No, no, not right now. Hold up. >> We're going to send him a link. >> Hang up, Jessica. How do I say? >> Good evening everyone. Uh we're just waiting for uh one more uh uh we're actually sorry we're waiting for the
mayor. He's uh got stuck but he'll be on in the next 5 to 10 minutes hopefully. So just want to let you know we can't start the meeting without him um because of quorum. Jessica, can you hear me? >> When was the last time anybody get?
>> Yes, I can hear you. Make him co-host. >> Welcome everyone to the South Miami City Commission, Tuesday, April 7th, 2026. >> Make the mayor co-host. >> If you could uh please silence or turn off all cell phones.
>> Am I on? Um, madame city clerk, I think you're working on that, but after that, if we could get the uh roll call, please. >> Yes. Vice Mayor Corey, >> uh, present. >> Commissioner Bonish, >> here. >> Commissioner Cay >> here. >> Mayor Fernandez.
I need an okay from >> We got a majority vote on that one. Maybe for >> Yeah. Okay. >> Are they here? >> Mr. Vice Mayor, how are you? >> Good. Thank you very much.
Uh, we were just calling ro if you could uh announce your presence. >> Yes, ma'am. Fernandez present for >> we have >> Thank you. Thank you very much uh Mr. Mayor. All right. Um and if we could all
>> stand and if you need me just holler. >> No problem at all. All right. If we could all please uh stand for a brief moment of silence followed by the pledge of allegiance by Commissioner Benich. >> Okay. >> Commissioner Benich. Thank you. I pledge
allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you very much and thank you everybody uh for joining tonight. Um if
we could uh we do have uh two presentations tonight. Um, first one up would be legislative updates from Senator Kadiude. Uh, if you don't mind coming up. Thank you so much. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Vice Mayor.
Thank you so much, commissioners. Um, Mr. City Manager, uh, it's a pleasure to be with you this evening. We have concluded the 60-day legislative session as of three weeks ago, and I can report on some of the good work that we've accomplished and some we have yet to do.
Um, in terms of what we have yet to do, the state legislature has yet to approve a final uh fiscal year budget for 2627. Um, and so actively we are currently uh myself and Representative Busatada are
carrying the appropriations for South Miami. We're really excited about our opportunities to match funding with what you're investing in here at the local level and we're going to make sure that we continue to prioritize that. In addition to very Miami specific investments that we're going to keep
pushing on, maintaining funding for Biscane Bay, um ensuring that Everglades restoration funding continues uh to maximize our water water quality issues, um and also investments in the state apartment incentive loan program and
ship so that housing maintains a priority for our community as well as matching funding that uh aligns to what the federal government has given us on transit and transportation. We want to make sure that as those issues become the most pressing for our community, they also become what our
legislators are focused on. In terms of legislative issues, um this legislative session, I was able to work with my colleagues in the Senate to asssure that the urban development boundary maintained a high voting threshold and that was not reduced or uh any issues
mounted that ultimately would affect our drinking water or our quality of life. Um, I was also able to work on building a package that funded a 12,000 person gap in our lowincome HIV population who
for a short period of time was without medication. We have made sure to fund that and create continuity and stability within uh the medication for Flidians um many who call South Florida home. Um, I
also worked on legislation this session uh that created greater opportunities to support the men and women in our state who are dealing with domestic violence. Um, we've created a comprehensive package and passed it unanimously in the House and the Senate that empowers both
law enforcement, survivors, and is informed by survivors experience so that we can help uh protect those in the most vulnerable situations. Um, we also passed a enhancement on the live local Local Act in which we're focusing on
maximizing underutilized or vacant uh municipal, county, and religiously owned property and creating opportunities uh for workforce and affordable housing in new ways that are centered and built for particularly our public servants.
