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We are going to begin our meeting in prayer. So look, the pastor is so accustomed to a whole bunch of bunch bunch of stuff. I got to get him out now. I am joined today by my colleagues, Commissioner Escalona, Commissioner Gabel,
Commissioner Gabella, Commissioner Partardo, Commissioner Rosado, our mayor Eileen Higgins, and today we are joined by >> Harid Das. Thank you from Sacred Vadic Arts. And so, uh, the prayer that I have
today, so I'm with, uh, the God of Aishna tradition from India. We say our prayers in a language called Sanskrit. This is the world's oldest language and believe it or not it was actually once spoken all over the earth. And so what
it says and that's calling to all of our spiritual teachers all of us not just mine but ours to collective human family that we have that it brings about auspiciousness to their meeting. So it's one of unity, prosperity and spiritual
growth for all of Miami. Thank you very much. Uh we also learn in our tradition that the largest blessing is for us to to chant together the names of God in whatever the name that we have. We know there are many names we
say sole day soul son but we're referring to the same son in the same way uh there are many different names according to time place circumstance and tradition. So in our tradition we say the Hari Krishna mantra. Uh please join
with me as I say Har Krishna Har Krishna Krishna Krishna Har Horama Harama Ram Ram Haray. Uh may God bless you all. >> Thank you Commissioner Escalona.
>> 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.
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please have you stand and raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give at today's hearing is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? And your response is, >> thank you, chair. >> Thank you, Mr. City Manager. Are there
any items on this agenda that will be deferred or withdrawn? >> Good morning, Madame Chair, Madame Mayor, Commissioner, City Attorney, City Clerk. The administration would like to defer or withdraw the following items.
RE2 indefinitely deferred. RE5 to be deferred through March 12th. FR1 to be indefinitely deferred. PZ1 to be recorded as discussed, PZ2 to be withdrawn,
PZ4 to be indefinitely deferred, PZ5 to be deferred to February 12th, PZ8 to be indefinitely deferred, PZ9 to be indefinitely deferred, PZ10 to be indefinitely deferred, PZ11 to be
indefinitely deferred, and PZ6 will be heard as a second reading ordinance. That is all. Madame May, >> gentlemen, do you need him to go over that again one more time? Yes. One more time, Mr. Manager.
>> We will do it one more time. RE2 to be indefinitely deferred. RE5 to be deferred to March 12th. FR1 to be indefinitely deferred. PZ1 to be recorded as discussed. PZ2 to be
withdrawn. PZ4 to be indefinitely deferred. PZ5 to be deferred to March uh sorry February 12th. PZ8 indefinitely deferred. PZ9 indefinitely deferred. PZ
10 indefinitely deferred. PZ1 indefinitely deferred and PZ6 will be heard as a second reading ordinance. PZ6 has to be heard after 5:00 pm. >> No. Um, he's referring to it. It printed
on the agenda as a first reading item, but it's actually a second reading item, but there is an item >> um hold on, let me find it real quick. U PZ6, I'm sorry. PZ6 is an item that >> that's what I said. >> I apologize. Um,
>> Mr. City Clerk is never wrong. um has to be heard after 5 pursuant to city code. So um you might want to define >> I just want to let my colleagues know that PC6 has to be heard after 5:00 p.m. >> No, we're not here at 5. Okay. Um
at this point I'm going to ask my colleagues if they have any items that they would like to defer or withdraw from the agenda. Commissioner Farardo >> on item PC1 that's going down as discussed. I just wanted to add to that that that gym equipment will be removed.
So just as part of that close that chapter. >> Thank you. >> You mean PZ2 >> or PZ will >> be withdrawn? Yeah. And that's why it's showing as >> Okay. Commissioner Cabella. >> Oh, I'm good for now. >> You're good. >> Sorry. Commissioner Pardo, do you mind
if we get that equipment? >> Not at all. Although we're looking at it. Okay. >> Wherever Wherever it can best go, we wanted to go there. >> Absolutely. >> Thank you. >> It's being removed from the park. >> Yeah. >> It's not being It really isn't being used. I mean, I ride bikes by there all
the time. You see adults kind of sitting there and kids playing where they probably shouldn't be playing. So, yeah, it is it is being removed. And I' I'd recommend to check it out, like go by, see how people use it, use it yourself, >> and then make the decision.
I every time I passed by it was being used so I don't know. >> Well, Commissioner Gabala, you know, >> I don't want to be in the crossroads here. >> Um, >> well, your executive director knows. >> Commissioner Rosado, any items?
>> No, ma'am. >> Mr. City Clerk. >> Uh, thank you, Chair. I just need to read a brief statement into the record. pursuant to section 62-22 of the city code and definitely defer to action initiated by the city will cost the city mail noticing advertising and posting of properties as applicable. Thank you, chair.
>> Thank you. May I have a motion to set the agenda? >> So moved. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I. >> The agenda has been set. At this time, I'm going to open the floor for public comment. If there's anyone here that would like to speak on any item that is
before us on this agenda, please step forward five at a time so we don't block the exits. Thank you. >> Good morning. >> Good morning, commissioners. My name is Alexander Miles. I reside in the city of Miami and I direct state and local
housing policy uh here in Florida for Enterprise Community Partners. Uh, and I want to thank Commissioner Rossado for his leadership and bringing forward PZ3, which I'll be speaking about today. Um, Enterprise Community Partners is a national nonprofit that exists to make a good home possible for
millions of families who need one. And we've been active since 1982 across the country and here in the city of Miami to help folks uh with our housing crisis. Earlier this year, Enterprise helped advance Senate Bill 1730 through the Florida through the Florida legislature, uh, which helped create the
Yes and God's Backyard or Yiggby tool. The law gives local governments a clear optional tool to allow housing on faith- owned properties. PZ3 is how the city of Miami is choosing to implement that tool locally, joining other Florida cities that are beginning to put Yiggby into practice. Houses of worship have long
been pillars of Miami's neighborhoods, and they're often owners of well-located, underused parcels of land near jobs, transit, and services. Um, this ordinance provides clarity, predictability for houses of worship that want to say yes to building attainable workforce housing on their land. Statewide, fully leveraging the
school could unlock as much as 30,000 parcels of land for uh for housing, for affordable housing. By adopting PZ3, the commission unlocks the potential of religious land for community benefit, expands housing choices for Miamiians, and demonstrates that faith-based
planning and development is an important part of addressing our housing challenges. Enterprise looks forward to continuing to partner with the city and with houses of worship to support more housing options for Miamiians. Thank you for your time. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. Good morning.
>> Good morning, mayor, chairwoman, commissioners. My name is Angela Ramusco, 1000 Southwest 57th Avenue for the record and I serve as legislative aid to Miami Day County Commissioner Natalie Million Warves. I'm here on behalf of the commissioner who is currently in a county zoning meeting.
So, she cannot be present today, but she asked that I convey her support for resolution number 16 sponsored by Commissioner Rosado. The commissioner the commissioner fully supports efforts to stop bad actors who will use loopholes to reach the QM regime. As she stated it yesterday, following the
anonymous adoption of a similar legislation she filed at the county commission will not allow the Cuban communist regime to use Miami Day County as a financial platform while it continues to jail dissident, deny basic freedoms and act as a state sponsor of terror. Miami date county will not be
complicit in the business model of a communist regime. On behalf of Commissioner Natalis, I want to thank Commissioner Rosado for bringing this item forward and respectfully express her support to this resolution. And thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning.
>> Good morning. My name is Maria. Good morning. My name is Maria Dval. I'm the president of the Coralgate Homeowners Association. We are here I'm representing the homeowners association. We're here to support
uh Commissioner Rosalos wanting to name 20 street Bobador's street. Let me just take a brief moment and tell you who was Bob Bodor.
He lived all his life in the same house from newborn to the time of his passing Christmas New Year's Day. He was pres he started the homeowners
association with other members in 1987. He was president of the homeowners association three times. He played a vital role in the acquisition of the barricades in
Coral Gate that later on turned into a wall. He played a big role in our parade celebrating 50 years in Colgate. He was a member of the steering
committee for many years. a gentleman well-liked by neighbors and friends. I'd like to thank Commissioner Rosal and I know he as well as I and residents
of Coral Gate with dearly miss B. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, Chairwoman and commissioners, Madame Mayor, um all the staff. Um, my name is Chaplain Stanley Young, 500 Northwest 2nd Avenue. Before
I start, I just want to uh congratulate uh James Reyes for the post that he has uh taken. I met Mr. Reyes at at the jail. He opened up his door. He opened up his heart. He shared his vision for
the jail and because that's my passion. That's my that's what I do. And uh I you really got a good person there and I I really appreciate that. But I want to talk about PH1 uh the CD community block
grant that you guys uh do a great job in actually reaching out to the community to help CBOS like myself to get that funding that they really need to really do what they're really doing in the
community. But this one small snag with that particular uh uh grant, you almost has to be an attorney or some very strong professional to really understand
and actually to fall through and complete uh that particular grant that that's doing a amazing job in the community. But for those ones who don't have a lot of those uh technical skills, a lot of
emerging uh community leaders that is in our community that really uh need that help and and support. um uh you do do a a uh community uh meeting to go over, but it still needs a
more of a helping hand from you guys to really help people complete this online uh uh grant proposal that you put out. So, that's that's my uh passion today. That's what I wanted to share with you
today to really uh look into that. Thank you very much. God bless. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. Um, my name is Erica Scott. I'm here representing Miami Homes for All, address 3250 Southwest 3rd Avenue. Um, so on behalf of of our team, I'm here in strong support of PZ3, uh,
an ordinance that allows affordable housing to be developed by Wright on land owned by civic, religious, and K- through2 educational institutions. Um, we support PZ3 because it unlocks underutilized civic land to help address Miami's housing crisis. I want to highlight again that we're short 90,000
affordable rental homes uh for households earning up to $75,000 a year. Um the city has identified almost 700 civic use properties that would be eligible under this measure. Um every unit counts and PZ3 represents a valuable opportunity to increase the supply of affordable housing. Uh to be
clear, PZ3 is not a blanket density increase or a gateway to unchecked development. Rather, it's a responsible way to empower civic institutions rooted in our communities, uh, like churches with vacant lots to create homes affordable for people in their neighborhoods and that maintain the
character of those neighborhoods by matching the adjacent zoning. Um, so we urge you to support PC3 and help move Miami towards a more affordable, inclusive future. Uh, thank you for your time and your commit uh, your commitment to addressing our housing crisis. >> Thank you. Good morning.
>> Good morning. Thank you, Chairman. uh woman, madame mayor and city commissioners. My name is Ariel Fernandez. I'm Miami Day County Tax Collector. My office is located at 200 Northwest Second Avenue. I'm here today in strong support of resolution RE16
sponsored by Commissioner Rosado. This resolution addresses serious concern in our community ensuring that businesses operating in Mameday County are no engaging in illegal or improper commercial activity connecting to the Cuban communist regime. For many of our
resident, this issue is not theorical. Miami Day County is home to families who fled dictatorship, confiscation of property, and political persecution. They understand the consequence when authoritarian regime are allowed to benefit from weak oversight and lack of enforcement. This is a national security
issue for the United States of America. Resolution RE16 and Trish accountability by promoting coordination and oversight to verify our local businesses. license system is no use to circumvent US law and or or deny federal sanctions related
to Cuba. Under the Freyia law, the Miami Day County ordinance, my office has a clear legal obligation to deny or revoke business tax received when required. We do not make policy, but we do enforce the law. Miami Day County must never
become a safe heaven or economy lifeline for a dictatorship. Our duty is to protect the integrity of our local economy and hold the rule of law and stand firmly with the value of freedom and accountability that define this community. Thank you and I respectful
for you support of this resolution. Thank you. God bless you all. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. Alisa Margules, 3333 Rice Street in Coconut Grove. I have a question. Is there something in the water here at city hall that transforms you from citizen champions to the board
of Enron? The Miami traffic is oppressive. It's soul crushing. Our streets are flooded with salt water and storm water. We're losing our green spaces, our airspace, and your solution is to increase the water, the increase the density. >> Ma'am, >> yes. >> What item are you?
