on a weekly basis uh to make sure
that that gets done uh there's two executive sessions I'd like to call for the following month uh Duke versus city of Dural and pñ versus city of Dural uh there are some liability issues on those slip and Falls uh but we may need to have an executive session on those thank
you all right city clerk's report my report is attached in the agenda as it is every month but I did want to give a shout out to Gabriel in the AV room because today is his birthday oh there you go [Applause] that's of birthdays this month okay if
that's it then we just need a motion to recess till our 6 p.m. meeting and we do have 5m protocol motion motion to uh Recess by councilwoman Roso second by councilman Pino on favor say hi hi all right we'll see you all at 5 or at 6
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the time is now 6:12 p.m. today is March 12th and this is our second session of the day Madam clerk please call the rule councilwoman ni Roso present Council Rafael Pino present councilwoman DNA present vice mayoras
mayor CHR frag present may please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance led by vice mayor poras pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice
for all okay agenda order of business is there any additional items nope all right being none we will go ahead and open up public comments the public comments portion of this meeting is now open if you would like to speak to anything on this agenda or anything J
mean to this Council now would be your opportunity please approach the podium you have three minutes to speak in a respectful manner we have common cards I will start with those if you did not fill out a common card you can approach the podium to speak we just ask that you fill out a common card at the end and I have Mr
Luis Valdez good evening everyone my name is Luis fdez and I'm a proud resident of City Dural and I am presenting myself today because I feel like we need to have an a four-way stop sign or traffic L at the intersection of Northwest 82nd
Street and Northwest 112th Avenue this is an intersection that I feel is one of the most dangerous in the city of Dural it's a four-way intersection but only has two stop signs and regularly causes accidents in fact this afternoon a nasty accident occurred and I live right in
the corner and I'm able to hear the accidents and of screeching of tires breaks Etc whenever it happens almost every day a near Miss occurs and multiple times a month accidents occur and this is a very important intersection because it's literally
right at the corner of Dale Legacy Park there are numerous pedestrians families people walking their pets people with young kids going to and from that park at all the time and so this is a very dangerous intersection that I even avoid
even though it will be the most convenient root for me to get to my house I avoid this intersection because it is so dangerous and many of my neighbors also avoid as well so I don't want to take up more of your time but I would really highly encourage you to please study installing either a four-way stop sign or even better
traffic leges at this intersection to make it safer for our community thank you thank you m Mr Valdes I'm actually going to through the manager's office ask for Carlos a Royo to see you in the back our Public Works director so that uh he can address this and take it down as we'll follow up with it thank you
mayor thank you anyone else would like to speak public comments being none okay public comments is now closed we will move on with our public hearings Madame may may please swearing the witnesses yes ma'am if you will be presenting testimony in any of
the public hearings please stand up raise your hand and repeat after me I do solemnly swear airm that the information that I'm about to present shall be the truth and not about the truth thank you very very much thank you item 28 a resolution of the mayor and the city council of the city of Dalal Florida approving the site plan
for Dalal lpv LLC for the property located at 3511 Northwest 91st Avenue in the city of D Florida pursu into section 53-1 184f of the city's Land Development code and providing for an effective date all right I'm going to go ahead and take any experte communication on this
item at this time before I move forward been any experte communication okay I did speak with the applicant um and it will not affect my decision um we will now hear from staff good evening mayor and coun we're
going to do public hearing real quick sorry I didn't realize this is a public hearing item we're GNA go ahead and do public hearing if there's anyone who would like to speak on this item please approach the podium we're on item 25- 6077 public hearing for this item is now
open being none okay we'll go ahead and close public hearing thank you the show good evening again uh this evening we are presenting a site plan by Dural lpv LLC the applicant who's proposing
their project PDC deral which is also referred to as panat Tony the request for site plan uh is to redevelop the site located at 3111 Northwest uh 91st Avenue Connie I don't think this is the correct
presentation no it's I sent you a revised sorry I'm going to just keep going uh it the site is approximately 9 acres and the applicant seeks to redevelop the property uh with two structures uh that are Warehouse buildings and they will total 15
3,654 Square ft the uh site is zoned industrial commercial with industrial land use industrial commercial zoning uh bounds the entire site to the north south east and west and then uh the to the South and the East you have industrial land
use to the north office residential and institutional and public facility to the West uh the site plan was reviewed for consistency with your comprehensive plan and your Land Development code there's an existing condition photograph in the presentation that we can go back
