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you? Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Miami Commission meeting. We are going to start our meeting with recognizing some outstanding individuals. I'm going to turn the mic over to
Oh, we have to wait for my colleagues. They're two are here though, so we're going to get going. It's two or three. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. We're ready to rock and roll. Now, I
have my colleagues, Commissioner, who's coming right back, Commissioner Rosado and my other colleague, Commissioner Damian Partardo, and we're going to start with our recognitions. Um, Greater Miami Service Corps is here and we are recognizing them. Please come forward. I
have had the honor to work with the Greater Miami Service Corps when I was an employee with Miami Date County. we were in the same department. So, I'm quite familiar with the wonderful work that these young people do to help keep
our community clean and thriving. They do a lot of work in the city of Miami across districts. They work in District 5. They work in Commissioner Partardo's district and um it is a national organization, Greater
Miami Service Corp. They are throughout the United States and they help young people realize their dreams through service education. Am I leaving anything out? Service education.
This is the executive director, Miss Debbie Dorset, and my friend and everyone else that's coming. You should have seen, if you're going around in the city of Miami, you see these orange shirts all over the place. Morning. Morning. Morning. Morning. morning and
um they are part of my home. I'm going to read you a little bit about the proclamation. Whereas founded in 1990, the Greater Miami Service Corps has served as nationally recognized youth development and workforce training organization
dedicated to transforming the lives of young adults ages 18 through 25 throughout Miami Dade County. They're part of Miami Dade County, but they work all over. And many of them transition to become City of Miami employees,
employees of Miami Dade County, and other municipalities because of the work that they do. Yes. >> Yes. >> I know my program. I know my program. Whereas for 35 years, Greater Miami Service Corps has worked diligently to
reconnect opportunity youth with education while providing them with meaningful pathways to success through academic support, paid workforce training, leadership development, community service, and opportunities to earn a high school diploma, industry
recognized credentials, and scholarships. They do if we have like abandoned houses in the city, they'll go they'll board it up. They'll keep the yards clean so the abandoned house doesn't become an eyes
sore in the community. This is the kind of work that these kids do. They also um do MLK Boulevard. That's why MLK Boulevard is so sparkly clean. They do a little bit in Little Haiti. I'm waiting for comm I think you do Coral Way, right? Which is Coral Way. They do
coralway which is commissioner Rosado's district. Greater Miami service corps has empowered thousands of young people through its comprehensive model that integrates handson learning and career preparation in high demand industries
including construction, environmental stewardship, hospitality, information technology, healthcare and energy efficiency. also public service because Kone McGee, Commissioner Keone McGee was a Greater Miami Service Corps
participant. So, fun fact, they also encourage young folks to become public servants. Whereas Greater Miami Service Corps members contribute to the city of Miami's resilience and sustainability by supporting weekly farm share food
distributions, participating in home beautifification and landscape maintenance, conducting home energy upgrades, and engaging in community revitalization initiatives that enhance the quality of life for residents across our neighbors. The organization is a
statecertified pre-apprentice program that prepares young adults to enter registered apprenticeship programs and long-term sustainable careers, thereby strengthening Miami's workforce and economic future.
Whereas, under the leadership of interim board chairman Dr. Brown and director Debbie Dorset. The Greater Miami Service Corps continues to uplift, equip, and inspire youth to build self-sufficiency, strengthen communities, and emerge as
leaders who create lasting and positive change. Therefore, our mayor, Francis Suarez, and all of my colleagues honor the Greater Miami Service Corps for 35 years of dedicated service, transformational
impact, and unwavering commitment to the young people and communities of Miami Dade County. And therefore, in observance of, we call upon the good people of the city of Miami to join us in recognizing and honoring Greater
Miami Service Corp. Thank you, Chairwoman King. The city of Miami is actually one of the charter members of Greater Miami Service Corps 35 years ago. So they have not only supported the concept of Greater
Miami Service Corp and serving being a venue to serve young people in the community, but throughout the 35 years have invested, mentored and supported our young people. So we have contributed
over a million hours I would say to the work in the city and within the county and we could not do what we do without your support and the support of the commissioners. So on behalf of the board
of directors we thank you for this recognition. We work tirelessly every week with uh Barbara Sweet and we thank you for your support. um the work that you do in um making sure
the residents have nutritional services. I don't think there's any words for that. So again, thank you. >> And I am a proud sponsor of the Greater Miami Service Corp. Thank you for Oh, so um good Morning. Uh, I'm
Commissioner Gella, District 1. And for me, this is a very special for this gentleman, uh, Victor Baloy. The city of Miami proudly extends this commendation to park manager, assistant supervisor Victor Baloy in recognition of his extraordinary heroism, professionalism,
and life-saving action on Friday, December the 5th, 2025 during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Graham Park. During the comm community the community celebration, park ranger assistant supervisor Baloy was urgently approached by a mother whose four-year-old child was choking and un
unable to breathe. Without hesitation and with exceptional calm, he immediately applied his training, expertly performing the proper emergency back thrust technique, successfully dislodging the obstruction and saving the child's life. His swift action, clear presence of mind, and dedication
to duty prevented a tragic outcome and reflected the very best of public service. This life-saving response also highlights a strong collaboration between the city of Miami parks department and the city of Miami Police Department whose joint training and teamwork continue to strengthen the safety of our community. Park Ranger
assistant supervisor Victor Baloy is a credit to the parks department and the entire city of Miami. His courage and readiness to act exemplifies the highest standards of service and commitment to the residents and families we proudly serve. With deepest appreciation, the city of Miami hereby commends and honors
park ranger assistant supervisor Victor Baloy for his section of bravery, exemplary service, signed Francis Suarez, mayor of city of Miami. Thank Thank you very much. >> Uh thank you, Commissioner. Uh, I just wanted to give uh a brief shout out to C
chief Perez for making that training possible. Uh, I know he's probably not here, but also want to give a shout out to Lieutenant Gab Aguero who usually, you know, gives us the time when we want to complete this training and have our division prepared to uh, you know, be
ready for these sort of instances. So, that's all I got to say. So, just a few words to kind of give you an idea of how how the city works behind. Uh, when now assistant city manager Barbara Hernandez was a parks
director a while back, we kind of identified that there was a need to better prepare and and have a more cohesive relationship between the police department, the fire department, the park rangers. Uh so we've embarked on a on a on a journey to professionalize the
folks at the parks department that are doing the park ranger duties. We put together this curriculum, this training uh and Supervisor Baloy and and Joanne, thank you for for uh joining us as beautiful wife. Uh went to the training
and when you least expect it, a day where we're all celebrating a tree lighting ceremony at Graland Park. Um, when everybody is having a good time, that's when he was needed the most. When a four-year-old was choking, if it wasn't for his life-saving techniques,
there would have been a tragedy on our hands that night. So, thank you for the dedication, not only of our assistant city manager, the fire department that joined us in that training. Chief Heavia's team is always willing to assist and has never said no when we
need something from them. Uh it's absolutely a testament who at the city of Miami, we will never stop bettering ourselves, making sure that we're doing all we can to keep our city safe, healthy, and vibrant. So, I know uh our new parks director wants to say a few
words. Uh so, here you go, John. >> Good morning. Uh Victor has been a cornerstone of our parks ranger program since 2008. I believe he was uh promoted in 2013 to assistant supervisor. And when I heard of this incident, I was not at all surprised to hear that his name
was involved in the way that it was. So with that, you've made the uh pro uh the department very proud. We're very proud of him. Thank you to your service for your service and um also thanks for the police department for their cooperation working with us so closely. I think it's been a benefit to the city in in its
entirety. Thank you. Okay, let's go forward. Good morning. >> Oh, thank you. Good morning everyone. >> Morning. Uh today it's an honor privilege to recognize an institution that is iconic in our community and
that's HCA Florida Mercy Hospital. If you grew up here, you know Mercy Hospital. uh you remember it for the decades of service in our community. Uh especially if you're CubanAmerican, you remember Mercy Hospital because they did a lot in terms of welcoming the
Cuban-American community and exiled doctors when they first came over. People like my father when they first came over that really uh found a home there. Um I'm going to read you their proclamation and ask that the folks from HCM Mercy Hospital please come up.
On December 18th, 1950, Mercy Hospital admitted its first patient, marking the beginning of a legacy of compassionate care. Through 75 years of service, the hospital has remained steadfast in its mission to provide highquality care, welcoming people of all backgrounds, and
shaping the medical, cultural, and spiritual life of Miami while continuing to live the promise of mercy for all. In 1945, the Dascese of St. Augustine responded to the call of Miami residents for a Catholic hospital and began
construction on 40 acres along Biscane Bay. An endeavor supported by people of all religious denominations who recognized the need for quality health care and the critical shortage of hospital beds. The Sisters of St. Joseph guided the hospital for more than 60
years, preserving its Catholic identity and ministry until 2011 when Mercy Hospital partnered with HCA, who has invested more than 456 million in capital improvements to ensure long-term sustainability while continuing its sacred mission, the only Catholic
hospital in Miami Day County. HCA Florida Mercy Hospital has made enduring contributions to the Cuban-American community and cultural identity by receiving wounded American prisoners returning from the Bay of Pigs in invasion and welcoming Cuban exile physicians, becoming the first Miami
hospital to open its doors to medical training. HCA Florida Mercy Hospital has been a pioneer in medicine and a steadfast institution in the community, creating a mobile medical van for migrant workers, a Liberty City clinic, and reopening only 3 days after Hurricane Andrew. The hospital has
continued expanding with major facilities in the areas of neonatal care, cardiology, orthopedics, neurosciences, oncology, and also serving as a center for maternity in Miami, delivering thousands of babies, a legacy that continues today. Now, one in
five people in Miami date county were born in Mercy Hospital. So, it's an honor to acknowledge them. Are they here? Oh, thank you so much, Commissioner Partardo. Um, and to every commissioner, every single one of you have supported Mercy in some way. Uh, and we could not
do it without each and every one of you. Uh, Mayor Suarez, also a Mercy baby. uh Chief Morales, Chief Evia, who also serves on our board. Every single member of this city is such a partner to Mercy, and we cannot do it without each and every one of you. Uh so we're thrilled
to be celebrating our 75th anniversary tonight is a bit of a birthday party. So we are having a tree lighting uh ceremony. Uh hopefully uninccidental from the prior recognition. Uh but we are so lucky to be a partners uh with you guys and would love to see every
single one of you and your families at our tree lighting this evening. >> Thank you. >> 70 75 years. So, we also want to recognize and and actually for us and our office, it's been a big mission to focus on the
revitalization of Little Bahamas in the West Grove. And it was a pleasure to attend an event we did for our basel which is growing and we hope it continues growing. Romeo was amazing and people helped putting this together that recognized three black artists who
really have made the Miami Black Arts Workshop a a force since 1969. So for decades, these gentlemen have been creating spaces for black art and been drawing awareness to the need for
inclusion and the need for understanding the cultural identity and where it's coming from. So with that said, I'll start with Denzulu Gene Tiny. If Mr. Tenny could come up, Mr. was born in New York, moved to Miami
in 1974, bringing with him a rich background in foreign languages, literature, linguistics, and a deep commitment to cultural, historical, and social justice causes. Shortly after arriving in Miami, he joined the black the Miami Black Arts Workshop and became a key co-founder of the Kumba Artist
Collective of South Florida, helping to sustain and expand the legacy of black art, community engagement, and cultural activism. As an educator, Mr. chaired the newly formed art department of Florida Memorial University, sharing his knowledge and inspiring generations
of students to merge creative practice, historical awareness, and community service. His visionary middle passage ship replica project is a work that promotes awareness and healing and is based on an authentic historical ship design, serves as a traveling museum,
educational resource center, and ancestrial memorial shrine. It powerfully recalls the experiences of ancestors lost through the transatlantic slave trade. Mr. Tiny's work includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, graphic designs, and public monuments. They all
reflect powerful themes of memory, identity, diaspora, and justice. His art is widely collected and has received broad recognition. His leadership extends beyond the studio, advocating for restoration and preservation of historically significant African-American recreational spaces. He
has deeply been involved in civic, cultural, and historic preservation efforts, leveraging art and the memory to build community, affirm identity, and fight for social justice. It's a pleasure to recognize Mr. Tiny. If you'd like to say a few words, >> my goodness,
>> it's a lot. >> Excuse me. Uh, thank you. Thank you. This is a hard act to follow after all the uh previous recognitions. Uh the small army that I'm joined with here is um uh represents actually the group that
welcomed me when I got to Miami, which was the Miami Black Arts Workshop, an iconic presence in Coconut Grove. And as a matter of fact, you know, our our understanding, I'm honored and humbled that my name is singled out, but re really we were, you know, looking
forward to the proclamation for the recognizing the whole uh Miami Black Arts Workshop, which not only encouraged artists and uh mentored younger artists and really established a very healthy relationship between the the the small
group of artists and the community right here in Coconut Grove that that is served actually employing young people, training young people. Uh so it's an honor to be able to speak on behalf of all of these folks. I'll just mention um uh some of them. Uh Walter Dennis, um
Robert Mcnite, uh Roland Woods Jr., he's the spirit father of this whole thing that started at at uh in 1969. Um who else do we have? I'm just looking at the original members who were here. um uh Charles Humes, Lucius King um and
there's so much more and I'm known for being loquacious. So I'm going to end there and thank you all very much for the honor. Thank you. And oh last thing I'll say, uh we could not have done this without a lot of support from the city of Miami then
and so we're all the more grateful for this recognition now. Thank you all. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Tenny when I was the president CEO of MLKEDC. I don't think we've mentioned enough
what a strong advocate Mr. Tenny is for the arts. I remember we had to restore a mural and Mr. Tenny came to see me to make sure I did the right thing. And I
was like, whoa. And okay, but we're gonna do that. But he is such an advocate. He's so passionate about art and I love that he is passionate about
all genres of art. And as a mom who is whose daughter is an artist, I appreciate that. and he's mentored artists like um Adonis Adonis Parker who has gone on to do great public art in our community. So I want to thank you
and he's a strong strong advocate for the museum that is going to tell the story of Virginia Key Beach. Strong advocate for that. So thank you for your advocacy. Thank you for your work. And I think Commissioner Parter wants to say something else. Well, yeah, because we
actually had the pleasure of being able to highlight three of the artists. So, we have proclamations from three of you, and I want to make sure you have a moment to say a few words. And I wanted to also read the background. So, uh, we're also honoring Robert Mcnite. Robert Mcnite was born in Kingston,
South Carolina, and relocated to Miami in 1953, where he developed a passion for art from early childhood and studied painting at the Miami Arts Center. While attending high school, he pursued formal arts education, studying sculpture in London and later earned a BFA from
Syracuse University. These foundations would inform decades of creative work grounded in personal cultural and environmental themes. After returning to Miami, he engaged in public facing creative work, including designing artificial rock facades for exhibits at Metro Zoo and later working on projects
in Disney and the Caribbean, fusing artistry, design, and environmental imagination. As an active member of the Miami Black Arts Workshop and later the broader Kumba Arts Collective, Mr. Mcnite committed himself to raising the visibility of African-American and African Diaspora artists by advancing
opportunities for black artists through mentorship, public commissions, gallery exhibitions, and community art. His public works have enriched the visual and cultural landscape of Miami, reflecting cultural heritage, memory, and community pride that affirms the
identity and resilience of South Florida's black communities. So, it's an honor in recognizing you as well if you have a couple of minutes >> or 30 seconds. Robert McNight um grew up in Coconut Grove. uh studied art. I've
always been an artist. I will die as an artist or um >> you are >> and I am an artist. >> You are. And thank you. >> Thank you very much. Thank you.
And last but not least, Roland Woods Jr. Roland Woods Jr. was born and raised in Miami's Brownville neighborhood and in the late 1960s became one of the first black art students to integrate the art history department at the University of Miami. In 1969, he was among the
founding members of the Miami Black Arts Workshop, originally the Black Arts Council of Miami, created in response to the near total absence of works by black artists in museums, galleries, and publications in Miami, reflecting a dire need for representation and opportunity.
The Miami Black Arts Workshop became a vital community institution based in historic West Coconut Grove. It offered exhibition space, creative classes, mentorship, public art, installing large, brightly colored murals and panels in black neighborhoods and then
transformed public spaces and asserting pride, identity, and visibility for black Miamiians. Through his political and social conscious works, Roland Woods Jr. captured the vibrancy, dignity, struggles, and everyday transcendence of black life in Miami. The legacy of his
commitment to cultural information endures as the impact of the Miami Black Arts Workshop is well documented and celebrated in many exhibitions, publications that memorialize injustices, and contributes to the collective memory of Black Miami. Thank
you very much. mention. >> Okay. Uh we deeply appreciate uh the city of Miami giving us this opportunity uh to be recognized, but what I would like to do is closure. >> Okay. We thank God for this opportunity
to be recognized. And I would like to recognize my wife, Miss Jennifer Wood. Come on up. Nice. And I thank Miss Mcnite. Come on up. Come on up. And uh I would
like to uh have these individuals that's so much a part of our group to introduce themselves because without them we would not have a group. >> Say a few words.
Okay. Um, I'm Vernon James and I met Mr. Woods at church and he has mentored me uh continue to bless me with scripture and uh continue to push me in my aspirations as a spoken word artist and he's seen great value in me and I just
appreciate that. >> I'm J I'm Jaylen Marisma. I go to the college of Nova Southern University and I'm just an inspiring artist who's trying to like get more into the arts and stuff. So, I'm Richard Marisma Senior, Jaylen's
father, father of three. Um, you know, when I was introduced to the Black Arts Workshop by Brother Roland, uh, we we got together, join in, uh, as men of faith, uh, fishing for men and saving
souls. So, when we journeyed into this, um, you know, uh, arena of inspiring young artists, you know, I I I had to u recognize the legacy that he's living. uh and want to honor the men that are
continue to uh show us and educate us about black art in Miami. Um, of course, obviously I'd like to inspire the future of my son and other young men just alike. So, thank you for the opportunity. Thank you very much.
My name is Michael Forest and I am honored to be here after a very long trip from Jamaica as a drama church, theater artist, broadcaster, journalist and performer and um being a part of this group has
allowed me to take a film that I worked on in 2018 which is an adaptation of the most famous love story in the world which is Romeo and Juliet and we Jamaican reconized it and called it Romeo and Juliet forever in Jamaican
dialect of course and because of the opportunity has been afforded me and the blessing that has been given to me I am now here I've been able to screen that that film as you can see I'm very nervous um at the at the at ours festival and uh we're looking forward to
really great things and thank you very much I'm Rolling Wood's wife. I'm Lucius King. I'm an overtime. One of the few that are still around. Grew up over town. went to Miami Day
Educational System and I was fortunate enough to be considered one of the foremost black photographers in the last 50 years. Charles Humes Jr., visual artist, painter, print maker. Thank you.
Hello. So, my name is uh Lauren Hudson. I'm born and raised in Miami. I'm also a visual artist. Happy to be here on stage. Mr. Roland introduced me to this wonderful uh organization here. And uh that's
about it. Uh, my name is Walter Dennis and I had the pleasure of being the president of the Black Arts Workshop for um two years back in the early 1970s
and it was it has been a pleasure being associated with these um young people. Okay. uh some of them aren't young but um um it's a pleasure being associated with them and the arts is just a natural
part of me and I appreciate being okay the honor that the city has bestowed upon us today. >> Hi, my name is Soil Mcnite. I am the daughter of Robert Mcnite, but also um I wanted to say thank you for the recognition of the black the Miami Black
Arts Workshop because if it wasn't for the Miami Black Arts Workshop, I probably wouldn't be here because my parents met through that. Um my mom was Neith Nevelson and she was also an artist from Coconut Grove. But also, and very importantly, one of the members that is not here with us today is um my
uncle Donald Mcnite who was also one of the members of the Miami Black Arts Workshop. and we we lost him in 2020. So, I just want to make sure that we recognize him as well because the Mcnite brothers are um a big part of that. So, thank you.