>> Easy three. >> Thank you. >> Building on land occupied by civic institutions, highrises on hollowed ground. I suppose that makes Mercy Hospital hospital the holy grail. Only in a world led by lawyers, lobbyists,
and developers does PC3, as written, make sense. Is the plan for us to leave our cars at home and walk where? Here in the Grove, our sidewalks have been hijacked by developers. Try walking down Tiger Tale past the wall, the well, or the Oak Street, past the new built
buildings. Four Seasons on Beayshore hasn't been a good neighbor. Even Mary Street, there's a 15 by 11 by 7 in deep hole right in the center of the sidewalk that's been there for months. I reported this PI lawyer's dream, but it's still there. We're here every meeting begging
you to please slow down the development train and fix the infrastructure. Please force yourselves to resist the siren song coming from the back rooms and then you'll be able to hear the beautiful voices of your constituents. resite regarding PZ14.
Not every building has to be a sacred cow. However, if it's a buil designated historic or there's a bonding agreement for a particular area, that should be honored. What's the point of having laws if you're just going to exempt every developer who has a dream? Please uphold
the appeal. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, Chairwoman. Good morning, commissioners, madame mayor, and uh Mr. Manager. My name is Edward Maros. offices at 2800 POS Boulevard here on behalf of Alchemy Media. I'm here to speak about FR4.
Alchemy Media is an advertising company. We've operate across the country and in particular, we operate in Los Angeles operating a program very similar to this one. We think the legislation is a great idea, but it is fundamentally flawed.
The flaw in this ordinance, as is written today, is that it doesn't allow for competition. That's not American. That's not good for Miami. It's not good for property owners. And so the fundamental request that we have for you is that you open this up, if you
proceed, with additional competition, whether it be my client's company or any company that meets the qualifications under the ordinance. Let me talk about why the ordinance is good. Right now, you have construction sites. They are
barricaded. they are many in many instances not sightly. Okay, this ordinance creates an opportunity to put advertising on those unsightly locations and then it does two things for the city and for property owners. One, it gives a
revenue stream to the city helping your budget. The ordinance specifies that that revenue will be used to help clean up streets, remove graffiti, remove waste, remove weeds in the side in sidewalks and other locations. And
finally, just 10 more seconds, please, chairwoman. Uh the ordinance does an additional thing. It creates an additional obligation for those construction sites to clean up as well. So, property owners have an obligation, but now also the construction site or
the sign operator has an additional comp uh obligation. And finally, this is first reading. Every ordinance can be improved even further and I'm confident that there's going to be people opposed to it. We there's probably opposition on the day to this. We can make it better
before second. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Good morning. >> Good morning, Madam Chair, commissioners, madame mayor. Thank you for the opportunity to speak on FR4. My name is Fran Suiz and I'm here on behalf of New Tradition Media, one of the largest independent out of home advertising owners in the United States
and a portfolio company of Blackstone. We maintain offices here in the city of Miami at 333 Northeast 23rd Street and we are long-term stakeholders in the community's health, appearance, and economic vitality. We respectfully urge the commission to vote no on the proposed pilot program for off-site commercial advertising on construction
fencing. Our concern is not about innovation. It is about policy, design, process, and long-term impact. We have seen similar programs implemented in other major cities, including New York and Los Angeles, where temporary construction fencing signage led to visual clutter, inconsistent
enforcement, and neighborhood blight, ultimately forcing those cities to scale back or undo those initiatives. Here in Miami, the city already manages thousands of active code enforcement compliance cases annually with limited enforcement staffing. Introducing a new temporary category of commercial
advertising tied to construction sites that change frequently would further strain enforcement capacity and make consistent oversight unrealistic. The challenge is structural. Construction fencing is transient and often poorly maintained. When off-site commercial advertising is layered onto these
conditions without strict design standards, duration limitations and real enforcement mechanism, the result is not placemaking. It is visual noise. Equally important in the process, this proposal appears to have moved forward without meaningful input from impacted residents
or from experienced out of home operators who understand spacing, illumination, safety, and communive visual impact. Permanent Simon operators are held to rigorous standard zoning and permitting standards for good reasons. Creating a parallel advertising channel that is less regulated, temporary by
definition, and disconnected from long-term land use planning risk undermining the city's sign code and setting a precedent difficult to reverse. Miami's urban core is dense, dynamic, and highly visible. Once visual standards are loosened, they are extremely difficult to restore. A pilot can quickly become policy, as we all
know. If the city wishes to explore new advertising formats, we should do so deliberately with resident engagement. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Good morning. >> Good morning, chairwoman. Good morning, Madame Mayor. My name is James Torres, president of Downtown Neighbors Alliance
here to oppose FR4. Downtown Bickl Edgewater residents are already carrying more than half of the fair share as it relates to the burden of density and construction, the most traffic, the most viable uh visible clutter. We absorb the
impact so the rest of the city doesn't have to. On top of that, downtown Brooklyn and Agewater residents are being double taxed through the DDA hostage tax, paying extra every year, while we're being told that this type of improvement will be uh helping the quality of life within the
neighborhoods. That is not true. If that was the case, let's dissolve the DDA and allow those funds to help the community. That is not happening. Let's be clear about the ordinance. It does not reduce construction life. It monetizes it. It turns fencing into ad spaces. It treats
downtown Brick and Edgewater like inventory instead of communities. At the notice, this is what's happening. None of this is happening in the Grove, not Coral Gate, not Silver Bluff, not Morningside. Once again, downtown is the bald-headed stepchild that they're using
this for. And that should not be the case. This is not coincidence. This is targeting. We were told that this is about beautifification and graffiti removal and prevention. But if that were true, then why are we not talking about artwork? Why are we not talking about public display of art? Why are we not
taking accountability from the developers that are currently having this issue as well? This is not in order for what we're asking for. Downtown Brick and Edgewater are not billboards. They are homes. They are communities. They are not revenue generating machines and neighbors. We're kindly asking that
this commission defer and or indefinitely remove the item as it relates to what it is today. We are tired of billboards and enough is enough. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Something great for our neighborhood. So, thank you very much. Please take into consideration.
>> Thank you. Good morning. >> Morning. My name is Michael Freriedman. I'm the uh chief executive officer of Alchemy Media. I'm speaking on behalf of FR4. Um what I heard earlier uh from some of our colleagues is that there's uh there's problems potential problems
with the ordinance as it's drafted. I don't disagree with that. I think there's things that need to be done to this ordinance to actually make it more beneficial to the city, but I do believe that graffiti abatement is a is a worthy and and uh and very difficult aspiration
to attain. And I believe that if we leave graffiti abatement to uh the land owners themselves andor um uh the city that the abatement doesn't necessarily happen. So sometimes you have to bring in a third party to
actually work on this stuff um because that's the way to abate graffiti. Um with that said um I believe that there's a lot that that can be done to make this ordinance worthwhile for the city, beneficial for the city, valuable for the city, important for the city, and we'd like to be part of that. The one
major infirmity that I see to this ordinance right now is it's uh it's set up as a sole source pilot program. Pilot programs are terrific and they need to be worked on. And so what what makes a pilot work is you actually get more than one applicant involved in the process
and those applicants can actually make uh together can make it work on behalf of the city. So that's what we're we're proposing is that that the sole source aspect of this uh of this ordinance uh be uh stricken from it at this point in time. But we would like to see the
ordinance move forward if at all possible. And then whatever changes are necessary to make the ordinance worthwhile and work for the city, we'd like to do between the first and second read if at all possible. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much for your time. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, ma'am. My name is Mario
Torres and uh I'm here to support RE14. And um my parents bought a house 2820 Northwest 4th Terrace uh in the 70s. We love the neighborhood so much that when I got married, I bought a house around the block at 2811 Fifth Street. My next
door neighbor is uh Sergeant Reyes. And we're supporting this. Uh, I mean, I've been in this neighborhood 50, 60 years, even though I feel 25. I don't know. How do you feel? 50 years. And I I rode bicycles on the 836 when they were
building it. So, we're the original original guys. And in our neighborhood, I've never really seen anybody step up like they've stepped up now with just making a park. I can't take my kids. They're big already, but I can take the grandkids. And I want to thank you so much for that. And thank you for all the work you're doing. God bless you. God
bless all of you. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning, >> Madam Chair, Madame Mayor, members of the board. Ben Fernandez, 200 South Biscane Boulevard. I'm speaking today as a resident of the city, uh, and also a member of the housing commercial loan committee for the city of Miami in
support of PZ3, which I think is a brilliant idea. Uh the CI zone properties throughout the city are many times situated in a way to ensure compatibility with residential development and we have a housing crisis. We see it every day before our
board and I think that this is a fantastic idea and encourage you to support it and pass it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, commissioners. Elvis Cruz, 631 Northeast 57th Street. I am okay. I'm up there. So, if you take a look at
that door over there and that door over there, you'll see that this room has an occupancy load maximum of 155 persons enforced by the fire department. That makes total sense so we don't overload the room. What about the city itself?
The city of Miami did this study back in 2016 to determine the maximum density potential. How many housing units could be built in the city under that zoning at that time? And the total was 948,000 units, which turns out to be eight times
more housing units than were counted in the 2010 census. Eight times more. We already know what the situation is today with our traffic. And that study was before numerous SAPs, before enhanced
T5, before rapid transit zoning, before transit station neighborhood developments, before this item that wants to add 660 properties covering 1,800 acres.
So, what about affordable housing? That's the problem. If you want to solve the crisis, solve the problem, which is foreign buyers that take up close to 40% of new housing purchases and corporate buyers,
big Wall Street firms buying up housing. That's the problem. You can add affordable housing under the existing zoning with tax deductions, tax exemptions, tax credits, section 8 vouchers, and housing projects that you build all the time. There's a huge
adverse impact to our infrastructure with this overzoning. Not just traffic, portable water supply, even though we've been underwater restrictions since 1997. Sewage treatment capacity, garbage handling capacity, and hurricane
evacuation time. Thank you for listening. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. My name is Z Sultan. I'm the vice president of the DNA. Uh I'm speaking here on agenda item FR4. Uh we just want to be clear the concern here is not just beautifification. It's
long-term consequences of introducing commercial advertising into construction heavy residential area and also the enforcement of those advertisements especially when they're just external and not just local advertisements. We've seen this play out before in New York. We've also seen it play out with respect to the PAM billboard situation that
occurred in Miami. When advertising is allowed in spaces meant to mitigate in uh construction impacts, it also become it often becomes a nuance rather than an uh nuisance rather than an improvement. What starts as a limited controlled uh uh advertisement tends to escalate. Ads
grow larger, more aggressive, harder to regulate. Enforcements become reactive instead of preventive. Miami's experienced this firsthand. Prior billboard approvals tended to be narrow, ultimately resulted in legal battles. Uh it's not a theoretical risk, it's a pattern. Once advertisers are given
access, they push boundaries and residents are left dealing with uh all the fallout. We want to acknowledge something that not all activations are bad. There is examples where fencing be has been used thoughtfully highlighting local businesses, neighborhood branding and city information in a way that
reflects a surrounding community. Uh but this approach is generally very restrained, contextual and community community oriented. This proposal we think is a little bit beyond that. Uh inviting external advertisers whose incentives are not aligned with the neighborhood livability. Downtown
already carries the heaviest burden of long-term construction and noise disruption. Adding commercial advertising risks, turning mitigation infrastructure into permanent advertising corridors. Once the city begins generating revenue from these installations, temporary measures have a way of becoming permanent. Downtown
residents deserve relief from construction impacts, not another layer of monetized visual clutter. The goal is an enhancement. There are better proven models that do not open the door to abuse. For those reasons, I urge you to reconsider this approach. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning.
