as defined by this code or any other ordinance of the city within the boundaries of the city. This is in reference to elicit discharge of landfill material along Southeast 12th AB and Palm Drive from dump trucks branded with Downright Engineering. This
will be a irreparable and irreversible in nature. Location of the violation is Southeast 12th Avenue Palm Drive. The photos were received by city employee on May 15, 2026. The photos fairly and accurately represent what was observed. Special
master, please accept the photos submitted as evidence. >> Approved. Special master. Uh, this company was previous previously cited for the same violation on separate occasions on March
18, 2026, April 29, 2026, May 18, 2026, and June 2nd, 2026. >> Thank you. Hello. No. Is it on? >> Yep. Can we hear?
>> Yes. >> Okay, perfect. Okay. All >> right. Please state your full name. >> My name is Paul Deani. Can you hear me now? >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> My name is Paul Deani, general counsel
with Downright Engineering. So, Officer Flores, we we communicated before this hearing, correct? >> Okay. And you sent me an email with pictures. I asked you back up for this this violation. Correct. >> That is correct.
>> Now, are we under oath? >> Yes. >> Excuse Miss Winn. >> Okay. In the email, you state and I'd like to publish this and submit it for ev for evidence. Is this a copy of an email?
>> Yes, sir. The file you opened up and we saw had pictures in it. Three of them I have here that you emailed me. I did not get copies of the other pictures. Okay. So, I asked you the basis of the violation, these three. And what you said in your
email was that the down please see the following pictures attached of downright truck not securing its load. And this this violation.
>> Yes. >> Okay. So this master this this citation was issued for a truck with an alleged unsecured load. Now, may I ask questions of Officer
Flores? Now, Officer Flores. >> Sure. >> Did you stop the truck in question? >> No, sir. >> Could you bring up the the best picture of the truck now? Can you zoom into it? Can you zoom in?
>> Sure. They handled. >> Okay. Now, you alleged that there was a load that was not secured. Is that correct? Did you inspect that vehicle? >> No, sir. >> So, how can you say there was no there was no unsecure? There was an unsecured
load. >> I would like to refer that to management, please. >> You are here testifying that you issued the citation that there was there was a load that was not secured. Did you verify there was even a load in the truck? >> No. From the pictures that were sent um
by a city employee, they were the ones that >> detected issued a citation and you did not verify whether there was a violation. Is that correct? >> Correct. >> Okay. So, I'm looking at that picture. is a vehicle and you you're you're
telling me in that email that that shoot was not that tarp was not deployed not securing a load. Is that correct? >> Correct, sir. >> Okay. If there's no load in the vehicle, is it required to have that tarp deployed?
>> You know, >> I'm not aware. >> Okay. I would say the answer is no. There's no load. There's no requirement for that. And in fact, Do you see a violation in that picture of any anything being discharged? >> Not from the pictures that were sent to
me. >> Okay. They were sent to you and you did not observe it yourself. >> Correct. >> So you have no personal knowledge of that particular vehicle discharging anything on the onto the public streets of Homestead. >> So for clarification, the citation in question isn't for that specific
vehicle. She's testifying >> and and I am the director of the department >> but you're issuing a specific citation on that particular vehicle >> and I'm giving a rebuttal which I am >> rebuttal. Okay. Is that appropriate? Special master. >> Well, just like we're hearing your side,
I would like to go ahead and hear as well. >> Okay. So, I have a citation I'm dealing with on a particular vehicle. >> The magistrate just allowed me to rebuttal. So, if I may, just like we gave you the floor, >> please give me the professional courtesy. >> Okay. >> Go ahead. The citation in question is issued to downright the company, not the
specific vehicle, but downright the company for the illicit discharge along Palm Avenue and Southeast 12th Avenue. Right. >> That's the backup that you have provided, but you haven't provided me with any backup that anything was discharged. >> Okay. >> Do you have any evidence of any discharge to put into with this record right now?
>> We we have several. >> Do you have it now? Do you have anything? >> This is a hearing, sir. >> You're arguing right now and you're not giving me the floor. I am saying this is a this is basic evidentiary. You have not this is your file. You provided all these pictures there but not one picture
that you put in there shows any discharge of any material by any D vehicle and you your office your officer is saying that she did not observe anything. So if there was a separate vehicle that was involved with something that you saw, take a picture of it,
submit it, issue a violation for that. The police could issue a citation if that's the case, but deal with that one. But we're one vehicle. >> So, as as we established, we gave you the floor and now it is the opportunity for the rebuttal, right? >> But you're interjecting into the
rebuttal and not allowing me to speak. >> So, if we need to set the professional quorum >> and this professional standard for the communication to happen, let's establish that. >> This is a hearing and there are professional put there are professional
standards. There are professional standards of a hearing and that is of not interrupting one when one is speaking. Can we establish that? Is that correct? >> That's fine. Go ahead. >> Okay. Can we have you in in verbal confirmation that you're not going to interject unless I finish speaking,
please? >> Go ahead. >> Okay. As I was mentioning, the citation is in reference to downright the company in general as the illicit discharge caused by this company along the corridor. the specifics of which were
verified by city employee and city staff and referred to the code department for enforcement. In this specific case, the city has observed that several vehicles from downright company which is also an exhibit that you're seeing today have
unfortunately not secured their loads whether to or from the construction sites within that corridor. At that juncture, the debris is being spilled onto the uh corridor and causing a nuisance to the surrounding properties and deteriorating the conditions of
property and residences. >> Okay, that's what you're alleging. Where's the evidence? >> Can we scroll through the images? >> No, you've got what you This is what you provided. So, the record is here. You
did not pause right there. >> Don't Well, that's dust. That's a construction site that's not being discharged. There's no discharge there from any downright vehicle. >> The street is covered in muck, dust, and debris. >> That doesn't mean the downrise vehicles did that.
>> We've witnessed it in person. >> Okay. Bring the evidence. >> Continue scrolling, please. >> Okay. There's there's hundreds of different companies and trucks traveling through rock pits and >> you can see the muck and debris going
down. You're alleging a an unlawful discharge because a street is dirty doesn't mean that downright's trucks did that. >> Okay. So, no, you can't pin that on downright unless you say that there's something falling from that truck and you have pictures of it. You don't have evidence. >> We have eyewitnesses.
>> Oh, bring them in. >> I am an eyewitness. I have personally seen >> Good. What did you see? Did you take a picture? >> I have personally seen and personally taken pictures. >> You see it on this violation here. >> I have personally seen >> I'm talking about this violation. The special master can evaluate the evidence.
>> This violation is as it relates to the discharge and debris caused and the illicit discharge specifically caused by the company. Not this specific driver, not this specific vehicles were involved.
The frequency of vehicles is very large. >> How many >> at any given time downright has excessive amount numbers of vehicles driving through this corridor? >> There's a lot of vehicles in active construction zone. Do you have rock pits nearby? They travel all the time.
>> The specific debris is being dropped by these vehicles. >> This is a this this is a code section that concerns the discharge of materials onto the roadway. >> That is correct. And what you have shown me is a vehicle that doesn't have any any load in there is not discharging anything. And you have not shown me any
anything in this in this hearing where there's any unlawful discharge. That's your burden. And special master, based on what they have said, they have not met their burden. They have not provided any information to support the violation that this happened. And I move that this violation be dismissed.
Um I believe that you have been the company has been here for the same um situation in the past. >> Correct. >> We have not appeared here. No, >> this is your first time being here >> in this in this hearing? Yes. >> Has your company paid for any of the citations that they've been issued for the illicit discharge?
>> We we paid a violation for something that was shown on a particular truck. >> Okay. So you admit but also that's improper evidence. You're interjecting again, sir. If we keep on interjecting in each other, we can't speak on top of each other.
>> If you're going to continue like that, I'm going to ask that the Homestead Police Department dismiss you from this hearing. >> We We can't have this. We need to have a professional quorum. We've established that. >> Okay. Go ahead. >> The question was, has a citation been issued and paid by Downright Engineering
previously for the same violation? >> No, not the same violation. There was a violation where there was there was a truck that that had had some discharge in the back, but it's not necessarily the same one. >> Is it not the same ordinance? >> It's a different time in place.
>> Was it the same ordinance? >> That's a broad if a vehicle speeding, you know, it's a >> So, you on the record advised that the citation was for the discharge of a truck and it was paid by Downright. Correct. Yes, we did pay that.
>> Okay. So, I move to show that the record reflects that downright has already admitted to causing this problem and this is a continuation of this problem and I rest my case. >> Give me a second. Let me review this. And just so that the record reflects, the magistrate was asking about the
previous citation which was item number nine of the agenda which was uh removed from the agenda because the citation was paid. >> So I'm looking at the the this one that was removed that pay for is for the same
identical violation. They're both. All right. All right, I'm going to go ahead and roll on this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC 2600151
TKT. Um, you have a fine here that says 5,000. I'm going to go ahead and reduce it to 3,000 because you did go ahead and um but this will be your final warning. um that you you pay the previous um violation on air and the next time that
this happens, it's not going to be anything of any help or or any of this going back and forth because this is kind of like been going on for a while now. So, for today, that's what I'm going to go ahead and do. And $80 administration fee. Um but that's it. Okay. So, it's been reduced for
>> Thank you, your honor. >> You're welcome. Can I have Mr. Price Wes? Price Price Bryce and Alonso Alonso
Lewis. The next case is item number six under new business. Court Officer Flores. Case number CC 2600
322 NOB Elier Gordova. The property was cited on February 2nd, 2026 for code section violation 6-36, non-permitted work. This is in reference to a terrace in the rear of the property without a permit. A notice of violation was mailed certified mail and posted on
February 2nd, 2026. Compliance was not met. Therefore, the property was set for today's hearing. Summons to appear was mailed certified mail and posted on April 23rd, 2026. Currently, the property is in violation.
I took photograph on February 2nd, 2026 and April 23rd, 2026. The photos fairly and accurately represent what was observed. Special Master, please accept the photo submitted as evidence. >> Approved. >> Special Master, I have been in contact
with the homeowner, Mr. Cordova, in reference to this violation, and he has submitted the application to legalize a terrace under permit number BD-26-003737-BL-R and it was submitted on March 6, 2026. He is currently it is currently under
review. He had to resubmit certain documents and uh would just need some extra time to come into compliance. >> Thank you. Hello Spanish. >> Spanish. Okay.
My name is Elisa Costa >> 150 Northeast 28 Terrace >> Home Florida 3303 33. >> Okay. So, basically in the community, we didn't have the knowledge that we needed
a permit for the peras. Okay. Since the moment I received the notification from an officer Flores, I immediately uh established communication with her. So, it took me about two weeks to get a quote in order to find out how much it
would cost to get everything legalized. Okay. So once I found the provider that you know gave me a price according to my budget um >> oh I said I I requested a permit but yet
it was denied. So here I have an updated uh form as to the steps that have been taken towards uh the process of the structure. >> It was basically not being aware We are willing to follow the the process
in order to have a legal process. We don't have any we don't want any problems on my behalf. I am willing to participate and help out in order for the process to go to run smoothly. Okay, thank you. Thank you for your honesty. Um, I'm going to go ahead and
rule on this case. >> I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC2600322. Um, I'm going to go ahead and give him an an extension here of 60 days since he already has everything in process, which
would bring him to August 4th, 2026. And today it would just be an $80 administration fee. >> Yes, $80. Yeah, you can let him know that he has time. He We We're giving him time. >> Do you want me to translate anything?
Thank you. Next, next case item 26 under new business code officer mentor case number CC2600878 NOB Miriam Rosa Sori in Kra Deneas. Special master of this case was tabled.
Next case, item 19 under new business code officer Flores. Case number CC 26 00673 Nov Gary Gregory Neil Gordon Kyla
Chantal Gordon the property was cited on March 3rd 2026 for code section violation 29-60 subsection A tree removal without a permit on notice of violation ation was mil certified mail and posted on March
the 3rd 2026. Compliance was not met. Therefore, the property was set for today's hearing. Summons to appear was mailed certified and posted on May 19, 2026. Currently, the property is in violation.
I took the photograph on March 3rd, 2026 and May 19, 2026. The photos and the photos fairly and accurately represent what was observed. Special Master, please accept the photo submitted as evidence. Approved. Special
Master, uh, the cut down tree was seen on the 3000 block of Southeast Fifth Court in the common area within Mayorca HOA. While on scene, I did speak to Mr. Gordon who advised a tree uh came from
the backyard and he was not aware that a tree removal permit was needed prior to removing it. I did explain how to go about getting a permit for the removal. As of today, there is no permit application on file.
>> Hello, >> my name is Gregory Gordon. >> Um, yes. I >> You want to address the address as well, please? >> 3741 Southeast Fifth Court Homestead. >> Okay. So, the issue with me was when I
had the conversation with Officer Flores, >> you want to speak a little bit right here? >> Um, with the officer Flores, I mistakenly applied to the Miami Dade County instead of the Homestead City,
City of Homestead um application. So, the process went with them and it took a while for them to get back to me and let me know that I had to go through the city. So immediately after I got that
information, I applied to the city of Homestead and on the 26 they gave me the application number. Uh >> so you have applied? >> Yes, I have applied and I have submitted this and I sent I immediately call
officer Flores left her a message on her phone telling her that uh the application number. >> Miss Forest, did you see that that he's applied? I have not seen that. This morning when I went into the system and just looked it up with the address, I didn't see that, but I will. Do you have
a number right now where I can look that up? >> I have the number 26 05281 and I have all the email communications that >> I'll go ahead and verify that. One second. I've never had to remove a tree or
anything, so didn't know that we need a permit for it. >> Okay. Well, as Miss Forest is checking that up, I'm going to go ahead and roll on this. Um, I do find in violation of City of Homestead for case number CC26006673
Nov. I'm going to go ahead and give um 60 days for you to come into compliance which would bring it to August 4th, 2026 and today would just be an $80 administration fee and um now you're aware what needs to be done and you can be communicating with Miss Flores.
>> Okay. Okay. Special master, just for the record, uh that number was entered in the previous system. So, yes, we do have that permit number in the system. I'll go ahead and link it. Perfect. Next case, item 43 under new business,
code officer Garcia, case number CC 261197, Nov Richards Tractors Implements, Inc. >> Okay. >> My name is Javier. >> Yes. Give me one moment. >> One second. So, good afternoon, special
master. Good afternoon, Mr. Javier. Thank you for coming today. Uh, Sanders Garcia with the city of Home Compliance. The notice of violation was issued to Recharge Tractors and Implements, Inc. and was certified to the owner at N was
certified to the owner at 1995 Northeast A Street in Homes, Florida at 33033. And also a copy was mailed to the registered agent at 3350 Virginia Street sweet 330 in Miami, Florida 33133. Another copy was posted at the property
in which in which the property violation is the vacant lot under folio 10-7908- 036-0020 back on April 11, 2026 for the violation of chapter 29 of the
city of of the city code of ordinance under section 29-11 A2 for the improper landscape maintenance for the presence of jar waste and jar debris. Right now, the property is in compliance. Therefore, the city is only requesting
an adjudication for this case. The initial inspection photograph were taken back on April 11, 2026. And the followup reinspection photograph were taken on April 22nd and April 23rd
of 2026 and also May 11 of 2026. The initial and follow-up photos represent was observed. Special masterpieces of the photo submitted as evidence >> approved. >> So just for the record again, special master this case is already in compliance. The Mr. Javier representing
the property already work kind of hard to remove all the debris and right now it's compliant. We're only requesting an application for for today. >> Thank you. Okay. Would you state your first and last name and the property address?
>> Richard Tracker 195 95 Northeast 8th Street, Homestead, Florida 3303. >> Okay, great. Do you have any uh testimony you want to share?
>> Well, the property was clean when we got the notice. Uh we keep the property clean basically every every month we cut the grass. We don't pick up the debris, the the ponds until we accumulate and then we send a dump truck to pick it up.
So, what we've been doing is pick it up every year. So my question is since now it's clean, everything is clean right now. My question is since we need to send a truck to pick it up, how how much cubic yards can I accumulate there without violating the city code? Is
there in the ordinance there is anything that I we can keep? Because we're not talking about construction debris. We're talking about jar debris. Coconut like you see in the picture, coconut and palm trees. How much accumulate there. We
definitely we've been doing once a year. Apparently, it's not I mean it's too long, >> right? >> So, we need to do it more often. But if you can give me some kind of rules like say do not accumulate more than a dump truck, which is typically a dump truck is like a 10 yards
>> few yards. >> Okay. >> This something that you can Give me one moment to double check. >> We're going to go ahead and get give you the max amount and obviously whatever that max amount you will need to do it more frequently because as as of today
the city has asked this has been an ongoing situation. >> Okay. So, um, today's ruling is just basically letting you know that not to continue to do it because if you come back again, the city is not going to be as easy on you ha as they have been. Um, so we'll give you the the the max that
can be on there and then it's going to have to be maintained. >> Okay. And you going to mail us that information? >> I'm going to see if the attorney here can get that information. >> Uh, special master if I also may. This property is facing Campbell Drive. camel
driving one of one of our most important roads in the city is kind of the eyes o of the city so it's always recommended to as you said maintaining more frequent >> correct that's why I stayed on there >> the code doesn't provide for a max or a
minimum um it's just a blanket ordinance of you know maintaining and keeping the property um towards a certain landscape standard um what I would advise is to um contact the city and kind of work with them as this problem is ongoing so you don't come back here, but there's not
necessarily a a maximum of bulk that you you can keep there. So if code enforcement does see that bulk of you know vegetation there after being cut, then you might be back here unfortunately. But I I do think that you should contact the city, especially if
this is a ongoing issue with your property and kind of work with them. Um, but the code doesn't necessarily provide a a maximum >> because this is this is not construction material. This is >> correct. But it's still it's still a a
sight scene and within for the city, >> you know, so it's still an eyesore. >> Okay. What about if we keep it instead of keep it in the front, we keep it in the back? >> Like Well, like the attorney said, you may want to contact the city to have their their specific um rules
>> and and how much, but obviously we're we're talking about what today is. I'm going to rule on today's >> so that you are aware to maintain it more frequently. Obviously the once a year is not working >> and get with the city about how often and
>> okay >> if if that's something that they would allow something towards the back. >> Okay. >> Um but for today so that we have on record that we've told you, we've explained to you, we've given you what's the best solution for you. >> Okay. >> So that um >> we hopefully don't see you again.
>> Let me propose that I can clean it up. We're going to cut the grass every month twice twice a month every day. to pick up the decrease. I'm going to propose to do it every three months and and if it's not acceptable, I'll check with the officer, right, to see
>> okay, you can communicate. >> I try in three months. I can contact him is fine. If it's the accumulation is fine. >> Okay. >> So, let me just go ahead and roll on this. So, we have this on record. So, I do find a violation of City of Homestead
for case number CC2601197 NOV. Um, today is just basically we're giving you the adjudication to we've explained to you um the issues that the city has had with you and keeping up your property. We are advising you to maintain it more frequently
>> and we're also advising you to contact the city so that you are able to communicate whether you're keeping it in the back or not or what's the the most amount that you can be collecting. So that is our advice. Um today there's no fee. But like I said, if you were to come back in here for any of that, it
won't be the same. It would be um more fair. >> Okay. All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. That's it. Next case item number 10 under new under civil citation
code officer chapelli case number CC2600142 TKT Dominguez Pro Advisory LLC. See, >> a cit a citation was issued to Dominguez Pro Advisory LLC at 19200 Southwest 106
Avenue, unit 22-23, Miami, Florida 33157. The citation was issued on May 3rd, 2026 and posted on the property was summoned to appear on May 4th, 2026 for a violation of the city code 30-443. Vehicles parked in an unpaveed surface.
The violator the violation occurred at 205 Southwest 6 Avenue. The citation has not been paid. Photographs documenting the violations were submitted as evidence. >> Approved. >> Good afternoon. >> Good afternoon. Please state your full name and the address.
My name is Caesar Dominguez and the address is 205 Southwest 6th Avenue. >> Thank you. Do you have testimony you want to share? >> Um, so yeah, those vehicles that were parked on the pave surface, they're not
mines. They're from the neighbors right in front. I don't know why they put it on their mind. >> That is your property, correct? >> Yeah, the dealer is my property. Those vehicles, they're not mine. the workers that work on the other side. >> But is it on your property?
>> The grass is not my property. >> So where the cars are parked? None of that is your >> That's not my property. >> My property is from where the black road is the wall. That's my dealership. Besides that, that's on my property. I don't know why they put that on me.
>> Mr. P, did you did Were you aware? I was not aware those are not his vehicles. Um I did leave the ticket on your property because >> it's right next to your property.
>> Everybody there. >> My advice to you, I would put a camera on the property so if you see your neighbors putting vehicles so it won't affect you as the owner, you can catch that in >> in video. Okay. Well,
that's probably the best thing for you to do is is have a camera to have proof and the evidence because if not, you're going to be keep coming in here if that is not your land. >> Um, and you can get a surve you have a survey and proof that that is not part of your land.