And hoping that more opportunities will come to house our first responders, our firefighters, our police officers, our nurses, and our teachers. Um, that's part of the funding I mentioned before, the state department incentive loan program. Um, in addition to that, we were working
diligently to make sure there's investments in education and working each year to make sure that we don't uh we don't take our foot off the pedal to investing in our public education system and into the school choice ecosystem. that Miami D County Public Schools is
the leader not just in the state but in the nation. Um we will be working diligently for the next several months on landing the budget and also uh we anticipate within the summer period to address the property tax question. Um
the House of Representatives proposed many different offerings. Uh the Senate did not propose policy during the legislative session and we're working diligently to find an option that we feel um can provide
real relief to our constituents but incorporate the reality that the services that these funds are providing are important to the quality of life of our residents. And so I want to thank you in advance for the conversations u we've had and that we will continue to
have on making sure that we strike the appropriate balance between relief and quality of life. Um and that's kind of been the hesitation to take a giant leap forward because of the true intentionality and moderation required to make these substantial decisions that
affect municipalities and counties so differently across the 67 counties of our state. Um I'm grateful for your leadership for your fiscal responsibility and the fiduciary duty you perform so well here in South Miami. I'm grateful to be a partner um and
available for any questions. Thank you so much, Senator. And I'll I'll uh just go from this side to that side. So, go ahead, Steve. You feel so far away right now. >> Um, Senator, I I think that we will we can all say that you've been a great
partner. Uh, you fight very hard for the city of South Miami. You're always very present. Um, I tell you this all the time that you do a really good job of being part of the community, really helping the community. So, I want to thank you uh for everything that you do for the city. Um I I do re I really do
think we're really good partners. Um as far as you know uh appropriations, I know you guys are doing whatever you can do. Hopefully it goes through the veto process and the governor lets it go through. I appreciate everything again that you've done for us. Um I know that we've uh coming up on the next
legislation and I know we're thinking a little bit forward. Uh, one of the one of the priorities that I have as a commissioner and that we're going to start uh, progressing is the ability to connect the underlying uh, the Lulham Trail. I know we spoke about uh, maybe you can give an update to the city of
South Miami about what appropriations we might have for the Lum Trail and hopefully we can get that ball rolling uh, shortly. Can is there can you give us an update on that because I know it's not really South Miami but it's countywide and I know you're helping out
with that. Yes. And I've um I've been working diligently with uh uh Commissioner Orvis to also make sure that we're in lock step. So, the county has invested uh $1.25 million on the
design elements to begin the process of the 5.6 mile park uh or rather the Loveland Trail that will connect multiple schools, multiple parks. Um, and our goal at the state is to be an equal matching partner. And so at this
point of the legislative session, we have uh more than half a million dollars attributed today in the Florida budget to the Lamin Trail Design Project, which would match the county. And our goal is through the end of the legislative budget conference to maximize that to a
true 1.25 and to make sure that we're taking that step forward. Um, right outside we have the final construction pieces for the underlying. And we know that to build the global city that we're meant to be, the global community, the Miami date is, and the interconnectivity
of what we have in South Miami, Coral Gables, in Pinerest, um, in my beautiful unincorporated uh, Kendall to the south. All of that really takes this amount of intentionality and planning. Um, and so I'm really excited about the Level Trail
project. Um, now that the underlying has been fully funded and matched by the state and grateful to have been a partner uh for $3 million of that funding, the Lulham Trail is that next step on what we can do to increase the quality of life and the interconnectivity of our constituents
down here in our uh South Central Dave. >> And speaking of protecting the bay and what we've done, uh our septic to sewer program is one of the leaders in the county. Thanks to our city manager and the rest of the team for doing what they do and the continued support from the state. So, I appreciate that. Thank you.
