thank you to the Black History Month committee led by Georgette and colid who planned and executed an amazing lineup of events City staff who volunteered their time on the Black History Month committee and to all who attended our Black History Month celebration this evening although our last meeting was
cancel we did not forget to we're not commemorating the month but we sure are ending the month with a beautiful celebration so hats off to the committee um and at this time I will call this meeting into order the meeting was call
to order at 7:15 p.m. mayor Alex do vice mayor Timothy here councilman Burns here councilwoman estate Irvin present councilman Charles present vice mayor you have a quum to proceed thank you and at this time if we would all please stand for the Pledge of
Allegiance and followed by the Pledge of Allegiance we will have a special performance um by Linda ese better known as Porsche who'll be performing the national an and the national black Anthem thank you good evening everyone please place
your right hand over your heart and repeat after me I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and
justice for all God bless you all oh oh say can you see by the daer light what so proudly we
held at a Twilight last gleaming who brought stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight all the
rampants we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bumps bursting in
there gave proof through the night that a flat was still there oh say does that Star Spangled
Banner yet way or the land of the free and the home of the bra and please sing with me our black national
anthem lift every voice and sing till Earth and Heaven Rings it rings with the heart of Liber let our
rejoicing rise high as the Ling Skies let it ReSound loud as the rolling Seas sing a song full of the faith that
the dark past has taught us sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us so facing the
Rising Sun of a new day beun let us march on till Victory is
one one more time Sing a Song Sing a Song full of the hope that the dark past has bought us sing a song
full of the hope that the present has t us facing the Rising Sun of a new day beun let us march on until
Victory is one and if you would remain standing for the invocation by Pastor Mike Davis of Prince of Peace MB Church Inc and Pastor if you could please also pray for our mayor who has tragically lost his mother today good
evening let us bow our heads Heavenly Father we come before you embracing your throne of grace Lord but we pray for our
mayor that you would console him console his family in times like these Lord you you know best but sometimes we need to understand oh Father in times like
these and let the rest of us Lord embrace the family heavenly father I pray that we will have a productive meeting today I pray that we will be able to
discuss and tackle the important things we need to tackle and be efficient in handling those things I also pray that you will give us the grace to come up with the best
possible and more right solution that would best benefit the people we serve in jesus' name we pray and God's children will say amen amen thank
you order of business do we have any addition deletion amendments or deferrals no we do not I believe the proclamation presented by the mayor and Council to North Miami Police Department will be moved to the next council meeting um due according to
the police chief and I'm going to request that um both for the police officer correct if we could maybe move the discussion items to the next meeting I know that the mayor would have want to
be present for both of those items I know one is sponsored by me but the other is sponsored by you councilman burns are you in agreement with that or did yes we can move those thank you and with that is our agenda set Mr City
attorney yes vice mayor the agenda is set you may proceed thank you and now for special presentations the council will go down there'll be a proclamation presented recognizing 2025 flood awareness week if we can have Miss Debbie Love development services director to receive that one a
certificate of recognition to the Black History Month poster contest winners will proceed and last will be certificate of recognition presented to the 2025 Black History Month committee no just the one just the police correct and if we can all go down for the
presentations so this first par is presented to our development services department for flood awareness week and I'm not going to read all of it because we're all aware that there's areas in North Miami that floods but due to the diligence of our city staff um I'm not
sure what category are we with our CRS CRS rating six so we are a six rating and we that constitute a 10% a 10% flood discount this is a volunteer program that I know our city participates in but because we participate because we do the
these awareness um residents have the opportunity of getting these discounts on their flood insurance so at this time I will present this Proclamation for flood Awareness Week to Miss Debbie love and thank you to all that you do to assist us our city in ensuring that we
do not flood too much next I would invite Miss Georgette sprawling to the podium to present the contest winners for the Black History Month poster contest good evening everybody is Mr salahudin in the audience not GNA leave me up here by
myself just I'm going to say a few words and then I'll let Mr no okay mhm you don't want to say nothing so um first off I I'm my name is Georgette spratling I am the assistant Library director at the North Miami public library and I am also
a co-chair of the Black History Month committee for the city of North Miami um first I want to thank the city Administration for allowing us to head the Black History Month committee um it's it's a hard
job but we make it fun and you know we make the most out of it to try to include the community and the staff to make sure that uh um the awareness of black history is out there um I want to thank my committee could you please raise your hand or stand our committee
sorry stand up please so they can see who you guys are thank you so much for your contributions for your efforts for your time um I I can't thank you guys enough um I wanted to thank our sponsors uh
those who helped us us to create or to get these programs that we have off the ground in these events without you guys it would not be possible um and for the poster contest I would like to thank everyone who participated um it was a
hard decision I did not judge I don't like to do thing I don't like to judge anything with children so I did not judge but we did have a wonderful group of volunteers who judge the poster contest and I'm going to now give you guys the results
Miss Maria krylova she is the winner in the elementary category parents if you guys want to come up support system yes oh no no no come come yes yes yes
yes and do we have another mic no okay right okay um I wanted them to actually read the script that they wrote about their poster because that was actually a big part of them um winning the contest your I think your script is on the back
come here yeah you go there you want to read it for her you can read it for her okay go ahead can you see my PO my post poster showed the hard work of American African amans in different FS
the big clock is in the middle represents time develop dation and process and the the Gars represents teamwork and
how every person effort matters and the images Around the Clock highlights ctions in Farmers
imy indry rights civil rights civil C rights rights science science music and transation trans ation
each item represents psylvia Pennsylvania creativity and the Imp impact of African amican
workers throughout the history Miss Maria is a student at ois El M and thank you to the friends who so the friends of the north Miami Public Library who so graciously sponsored their prizes um her prize is an Amazon
Fire tablet and a $50 Robux gift card much this s to okay our next winner in the Middle School category is Mr Tyler Coy from Holy Cross
Lutheran School you can stand here you come here I'll hold it so they can see my poster shows the growth of black labors From Slavery to black inventors and entrepreneurs it highlights people like Martin Luther King Jr Harriet
Tubman madam CJ and madam CJ Walker in the middle you can see two modern black people a boy and a girl to show how you two can be black Excellence with the background color red black and green to showcase the African
flag and in case you're wondering on on the modern on the modern day African-Americans there's no there's no face and only a mouth because the African-American Community is often not seen but still needs to be heard
Tyler's prize was an Apple iPad and a apple pencil mom if you want to come up also the principal of Holy Cross is here if you want to come up and also the art teacher is here if you want to come up come
family come up come come come family all of our kids need support systems they can't do it without you w mommy wow you
go sorry all right guys on three I got everybody one two three hold it and in our high school category our winner is Joshua adult
is Joshua here right the poster details the poster details the most influential African Heritage individuals of History these individuals includes these
individuals such as Martha Luther King Rosa Parks Jack Jackie Robinson and Malcolm X Nelson Mandela and Etc Joshua is the winner of an airpod Max Headphone set one two
and our grand prize winner which is overall um is from Holy Cross Lutheran School as well and his name is Edwin Michael my poster title is color of change my
poster is about Dr Martin Luther King Jr and how he fought for labors I made this poster out of construction paper and glue all these colors here all these colors here represent wait I use a giant variety of colors and
specific ones like like a bunch of brights and and more to make my artwork really Pop I hand ripped all of these pieces of paper and Mr Edwin Michael is the winner of a Nintendo switch bundle which comes with the the console games and some
other good stuff all right guys all three two two last one again I would like to thank all the participants who participated you see the great prizes you can win so make sure you enter again next year okay
thank you so much did you is there something you want to say come on M thank I I still wasn't going to say anything but I think it's kind of ironic and you pay attention to the children's paintings and the the emphasis on
labor and if you look at what's taking place in this country today that how labor is being attacked so please keep that in mind that our children are impressionable about what's going on in this country and how important it is we pay attention that's all I wanted to say
okay and at this time can we invite all the Black History Month committee members to I'm sorry here Council to come back down for a photo as we recognize our Black History Month committee for an amazing lineup of events throughout the month of February
I know I Miss Bingo I was so sad but I will make it to a Thursday pole dancing class not pole dancing line dancing that that's that's on the weekend line dancing line dancing guys I was just making sure you guys are awake
there I was making sure you guys are awake you know they did open one in District too so let's give a round of applause to the Black History Month committee see my mind is one two three one two last
one if we can have all of our winners and the friends of the north Miami Public Library come to the lobby please we want to get a group photo and we do have certificates for the committee okay thank you so much okay City Event
seeing that we can move to good evening mayor council staff North Mii neighbors and guests my name is Savannah Smith and I'm presenting the following announcements on behalf of the city of North Miami please bear with me as this one is long I'll be fat fast I
promise attend the firsttime home buyer education Workshop in Creole every fourth Saturday of the month at the North Miami public library from 11:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. to register please call Expert Resource Center at 305 65276
6 join Council woman I'm sorry join vice mayor Cassandra Timothy for the random acts of kindness initiative a month-long effort to support over 600 seniors in North Miami by collecting essential items like socks blankets body wash snacks and more donations can be dropped
off at the north at North Miami city hall the police department or the public library until March 31st let's come together as a community to spread kindness and make a difference discover the thinking money 2025 program at the north Mii Public Library offering fun and engaging
financial literacy sessions for kids in grades 3 through 6 from January 9th to March 20th of 20125 every 2nd and 4th Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 600 p.m. children will learn smart spending habits budgeting and skills for a lifetime visit or call the library at 305
891-5535 to register and Spark a love for financial knowledge help shape the future of North Miami Parks your voice matters share your ideas and priorities for our Parks and Recreation space es by completing our quick survey your feedback will guide improvements and our master plan
for our community to access the survey please visit www. city of North miami.gov Park plan enhance your computer skills with basic to Advan computer classes presented by vice mayor Cassandra Timothy of District 2 these free 12we
classes for North Mii residents run from January 11th to April 19th 2025 at the North Mii public library and cover topics like Microsoft Word Excel and more to register visit the library or call 305 891-5535 space is
limited the D4 smart tutoring program offers free academic support for 7th to 12th grade students in SAT and ACT prep B and fast prep reading Algebra 1 and 2 geometry and GED preparation sessions take place Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays from 400 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at
the sunkiss Grove Community Center for registration contact EML Jean glad at 786 543 3014 attention North Miami residents the city of North Miami is developing its 5-year consolid plan to Federal funding priorities for Housing and Community
Development your input is vital join us at one of our upcoming public information workshops on March 12th at the Joe celestian Center or March 13th at the North Miami Public Library both at 6:30 p.m. don't miss this opportunity to share your thoughts at our public hearing and City Council meetings in May
and June scan the QR code or visit www.fl.gov 5e plan to take the survey today Empower young minds with girls who code at the North Miami Public Library open to boys and girls in grades 3 through 6 starting January 2nd 2025 join
this free program every 1st and third Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. to learn coding Basics solve problems and collaborate with peers no prior experience required bring joy and creativity to your little ones with the 2025 Zoom beanie winter session at the North Miami
Public Library designed for children ages 0 to 4 their careg these classes blend music dance and educational activities every Monday at 10:00 a.m. from January 6 to March 24th and every 1st and third Saturday at 11:00 a.m. from January 4th to March 29th register online or call 305
891-5535 for more details the 2025 Black History Month is wrapping up but we still have events left for you to attend this Thursday February 27th join the Black History Month committee for the last Soul step line dance class at the library
beginning at 6 p.m. visit www.north miami.gov celebrate for more details and event schedules attention to our North Miami youth the city of North Miami youth council is hosting a special meeting on Wednesday February 26 2025 at 5:30 p.m.