>> It's not from the >> the railroads that usually belong to the railroads. >> All right. So, Obviously, if this is not yours, um that's, you know, that's not your car. So, I'll still rule on this, but next time that you come in here,
it's going to be >> I mean, nobody parks it there because of that because I told everybody there that parks at cars there to not park them there. >> I just if I may, I'm sorry. After you received the ticket, did you got in contact with Chapelli and you let her
know that there were not your vehicles? No, I just can't >> because uh in the past I know Chapel has been in contact with you and we have mentioned that not to park vehicles over there and I personally witnessed which I had uh gave a bit of a warning before
she is the ticket because you were parking vehicles over there and you told me that you were moving her back to your property. >> One there and then the painters all them all those are the ones that you told me about the one that I had there. My >> you have several vehicles parked there.
You have several vehicles parked there and you were moving it when I gave you the verbal warning. >> It it was my personal one that I had there. I moved. >> You had several vehicles. I remember talking to you, right? So why you didn't mention Chapelli that they were not they were not your vehicles. That's she
issued the the ticket. >> I didn't know how to contact someone. I just came here for the citation. >> Okay. Well, I'm going to rule on it. And this is this is going to help you to remember um to communicate um not to
park there even for a few seconds. Um we still had to be here. So I'm going to go ahead and rule on this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC 2600142 TKT.
Um you had a violation of $500. Supposed to be a th00and today. I'm going to keep it at $500. So that needs to be paid with an $8 administration fee. And this should help you, you know, most of the time people, you know, get a a little slap. This is going to help you remember
um to not have parking there at all. Um get video cameras, whatever you do to have evidence. So that is uh the ruling that I'm doing for today. Okay? And she will give you the information. Is there a Mauricio?
Mauricio. Next case. >> Mauricio. Is there a Mauricio in the Are you next case item 34 code officer mentor case number
CC2600978 NOB Lisb Ver Garcia Senise. >> This property was cited on March 26, 26 for code section violation 6-36. Permits required for a terrace on the property.
Uh notice of violation was certified mailed and posted on the property on March 26 26. Compliance was not met. for the property was set for tonight's hearing. The summons to appear was also certified mailed and posted on the property on
April 27, 26. Currently, the property is in violation. I took the photographs on March 24, 26. The photos fairly inaccurately represent what was observed. Special master, please accept the photo submitted as evidence.
>> Approved. Garcia Senis 2602 Southeast 13th Street, Homestead, Florida 33035. >> Does she have a testimony she wants to share? >> Okay. I didn't know that I I couldn't build the the roof there. Um we had no
that we needed a permit, but now I'm waiting on uh demolition. >> I have a case. I have a case now. I'm just waiting on the permit for demolition. >> Okay. Have she's been in communication with Mr. Mentor?
>> Special master, if I may add. Um I spoke to her husband. Uh this was maybe about a month ago. Um he did mention that they was going to obtain a a demo permit, but I haven't heard from them ever since. >> Do you see that demo um in file?
>> Negative. >> They haven't applied for the demo permit yet. I haven't seen any permits on the file. >> Answer. Can you let her know where she's applied, but they don't see anything? Does she have paperwork? All the permits are here. They've been
they've been um uh sub submitted. They have pictures on their phone. >> Okay. That's something that I need to share with Mr. Mentor. Um I'll go ahead and roll on that. They're going to need more time, >> but they need to um provide that to Mr. Mentor so that he can see because he's not seeing any any permits in.
>> So, He says the city gave him a a number for a permit that's in process that he can go to the city office and and request that so that he can show Mr. M. >> Okay, that's fine. I'm going to go ahead and roll it, but they need to provide all the permit information to Mr.
Amentor so that he could have all that and see it in the system. >> So, he's going to the city to get the permanent information. >> Right. And stay in communication with Mr. Mentor as well. >> All right. I'm going to go ahead and roll on this. I do find a violation of city of Homestead for case number
CC2600978 NOV. I'm going to give them um 60 days that will bring it to August 4th, 2026 to come into compliance. And today would just be an $80 administration fee. Next case, item number five, under new business, code officer Simmons, case
number CC2600314, NOB Martin Chavez. The property was cited on February 1st, 2026 for code section 19-95D in reference to public right ofway maintenance resolding of the swell of
the front of their property. A notice of violation was mailed certified and posted on February 2nd, 2026. Compliance was not met. Therefore, the property was set for tonight's hearing on June 4th, 2026. Currently, the property is in
violation. I took the photographs on January 23rd, 2026, March 12th, 2026, and June 4th, 2026. The photos fairly and accurately represent what was observed. Special master, please accept the photos submitted as evidence.
>> Approved. >> So, I did speak with um someone at the property. It was a woman the day that I posted the that I went back to do my reinspection on um March 13th. I did get a transl translator to help me, one of
my um officers, they helped me translate to her. We let her know that they had to put the grass down in front of their property. We saw the swell. As of today, nothing has been done. I inspected it today. Nothing has been done and no one has reached out.
>> Thank you. >> Hello. >> Hello. What is your first and last name and the address? >> My name is Martin Chavez. My address is 6 Northwest 14th Street, Homestead, Florida. >> Are you the owner of the property? >> Yes, I'm the owner of the property.
>> I just want to know. Um, >> okay. >> What's the most updated problem we have there? >> You don't know? Um Um, well, obviously Miss Simmons said no one's communicated with her. Why haven't you communicated with Miss Simmons? >> Always been busy working. I have three
jobs. I'm not home early. Um, so I'm out and I received this letter like a few days ago and I don't >> This is your This is your property. You mean you want to take time for this or you know? >> No, I I'm for sure that's true, but um I just need to know what can I do to fix
this one. I mean, I did the rest of the problems. >> Well, she did. Miss Simmons did um state again what needed to be fixed. Can you let them know? You need to resaw the front of your property, meaning you need to place grass down. >> Grass? >> Yeah, because you have um the rocks.
It's accumulated rocks in front of your property. So, you need to place down grass. All right. Um, you are who? >> This is my sister-in-law. She um Well, she's wondering who who do you?
>> I leave my contact information in every notice that I post on the property. So, the notice was posted. When I went back for my reinspection, I spoke with her. I never gave her the notice. >> Okay, I'm going to go ahead and roll on this. I do find a violation of City of
Homestead for case number CC2600314 Nov. Um, so Chavis, I'm going to give you 15 days, which would bring you to June 20th to come into compliance. Um, Miss Simmons already explained what needed to be done and an $80 administration fee today.
>> I have >> and stay in communication with her. If you have any questions or anything that you need help with, you need to be speaking to her >> with her. Okay, that' be better. Okay. >> Um, can I go with her right now? Next case, item 33 under new business
code officer mentor. >> He stepped out. Call the next one. Item 33, new business, court officer mentor, case number CC 2600962, NOB Javier Suarez Maidelin Rodriguez
Kos. This property was cited on March 25th, 26 for code section violation 6-36. Permits required for terrace on the property. The notice of violation was
certified mailed and posted on the property on March 26, 26. Compliance was not met. Therefore, the property was set for tonight's hearing. The summon store pier was also certified mail and posted at the property on April 27th 26.
Currently the property is on violation. Uh took the photographs on March 24 26. The photos fairly inaccurately. Represent what was observed. Special master please accept the photos sub evidence. >> Approved. >> Have you had any communication with
them? >> Negative. I haven't had any contact with the property owners. Thank you. >> All right. Please state your full name and address. >> Yes. My name is Men Rodriguez, 268384, sorry, 2684 Southeast 13th Street,
Homestead 33035. >> All right. Thank you. Do you have a testimony you want to share? >> Yes. Um, this is my living partner. He's the one that put the terrorist, but it's it's not permanent. >> My name is Kevin.
That terrorist is It's not uh attached to anything. When we looked up like the permit requirements, um it says that those are permissible. Um it's not attached to the house. It's not wind resistant, you know, it doesn't have it's attached to just the floor and
that's it. Um the it doesn't have anything any type of roof over it. It has some, as you can see there, some fabric um that you open and close for shade. That's about it. >> Permits are still required. When I looked it up, those don't fall
within that. >> Well, when you got this violation, did you speak to Mr. Mentor? >> We called them. Well, she spoke to him the first day. Um, he asked us to call the city, which we did. We called the city and we emailed them and we never received a response from the city.
>> Um, special master, um, I've have I haven't had any contact whatsoever with anybody from this property. The first time the first time when you the first not the second one that you put on the on the garage. The first one you put on
the window. First time we called this was this was before this one. This was probably maybe a month before the second one. >> Okay. Well, the going back and forth back and forth. The point is that you need to have a permit. You need to uh Did you apply for it already?
>> No, because like I said when you looked up the requirements Like I said, this is didn't the ones that I saw um didn't fall under this. There's no roof over this, >> right? But there's still structure and
the requirement is that you need to have a permit. >> Yeah. So, >> special master, if I may add, um I actually was in contact with uh development services. Um, I sent them pictures of uh the structure and uh they
did advise me that a permit is uh indeed required for the structure. >> Thank you for having that on the record. So now you're here, you're aware you need to get a permits. You need to go to the city, apply for all of that. Um and basically I'll give you time here. I'm
going to rule on it. That's like do I have to have a like somebody come? We ordered that like off team or something. We built it oursel put together. It's not a constructed structure. So I don't do I have to have
somebody come and construct that or I just get it myself. That's why this wasn't like like the people behind this they had like an actual structure built construction. >> Well like Mr. mentor said he provided pictures to the city and they stated you
still needed a permit. >> So if you don't want that and you want to >> I understand I just need like can I just get the permit and just build it myself as we did there like >> get the permits um maybe as a home that's something you you need to ask the city but the most important thing is you
need to get the permits done. Okay. So I'm going to go ahead and roll on this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC2600962 NOV. I'm going to go ahead and give you 45 days to come into compliance, which would bring you to July 20th, 2026 and
an $8 administration fee today and stay in communication with Mr. Mentor. >> If I just take off, I still need a permit >> to um That's something you may want to ask. you might have to still get a permit for to demolish it. Okay? So, you
want to stay with your mentor and also the city. Next case item 53 under new business court officer Valencia case number C25
080494 Tropical Investments of Miami court. >> One second. Let me give my testimony first. The property was cited on 828 of 2020 5 for code section 6-206
and 6-207 fence erected without a permit that violation is comply for go section 6-36 not permitted work for work done on the premises and what they did is
at the rear can you can you Pause the picture. Please go back right there. Just leave it there. The structure, the gray, I mean, I'm sorry, the green instruction on the left that it was built without wind the windows,
doors, and the roof were without a permit. A notice of violation was m regular and certified by 829 of 2025. Comply was not made. Therefore, the property was set for tonight's hearing. So, Mr. appeal was male regular and certified and also the property was
posted on May 18 of 2026. Current the property is in violation for code section 6-36. photos were taken on A2A of 2025 and A29 2020
five and also on 518 of 2026. Like I stated um he applied for a addition back in December 18 of 2025 and as today there has been multiple denies. I don't
know if he's aware of that. One of the last deny was sent on 115 of 2026. >> Please submit the photo. Please accept the photo evidence. >> Approved. >> Hello. Please state your full name and address.
>> Rodriguez, 441 Northwest 8th Avenue Boulevard. Northwest 8th Avenue, Homestead, Florida >> 3303. >> Okay. Does he have a testimony he wants to share? >> Okay. Since uh the uh violation notice
that was posted, we've been in contact with Mrs. Valencia. >> Okay. So, finally when I got all the people that I needed for the services, uh finally, uh I was able to get them together. So I could apply for a permit.
So, I wasn't aware that any permits had been denied. Um, but I was told that I had to go to Miami Dade to obtain the permits. Yeah. So, yeah, Miami date is a little bit um difficult to deal with. So, they
required that we follow the steps with and we were asked to get a permit with durm and sewer. Okay. So, we obtained the we obtained the permits for Miami Dade. And from what I understand, they've already been um sent to the city of Homestead and
have been approved. All the violations will be corrected under the permit that we've applied for and everything will be completed. >> Okay. the fence, which was the reason why I was brought in today, has already been removed. I have the picture here.
>> Now, that's partial. He's here for the fence as well as uh for the work that was being done on the premises. So, he's here for two different things. The violation that I got was only for the fence, but you know, regardless, we're still working on everything.
>> Okay. And he stated that the permits are in and been approved for the work that was done on the property. Okay. The permit I have with the city of Homestead is 25120184. Correct.
>> Miami date. The permits have been completely approved and they are um I have two numbers here so I don't know which one you want. The man municipal number is 2026049653 and the process number is M as in Mary
2026005790. >> Correct. That is the permit with the city, the 25120184. That is the one with the city that he applied back in December 18 of 2025. The last denial that we have in here, it was
January 6 of 2026. And per the notes from the city notes, there was an email that was sent to him on 115 2026 with the denial. It was sent on 115 2026.
via email, right? >> That's yes, he needs to go and check development services so that he can get more information. Why? Because since January, he hasn't made any contact with them. So, Okay. So, >> I thought the permit the the permits
were still in process for Miami date. I was just waiting. I thought, you know, it was I know Miami date takes a long time. I've been waiting. Um, tell him I advise him to stay more in communication with Miss Valencia as all of this is going on. He would be aware of of things happening because she has a system as
well as well as going to development services that he needs to be more involved. >> So, I'm going to rule on this. I'm going to give him some time to get this done. So he should probably get on top of all the the things that he needs. >> Say something else. >> Okay. Go ahead.
>> Yeah. >> I haven't received any emails denying my permits. >> So that's why it's very important after here you stop by development services so they can check the email that they have in the system to make sure that that's the correct one.
All right. So, I'm going to go ahead and roll on this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number C25080494. I'm going go ahead and give him 45 days to come into compliance, which would bring him to July 20th, 2026. And today
would just be an $80 administration fee. Thank you. Next case, item number seven, under civil citation, code officer Chapelli. Case number CC2600132, TKT Wilma Hagen. A citation was issued to Wilmont J.
Hagen at 632 Southwest 6 Street. The citation was issued on April 21st, 2026 and posted on the property with summons to appear for a violation of the city code 29-12 tree abuse which hatrackcking. The violation occurred at
632 Southwest 6th Street. The citation has not been paid. Photographs documenting the violation were submitted as evidence. >> Thank you, Special Master. I spoke with um Wilma and she advised that she was not aware that the tree cannot be hot
and she would like the opportunity to provide her testimony. >> Sure. Thank you. What is your full name and address, please? Heagen, 632 Southwest 6th Street, Homestead, Florida 3330.
>> Thank you. Do you have a testimony you want to share? >> Yeah, I didn't know I couldn't cut the tree down in my own yard. I didn't know that. That was new to me. I've been there since 99. I never heard it that couldn't cut the tree down. >> Okay. So, you are aware of that now,
right? >> Yeah. Yes. And have you been staying in communication with Miss uh Chapelli? >> Yeah, I see her from time to time. >> Yes. Um >> when that happened, she actually placed
the book trash um back to her property waiting for solid waste to pass by so they can pick it up. And she was educated and I did told her that that was not allowed in the city of Homestead to have rack trees.
That is correct. So when you received this $500 violation, you didn't pay for it. Is there a reason why? >> That's my first time, so I shouldn't have to pay. This was something new I was just learning about.
>> But you said um Miss Chapelli, our um people went out there and cleaned it up, right? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Solid Waste did pick up the bulk trash. Okay. But that was a different violation. This one is for the hracking of the tree. >> Okay. Well, I will go ahead and rule on
this being that you were not aware of this. Um, you are aware now. So, you come here, you're aware. >> Um, I'm going to go ahead and rule on this. Um, I do find in violation of City of Homestead for case number CC2600132.
I know it was supposed to be 500, but for today I can reduce it to $150. >> Okay, so there's still and then an $80 administration fee. >> All right, that is it for today. Next case,
item 50. Code officer Valencia. Case number C250080096. Agree. Central LLC. CO O'Reilly Auto. The property was cited on August 7 of 2025 for code section 34 30-443A.
All parking spaces should be clear stripe and that the permit required to stripe the parking lot. A notice of violation was made regular and certified on August 7 of 2025. Complaint was not made. Therefore, the property was set for tonight's hearing.
The property was posted on 518 of 2026. Currently, the property is in violation. I took the photographs on A7 2026 25 and 518 of 2026. They applied for a permit back in March
18 of 2026 for restriping and as today I have been in contact with different people and yes so I just found out today
that um I believe I don't know if you have more information than what I was provided to me this this morning that um they contact the city and they someone in the city told them that there's no permit required for striping the parking
lot which I direct them back to development services. So I don't know if you have all the information different than mine. >> My name's you know Josh I'm manager at the location of 100 Southeast 6 street30.
Um so we have like a service channel because you know everything that s is corporate. Yeah. So everything there is you know um handled by corporate. So I did submit it once we got that violation you know instantly. And I know they've been like you know back and forth like different
companies and such. I remember when I was checking that some companies they would I guess go to like get their permit and they would like back out. I know they had issues with like different companies, but I did not hear that about
that uh you know not requiring a permit for that. I I didn't hear that from anyone in corporate but um I want to say within last week or the week before we did get the the parking lot like restriped and I do have pictures.
>> So Miss Valencia, does it need to be uh with the permitted or not? >> From my understanding, yes. So that means >> yes. So that's that's what I'm trying because one of the last um building approval, zoning approve it. So I don't
know who is the one in in the one that hands this because it looks like it was approved. At some point it was denied but now it's approved. I guess it just need to get a little bit more info. So maybe after the hearing you can stop by
development services and ask them. So, and yes, and I did heard this morning that yes, this the they did the work already. >> Yep. >> Okay. Um, attorney, just want to ask you, um, he's not the owner, so does he need a power of attorney?
>> Um, do you have a power of attorney or are you a manager of the store or? >> Yeah, I'm the store manager, but you know, there's only so much that we can do. Um, I do have an email Megan Hammond in corporate would be like the main like person to speak to.
>> Yeah, typically when it's like a large chain store, the manager um can speak on behalf. >> Yeah. >> Um >> I have been in contact with Megan as well. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, if the work's already been done, correct, Miss Valencia?
>> That's what I was informed this morning. Someone went by my office. I didn't even know that he was there to on behalf of I think it was the general contractor the one that did the work. So I wasn't aware of that that he was there to give
information. So that would be something that I would have to check tomorrow um to make sure they did the work. It was I mean the work was done but without a permit. >> Okay. So that he would probably they
would need a after the fact. No, not it's already in the process that just it has there's a misunderstanding in there. There's a misunderstanding from I guess the city to the GC and that's why they
did the work without the permit. >> Okay. All right. So, I'm just going to go ahead and uh rule this, make sure you know we have timing, communicate with uh Miss Valencia, the city, and it's basically what we're going to do
today. And just have a fee. Um okay, so go ahead on this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number C2508096. Um just basically the minimum 5 days. Make sure you communicate with her um city see with the permits or anything.
And today there's just going to be an $80 administration fee. >> Okay. >> All right. Next case, item 45 under new business. Court Officer Flores, case number CC26
01445, NOB Raul Andres Martinez and Vanessa Stephanie Torsios. The property was cited on April 28, 2026 for code section violation 15-72
subsection one unfit dwelling units. This is in reference to unsanitary living conditions unauthorized occupancy in a unit with no utilities. A notice of violation was mailed certified mail and posted on April 28, 2026. Compliance was
not met. Therefore, the property was set for today's hearing. summoned to appear was male certified mail and posted on May 13, 2026. The currently the property is in violation. I took the photograph on April 28, 2026
and May 13, 2026. The photos fairly and accurately represent what was observed. Special master, please accept the photo submitted as evidence. >> Approved. Special master, this complaint was um initiated by
the management company of Ventura um which reported receiving a foreclosure notice for the subject property. The HOA also advised that it had received multiple complaints from residents regarding an individual allegedly residing at the property. to verify the
property's uti utility status. I contacted the city's uh utility department and was informed that the utility services was disconnected on March 26, 2026 due to past due balance.
On the date of the notice was posted, a vehicle was observed parked in the driveway. However, no contact was made with any occupant or individual at the residence. I've had no contact with the property owners regarding the violation and today I have Miss Addie Castro from
the management company. Uh she is here to give her testimony. >> Thank you. Okay. Please state your full name and the address of the property. >> Addie Castro 3327 Northeast 11th Drive
Homestead Florida 3303 Ventura at Malibu Bay. >> And you're just giving a testimony. You don't have any power of attorney. Correct. >> Right on the cam. >> Okay. So, go ahead. What is it? >> Um, basically this is an ongoing situation since June of last year. There
was a domestic violence there. Um, we received notice in October that the a pet was left behind and the house was not occupied. Um, it was raining really hard and the dog was trying to go through the screen and so forth. I contacted the owners. They weren't
answering. So, I sent an email from what we had in our management system. The father responded saying that the son has nothing to do with it. Mr. Martinez has nothing to do with it, that he's not going back to the property. He was arrested because of domestic violence
and that Vanessa is the one responsible for everything. In April, in March, I sent them notifications that they were in a rears $5,000 for their HOA fees. In April 2nd, we were served with foreclosure documentation. April 3rd, on
a Friday, I went out there. I've been observing the property because we've been having complaints that there's drugs being sold out of there, prostitution, there's a little boy that does feces around the avocado tree in the back, that they use water from the lake in the back since there's no water,
no utilities there at the property, and then we have a squatter. Um, I parked in front of the the home. I saw Vanessa coming out. I wanted to make sure it was Vanessa. So, I called her out. I said, "Vanessa and she said yes." She came to
my vehicle. We had a police officer come out. I even had a vehicle towed because it was improperly parked there on the grass that day. She said she had nothing to do with that vehicle. She didn't know whose vehicle it was. She was very frantic and wanting to leave right away
because she had her son in the car and um she already had child services take her child away from that home before. Um when they were towing the vehicle away, the gentleman that's not supposed to be living there, he's unauthorized, which I did mention to Vanessa, I have
everything documented, um came out running out trying to get his vehicle down. They towed the vehicle because he didn't have the keys obviously because Vanessa left. So they had they've been coming from that house. He's not supposed to be residing there. That's unauthorized.
