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w e e welcome to the city of Miami commission meeting for February 20 I don't even know what day what is 26 27 27 that's how wonderful a month I am
having happy Black History Month everyone yes we are going to begin with our recognition portion of the meeting I'm going to turn the mic over to our city manager good morning everyone and and you know
it's it's not I think um human nature to want to start off a meeting on what in essence is a little bit of a Down note but I I felt it was important ahead of the meeting beginning and and certainly uh um you know ahead of the invocation and and you know that we pay a little
bit of respect and acknowledge we lost four employees with in about a twoe period um untimely unexpected um and I wanted to do a small little tribute to them and a moment of silence ahead of our our invocation um really just to honor those employees I mean they range
from a 30-year employee um that worked in the Law Department all the way to somebody who'd been with us only nine months but I really wanted to to take a moment acknowledge them acknowledge their service to the city um express our condolences to their family members I think we have a few here uh um and just
say we're incredibly sorry for the loss but it's a loss to the entire city of Miami family and and our co-workers and we have a a very short video um recognizing each and every one of them the role they played the vital role they played with the city and also um their
time that they had spent with us so can you if you could play that please [Music]
um do we have any family members here anybody that that uh that passed I know we have a couple of those employees who have family and or extended family that still work with the city so our thoughts and prayers are are certainly with them um so if we could just get everybody bow
their heads for for a short while and just kind of um do your own reflective acknowledgement and uh any you know incredible memories you may have had of working with each and every one of them um you know kind of focus in on those
and and the positives and and uh our prayers go out to them and obviously their families thank you thank you Mr manager and that is a Testament to this thing we call life and how
precious it is and we don't know from one day to the next who will be with us and who won't we should always love one another and we take that for granted we take this thing called life for granted we take for granted that you'll wake up tomorrow and all is well and that is
just not the reality for a lot of people so um I'm extend my condolences to the family because that leaves a a place in your heart forever when you lose someone you
love we are going to recognize our fit city challenge winners I initiated when I became Commissioner of fit city challenge because I appreciate that a
healthy family is a productive family so I I I encourage us to be healthy physically mentally and spiritually and you see that in everything that I do when I got elected I started having a pastor come and pray for each meeting
I'm a big proponent of mental health and physical health I ran the Miami Marathon the Half Marathon this month and the fit city challenge encourages our employees to get fit and as a result of their
extraordinary Fitness efforts we reward them their prizes there's um challenges that they've done and a healthy bit of um competition between the Departments all of the Departments participated and
we want to recognize some of the winners Dorian Gibson and I'm going to say what the part Department he um represents grants he from Grants Lilia El
Iva I don't want to mess up your last [Applause] name pass it to the when she comes Paula m a z r
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Anna Walker I left out a piece of Anna's [Applause] name di I m y Bueno what a great last [Applause] name and this represents our aneras
aneras thank you this represents our top winners for the fit city challenge everyone just cuz I stopped saying it tell your Department police department police grants administ grants
Human Resources Human Resources police police building building building department building police police city atorney city attorney's office every Department participated the
mayor's office and I put this together I pray that it outlives me and we continue to do fit city challenge for our employees every year because when you are healthy you do a better job at
serving the community so thank you guys and you will all be receiving the awards which ranged by the way from a cruise to tickets to ultra to Blue something thing there are a whole bunch of cool prizes
that everyone is receiving so thank you guys again oh wait wait they want to take a picture I'm sorry I'm sorry and now we have a special recognition for the first female Deputy
city manager Miss Tasha colbrook Williams [Applause] she is amazing and I know she didn't know that they were doing this because she would have said don't you dare don't
you dare what she is fantastic she's my friend and um um she is probably if I I know got to know Natasha very well if she could crawl underneath the front of this and hide
she would by the way but we're not going to let her off that easy um she is literally my right arm my left arm um she's not only an incredible asset to the city of Miami in general she is a
friend she is generally one of the most sincere honest um people I know um um people generally tend to gravitate towards her because of you know just how wonderful a person she is um and she does it every day there you know there's
people that that have bad days people that you know don't um that struggle sometimes and like we all do with just being consistent everything about Natasha is consistent everything um and and it's a it's a credit to her her
personality um you know she has a great support group too a lot of a lot of family a lot of sisters um and uh and so we all generally love her so happy for this acknowledgement um you know I think um
you know in terms of what the future brings for her um and her role at the city I think is is is um there's no ceiling to that uh and so I I couldn't be happier and more proud that we kept it from you more than anything else and that you didn't know it was happening
because you would have found a way to dis appear somewhere in the back or show a blade i i i inevitably you would have you would have figured out a way to to try to avoid this at all cost so I we love you um and that's not just talk um that's generally how we all feel um and
you deserve it so you're welcome anybody else want to toast roster no well the manager's right consistency is great but she also brings calmness to her that helps us all stay calm during um circumstances she's very
supportive and always thoughtful and she feeds me which is really good cuz it's really important yes I know but we love her very much and we really appreciate um how levelheaded she is her her her intelligence her background her
experience how she just keeps a cool calm Collective demeanor which is so important for all of us so really appreciate you well I I am blessed to be surrounded by you know like people like her because in my
role we we succeed when we are you know surrounded by people of your caliber so for that I'm I'm thankful all right and and I got to give Larry a shot because of of all the people that are standing up here the one person that know has known Natasha longer and better
is I got this is a uh ex uh Steam pleasure so allegedly when we first worked here together at City Miami I tried to fire her allegedly she was on a list um fast
forward um Natasha was my chief of staff um and served as a ACM when I was city manager in North Miami um I'm the one who recommended her to Art and now she's my boss
and so I it is is it is a a pleasure it's been a pleasure for the last over decade working with her directly um as you said she is steady she is consistent and she is Auntie so uh you know get
yourself in orders but you I'm glad they shocked you that's why they didn't tell me but you certainly deserve this so congratulations she deserves this and so much more I had to pass the mic to Art because I felt myself getting choked up like I was
going to start to cry to say how wonderful she is and she is that she's Fair she's Stern when she needs to be but not she's not mean-spirited and I think that's the
most important thing because you can be Stern you can get the job done but it doesn't have to be in a mean way she makes everyone feel valued and that is a gift that is a gift when you can put
aside your ego for the betterment of the whole and that's what she does every day so congratulations [Applause]
I think we are going to have one big group photo for our staff our executive team for black history our um to highlight the folks who are doing things wonderfully for this
city as we celebrate Black History Month you okay hello hello everyone come on through come on through not necessarily okay and I'm going to have each one of them introduce themselves I'm going to start with
myself I am Christine King the first black woman to chair the city of Miami Commission in its 128 [Applause]
years good morning I am assistant chief chaita Thomas Butler for the City of Miami good morning everyone assistant fire chief Steven Carroll City of Miami fire department good morning my name is tishri mingal I'm executive director of
the Civil Service Board good morning Kevin Jones Deputy City attorney good morning again Larry spring Chief Financial Officer assistant city manager good morning Natasha cobbrook Williams Deputy city
manager good morning Tamar Alan Frost director of zoning and Zoning administrator hi good morning monira Daniel assistant director of the finance department good morning Erica Pascal darling Finance director good morning Magie Goen I'm the
director of Office of Management and budget good morning neline hippol life franois director office of equal opportunity and diversity programs good morning Angela Roberts Human Resources Director good morning Way Sanders
director of solid [Applause] waste good morning and Marie sharp director of risk management good morning trila Haynes inum director Co compliance good morning everyone David
Gilbert Human Service business director good morning everyone yisa Calderon assistant director of procurement good morning uh Victor Turner director of Housing Community Development good morning the levia mole