in the north Miami city hall second floor Council chamber this is your chance to engage with city leaders share your ideas and make an impact on youth initiatives in your community if you're a teenager between 15 and 18 years of age and want to get involved visit
www.m.gov youth counil to apply today can attend in person watch live stream on YouTube at city of North Miami join us for a special celebration councilwoman Mary EST Urban invites you to the ribbon cutting ceremony for the brand new Bree swept Tot Lot on Saturday
March 1st 1st 2025 at 10: a.m. located at 1251 Northeast 2 Avenue this exciting New Park features a state-of-the-art playground basketball court and splashback for the community to enjoy don't miss this opportunity to be part of the grand opening bring your family
and friends for more information contact the office of the mayor and council at 305 895 9818 join us in celebrating the contributions and impact of local women at North Miami's women's History Month reception hosted by vice mayor Cassandra
Timothy councilwoman Mary EST irban and elected city clerk Vanessa Joseph this special event takes place on Tuesday March 11 2025 at 6 p.m. in North City Hall Council chamber Lobby don't miss the opportunity to honor and uplift the remarkable women in our community RSVP
today at www. 2025 Nomi women's history reception. eventbrite.com our regularly scheduled city council meeting will follow at 700 p.m. North Miami residents don't miss out on a drive-through food distribution hosted by vice mayor Cassandra Timothy
join us on Thursday March 6 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at the North Miami Police Department this event is first come first served so arrive early to receive fresh and nutritious food for your family for more information contact the office of Mayor and council at 35895
9818 North Miami get ready for the third annual get to know me meet and greet join councilman Pierre France Charles on Saturday March 22nd 2025 from 12:00 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Clyde W jutson Jr Community Center enjoy a day filled with
fun music food and giveaways as we bring the together don't miss this exciting opportunity to connect and celebrate for more information please contact the office of the mayor and Council North Miami it's time to get in gear for our community bike ride join us on Saturday March 8th 2025 for a fun and active
warning registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and the ride starts at 8:30 a.m. sharp at mocha Plaza this 90-minute roundtrip ride is a perfect for all skill levels helmets are required for participants ages 16 and under calling all businesses and and
entrepreneurs the city of North Miami's purchasing department presents let's procure an essential event for those looking to do business in North Miami join us on Thursday March 13th 2025 at the skyt government Community Center choose from two sessions morning 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. or afternoon 1:00
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. topics include bid opportunities vendor registration and local business preferences with special presentations from the greater North Miami Chamber of Commerce and the Haitian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida registration is free sign up now at procure North Nom me. eventbrite.com get ready for a winter
wonderland in North Miami Let It Snow 2025 is happening on Saturday March 15th 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the North Miami Police Department enjoy real snow bounce houses a petting zoo music food and Frozen Refreshments it's sow much fun for the whole family don't
forget to pre-register by scanning the QR code see you there for a magical winter experience in the heart of our beautiful city save the date for an inspiring afternoon at the women empowered Network luncheon hosted by councilwomen Mary EST Urban and the north Miami CR this empowering event
will take place on Wednesday March 26 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 2: p.m. at the FIU coven's Conference Center connect celebrate and uplift women in leadership and business reserve your spot today at 2025 women empowered lunch. eventbrite.com don't miss this
incredible opportunity to network and grow I promise I'm almost done councilman Pierre France Charles is hosting a district four drive-through Food Distribution on March 31st 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the sunkiss Grove Community Center please bring a valid Florida issued ID as proof
of residency don't miss this opportunity to receive fresh food for your household for more details contact the mayor and Council Office at again 305 895 9818 to stay up to date with Noy news events programs and services log on to
North mi's official website at www.fl.gov click connect with Nomi on the homepage to sign up for the city these newsletters also follow us on Facebook and Instagram at North MFL and on X at Nomi news this concludes the city announcements thank
you thank you thank you and now onto appointments um we can list them all at once and I know councilman Charles you have um something to say after we vote so all right so we have several appointments today we have far MIM to
the advisory committee for persons with special needs far Jala Fortune to the commission for women Randy GCE to the community relations board bernardet Pierre to deac far to datac far to the education Relations Board Dominique
Pierre to the Planning Commission at large Kevin cafrey to the Planning Commission at large and AD Doo Gil to senior citizens board do I have a motion on agenda item seven approval I moved it and Council second
please use your microphones or speak into them I have a motion made by councilwoman estim Irvin to approve the board appointments as listed the motion was seconded by councilman Burns all in favor any opposed the motion carries with a 4 Z vote councilman Charles you
have the floor oh oh thank you um thank you for the privilege and thank you to all my new board appointees and thank you uh for your service and it is serious business um just a point of privilege I'm just going to give 25
second to uh Mr Dominique Pier Esquire just to uh one of uh my oper just say a few words is this our youngest appointee to the Planning Commission on the Planning Commission congratulations born and raised in North
Miami I just want to say I appreciate the opportunity uh as someone um who's been in the city of North Miami for the last 22 years uh I'd really like to you know offer my services so thank you again I appreciate you welcome to the plan commission
23 consent agenda unless a member of the city council wishes to remove a specific item from this portion of the agenda tabs a through G constitute the consent agenda these resolutions and items are self-explanatory and are not expected to require to require additional review or discussion these items will be recorded
as individually numbered resolutions adopted unanimously by the following motion that the consent agenda comprised of tabs a through G be adopted do I have a motion on the consent agenda so move second I have a motion made by
councilman Charles to approve the consent agenda the motion was seconded by vice mayor Timothy all in favor any opposed the motion carries with a 4 Z vote on to resolutions tab H tab h a proposed resolution of the
mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida authorizing the inam city manager and City attorney to execute an agreement in substantially the attached form between the city of North Miami and Ruben Turnbull and Associates Inc to provide professional lobbying services at a monthly cost not to exceed
$7,500 waving competitive bidding in accordance with Section 7120 parentheses capital B of the north Miami code of ordinances providing for an effective date and all other purposes t h m thank you I think we should um table this item as is the mayor's item
I'll that I have a motion made by vice mayor Timothy to table the item at tab H until the next council meeting the motion was second I I'd like to amend that to to
table it indefinitely oh until the mayor's able to indefinite yes okay thank you so do you accept that vice mayor yes okay I have a motion made by vice mayor Timothy to table the item at have H indefinitely the motion was
seconded by councilwoman estimate Iran all in favor I any opposed item passes with a 4 Z vote tab I a proposed resolution of the city council of the city of North Miami Florida authorizing the appointment of councilman Kevin a Burns to the risk management committee
pursuant to section 2- 293 of the quote of ordinances providing for an effective date and all other purposes this item was tabled from the January 14 Council meeting tab I thank you madam clerk one moment I just want to take a point of privilege to um say hello we have a
state representative in our audience did you want to come up State represent state representative fa give you a few minutes at podium so good evening everyone I didn't want to interrupt I just wanted to come and check on you guys I came down for the week from
Tallahassee um Lots going up in Tallahassee the one thing I can tell you as far as politics concerned let's not have knee-jerk reactions to everything they're all starting points for conversations for people to work together and come up with Solutions on how to make things better if you ever
have any questions I'm available so please reach out to me directly I'm going to leave some cards in the back on this table and just hand them out my cell phone number is on there um without the dialogue we really don't understand what's going on and it's it's very easy
to get confused as things get distorted just come straight to The Source anyone you have a question about I will get you right in front of them I'll get you answers from them uh but we've got to really you know get people coming together working on issues that really work for us I mean we've got people being driven out of their homes left and
right and it's uh it's really difficult to see and some things that you guys have to start taking initiative on is uh you know focusing on I hear a lot of people tell me in some of the Cities while our military didn't go up but the milit rates are still very high as well as property taxes in North Miami so for
property owners please you know revise those property tax bills challenge them with the county you've got a newly elected property tax appraiser that is ordered that that assessment is done by the county affecting your cost of living in your home every year um and I think
we're paying about 30% more than we need to and people need to really address that year after year make sure they're paying their fair share but make sure that that's that's a correct amount uh because at the end of the day you know you don't want to be paying over the next 20 years twice for your home
um a lot of environmental stuff infrastructure needs being met I can't give you too much of a legislative update because the session really starts next week um but a lot of good stuff coming a lot of good stuff coming you know we've got a strong team up in tasse
uh and I and I try to just make myself present we've been trying to get in touch with with you I know you ladies have reached out a couple of times don't know what happened there we're trying to connect with you guys um unfortunately Miami North Miami did miss our Appropriations deadline we'll try to do something with next year you completely
submitted for the 121st drainage project the AR stre yes yeah with my office I was trying to get you know you've got three reps take take advantage of all three no one put anything with me and I've been begging you guys for years so we've got to get some stuff through my office to kind of push for you guys um I
don't didn't mean to call anything out no I know there were sub I don't know who's in charge of that but I've got one legislative Aid I don't have a big team the house we've got a small team and we are eager to bring back results M um so please call me directly don't let
anything get lost in bureaucracy in in office staff pick up the phone call me we meet for coffee I'll let you know how to get it done and whatever we don't get that you guys don't get on what you worked on for Appropriations you know let's go after some grant money let's go after the agency funding let's bring
let's bring the dollars home and affect the lives of people um they're expecting it that's what they put us here for so thank you um hi Kevin good to see you and uh anything else yeah any questions you have for me I didn't mean to interrupt no no it's fine we just wanted to give you the mic but Jordan it's
right here is our um mayor and Council if you can leave us your cell and we'll definitely get I'm so sorry I also just learned I literally just learned this second about the mar mom I'm so I'm literally going to I was going to walk out right now and give him a call and see if I can I don't know stop by bring some flow or something uh devastating
devastating news so here's my information my cell phone number is on here everybody and sorry for my voice my know you're fine 10th meeting today thank you representative good night everyone good night if I would if I may please thank you so much for being so
kind to give us a little update but I um and and thank you for you know I'm glad that you're ready to assist us in getting some dollars to our city but one thing that I would like for you to hear from me directly and I'm sure that it will be echoed here as you know North Miami is a very diverse community and a
large immigrant community and right now what's happening in Tallahassee is heartbreaking it is affecting our community directly it is affecting the mental health of our community parents are afraid to send their kids to school and Etc and a lot so I would hope that
as a a state representative that represents North Miami that you can speak in our voice because this is tragic um what's happening in in the special sessions I just wanted to yeah I'll take a moment to address that I actually um was in Tallahassee when when a lot of this started to come down here
and I I had prepared a video and I will text it to you so you can share it among the community um one thing that really really disturbs me is and I'm not this isn't about camps or anything but when things are distorted to to provoke emotion and to instill fear and and
Chaos that's not what we're here for it's about finding Solutions and when people are pointing fingers and Grand standing in One Direction instead of working together to to lead people to resources that are available we're wasting time and people are scared and
that's right so we've got to we've got to know that there's a lot of resources out there um I know that a lot of people were worried about the you know the instate tuitions and and the immigration policies and and the state we we are not the federal government that's not that's
not our role some of the things were worked on in the legislature were about taxpayer accountability making sure the taxpayer dollars are are going towards things that they're supposed to be going to while at the same time not closing any doors not trying to turn anybody away making people aware of other
resources private resources nonprofit resources there's a lot of resources that are available to so many it doesn't all come out of one Po and when people are all focused on one issue that's distracting us from working together and taking advantage of all the rest that's
available now that's not an easy answer that's not a magic wand that's not a solution but it's it's a step in the right direction of where we should be and making sure that people have that information and then we got to work about work together making sense of the world but you know we've also have to admit that some of the some of the
things that we have the immigration process things are broken we've got people that follow the rules waiting in line way too long we got people that you know need to be here for for so many different like intense like just crazy reasons you know I've got a beautiful Haitian community that I represent
hardworking decent people of Faith business owners families you know who who are the heart and soul of this community you know afraid you know having family issues where they're fleeing their Nation as a as a as a nation what are we doing about that where's the United Nations where's where
are our allies why are we not you know working towards making Haiti a place that nobody wants to flee to begin with giving them that economic stability you know what what programs can we work on and come up with here and and get elect maybe this is the town hall that will
will definit I can go on for this this is not something I take lightly so but know that this is the sentiment and I speak Coles this is how we feel we are upset that we can't do more and more every day and we're finding and figuring out ways