And um we've been letting them know. They just basically do whatever they want. I gave her footage of, you know, videos from Ring cameras nearby and everybody's just complaining. They just want him out of there. He goes to the sign at the entrance of the property to
charge his phone. Our officer Garcia has already called his attention to that as well. I asked for extra service of, you know, homestead police since we have them on contract to go around the property and checking make sure that they're not selling drugs and not doing
improper stuff there. Basically, we need him out. We need that just closed. The property closed, the bank handling their foreclosure and just make sure nobody's back in there. They sleep with the windows open, the door open because there's no ventilation, there's no AC. I
actually went to go show that property because I'm also a real estate agent in January. Clear domestic violence in there. You know, TVs were just yanked off the the walls. The marks off the the doors
were not existing. The appliances were all broken. Like it was just a disaster in there. I don't even know how they sold that. They were trying to sell that. And in March, the the um listing expired because when I called her to her attention in April, she tells me, "Oh, we're selling the property." I said,
"No, the listing expired in March." And I have every documentation here. I've sent everything over to legal. I'm waiting for to see what happens with this so I can forward all this information to legal as well. >> Thank you. >> This is obviously a big situation that
will need corrected. >> I agree. Okay. All right. Thanks. Um Okay. So, I'm going to go ahead and roll on this case. Um I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC2601445 NOB.
Um I'm giving five days for these um owners to come into compliance which would bring it to June 10, 2026 and to also have the water restored and uh the uh power as well and today will be an $8
administration fee. So we have that on record. >> Okay. >> Special master, I'm sorry. Can you re can you repeat that? Five days they need to come into they have five days to come into compliance and having that water and power turned back on.
Okay. I'm sorry. Is that no one is living in the unit? >> She just mentioned that there's that's there the property is occupied by on her testimony and you mentioned that when you visited the property there was a vehicle parked but nobody answered at the door. Right. >> Correct. Okay. So that's why she's
ruining. >> Okay. >> What happens if they don't come from? >> Then they're going to have to come back here and then you know it can get worse. But this is the this is um basically
their first time. So we have to there's a process steps going. So this is the first step and then they don't show up for the next it gets into the severe and severe we have to have that on the record. >> Okay.
>> Thank you. >> Next case item 49 under new business code officer Valencia. Case number C25 080085 436 North Chrome Avenue The property was cited on 806 of 2025
for code section 23-78 erecting and maintaining a banner without a permit. That violation is comply 23-5 23-80 subsection five 25% of the window cannot be covered. That violation is comply for
code section 6-36 fell into obtaining a permit required by CO were done on premises and that was a tent on a parking lot that is complying also was cited for code section 66-36 fail to comply for a excessive um permit
issue by the building department and that will permit number 23040177 that was a electrical and also 221000 34 and that is for this existing sign for the business. A notice of violation was
m regular certified on 808 of 2025. The property was posted on 818 of 2020 2026 with the sums to appear. Current the property is a violation for code section 6-36
and that is for the expired permits. I took the photographs on 806 of 2025 8080 2025 and 8818 of 2025. Special master please accept the photos as evidence >> approved. Like I stated, they have all
those two permits um are in expired status and they that is for the ex the existing sign that sign in there that is one of the permit that expire and the other one is for the electrical for that sign.
I have been in contact with uh the owners. I've been going back and forth back and forth with the tenants. So, I don't know what are they going to do now. >> Okay.
>> Please state your name and the address. >> If um 436 North Avenue, I'm here with the property owner there. That's our tenant, Mauricio. >> Okay. But you're the owner >> right there. I'm the manager for
>> And but you're the owner. >> Yeah. >> And then there. He's a He's our tenant for the space. >> He's the one he's he rents that space from us. >> Okay. So, you're just saying your testimony? >> Yeah. What I just wanted to clarify is
that this we got this back in 25. We we contact with her. Every time we have something on the property, we we clear it right away. It was on my understanding that it was the tent and the banner which we had him remove and he took it down and we thought we were
in compliance. Then I got a notice just now in May regarding again. So we I called off Valencia and she told us that it was from an a permit that was pulled out from 25 a long time ago for the sign that's at the top of the building which we didn't know that
that was not closed. Apparently I looked it up. It's expired. and he's the gentleman that did the sign for the tenant who's here. So, we're all here. I'm put him on with you because we didn't we weren't aware that this was still open and pending to be closed or
whatever happened. That was for the top, but everything else we complied with and this is to our not of our knowledge. So, I'm going to let him talk on behalf of the sign, which is that part that's still open. >> Okay. >> If you need us, we're all here.
>> Okay. So for what it looks like it's they obtained the permit however they never got a final. >> If you guys have proof of that >> Okay. Have him state his name and the property address. North Chrome Avenue.
>> 436 North Chrome Avenue. >> Okay. And does he have a testimony you want to share? Okay. So, the permit had been applied for, but apparently it wasn't finalized and he's asking if that can be done. So, he's applied for the the permit
after it's been expired. >> So, it's still under the status as expired. >> When does he plan to apply for the permit? >> Correct. >> We could request it next week. >> Okay. and he is aware of um all the
permits that need I believe it's for u Miss Valencia you want to have it on record what are the the permits that's still needed >> yes Mr. Gonzalez, we spoke on the phone yesterday, I believe, right? And I explained to you all the process in
order for you to reapply for the permit. So, if you want to after the meeting, after right now that when I'm we're done with this case, I can provide you with the two permits that you need to apply and development services.
And for the record, that will be electrical permit 23040177 and also 22100034. And that is for the signed permit. >> Okay. Thank you. So, I'm going to go ahead and roll on this now that you're aware what needs to be done. I advise
you to stay in communication with uh Miss uh Valencia as well. Um I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number C25080085. I'm going to give um 30 days to come into compliance for the two additional
uh permits that need to be done. And today is going to be an $80 administration fee. >> The floor is yours to ask for. The floor is yours to ask. Well, I mean, if they've had all the information, is reopening it? Um, you
know, >> Huh? >> Are is he asking are you asking for more time? Okay. Well, I can go ahead and um grant the additional time. 60 days. That should be enough time, but he needs to be on on top, not you know, lingering
around. >> Okay. So, let me go ahead and um >> rule on this. So, I'm gonna Give me a second. Let me rule on this. We have it on record. Um for case number C25080085 to have 60 days which would bring it to
August 4th, 2026 and still an $8 administration fee today. Okay. Next case, item 32 under new business. Code officer Valencia. Case number CC2600999
Nov Yucatar Nessa LLC. I'm sorry. You say the case number, the last three numbers, please. >> Yes. Yes. 9999 OB
item 32 special master they have three cases with me. I don't know if you want to read um you want to go one by one so we can do one at a time. >> Yes. >> Okay. Let's do that. So we are going to
start with CC-260-0000998 NOV. The case was open on 3:30 of 2026 for code section 30-443 and that is for striping the parking lot
with the compliance date of 421 of 2026. The property was posted on 5:15 of 2026. Current the property is in violation. I took the photographs on 3:30 of 2026 and 5:15 of 2026. Special master, please
accept the photo submitted as the evidence approved. >> As like I stated, they have I haven't see any permit for that and they have not even start. So there's no permit so far for the striping. I don't know if um
Mr. Lewis has any information regarding to that one. He's there. Um he's the GC. >> I specialize that Hernandez. This is Mohamad. He's the owner. >> Okay. Can you can you state your name, please? And the property address.
>> Luis Hernandez, 636 Southwest 6th Avenue. >> Okay. >> I'm the contractor for the site. >> Okay. >> Uh we do have a permit for the parking lot. Uh it's already being revised and it should come out in a few days >> for the striping. >> I have the number
>> for the striping. >> Yes, I have a number for that. >> Okay. Um you can read that out for record so that uh Miss Valencia can hear it as well. >> Okay. >> What is that permit number? >> 2650083 and it's on the legacy permit. Is that what is it, Mr. Lewis?
>> That's for the parking space striking. >> That's the 26 what? 265 what? >> 2650083. >> Okay. So, I guess that for this case, they just need a little bit more time to come into compliance with that. >> Okay. All right. All right. So, we're
going to go ahead and rule on this specific uh violation here. So, do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC2600998 NOV. Um I will go ahead and give uh 30 days since it's already in the process.
That would bring it to July 5th, 2026. Um and that would be an $8 administration fee for today. So, that would take care of that case. >> Can we get more than 30 days? You need more time. What? How much time are you saying? >> Yeah, we have 45. 60. >> 45. Great.
>> We might do quicker than that, but still in the process of committing. >> Okay. So, I the 60 days I'll go ahead and grant you. >> Um, for case number CC2600998 NOV, we'll give 60 days for the come
into compliance and an 80 administration fee. Okay, that handles uh for that case. Next case-26-0000999- NOV. The property was suspected on 3:30 of 2026. They given with a compliance date
of 421 of 2026 for code section 3430-403G. And that is for a building required a either pressure wash or a paint the whole entire building. In this case, they need to paint the whole entire building and a permit is required.
uh some stuff here was m and certified 0 515 of 2026. Currently the property is in violation. I haven't seen any permit for that in the system and I took the photographs on 3:30 of 2026 and 515 of 2026.
Please accept the photo evidence approved. >> Hi. We do have a permit for that. It's still in the process. Uh it's been revised a few times. It should come out probably next week, I've been told. >> Okay. Could you please ones? >> Yeah.
>> BD 000033-B and it's on the EPL system. >> Thank you. Okay. So, I'm going to go ahead and rule on this. You probably need additional time for this. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, do >> 60 days on this one. >> Okay. I'll go ahead and um roll on this
uh for case number CC2600999 OB um 60 days to come into compliance and that will be an 80 administration fee as well. Next case, CC-26-010001- NOV. The property was uh cited on 330 of 2026
with a compliance date of 49 of 2026 for code section 19-1 and that is public nuisance. What they have is items on the second floor like dining tables, chairs, barbecues, shopping carts on the first floor and
all must be removed. The summon pier was m certifi was posted and certified on May 15 of 2026. As of today, the property seal in violation took the photographs on 3:30 of 2026 and
5:15 of 2026. Special master, please accept the photos of evidence. >> Approved. All I need to do is clean the whole entire second floor. No barbecues, no bikes, no tables, no chairs,
nothing in there, no shopping carts and that will comply the violation. So I don't think they need too much time for that. >> Correct. Are you clear and understanding of that violation? >> Yes. >> Okay. So I'm going to rule on that. I do
find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC2601 0001 NOV, I'll give you 7 days to come into compliance, which would bring it to June 12, 2026. And that would be an $8 administration
fee as well. And that's it. Next case item 23 under new business code officer Valencia case number CC2600793 NOB 101 Homesteader Enterprises and this
property has three violations. Oops. We can start with case number CC-26-00009790- NOV. The property was inspected on 312 of 2026 and was found in violation with a compliance date of 401 of 2026. It was
cited for code section 6-197 subsection 4 fence and dish repair. The property was reinspected on 55 55 of 2026 and was found in violation.
Photos were taken on 312 of 2026, 313 of 2026 and 57 of 2026. As of today, no one has made any contact with me. Um, the property is still in violation. Special master, please accept the photo
summary as as evidence as evidence. >> Approved. >> Okay. Please. My name is Sandra Perez. Um, >> and the address street. >> And you're the owner? >> Yes, I am. >> Okay. Do you have a testimony you want to share?
>> Uh, yes, ma'am. As a matter of fact, I'm I think we're looking at 790, but the lady said to me that this was table, that it hadn't been moved, that we had requested an extension. I'm not sure. >> I'm sorry. >> Um I was told that that was table. Is
that the terminology that this that that one was moved because we had requested a an extension because we're still trying to work with P, you know, getting some quotes for the work on the fence. But that's I was told that that >> is that for all three or just a specific one? one specific and then I do I I have
information regarding the other ones but again I'm if if we could see this one technically what I'm asking is if we could get a at least a 60-day extension. We are working and getting different quotes. We are going to be replacing and installing the whole fence um when we
purchased it and you know the weather and everything has kind of completely damaged the fence. Uh so we respectfully ask for an extension on that and then 790 but again this is what I was that it was in the middle of >> my my apologies. My director is going to
direct to you. >> The city has no objections with granting a 60ion. >> Thank you. >> And then I believe after that is at 793. >> Yes, we're going to go through that one. So if you want special me if you want to rule on it. >> Which one number? Uh
>> we're we did the CC-26-00790 NOV. That would be >> I only have 794 793 and item 22. >> Oh, I see. She had >> Okay. All right. Um so go ahead and um
rule on this. I do find a violation of city of Homestead for case number CC2600790. Um that's 60 days to come into compliance and a $80 administration fee just today >> which go ahead and paid right outside.
You can get a perfect. Next case is CC-26-0000793 and the property was inspected on 3 312 of 2026 and then found in violation with the compliance date of 413 of 2026
and it was for code section 30-43G and that is build the building needs to be paint uh repaint or touch-up paint in this case I believe it's have to be paint completely. The property was reinspected on 505 of
2026 and moved till found when the violation. I took the photographs on 312 of 2026 and 313 2026 57 of 2026. That was the date of the posting. Special master, please accept the photo submitted as evidence
>> approved. Okay. So, this one just needs uh are you you were aware that needs to be painted, completely pressure washed, all that. And you're in the process of doing that? >> Yeah, basically we already submitted um it's under BD-26-000034.
Okay. >> We started the process with the city. >> Okay, perfect. >> Thank you. So, I'll go ahead and roll on that. I do find a violation of Homestead for case number CC2600793 NOV. I'll go ahead and give you as well
60 days to come into compliance on that one and um an $80 administration fee today. Thank you. case number CC-26-0000794- NOV and it was cited on 312 of 2026 for
code section 30-443A and that is for um restriping the parking lot. They were given on 2413 of 2026 to come into compliance. It was reinspected on 505 of 2026
and it was found in violation. I took the photographs on 312 of 2026, 313 of 2026, and 57 of 2026. Special master, please accept the photo as evidence. >> Okay. Approved.
>> Okay. So, this one, do you have a a permit for that? >> On this one, I have not. I'm also requesting an extension because I'm also working on getting quotes. It's been a little >> Sure. >> a little difficult to actually get um the quotes. >> Understandable. Thank you for going
through that. All right, so I'll go ahead and roll on this one as well. Um, do you find violation of city of Homestead for case number CC2600794 NOV uh 60 days as well um to come into compliance and an $80 administration fee
for that one. >> Excellent. Thank you. >> Okay. I believe special master. I guess we have a we have another case. Case number CC-26-0000797- Nov.
It was inspected on 312 of 2026 with a compliance date of 413 of 2026 for code section 6-36. And this one was for a permit was requ permit is required for paint the building. So the building was paint
without a permit. I checked the system back at 505 of 2026 and there was no permit on file. So Mr. Appe was regular certified on 505 of 2026.
I took the photographs on 312 of 2026, 313 of 2026, and 550 of 2026. Please accept the photos somebody as evidence >> approved. >> Okay. So, have you gotten a permit for that?
>> Yes, we initiated that. Um, we were not aware of of the fact that I needed for the painting. So the permit is BD-26-0035. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. So I'll go ahead and roll on this one as well. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number
CC2600797 NOV. Give you 60 days as well on that one. And an ADL administration fee today for that one. That's it. >> Thank you very much. The next item in the agenda is for lead mitigation. Item number one, team group
HS LLC 1500 Northeast 8 Street. Good afternoon. >> Hello. >> Yes, good afternoon. My name is GMA Rosman. I'm here with my partner Miguel Bner. We are the new managers for team
group HS LLC. We're here repres presenting the property owners of 1500 Northeast 8th Street in the city of Homestead. The owners currently reside in Argentina. We are respectfully requesting a
substantial reduction or waiver of the fines assessed on this property. We want to highlight a few points regarding how this happened, how quickly we resolve it, and our long-term
commitment to the city of Homestead. The property owners were completely unaware of this violation. All violations notice notices were mailed to an address in Dal which belonged to the previous manager
who vacated that address in 2024. When we took over management in February this year, we immediately contacted the court officer and took care of the issue. The city officially recorded our compliance on March 17,
2026. The the damage caused to the fence that cave in was not due to our neglect or the previous manager's neglect, but rather heavy bushes growing from the
neighboring property that pushed against the chain link's fence from the outside. The adjacent lot does not have a fence. While the violation notice gave us the option to simply remove the fence
entirely, we chose to spend the money to repair and keep it. We did this intentionally to pro to prevent unauthorized access, trespassing, and illegal dumping ensuring. We protected the aesthetics and quality of life of
the surrounding homestead neighbors. We have owned this parcel for almost five years, investing nearly a million dollars. For much of that time, a city moratorium prevented us from developing. Despite not being able to break ground,
we continue paying property taxes, maintenance, and impact fees, which has caused significant financial hardship. We are experienced developers committed to the area. Our team recently completed a commercial shopping plaza in the neighboring
city that includes a dialysis clinic, a speech therapy center, and a convenience store. We're eager to bring that same level of quality to Homestead. We are already held we have already held meetings with the city planner in
Homestead, public works and zoning departments to ensure up our upcoming develop development aligns perfectly with the city's vision for the area. While we appreciate the initial 50% reduction calculation,
uh 58,285 remains a massive financial hurdle that will se severely restrict the capital we need to final finally start our development because the owner never received the initial
notices. The damage was caused by neighboring overgrowth and we acted in good faith to repair the fence immediately upon learning of it to protect the neighborhood. We respectfully ask for your lenency in
waving or drastically reducing the fine so we can focus our resources in improving this the community. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you for their testimony there. Okay. So, city had re given a reduction of 50%,
they brought it down to 58,280. Um, I do see you guys did re go ahead and repair the fence. Um, >> as soon as we found out that this was an issue, >> right? And I appreciate you going and
fixing and maintaining it. That's definitely something we want you to continue to do is maintain um the property so it doesn't become a sore. Um unfortunately I cannot wave this. Um but I can give you the max um that I am able to which is 85% that would bring it down
from 58,280 to 17,680. That is a max. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um so I will go ahead and rule on this. Um, let me see here.
>> Magistrate, >> what will be the time frame? >> Uh, one second. U magistrate, before you rule on it, um, do you guys accept the reduction >> offered? Okay. Um, to answer your question, as it relates to the timeline, uh, how much time would you guys need to >> 60 days? Maybe
>> we we could make that happen. Yes. >> Okay. >> So, within the ruling, if you can um include the 60-day time frame and that they accepted the offer. Okay. >> Thank you. Thank you. All right. So, for case number
or for the address 1500 Northeast 8th Street with the owner Team Group HS LLC, they have gone ahead and accepted. >> Yes. Can we make sure that you have the proper address for notifications here on? >> Okay.
Can you verify the address that you would like to receive the notification? >> 1155 97 Street, Sweet 303, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida 33154. >> Could you repeat that again? >> 1155
97 Street, apartment or sweet 303, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida 33154. Okay, >> that is where the correspondence that that's where the um correspondence
you'll get, but we're still going to put it based on where the the property address is. Okay, but we have that here. >> Um okay. So, so we have in record the ruling for the address of 1500 Northeast 8th Street for
the team group HS LLC. um they have accepted the reduction from 50% to the 85% which is 17,680 and you have 60 days uh to come into compliance uh with that amount
>> and um today with a just an $80 administration fee on top of that. >> Thank you. All right. Special master if I may take the cases out of order from the agenda. Agenda disregard. Now returning to the agenda order for
the remaining cases. Item number two under civil citations code officer Garcia case number CC 00112 TKT TGBG court special master the fine was spent
yesterday case is compliant. Next case, item number three, court officer Valencia. Case number CC26 00128 TKT Alonso Serrano. Citation was issued to Alonso Serrano,
address 268 Southwest 6th Avenue, Homestead, Florida 33030 for code section 6-36, not permitted work for work done in there. That was electrical work. And what they did is I'm going to read what
the chief electrical inspector for the city of Homestead sent. And it was that four bays that were found bay 268, 276, 282. They have been powering from the
bay number 284 with extension courts. That is not that is a code violation for the use of extension code NEC national electrical code 1110
26 300 and those bays are not authorized to be energized. They obtained a permit for the demo on 268 and they passed on April 21st. However,
they have not paid for the citation. I spoke to the owner. He said he was going to be here present, but he is not here. As of today, the citation has not been paid and photo has been submitted. So they were running
they were running electricity from bay 284 through the back all the way to to four different bays. And one of those bays is 268. All right. Thank you. All right. So I'm going to go ahead and roll on this. I do
find in violation of city of Homestead for case number CC2600128 TKT um to pay this fine of a th00and and an $80 administration fee.