>> Thank you very much. And Commissioner Benich, would you like to say something? I'm really excited about the conversation we're having about the Lum Trail because we've been working with Eileen Boulay and her team on getting bike access from the Metro Rail all the way down 64
and we are currently stopping on 67 because we don't you know some of what happens after 6 after 67 is a mix of unincorporated and us and so I'm happy to hear that there continues to be forward movement there because that
means that when we are done with what we are hopefully doing in the coming years, God bless you. >> Thank you. >> There will be the ability to have that final connectivity. So, I'm looking forward to that and I'm thankful for
everything you for us. I know it's not easy sometimes to to be the face of Miami Day County. So, I thank you for doing it as graciously as you do. >> It's my pleasure and and I shout out enough um Commissioner um Milan Orbis
for her vision for Logan Trail. She is like the fire uh behind it and I just want to match that energy and make sure that our state partners fulfill our obligations. Um and I'm just really excited for what we're able to build out and um how that will ultimately not just
interconnect the community in transit and modalities but um connect people. So, thank you. Thank you. And I can only um repeat what my uh fellow commissioners have said. Uh
I I deeply respect how you go after the big issues in the state of Florida. Going and uh uh creating policy on housing is not easy. It's one of the biggest problems that we have and I appreciate you doing that and all the other policies you do as well. A lot of people may not know this as well, but
you you do go to bat for us every year on appropriation. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. It's just the the way it is. And then uh lastly, just the personal attention that you give us. You do make us feel like we're your only city, even though we know we're not, but you do make us feel that way. So, thank
you very much and we appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Wonderful. Um and uh next on presentations, we have the parks master plan uh from Kim Lee Horn. Good evening, mayor, vice mayor,
commission, city attorneys manager, John Tyson, assistant director for parks, recreation, and culture. Um, I'd like to introduce Hadley Peterson from Kimley Horn, who has been a partner in leading the the development and uh of our parks and recreation master plan. She is
overseeing the process from initial data collection and community engagement to ultimately where we are today with the master plan itself. Uh she has played a key role coordinating public involvement efforts, analyzing community priorities, and guiding the development of long-term
recommendations that will shape the future of the city and specifically our parks and recreation department. Uh she will be presenting for us today and walking us through that plan um and any recommendations that come along with that plan with the intention of hopefully adopting later today. So to
here we are. Uh here's >> Hello. Thank you all for having me. Um, is this clicker going to work with the presentation? Okay. Um, as John mentioned, Hadley Peterson, I know we all have spoke
individually over the last couple of months. Just here to provide an update. >> There we go. Thank you. Just to provide an update of the completion of this project that we started uh May of last
year. So, um, it's been a real great endeavor and and for those in the room and listening online that maybe haven't been engaged yet through this process, the parks and recreation master plan is really a, you know, 10-year roadmap for
guiding investments in this city. So it began with a systemwide evaluation of existing conditions, the existing facilities, programs and services and then continued through with robust community engagement um to result in
actionable recommendations and ultimately a set of tools that uh the department can use to guide decisions over the years to come. Sorry, we're having small technical difficulty.
Um, I'll talk a little bit about the process while we get the PowerPoint pulled up. But like I mentioned, we kicked off in May of last year. Last summer was really spent doing a lot of the existing conditions research, diving into what you all have, then continued through community conversation
in uh the summer and into the fall. Um and then in November we held both an all staff workshop and a public workshop to kind of continue the vision into the implementation portion. And then through the you know January to now we've had
individual meetings with several of you as well as with key staff to really finalize the plan that's here today. Just wanted to pause for a moment on the community engagement. I know I've you shown you before kind of what the
process looked like, but ultimately at the end of it, we connected with more than 5,000 individuals um residents, visitors, uh staff, all included in the plan. Um everything from social media to attending events um like Fourth of July
and the Safe Streets Halloween event. And so we're really just grateful for the amount of voices and fingerprints that were included in this plan. One of the big pieces of the engagement process early on was the statistically valid survey. We got enough responses through
that um to really say that the drop of water matches the pond it was drawn in. So uh it has a margin of error of less than 5% and a lot of really good findings from that and is included as an appendex to the full plan. But ultimately a lot of folks that are
generally happy with the parks and recreation services and facilities today and interested in you know growing what they have in the future. And so as part of that as a reminder um the needs
assessment is a component of 12 uh both qualitative and quantitative and observational methods that we match together to really determine what priority is. Just because we hear it's a need um doesn't mean every need can be a priority. And so it's up to us to really
figure out how those things weigh together. And so we look at what's continuing to rise to a top to the top through conversation with community through aligning with existing city efforts through national trends and comparing us you know to regional benchmarks as well. And at the end of
the day, what that looked like and what we presented here in November are these top 10 facility and activity needs moving us towards 10 years from now. And you'll see here everything from, you know, expanding the urban tree canopy
and natural areas, a lot of those passive recreation to providing more aquatics and more senior facilities. um and a lot of safety and comfort, benches, lighting, letting people linger and spend longer in the parks that they love.