but in the meantime we've got to work together not let people live in fear we are open arms we try to make life better for everybody we have a responsibility to our constituency and our citizens but we are a big heart big nation trying to do our best what we've got is unsustainable so let's let's really
reach across party lines District Lines you know Community lines let's let's work together and get people as much as we can that's that's available you know please thank you state R and yeah we'll go back to tab I and we thank you for your cards and we'll definitely be in
touch good night tab we are on Tab I oh councilman did you want to speak on this item since it's your item sure just brought it back up uh they need a uh council person on that um risk management I was on it for 4 years and
I'm volunteering my uh time to attend their meetings once a month okay public hearing is now open on Tab I seeing none the item is closed do I have a
motion so move second I have a motion made by councilman Burns to approve the item at tab I the motion was seconded by vice mayor Timothy all in favor I any opposed item passes with a 4 Z vote tab
J tab j a proposed resolution of the mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida approving the city's bid Award of sports Services LLC as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder to perform the penny sugarm Tennis Center Courts resurfacing project in accordance with the terms and conditions
and specifications contained in invitation for bid number 07-24-18 ing the in city manager and City attorney to negotiate and execute an agreement in an amount not to exceed $270,600 providing for an effective date and all
other purposes tab J thank you for this just a note this was an item that I sponsored two budget Cycles ago two budget budget Cycles ago um just to understand the process of individuals when you know you come before your elected official and you ask for items
it does take a while and procurement is probably the reason why I tab J I know I'm speechless after that uh well thank you uh Madame vice mayor uh council members um for the
record Alberto EST purchasing director through the manager uh the item before you represents the results of a solicitation that was issued for the resurfacing of Penny Sugarman tennis courts project the solicitation was titled uh ifp
number uh 072 2425 in response to the solicitation the city received uh three bids three proposals uh the bids are reflected in the council report they're on the second page of the report and as you can see the lowest uh responsive and responsible
bidder is uh the company named sport Services LLC um our office in in collaboration with the the parks department we have reviewed and vetted uh the qualifications and experience of this
firm and we feel comfortable in making this recommendation to council for your approval uh here with me in support of the item is also our Parks director Miss Christine Carney so if you have any questions and also in the audience there are two representatives of the uh
recommended contractor Sports Services LLC if you have any questions of that I do have a question how long would this project take from commencement to end the as as as uh indicated on the council report we anticipate that it should take
no longer than 60 days those are calendar days from the issuance of the notice to proceed and during that time will the parks with will the tenant Center be Clos during those 60 days yes so well the courts will be closed
obviously for the work uh the the courts that are impacted will be closed for the work that it needs to be done and how many courts are impacted so there's 13 total courts but we could do half on one side and then the second your name and title for the record oh I'm so I'm so sorry no matter
how many times I have to come up here Parks and Recreation director Christine Carney um good afternoon good evening H it we have 13 courts and it would be working with the um vendor to make sure that some courts are open during the time that the work is being done there
was some feedback from the community that we received then they were asking for that to happen so we will allow that to happen and if we can I'm learning from the drainage project maybe we should have a little small town hall or discussion prior to the commencement of this project because if there is going to be any disruption of services I would
like for the community to know beforehand so Madam manager I would like to maybe host some type of town hall maybe we can do a double take because we are doing this the the traffic circle as well so maybe you can do tackle both of those items at one time okay any question from up here yes
um Christine or to Albert either or either or what is the difference in the timeline if the courts were completely closed and they laid their asphalt down as opposed to I don't think I don't know that answer I you would have to ask the
contractor May the cont like maybe we can ask the contractor I wish I could uh answer that I know councilwoman did you have a question as well or did you want to right I'll wait
for hello thank you for having us here my name is Paul gold I'm the CEO of sports surfaces if you could speak into the mic your name and address for the record please yeah my name is Paul gold I'm the CEO of sports surfaces um I believe your question was if we did the entire project at one time rather than
splitting it in half um we could probably cut cut the timeline down by maybe 10 or 15 days but if it rains or something happens if it rains if you know there's ill weather if we have any tropical storms obviously that's going to impact
the timeline a little bit we built in a little bit of a cushion for that so we believe that even splitting it in in half and doing you know half at one time allowing you guys to work you know to to play on the courts we should be able to
you know finish a little before the 60-day uh time period okay okay councilwoman yes so thank you very much um number one I'd like to co-sponsor this um item as well um number two the issuance how long will it take for the
contractor once pass T night to to get their their insurance notice right correct so the next step will be obviously once the council approves it we'll move to execute a contract we will request a contract from our city attorney's office
the contractor will be routed for execution the contractor also has to provide us with the requisite insurance and also bonds there's a performance and uh payment of performance bond that's required to ensure that they finish the project so typically uh a councilwoman you're
looking at about roughly uh two to three weeks uh depending again uh when we get the documents from the contractor when we execute the contract I'd like to make see that it's done in two weeks please
if it's possible certainly try uh it's it's it's not all under my control but whatever I so I heard the process the contractor the city attorney's office um so so please I'm encouraging that we do this I actually gone to the court and I see the need so I'm encouraging that we
do this in two weeks and then from two weeks from that we can get the 60 um the the hopefully less than 60 days so that people can enjoy that I hear you loud and clear thank you my Town Hall May delayed a bit councilman but only because as I'm seeing these projects as
they move along there are ups and the residents will like feedback so um I know this is something that like I said it took me two budget Cycles so this is going on 2 years to see this project come to fruition and prior to that was the the the roof was caving in so our
parks are in dire need of repair so please this is a Shameless plug take take part in the park master plan study if you're a resident in the audience or even if you're just a visitor um because this is how we determine um how we address our Park situations in our city so with that I will open it up did I
have any other questions from um yeah yes um just want to say um thank you for this item and um if I can um Co sponser I'll just go ahead and do it because I stopped there like twice and I know exactly what is going on so it is a much
needed project so I am glad that your team is sticking on um this project and um I hope that you are going to give us one for the book so absolutely just um definitely uh timeline is very important it's very important to so we said in about 60 days we should get um this
project complete is that right we'll have no problem getting that done for you we'll get our bonds in place very quickly we'll get all the paperwork that you guys need and do our best to get this project moving ahead and we'll try to finish up before the scheduled time
Madam vice mayor if I would like to add that we can actually close that park and go to um Pepper Park the clar Pepper Park tennis court is beautiful I said let me let me have my town hall with my resident because like I said you may run
into just short the time VI is not it's not going it's not going to hurt for people who drive a little bit down to um District 4 as a matter of fact District 4 is open for um to all our resident just come and um see what we have over there it's beautiful I'd like to chime in but uh good luck getting Court time
out of Pepper Park it's slammed it's busy all the time very easy yes thank you with that public hearing is now open on Tab J thank see seeing none public for approval second close you have a motion in a
second I have a motion made by councilman Charles to approve the item of tab J the motion was seconded by Vice councilwoman estimate irban all in favor I any opposed item passes with a 4 Z vote T K thank you t k a proposed resolution of the mayor and City Council
of the city of North Miami Florida authorizing the inm city manager to issue purchase orders for the purchase of the following vehicles 23 sport utility vehicles and two pickup trucks at an aggregate cost not to exceed $1,560 th000 from various competitively
selected vendors utilizing the Cooperative purchasing provision pursuant to section 7-16 n of the city code on contracts awarded through the Florida sheriff's Association under contract number FSA 24- Vel 32.0 and the
State of Florida Department of Management Services contract number 23- 251 00- ITB and declaring certain vehicles and Equipment as Surplus providing for an effective date and all other purposes tap
K tap K do we have a brief presentation sure I'll try to keep it brief once again uh through the manager so the item before you is simply uh staff's requests for your approval to issue purchase orders uh for the purchase of uh 25
Vehicles which will be added to the city's vehicle Fleet program and also for your approval to Surplus a number of vehicles which uh have extended their useful life and uh have been deemed uh
uh to be uh ready to be surplused uh the list of the vehicles to be Surplus are included on the second page of your Council report so if You' like to take a look at that um uh the proposed uh replacement of
these vehicles and the use of the vehicles to be purchased are also listed in the council report for the various departments uh that vehicles are going to be put in surface in service excuse me uh here with me in support of the
item is the city's assistant Public Works director who's also the vehicle fleet manager uh Mr Jefferson Gunner and if you have any questions I'll be glad to answer yes I have one question I see there's a um one in place for the city manager's office is that the one for the
CRA or is that another one no that is separate and which one is that one that's for me no there's right so there is one that is set for the city manager's offices one for the C and then there are the rest are going to police so one city manager
this says one city manager one CRA one mayor council and 22 for police correct so the the one mayor the one maying council is a truck and that so there are SUVs and trucks okay okay and then but there's a city manager Office is that the same one or when you say same one
I'm not understanding so you said there's city manager there's CRA and mayor council so the city manager's office is purchasing a new vehicle to replace the 2015 correct okay any questions from up here right so I I have a question I
heard I heard a truck for maying Council yes so is that for a district or District oh so that you're requesting a pickup truck rather than a SUV I'm sorry instead of an SUV I'm requesting a pickup
truck okay so that would be a vehicle assigned to you yes okay that's what I wanted to understand so it's not a district one okay got it okay all righty public hearing is now open on
tap K seeing none public hearing appros do I have a second second was there a second yes yes I have a motion made by councilman estimate Irving to approve
the item at tab K the motion was seconded by councilman Burns all in favor I any opposed item passes with a 4 Z vote tab L Thank You tab l a proposed resolution of the mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida
authorizing the inm city manager to issue purchase orders to Blue Ally Technology Solutions LLC in an aggregate amount not to exceed $174,000 for the purchase of computer cloud backup Hardware software and support services pursuant to section 7-1
121 parenthesis 21 of the city code providing for an effective date and all other purposes tap out move for approval I think this one is public one moment I think this one is self-explanatory especially after the incident we had in our city tab L is now open for public
hearing seeing none tab L is now closed do I have a motion move for approval and I'd like to be a co-sponsor as well I have a motion made by councilwoman EST May Irving to approve the it tab L the motion was seconded by councilman Charles all in favor all any
opposed item passes with a 4 Z vote tab m a proposed resolution of mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida authorizing the inm city manager to issue purchase orders to Maritime Mobile Communications LLC for the purchase of audio system upgrades to the city council chambers in an amount not
to exceed 84,3 se8 waving competitive bidding in accordance with seven with Section 7-12 parentheses B of the north Miami code of ordinances providing for an effect for an effective date and all other purposes tab
M tab M do we have a short presentation is just just to upgrade our sound system in the chamber I think that's so Madam clerk can stop telling us speaking to the mic hopefully we have longer mics um tab m is now open to the
public seeing none t m is comment second comment real quick understanding that it's going to take two weeks to retrofit this and you're starting tomorrow that's my understanding I'd like to bring up uh Our IT director he's been eager to
address this item far be it for me to uh you're getting a whole lot of money to make a whole lot of improvements Claud Charles IT director for I can't even look at him um good
evening May uh vice mayor and Council through the manager uh no we would not be starting tomorrow councilman burs um ideally there is a lead time that we have to uh account for for the equipment
to be delivered so we are most likely looking after the March 25th meeting to account for all equipment being delivered and installed so we would install in the period between the
March 25th and April 8th meeting okay and you guys I'm sorry through the the the chairwoman um take in account any other board meetings that are taking place where will they relocate to have their uh uh meetings at uh M manager or it Department um as opposed to
counseling counseling Board of adjustments and planning commissions if if they should overlap with your your new installation so we have taken into account um the additional board meetings I believe there I I have to go back and
verify but if push comes to shove we can accommodate some of the smaller board meetings okay thank you thank you any further questions no no it's been moved in second I have a motion made by councilwoman EST mayor to approve the
adment tab M the motion was seconded by councilman Charles all in favor any opposed item passes with a 4 Z vote Thank You tab n a proposed resolution of the mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida authorizing the inim city manager to issue purchase or
ERS to L infotech LLC in in an aggregate amount not to exceed $857 on an annual recurring basis for the purchase of Microsoft licenses through their government Community Cloud solution platform pursuant to section 7
-121 parentheses 21 of the city code providing for an effective date and all other purposes tab in tab in you may okay um once again through the manager so this item uh is requesting your authority to issue
purchase orders to the firm land infotech LLC uh this is uh one of the other initiatives from our it Department uh has to do with also with data security and this purchas will ensure also that
uh they maintain compliance with various governmental regulations so uh obviously we would recommend your approval for this particular purchase thank you do we have any questions from the days no quickly