to uh which just shows a visual of the old Miami heral Building A View From Northwest 91st Avenue so you see the frontage of that building and the roundabout that currently exists uh like I stated the the applicant is seeking to De to demolish the two-story office building which was
built in 1997 I'm just there's the there's the front perspective of the building that we were just discussing um uh I'm sorry the uh the pro the current building total is 16,8 54 square F feet a zoning Workshop was held on
January 22nd 2025 giving the uh public a reasonable opportunity to speak and to provide comment and no comments were were issued Connie there was another one I'm sorry yeah did the renderings change from this no it it didn't it's just the
this was on the backup the flow of the presentation uh so the site plan uh seeks to redevelop the two Warehouse buildings there will be six tenants three in each building uh the each each tenant space includes warehouse storage
and ancillary office space the site uh includes 171 parking spaces the applicant has uh agreed to develop a sidewalk connection through the entry roundabout that connects to 91st Avenue for that connectivity that we always seek uh there's also bicycle racks on
site and uh in between the warehouse spaces the the rear of the warehous is above one another and that's really the loading area for the trucks and within that space there's heat reflective material in the loading areas uh which is also consistent with our code the
site plan uh also has Lush Landscaping surrounding the area so it'll be nicely buffered and these are elevations um from the front the rear and the side and there's some renderings for
[Music] you the site plan was reviewed for consistency with your comprehensive plan uh it also promotes better site design there's integration of the project uh into more effectively into the
surrounding environment the site plan enhances property value it ensures harmonious relationship amongst buildings uses and visitors it protects the health safety and Welfare of our residents and visitors traffic concerns have been addressed you have approval from your public works department as
well as Miami dat County uh Department of Public Works uh transportation and public works and um the last site plan criteria pursuant to your code uh is not applicable so with that staff requests that the mayor and Council approve the
proposed site plan for PDC Dural for project located at 3511 Northwest 91st Avenue um as the project is consistent with your comprehensive plan land use element goals objectives and policies applicable to the industrial land use category the project is consistent with your Land Development regulation
specifically the industrial commercial zoning District it's compatible with adjacent uses and the zoning districts that is a a w that's a heavy Ware house district um and it's uh also uh compatible with uh government uses in in
close proximity the site plan also meets the evaluation standards in section 53-14 C3 approval of development plans and L of code thank you so much thank you Michelle we'll hear from the applicant uh good evening Melissa tapenz
with law office is at 200 South bisc Boulevard Miami I'm here representing paneton development company we do have a presentation um if you'd like to indulge in one but we received a wonderful staff report um so I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have but I do
have a um a you have it in case you want to see some renderings Etc here we go so this is the site it's the uh former US Southern command and Miami heral site um this is a context of
of the property it's located um in close proximity to schools other warehouses hotels and the Municipal Park this is the existing condition um our proposal as was mentioned is to demolish the existing
16,000 Square ft of warehouse and construct two class a warehouse buildings of 153,000 square ft with a total of 171 total parking spaces and a clear height of 36 ft that is what is in demand um as
a Class A um Warehouse building the proposed site plan um is before you um these are the elevations that Miss Lopez uh showed um our landscape plan it's well buffered um to the exterior of the site uh we are uh improving the
connectivity of as was mentioned by including a sidewalk along the culdesac um our traffic analysis showed a reduction of both um AM and PM peak hour trips our traffic engineer uh with Kim Le horn is here as
well if you have any specific questions and most importantly panon has a proven track record of with for first class Pro proven performance throughout the United States Canada Europe and Asia um they have over 610 million square feet of
industrial office and retail space in more than 310 cities we're very excited to be here in the city of d where our commitment uh to the Dural and Greater Miami Community is evident through our uh Community work um these are certain of some of the organizations
that we support and of course uh these are the renderings of the uh of the site if you have any questions or comments uh of course uh we're here to uh listen and answer any questions that you may have thank you thank you miss tapus all right any questions or
comments for the applicant councilman vatal thank you mayor it's good to see you Melissa good to see uh if you if you don't mind can you go back to your presentation for a second thank you the next light will help that one
and through the manager we can have Michelle to I'm G to I just I'm going to use your map but course uh to ask uh Michelle a couple of questions if you don't mind thank you thank you
though thank you so I know we had conversations back and forth based on some of the concerns that I have when it comes not to your project you always do a great job it's good to have you here but I I like the
fact that that we're using this graph to show exactly what we have been talking that unfortunately in the past had nothing to do with you or your applicant is the mistakes that we have
been making as Council when it comes to these type of decisions and this is the perfect example you have warehouses around which is the purpose of that area but then you have a school right next to it you have a