Next case, item item number four, civil citation, code officer Valencia, case number CC2600129 TKT. Also, Mr. Alonso Serrano. Citation was issued to Alonso Srano with
the property address 272 Southwest 6th Avenue, Homestead, Florida 33030. It was issued on Monday, April 20th of 2026 at 3:57 p.m. for code section 6-36, not permitting work um electrical work
running from um bay number 284 to bay 272. As of today, the citation has not been paid. I don't know if you want me to read the testimony again for the chief electrical inspector, which is the same thing as >> Yeah, I think having it on record is
good. >> Okay. All right. Perfect. So this is the electrical violation for at 284 Southwest 6th Avenue. We found the bay 264, 276, 282 have been pro uh powering from the bay 284. We extension court
that is a co-violation for the use of extension courts under the NEC 1110.26300 and those bays are not authorized to be energized. They pass they obtained a permit and
also they passed the final inspection on April 22nd. Um as of today the citation has not been paid. Please accept this photo submitted as a evidence approved. All right. So I'm going to go ahead and
roll on this. I do find a violation of city of Homestead for case number CC2600129 TKT,000. It needs to be paid with an $80 administration fee. Next, next case item number five, code
officer Valencia. Case number CC 2600130 TKT Alberto Carvajal. Citation was issued to Alberto Carbajal. Address 284 Southwest 6th Avenue. Homestead Florida 33030 was issued on
Monday, April 20, 2026 at 4:15 p.m. for code section 6-36. No permitted work. Electrical work at 284 Southwest 6th Avenue. And the email from the chief electrical inspector says that this is
an electrical violation uh at 284 Southwest 6th Avenue. We found the base of 268, 276, 282. They have been powering from the bay 284 with extension courts that is a code violation for the use of extension courts under NEC
1110.26 300 and those bays are not authorized to be energized. As of today, the citation has not been paid. Please accept the photo submitted as a evidence approved.
Um, just really quick. That one was the 547 lending the 547 >> Valencia. Sorry. >> No, it's uh 00130. >> That would be >> number five for Alberto Carbajal.
>> Item number five under civil citation. I have the citations if you need them. >> Oh, okay. You have it cuz I didn't see you here. That's fine. It has not been paid. >> It has not been paid. No. And it's the same situation. The 284 is the one that was fitting the other base.
>> Okay, perfect. Okay. So, I'll go ahead and rule on that. Um, I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC260013 TK T um $1,000 and $80 administration fee. The next the next case item number six
under civil citations code officer Valencia please number CC2600131 TKT Alonso Serrano. The citation was issued to Alonso Serrano with property address of 280 Southwest 6th Avenue Homestead Florida
330. It was issued on Monday, uh, April 20th of 2026 at 5:32 p.m. for code section 6-36, not permitted work. Electrical work done on 280 Southwest 6th Avenue. And the email for the chief electrical
inspector, this is the electrical violation at 284 Southwest 6th Avenue. We from the base at 268, 276, and 282 have been powering from the bay 284 with extension cords. That is code that is a code violation for the use of extension
cords under NEC 1110.26 300 and those bays are not authorized to be energized. As of today the citation has not been paid and photo has been submitted. Okay. Approved.
All right. Okay, I'm going to go ahead and roll on this. I do find violation of city of Homestead for case number CC2600131 TKT,000 and an $80 administration fee. Next case, item item number eight under civil citations code officer Lynn case
number CC2600133 TKT Romes Building LLC. The citation was issued to Our Homes Building LLC on April 24th of 2026 for code section violation 19-3 for
public nuisances. Uh this was in regards to outdoor store materials at the property. Um this was a construction area that was ongoing. The city officials referred this case to us in regards to outdoor debris. Um, it looks like this was basically pipes, uh,
screws and nails that were located along the street address, including wooden pallets that were left out, including also, um, debris that they were using to push back into the property uh, for ongoing uh, construction. Uh, during the initial inspection, all this was
observed. A citation was issued the following day uh, and mailed to the property owner on April 25th of 2026. A reinspection was conducted on April 29th of 2026, which also shows that the debris was also still pushed out to the front of the property on the sidewalk
area and was also left out. Um, the property remained in um non-compliance at the time. Um, and the citation has not also been paid. Special magistry, please accept all the evidence submitted. >> Okay, approved. All right, I'm going to go ahead and
roll on this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC2600133T KT,000 um with an $80 administration fee. Next case under new business item number three court officer Chapelli case number
CC 2500957 NOB Rosalinda Magayan special master I would like to table this case. All right. Next case, item number four under new business. Code officer Lynn.
Case number CC25 01175 N O Samuel Argueta Ernnandez and Bruna Jenny Martinez. This case was opened in December 17th of 2025 for code violation
16-26 for the incorrect occupational license being registered at the property address at 194 Northwest 7th Street. This case was referred to us by the Midday County Fire Marshall Department indicating that the license that was on file was for a retail location and when
observed um it was indicated that they were using it as a church instead of a retail location. Uh, a notice of violation was posted at the property on December 17th of 2025, was given 30 days as a courtesy notice, and again on January 17th of 2026.
Um, after that initial violation was given, a 30-day extension was given with a deadline of February 27th of 2026 u by the property owner. They requested it and no compliance was met. Um, due to that, it was scheduled for today's
hearing. of special matter. You please accept all the evidence that was submitted. >> Approved. All right. I'm going to go ahead and rule on this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC2501175 NOV. I'm going to give them seven days
to come into compliance, which would bring it to June 12, 2026, and an $88 administration fee today. Next item number seven under new business code officer chapelli
case number CC 2600455 Nov Jenny Salenas Can you repeat the case, please? >> Yes. Yes. CC 2600455 N OB This case is complied.
Next case, item number eight officer Chapeli. Case number CC2600448. NOB Salomon Munos. >> The property was cited on February 15, 2026 for the following code of violation
6-36 non-permitted work for the gate/fence and the driveway. Compliance was not met. Summon to appear was mailed on March 30th, 2026 and posted on March 31st, 2026. As of today, the property remains in violation. Photographs were
taken and submitted as evidence. Okay. Recruit. >> Special master. I did speak to the owner today. Um he couldn't make it because he's working in West Palm Beach. But um the expired permit for the driveway 2606
0012 is in an applied status as of June 2nd, 2026. And permit number 26040189 for the fans has been issued and closed. He just needs a little bit more time. >> Okay, thank you. All right, so I'm going
to go ahead and roll on this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC2600448 NOV. Um we have 30 days um which would bring it to July 5th, 2026 and an $8 administration fee today.
Next case, item number nine under new business, code officer chapel. Case number CC2600542, N O Bruce Ramirez. Okay, those cases have been table. Next case, item 17, code officer
Chapelli, case number CC2600569, N O B Beatatrice Hernandez. >> That case has been table. Next case item 21 code officer view case number CC2600785
table. Next item 28 code officer mentor case number CC 2600918 no Ronald Brandon Chica
special master this case was tabled. Next item, item number 30 under new business code officer Valencia case number CC 2600
935 N O red realy co company. The case was open on 3:24 of 2026 for code section 30-43G and that is the building required pressure clean or minor uh touch-up
paint. They were given until 424 of 2026 to come into compliance. I did the reinspection on 515 of 2026. Also the summon was posted on 515 of 2026
current the property is in violation and I took the photographs on the 804 of 20 correction 515 of 2026 and 3:30 of 2026 no one has made any contact with me
correction I'm sorry special the photographs were taken on 324 of 2026 and 515 of 2026 no one has made any contact with me. >> Okay. So, I'll go ahead and roll on this. I do find a violation of City of
Homestead for case number CC2600935 NOV. I'll give him 7 days to come to compliance. That bring it to June 12, 2026 and an $80 administration fee. Next case, item 35. Code officer mentor case number
CC2600982 N O Miy Sila special master this case was tabled. Next case, item 38, code officer Valencia. Case number CC26022, NOB Klepico Holdings LLC. The property was in it was cited on 313
of 331 of 2026 and they were given unto five 01 of 20. Correction, the property was cited on 331 of 2026 with a posting date of 331 of 2026 with
a compliance date of 501 of 2026. It was cited for code section 30-403G. And that is the building needs to be pressure washed or needs to be paint with minor touch of paint. The property was reinspected on 506 of
2026 and it was found in violation. I took the photographs on 331 of 2026 56 of 2026. Special master, please accept the photo submitted as a evidence. >> Approved. >> Okay. So they they have they um pressure cleaned it?
>> No, they have not. is still in violation. Um, okay. They haven't they haven't made any contact. Okay. I'll go ahead and roll this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC26
01 022 NOV within 7 days to come into compliance and an $80 administration fee. Next, next case item 39, code officer Valencia, case number
CC26023, NOB Klepo Holdings LLC. The property was cited on 313 of 2020 331 of 2026 with a compliance date of 501 of 2026 for code section 30-4438
and that is for the parking lot striping. The property was reinspected on 506 of 2026. As of today, I have not seen um it's still in violation. They have not applied not even for a permit.
I took the photographs on 331 of 2026 and on 506 of 2026. Special master, please accept the photos submitted as evidence. Approved. Okay, I'll go ahead and rule on this. I do find a violation of city of Homestead for case number CC26023
NOV. uh seven days to come into compliance and an $80 administration fee. Next case, item 40, code officer Valencia, case number
CC26131 NOB, Klepico Holdings. The property was inspected on 331 of 2026 and it was found in violation with a compliance date of 402 of 2026
for code section 24-6B street obstruction. There were parking vehicles blocking the sidewalk. The property was reinspected on 506 of 2026 and it was found in violation. I took the photographs on 331
of 2026 and 506 of 2026 as today when I passed this morning they come finally comply. So this case is if we can set it up as a
repeat for future. This one was complied. This case >> it was complied today. Yes. When I passed by there, like actually on my way here. All right. So, I'll go ahead and um this
read on this case uh case number C CC26031 NOV has been complied. Um but if anything were to happen next time regarding this u vehicles being parked or that um there'll be more uh severe
consequences but today it will be adjudicated um and no fee. Next item 41, code officer Lynn, case number CC2601 075 NOB Talang Yao. >> Special magistry, if I may, there's two
different um cases listed under the same property owner for the same address. Can I read off all of them so we can make a ruling? >> Yes. Uh for case CC-26-075-OV, uh the property was cited on April 3rd of 2026 under code section violation
19-71 concerning abandoned vehicles parked on the property without proper registration and license plates being registered to the property owner. This case was referred to me by management following complaint about active mechanical work being conducted at the property address. During my initial inspections, I did not
observe any active mechanic work taking place. However, multiple vehicles were removed and replaced and relocated at the property at various times. Um, and additionally, there were car parts scattered across the property during my initial visits of the property, which
contributed to the presumption that mechanical work was still being done uh during after hours that the city was not open. A courtesy notice was issued to the property on April 4th of 2026, followed by a notice of violation on April 17th
and a final reinspection conducted on April 29th of 2026. All the photos that were provided were by me, the complainant, and also management. Uh the property did not come into compliance, which is why it was set for today's hearing. Special magistry, please accept the evidence submitted.
>> Approved. um for case CC-26 uh-011078- OB. The case was also opened on April 3rd of 2026 for code section 30-443 uh B regarding the use of the property
um for off- streetet parking that's hasn't been paved uh for the continued parking of the multiple vehicles at the location. Um as stated, this case was referred to me by management due to a complaint. um due to active work being done at the property uh after hours when
the city is closed. Um as stated, I observe multiple vehicles being parked on and off the property at various times with auto parts scattered across the property during my initial visits. Uh the courtesy notice for this case was also provided on April 4th, 2026. A notice of violation was posted and
mailed also on April 17th of 2026 with the final reinspection on April 29th of 2026. Special Majesty, please accept all the evidence submitted. >> Approved. Okay, I'm going to go ahead and roll on both of these cases. First case will be
I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC261075 NOV. We'll have seven days to come into compliance with an $80 administration fee. case number CC2601078 NOB will also have 7 days to come into
compliance with an $80 administration fee. Next item 44, code officer Valencia, case number CC 261 408 NOB 600 Homestead LLC
for management. We're going to table this case. Next case, item 46, code officer Lynn, case number C24080005, Henry Sanchez.
This case was originally cited by officer Rodriguez on August 2nd of 2024. The case was later reassigned to me by management due to the property remain in violation. The property was cited under code section uh section sorry 29-11 and 19-92
relating to landscaping maintenance and prohibited nuisances. Those violations were brought into compliance by the deadline provided. However, the violation for code section 6-36 for work that was uh conducted at the property without permits remained out of
compliance. The permits that were associated with the property were permits 24- sorry 241 0295 for a driveway. That permit has expired. Uh the permit 23120171
for the fence was also expired. Additionally, the permit for the replacement of the doors and the windows was never obtained. Uh during my initial visit on April 22nd of 2026, I inspected the property and found the
property to still remain in violation. A summon to appear was posted at the property the same day and evidence was submitted into the case file. Uh special magistry, please accept all evidence submitted into evidence. >> Approved.
Okay. Okay. So, I'm going to go ahead and roll on this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number C2480000005. Um, they have seven days to come into compliance and an $80 administration fee. Next item 47, Code Officer Lynn, case
number C25040091, Marie Evang Romelo. This case was originally cited by officer Perez um and later reassigned to me by management. The property was cited back in April 7th of 2025 with a deadline of 30 days to bring the property into compliance. Uh the
property over the years had various permits pulled ranging from demolition work to interior renovations that was supposed to be done at the property. Um however, none of these permits were ever finalized. Um back in November of 2026, uh this property was
uh was cited again um and given basically a compliance deadline until January um which that compliance date was not met set. So thus for it was set for January 15, 2026 for a hearing. The property owner was given three days to
come into compliance before January 18th of 2026. Um before that deadline, the property owner did reach out to the city and requested an extension, which that extension was granted for a small window. Um during that initial time frame, I overviewed the property to see
if any additional permits were pulled for demolition work or for interior renovations to bring the property into compliance and nothing was done. Um the permits that were all expired um are as follows. 23- 010
071 for new renovations. Um 230100072 for interior renovations. 230 073 for demolition. 230
075 for windows and doors. Two sorry 20 one who 12350 for a new family residence. also expired. Uh 0905 0085 for interior renovations also
expired. 09050047 also expired and 0904 0157 also expired. Uh the city is requesting for this property to be an affidavit of non-compliance and for the fines to
start as of January 18th of 2026 from the original compliance deadline. Special Majesty, please accept all evidence submitted. >> Approved. >> Special M. Um, just for clarification for the record that this case was um
open by former officer Juan Lopez, not Perez. >> My apologies. Yes, it was Juan Lopez. >> Okay. And could you say again this the city requires going back January 18?
>> Yes. The original hearing date where this case was heard was January 15th. They were given 3 days to come into compliance and they have not met that. >> All right. So, I'm going to go ahead and roll on this. Um, I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number
C25040091. Um, to have a daily fine of $250 going back as of January 18 with an $80 administration fee. Next case, item 48, Court Officer Valencia.
Case number C250080054 Arishi and Infras Infras Properties LLC. The property was cited on August 4 of 2025 for code section 23-61
directing and maintain a per signed that is require a permit that violation is complying for code section 30-443A all parking spaces shall be clear as stripe notice of violation was not
regular certifi 805 of 2025 the property was posted the to appear on 518 of 2026. Current the property is in violation for code section 30-443 subsection 8. I took the photographs on
804 of 2025 and in 518 of 2026 special master please accept the photos of Madasa evidence approved. Okay. Um, I'm going to go ahead and roll on this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number C25080054. Um, to have seven days to come into
compliance and an $80 administration fee. Next case, item 51. Code officer Valencia. Case number C25080148. ENM Enterprises Court. >> I believe this case is table.
>> Yes. Please hold. Next case, item 16. Code officer Flores. Case number CC2600568. N O E N E N E N E N E N E N E N E N E N E Nest Ernie E N E N E N E N E N E N E N E N E N E Nest Ar Rochelle Adelide
Arie Auntie Joseph. The property was cited on February 25th, 2026 for code section violation 6-36 non-permitted work. This is in reference to a terrace at the rear of the property without a permit. A notice of violation was male certified mail and posted on
February 25th, 2025. Compliance was not met. Therefore, the property was set for today's hearing. Summon to appear was mailed certified mail and posted on June 24, 2026. The currently the property is in violation. I took the photograph on February 25th,
2026 and June 24, 2026. The photos fairly and accurately represent what was observed. Special master, please accept the photo submitted as evidence. >> Approved. Special master, I have been in contact with the owners in reference to the violation. Permit number
BD-26-00656-BL-R was submitted on May 14, 2026 and is currently under review. >> Nothing came. Okay, thank you. That was I want to make sure the the last numbers are 568,
>> correct? CC-26-00568- NOV. >> Okay. All right. So, I'll go ahead and roll this. I do find a violation of City of Homestead for case number CC2600568 NOV. Um 7 days to come into compliance
in an $8 administration fee. Yes. Next case, item 18, Court Officer Flores. Case number CC2600571 NOB Ununice Rodriguez Barto and Davis Barto Gonzalez.
The property was cited on February 25th, 2026 for code section violation 6-26. Dish 6-36, sorry, non-permitted work. This is in reference to terrorists in the rear of the property without a permit. A notice of violation was male
certified mail and posted on February 25th, 2026. Compliance was not met. Therefore, the property was set for today's hearing. Summon to appear was male certified mail and posted on April 23rd, 2026. Currently, the property is
in violation. I took the photograph on February 25th, 2026 and April 23rd, 2026. The photos fairly and accurately represent what was observed. Special master, please accept the photos submitted as evidence.
>> Approved. Special master permit BD-26-00472-BLR was submitted on on April 28th, 2026 and currently is still in a review. >> Okay. >> All right. So, go ahead and roll on this. I do find a violation of
>> special master. Excuse me to interrupt the they were here, but I mistakenly told them that they were it was tabled. It was in another It was another case, not the same order, but it was mistakenly. So, um, can we table? >> So, table it.
>> Yes, please. >> Okay. Next case, item 27, code officer mentor, case number CC2600881 NOB at Li A Wilson. The property was cited on March 1926 for
code section violation 6-36 permits required for a terrace. The notice of violation was posted at the property on March 1926 and certified mailed on March 20th 26. Compliance was
not met. Therefore, the property was set for tonight's hearing. Summon to appear was also posted and certified mailed on April 20 of 26. Currently, the property is in violation. I took the photograph
on March 19, 26. The photos fairly inaccurately represent what was observed. Special master, please accept the photo submitted as evidence. Um, special master, I haven't had any contact with uh the property owners. >> Okay, I'll go ahead and rule. I do find
violation of city of Homestead for case number CC2600881 NOB. Um 7 days to come into compliance and an $80 administration fee. Meeting adjourn at 453 p.m.
We have one more. Which one is it? 985. We do have another one. >> It's up to you if you want me to table it. >> Okay, team. Um, in reference to the cleric error that happened today, any case that was tabled mistakenly, please
grant them an extension and let's hear them on the upcoming hearings as a good faith effort since they're not present today. Unfortunately, they might have been sent home accidentally. Okay. >> Yes. >> Thank you. And we will conclude our proceeding. Uh, it is 1654. Thank you.
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>> Have a roll call. Madam clerk. >> Councilman Fletcher >> here. >> Councilwoman Ksky. >> Yes. >> Councilman Cannibal >> here. >> Councilwoman Abilo >> here. Councilman Roth >> here. >> Vice Mayor Bailey >> here. >> Mayor Lawson >> here.
>> Okay. Our first item on the agenda this evening is public comments. There are a few people who have clocked in. I believe one has already spoken. Uh if the others who have clocked in are still here and still wish to speak, I will
recognize them and followed by anyone else in the audience followed by anyone online. uh with the exception of quasi judicial items. If you would like to speak with respect to any matter on the agenda
other than a quasi judicial item, this will be your opportunity to speak as a member of the public with respect to any other agenda item. We will not have public comment on any items later in the
agenda other than quasi judicial items. All right. The first individual who clocked in was uh Selena Visayo. I think um you hear Miss Visayo come on down. Thank you for coming
tonight. I know you've sat through the earlier part of our evening. Good. You can pull that down. Good evening. First time I do this I like. So I am here because I got a I got a citation. No.
Well, the thing the make it short. I've been in my property for over 20 years, maybe a little bit longer than that. I have a big yard. I have my boat, my RV set in back of my yard and my fence.
I've never had any problems. And now they sent me a violation to move either one. And that's why I'm here because if it was outside sidewalk in the street, but it's in back of my yard parked, they're
welcome to come anytime and check if anybody cuz I know in Halia they used it for rent. My property is paying off. I don't use it for rent. I use it for my hobby, my boat, my Harley, and my RV. And that's why I'm here. So, just so we
know, what what is the notice that you can't have both? It's one or the other. >> I can't have both. I've been having them for 20 more than 20 years. >> I don't have them in front of my house. I have them on my fence and back of my yard like they always have said, you know, and I use it for me for my
vacation, you know. It's not for me to rent or to have the welcome to come anytime they want to. I can open it up for them. They can come in my yard, but it's not fair that I pay so much taxes. It's my property. I have a yard. I follow the rules and then they come and tell me now that I I can have or the boat or the RV.