Snipes assistant director of administration for the Parks and Recreation Department good morning everyone Leon Michelle assistant director Office of Management and budget greetings folks Dorian Gibson
o assistant director good morning my name is Alicia Dyer I am the assistant director of operations for Parks and Recreation good morning everyone Chris Evans director of the city of Miami Parks and Recreation [Applause]
apartment black Excellence everybody black Excellence but I tell you I tell you no matter our color no matter where we come from we serve as a
family we serve just like I sered with my colleagues commissioner Damen Paro commissioner Miguel and Hal gabella commissioner Joe coroo commissioner Manolo Reyes we all come from various walks of life but together together we
are Excellence together we serve our community and we don't look at the color of our skin we look at the quality of our work and this is part of the city of Miami's team that provides Excellence
every day that's our goal right gentlemen absolutely I I'm I'm just echoing everything you have to say I couldn't be prouder of the team we have in City of Miami and it's an honor and a privilege to be here and to recognize Black History Month you know in the city of Miami it's very very important that
we recognize our diverse communities and today is one more of those examples thank you yeah no absolutely we're we're a Melting Pot uh proud to be among you ladies and gentlemen here serving and uh we will try to the best we can for our residents we're doing that now so it's
I'm honored to be among all of you like I said we're a Melting Pot here in Miami very proud We Are commissioner Reyes would you like to say something absolutely absolutely you don't know you don't know how proud I am to serve with
such a group of so talented people and the diversity that we have in the city of Miami that we have I think is an example for many of the municipalities and all the governments and we have to congratulate you and the rest of the of the commission for always always trying
to maintain diversity within the city of Miami and we have to work very hard to keep it thank you [Applause]
thank you [Applause] guys I'm bring it to you thank you that's great I did their contract I didn't know
that I didn't know that so oh wait I'll wait until yeah so I'd like to take this opportunity to recognize St albin's child Enrichment Center uh in cookon grov and actually commissioner in your
District as well in alipa uh they've impacted the lives of 15,000 Children and Families they're very proud to provide programs like Early Head Start Head Start and the prek programs they are supported by Christ Episcopal Church
which is a Cornerstone in Coconut Grove and they provide a safe nurturing and inclusive environment over 10% of their students have disabilities and they're incorporated into their programming so I'd like to take this opportunity and ask them to come up and recognize St
albin's child Enrichment Center ah there you are thank you by the way if you've never been please go it's absolutely wonderful I love going there and I'm I'm about do for another visit thank you welcome you thank you so very
much for this time to recognize St Albin if you can believe it it is our 75th year seven decades 75 years of serving the community and we're very happy thank you it's just a you know we say that pretty easily seven decades but think
about that seven decades of service in this community really thank you so much keep doing what you're doing I had the honor of working with st Albin when I was a Miami day County employee with Community Action Agency I did all of
your contracts I went over I visited this site they do wonderful work for children in our community so congratulations I'm proud to be up here full circle moment with an organization that I worked with long time ago for
okay I no I understand that we have our city choir here that's going to Grace us with a song where you guys at come on up come on up for
[Music] 1 2 2 2 one one testing one two [Music]
how did I make it all these years how did I make it this [Music] far through the valleys and over the
hills I know it had to be gone how did I make it through the storm how did I make it through the rain if you want to know just how I got
here it's so easy to explain it was God's grace God's grace God's grace God's grace it was God's grace Grace God's grace it was God's
grace God's grace I made it this I made it by the grace of God God's grace God's grace God's grace
God's grace it was God's grace God's gra His Amazing Grace God's gra I'm made it this far made it this far by the grace oh
God come on J Lord I Thank you for how you brought me how you brought me through the night Lord you kept me and you never left me
you stood by my side there were so many times when I came so close yeah oh man D try to take me in so the reason I'm here come onj it's
not hard for me to speak in fact it's so easy for me to explain it was God's Grace God's grace God's grace God's grace it was God's
grace God's grace it was God's grace God's grace I made it this far I made it this far yes I did by the grace of God I remember the times when I strayed
away even though I knew the word still I wouldn't oy but God's mercy and his grace stay with me and brought me brought me all
the way it was God's grace God's grace God's grace God's grace it was God's grace God grace it was God's grace God's grace I made it [Music]
yes I did by the grace of God anybody want to know God's just how I got here God's anybody want to know how I'm still standing
God I made it I made it was by the grace oh God and Lord I thank you God prise thank you Jesus God's praise Lord I thank you
God praise thank you right now Jesus praise I made it I made it this it was by oh God when I sit down and look back God
down through the years God's PR I've had to shed God's PR so many tears but I made it I made it this by the
grace of God God's grace God's grace
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no no we and we certainly couldn't follow that up but we will now begin our meeting with Reverend Morales of New Covenant Presbyterian Church who will grace us with prayer and it just seems fitting after
that beautiful song God's grace amen kind of hard to follow that up I don't intend to sing but I would uh first of all let me just say good morning and thank you to all of you for allowing me the uh honor to lead you in prayer uh and reflection and meditation
to ask for God's wisdom guidance and discernment as you carry on with a work of tending to the needs of the city so my prayer for all of you this morning is a personal paraphrase and adaptation of a prayer that is often attributed to St Francis of aisi and invite you to
meditate on its words and hold them close to your heart and also I'd like to acknowledge the grief that is in our midst scripture reminds us blessed are those who mourn for they will be be comforted and so we pray this morning that God May Comfort the families of
those who are mourning with peace and I invite us collectively to hold space in our hearts for those who have gone before us for their families their friends and their loved ones may they find peace let us pray Lord make us an instrument of your
peace where there is hatred let us collectively SE love where there is injury let us collectively seek pardon where there is doubt let us collectively strengthen our faith where there is
despair let us be Voices of Hope where there is Darkness let us be agents of light and where there is sadness let us be conduits of Joy oh Divine Master grant that we may not so much seek to be consoled as to console to be understood
as to understand to be loved as to love for it is in giving that we receive it is in pardoning that we are pardoned and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life and so holy God as your beloved children our elected officials
gathered attend to the needs and to the work of this amazing place we call home I pray that you will Grace each and every one of their hearts with Mercy with compassion and most importantly may you clothe them with love that in all that they do in word and deed may it be
done with the greatest measure of Love grant that each leader and servant in this room would have eyes to see how our lives are all connected and how our common good is upheld when we listen and respond to those most vulnerable Among
Us May the voices of those most in need be heard May the voice of the voiceless be elevated and in doing so may we put the needs of others above our own interest finally finally oh God I pray for each leader in this room that you
might fill them with wisdom strength and courage to do what is good what is just what is merciful and what is right for all our citizens may this body strive to act with intentional and faithful love for the common good and collectively may
we always strive to be good neighbors these are my prayers to you oh God but I also pray that you will hear the prayers that reside in the hearts of each member of this body and most importantly I lift prayers for those who might not have someone to pray for them this day it is
in your gracious and holy name that we pray this morning amen thank you amen amen thank you thank you it's not my CH at this
time Pledge of Allegiance I forgot I I'm in such a space I'm like we having such a beautiful meeting I forgot the Pledge of Allegiance commissioner Paro Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which
it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all you may be seated at this time our City attorney will read his statement for the record thank you madam
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chair good morning ladies and gentlemen again good morning uh if you are speaking on any of today's Planning and Zoning items the py items May please have you stand and raise your right hand do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give at today's hearing is the truth the
whole truth and nothing but the truth and your response is thank you chair thank you Mr city manager do you have any items from this agenda that will be withdrawn or
deferred bo boy do I um I I I need to make sure every I'm gonna go slow because there's a lot of items here and make sure you have a lot of ink in your pen here because um we're making a lot of changes to the agenda um good morning Madam chair um Commissioners Mr City attorney Mr city clerk um at this time