community residential community and you have a hotel so the purpose is we're houses and you were not here Michelle so I'm no blaming you and I'm not even
blaming our Department's directors as for my colleagues to realize what we have been doing in the last 22 years and this is a perfect examp example of the mistakes from previous council members and previous
administrations so if we're trying to make things right and to make things to have more sense looking forward we cannot continue making this type of appro approvals when it comes to schools or residential areas in the middle of a
warehouse section so again nothing against our staff or you guys is more to my colleagues to realize what has been taking place in
the last 22 years that's a perfect map so having said that my concern is that on and we address that there's going to be a traffic light located on 89 court and another traffic light on I
believe that one is 92nd 92nd Avenue correct which it will help because right now you you have trucks blocking 89 C Court trying to make a left and they
block the two lanes westbound in order to make a left turn on 89 Court going on taking 33rd Street so I'm glad that we're going to have traffic lights those traffic lights it will help and now we're we're also
installing the school traffic lights as well the spe the speed zones yes so my question is how soon it's going to take for those traffic lights to be install before we have the project open because it's going to be 89 court and
then 91st Court we're going we're going to have the same issues of trucks blocking to make a life turn on on 33rd Street so I'm going to invite my colleague Mr Ayo up here to help us with that question I can tell you that the
traffic light for bridge Bridge Point is currently with the county in the planning stage um I don't know what their installation schedule would be do you have good afternoon ER councilman the
1492 Avenue that's where design has been already completed so we're trying to find out funding for start the construction as soon as possible so let's say we advertise within the next uh 30 60 days you need to add like like 60 days while we bring it to council and
then probably like six month so it could be by the end of the year aome thank so and that would be kind of my request to the administration to see what we can do in order to make sure that at least these two traffic lights are installed before we have the opening of of again
it's a nice project and it makes sense based on the area so that's those are my concerns and those are the points that I want to leave on the record especially for my for my colleagues to to to think about it thank you thank you thanks thank you
councilman any other questions comments okay if there being none we need a motion to approve motion to approve motion to approve by Council wabal need a second second second by councilwoman
Roso if there's no further discussion Madam clerk please call the motion to approvement by councilwoman Cal second by councilwoman Roso councilwoman Cal yes councilwoman Roso yes P yes mayoras yes mayor FR yes motion passes all right thank you very much welcome to
D all right Madam clerk we move on to the next item first reading Item B ordinance number 20 2513 amending rules of procedure and ordinance of the May the city council of the city of D florid amending division three rules of procedure of Article 2 City Council of chapter 2 administration of the city's code of ordinances providing for implementation incorporation into the
code incorporation or recital cability and an effective date all right going to open up public hearing anyone would like to speak speak on item 25- 6050 please approach the podium being none we now close public hearing on item
255 6050 sorry all right this is my item um basically in review of the rules of procedure to make sure that we have efficiency in our meetings um working with the city clerk's office as well as the city attorney's office decided to take a deeper dive into this part of our
code and rewrite the section um really what what um the reason we went to go and rewrite the entire section was because there was a lot of duplicity in the code and a lot of um areas that were unclear uh that just they didn't make a lot of sense and
so it was a lot easier to strike the code and just rewrite it it really is the same intent and a lot of it is exactly the same as it was uh for the exception of the time frame in which certain items need to be turned into the administration by Council what we
encountered and what I came to notice as I Was preparing for meetings and and and working to get our items in was that Administration is required to provide a recommendation and there was an unrealistic expectation for the administration to turn around a
recommendation when council members at many times and I'm guilty of it too would turn in items um at the last hour right before the publication of our of our agendas and so it's all it was impossible for administration to review
an item and provide a recommendation if the agenda needs to be published on the Thursday before the council meeting by you know 10:00 a.m. and we're turning it in the 24 hours before it's it's it's an unrealistic expectation um for them to have to drop everything they're doing to try and provide a recommend a real
recommendation for us to make a decision um that that has all the backup so what we did was add language that requires Council to turn in their documentation for agenda items that have a fiscal or a legislative impact at least two weeks
before so that staff has the proper time to review and work with that council member to get everything in so that by the time that the agenda publishes we have real backup and we have you know a revised item that we can actually make a decision on now that does not preclude us from putting in items that are