>> Okay. Have you tried to speak with anyone from code enforcement before tonight? >> Yes, I've called them and what they told me was that from October 15, 2025, the rules change. You got to have either one and it's not fair. They didn't even send a letter you know what's going on.
Anything. I mean, and I'm at on 302 Northwest 20th Street. I have the biggest street. I mean, I have a big yard. Mhm. >> And I'm And then I have the fence. I have my yard in front of my house. I have the fence. I have parking is in front. And it's in back of my house parked. >> Mhm.
>> And to see my boat, you have to like go like this because I have the white fence. So you have to really look. So they're only going to see my boat and my my boat in my RV and then they're going to see next door. So it's what? It's only me. It's not fair. I went all over Homestead and it's true what I've heard
here. They didn't park in front of the house, in the street, everything. But in back of my yard, the way it's supposed to be, I don't think it's fair. >> Okay. So, here tonight, we we can't really resolve your issue. You know, we can put you directly in touch. Of
course, this raises issues, but I want to clarify one thing and either to the attorney or or code enforcement uh either director or assistant city manager. The code has always been one or the other, but not both. Isn't that
correct? There weren't recent changes in quantity. I don't recall that we we made that change. >> Haliyah home day county cuz I searched it. Day county you're allowed a boat and RV. Halia. You're allowed a boat and and
a and an RV. And here homestead that we have more yard that we have more comfortable. You can't have a boat in an RV that is my hobby is is registered. It has a tag. I mean, if it was abandoned, ugly, making my my my my neighborhood
looks terrible, I agree that you come and check, you know, but it's registered with the tag, the boat, everything works. I mean, it's not fair. That's not my hobbies. I'm already 62 years old, retiring from Day County that I work for Day County and I have to move either one to go pay when I have a yard. I don't
think it's fair. >> Okay. And and you know, and these are some code issues, but let me >> look into it and follow up with >> Yeah. if you'll get them and they'll be in touch with you and and perhaps clarify whatever >> and have some direct face-to-face discussion. >> Did a flyer and I passed it all over
Homestead. Everywhere I saw a boat and RV, I did it myself. I behind and I was push but they said a boat and RV has to be removed. >> Okay. Oh, and look, we have a real problem with RVs that are occupied. >> I understand.
>> Yeah, we're trying to work through that. I I will work, you know, they have to come in, check, make sure that it's closed, that it's not connected, I agree. I'm fine with it. But that I can have it to take it when I'm going on vacation. I don't think it's fair. I don't think I need to go pay anything anywhere else when I'm about to retire
and pay more money when I have a yard. >> Right. Okay. So, if you'll step over here, somebody will get in touch with you over here. And uh Councilwoman, >> thank you, mayor. I just wanted to just say that I think it's ridiculous that you're having to deal with that kind of situation. And the problem is is that we we are experiencing where we have had
code that has not been enforced for a long time now being enforced rightfully so. There's a duty to do so. They're doing their job. But it's a great opportunity specifically tonight based on the conversations we just had on my uh my item for the district representative to discuss with you to
inquire and to have a chance to look into it further. The item I brought does not affect your area, but this is something that maybe it should get looked at. And it's also a good opportunity for us to take a look at the RV issues. There are still plenty of RVs that I see out there that are in bad
condition that are are >> and clearly occupied, >> right? So, so let's maybe get if I can ask through the manager office an opportunity to kind of get an update on the enforcement of RVs, where they are, you know, problem issues that we can >> I'm sorry. I don't mean to talk be
snitching or talking about anybody what they have in their yard because I'm minding my own business. I don't pay nobody's bill like I said, but I did take pictures where there's it's a mess open parked, but if they need to come in, fine. If they go by and they see it
open and they say, "You have your RV open, fine." You know, you can come in, I don't care. I >> You did the right thing by coming to your council meeting and expressing their concerns. It's an opportunity. >> I am nervous. You know, even if I work with publics and kids, you know, it's like, but I said somebody has to do
something. I mean, >> we should say something. Well, thank you very much for hearing me and I hope this issue of it. >> So, so mayor and council um I'm asking the assistant city manager Crystal Oliver to take care of this situation and we'll provide an update to council.
>> Thank you. >> May uh mayor, sorry. Do we need to request for a deferral of any action on her item until >> we we will administratively take care of our situation? >> I don't think we have the authority to do that at this point. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Okay, next up, Stephen
Pollson. Mr. Pollson, are you still here? Okay, I think we we had a sidebar and that was and then u Jessica who I believe this was uh
Jessica I think you spoke earlier on the uh the land use application. Is that correct? Jessica still here? I'm sorry I can't make out your your last name, but I believe you were the uh the speaker earlier. Okay. Is there anyone in the
audience who would wish to speak with respect to u anything or any any item on the agenda at this point? Yes, sir. Come on down. >> Good evening, Mayor. >> Good evening. Welcome. >> Uh my name is Diego Riolen. I reside at
Northgate at 625 Southeast 25th Lane Homestead. Uh I'm a Florida real estate broker with 35 years of experience in property acquisitions um valuation review and complex real
estate transactions. I retired um after 35 year career with the department of transportation in rightway and public property acquisitions where I negotiate and analyze commercial residential and environmentally sensitive
properties. My background includes evaluation of land value, assessing risk exposure, reviewing acquisition strategies, and working with government entities. I'm speaking from both a professional expertise and a resident
taxpayer committed to responsible uh fiscal stewardship. I will be direct tonight. You're being asked to approve a 2000 a 2,666,000
purchase of 406 Washington Avenue. This is a significant uh use of taxpayers funds. I have serious concerns about the structure and logic of this transaction. First, we are purchasing a property that
is expected to be demolished. If demolition is the plan, the value of the improvements is effectively reduced to zero. Why are we paying a premium price for a structure that will not remain? Second,
the property carries environmental contamination assumptions. By purchasing it, the city risks becoming a responsible party for the cleanup. Why would we voluntarily assume environmental
liability exposure? Third, this agreement includes owner financing of 4.75 interest. Why is the city of Homestead paying interest to a private seller when municipalities typically
have access to structured public financing options? We are not only purchasing the property, we are committing to long-term interest payments to the seller. Fourth, the agreement allows the seller to rent
the property back for $10 per year for two years. We are paying $2.6 million and then leasing it back to essentially nothing. That's not market transaction. That's a concession. Now,
let's talk about priorities. Our our streets need repair. Our sidewalks need replacement. Our storefront corridors need revitalization. Our tree canopies need expansion. Our drainage systems need improvement.
$2.6 million could produce measurable citywide benefits. Instead, we are concentrating public capital into a single property, assuming environmental risk, reducing value
through demolition, paying interest to the seller, and providing below market lease back. This is not about opposing development, folks. It is about disciplined stewardship of public funds. Before approving this acquisition, ask one fundamental question.
Is this the highest and best use of $2.6 million of taxpayer money at this moment? Infrastructure is first, public safety first, broad public benefit first. I respectfully urge all of you to
reconsider this allocation and place visible citywide improvements ahead of speculative property acquisitions. Thank you. >> Thank you. Let me ask you in the in the spirit of transparency, are you an active real estate broker or agent at this point?
>> I'm a consultant. >> You're a consultant for >> Florida Property Acquisitions in Tampa. >> Okay. All right. Have you taken the opportunity to look at the phase one and phase 2 environmental reports and the structural reports that are a public record and in
our agenda package tonight? >> Uh, no I have not. But >> you have not. So you if you had, you would find that it is a sound building with zero environmental issues. I don't know that anyone has ever said that the
building would be demolished. Furthermore, the early conversations indicated that the sale proposed sale price takes into account a reduction for a couple of years of rent. So, no, we're not renting this
building if the the transaction occurs for $10 a year. Furthermore, I don't think that the the city could go out anywhere and borrow money at at this kind of interest rate. and it eases the burden on the CRA.
Look, this council, a council, a prior council already made the decision to to purchase this property and we'll have the final tonight. But I think it's very from my perspective, it's very disingenuous for you to come make allegations about
this property without being fully versed in what's in this council agenda. This council demanded the city manager spend a lot of money to go out and get a second appraisal and another and a phase two environmental report that all came
back compatible. >> From what I understand, uh, mayor, uh, the city obtained an appraisal originally for $480 or $90,000 and then the owner came up with an appraisal for $2.8 million.
>> Just that's that's that's just not true. There was an appraisal done for land value only and that was internal. That was I would call that a clerical error within the former CRA department. Okay.
Two appraisals that are within just a few bucks of each other for the existing situation. >> What are we what what is the city's plan for this parcel? >> Well, >> do you have any >> for at least two years? it will be occupied by the business that is there
now and possibly a third year and I think at the state of South Dade and I think it's the flavor of a prior council the the the membership of the council and demeanor of the council has changed a little bit since this transaction began but the idea was and and Mayor
Mirbot of Cutler Bay expressed it very well at the state of South Dade if you don't own it you can't control it and certainly The perspective in the past was is I don't know that a tire and auto repair shop is something that we really
want far into the future across the street from city hall. >> Um mayor, we need infrastructure first, public safety first, and broad public benefit first. This is not a good uh use of public funds. You're
you're mixing bank accounts because this is the CRA and no one here disagrees with you with the other and we are moving forward with those >> downtown that needs to be right revitalized. We have Washington Avenue that we need to revitalize. We don't need to be spending all this money in
one parcel and one in special >> we are going forward. You know we have almost $9 million to deploy on Washington and Chrome Avenue. You know are are you just trading signals with Councilman Roth? because it sure looks like it. And I understand that he's been an opponent of this from day one. So,
why don't you be fully transparent and tell us why you're really here opposing this? >> I'm here to uh urge the council to reconsider u voting on this. I don't think it's good for the public. I think we can use
$2.6 million in other other uh areas that need more improvement. Uh what's not good for the public are folks standing up here and spouting willful falsehoods. But thanks for coming out tonight. Is there anyone else from the audience who would like to speak on any
item tonight? Good evening, Mr. Hayes. >> Mayor, Council, Vice Mayor Bailey, I haven't said that yet. Um first off, Cardell Hayes, 3910
Northeast, uh 13th Drive. I want to say thank you to the city of Homestead. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh I was surprised a few weeks ago I was recognized for Black History
Month. Um that's truly an honor and I wanted to come here personally to say thank you. I didn't want to send out some DM to the mayor or vice mayor. Oh, thank you guys. Uh so being here is an honor and the work that was recognized
is South Connections the organization that has supported the community over the past four to five years particularly postco. I was uh telling Leslie and Jared when we started we started off just trying to bring people together to
do something good something good for the community and it ramped up to something more supporting small businesses and organizations here in far south. Even better, the council here at Homestead supported
us each and every year. everyone including Tom Davis, Julio Guzman, Farah Claw. I'm saying the names of people that are not here now but have
always supported us. The time has come as we continue to grow South Dade. Uh South Dade Connections is taking a minimalistic approach to programming but continuing to support.
I am so happy that the city of Homestead is continuing to do the good work for Junth and all the other programs that is necessary for the community. There is one more we will not be able to do Black Business
Month as an organization. So, I am going to ask and I can have the sidebar conversations um with the right people for the city of Homestead to look into this and to see that having an event in the month of
August supporting all businesses, organizations, and participating for Black Business Month is something that'll be great for all of us. Now, I'll be honest. Many of you have always hear me say my grandson. And so that conversation going to
continue because I'm spending more time with him. And so uh that's one of the reasons for the minimizing of the organization. I'm looking to do some things different. So I want to tell you thank you again.
Truly truly honored. Um God has blessed me and everything that we've done. So thank you guys. >> Thank you Mr. Hayes. Perfect timing. Appreciate you sitting through this tonight. Anyone else in the audience wishing to
speak on any matter? You've had your your time moment, Mr. Rivendera. Um, on down, Mr. Guzman. Good evening, Mayor and Council. I'm here to serve as a translator. Okay. She's saying that she's got a lot
of things to talk about in regards to things that are going on in Homestead and the quality of life. How do we intend to take care of the traffic in the city of Homestead? >> Within one month, she has been her car
has been hidden has been hit twice. She would like you guys as policy makers to take into consideration how wonderful the city is. And she wants you guys to pass an ordinance to make cell phone use more strict.
She'd like you to work with the Homestead Police Department and put boots on the ground to make sure we get that ordinance passed so that we can live a better quality of life. That's it. Thank you. >> Before you go away, let me defer to the
attorneys. Do we have that kind of jurisdictional authority to enact or enforce that kind of ordinance on behavior while driving? >> Uh, it's generally preempted to chapter 316 in the Florida statutes, but I'm happy to take a look and see what
flexibility we have. Okay. Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you. Thank you for coming. Thank you, Julio. Anyone else? Is there anyone online? No one online. Last call for anyone in
the audience for any matter on the agenda with the exception of of ai judicial matter. So I will now close the public comment section of the agenda. Mr. Manager, do
you have any additions this evening? >> Yes, mayor and council. Um we are going to withdraw car item 4927 which is tab 19. >> Okay.
>> And also it's my understanding that car item 4881 that 22 is being deferred to the next council meeting that is on the >> as the sponsor of that item. That is my request and I'd be happy to to go into a
little bit of detail. >> So we also have one addition which is uh I believe the package was pre uh a little while ago distributed. Uh we received communication from the state this afternoon about 1:00 that
there is an allocation to the city of Homestead that probably will expire soonest and they needed an executed agreement by a certain date which was February 23rd. We pleaded for an extension which was
granted to March 19th in the interest of time. This is simply to receive money for the victims of crime crimes advocates for SOS is for $15,000. There's no match. Uh this is something that has routinely been done on a yearly
basis. So we think that is appropriate to bring this up as a non-aggenda item tonight so that we can receive the funds on an expedited schedule. So I'm asking for your cooperation and consideration of this item. >> Okay. Okay. So, first we need and this
is an indefinite deferral or a total removal of the item under tab 19. >> Uh, it's going to be indefinite. I'm going to withdraw this when we are ready and when the councilman is ready, we'll come back. >> Okay. Mr. F. Do we need separate votes on 19 and 22?
>> Now, you can take a vote on this collectively. I believe that we're looking for a motion for the removal of 19, the deferral deferral of 22, and the addition of the addendum item that was presented by the city manager. We can take that all in one motion. >> Right. We have a a a comprehensive
motion by Councilman Fletcher, second by Vice Mayor Bailey. Is there any discussion on this? >> What's that? We're going to do that right after this. Yeah. Okay. So, we have a motion to defer indefinitely, defer to next month,
and then add the the grant item. All in favor? >> Any opposed? So, what we'll do, councilwoman, is after the presentation and before the consent agenda, we will deliberate on the the grant item. All
right. All right. So, Mr. Manager, we now have tab one, a presentation on the water and sewer upgrades and the roadway project presentation. So, mayor and council, this is your last chance to look at the design completion
plans for Chrome Avenue improvements, Flaggler Avenue improvements as well as the these are for War and Sewer projects. Then there is also Chrome Avenue roadway improvements inclusive of sidewalks, the
beautifification aspect that comes with the FTA grants. So more or less this is a multi- project that is being combined into one solicitation and one presentation tonight. >> Uh and before you go forward, you Mr.
Guzman and Ariela, I think Mr. Guzman, this presentation kind of goes to some of the issues that that were raised by Ariela also uh with respect to projects and and other needs that were expressed by uh Mr. Rivendera. So I'm glad that uh
all of you are still here to see this presentation to uh be a little more educated on what we are doing. Thank you. So, I'm going to ask our consultant, uh, Kim Lehorn, as well as our public works director to walk us through the
presentation. Make it brief. >> Good evening, Mayor and Council. Um, as the manager mentioned, I'll try to make it brief. If for any reason you need me to slow down, feel free to do so. Uh, as you all know, my name is Ky Kangas. I'm the public work director. And with me,
we have Caesar. Uh, he's with Kim and Horn and Nikolai. He's with CES. and they are representing the the signers for this project in its entirety. So, first we want to point out where the
project is going to take place, the construction is going to take place and why we are doing this project. the the project that we are going to be putting out for solicitation this coming Friday is going to be just one construction
contract and that construction contract is going to incorporate three design contracts that we have been working on for the past um year and some change those projects encompass as you can see the first one the Chrome Avenue water and sewer operates from Lucy Street to
south of North Fifth Street the Chrome Avenue transit accessibility and roadway improvement project from north of South A transit way. We call it the MDC busway as well to north of North Four Street. And last but not least, the Flaggler Avenue water and sewer upgrades from
Chrome Avenue to Campbell Drive. Why are we doing these projects? Well, because the Chrome Avenue uh transit accessibility is a project that the city has been working for some time as part of a grant that it received from the FDA to improve Chrome Avenue, the downtown
area to beautify it and also to make it more uh accessible to pedestrians. As we all know, the sidewalk currently has a French a trench train in the middle which makes just a small segment of it ADA compliant while the other is too steep and is not. The other two larger
projects, the one in blue and orange, are needed because of capacity improvements for the water and sewer components in order for us to be able to develop the city further. Here you can see a rendering of what the project hopefully will look like. This is what
we designed. Uh, as you can see, the sidewalk are now continuous without a break in the middle on either side, and they will make use of the entirety of the footprint of the sidewalk uh, ADA compliant. You can also see that we will
be improving the landscape and um, and making some changes to the intersection um, in front of the Lost Park. um hopefully to also do traffic calming as part of this FTA project.
So what are the objectives of these three projects being built together? Uh we want to complete the construction according to regulations and designs. We wanted to do it without delays or major issues and we were very uh uh intent in making that happen. We coordinated
extensively within reasonable cost without any major change orders and as short as possible duration with the least amount of interruptions to the community. And this is also one of the primary reasons why we decided to put all these projects out together. Well, this is one of the reasons why we decided to these projects to begin with
and not just do the FDA and then think of water and sewer in the future is because if we do it once, we do it once and we don't have to do it again in the foreseeable future. So the impact to the motorists and to the businesses is only once. Here you can see a project timeline as
is being um anticipated and requested in the solicitation for phase one which is the Chrome Avenue water and sewer construction from Lucy to the busway. Uh we would want to start April 2026 and we project and hope that it will go
through October 2026. Phase two would then pick up where we left off in the water and sewer and instead start going along Flaggler from Chrome all the way to Campbell. And that should run from October 2026 to January 2027. And the
last piece is phase three. This one is more intricate. This one goes from busway all the way to fourth fifth. And that will include a lot of improvements, water, sewer, drainage, rotary reconstruction, lighting, signalization, signing and payment marking, etc.
that will run from January 2026 uh7 through September of 2027 and just as a point of as a note uh FDA grant period of performance is through March 30th of 2028. So we would be fully within the
period of performance for that grant. Now, I want to mention some of the scope items that I have already mentioned somewhat, but let's start with the water and sewer upgrades along Chrome and Flaggler. For Chrome Avenue from Lucy all the way to North Fourth Street, we're going to be upsizing both the
water and the sewer lines. The sewer line is our trunk line currently is undersized. This restricts our ability to grow and allow more developments to happen. So currently we are the 30 in that you see on the second
bullet is just a little piece. The majority is 24 in. We're upsizing the whole thing to 36 so that it matches the trunk line that runs from Lucy and Chrome all the way to the wastewater treatment facility. Then we're also replacing the water line and we're going from 8 in to 12 which is
the standard for the county and industry standard for industrial and commercial areas. For Flaggler, we are also upsizing the water from 8 in to 12. Same uh reason in concept, but the gravity is the one that makes the most impact in
this case because we are currently at capacity. There's no more growth. And with this change, it was modeled to allow us to take in the flow from you may have not been here uh council woman, but the cheret and the the zoning that was allowed. These improvements would
allow us to to do that in the future. Now, for the transit accessibility roadway project, um I I mentioned some of the improvements, but please note that the FDA grant is only for transit and accessibility improvements. That's the scope and that's the only thing that
that grant can fund and our matching dollars. And those are the sidewalk, the landscape, lighting, and drainage within the sidewalk, which would then eliminate any flooding in the sidewalk and mitigate flooding into the businesses.
The non-FDA grant eligible project scope is the roadway reconstruction signalization signing and baby marking those things that are from the curb and gutter to the roadway itself. I just want to remind what council approved back in January of 2025.