>> Um I'm speaking on PZ3. My name is Henrietta Schwarz and I live at 2627 South Behore Drive. Um congratulations. Congratulations. Oh, he's gone. I didn't get to say it to you the last time I wasn't at the meeting, but um I'm very
concerned about PZ3 because I believe that it is built, written, and executed for Mercy Hospital. And Mercy Hospital has already gone through extensive litigation
uh about two decades ago when Grove um demanded that they not build towers there. So I guess my question is on PZ3 since the whole push is for affordable workhouse uh work workforce housing,
what guard rails are you going to put into this amendment? Will you put in a height restriction? Will you put in a price limit? Will you You're nodding yes. What? What is that?
>> We can discuss the when the item comes up. >> Okay. So, you know, as a concerned resident, I live across the street and I talk to the D2 office all the time about what we are going through as residents
in an area that you are promoting walkability. Walkability is huge. This is what Miami is all about, right? You want to put things, you want to walk, you want to go places. We can't. We can't. It It's a mishmash of closed
sidewalks and roads all over the Grove. and you want to put in all all these things and then you want to give bonus height when an ordinance was improperly opened up and mysteriously it's unbelievable but eight or nine
properties vested in that bonus height magic is that am I done or is that my halfway >> no that that's your thank you >> darn it >> good morning >> good morning um my name is Brian Benjod uh born and raised in Miami I'm
basically just here to oppose the F FR4. You know, as a Miami native, I don't want to see my city go down the wrong path. So, yeah, that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Good morning. >> Good morning. >> My name is Walkeia and I am from from
the Prospera office. Um, as you may know or may not know, our organization is a nonprofit organization that helps small businesses, entrepreneurs by by protecting by protecting, support, and help them start, sustain, and expand their businesses, including pathways to
private and public contracting. We at at Prospera will provide the the direct technical assistance and and small business in all districts, districts four. Um, this includes the one-on-one consulting to help entrepreneurs
to in in licensing, permits, financial uh planning and compliances as well as business seminars on core entrepreneurship topics. Um, Prospera will also expand access to capital, city procurement and opportunities while while um assisting
in legal accounting and HR support to help stabilize businesses and protect their local jobs. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. Uh, thank you for the quickest public comment I have ever seen in my life. Congratulations on that.
It's a new day at the city of Miami. Uh my name is Jose Felix Diaz. I'm at 20 Hamborra Plaza. Nice to see all of you. I'm here to speak on FR4. Um I've already spoken to Commissioner uh Rosado, who I know is
well-intentioned, and this comes from a good place. Um I do represent uh Beckerboards, which is an outdoor advertising company that has actually seen this type of program launch in the city of Los Angeles. Uh, and we are greatly concerned about the law of
unintended consequences that a program like a construction advertising uh might do for the city of Miami. Um, we live in a city where people figure out loopholes and they figure out ways to do things and extend things to make
money. And I could totally see a world where a construction company might take a little longer for the ad to run a little longer or they might do something in a way that they apply for a permit to put up a signage because there's real money in real neighborhoods uh to have
these advertisements out for a really long time. I'll tell you that in the city of New York, u there was a a horrible incident where somebody got killed because of a construction accident. And so they started to require scaffolding. So when you go to New York, there's scaffolding all over the place.
And the advertising companies very quickly realized they could make money by putting ads on the scaffolding. And what ended up happening was the city had to come in after the fact and disallow that because people were keeping the scaffolding up for so long. I could totally see that happening here. Thank
you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, chairwoman, commissioners, madame mayor. Uh my name is Sylvio Frank. I serve as the economics um appointee to the climate resilience committee and I've also had the honor of serving as the ambassador for the city of Miami close to a decade as a mayor's
international council, which by the way we need to reinstate so we can bring the rest of the best cities around the world to Miami and also the best of Miami to the world. Today I come to speak to you really in my personal capacity and on RE5 F FR2 and PZ13 as a
proponent. The message is clear. Miami doesn't just need more plans. Although these are good, we need a way to see them. Okay, that is what the Miami verse was built to do. a Miamiade, Miami focused
platform that ties mobility, housing, zoning, resilience, climate data, permitting, public works, emergency readiness, etc. into one unified authoritative dashboard. Imagine what your life would look like
and your staff if you start each morning opening one single window to get a view of the city. Imagine what's happening today. What's being built? What's flooding? What's failing? What's improving and needs attention. City data, county data, emergency data, water
data, all together finally connected. One place to understand everything, one shared source of truth. This is the Miami verse. On the waterfront, project Aquadome completes that vision. Some of you have been following this for the last two years. I'm going to go over just a second because the we have
letters of support from the Florida Inland Navigation District, FWC sheriff offices on board and many other things to be able to host this pilot. So, I asked the commissioners, Madame Mayor, to potentially consider sponsoring a resolution to adopt the pilot for the Miami verse to be able to work with me
to adopt Aquadome and to submit a a grant to the Florida Inland Navigation District to reimburse our city to do this. Again, my name is Sylvio and thank you so much for your service. >> Thank you. >> Good morning.
>> Good morning. Thank you. I I don't know where to Good morning everyone. Um I don't even know where to fit in here, but I want to mention um the building department and we keep changing things. I have a dedication since 2013 in my
front yard on Battery. No one else has had to do it. Um, we're making someone in Mr. Rosado's district do um tubs, ADA showers when other properties have been approved in the very same building that didn't have to do that. So, we're either
going to do everybody the same or not do everybody the same. Commission, um, Mayor Higgins, I'm counting on you for the the permitting. I I've been 2023 of August to fix a problem at my house and it's not getting fixed. and if I knock my house down, I lose $2 million in
profit um to sell my house. So, we need to fix the problem. We need to stop selective enforcing that couple that has that issue with the ADU in their backyard. They were supposed to do a dedication. I had to do one, but it's never been implemented in South Grove
since 2013. So, please let's let's fix this problem. And thank you, Mayor um Higgins. I appreciate it if you get this fixed. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. Mitch Beerman with uh offices at 2800 ponds um representing
Alchemy on FR4. Just with regard to all the other comments that were made about FR4, they all suggested that there is a workable solution. And so before we toss the baby out with the bathwater, let's work on strengthening this baby just a
little bit so that it can address all the concerns that have been raised by the uh other p people who spoke about it. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Seeing no one else for public comment, public comment period is now closed.
Gentlemen, may I have a motion to approve the City of Miami Commission meeting minutes for October 9th? >> So moved. Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries. Gentlemen, of the consent agenda items, are there any
items that you would like to pull for discussion? >> Seeing none, may I have a motion? Motion >> to approve CA 1, 2, 3, and 4 with CA2 as amended. >> Motion.
>> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> Items passes unanimously. Gentlemen, do you want to pull any of the public hearing items PH1, 2, or three for
discussion? >> No. May I have a motion to pass PH1, two, and three? >> So moved. Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> Chair. Uh my apologies. Um PH1 will be
amended to remove uh in changing by the mayor and PH2, a backup document consisting of a memo dated January 14, 2026 is being submitted to the record of PH2. The backup document is not amend the legislation. Thank you, chair. >> Thank you, gentlemen. Are there any items on the re agenda that you would
like to pull for discussion? >> I would like to pull R4 just to put something for the record. >> RE4. Anyone else? >> 16. >> RE16.
Anyone else? Madam Chair, I'd like to put comments on the record on RE16 as well. Thank you. >> Okay. All right. I have RE4 and RE16 pull for discussion. May I have a motion to pass
RE1, RE3 as amended, RE 6, RE7, RE8 as amended, RE 9, RE 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, and 17. >> So moved. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I >> items passes unanimously. Back to RE4. >> And chair, just briefly for RE8, um it
will be amended to add a city commission meeting date in the title and section two of the resolution. Um so for RE8, what should that future commission meeting date be? Commissioner Rosado, do you have a uh for RE8?
And my apologies. Um, so R8 has to do with the uh the fee schedule and fee changes and there was a blank in the title and in section two of the resolution where you just need to provide us with a future commission meeting date for this legislation to be
brought back. >> I I think the March meeting date would be >> March 12th or the 26th. >> Oh, we we actually just merged them. >> We just combined Oh, that's right. Thank you, chair. >> to the March meeting. >> March 12th. Thank you very much, chair.
Um and additionally for RE8 uh there'll be a further amendment to clarify responsibilities in the title six whereas clause and section three of the resolution. Thank you chair. >> Thank you. And RE4 was pulled for discussion. >> Just want to say something for the record. I would like the contractors
that are working on this uh business to do a better job. So the new administration, James, the new administration, I would like you guys to have a proper supervision when it comes to the job that these contractors are doing. That's not what I see at the moment in Lady Havana. That's
all I wanted to say. >> Anyone else? >> May I have a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? My apologies. Um for RE4, it will be amended uh pursuant to a substitution memo dated November 13,
2025 and distributed via email on January 16, 2026. >> Thank you. I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> Motion carries. RE16 was pulled for discussion. >> Yeah, I pulled it.
So, so um I I agree totally that this must be done. Uh, I've been, you know, an anti-communist all my life. Uh, because of my story that I came from 6 years old from Cuba and what my parents went through and my whole family and many of us up here. The only concern I
have that about this is that we don't get into legal wrangling. Um, and then it winds up us costing money. So, that's all I wanted to say. I'm for it. But, I just want to, you know, we I suggest we we tried lightly. Um, I believe the
county is actually going to do the work and I suggest that they do the work and we may be piggyback, you know, we but not, you know, just being uh careful not to, you know, to u um to maintain our fiduciary duty to the
taxpayer. That's all. So, I don't want to see us getting into lawsuits. That's all. Thank you. I I also have a concern um in the legislation what's defined as contact with Cuba because I have a lot of
friends that are Cuban and they have families that are still in Cuba. So they send their families money, they send care packages and they're business owners. Would that be considered? I don't think this
legislation is defined enough and I share the same concern as Commissioner Gabella that if this is just overreaching, overarching and I'd like to defer to my colleague Commissioner Escalona because he's the
most recently um come to this country but I know like one of my dear friends her son is still in Cuba. UBA and she takes care of him. Um, someone else, her mom and her sister
are still in Cuba, can't come over here and they take care of them. Much like what happens with um, families in the Haitian community, they're still supporting their families. I wouldn't want these business owners to and they
also operate in the city of Miami to be pulled into this drag net and punished unintentionally because we didn't do our due diligence in really making sure that this legislation
as intended is to catch bad actors and not families who are supporting their families in Cuba. Commissioner >> City Attorney. >> Yes, sir. >> With the new modification that was done yesterday, why don't we just kind of
piggy backing in to the county? >> Essentially, yeah. And just for the record, um the previous iteration of this resolution called for the creation of a task force and headed by the inspector general and all that stuff. Uh the substitution that was submitted
yesterday from the district 4 office essentially changes that to um the meat of the the resolution would be the city manager is hereby authorized and directed to work with and support the Miami Dade County tax collector to ensure that all applicable federal,
state, and local laws governing business tax receipts and related compliance requirements are properly followed and enforced and providing for an effective date. But at its essence, it is um designed to look at section 205.0532
Florida statutes, which authorizes a local a Florida statute authorizing a local governing authority to revoke or refuse to renew a BTR if an individual, business, or entity is engaged in activities prohibited under state or federal law with Cuba. Um
that so that's the statute. It doesn't provide the safeguards that the chairwoman was talking about. It doesn't define really what um doing business is or the prohibited activities, but whatever activities are prohibited under state or federal law. So, we would have
to rely on the federal government to let us know whether or not these entities are in accordance with law or violating law. Um, I just wanted to mention as well that um, there is a current lawsuit pending in the federal court system.