the administration would like to defer and or withdraw the following items ph5 to be deferred to April 10th ph10 to be deferred to March
13th re1 to be withdrawn re3 to be indefinitely deferred F fr1 to be withdrawn F fr2 to be indefinitely deferred ac1 to be withdrawn ac2 to be
withdrawn pz1 to be deferred to March 13th pz3 to be indefinitely deferred pz4 to be indefinitely deferred pz5 to be indefinitely
deferred pz6 to be indefinitely deferred pz9 to be deferred to April 24th pz10 to be withdrawn as per the applicant's request
pz1 to be indefinitely deferred pz2 to also be withdrawn per the applicant's request that concludes the items thank you Mr city manager I'm
going to ask my colleagues commissioner Paro do you have any items no thank you commissioner gabella I've got a pocket item later on to uh to uh announce two people for the so we want to announce the pocket item I'll announce the pocket item now um commissioner gabella has a
pocket item regarding the bayr park management trust commissioner gabal we po pointing orio Stewart agid and Anna makos to the two atlarge seats currently held by Dr Suarez Jorge Suarez Menendez and Mary Lugo whose terms have both expired
okay and commissioner Reyes do you have any items that you would like to withdraw or defer no man' no they has been deferred by the administration okay and my apologies CH I just need to need to read a brief statement into the record
pursuant to section 62- 62 62-22 of the city code and a defitely deferred action initiated by the city will cost the city mail noticing advertising and posting of properties as applicable thank you chair thank you I'm going to allow staff to remove the keyboard before I open public
comment that was great you guys were awesome at this time we will open the floor for public comment anyone wishing to speak on behalf of any of the items before us
please come to the lect turns the podiums good morning Elvis uh good morning commissioner perhaps oh okay I'm on thank you thank you so much Elvis Cruz 63 1 Northeast 57 Street here on ph4 Watson Island Park
Watson Island was given to the city of Miami a gift from the state of Florida in 1919 to be used as a public park here you see the 1975 Miami zoning Atlas Watson Park Parks and
Recreation it should never have been leased that was a big mistake leasing away land for money especially when it's a park especially when it's a water front park it should never have been on the ballot there was a
$500,000 deceptive ad campaign here's one of the signs vote Yes for Watson Island Park it doesn't mention that by voting yes you would actually be selling away land that was supposed to be a public park in perpetuity notice the
drawing it doesn't show The 400t Tall high-rise condos that the land is being sold in order to allow two wrongs don't make a right parks are Priceless we need more
not less I would ask you to vote down this awful situation similarly here's a 1925 Miami plat map and you can clearly see the land
above the city cemeter city park that is today's biscane park it has been a city park for over a century please keep it as a city park there are forces at play that want to
turn it into school property the land across the street used to have a public school Miramar Elementary but after it was demolished the land was sold so please keep biscane Park as a city park and if the schools
want to build a school let them buy their own land we pay a lot of city taxes for schools thank you thank you good morning good morning my name is Christina bmud I live at
5990 Northeast fth Avenue in Palm grve I'm here to advocate for Pete z7 that's been deferred a couple of times already and it would be very good for me my family and our community if this board
decided to approve this ordinance this is important to my family as you know the rents in Miami are really unaffordable for people who have mid-range types of careers and I have
such a daughter and she has a son and she cannot afford to stay in Miami unless we do something about the rents and the cost of property so this would help I live in an area where we could accommodate an Adu for her she works are
a nonprofit she's exactly the type of person that you really want to attract and for them to stay in this community she contributes in so many ways including by providing Educational Services to middle schoolers in the city
of Miami it's also really good public policy um to encourage people to make good use of their land so that families can live comfortably and together and stay here so I urge you to pass it and
to pass it without any further delays and I thank you thank you good morning good morning Madam chair Commissioners Steve Warick uh I live at 2501 Swanson Avenue kokonut Grove uh I am here today
speaking in support of pz7 uh I'll Echo the comments of the prior speaker relating to adus this won't NE necessarily solve our housing crisis but this is a very positive step in the right direction it's an incremental change that we've been
studying in the planning community and here at the city for several years well thought out I would make one suggestion um I noticed that there's a minimum lot size for a second story on adus of 10,000 square fet most lots are are less
than that you may want to look at at lowering that threshold just because that would allow people to preserve more of the open space in their yards um by having a second story principal buildings were already allowed Second Story in T3 so just one suggestion but it's a great effort great legislation
appreciate you chairwoman for sponsoring this and also on pz3 and four which I know are deferred we appreciate your support and look forward to the community Workshop thank you thank you good morning good morning Brenda banor 1436 6
Street uh and supported pc7 and I hope that this time we can actually do something very important and every single one of you especially uh commissioner g k and Kon and Rees has
property owners who having issues keeping the property and this will give them the opportunity to legally create a unit to have the option will have one family members to live with them we all know that they the rent is not going to
go low as much as we wish so we need to be conscious about it plus we have a lot of seniors in our areas they need the help from the family members so I think it's very important for us commissioner Gaba we talked about this uh before that is people in our areas that they are
they need this second income and not just second income but sometimes seniors need an assistance from their children's so I think it will be great I hope that you guys pass it um at the same time I want to keep advocating for all of those
who have a Airbnb next door please we hear this all more often especially in buildings are more complicated but we need to make sure we protect everybody whoever purchase a property is a condo a house we don't want to have people just
rolling down with luggages every day and we don't know who they are so in in that case please think about every body look at at the Miami 21 ordinance and see how can we help those ones in need about Parks we need
Parks remember the promise that it was made to the citizens when we give away M re Park we give away M re and the you as the commissioner who was there say that we were going to replace it we still
waiting and I'm going to remember I'm going to remind something fast 400,000 is million dollars for the S and PR they're still not done thank you is there anyone else here who would like to speak yeah
yeah is this is there a sound on this oh no it is sound yes how are you today listen it's uh it's getting to be a nice thing here coming up to the city commission and get to speak and and now uh at this particular
juncture as far as what's going on in the Grove I think it's more pertinent that I make my voice heard on what we can do in the West Grove I think it's now is the time there some things happening you know like with the laundry
property so and it's going to be F story and now I'm getting all kinds of calls for people to relocate and uh coming into West Grove it looks like it'd be a natural at this particular juncture and so I really would I'm just I'm
supporting what we're doing in the Grove now it's fantastic it's uh I'm I'm appreciative of all the restaurants that have now highend restaurants coming into the Grove and seeking spots pushing out some of our
restaurants but uh it's it's it's looking very nice uh we've got a great thing going on as far as Coconut Grove we had a great Art Festival this year was fantastic of course the weather didn't hurt much so we we had a good time there
and uh I've always miss Gibson is always uh we have the same Couture also that we dressed this morning it's nice though monolo get get away from we're doing
pretty well we're number three nice to listen it's nice to see you all fighting like always for your Coconut Road so nice so nice so nice to see
listen cut off that meter no I'm not going to stay up here much longer but I do want to encourage or help or offer my assistance whatever I can do in the West CO I've uh retired a
little bit from the Coconut Grove Arts Festival so now I'm kind of um doing my uh thing in Westgrove and we have a nice little office at 3644 and it's nice we can have little meetings there and all and I would
encourage you to maybe come by we have lunch Miguel you'd like it over there it's nice enjoy and of course uh Damian you're going to be the West Gro having a little thing and uh I I would really encourage
uh our commission now to really look at the West Grove and the nice projects that are coming down the line I know I've spoken to some of you regarding projects in 3710 is a nice project coming along so I would look forward to
meeting with you or having lunch and discussing what we can do in the grow West Grove and what I can do to help out to facilitate this so I've always uh I always love what the the reception I get here at the at the uh City commission I
think it's one of the only city commissions you'll ever find in the country where you get this kind of reception and it's open dialogue and I always want to tell you how much I appreciate it and uh even though I've been around quite a bit as a restaurant tour and all now I'm trying
to do some things in the West Grove and make that part of my legacy I made a an interview years ago in' 70s uh on what we could uh do in the
West Grove and make it one Grove no east to west and I think that's opportunity is coming and I want to be part of it if I possibly can so I think Miss Gibson's going to come up and she was on our
board for so many years at the C Grove Arts Festival I think she was 30 something years but anyway once again thanks I appreciate it look forward to working with everybody I've enjoyed it I want to
continue enjoying it thank you [Laughter] no let me say good let me say good morning to everybody you know I always have to ask the clerk for a couple of
moments of personal privilege because I always go over time but I have to I have to get up here and tell you I to uh chairperson King and to our newest commissioner that I have not met uh commissioner Cabella welcome to City
Hall we're happy to have you here thank you and of course my own commissioner who I have met but I haven't been down here since he's been here and of course my friend over there in the corner hiding uh commissioner re I have you on
my prayer list you know so but I have to always take this moment to say thank you to the clerk and his staff to our our manager and his staff and of course of course the attorneys and everybody who take care of our city and
always have to say good morning to the congregation who's getting out here the audience I call him a congregation you know that's the Episcopal church and me but you always come before this commission to ask for something special
and this is really special for us uh the 3710 grad Avenue project oh I moved it oh sorry there's 3710 project that we want to do in C Grove these young people have been working on this and this 98
year old woman just decides that you know you have to always say something in favor of these projects in our community because I watched them tear down apartment building after apartment building and now people have had to go all the
way down to Florida city and Homestead to find housing and we want to be able to bring these people back to Coconut grou to Little B haras in coconut gr and I think that all of you will agree with me that this is the best project that
you've heard about in a long time uh you were going to have people would have affordable housing they can buy their homes and uh it's just so much excuse me see one somehow I move the microphone and
they always bring it back to me but I we we just want everybody to know it's important that we have this and our commissioner needs to spend most of his money that he's getting from here on this project and we're hoping that
you'll allow him to do that uh commissioner re I know you hear me I don't know where commissioner Coro is but I also have him on my prayer list you don't have to have everybody know the commissioner corono was the mayor
back in 19797 when he decided that I should be the person to serve as interim on this commission and not only that I had to have a majority
vote everybody had to vot for me that was because the mayor there he was mayor of the city there and so I was able to serve those four months and uh know what you're going through up here so I just thank you for all that you're able to do
for us in Little Bahamas and uh ask that you approve this project that's coming before you and I'm not going to take any more time to try to take explain the project because they done that and uh we just like to say thank you in advance
thank you so much thank you Elma thma thank you for your service and God bless you than you she said he said thank you for your service and God bless good morning sir good morning
Reynold Martin 3325 pel Avenue Coconut gr I'm the chair of Grace grow rights and Community equity and a vice chair vice president of holder in in the West Grove and I've had a chance to hear the presentation by
the proponents of Grove landing and and we are excited we wish there was more time to evaluate this but we are excited this is something that that is very great that's coming to our community we would love for you to slow down a little bit but in the meantime I want to hear
more I want to work with these group of people to see if we can do something very nice in the Grobe to to bring back the community that that I was raised in I I thank you if you consider this and uh we welcome the opportunity to work with this group thank you thank you
thank you good morning good morning Marlene Barton Selma Gibson Health Initiative 3640 Grand Avenue by God's grace and Mrs Gibson's blessings I have been able to
work for the residents of West Coconut Grove for over 35 years in affordable housing Business Development and social services today I'm here and I thank you first let me thank you commissioner Paro and ask and thank you
for reviewing the project Mr Martin yes there's more to come but I ask everyone to please Commissioners to support this project this may be the last time that residents of West Coconut Grove will be
able to stay and live in cocon Grove and come back to Coconut Grove as you can imagine in over 35 years some of our younger students who went away to study and have graduated in whatever area would love to come back to the Grove
this project has been the partners in this project did a lot of soul searching how could they help our community maintain some of our residents and bring them back in housing they can't afford the rents that are out there right now
so commissioner Paro for the first time 63 of these 70 proposed units at 3710 Grand Landing 63 which is 90% will be
affordable um of that 6 to3 I'm not too good at math but 6 to 5% will be eventual home ownership for our people for people like me to be able
to enjoy later years in life as a resident and the Bohemian culture and all of the things that come with that beauty be able to live in a community with some peace of mind and comfort um I could go on and on but I I
urge you all commissioner ases you're in my prayers to um please support commissioner paro's um initiative um um um support this development I thank you all you've always supported us and we thank
you thank you thank you good morning Commissioners how are you I'm Carolyn Donaldson I am the vice chair for Grace uh but I'm also the finance officer for Macedonia Missionary
Baptist Church which is the oldest black church in Miami D County and I just wanted to express our support for ph1 this morning however I do want to acknowledge that the short
72-hour notice that we received was not ample time for us to fully engage our board uh nor the church Community uh but our support comes with
the understanding that the goal of providing affordable housing in West Grove certainly aligns with our vision and our mission both for the church community and as well as Grace's support
in the community certainly the goals of a nonprofit to come in and share this Vision with us is quite encouraging uh for the community however at the same time uh I
feel that it is essential that we ensure the community's voice is Central in this process and uh that our support does not negate or by pass the
need to fully engage the community in the negotiation of community benefits a CBA is critical to this process but I think the community should definitely
have a voice and ensure that their input shapes the future of this project and any affordable housing projects going forward good morning thank you and thank you thank you is there anyone else here who would
like to speak good morning good sorry good morning Commissioners my name is Darlene faho resident at 3720 kumquat Avenue I've lived in the Grove for over 25 years and I work at an Architecture Firm locally
here in the city of Miami and I wanted to speak in favor of ph11 I agree with prior the words of my prior constituents that it's a great effort I really want to um commend commissioner parto and the City of Miami for taking the time and
mobilizing in uh times recently to unify the growth east and west and to make sure that there's a continuity of the commercial corridors I also wanted to my only um recommendation would be not only about giving better notice but also um
make a condition not only for affordable hous for home ownership programs but also to honor the bamian culture and the and kind of just reinforce what appendix a already says to protect you know the behavi Caribbean style and make sure
that you incorporate that and enforce that if you guys do extend the loan to the developers just to make sure that we do preserve the historic nature of this entire of this entire Community thank you thank you
good morning good morning commissioner uh my name is jiad s Rashid I reside at 3629 Grand Avenue in regards to ph1 uh that project has been presented
is very it contains a lot of great aspirational uh aspects of it uh one part of it that I want to encourage is the proper thorough Community engagement we have to take note of those who are
supporter of the project should be people who vote and live in District 2 A lot of times we have a lot of advocation advocacy for those or certain projects but it's necessary very necessary to engage the project and since we're
dealing with public monies and we're dealing with a waiver of uh notice and participation and issues of transfer of land and profits requires more transparency and more
discussion the project I am very impressed with the aspirational aspects of it but the devil is in the details and we have to do our due diligence and a lot of us in this room have labored have our adult lives I have
myself for over 35 40 years so anything that presents yourself as something good for maintaining the tenure and the handle of the Legacy residence is very important but we should not we should
not take shortcuts and we should have the proper engagement in the proper way for this thing so I will ask you to defer it and with the stipulation that they get with the proper things and mindful the preeminent agencies
organizations in this community have not passed any resolutions even though it's been said this been support of it support of it but not according to their bylaws thank you thank you is there anyone else here who would
like to speak for public comp good morning ma'am hello hello my name is Claudia Domo I'm here representing Beast G Beach