>> Thank you all. It really is an honor. Those are lifetime contributions and it's so important that we keep awareness and and we we keep celebrating uh these stories. So on behalf of the chair, the mayor and the commission, we give you these proclamations and we will take a
quick picture wherever photographer is. Thank you again. Good morning. How's everyone doing today? It's wonderful to uh look out into this audience uh for the last time as uh as your
mayor. Um it's humbling and I was just u sharing with Art um just what an incredible experience this has been and what an incredible job this is to serve all of you uh in what I believe is the greatest city in the world.
So, so as as mayor, um, one of my one of my titles is head of protocol, and so I get to commend people who have had a a lasting impact on our city.
Today I have the privilege of recognizing two unsung heroes. Two people who quietly serve the city day in and day out.
Always with a smile. They never complain. And they always make our days brighter. Alba and Clara, if you will come up, please. Where are they? Oh. I didn't even see them. Look at them. They're so
unassuming that I didn't even see them behind me. So, I'm going to read this. I don't usually read them, but I think it they deserve it. And then I'll just say a few extra words. So, Alba is a cherished member of the city hall custodial team.
She has faithfully served with exceptional commitment, ensuring that our public spaces remain clean, safe, and welcoming for employees, residents, and visitors alike. Throughout her service, Alba has carried out her responsibility with unwavering
excellence, demonstrating reliability, attention to detail, and a heartfelt passion for her work. She's not only known for her work ethic, but also for her kindness, her humility, and the joy she brings to every interaction.
Greeting colleagues with a warm smile, offering encouragement, and fostering a sense of community wherever she goes. Her sweet and gracious spirit has made her beloved throughout city hall, earning the admiration and appreciation of staff, leadership, and all who have
the privilege of crossing her path. Alba exemplifies the highest ideals of public service, reminding us that every role within our city is vital and that excellence is measured not only in task completed, but in the heart with which
they are carried out. Now therefore, I, Francis Suarez, still mayor of the city of Miami, just in case anyone hasn't noticed, um, call upon the good people of Miami and honor Alba Cordovi and celebrate her
invaluable contributions, her radiant positivity, and the uplifting spirit she brings to our employees. I love T typical Alba. She doesn't want to say anything. >> She Go ahead.
In all the years that I've been in city hall, I have never ever seen her without a smile on her face. Never never never seen her without a smile on her face and a warm greeting. And a warm
greeting. >> No, no, no. I I just want to say thank you so much because when she walks anywhere into any of our offices, it's just like sunshine walking through and in a place that's political, that's administrative, it's great, right? It's
not always sunny. She really is the sunshine in those moments. So, thank you very very much. And and I'll just say yeah I I'll just say that her and Clara also run the program of how they clean city hall which is one that I'm very very proud of
and I'm very proud to have maintained throughout my time as mayor for adults with developmental disabilities. You may have seen Stephen or some of the other uh employees that are around here. They're just incredible people. I mean, and you can't help but be positively
impacted and reminded of all the blessings that we have day in and day out when you interact uh with um with her her entire team. So, >> thank you, mayor. I just want to say thank you very much for what you do. And you know, I come from bluecollar line of
uh you know, working with my hands all my life. And sometimes these are the young sung heroes that that keep city hall running that they are never appreciated. So I I I thank her very much. We all thank her very much. We're very proud of what she does. And you're right, she always comes in with a smile. What do you need? This and that. So
she's very nice. Congratulations, Aba. Thank you. So um it it it it wouldn't be right to commend and recognize the work of Alba without also commending the work of Clara. And yes,
so Clara is the supervisor of the custodial team. She's exemplified excellence and leadership through her commitment to maintaining a clean, clean, safe, and wellorganized environment for employees, residents, and visitors alike. But do I have Okay.
Glara consistently performs her duties with diligence, integrity, and remarkable attention to detail, ensuring that city hall remains a place of pride for the community. and her leadership is marked not only by her strong managerial skills, as I mentioned before, managing this incredible team of not only Alba,
but of course all of the adults with developmental disability, but she shows her compassion, humility, and genuine desire to support and uplift her team. She's known throughout city hall for her kindness, her encouraging spirit, her warm smile that she brings to every single interaction. qualities that make
her deeply respected and loved by colleagues and staff across all departments. Through her steady guidance, positive attitude, and unwavering work ethic, she has become an essential part of the city hall family, embodying the true meaning of public service as well. And so I as mayor of
Miami still honor gotta be funny a little bit Clara Alvarez and celebrate her invaluable contribution to her radiant positivity and uplifting spirit. Clara's husband Jose works with me and I remember he was
also part of the team back then years ago when I was a commissioner and he first transitioned to another commissioner's office and he was I I he was so identified with what he did at city hall that I almost didn't see him in that that light and once I saw him
make that transition I said Jose you're going to have to work for me eventually that's that that that very day and and uh you Eventually he did and it's been a blessing to have Clara and Jose. I think Carlos named him Popo. I'm not exactly
sure what that means, but he battled um health issues and we're happy to have him here today. But I think what what exemplifies uh Clara and Alba is this quiet strength and then at the same time the decision
that we all have to make day in and day out is how do we wake up and what kind of perspective and attitude do we give to the day and how does that impact those around us and so maybe the people who are serving us are really the ones that are teaching and leading us and I
think they've been teaching and leading us every single day. Bueno, I'm sorry. Nothing. Jose. The next person that we are um commending is uh one that I'm doing with
Commissioner Davea. He took the initiative and I'm piggybacking off him because this particular person is really the definition of a Miami superstar.
He came up from this community. He has risen to the highest ranks in media in this community and he never ever forgets his roots. He's a reserve officer with our city department. He
basically says yes anytime I need him to MC an event, including just recently our Christmas tree lighting event here at city hall. Uh he's become like a brother to me, someone that I can rely on for advice, someone who I can call um
sometimes to cry on his shoulder and uh and someone who I respect for what he's accomplished and what he brings to the job day in and day out. It's such a hard job. Comedy is hard, guys, but comedy every day. Not even the city commission can do that. Okay. Sorry.
Kind of a funny joke. Anyhow, Enrique, if you can please come up. I know that uh Commissioner Gella would like to give you something and so would I. >> Absolutely. This a very special person. And uh like we said, he's a very special
person, Enrique. And uh the city of Miami proclamation, whereas Enrique Santos is president, chief exe executive officer of iHeart Latino, where he leads iHeart Media's Latin strategy, including the Michael Tura podcast network, elevating Latino creators and amplifying
their stories. He also hosts nationally syndicated Spanish and English shows that reach audiences across the United States and whereas born to Cuban parent in Chicago. I did not know that. Uh Illinois Enrique Santo has become one of the most recognized and beloved voices in American radio. Seamlessly moving
between Hispanic and mainstream audiences with a unique blend of humor, social satire, political commentary, and se celebrity interviews. All of which have contributed to his reputation as one of the most popular Hispanic radio hosts in America. And whereas his daily program, the Enrique Santos morning show
airing live from iHeart's Miami station to Noantiro Pontto along with his weekend show on the move with Enrique Santos which broadcast to 127 markets has secured him a place among Billboard's Latin power players for five consecutive years, excuse me, as well as
recognition on Variety's movers and sakers list underscoring his tremendous industry influence. And whereas Enrique has received numerous prestigious honors, including the Radio Inc. Madias de Cortez award for national syndicated radio personality of the year 2015 and
he is he is part of Mark Anony's exclusive talent agency Magnus Media further solidifying his legacy in entertainment and media and whereas in addition to his accomplishments as a broadcaster producer and cultural influencer Enrique Santos is deeply
committed to his community he actively supports multiple nonprofit initiatives and proudly serves as a reserve police officer for the city of Miami police department, reflecting his dedication to public service and civic engagement. And whereas Enriquea's multifaceted career, unwavering commitment to uplifting
Latino voices and service to the city of Miami makes him a distinguished figure worthy of recognition by the Miami city commissioners. And now therefore, Francis Wire's mayor of the city of Miami and maya, commissioner, honor the extraordinary achievements in radio and community service in the city of Miami.
Congratulations, Ricky. Commissioner and and with and with your help commissioner with your help um there's not a lot of people there's people that get proclamations there's people that get keys to the city but there's not a lot of people that get proclamations and keys to the city and I
think those are reserved for the best of the best people who come from this community people who were bred in this community people who made their fame and fortune in this community. And sometimes it's not fortune, sometimes it's just things that they've done to benefit this
community. And I think Enrique is an incredible example of what we can all become from this community. Um, I was always blessed to be the first Miami born mayor and I think it was important that we eventually
selected a person from our community to be the mayor and having someone like Enrique who in one generation has redefined the media landscape here in Miami. He's showed us what's possible and because of that he not only deserves a proclamation but he also deserves the
key to the city. Thank you. Um I thought these things came digitally now. The keys uh on the iPhones and stuff. Thank you, mayor. Thank you, commissioner. Um this is incredible. I mean, I can think of so many other people that are more deserving of this recognition than
myself. I'm very proud uh Miamiian from the 305 like the majority of the people that are here as well. If you're proud to be from Miami, make some noise. If you're proud to be my cultural Miami, we're very proud. Definitely, it's a privilege to serve the city that
raised me and be able to serve both in uniform and behind a microphone. Um, law enforcement was my first calling long before radio and I am truly proud to continue serving as a reserve city of Miami police officer alongside all the men and women of the Miami PD
who do this work under very tough circumstances and it seems like this the job the profession of law enforcement gets tougher and tougher every day. So give it up for our men and women in uniform. I also want to thank our uh chief of police, Manny Morales. Thank you, Chief.
Where's the chief at? Chief, thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your leadership. Thank you for leading the Miami Police Department with dignity, with respect, and honor. It's been an honor to serve under your leadership, under your command. I want to thank the
mayor for his friendship and leadership over the years and the way he's worked to bring people together in a world full of chaos and division. Francis, it's great to be here. Where's the mayor? Great to be here for your last PTA meeting. To the council members, I want to say
thank you. It's an incredible honor. These council meetings have been always very zen, peaceful. Strong bonds have been built here. There's even rumors that um Gabella and
Koyo will be spending noa together this year. And of course, we're all wondering what the hell is Billy Corbin going to talk about now that Francis and Koyo are leaving. Uh despite the crazy uh politics, the mayor said it best. Uh and
you're still the mayor for like 20 something hours left. Miami, you said it best, Francis. Miami is the best city in the world and proud to be a product of 305. Thank you for this recognition. Thank you, Tony Reyes. Uh, thank you to
my mom, my dad, my baby brother, Michael, former cop, and Army War vets. So, give it up to all of our vets, too. Mikey, I love you. Thank you. Gracias. before before I move on to the next and and and my last um recognition for the
morning. I have one in the afternoon of a special young lady. Before I do that, I want to um recognize our former chairman and current county commissioner, Kon Hardman, who I see in the back there, unmistakable haircut. Uh
and I I I think I saw Mayor Vince Lago somewhere back there as well at some point. So, thank you for being here, both of you. Um, there's Who's here? Oh, is Natalie Orbus here? Where is she?
I don't see a girl. Oh, she's in the outside. Okay. I saw him. I already Oh, and and West Miami Mayor um Eric Palon, I did see him uh on the way in as well. So, County Commissioner Natalie Milan Orbis, I think they're here on an item. Hey, how are you? Happy to have you. Um
there there's a couple of sayings that I often reflect on. One of them is um the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. And then the other one I think about often is how do you eat an elephant? One
bite at a time. When you are running an organization that's a billion dollar organization with 5,000 employees, four labor unions, and by the way, I see some labor here in the audience, having labor peace the
entire eight years. We had labor peace the entire eight years of my something I'm incredibly proud of. And I want to commend the the fire union. I want to commend the police union, the general employees union, and the solid waste union. something that I'm not so sure has been achieved in an eight-year
period uh during a mayoral team, certainly not in the modern history of Miami. Uh but none of that is possible. You know, if you think of my in sports analogy, the sort of the the the mayor is like the general manager, right? The
the city manager is the head coach, except in this case, he gets to pick the players. And I've been very blessed, not only because of the labor stability that we've had, but I've only had two managers in eight years. Um, and really
only really had one because one of them wasn't there that long. The other one has been there with me from almost the beginning. And he's been a friend from before I even got involved in politics. Um, I don't I don't think people
understand that how blessed we are to have the city manager that we have. Someone who in is incredibly hardworking. Someone who has the highest levels of integrity.
Someone who has the highest degree of competency. Someone who is a good partner, understands partnership, someone who understands a very important and fundamental truth about leadership. It's not about me.
It's never about me. It's always about the organization. It's always about how do we empower other people? It's always about how do we get things done. He's a doer. He's a family man.
He's someone who uh is a loyal friend. Um I've been very blessed to have him by my side. Uh I know that I would not be who I am today. I this city would not be where it is today. And I know that
sometimes it may be frustrating for you guys to constantly hear me talk about the good things about the city cuz in city hall it's sometimes not fun to talk about the good things about the city, right? That's not what sells newspapers. That's not what gets you blog clicks, right? But it just so happens that we
have the lowest tax rate in history, period. It just so happens that we have the highest bond rating in history, credit rating. It just so happens that we have the largest reserves in history while we have the lowest um tax rate. It
just so happens that we are on the precipice of being very very close to having the lowest homicide rate ever since we started recording them in 1946. We're incorporated in 1896. We actually have a lower homicide rate this year than we had in 1946. We had 31 in 1946.
We have 25 today. We had 220 in 1980. It just so happens to be a fact that we have the lowest unemployment in America and the highest median wage growth in America. All of that happens because you have a team that is focused on navigating
the ship in a course with a vision to try to create prosperity for the maximum number of people in your city. But that ship needs a captain. And it's a captain that needs to understand how to read a compass. And we're very blessed to have an
incredible captain, Art. There's a lot of things that you can say to compliment a person. He's a humble person. I think that's one of the best compliments you can give someone. But he's also a straight shooter. And I think that's another one of the biggest compliments especially
when you are doing a job as difficult uh where the arrows come at you and where you have to stay calm in the storm and you have to persevere and you have to be articulate and be able to carry the water and make an argument and
get the agenda forward. I could not have had a better partner. I couldn't have had a better person pushing forward the agenda, the vision that I tried to set along with our commissioners than Ardora. For that reason, I'm giving you the key to the city, my friend. Wow. Um,
yeah. Humility and and this whole experience for me and this recognition from the mayor is humbling in so many ways, almost hard to really put into words. But the one word that I will forever be grateful and thankful to you
for is the opportunity because you know you and this is this is going to be hard for me to get through this just because they you it's hard to put into perspective for everybody the relationships here, right? And how important those are to
me. But this relationship in particular, um, you know, these jobs don't offer themselves up. And when I mean that, I mean the opportunity to really provide public service and and
opportunity is a word that sometimes we forget. We get lost. It gets lost sometimes in translation. Um but the opportunity to serve and to be a real public servant at this scale and and touch as many lives in any comm
community as many communities as I've had the opportunity to to to impact. Um and we have had the opportunity to impact because none of this happens without everybody else you see in this room. Um everybody has
such incredible important role. He has let me put that team together. He talked a lot about it. He trusted and had faith in me that I would put the right people in the right places. Um we have and when you look at this group and and that'll
be part of our legacy, you know, yours and mine. Um when you walk out of this building and I walk out of this building, that legacy for us will be the people we leave behind, the talent we've left behind. We walked into this opportunity and at least I did. You'd
already had two years hitting the ground running. But I walked into this and within two weeks we were faced with co right and it was challenge after challenge after challenge after challenge and and we overcame all of them. None of them held us back. When
you look at the legacy of your tenure as mayor and the commissioners that you've had an opportunity to work with during that tenure and what preceded you as a commissioner, um there will be um clear, very clear examples of your DNA on this
city, our DNA working together, and everybody in this room's DNA. You there's something to be proud for all of us of what we leave behind in in in whatever capacity we serve. So I'm I'm forever thankful. The one person that I
absolutely right has probably made even a bigger sacrifice than me is my wife because she has had to endure and you know everyone up here can can appreciate this and can appreciate the impact impact on family but none more so
than her because she really has a lot of times made a lot the sacrifices and I know she feels there are moments when she feels like a single parent because there are, you know, events I have to miss, right? Yeah, your wife too. And events I have to miss or there's late
night phone calls or meetings or, you know, weekend interruptions when you're doing stuff with the kids and all of us have it, right? Um, and and you know, she's a professional person as well. So, she has a whole, you know, work life that she has to balance as well. So the
first order of thanks is to you because because you put up a lot of work. Secondly, I also want to thank look you know I've had the opportunity to work with a lot of elected officials during my entire these eight 29 years associated with the city and and it has
been a tremendous experience for me because in spite of what the public may think about what happens here and some of the debate and discourse in the end every single one of them is committed to public service. All of them. We may not always agree. We may not
always agree, but their their passion is reflected in everything they do every day and they should be recognized for that. Last but not least, I I genuinely the thing I will walk away from this job with that will be the most lasting to me
is the relationships. Like I look at this group here and I think, man, it's a special group. It really is. And I'm thankful to every single one of them because they have made this city better. They've made um the opportunity and the
legacy as I mentioned that we've created. They they've made that happen. And that bond I I'll I'll never I'll never lose. And so I want to thank all of you. They deserve a round of applause, too. And and as I said, they they're the ones
that I'm really going to miss. I mean, I I this job is hard. There there's no way around it. You can't and you can't do it for an incredibly long time because it will grind you. Every grind you. It will grind you. But the thing I will genuinely miss is the people that are up
here, the the electives that I've had an opportunity to work with, the people that I've had an opportunity to work closely with. Um that's what I will miss. It's the relationship. So, thank you for the recognition. Thank you for the opportunity. And um and you know, I he and I are going to have a lifetime
trying to trying to go back and reflect on all the cool stuff we've done. So, thank you everybody. And thanks for Come on, man. Got everybody. Okay. >> Still.
So, last but certainly not least, uh is an organization that is near and dear to not only my heart, but to my wife's heart and to um our cities. Miami Kids Magazine is ubiquitously
present when there are events in our city, particularly with kids. They are always there. They always provide a free service. They're always um educating and and creating um
promoting and organizing and enhancing all these events that we do. Halloween, Christmas, tree lighting, toy drives, community parades, Easter festivities, everything. They're always there. And I want to thank Carla for um always being such a great friend. I think I was on
the cover of the first one that they ever did. I think I was on was it I don't know if it was the first one, but I was on the cover of one of them with my family. Was it the first one? It it was first year. >> The first year. Okay. And um she's seen my kids grow up and she's been part of
seeing all the children of Miami grow. When I talk about all these statistics, when I talk about all these statistics, statistics are numbers, but every number is a person. It's a face. It's a name.
If we have a 25 homicide or 26, that 26, that's a person. that could have been one of our family members or that can be one of our family members. And I really believe that part of the reason why we're having so much success is because of organizations, not just the city,
organizations outside in the community that are working hard. Whether it's, you know, Lotus House, whether it's Camila's House, whether it's the Home Assistance Center, but it's everything coming together as one network of basically
like a family. And Kid Miami Kids magazine is part of that network of love and support. that creates positivity as opposed to negativity and it helps kids be on the right track. So, Carla, thank you so much. Uh we love you and thank
you for all the hard work that you do for our city. >> Well, thank you, mayor. It is an honor for me to receive this proclamation. And I want to say thank you first because you believe in Miami Kids magazines. you
were in our first year cover also in our celebration and it was great to see all the families get together with Gloria, your kids. This is more like a um establishment. This is this is family. This is something that people come
together and they can see who the mayor is, who all these people who are behind the scenes, who they really are. Uh Miami Kids magazine as a media we believe in inclusion. We believe in give a lot of information for family. Um when
I start the magazine I founded 10 years ago. I feel like we need something where families can get together not only as a piece of paper as an article that they can read online. More than that we want to see faces. We want to know who our
community is. And we start doing events. when we start doing events, I reached to Mayor Suarez and I asked for his support and he said absolutely we want to do these events. We want the community be together. We want to have our special needs children attending this event feel
inclusive and that's what we do. We continue doing I also want to thank you all his team that have been working for us during these 10 years. Cynthia, Gail, Barbara, uh, Oelia, everybody here in
the city have been a family for us. We've been working really hard since day one until the last event. Also, the commissioner, Commissioner Bardo who also support our family festival in June, uh, Commissioner Rosado with our
join fall festival and all the other commissioner who also are always there for the community. We appreciate that you put this together supporting Miami Kids Magazine and so many other organizations. Thank you so much. Please come here. Join me to celebrate to get this award because this is not only us.