These are the proposed furnishings and amenities. As you can see, those are the ones that um Kimley Horn brought forth and were approved by council as well as the bus shelter. It shows um the bus shelter that is seen in the right hand
side. The forost is where right away is not restricted. The can lever which means that it only has post in the back and it hovers over. That is wherever we have restricted rightway uh in a sidewalk. Here we're showing where those
bus shelters would be located. If you see on the upper right hand corner the N with the arrow, that means that north is that way. So you would have to flip it a little, rotate it, and you'll see that that is Chrome going east, west, uh, right, left, and that's Maui. So those
are the locations where the bus stops are being proposed. Here is just uh a copy of the tree disposition that we wanted you all to have to look over to see what was being done as far as the existing trees. This is also a list of items that were
uh brought forth by council during a workshop that took place back in June of 18 June 18th of 2024 to let you know that all those items were taken into consideration during the design. And now we're going to talk about the most important part which is the maintenance of traffic. So, the construction
sequencing, this is what most people care about when there's a major construction. We uh for Chrome Avenue Water and Sewer, we will start from Lucy to the busway. And that work we're estimating will take about 135 days. For the Flaggler Avenue
water and sewer, which runs from Chrome to Campbell, we anticipate that it will take about 105 days. Again, this is all subject to the contractor's um schedules when they bid on the on the project for Chrome Avenue.
And this is the the roadway portion that that goes from the busway to um 4th. We have segmented the project into these different segments because unfortunately those areas will have to be closed 247
while the work is being done. And we'll show you in another slide why that is the impact to to the roadway itself. Uh but these are the segments that we're proposing from the bus way to Mari then the intersection of Mari from Mari to second and the intersection of second from second to fourth then the
intersection of fourth and from fourth to fifth. We believe that this will take about 240 calendar days. There's a little more detail as to what is being done and how it will affect traffic. So the phase 1 A which goes
from Lucy along Chrome to the busway, we will be eliminating the the parking. There's currently no ballouts there. So we would using those spaces to always allow for one lane in each direction as it currently flows at the moment. So we eliminate the parking. We're going to maintain one lane of traffic in each
direction and work will begin at Lucy and go until it completes that phase uh at the busway. This is for the sewer component which runs mainly more or less in the center of the road. Well, the new the new sewer. So, the anticipating
construction duration just for this phase we you know as engineers we think 60 days. Phase 1B will be closer to the east side of the road and it will maintain the same one lane in each direction except now the lanes are shifted a little but the uh traffic
pattern remains as is today. one laying north, one one laying south, and we will be doing the water on the east side of Chrome. Uh that one I believe is said we anticipate 45 days for that subject to contractor means and methods and proposed schedule.
Then we go on to Flaggler. We do the same thing. We are going to start the construction with a sewer which is closer to I would say the north side of Flaggler um or or west or whatever you want to call it. And um this one is
going to be since the rightway is a little more constrained, we will have areas where the traffic is going to be restricted to one lane only with flagging operations. The way that we ensure that the project does not rip up the
whole city at once is by restricting the open trench area to no more than 750 linear feet at any given time. Meaning that if you see there one lane travel with lighting operation at each trench segment that is that space that we're talking about and that gives us a good
uh compromise between the amount of trench that we want to see open at any time and the amount of work that we know that the contractor needs to do in any given time. So that project duration we think will be 60 calendar days. Then phase 2B. Same as with Chrome. Now we're
working on the water main which is on the south or east side of Flaggler. Same traffic pattern. One travel lane with flagging operation at each trench segment. And we anticipate the duration to be about 45 calendar days.
Now this is where it gets more interesting. This is the area of Chrome from the busway to 4th Street. We wanted to show a sample roadway segment depicting the typical utilities and by utilities we mean underground features
so that you see why it is that we need to close these segments completely to traffic. We still maintain minimum uh 5ft sidewalk on either side of the road at all time for businesses. All this has to be done by the
contractor and it's not something that they can do in one work phase. close it up, open to traffic and open it up again because that you know we talked to multiple contractors and and they said that that wasn't feasible and they would never be able to do something like that and that is why we are going to be
proposing that MLT pattern for this segment. We wanted to show you also a typical section which is as if you were looking at the road and cut it and flip it so that you can see uh what it looks like of all the underground features that are going to be there. And you can
see on either side of the hashed area there's 5T that is depicting the area that is going to be always accessible uh to pedestrians in order to um patronize those uh businesses.
Phase three will begin the work from the bus way and move all the way to the north which is north um you know fifth street depending on which project we're talking about. Here you can see that when we go from the bus way to Mari, we're going to be doing this work. We
anticipate 30 days. Then we'll move on to the next segment. Same thing. Next segment, same thing. And then next segment, same thing. And then uh lastly for phase three, at the very end, we go back and the contractor does all the
finishing touches. So they mill and resurface the whole road. They go back and they do the temporary pavement marking. 50 days later they come back and they do the thermoplastic. So that is the the last phase of the project. I wanted to go back to the slide one
last time to show you more or less where our anticipated schedule is. And I I think that's a record. Any questions? Thank you. Long overdue. I mean, I learned during the tenure of manager
Estrada many years ago that we had that FT MA money in hand and it was just never never seem to be any forward motion. So, this is uh you know much welcome and and long overdue and thank you for bringing it uh bringing it to
the floor. Mr. Mayor, >> I think uh there's one important public point that needs to be made. Uh prior to commencement of work, prior to construction, there will be a series of public outreach meetings, uh sharing of
flyers, engagement of businesses in the CRA area as well as having public uh meetings with uh residents of Pioneer Village. The construction sequencing is going to impact the businesses in downtown. We need to be sensitive to
that which is one of the primary reasons why construction phasing is limited to short lengths of time and short spells of the run of the street no more than a couple of blocks at a time. Uh the one another important point is traffic will always be maintained in both directions
at all times. The only biggest challenge I see here is that the entrance to Pioneer Village is going to be impacted for a short period of time upwards of a couple of weeks and uh the administration intend to work with the
vice mayor with the residents of Pioneer Village for alternate access into Pioneer Village for temporarily perhaps open one of the rear fences so that folks can utilize that area. There's no other way you can do this. construction
without shutting down that location because you're digging up four trenches, four different trenches on the street and that's a life safety concern. So again, prior to commencement of work, there will be a series of public outreach measures being taken. Thanks.
>> Thank you, mayor. If you can go back to segment that includes Second Street, I just had a couple questions. So, I understand the splits in um how the construction is going to happen, but just to get a little more of a visual.
So, that was a relatively small piece that includes Second Street to close to Fourth Street. When that piece starts, okay, let's say right before that piece starts, would Pioneer Village be able to come out and go north? Yes. And once that piece
finishes, Pioneer Village could come out and go south. >> Correct. >> So what is your guess as far as that one segment being completely closed? >> So it's what's going to impact Pioneer
Village the most and its access is the work at the intersection itself. >> Right. So that one we anticipate that should take anywhere from two to three weeks max hopefully two >> because the sewer that's more in the center of the street
>> the sewer and the and the drainage. Yeah. >> And at that time there will be a lane open that Pioneer Village could exit >> through North Second Street. No, North Second Street intersection itself would be fully closed. So the entrance and the
exit would be somewhere towards the the back of the of the neighborhood we have identified. So the fences in the neighborhood they have columns right and in order for this to be only anote related pay item and
not need additional construction from the contractor engineering services from them which typically contractors are not good at. What we want to do is avoid touching the columns and only focusing on opening the gated area because of the width that we have between columns and because of safety. What we anticipating
is to have two openings, one that is in and the other one that is out. That will also be wide enough for um um solid waste trucks, emergency vehicles and whatnot. And those we are proposing to take place at North Second and North
Third at the roundabout. What place or street? >> Um, so it's not the main entrance which is street. It will be the next one >> on the west side. >> No grown trees that'll be taken down there. >> There will be a the plans call for a
landscape arborist to do some minor trimming uh of a tree on second. On third there there are no trees affected. So second place and third street are your recommendations. Both >> going out to the west side. Nothing on the
>> one will be in and the other one will be out. >> So >> but there will be no entrance or exit going out towards the east because then you're going to have the same issue with the construction. >> Correct. Yeah. >> Thank you very much. So you may want to point out that we
intend to have expedited construction schedule. The contractor will be allowed to utilize multiple crews. The contractor will be allowed to work both day and night >> and weekends >> and weekends. This is the only way we
can get this aggressive schedule accomplished. The more you delay this type of construction, you pay more. So in order to minimize their budget exposure, we want to give them the ability and flexibility to work multiple timelines, daytime hours, nighttime
hours as well. However, during the daytime hours, there will not be any open trench. It has to always be covered with plates. >> Thanks, Mr. Manager. And in that regard, Ren, not to belver the point, I know we have a long night ahead of us. Have we
looked at how the calendar falls? Is this going to impact being able to have Winter Wonderland in Loster Park? Do we need to look for alternate locations for the coming year? >> Uh we something to think about. >> Yeah, we we'll think about that. It's
too early in the construction schedule to predict when we're going to hit Chrome Chrome Chrome loss in a park on Chrome. >> Got Councilman Fletcher. >> Yes. Thank you. I just want to make sure we're also communi communicating with Miami date county fire rescue and and
other agencies that will be uh having to use an alternate egress access point for Pioneer Village. I know our police will be very knowledgeable of it, but we need to make sure the county's aware. >> Whenever construction of this type, we we have to coordinate with them uh as
well as any hospital services so that whenever they dispatch, they they know not to hit a a roadblock. while the fire station is on the west side so they would have quicker access to us. >> Thank you. Anything? Yes, council woman. >> I'm sorry, Councilman and then council.
>> Thank you, mayor. Um, great presentation. Love the design. Love the exped expedited construction. I I just would like to um get some clarification because I recall the walkth through on Avenue. I recall the discussion we had
about inquiring uh regarding removing the parking and but then this is what I recall next is was there any do we have the finalized plan on how we're going to provide alternate parking for what we're
removing from downtown? Is that something we can discuss between now and the time construction starts? I think that's kind of prudent right for the businesses. I think what the presenter the public was director mentioned was elimination of parking during the construction time.
>> But the design has con the parking on parallel parking on Chrome Avenue removed does it not >> during construction >> some of it >> some but the final >> the final plan is what the council >> does or does it not remove parking that's existing today on Chrome Avenue. So >> on the historic um district no
>> so Chrome Avenue parking that we have today we will continue to have after the the finalization of this project. Yes. >> So that was an adjustment to the plan that we did >> during the walk through. >> Okay. So also can I please have an updated copy of the presentation? I
noticed that some slides that we're seeing here are not in the packet. Um so just to clarify for those business owners that have been very concerned about what they're going to do with parking. They're going to continue to have the same amount of parking on Chrome Avenue that they have now as a result of finalizing this project. >> Correct. At the end of construction.
Yes. >> Correct. I understand during construction there's going to be phasing and moving around but but the renderings pictures that I saw here I don't recall seeing >> yes let me show you >> parking lines and whatnot on Chrome Avenue. So >> they don't have um parking line
differentiated because it's only a rendering but here you can see that one includes >> those are the pictures we reviewed and approved for the light poles but the the one where you have the rendering of what it was going to look like that >> and that one also includes the set for the parking. All right, perfect. Thank
you. >> And remember, we're building the parking lot behind Jacobson's, >> right? For >> that's moving forward. >> Yes. Okay. But thank you for clarifying that. >> Very good. Thank you all. >> All right. Thank you. >> Yes. I'm sorry, Councilman. Sorry. >> Yeah. And that was kind of my concern
because originally we had taken out the parking along Chrome Avenue >> in certain places. >> Yeah. And and I think it was more so to um allow for outdoor dining purposes and things like that. Um, and you're mentioning that we're going to have the
exact same number of parking spaces along Chrome Avenue after construction and then we're add we're able to adjust that if restaurants come in and then want to do uh expansions of sidewalks for outdoor eating. >> We have to get you the exact number.
There are some eliminations due to uh comments that we received from the county, but um that might off the top of my head um that was a while. I think it's about maybe five in total out of 60 something. >> Then we're going to reconfigure some of the side streets to accommodate more
parking >> so that they're they don't have to walk all the way from the parking garage to let's say you know second drive or you know beyond north of that to fourth. So um that that was just my concern because people have been calling me like what are you doing with the sidewalks in the in the in the parking spaces? I said
well I'm not sure. I think I mentioned that in my my oneons with >> can you can you state on the record what is the final status of the sidewalks you're going to maintain the exact width of the sidewalks >> the exact footprint but now the width
the usable width is the whole footprint whereas before the usable width if you're ADA right um if you have some sort of a disability uh your width is restricted to that one which is 2% across about
five feet or six feet on either side. Now we're making the entire footprint ADA accessible which is now fully usable sidewalk that will go anywhere from I believe at the narrowest point very few areas it's about 8 ft the majority is about 10
>> because of the planters also. >> Yeah. So so the width the width is coming from the removal of the planters. >> There is some some width augmentation because of the planter remover. Yeah. >> Okay. Yes. Thank you sir. The manager if I can just get a diagram of the parking
spaces that will be removed so that I can speak more clearly and transparently to any businesses that call me etc. Thank you. >> Yeah. Is that it? Councilman Roth. Okay. Good. Thank you. And thank you all. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> All right. So, let's move to the consent agenda and then we'll insert the the
add-on item. So, move moved and seconded. All in favor? >> Any opposed? All right. Let's go to the added item, the the grant. Mr. manager >> or do we have a motion? >> We have a a resolution.
>> Oh, go ahead. Read the resolution. >> Uh it's a resolution of the city council of the city of Homestead, Florida, accepting a grant award from the state of Florida, Office of Attorney General in order to provide victim advocacy services to crime victims, training of victim advocates, and approving grant agreement. authorizing the city manager
to execute and implement the grant agreement establishing a budget in the amount of $15,594 for the expenditure and grant funds and providing for an effective date. >> We have a motion on this item. Moved by RAW, seconded by Cannibal. We
beat you to it. Is there any discussion? >> Let's have a roll call vote on this item. >> Councilman Cannibal? >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Abilo? >> Yes. Councilwoman Ksky, >> yes. Councilman Fletcher, >> yes. Councilman Ross, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey, yes.
>> Mayor Lawson, >> yes. >> The motion carries. >> Mr. White, the floor is yours. >> Yes. Please be advised the following items on the agenda are quai judicial in nature. If you wish to comment upon any of these items, please indicate the item number you would like to address when the announcement regarding the quai judicial item is made. an opportunity
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either be cross-examined or sworn, your testimony will be given in C8. The general public will not be permitted to cross-examine witnesses, but the public may request the council to ask questions of staff or witnesses on their behalf. The full agenda packet on each item is hereby entered into the record. Persons
representing organizations must present evidence of their authority to speak for the organization. Further details of the qua judicial procedures may be obtained from the clerk. In accordance with code section 2-590, any lobbyists must register before addressing the council on any of the
following items. At this time, I'd ask council members to must ask council members to disclose any expporte communications concerning tab six and seven on the agenda. >> We had unonymity on six. I didn't have
anything on seven that I recall. >> Thank you. And at this time, I'd ask the clerk to swear in any persons who wish to testify on tap six. Uh, anyone in the audience is wishing to speak on tap six, please stand, raise your right hand to be sworn by the clerk.
>> Do you hereby swear affirm to tell the truth and nothing but the truth to help me gone? >> Thank you. You may be seated. Tab six, card number 49:15 is the first reading of an ordinance of the city of Homestead, Florida approving the reszoning as requested by Bama LLC and
Penco LLC from an approximately 62.35 acre parcel of land from agricultural AU zoning district to one family 1 halfacre estate A2 zoning district for property generally located south of Southwest 296 north of 302nd Street west of Southwest
192nd Avenue as legally described in exhibit A, providing for conflict subability and providing for an effective date. >> Thank you, Mr. Orza. I know we we we spoke at length regarding this at the >> Yes, I
>> Hugo 701 Burkel Avenue in light of both uh how long it's taken us to get here and how much longer you have to go. I am happy to forego any formal presentation since I did so previously, but happy to answer any questions. >> We'll take six, which is a reasonzoning, and then the the agreement separately.
make a couple comments on >> we'll just do that do that that separately in the uh in the next uh discussion. Um is there anyone in the audience wishing to speak on this item
on the resoning item only? Is there anyone online? All right, hearing none. I'll close the public hearing. Any final comments from from council? >> Yes, councilwoman. >> Thank you, mayor. on this particular
item. Um I I notate that it is pretty compatible with the surrounding areas and my understanding is that um that without this resoning um you would be uh having a incompatible zone use right
agonial the rights run with the land. Um, so I I don't see how, you know, we we could not um you know, how we could keep it from being developed, but um out of principle, I will not be supporting this
item tonight. But I do look forward to being able to provide comments and suggestions on site plan when it does come uh to us. So I appreciate that. But out of respect to LAR in general, I know that LAR is a great corporate citizen. and they provide a lot of community benefits and uh they really do have
great design and um take into consideration and modify their site plans to uh to meet the needs of the council members. Uh so I appreciate the collaboration, but on this particular item I will have to decline. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. Vice Mayor,
>> I was going to save it for the next one, but I will put my two cents in real quick as well. Um, obviously we as as residents of Homestead want to hold on to that Aland. I am very happy that we had at least one person come out and still try to fight for things, but it is
hard to understand what those rights are. Um, one thing I would like to to say now is, you know, as we spoke during our discussions, we don't have many of these
types of lots left. These are the estate lots. This represents old homestead, at least in my eyes. So, I would really work hard at not coming back with any variances. If it means getting rid of a lot or two and making sure that we are at least
holding to what that halfacre requirements are, I would really like to see that. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you, Vice Mayor. Any further council? I appreciate the the council woman's, you know, comments and
clarification of your earlier voted at the LPA. Um, just out of my, you know, out of my academic curiosity, look, I lament the loss of our open space. I'm not a big fan of cookie cutter homes either. I'd love to see that available
for somebody that's going to be built to do some custom architecturally diverse homes, but as many builders have told me, that's not reality anymore. or there aren't any small builders left, much less any medium-siz builders. So, you
know, I I guess my question in that regard to to either of my my council colleagues who who voted in the negative at the LPA, what the the thoughts just remain open, larger lots.
um the just e either of you the the thought process because I'm always struggling for that middle ground and the alternative. So I'm just curious, you know, would one acre lots do it or as is just >> Thank you, mayor. I think this agenda item is only for the reasoning. It's not
for sight plan on correct lots. >> But this this resoning allows up to two homes per acre, >> right? and in discussion. My understanding is their plan is to not do um you know the full amount close to it probably but um you know it's it's
currently being harmed. >> Not that it matters but for the record it's my understanding that neither of the two parcels at hand are owned by farmers and haven't been for many many
many years. These have been investorowned. Are they being farmed? Yes, these are not farmers >> cashing out to the extent it's relevant. I agree with you, mayor. I just reserved the right to, you know, make my comments.
>> Absolutely. Appreciate and respect that. Okay. So, do we have a motion to approve >> tab six? Moved by Councilman Cannibal. We have a second. >> Second by uh Councilman Fletcher. So, let's have a roll call vote on tab six.
>> Councilwoman Avula. Councilwoman Ksky, >> Councilman Ross, >> yes. >> Council Councilman Fletcher, >> yes. >> Councilman Cannibal, Vice Mayor Bailey, >> looking forward to see your agame. Yes.
>> Vice Mayor Losner. >> Yes. >> The motion carries. >> All right, let's move on to tab 7. >> Tab seven is a companion item. Uh, this is car number 4917. This is a resolution of the city of Homestead, Florida, approving a public
school concurrency proportionate share mitigation development agreement between the city, Miami Day County School Board, Peno, Bama, and Lenar Homes, providing for implementation and providing for an effective date. >> Okay, thank you. Moved by Councilman
Fletcher, seconded by Vice Mayor Bailey. Quick presentation. >> I mean, yeah, I mean, >> we've seen these in the past. >> Yeah, this this is standard fair and development. um the school trip party agreement between the city, the school district and the um and the county and
so there's a there's a school deficiency in the area any developer has to pay the money goes to the school district and then they you know >> and we enforce that through the permitting and co process. >> Exactly. So um this will allow and that payment has to be made obviously in connection with the plat process at the
county but this will approve the agreement and um yeah let me just part of the development process. So there's nothing further from council. Let me open this open the public hearing. Is there anyone in the audience? Is there anyone online?
No one online. Last call for inperson discussion on this item. Okay. I'll close the public hearing and ask for a roll call vote on tab eight. >> Seven. >> Seven. I'm sorry. Looking at eight. >> Councilwoman Ksky. >> Yes.
>> Councilman Cannibal. >> Yes. Councilwoman Athula. >> Yes. >> Councilman Raw. Yes. >> Councilman Fletcher. Yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey. Mayor Lawson. Yes. The motion carries. >> Thank you all. >> Thank you, Mr. Arza. Tab eight. Mr. White Pearl.
>> We're finished with that section. For the tab 8 is the first reading of an ordinance of the city of Homestead, Florida amending chapter 19 of the city code by creating article 8 entitled squatters by adding definitions providing for methods of enforcement
referencing sections 82.036 and 82.037 of the Florida statutes and requiring information to be submitted to the city for enforcement against violations providing for inclusion in the code providing for severability and providing for conflicts and providing for an effective date. Any objection to
waving the staff report on this item? Are there any questions from councel? All right, it's been moved by Councilman Cannibal, seconded by Councilwoman Avala. There's nothing further. Let's have a roll call vote on tab eight.
>> Councilman Roth, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Ksky, >> yes. >> Councilman Canaval, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Abilo, >> yes. >> Councilman Fletcher, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey, >> yes. Mayor Los. >> Yes. >> Motion carried.