So ultimately what that resulted in is the implementation plan piece of the document that has five main vision principles um ranging from bold public spaces, connected parks, inclusive programs, active recreation, and
resilient natural areas that are going to come together to be the vision of South Miami in the future. And each of these vision principles has guiding principles that go along with them that really drive that and match up with the actions. And these are everything from
ensuring comfort and safety to programming and access and inclusivity to really just tie together how these vision components work together, don't compete against each other to create the future really bold, resilient that we want to see.
As part of the implementation plan, it's split into three phases. is what can be accomplished in the first three years, the medium-term, which is four to seven, and anything longer than eight years, which is really where we're striving to go. And this is because, you know, what we really need to do first is focus on
stabilizing our existing assets, really looking at those visible gaps, any replacement of aging infrastructure. Uh, and there is a lot of community support for maintaining what we have first. And so this can be delivered with our currently projected capital levels and
is where the department's expected to spend most their time. But they'll also be needing to build towards years four through seven, which is when they start to address growth, really look at closing some of those gaps, connecting to schools and major redevelopment
areas. This will require some additional funding as well as some staffing expansion in order to make sure that we hit the mark. And then when we look longterm, this these are the really, you know, transformational projects, some of the large ticket items that we're going
to be needing to build towards for the next eight years to get there. Um, across all three phases, priorities are sequenced based on community input, access, safety, funding feasibility, and operational sustainability so that they
can be consistent with the framework. As part of this, a major component, you know, it's part of a conversation that's been running separately to this process is the master joint use agreement with Miami Dade. And so we did look at three
sites and, you know, the capital improvements for these three sites are included in the plan. um South Miami Park, expanding that park to, you know, have some joint use of the facility north of the school as well as Welsh
Junior Park, looking at that facility, um and adding a kayak launch there. And then Palmer Park, redesigning what that looks like and adding both indoor and outdoor active recreation space. So these at this point the costs for these are included in this plan but these are
very conceptual and there's the other process of the master joint use agreement that will be running alongside this and using this as a starting point. Additionally in the implementation plan there's abundant recommendations for facilities and programming. everything
from updating the existing community center with some expansion towards that long-term as well as an additional indoor facility proposed at Palmer Park. Um the potential for an environmental education center and expanding the aquatic center to have year-round
access. With all capital improvements comes some increase in operations and maintenance and that's where the balance lies. So as part of this, you know, we also look at as your system grows, what are the O andM costs that are expected to grow and
how can we staff to accommodate that. So there's a staffing plan included in this as well as recommendations for staff succession planning, annual training programs, and as well as maintenance plans and procedures that don't exist today, but that would be great to help
the department make the decisions they need to. another tool in the plan that's there to help the department make those decisions because in this city there's so much happening at all times and there's a lot of opportunities arise that aren't going
to be in this plan today. But how do we enable staff to make decisions? So, we have a prioritization framework in here that our priorities based off of the needs assessment, staff conversations, and public workshops that, you know, would help them prioritize any given
decision against what's already in this plan. Um, additionally, there are all the costs in the plan are sorted into short-term, medium-term, and long-term costs with the bulk of the projects really happening in that medium term. A
lot of the largecale capital investments are long-term, but you're building for it, acquiring the land for it, rightway programming in the medium term. As part of this plan, we also provide level of service recommendations. So,
the recommendation is to keep the level of service standard as it is today at that four acres per thousand, but look at adding a composition framework. And our recommendation is about 65 to 75% active recreation or active population
serving parkland and the remainder being that passive natural open space to really provide the balance of enjoying nature and active recreation in the community. Additionally, we recommend adding standards for facilities per
10,00 um people and that's everything from trails, blueways to those active recreation facilities. What you see here is a map of access to parks in the city. And as part of this plan, we also recommend working towards providing a
park uh within a five minute walk of every resident. So this will help you get there. Um, additionally, and this is pretty high level, but the plan provides additional detail around grants, the bond usage, sponsorships, partnerships,
some comprehensive plan amendments or land development code updates to better work with development partners. And those include recommendations for impact fees, and the public use of the public benefit trust fund if comes to fruition. And so all of that is provided in the
strategic plan portion of this plan and available for any questions. Did we have any questions now or maybe we hold them for when we discuss the item or Okay. All right. Great. Thank you so much for the presentation. And uh before
we move on to the next, I just wanted to let everyone know you can sign up in the back for public comment. It's going to be shortly after the following presentation. So if you haven't yet, please sign up for public comment. Um the next presentation on the agenda is the landscape master plan from Miller
Leg before our director I just uh on the um parks master plan just to remind you that it's on consent. So if you're going to have some discussion over you would have to pull it from consent to be able to have your deliberations. >> Okay. Thank you very much.