It's you guys as a as a team because we we work together. Thank you very much. I appreciate this award. Thank you. Before I before I come off the Dis, I just want to piggyback off something that our city manager said.
Obviously, I want to thank all of you, my bosses, the residents of the city of Miami, for investing your trust in me, not once, but twice in my election and my re-election. But we can't do the work for you without our employees in the
city of Miami. We have 25 plus departments that are all led by department heads. We have assistant city managers, deputy city managers, and we have approximately 5,000 people that work day in and day out to make this
city function. And there's a great book called The Signal in the Noise. If you haven't heard it, you or you haven't read it, you should read it. And the the premise of the book is, yeah, sometimes it's noisy, but what you're not seeing is what's happening behind the scenes day in and day out. And I think that's
why sometimes as elected officials, we get frustrated because we don't care about the 1% or 2% of the time when things are not functioning in the right way or when people are arguing with each other or fighting with each other. We care about the 98% of the time that things are functioning well, that things
are getting done and that the city is running smoothly. I can't tell you how many compliments I get anywhere I go in the world, anywhere I go in in this country where people that talk about how clean our city is, how wellrun our city is. And so sometimes we're our own worst
critic, right? Sometimes we're our own worst critic. And I get it because we all have high expectations and high standards, myself included, which is part of the reason why I think we excel. But I want to thank every one of our employees, every one of our department heads, every one of our directors, every one of our assistant uh uh managers and
deputy managers. Um, one of the biggest privileges of the last week of of that I've had here as I approached the last few days has been the number of employees that have come up to me and said, "Thank you." Um, it has been really one of the most inspiring things. How much of them have said, "I'm going
to miss you. We're going to miss you." And community organizations as well. um obviously residents. So, thank you and God bless each and every one of you. At this time, we are going to begin our meeting with prayer. Before we start our
meeting today, our prayer will be given by Pastor Daniel Morales of the New Covenant Presbyterian Bapt Presbyterian Church. Good morning. >> Let us pray. Most gracious and loving God, it is a gift to stand here this morning.
It is a gift to gather among those who have in who have been entrusted with the sacred work of leadership. And in this moment, it is a profound responsibility to be counted among the leaders of this city we love, the city we call home. Holy God, as these commissioners prepare
to engage the work set before them, I pray first and foremost that your Holy Spirit would move their hearts. Help them to see not only the task before them, but the people they serve, neighbors from every walk of life, every story, every hope as your beloved
creation. Grant them eyes of compassion that their thoughts, conversations, and decisions may be guided by your spirit of truth, justice, mercy, and love. Loving God, these are challenging and
trying times for our nation. Yet, even in such times, you call us to seek peace. You call us to be merciful. You call us to be compassionate, to pursue what is just and good, just as you have been abundantly merciful and
compassionate with us. Where division persists, inspire each commissioner to bring become a bridgebuilder, to sew unity where there is discord, to offer clarity where there is confusion, and to embody wisdom where
the path ahead is uncertain. Strengthen them for the work of this day. Grant them integrity in debate, humility in disagreement, courage in decisionmaking, and a shared commitment to the flourishing of all who call Miami
home. May everything accomplished in this chamber be rooted in dignity, fairness, and the common good. For all these things, and for your guiding presence among us, we give you thanks. Amen. >> Thank you.
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>> Yes, please. >> Thank you, chair. Chair may administer the oath for the planning and zoning items. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. If we be speaking on any of today's planning and zoning items, those are the PZ items. May I please have you stand and raise your right hand?
>> Page 33. 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. >> Thank you, Mr. City Clerk. Mr. Manager, do you have any items that will be
withdrawn or deferred from the agenda? >> Uh, good morning, Madam Chairwoman, uh, commissioners, Mr. City Attorney, Mr. City Clerk. At this time, the administration would like to defer and or withdraw the following items. RE1
to be withdrawn. RE7 to be indefinitely deferred. SR2 to be deferred to January the 8th. F FR1 to be deferred to January 22nd.
FR9 to be indefinitely deferred. FR10 to be withdrawn. PZ1 to be indefinitely deferred. PZ2 to be indefinitely deferred. PZ3 to be indefinitely deferred,
PZ5 to be withdrawn, and PZ11 to be deferred to January 8th. That concludes the items. Gentlemen, my colleagues, do you have any items that you'd like to withdraw or defer? >> No. >> Commissioner Rosado.
>> Madam Chair, would that be for the entire agenda at this time? Okay. if you have anything that you want to have considered to be withdrawn or deferred. >> I'd like to defer PH16 and 17 to January 8th.
>> No, I'm going to wait to do that when we have a full commission because somebody might want to have a conversation about it. >> Um, what which one did you say? the PH16 and 17.
>> Okay. So, I'll wait till have >> I would I would like to defer till January 22nd any of the fee increases that are on here which I have RE3 and somebody can correct me if I've missed one because there are a number of them. >> So, when we get to those, we'll do that
when we when we get to each. Okay. So, may I have a motion to approve the agenda? approve the agenda with so as is second. >> Yes. >> So I have a motion and a second. All in favor? I
>> motion carries unanimously. >> And my apologies. Chair needs to read a brief statement into the record pursuant to section 62-22 of the city code and definitely divert action initiated by the city will cost the city mail noticing advertising and posting of properties as applicable. Thank you chair. >> Thank you.
At this time I'm going to open the floor for public comment. I understand. Hold on a second. Hold on a second. I understand we have some elected officials in the office in the in the office in the chambers and we're going to allow them as a professional courtesy to speak first. I believe the first
speaker will be our Coral Gables mayor Vince Lago. >> Chair. >> Yes, >> if I may. Um um and I apologize that this is coming at this time. U I will be bringing in a pocket item
uh reference uh property for the fire department uh to be able to have it for a fire station in Little Havana. >> When it's presented, we will open that up for public comment as well. >> Thank you. >> Um mayor,
>> good morning. I hope everyone is well. Happy holidays. Uh my name is Vince Log. I have the privilege of being the mayor of Coral Gables. I want to thank the chair, the vice chair, esteemed members of the commission. Congratulations, city manager, city attorney, city clerk. Thank you for allowing me to be here
today and speaking on behalf of something that is incredibly important. This is the third time that I have the privilege in 16 years to speak before the commission of the city of Miami. The first item that I that I spoke about in 2017 was in regards to um limiting or
eliminating completely hourly motel around the A Street corridor. The second time was at the request of Commissioner Rossado in regards to the Miami Loop. And today I'm here to discuss RE9. RE9 is the housing underserved groups
safely hugs program which again deals with the hourly motel on a street. I was a sponsor of a piece of legislation that was adopted across Miami Day County and and across the state of Florida which eliminates hourly motel in our community. I have had the
privilege to go alongside through drive drivealongs with our police chief and assistant police chief of the city of Miami, Mr. Paris. What I have witnessed in those 12 a little over a dozen overnight raids will keep you up at
night. And as a father of two young girls, I've witnessed sex trafficking. I've witnessed prostitution. I've witnessed drug dealing. I witnessed things that do not belong in my city and do not belong in your city. The sad case
is that when I voiced my opinion on this matter, I was immediately targeted by those owners of those motel to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign contributions which eventually
targeted my reputation not only in the city of Coral Gables but throughout Miami date county. Thank God we were able to vanquish those issues. And many of those owners live in my city while they conduct business in the city of Miami. So why is it important that we
support Commissioner Rosado's move here? It's important because allocating these funds in the budget to purchase these motel will transform our community. We will be a safety net. And it's not only about the city of Miami, it's about the
city of Coral Gables. So I want to thank you and I ask the the members of the ch of the commission to please support. If I may, just one last thing, madam chair. >> I know the people are pointing at me right now. Your two minutes are up. They are looking at me, waving at me. Thank you. >> Thank you very much.
>> And our next speaker will be um Madame Commissioner Orvis, one of our newly elected Miami Day County Commissioners. Good morning, Madame Chair, commissioners, uh Natalie Milan Orbis,
Miami Day County Commissioner for District 6. Um it's a pleasure to be with you to this morning. I'd like to first of all start off by congratulating uh Mayor Francis as as he leaves the city and highlighting the incredible work and legacy that he leaves here and I wish him all the best to him and his family and I thank him for his years of
public service. I'm here today regarding item RE9 sponsored by Commissioner Rosado. Uh because any effort to improve to improve public safety and address the long-standing concerns in Miami neighborhoods is extremely important to me and the families that I represent. I'm proud to have the Flagami and
Graeland Heights communities within my district and I know how much our residents care about the stability and the well-being of the areas that they call home. I want to recognize Commissioner Rosado for bringing this forward um and bringing this conversation and for his steady attention to neighborhoods and the
quality of life of all of our residents. I also want to acknowledge Commissioner Gabella whose district includes communities that overlap with me and uh both of you have shown a real commitment to uplifting our residents and strengthening the fabric of our shared neighborhoods. As the city continues
this work, I look forward to collaborating with all of you and with our residents. My focus is always to be a force for good wherever cooperation can support cleaner, safer, and stronger communities for the people that we all serve. So, I thank you for this
opportunity uh to speak and uh wish you very happy holidays. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Good morning. >> Before we start, uh could I ask a question? Chairwoman, uh what will be the next swearing in?
No one knows. Okay, that's Rob. The next one, >> the they have to the electeds have to determine. I'm not sure when the um mayor elect is going to have her swearing in, but I'm sure everyone will know and I'm not sure when the new
commissioner is going to have his swearing in. Um but we'll all be notified. The clerk is nodding his head. >> My name is Chaplain Stanley Young of Freedom Prison and Jail Ministry. Um, I have been serving
in Miami since uh for the last uh 3 years to helping walking the streets of Miami helping uh those who don't have a voice in this wonderful hall. Um, what I first want to
share with you, 500 Northwest Second Avenue is where I uh preside. I I don't receive a dime. I don't receive a paycheck from this organization, nor do I really looking to
get one. I wanted to make that perfectly clear. Everything we get goes to helping and assisting these inmates that are coming out of our prisons and jails right here in Miami Day County. The ones
that uh I'm speaking on PH1 uh for the CBOS's that are out there who needing uh your support, needing your help, just needing for you just to answer their phone calls when they call.
Uh, also um just love Lotus House that are helping those women uh get in their lives great. I've been over there. I've seen it. I met the people, met the staff. I think they're
doing a great job. And those are some of the organizations that I have been in contact with. but helping those like you have been doing. You've been doing a I think a great job,
but we need to do more to helping those who don't or who do not come down here to this facility to let their requests be made known to you. I'm here to let you know I invite you to come to be a
part of where I do and what I do. just reach out to me and I thank you very much. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Morning. >> Good morning. My name is Henrietta Schwarz and I live at 2627 South Beayshore Drive. I am a native of South
Florida. I say this because I have witnessed over and over how our government has misappropriated tax dollars in ways that failed to provide the promised tangible benefits to citizens of our fine city. We should do
better. You all can do better. Here are three examples out of the 100page agenda. First, PH10. The mayor wants to give $250,000 from the city coffers to supplement an event put on by Mascot Sports, a for-profit company that is
charging $150 a ticket for a 5K run and DJ concert. Really? Miami needs to supplement DJ parties. Is this how our mayor wants to spend his discretionary fund to help Californians? Why not distribute that money to local
organizations that take care of Miamiians? Second, PH12, Watson Island. Why not pay the state of Florida $4 million to lift the deed restrictions currently on the parcel? This deed was put in place to keep the land in public hands. Then the
city can sell the land at its current market value of around $300 million. We need to make money, not a giveaway to a company listed to a private residence in Davyy, Florida. Third, allowing uh
civic uh C1 zone parcels to become apartments or whatever without public input is inappropriate. The historical context for historical context, when Mercy Hospital tried to do this, they lost a very expensive
lawsuit. Cutting out the public in matters that affect the public should not be allowed. My message is simple. Please, I urge the commissioners to pause and reflect on managing our tax dollars for the benefit of Miamiians,
not outside interest and developers. Thank you. Happy holidays. Um, goodbye Mr. Coroyo and goodbye. >> No names. >> Please folks, do not in your public comments do not address any of us by name. Good morning. Not for good or bad.
>> Good morning, unnamed commissioners. >> Thank you, Elvis. Elvis Cruz, 631 Northeast 57 Street regarding PZ13, residential in civic institutional zoning. I hope you read the article in the Coconut Grove
Spotlight. Please stop the insanity of pushing infinite growth. Is the plan to have an affordable housing unit available for anyone who ever wants to move here? How much is enough? How much
is too much? What about our quality of life? Don't ignore the realities of traffic congestion, neighborhood character and scale, portable water supply, sewage treatment and garbage disposal capacity, parking
capacity, hurricane evacuation time and park acreage per thousand residents. It doesn't make sense to allow infinite growth, unlimited land, limited infrastructure, and limited resources.
PH12, Watson Island, and Mel Ree RE13, PZ16. It would be so nice if the city of Miami saw its parkland as a precious asset to be protected and preserved instead of seeing it as vacant land for
construction projects for well-connected, rich campaign contributors. Yes, these passed the referendum, but they should have never been on a ballot. I urge you to look after the public's best interest instead of the developers best interest. The
Watson Island deal stinks. Don't sell the land. Let the lease run out however many years that takes and make that land a park as it was originally intended to be. Don't you want the voters to like you?
>> Thank you. >> Thank Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, chairwoman and commissioners. My name is Alexander Miles and I reside in the city of Miami. I lead state and local housing policy in Florida for Enterprise Community Partners and I'm here in support of item
PZ13. I want to thank Commissioner Rossado for his leadership and sponsoring this item today. Enterprise is a national nonprofit that exists to make a good home possible for millions of families who need one. Since 1982, we've created or preserved homes across
the country, including here in the city of Miami, to expand workforce housing options. Earlier this year, Enterprise helped advance Senate Bill 1730 through the Florida Legislature, which created the Yes in God's Backyard or Yiggby tool.
The law gives local governments a clear optional pathway to allow housing on faith-owned properties when they choose to use it. PZ13 is how Miami is choosing to implement that tool locally, and it could make Miami the first city in Florida to put Yiggby into practice.
Houses of worship are long-standing pillars of Miami's neighborhoods and are often owners of well-located, underused parcels near jobs, transit, and services. This ordinance provides clarity and predictability for houses of worship that want to say yes to building
attainable workforce housing on their land. Statewide, fully using this tool could open up tens of thousands of faith-owned parcels for housing, and Miami can help lead the way today by adopting PZ13. The commission unlocks the potential of religious land for
community benefit, expands housing choices for Miamiians, and shows that faith-based planning and development is part of the solution. Enterprise looks forward to continuing to partner with the city of Miami. And I thank you for your time. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, commissioners. Andy
Parish, 3940 Main Highway. Uh once again, I'm following Elvis, so I'm speaking on most of the things he spoke about, but a little differently this time. Um, some of you may even remember a poem called Trees by Joyce Drummer. We all had to learn it as how not to write
a poem. Um, so I I rewrote it and it goes like this. This is highrises with apologies to Joyce Kilmer. I think I shall never apprise a building as lovely as a high-rise. A high-rise whose greedy developers press
commissioner zoning changes to bless. A high-rise that blocks the breeze all day for unfortunate homes that fall under its sway. A high-rise that claims to be affordable, providing nests for the wealthy and absentees. That's
deplorable. Upon whose votes should the blame fall? The state, the county, the city, all poems can be as bad or good as can highrises, but God help us all if we don't have choices. Thank you.
Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. My name is Alisa Margules. I live on Rice Street in Center Grove. As the old adage goes, the last one in gets the sale. Notice that public comment is always first. Mostly ignored
and quickly forgotten. So, who's last? The lawyers, the lobbyists, and developers, of course. We've all seen them walking around city hall like they own the joint. I mean, it's crazy. It's almost as if they used to work here. The taxpayers, your constituents, us. We get
two minutes each. By comparison, how much time do the lawyers and lobbyists get at the podium, in your offices, in closed- dooror meetings? No matter how many residents take the time to come here to voice our concerns about rampant overdevelopment and the resulting consequences, our commissioners don't
seem to hear us. What happened to campaign promises of prioritizing residents and promises to shake things up to get things back to the basics of serving residents? If you're truly concerned about climate change near the coastline, then why
would you even consider putting more people in harm's way until remediation efforts have been implemented? It seems like the city is always thinking of new and creative ways to cram more people into a finite space PZ13 without first curing our infrastructure problems. Why
not create a resilience trust fund with a mandate to act in advance of further development? Why not slow down and take the time to get it right? Why? Because the lawyers, the lobbyists, and developers are the last ones in, so they always get the sale. With waiverss,
exceptions, and even acknowledged mistakes, all sales are final, and the citizens of Miami are stuck with the bills. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. Hi. Good morning. S. My name is Cesera. I am the head coach,
operation director of the Miami Rowing Award Center. I am here talking behalf of the our organization that this year we need to renew the uh the the agreement that we have with the city of Miami. Uh we want to that you approve
this uh renew with the same term that we has been working during the last time. I want that you know that it is the only program that really represent the city of Miami and we have been running this program during the last 50 years in the
in this place and this organization we work with the for the community. We have a lot of kid that they can follow their dream throughout this sport that is very hard. Um this group that we has been during all this time they have been
winning more than 70 different state championship and different medal in in national level that really we appreciate your help with this uh program u for our kid of the community. Not only we produce metal, we produce value in this
kit and really we we love the job that we are doing with this kit. Thank you so much for all the help that we have received during the last time from the different authority of the city of Miami, the the city city manager office, the commissioner lameardo and the police
department and everything that they have been helping to work our program. Thank you so much and have a holiday. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Hi, good morning. Uh, my name is Erica Scott. I'm here representing Miami Homes for All, address 3250 Southwest 3rd
Avenue. On behalf of Miami Homes for All, I'm here in strong support of PZ13, an ordinance that allows affordable housing to be developed by Wright on land owned by civic, religious, and educational institutions. Uh, thank you, Commissioner Rossado, for championing this important proposal. Miami is facing
a severe affordable housing crisis. We are short 90,000 affordable rental homes for households earning up to $75,000 a year. Addressing this shortage requires bold and practical solutions, and PZ13 is both. There are two reasons why this
ordinance matters. First, it empowers institutions to serve their communities. Across Miami, churches have vacant lots while parishioners struggle to afford rent. This ordinance allows these institutions to turn unused land into affordable homes, helping people stay
connected to their neighborhoods. Second, it unlocks meaningful new housing capacity. The city has identified 668 civic use properties that would be eligible under this measure. At a time when every unit counts, this represents an important opportunity to
increase the supply of affordable housing. We urge you to support PZ13 and help move Miami towards a more affordable, inclusive future. This ordinance gives our schools, churches, and civic institutions the tools to expand their mission and directly support the residents that they serve.