>> All right. >> If if in with respect in respect of the time of the uh the tax collector who's who's joined us, if we could deviate >> yes >> to that item which is tab 17, I believe.
Is that correct? >> Yes. Any objection to jumping to tab 17? And we welcome our Miami Dade uh tax collector, Dariel Fernandez. >> Thank you so much. Uh good evening. >> Pull that down.
>> Uh thank you for the opportunity. Um thank you mayor and members of the council. My name is Daniel Fernandez, Miami date county tax collector. I'm here today in support of iron c4919 that create coordination between the
city of homestead and my office to ensure that business tax receive are issue and renew in full compliance with the law. For more than 60 years the Cuban communist and socialist regime has oppressed the people of Cuba and depend on support from other countries to stay
in power. Many families in our community understand this reality firsthand. This is why full compliance with federal laws and authorization requirements is essential. The city of Homestead is taking the responsibility approach by promoting clarity, proper communication
and carefully review of any businesses affected by federal restriction under the appropriate legal framework. I want to thank Mayor Losner for his leadership and councilwoman Erica and Councilwoman
Clement for sponsor this important item and prioritizing accountability and compliance. This resolution promotes consistent enforcement, clear coordination and transparency in the licensing process. My offices stand
ready to work with the town manager, mayor and council to support compliance and protect the integrity of this process. Thank you for your consideration. God bless the city of Homestead and God bless the United States of America. I always say that you know the issue with Cuba um is is
important because this is not just about polity. This is about national security for the United States of America. Thank you so much for the opportunity to speak. >> Thank you, Mr. Fernandez. Thank you for coming down and uh sitting through some of our uh >> thank you >> process tonight. Mr. Pearl, let's get it
uh the resolution before us. >> Bear with me for just a moment. >> Sure. >> Tab 17 is a resolution of the city council of the city of home state Florida urging President Donald J. Trump to direct all relevant federal agencies to immediately suspend all applicable Cuba related authorizations, general
licenses, specific licenses, license exceptions, and other approvals for exports, reexports, financial transactions, services, or business activities to or involving Cuba except as statutoily required for food and medicine pending comprehensive audits to
ensure no support or benefit is provided to the Cuban regime or its entities and review of the nature, end use, and ultimate destination. of such activities, urging the Florida legislature to enact Senate Bill 1176, House Bill 1397, or similar legislation
that would require any applicants for a local business tax receipt or renewal thereof to conduct transactions subject to a federal sanctions programs to exhibit an active license or authorization from the Office of Foreign Asset Control, amending the city's 2026
legislative priorities, is adopted by resolution 2005 1111060. 6 authorizing and directing the city manager to work with and support the Miami Dade County tax collector to ensure that all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing business tax receipts and
related compliance requirements are properly followed and enforced, providing for implementation and providing for an effective date. Thank you. That's almost as big a mouthful as the uh as the pension uh pension item. All
right. Any questions or comments from from council? Councilwoman. >> Thank you, mayor. I appreciate the opportunity to bring this item forward, co-sponsored by my colleague, Councilman Ganaval. And um this is not going to affect any businesses that are operating
justly and under the proper um uh regulations. It is to ensure that there's no support or benefit providing to the Cuban regime or its entities. and it is authorizing the city manager to work with and support the Miami day county tax collector not to initiate
their own initiatives etc. So, um this is really just um expressing that the city of Homestead stands for freedom and supports. >> Thank you. And supports um the county's unanimous vote to um to act on their resolutions as well as the city of
Miami, city of Coral Gables, and um coming from a Cuban uh family, this is something paramount that I really hope we'll have a unanimous um agreement for tonight as well. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilman Cannibal. Anything further? Appreciate your co-sponsorship
of this item. Vice Mayor Bailey. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, when I first read it, my only concern was, as I'm sure most people have friends, I have teachers that are that are Cuban. They're constantly sending their families things that they need, sending them money. We are 100% sure that that
is not going to hurt any of our residents who are trying to help their families specifically in Cuba. >> I'm glad you brought that up, Vice Mayor. I intimately know of many um friends, colleagues that use those services and I specifically asked and
and the reality is is that they want this to pass. This is how you crush communism is by defunding anything that supports their their business. So it is possible that a business is identified by the Miami takes Miami date tax
collector and could be pulled for doing business but that is not necessarily an objection from the Cuban community. I hope that um >> no that definitely clarifies a lot and and as I spoke with city manager's office that that information does end up
coming back to us. So, as we are looking at how it is specifically um affecting or not affecting our local businesses that we just keep an eye out for our residents that are using some of those services to help their families that um that need that need that help. So, I
just would appreciate any updates as you receive them. >> Sure. I think our responsibility is to leers with the tax collector and uh whatever information we receive on a monthly basis we'll share with mayor and council.
>> All right. Thank you again. Thank you tax collector Fernandez. So we have a motion and a second. We've had public input. Let's have a roll call vote. No. >> Yes. You you moved it. >> You second it. Yeah.
>> Councilwoman Ksky. Yes. >> Councilwoman Abula. >> Yes. >> Councilman Roth. >> Yes. >> Councilman Fletcher. >> Yes. >> Councilman Cannibal. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey. >> Yes. >> Mayor Lawson. >> Yes. >> The motion. >> All right. Moving on to tab nine.
>> Yes, Mr. M. Tab nine is the first reading of an ordinance of the city of Homestead, Florida, amending the city code of ordinances by amending chapter 16, local business taxes and business regulations, article 2, local business tax receipts, section 16-40, schedule of local business taxes by adopting the
North American industry classification system manual to replace the standard industrial classification system as the standard by which all businesses, occupations, and professions subject to a local business tax shall be classified, repealing and replacing related provisions. to reflect the adoption teach
>> of the NICS manual providing for severability, providing for inclusion in the code, providing for conflicts, and providing for an effective date. >> Thank you. Any objection to the waiver of the staff report? Are there any questions or comments from council? Do we have a motion to approve this item
on? Moved by Councilman Fletcher, second by Councilwoman Ksky. Roll call, please. Madam clerk. >> Yes. Councilman Ross, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Ksky, >> yes. >> Councilman Fletcher, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey, >> yes. >> Mayor Lawson,
>> yes. >> The motion carries. >> And moving on to uh tab 10. >> Tab 10 is the first reading of an ordinance of the city of Homestead, Florida, amending the city code of ordinances by amending chapter 30 zoning, article 4, supplemental district
regulations, division 1, generally to create section 30-45.2 2 entitled frontage. Definition for addressing purposes establishing standards for determining official property addressing for interior lots, corner lots, vacant parcels, commercial and mixeduse
properties and double frontage lots. Providing for severability, providing for inclusion in the code, providing for conflicts, and providing for an effective date. >> Thank you. Any objection to waving the staff report on this item? Didn't think so. Do we have a motion to approve?
Moved by Councilman Fletcher. Second by Vice Mayor Bailey. Let's have a roll call. Councilman Fletcher. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Abula. >> Yes. >> Councilman Cannibal? >> Yes. >> Councilman Ross? >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Ksky?
>> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey? >> Yes. >> Mayor Losner? >> Yes. >> The motion? >> Motion carries. >> All right. Tab 11, Mr. Pearl. AB 11 is the first reading of an orance of the city of Homestead, Florida, amending the budget for the stormwater utility fund for the fiscal year beginning October 1,
2025 and ending September 30th, 2026 by increasing the total budgeted revenues and expenditures by $2 million, providing for severability and an effective date. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments the staff report? This is to provide for some additional funding. Do we have a
move by >> by Vice Mayor Bailey, seconded by Councilman Cannibal? Let's have a roll call, please, on tab 10, madam clerk. >> Councilwoman Avula, >> yes. >> Councilman Fletcher, >> Councilman Ross, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Ksky, >> yes.
>> Councilman Cannibal, Vice Mayor Bailey, >> yes. >> Mayor Lawson, >> yes. >> The motion carries. >> And uh second reading on tab 12. >> Yes. Tab 12 is a second reading of an ordinance of the city of Homestead, Florida, amending the firefighters retirement plan at article 4 of chapter
22.5, retirement programs. Article five, firefighters retirement plan of the city code by amending section 22.5-277 reserve to be titled funding stabilization reserve account to provide for annual distributions to elig eligible members providing for inclusion in the code providing for severability
and providing for an effective date. >> Thank you. Any objection to waving the staff report on this second reading? Do we have a motion to approve tab 12? Moved by Councilman Roth, >> second by Vice Mayor Bailey. Roll call,
please, on tab 12. >> Councilman Ksky, >> yes. >> Councilman Ross, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Avula, >> yes. >> Councilman Cannibal, >> Vice Mayor Bailey, >> yes. >> Mayor Losner, >> yes. The motion carries.
>> All right, that takes us to a resolution under tab 12, Mr. Pearl. >> Tab 13. >> 13, sorry. Yes. Tab 13 is a resolution of the city council of the city of Homestead, Florida, acknowledging and formally adopting direction provided to city staff at a council workshop
regarding uncollected utility fees, directing the city manager and appropriate departments to implement specific remedial actions, providing for implementation, providing for reporting, and providing for an effective date. >> Thank you. Any objection to waving the staff report? Do we have a motion to approve this item?
>> Second by Vice Mayor Bailey, second by Councilman Roth. Any comments? >> I just want to say this is this is the one we talked about where we're going to start uh >> the process. >> The process a long time coming. Um I had a gentleman I spoke to a gentleman today
just as a backstory to this. Um apparently he does a lot of evictions on properties in the city of Homestead and he's surprised at how long after the tenant has been evicted the power and water stays on. some cases
six to eight months knowing we're not going to get paid for any of that. So, this will help that process um and help eliminate some of those uh situations where we're not receiving monies for utilities provided. So, thank
you to staff uh for for doing all this work because it's going to be a big push to get some of these uncollected revenues uh brought back to the city and hopefully it'll help >> into the enterprise. >> Yeah. Into the enterprise and help us
with infrastructure issues and things that we can eventually start paying for. So, thank you to staff for all the work you did on this. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you, Council Roth. Council, >> thank you, mayor. I had the same same conversation with I'm assuming the same gentleman because I can't imagine this
is happening um often but in that particular case what is the issue or can you identify the break in the process and how is this um you know the action items we're approving tonight going to help avoid that from happening or do we already have a process we just have to
implement it. So um the first phase is the mailers that started on the 13th to notify customers that their past due balances need to be uh made up to date or come into a payment plan. Uh the second phase is the tagging process which will start after March 16th which
will give a full month so all customers are notified. After that if you have past due balances you are subject to disconnection. So that is the piece that is missing >> the actual disconnection of past due balances.
>> Got it. Okay. Thank you so much. >> Very good. Thank you. Does that conclude the questions or comments from council? So let's have a roll call vote on tab 13. >> Councilman Cannibal. >> Yes. >> Councilman Fletcher. >> Yes. >> Councilman Ross. Yes. >> Councilwoman Ksky. >> Yes.
>> Councilwoman Abul. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey. Mayor Lawner. >> Yes. >> The motion. Uh, moving on to tab 14. Mr. >> Tab 14 is a resolution of the city council of the city of Homestead, Florida, concerning authorized signitories on city checks, wire
transfers, and related financial instruments superseding a portion of the prior resolution 2011-10-104 on the same subject matter providing for implementation providing for an effective date. >> Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? We have a motion to
approve. >> Okay. >> Moved by the vice mayor. Second. >> Second by Councilman Cannibal. >> Roll call, please, Madam Clerk. >> Councilwoman Abula, >> Councilman Cannibal, >> yes. >> Councilman Roth, yes. >> Councilman Fletcher, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Ksky,
>> yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey, >> yes. >> Mayor Losner, >> yes. >> The motion carries. >> And Mr. Pearl, tab 15, please. Tab 15 is a resolution of the city council of the city of Homestead, Florida, approving a purchase sale agreement authorizing the execution of a
triple net lease agreement authorizing the issuance of a note and amount not to exceed $1,666,812 to secure a loan for the purchase of a property from the sellers of the property located at 406 Washington Avenue. Providing for a covenant to budget and appropriate non-edarm
revenues for the payment of the loan, providing for security for the note approving and authorizing the execution delivery of a loan agreement. authorizing a note and such other documents as may be necessary in connection with the loan, providing for severability, providing for a repealer, providing for an effective date.
>> Thank you. Um, the staff report, I'll let staff address any questions that members of council may have with respect to this item. Are there any questions or or comments on on this item from council? Councilwoman,
>> thank you, mayor. Um, I still stand in op in in objection to this um to this item in general and I can't see myself approving financing uh the acquisition of it. We have um properties already in
our coffers that we can't uh um get deals done with and um adding another property to our inventory, especially this one that um land value as is is what we want it for. And this price is
just way beyond price per square footage is just not in my per professional opinion where we should be investing our our money. and the gentleman that spoke earlier um he he had sound comments and he had the right to speak the items that he was speaking and um the reality is is
that this is not providing a return. It's not for an immediate plan. It's not adding to the the the livability or the the uh profitability for businesses in downtown. Um there's no public benefit.
It's for a future plan that we don't have and the this is this is just not a good investment in my opinion. So I will be um not supporting this item again. >> Thank you councilwoman. Anything further? Vice Mayor.
>> Thank you Vice Mayor Bailey. >> Thank you mayor. So we have obvious obviously had many discussions on this as I mentioned at the last meeting. Um, I was greatly inspired by the Cherrettes
um, at the state of the city with Mayor Mirbot speaking about acquiring land. I do believe that there are specific places that we as a city um, should hold on to.
Um, I have always prided myself in voting honestly and with my heart. I am apologizing right now. I am really embarrassed to say this, but I was always sure that the parking lot next to
the Goodyear was part of the deal. So having frontage on Chrome and having frontage on Washington Avenue was one of the bigger pieces that I was hopeful for. Not having that parking lot really
changed things. You can ask staff. I I almost cried. I I think that it is incredibly I I I can't even apologize enough that somehow that fell through the cracks for me. Um I typically take my time and look
at things. I was 100% sure that that parking lot was included. And when I was speaking with the CRA director and talking about other opportunities that we would have in the meantime, um, of course there's concerns with not having the marketplace taking off yet, um, not
having that parking lot honestly was a big a big deal for me. So, I don't know if I can support it without that. I had I was really hopeful with a vision to be able to do something great on that corner. Um, but just on the corner of of
Washington Avenue, like I said, um, from what the CRA director says, the person who owns the parking lot is absolutely not interested in selling. That was another question that I had right away. Are we able to at least then acquire that lot? So, I'm sorry, but I
am going to have to change my mind not having that parking lot. Thank you, >> Vice Mayor. Yes, Council Fletcher. >> Yes, thank you. Uh, and I appreciate everybody's comments so far. Um, one of my major concerns is what other
properties do we still need to get to uh for the long-term plan of the the downtown Cherret planning process. Uh, I too had the question in regards to the parking lot. I know there's some adjacent properties that we're also going to be looking at in the future.
uh a couple of basic questions are uh were answered for me. I've I've always asked this question in the past and a lot of these times these things become very political, but I actually have a recommendation
from city staff to approve this purchase and long-term plan. But I I would look at the the manager or the CRA director and and say, "If this was your money, would you buy this piece of property?" This beg you, you're telling me, you're
requesting us recommendation for us to approve it. If this was your money and you're going to buy this property, would you do this? No answer. That gives me a little concern, but it doesn't change my resolve on what I
think we need to do. Is this necessary to complete our vision for downtown? Is this piece of property? Can someone give me an answer to that? This one partic this one particular piece of property um
like all of the core downtown has a future place in that vision that was formulated by the community and accepted by the board. Is it absolutely critical? No. No. No piece of property is critical in that vision. It is a part of the
overall fabric though of that future plan for downtown. >> Okay. Thank you for that. And for some of the adjacent properties, again, I understand the parking lot is not for sale. The current owner is not interested, but some of the other properties around it, have we discussed
that with those property owners and are they willing to to look at that in the future? At this time, we have not had those discussions and I would would share with the board as I think I had shared with you, council member, um the discussions that we had initially had with the parking lot owner was was not
for this purpose. it was related to u potential acquisition for expanding parking. We have not however had any conversations with any other adjacent property owners. >> Okay. And and finally, just for clarification, uh the gentleman that
spoke earlier talked about expending taxpayer funds on on this purchase. Although CRA money is taxpayer funds, it's specifically for a certain area of the city. Uh we're doing we're spending taxpayer funds on Chrome Avenue doing a whole lot of upgrades. We just saw that
earlier tonight. Uh I think this is the benefit for for that process. Uh I will be supporting this item tonight. Uh doesn't look like uh long term that I think you know it's going to be occupied for someone for
some period of time, maybe longer than the three-year period. So, I think we can get some of our investment back long term. Uh, with that, uh, I'll yield for any other comments. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilman Fletcher.
Um, not not and Vice Mayor, to to your concern. Yeah, for me, parking is a really big concern. I don't think the parking garage is sufficient. It's not um centrally located. you know, we we're
going to have a small parking lot behind Jacobson's and we've, you know, I think we're all kind of getting a little bit of mixed signals on sidewalk width and is parking coming out as a in the the Chrome issues and I've kind of cast
about and and spoken with the manager and the CRA director together about finding parking islands. And one thing one thing I can to your point the parking lot one thing I came up with and I don't know that it's been addressed with the the corn the parking lot to the
to the west of this property clearly that has to travel with that building they have no parking but for that lot I mean as far back as I can remember when that was a big cafeteria there the until Andrew the sign still had still said
Barnett cafeteria parking but let let me let me come back to the I think we're at the point in the life of this city where we can get really creative and perhaps even in the future go to that property owner
and acquire air rights where a parking garage is done where the owner still retains the surface rights and we can acquire air rights over that corner for um a parking structure. So, I guess my
point to that is is we're not totally wiped out there. That that is is not not off the table. And, you know, certainly, you know, had it been connected to this that that that changes a lot of things. I I think that this did, you know, it
became political. That's, you know, my colleagues right to make it political. But I just want to say, you know, for the record, the council asked for deep environmental studies. They were provided. They came back clear.
Structural studies came back solid. Pardon, pardon the pun. So, this is not about slandering this property or these property owners. This is a policy decision. You know, my problem with the
speaker earlier was is that he made allegations that were not borne out by the facts and by by the homework that uh apparently some of his colleagues here um you know as asked to be done. So it's
it's just a policy. Are we we going to control our destiny or not? I think we missed the boat on Palms Plaza right across the street. you know, the words of Mayor Mirbaugh, if you don't own it, you don't control it. Um, you know, we
know that, you know, three years in the future at the at the furthest, there will no longer be a a tire and and auto repair shop at that location. When we look back and see how things
have changed in Homestead for the better in the last 18 to 24 months and what the future may bring, I still feel and and look, the CRA director brought this this item to the table. Am I friends
with the owners? Absolutely. I've known Mr. Patterson since the mid 1980s. Am I their attorney? No. Do I have financial dealings with them? No, don't judge them by me or where they are
politically. Judge them by what's right for Homestead. And I think we've, you know, previously and we all have the right to change our minds, but you know, technically we've we've gotten all the the the information
that this council asked for, and I think we can be certain that for the next 24 to 36 months, we're not going to have another vacant building. And I'm confident that the next council will be able to find
a really good tenant or use without demol perhaps without demolishing the building that's not even on our our radar today. But without that, without ownership, we don't get to uh to control it.
So with that, do we have a Yes. Sure. >> Thank you, mayor. I just wanted to clarify it wasn't the fact that I wanted the additional parking. It was the frontage of Chrome Avenue. Um any any successful downtown that parking garage
is close enough. People complaining that those are Miami complaints. You know, you have to walk half a mile. I don't think that's an issue. Um, if it's an area where you want to visit, we went to a Boys and Girls Club thing in uh, Windwood and yeah, you have to park far,
you have to walk if it's something that's worth visiting. So, it wasn't that I was looking for the parking. I saw it as a great investment having Chrome and Washington. So, I just wanted to clarify that. Thank you, Mayor. >> Right. I don't think there was a motion
on the table. Was there? >> I'll move it. Moved by second by Councilman Flesher, seconded by Councilman Cannibal. >> Uh, and this is tab uh, what is this? Tab 15. >> 15. Tab 15. The purchase car number 48
29. So, if there's no further comment from council, let's uh, put this to rest. A roll call vote. >> Councilman Roth, >> no. >> Councilwoman Avula, >> no. >> Councilman Fletcher, >> yes. >> Councilman Cannibal, >> yes. Councilwoman Ksky,
>> no. >> Vice Mayor Bailey, >> no. >> Mayor Osnner, >> yes. >> The motion fails. >> Thank you. My deep personal apologies to the property owners. In my opinion, you have
been significantly wronged by the majority. It's their discretion to do so and uh you act in the manner that you need to act. >> Um I'm sorry. Given that this has failed, if I can, we now have no funding. So, we're within the due
diligence period and the manager is going to have to take some action to exercise the city's rights under the due diligence in the absence of the funding to terminate in the city's discretionary move forward. Can I have a motion to direct the manager? >> Motion to direct to terminate. >> To direct the manager to terminate that.