It's a Zold Charters versus Miami date county tax collector where an entity that was um, found to have violated the initially found to have violated 205.0532 0532 um pro according to their complaint
proved that they were not in violation of the statute then had their um their BTR reinstated but they've alleged that there were business losses defamation etc. But more importantly than those
allegations is there's a um request for uh declaration and um injunction declaring 205.0532 0532 unconstitutional um because it requires interplay with the federal government and um you know
they they allege in their complaint that this is something that should be enforced by the federal government, not necessarily uh the tax collector of Miami date county. Um so that's just a complaint that's filed. Um the state law is presumed constitutional until found
otherwise under under con, you know, um jurisdictional law. Um, so, uh, I just wanted to flavor this discussion with that that there's issues, but, um, to answer your initial question, um, as written now, it just requires the
manager to cooperate lawfully with the the tax collector. >> So, we have no liability. >> Yeah. >> No. Right. >> Sorry. Could you say that? >> So, we have no liability. Well, um the issue so do we have liability if we were
to re revoke a license based you know if the tax collector contacts the city manager and says I've identified this business you need to revoke their license. Um we have a provision in chapter 31 of the city code relating to BTR. So we would have an
independent review. We would provide due process no opportunity to be heard all that stuff. But we would potentially be entering into this lawsuit if um if the court ultimately finds that the the statute is unconstitutional. So I can't
say that there is no liability associated with um cooperating with the um tax collector. There is there is a a possibility of liability. Just have to be honest with you. But but as written
um you know there's no time frames there's no um urgency in this but but we you would be authorizing the um city manager and the city ostensibly to work with the tax collector to enforce this
statute which is currently a challenge. >> Commissioner Partardo. >> Yeah. I'd also like to hear uh from the city manager and I know uh Madame Mayor you had a a note for the record. I'd be interested in hearing that as well. >> Um, so colleagues,
just a few short weeks ago, the residents of this community and the small business owners of this community uh, spoke pretty loudly and clearly at the ballot box that they were rejecting
a Miami that weaponized its government against small businesses. And for eight years when I was county commission, I had to witness small businesses being accused falsely of all kinds of things. inspected in the middle
of the night, their reputations ruined, their businesses shuttered, their lives ruined, their livelihoods ruined, and their employees put out of business because of the capricciousness and opinions and personal dislikes of
one person. So I had thought we had moved past this to be a government that is all about making sure we have a strong and robust economy
in this city. There are 17,250 businesses with a BTR that should this pass are open to investigation. Obviously that is the job of OFAC. Let's be very clear. I'm not sure if any of
you as commissioners have ever had any experience working with US Department of Treasury and OFAC, but I certainly have when I was in Mexico doing anti-narcotics and anti-weapons work. They know very well how to investigate
individuals and companies that are violating the law, violating sanctions laws, cooperating with communist regimes or any other horrible form of government such as Iran and putting together an airtight case that doesn't end up in a
lawsuit. What the situation we're currently facing, which is um as the the city attorney described is we have a system now locally that is being rolled out pretty capricciously and we are already
in the middle of lawsuit. If it were me and and by the way, the city manager has already advised me I'm not able to veto this legislation should it pass. If I were able to, I would because I promised the residents we would not be involved
in wasting their tax dollars on lawsuits unnecessarily when we could be working on projects that keep their streets from flooding or improving community centers at our parks. This is not without risk to us and liability.
My suggestion is we defer this until the entire case is settled in federal court. That would be my suggestion. We get the law established and then quite frankly we let we we let the state and the county do what it's always done and
whenever they revoke a BTR, we immediately are informed, right? We've always been doing that. We look at that and we say, you know what, we probably need to revoke it as well. But we also file we follow 31 which says that person still gets due process in our city. So
in my opinion we are jumping the gun on this particular item given the fact that we already have federal lawsuits working their way through the courts. I think it's important to note
17,250. We're talking some of the largest companies in the world could now be under investigation with no rules. There's no process. Our city attorney just died. There's no definition, right? One of their employees sends their
grandma medicine and then suddenly they could be their reputation and their business could be ruined. I think there is great risk to our city. We have a federal process that seeks out these horrible businesses that violate US
laws, cooperate with regimes that are repressive to people that dehumanize them, do not follow human rights, and we should follow that process rather than creating a separate process that could put the hardearned tax dollars of our
residents at risk. where once again we have a reputation of a city that wastes millions and millions and millions of dollars on unnecessary lawsuits rather than on the things that our residents need to live and work. And let me be
very clear to anyone that does business illegally with Cuba or Iran or China or Russia. I don't like it. You're going to follow the law. The federal government
is in charge of making sure that happens. When they tell us you have done something wrong, we absolutely positively will make sure your BTR is revoked and you will never ever ever be doing business in the city of Miami. Thank you, Madam Chair. >> Madam Chair,
>> Commissioner Cabella. >> Okay. So, I think the part of the problem that we're having is that maybe these uh sanctions or laws were not applied. I suggest we write a letter as the as a body that we are contacting the DOJ, the Justice Department and anybody
that has to do with sanctions and the embargo against Cuba and let them investigate. Okay. Probably I think the problem here is that some of us feel that in the past uh these um uh business that have been doing business in this case with Cuba have not been you know um
what's on the books has not been followed. I don't think we should get into that business. I agree with you on that. However, there is a big uh anti-communist sentiment from us Cuban Americans uh here in Miami that cannot be ignored. We we have to take care of
of that too. Okay. So, what I'm suggesting is we we urge we write a letter um as as a whole, as a body, uh with you, Madame Mayor, uh suggesting that what uh what we're asking for that the DOJ, the Department of Justice, and
the um whatever department has to do on the federal government with enforcing those sanctions and embargos are done. The the last thing we want to do is uh you know have a lawsuit, you know, with the with a with a with a a business that's communist, that's doing business
with the with the uh the u the uh dictatorship in Cuba and then all of a sudden we're in a lawsuit and then we reward them in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, you know what I mean? And and and then the flip side of that. So So this is my suggestion that we we write a letter uh strongly urging for
for these entities to to investigate properly. and I think they have the tools better better than us to identify which are the ones that are that are breaking the embargo uh laws in this country. Thank you, >> Madam Chair. >> Commissioner Escalona. >> Yes. So, I came from Cuba 11 years ago
and this is how I feel about this. I strongly support you. I believe this is fantastic, but I don't want to bring any liabilities to city of Miami because I represent Miami. When I have to send something to my family in Cuba, I do it through a friend because I don't want
the Cuban regime to make any money at all. So my point is based on your opinion, if you believe this is going to bring liability to city of Miami, I do not want to vote for it. But if you believe based on what you told me that
this is just a piggyback to the county and we would not be hold liable, I'm more for it. I believe we should do more of that. That's all. >> Commissioner Rosan, >> I I do I appreciate my colleagues uh feedback on this item. The initial version that was submitted as part of
the agenda was certainly much more stringent, but I think at this point what we have put forth in a substitution memo that came out yesterday afternoon essentially is about coordination with the county. So, it would not be our role to determine who is violating the law. That's outside our purview. But it is
about continuous regular enforcement of laws that are already on the books. that as Commissioner Gabella says probably are just being overlooked and they have been for for decades, not for months or weeks, but for decades. And so that is ultimately what this is about. So the county moved forward yesterday with a
companion item that is more strenuous on their part. City of Halia is doing the same thing. This is about coordinating on a regular basis with the county and implementing what is already on the books, not for us to determine who is violating the law or not.
>> Okay. So based on the comments from my colleagues, it seems as if this legislation may be a little premature and we can either defer it until I >> I'd like to pass a direct I'm sorry to interrupt you. I'd like to pass a directive to the city manager that we
write a letter to to these department the DOJ the department of justice and have them you know pay attention to this that I agree with with Commissioner Rosal. They they have not in the past and that's why we're probably here now. Should we be the, you know, like I say again, should we be the body to, you
know, that has the tools to properly investigate this, maybe we'll get ourselves into trouble. But I I don't see I don't want to see this go away. I I'm with you. I think this needs to be pursued, but by the proper uh you know u by the proper department of our federal government. So I would I would say if anybody wants to join me to write a
strong letter, you know, to to these departments as as a u as a whole that we represent I represent oneif of the of the city. So there's Commissioner Pedu Comm the chairwoman uh Commissioner uh Escalona and Commissioner Rosado. That's that's my suggestion
>> based on your suggestion that would have to I have to do something with this legislation. I have to vote it down. I have to defer it because you're presenting something entirely different by sending a letter and that's not what this >> legis But I don't want to thwart his
efforts. I don't want to thwart anybody's efforts on what they're doing. >> Okay. So let me let me dispose of this legislation. Let me take care of RE16. Yes, >> Madam Chair, if I could add something. I I don't see those two ideas as mutually exclusive. I think this could pass and
we could supplement with >> Absolutely. But we have to take care of RE16. >> Do we want to defer it or do we want to vote on it the way it is? I'm not comfortable voting on it the way it is and I'll be a no vote if you want to
move forward. >> I I would like to see as as much as an anti-communist as I am in my upbringing and my my background, I share a lot of the passion that's on this day is um I don't think it would be prudent to vote
on this right now. I think there's more we need to know about and I think um the mayor's eloquent comments about maybe letting it go through the lawsuit is a wise I I understand that other jurisdictions because this is a city
that's very passionate on these issues may be passing it in this moment but I think it would be wise on our part to give it time. >> So do I have a motion to defer? >> I I'd like to move on the item as it is. Well, answer my question. Do I have a
motion to defer? Anybody? Seeing no motion to defer, do I have a motion for RE16? >> Yes, pursuant to the substitution memo as the clerk has reminded me. >> So, so I will vote on it. My condition is that I will vote on it. But the letter has to be sent, you know, to the
Department of Justice, uh, the DOJ, everybody, everybody else, you know, um, to to handle this this matter, you know, and and then, you know, at least that way we have some cover for liability if there is a li liability situation. >> I accept I accept that amendment.
>> That's my condition that we write a letter and and along with your you know, and we don't get ourselves into into trouble here. >> George, I believe you had your hand. I was just going to say in lie of writing a letter, we could do a resolution of the Miami City Commission urging the federal government to >> That's what I thought.
>> vigorously enforce um these laws and that that I think would have more weight than a letter. So >> that's fine with me. >> We >> So I have a motion. >> You good with that commission? >> I have a motion. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> A second with the amendment of what our city uh attorney just recommended.
>> So I have a motion >> and my apologies chair. So this resolution I guess urging whomever that's included in this resolution. Are you doing a separate resolution? >> I believe it's a separate resolution. Um >> so then they'll need to vote on a
separate resolution >> urging >> to take some action. I I suggest to the chair they get through this item and then we do a follow-up resolution um d urging the federal government and the author the proper authorities to
strenuously and vigorously investigate um ties to the dictatorship in >> understood my apologies chair I'm sorry I'm just trying to clarify the motion so the motion then is simply to adopt pursuant to the substitution memo dated January 21st 2026 understood thank you
>> I have a motion do I have a second Second. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I >> I. >> And now I'll pass the motion to >> And I'm apologies here. That was unanimous. >> Yes. >> As amended. >> As amended. And now may I have a motion
to uh >> resolution >> adopt a resolution urging Say it. Um, I would say the federal government and all appropriate enforcement authorities to vigorously investigate and um
um enforce laws related to doing business with Cuba. We'll obviously word smith that a little bit better, but that would be the intention of the resolution. >> Second motion. I have a second. All in favor? >> Motion carries. >> Mr. City Attorney, would you please read the titles of second reading ordinances
for the record? Yes, Madame Chair. First reading's first, right? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Second reading. Second reading. Ordinance. An ordinance of the Miami City Commission SR1. An ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending
chapter 10, Article 1, Division 2, Section 10-18 of the Code of the City, Miami, Florida, is amended. City code title buildings in general, building administration, fees and waiver, building permit, fee schedule, waivers, elevator, escalator, boiler, etc. Amending section 10-18 of the city code
to incorporate current elevator inspection fees, boiler and unfired pressure vessel fees and fines for non-compliance providing for severability and providing for an immediate effective date. SR2 second reading ordinance. An ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending chapter 38, article 1 of the code of the city of
Miami, Florida is amended titled parks and recreations in general by creating section 38-40 titled naming of superhero park to provide for the naming of the property consisting of approximately 14,200 ft located at 235 Northwest 26th
Avenue, Miami, Florida. Superhero Park, further directing the city manager to take any and all actions necessary to affectuate the naming of the park, obtaining a servability clause, and providing for an immediate effective date. That concludes the second reading ordinances, madam chair. >> Gentlemen, are there any of the second
reading ordinances that you would like to pull for discussion? Seeing none, may I have a motion for SR one and two? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Items passes unanimously. Mr. City Attorney, would you please read the
titles for the first reading ordinances? >> Yes, Madam Chair. First reading ordinance FR2, an ordinance of the Miami City Commission, amending chapter 10, article 1, division 2, section 10-20 of the code of the city of Miami, Florida, as amended, titled buildings in general,
buildings administration, fees and waiverss reserved to create a pilot program pursuant to section 2-33C9 of the code of the city of Miami, Florida, as amended titled sustainable improvement pilot program that incentivizes residential storm proofing and future proofing home upgrades,
including impact resistant windows, reinforced roofs, flood protection, solar panels, energy efficient appliances, lowflow toilets, insulation, and other sustainable improvements through reduced permit costs, expedited permit review, and public outreach materials to inform residents of the
program and eligible improvements containing a servability clause in providing for an effective date. And I wanted to note there was an an error in the prime sponsor. It should have been Commissioner Raphael Ralph Rosado. Um it's reflected as Commissioner Partardo, but they are both working on this. >> That's who we're co-sponsoring. Yes,
sir. Uh FR3, first reading ordinance, an ordinance of the Miami City Commission renaming certain city of Miami real owned property consisting of approximately 8,219 square feet located at 1 southwest South River Drive, Miami, Florida, currently known as Simone Bolivar Park as Fisherman's Park, amending chapter 38, article 1 of the
code of the city of Miami, Florida's amended city code titled Parks and Recreation in general by amending section 38-30 of the city code currently titled naming of Simone Bolivar Park to rename the property designated therein as Fisherman's park. Further directing the city manager to take any and all
actions necessary to affectuate the renaming of the park obtaining a sever severability clause and providing for an effective date. F FR4, an ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending chapter 62, article 13, division 7 of the code of the city of Miami, Florida, as amended, titled planning and zoning.