um councilman is that a piggyback no no it's not a piggyback it's it's actually through the city's procurement code there's a section the procurement code that addresses um the ability to be able to purchase for cyber security and data
security and and in fact it's uh we cited it in the report it's under Section 7 -121 sub paragraph 21 so 71 12121 thank you all right public hearing
is open on tap in seeing none public hearing is now move for approval I'd like to also be a co-sponsor second I have a motion made by councilwoman estimate irvan to approve the item at tab end the motion was seconded by councilman Charles all in
favor any opposed item passes with a 4 Z vote tap o a proposed resolution of the mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida authorizing the inm city manager to issue purchase orders to computers at work Inc doing business as V Techo in an aggregate amount not to exceed
73,74 secary I'm sorry we didn't vote you just said you just no sorry on tap in so go back to call it again yes I have a motion made by councilman estimate irvan to approve the item of tab and the motion was seconded by councilman
Charles all in favor any opposed item passes with a 4 Z vote Thank You tab o a proposed resolution of the mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida authorizing the inm city manager to issue purchase orders to computers at work Inc doing business as V Teo in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$3,795 for the purchase of laptop computers to be used throughout the city's Department pursuant to section 7-1 12121 of the city code providing for an effective date and all other purposes to o thank you I think this one is self-explanatory this is the purchase
City laptops I do have a question will these be divided by Department I know during our last cyber incidents there were some staff that weren't able to check out computers um just want to understand what that process was like because I know like our AIDS didn't have personal computers to be able um I
believe this but this is this is to replace aging Hardware so it just depends on Whose computers need to be replaced not necessarily a set amount for a department set amount for a department we're just updating the pww that needs to be do we have Surplus in
case we do have an incident like this God forbid but where we have laptops that are able to be checked out by employees that may need to work from home we're still working up to the uh to make sure that we have additional equipment we have a lot of old equipment
out there that needs to be replaced okay no problem public hearing is open on Tab o seeing none public hearing is now closed do I have is there any further questions from the days move for no questions all right we have a motion in a second I have a motion made by
councilman Charles to approve the item a tab o the motion was seconded by councilwoman estimate Urban all in favor any opposed item passes with a 4 Z vote thank you tap p a proposed resolution of the mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida reappointing b kazul a member of the Florida bar to
serve as a special magistrate for code enforcement hearings and authorizing the inim city manager and City attorney to execute a one-year letter of agreement with Miss kazul in accordance with section 21- 51 North Miami code of ordinances as amended providing for an
effective date and all other purposes tabp can you also read tab q and R cuz we'll take them all together tab q a proposed resolution of the mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida reappointing Jose Smith a member of the Florida bar to serve as a special magistrate for code enforcement hearings
and authorizing the city in city manager and City attorney to execute a one-year letter of agreement with Mr Smith in accordance with section 21- 51 of the north Miami code of ordinances as amended providing for an effective date and all other purposes tab r a proposed resolution of the mayor and City Council
of the city of North Miami Florida appointing Raphael Suarez Rivas a member of the Florida bar to serve as special m magistrate for code enforcement hearings and authorizing the inim city manager and City attorney to execute a one-year letter of agreement with Mr suades Ras
in accordance with the section 2151 North Miami code of ordinances as amended providing for an effective date and all other purposes the vote would be taken on Tab PQ andr thank you I think all of these are self-explanatory I'll open up public hearing on tabs p q
andr public hearing is now open seeing none public hearing is now closed do we have discussion from the days um I am in um support of uh all three items but I just want to say uh few words um toward one of them uh Mr uh
special uh Manus Jose Smith um to me he's a true servant he has served our community very well as a special magistrate he has also served as a C
atomy for the City of Miami Beach and the city of North Miami Beach more importantly it was the first one to appoint one of our Haitian lawyers and to um as a city as as a City attorney
for that I just want to say thank you for your leadership thank you for your service and thank you for everything that you do as a special maest and then I am um in support of um we are appointing you and just continue to do the great work thank you uh Mr
councilman I appreciate those if you can my name my name is Jose Smith and public with SCH but I'll let you I'm I'm one of your three special magistrates I've been serving since uh 2018 with great pride and joy I enjoy what I do uh as you
mentioned I've been uh not only an City attorney I've been an elected official and have dedicated my life to Municipal service and uh it's been great serving you and I want to keep serving you um for as long as I can and um I I really
truly enjoy the opportunity and uh work very well with staff and I love your staff I train them um and and it's just and again I appreciate everybody's uh uh support and uh confidence in the work that I do which uh I do to the best of
my ability thank you thank you m thank you very much do we have a motion on the item so move second second I have a motion made by councilman Charles to approve the item at tap P the motion was seconded by councilman Burns all in favor any
opposed item passes with a 4 Z vote please be advised that the following items on the agenda are Quasi judicial in nature these are items at tab stuv if you wish to speak in favor of
object to or comment on an item please complete a public speaker's card indicating the agenda item number on which you would like to comment you must be sworn before addressing the city council and you may be subject to cross-examination if you refuse to submit to cross examination the city council will not consider your comments
in its final deliberation please also disclose any expart Communications you may have had with any members of the city council City Council Members must also do the same so again for items at tab STV you will need to be sworn in and you will
need to uh fill out a public speaker card they're found at the entrance of the chamber if you plan to speak on items St or V and ORV please stand up and raise your right hand so I could administer the
oath do you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give in today's proceedings are the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth if so say aloud I do I do thank you Tab S a proposed quasi judicial resolution of the mayor and City Council
of the city of North Miami Florida approving an application for a conditional use permit in substantially the attached form for a proposed residential development consisting of a four-story building with 48 units with 64 surface parking spaces on three Parcels of real property located at
12290 Northeast 6th Avenue 540 noreast 123rd Street and 12280 noreast 6th Avenue and identif with Miami da County folio numbers 06223 0-0 31-20
06223 0-0 31-1 0 and 06 d223 0-03 1- 003 0 totaling approximately 0.68 acres in accordance with article 3 division 4 section
3-42 through 3-47 Article 4 division two sections 4-22 section 4-23 and section 4-25 in article 4 division 3 section 4306 of the city of North Miami code of ordinances chapter 29 entitled Land Development
regulations providing for an effective date and all other purposes Tab S Tab S do we have a presentation good evening um vice mayor Debbie Love uh development services director through the city manager items
S&T are companion items the first item is the conditional use permit the second item is the site plan for the same so can we read those two y or'll read that into the record and take them together yes ma'am would we would appreciate that tab t a proposed quasi judicial
resolution of the mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida approving an application for a site plan and substantially the attached form for a proposed residential development consisting of a four-story building with 48 unit and 64 surface parking spaces on three Parcels of real property totaling
0.63 Acres 29722 squ Ft located at 12290 noreast 6th Avenue 540 noreast 123rd Street and 12280 Northeast 6th Avenue and identified with Miami dat County folio
number 06- 223 0-31 d206 d223 0-31 00001 0 and 06 -223 0-31 0030 in accordance with Article 2
Division 7 section 2-71 and article 3 division 2 Section 3-24 through 3206 and article 3 division 3 section 3-32 of the city of North Miami code of ordinances chapter 29 entitled Land Development regulations providing for an
effective date and all other purposes top te thank you madam clerk at this time I would like to disclose F parte communication I did meet with the the applicant um and if other board members Count Council Members um did it at this time can you
disclose I met uh with the developer also you might want to who's the I see someone winking I think you're the applicant correct yeah if you can stand so you don't okay all right I met with a developer months ago
ago okay oh way back way so okay no problem all right Miss de Al righty thank you again Debbie Love development services director and I always have to compliment Madame clerk she never stumbles over all
those long titles um before you as read in the title as a conditional use permit the project is um a request for a conditional use permit to allocate 37 floating bonus units from our
floating unit pool uh the main address is 12290 Northeast 6th Avenue uh it's a little over a half an acre of a site you all know this this is where a lot of times they have big tractor trailer trucks will park there so this is an
excellent location um and it's been an iore for quite some time right in the center of our downtown uh currently they're vacant uh there zoned R5 in um last year you all had extended the plan Corridor
development overlay to include that partic those those three lots there those particular Lots um and uh we changed the future land use map and the zoning map you all approve that to accommodate the development he had the
applicant had spoken with you at that time the project has really not change significantly over time it is an excellent example of really good infield development that staff is supportive in the in the overlay District you can do
up 110 ft and 100 dwelling units per acre the applicant is creating a low-scale infield development in only four stories and 48 units it's an outstanding project they have 64 surface
parking spaces um we believe that this the way that it's set up it's definitely going to promote Transit use um and the the site is welld designed for pedestrian experience uh has enhanced storm water requirements uh and they're
going to have a roofing that is is going to help with the heat Highland effect we're quite pleased with uh the responses that um we've had in working with this particular applicant the economic impact is 131 full-time and
part-time jobs during the approximate 2-year construction period with about 10 almost $1 million in wages um currently it's anticipated to be a little less than $100,000 annually
in adorm taxes impact fees at the old impact fee rate would be almost a million 950,000 approximately and with our new impact fees that will go into effect on April 14th uh we anticipate to
that will be a high slightly higher number um it does have a a affordable housing component to it it went through the DRC and one of the of course it says DRC review required it did go through DRC uh we do
have some conditions on the cup again this is a joint thing through cup and site plan a couple of things here that I just want to point out to you is that uh they'll have a nice 10-ft wide sidewalk along 6th Avenue and make it more pedestrian friendly so with the site
plan itself same I'll just skip over this because it is the same the DRC approved a site plan that's what you're approving at this stage um that included as I said the 10ft wide
sidewalk along 6 of uh they do have to install so all of their utilities have to be underground and they have a 18 months to obtain a building permit assuming that you approve it tonight um that would be the end of it it would definitely then go on for building
permit so the first piece is the uh entitlements through the cup second is the site plan approval and um with that the applicant is here they do have a very brief presentation for you and I'll get that teed up
I'll keep keep it brief good evening federo sapata botanic Venture LLC project l56 Northwest 89 Street El Portal Florida 33150 I think deie encapsulated all the qualities and the process we have gone
through and approving this project and she did it great and I first I want appreciate her her um her commitment unwavering commitment and support through this process like working with Debbie has been a truly rewarding experience like Debbie said we have
presented this project numerous time through the PCT overlay uh extension and the Planning Commission granted approval in July and the DRC was approval by staff in January this project SA on the
Southwest uh sits on the southwest of 123rd Street Sixth Avenue intersection this is the key gateway to City of nor Miami uh Downtown neark City Hall in the Museum of Contemporary Art
like Davis mentioned the plans remain unchanged since we have been presenting this project um from since last year our project is is a four story residential building with 48 units and a height of 46 46 ft and 6 in as you can
see on the table the overlays the PCD overlay allows for a greater height and a greater density of what we are proposing almost 63% less height and 30% less density than permitted the unit makes prior IES
families Workforce housing and accessability with 52% of the units featuring two bedroom and two bats without traditional amenities the building's thoughtful design enhances liability while keeping costs lower for
the future tenants the main entrance along six Avenue will include the six food sidewalk like de mentioned and a public seating Plaza to the north and a future art in installation to the South I want this building to be
mentioned and featured to be proud of the city uh there's another building called griefing Gardens that I built in 2021 it's on 16 126 and I have heard multiple times during the planning commission's meeting to developments
that have been proposed how they should look at that building h to be an example of what they are proposing in the city so this building that I'm proposing is is more than a building as an as my investment is in an investment to the city of uh nor
Miami I respectfully request your favor review and support for the project thank you Mr Zapata and indeed your project will definitely be an enhancement to that Corridor um a definite a needed area for redevelopment
in our city so we thank you um councilwoman this is your District do you have any yes thank you so much um you just wanted just to emphasize or reiterate you're requesting for 37 bonus floating units
correct correct okay um how many can you do outright how many are entitled to outright uh I think it was 28 units are right okay um
I I didn't see any Community benefits in the package and I missed that no benefits yeah Community benefits yeah the yes the 10 foot sidewalk that we are dedicating to the CI currently we are
dedicating about 3 ft uh dedication of the sidewalk for the front entrance uh we're also doing a BS stop to the right on the front entrance um enhancing that Bop that is existing also for affordable
housing um and and how many units would be um allocated for affordable housing we we estimate that the units that we that are being proposed are going to be within the workforce housing guidelines
so meaning there will be between 100 to 120% Ami is there any consideration for 20% and with AMI addressing 80 0mi and 20% set aside 20% set aside correct yes we
can consider and I also had mle conversations to the CRA to enhance that that pool of units um and through then through the permitting process we can also go back and and and revisit that that conversation so you are committed
to you're you're committed to 20% to set to set aside 20% and you're also going to go to CRA you plan to go to CRA for funding as well I had had multiple conversations with the CR and as the year progresses we want to keep going back to them and see if we can allocate some of those the