Thank you for your time and for your continued commitment to addressing the housing crisis. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, chairwoman, commissioners. My name is Daisy Mera and I live at 5624 Northeast Miami Place and I'm a resident of the city of Miami. I'm also a member
of Unite here. Where am I from? I'm speaking today to ask you to vote no on PH12. As a resident of Little Haiti, I can tell you how important the negotiation of the Magic City Development was in 2019. Workers, community, government
officials, and developers worked together to get a vibrant community benefits agreement. Today, you are entertaining a vote to allow a developer to buy city land for a bargain. In Little Haiti, we were able to negotiate a $31 million trust fund for the
community. That is not what is happening here. Why can't you do the same? This is a bad deal for the city. It's a bad deal for residents and it's a bad deal for workers. I urge you to do the right thing and defer this item to give us
time to negotiate a deal that is worthy of the city of Miami. Thank you. >> Good morning. Hi, good morning. My name is Robert Kirby. I live at 1980 Southwest 33rd Avenue in the Coral Gate neighborhood and I am the vice chair of
the Coral Gate Homeowners Association. I'm here in support of RE15 uh that's been proposed uh and for your review today and it proposes expansion of access to amenities on school yards on school grounds that uh on uh
non-school hours uh currently uh those school grounds are not available during school hours or after school hours I should say. We think that this proposal would be a big plus for the community. um currently raising uh partly raising four boys and we're losing the battle to
screen time and too much screen time for boys for kids in general makes for anxious kids, depressed kids, overweight kids, yada yada. Uh there's a reason why countries are banning screen time for kids under 16. What the commissioners
advised me is that more than 40 school yards would be opened up uh for more hours so that the amenities could be available to more kids during um again non off school hours. Anything that allows for kids to get out, play basketball, kick a ball, anything that
allows kids more opportunity to move is good for those kids. So, we support this resolution, support some sort of activity or launching where we have a uh play days or something like that to get the kids out of the house, get them moving, highlighting the fact that there's 40 additional schools now that
have yards where kids can play. Thank you, sir, for this proposal. We think it's great for kids. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. My name is Chris Milly. I'm a longtime resident of the city of Miami and I'm speaking you to to you today on behalf of the board of
directors of the Miami Rowing Club and asking you to approve the revocable license agreement that is before you on RE2. That agreement governs the relationship between the Miami Rowing Club and the city of Miami on whose property we
operate. That boat house and associated property has been the home of the Miami Rowing Club for more than 40 years. Um our the heart of the program is our storied youth program. You just heard from coach Cesar Era just yesterday. He
was recognized nationally as the coach of the year. He has led and his predecessors have led a nationally recognized youth growing program. Um, in addition, there's a master's rowing program and the Miami Rowing Club is the
home of our dragonboat teams, including Save Our Sisters, the can women cancer, actually women and men breast cancer survivors. They compete internationally, as do other dragonboat teams, and our outrigger canoe teams. Between it, there
are hundreds of athletes out on that marine stadium basin every single day. It's important that you know that the direct supervision by the city of the Miami Rowing Club is by the Parks and Recreation Department. That department
is physically based there. They drafted this agreement. It's one that fairly compensates the city but ensures that our rowing program and paddling program continue to be viable. So, we ask for your support and thank you for that agreement and thank you for your support
that we've enjoyed for many years. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, Chairman Christine King and also city commission. Uh, I just wanted to say is this a pleasure to be here today and I wanted to know is it a possibility to bring up the mega kids
because they will have something special they want to say to our chairwoman for giving back to this community. Um, the reason why I'm here today, I fully support uh, PH4. U, my name is Samantha Cordman. I'm the executive director of Multithnic Youth Group. I actually been
in the district for over 20 years, district uh, three and five. And I just would like to thank uh, Christine King's office, chairman Christine King's office for the support that she has uh, portrayed for as mega. Uh, one of the
things I like to say when she did not have to, she came to one of the kids' graduations and at that time her father has passed and it just shows the commitment that she has to this public and um, the kids just wanted to say a special thank you to you in your office.
Um, is it okay if they come up? Okay, Mega Kids, come up please. And they are the generation of adolescent leaders. They are the youth of tomorrow. And a lot of our kids are suffering with reading, learning disabilities, and everything else in a
distressed area, but they are standing because we have commissioners like this and commissioners like you. I'm going to bring up I'm going to bring up one of our one of our youth uh that's a part of
Mega. She's been a part of Mega for a couple of months now. Don't like to read out publicly, but she's going to do it today for you. Okay. Good morning everyone. My name is Savannah Ralph and I'm a 16-year-old. I'm here today as a proud student of
Mega After School Program. A program that has truly changed my life. Mega is more than just a school to me. It feels safe. It feels like home. The teachers and staff actually believe in us even on the days we struggle to believe in ourselves. They don't just teach us
schoolwork. They teach us confidence, respect, responsibility, and how to find our purpose. I also want to share a little bit about who I am. I'm currently a hair stylist and also because of Mega, I've started looking at hair not just something that I'm good at but also a
business. This program teaches me this program teaches us about entrepreneurship and how to turn our skills into real opportunities. I also dream of becoming a pediatrician one day. Miss Ametha supports all our goals and brings in different professionals to
talk to us about the careers we want. Hearing these stories makes me feel like what I want in life is really possible. Because of Mega, I wasn't before Mega, I wasn't sure about my future. Now I walk in every day knowing I matter, my
education matters, and my dreams matter. Mega is helping shaping me into a better student, a better leader, and a better person. I'm proved that when a community invests in its youth, amazing things can happen. Thank you for your time and for supporting Mega Learning Center. Your
help means more opportunity for students like me today and in your future. Also, a special thank you to Miss Christine King. Thank you. Thank >> and we could not do this without programs that you invest in and thank you again.
>> Thank you. Good morning. Good morning. My name is Rita Klesus. I'm a resident of Coral Gables. I'm parent of a rower at MRC, Miami Rowing Club, as well as a rower myself. Uh the youth program is really the heart and soul of MRC. Over
2,000 children have come through the program, led by Cesar Herrera, who was just yesterday been the nationally recognized as coach of the year. Rowing is an extremely challenging sport both physically and mentally. And in today's day and age, our kids don't have enough opportunities to develop the
determination, resilience, and grit they need to succeed, not only in sport, but in life. This program gives them that chance. We are here as parents and rowers to urge the commission to renew the license agreement as it was written, which will ensure the ongoing viability
of the program. and our kids practice daily in the marine basin and we're very grateful for the marine patrol presence that keeps them safe and hope that also continues. Thank you and happy holidays. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Thank you. Good morning. My name is
Prrisca Urban and I'm the current commodor of the Coconut Grove Sailing Club. I live on Mary Street here in Miami and I'm here in speaking in favor of PH13. Since our founding in 1945, our mission has been clear to create an inclusive
space where men, women, and children can enjoy the sport of sailing. Over the past eight decades, CJSC has taught more than 100,000 people to sail. Many of our young sailor has gone to compete to the highest level, even the Olympics. Today
our programs are the highest level and we continue to nurture talent and ensure that sailing ex is accessible to all. But CGSC is more than a singing club. It is a community. Families come together,
friendships are forged, and generations connect through shared experiences. We partner with students from local high schools so they can sail out of our club. And through scholarships and outreach programs, we ensure that sailing is accessible to all regardless
of background and means. For many young people, CGSC is not just a sailing club. It is a safe harbor, a place to grow, to learn, and to belong. We host countless national and international regatas, events that bring
visitors from across the globe, generating significant economical impact and showcasing Miami as a world-class sailing destination, strengthening our city reputation. Commissioners, today I ask your support
in improving our new lease. This is not simply about preserving a sailing club. It is preserving a legacy of education, partnership, collaboration, and community impact. CGSC has been a cornerstone of Miami for 80 years, and
with your partnership, we can ensure that this legacy continues for generations to come. Thank you for your consideration and your leadership. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. My name is Suzanne Santos. I'm here as a parent of uh rowers at the
Miami Rowing Club. uh in support of renewing our current licensing agreement with the city of Miami. I want to thank the city of Miami for providing the safety efforts in the last couple of years that have has really changed the
way the club operates on the basin. Um, and I want to emphasize um the importance of preserving our access to the basin um by review uh renewing the current uh agreement. Um our our club
for for those of you who don't know is small, but it's endured for over 50 years consistently uh and quietly. Um but it's risen lately to a national level of recognition. And uh we have uh the city of Miami to thank
for that. A lot of that success uh along with our coaches Herrera who um was just uh nationally recognized yesterday. So thank you very much for your support. Um it's really appreciated. >> Thank you.
>> Good morning. >> Good morning. My name is Peter Rosneski. I live at uh 2800 of Mata Street here in the Grove and I'm here on behalf of uh PH 13 as well. My family and I moved to Miami six years ago, and the Coconut Sailing Club isn't just a place we visit. It's become sort of the
cornerstone of our lives. Every week, we're out on the water practicing a sport, but also seeing friends and building community. When we arrived in Miami, my two young sons, Peter and Alec, were nervous about finding their footing. Coconut Grove solved that immediately. Beyond the friendship they quickly formed, sailing has proven to be
an unparalleled teacher. Teaches them responsibility. You can't leave the dock without having thoroughly checked your boat. It teaches resilience. Every sailor knows that what it's like to capsize and have to work quickly and calmly to write the boat. These aren't just sailing skills, but life skills. But the value extends far beyond the lessons learned by the kids. We found
here's truly an exceptional community. From the seasoned members who mentored newish junior members to the volunteers who tiredly run our weekly races and social events, there's a palpable sense of shared purpose. Both my wife and I have taken numerous classes at the club over the last few years. From basic heel boot to coastal cruising, the coaches
that we travel and see regularly are now like family. Coconut Grove Sailing Club has given my sons new friends and new confidence. It gave my family a welcoming community who are supportive, encouraging, and passionate about not just sailing, but the bay, the environment, and helping make Miami all
that it is. It's an uh inval invaluable asset to the area. We're deeply grateful for everything the club provides and to the city for the partnership and respectfully ask that you vote to approve the new lease. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. My name is Justine Sigera
and I'm a resident of Miami and a proud parent of the Miami um of a rower at Miami Rowing Club. MRC is more than a sports program. It's a Miami institution. For decades, MRC has opened its doors to young athletes from every neighborhood background, offering not
only world-class coaching, but also scholarship opportunities that make the sport accessible to all. My daughter is part of the girls team and through MRC she has grown in discipline, confidence, teamwork and resilience. The coaching staff led by nationally recognized Cesar
Hera is deeply committed to the developing athletes bone both on and off the water. Their dedication has shaped generations of Miami youth and continues to strengthen our community. Thanks to the support of the city of Miami, our
police department, and our marine patrol for keeping the Marine Stadium basin safe for our rowers, I respectfully ask that you vote to preserve and continue the license agreement for Miami Rowing Club. Your support ensures that this vital program serving noviceses,
scholarship athletes, and master rowers alike can continue to provide opportunity, mentorship, and a safe and positive environment for so Miami, so many Miami families. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning.
>> Good morning. My name is Alex Feldis Pages. I am here in support of PH13. I learned how to s CGSC when I was 6 years old alongside my sister. At the age of 10, I joined the race team and also took part in you summer camps every single summer and eventually became a
counselor. I then worked as a sailing instructor and coach at CGSC for over 10 years through summer camps, weekend sailing, and clinics, teaching both children and adults in various types of sailboats on how to sail. I made many
friends through the club over the years. I've taken probably hundreds of people sailing on a family sailboat and I'm proud to know that I introduced many of them to sailing and the amazing resource that we have which is Biscane Bay. I can't stress enough how CGSC fosters a
community that turns into family and my I met my best friend through sailing as kids over 20 years ago and he is now my son's godfather. Growing up at the club, learning how to sail, taking all the classes, and being an instructor taught me so many life
experiences that have helped me as a young man navigate adulthood, adulthood, excuse me, a career of Amazon, and most importantly, being a good husband and a father. The sailing club is a part of me, a part of my family, and I'm hoping you support the new lease. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, commissioners. My name is Gilbert Palasios and I live at 7941 Southwest 164 Avenue, Miami, Florida. I'm organizing director of Here and I'm here today to ask you to vote no on
PH12. There's a huge concern with the proposed sale of prime real estate at Waxom Island. There's no reason to rush to sell this land. resident have sued the city over issue with Waxon Island before and have taken a vote to ensure
the sale of Waxon Island is a fair market value. I ask that this uh collaboration with the community we can use responsible and good development in our city like we have done in the past development. This is a bad deal for the city, a bad deal for resident, a bad
deal for workers. I urge you to vote no and to defer this item to give us time to negotiate a deal worthy of city of Miami. Thank you. >> Good morning. >> Good morning, chairwoman, vice chair,
and members of the commission. My name is Melissa Sheffield and I am here to speak on behalf of the Coconut Grove Sailing Club. Um, I'll be reading a letter from a representative from the school system who unfortunately was not able to attend today. Her name is Janine
Mloud, Dr. Janine Mloud. She lives at 5820 Southwest 63rd Court, South Miami, Florida 33143. For the past 22 years, Coconut Grove Sailing Club has been a vital and valued partner to the Miami Dade County Public
Schools Anchors Away program. I'm a physical education teacher on special assignment, which means that I specialize in adaptive physical education. I've had the privilege of teaching swimming, sailing, and kayaking to students from across our large and
diverse district, something that would simply not be possible without the facilities and support of CGSC. This long-standing partnership has allowed us to provide outdoor water-based education to over 20,000 students from every corner of the county. Remarkably, nearly 45% of our
participants are students with special needs, whether physical, emotional, or cognitive. The club has been consistently accommodating and supportive of all of our students, welcoming them with care, dignity, and professionalism. For many of our
students, CGSC has provided a true first. The first time on a dock. The first time in a kayak. The first time feeling the wind while learning to sail. The first time learning how to say how to be safe and navigate the water.
These are transformational experiences and students have gained life skills, confidence, and a deepen connection to the natural world. Some have gone on to compete in the Special Olympics. Others return eager to share what they've learned with their families, many of whom who have never had access to the
water at all. These moments matter to the continued developments of our students. This part this partnership has provided the opportunity for powerful hands-on learning for science classes as well. Biology and marine science students are able to explore the
environment firsthand, spotting fish, observing ecosystems, engaging with the world beyond the classroom. >> Thank you. The impact of this program is critical. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Grant Stern, 425 Northeast 22nd Street.
I'm here today to speak on a few different items. First of all, of course, to support our wonderful sailing club, the rowing club, and to say how that example of licensing and prudent management also points out that we should do the same with Watson Island. The city has a perpetual interest in our waterfront and needs to maintain that
and we need to be long-term thinkers here. And that's what was lacking in the city about eight years ago when there was a major sea change election. It brought in people who made huge impacts. They selected the current city manager. They retaliated against their political
foes and cost the city millions of dollars. And in addition to that, there's something I want to bring to your attention that's very relevant to a couple of the items like uh SR1 and FR8, which are very mundane items about fees
because the city of Miami just lost in court last week in the third district court of appeals on a case that stems from overcharging people fees from 2017 and 2018 when the new administration came in and hired a new city manager who just lost his attempt to be the mayor of
this city coming up soon. And that's a $75 million budget hole that you guys now have to face. The new commission, the people who are going to sit on this commission starting at the next meeting will not include people like
Commissioner Konista anymore. And they will be responsible for cleaning up the messes. And so I'm asking you guys to put special consideration in everything you do because the reality here is that you guys are managing the future of our
city and the past sitting here is over. The past is over and we need to put it behind us. I won't miss the former city manager when he leaves because he's been avoiding interviews for two years now. The ones that he promised. We need to do better in this city and I know that the
four members of this commission who shall remain nameless are going to do better in the coming years. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning, >> Chairwoman. I would uh
like to know whom this individual is calling a communist up here. He said commissioner communist And what proof does he have
to defame somebody and call them a communist? >> It's you. >> Okay. Thank you very much. >> So that I could deal with it. >> Thank you, Mr. >> When I'm a civilian again. >> Oh, by all means. >> I want to thank you.
>> You have my address, sir. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mr. Stern. Thank you, Mr. Cern. giving me the freedom and liberty that now I will have where I will not be a hostage to this
city anymore while you and him and guys like you will still be your miserable hateful individuals and I will have a life I will enjoy life
I will enjoy the world thank you very Good morning. >> Good morning. My name is Lauren Simpson in favor of PH13. I'm currently the general manager of Coconut Grove Sailing Club. My journey here wasn't planned. It
just happened. I moved from Miami to I moved to Miami from Washington DC with background in organizational behavior. And before I had even settled in, I was introduced to a few club members who connected me with the Commodore and manager at the time. I began consulting
a few days a week on their billing in marketing which quickly became five and now 17 years later this past October I'm still here and proud to call this place my home away from home. When I first moved to the West Grove my neighbors didn't know what the club did. I wasn't
from a sailing or community service background myself but I felt a responsibility to change that. I fell in love with our mission and found it rewarding to design programs that turn people's uncertainty into excitement. Many commodors have mentored me along the way, and I still value their support
and collaboration. One of the greatest joys of my job has been watching children grow up from six-year-old sailor into confident young adults. We heard one speak earlier. It's beautiful reminder of the impact our programs have teaching sailing. It
teaches independence, teamwork, problem solving, resilience, and for adults, adaptability and real-time decision-making. To me, it's also a form of active me meditation and straightens the body and mind. I've had a pleasure of meeting people all over the city and showing them that sailing is accessible
to everyone. Transportation challenges, fear of water, even not knowing how to swim, we can help overcome all of it. This game day has so much to offer and I'm grateful to help others experience. Providing scholarship to Miami's youth has been one of my proudest responsibilities. These opportunities
relieve financial stress, o financial stress, open the doors, promote diversity, and demonstrate our commitment to the community. The club and I appreciate you and our partnership all of these decades as we celebrate our 80th year. I'm honored to be a part of its story, and I look for many more
years to come. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. My name is Blanca Wolf. I live in 560 Southwest 2nd Street, city of Miami. I am here to ask you to vote no on PH12. I
work for the Miami Aford because I have a union job. I am able to live in this city. I we cannot allow developers to come into our cities and buy our land for pennies without setting securing our
good jobs. This is a bad deal for Miami. Please vote no on PH12 and keep negotiating. Thanks. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning. Uh Greg Franco. I live in District 2. We understand the city negotiated a horrible lease in Watson
Island early 2000. We understand the city currently owns the land. Yes, owns the land subject to the restrictions in the original RFP. and any owner of the fee simple will be subject to those restrictions. We also know BH3 Marramac
paid $110 million for the 11 acre lease and development rights 10 million per acre. This parcel is 3.2 acres. So they paid 32 million. Add in the 29 million for the fee simple and the 9 million for affordable housing. That's $70 million.
If this deal goes through, nothing would stop them from turning around and selling this property tomorrow for 250 million. Integra's appraised value with the restrictions on the buildable units and hotel rooms. They can make $180 million without ever breaking ground.
And what did the city get? Nothing more than what they have today, plus 9 million. Second, the city memo points out that selling the condos in fe simple instead of a time share will result an additional 2 billion in property tax with a net present value of 320 million.
If there is an additional 320 million in property tax, what's the additional value to the developers? More than 9 million, they are contributing to affordable housing. Why? Because property law teaches us that property rights are like a bundle of sticks. The highest value is when all the rights are
controlled by one party. The sum of the sticks is greater than its parts. Each party is coming to the table with a stick, but the city is getting at best nothing more than the value of the rights they currently have. And BH3 Marramac is walking away with 100% of the increased value from the bundle.
With a newly elected mayor and city commissioner, this commission should do what the Herald editorial board suggested, defer this vote and negotiate a piece of the increased value, the fair market value the voters approved. According to the Herald, the developer's own appraisal found the land without the
lease restrictions to be worth 70 to 80 million, not 20 to 30. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. Miami. Gracias. Gracias. >> Hello, my name is Ector Gonales. I live
at 510 Southwest 6th Street, Miami. I have been a Latin resident here for 30 years and also a Unite Here member as well. I am here today to urge you to vote no on PH12. It's not a good business deal for our city, for our residents, nor for our workers. We
deserve responsible development. Vote no. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, Madam Chair, uh, commissioners. Uh, my name is Rob Piper. I reside at 1401 Southwest 17 Terrace. I'm here to urge you to vote no on PH10.
Uh, simply because why is a quarter of a million dollars being set aside for a 5K race when there are speed bumps that need to be paid for and installed in Silver Bluff? When there's uh storm storm water grates that need to be cleaned off in Little OA. Uh, regarding
PH12, I think, uh, the consensus is clear. That's a bad deal to give it away for only $29 million. Uh, what are we? Are we the Miami date college board of trustees? So, uh, let's not do that, please. And regarding PH14, PH15,
RE17, and RE 18, uh I would just ask just to defer those uh until next year to give the the new commission leadership in district 3 a chance to look those over. Uh I'm for affordable housing as much as anyone. Uh but when I
read those those items, I just have a lot of questions and I would just ask uh give the new commission leadership uh for the for the district that's going to be affected by those a chance to look those over and to share what they find with the with the people that spoke on
uh earlier uh this week uh regarding uh what is best for district 3 uh particularly uh regarding RE17 and RE18. Why is a for-profit developer getting loan getting a $4 million loan to do
this? Uh just many questions and just uh you know give the people of District 3 and the new commission leadership the chance to weigh in on that as well. You don't have to just just defer it. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Good morning.