Planning and zoning approval for temporary uses and occupancies permits required reserved more particularly by amending division 7 to be titled temporary off-site commercial advertising on construction fencing to allow a pilot program for off-site commercial advertising signage on a
temporary basis for certain situated construction site fencing within the city of Miami urban core containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date. That concludes the first reading ordinances. Madam Chair, >> thank you. I believe F FR 4 will be
pulled for discussion. >> Yep. >> Yes. Okay. >> And I want to pull F FR2. >> And you want to pull F FR2. Okay. So that leaves only F FR3. May I have a motion for F FR3? >> Motion. >> I have a motion. Do I have a second?
>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I. Motion carries >> unanimously. Okay. FR2. So for FR F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F FR2 I have a question. Is this pilot only going to apply to homestead properties?
And the second question is are we going to have a financial impact study done after this ends? >> Good morning, Commissioner. Yes, the answer to the first question is yes. Homestead properties. I forget. I apologize. did not hear the uh the
second question. >> Are we going to have a financial impact study done after the project ends? >> That is correct. Yes, we will. >> Okay. >> Anyone else? Madam Chair, if >> Madame Mayor, >> thanks um to the two gentlemen that have
sponsored this. Uh, I think this is great to incentivize people uh, make it a little bit easier to do this, but I was wondering if you might add permeable pavement um, to the list for there because that's obviously a storm. >> Definitely. Yes. >> Thank you. I
>> I I think and this was uh, brought up at I believe the last meeting there were questions about what is left out and I think there's the language is written broadly enough that even if we didn't identify something, if it generally fits the criteria, absolutely. Okay. May I have a motion for FR2? So
move. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I as amended. >> As amended. >> Now for F FR4, if I may, I I don't take issue with the pilot program. However, I
want to exempt District 5 because District 5 is unique in that we have historic neighborhoods. We have um areas like the design district and I don't want to just blanket have legislation
that covers all of district 5 because district 5 is so unique. So I would be in favor of this if you can just exempt district 5 out of it. Commissioner Partardo. >> Yeah. I will say this is in the urban core. So it's really heavily in our
district and the urban core is going through enough. It is between construction noise uh it this is this adds an element of unintended consequences. It's single source. There are many many problems. A lot of the
issues that people in public comments raised I fully support. Um I I think we should indefinitely defer this. That's what I think. I think we need to do a lot of work with the community. We need to go out to the community. This hasn't discussed with the district or the
residents of the district. They already went through the whole billboard fiasco. We don't need another situation like that in the urban core. So, I'm okay with indefinitely deferring. If this needs to go, then leave out district two. >> The same for district three. I don't
want you >> commissioner. >> Okay. So, so my only problem is that um this is for a single company and I don't want any single company to hold a monopoly. Y >> right. So if if we do so I don't mind doing it in my area because I'll be honest with you the scaffolding and all
this stuff and all everything that comes with it is also not you know uh doesn't look right you know um I understand that you know the the media companies that were here that's their competition right let's call it what it is you know but I I would like to see it I um I agree with
you maybe we should defer it but we got to take out that provision uh that only you know we got to open it up to to multiple companies that's my my take >> yeah I think that's helpful full feedback. So, I I propose this for two reasons. One, there is a construction site a block away from my house that I
drive by all the time that's uh got a construction mesh that's either tagged and retagged and tagged again or it's tattered and it's flapping in the breeze. So, it looks terrible. And a lot of our construction sites fall into that situation. So, not just the one near me, but a number of places in the city were
just they look bad. And some of these construction sites, construction isn't actually taking place. the one close to me, the project should have started a couple years ago and for whatever reason it hasn't. So construction sites are many in many cases they're an eyesore. So this is trying to approach that. In
addition, I know it's something that was being workshopped at the DDA because so many of the taller buildings are in downtown and again the construction sites look terrible. Somebody had mentioned, you know, this is about blight abatement. That's exactly what it is. I respect everybody's feedback. I'm happy to uh support a deferral so we can
workshop it a little bit, but I think we need to have better standards for how our construction sites look whether there's construction taking place or or not. I wouldn't throw it out completely. I think we it it does merit um some refinement, right? I think we got some helpful feedback from from folks that
are in the field that understand this. They've seen how it's played out in different places. I think there's a a better version of this once we've had some input that that we can arrive at. Um, so I'm happy to see I don't know about an indefinite deferral because then you know then nothing is scheduled
to get feedback etc. But maybe for the March meeting so it gives us from now till March 12th >> try to be able to do that as you're piling up >> that's why it should be an indefinite deferral. We have a lot of work to do. Maybe the DDA did some workshops but district 2 the whole urban core is way
bigger than what the DDA represents. We really need to do a good job with this uh in the district and I think we bring it back after that's been done. That may take 6 months. It may take less, but I don't think we should put a date certain. >> I I can accept that that DDA did have a
presentation on this and there was a unanimous support resolution in favor of the item as it stands. So, I did want to point that out. >> Again, I don't take issue with the item. I don't mind the pilot program. I just don't want district 5. It's It's
not ready for the uniqueness of District 5 with our historic neighborhoods, um, spaces like the design district. It just it doesn't work as just a blanket. >> I mean, we have Coconut Grove,
Morningside, we have myo, we have I mean, >> Right. Exactly. >> I'll accept the indefinite deferral. >> Okay. So, um, do I have a motion to defer indefinitely? >> So, move. So, >> so I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I
>> item is indefinitely deferred. I believe we all had a um presentation on the budget. Do you need a presentation or did everyone read their memo? >> We read it. >> Everybody read it. Okay, moving right along.
We're going to skip the discussion item and move right into the PZ items. Mr. City Attorney, would you please read the titles of the PZ items? >> Absolutely, Madam Chair. PZ3, first reading ordinance. In ordinance of the Miami City Commission, amending
ordinance number 13114, the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami, Florida, is amended. Miami 21 code by amending article 4 titled standards and tables. specifically by amending table three titled building function uses to establish definitions and regulations for residential uses for certain CI
civic institution properties affiliated with or owned by a religious educational not for-profit institution or a governmental entity and table 4 titled density intensity and parking to establish rules for applying density allowances making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an
effective date. PZ6 is actually second reading ordinance and ordinance of the Miami City Commission with attachments amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida as amended Miami 21 code by amending article 1 section 1.2 two
titled definitions, definition of terms to introduce a definition for adult daycare indoor activity area. Further amending article four titled standards and tables. Table three titled building function uses to include a cross reference to supplemental regulations in table four titled density, intensity,
and parking to clarify parking requirements for adult daycare. by amending article six titled supplemental regulations to allow adult daycare facilities by right or by process of warrant within certain specified transact zones and when specified criteria are met providing for criteria
making findings providing for technical amendments containing severability clause and providing for an effective date. This item um is the item that should be heard must be heard after 5:00 p.m. So um we may not get to it. Um PZ7 second reading ordinance an ordinance of
the Miami City Commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance by the city of Miami Florida as amended by amending article 3 section 3.9 titled general to zones special area plans clarifying public benefit requirements associated with special
area plans and amending section 3.14 titled general to zones public benefits program clarifying how SAP public benefits are calculated making findings containing a several clause and providing for an effective date. PZ12 first 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 amending article 6 titled supplemental regulations to clarify auto related commercial regulations. Update associated design standards and streamline the process for
reestablishment of those recently operating. making findings continuous severely clause and providing for an effective date. PZ13 first reading ordinance and ordinance of the Miami City Commission with attachments amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami,
Florida as amended Miami 21 code by amending article one titled definitions to introduce and clarify definitions related to vessels further amending article 3 section 3.6 Six titled general to zones off streetet parking and loading standards in article 6 section 6.1 table 13 titled supplemental
regulations intent and exclusions to create consistency with the definitions and establish the update to establish and update regulations processes and by right criteria pertaining to vessels boat lifts boatous and docks peers further amending article 6 section 6.3
titled supplemental regulations commercial uses to establish a new subsection regulating marine related commercial establishments making findings containing a seability clause and providing for an effective date and PZ14 is a resolution that concludes the ordinances in the PZ
>> sorry George which is the one that is after 5 p.m. >> Uh PZ6 which is the um >> Thank you. >> adult daycare. Okay, gentlemen. Are there any items on the PZ agenda that you would like to pull for discussion?
>> No. I'd like to pull PC3. Anyone else? That's it. Okay. So, may I have a motion to pass PZ7, PZ 12, and PZ13. >> Motion.
>> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? All right, >> passes. Okay, I pulled PZ3. I'm a firm no on PZ3. Curiously, you did
not see one pastor come before us to say that they want this legislation. Not one pastor, not one parishioner. The only persons that came to speak on behalf of this legislation were developers. I have a church in my
district that is going into foreclosure because they got in bed with a developer that is unscrupulous. I will not vote for this. I am not in favor of it. It should not be by right. If a church is desirous of doing any
development on their property, it should be they should go through the same process as everybody else. We should not make it easy for our churches to lose their property. That for many of them is historic. They
generations have worked for them to acquire the property etc etc. I am a firm no on this. No. And I would ask my colleagues to pay attention that you did not see one pastor, not one pastor come
and ask for this legislation. I didn't have one pastor in my district come to me and say, "Madame chair, this is great for us. It is not." And the potential unintended consequence of moving this as
of right can be disastrous for our churches, particularly our historic churches who they they do not have the expertise to
negotiate deals such as this. And with it going as of right, there are no checks and balances as you will
and you'll find out about it when it's too late. And I'm not going to be a part of that. Commissioner Partardo, >> Madam Chair, I join you in voting no. I also oppose this. I think it's a whole host of unintended consequences that can happen when it moves in by right. So I'm
a firm no on this as well. Madam Chair, I'm I I was actually going to say we prepared a brief presentation because I do think there's perhaps a little clarification that should should take place. So my deputy chief of staff is here to pull it up on the screen. >> Hold on one second. Commissioner
Gabella, you have >> Let him go. Let Let him >> Go ahead. >> I'll talk after you do your presentation. >> I I accept your point about the pastors. We did not do extensive outreach to the religious community. We wanted to talk about it more as a concept. Um, and >> um, it's not a concept if we're voting
on it today. >> And I do the outreach. I have an annual pastor's breakfast with all of the pastors. All of them are welcome because they are stakeholders in our community. And without input from our stakeholders,
from our pastors, from parishioners who are owners of property, it's not just the church. It it's the folks that attend the churches. >> This is a no. I'm sure your presentation is wonderful, but it will not move me.