units towards affordable housing okay so I just want to make sure that I'm hearing that you are committed 20% for affordable housing and we can talk about the Ami correct okay thank you councilman councilman Charles do you have any questions um um
no um basically I just want to say um thank you and um for this um empty lot been sitting there for so long at least we are going to have something of value um just right there
now looking at the traffic pattern um for entrance and exit for that building because I know both Northeast 6 Avenue and also that uh
part of one two3 it's like a very very high traffic so where you uh anticipate to uh the entrance is towards us is Northeast 6 Avenue and we're keeping it South so people can go either South if
there's a lot of traffic on the intersection with 12 123rd both entrance and and um exit both entrance and exit will be n6 and it's further down south of the South so farther away from the intersection MH mhm okay uh
um also on the community uh benefits you said that the the 10 foot side workor on uh both nor 6th Avenue and one 123rd or just nor 6th Avenue just nor 6th Avenue 6th Avenue and that's the that's the frontage of of the building also you
talk about uh uh bus um stop where is that going to yes correct on on Northeast 6 also on 6ue everything on North 6en okay so you don't you don't for exiting or any exit or entrance on 23rd Street no and I you
coming here I saw the traffic so we want to keep we want to okay yeah just just wanted to make sure we don't want we the the last thing we want is car sking in one 23 trying to get in and out of the building so okay we took that under under consideration when planning the
building and as far as the unit um for um you have um I see a mix of uh one two and three right yes correct okay primarily 52% are going to be two bed to bad four five Le okay all right thank
you very much thank you coun councilman Charles councilman burn um thank you for your project it's very streamlined not a lot of uh extra costs extra amenities a pool and so forth because at the end of the day
somebody pays for all those amenities and it's reflect in the rent and so the fact that you're able to streamline it and wanting to keep the rents as reasonable as possible my hat's off to you for that it's a pretty project um
and again when the larger developers come in and um do a lot of community uh benefits they have more of a cushion to to to do it with where um small scale buildings and developers like yourself that come here have got a really dot
their eyes and cross their tees to make sure that the numbers make sense and so I'm very happy with that um I have a question for staff I believe I already know the answer but I just wanted to put it out there anyway Miss love through the the manager through the chair
through the manager um what's the difference in the impact fees that kick in on a project like his that he' be paying now compared to what's going to kick in for that exact same project in in April I couldn't tell you that off the top of
my head okay I haven't done that but I can certainly find that out and let the city manager know but it's a a substantial increase correct yes although remember you all said you wanted to do 25% each year so it's not huge right
right now but it it is it will be more and they're needed and it impacts them um when the permit is issued correct um it has regardless that they've been in the pipeline for three years trying to get to this point today um not
necessarily any faults of themselves just just circumstances um that unfortunately um from my understanding there's nothing we can do about it because the impact fees are assessed at the time of the building
permit issued and we can't give anybody listen you've been in this rig bro for the last 3 years 's no benefit of under the existing uh impact fees um as opposed to somebody just coming in right now starting off right now I'm I'm
pretty much that's the understanding correct is absolutely correct Florida statute this is governed by Florida statute and it says by building permit and we have adopted an ordinance we have an effective date so we don't have any wiggle room okay in that regard thank
you thank you and now seeing that all of our questions are done and there's no um qu judicial cards that were submitted um can I have a motion and a second on Tab no no they would have to present the cards for tabs
S&T move approval second second I have a motion made by councilman Burns to approve the items at tabs s and tab t the motion was seconded by councilman Charles all in favor I any opposed item passes with a 4 Z
vote Tabu a proposed quasi judicial resolution of the mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida approving an application for a conditional use permit in substantially the attached form to allow the installation of 8T tall masonry wall on
one parcel of land located at 1 133000 Memorial Highway specifically identified with Miami State County folio number 06- 223 0--3 31 in accordance with article 3 division 4 sections 3-42 through
3-47 and Article 4 division 2 sections 4202 and Article 4 division 3 section 4304 of the city of North Miami code of ordinances chapter 29 entitled that Land Development regulations providing for an effective date and all other purposes tab
you thank you presentation yes ma'am this one is as I always try to do the mayor likes them when they're short and sweet and I know you all do as well this is a very straightforward project uh yiva uh Elementary School is requesting
a conditional use permit and let me explain to you why um the they are zoned pu and when you're in the Pu District any development whether it's as of right or not it requires a conditional use permit
so they are requesting about 300 linear feet of a 6 tall masonry wall along the east property line and part of the north property line um the project is located at 13300 Memorial Highway and it's the
elementary school at that location the maximum height is 55 again as I said it requires a cup and that's why they're here before you instead of going straight to building permit um and the Planning Commission uh
the beginning of January uh approved it but they asking if they could turn the wall into a quote unquote public canvas for art is their recommendation from plan Planning Commission they did pass it with a 60
vote as you can see this is just a a cut sheet for the wall itself because it's such a short uh presentation but it is the purpose is to provide the campus with more security the applicant is here um just
to give you a couple of uh uh pictures I know you all know where it is um the only condition we have is they need to obtain a building permit to build the wall and uh assuming you approve it tonight the next step is for them to
take construction documents and go to come over to the building department and we'll expedite their permit for them and with that the applicant is here and I do believe they have a brief presentation no presentation I think this is something that just reading that this is
something that there's a rise in anti-semitic incidents and I don't foresee them needing to even say more at this point I think it's necessary to ensure the safety of your students um so if you don't mind we can fgo your presentation so that we can vote on this
item did you guys have any questions no question move for approval and it's just it's for the wall correct correct okay yes second I have a motion made by councilwoman estimate Urban to approve the item at tab you the motion was
seconded by vice mayor Timothy all in favor any opposed item passes with a 4 Z vote before we go to tab V I will pass the gavel along to vice mayor oh I'm sorry councilwoman Mary estimate Irvin
because I recuse myself on the text Amendment as abundant of caution I am recusing myself on all of the votes on the bz because I know this is going before litigation just in case anything happen so I'll be recusing myself at this moment thank You tab V tab v a proposed quasi judicial
resolution of the mayor and City Council of the city of North Miami Florida approving a site plan for a residential project in substantially the attached form to provide for a development consisting of a 22 story 238 ft Residential Building with 96 units and
172 parking spaces on one parcel of real property located at 11950 North Bayshore Drive specifically identified with Miami date County folio number 0622 28- 011-44-01474 1 and article 3 division 2 Section 3
-204 through 3206 and article 3 division 3 section 3302 of the city of North Miami code of ordinances chapter 29 entitled Land Development regulations providing for an effective date and all other purposes tab V all right again for the record Debbie
Love development services director the application before you is for site plan approval for uh 11 for project located 11950 North Bay Shore Drive uh it is as she as The Madam Clark
read off to you it's a little less than an acre in size it currently is a multif family condominium that is at that spot it is Zone Bey and the future land use is Bay Shore Zone which caps it at5 ft
in height and 100 dwelling units per acre um however um based upon the the uh uh amendment that you all had approved previously uh that through a cup they can request height up to 238 ft 10 in
now this is the site plan for this evening that's before you because on 128 you all approved the conditional use permit granting them the additional 17 bonus units and a height of 238 ft at the conditional use stage this is now
the site plan that has been fine-tuned and tweaked um and is appearing before you this evening again it's a 24 story 96 unit residential building with an integrated parking garage with 172 parking spaces this is the site plan as
proposed they do have a community benefits agreement which is in your package um again they we they have in addition to the community benefits agreement that I'm sure that you will want to talk about tonight uh again we've got en enhanced storm water
management this is very important to us at the city um the proclamation about flood week is a an important statement to make here in the city because my job is to make sure that storm water is
retained on site and to the best ability and through the DRC approval process uh the the Public Works has approved it uh to move forward for storm water retention the DRC did give some
conditions on top of it uh on top of this they need a 6ft side wide sidewalk along North Bayshore um all the utilities have to be underground they have 18 months to apply for their building permit prior to building permit
issuance uh the traffic study must be approved by Miami date County and the city's transportation department the condition is that if they can't get this study then um they're not going to be able to obtain building permit until
their study is approved uh and the approved Community benefits agreement has to be recorded prior to building permit application with that that is the end of staff's presentation and I do know there's a brief presentation that the
applicants representative is here and they want to they would like to speak briefly you're welcome good evening patri Assan of Hond night with officers at 71 brick Avenue I am joined this evening by my colleague Alexandria s Romain and Mish along with
the principal of ala basur Remo rundo onetto uh I will be very brief uh given the fact that uh this is probably our our fourth time before this Council on this item uh we have gone through the cup process we have gone through a robust discussion with this Council and the community regarding the community
benefits package I'm going to go through this very quickly and I may not even go through the whole thing because some of the stuff you've already seen before um essentially at the end of the day the application that's before you right now is a site plan approval we meet all of the requirements of your code we comply
with the conditional use permit requirements we comply with the site plan requirements of your code and we are certainly agreeable to the conditions that staff has provided we anticipate and we believe that the Redevelopment of the site will enhance storm water and provide substantial Community benefits throughout the city
next slide uh and it's been signed off from the variety of departments at the city next slide you all know where the location is you know the bz next slide and you also know that the locations between uh the farmers Mariners Bay and mayorca Towers next slide next slide uh
this is a depiction of the area which is going to be consistent with the general area given the recent approval for the continuing project no you can you know what just you can skip um next slide we are providing the number of parking spaces that are required by code and excess of what is provided by code
uh so we're meeting in excess of all of the requirements that code U provides next slide uh this is the unit layout that we're contemplating for the property you can see that these are pretty large units between 981 ft uh to nearly 4,000 ft for the units on the property and we anticipate that the
property sales will be between 1.5 to up to 5 $5 million for each of the units on the property next slide uh the amenities are what you would anticipate in a Ultra Ultra Luxury condominium of this caliber uh it's anticipated that we'll be having a spa private deck uh SAA room and a
variety of other amenities that you would anticipate within this type of property next slide uh I will go through this very quickly recognizing that we've already gone through this uh at nauseum at the last meeting uh we're providing nearly $2 million in community benefits as part of this project next slide uh a
variety of those funds as has been discussed will be going uh to the police with respect to equipment uh youth activities and Enchanted force not Santa enchanted forest with respect to the removal of invasives next slide uh freebie Community Transit next slide along with improvements to sansi
Association for the Improvement of their beautification of the wall next slide along with of course the storm water management one of the things that uh Debbie referenced uh but I I I don't think staff gets enough credit for this is that one of the things that they required us to do as part of this project in and above over and above what
we typically be required to do is provide for a 10% additional requirement for our storm water management on site and so that's one of the things that staff looked out for wanted to make sure that drainage would be addressed as part of this project next slide uh we're providing a pump station on a property that's across the street I know we
talked about that last time next slide uh along with the $100,000 contribution to Leman Park next slide and along with variety of Park renovations to bis brewi Park next slide along with beautification for Griff from Boulevard next slide enhancements to the bridge renovation along Northeast 131st next
slide and food prry in N Fest so with that I will um close my presentation I'm here to answer any questions uh thank you for your time and I'm here to preserve any time for aut thank you so much thank
you uh just for the record uh the there were about 19 petition submitted in opposition to the to the project in the beey area thank you
um apologies in advance for any mispronunciation but um Gabriel Amar and Hernando beretto there are two mics so you one of you can take the
other and you have give to city clerk go city clerk city clerk yeah you have to give it to city clerk Gabriel you can go first your name and address for the Gabriel Amar uh recent Resident at 2155 Northeast 122nd
Road uh the stones throw away from the development so first of all I'm a developer myself I understand the need for development and for beautification of the area I love the project in in it's itself however I think there's been um a lack in the analysis of the
community benefits package I understand $2 million is a big number however when you're looking at the area we have 50 homes and 118 units within the mea towers and the homes within that triangle between this development and the one next door we're adding over 370 units which is going to Triple the
number of residents in let's say a 34 block radius um I moved from Surf Side recently with my wife we're there for 25 years the overdevelop there created such an area that we decided to sell our house and Surf Side come over here with the hopes of finding a quiet
neighborhood that would give us a whole new start and a new way of life now I know that these two developments have already passed certificate of use um so there's no use in us arguing the fact I know they're going to go up however I think that there should be a more
in-depth analysis as to what they're actually providing because pardon me but giving to Santa's Enchanted Forest or putting some Landscaping on the street is not going to help the noise of a pump station within 200 ft from my house and the increase of traffic that we're going