Good evening, Sami Ala, development services director. And before the consultant begins, I just want to take a a quick moment to go over what a landscaping master plan actually is because I think there was a little confusion last time. Um, this is not a document that designs every street in the city. It's a planning and policy
tool. So, they went out there, they looked at our streets, our intersections, our landscaping, sidewalks, the entire public realm, and then they categorize them. and they'll tell us these are major interiors, these are
minor, these are collector streets, they look at the conditions of them and then they give us a plan so that for example for sunset it's a major roadway. You're not going to do it the same way you would do a road in a single family neighborhood. For that they'll give they
map them. They show how many miles we have, where they're all located, and they'll give recommendations of what type of canopy we should have, what type of street spacing there should be, what the understory should be, what the bushes should be, so that when we do actually go and landscape these areas,
there's this guide, and then there's a design that comes with it. It could be through public projects or private projects, but basically, it's a road map that says, "Hey, these are the rules." So eventually it'll be very consistent and appropriate for the type of road or intersection or signage and their entry
signs. They looked at all that. That's really what it is. So it's not it gives us all the mapping. It identifies them all. It photographs existing conditions and then gives recommendations on what the future plan should be for those areas so that the city's consistent and appropriately designed.
>> Thank you. Good evening everybody. Good to see you all again with Miller Legendowski. Miguel Hungalow and Jenny Sakowski with Miller Leg. So, we've gone through the master plan a few times with you guys, but uh we're just going to briefly go
through where we are and go through some of the updates based on the feedback we've gotten from uh previous presentations as well as further coordination with the city. So, uh I'm currently still under the final landscape master plan and I'm going to pass it over to Jenny.
She's going to go through some of the changes and then um look forward to any questions or other feedback from you guys. Thank you. All right, good evening. So, we have some repeated information here. We're
just including obviously as Sammy mentioned, it's important to include what the existing conditions and our findings were so that if there's any questions, we can always refer back to what those were. So, just again, we saw this last time, existing conditions that
we documented in the city. We categorized all of the corridors all the way from principal arterials all the way down to local streets and we essentially in the document takes a closer look corridor by corridor, block by block
what those existing conditions look like and overall our findings found that there is a fragmented inconsistency with the landscaping. Okay, have some technical issues. Okay,
>> awesome. Thank you. >> Yeah, no problem. So, this was a minor change that we have from our last presentation. So, we've seen this map before where we're outlining basically the areas in the city that we believe
could have some potential hardscape improvements, namely the intersections. Now, keep in mind that we categorize these intersections based on the fact that they have representative conditions found throughout the intersections in the city. So, we further categorize them
um on the chart you'll see in detail. I know it's a bit small to read, but we categorize them by type A and type B intersections. Why? Because we have intersections that fall in residential areas and then we have intersections that fall more in commercial areas. And
later on, as we'll see, the conceptual costs with hardscape improvements. This matters because the conditions vary in these intersections. So some have some uh have presence of four um of different
sidewalks and with different widths at each intersection based on you know where it is in the city. So commercial um you'll see commercial intersections with sidewalks varying from you know 10 feet all the way to 15 feet in the city.
And then in residential areas it'll typically be your smaller five to six width sidewalks. And we'll cover more of why that's important as we get to the um the improvements later on in the presentation. And then just overall key findings from our opportunities and
constraints. