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April 20th 24th the days my days are all melting into one april 24th and today is take your kid to work day we have plenty plenty plenty kids and I would like them
to join me as we start our recognition portion of our meeting come on kids as we're going to show them what good government is okay okay and I'd like them to introduce
themselves because we want them to Come on Noah you have to introduce yourself everybody say your name i'm Noah i'm Connor i'm Lucas diego i'm Santiago
nicole jude asher Daniel tell them your name hi my name is Elliot so we are always happy when our kids are hanging out with us tell them your name hi
Maros anybody else coming okay so we're going to start our recognition portion of the meeting ladies they're huddling over there i'm doing all of them okay it is
National Community Development Week and our community development department is awesome we provide they provide lots of services for our community for our seniors affordable housing i see our
director here Mr victor Turner why don't you come on up with your team and we have another one with us my name is Sienna sienna i love that name the neighbor's name is Sienna okay come on up guys
good morning on behalf of the department of housing and community development and our senior leadership team uh we want to thank the mayor and the commission for recognizing national community development week uh this program or this
week is in recognition of 51 years of the community development block grant program and 33 years of the home investment partnerships program which helps low moderate income persons and neighborhoods improve in the city of Miami and throughout the country and so
we want to say thank you for acknowledging that and with me I have members of our housing commercial loan committee and members of the housing and community development staff thank you and each of the committee members are
going to get certificates we have Kevin Dee not here gregory Gay i know he's here because I know him forever hector okay that's because I couldn't pronounce his last name just so you know
alan Hall benjamin Fernandez hey how are you good to see you erica Pascal who's awesome city employee as well bill Ramos thank
you and David Snow I know is here somewhere should be awesome city employee in the back and Pierre Rutled thank you thank you guys for your
service would anyone like to say something quickly anybody thank you very much it's a pleasure to serve the city the city as we all know needs a lot of affordable housing and we're here to serve so thank you to all the all the committee members for
showing up and putting in your personal time it's much appreciated thank you chairman thank you thank you at this time we are also going to honor a very special resident in district 5
Miss Aaliyah Powell who is my Girl Scout cookie representative every year she sells Girl Scout cookies and she has when you see her she has so many
badges she's decorated and she is going to be one of our future public officials public servants hi Look at her look at her vest look at all of the accomplishments that she's made
turn around look yes she's amazing amazing and I am so pleased to recognize her and all of the good work that she does in our community you want to say something okay you want to say something
no would you like to say something mom dad brother thank you for supporting me remember we stopped one year yes you do oh congratulations congratulations
commissioner Partardo also got Girl Scout cookies from her we stopped by together one year i really shouldn't get cookies but anyway thank you all so much that's great thank you i see some of my friends who advocate on
behalf of the community for our environment trees and the bay and we are recognizing Arbor Day so who's here for Arbor Day and thanks to the public works
department and parks district 5 has a very healthy tree canopy program where we have planted close to a thousand trees i don't want to overstate how much we've done and I don't see who Oh here comes Huvenol he'll tell you for sure
how many trees we have planted in district five who know how many tree how many trees well citywide we've planted over 6,000 trees since uh 2018 and in district 5 alone we've plant planted well over 500
trees in in the last six months so city of Miami loves trees so who's going to accept there you go thank you and go ahead i also wanted to add because a lot of people don't know but we do tree giveaways we just did one in
Coconut Grove I think last weekend and it was 100 trees just like that we have arborists there they help people understand where to plant the right trees and how that works and there all kinds of different trees so please come out we put them on our social media but it's a great opportunity to get more
trees out there so and I believe we do those tree giveaways in every district correct cuz I know we do it in our district so we do it in every single district okay so thank you guys picture time it's the same same same group because
we're also recognizing Earth Day so it's the same group for Earth Day and I tell you the initiatives that the city has in taking care of our earth yes that would be the right
thing our earth our community environmentally we are trying to be environmentally forward with how we take care of our islands the bay our trees
um the carbon neutral we want to be carbon neutral we want to be good citizens to the earth the city does and this is how we do that through these guys so thank you again
all right so for a long time I've really been wanting to recognize this individual and this family its they are an institution in Coconut Grove and we really wanted to recognize the late George Dr george
Augustus Simpson a family very well known in Coconut Grove for his commitment his outstanding service to our community george Augustus Simpson was born on September 24th 1925 he received a bachelor's degree from City
College of New York and his medical degree from McGary Medical College in Tennessee he was licensed to practice in three states but he was the first boardcertified African-American general surgeon to be licensed in
Florida his wife Dr dazelle Deanis Simpson was the first boardcertified African-American pediatrician in the state of Florida and chairwounds pediatrician chair king so this is Miami
right they made they were champions of making health care affordable and accessible to the black community they operated a successful family practice in Liberty City and Overtown for over 40 years dr
simpson was a US Army veteran of the surgical service he was the medical director of Miami's first health center the Equal Opportunity Family Health Center now known as the Jesse Tric Community Health Center of which we worked a lot with in the community
during my time a founding member of Jackson Memorial Service Employee International Union SEIU the first Physicians Union in Date County dr dr simpson was an original member of the Date County Community Relations Board active in the Family Christian
Association of America the Coconut Grove Local Development Corporation the New Horizon's Local Development Corporation the Alliance of Ethical Government the then Date County Area Health Education Center and the Miami Chapter of the
NAACP together they were medical and social trailblazers an activist and a civil rights leader and helped set up 250 affordable home units in Miami date county for all that and much more we'd like to recognize the late Dr george
Augustus Simpson and his family in giving them a proclamation heat heat and at this time as we always do we're going to start our meeting with prayer and Noah is going to introduce our
pastor his father um hello I'm Noah um today my father will be praying over Today my father Mucci Ku will be praying over everyone in this room so please welcome to the stage what church uh the
Brook Miami uh would you pray with me father I'm reminded of Psalm 127 and how you you say that children are a gift they're a blessing and this take your child to
work day as chaotic as it may be for their parents god I I do pray that you would remind them of the blessing and that you would uh surround them with community and fill them with patience as they do the beautiful but
messy work of parenting uh Jesus I'm reminded that you welcome the children a reflection of your heart and I thank you for uh the welcoming spirit of Commissioner Keane and the rest of the commissioners here
to let the children participate in this day and to uh be exposed to what a life of service could look like so God we pray Psalm 72 over our leaders today that you would fill the commissioners
with wisdom and justice as they serve today that you would fill them with energy and passion to get through uh what may seem like busy work for others but is diligent service for this great
city here in Miami and so God repay their labor Lord God with blessing in this life and the one to come give them great favor here in this city Lord God expand their influence because what
happens in South Florida uh shapes the world and so God would you allow them to continue to be trailblazers people of integrity God we pray for a peaceful meeting that it would be fruitful
and orderly and so now God and we hand this over to you and we hand it over to them as your stewards of this city in the name of the Father Son and the Holy Spirit we pray amen thank you and now we are going to say
the pledge of allegiance who would like to lead me with the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all thank you and I see that we have two little ones joining us could you tell everybody your name my name is Mia my name is Daniel give them a round of applause again for
she being here with us thank you guys thank you for coming oh your cast is so beautiful sparkles in it okay all righty and at this time At this time our city attorney will read
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sworn in by oath or affirmation by the city clerk the members of the city commission shall disclose any exparte communications to remove the presumption of prejudges pursuant to Florida statute 286.0115 and section 7.1.4.5 4.5 of the Miami 21 zoning ordinance the order of
presentation shall be as set forth in Miami 21 and in the city code staff will briefly present each item to be heard the applicant will present its application or request to the city commission if the applicant agrees with the staff recommendation the city commission may proceed to its deliberation and decision the applicant
may also wave the right to an evidentary hearing on the record for appeals the appellant will present its appeal to the city commission followed by the appeal staff will be allowed to make any recommendation they may have please silence all cell phones and other noise making devices uh this meeting may be
viewed live on Miami TV the city's Facebook page city's Twitter page and city's YouTube channel and Comcast channel 77 the broadcast will have closed captioning thank you Madam Chair thank you Mr city Attorney mr city Clerk would you please read your statement for
the record thank you chair the procedures for individuals providing testimony to be sworn in for planning zoning items and any quasa judicial items on today's city commission agenda will be as follows members of city staff or any other individuals required to be sworn in who are currently present at city hall be sworn in by me the city clerk immediately after I finish
explaining these procedures those individuals who are appearing remotely may be sworn in now or at any time prior to the individual providing testimony for planning zoning items or any or andor quasidial items commissioners are you comfortable with all the notice provisions set forth in these uniform rules of procedures we established this
meeting yes chair may I administer the oath of the planning and zoning items please thank you chair good morning ladies and gentlemen if you will be speaking on any of today's planning and zoning items those are the PZ 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 Clerk mr city Manager are there any items on this agenda that will be
withdrawn or deferred good morning Madam Chairwoman uh commissioners Mr city Attorney Mr city Clerk at this time the administration would like to defer and or withdraw the following items ca3 to be deferred to June
12th ph2 to be deferred to May 8th ph8 to be deferred to May 8th re3 to be deferred to June 12th
f FR1 to be def indefinitely deferred pz2 to be indefinitely deferred pz5 to be deferred to May 22nd and PZ9 to be deferred to May 22nd
that concludes the items chairwoman could you request of the manager to go over the items again please mr manager could you one more time read through the items that are being Madam Chair can I interrupt for a minute i'd like to go ahead and FR1 i'm going to be
withdrawing completely okay from companion okay I'm giving you guys that i gave you that one i gave you that one um I should have worn my green t-shirt today okay um Mr manager would you
please start again yes ma'am ca3 to be deferred to June 12th ph2 to be deferred to May 8th ph8 to be deferred to May 8th
re3 to be deferred to June 12th fr1 to be withdrawn pz2 to be indefinitely deferred PZ5 to be deferred to May 22nd and PZ9 to be deferred to May
22nd i'm going to ask my colleagues if they have any items that they would like to include in the list of items to be deferred and or withdrawn from this agenda vice Chair not at this time madam Chair Commissioner Partardo not at this
time commissioner Cabella no ma'am okay i have a couple of peasy items that I would like to have no actually it's not on this one okay chair my apologies um just for the
record I need to b uh read a brief statement in to the record for PZ2 uh pursuant to section 62-22 of the city code and definitely deferred action initiated by the city will cost the city mail noticing advertising and posting of properties as applicable and also um for the order of the day I would like to
state that mayor Suarez will be sponsoring PH5 and Commissioner Partardo and Chair King will be co-sponsoring RE4 and FR3 thank you Chair thank you i understand there's a pocket item there are May I introduce the the pocket items
now well should I do that now or set the agenda if you if you introduce them now then they can be incorporated into the public comment period perfect okay let's introduce them now all right so first pocket item I have is a resolution of
the Miami City Commission declaring no objection and supporting the code designation by the Florida Legislature pursuant to Senate Bill 14801480 designating that portion of Southwest 57th Avenue between US 41 Southwest 8th Street and West Flaggler
Street Miami Florida as Manolo Reyes Boulevard further directing the city clerk to transmit a copy of this resolution to the Florida Department of Transportation District 6 for sign installation within the newly designated roadway second pocket item is a resolution of
the Miami City Commission making provisions for early voting in the city of Miami pursu Florida pursuant to section 100.3605 Florida statutes for the special election to be held on June 3rd 2025 to fill the vacancy in the city commission district 4 office designating
certain sites and a schedule for early voting containing a severability clause and providing for an immediate effective date that's it thank you at this time may I have a motion to set the agenda motion second all in favor motion
carries unanimously thank you hi Elvis hold on one second we are going to I have a time certain item okay Elvis I'm sorry where did Elvis go i'm sorry um the public comment period is now open anyone who wishes to speak
on any item that is on the agenda please step forward good morning good morning commissioners elvis Cruz 631 Northeast 57 Street regarding PZ7 which is the amendment to rescend three floors of bonus height for T5 in Coconut Grove
please do so the last minute amendment in 2023 that allowed those three extra stories to T5 and Coconut Grove is another example of what is wrong with the city of Miami where we have government of developers for developers by developers
commissioner Partardo and Chairwoman King please know that that 2023 legislation also allowed three more floors to T5 on Biscane Boulevard i urge you to amend that legislation to not
allow that bonus in the Upper East Side which deserves as much protection as Coconut Grove does i urge you to not only approve PZ7 but to also initiate an investigation as to how that lastminute amendment to allow eight stories in
Coconut Grove attached to that item in 2023 who initiated it at whose instructions who stood to benefit we've heard a lot about transparency and accountability over the years from city officials here's an opportunity to act
on those important principles please do so also it would be nice if commission meetings started on time people take time off from work and make other arrangements to be here it's not nice to make the public wait almost every meeting in closing I'd like to ask
everyone here who is in support of removing the three floors of bonus height in T5 in Coconut Grove to please stand and be recognized or raise your hands so please commissioners take a look around these people took time off to be
here and you all know that for everybody that took time off to be here there are many many more that weren't able to make it thank you thank you good morning Madame Chair commissioners thank you very much you
know a constant theme of my addressing this uh respected group is the necessity and the admiration of courage for each of you in your positions to represent your communities and to try to do the
best that's possible i respect the courage especially when situations arise where we have to remove or change things that have been done before us that as I've said before is often the most difficult time in our lives thank you
very much commissioners for having that and doing that and then secondly let's again muster the courage to correct an error and that is the one with the PZ7 that we can change the T5 bonus height
chairman my name is Mel Minehard i live at 3075 Virginia Street in Coconut Grove but I speak with many folks from across the city i thank you for your leadership and I thank you and hope that we can we can remove this bonus hype thank you
thank you good morning good morning Madame Chairwoman uh it's been a long time since I come to commission meetings um my name is Beva Man and uh I just wanted to know that um I am very thankful that Commissioner Gabella um took this item out for the
trees um we worked very hard for for that ordinance and I do think that um perhaps for the CRA area that you're working on that's going to be created something can be worked along those lines for that area so that you can have
that development happen um thank you so much um Commissioner Caro thank you for uh Father Huang M lopez Way father Lopez was um for my kids the the priest at St peter and Paul um which turned out to be
the very cool priest that would jog in little shorts on the bridge to Biscane Boulevard every morning so that's a that's a great uh honor to him um I know some items are are have been deferred um I did have to take time off just to be
here and it could be deferred again but just for um the PZ5 item I have a couple of issues that I want to bring to your attention as a concern i do own a duplex uh property which has two units ma'am that's been deferred okay just for tax
basis I think this should be looked into a little bit more thank you thank you good morning good morning albert Gomez 3566 Vista Court District 2 uh I came here first and foremost to honor Commissioner Manola Reyes okay we lost
the champion and one thing he taught us all is when you fail you get back up and you try again and again and again and a good portion of the people in this gallery did exactly that for FR1 and I think Commissioner Gabella you
showed strength and courage by stepping up and withdrawing that i really appreciate that especially today on Arbor uh you know representing Arbor Day and Earth Week it just means so much to the
community that you listened to us i can't wait to break bread with you and partner with you and collaborate with you it shows that you're a good actor so thank you secondly I want to talk about process i talked about it last time the
cons the consistent deferrals are hurting us we really try to get engaged but we can't because things get deferred you know and and even in PZ7 that shows something similar to what is in PZ5 is that there are districts there
are these overlying Miami 21 these larger programs that are in place and our law that you can't just swoop in drop in something that actually edits those larger
programs under the guise of of of of bringing progress help us by being using process using your boards and engaging the public around these very very big issues which will change the the
character of neighborhoods so please whether it be a tree whether it be a an accessory unit whether it be heights you need to engage the public and realize what's on the books thank you so much
thank you good morning Madam Chair and commissioners my name is Jeff i live a few blocks away in beautiful Coconut Grove i'm reading from my phone because it's my very first time speaking at a commission meeting so I'm quite nervous but I'm grateful for the
opportunity so I'm here today to express my strong support for PZ7 which excludes all properties in the Grove under NCD3 from T5 bonus height pz7 restores the original language of
the ordinance for NCD3 and received unanimous 8 to0 support from planning zoning and appeals board last week all of that you obviously know what I am here is to simply share a few things one please know this is good for our
neighborhood two please know that it is strongly supported by residents many folks are here today but many folks could not be here due to work and due to family and please know that this is deeply important to me which is why I am
here speaking before this commission for the very first time during the workday and with that said I strongly and respectfully ask the commission to please support PZ7 i want to thank our district 2 commissioner Damen Partardo for sponsoring this item and to him and
his full team for being in tune with the needs of his district and its constituents their hard work does not go unnoticed thank you thank you good morning good morning Commission sen Garcia 3240 Mary Street i'm speaking on behalf of
PZ7 uh in September of 2023 then Commissioner Kov introduced certain language to amend the bonus height area if you will that allowed for a carve out of the bonus height in NCDC
section specifically in our case NCD3 this basic amendment was substantial in material it allowed for higher development in T3 and T4 zones because of this amendment we had a problem it was a violation by the
commission to vote on this why because of the substantial and material nature of the change it required at the very least notice in common at that period of time this violation by the commission at that time should have never been addressed and this matter was already
discussed in pneumont versus state which stated in part that whenever there is a substantial and material change it does require a formal process such as notice and comment by public and what we're seeking today is simply to write a wrong of the past and to have this commission
correctly invalidate what took place that day and restore the bonus height rules as they originally stood which it would be to include in its entirety no T bonus height and NC3C sections thank you
thank you good morning good morning i want to thank all of you for listening to us i'm here on behalf of PZ7 i was one of several that spoke at the PAB meeting last week none of us are attorneys we were just a group of residents that wanted to convey what
makes Coconut Grove so special and why it's important to preserve the unique charm and character of our village what struck me was despite all of us being strangers that evening our reasons for being here at city hall were the same we love the tree canopy the walkability and
family-friendly atmosphere being in Coconut Grove is almost like stepping back in time those of us that choose to live here don't want to live in a condo canyon we shouldn't be punished for not living in single family homes not every inch of Miami has to be a bustling
metropolis while noble in spirit a transitoriented development can easily be exploited to take advantage of the broad definition the result is that eight-story condos will be looming over five-story buildings without really housing people that will be using the public transportation
there's a massive development covering 85,000 square feet that will be located almost a mile from the Metro Rail Station from the end of May to the middle of October a mile in the rain heat and humidity might as well be 10 miles the unintended consequences are
that the increased number of vehicles will just be creating more traffic and congestion in an area that our roads were not designed to handle i really want to be clear we're not opposed to development we're opposed to buildings that are out of size and scale and disrupt the integrity of the grove
there's overwhelming overwhelming support for PZ7 and I'm really hoping that you'll vote for us thank you so much chair my apologies i have the speaker's name um ma'am Alisa Marguilles and I live at 3333 Rice
Street thank you good morning good morning i'm Nikki Babone 3242 Mary Street um I am here also on behalf of PZ7 um one uh Commissioner Alpardo thank you for the meetings thank you to you and your team um it's been great to have
those kind of catch-ups with you and be able to ask those Q&As's technical difficulties and all um I've been joining in on those and I'm greatly appreciative of those uh one-on-one so to speak with you and Commissioner Gabella thank you for having the strength to do what you did today and lastly I want to extend my deepest
condolences to all of you on the loss of your colleague um I know that that's big a big impact on all of you um I spoke last week at the PAB meeting it was my first time ever coming to a commission meeting and I want to share with you a little bit of a different perspective and that's just as somebody who's gotten
involved and motivated by all of my neighbors um and it's what makes the Grove so special um I love the sense of community here um I'm a first-time home homeowner and I chose Coconut Grove for a reason i distinctly did not want to
live in Bickl i don't want to live amongst highrises i want to be able to walk around safely i want to be able to meet my neighbors i don't want all of the congestion and by putting in buildings that have these higher heights and have more people in these really tightly concentrated areas with streets
that can't handle the congestion we're going to end up destroying what makes this neighborhood so special and destroying the value that all of us bought into um and I just want to really highlight that as a first-time homeowner I bought this on a certain premise i bought this under the premise that
buildings couldn't be a certain height i wasn't going to live amongst highrises and that deserves I have as much all of us who bought that deserve to have our value protected as much as developers who are arguing for the rights of their value and their assurances um that was
something that was brought up last week at the PAB meeting and I just want to highlight that we have value that needs to be protected as well we invested here under a certain set of rules and guidelines so um I just want to say thank you so much for your time and
appreciate your consideration on this matter um for both the future and um as Sen and Alisa said before me and Elvis and a few others you know ones that were grandfathered in thank you thank you good morning hi uh Katrina Morris uh Coconut Grove resident thank you uh
Commissioner Gabella for withdrawing the tree ordinance and and we really appreciate it and listening to your constituents i I sincerely thank you um I I do see a pattern um developing
with legislation that takes a legitimate gripe like like something that we're really really struggling with right and so we want to move like like there's this term in in software uh move fast and break things
so in software you move fast you break things and then you go back and you fix the problems i don't think you can do that with a city i don't think moving fast and breaking things works i think with a city you move slowly you move
incrementally you move uh intentionally looking at problems and and picking them apart and then finding consensus consensus is so so so so hard right everybody wants what they want and
I just am am begging um legislators and and and staff to really slow down and and work with the community and make sure that you know for instance uh having an
8tory um building within a mile of transit sounds great right uh public we need more public housing sounds great right well the well which is what we're talking about my god it's gorgeous inside it's gorgeous inside there's
beautiful pools i don't see those people using transit the the the the least expensive um unit is 1.4 million so I'm just I the arguments sound great i would love to see a little
more deliberation about the realities thank you good morning good morning commissioners and chairman my name is Crystal Rodriguez Mayama Christa Rodriguez and I'm part of the 64th Avenue and 186th
Street up in Hyalia and I want to first and thank you to um the commissioners the chairwoman then the vice chairman for speaking on FR1 today today I thought I was going to go home crying thinking it's going to be de um um
deferred but today I am happy tears because today the item has been redrawn and I thank Commissioner Cablla for doing so um the reason why we want to um oppose this amendment is because we think about our communities i ha as a Hispanic woman I have a lot of members
that live in marginalized places where they where they have high e heat indexes and as you know if we have rising heat indexes in Miami it could lead to heat stroke and heat exhaustion which can lead to dying to dying members of our community we've already seen it in the
city of Miami and it's going to continue soon if we don't incorporate our trees and I also thank you for speaking on giving out providing free trees and also planting trees i also think that's an amazing initiative and I thank you so much for hearing us today and I want to leave you guys with this one thing if we
allow if we continue to allow development and of course we need development we are in a current housing crisis i don't want to pay $1,500 for my next um one bed one bath if we continue to do it at the expense of our native
palm trees or where we get our oxygen and where we rise our heat dances where who are we going to thank for we have to save our trees and let's continue to reduce our um to continue to increase our canopy our 2009 goal
established to 30% right now it's 17 to 18% and if we continue doing what we said we were doing of planting trees and not um withdrawing obviously this amendment was a great initiative we will continue to have that place to stay and I thank you so much thank you um I know
there are some of you going to say I let her speak and the item was withdrawn but she's young and this is her first time here and I did not want to make it a bad experience for her but adults I'm not going to hear it but
I didn't want to give her a bad experience coming here and she doesn't know about the withdrawing and the deferrals and all of that thank you for your advocacy thank you for coming and sharing your views with us it is refreshing that young people come and
get involved and we are looking at a future public servant so I didn't miss that she was talking on an item that was withdrawn i just wanted to give her a good experience here
thank you thank you Chairwoman Kane i also spoke with your office and I spoke to everyone's office yesterday and it was super amazing to talk speak with you guys so thank you for thinking about FR1 today i really appreciate it thank you good morning uh good morning uh I'm Lesley
Jones i'm a resident of 2756 Day Avenue uh in Coconut Grove uh immediately in budding Tiger Tale Mary project uh that is um in contention i just want to express
um my support of the PZ7 um ordinance uh proposed and um I am against the bonus height i too bought into this neighborhood uh coming from a single family in South Coconut Grove uh
and I am very concerned about my investment um and for the neighborhood I I believe that it's going to dramatically affect it's already uh been very difficult um around the project um
that is uh in process now um we don't have sidewalks um we don't have a crosswalk or even a place to put a crosswalk that I know of um so um thank you for listening and I also want to
express um my delight on uh Commissioner Gabala's um statement about uh deferring the getting rid of this the tree ordinance that was in process thank
you so much thank you good morning good morning good morning uh chair chairperson Kristen King Joe Cabella and uh Damen Pardo my name is Ivory Keith uh
I'm in I'm from Overtown with the Dorsy Park area i have a I'm I'm here to talk about FR2 with the noise audience i have I have a clip here across from Dorsy Park as you know there are construction sites um with very very loud noise i
just like to play a quick 42 seconds uh 42 second clip of what residents are experiencing in the Dorsy Park area across from two construction sites and also
uh concerning the noise heat heat as you can see um this is taken at at 7:19 uh back in February this kind of unchecked noise whether from clubs venues or construction is
more than just an annoyance it is a health issue prolong exposure to noise pollution impacts our nervous systems increases stress and anxiety and chips away at our mental and physical well-being fr2 would make it easier for
these harms to expand across the city and once again it's everyday people who will bear the cost thank you we We are not asking for silence we are asking for a balance for respect for the right to rest in our homes please vote no on FR2
thank you so much good morning good morning Madam Chair commissioners steve Warick uh 396 Alhamra work address 251 Swanson Avenue i'm here with my associate hi I'm Owen Warick
um thank you commissioners for having us today i'm here to speak on behalf of the Wimwood Community Enhancement Association on PZ6 um these are some cleanup amendments to the NRD2 zoning that were initiated by your planning
department a few months ago um we've worked with the planning department as an association to provide some feedback this certainly is not um it's not fixing all of the needs of the neighborhood and it's not necessarily an exciting item but but it's it's advancing the
interests um it's helpful so we're in support of this and we appreciate your support i would say that there are a lot of needs still in the neighborhood key priorities this year that um we're really focusing on a mobility plan and
making sure there's a continued balance of the interests of revitalization but also preservation of neighborhood character which is a theme today so on that note um I appreciate your support and um the association will probably
reach out to the commissioner's offices just to to brief you on where things stand in the neighborhood and the progress that's being made with this neighborhood revitalization district thank you thank you um hi good morning and thank you thank
you thank you uh for protecting our mature tree canopy and withdrawing FR1 thank you so much also huge thank you for taking the steps of planting the trees and protecting the soil islands this was a actually you've did that before so I just want to recognize that
you guys are definitely going in the right direction but there are ways that we have to improve how can we recognize Earth Day if we're not environmentally forward i know you said that we are but we're not completely we have uncontrolled growth the city is
going vertical workforce housing trans transportation housing we know all of this is coming and is coming at it hard we have to be very careful with this um Zillow has a new search criteria not sure if you guys are aware of this it's
really kind of scary um they have a search criteria for sustainability so what do you think is going to happen if we don't take care of the environment if we don't take care of the flooding if we don't take care of our heat index if we allow building all
the way to set you know property lines and all of this and our area becomes unbearably hot and not sustainable it's Zillow is the number one search engine for consumers i'm a realtor a realtor environmentalist i do understand the need for growth it needs to be smart
growth and Zillow doing that is very very interesting 80% of their followers voted on that and they are concerned with the environment uh supply and demand another that's the golden rule of real estate who's going to want to live here it's really up to you it's
happening much faster than we thought it's going to happen during our lifetime um we need smart sustainable growth it's job security it's the future of our city our economy the entire Florida economy the reverend said something very interesting he said uh
very eloquently in his prayer "What happened in South Florida shapes the world." And that's true and it's on you i don't envy your position because you got a lot of decisions to make but with all of this growth please be very careful and I do have a lot of ideas thank you i know you know that thank you
thank you good morning good morning everyone maurus Flores Alapara Collaborative CDC i want to thank Commissioner Gavea for continuing to be a champion not only for Alapata in District 1 for but really for the city of Miami um we're here in support of PH6 encouraging the creation of the Alpata
CRA we continue to support the initiative by ensuring the meaningful community input and we see we would love to see more forward movement on this item today thank you all thank you good morning good morning my name is Robert Granoff i've been a citizen of Miami
since 1945 and I want to know why the city allows the road repairs to be in the condition they are when the city gives a permit to dig up the road to put
pipes or electricity or whatever the utilities are necessary who inspects the job when it's completed who makes sure that the road is in the same condition it was before they tore it up and why doesn't the city
do something about it instead of having the roads a disaster i just came from Bickl on Bickl and 22nd Avenue with the new construction going there the road is atrocity the city should not allow citizens or companies or utilities
whatever to destroy the roads that we pay millions of dollars to repair every year to repave the roads to have these companies destroy it for us thank you for your time thank you good morning good morning commissioners thank you for this
opportunity my name is Edward Martos office is at 2800 Pon Boulevard i'm here on behalf of two different entities 3151 Southwest 27th Avenue Propco and 3172 Southwest 27th Avenue Propco with
respect to and I'm here to speak uh with respect to PZ7 uh our clients these two different entities have filed applications in reliance on the city's ordinance regarding bonus height they have
obtained waivers or applied for waivers they are in the process of obtaining building permits they have invested uh tremendous sums of money in order to purchase and acquire this property all in reliance on the approvals on the existing law on what has been in place
now for multiple years but more importantly what has been contemplated in the uh comprehensive plan for many many years which is to develop properties as infill properties along transit corridors and near train
stations so we'd like to simply state that given that we applied prior to the proposed amendment our application should proceed under the existing laws given the substantial changes we've made we've submitted a letter into the I will
be submitting or rather my son uh Harrison will be submitting a record a letter into the record with um Todd and the city clerk and we've also submitted that to your offices we hope that between first and second reading one
sentence edition could be added to the ordinance to clarify that if you're in the process you're in the pipeline you've expended funds you are vested and you should have some entitlement to to continue your project thank you excuse me chair um my apologies Mr marus i did
respond to your email the city clerk's office does not submit any documents into the public record on behalf of the public so hopefully you're submitting your letters into the public record now do you have My son is doing that right now thank you very much Todd i appreciate that thank you everyone good day
thank you good morning good morning everyone iris is with offices at 33 sec um Southeast Second Avenue i'm sorry i knew Ed before him and his wife married and had Harrison so I'm so excited to see him today and assisting just let you know
Greenberg Tour is hiring Harrison don't don't don't listen to your dad um with that said I'm here this after um this morning on behalf of ABCG Owner LLC and just like Ed Mart eloquently put into the record we too have a vested right
with regards to this PZ7 pz7 is actually reducing a development right which this board has every authority to advance with and do so so long as it doesn't impact uh property rights and one of the things that we wanted to make sure that
um is clear is that those applications which are deemed a complete application either an e- plan or an IBUID um are able to pursue on reliance on the law applicable at the time of the application if not it raises the standard to judgmental reliance in that
we relied on the law um that was permissible at such time with that said um I'm going to put this into the record to confirm our address our owner and our vesting as you all proceed to advance with whatever action you may want to take thank you thank you
good morning good morning i thought I was going to bad clean up here but I think there's somebody behind me but I'll I'll be succinct my name is Clifford Lash i reside at 2811 South Bay Shore Drive but I'm here on behalf of the South Bay Shore Drive Condo
Association which represents a string of condominiums along South Bay Shore Drive and the alliance represents approximately 1,200 units all of whom are keenly interested in what I'm about to mention i'm here to support strongly
PZ7 um put it succinctly Coconut Grove is a very unique place responsible development should enhance Coconut Grove not destroy it and I think what PZ7 does is is
uh put in place or put back in place the framework that was originally in place to protect Coconut Grove and um foster responsible but not irresponsible development um so I urge you to pass that provision
uh another more minor item FR2 i strongly oppose FR2 or we strongly oppose FR2 more noise for longer during the day is not a good idea in a uh community like Coconut Grove and it's hard to imagine how it could be a good
idea thank you thank you good morning good morning my name is Nol Cleveland i'm at 5990 Southwest 50th Street in Miami and I'm also here representing the Sierra Club i wanted to thank you all for recognizing Earth Day
this Earth Week uh and and remembering that every day is Earth Day because we need to preserve and protect our planet every single day that we're here uh it's not it's not a one event day it's a lifetime commitment uh in in that sense I'd like to also remind everybody that
when we're talking about our tree canopy uh protecting that tree canopy is an investment for today planting a tree is an investment for for the next generation but we won't see any benefits from that from that tree canopy for for many years to come so the important
thing is we make sure we're funding the maintenance uh of the trees that we have and that's important i want you to all consider that when going forward thank you thank you good morning good morning and appreciate the
opportunity to speak with you this morning uh my name is Jonathan Lieberman uh I'm here on behalf of myself as also I'm president of the Grove at Graham Bay an association across the street with 99 units we're also part of the association
um I'd like to um express um my support for PZ7 the revocation of the bonus height uh I think I would like also I definitely would like to thank uh Commissioner Partardau for his outreach
and for discussions we've had about this subject um uh I moved here from New York City approximately four years ago um lived in the West Village uh the Grove uh the grove is the best and the most
approximate approximation of the west village of New York City and I think understanding and keeping the scale of the village uh and the grove are two things that really should be protected and I understand that um rules were
changed a couple of years ago seems like it was done uh maybe in the middle of the night and it's there's an opportunity I think for the commissioners to re-evaluate how that was done and perhaps put a
moratorum in place on projects that are currently in permit while there's an evaluation whether you're changing the scale and the nature of an area i appreciate your time and your consideration thank you morning good morning good morning
everyone good morning commissioners um I want my name is Ryza 992 Northwest Fifth Street in Little Havana i applaud you for taking this bold move to withdraw um these items um not only the tree
ordinance item but also um deferring CA3 as well i think that it's very important to stay focused um and hopefully not defer again in June 12th um because these items all impact the city of Miami
i am a born native of this city um where my grandparents have invested um their sweat and their tears and my parents too and now I stand here um and ask you all
that the issues on these agendas um are important you guys legislate you guys inspire or not um the future of this city many of us have invested not only
money but time um joy tears all of it this is an economic moment for our city we are faced with critical issues that will impact the future of this city and so it
is on you coming this election year to really dive into the issues and the need of this city not only for new investors but for the future the ones that have been here for more than 30 40 50 years
this is our city people come here because of a reason this is the Ellis Island of Latin America and to many around the world so I leave you guys um with my my strength and my power and that
hopefully you guys really um take a look and vote on good things for our city thank you thank you good morning good morning brenda Bancor 1436 Street in support of RE2
um Margarita Farway i think it's very um normal that we are actually starting recognizing people that actually make contribute to the to the city in so many ways and support for um the mayor marriages from Manolo I
think is is really important for many of us um and in supporting RE5 just um just want to say I hope that you guys
start paying attention to a lot of the things that we have a problems with it's not just about the trees but support the seniors that are looking to have expansion of the house i hope that we can hear that when coming back and finalized as a second reading
since people been asking me about if they're going to be able to build their 850 square ft back and um it's something that maybe you guys did not pay attention but a lot of people are paying attention and seniors are very interesting on building those so let's
hope for you guys to think about that one and bring it back and I just have a question for the four of you i was in several meetings this week with different home association and I know that you guys increasing some um police
force in this in downtown Miami Rico i hope that you guys think about Little Havana as well um we do have in the east side a little bit that we need to increase the capacity of police if it's possible so keep that in mind thank you
thank you good morning good morning chairman uh commissioners maria Gonzalez 436 Northeast 77 Street Road uh upper east side of Miami uh so I'm here for FR2 uh it's in reference to the noise and I know it's about juke boxes and
things like that but just yeah the construction and the noise that continues throughout uh the city uh Commissioner King as an example uh the building on 79th in Biscane the old INS
building uh rather you know to take into consideration the noise level uh rather than you know having them implode that building they have been at it for two and three months tearing it down they still have probably another month and
the noise level in the winter I like to live with my windows open so I I'm at home i like to live with my uh windows open and the noise level is terrible the other thing is that building was built in 1963 and the
asbestous uh I can only imagine I go wash my car and within 3 hours it's full of you know it's dirty again so just take in general take into consideration you guys are indoors AC
you know all nice but just take into consideration when you know and the staff whenever they have uh you know decide on tearing down a building think about the noise level that's going on uh in the city and the construction and
just have them imploded they have the money imploded get it done finished so thank you for considering that in the future it's been established thank you anyone else for public comment seeing none the public comment
period is now closed thank you for your advocacy at this time I'm going to ask my colleagues if they would like to pull any of the CA items for discussion commissioner
no commissioner good chair no but I'd like to present a motion for the two pocket items that we have okay there's a a motion for the pocket item u that pocket one pocket one item one in
pocket two pocket one is the one reaffirming the um position that this commission took at the last special meeting for the special elections as uh include included here in pocket two is
the uh pocket item designated southwest 57th Avenue between a street and Flagger Street as Manola Reyes Boulevard yes um slight correction pocket one is Manola Reyes Boulevard and pocket two is early
voting i have a motion do I have a second second i have a motion and a second all in favor i motion carries unanimously now for the CA items I will make a motion for the
CA items ca one two and four i have a motion second chair i see that our procurement director is here that needs to say something yes good morning uh madame chair commissioners for CA1 I
have an amendment um that the increase to capacity shall not exceed 150,000 per year this is for the background screening services thank you this is for for which one ca1 ca1 ca1 background screening services so I have a motion
for CA1 2 and four ca1 as amended all in favor i motion carries unanimously gentlemen are there any of the PH items that you would like to pull for discussion yes uh chairman I'd like to
pull PH6 for a brief uh discussion and make a motion for the rest of the PH items okay um may I have a second for the second okay so I have a motion and a second for
PH1 3 four five and seven all in favor oh chair i did you want to include six no it's been pulled for discussion oh I'm sorry my apologies and just for the record uh PH3
as amended okay so I have a motion and a second and um PH5 I believe has a slight amendment um just to indicate that FIU will be matching the grant so uh PH5 will be modified as well
okay so just so everyone is clear I have a motion and a second for PH1 PH3 as amended PH4 PH5 as amended to include matching language from the FIU from FIU
University PH7 all in favor i I I motion carries unanimously and now for discussion PH6 um when this came up before us at the
last commission meeting I had asked uh the administration to give us an amount that this is going to cost the general fund and to tell me where we were replacing those funds into the
general fund i was given an amount that uh I stated for the record that seemed awful awful low and in fact when the administration met with me afterwards in fact yesterday I was
correct so uh Mr manager if you could get your representative to come up and explain to us what is the real number that this will be costing the city uh throughout
the lifetime of the the new CRA and where we going to have the replacing funds that will be leaving the general fund which means the funs that we use
for everyday police fire garbage collection and many other or city service how will we replacing those funds uh back in because if you take money
away there's only two ways of resolving it you're going to make cuts or you're going to find new money to replace it good morning uh Kevin Crowder with Business Player the consultant working on the project um Commissioner answering
your question the projections that we worked on over a 30-year period show that the full amount of the tax increment that would be generated over that period would be $534,5994 that would be the full at a full 95% district that would be
generated from the city increment that's based on 95% not 100% yes sir why did you use 95% is that an estimate in case it fluctuates the way the statute is worded the amount of increment ranges from 50% to 95% so
95% would be the most amount of increment that the CRA could could receive okay so this would be uh almost $535 million correct correct over over a 30-year period and Mr springs how much
do you say to us in the record at the last meeting that it would generate i actually uh Larry Spring chief financial officer I read uh mistakenly the um year 2055 number into the record
which was the whole amount yeah it was 40 what I read into the record was 40 million 40.9 million um from the city side okay so you're looking you're looking at 41 million versus 535 million
right that's a night and day difference wouldn't you say yeah absolutely okay so how are we replacing throughout the life of of this new
CRA that money into the general fund where have you identified either cuts or new revenue to replace that money so um as far as our the the development of this uh process and exercise that we we
went through and the recommendation that we've made is that we do not um enact a 95% CRA to begin which would cut that number in half um so that was if that's
the only mitigating um uh recommendation that we've made okay so now the 535 million will be cut in half right uh and I correct that that would come to
approximately 343 million uh no that uh that would be 2 281,368160 what I have here that you guys gave me yesterday was 342,645,890 that's the approximate that's the county portion
the county portion ours then is what ours is 534 599504 total or 95% and half of that 90 95% is how much again 5 534 yeah 599
right 504 that's what we said now so what is the 50% of that of that number is 281 368 160 281 Go ahead 368 368 160
yes sir so over 281 million even though what you gave me yesterday right shows differently shows uh a significant amount more I think uh over 61 million more is what I have here um
uh I have total 342,645 890 890 that's the county portion and at 50% it says 180 million 33 that's the county's portion that's the county's portion that would also be 50% of the county's portion okay then I
guess I didn't have the city's portion that I was given on the 50% well I do i see it now that you have it was strange how you put it you put it under the original one the 281 368 160
all right so if you're recommending 50% this doesn't mean that uh the majority of the commission would approve it or not but let's say that he does instead of the 535 million at the
95% M where are you either making cuts or finding new revenues to supplement the money that's going out from the general fund where we paid police fire code sanitation etc etc so going back to
what I just put on the record the the the reason as a CFO I recommended um to the commissioner that we do a 50% and and I probably should put this on the record for context there's an existing base right now um that we're starting which which
will be the base year that'll be established as of if passed today January uh January 1st or December 31st of 2025 um we have what's existing
current base current base is 2.6 all right that's revenue 18 million oh 2 so our current base is 2.6 6 billion taxable that generates 18 $18 million we
will maintain that base amount on the general fund side going forward so that's step one that's the contextual statement how are you going to maintain it it's it stays we don't get it so we remember we only get what what what gets
developed above the base year so our starting point is the 2.6 so we'll continue to get the um base year and the base year related growth going forward to your point but if if you allow me
Commissioner but to your point yes typically in these situations the increment we would not receive and the only mitigator cuz I I looked at it also similarly from the perspective that you did that as we
continue to grow as a city we will have continued growth obviously in police fire solid waste and everything else and that's why I made the recommendation to not take the full 95 but I'm recommending that we only take half and that half will allow us to help mitigate
our increase in cost that was so that's the only exercise that we've done at this point larry let let me be very frank with you the explanation that you given me is you kind of ran around even worse than when you said 40 million the
last meeting when it was 535 million uh which is a night and day difference that doesn't make sense at all to me what you're giving me but nevertheless let's go to the point so I I could show the difference of what I had proposed before to Mr
a and what he's getting now excuse me excuse me i have I have no but here we go again here we go again you're going to speak to 20 minutes and I'd like to say something because this guy can't debate for an hour i'd like to answer
him what he's saying i'd like to put some numbers i know and I want to answer him i want to answer him with the numbers with the numbers with the numbers let them finish he asked a question let him answer the question and then I think he answered a lot of questions but he's allowed to ask questions of course and but I'm going to
I'm going to educate him on the numbers that he's talking about allow you to speak when he's finished thank you thank you thank you he will be the last guy that could educate anybody but Mr springs
in the remaining three years that Mr ga has in his term and then let's say that he gets reelected in the following four years how much is this going to bring to the Alipata area because the
bulk of what's going to be coming is going to be coming much much in later years when neither he nor anybody here will be in this commission uh you want to give me a year range so TW we're starting in on our on our run
we start 2027 okay 26 in the next fiscal year or 27 27 so fiscal year 27 so he'll have one year left of his term then and then give me the additional four years oh dear after 27 give me 28 29 30 31 so
we could assume and make believe that he gets reelected and he's got five years how much money is that bringing so from 2027 to we'll call it 2032
31 I believe 28 29 30 31 that's 5 years 6 10 15 so from 2027 to 2020 excuse me 21 20 27 to 2031 31 um
and I'll read the years because I'm estimating right now i'm rounding up so a million 3 million six 10 you don't have to give me 15
million okay 15 million beginning in 27 years until 31 15 million and the proposal that I had presented for Alipata that we didn't have to create a CRA that by the way
with the law that is going to be passed in the state legislature this whole plan is make believe because this will not go anywhere the state is going to prevent it from moving forward But the plan that I had prevented before that was not
creating a CRA it was not taking money from uh the general fund that had not been removed already so in other words we didn't have to worry about uh replacing money new money that were taken from the
general fund for police fire sanitation etc uh would have given ALPA in maybe six months in bonding out over $200 million is that correct in my figures uh approximately yes i I don't have the
number right in front of me yes this is a prime example why I cannot vote for this if we're going to make an impact in Alipata and I think we should and I will support it it needs to be a significant impact that it could be made that
doesn't affect our present dollars from the general fund but to come up with an idea that's going to bring in just a few dollars
through five years beginning in 2027 so we're looking at really 6 and 1/2 years from now uh that he won't even be around when the real money comes in to make an impact and that we truly cannot show how
we're bringing the replacement uh for that money or where the cuts are coming from this is the reason that I can't vote for this i will vote for something that would make a true impact uh for the people of that and an
immediate impact thank you commissioner Cabella and then Commissioner Commissioner Partardo um you want him to No commissioner just quick I just like to say something real quick after all I am the one hosting
this and it is my district uh u you know number one you know do me a favor don't go for it i don't want your vote i don't need your vote i don't need your suggestion that's number one number two the plan that you had you just talked and talked and talked okay but you never had anything concrete okay number three
right now when the when the CRA becomes implemented from that day forward it will be capped what we were collecting in property taxes the city will continue to collect so nothing has changed there this will spur development okay like it has in your area and like it has in
yours madam chair okay and that and that money is where that money is going to come from the city is not going to be touched because when when when that's capped that the the uh the implementation of the Alipata CRA is done whatever stays below that level okay continues to come into the city
like it is now am I not correct in that Larry that's that is correct okay so what you are saying is complete off and and but and the concern you share from my area boy it's incredible you know what I mean but look you're just putting trying to put a monkey wrench let's call the vote up or down yes or no and we're done with the subject please
commissioner Partardo I just want to make one clarification actually for the public this is not money that's being taken away from the general fund that's not what's happening in today's dollars it doesn't exist yet right it doesn't even exist but even if it did in today's
dollars what we're talking about is the increase so if you're talking about $10 million in the general fund a 10% increase you're talking about $1 million that increment right correct and you're saying we're taking half of that increment $500 that's our recommendation that's the recommendation that's what we
have before us what's No no no that's not here that'll come in the in the interlocal business so my point is that CRAAS work with the city administration oftentimes we pay for city debt service or we pay other
city Exactly so this isn't a an us against them it's not the general fund against Alipata CRA or any other CRA they actually work hand in hand very well and this is a great proposal for Alipata absolutely support it and you know call the question let's do it madam
chair it's just 30 seconds call the question call the question on the second commissioner call the question commissioner you're what's the rules here because he's just going to keep doing this all day long and we're going to be here listen you can be a thug and your
name the only stoper you're out of order he has a question he's allowed to speak todd I asked you to give all of us training on decorum and procedure and policy he is allowed to ask a question
commissioner I'm just going to make a statement 30 seconds we all know that every year the price of everything goes up we have negotiations with our unions we have to pay them increases in
salaries we have to pay more for everything each year that's why any increase in property taxes is from the general fund that we need if we're going to be taking all that from the future in monies that we receive now then that
will have an impact uh on this city on races that employees are going to demand uh on expenses that this city will have thank you thank you call the question do I have a motion motion second second i'm
sorry second i'm sorry h6 needs to be amended pursuant to a substitution memo dated April 22nd 2025 so I have a motion and a second as amended all in favor hang on as amended did anything change from the last time all we did was we
added the legal description legal description to a more formal meets and balance all right call the I have a motion and a second as amended all in favor i motion motion carries 31 thank you and at this time Mr city
Attorney would you please read the title for FR2 into the record yes Madam Chair fr2 no I'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry f FR3 into the record fr3 first reading ordinance an ordinance
of the Miami city commission amending chapter 38 article one of the code of the city of Miami Florida as amended titled parks and recreation in general by creating section 38-29 titled naming of Manolo Reyes Park to provide for the naming of the property consisting of
approximately 302,36 ft located at 6030 Southwest 2 Street Miami Florida as Manolo Reyes Park further directing the city manager to take any and all actions necessary to effectuate the naming of the park containing a severability clause and
providing for an immediate effective date so move thank you i'm going to ask my colleagues if they would give me a motion for FR4 and FR3 i chair that's RE4 i'm sorry re4 and FR3 i have a motion
re4 and FR3 yes yes mot a second i have a motion and a second all in favor motion carries unanimously congratulations and I have the family of Commissioner Reyes here um wow this is amazing uh what a special
tribute um you know on um as as far as West End Park um you it's a park that my my my kids affectionately would call it Ab's Park that's what they would call their Aello Abue and uh so it was always
identified as Awe's Park for in our family right um when he um when dad got in from uh or came back from University of Florida that's the park he used to have a softball team in University of Florida called Kibbe and that's where um
he reorganized Kibbe to start playing softball there again and so I grew up going with dad to to West End Park and um you know playing there and running around in the fields and that's where I used to you know play basketball um you
know through my formative years and um what a beautiful honor and the the mayor Meridus item as well i mean that's just it's just amazing um on behalf of of our family I'd just like to say that um we
are overwhelmed with all the love that uh that the city has poured out to us um and to him dad was a a very noble man a man of service um a man that um if he would if you were to ask him he'd
probably be looking down saying "I don't deserve this uh you know I was just doing what I knew was right to do." And um and to serve his people and so I'm really honestly rare for me i'm I'm lost you know in what what else to say except
um thank you on behalf of our family thank you so much um you know this place will always have a special place in our heart as well um thank you very much to all of you i can tell you on behalf of us it is our
honor to do it it is truly our honor to do it and he deserved it and more thank you thank you for sharing him with us what's up george while we wait would you please read the titles into the record for the
remaining first reading ordinance okay we have um F FR2 R1 was deferred F FR2 first reading ordinance an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending chapter 36 section 36-4 of the code of the city of Miami Florida as amended city code titled
noise operation of radios photograph raphs or other sound making devices bands orchestras and musicians generally exemption in chapter 36 section 36-5 of the city code titled noise same hours of operation of juke boxes radios etc exemption for events on city-owned
property relaxation to create alternate hours for restrictive times and alternate distances for sound for the Miami Riverside Specialty District containing a servability clause and providing for an effective date i support FR2 with the exception of
removing the 5 a.m noise allowance that goes to 5:00 a.m so I would support this if we can take out the provision of going to 5:00 a.m i'd like to leave the noise
ordinance as it is but I support the other items in this um ordinance can we do that so motion Madam Chair I I I think you might be conflating the two items because remember there's the um there's an
exception that has three items one of them is the extension of the noise to from three to five okay that's not this one that's not this one this is that noise district um which changes the um noise requirements in the Riverside district oh I'm in favor of that okay um
may I have a motion i'm sorry where are we at fr2 fr2 i I motioned okay if I could understand the motion again chairwoman so I don't have any that that's for another item that I was talking about so this one I'm okay with it as it is this one goes until what
time i don't think it has a um it's not it's not an until what time it doesn't it that's not that ordinance it's just a regular Hold on i'll I'll read the um the change
in the Miami Riverside specialy district uh chairwoman is wararf yeah the is where the warf is that area yes the warf uhhuh uh I just want to and and this one goes directly
to the Riverside Specialty District only mhm all right uh let me just wait for the answer of the record from the city attorney and we'll vote now in in that area to the best of my
recollection there's no residential it's much farther down the river uh across the river into district 3 Mr city attorney will there be an impact in the amount of feet
that is being placed here i'm sorry I missed the question i was saying that from the best of my recollection uh the area that we're looking at is not near residential buildings they're
further down somewhat from this area in in district in district five but my question is across the river into district three uh where Jose Marti Park uh will basically
be there's a new very huge building going to the right of Jose Marti Park um how could it affect district three from across the river um in in the feet that we're talking
about here so as as written um the current noise ordinance says that it is unlawful for any person having a business to make any loud unnecessary excessive unusual noise um that is directly audible at a
distance of 100 ft this ordinance changes it to 1,000 ft from the building structure vehicle or premises on which it is produced so you would extend that 100 ft to 1,000 ft which may affect some residential properties across the river
it would be I think basically this new building maybe i I don't know yeah we we could get you I guess um a thousand foot radius diagram off that map because that map runs along the river and you had asked earlier about the hours um it
would change the hours of noise um which would be 11:00 p.m on Monday to 7:00 a.m on Tuesday 11:00 p.m on Tuesday to 7:00 a.m on Wednesday it will not go at stop
at 11:00 go from 11 at night to 7:00 in the morning those are pretty standard yeah the code says 11 to 7 but then on Thursday it would go from 5:00 a.m on Friday to 9:00 a.m on Friday 5:00 a.m on
Saturday to 9:00 a.m on Saturday 5:00 a.m on Sunday to 9:00 a.m on Sunday and 12:01 a.m on Monday so it would extend the hours of noise for the weekend basically well again in district five I
don't see any impact that it will have because we got the MRC or the old what's going to be the old MRC on one side uh and the new buildings that are going
up there are I think over 1,000 ft the other way to the best of my recollection there's nothing that's within a th000 ft uh I would just be concerned with the impact fact across but there's only one
building maybe that it could have an impact so Madame Chair uh I I will go along uh with us since you're the sponsor uh if in the future uh there's a major problem uh when buildings are up people
are living uh and the noise is coming across and it's going to be quite a few years from now before uh people move into those buildings then I just want to leave it in the record that u for
whomever the next commissioner of district three will be they would have the option to bring that back for discuss discussion of whether the thousand ft would also include be included across the river or not and there will be noise mitigation
efforts so it doesn't it it doesn't impact well that that would be very good there will be no we've discussed that there will be noise mitigation um efforts they they can keep the noise within the area of your district that
there are no residential buildings um but obviously somewhere where uh the music is going to have to be let out you just can't make it disappear if it's going to be in the open so if if they could do
that and keep it within that district that I think will resolve any future problems okay thank you may I have a motion a motion second second all in favor i item passes unanimously
okay we are now on uh our re items are there any items that you guys wish to pull from the re items re 1 to five or six for discussion re
one two five or six didn't we do five or No we did four we did four no I'm ready for a motion unless anybody has so I have a motion do I have a second second uh I'd like to uh pull out separately so we could deal
with it we have RE1 uh that's I don't believe was pulled uh on legal fees uh and the amounts uh
RE 3 has been um deferred until 612 okay re3 was deferred yes until 612 okay and then we have um uh RE4 R5 RE6 i'd like to pull I'm you know not
going to get into any major discussions we I just want to be able to vote in some if I'm not going to vote in others so I'd like to pull R6 RE1 and RA6 uh you said RE3 has been pulled so no yeah
re3 is deferred until June 12th so I I'm ready to vote in the rest okay so may I have a motion for Rot two and RE5 second i have a motion and a second all in favor okay so we could vote on the
others pass passed all right um hold on one second all right um for the record I think I've stated multiple times about RE1 and what what
yeah yeah that's that we agreed for the 500K last time but that's not what it says it says 150 it hasn't been changed chair um so it's my understanding that uh RE1 will be amended pursuant to pursuant to a substitution memo distributed on April
23rd 2025 i think the city attorney could probably elaborate what that substitution entails there was a substitution as uh the city clerk says um which the resolution would now read "The city attorney is directed to inform the city commission whenever legal fees
for outside counsel reach $500,000 in any current or new case where outside council is retained to represent an elected official due to a conflict of interest." Well this says in any new case as well the substitution adds um um the
language I just read which was any current or new case so current meaning that it's an active case currently pending so I I don't take issue with cases moving forward i don't well I won't take
issue with it if it's just a report if it's just a report to say hey this has reached 500,000 um I don't have an issue with that I got a call yesterday I think all of us have
or will get a call regarding litigation with the city that's been ongoing I think like seven years and thousands of legal hours in the case and I just see how I don't know if
that case that I was briefed on yesterday is outside council is it it is not we are the city of Miami is handling that case okay but as a practitioner I know you know cases don't wrap up in a month cases take sometimes years to
resolve and as long as this is merely a report I don't have I I I I don't have an issue with it well can can I weigh in with your Yes please okay so you know we have a a practice here that over up to $25,000 okay you can do something but
over $25,000 you need city uh approval now I am supportive of effort to facilitate the Florida Department of Governmental Efficiencies Review as as the president wants you know and this is this is you know because here's the difference when when we spend money for
example that that he was against the CRA that's something that's you're building there you're putting an investment what we're doing in those cases is just throwing money in the trash okay for you know stupid things that have happened in the past okay and what I'm
saying is let's put a cap and let's yes let's ask for permission okay if it exceeds a certain amount I want 150 I went along with you guys to get something done because something's better than nothing is okay so again let But if you want to defer it and and and you want to study this further we should
maybe defer because again council for litigation that arises out of employees duties as a city employee and and us are protected by the Florida
Constitution i am not going to legislate based on personalities because this doesn't only affect us this will affect our persons that come before us and this is a right
that the state has that the Supreme Court of Florida has upheld has upheld and if it was one of us if it was you and you didn't do anything and somebody was coming after
you and it went past X amount of money because we have to defend it I would not pull my support for it i would I I just wouldn't but I'm also thinking about our employees not just us but our employees well I got an idea i got an idea based
on what you said tell you what let's protect our employees okay this doesn't apply to them okay this applies to us here okay because here's the thing look I understand we can get in trouble okay there you know people don't agree with us and we can get in trouble but you
know the gentleman over there has a track record okay a very bad track record okay to the tune of millions and millions of dollars okay and I just think it's prudent you know on the one hand he speaks out of both sides of his mouth he says that he wants to you know be a a fiduciary you know holder like
like we're supposed to we hold the the the purse springs if you will to the city of Miami to the taxpayer and then on the other hand you know he goes out and and and things happen now I I dare say if you know just like the kid in school you know I got a problem with this one I got a problem with the other one I got a problem with it maybe maybe
I'm the problem okay you know and and again this happens one time two times but to happen concurrently okay with the same person on and on and on okay I just think is prudent okay to to say enough is enough and and look I repeat over
$25,000 you guys know that we got to come in front of this commission okay we're talking here half a million which in and you're right you know in legal fees $25,000 is nothing so that's why maybe it should be five and I was I wanted 150 i was willing to go along to with a with a five just to put something
there some some kind of a threshold if if if you will you know but if you guys I'll leave it there so again let me follow let let me say and I I'm not taking anyone's side here i'm not taking anyone's
side but we cannot legislate based on personalities we ignore the facts we we take lawsuits that were filed against him have been dismissed just recently anyone can file a complaint
against you for any reason we live in a very latigious society i am not willing to take away or put any put any conditions because at the
moment someone or folks don't like him that's not how we legislate listen for me this is not what it is if if you notice even when I have a problem with him I second him because if the cause is right I will do it and I've also said and I've done that plenty of times here with everybody across the board when I
had the problem with you that I favored him on the gym equipment so I've been transparent here and I've been equal across the board however that needs to be a threshold because this is government you know taxpayer money that we are spending okay and all we're saying we're not saying no all we're saying is if something happens over
$500,000 we bring it and we and we you know we talk about it that that's all I'm saying i'm not saying we're not not going to cover it but but you know we we got to get a hold i again I said I support that as long as it is just a report because you cannot and you'll find yourself we will find ourselves and
for our future selves in a lawsuit because you cannot take that right away the city attorney is shaking his head you cannot you cannot take that right away madam Chair I think uh we're kind of talking about transparency and just setting a threshold it's not about
personality or an individual i think what what uh Commissioner Gabell has proposed is have a threshold where it's simply brought and made public and it's disclosed and for transparency sake i think $150,000 is a good amount i've supported it from the beginning but
$150,000 is not a lot of money when you are talking about legal fees right again it is not you will hit $150,000 before you even go to court i realize that but it's a matter of transparency and disclosure there
there i agree with transparency again let me make my concerns clear they can come and report every week but nothing else can be done about that because this is a right afforded to
municipal employees and elected officials that has been upheld by the Florida Supreme Court anything short of this just being a report I am not in favor of it i don't care they can report every $100 that is report as long as it
is just a report and it is on the record that I would not support any other measure other than the reporting factor i would not support trying to make one of us pay our own legal fees and etc etc
all right i I'll I'll reason with you i'll I'll negotiate with you in this since we don't obviously doing it this way we don't have a you know a third vote right no I'll do this it was just a report and we have no no say and it's just going to be a report and let's make it 250 not 500 250 and we get to know
but we're not going to take action on it it's just so the public knows where the money is is going i I I'll do that you know and like that I don't see you know that we have the votes to do the the way I wanted it i'll make the motion 250,000 just a report disclosure i second so
there's a motion and a second all in favor i I I three against one motion carries as amended as amended okay now we are u the budget is
just a report no we're in R6 he wanted to discuss my appointment of the interim U director in Bay wait hold on george um Madam Chair did there was a request by the family uh into whether we could convert the ordinance naming the
park Manoly Park as an emergency ordinance which would dispense with the second reading of the ordinance and make it effective today if the city commission desires to proceed in that fashion we would amend the legislation to show a finding of emergency it
requires a three-force vote we have all four of you here so um if you're willing to do that we'll convert it from a meeting ordinance to an emergency i'll move to make the motion i'll second it i have a motion and a second so the first thing we need to do is we need to reconsider FR3 okay may I have a motion
to reconsider FR3 so moved i have a motion and a second all in favor i I motion carries unanimously now so there's going to be two uh votes we'll require a motion a separate motion for each vote so if you'd like to make a
motion now for your first vote oh can you read the title into the record again yes I will um F FR3 an ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending chapter 38 article 1 of the code of the city of Miami Florida as amended titled Parks and Recreation General in general by creating section
38-29 titled naming of Manolo Reyes Park to provide for the naming of property consisting of approximately 302,36 ft located at 6030 Southwest 2 Street Miami Florida as Manolo Reyes Park further directing the city manager to take any and all actions necessary to
affectuate the name in the park cons containing a severability clause in providing for an immediate effective date i have a motion and second all in favor i motion carries unanimously so then now you'll read the title again and then we're going to take a second vote that's right an ordinance of the Miami City
Commission amending chapter 38 article one of the code of the city of Miami Florida as amended titled Parks and Recreation in general by creating section 38-29 titled naming of Manolo Reyes Park to provide for the naming of the property consisting of approximately
302,36 ft located at 6030 Southwest 2 Street Miami Florida as Manolo Reyes Park further directing the city manager to take any and all actions necessary to affectuate the naming of the park containing a serverability clause and providing for an immediate effective date so moved i have a motion and a
second all in favor i motion carries unanimously as an emergency ordinance as an emergency ordinance commissioner um okay may I have a motion may I have a motion for RE6 motion
second all in favor i I motion passes 31 gentlemen do you need to hear uh a report from budget or was the report that was provided in writing sufficient sufficient i was I was good for me in
the briefing um I was good me too vice chair would you like the Okay that's fine um Mr city Attorney would you read the PZY items titles into the record uh
yes Madame Chair all right our first planning zoning item is PZ1's a resolution does not mean to be read pz2 is indefinitely deferred pz3 PZ3 is a resolution
pz6 PZ 6 second reading ordinance an ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida as amended Miami 21 code specifically by amending appendix P Windwood Norte Neighborhood
Revitalization District 2 NRD2 by amending section two titled purpose and intent to replace the T4 demolition bond requirements with a new process by amending Amending section four titled standards and tables to clarify parking and loading requirements and by amending
section five titled specific to zones to update design standards relating to lot coverage balconies floor plates minimum building height cross block passages and architectural requirements making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz7 first reading ordinance it's an
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 3 titled general to zone section 3.14 titled public benefits program to exclude properties located within or abuing the Coconut Grove
Neighborhood Conservation District NCD3 from being able to utilize T50 bonus height making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz8 is a first reading ordinance an ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending ordinance number
13114 the zoning code of the city of Miami Florida as amended Miami 21 code specifically by amending article 7 section 7.2.3 titled alterations and expansion of non-conforming structures and section 7.2.6 six titled non-conforming uses to
allow existing legal non-conforming public storage facilities in the T5 urban center zone and the T6 urban core zone to repair remodel or alter more than 50% of a non-conforming public storage facility structure and reestablish a non-conforming use by
exception provided the repair remodel or alteration of the structure incorporates the design review criteria set forth in article 4 table 12 of the Miami 21 code making findings ings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date and that's it for the PZ
items okay with PZ1 I would like to take the condition of 5 a.m out of that item PZ1 so if we could take a separate vote on PZ1 excluding the 5 am
um Miss Tap yes uh Chairwoman King Melissa Tapinus 200 Biscane Boulevard for the record I'd like to uh respectfully withdraw the third exception uh to PZ1 which is uh from 3:00 a.m to 5:00 a.m and proceed
only with the first two exceptions uh that would allow the alcohol beverage uh establishment to uh be established and open until 3:00 a.m motion i have a motion second i have a motion and a second all in favor
passes unanimously as amended as amended gentlemen are there any items from the PZ items that you would like to pull for discussion yeah I I want to pull uh three PZ 3 okay and anything else
anyone okay um you wanted to pull for discussion pc3 pc3 do Do we want to vote for anything else or Um I'm waiting to see if he has He said he'll make he Todd said he couldn't hear you he'll make a motion
for everything else oh second uh so let me read it into the record what everything else is it would be PZ 4 PZ 6 and 7 as amended and PZ 8 so I have a motion and a second all in
favor i okay let me just for the record PZ 4 6 7 and 8 pass and 6 and 7 is as amended and for discussion is PZ3 pz3 is an appeal so it's a quasi
judicial appeal okay so are there anyone here for PZ3 is there anyone here for PZ3 um good morning madam chairperson and members of the commission i'm in Maro attorney with offices at 701 Bickl Avenue my firm is representing the the
appellant on this matter the appeal is going to be handled by my colleague Alan Kusher who's on his way to commission so if this item could be heard after your lunch break that'd be appreciated that said you know we I can respond to any
comments but it's an appeal so we would like the opportunity to present our appeal sorry okay i Yes sir i apologize but I don't think we're going to be coming back from lunch break i think we're going to He's
on his way yeah i'm Then we'd have to defer it because I think I could wrap this up by lunch so we'd have to it's the pleasure of the the commission he's on his way commissioner Gabella do you have a problem with anything here no so you
guys to to be very uh brief Commissioner you guys um have denied the appeal correct this he has recommended denial your position i just wanted to make like because the uh you came to my office a while back with the uh with with the applicant and then I also met with
somebody from the headboard and and I said that that this is when they were still in my area that then became the your area it's actually your area now and what I was upset about and what I said was to to um to the u uh the lady I know the lady that used to be loan to
the headboard if if if this is an attempt okay by you guys to ever stop anything from happening there I am not supportive go back to the drawing board and negotiate but but if I see that there's any attempt that this is just something to keep the applicant from
ever building anything and keep them in limbo I am not for it okay i just want to put that on the on the record because what's in discussion here and I I respect what you guys said the there's a boat house uh that's the the the shell of the boat house which is really you
know I go by the it's it's three walls okay and and you're calling it historic right and u and the way the am I correct in that David so far so u correct as far as the designation of that structure you
know that was done some years ago um you know and it is it is uh you know a signature component of the spring garden neighborhood so so when the when her applicant bought the property okay that was already designated that that is
correct okay because I I was told that the applicant did not know at the time or an I want to be just with through the chair and with absolute uh appreciation for Commissioner Gella's you know input
this is an appeal and you know we have a court reporter here um and we want to make our case and establish the record so it's important that we follow the procedures for handling the appeal before this commission so that if we
need to you know follow up and and take our appeal to court that the proceed the processes are followed properly i believe that the item should be deferred because whoever needs to be here is not here um that's not our fault
our meeting is almost over so so motion to defer nobody else has anything to say motion motion to defer second i have a motion and a second all in favor thank you it's deferred through um May
8th may 22nd may 22nd may 22nd thank you thank you we now have two discussion items remaining
um actually uh it's a motion to I'm sorry i have a another pocket item to appoint someone to the Yes and my apologies chair i was
supposed to bring this up during the day um so Commissioner Partardo uh would like to make an appointment to the planning zoning and appeals board he would like to appoint Mario Bailey to one of his vacant seats motion second should I open that up for
public comment yes please i'd like to now open the floor for public comment on this item appointing Mario Bailey to the PAB Pab board seeing none public comment period
is closed i have a motion and a second all in favor i motion carries unanimously thank you chair okay and now back to our discussion items thank you chair if I could go to DI2 um this is uh a motion
to invite the Florida State Department of uh efficiency Dodge to come into the city of Miami uh and assist us in looking for any
government ways fraud or efficiency i don't have a problem with that so do I have a motion it's a motion second i don't know how you guys feel so uh
well I don't see the CFO here is he here okay i couldn't see him behind the chair so short in my briefing I was told that there are certain conditions that need to be met
in order to trigger such a Well let me clarify if I can through the chair the governor's office asked all municipalities to affirm their compliance with his uh directive we sent
that affirmation on April 8th of this year what the affirmation required us to do is affirm that we have not had any um we have not had any of the we have
not met any of the conditions under statute 218 for financial emergency since 20 from 2018 through today i just just needed to clarify that we sent that affirmation to the governor's office that's a totally different thing uh that
was asked and that the city affirmed this is different more in tune with what the state would like cities to participate with them in okay but I'm just I just let you know we did send the confirmation that we did not meet any of
those criteria that's something different very different so So I've been advised so in other words we were in good financial health and it did not trigger I I'm not going to use the word good financial health we we affirmed what
they asked us which is have we met and it came from the Doge Department have we met any of these criteria and the answer was no and we sent that affirmation so and that's you know all of the financial well you're
very familiar Commissioner Cora with all the financial emergency criteria at this time because there's a motion I will open the floor for public comment if anyone would like to speak on behalf of this motion please step forward what well good morning still
good morning brenda Vancor 1436 um I believe that we should be um clear and always open to the public this will be a good way to make sure
that every single dollar that is collected to the city of Miami residents are actually invested in their best interest for their residents if the city and the way they have been managed for years doesn't have any issues I don't think a problem why
they would not have a departmental efficiency they can actually prove to the residents of the city of Miami that we are spending our money correctly we always have questions and sometimes just the rounds
of giving you a a really different answer of questions is important and and most of you are saying that you want to always be responsible for the money that as a city that you
manage so I hope that you guys can support the I2 i think it's very important not just for make sure that you guys show to the residents that that you are doing the right thing with the money but at the same time it's good for us to understand how you actually spend
the money and sometimes people don't understand the difference thank you thank you good afternoon hi um I'm I'm sorry i'm just learning about this um wait are we Can you clarify what So
is Doge asking us Miami no okay i I just I'm I'm concerned this is state this is state Doge state Doge yes we have a state doge they're
formulating one major we have a state doge okay okay um I it's just it it concerns me um we need a certain number of employees and we need a certain number of procedures
um to function as a government in in my opinion of course um every government does yeah and this this is again move fast and break things that's what scares me is is is Doge elon is a I I have a
computer science degree um I am I I am a systems thinker i I understand his concepts again I worry about applying software mentality to people that is my
only thing is that when you look at systems they're very very important but so are people and so are so just consider the residents consider the employees consider the health of our
functioning democracy this is my plea thank you good afternoon Chairwoman james Torres president of Downtown Neighbors Alliance i think this is an important issue that should be taken up because we do have governmental waste especially with the
downtown development authority that is something that should be addressed and if this agency moves forward it's going to help what we've been asking the residents i want to be very clear we've gone to Commissioner Partardo's office extensively it's fallen on deaf ears in
addressing this issue you were kind enough to listen to us i think it's important that this gets implemented because it's going to help with all the wasteful spending that is happening in the city of Miami thank you thank you i'm going to echo her
concerns i don't want there to come in and be a swift sweep and hold departments and people are out of work efficiency yes but just a broad stroke
of and whole departments are gone I don't think that well not I don't think I'm not in support of that I'm not in support of that I am in support of efficiencies I'm in I'm always in support of looking at
our processes and we should do that just regularly every so many years when I got elected staff would say well this is the way it's been done for the past 20 years well what hap what you did 20 years ago
should not still be relevant 20 years later so I support efficiencies i support reviewing our processes but again I will not support a broad stroke of getting rid of
whole departments commissioner Partardo I I just want to remind everyone that we have an inspector general's office that's just kicking in and that we do have audits i believe in in forensic audits i think it goes way above uh move
fast and break things so you know to the extent that we already have a process that's organized great if we want to invite further oversight great i mean I I'm all in favor of of oversight but like you Madam Chair I'm if it's something that's fast and break
things will not support it commissioner Chairwoman this is for the state to assist us in finding identifying suggesting um possible change
uh for this city the ultimate decision falls on this commission so this is u additional sets of eyes so that uh we could truly live on that word that is thrown so often
uh transparency at this time I'm going to officially close public comment period i have a motion and a second all in favor i I I motion carries unanimously okay
um Commissioner um I have to run um and I know we're not coming back so anything that I might have can be deferred so we want to defer the last discussion item DI1 yes do I have a motion move second
all in favor all right and that will be to May 8th yes um and I have a southeast 20 okay may 22nd di1 will be continued to May 22 for Southeast Overtown Park West okay so at this time
the city of Miami commission for April 24th 2025 is now concluded thank you for your advocacy see you again in a couple of weeks thank you and at this time the city clerk is going to flip the tape and we're going to have the Southeast
Overtown Parkway CRA meeting good afternoon welcome to the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting for April 24th 2025 i am Chairwoman Christine King i'm going
to introduce our executive director Mr james D mcqueen good afternoon uh we have one item uh to present to the board and I'll turn it over to Mr brown to read that item into the record madam Chair before we proceed there are the minutes from the
February 27 2025 meeting that also needs to be approved i'm going to open the floor for public comment if there's anyone here that would like to speak on any item before us for the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting please step forward
seeing none public comment period is closed may I have a motion to approve the minutes second i have a motion and a second all in favor i motion carries unanimously next item madam Chair a resolution approving allocation of funds
in the amount not to exceed $1,390,000 to create a grant program to support tenant improvements for future commercial tenants occupancy at the property commonly referred to as Lyric Point located at 101 Northwest 8th Street Miami Florida 33136 may I have a motion motion i have a
motion second all in favor i motion carries unanimously thank you this shall conclude the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting for April 24th 2025 thank you for your advocacy