Condominiums um I don't know what the topic is right now but I came here to speak regarding uh the hours of operation for the development next door Villa Miami they're starting construction at 6:00 a.m. I don't know if that's why they're doing that but um we
can't even sit outside and drink a cup of coffee before the sun comes out I'm going to direct you to our Code Department that issue is not on our agenda but I can have someone from code
speak to you and you can uh address that with them share your concerns and they can tell you what what can be done to alleviate that issue yeah we're going to have ASO spend some time with you it's it's a it's a noise waiver issue so for
construction so that's handles thank you so much thank you thank you for coming is there anyone else here who would like to speak for public comment seeing none I am going to close
the public comment period And I understand that there's a presentation from the Communications Department after the communications I will take the cuz he stepped away Todd
we lost Quorum so we're going presentation okay um I don't need quum for the presentation while they set up may I have a motion to set the agenda so moved second all in favor I motion has been
the agenda has been set good morning Madame communications director good morning madam chair how are you morning good you may begin with your presentation good morning Commissioners uh this is a presentation put on by um my team at the office of
communications together um with my colleague uh Angela Roberts from AAR who's going to join me so this is a we compiled a video of 40 testimonials of how wonderful me being a longtime City
employee along with my colleague Angela we wanted to share with the rest of the world what like to work live and play in the city of Miami and we want our team to continue to grow so here is um a video showing precisely how we
feel the city of Miami is more than just a workplace it's a place where individuals can make a real impact to attract top talent and highlight the heart of our organization we have developed veled a recruitment campaign showcasing the stories of our employees
across all departments the recruitment campaign features over 40 employees from diverse backgrounds sharing their personal experiences of working for the City of Miami it provides an inside look at the challenges rewards and unique
opportunities of serving our community our aim as a city is to inspire prospective candidates by demonstrating the city's commitment to professional growth and a support supportive work environment it also reinforces our dedication to valuing and investing in
our employees we invite visitors to explore career opportunities and hear inspiring stories on our website we encourage engagement through our social media platforms and Miami TV to stay connected and informed pending approval
this Human Resources campaign will be featured on the city of Miami's website and shared across digital platforms to maximize reach and impact [Music] I think it's a perfect place for grow if
you put a lot of effort if you spend your time and improve yourself you can do it it doesn't matter what is your background it's a good point to start and that's why I would like to be here many years more when I chose to be a police officer my dream was to be in the
city that I loved I Wish I Was Here 20 years ago I've had great directors and administrators I've grown I've been promoted I've made a difference for the City of Miami in terms of service for our community and that means a lot to me and I love serving and when you serve
you can't go wrong when you come in you're working for a family and then every time you come in it's something different and it's rewarding at the same time because you're always helping those that are in need the best job that you could have get to change neighborhoods and impact the communities that mean something to you I started in the city
of Miami in 1999 I had my Bachelor's in Business Administration and I ended up getting my Master's in Human Resources because I didn't really have any experience at the time in Human Resources I kind of had to go backwards to get ahead the city of Miami had a
temp position in human resources in the recruitment section so I applied for that position and I got it and I was a temp 4 months and then ended up being promoted to a permanent position biggest thing I love my people I love when I can
help people I can investigate something and find out that something is wrong and I can fix it I also love when I learn something new working for the city you have the stability to be able to take care of your family good benefits increases quite often lots of
promotional opportunity those are the assets of working in the city want to make a difference apply now explore the diverse career opportunities we offer City of Miami the place to thrive
[Music] [Applause] very good I just want to take a second and thank you guys for all your social media content you're always out there taking great shots getting all of us to
say our two bits or our words uh for all the residents and you really do an amazing job you have the right temperament and thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you guys and thank you for showing the rest of Miami Dade County
that this is City of Miami is a place to work it's going be a great place to work thank you very much thank you yeah if I if I may Madam chair I just want to commend both Kenya her staff obviously and Angela because one of the things that we've talked about you know
repeatedly in the conversations we've had internally is um from a recruitment perspective the city is and and has continued to be really a place where people can spend their entire careers doing good service right and we have such a diversity of jobs and
opportunities that you almost have places and opportunities professionally that really align with a lot of a lot of people's interests um and skill sets and career backgrounds so um you know we want to make sure that we're pushing that out there um because in the end we
talked about it earlier when we were talking about that senior leadership staff as a recognition to Black History Month um those are all really talented people that you know and you referenced it it's not about color it's not about background um a it's not about gender it's really
really about talent and getting the best people um to come and work for the city because that in in essence elevates our performance um and so this is a little tool and another piece of it so I really want to commend them for the work they did thank you guys thank you thank
you Sur price and at this time I'm going to take up the pocket item first is there any discussion or are we ready to move on pocket item one have a motion make a motion second all in favor
I motion carries unanimously we have our CA items gentlemen are there any items CA 1 2 3 4 five or six that you would like to pull for
discussion I'm good I'm good no commissioner Reyes you're good I'm good and I'm moving it may I have a motion to approve CA 1 2 3 4 5 and six so moveed move it second I got a motion
in a second all in favor I I motion carries unanimously of the pH items are there any items that you would like to pull for discussion we have ph1 ph4
ph6 ph7 ph8 ph9 ph1 and um sorry can you from the pH items do you have any item from the pH items that
you would like to pull for discussion M commissioner Reyes M I'm sure yes I have to uh have in my in uh4 R4 before the pH in order to be able
to right right so you want to discuss re4 first that's right I uh uh respect request that we take re4 and then we take the pH okay yeah no I have to I have to take re4 before we can address
PH2 or three sorry before ph8 and ph7 that's right oh I'm sorry okay wait a minute you know what I put it I put it with the page number and not the item Todd knows what I'm talking
about is pH seven and eight right yes ma'am so it'll be ra4 ph8 and ph7 right okay so are there any other items on the pH items that you would like to pull for
discussion no no what what are we pulling which one we have to take r e no no I yeah I heard that but are we pulling any no they said no okay no I'm good um well I do have one comment for
ph1 commissioner Paro there was some some folks that came up and said that they wanted more Community input I just want to know how you feel about that yeah I'm okay with it uh for a lot of different reasons but this also still has to go to home the
loan committee and it has more discussion uh around it but I'm I'm fine with it and unfortunately also a couple of the organizations sued the city of Miami and it's prevented us from having a presence there and doing some of that you know kind of work so I understand
why they would say that but we're going to make sure that we have a healthy discussion and we go back out on these issues and do some more forms in the coming can I there was an amendment to ph11 did that get introduced by any chance cuz I stepped away so yes before we get to the vote all that will be
stated on the record okay just want to make sure just want to make sure you had it I'm trying to make sure what we have in play and sherff you don't mind I was just going to read what we have in play other than ph7 and 8 which will be in a s you know outside of a block vote so I
have in play ph1 PH2 which is to be amended uh to add the city manager memo as an exhibit ph3 ph4 ph6 which is to be amended pursuant to a substitution memo dated February 26
2025 ph9 and ph11 ph11 to be amended pursuant to a substitution memo date of February 26 2025 that's what I have in play for the PHS correct okay may I have motion second and a second so I have a motion in a
second for ph1 pH PH2 as amended ph3 ph4 ph6 as amended ph9 ph1 as amended all in favor all
right I I motion carries unanimously now of the we only have two re items re2 and re4 would you like to pull any of these items for discussion no commissioner Reyes no may I have a motion for re2 and
re4 and I apologize chair Mr City attorney are you comfortable with the block vote on re4 does re4 need to be voted on individually re4 no I'm comfortable with the block voting it's just that R4 had to as you indicated be done before ph7 and 8 understood I just
want to make sure thank you motion I have a motion second and a second all in favor motion carries un unanimously may I have a motion for ph7 and ph8 motion does wait a minute does
it have to go individually that's fine as long as they're the as long as they're voted together that's fine and understood well actually no individually I'm sorry let's do ph8 first and then ph7 okay may I have a motion for ph8
motion second I have a motion and second all in favor all right I motion carries unanimously may I have a motion for ph7 so moved second all in favor I I motion carries unanimously gentlemen we are now down to
our first reading items Mr City attorney would you please read for the record the titles of our first reading items for consideration yes Madam chair oh wait a minute what is this okay read the titles for the record1 was withdrawn part two was
indefinitely deferred part three is an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending chapter 2 article two of the code of the city of Miami Florida is amended titled Administration mayor and City commission by creating section 2-40 providing for a requirement that current
and future elected officials must disclose any sealed or expunged arrests with the details of such arrests containing a severability clause providing for an immediate effective date fr4 an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending chapter 2 article Article 2 of the code of the city of Miami Florida is amended titled
Administration mayor and City commission by creating section 2-41 providing for a requirement that current and future elected officials senior staff must disclose any sealed or expunged arrest with details of set arrest and further providing that all future employees in an elected official's office must
consent to and undergo a level two background check and drug test prior to an offer of employment containing a severability clause providing for an effective an immediate effective date that's the end of the FS thank you because the sponsor of the item is not here I would request that we defer these
items until later in the uh meeting because I understand the sponsor will be here shortly you could just table we we'll table we'll table it just table it t table it for a later on correct yes yes yes yes and let's go
to we have no second readings no second readings Madam chair all right let's go to our Planning and Zoning item because those are few and far between we could you read the titles for the record of the py items that are still in play yes
Madam chair which is only one I think um pz two there are two of them seven and pz2 pz2 is a resolution which doesn't need to be read but I also want to say on pz2 that there's a Jennings
Disclosure by uh commissioner Reyes so we have a Jennings disclosure for pz2 which is a resolution then pz7 is a first reading ordinance in ordinance of the Miami city commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami
Florida has amended Miami 21 code by amending article one titled definitions to update the definitions of ancillary dwelling units and related structures by amending article 3 titled General to zones to introduce ancillary dwelling unit regulations and design standards by
amending Article 4 titled standards and tables to clarify the transect zones and residential types that allow for ancillary dwelling units to clarify parking requirements and to update related illustrations by amending Article 5 titled specific to zones to
clarify building disposition and building configuration standards and to update related illustrations pertaining to ancillary dwelling units and other related structures by amending article six titled supplemental regulations to update ancillary dwelling unit minimum and maximum unit sizes and applicable
waiver processes by amending appendix a titled neighborhood Conservation District section a.2 titled Village West Island District in Charles Avenue ncd2 and section a.3 titled Coconut Grove neighborhood Conservation District NCD 3
to clarify regulations pertaining to ancillary dwelling units and related structures making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz8 um an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending ordinance number 1
13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida is amended by amending Article 5 titled specific to zones to allow increased height for solid wooden fences in the first layer for properties in the T3 Suburban transa Zone making findings containing a severability
clause and providing for an effective date then pz 13 pc-13 is just a resolution pz13 is a resolution but I did want to mention that um we have another Jennings disclosure for the district four
commissioner Manola Reyes and that concludes the pz item um before we take up the pz items I'd like to defer pz13 I I have an issue with the 3 to 5: a.m moving from 3: to 5:00 A.M I believe
that will set a precedent um aside from my traditional upbringing I don't understand why we need to drink until 5:00 a.m. alcohol um there are some other issues I have with this so I would like to defer
it so motion to defer second all in favor all right and I'll defer it to the next commission meeting which is March 13th by then I should maybe have all of my questions um answered March 13th so did I take the vot
uh I'm ready for a motion motion second all in favor does anybody does anybody have a problem with eight with with PC8 no nobody has a problem okay uh oh8 yeah yeah but the sponsor of PC8 is here so I
would ask that we take that up when he arrives so at play is pz7 does anyone have any pz2 pz2 I'm going upward pz7 can I have a motion for pz7 I have a motion for pz7 all in favor
I I I uh may I have a motion for pz2 motion second all in favor I I I I okay so do that take care of all the pz items
27 deferred yes other than pz8 oh pz8 that we'll come back to okay hold on one second pz8 okay this is the one the fencing that the uh zoning board had had requested
you okay so that leaves us with and and Madam chair the um two attorney client sessions were withdrawn but I have a new script for the March 13th so I can feel some you pushed it to March 13th yes Madam chair why would you do that so the
um the outside Council wasn't ready um so um we had to move it to the 13th for them to be ready I understand but I have a new script I please go ahead and read your script thank you um Madam chairwoman and members of the commission pursuant to the provisions of section
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chairwoman Christine King Commissioners Miguel anhel gabella Damen Paro and Manola re the Chief Financial Officer Larry m spring Jr City attorney George K weong III je Chief Deputy City Attorney John Greco Deputy City Attorney Kevin R Jones assistant City attorney supervisor
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have discussion item five City's future bonding capacity Y Larry Mr spring Chief Financial Officer Mr
spring there's a discussion item on regarding the city's future bonding capacity that's during the uh during the budget meetings we talked a little bit about the capacity for bonding in the city and some of the Urgent needs we have and given that long list of
projects that that we showing up especially in the area of infrastructure and affordable housing I was wondering if you could discuss our bonding capacity while still keeping our credit rating and and the fact that we should move on that and maybe start setting up a plan
so that we can do uh come back to commission with let's let's use our capacity and fund our projects as soon as we can when we have it available so uh through the chair uh Larry spring Chief Financial Officer yes um all of
you will recall that I have been kind of speaking about some analysis I've been doing with regards to um us um doing another phase of the general obligation Bond the Miami forever Bond
um based on some preliminary um calculations I've done with our financial advisers and I'll actually I'll send out it today share it with you all um if we we still have about
$441 million in capacity if we stay below the existing uh 5935 Limited avalor uh millage uh cap that we currently have in place um I also had them run some other
scenarios um I had them go all the way up to 75 Mills um and what I wanted to do for each of you is translate that millage to what does that mean for uh a single F uh the
average uh homesteaded property owner so I can say oh that would be another $12 a month or whatever that is so I I'll I'll have we'll work on that as well but that if we go up to 75 and this the global number right now and we we actually did
a pretty thorough look at you know current interest rates the whole thing that capacity would provide us with another it's about 659 million more that we could do right now um and it's something that I think
would be uh advisable so I thank you for the conversation because I think uh CIP oci and and and hu Al and his team been meeting with you about where we are at the projects and we're at a point where we you know costs have gone up and we
need some additional funding to finish what we've already started but then there's still all the other needs each of you have been coming you know I want to do this project I want to add this so this would be a very opportune time um the only thing with the go is timing
wise you know that's an election and you know I'm very sensitive to elections uh uh for your part because I don't want to have that referendum anywhere near our general election you know our general election on the uh special obligation
side which is a revenue Bond we haven't looked at that in a while because when we did the um when we did the administration building financing with the uh Oracle which was just just under 300 million we we you know kind of took
it up to the to the to the cap to the cap um again none of this affects our this would not affect our bond rating in fact um this would maintain our bond rating you know be what is our bond rating now I'd have to get the last
rating but it was like a Double AA plus but when we issue the debt we usually buy insurance so that the bond that goes out is a triple rated instrument that is being sold on the market so and if
you've seen we since I've been back we only had one kind of shaky Bond deal if I'd call it probably the the worst I've had but when I that's a relative term when we did the administration building we we were selling 300 million and we got 1.5 billion in orders so that's an
indication that you know people still love the Miami name it's a great brand on the market still and then you know we got a very high rating on that on that on that Bond so and when you think about climate resiliency and the fact that only 10% of our storm water master plan
is funded I mean we might as well if we have it available it's not going to impact our credit rating we should take it and take it now before costs keep going up I agree so I'll send time wounds all deals yes it does time wounds all deal
so I'm going to send you all that this afternoon I'll send you right now the uh the calculation deal when do you think we can come back with something more structured I I mean what I would like to do is send that out to you each have individual meetings with you and kind of
talk about what you think you would want to see projectwise so we can figure out what categories we want to put it in and you know kind of break it up and then present it I can do that in you know less than you know in a month's time you know last last question for we uh on the
uh so it it equals $12 monthly no no no I gave that as an example okay home homesteaders right said again that was only homesteaders that would be yes focus the other guys are it's not commercial and I probably shouldn't say this in public but I'm going to say it
anyways I focus on the homesteaded property owner as a as a gauge because those are the people that would actually vote for the bond itself so those would that would be the population that would be coming out to either support it or
deny it um so that's why I focus on that not because I don't appreciate our commercial landholders actually they they treat us very well yeah thank in other words thank you very
much Larry yes sir the the burden of uh paying those BNS is going to be on the homestead of properties correct well and the commercial as well but the the burden of the vote yeah would certainly be on them okay thank you thank
you um discussion item four labor conditions in South Florida construction industry we had representatives from the organization come and speak I'm going to ask to withdraw this item from the agenda Todd do I need a vote for that
may I have a motion motion second all in favor I motion carries and the reason I'm withdrawing it is because I do believe that we spoke about it and um if we can collectively when we have projects coming up because we can't mandate developers to take into
consideration heat as a a benefit to you know providing for heat exposure and that kind of thing we can't mandate that because we're preempted by the state but when you have developments coming up you have a big
Development coming up you have a Development coming up if we could just maybe negotiate with them to to to consider because it's hot it is very hot it and we working in construction it has to be miserable so there should be some
consideration taken into account that I think for the first time last year we had heat advisories for our community and that's what this item was so thank you and you know for your
consideration di3 lost income to the city with vote for solution whose item is that that is commissioner cyos yeah Madam Madam chair D di2 and di3 are both District 3 items and he's not here so
okay so we will table those 2025 agenda deadlines yeah I'll be I'll just be brief this is more for me to sort of recap and remind um the commission as it relates to uh agenda items back in 2020
um the commission passed a resolution um allowing for a 7-Day advance notice or a submitt for new agenda items noon seven day seven business days ahead of a commission meeting I just want to reiterate that because we we kind of you know the agenda office has a very
limited amount of time to finalize the agenda we get a lot of last minute items that get thrown into the mix um so if we can you know uh sort of reinforce that reso in terms of the timeliness of when agenda items get are submitted um
because there are there are days that that night of the seventh day ahead of I'm getting text to approve items at midnight you I mean we've had those days right so and and look at happens and there are items that that definitely need to to to that have a sense of urgency you also have the provision
within the code which still does allow for pocket items if if we have an emergency item as well um which would certainly allow the commission and our elect to put legislation forward if we did indeed have an emergency item that needed to be addressed so I just wanted to kind of reinforce the timing and the
deadline did I miss anything I want I would like to Echo that um as the chair the pocket items come before me I'm very strict about if there is not a Time sensitivity because pocket items don't give the community an
opportunity to review the item it just comes before them with what the manager is asking for our consideration I agree we should not be put putting agenda items giving them the day of print at 4:30 it's not fair to the staff it's not
fair to the city attorney's office to review the items so I would impose the same consideration if it is not time sensitive I would not accept them you have to go through the process that's
why we have a process and that's why we are able to vet the city attorney's office whichever Department Falls under so if it is not time sensitive and you haven't allowed for
the 7day rule to for the staff to prepare it I would say do not accept it do not accept it it's not fair to staff it's up it's up to us to plan properly for our work and the difference between one commission meeting and another
commission meeting it could be diligence on staff so guys if we can adhere to the policy let's do so and I would ask the manager and the city attorney's office
to hold us to the fire if it is not time sensitive it doesn't go if you haven't allotted the amount of time required per policy chairwoman good morning good morning ma'am um I agree with what you're saying
chairwoman the policy has always always been that pocket items are supposed to be true emergency items so I agree with the chairwoman if it's not a true
emergency item it should not be placed in the agenda it should be placed on the following meeting having said that do we have any true emergency items that uh were not in the uh agenda that
we originally had no we we only had one pocket item and there was a time sensitivity for that um for board considerations and budget and budget deadlines etc etc so that that one went
and we have pretty much concluded the agenda with the exception of your items we left those for you pz8 um is the only pz item we can go backwards we didn't want to take any
items that I I appreciate so the rest of the agenda has been done yes congratulations went uh quick this morning it did would imagine uh we didn't have too many people that came to speak today no we didn't have but we had a spirit filled meeting with our black
history program I heard that yes thank you for providing that uh for us um I'm sorry I was not able to be here for it um chairwoman um I've been hearing in the last year
here so much the word transparency transparency transparency well I want to help everybody be transparent and this is why I placed both of these items
uh in ordinance I had asked the um city attorney's office to prepare them uh as best as they uh thought that they could be prepared at the time that they were
prepare and one of them is a very simple ordinance that I think in any American city there'd be no problems in approving it maybe Miami is different I don't know
and that is that if there's anyone that's an elected official uh and mind you we're not saying that this is a requirement that they have to do it before they file
we're saying that if you are an elected official now sitting up here now or an elected official in the future and you have a sealed uh law enforcement
record that it should be uh declare by the individuals with certain information so that there could be full
transparency now the difference between seal and not seal they when record are not seal de um whether someone has been convicted or not convicted arrested falsely they're out in the
open uh there is transparency that anybody could look at them and talk about him like you've seen here uh Little Billy come numerous uh
times uh talking about uh me like uh the political action committee that Mr paru uh opened up uh attacks me on a weekly basis uh with the name of the political
action committee I'm glad that there at least abiding by the law on that one uh with the same thing but again what we're talking here are seal records I would think that that
transparency should be out there for the public that's one ordinance the other one is a very similar ordinance for senior staff members of elected officials uh that if they have any seal
records uh the same thing shall apply to them and the addition that all future employees of any elected official of this city would have a full police background
check down and a drug test approximately two years ago on my behalf and request uh we went ahead and started implementing background check on
employes of City elected officials something that was not being done before however uh that could be changed uh overnight if there's not an ordinance in place for that and we still
anything that provides for drug testing for the senior staff members and other employees of elected officials and that's the second ordinance and um I'm not going to get into much more and
chairwoman this is very simple uh two ordinance that could be um agreed upon or not agreed upon U I would make a motion if there's no second that's the end of it and that's the way
democracy is I have a motion a motion do I have a second I have a motion I don't have a second this is for f FR three and four correct do we have can we do them
together or they have to be separate uh you can do them together we read the titles into the record already so that's for f fr3 and fr4 I have a motion do I have a second items fail for NO second all right thank you
chairwoman um would you like to take up pz8 if uh for any reason we have any elected official up there that or senior staff member of any elected official that
would have a seal record that would like to be fully transparent in this close it they're certainly open to it no one's holding you back thank you can I can I uh comment on this i' like to make a brief comment
absolutely it it boggles it boggles the mind me especially you know and I I don't know if you guys are you know commissioner Rees or commissioner part of I'm reminded last year uh you
commissioner uh Kyu you were putting nominating somebody to be a uh director in B Bon trust Park and when you were going to nominate that person somebody came to me before coming over here that day and gave me a document on the
gentleman that I did not want to use because I'm not into that I don't like the character assassinate up here I'm not a prosecutor I'm not into that and I said to that person no thank you you know I'm not that and I'm not going to do that but you you knew that that person had a problem and yet you
appointed him to the blf trust which is fine by me you voted for it I think you voted for it also you know and then all of a sudden this year that same person you have a problem with okay and you fired that person and now sir you want to bring let me finish sir um
commissioner please allow him to speak without interruption please thank you I I you're going to get your chance and uh and so you weren't interested then all of a sudden now this year a year later after you fired the gentleman by the way
you knew of the gentleman's problems because you had them you had them as your chief of staff and and by doing this I don't want to mention names because I am not up here to demain the gentleman's character okay there's no necessary for for that kind of thing you know but but I'm just saying what what
is the record you you brought it up here you know and and you you know you the we voted for the gentleman the the gentleman was your director in B from trust and then you and the director apparently had a problem I don't know I wasn't there but I'm just saying you had a problem now the gentleman has turned
against you and he's got a lawsuit against the city of Miami and against you and all of a sudden then you bring this up so you weren't interested a year ago in this kind of thing but all of a sudden now you are I wonder and I'm just scared whether you're trying to now assassinate this gentleman's character
by bringing this up you know because it seems to me you know that you're bringing this up for a reason and and I got I got no problem with this but but here's the problem number one uh I've been advised and we all have I think by George washingon that did the uh the the sponge record
thing this is a thing that's against you know you can't do it because you can't Trump state law and it is state law after all so even if if we did pass it it wouldn't work we we can't implement it there'll be lawsuit left and right which I for one and trying to keep the city out of lawsuits because I think
we've had many lawsuits in the past with the c commissioner I don't think we need anymore so so my point is you know U you know when you bring this up you know again I say what happened last year that you weren't interested in this kind of stuff and now this year all of a sudden
you're interested in all this transparency and all this stuff it just seems odd to me anyway and I'll let it go with that thank you if uh I may briefly answer chair yes although I want to point out because I see Todd looking at us and um
we had a motion we had discussion the motion um failed so it's not on the table I see him looking at me there's I'm going to allow because I I allowed commissioner gabella to speak so I will allow for the
rebuttal and I didn't want to cut him off but I knew in the moment that there needed no further discussion because we didn't take up the item it failed but go ahead commissioner thank you chairwoman number one the individual that you are
talking about never had a sealed record his record was not seal what we're talking about here is Seal record the individual that you're talking about uh did not have a conviction
or U minor misdemeanor even though uh if if I would have seen the uh police report on that misdemeanor how it happened and so on uh I would
have had a probably a difference uh of opinion like after I seen it now so one thing has got nothing to do with the other uh this gentleman uh did not have a seal record
but uh there are some in this building that do have record and they're the ones that want to be more Pious than Pious talk about transparency all the
time but boy they don't want to uh deul it they want to pretend that they're marching with the Saints so I'll leave it at that commissioner but commissioner the whole point the whole point is that if there
there was a record you voted for what through the chair if I may recognize you through the chair okay yeah okay I'm sorry can I be recognized through the chair chair so so so I could go back again right uh I'm very simple this it's going to be
the last one commissioner gabella and then you can respond because there is no item before us there's no need for us to be talking about this because the item failed I do not like when we get into these personality you
know back and for you know what you're right I Feel Love today from the the choir that was here and you know I I Feel Love today so you know what you're right let's let's leave it there I I let's move on so
pz8 um commissioner that's your item commissioner yes ma'am um this uh is an ordinance to change Miami one part of Miami 21 that frankly
needs so much changing uh and this is probably one of the reasons that everything in the city of Miami takes uh forever compared to other cities to get through the building department and permitted but um before
Miami 21 um people that wanted privacy uh for their home for their front yards were allowed to go up to six feet with uh a
fence now with Miami 21 you could only go up 2 feet and and the remaining six fet you have to be able to see through that doesn't even make sense
because most homes that U put the new fence under Miami 21 then they'll put hatches and bushes either behind it or in front or both behind in front to block The
View so this is to allow U property owners to have the freedom uh of their privacy they could choose it they don't have to choose it
uh if they want privacy to allow Property Owners to have that freedom uh in doing that so that uh if they want their privacy they don't have to plant hatches afterwards
to get it as simple as that and again it could be voided uh up or down uh I will make the motion uh I would gather there will be no second and we can move
on I have a motion do I have a second seeing no second the motion fails the only items left on the agenda are discussion item two and discussion item three discuss uh I'm both of them uh if
we could defer them for the next meeting okay may I have a motion to defer discussion item two and discussion item three they were his items we pushed them deferring them until which meeting uh to the March 13th meeting March 13th
second I have have a motion and a second all in favor motion carries unanimously thank you gentlemen and thank you everyone for attending the city of Miami commission meeting for February 25 20 27 for February 27th 2025 this meeting is now
adjourned and we have two we have um we have the southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting gentlemen don't go anywhere we're going to take that up right now thank you guys for coming it's it's always a pleasure to see you Monty and Miss Gibson I just need 60 seconds to
flip the tape 60 seconds to flip the tape Madam sh Madam sh commissioner Rees yes I want to congratulate you with the uh professionalism that you have shown
meeting the rest thank you you're doing hell of a good job thank you congratulations and we are proud this you thank you m Gibson so good to see you know anytime you come you could speak for as long as you want to when you get to your age I will never stop
you from speaking thank you thank you for coming and thank you for your service than you how are you thank you congratulations thank you you did a good job of speaking there ready good to go
okay at this time I would like to begin the southeast Overtown Park West CR meeting with executive director James D McQueen and deputy director Vincent T
brown gentlemen walk make care your money get up there and dance with that Mr McQueen good morning uh let me first say uh
Happy what mother is this uh and I would like to say to commissioner Coro that although I did not prepare them because my deputies took over the my spot and he said he does ribs better than I so he prepared
the ribs for the days he's a smarter guy than you are well that's a fact he finally figure it out you know and you figure you know uh we have four items for today what and and Mr Brown will read them
into the record oh yeah the first item excuse me the resolution with attachments ratifying authorized executive director to execute a temporary access and hold harmless agreement between the city and the CRA for use of property at 1611 Northwest
3rd Avenue the second item is a resolution with attachments authorizing executive director dis R funds and the amount not to exceed $61,200 with the production of sepia bacular Overtown photographic Journey from 1920
to 1950 to be exhibited at the Lawson E Thomas building item number three as a resolution uh retroact approving the ex executive director to accept donations in the amount of $ 48,2 to various Community from various Community
Partners for the annual historic Overtown holiday tree lighting ceremony and the annual historic Overtown holiday toy giveaway item number four which will be amended to reflect the amount of the grant a resolution would attachment by 4
fth vote ratifying approving and confirming executive director's recommendation and finding that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practical or advantageous waving the requirements for competitive seal bidding and further approving a grant request in the amount of $600,000 in the body of the item it
says $500,000 but it's actually $600,000 to support the human resources of Miami reducing blight and improving the physical environment of the Redevelopment area at this time I will open the floor for public comment seeing none for public comment the public comment period is closed
Gentlemen We Are there any items on this agenda that you would like to pull for discussion no seeing none may I have a motion for re1 2 3 and four so moved I have a motion in a second all in
favor I motion carries unanimously thank you gentlemen this concludes the southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting for February 27th 2025 lunch in my office [Music]