to have now by tripling the density of the area which is a very small area to begin with thank you thank you for your time good evening um I pass a copy of the petitions to all of you and and I think um all council members receive the
petitions also by email my name is Hernando vetto 11930 um nor bore drive as we have been explaining many times in the past uh
this um development is um is an over development uh bringing more than um 96 hour 96 units and 72 parking space that uh along with the other um project
is going to uh multiply by five what was previously allowed in those in those um in those two Parcels um and in in addition there is a lot of inconsistencies and um contradictions
between all documents this project start with 18 floors then they pass it for 24 floors they said that the parel is is 768 acres and then s ly increase to 79
those are inconsistence that um are are made enough to not approve the site plan other inconsistence for example in the DRC application as I as we have notice
noted in the in the petitions uh to oppose they uh propose 128 ft and 10 in in the DRC application but in the cop was for 24 floors and in
the um s in in this uh side plan is for 22 floor then it's a lot of inconsistencies and we believe that this should not be approved um then there is also the the amount of uh benefits is
insufficient for what they are proposing thank you for your time okay and the B was not justified thank you for your time I speak um Al and I can't get all of the spelling
how yes and then Veronica gozman how shanfeld 11930 North Bayshore Drive uh by the way I don't know if you guys aware of it the White House in stopped they stopped the
project uh it was supposed to be a 15 story the rumors are they want to go higher cuz they see what's going on so they want in on it that's add going to add more congestion um uh councilman Burns you
mentioned about majorka that a lot of people you spoke to were interested in it for the record our building just voted to change the bylaws to limit the amount of units that somebody can buy also about voting to prevent a force sale so the majority of the building is
is not excited about the project they're not looking to get rich they're looking to enjoy the community um also I hate to keep bring this up but uh councilwoman Timothy recused herself long before the litigation because developers hired her
family cuz she was against the project so this is a new developer now I don't understand why she needs to recuse herself if it's a different developer unless they hired her family I I don't know so um the other main thing is that the
way I look at it is the argument that you you tend to have is that we'll worry about the roads later but if you can't stop the development and the growth I do think the government can limit the congestion and and by not approving
every single project that wants to go up 22 stores you could limit it we understand it's coming but you don't have to give them the maximum you could go you could do 15 I don't know what happened to the White House in but I don't know if it's greed or what happened there but that's something interesting because that's can add more
congestion thank you thank you for your time Veronica Gusman 540 Northwest 127th Street um I wasn't pres present at the last meeting where this was approved but um my stance has always been that I am
against the overaggressive development in North Miami I completely understand the need for develop elment the need that the city has in order to fund our budget but um if you take into consideration the project that was presented before it's in line and in
scale with the with the area and that's what the residents want to see we don't want to see this over development and all these traffic problems I have completely stopped coming to the east side because of that because it takes me 20 minutes from District 4 just to get
to biscane Boulevard we still have an infrastructure problem yes storm water management is is an issue but we still have a water plant problem and how are we going to be able to feasibly sustain all these new units buying the water from the county is not a feasible option
we're we're transferring those costs onto the residents when we should be doing more for them thank you thank you for your time Claudia Claudia pass me 13504 Northeast 23rd place as you all know I oppose this I agree what my fellow neighbor said
we're for development and beautification and fixing current problems we don't need to exceed what it's already allowed and I don't like hearing that cuz from the beginning it's like if you say okay to one building going tall everybody else is going to go go tall and it makes
sense like why you let one person do it and not us so again think about your residents think about the majority of the community and vote against it thank you are there any more card Madam clerk Madam clerk are these it these are
R the cards yes yes everything give it thank you um any time for reut absolutely Patrick ass H night with officers at 701 Brickle Avenue I'll be very brief of my reut the the first item I just have to put on the record is that
I object to the uh 19 positions that were put put in I don't have chance to look at the documents that were placed in I don't know who put those documents in those documents are not competent they can't serve as a basis for any record just have to put that on the record as part of any potential litigation that may occur because I don't think that anything that's stated
in those petitions are competent and can serve as a basis for uh any objections that's the first item so I just want to get that out of the way uh second issue is that with respect to some of the comments that were made with respect to infrastructure with respect to improvements within the city it's not that the city is passing it on to Residents by approving these
developments you're actually passing it on to Vel opers to provide for the impact fees and provide for the community benefits that will help to address a lot of the storm water issues the drainage issues uh and a lot of the beauti fation issues that need to be addressed within the city and so I think it's a smart plan and the idea that
we're going above over and above what's been planned for the C simply wrong this area of the bz has always had at least 120 100 dwelling units per acre and a maximum of 125 dwelling units per acre that you can seek on these properties and this property in particular is not
exceeding that and so the idea that was seeking more density is simply wrong um there are some other comments made regarding recusal which I think are uh outside of the purview and just simply uh incompetent and wrong with respect to what has happened and transpired with this we have been in this process now
for over a year we have talked to the city we have gone through a robust conversation both with the community and the city council I am happy to be be here before you with the site plan that is consistent with your code consistent with the requirements that we've sought and consistent with the community benefits package thank you so much and
I'm here to answer any question questions that you may have thank you okay colleagues any questions anyone uh yes um it doesn't necessarily 100% pertain to this project but it could happen at
this project even though your building is already demolished and it's just a vacant land we rely on you to present your the applicants um
information we rely on you to make sure that we get all the factual information correct on whatever project that you're representing before this this city and I hope that if something should go wrong or
there's a deviation with this particular project that the city is not left out in the cold and not not even notified and given the courtesy that a previous development
known as the White House in never had the courtesy to give us a call and say listen we ran into a problem we're stripping our signs off we've closed up shop we haven't finished doing the
Demolition and cart carton stuff away I want to make sure that any other developer in town and since your applicants in front of here that we get assurances that if something happens
that we get notified right away whether um whatever should happen but I think the fact that your firm who's represented three of these developments never called and gave us the courtesy call to say listen I don't know what's
going on but it's it's not my responsibility I just want to let you know we still don't know even though our building officials have uh wanted to find out from them when is the uh demolition debris going to be finished cleaned up it's the same thing if your
applicant starts construction on that site if they're given approval tonight start construction on that site what guarantees do we have that they're going to follow through because the economy and things are changing drastically every single day day in this country and
in this city in this state what I asked uh Miss love I said could we require a performance type Bond and so forth we can't are you all one of my questions is going to be are you all dependent on pre-sales before you could even break
ground we got all kinds of promises uh prior to I being on the city council for the White House in all types of community benefits now the community is left with absolutely nothing and I can assure anybody out there that think that
they're going to come back in and go toward the White House end and get an increase they're smoking the wrong stuff because I I I wouldn't be supportive of that that being said you come and represent the developer what are your safeguards to
help us to make sure that we're kept up to date day in and day out as far as what's going on and is there an agreement yet on something that I proposed at the last meeting that you and the development to the to north of you have some type of
synergy as far as what that roadway is going to look like what the infrastructure is going to look like and is there anything that you have guys brought forward that um you're going to work together to because you're going to disrupt that neighborhood for a good
period of of three years once you all get started and it's not fair to them so we want to make sure that it is again if it is approved tonight that the least impact possible I put that out there several times about making sure there's
a Synergy and what the replacement street is going to actually look like I haven't heard anything back and the most disappointing thing is is that you all can call up us when you want to have a conversation about all kinds of things
but we don't get a cury call when the place closes up and and the hell not miy that is very disappointing so so I want to I think the points that you've raised councilman are are very good points I want to make sure I address each of them in turn uh with respect to what's happening at White House I can't speak to what's going on in that property
right now uh as you may or may not know I'm the zoning attorney and so what I deal with are the zoning entitlements when it gets to building permits unless there's an issue I'm not involved in the the Runnings of what's going on I can speak that for this applicant here at the public hearing that we can make sure that we provide you with notices but I'm
not involved in building permitting for a client and so the the last conversation that I've had with the city actually had to deal with some of the flood map changes at the site and working with the city on that and we were working with the city working through those issues to try to see if we could come to um a happy medium on those
issues but actually tonight is the first time I've heard of this issue of Idols being pulled from uh the White House in I I have not received any information regarding that so I don't you know the the idea that our firm was involved and that we uh deliberately uh did not engage in conversations that's just not
how we operate uh that's that's number one I want to make sure I put put that to the side but with respect to your question for this site with respect to any notices and issues that may occur with respect to the Redevelopment or what may occur for this particular property I don't think that our applicant has any issues with ensuring that the city is informed of what may or
may not happen uh this applicant owns the site they've owned the site for a period of time they had already invested in the demolition of the building prior to even coming through this process process uh because they were they are heavily invested in the Redevelopment of the site so they don't they don't even just own this property they own the
property across the street and have already made commitments uh with respect to the White House in one of the things that we did was instead of just coming before this board and this Council and saying hey this these are the community benefits package we put it in a written document that's recorded So whoever
decides to do anything on that property is going to have to comply with those requirements before they can develop anything on that site and so that's the same thing that we've done here it's a condition of disapproval tonight that we have a written and recorded instrument that we've committed to and that no matter what happens on this property you
can't do anything unless you're going to comply with those Community benefit package so I think that that's important at the last hearing councilman you you had already made the notice that you wanted to ensure that there was a configuration and coordination between the building official uh this developer and developer to the north uh we had
agreed to that condition as a part of ensuring that we could work it out with the caveat recognizing that if one of the Developers was unable to move forward that would not prevent the other developer from working through the process because we understand that we have to work with the building official we have to work with development
services to ensure that our mot our processing our construction management is consistent with the city's code and it's consistent with any timing issues that may occur on the site to make sure that people are not being adversly impacted so I did want to address all of those issues uh and to the extent that
I'm happy to have a conversation at any time about any of these issues uh particularly when they come up and when aware of something because I think it's it's pretty important to make sure that folks are aware and informed about what's going on but if I'm not informed about something I can't tell the council me the council members what's happening
on a site so I want to make sure that that's that's clear with respect to what's happening on that site but absolutely I don't think we would have any objection that's why I'm looking to my client to ensure that we wouldn't and I don't think we would with respect to ensuring that we would keep uh the city notified uh through staff or directly to the council I can make sure that each of
the council members are informed as soon as I hear something I will let you know and to the extent that they know something directly I'm sure that they'll be happy uh to let the council Council know because I'm I'm not as uh entrenched in every of the building Perman issues because once it once it leaves here it goes to the team the team
goes through the building permit process construction drones and they move with it well it thank you for those comments but as far as I'm concerned you're the face if anybody says well who's the person you talk
to you at your company put you up here so you're you're the face of the White H end as far as anybody in the neighborhood you're the face of this project as far as anybody's concerned in this and don't pass the buck by saying oh I'm only the zoning guy you're tied to this project until it's completed
okay because you are the one here representing your firm who's representing them so I'm going to come back and ask and and call you up and say hey what's what's going on um and if something should happen the the common courtesy and your firm is not some
little two man firm okay you are one of the most prominent law firms in this state and what you guys do so just give us the courtesy and I would suggest that your firm really should reach out to the
developer of the White House in and saying not only are you whatever your issue is you're causing there's a cause and effect uh with with with everybody else because all of a sudden there's going to be a a mist trust and already
the community has mistrust about developers and not keeping their mind we can't hold the law firm accountable but when you somebody puts the the the face out there it the go the good goes with the bad comment are you okay thank you I
I'd like to comment on that I think I find it to be a very unfair statement I think that the uh Mr garant just clearly stated that if he's aware um that he would report to us and trying to make him accountable personally accountable