symbolic like resolutions or if it's a an easy item that doesn't require a recommendation um so we really left it to items that have a legislative and a fiscal impact again the rest of the language is very it's it's really the same as what it was except that we found
that the code was very duplicative and had a lot of conflicting language which is why we decided to rewrite it and then of course the order of the agenda is really for purposes of efficiency making sure that we're not you know we're we're making best use of our time so that's
why we brought this forward and if anybody has any questions uh feel free to comment on it but this is an opportunity for us to have uh complete items to make a a decision when they when it comes forward to this Council through the mayor yes vice mayor
poris okay well thank you for reviewing it I think that we we did need to look at it and and really like you said eliminate sort of like the repetitive stuff I just have a couple questions who should I direct my questions to the attorney or to you either one either one
of us can answer we worked on it together okay so my first question is on page 18 of the ordinance under Section 2- 69 D where it says Robert's Rules of Order
are superseded by the rules of procedure does that also mean that if there the rule is not here then we're going to use uh Robert's Rules as Gap fillers or or No Yes rules our rules of procedure will always supersede but if there's a
silence to it um and it's not addressed directly then we'll use Robert's Rules and how it's addressed in Robert's Rules okay perfect which is really the way we've always governed our meetings the second one is page 22 section 2-73 number 10 no member shall leave a
regular council meeting without permission from the mayor any non-permitted exit from a regular council meeting shall result in in an unexcused absence does this also apply to having to leave to the restroom because I don't think that's something we should be announcing again that's something that
has always been in our code it's always been required for if a member needed to exit the meeting that the that the mayor be notified as the chair we need to make sure we don't lose Quorum if we're in the middle of a discussion um it's it's required uh in the code and so we just rewrote it so that it's in here the way
it is um and really it's so that we don't have a disruption in the middle of a debate clearly no one can force you to stay in a meeting if you don't want to you're you know you can leave but this is really a procedure that's put in to make sure that there's protocol policies and procedures so that our discussion
flows so again you're saying that if we need to take a restroom break we have to get permission you're supposed to notify the chair yes because we may be in the middle of a discussion and either the chair can decide to take a recess um or ask the council if they'll take a break so that that way everyone continues to
be a part of the conv so notification and permission are two different things do you want to add that you know in those cases where it's a very very brief absence to you know use the restroom it should be notification as opposed to
permission I think that the way it's written again it was the same way it's it's always been in the code and it's because the the intent is that the mayor should provide permission to say yes you can go right now or hold on one second we're in the process of taking a vote let's take a vote and then you can go
and that's the reason that language is play this there but I leave it up to uh well quick question attorne kind of have a followup the the old version said the first part which is the first sentence but it didn't include that if
you leave it would count as a non- excused absence that's a big penalty yeah we did include that because there has been several instances where people have left stormed off of a meeting because they haven't liked the way the direction the meeting is going and that's not a reason to leave the meeting
so okay all right I have an objection to that and I'm putting it on the record um next one is page 25 section 2- 75 a and this is in regards to calling for a division of the
question and correct me if I'm wrong Mr attorney the division refers to when we're taking a role as a whole versus individually calling the the vote right so what item are you looking at again
I'm sorry it's a 22 25 section 275 2 d75 what a member actions the member may speak on any item and then the last part says call for the question ask for a statement of the question call for a
division of the question so that's to bifurcate if we need to bate an item the individual okay it's just if you need to bifurcate an item okay because division under Robert's Rules is something different like when you call for a division it's it means that when you are taking a vote as a whole and you don't
think it was unanimous you get to yeah then you have to call individual role call but so that's not what it's referring to just want to confirm the way that it's written here it's it's with regards to the visibility of any questions and I don't believe that this language was changed from the previous yeah it was like this in the we
just copied what was there previously um I I know but the first one had also like issues so that's why I think it's important to look atan this is this is a a a per this is a procedure from Robert's Rule so to your question I think now reading the entire section
again I think it does have to do with um if there's a if there's a a misunderstanding of a unanimous if it if it's a if it's a roll call obviously each person takes a vote if we ask for a yay or nay um I mean most of the time I
think it's pretty clear but if we need to have a a question of who yeah so for I think the mayor can call roll call if it's requ ired right but for example if the mayor decides that we're not going to call individual roll call but I know I didn't agree I