It it will not move me. H >> happy to do some some additional outreach to get that kind of feedback. But we we do want to go ahead and clarify a few things and and address some of the questions that >> Right. But I also want to say that not one pastor from any of our districts showed up to say this is great
legislation. No pastor from your district. No pastor from your district. No pastor from your district. >> And we have a very close relationship with our pastor. >> I have a fantastic relationship with the pastors in my district. So go ahead. >> Sure. Thank you. >> And we know there's been some reference
to the legislation being uh Yiggby, which is sort of the opposite of nimi. It's Yes, in God's backyard because there was something introduced at the state level in the last session that was approved to allow housing on church-based sites, but we actually changed the title of it. We've been calling it land of opportunity for two
reasons. Number one, uh there are a number of organizations of different types. So, not specifically just religious institutions, but we have over there. Yes, sure. Go to the next one. So we have um not only religious institutions that are in what's uh some
have called landriich but cash poor. We also have a number of nonprofit organizations. We have government at all levels. So the idea that the city of Miami is in many cases we're sitting on land that we can and I think in some cases should make available for
workforce housing is important to note. We also have uh educational type sites and educational sites include not just schools. There are seven public schools in my district, for example. We also have two administrative sites owned by MDCPS that are very underutilized. One
of them is a vacant uh building that's an unsafe structure and it's just sitting there, but it's surrounded by condominiums that are relatively affordable in nature. Um, in my district alone, and I certainly didn't do a deep dive into everybody else's district. My focus was district 4, but it's
essentially a concept that could have wider applicability. Um, we have uh St. Michael's Church which is owned by the Edge Darcy's of Miami and it's a very large parcel on Flaggler. It is adjacent to the Date County Auditorium, another very large property that has
redevelopment potential. We have uh in terms of nonprofits, we have the Boys and Girls Club which may want to do something in the future. Legal Services of Greater Miami and other nonprofits that own their properties. We have the public schools that I uh seven public schools as I mentioned the
administrative sites and a number of city-owned sites including on 50th in Flaggler. We have a site that has a county library and it's a lease on city-owned land and we did I did get approval for that a couple meetings back to put that out pursuant to an RFP to do
workforce housing specific to that site. Next, there are uh workforce and affordable requirements that are built in that piggybacks off language in Miami 21. So, we're not talking about letting the institutions that I just mentioned do a
series of luxury projects. This has to be these have to be housing units that serve the community, especially those that are most deserving. So, there are built into Miami 21 tiers of how that can be done. I know our planning director is here and he can certainly elaborate if you all would like, but the
idea is that this would be housing that serves the community. In addition to that, it would allow each of the aforementioned institutions generate additional revenue. Churches are constantly fundraising, nonprofits are constantly fundraising. Our governments,
whether it's the school board, the city, the county, are constantly looking for additional sources of revenue. Uh, in many cases in the city of Miami, what can really make it hard for us to get housing addressed is the underlying cost of land. But we know that the cost of
construction is high and increasingly high. But if you are able to create housing on land that is already owned by somebody else that doesn't need to turn a huge profit, we are potentially helping thousands of individuals. There were questions from a um one of
the members in the public had some great questions and this helps to address some of those things. This again does not encourage luxury development. Uh this doesn't affect city parks and this does not eliminate any other requirements that we have. So any height
restrictions, parking requirements, lot coverage ratios, anything like that that doesn't change them. So if somebody cannot they cannot add an additional building because they otherwise wouldn't meet their parking requirements for their church, then they're not able to do an additional building. So even
though it was mentioned that there are over 600 parcels that fall into one of the civic uses that has been discussed, the vast majority still would not be able to take advantage of this. So this is not like some sort of wholesale um redevelopment or new development of housing across civic uses, right? This
will help larger parcels throughout um our districts if if approved. And and finally, in district 4 and perhaps in in each of your districts, this is perhaps the number one issue or the number two or the number three issue. Housing affordability is something that we are
constantly being asked to address. I am constantly being called by people that are asking for rent vouchers. We are constantly being asked to put people on the waiting list for the project that is being built in my district on 50th Avenue and Flaggler by the related group. We have such an a massive massive
demand to address housing affordability. I would be negligent if I didn't put this forward given that this is land that somebody doesn't have to buy from somebody else. So I feel terrible to hear that a church has taken advantage of. But that's very much a sort of
case-bycase situation. Other organizations are are savvy enough and have, you know, enough attorneys that can help them out that they should never be taken advantage of. And on the contrary, they should be able to serve their parishioners. If parishioners are requesting housing and and the religious
institutions are able to provide it, this would help uh the school board, which is got a mandate to help teachers. teachers are incredibly underpaid and that's not changing anytime soon. Schools would be able to both on their school sites or their administrative
sites, they'd be able to add housing for teachers and for essential workers. Nonprofits that are constantly having to ask for money, whether it's at the city or the county or from private donors, they'd be able to provide housing on their properties for their employees or
those that they serve. Sometimes those that they serve are abused women or their children or their seniors or their veterans or they're the disabled, the autistic, and a variety of other folks that we are often being asked to serve. And here's one way to do it that doesn't
cost us money. And it helps to provide for those that need it, including those that own the land. So, I actually would urge you I I understand your concerns. If there are modifications you'd like to make, I'm open to that discussion. But I think if we do not approve this, this is
such a wasted opportunity in what is arguably the least affordable city in the United States of America. >> Thank you, Commissioner Rosado. Commissioner Cabella. >> Yeah. Are you saying that with this legislation that uh that uh if somebody
wants to turn it into affordable, they have to be form a partnership with the uh the institution? Is that what you're saying? They can't sell it outright. >> They they could sell it outright. They could also build it themselves. They don't have to form a partnership. They could turn around and hire a general contractor if they wanted to partner
with an outside uh organization whether nonprofit or for-profit. And I know we actually did have some nonprofits that that spoke today. If they the arch dascese as one example, if they wanted to partner with uh you know a nonprofit affordable housing builder and there are a number of them in the city of Miami,
they could do that. If they wanted to partner with a for-profit, they could do it. What it does for them is that it expedites getting to construction and it saves them a lot of money in legal fees to get there. Um, we know that there is
a path to do things via a variance or reasonzoning. We totally understand that it is so complex, so time inensive and so costly. And we're talking about organizations that are typically cash strapped. They may be landriich, they are cash poor and they don't bother to
go through those processes because of the costs that are incurred and the fact that it it's uncertain what the outcome will be and if they'll get the approval. Again, it maintains all our other important requirements about height density, parking, lot coverage,
permeability, etc. It doesn't touch any of that. It just says you can now do it as of right if you have the space to do it. And many of these organizations will not have the space, but some of them will. >> Commissioner Rosado, I just want to say one thing. You said that the organizations are land rich and cash
poor. So, how do you think that they have the ability to retain andor hire an attorney to advocate on their behalf to make sure that they're getting a good deal? And again, I have experience with this. There were two churches in my
district, two churches. One in Overtown and the southeast Overtown Park West had to save that 100year-old church from being foreclosed on and would most certainly have turned into luxury development.
Doing this as of right is a mistake. With respect to the school board, that's a government entity. they can they have a host of attorneys that can help them manage our processes.
This in my opinion is a mistake and irrespective of your presentation I'm still a no. It has not moved me. And you say that, you know, we're addressing this, but are we being
tonedeaf to our constituents who are concerned about building as of right? I know more than anyone the need for affordable housing. And by the way, 100% of AMI is not
affordable housing. Not for moderately income families. It is not. Commissioner Gabella. Yes ma'am. Thank you. So what I was s I'm always for market forces in the sense that you know if a church is in in uh they don't have money, the institution doesn't have money, you
know, and their walls are crumbling and maybe they sell and then they can build their church somewhere else and give the service. I'm always for that. However, I do hear your side also what's dangerous about this is that presidents said and then all of the these buildings start disappearing you know because of the
need that they have right uh what what if we did it by warrant would that change your mind not only of right by by warrant you still know that >> I want it to go through the regular process whatever that is let them have to go through the regular process
>> then then I think I'm for you know um deferring I think I'm um and study the situation more >> because two of my colleagues are concerned. That's my take. >> Thank you. >> You're what? >> Just call the question, please.
>> Madam Chair, >> Madame Mayor, >> Commissioner Rado, I mean, I think what you're working on here is something that's going on all around the country. Um, in our county, uh, the largest land
owners, land owners are local governments, the Catholic Church, right, and our school system. And, and the idea of being able to activate all that land for housing to me is important.
But um like the chairwoman uh I've served on I have some concerns particularly when it comes to to historic faith-based institutions. Um there are groups all around the country that have worked on this and I have served on some housing stability
task forces that have come up with some best practices particularly around faith-based institutions. Uh to the county attorney or perhaps to Mr. Snow, it seems as if the chairwoman's concern is very much around faith-based institutions rather than not
forprofits in the CI space. And so I don't know if we are able or if you are interested in talking about moving this forward and looking at what some of these not forprofits might do without
um right now dealing with the worries of what we have about making sure that our faith-based communities are capable of doing it. have a congregational process that's inclusionary to do this and does not put these historic buildings and historic places of worship at at risk.
So, I I'm not sure if there's a way to separate those legally and I'm sure Mr. Snow, you would know the answer to that. Thank you, Madam Chair. >> Um, good morning, uh, Commission. Madam Chair, um you know, I think that I think
the message that you've put forth about this the stresses the undue stress is put on the the churches in our community from the development sector is real. Um one thing that uh we might want to consider is additional criteria when
when a church is involved in this process. what that looks like. Um to asssure that the church stays involved, that it provides an opportunity for the church and the congregation um as intended. Um and then that way that
we're not losing churches to development. >> No, I don't think it is smart of us to pass as of right legislation by right legislation. I am a no. I'm an and and
I'm not typically this firm on no but this is a no in every respect for me it is a solid firm not crossing the line I am not bending modifying these churches
historic churches all they have is their land and I've already seen this happen in my district one too many times and I'm not going to be a part of it. I'm not going to be any part of something detrimental to the historic churches in
our district. That's why and I'm I'm cognizant of that. That's why we implemented the Elmasinary grant to help our churches with that grant to shore up their churches, help them get through their 50 40 50 year reertifications. I
was in favor of that to help them hurricane impact windows repair the roof the roofs of the churches. Again, the silence of not having one pastor here in support of this legislation speaks
louder than anything I can say. And even with nonprofits, there are not a lot of nonprofits that even have land. I support nonprofits in Overtown to help families and children. They don't have
land to develop. They're always asking me for space to house their program. And the one nonprofit that I know of that I think Commissioner Rosado was speaking of, they developed it would be the Lotus House
and went through the entire process and it was their own land. I don't think it's unfair to ask for any development to go through the process and we shouldn't be making these exemptions particularly for vulnerable institutions
like our historic properties >> motion to defer so we can study the situation. >> Yes. >> I accept that absolutely. >> Is everybody okay with that? >> Oh the question was called. >> So Commissioner Escalona called the question. Motion to approve.
So chair, just just for the record, a subsidiary motion does take precedence over a main motion. So Commissioner Gabella does want to move forward at least with the subsidiary motion to defer. You would want to uh address the subsidiary motion first before you get to a main motion. Um so I think that is
>> Are you saying that I have to >> uh I can't we can address >> motion to consider. Motion to consider. >> A motion to >> Sorry guys. No, not motion to consider. Motion to defer. Motion to defer motion. Let's study the situation to see if we can have a second. >> So I have a motion to defer and I have a
second. All in favor? >> I >> I this would just allow us to bring it back and have some additional feedback. This was a very helpful discussion. I didn't know how anybody felt about >> motion fails for lack. >> Motion fails. 23.