>> Good morning uh commissioners, city manager. Um my name is Katrina Morris. I am a District 2 resident. Uh, I urge you to reject the $29 million Watson Island sale price. The city manager argues that the property is only worth 29 million uh
because development restrictions remain in place after the sale. But let's examine what these restrictions actually allow. 105 luxury condos priced above a million dollars each. 500 hotel rooms in two towers on prime waterfront. Nearly 100,000 square feet of retail and office
space. 40story and 30story towers. This isn't a restricted property. It's a highly val valuable development program on irreplaceable Biscane Bay waterfront. Fisher Island and it may even be the same zip code 33109
uh is the USA's most expensive zip code. BH3 themselves paid over 50 million. I know I'm hearing 100 uh just for the leaseold rights to build this exact project. According to news reports, the your appraiser, Integra Realy Resources,
valued this property at 257 to 342 million. The city should make the complete Integra appraisal publicly available so residents can understand how the same appraiser arrived at both 29 million and over 250 million.
Furthermore, if the restrictions were truly limiting, why did BH3 pay so much for the leaseold? Why do they want to buy it now? We're also told uh we're also trading 2 million in annual rent for 99 years. That's 198 million in future revenue for just 29 million
upfront. The voters approved the sale at fair market value. A price that that is 90% below your appraiser's valuation is not at fair market value. It's not an emergency. This isn't a fire sale. And I don't like that as a resident I have to sit here and learn about stupid lease
holds when our attorneys should be advising you that this is a really bad deal. I just don't get it. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good morning, Madam Chair. Good morning, M Commissioner. I'm Vincent Delgado. I'm
representing the seniors of the Hoto Senior Center app. The address is 1897 Northwest 20th Street. I have we serve a over 100 seniors every every
day for meals and we have not received no funding yet from the city of Miami. We receive funding from the county but this still now we are not receiving no funding yet for the city of Miami. and and we are working with the in the
fiscal year budget which is started in uh October 1st and now we are not the money to to cover those seniors that we have in the center for this that correspond to the city of Miami. I have
52 seniors from district 5, 53 seniors from uh district one and I still have not received those funding for those seniors. Please take in consideration that the senior will not be hung cannot be hungry and we have to serve them.
Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good afternoon. Merry Christmas. Happy holidays. Um James Torres, president of the Downtown Neighbors Alliance. Um wanted to bring up RE number nine. No community feels
the urgency of homelessness crisis more directly than the downtown community. We're here in support of that particular resolution. Let's be clear, not supporting this initiative would be turning a blind eye on the problem that impacts downtown more than any other neighborhood in the entire city of
Miami. This is an important item that benefits the most as as what we've seen this morning and it's encouraging to see the support of other municipalities here today, including West Miami, Coral Gables, and even the county commissioner Na uh Natalie Orvis. They realize that
this is an important issue that should be addressed front and center. Supporting this initiative also means doing it responsibly using leverage on financial tools. Don't spend the cash without matching the funds including the homeless trust that's could be a part of this issue and
it's important that they are involved to making sure that the key KPIs are structured the right way for this item. It's not we are asking you not to slow down and moving progress forward on this item. It's investing in the future of downtown and the entire city. Downtown
residents fully support this item and this initiative moving forward in the right direction. Even though you're going to be taking money from the Bayfront Trust of about a million dollars, we're asking that specific million dollar that's coming from the Bayfront Trust is accounted for and
making sure that it's used in that structure for downtown. Our only request is simple. Move forward with this item. Thank you very much, Chairwoman. to Art and Ace. Thank you so much for helping us on the noise ordinance for construction. Best wishes in the holiday
moving forward. Thank you for being a champion on the noise. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good afternoon. My name is Zelton, vice president of the Downtown Neighbors Alliance. I'm here to speak on agenda item RE9. Good morning. Uh good afternoon, actually. I want to address the Bayfront
Park Trust decision to allocate $1 million towards the purchase of motel properties intended for homeless services. Downtown residents understand the urgency of addressing homelessness, especially because majority of the issue is concentrated in our district. The initiative to acquire motel properties
is a meaningful step and homelessness is a core concern for us at the DNA. We support the effort strongly. At the same time, the Bayfront Park Trust funds exist for a specific purpose to support Bayfront Park and enhance the quality of life for downtown community. Allocating
funds towards a homelessness strategy can align with the with that purpose, but only if the benefit to downtown is clear, direct, and guaranteed. So, if 1 million is taken out of that trust, we respectfully ask that downtown's contribution results in a direct,
tangible benefit to downtown. This is a multi-ur jurisdictional initiative totaling more than four million. So some dilution across contributing areas is expected but downtown's 1 million we feel should and must translate into a measurable tangible benefit specifically
for downtown and not simply blend into a countywide effort. Residents deserve clarity on how this contribution will improve conditions in the district. The trust was created to serve. If trust funds are going towards a towards property acquisition, downtown residents also deserve asurances
regarding how the money is managed. Leverage should be used where possible through financing and partnerships rather than simply spending cash. Any operator or manager of these facilities should be choose chosen through a competitive, vetted, and transparent selection process, not in formal or
politically influenced decisions. And public dollars should be tied to clear performance metrics that demonstrate actual results. These are basic safeguards that ensure the responsible use of public funds. We are not opposing the initiative. We are advocating for strategic use and transparency and
guaranteed local benefit. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning. >> Good afternoon, Madam Chair. Billy Corbin on PH12 among others. First off, to to your point about good morning, this meeting started nearly 1 hour late. Then there was an hour and 15 minutes of
uh proclamations and presentations. then you afforded a professional courtesy to elected officials to speak before public comment, which shouldn't start till 11:20. It's really disrespectful. There should be a time certain for public comment so people know when to arrive and don't show up before 9:00 a.m. and then have to wait around for almost 2
and 1/2 hours. And then you want to limit us and say we cannot say people's names, which you as an attorney know is a violation of the Constitution. the city attorney knows better and you know better because you were taught better by Bruce Rogal, your first amendment uh professor at Nova Southeast Rogo.
>> Bruce Rogo that my point that you've made my point for me. You were taught better by Rogo. Um and getting back to professional courtesy, Madam Chair, uh I would ask that you defer this entire agenda until the new year as a professional courtesy for the newly
elected officials in last week's historic election. This is the last meeting for the mayor, for the D3 commissioner, hopefully for the city manager. And I think out of difference them and respect for the for the residents who made a decision in D3 that
they do not want anyone with that last name to represent them on this day anymore. Uh, and they want to let's go home. Let's celebrate the holidays. Let's spend time with our families. and let's come back in a new year, in a new day for the city of Miami and do the business of the people with the people
that they want to do the business for them. And I wish you happy new year and happy holidays. And finally, I'd like to submit a formal public records request for all the text messages you've exchanged today with lobbyist Ron Book. Hi, Ron. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Good morning. Good afternoon. >> Good afternoon, Chairwoman. First off, congratulations on your re-election. Um, I am here today as a private citizen. I reside at 61 Northwest 37th Avenue and a proud resident of District 4. I'm here in support of RE9. Um, I think it's very
important that we are addressing uh many of the public safety concerns um that um are happening uh especially in the Lagami neighborhood uh which has been well taken care of by a police department, but there's obviously more that we could do and uh helping with some of the housing needs um in our
neighborhood in our community. Thank you so much. Happy holidays to you all. >> Thank you. Is there anyone else here who would like to speak? Oh, ma'am. >> Good morning, Madam Chairwoman. And may it please the commission.
My name is Kim Berkenfeld, district 2. I live at 2475 Bickl Avenue. I have a beautiful view looking south over the bay. And I'm here to support the Coconut Grove Sailing Club for the memories and
because it makes people brave and strong. Do you ever feel like Tom Cruz when he's about to do something brave? I've never spoken publicly about this. I grew up in Oregon, a small town in the
Woods, nonsailing family. went to Brown, went to Harvard Business School, was working for PepsiCo in Honolulu when the Atlanta Olympics were announced and I said, I'm going to try that. So, I quit my job. My first Olympic regata was at
the Coconut Grove Sailing Club, and I came in last, but I got seventh in the trials for Atlanta upland. I got third in the trials for Sydney and I was training for the Athens Olympics
and at the Grove Sailing Club. It was announced I was the top woman headed to Athens. I was one of Miami's best and brightest. I was working in online gaming on Bickl Key and I could train out at the club
online gaming back in 2002. Then I got hit. My sailboat technically sailboat got hit by a power boat. GCS6 coma for a month in Athens, Greece hospitals. The guy who hit me is a rock
star in New Zealand who had already won a bronze medal in Los Angeles. So he will be coming back to Los Angeles in 2028. My life has been hell since Tom Cruz took the medal from
Paris. It's like somebody's trying to push me down. 2475 brickle and I don't have a door because something happened. It had to be broken down. I've gotten a runaround from
contractors for eight months now. If you don't have a door, you don't have a home. Isn't I mean something's weird? I got all the proof. Anyway, I'm here to support the Coconut Grove Sand Club.
Also, I want you to know the only stock that I own is Palunteer. I have to do everything online. I can't get a walker. I can't get a pair of jeans. I can't get these are the same boots I've had for 20 years.
I'm just saying that since I got hit by the power boat and it wasn't properly investigated and the guy ran down to New Zealand, it's like somebody's trying to push me out of the way before the games get to Los Angeles.
The sailing the sailing club makes people brave and it makes people strong. I support that, of course. And my only pleasure is it looking. When I get scared, I just look down over the bay at the
sailing club because it gives it makes people strong and it gives you memories. I would be very sad if it went away. So, if anybody has a good contractor that can replace a door
in a brickle condo, please talk to me and my building engineer who has not been helpful either. Um, >> thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Is there anyone else that would like to
speak on behalf of any of the items on this agenda? Seeing none, the public comment period is now closed. Go ahead. >> So, this is not Oh, it's loud today. Good morning, everybody. Um, it's not to speak about anything, although I have a
million opinions. I know I only have two minutes, but I wanted to publicly say thank you to uh, Commissioner Parardau for being a great supporter of the American Legion Veterans Day parade, and it's held here in the Coconut Grove community. We have become one of the largest parades due to his support, due
to the support of the city of Miami. the city manager um hold just came in so his office as well as well as commissioner Rosado and um our Francis Suarez as well. So I know that you guys probably
deal with a lot of beating up but today I wanted to say thank you publicly. The veterans couldn't come and we found out just yesterday this is our last day so we were running in. Um, but thank you so much for what you guys do for the Coconut Girl community. And this is on behalf of American Legion Post 182
Veterans Day Parade. >> And chair, if I just have the speaker's name before she leaves the chambers. >> Okay. Ma'am, if you could give the clerk your name >> on the record. >> Kimberly Davis, 4000 Grand Avenue. I am
the uh Coconut Grove Openness Club president. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Is there anyone else that would like to speak on behalf of any items before this agenda? Seeing none, public comment period is now closed.
Gentlemen, may I have a motion to approve AM1? Those are minutes from commission meetings. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I. >> Item passes. Gentlemen, on the consent
agenda, are there any items that you would like to pull for discussion? Commissioner Cabella, >> I just wanted some clarification on CA4. >> So, we're going to pull CA4. Commissioner Rosado, >> no. >> Vice Chair,
>> no. >> Okay. Uh, may I have a motion to >> to approve CA12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >> motion? So moved. >> I have a motion and a second. All in
favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Commissioner Cabella CA4. >> Yeah, I just wanted to clarify that that I was in the briefing yesterday, but the the 860, where is that uh coming from? Anybody?
>> They're coming out now. Commissioner, give us confirm. >> Give us They're coming out now. Give us one second. >> And and chair, while we're waiting on CA4, I just wanted to confirm that CA10 was part of the uh the blockers of the CAS. >> Yes. >> Thank you.
Good afternoon, Madam Chair. Commissioner Santana, director of resilience and public works. >> The 860 I'm just curious. Is it coming out of the the the tree fund on the building side? Where's it coming out of the 860? >> The the 860K. >> Which item?
>> The 84. The tree fund. >> Oh, okay. So the that is awarding a contract that is funding that we received through a grant that the commission approved that we got from the Florida Department of Agriculture and it's for implementation of the streetscape master plan for the
southwest. >> Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. >> Director Huven, while we have you up here, I want to say thank you for putting the ponettas on MLK Boulevard, celebrating the holiday. It looks beautiful with the tree lighting. Thank you so much. >> You're welcome.
Gentlemen, of our PH items, are there any of the items that you would like to pull forward >> discussion? Chair, may I have a vote on CA4? >> A motion to to approve C4. >> I have a motion. >> Second. >> Second. All in favor? >> I.
>> Motion carries. Any items you guys would like to pull for discussion for the PH items? >> I I'd like to pull PH12. PH12 >> are we madam chair I just don't recall
did we defer PH16 and 17 >> no >> no >> it is not but those I cannot block vote we have to vote on each one of those individually any outside of PH12 any others to be pulled
no Okay. May I have a motion for PH1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 and 15. >> So moved.
>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. And now we can take up PH 16. May I have a motion? >> PH2. PH16. >> I I'd like to defer PH16 and 17 to
January 8th. >> I have a motion to >> I have a motion and a >> second for to defer PH16 and 17. Comm >> Commissioner for purpose of which meeting in January?
>> Uh January 8th. The first one >> 15 and 16. 16 and 17. >> Okay. 16 and 17. You serve both of your items. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I
>> PH 16 and 17 are deferred till January 8th. Now, Commissioner Rosado, you pulled PH12. >> I I did. I pulled PH12. Um, bear with me just a moment. I do. I've given this this item a lot of
thought. I had requested the deferral for this to to this meeting uh from the last one and I've been speaking to folks in the real estate industry, folks that can deal uh that work on very complex deals and I'm I'm still not comfortable with where we are on this. Uh did some
research on our procurement code as well. I would like to make a motion and I let me be clear. I have respect for the folks that were awarded this this, you know, that made the purchase that allowed them to um to enter into this project. Uh that being said, I want to
get to yes on this, but I'm not a yes on this at this time. I would like to be confident that we've negotiated the best possible deal for the city, and I'm not there at the moment. Uh, I have in the past worked with different individuals that are comparable to the firms that
did the appraisals. Met with the appraisers. I asked a number of questions. I would like to make a motion to engage with uh Kushman and Wakefield to help us negotiate on the city's behalf because I do think that there is room to make this a better deal that's
more responsive to our to our residents and our taxpayers. I'm not trying to push this into the indefinite future. I think we can come to an agreement by January 22nd. I know that the manager, if we approve my motion, has the ability to engage with an outside real estate
advisory firm. Uh that is within our procurement code to allow him to do so. And that would be my motion at this time. Um, I not only do I think that there's room for additional public benefits, but I have concerns about the fact that the uh purchaser could in
fact, as someone referenced, could in fact turn around and flip flip the property. And that has major consequences. I I don't want to go down. I think the vice chair made a a statement along these lines at the last meeting. This is a really important real
estate deal. This is historic and I want to make sure that we're on the right side of of history on this. >> Madam Chair, can I weigh in? >> Yes, please. >> Look, I I feel there have for those of you that don't know, there have been safety guards that have been put in place at the last
moment. Uh, which I wanted because what we were concerned about is that the property is worth a lot more money than what it is. Even the herald said it itself I believe yesterday that the value had substantially come down and we have now put in place I have asked for it to be put in place safety guards that
if in fact for example the developer uh decides to flip this property in let's say a year uh from now without doing anything at all you know he has to pay us a penalty okay in a in a certain percentage okay so that will not happen anymore what I don't want to see is for
this to drag on we don't collect revenues there there's another saga somewhere down the line and the property continues and and I understand the argument you know of you know that uh you know the millions and the the difference and and all this stuff but but the reality is that that property
sits there doesn't produce anything okay and nothing nobody's is benefiting that at the moment you know in my opinion I think we need to take a vote on this uh today uh honestly speaking you know and I'm ready for a vote they they have assured me not only in ver verbally but
on paper that uh this is going to be the case that they're not going to flip it over and if they do they have a penalty to to contend with, you know. So, I think we're we're we're pretty much going to be safe in in the matter. So, as for me, I'm ready to go on this. >> I commissioner, if I could ask. >> Hold on. Hold on one second.
Commissioner Partardo. >> Yeah. Well, we've been working with this for about two years and there's it's complicated. There's a lot of moving parts. I think it's very very important to understand that we already paid for two independent appraisals with great
firms, Integra, CBRE. Both of those I've reviewed very closely. I used to do a lot of commercial real estate transactions. Those are both below $29 million. The Miami Herald got their own appraisal on this issue, came in below
$29 million. In fact, their article last night summed all of this up in two paragraphs. Bottom line, it's complicated, but the 342 million valuation appears to be an unrealistic outlier. Meanwhile, two experts
consulted by the Herald, concurring with the two independent appraisers that the city relied on said that a deal in the $29 million range appears reasonable given the unusual underlying circumstances. That's largely because
the city is handcuffed by a 99-year lease with developers for the site that was approved by the Miami commissioners and voters 24 years ago for a massive hotel and a massive commercial project that was never built. Because of the locked in lease, the city says it does
not fully own or control the land and thus can't sell it for its maximum open market value. Any change to these restrictions would have to terminate the lease. it would have to go to the voters and it it would start all over again. So, this isn't something where they can
turn around and sell it and somebody gets this big profit. This has been a very thoughtout, studied, and really looked at transaction for a significant period of time. I want to thank everyone that was part of the Zoom we hosted for the public and the residents where we
went through each appraisal step by step. the developers were able to speak. People were able to ask uh their questions in the webinar and I think it's important for us to have the appraisals public. We have them public in our office. Anyone that wants to come by and look through them, we're happy to
sit with anyone and have an appointment on this issue, but we feel it's a good transaction and we definitely want to move forward. >> Commissioner Rosado, >> I do I have a question for Commissioner Gabella. He mentioned uh the addition of guard rails and I think that is a good
step but I've not seen what those are. Was something added in the last few days? I've not seen the verbiage on that. >> Madam Chair, if I may, >> Mr. Manager. So, we're finalizing some language with law that is a result of a recommendation and a conversation that
Commissioner Gabella had um both with the developer and with us um which will allow for the city to um benefit from um a percentage of the gap in the transaction should they decide or the
intent is to to resell the deal um or retrade it. Um we're working on that language now. I would suggest we maybe kick this item to the afternoon, allow us to finish it up, the language up, and then we can introduce it as an amendment to the item um in the afternoon session.
>> First, I have to um dispose of the motion. I have a motion to defer this item. Do I have a second? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Uh the motion on the floor that I would like, if it's okay with the chair, um Commissioner Rosado has a motion on the floor to engage the
services of Kushman and Wakefield. Um, is that something that you still like to proceed with at the moment or wait till the afternoon? >> I I'm happy to make that motion now and to defer this item to January 22nd. I'm not looking to kick the can on the the down the road on this perpetually. I really think that and I and I would only
move it four weeks like that just because I know we have the holidays in between. Otherwise, I'm happy to put it on for January 8th, but I know that gives us very little time. I'd like to see further negotiations on our behalf. >> I have a motion to defer. Do I have a second? Motion fails for lack of second
and we will hear the item in the afternoon after we break. Gentlemen, of the re items, are there any items that you would like to pull for discussion and or
defer? >> Sorry, I wasn't here. RU1 was that was a in the briefing you said it was going to be deferred. Was that >> it's withdrawn? Okay. >> R1 is withdrawn and RE7 is indefinitely deferred
>> on R15. I just want to make sure I'm listed as co-sponsor. >> Wait a minute. R7 U. I think that's not relevant anymore. >> It's it's indefinitely deferred. >> Oh, it was deferred. Okay. Here. >> Mhm. >> Hang on a minute. Give me a minute here.