mean I want my vote on the record as no so I mean I I think there should be I don't think that the you know the mayor should have the ultimate decision on that I think that individually if we feel that our vote was not heard
properly or misinterpreted we should be able to object to it problem with that again this was copied from the other section I don't think there's ever a there's no intention of forcing a vote that that wasn't taken I think in the purposes of when we take a a a vote as a
body um most of the time I'll read back into the record that the vote was unanimous and if someone has an OB objection to that they can they can absolutely say they have an OB objection to it yeah and I think the the safest way to you know have that happen is to have it in writing so can we eliminate
that that part yeah or rewrited however you know with that intent I have no objection I I can see where the confusion would lie yeah and if you want it to be consistent with Robert's rules that can be Rewritten okay um then the same section c are is is C referring to
laay down items this one I'm not sure I I understand well consideration action by the city council the city council may consider and act upon such other business as may come before it and when new business is offered as a motion and seconded it shall be be written read
into the city council by the city clerk before you still need a a majority you still have to follow the charter you need a super majority to be able to lay down an item but this is in here for the purposes of if something like that is to come before us you still do need the rules of procedure okay but with the
understanding that you still need to follow the Char absolutely okay code would never supersede the charter okay and then just two more um page 26 Still same section 275 but H H1 the motion to postpone the same as defer
right or is there a a separate section for defer motion to defer are we referring to the same thing pretty much referring to the same same just making sure okay and then the last question that I have is for the sponsorship and I
don't I really don't recall what the old one said but on Section let me see page 29 onto actually just in general is so when we talk about sponsorship available to
eligible applicants do we and we want to sponsor events and programs is it only for special events events cuz I think I saw something in there or is this sponsorship for just regular events as well or just for special events so we took out the all ad mention of events
through this sponsorship program because it conflicts with our Council initiated events policy um it's a it would be circum circumventing that policy to leave it in here so really the purpose of our Council sponsorships for
nonprofits through this policy or through this code is for the purposes of supporting local NOS um and nonprofits that are doing a benefit to the community and you can be listed as their sponsor at through that program that
they're offering or on their website um but we wanted to to have Clarity that this is not in any way a form of sponsorship for an event that could take place at one of our facilities um it was not clear it was contradictory to our
other policy and we are trying to clean our codee so that we don't have contradicting um procedures and and and interpretations because it makes it very difficult for legal and for the administration and even our our G our IG
as they come in to enforce if we have conflicts in our code okay so just for clarification because this one says the sponsorship funds shall not be used for those events that require a special event permit that's why maybe correct that was always in there was in there
from the first initi initiated uh policy it we always had it in there that you could not use this funds to to pay for special event permitting okay that's all I had okay any other comments or questions
yes I do on this on page 22 um on the 273 uh on the 10 the number 10 uh about the uh about the permission I mean I understand if you might not have Quorum
and the person had to stand up because either they have to pick up a phone call or they have to go to the bathroom and and resulted in a not excuse so what you're going to request a vote at that moment that the person needs to to send up and and have to go to the bathroom or something it's like today I feel really
bad I send you an email so I can be excused for the rest of the afternoon I didn't receive an answer or anything and I'm still here so I don't think that this is fair because anyway the res are seeing it also I mean if we go by videos you used to be as a Cil woman the one
that will walk out without not even say anything a word and there's many many videos that we have in the city so I think that if it is something that is going to disrupt of having Quorum because we have any way to keep conducting business that would be
another thing but this I mean you are the more clear example and you should I mean you remember those time that we you will hear alone and you just just stand up and walk and not even not even excuse to the chair in this case I don't agree
um that we have to need and it will result as an excuse an excus absence I mean I I don't agree with this part so I really think that this should uh be taken consideration and not um
having to results in a non excuse absence and I really appreciate that when I send you an email to please look into it because I stayed because I didn't want it to end it with another an excuse an absence because I sent an email early I
feel really bad and I stay anyway because I didn't want it to end it wi ex even though 75% of the agenda was already done councilwoman first I haven't had a chance to look at my emails today I've been in meetings all day but you have four assistants I mean where's your assistant that doesn't
check your she doesn't follow and check on their emails because mine does that's part of being a legislator Aid yeah I I don't have for assistance everybody has a role to attend to the residents um uh the attorney did ask me earlier and I did tell him absolutely that you could