>> 23. Now do I have a motion for PZ3? item fails to receive. >> Well, it could be just and Mr. City attorney, you can correct me if I'm wrong. It could just be a motion to deny. >> Motion to deny >> or a motion to withdraw. Mo >> so I'm sorry I'm catching up. I thought
we just deferred the >> No, we didn't. No, the motion failed. >> Oh, the motion failed. >> Motion to Since in light of the situation that we don't have the majority, I will make a motion to deny it. I'm sorry, Commissioner. Motion to deny. I have a second. >> Since it was I have a question. Uh since
it was my item, could I withdraw it? Could I offer to withdraw it and bring it back at some later point? >> Dod, >> you >> um So, no, absolutely. If if the commission decides to withdraw the item, the item can be brought back. Even if the item is denied, the item can still be brought back. >> In other words, you don't have
unilateral ability to withdraw it. You would make a motion to withdraw it. >> But we have a motion to deny on the floor and a second. All in favor? I second it. I >> I >> motion passes 41 with Commissioner Rosado voting no.
>> Okay. >> Now we have PZ14. Did I miss any? I don't think so. Everything. PZ14. Okay. We have PZ14, which could not have been a block vote. >> Yeah, it's a uh quasi judicial.
>> It's a quasi judicial item. Mr. City Attorney, >> um Madame Chair, first thing I wanted to say is Commissioner Partardo um has indicated he has a voting conflict. He has submitted the form and he has exited from the um the chambers because it's a
quasi judicial hearing. and um Amber Keter, division chief of land use and transaction will handle the appeal for this. >> Thank you, madame city attorney. >> Um good morning, commissioners. Um as you know, this is an appeal from a HEP
decision. Um it was an application for a special certificate of appropriateness. The HEP board did approve with conditions and there was an appeal filed by um Mr. Cruz. Um his appeal the the
sole reason for his appeal was um based on a settlement agreement. Um there is a settlement agreement um regarding this property. Um in in terms of of your review um it is a
denovo hearing. Um so it is based on the criteria in chapter 23 which is the the secretary of interior standards um based on the intent of chapter 23 and any specific historic guidelines for that
area. um any any challenge to this regarding the settlement agreement that that jurisdiction lies exclusively with the courts.
Um and in the settlement agreement it expressly indicates that the court has the sole jurisdiction to enforce um andor interpret that settlement agreement. Um, so your review is limited
to the the standards in chapter 23 >> and you're asking us to do uphold the appeal or deny the appeal. >> So I I would recommend that you know you give the the Mr. Cruz an opportunity to
present >> to do that but based on what you just said >> based on the filing >> with the court. >> Correct. So based on the appeal filed, it does not seem that there is competent substantial evidence to grant the
appeal. >> I'm unknow on this, but I want to hear what he has to say. >> We have to hear what he has to say. >> We're required to. Okay, Mr. Cruz, you may start. >> Elvis Cruz, 631 Northeast 57th Street
since 1977. Commissioners, my appeal is based on some important history. This property was the subject of a lawsuit originating in 2006, which was settled with a settlement
agreement and restrictive covenant in 2014, which are still in effect. And now I will pass out those two documents and walk you through some brief highlights. Mr. Cruz, you have 5 minutes for your I'm going to give you extra time because
you took time to pass. You have five minutes. Madam chair, the clock is running even though we were okay. Okay. So, settlement agreement. You can see it was registered with the county. Let's open it up to the first page. It has a number
two at the bottom. This settlement agreement is entered into between Morningside Civic Association, Elvis Cruz, Bayside, and the city of Miami. So, At the bottom of page four, the existing
two-story historic structure of the Bayside motor in consists of 13,500 square ft. Again, historic structure. >> Madam chair, if I may object very quickly. I think the city >> allow him to do his presentation, please. Thank you.
>> You're interrupting. Give him an opportunity. >> Go ahead. >> Okay. The next paragraph I'm going to read is from page five. This is the most important paragraph that I will mention today. Please pay special attention. The
foregoing recital are true, correct, and incorporated herein by reference. And no party shall raise and each party expressly, knowingly, and voluntarily
waves any defense to the enforcement of this agreement based on any assertion that it is uninforcable for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation
public policy considerations. Next page. The city agrees that in order to encourage the preservation of the historic property, the city gives TDRs and certificate of transfers. Then that the property qualifies as an
eligible contributing resource for the purposes of the TDR program and that Bayside will apply to the HEP board for approval of the rehabilitation project. The city recognizes the additional costs and so the city gave them a special
deal, a multiplier of four times the square footage, giving them 459,000 square feet of total unused development rights. The agreement is binding upon Bayside as
well as its heirs, successors and interest and shall serve as a covenant running with the property. And the property owner Bayside expressly agrees to adhere to the requirements for the preservation of eligible historic resources.
and they expressly agreed to file a restrictive covenant and signed off by myself, Morningside, and the city attorney. And so now let's
go to the restrictive covenant. So in this document, first page, the property in question is the sending property, a two-story historically designated and contributing property of approximately 15,000 square ft.
The ascending property shall be preserved and maintained in accordance with this declaration in city code according to the special certificate of appropriateness approved by the HEP board 14-6. And the building shall be preserved in
accordance with the existing conditions and maintenance schedule. And this shall apply to all present and future owners of the property. And this was signed off by city attorney,
by historic preservation officer, zoning administrator, and director of planning and zoning. Okay. So with that as background, in summary, the three parties agreed that the original lawsuit would be
withdrawn, that the property was historic, that the owners would be granted a special deal of TDRs with a multiplier of four, and that the property owner would preserve, renovate, and maintain the existing building. The property owner sold many of the TDRs and
raised money that was required to be spent to preserve and restore the buildings. But then in 2017, the property owners changed their mind. They went back to the city and asked for permission to demolish one of the two buildings so they could build something
different. Pause. Mr. City Attorney, excuse me, Mr. City Clerk. Uh, I'd like to enter those documents that I've passed out in as evidence into the public record as part of this proceeding. Thank you.
So the city ignored the requirements of the settlement agreement and restrictive covenant. The item went to the HEP board. The city did not tell the HEP board about the settlement agreement and restrictive covenant and the HEPA board approved the demolition. I then appealed
it to the city commission. I did indeed tell the commission about the agreement and the restrictive covenant. The city commission didn't seem to care about that contract. Yes, ma'am. >> Five minutes. Thank you. >> So I'm no longer allowed to speak. Your time is up. >> Okay. Just want to make it on the record
known that I feel I was not given adequate time. Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay, sir. >> Mr. Chair, Madame Chair, city commissioners Carlos Diaz with offices at 33 Southeast Second Avenue. We introduced a binder into the record which has all the items that the
headboard um reviewed when they unanimously approved this project. I want to make that part of the record. I just want to touch two points very quickly on Mr. Cruz's presentation. He talked a lot about the settlement agreement as the city attorney mentioned that settlement agreement is under litigation. It has an exclusive
jurisdiction clause which says it has to be litigated in the circuit court. That case is pending. So nothing about the settlement agreement is relevant to this case or should be considered. Second point, Mr. Cruz mentioned a restricted covenant. I'll put into the record now that covenant has been amended and
restated in 2025. And it says here, the declaration amends, restates, and replaces in its entirety the certain declaration of restricted covenants recorded October 3rd, 2014, which is the one that Mr. Cruz mentioned. I'll just put that into the record. So that's a document that has been superseded. As to
the appeal today, this is very, very simple, right? This is a project that was approved in 2017 as Mr. Cruz said. In 2017, he appealed to the city commission, to the circuit court, and to the appellet court and lost at all levels. That project is the one that you see on the top. That
project is approved. We can build that project today. A new owner bought the property and modified the design to what it looks like on the bottom. We have the architects here who explain how this meets the criteria. This was presented to the historic board. Staff uh issued a recommendation of approval. The board
unanimously approved the new design. That's all that's in front of you today is the change from one design to another. Although the experts agree that it meets the guidelines. Mr. Cruz is obviously not an architectural expert and has not said anything about the change in design in the project. So with that I conclude my presentation and remain to answer any questions you may
have. >> Mr. Cruz, do you have a rebuttal? >> Thank you Madame Chair. Yes. So, um, if I could put up on the screen what I have and on my laptop, if the people in the back
could plug me in. >> Is anyone addressing the IT request? There we go. Okay. So, this is one of the display boards that the attorney showed at the HEPAboard. And the HEPA's decision was based on some flawed
information. You'll notice that they said that uh Yeah, there it is. Great. Thank you for that. That um they received a building permit issued for a 27 special certificate of appropriateness. They got
that on October 12th of 2023. So, as you may be aware, under the uh city of Miami's uh zoning code, section 23, excuse me, the city code section 23-6.2G,
the certificate of certificate of appropriateness expired after one year. And yet, they went and somehow got a a building permit 6 and a half years later. I'm not sure that that's legal. Also, they said I had no lawsuits, no
pending lawsuits regarding this property. That's what they told the um the HEP board. And you'll notice their display board only lists an appellet decision of February 2nd, 2018. They neglected to mention two current cases I have pending before the
court circuit court case number 2021 010716-CA01. and second at the third district court of appeals case number 3D 2024-2199 regarding the issue of whether or not what they are proposing
is in violation or not in violation of the settlement agreement. I would let the everybody within the sound of my voice know that this is extremely disturbing. the idea that the city can enter into a binding contract with the public and yet the city can then turn
around and ignore that binding contract. I'd like to point out that during the various court hearings that we've had, at one point, the city argued that the settlement agreement was not a legally binding contract because the city had sovereign immunity.
Essentially saying that the city does not have to obey any of its own contracts because they are the city. What nerve, what blatant dishonesty. Both the circuit court and the third DCA disagreed with the city for good reason
and you can look that up. That's case number 3D21-242 24 June 22nd, 2022. So in closing, I would ask this commission to do the right thing to not reinforce
a violation of a settlement agreement and not reinforce the misbehavior on the part of the city administration and uphold the appeal. Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> It will be extremely brief. So again, this is not about the settlement agreement. And the settlement agreement is in circuit court. Nothing about the settlement agreement has to do with substantial competent evidence that was presented at the headboard and is presented as part of your record. Since we presented subst sufficient
substantial competent evidence that the proposed design is compatible with the applicable rules and guidelines, we ask that you uphold the headboard decision and deny Mr. Cruz's appeal. Thank you. >> Thank you, gentlemen. Any discussion on this item?
Are we ready to vote? Okay. Do I have a motion to grant the appeal? >> Oh, so um Madam City attorney, >> uh so either the motion is to grant or deny the appeal. >> I said to grant the appeal first. I'll
go first with that. Seeing no motion, do I have a motion to deny the appeal? >> Wait a minute. >> Wait, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Okay, I have a motion to deny the appeal. Motion >> second.
>> All in favor? >> I >> I >> as amended 4 Z. >> Thank you. >> Thank you everybody. See you in court. >> Now, um Mr. Manager, it has been a
my application of the agenda. I'd like to take the discussion items after we do all of the other work of the city. Could we arrange our agenda to reflect such that the discussion items are after PZY
items, please? Moving forward, don't want to seem as if I'm giving anybody unfair advantage, but I do this all the time. I take the discussion items after the PC items. So, if we can do that, um, we need a motion
to defer PZ6 because we're not going to be here until after 5:00. I have a I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> Motion carries unanimously. >> And chair, to what meeting? >> Madam Chair, if I may, >> Madam Chair. Um, Madame Mayor, it's a
pretty simple fix of city code to allow this to be held and heard during the regularly scheduled meetings. It does require two readings, my understanding, from city attorney. So, we'll get to work on that during February for your February meeting so that we can continue
to comply with state statute, but also hear these items um should our meetings continue to progress um the way they are where we start on time, we discuss things and uh and we move along the city business. So, if with your permission, I'll get that on the next agenda.
>> Okay. So, let's defer it until April. >> April 9th or >> actually let's indefinitely defer it and that way we can bring it back whenever we want. So, once we clear up the legislation, we'll just bring it back. So, let's indefinitely defer it. Do I have a motion?