Uh, R9, >> you want to >> I want to pull it. >> You want to pull it >> for discussion? >> Pull for discussion. >> RE9. Okay. >> Okay. Give me a minute here. I'm almost on me,
>> Madam Chair. RE12 can't be heard. >> I know. I know. Thank you. >> Okay. I'm ready. >> Okay. So, we're pulling RE9 for discussion. Commissioner Rosado, do you have any items that you would like to pull for discussion? >> I I would like to defer. Are we
discussing deferrals as well, or just pull for >> If you want to, I can. >> Sure. Uh, I'd like to defer RE3 to January 22nd. >> RE3. Yes. >> Anything else? >> I would like
to Nope. That's it. >> Okay. Vice Chair, are there any items that you would like to All right. May I have a motion to defer RE3? >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second to defer RE3. All in favor? >> I I >> Okay. Um
I would like to defer RE5. >> May I have >> second? >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Hi. >> Hi. >> Is there a date >> to um the first meeting in February? >> First meeting. Who was the mover?
>> Commissioner Partardo. >> Seconded. >> Commissioner Part seconded. Who moved? >> Who's the mover? >> Oh, I'll move it. >> I'll second it. >> Commissioner Part. Commissioner Rosado. The second >> and that'll be February 12th, 2026.
Okay. There we go. Um, may I have a motion for RE2, RE4, RE6, RE8, 10, 11,
13 as amended, RE14, RE 15, RE1 16 as amended, RE1 17 as amended, and RE1 18. >> I have a motion. Second >> and chair 17 is yes. Um RE1 17 amend to
include the resolution. Got it. Thank you chair. >> Yes. I have a motion. >> Do I have a second? Second. >> All in favor? >> I I >> items passed unanimously. >> What say? R9, right? >> Yeah. You pulled RE9. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay.
>> You want to discuss? >> Did you cover R12? That's we can't do that one until after the omni CRA meeting. >> Thank you. >> Gotcha. >> Madame chair and and uh I beg your indulgence, but I know that there's a
speaker here for PZ14 who needs to leave if there's a way to accommodate that if possible. >> No, I don't pull items out of turn. Um but thank you. But perhaps we can get to it because we're moving at a pretty good
clip. Commissioner Cabalo. >> Yeah. So, two things in REI that I'm concerned about. Number one, where are the four million coming out of? Okay. And number two, you know, you mentioned motel along Southwest 8th Street, right? You know, 4 million today doesn't buy
you a lot of land. You know, I wonder how many motels do you plan to buy? I mean, you know, in today's crisis, I mean, in today's world, poor mil, I don't think that, you know, and I see this more as a policing problem and a uh that kind of problem than really, you know, start buying up because the thing
is if if reality sets in and you're going to start buying up the motel because of this situation and this uh you know, behavior that's going on, the prostitution, Southwest A Street, hell, you got to have a lot more than $4 million to to get that done. So, that's that's that's what why I wanted to pull it to. And then number two, where is the
fund coming out of of on the foreign foreign change? >> Yeah, while the manager gets uh staff to to supplement on the financial front, um uh your point your point's a good one. >> And I and and I realize your point, by the way, I realize what you're saying.
I'm not against what you're trying to do. >> Yeah. So So really this checks off a couple of boxes. The the you know, one of them is safety. So District 4 is by and large very very safe except where we have 27
motel along principally along 8th Street in Flaggler. I had my staff meet with the police chief and do a breakdown of where the crimes occur in the district and where they occur in the motel themselves and we averaged out like how many crimes per door per motel, right?
So just being larger doesn't mean necessarily less safe. But we've been we pinpointed which are the most dangerous and we've begun conversations with several of the property owners. We have two motel that have had homicides in the last year and a half. Somebody purchased one of them to create an opportunity for
longerterm housing. That's mano de laay. They did that on their own. That was uh underway at the time that I was I was campaigning. So I really had no role in that. And and they own it fully and they operate it themselves. Um, and we're grateful for that because it was a very,
very dangerous place. Um, we have others that are very dangerous as well and some of them are willing to sell. And so, it isn't just safety, although that is very important. It's also the fact that we can provide long-term housing opportunities for folks at a very affordable price. So, what we've been
doing is meeting with nonprofits located in Miami Date County. I don't want to give anything away just yet until we finalize some some deals, but it's it's nonprofits that you and I and all of us are very familiar with, as well as some for-profits that are in the workforce and affordable housing industry,
principally catering to folks that are senior citizens uh and single mothers with children and folks that are disabled. So, we're talking about folks that are the most vulnerable from a housing perspective of anybody in our community. Um, 4 million wouldn't get us
to buy I'm not looking to to put in all the costs involved in any purchase, but I'm looking to partner with organizations and split the cost with them. There are nonprofits that are very actively seeking places to to house the folks that they serve. There are forprofits that are doing the same
thing. So, it's consistent with the items that we just approved just a few minutes ago in District 3 to be able to make some affordable and workforce housing deals uh viable. I'm looking to do the same thing, but in my particular uh situation, I'm looking to purchase existing properties because that's
really where we can make an impact, not only helping folks to have a a stable roof over their heads, but also make District 4 safer. And the reason we're setting this aside without tying it to a specific project is we want to know that we've got the funding available to us so
we can be at the negotiating table with a few of the folks we've been we've been talking to. No, >> I understand that. But my point is even if you if if if let's say you got 27 hotels at five at 500K which is probably you know not accurate more like a mill or north of that is probably more
accurate that's 13.5 mil that you you're going to need and then on top of that you got to convince those guys to sell out at that price you got to convince them you know I see this more and I understand the reasoning I'm not questioning the reason I'm not questioning you know your your your judgment on what why you want to do it
what I'm questioning is how do I arrive at that and then but but I heard your your your We're not looking but before we get to the financial analysis, we're not looking to purchase all of them by any stretch. And some of them have really no calls for service, but we're specifically laser focused on the ones
where the police has to go very very often >> and bad things are happening and some of those folks are willing to sell and and I'm not looking for again for the city man to put in 100% of the purchase. >> We've got folks that want to partner with us, but we need to be able to let them know what we have at our disposal
to enter into deals. >> Thank you. But I appreciate the questions. >> Good afternoon, Commissioner Erica Pascal. Darling, the sources identified for the hugs program were 500,000 from G4 housing assistance and 2.8 of home
ARP funds. There was a million dollars identified previously, but there are some discrepancies in the use of those funds that we need to reconcile. >> And that was the Bayfront dollars that have been referenced. And I'm happy to leave that out of the equation if that
gives everybody comfort. The >> left out of the equation agree. I'm fine with that. I'm fine with that. >> Agreed. >> So, do I have a motion for RE9 as amended? >> And I'm going to go along with it, but I I don't want any funny business of the
four mil or 4 and 1/2 dipping into somebody else's thing. So, so I'm stating on the record. I'm going on goodwill here, you know, to to take care of your problem, but I'll state on the record, no funny business on the 4 and a half mil where that's going to be gotten that it affects another commissioner's district.
>> Okay. So, it's as amended to not include any bayfront park >> money, >> correct? Got it. >> Or or other commissioners >> or other commissioners to that commissioner or dis. >> Right. Well, that couldn't happen
anyway. Okay. So, do I have a motion? So move >> and second. All in favor? >> Motion carries as amended. >> Mr. City Attorney, would you please read the titles for the second reading items
into the record? >> Yes, Madam Chair. Second reading one um SR1 an ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending chapter 10 article 1 division 2 section 10-18 of the code of the city of Miami Florida as amended city code titled 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. SR3, second reading ordinance. An ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending ordinance number 14382 for the abolishment of the Bayfront Park Management Trust adopted on July 10, 2025 to extend the effective date of
such ordinance to July 15, 2026 containing a severability clause and providing for an immediate effective date SR4 second reading ordinance an ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending chapter 55 section 55-14 of the code of the city of Miami as amended titled subdivision regulations
encroachments onto into below and or above rights of way, public easements, private easements, or emergency access easements exceptions to include for the allowance of encroachments above or below private platted alleys containing a severity clause and providing for an immediate effective date. SR5, an
ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending chapter 55, section 5510 of the code of the city of Miami as amended titled subdivision regulations, building permits, issuance, restrictions, exceptions to exempt Miami date county owned property on unplatted land which
is exempt from county platting requirements containing a severability clause and providing for an immediate effective date. That concludes the second reading items. >> Thank you, gentlemen. Are there any items of the second reading items that you would like to pull for discussion?
>> SR3 exp clarification. Uh this this we have to vote on u >> can you enlighten me again please? >> So on this is a second reading. We already adopted it on first reading extending the um as you know there was
an ordinance passed saying that the uh Bayfront Park Management Trust would be abolished on January 1st. This extends that um time frame to July 15, 2026. And so we have to vote on it to extend the deadline. >> Okay. But but don't we didn't we agree
to to not do that? >> So we passed that we got to bring something else up to >> Okay. But this doesn't abolish it automatically. >> No, no. This Okay. I'm sorry. That's all I wanted to know. >> Okay. >> Does anyone else want to pull any of the SR items for discussion?
>> I I'd like to defer SR1. And just to confirm, my understanding is SR2 was already deferred to January 8th. Is that correct? Okay. >> I'm sorry. Did Commissioner Rosado, you mentioned, you referenced SR2? Yeah, SR2
was already SR2 was deferred deferred >> and I'd like to defer SR1 to January 8th as well. >> Do I have a motion? >> Yeah, I'm sorry. I meant to say January 22nd. >> I have a motion to defer SR1 to January 22nd. Do I have a second?
>> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. January 22nd. Um, Commissioner Partardo, do you have any items that you want to discuss for SR? >> No. second reading items. Okay. Then may
I have a motion for SR3, 4, and SR5 must is going to be amended on the floor. >> Yes. Um good afternoon, commissioners. I do administration does have a small uh on the floor amendment for SR5. Um
>> thank you. This change has already been vetted by law and does not require to be advertised. We're going to be adding um the words and certificate of occupancy to that exemption on the uh platting.
>> Mr. Assistant City Manager, this is related to SR4. >> SR SR5. >> SR5. Got it. SR5. >> Okay. >> I have a motion and a second for >> Chair. My apologies. I don't have a motion yet or I didn't capture one. My apologies. >> I have a motion. Second.
>> I got a second. All in favor? >> Passes unanimously. Mr. City Attorney, would you please read the titles of the first reading ordinances for the record? >> Yes, madam chair. First first reading ordinance is FR2. First reading
ordinance. An ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending chapter 40 article 3 section 128 of the code of the city of Miami Florida is amended titled personnel civil service rules and regulations grievances and abuses generally to establish section 40-128C titled whistleblower complaint to
provide directions to persons desirous of a hearing before the board pursuant to the Florida whistleblower act containing a severability clause and providing for an immediate effective date FR3 first reading ordinance an ordinance to the Miami city commission amending chapter 49 of the code to the city of Miami Florida as amended titled sanitary sewers, storm water
management system, and sewage disposal. To prohibit private property owners from connecting any man-made conveyance, discharge pipe or excavated trail to the city storm water management system and to pre to prohibit private property owners from discharging wastewater, human waste, and non-putable fluids into
the storm water system or the city's right of way, providing for enforcement and penalties, containing a severability clause, and providing for an effective date. FR4 is a long one. An ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending chapter 2, article 4, division 4, section 2-268 of the code of the city of
Miami, Florida as amended. City code titled administration department's resilience and public works department fee for fee for prepar preparation of documents containing covenants to run with the land. Right ofway dedication deeds, quick claim deeds, waiver of fee, fee for preparation of documents
allowing the use of public right of way by private entities. Recording fee. Chapter 2, Article 4, Division 4, Section 2-269 of the City Code, titled Checking and Recording Plats and Alley closures or vacations fee schedule
waiver of fee. Chapter 2, Article 4, Division 4, Section 2-272 of the City Code, titled Plan Review Fee, amending Chapter 54, Article 1, Section 54-3 of the City Code, titled Streets and Sidewalks in general, permit required for work that obstructs or closes a
street, sidewalk, or impedes traffic fees, waiver of fees. And chapter 54, article 1, section 54-8 of the city code, titled using street, or sidewalk for display purposes, exceptions, permit, and fee. all to adjust to current market conditions. Further
amending chapter 54 article 2 section 54-43 of the city code titled streets and sidewalks construction excavation and repair permit fees for rightway or street excavation sidewalk repair paving or resurfacing of roadway parkway or
shoulder area building line and grade survey sidewalk construction survey driveway construction utility placement underground utility service connection excavation groundwater monitoring wells permit renewal after the fact permit and inspection rein inspection fees, waiver
of fees to provide further processing and review of right-of-way closure permit extensions by the department. Chapter 54, article 6, section 54-224 of the city code titled sidewalk and street cafes fee and security deposit to
adjust to current market conditions. Further amending chapter 55 section 55-14 of the city code titled subdivision regulations encroachments onto into below and or above rights of way public easements private easements or emergency access easements exceptions
to adjust certain fees related to the processing and recording recordation of plats for the processing and review of right-of-way permits and other documents conducted by the department of resilience and public works and providing for new department fees related to covenants in lie of unity of title. right-of-way permanent extensions,
reinspection fees, and encroachments onto, into, below, and or above a private easement containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date. All right. FR5 first reading ordinance an ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending chapter 18 article 8 of the code of the
city of Miami Florida is amended titled finance storm water utilities by amending section 1829-294 titled schedule of rates to set the storm water management rates containing a severity clause and providing for an immediate effective date FR6 first
reading ordinance an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending chapter 62 article 14 of the code of the city of Miami Board has amended city code titled planning and zoning public benefits trust fund more particularly by amending section 62-642
of the city code titled established to include an administrative cost containing a se severability clause and providing for an effective date FR7 first reading ordinance an ordinance to the Miami city commission amending chapter 2 article 4 division two of the code of the city of Miami Florida's
amended city code titled administration departments planning building and zoning department more particularly by amending section 2-207 of the city code titled zoning certificate of use required annual reinspection of buildings and premises fees for inspections and issuance of certificates to update the
inspection and service fees for zoning certificates making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date. F FR8 first reading ordinance an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending chapter 62 article two of the code of the city of Miami Florida's amended city code titled
planning and zoning comprehensive planning more particularly by amending section 62-12 of the city code titled fees for inspections and examinations of plans for compliance with the provisions of the city zoning ordinance to update the zoning plan reviews fee containing a
servability clause and providing for an effective date. That concludes the first reading ordinances. >> What happened to nine and 10? >> Nine. Nine was indefinitely deferred. 10 was withdrawn. And I'm sorry, I skipped FR11. F FR11 and first reading ordinance
an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending chapter 38 article 1 of the code of the city of Miami Florida as amended titled parks and recreation general by creating section 38-40 naming titled naming of Glenn Royal Superhero Park to provide for the naming of the
property consisting of approximately 14,200 ft located at 235 Northeast Northwest 26th Avenue Miami, Florida as Glen Royal Superhero Park. Further directing the city manager to take any and all actions necessary to effectuate the naming of the park containing a
sever severability clause and providing for an immediate effective date. That concludes the first reading orders. >> Gentlemen, are there any of the first reading items that you would like to pull for discussion? Commissioner Partardo? No. Commissioner Rosado, >> you want to pull FR2? Vice Chair,
Commissioner Rosado, do you have any? >> I do. I would like to uh defer to January 22nd FR4, FR5, FR7, and FR8. I would actually like I'm
going to amend that slightly, but each of the fee related items that I had uh requested deferrals to January 22nd, I'd like them to be combined into an omnibus fee agenda item, one item that covers all of them. I'm sure that can be done.
>> Um, >> Commissioner, >> Madame Chair, I know that these they've been working on this a long time to try to increase our fees. This is the first reading item. It's going to come back for second reading between first and second. Uh, Commissioner Rosado, is that
enough time for you to be able to kind of get the information you need on the increases or >> it it is and I think the manager is going to say something, but I've requested previously that fee items be lumped together into one item. >> I I don't want to lump the fee items into one. I'd like to keep them separate
because it will get lost. So, I'd like to keep them separate, but he is requesting that we defer FR 45, five, seven, and eight. I have a motion for that. Do I have a second? >> So, what are we doing?
>> He would like to defer FR4. Commissioner Rosado would like to defer FR4, 5,7, and 8. >> Okay. So, you're not comfortable with the second reading that he was talking about changing the between now and the second reading. >> Is there really no way to do this as one
omnimous fee change? I mean the only the only way when when we had our briefing one of the things we discussed was a desire in the future to do it as a consolidated effort maybe do it during the mid year um and we were going to we're certainly look into that um to do
what you're requesting we'd have to withdraw them all um and then and then reintroduce them again um as one big piece of legislation. I mean that's that's >> I I I move to withdraw each of these items and each of the others that we had that are fee related that were deferred
to uh January 22nd so that they can come back as one omnimous item on January 22nd. >> Okay. I'm sorry chair. Um so I need to make sure this motion is clear. So you're making a motion to withdraw at least four FR4 57 and 8 and anything else?
>> No. FR SR2 SR1 was deferred already to January 22nd. So that's we can't include that. >> But if if we're if we are in fact creating one item that covers all these things, could we not include those as well? >> That's not the motion on the floor. The
motion on the floor now is to withdraw four, five, seven, and eight. That's the motion on the floor. >> And then chair, for the other items, you would have to reconsider them because they've already been deferred, >> right? Because it's already been deferred. So I have a motion to withdraw
four, five, seven, and eight. Do I have a second? Motion fails for lack of second. Are there any other items that you would like to pull for discussion? I only have FR 2 pulled for discussion.
>> I'd also like to pull FR6. >> FR6. Okay. Pull FR6. Okay. May I have a motion for FR 3, four, five, seven, and eight? >> So moved.
>> I have a motion in a second. >> Sorry, guys. >> Would you also mind including um 11? >> Oh, I'm sorry. I I missed it. FR. >> So So 3 to 11, right? >> Three, four, five, not six. He's pulled that for discussion. 7 8 and 11. All in
favor? >> I >> I >> Motion carries unanimously. And Commissioner Rosado, you pulled FR6. >> I I did. There's a recommendation in there that the cost be reduced from 15% to 10% and I'd like to amend the agenda
item to reflect that. So, this lowers the amount. And actually, there's that was a positive recommendation. I think staff is on board and PAB is on board as well. and and we briefed that we briefed that to everyone referenced it in >> but it would require a modification
>> right the agenda item as it is 15% for administrative costs and the the standard the industry standard is 10% I'd like to go with the industry standard >> okay so >> FR6 would be as amended from 15% to 10% >> yes madam chair
>> do I have a motion >> so moved >> second >> I have a motion and a second all in favor >> motion carries >> so that was FR6 That was FR6. >> Seven, eight, and nine are done. And 10. >> Yes. >> And 11. 10 was um withdrawn. >> So FR11's still in play.
>> No, we passed it. >> Oh, we passed it. Okay. All right. And And what about >> we Okay. We passed. >> No. No. Uh one and two, three of >> one was one was deferred. >> Okay.
>> FR9 was indefinitely deferred and FR10 was withdrawn. >> Okay. So what's in play here? Three, four, and five. We have done all of it. >> Okay, >> we're done. >> FR2 is in play. >> Yeah, >> that's what I thought. Okay. >> Oh, who pulled that for I'm sorry, you pulled that for discussion, vice chair.
>> Well, thank you, Madam Chair. I just have a question to the city attorney. >> Yes, sir. >> Mr. City attorney, my my concern here is that um I don't want to see the city in the future end up with more liabilities,
more suits, and more paying out. um by anything that we could be changing here. Is there a need for us to make any changes here? I see that this came from the Civil Service Board. It didn't come from anybody up here. There's no sponsor
up here. So, I don't know if this is something that is needed or not. Uh and if it's going to put the city in harm's way in the future. And uh Thank you.