because he represents um clients I think that I think that's a little stretch but firm so um councilman do you have a any comments no no um quickly um as um councilman Burns uh stated just
want to uh keep us informed absolutely so that is that is important so we just like just drop the ball or something like that and nothing think that's what uh council is just a little bit um worried about and and also as as I said um looking at the project in the side of
it in the site I think uh it is the right project for the city because we have um to move on we have to evolve we cannot be the city of the 1950s we are on the 21st century we have to evolve we have to do better we have
to bring Beauty to the city if there's one thing that our La is build standing on the other side I would like to see um this side of town like laid up just it is when I stand and look at um Sony a so I would like to see and I see in this
project like a very nice and well constructed project beautiful that being everything that we need um just right in front of the B cuz that's that would be like the Gateway of our city so I do believe uh coun burn um concern uh
valid we have to make sure that we keep us informed because it is it is important and you know information is that what basically we live on in you absolutely the only thing I'll say is I know that's a collateral issue I will ensure now that I'm aware of it happy to ensure that we have a meeting uh with
the clients from that other project to sit down with the councilman and with all the members of this Council to make sure that they're informed of what was going on um because this is this is my first time hearing about that and it seems that uh M uh councilman Burns is pretty imp passion about it and I want to make sure that those issues are addressed um and so I I will personally
ensure uh that within the next several weeks we sit down with you and talk to you about whatever the client is actually doing on the site so that you can be informed about it thank you I appreciate that and again it's not just this project it's any project taking place we have projects that have stalled and we know nothing about them
throughout the city small scale big scale and just some people just don't feel they they once they got what they wanted from us they don't think they need to come back and and and share uh uh what's going on with us thank you so
we that um is there a motion I'll move move for approval second okay Madam cler I have a motion made by councilman Charles to approve the item at tab V the motion was seconded by councilman Burns all in favor R any opposed item passes
with a 40 vote cor members of the council I mean a three Z vote excuse me got it um citizen forum is now open Veronica gang 540 Northwest 127th Street uh 1270 Northwest 123rd Street is
a third property that was in District 4 that was slated for city employees and tonight uh the CRA board on a what I'm going to say um you're going to argue is a technicality gave 1255 Northwest 11th
Avenue to a city employee I think it's unfair and unbiased um not because I didn't get the property but because for 10 years I've been fighting for this property nobody wanted this property until I said something um as soon as I put in a first bid all of a sudden
everyone came out of the Woodworks I continue to see the nepotism the bias and the blatant discrimination against residents in this in this city um I see how developers are favored how at the
last CRA meeting $8 million of CRA money was given to developers how Dr um Joseph Smith got $100,000 over um our budget for CRA money and I come up here voice
shaking upset um but I'm not going to be silenced I'm going to continue speaking and advocating for my community and doing what I think is right for my community and holding everyone um in this Council and in the boards accountable thank you thank you good
evening again erando VTO uh 11930 I think the whole process for the for present the opposition I have tried several times I have bring uh Power of
Attorney later agents and we are all is only given 2 minutes to make our case while the petitioner is given unlimited time and we have consistently come in
and the the the only thing that that we have heard is that there is no enough people coming to oppose and then today all that we saw was opposition there was no single person in favor of this project and still and there is there are
contra itions there are errors in the process and still nothing of that was even considered by the council members then the whole process to present um the the the opposition the the reasons um is
not fair because we have tried every possible Avenue and we have always denied of the time to present it we with the discussion that is before the vote
then glad to have this the this time but you know and it has been implied that the community is in favor and is not in favor and we have demonstrated we bring 11 100 letters of opposition to the
Planning Commission and they use ignore the same way that we have presented you many times opposition and the ccil just ignore and only allows us 2 minutes to
make a case then unfortunately the only way that the community has found to be here is in court thank you we hope we can see in C this again thank you Gabriel amargan resident 2155 Northeast 122nd Road um first of all I find it
astonishing that we're discussing discussing probably $100 million project and we spend the entire time talking about them making sure they give the city notice for whatever they do when in fact there are much bigger issues at stake councilman charge you Charles you kept mentioning how you want to see the
beautiful entrance North Miami but you're failing to see that right behind these 270t buildings you have homes that will be in the shadows of those buildings next to a storm pump that'll be pumping all the time that's one for residents two I don't know if there's been a consider consideration of perhaps introducing a gate that somehow limits
the traffic because as it is I mean we're planning on building a family I would want my kids outside knowing that cars are going to be cutting through because ways keeps telling people go make a left right through the neighborhood and shoot out the other side that's only going to get worse as these buildings go up also you have one
way in one way out on that street these buildings have to pump slabs weekly or every other week depending on how fast they go and you have two buildings on the same exact street those trucks are going to be blocking during the foundation pour and during every subsequent floor I don't know how we're going to get in and out of this
neighborhood it's it's going to be a I mean I don't want to say it but it's going to be a complete mess during the construction period let alone the density and the issues we're going to have afterwards I really think there has to be some strong consideration as to okay let them build but figure out how to make it better for us I mean I spent
my life savings on a home knowing that in 5 years if traffic gets bad I have to sell it and find the next place to live I'm not here to keep chasing the next neighborhood I'm all for beautifying the area I like how the project is developed I like the look of it but for the 50 houses that are there and the 118 apartments that are Towers they're the
ones that are going to be affected it's not going to be the cruas are going to be planting on the side of the road and I'm sure there's not going to be any oversight as to if those Community benefits are going to be U implemented because there never are I mean I've developed in other cities in North Miami and Hollandale and no one is checking
anything you guys are busy with much more important things than hey did you guys go and plant those trees in that curb thank you so much Claudia Paso 13504 Northeast 23rd place and he is right like I said you guys are focusing on a little less than 1% of potential residents are going to
be here part-time ignoring the full-time residents who keep saying we do not want this tall building we want nice buildings modern buildings fix what's currently the current problems we have but focus on what's important in your current residents who are full-time residents who come here to the meetings
who get involved with the community not these part-time people also we should have four minutes to speak because I'm not happy that you guys canel the last council meeting I was like why I was told there was not enough items on the agenda I mean that's dumb cuz the city has so many issues so many things that
we can talk about but I'm like okay then I found out the CRA meeting was also cancelled then I'm like wait now there's something fishy here three of you went out of state your commitment is to the city of North Miami CU we are paying your salaries you're supposed to be here twice a month I know that most of us who
have a job that we get paid hourly we cannot come and go as we please even we have to submit for PTO it's not like oh well I can't I don't want I want to go here you want to go here let's till work we're not going to go to work so I find that disrespectful to the residents but I do want to say that your city
employees they had the long weekend February 17th was a holiday some of them chose to do something for the community they had an event with just Bingle which I enjoyed and I want to thank Madam Clerk and Deputy manager for coming out and supporting the community and participating they were there and I thought it was great that you guys were
there cuz you were there with the city employees you know letting them know hey I'm here with you I'm here on a sun Sunday working too and also showing the residents hey we care it was a great event so my I want to give kudos to the Black History Month committee it was a fun event I look forward for them to
have it again and it was something new so these are employees that take the time to go do beyond their job requirement to do stuff for the residents to make it fun enjoyable so I want to give props for you guys for not just coming to work and leave you actually do care about the city so
thanks thank you for your time uh Brian Jinx 860 Northeast 122nd Street uh just to cover the issue about the developers that put together the community package I think something that will be good if they're promising $2 million to the city in Miami let's just
go ahead and put this in uh transfer the money into a an account where we can hold that money and if they do step away that uh something is written in the contract that they have stepped away and the city is allowed to keep this money you know that was a very good point
councilman Burns makes is developers come in and promise the world nothing against this gentleman or the developer with this project but then they don't follow through at the end the issue over sold to me there were seven acres I believe promised over there developed project is done citizens are
still waiting for that to to happen and it hasn't so when they come in and present these Community benefits let's have this put into a an account hold it for 4% interest have the contract drawn up if they step away the city of North Miami is allowed to keep that or at least part
of it going back to the time issue the two minutes come on guys this is a very passionate issue for the community among other ones I understand two minutes is a lotted there should be times when people can go over a little bit this gentleman gets to spend 5 10 15 minutes going back
and forth with everything the community also should have their extra allocated time on specific items like this thank you hello good evening my name is G arter 125 one second so we can get your right time and now sorry about that
hello I'm geod daughter 12500 Northeast 124 Street um I just want to share that we live in a very incredible Community I see that there's compassion in this city there's also passion about the growth of
our city I um I see how people are involved here what I want to say is I to believe that uh progress is very very important but we do have to protect and fight for our city benefits especially when large developments come into our town this is the time to do it we're
running out of space we're about to rede or finish development in our city last place left is the seventh uh Avenue quarter right after we finished the bay and it's time now to ask for that those Community benefits and I'll tell you I am benefit of the CRA program progr I
the copper Bridge Foundation was granted we've now had two years we have brought three international events to the city of North Miami one the art de World Congress the other Miami Design preservation League which is last year and this weekend we are featured in the
open house Miami and the only uh destination in North Miami to receive that honor here and well it is a preserved restored building not a 20 to 25 story building very small and still
pres preserving and promoting the history of our city so great small projects are important today when you uh pass the uh uh bonque I love that I'm part of that project there's two other projects that have gone by in my in our district district 3 and again beautiful
planning is great overdevelopment is a destruction of a community I will say that thank you for your time thank you um seeing none public public hearing is now closed um I'll start with you and
report but before you do a report M Madam city manager could you please address because it was stated on record the unfairness of the way the property were distributed so could you please State what the process is and the guidelines and and could we have gone
and just given the um property to anyone so if you could explain that because a lot of citizens are hearing that so I just want to know what the facts are on the record please so very briefly because this is not a CRA board meeting and it is a city council meeting and I do prefer that we keep them separate very briefly there were specified
guidelines that are done via the statute Florida Statutes 163 gives out the process by which the CRA is able to dispose of properties we did have guidelines that were based upon that statute that included ranking and per our guidelines the submissions are
ranked by the board members and once they are ranked then the top ranked submissions are the ones that we then negotiate with till dis R the property right so is it an unfair process to give residents extra points and employees extra point those were the guidelines
that were decided by the board so whatever the ranking was That's What was decided upon I mean a a local prence is permissible that's what I wanted to um make sure that is is um on the record um
and also U Mr attorney could you answer this question in terms of um count Council meetings um what what is um could could you address that in cancellations of council meeting or is there an ordinance or what
what are we what do we have to do as Council for meeting how many meetings are allowed a month or um off the top of my head I believe the council um the all the all of the charter says is that there uh will be Council meetings um and
it explains the time I think it says uh twice a month but but um I mean the whether or not you have a meeting um really is up to the to the council I mean it's a council meeting um so you all can make the decision on the council
meeting my understanding is this wasn't the first time um we've had issues where you uh individuals weren't available and so we didn't have Quorum there's no point in having a meeting if there's no Quorum so um you other than that I mean I'd have to pull up the exact code
section but it it really is at your um at the at the at the voter council is that do you recall that we've had to cancel meetings for um dates day because council members were attending that's what I just said do you recall that we've had to cancel um council meeting
for the national leagues of cities because members were attending I think you're just saying the same thing I just said okay I just want to make sure that it's set on the record and that's why I'm saying that so I just want to address some of the concerns that were brought out to the public
someone to say that so Madam city manager if do you have a report I do so the first part of the report is going to be dedicated to the something that was brought up in this evening's council meeting and it is regarding our Appropriations that were
alleged to not have been submitted on time um I want to make sure that we do we are clear that we do have two Appropriations that were submitted on time they do have project form numbers the first is the north Miami septic to sewer Improvement program program phase
three which has a project form number of 1632 and then we also have the north Miami Northeast 121 Street drainage improvements which has a project form number of 1867 so I just wanted to make sure that that was clear that the Appropriations that we intended to submit have been
received at the state level and were submitted in a timely fashion um secondly with uh the report we would love to remind everybody to participate in the city of North Miami's HUD 5year consolida plan that can be found at ww. northiam