>> Okay. Moved by Councilwoman Avala to terminate. We have a second. >> Second by Councilman Roth. must have a roll call vote on the direction to terminate. >> Councilwoman Ksky, >> yes. >> Councilman Cannibal.
>> Councilman Ross, >> yes. >> Councilman Fletcher, >> no. >> Councilwoman Abigail, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey, >> yes. >> Mayor Lawson, no. >> Not a principal, no. I know in reality there's no funding, so it's got to be
terminated. >> Motion fail. I mean carried. >> Motion carried. Motion to terminate the to direct the manager to provide notice of termination passes. All right, let's move on to tab 16.
>> Tab 16 is a resolution of the city council of the city of Homestead, Florida, approving the award of a contract to Blue Island Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Corp. and JCR Mechanical Contractor, Inc. for ITB 202601 HVAC repair and refrigeration
equipment maintenance and providing for implementation. providing for an effective date. >> Thank you. If there are no objection, we'll wave the staff report and we'll open the floor to any questions or comments from council on tab 16. Mr. Mayor. Yes, council pleasure. >> Yeah, just uh as a side in in my one-on-
ones with staff. Again, uh I want to make sure that we're getting the message out to local business owners that we need them to engage in in our process if they want to be involved with the city. Um, I asked where this current business is located and it it works out
of a house in the city of Homestead, but their business address is their home address. Take a picture. There are trucks in front of the the house. So, uh, I'm kind of glad they live here in the home city of Homestead, but uh, you know, they're doing business out of their house. So,
you know, this is a lot of money we're spending with a a small company. I think that are we sure they have the capability to perform the actions needed. >> Okay. Appreciate that. Thank you for the uh the due diligence on that. Okay. Any
any further? Um >> Mr. Mayor? >> Mr. Council, just on the record, we subsequent to this conversation with Councilman Fletcher, I asked the procurement director to carry out additional due diligence measures. So, I'm going to ask the procurement director on the record to state what her
findings. >> Good evening. Uh, so yes, we performed the due diligence on both of the vendors and reached out. Can you hear me better? Okay. um and reached out to their references and all came back with good references. Uh let's
see for so for Blue Island we reached out to several of theirs which were uh Papa Joe's Waterfront, 15th Street Fisheries and Lakeshore Community Association. They all came back with good reviews. Um as well as for JCR, we reached out to
several of their references as well. And again, they all had good references. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Yes. >> In case I forget later on under council comments, could you remind me please to
talk about we work, which I think is is a solution that might um uh satisfy Councilman Fletcher's concerns and mine as well. So, you make a very valid point and but I just don't want to forget. Thank you. So I just wanted to add uh Kamar just reminded me. So what we're going to do
the end of the month are we're planning to beyond just the advertising that she asked me to bring up. So, Southeast Chamber of Commerce, we are now advertising with them as well to get the word out to the local vendors, but our plan is to also host a an event the end of the month to our local vendors to
sort of like a round table to ask what is it what it is that maybe why they're not bidding on some of our projects and so we can work with them to get them to participate more often. >> Thank you, Mayor, if I can make a comment on that as well. I really love hearing that that's going to be an
initiative. Several years ago, I was designated as the council liaison to the Southeast Chamber of Commerce, and it wasn't really formalized, but going to those meetings and and sharing information and bringing back um you know, sharing events, etc., it's really key and and that type of participation
is necessary. I would really like for someone to be designated again. I volunteer to um re-engage uh with the as a member of the chamber as is. um I am um already participating but not having that authority to be representing the
city and bringing back would be um you know a disconnect in in some cases. So >> we can perhaps do that under my business if you if we if time allows and we all remember. >> Thank you. >> Yes, council. >> So just a quick thought to Miss Brown on our community calendar. Would it be
appropriate to post city bids? We we are able to add a designated tab for a city business that would redirect. So yes, we can explore that opportunity. >> Okay. So that's that's an opportunity with I I'll I'll discuss a little bit about our community calendar in my business, but something to think.
Thanks. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay. Do we have a motion on this item? I don't recall. >> Was it on the table? Do we have a motion? >> Okay. So moved by Cannibal. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Seconded by by Vice Mayor Bailey. Does
that include the comments on tab 16? >> What? >> Yes, Councilman Ro. >> Just to back up uh Councilman Ben Fletcher's comment, do we have a performance kick out in case they failed to perform? >> Yes, we do. We have termination for
cause and convenience in our contracts. >> You could have just said yes, but we're there. She's on the tape. We can hear that. Thank you. All right. So, I think we have a motion in a second. If that concludes the questions or comments, let's have a roll call vote. >> Councilman Roth, >> yes.
>> Councilwoman Abula, >> yes. >> Councilman Fletcher, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Ksky, >> yes. >> Councilman Cannibal, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey, >> yes. >> Mayor Losner, >> yes. the >> So, I think it's it's that time of night when we need to
>> do a couple of things. Move move to extend this and any other meetings that are scheduled for tonight to 9:30 just as just as a safeguard and recess here for five minutes. So, moved. All in favor?
>> All right. Five minutes. >> Okay. It looks like we met we made it in five minutes or less. And uh somewhere in the home stretch here takes us tab 18. Is that correct, Mr. Pearl? >> Uh yes, sir.
>> All right. Tab 18 is a resolution of the city council of the city of Homestead, Florida, approving the agreement with Crown Castle for private MLS fiber network connectivity and redundant internet service in an amount not to exceed $1,121,64
utilizing the General Services Administration contract number GS35F-465DA exempting the purchase from competitive bidding in accordance with section 2-411.12A of the city code authorizing the city manager to execute all documents nec necessary to effectuate this resolution
subject to budget appropriation and availability of funds authorizing the manager to approve a price adjustment of up to 10% providing for conflict providing for severability for providing providing for implementation and providing for an effective date. >> Thank you. All right. So implicit in
Councilman Ross moving of the items, we're going to wave the staff report. And Cannibal, did you second? >> Okay. We have a motion in a second. Any questions or comments from council on tab 18? Seeing none. Roll call. Madame clerk.
>> Councilwoman Adler. >> Yes. >> Councilman Raw. >> Yes. >> Councilman Cannibal. >> Yes. >> Councilman Fletcher. >> Councilwoman Ksky. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey. >> Yes. >> Mayor Lawson. >> Uh, yes. >> The motion carries.
>> All right. So, we have uh deferred tabs 19 and 20. Correct. >> Tab 19 was withdrawn. >> 19. >> 19 >> was withdrawn. >> Was withdrawn. 20. We need to deal with deal. Yes. Okay. >> So,
>> all right. Tab 20. Mr. Pearl. Tab 20 is the first reading of an ordinance of the city of Homestead, Florida, amending the city code of ordinances by amending chapter 30, zoning, article 4, supplemental district regulations, division 2, off streetet parking to modify regulations and standards related to temporary parking of boats, and
further establishing regulations concerning parking within the private rights of way permitted within private residential developments, providing for severability, providing for inclusion in the code, providing for conflicts, and providing for an effective date. >> Very good. Councilwoman Alawa. >> Thank you. If there's a way to mirror
all my comments from LPA and just repeat them back Clay right now, I would. But um again, I I just seek your support in passing first uh reading and that we will do our due diligence and address as best of possible any items and issues and questions and discrepancies that
come up in between. And as you know, we heard tonight there is opportunity and uh room to explore other issues um relating to the same. So we'll see it again at second reading. Thank you. >> Thank you. So I just ask that whoever makes a motion that agrees that implicit
in that is the the the compiling of the information we asked for at the LPA the with respect to the all the associations that we could can locate. >> That's to see what they are. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So do we have a motion on this
item? >> Moved by council. >> Second. We have a second. Who's taking it? >> Of course. >> Okay. So, we have a motion and a second. So, let's have a roll call vote on first reading. >> Councilwoman Ksky,
>> yes. >> Councilman Fletcher, >> yes. >> Councilman Ron, >> yes. >> Councilwoman um Councilman Cannibal, Councilwoman Avula, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey, >> yes. >> Mayor Lawson, >> no. >> The motion carries. >> All right. We have then deferred tab 22
regarding potential accessory dwelling unit uh legislation. >> Mr. Mayor, >> what's that? >> I think you're skipping tab 21. >> I miss 21. >> Oh, city logo. >> All right. Very good, Mr. Furl. Tab 21 is a resolution of the city council of
the city of home state Florida adopting the new official city logo amending the city color palette providing for the retirement and grandfathering of prior city logo establishing use regulation and approval requirements for the new city logo providing for administration and transition providing for implementation and providing for an
effective date. >> Good. Thank you. Obviously this was was was my request to go on the agenda matter of personal preference. I wanted to hear from the rest of you. I know that many of you on parade signage and and other correspondents are now using
the the round seal rather that we adopt it as as an ancillary seal. We we did adopt it, but we retained the what's been referred to as the tombstone as the the official seal. Uh this calls for,
you know, retiring that out and moving to the round seal. I think for design purposes and and and style. Um, yeah, my my my personal taste. I I really like the the round one much more
than the uh than the tombstone. It'll be around for a while. It'll be on these binders. It'll be on police cars. It'll be >> the ch I made myself because I'm not going to throw them over. >> You're what? >> Yeah. So, that that was awesome. Yes,
>> thank you, mayor. I I think that the tombstone I wish there was a better word for that, but I I I find this to be very formal and very respected and that the circle one is uh more casual, more useful. And for all intents and purp purposes of moving forward and on on
branding, I think that we should go with the circle one. It's more attractive. It fits better. But I this is retiring it. But if we as council members or future councils were to prefer this, does this restrict them from being able to use this one in lie of another one?
>> They they could bring it back and and >> so like for example on flyers, maybe this actually looks better on a certain brand, you know, branded flyer. So can we just leave for um >> well, you know, and maybe maybe the title here and I did I'm sorry to interrupt you. We're adopting the
primary city logo. So the round would be used primarily but there may be times when each council member or given a design we could still future councils could revert back to >> okay who's the geometry expert what's the official name of that shape
>> would it would it require an act of council for council okay and and forgive me but due to the length of this agenda I kind of skipped over reviewing the city logo one so there's nothing in here that would restrict us from being able to use this without any uh regulation or restriction
>> we Yeah, I mean we were using the round, >> right? >> Thank you. >> Okay, I'm >> all right. Moved by Councilman Cannibal, second by Councilwoman Ao. >> Wait, just I I want to clarify the point because the resolution it with retiring in the grandfather states that notwithstanding the foregoing, the prior
city logo may continue to be used for the purposes of exhausting existing inventory, material, signage, publications, or digital assets that were produced or in circulation prior to the effective date of the resolution. No new materials, reproductions or uses of the prior city locals shall be initiated after the effective data um
>> unless you add authorized by council >> by the by this by the city manager or designate. So that delegate the manager has the authority. >> Okay. under >> can you just list city council members as designates because I think that's more so for vendors third parties that they can't use the document the logo
that's >> what what whatever is necessary to allow it to seamlessly be used as a secondary >> secondary okay >> thank you >> just >> all right call yes council >> point just so I'm clear does that mean I
can still wear the shirts I own today >> and Ziri you got me those hats thank you but I think they're outdated did now. >> No, no, no, no, no. They're collector's items now. >> Okay. Okay. >> So, we'll need new new new hats with the new one.
>> Yeah. >> All right. And and we've adopted, you know, so there's no question on the colors >> that's built into that. Well, I think that's the reproduction. It's not necessarily what's the real Yeah. Okay. So, let's have a roll call on that.
Anything we good over here? Okay. Madam Clerk, >> Councilman Ross, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Ksky, >> yes. >> Councilman Cannibal, >> yes. >> Councilman Fletcher, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Abilong, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Bailey. Mayor Losner, >> yes. >> The motion carries.
>> Let me let me touch real quickly on tab 22. There was a statute that was moving forward in the legislature that would have preempted all of our ordinances and would have mandated that by December 1st, we enact legislation to
affirmatively permit accessory dwelling units in any >> single family residential neighborhood. So just in the last couple of days, the advice we have I have from from our folks in Tallahassee that that may be
stalled. I will tell you I am not a proponent of ADUs. I was just trying to get ahead of of state statute. So a month delay on 22 will give us a better feel. Did did that revive itself in the
as the legislature went forward? So, you know, there's no, in my view, there was no need to go forward with this tonight because it's not really looming at this point. It may be next month. We'll see. >> Yeah. Okay.
>> Okay. So, that moves to I need to announce a vacancy on the affordable housing committee for the banking for affordable housing. Does this replace is this Mr. Pruna? >> Yes, Mr. Mayor. >> Okay. All right. So just want to put on
your radar that you know and there are very specific categories and and eligibility and and it's one that is a mandated position. So we need to find someone in currently involved in banking that deals with affordable housing. Not exclusively but that's in the the
wheelhouse now. And I'll ask you Deputy Manager Brown. Is banking used in the traditional term or would it be other you know not mainline banking but financial services?
>> So the the ordinance stipulates banking. Um now we can maybe speak with the city attorney to determine if banking and financial services um if there's an alignment. So, I can follow up with the city attorney's
office and we can make a determination and report back to council. >> Okay. Well, just, you know, we'll go ahead and advertise it as as banking and I want to put that in on all of your radars for, you know, potential qualified folks with that caveat >> that it may may or may not be very
tightly defined. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Thank you, mayor. If if if I am so appointed as the chamber liaison, this would be great to add to the list of things that I should um um share at the upcoming chamber meetings. >> Okay. >> It would be nice if I could have help
creating the list of things. So, we will uh we will provide a succinct list of all the categories that were outlined in the ordinance and then we will work with the clerk to put a flyer out, the clerk of the communications division to put a flyer out and we'll circulate it with um
>> the South Day chamber >> and this is the only vacancy at this time and this is an absolute mandated category. >> That is correct. And mayor, is there another vacancy on the um the pension board that needs to be filled?
>> I understand that that the I I've heard out in the public that some some resumes or applications have been submitted to the clerk in the last few days, at least one on the police pension board >> and it was forwarded to to your staff, mayor. >> Okay. I haven't seen that yet. I I got a
phone call telling me to, you know, heads up and that was I think last night. So mayor and council uh this has to do with monies that come from the state. >> So I don't know whether the city
attorney can independently opine on changing stipulation of eligibility for membership. >> I'm going to have to go. So my recommendation will be very simple to be very cautious and on the safe side >> mandate us to come back on the car
meeting as with a special call and change that language and bring it for second reading on March 18 within 30 days we're in fully compliance. >> Okay that's fine >> after research and verifying with the state and all that. >> Sure.
>> And and I apologize I jumped ahead in the agenda. Councilman Fletcher, it's your time to shine. >> Usually these are down in the bottom. >> Yeah, no worries. Uh, thank you for the time. >> Page 15. >> I did want to uh during my business, I
did want to bring up uh as we all know, FIFA World Cup is coming this year. uh they just had some some big doings this week uh up in the county, but I wanted the staff to start looking at um watch parties here in the city of Homestead uh
with some of our residents uh and maybe uh coordinating with the the new folks at uh Sports Hub uh some of the things we can look at during the FIFA World Cup that's coming up in June. So, if we could start looking at that, I'd be happy to. So, Councilman, we through the
manager uh we have actually started a uh planning to some respect for for um this event or weeksl long event. Uh for the benefit of council, the World Cup kicks
off in June and then it runs all the way through July, August I believe. Um and uh we we have a two-prong approach. Um we are intending uh and we'll we'll we'll memorialize this with a memo um once we
have all the plans and the budgets and for council's consideration. But the the loosely the plan is that we will we will partner with uh local businesses for early in June um to activate a watch
parties. Um, one that comes to mind, I think we have a a Mexico versus, let's say, Switzerland game. We will find a um a local restaurant. We will represent Mexico. They will host
the watch party. As we get closer to um the team calls it the quarterfinals, right? Uh we are looking we're exploring the ability to establish a fan zone where it's now the city curating an
event or the watch party events. We'll have to determine the location. Um and then on the World Cup night we will have the culmination probably being um a larger event with a huge watch party whether or not it will trigger food
trucks and more or less um some sort of an activation. But yes, that is something that the manager has given direction that we explore and we have begun the um the planning to that end. So we will formally share with council um the plan, the outline, any potential
budget impact uh for for council to ultimately make a decision on whether or not we proceed. >> No, that's awesome. And again, that's just incumbent on us to go out and look for some additional sponsors outside to help offset those costs and gain more notoriety in the community is all that's
all I was bringing it up for. Um, today I I did a little drive around in the southwest section of town. I haven't been there in a couple of months. And uh I got to tell you, the Homestead Gardens project blows my mind. from where we were to
where we're at today. Although it's still under construction, it's just absolutely amazing. I'm happy we were able to help the community in that area, even in the older apartments. You know, they have brand new air conditioners now that they didn't have any before. So, uh it's just
uh great to see that that's finally coming to fruition. Um, also the I I hadn't seen the greeting card on the wall and so I looked at that today and it's absolutely awesome. I wish it was able to move closer to
Chrome Avenue because it is a little you got to turn your tweak your neck a little bit to see it, but it looks it's awesome. Um, I did have the opportunity this last weekend to uh go to Daytona for the 500 race and uh look at their public safety
and their traffic management systems and their security. And let me tell you, if you've never been before, and I it's been 20 plus years since I've been to Daytona, but you know, 150,000 people, the event was completely sold out
and right into it, they had to do rapid schedule changes at the beginning because there was a weather front coming through. So, they move that the race up an hour, you know, to prevent having like a mass evacuation type event that I've seen at other events, but I can
tell you they could still learn a few things from an old homestead cop about how to direct traffic. Uh, they they need some help. But, uh, all in all, uh, it was a great learning opportunity for me. And we're going to share, uh, you know, my insights with
the chief and the manager. uh spent some time with uh Guemo uh walking around and and envisioning what our fan zone can look like coming up for the 2026 championship. And I can tell you people were there buying tickets for our race.
Uh we expect a sellout. Um so if you haven't got your tickets yet, you might want to reach out and grab those because they're they're going quickly. Next, uh, I just want to re-emphasize and have everybody take a look at the Discover Homestead website. Uh, we do
have the community calendar on there. Now, it's right on the city of Homestead website. You can go to the link uh, as we start building it. There's going to be a lot of great information there uh, about the community. And uh, with that, I will leave for the evening. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Uh, we've still got CRA. >> Councilwoman Ksky. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, for those of you right on quue. Right on quue. Thank you. For those of you who could not attend
the silent disco that the GFWC Women's Club of Homestead was hosting, you're in luck because it's been postponed. So, uh, February 27th, we will be hosting a silent disco. Mr. Mary, you said you were a little confused on exactly how
you have a silent disco. It's two genres of music being played simultaneously. Um, you listen in on your headphones so that you can dance along with whatever genre you like. This is just um a payback to the community to give you something an alternative to do on a
Friday night. So, uh, that's February 27th. You can find us on social media or Eventbrite for tickets. Um, also March 8th is International Women's Day. So, in honor of that activity, the GFWC women's
club also hosts a annual woman of the year where we honor women in the community for their outstanding service to the community and what they um contribute their time and service. So, um, we ask that you would participate in that as well. And also I want to uh
acknowledge the fact that I've taken notice to the cleanliness and tidiness and the removal and the overall approval of or um appeal of the city. I don't I don't know what we've been doing, but um it's visually
noticeable. Um the go the shopping carts, the trash, um the it's a it's gone. You know, it's it was it was been my complaint to the mayor prior to being on council that the overall appeal of the city um needed some attention and
tending to. So, kudos to those who are taking initiative and action in doing so. It is um it has been noticed not just by myself but others as well. So, thank you. Moving on to Councilman Roth. >> Thank you, Mayor.
Just a correction to the date for the women of the year. You mentioned the 8th which is >> women's day but the actual event is on March 14th. >> March 14th. Thank you for clarification. >> I think we're looking for more organizations to honor their woman of
the year as well. So >> we did not want to compete with Rotary. >> Right. >> So and so we can be there to support you guys. I will leave that either for Julio or for the mayor to talk about because that's coming up too. >> Um, besides that, I got nothing.
>> Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Cannibal. >> Now, let's go to the CRA. >> Uh, Vice Mayor, >> thank you, Mayor. I'll make it really quick. Love the FIFA ideas. Um, a couple years back we helped one of our local
teams by the city um advertising a watch party and Keg South donated money towards them. So, it might, you know, we've got some time. Uh, we might want to sponsor a few of our local youth teams and allow some of
our businesses who will obviously benefit from having so many people um, donate a certain percentage of what they make. Um, a couple quick things code related. Uh, there have been a lot of chickens around lately in the southwest
especially >> everywhere. >> Um, it happens. I would I don't know. It seems to be something that's like every five years there's like an influx. I don't personally mind them, but I've I've received a couple calls. I was like, I'm not sure what we do about that.
>> Surpris eggs. So, so if a a chicken is tied to a particular property, we do site the property owner for chickens, coups, and those. The free ros are the ones that are usually the the
nuisance pests. Um, we we can't really they don't come with a collar, so they're very hard to tie tie down, but we do our best to try to look at evidence for people that have food out or things like that. So, yes, we will. I'll send you a couple addresses.