>> I have the same the same move. >> I'll have um my deputy um Kevin Jones. >> Madam Chair, members of the commission. I think it's still morning this afternoon. Good afternoon. Um this is not our item. This was uh put on by the civil service board and as we've
explained, I we already have a system in place that I think works the way it should. Um so I can't speak to why they believe it needs to be changed. Um, I think that answers your question. Or do you have a >> I I think it does. Could this
potentially put the city in more of a harmful potential into the future? >> Well, I I think the system we have in place works perfectly fine. Um, and again, I'm not I'm not sure why there
needed to be a clarification, why they believe there needed to be a clarification, but to the extent of future liability, um, the system we have in place with deals with that sufficiently. >> Okay. >> Commissioner Pardo. >> Yeah. I just had a Are you Does this
hurt us in any way from a legal perspective? >> Well, I don't have a crystal ball, but um I I wouldn't think so. Right. So if it doesn't hurt us and this is coming from one of our civic boards, >> is there just any harm in acknowledging their service and go ahead and adopting
this? >> That that would be up to this body, right? >> Are there any administrative costs associated with this extra because of this move here? Is there anything else? You know, does this prolong the the you know the the process that we already have in place which in turn will cost us
more money? No, >> I I don't believe so. But again, this isn't our item. This was put on by the civil service board. >> Mr. Attorney, what's the recommendation? What's the staff recommendation on this? >> The staff recommendation or or or our office? Our office is
>> your office of staff. >> I I think the system I think the system uh in place works perfectly fine. I I can tell from the fact that they put this on that they want to make it clearer. I don't think there needs to be any clarification, but again, the
ultimate decision is would be up to would be up to you guys. and and perhaps to clear up some of the unclear unl issues. Um perhaps it could be deferred so that the civil service board could
come and tell you why they think this is absolutely necessary. >> That's a good idea. >> Yeah. >> May I have a motion to defer? >> Motion to defer >> to February second meeting in February. I have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. >> All in favor? I.
>> Motion carries. Okay. Mr. City Clerk, do you have any board and committee appointments? >> Thank you, Chair. DC4, Climate Resilience Committee. Chairwoman King will be appointing Allison Weintock to the civil engineering category and city
manager Noriego will be reappointing Grant Muser to the emergency management category. >> May I have a motion? >> So moved >> and second. All in favor? I >> motion carries. DC12 Miami Forever Bond Program Citizens Oversight Board.
Commissioner Gobella is requesting a forfeits residency waiver for Nelson Kanazaras appointed on February 13, 2025 pursuant to city code sections 2-884 and 2-1340. >> Move. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Motion carries. >> That concludes the boards and
committees. Thank you, chair. >> Thank you. You guys, let's take up the PC items. >> Sure. before we hit the discussion items. Okay, Mr. City Attorney, would you please read the title? >> Could I suggest that I don't see anything in the DI items here that can
>> wait for the next meeting? Can we just roll these for the next meeting? >> No, we can't. We have new rules. If the discussion items aren't heard, they're withdrawn. >> It won't roll over. But we'll come back to that. Let's take the PC items. >> Mr. City Attorney, can you read the
titles into the record? Yes, Madam Chair. PZ4. Um 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 by amending article 3 section 3.9
titled general to zone special area plans clarifying public benefit requirements associated with special area plans SAP and amending section 3-14 titled general to zones public benefits program clarifying how SAP public benefits are calculated making findings
containing a sever severability clause and providing for an effective date. PZ6, second reading ordinance, an ordinance of the Miami City Commission with attachments approving a development agreement pursuant to chapter 163, Florida statutes, and authorizing the city manager to negotiate and execute
said development agreement in a form acceptable to the city attorney, a draft of which is attached and incorporated as exhibit as exhibit Bonut Grove Condo LLC, a Delaware limited liability company applicant, and the city of Miami, Florida, governing the properties
generally located at 3101 and 3131 Grand Avenue and 3100, 3104, 3114, 3124, 3150, and 3158 Florida Avenue, Miami, Florida. As more particularly described in the attached and incorporated exhibit A. The
development consists of a mixeduse condominium project comprised of retail, office, and residential condominium uses with a maximum height of five stories, 19 residential dwelling units, up to 70,000 square ft of office space, up to 40,000 square ft of groundf flooror
retail, commercial space, and associated amenities. Pursuant to the development agreement, the applicant will shall also provide improvements to Kirk Monroe Park located at 3101 Florida Avenue and improvements to Fuller Street where a regulation is not specifically modified by the development agreement. The
regulations and restrictions of the city code will apply making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date. The proposed agreement may be obtained at the City of Miami Planning Department at 444 Southwest 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33130.
PZ7 second reading ordinance an ordinance of the Miami City Commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida is amended Miami 21 code specifically by amending article 3 section 3-15 titled affordable and attainable mixed income housing special
benefit program supplemental regulations section 3-16 titled workforce housing special benefit program supplemental regulations and section 3-16 3.16B titled called workforce living
development housing program special benefit supplemental regulations to allow for limited commercial uses in certain specified restricted transact zones making findings containing a sever severability clause and providing for an effective date. PZ8 second reading ordinance and ordinance of the Miami
City Commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida has amended Miami 21 code by amending article 4 table 4 titled standards and tables density intensity and parking T5 and density intensity and parking T6
to clarify parking standards relating to micro dwelling units and lodging liner units and by amending article 6 section 6.1 table 13 titled supplemental regulations intent and exclusions T5 urban center zone and T6 urban center
zone to allow micro dwelling units by right when located within certain specified transit zones and also located within a transit oriented development to area. Transit Station Neighborhood District, TSND, Neighborhood Revitalization District,
NRD, in proxim in proximity to a university, college, and or podium liner, and to update and streamline regulatory processes and associated standards, providing for criteria, making findings, continuing a servability clause, and providing for an effective date. PZ9 second reading
ordinance an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida's amended Miami 21 code by amending article 7 titled procedures and nonconformities to establish a reasonable accommodations procedure regarding land use regulations making
findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date PZ 10 second reading an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami, Florida has amended Miami 21 code by amending article one titled definitions to
clarify definitions relating to personal wireless service facilities PWSF and article six titled supplemental regulations to streamline PWSF entitlement proced processes and update associated design criteria making findings containing our serverability
clause and providing for an effective date. PZ12 first reading ordinance an 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 section 1.2 Two, definition
of terms to introduce a definition for adult daycare indoor activity area by amending article four titled standards and tables. Table three, building function uses to include a cross reference to supplemental regulations and table 4 density intensity and parking to clarify parking requirements
for adult daycare and by amending article six titled supplemental regulations to allow adult daycare facilities by right or by process of warrant within certain specified transit zones. and when specified criteria are met. Providing for criteria, making
findings, providing for technical amendments containing a severability clause, and providing for an effective date. PZ13, an 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
or notfor-profit institution or a governmental entity. and table four titled density intensity and parking to establish rules for applying density allowances making findings containing a severity clause and providing for an effective date
14 a resolution of the Miami city commission with attachments approving with conditions an exception to allow an extension for the continuence of a legal non-conforming use of adult entertainment establishment for an additional term of up to 20 years pursuant to article 7 section 7.2.6.a
A in section 7 section 7.1.2.6 Six of ordinance number 13114 the zoning code of the city of Miami Florida as amended Miami 21 code at the real property designated T6-12 urban core transit zone openly open
generally located at 3875 shipping Avenue Miami Florida as more particularly described in the attached and incorporated exhibit A making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date PZ 15 a resolution of the Miami resolution I'm Sorry. PZ16, Ordinance,
an ordinance of the Miami City Commission with attachments approving an amendment in a form acceptable to the city attorney to the development agreement between the city of Miami and Miami Freedom Park LLC, adopted by the city commission via ordinance number
1494 and recorded in official records book 33783, page 2301 of the public records of Miami Dade County, Florida, governing the properties generally located at 4,000 Northwest 14th Street and 1900/1950
Northwest 37 Avenue to update section 14 and exhibit D of the development regul development regarding public benefits consistent with the related lease agreements pursuant to chapter 163 Florida statutes and authorizing the city manager to negotiate and execute in
a form acceptable to the city attorney the amendment to the development agreement a draft of which is attached and incorporated as exhibit A making findings containing a severity clause and providing for an effective That concludes the PZ items, Madam Chair. >> Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. Gentlemen,
are there any items on the PZ items that you would like to pull for discussion? >> PZ13. >> PZ13. Okay, I want to discuss that as well. I would like to pull
PZ4. >> Commissioner Cabella, do you have any items? >> P4. Uh, no. The only question I have on PC16 that nothing has changed since we made the agreement. Is that correct, George?
>> Since we had the the POW the other day, the the meeting of the minds. >> Uh, nothing has changed. >> Nothing that date. Okay. >> Yes. >> Thank you, >> Commissioner Rosado. >> For PZ 10, could we defer that to January 8th? It seems like there's
something that needs to be tweaked >> PZ10 on the wireless facilities. >> Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> PZ10 is deferred. >> I'd like to be listed as a co-sponsor on PZ8.
>> Co-sponsor for PZ8. 90. Are there any Is that it? Okay. May I have a motion for PZ 6 as amended? PZ7, PZ 8, PZ 9,
PZ 12, PZ 14, 15, and six, 16 as amended. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> Motion carries unanimously um for PZ 4.
I want to make sure that it is on the record that this clarification of public benefits is simply to establish a threshold, a minimum, not a maximum that we will still be able to negotiate
public benefits and the who whoever understands that this is the minimum where they have to come but it is not the only amount that they have to provide in public benefits. Correct. Yes, Madam Chair, that is correct.
>> That was my only concern. May I have a motion for PZ4? >> So moved. >> Second. >> And chair, just for the record, PZ4 will be amended pursuant to a substitution memo dated December 10th, 2025. >> Correct. So I have a motion and a second. All in favor?
>> Motion carries. And PZ PZ13 um Commissioner Parter wants to discuss and I I also too. >> Yeah. PZ13. I just wanted really more time to understand the details and kind of go through this item.
>> We had a lot of uh feedback on it. So, if we're if it's possible to defer it, I'd appreciate it. >> Sure. That that would be fine. A deferral to January 8th >> PZ >> second the second meeting would be better. >> January 22nd. That's fine. >> Thank you.
So we're def there's a request to def defer PZ13 till January >> 22. >> Okay. Do I have a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I >> Okay. Item was deferred.
>> And madam chair on RE12, can we move that to the afternoon so that we can do the omni? >> Okay. Because we do need to um >> with discussion items. We we may be able to uh break, do our CRAAS, and then come
back and I can clear all of the agenda and not have to break for lunch. We can just um >> call it. Is that okay with you guys? >> Yeah. >> So, at this time, the city of Miami commission meeting is in recess.
>> For what time? just until we finish the CRAAS and then we're going to come right back and finish the entirety of the agenda. >> Chair, which CRA would you like to start with first? >> Let's take the OmniCRA. >> Just a moment. We're flipping the tape.
>> Okay. This is >> you need four. Y'all coming back? You don't know. >> I'm coming right back. >> Were you the other >> restaurant?
Todd, we're going to do Southeast Overtown Park West because I only need three for that. >> But we need four for Omni. >> Oh, Commissioner Gabella came back. Okay. >> All right. Omni, go ahead. Um, Mr. Chair, >> good afternoon, everyone. I'm calling to
order the December 11th, 2025 Omnic meeting. Is there a motion to approve the minutes for the October 30th, 2025 Omnic meeting? >> Second. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> Motion carries. Madame, assistant city
attorney, please briefly read the agenda items regarding CRA resolutions one through five into the record. >> Good afternoon, board. Dominic Gibbs, sorry, assistant city attorney for the city attorney's office, serving as general counsel for the CRA. Um item
number one is a resolution of the CRA accepting the proposal received October 6, 2025 pursuant to request for proposals number 0929 2025 pursuant I'm sorry from Richie
Tandog PA for the provision of external auditing service for the CRA for fiscal year 2425 the annual audit pursuant to section 21839 Florida statutes. for an in initial term of two years with three
one-year renewal options. Authorizing an allocation in an amount not to exceed $29,000 for the initial term subject to the availability of funds and authorizing the executive director to negotiate and execute an agreement. Item number two is going to be amended
to include exhibits F and G, which has been distributed to all of you. It's a resolution authorizing the issuance of the not to exceed aggregate principal principal amount of $150 million
redevelopment revenue bond series 2026 for the principal purpose of financing certain redevelopment projects providing that the series 2026 bond shall be limited obligations of the issuer payable from tax increment revenues as
provided herein pledging such tax increment revenues and proceeds of certain funds and accounts created herein to secure payment of the principal interest of the series 2020 2026 bonds. Delegating the award of the sale of the 20 series 2026 bonds
approving and the execution and delivery of the bond purchase agreement. Approving the execution and delivery of the continuing disclosure agreement. providing for the right securities and remedies for the owners of the series 2026 bonds and making certain covenants
and agreements in connection therewith. Item number three is a resolution by four fifths allocating grant funds from the CRA's fiscal year 2526 budget in an amount not to exceed $825,000 to Trackside Holdings LLC for an
affordable housing redevelopment project contingent upon the issuance of the CRA's tax increment revenue bond series 2026 consisting of 18 total residential units including six two-bedroom units and 12 one-bedroom units of which six
units will be restricted at 80% AMI at the property located at 1348 Northwest 1st Avenue in the CRA. Item number four is a resolution by four fifths allocating funds from the CRA's 2526
budget in amount not to exceed $900,000 to Howard Realy Partners to support the activation of a community venue for sports, entertainment, and cultural events on a privately owned property um at the corner of Northeast 17th Street
um identified by folio number 01313609100 010. on zero contingent upon a fully executed lease between the property owner and the grantee being provided to the CRA no later than March 2nd, 2026.
And item number five is being amended to clarify the specifics of the project and to provide backup documents which is the cost estimate from the city. It's a resolution authorizing the executive director to negotiate anou between the CRA and the city of Miami for the
allocation of funds in an amount not to exceed $130,000 to the city for costs associated with the buildout construction of the public rightaway improvements to include sidewalks, curb and gutters, storm water drainage, and paving for the area located on the west
side of Northeast Miami Place between Northeast 14th Street and Northeast 15th Street pursuant to section 163 370 Florida statutes. >> Okay. The public comment period is now open for all resolutions on today's
agenda. Seeing no public comment on the agenda items, the public comment period is now closed. Is there any discussion amongst board members regarding resolutions 1 through five? Is there a motion for adoption of resolutions one through five?
>> Motion. >> Second. All those in favor. >> Motion carries unanimously. >> Thank you everyone. >> With two and five as amended. >> What's that? >> Secondly clarifying on the record with two and five as amended. Good to go.
>> With two and five as amended. Thank you. Thank you everyone for being here today. The meeting is now adjourned. >> Thank you. Going to flip the tape and move into the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting. chair. We're good to go.
>> Welcome to the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting for December 11th, 2025. I am your chair, Christine King, joined with With me and my colleagues are the executive director James D. McQueen and
executive deputy executive director Vincent Brown and our attorney Miss Dominique sorry Gibbs sorry >> sorry >> either works it's fine. >> Okay, Mr. McQueen.
>> Yes. Good afternoon and happy holidays everyone. Uh we have one item for consideration. Mr. Brown will read it into the record. Item number one is a resolution with attachment without attachment authorizing executive director to negotiate and execute a non-binding
letter of intent and form accepted to the general counsel for the purpose of facilitating a comprehensive restructuring plan for the town park village complex located in the SAR district. Um requiring the executive director to bring back the same to the board for
approval within 60 days of its execution. That's the item. >> Is there anyone here for public comment that would like to speak on that item? >> Seeing none, public comment period is now closed. May I have a motion? >> So moved.
>> I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries unanimously. Thank you all. That shall conclude the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting for December 11th, 2025. Soon as they flip the tape, we'll go
back into our commission meeting. >> Ready? >> We're good to go. >> Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome back to the city of Miami commission meeting for December 11th, 2025. We left off with let's take up RE12.
May I have a motion for RE12? >> So moved. >> I have a motion. >> Second. >> And that'll be as amended. >> As amended. All in favor? >> I. Motion carries unanimously. And what do we have remaining? PH12. >> Commissioner Partardo.
>> Yeah. On um actually the only thing I wanted to add on page 12 is just to remind everyone that the voters approved this by 62%. And that actually when you look at the existing cash flow versus what we're changing, in other words,
what we get today versus what we get under this deal, there's a $3.2 billion, I'm sorry, $2.3 billion difference over the 99 years. If we take the present value of that cash flow, it's about
$319.5 million in today. the difference between where we are and where we will be. And that's a very very important fact for us as a city. >> Plus, I want to add that we added on this last uh chapter here,
>> call it this last instrument uh to add on as a safety guard, as an extra safety guard uh to uh to the property in case the property is turned over uh within the next couple of years. >> I also like to have administration for
the record confirm the additional money for affordable housing. It's 9 million from the developers and it is 9 million match from the city that will go
to our coffers so that we can create affordable housing in our districts >> and infrastructure >> and infrastructure. I just need to hear the manager say it on the record. I'm happy to commit the next manager to proceed with that. Absolutely. $9 million.
>> Okay. So, Commissioner Rosado, >> I I continue to be a no at this time. I'm not a no forever. I'm a no at at this meeting and I would still like to respectfully request that we engage Kushman and Wakefield to help us with the negotiations. This is that
important, that consequential, and that complex. I'm I'm not comfortable at this moment. And with all due respect to all parties involved. >> Okay, >> I'll make a motion. >> I have a motion to >> I have a motion and a second for PH12.
>> And there was a document handed out. I'm assuming that this is going to be amending PH12. >> That is correct. >> Yeah. With the uh the added >> the added verbiage part. >> Okay. I have a motion and a second for
PH12 as amended. All in favor? >> I >> I >> I >> no. >> The motion passes 41 with Commissioner Rosado voting no. >> And on the record on this. >> Sure. >> We approved it, but I think it's
important to place in the record. First of all, we were forced to deal with this property not in the normal way that we would have because
there was a contract with a lease that had been approved years back that none of us ever voted for. >> Right. Furthermore, to add to this, um,
because of a prior commissioner up here that convinced his colleagues to go along with a lawsuit, or should I say to hold the contract, there was a lawsuit created that ended up in a $28 million
uh between cost and award, 20 21 million that the city had to pay. Big portion of that is being taken out of the rent.
So you add those and then the last one which is the most important one, you're limited in what you could build there. Now I don't care where the land is and
I've always stated this. their most valuable piece of property in the city. But if you get that land and you could only plant trees, it's only going to be worth the value of what someone thinks for trees or a park
or what have you. So >> the most if we could have looked at this and what it was worth was what they could build on it taken aside and including the lease it was enter
into that were bound by uh and the other deductions that I just mentioned. Now the big difference here is about 1 bill354,45,000 plus. It's a lot of uh dollars
between one and the other. But what we're not even including is that by bringing this into um a fee simple instead of just a lease, we will be getting an additional
uh 2.3 billion approximately in additional property taxes throughout the life of this project. So uh having seen this numbers, which is what I wanted to to see what the numbers were when I
asked for her this. There's no question in my mind that we have made the right decision by voting for it. >> Thank you. >> Wanted to get it on the record. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. At this time, we are we have
discussion items. >> DI1, >> you want me to do mine real quick? It's >> which one is yours? >> Uh transportation planning organization, TPO. >> Mhm. Okay. >> It's really just to let everyone know that if you have any issues involving
transportation, you know, the highways, any anything at all in your districts to please make sure to forward them to the city manager because I'm currently representing City of Miami on that board and I want to make sure that we're we're taking into account all the districts
and we're looking at any situation you may have in your district. So, please make sure >> I'm going to tell you now. I have requested that the trolley >> um go extend to the northern border of >> 79.