fl.gov fiveyear plan additionally we would like everybody's participation if they would like to submit the survey for the Miami new North Miami Parks master plan the deadline is on March 15th and the website for that is North Miami Flor
um no North miami.gov SLP Parks hyen master hyen plan we would also although she's no longer present love to recognize our vice mayor's birthday and also again to take a moment to wish our mayor condolences for the
passing of his mother thank you um City attorney report um so I don't do it often um because it gets repetitive um but when we have the quas judicial uh matters
there are times that I explain what a quas high judicial matter is um I feel that based on some of the comments tonight I should probably speak a little bit about it um but I did want to um remind everyone a few years ago we prepared in my office um the resident guide to quasi judicial process um and
explains how a quasi judicial process works and a lot of what was discussed tonight um is covered in there um but the one section I'm going to read is um this section is entitled it's not a popularity contest um the city
council and this is in quasi judicial matters specifically right the city council or the bo considering a quasi judicial matter must make its decision based on the testimony before it other than common knowledge they cannot consider anything that they encounter outside of the public hearing on the application theoretically at least
politics can play no part in the decision-making process bringing 50 people to the hearing all wearing the same color T-shirt or carrying signs or some other type of demonstration of popular support or opposition is not supposed to be taken into consideration by the members of the city council or
the board clapping and cheering and support of the statements of someone testifying is not supposed to occur asking everyone to stand up who's in favor of or in opposition to the application has been held by the courts to be improper it doesn't make any difference who has the most people and
supporters at the hearing it is the quality persuasiveness the relevancy of the testimony and The credibility of your Witnesses presented to the board and which become part of the record of the proceedings that will make the case and I think that answers a lot of what was brought up tonight um I these were
these used to be I don't know if we still have them they were available um in the back of the room we'll make sure they're available in the back of the room uh going forward and they're um also downstairs for anyone who wants I have a question for you the the statement that you read where is it coming from this is case law this this
La this case law that explains again this is quasi judicial you are acting as judges so this is not a popularity contest you're you're looking at the facts and making decisions based on the facts that's why petitions really don't matter you're not supposed to take into consideration
how many people came here and said they want it or didn't want it you're supposed to look at the facts of the of the matter before you on quasi judicial matters now if it's something else you know anything else they come up uh you know it's a procurement item yeah you can take it consideration but on quasi judicial that's why you're taking oath
is that these are governed by Court decisions and so we have to follow those so it's not a willy-nilly how many people show up uh decision by the by the council thank you madam clerk report so happy birthday to our vice
mayor again and condolences to our mayor I just wanted to shout out again the Black History Month committee uh specifically Georgette spratling and khed salahudin they did a phenomenal job
this month celebrating black people black culture and black people and their labor and I think that what's lost Upon Us sometimes is that black people have toiled and
labored for so many generations and even still today are still exploited within those positions and sometimes don't even have the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of their labor and they kicked off the month with a very good conversation around black
people in the workforce and I thought it was amazing and so I really appreciate the intentionality and the leadership of those two individuals and the entire committee for really thinking through what it would be like to honor and celebrate Blackness Across America
especially in terms of what's happening right now and as in a lot of ways we enjoy Black Culture uh I think black people are the soul of America and I think it's important as we're celebrating that to also be involved in
the fight we can't just want to recite Kendrick Lamar lyrics or sing out other rap songs or hip hop or anything and then not want to be part
of the struggle and the fight for black lives so happy Black History Month keep it black all year um and just remember that black history is an integral it is American history thank
you thank you councilman burns report um this for the uh city manager um Madam manager um what was the date the deadline for the uh Appropriations to give to our uh state
legislators I'll have to double check that dat for you okay so somebody in the audience but we don't know if that's for sure if it was last Friday the house the house last Friday and
okay first I'm hearing about it our Appropriations were in so I I what I want to be very saying first time hearing about it that we could even make suggestions to the staff about what uh the what's going on in Tallahassee what projects were important
not just for the city but I I haven't seen our overall thing because um um we can because our voices together to push up in Tallahassee to make sure we get other you know as much Appropriations as possible so I'm just saying um if I knew the Appropriations were we're still open
and just hearing that the Senate is um maybe there's other projects that we can uh push forward um but I didn't even know that that uh had happened um so so our normal process is that we work with our lobbyists and they do normally reach out to council to also find out what
their priorities are so once the lobbyist meet with councel and also with management to get the priorities then they do transmit that to all right what I'm saying then is all three of our lobbyist firms never reached out to me to make a to make to make a suggestion let me intervene here um and
and and and let me let me I think I can help you out what happens is typically right when we're doing budget we start talking about that and I think because you just came in in December and that's what happen but you know just just want to put it out there I don't think anybody maliciously
didn't we usually talk about what we're going to ask the state right around the time when we're preparing for budget and I don't think anybody did it uh maliciously I think it's um falling through the cracks and there's so many things that fall through the cracks in
in this city and again um we have three sets of lobbyists Federal two for for the state um that the fact that state rep has to come up and say that you know then try to chastise I that we didn't get enough stuff in um I don't I don't
take that what he says you know 100% but um you've said yes three of two of our our projects have been submitted and that's great and I want to know about it because when I go to Tallahassee not just for dat days but for other days want to go and make sure we can push and talk to the people that we we need to do
uh on that also the the second thing I just want to just mention and and moving forward is we get Federal Federal funding on some things and if people haven't realized there's a new uh Administration up there and they've been cling to whether it's legal or not legal
they've been trying to hold up payments claw back payments and so forth and where that goes Nobody Knows um and if bu if somebody tells you they know what's happening in Washington right now they don't because they don't know even the people who are doing it don't know what they're doing um so I would be very
very careful on how we um spend our federal fundings or anticipation of federal fundings coming our way um for future projects and so forth um it's just something that we have to be very very well uh aware of and make sure you
stress it to our lobbying teams and so forth and apparently at the next meeting we're going to to talk about bringing on an additional federal lobbyist lobbying team and so um I'm just concerned because we've seen it happen in other communities around the country where
they're trying to you know claw back um the federal funding or just canceling it um and for communities that have already spent the money based upon the feds are saying that they're they're they're giving you the money and all sudden they've already laid it out and they're not getting their their their money and
so I just want us to be uh aware of that um uh noi uh fest concert was uh pretty exciting it was an amazing turnout that took place there um and I don't have more to say about that going on next
year's budget but it is it is it was a uh an amazing turnout for that event that's all I have to say thank you thank you councilman here oh thank you very much uh just want to say um happy birthday to uh vice mayor um Tim and you
know my condolences to uh our mayor on the passing of uh his um beloved mother and she was a she was a very good friend of mine very very good friend of mine and um go way back when and that is kind
of um touching and I still remember the last conversation that we have we had about about 2 and a half weeks ago um also I just want to say thank you for um those of you from district for in the
city of North Miami who came to the town hall meeting that we have in um collaboration with the haian lawy Association um The Association of Haitian educators of dead Miami de County school board members Dr Steve G
the thir district one Dr benos Mano District 2 where we uh work and trying to give a lot of valal information on the recent um immigration updates and everything that's happening uh special
thank go to uh Madame clerk uh Vanessa Joseph um she was the moderator for all the discussion and everything and um a lot of questions were asked and they provided a lot of answers just want to say um thank you to the community
because immigration probably not affecting you but it is a big issue in our community some of our children don't go to school in the fear of um deportation it is not just a Haan
it is just an issue for all immigrant family and we've seen it with the Venezuelan uh Hondurian Haitian and everything everyone who has a an immigrant so just want to say thank you for the support let's keep on praying
for one another and hopefully uh one day we will see some um stabil stabilization into that immigration process and I just want to take a few more minutes toight right and um I know um councilman Burns
had the discussion item about the city manager and then it was asked to be pulled and I just want to take a few minute address that um 10 months um that was a reminder it's been about 10 months
and then we are on um entering um city manager and enter um almost everywhere and uh for for the city to move forward we need um stability and uh if we are going to make
a decision I think the time is now for us to address that issue because we need to hire a permanent city manager hurricane season is coming we need to sit down and have a
plan and I am still reminded what happened in June and thank you again to uh to the ENT city manager manager and and the staff yes we responded but leadership is not about
responding leadership is about planning accordingly it's planning accordingly so we need to have a plan and The Time Is Now for us to plan for the hurricane season so we need um
stability a lot of our resident talked about the water treatment plan this is a big project it is a vital project for our city we are building everywhere but our water infrastructure is like at the
lowest so we need to be able to sit down and put a plan together and move on with the city business um on that end although um councilman Burns I know you pull out the discussion
item I just want to ask direction from the city attorney and and see exactly what needs to be done and I do believe in all fairness we need to open the position for I think for the next 30
days um I'll ask the City attorney in a minute um I am not a big fan of uh National search I think we should do a Tri County or probably a state search and then open the possibility if our acting C man want to
apply she can also apply but open the pool for us to move on and have a city manager to lead the city's business so that is my request and Mr Atty I am going to ask you for direction and uh I know my colleague while we have uh uh
something to say about it and uh just ask for direction in how we should we should be should move with that with that process thank you um all all the charter says is that the city council will um appoint a city manager um I know it's been different
processes I mean I know there's been different processes since I've been here um but it goes anywhere from um you know hiring a search firm to instructing the the Personnel director to put out an advertisement it's really up to whatever the council um decides to do um you know
it's it's not my business to tell you how to operate but you know obviously there's there's only three of you that T tonight um it was asked to be tabled by the vice mayor um before she she left so I want you to consider that um any any any decisions that you make tonight um two of your colleagues are not here to
to to partake in it so that's really it's really whatever the council decides to do um and if the three of you decide to do something tonight then the three of you can do it because obviously you have the quarum to do it but you know it's not my recommendation you do that tonight oh thank you
all what would you like to do um I had it on the item for a discussion and um because the mayor was not here um it wasn't fair to have a discussion about the city manager's position without him being here and included um
I've stated before we need to have a conversation um about what we're going to do because people's livelihoods people's careers are in limbo um if we I believe and I think the community and I I believe that we must have a search
whether it's Statewide is it's fine with me um because there's people who are um have been trained here in Miami and then moved to Orlando and other places and that they'll relocate I want that one of the main things I want is is that the
search and everybody had said um there was a consensus when I had put the resolution up there to start a search that we did need a search um one the previous manager maner was fired because by one of the council members had said
because they did not like the process of how the previous city manager was hired and what and there was no search well I agree with you we we have to do a search um I don't deal in rumors and I don't want to show up at the dis one night and
next thing you know we've nominated a a a former County official as our city of manager without ever doing a search I do not want that to happen the residents don't want it to happen and I'm glad that you know um you want to do a search because we want to see uh what's out
there we may have the the the best sitting we may or may not but uh we definitely have to have this conversation and I'd like to bring it back up at the with you to at the next um council meeting because I don't think it would be fair to our two colleagues
to to Really discuss it too much more um until they're here um to weigh in on it before we make any decision whatso whatsoever and again just put it on the uh agenda um again but I agree with you
that we have to move forward and again we have staff members that are in interim positions um they we have a an interim manager who you know is uh uh trying to keep the city moving forward and you know what's what's the outcome
of that so um let's uh definitely as you're saying things are moving forward lots of issues with this city um that need to be addressed and we uh 7 months I mean 10 months is a a long time so I concur with you that we definitely have
to have a a conversation with our colleagues and would like to see it on the next council meeting that we uh have a discussion again um and maybe staff can come up with some suggestions um of what has been done in the past i' I've seen it all I I was on selection
committees prior to being elected mayor for picking city managers we've had had search firms and we've had local residents as a blue ribbon committee both for City attorneys and city managers and it it's been all over the the the place
so thank you s all right again like everyone said happy um Black History Month happy birthday to our vice mayor uh mayor Alex Z I know what you're going through I went through it not too long ago my condolences to you and your
family and with that said may I have a motion to adjourn journ all in favor any oppos time is 10:03 p.m.