go home you're we have excused your Six Sick absences I'm sorry you've missed the last two meetings one one of them the other one unfortunately didn't have the time to send the uh that and then the one before I was denied you don't need to answer to me councilman you answered to the residence of d so
exactly and they know exactly how I work in my dedication to the city in seven years that I've been here you can count three times that I haven't been able to be here that's it in seven years but if we go and count by yours for example the
years that you were a council woman woof we I mean it's a huge list and I can share that but you know the thing is that I don't think that this is fair that you have to have a non a non- excused absence for someone even though
you will have Quorum I really think that this has to be revised and Tak in consideration if it is something that will limit to move forward with a conso because you might not end it having Quorum then yes because that person has to understand that we need quorum to keep moving business but if not we we
are not children I mean like you said the residents are there to see how you work and criticize like how many times they did to you at the time that you just walk and in the middle of the meetings many many times but I don't think that this is fair for us we're all adults here and I think
everybody can govern themselves accordingly we appreciate your uh opinion and comments if you have no other ones we can move on otherwise we'll there are many other things so right now I don't feel good to go over that I really think that they should be
taking in consideration anyway my vote is going to be no for this okay thank you very much for your time and consideration we appreciate you being here is there's any other comments or questions motion to approve motion to approve by councilwoman Pino second second by councilwoman Roso no other
comments Madam clerk please call the rule motion to approve ordinance number 20253 on first reading May counil counc yes Council Roso yes Council there's going to be approved without not even taking consideration um the number 10 I
understand so my vote is no thank you councilwoman vice mayor poras no mayor Fraga yes motion passes all right thank you very much we'll move on to the next item one second mayor you're excused if you would like councilwoman gab you didn't need to I'm already I already requested so staying
here until what three items that we have left it's not worth it thank you for staying we appreciate your participation second reading item C ordinance number 20251 amending section 2- 385b an ordinance of the mayor of the city council of the city of dra Florida amending article 7 quote of ethics and chapter 2 administration of the city's
code of ordinances by amending section 2-35 improper influence by media family members providing for incorporation of recital incorporation to the Cod cability complex and an effective date this was approved on first reading on March on February 12th okay thank you very much we're going to go ahead and open public comments public comments is
now open on item 25- 6056 anyone would like to speak on this item in this item alone please approach the podium being none public comments is now closed and we need a motion to approve motion motion to approve by councilwoman
Roso taken second by councilwoman B Madam clerk please call the RO motion to approve ordinance number 20251 on second reading made by Council Council Roso second by Council P councilwoman Roso yes councilman Pino yes councilwoman Cal no vice mayor poras no mayor Fraga yes
motion passes okay all right next item next item item D ordinance number 20252 amending purchasing and procurement code an ordinance of the mayor of the city council of the city of dado Florida amending Article 5 purchasing and procurement found in Chapter 2 administration of the city's Court of ordinances by amending section 2 - 318
and 2323 providing for incorporation of recital incorporation to the code cability conflicts and effective dat this was approved on first reading on February 12th all right I'm opening up public comments for this item public comments is now open for item 25- 6060 anyone would like to speak on this item
please approach the podium being none public comments is now closed on item 25-60 60 and if there's any comments otherwise I need a motion to approve MO motion to approve by councilwoman Roso second second by councilwoman Beno if there's any
comments or questions believe there's no changes from first to second reading Madam clerk please call a rooll motion to approve ordinance number 20252 on second reading made by Council seconded by Council yes Council Pino yes Council cabal no vice mayor poras no mayor Fraga
yes motion passes all right final item item e ordinance number 20251 fiscal year 2425 second by budget amendment an ordinance of the mayor of the city council of the city of D Florida providing for an amended increase in the general fund budget for fiscal year 2425 has reviewed modified and approved by city council at the
meetings held on February 12 and March 12 2025 providing for transmittal by the city clerk implementation incorporation of recital cability conflicts and an effective date this was approved on first reading on February 12 okay we're opening a public comments for item 25- 6052 anyone would like to speak on this
item please approach the being none public comments now closed anyone would like to speak that would be your time otherwise I need a motion to approve motion motion to approve by councilwoman Roso taken second by councilwoman pino there's no
comments Madam CL please call motion to approve ordinance number 20210 on second reading May by counc maros second byoun Mar yes counc yes Council M no vice mayor poras no mayor frag yes motion passes all right thank you very much we
have a motion to adjourn by councilman F motion second by coun Council Ros favor by all right meeting is adjourned thank you for joining us we'll see you next month [Music]