>> Go all the way up from Biscane Boulevard. We're not on Biscane Boulevard. I got some push back, I understand, from the county about that. And I also want to put freebie in the Upper East Side to benefit the businesses on Bigk Boulevard. And I got
push back from that. And the explanation was it was duplicative services, but our neighborhoods have throughout the city of Miami the trolley and um freebie. So, I don't understand how it's
duplicative services in our neighborhood on the Upper East Side and every neighborhood has mass transit, the bus station, and everyone knows like people who are living in Liberty City and
working on the Upper East Side. They can't get there and that's not fair. and we can with freebie pull residents from Winwood Midtown to come and visit our restaurants in the upper east side. So I would ask you to
strongly >> strongly advocate on our behalf so that I can get freebie and the trolley to come up Biscane Boulevard. >> Thank you. I absolutely will. >> Thank you. >> And let me add to the list while we're at it. >> Yeah. that I too when I came into office
last year uh I uh we submitted a plan to the county for more trolley and uh there was one route there's one route in particular on northwest 7th Street that goes from 12th Avenue northwest going westward bound to 57th Avenue when it gets to 57th Avenue it makes a left-hand
turn going southward on 57th Avenue the complaint is from all these senior citizens that use it is that there's no return on that same rail and what we asked is that that trolley either there be returned when it gets to 57th a it it goes all the way east again to 12th a
that's one of them so that we asked for in the earlier that was one of my first things that I promised on the campaign trail and we did the second one is commissioner partardu that uh to make up for the number six route which was retired about five or six years ago okay
I promised those seniors uh centers the that it would replace with a trolley and the the deal was that the county retired that route because it wasn't used enough, you know, and the bus was too big. It was always empty. And I think the trolley would fit it well very well because it's half the size of one of those big buses. And so I would ask you
to please because we also submitted that plan. And every time I go to the the three towers, Danty Facel or any of those buildings, they ask me, hey, what about number six? What about what you promised? And we've been at it working for the county now for almost two years. >> Yeah, I definitely will. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, sir.
>> Thank you. >> Does that conclude that discussion item? Yes. >> How about police department headquarter site? Whose item is that? >> I' I'd place that on the agenda again because I know that the last time we discussed it a few meetings back, the administration will be coming back with
some information regarding uh two two different items. One was there was a request to see if we could renovate or replace the building on the site and I know that the other request uh was whether uh traffic analysis had been done. My understanding is traffic analysis is still underway. Uh uh when I
say traffic analysis, I'm talking about moving the headquarters specifically to the Miami Freedom Park property and the other um consideration was about uh analysis of keeping it on on site. I know that that information is available.
>> So what's the question? >> I think they're I think they're going to update us on that. So, commissioners don't want to uh get in the way of the discussion, but I wanted to quickly run through um just a couple of uh items
from last time, right? So, uh this is what we had presented and circulated last time, the analysis of the two uh initial two sites that we looked at which was Biscane Park um and Freedom Park. Um so this was the analysis I
think that you guys previously saw. Um the different locations the the uh sorry the Freedom Park location, Biscane Park location. We we went through some pros and cons. Um and then um that was the
showing the building in context at the Freedom Park location and the similar building in context here at Biscane Park. Um so at the last discussion uh Commissioner Coro asked us to take a
look at um whether it would be possible to uh basically re build a new public safety headquarters on some portion of the existing uh current police headquarters building uh I guess um
specifically in the location of the garage which is to be demolished. So, we did look at that um and had the same consultant, same architectural consultant look at that. Um they looked at a couple different configurations
here, which I'm putting up on the screen. Uh one which has the garage on the north and then um a new public safety building kind of in and dog like shape uh going on the south side. Um some potential floor plans there. This
is then um another option showing parking and public safety building space side by side. Um so technically it does work or it does fit. I would say work is a
strong word. Um these are some of the floor plans that that they were looking at there. Um so um in summary and again you guys happy to
hear your discussion and and um and and and maybe you'll even take a vote and give us some direction which would be outstanding. Um from the administration standpoint looking at the three sites is kind of our bullet points throwing them up on the screen. um the existing police
headquarters site, like I said, based on our architectural consultant, it is possible. It results in a building that, as you saw, kind of had that dog leg shape or is kind of squeezed in side by
side. It's a pretty inefficient design, um which resulted in higher construction costs. And really the the bigger problem with doing it on the existing police headquarters site is then it would preclude our ability to monetize that
site. And that site we had two appraisals done um and one of the appraisals came out at at $80 million um or $79 million. The other appraisal
uh came in at uh 69 69 million 800,000 so roughly 70 million. So we were really seeing that existing police headquarters site as an opportunity to monetize take advantage of the significant development rights there. I think it's T648, right?
We're not going to build a 48story public safety building. So those development rights would otherwise go unused. Can we monetize that uh either through sale or 99-year lease, take that $80 million of value and put it towards
the construction of the new public safety building, which will help defay the costs. So, that's kind of our thought process on the existing police headquarters site. Yes, it's it's theoretically possible. However, it's a pretty inefficient building and it
handcuffs us in terms of monetizing that site to help pay for the the construction. Biscane Park, we um kind of went through the the issues last time. It's only three blocks from the bay. The site would be in a flood zone, subject to storm surge, uh
subject to, you know, flooding damage and kind of right exactly when you would need most need your your police and headquarters head um fire headquarters. It would kind of be inaccessible, probably surrounded by debris, floating
cars, things like that. Um, Freedom Park on the other hand, um, it's, uh, zone CI. There's nothing, you know, there's no commercial development that we could do anywhere. So, it's we're not foregoing any revenue. Um, it's geographically
centrally located. I understand it's not in our downtown, but in terms of looking at the overall geography of Miami. Um, it's fairly centrally located. has excellent highway access to the 836, the 112, quick access to the 95.
Um, outside of the flood zone, it would create a city campus there with the two buildings, the new administration building as well as the public safety building. So, you'd have uh the synergy there and the efficiency of just being everyone being able to be in one place.
Um, and it would allow us to then monetize both the existing uh, police headquarters, which I mentioned we had two appraisals done and the values are between 70 and $79 million, and the fire headquarters, which we haven't
appraised, but I think would contribute, you know, tens of millions additional towards construction. So weighing all the factors, um we sort of we come down with the recommendation for the Freedom Park site. Um and just as a final note,
if if you could uh take a vote today or some kind of direction uh for us to move forward with that site. Um the main my main point is that I think our our police and fire folks have um you know
sort of suffered long enough in their existing facilities. Both they and the people of Miami um deserve a new police and fire headquarters as soon as possible. And so the sooner we can take that step with that direction on a site um the sooner we can deliver that for
the people of of our city. So thank you >> Mr. Vice Chair. >> Uh, thank you for the complete analysis that I had asked for. It's clear the Biscane site, Biscane
Park site, is out of the question for the reasons you stated. So you're left with the existing police headquarters on the Freedom Park site >> where you have won me over to the Freedom Park site that is not as
centrally located as you say. If you'd look at it in the picture of the county, it is. And it it does have good highway movement. Um, but it's uh an area that
um we're not taking any new property out of the tax role because this has not been in the tax ross. Where you really have convinced me on the Freedom Park side is in the amount that's going to be 7580 million
that we should be able to get for the site of the Preston Police Headquarters. And how many acres is the fire department's uh site right now? >> Um I don't know off the top of my head. I can certainly get that for you, but it
is a good size site right there on the Miami River. So it's pretty pretty high value. >> I you know I don't want to take a guess, but that's going to be in the tens of millions of dollars. >> Yeah. So now you might be in a position that you could pay uh at least for half
the amount of some $200 million it might cost for new police fire headquarters. Yeah. >> Do you have any amounts that you could share with us and your pressing guess of what it would cost to build? >> Yeah. So, so Ballpark, I think it's a
roughly the same size building as our our new administration building. Um, and that's coming in in the area of 300 million. So, I'm guessing it's going to be another $300 million building. >> And so, if you could bring in >> if we get a third of that from Yeah.
>> Maybe a third or close to a third, that's a big difference. >> Yeah. Uh the the only question that we would have to work out is traffic uh >> into the future. >> Absolutely. >> We have big events there, but uh anybody
that could get through traffic a lot easier and quicker are police vehicles. >> Sure. And I think the roll call times are not really aligned with peak traffic. >> So that's one mitigating factor, but >> eventually I think we're going to have
to add maybe a couple of additional small substations in different parts. >> Yeah. >> Uh and I'm I'm willing to move forward and ask >> Thank you. >> what you've requested. Make a motion to
approve the Freedom Park site >> to include the new police fire administrative uh building. >> Thank you, Commissioner. >> Commissioner Cabella. >> Yeah. Um
I'm I'm halfway convinced u I agree the Biscane Boulevard site because of the flooding issue is not a u you know a good site to you know to to consider considering the construction cost. You're going to go have to go up and start from there. So you're going to
lose about two floors or one floor in the bottom. I got that. The only problem I have is the traffic situation that I got to take care of those neighbors uh that uh that that are right that are already going to contend with the traffic situation that's going to be now
u coming on April the 1st with the opening of the uh of the park. So I I I um if if these concerns and and and the studies done is you know before moving forward I'd like to have some asurances of how we're going to take care of the
uh the traffic situation. Mhm. >> Uh also what we talked about the noise that uh you know there be some kind of rule that you know you get outside and uh there's a perimeter somewhat that you can you know put your siren on. But before moving forward and I agree with Commissioner Koi this probably is the
best site although it is a little bit to the west. It's a lot to the west. That's that's the only bad thing. I would I would uh uh ask that before we we proceed, you know, to say finally yes to to have this, you know, any assurances
here of of a traffic study of, you know, the whole thing. I can't just uh you guys can't, you know, it's my area, it's my district one. I mean, >> I got to make sure those those property owners, you know, and let me have a town hall, you know, let me have a town hall to see what the what the what the feeling is, what what they're going to
ask for. >> Commissioner, would you be satisfied in a motion that will be subject to uh your satisfaction of traffic study. >> Yes, I would. >> Okay. So, can we amend >> Yeah.
>> And and let me have a town hall at least, Commissioner Kuyu. >> Yeah. >> To so I can explain to people what we're thinking. >> Okay. Uh All right. So, >> so maybe we shouldn't make a motion until after his town hall meeting. >> Yeah. But it's a motion that it will be up to Commissioner Gabella's
satisfaction after uh he gets the information and traffic uh uh studies and flow and that he has his town hall meeting. >> Yeah, >> that's fine with me as long as it's put into the record and and then what you're
thinking of is to get the ball rolling. >> Yeah, exactly. >> I see the manager's hand up. >> Yeah. So, um let me I think frame it in a way that Commissioner Gabella can get comfortable with. And I think what it is is what we're really looking for is direction. Right. Right. And if the
direction is hey let's proceed forward with these conditions right which is you know you got to satisfy that the traffic study is um takes into consideration and evaluates and implements a plan that that reduces and minimizes the impacts to the neighborhood. Number one. Number
two, um also that we create a venue or a platform for the for you to have a town hall or public meeting that we can invite the residents to walk them through literally, you know, the benefits of having a facility like that actually adjacent to their n their their neighborhood because there are some
advantages of that too. And then we can walk them through the through what this project means uh for them. And then that way you get some assurances that the public is comfortable with it and bought into it, but at least gives us some direction like so so the way I view it is uh we're moving forward. We're we're
moving the ball. We're not just talking >> but it's also not set in stone. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. It's also not set in stone. >> Absolutely. Commissioner, >> you you will decide ultimately. >> Yes. >> Because you come back. >> That's fine with me. You'll say if the traffic study is sufficient, if your
town hall meetings, um, your neighbors were in agreement. >> That's fine. >> I will say this to you. You're going to make that neighborhood the safest neighborhood. >> I I agree. >> The whole city of Miami. >> I agree. I agree.
>> Thank you, Commissioner. >> I have a motion. Do I have second? I have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> Chair. Uh, public comment. >> Oh, I'd like to open that up for public comment. as as amended to >> with everything we spoke.
>> Understood. >> Good afternoon, James Torres, president of DNA. My only concern with the debate that just happened here is if that facility is moved out to Freedom Park area, what's going to happen in downtown in terms of having better coverage or substation? So, I think that needs to be
kind of >> talked about or debated. I'm going to tell you right off the bat. >> We have the Eastern District and it wouldn't it won't make a difference. >> You you do, but it commissioner I'm going to suggest something to you that my work got fine. Um the monies in
Maurice Park that comes from the adm they're limited in the use could have >> capital. Yeah. >> As Commissioner Gavella knows we have serious problems with the present office of Bayront Park. But even if we didn't,
it's absolute and you could use that land to make so much more money for Bay from Park in the city by getting rid of that old obsolete offices there. Uh where you have the money already that you could do
construction is in Fay Park behind the parking area uh in that building that we could cover from the back. uh the water and sword uh whatever building the county has there. You could build back there without taking any of the
parkland. You could build your new offices for Bayfront Park and you could include uh without going high because you don't want to block anybody's view. uh the new police substation so that it's right in the heart of downtown and
also uh protecting uh one of our main uh parks in the city. So that's just an idea for the future for you guys. No, >> it's a good idea. I mean, when when I talked to the chief about this, he's like, you know, people think that when you have administrations somewhere that all the police are that they're actually
out in all their geographic areas all the time. there's very few people actually there, you know, in a concentrated way. >> So, you'll know the amount of square feet that that you have in land there that you could build if you
include the area that I just described this hilly that's not useful at all um behind the parking. In other words, between the parking area that we have and the water and sewer plant there. Uh,
and then you include in into that the actual concrete parking spaces that you have, you have a square area of well over
50,000 square feet. So, and if you do a little bit of an L shape, you could have 60,000 square feet. So, you have plenty of room uh to be able to move a substation
there. Heck, you could even put a uh a small fire station if need be right in front of all the buildings and move the Bayfront Park office there in the future. And then you have access into dollars
that let's be honest uh I know that back before any of us were here that was thought about and given to Maurice Ray Park but you know there's so much that you could do with that money there that's why it's been sitting there so
much of it and that money you could use for something that's really going to service and help the people of downtown Miami. Uh, and at the same time create additional
major multi-million dollar a year revenue streams from the property that then you will have available to develop that will be in the area where the old Bayrron Park office are at.
Just an idea for you guys in the future to look at. >> Thank you. So, >> did you want me to finish? >> Yes, you. >> Yes. I'm sorry. >> I just think the spirit of debate, Commissioner Parter, is correct. The Eastern Division does exist, but that
should be housed in a substation in downtown somewhere and it should be maybe included in this conversation because we all know the ever changing population in downtown is a is a huge issue. So, Commissioner Gave, if you could maybe amend or try to do something on that, it would be greatly appreciated
on that. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you for your advocacy. Um, so >> what I know, I know, I know. >> Okay. I just want to make sure. >> Okay. I don't want Ed to feel, you know, >> right? Um, poor guy.
>> So, I think we have a motion to give staff the directive to explore the option, >> right? Have a motion. Just for the record, the public hearing was closed at 207. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, I have a motion and a second. All in favor?
>> Motion carries. We have one more item. >> Yes. >> I mean, we h >> we have one more discussion item. We have one more discussion item. >> And the pocket >> and a pocket item. Mr. City Attorney, could you read the title of the pocket item into the record?
>> Yes, Madam Chair. Uh, pocket item, a resolution of the Miami City Commission designating the city-owned property located at 1510 Southwest 7th Street, Miami, Florida property for use by the Department of Fire Rescue or fire rescue operations and public parking, providing
that if public parking cannot be developed on the property, the property may also be used for affordable housing purposes, authorizing the city manager to take all necessary administrative actions to implement such uses. Thank you. Okay, I'd like to open the floor for
public comment on this public item if anybody would like to speak on behalf of this item. Seeing none, public comment period is closed. Gentlemen, may I have a motion? >> I have a motion. Do I have a second? >> I have a motion and a second.
Commissioner Park Rosado. Um, Madam Chair, just cuz I read this quickly, I think this is a great idea, but is it being positioned as either parking or housing or is there possibility of doing all of the above? It >> it's impossible to do all the above
there. The fire department, the fire chief has expressed the need for another station in the area Little Havana. We always thought that we could do public parking and some uh affordable
housing in that area. However, the the way that you'll be able to do it now is cuz you got to go two stories high, maybe slightly more to for the fire department. And then on
top of that, you might have to give them another floor for the area where they'll have their sleeping rooms and their kitchens, etc. So, you're going to lose three floors, uh, if not four for the
fire department's use. You could only go up to 12 stories there. Uh, and you got eight more stories for parking. the parking component which is so badly needed in that area because business can
they can't move forward and better themselves and you can't add new business if you don't have parking. Off street parking has to come in. That's what they're there for. and they could probably rent uh a big portion of
that right off the bat with valet parking. Uh that all the people that valet park in there will pay them so they could park in that building cuz they can't find any places for it. And that's the biggest problem that that entertainment area has. Nobody could
find parking. So what happens is they go around, they go around and finally they get tired and they leave. They don't go to the restaurants, the business that we have there, and many of them don't ever come back because they know they can't get parking. So, this would accomplish that. Now, the
way that you could probably do what you stated >> is by extending our land 100% of what we have there. And how do you do that? You you've all seen Jose Martine Park
and the gym that you got the overhang >> that's high. Well, you could do an overhang there over 15th Avenue. It's two stories, tall enough for the fire engines to come and then you put pillars in the other side by the sidewalk
which is very wide and you could put pillars there that are sufficient. And then you gain all that area in the street all the way back. So you gain another 7,500 square ft and now you got double the land where
you could put parking and then right at the top you could put affordable housing. But this is something for you guys to consider how to do it in the future. uh you know you could end up with double the land and accomplish what you want which I think would be the
ideal thing to do. >> No I I I think this is a great idea and the reason I asked if instead of being sort of either or if it could be all of the above is that there's a very uh successful fire station with um residential units project right by my house.
>> Yeah. But but it could only be done in the way that I I stated by expanding it more which would be easy to do and That's uh that's the bottom line. >> Okay. >> And it will benefit everybody in that
area. >> But is this something we should just have on the regular agenda or deal with it? >> Well, we we have I have a motion and a second for the pocket item. So, >> let's And this is the last thing. >> Okay. >> So, I have a motion and a second. All in favor?
>> I >> I motion carries unanimously. Thank you all. Thank you everybody. Happy holiday. We still have DI1. >> Oh, that's so that was supposed to come back um because when we approved it some months back, I think it was there was a
date by which the staff had to bring us up to speed. This is a program that the commission created to allow 50% discounts on um any permits that involve weather proofing or future proofing of homes, energy efficiency, impact windows, um generators, etc. And I think
the messaging has already started to go out on this. I've had lots of questions. I think at least from my perspective, the only thing that I would add to this is that I had a resident from Tamiami Canal Road ask if seaw walls were going to be discounted and technically that wasn't in one of the categories, but it it should be. So, I'd like to amend it
to include seaw walls to be uh discounted as well. Other than that, I have nothing else to add. >> Which is this one again? I'm sorry. >> The uh storm proof assistance value enhancement program we approved a few months back. >> But DI what? >> Oh, DI1. >> Oh, DI1. Okay, fine. >> Yeah. Got it. And it came back because I
think we had put in there for them to report back before the end of the year. That's why it's on there. >> Good afternoon, Commissioner Ed Santa Maria, building director. I know I'm keeping you from lunch and other engagements. So, I'll be very very brief. Uh connection to the seaw walls. There is some guidance provided on that
in the existing legislation which includes other sustainable and resilient improvements. Seaw walls can be considered that. >> Perfect. >> Um and so, uh basically we have a framework in place. We've put in some system enhancements that will be deployed on January of of next year and
we'll be able to move forward uh with the uh with the pilot program which will be for a year. Um there's a marketing and educational component that we have put together. Uh and that's maybe why uh why commissioner you've been getting some outreach um as to the estimated
costs uh to the city uh on a yearly basis and result of this as a result of this program. We're looking at about $490,000 uh which will be savings that will be uh that folks will will experience if uh if
they participate in this program which incentivizes uh this type of construction for qualifying improvements. Um there is also some metrics that we'll be looking at um how much you know cost of construction uh time frames for
reviews because it also asks that the uh permit reviews for these particular qualifying items is expedited and so we'll be reporting on that as things move forward. We will have to uh uh provide some sort of legislative guidance by way probably of of a
resolution to adjust the fees in connection to these work items. Any questions? >> No. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> And chair, briefly. Um, for the record, uh, for DI1, there's a backup document being submitted into the record by the
city manager consisting of a memo dated December 1st, 2025. Thank you, chair. >> Thank you. That shall con >> and and just so you know, we'll have an item coming up in January that deals with living seaw walls. So, it might play into that as well. Perfect. >> Thank you. That shall conclude the city
of Miami commission meeting for December 11th, 2025. I'll see you guys next year. Everyone have a happy and happy holiday. Thank you.