>> So, move. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> Item carries. And we have one discussion item, update on permitting improvements. Is that me? >> Madam Chair, this is a a presentation I have been working on with our assistant
city manager. We've had a series of permanent related items in the last few months and so he and I had agreed that we would approximately every other month or so provide some sort of an update. While Graham is uh uploading that, there is one thing that I'm not sure we we necessarily put in uh in the PowerPoint,
but that is that I I'd read recently that Miami Day College is working with four cities in Miami Day County in order to test out whether AI technology could be used to streamline the permitting process. And it mentioned they're going to be working with Coral Gables and some others, but it didn't mention Miami. And
so I contacted Miami Day College and I asked, you know, is there an expense to participate? Would they consider adding in the city of Miami? and they said there's no expense and that they would include us. And so they're we're going to be doing if the administration and the commission is supportive a a test uh
pilot program to see how AI may be able to streamline our permitting process. >> Good morning uh Commission uh Graeme Jones, assistant director of planning. Um appreciate the opportunity to provide a program update um today. Um it's
pertinent. I know there's renewed interest in processes and um a focus on permit time scales and and streamlining that. So, it's uh very pertinent to bring you this update uh this morning. Um I did provide an update back in October on this program, but out of
respect to the new commissioner and also um the new mayor, um I'm just going to do a very brief overview of of the program and its intent and where we got to. So, just a quick summary, we have a number of entitlements within the city of M Miami. Um the two the majority are
administrative. They include the ASPRS waiverss warrants which include noticing and are repeatable. We also have some that are require public hearing and those are an exception variance reszone and flumes. Um entitlements come with positives and and and and some
negatives. Generally speaking the positives are that they include uh neighbor notification. They they allow engagement and awareness by neighbors. Um they allow for a right of appeal. um they are allow for a design focus consideration within the neighborhood
context um and the majority are administrative but the important aspect here anything we do with entitlements in terms of making them by right does remove both uh the neighbor notification and the right of appeal there are challenges associated with them um there is some uncertainty obviously there's um
um a staff review that um there are criticisms in terms of delays um sometimes there's conflicting criteria and there's obviously a complexity that comes with entitlements. They normally require some kind of legal support in order to move them through the planning process. So with that context,
we've uh received the mandate to uh back in October to push forward with a program that addresses many of these concerns uh creating more opportunities by right rather than going through an entitlement process. So we received a a mandate from the uh city manager's
office and a lot of support to bring forward amendments uh as quickly as possible. We did this with um uh both an interdep departmental group um as well as external stakeholders and they'd be meeting regularly through workshops to shape the program and also provide staff
with feedback as the initiatives are being brought forward. Uh this includes the team uh with myself as program management uh manager and Ace as the assistant city manager and David Snow director of planning uh champion in the project. Um and as you can see we've also brought in other departments
including the strong support from the department of zoning uh and tomorrow Frost. Um looking at the program timeline um you can see we've moved fairly quickly through the program. Um we're now into the the beginning of this year, but we've had regular um workshops. We've
been dis doing discovery uh and testing of various ideas. We've had good feedback from uh commissioners and their their constituents through various meetings. And uh that's that's uh created a very robust program and uh we're very um excited by the fact that
in the last few months we've actually been able to bring forward a number of Miami 21 zoning amendments that helped alleviate some of the the uh unnecessary um reviews and also uh created a much more streamlined process. I do want to
mention that um we have embedded um a um uh a process of continuing improvement within the department of planning. I know that's true of other departments as well. Um but you know in terms of our department that we did start at quite a challenge challenging position 3 years
ago. We were very short of staff. We didn't have the right skill sets. Um the timelines were were particularly difficult um for us. So in the last three years under the the the leadership of Savan Skyner and David they've been implementing a program where we've been
able to resource the department field post have focused teams introduced checklists and we've uh seen some some early sort of impact results of those initiatives. Um we've been able to meet some of our uh initial KPIs in terms of
getting um permits into the system and doing a first cycle of review. So, you know, these positive results have been been, you know, noticed and we've had good feedback from our our stakeholders on that. Um, that being said, um, you know, this program came about because we
knew there was more work to be done and, uh, we very much appreciate any support in in bringing more further initiatives forward. Um, these are the number of legislative amendments we've been bringing forward over the last few years. It's been a steady number but again these have been very much focused on stakeholder
feedback and uh ensuring permits are moved quickly. Um we also had a very um strong program um uh outreach program that was put in place a couple of years ago called the Miami 21 task force program that brought about I think
almost um I think it was 180 around 180 recommendations from industry for us to work through and we've completed around 40% of those um another 20% have been completed through other initiatives. So, you know, the feedback that we've got, we've been acting on and moving things
forward. This program builds on a lot of those efforts and initiatives. This this entitlement reform program um it's very much focused on modernizing and clarifying simplifying Miami 21 code. We want to make it the most usable um code
um in the country. Um we've been introducing by options when their spec specified design criteria is met. So if you follow um a design that the city has kind of pre-approved then sure go we can go by right we don't need to burden you
with an additional entitlement process. So those that's the the basis of the program. We've been consolid consolidating any overarching uh review criteria. Um we've been looking at the timeline. We've looking at technology um and we want to update a lot of the
formatting around the code as well. So this is the main slide I wanted to bring you today. Um so we can see we've already had quite a number of achievements. Uh we brought forward and it's been approved by the city commission the efforts to um update the
personal service wireless facilities PW uh SF that's been approved. We also have made by right in across the city uh where applicable micro dwelling units is now by right. We've done a number of initiatives around educational reform. Um those have also been approved. We're
also bringing forward through now at the city commission stage. Um we briefly touched on earlier um adult daycare also related commercial and the vessels docks and marine related commercial. So they're obviously moving at different paces and we're getting different feedback around that. But the important
thing is through this program we're bringing forward these initiatives and they're being heard by yourselves. Um we're also uh done some work around the use table mapping um to to help you know um map the various codes that we have in
place the different uses that are uh referenced in there to help our applicants understand the formbbased code and its initiatives against some of the other uh uh Florida building code requirements. And then we have pro a number of initiatives that are really making good pace now 9 through 16 here
um that focus on outdoor outdoor dining. The vast majority of our warrants are out outdoor dining applications. They're nearly all approved. They're very rarely appealed. Um and we created some design criteria around that that depending on the scale of it, you can go by rights
without the need to to request a warrant. So we're getting good feedback on that. We know that Midtown um it Midtown has its own overlay. It hasn't been updated for some time. It's mostly built out. So, we want to simplify some of the rules around Midtown to bring it
in line with Miami 21 so that you know small businesses can open uh much more quickly. People can change signage without going through a warrant process, those kind of things. So, that really just brings it up up in uh to the same level as Miami 21 in terms of simplicity. Um and then at this point in
the program, what we're doing is really moving into process. So a lot of the code amendments that we've done up till now have really focused on the outcomes on the ground and and and those and whether or not you need to go through a warrant or not or not. What we really
want to focus on now is the the process um reducing redundancies, simplifying the review criteria. Um we we want to um look at the traffic impact study process. We're looking at um using the some getting some techn technology in
place such as the enterprise system and we've also looking at the certific certificate of use process and I know there's been some successful workshops uh led by zoning recently on that. So we're shifting the program into a new phase that very much more focuses on process. Um we're currently getting
feedback from um our stakeholders and what that process that those elements should focus in on. Um I know that you you yourselves have got ideas around how we can improve that. Uh I know that madame mayor has also um wants us to focus on some of these elements and so
the program is kind of shifted into that new phase but um I wanted to update you today on the success we've had so far uh through this initiative. So um this is the current program phase that we're in um entitlement reform workshop we've just held. Um we're having another one
coming up in January. uh we've got this discussion item today. Um we're very as as these items outlined below much more shift in terms of uh into the process world of what we do. So um that's the end of my presentation and uh appreciate
your support as we move forward and with this program and uh continue to improve on behalf of our stakeholders um the entitlement process. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. At this time,
George need our city attorney needs to make a statement for the record. >> Yes. And before I read the um script in the record, I want to with point of privilege um to um introduce we have students here from Lynn University College of Business with their professor
Wendy Wahberg. Please wave to the city commission and the mayor. They're here. They drove all the way down from Bokeh to observe an efficiently run city of Miami commission meeting. So, thank you for coming and attending. We also have three interns from our spring program.
Um, they're students from St. Thomas University School of Law and University Miami School of Law. So, welcome. And, um, now back to business. Um, script for request for attorney client session. Um, madame chairwoman and members of the commission, pursuant to
the provisions of section 286.011 011 parenthesis 8 Florida statutes. I'm requesting that at the city commission meeting of fe February 12, 2026 and attorney client session closed to the public be held for the purposes of discussing the pending litigation in the matter of Joe versus the city of Miami.
Case number 20006-14464-CA1 pending in the circuit court of the 11th judicial circuit in and for Miami date county to which the city is presently a party. The subject of the meeting will be confined to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to litigation expenditures. This private meeting will begin at approximately 10
a.m. or soon thereafter as the commissioner schedules permit and conclude approximately 1 hour later. The session will be attended by the members of the city commission which include chairwoman Christine King, commissioners Miguel Anel Gabella, Damen Partardo, Rolando Escalona, and Ralph Raphael
Rosado, city manager James Rays, and outside council Fabian A. Ruiz. A certified court reporter will be present to ensure that this session is fully transcribed and the transcript will be made public upon the conclusion of the litigation. At the conclusion of the attorney client session, the regular commission meeting will be reopened and
the person chairing the commission meeting will announce the termination of the attorney client session. Thank you, Madam Chair. >> Thank you. And this shall conclude the city of Miami commission meeting for January 22nd, 2026. Thank you to my colleagues. We are
going to have the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting as soon as the city clerk can flip the tape. So, I'd ask my colleagues to hang on for a second. Thank you. Good morning again. Welcome to the
Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting for January 22nd, 2026. I'm joined by my colleagues, Commissioner Gabella, Commissioner Escalona, Commissioner Partardo, Commissioner Rosado, and myself,
Chairwoman of the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA. Joining us also today is our executive director, James D. McQueen, and our deputy director, Vincent T. Brown, along with our city attorney.
Welcome everybody. Mr. McQueen. >> Good morning. >> Good morning. >> Um, we have a few items that will be for your consideration that Mr. Brown will read them into the record, >> Madame Chair, board members. Item one is a resolution accepting sole proposal
from Korea USA LLC. to the proposer authorizing the executive director to negotiate a development agreement for the disposition of five parcels of CA CRA property to the proposer and furtherance of 4th Avenue Affordable House Development located at 402
Northwest 8th Street 734 Northwest 4th Avenue 728 Northwest 4th Avenue 720 Northwest 4th Avenue 714 Northwest 4th Avenue Miami Florida 33136 item number two is a resolution
authorizing the allocation of additional funds in the amount not to exceed $100,000 for program fiscal year 2526 for additional funding for the crime reduction intervention program. And item number three is a resolution ratifying
authorizing the dispersement of additional funds in the amount not to exceed $1.1 million for the completion of an affordable housing project located at 244 Northwest 6th Street. Madam Chair, those are the three items for consideration. >> Thank you. May I have a motion to set
the agenda? >> So moved. I >> have a motion and a second. All in favor? I. >> At this time, I'm going to open the floor for public comment. If there's anyone here that would like to speak on behalf of any of the items before us, please step forward.
>> Seeing none, public comment period is now closed. Gentlemen, may I have a motion to pass the minutes for October 23rd, 2025, November 20th, 2025, and December 11th, 2025? >> I have a motion and a second. All in
favor? >> I. >> Thank you. Gentlemen, of the items before us, are there any items that you would like to pull for discussion? Seeing none. >> Yeah, I'd like to pull the yellow Paci for discussion.
May I have a motion for RE1, two, and three? >> So moved. Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> Items passed unanimously. Thank you all. Thank you for your advocacy. This meeting is now adjourned. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you.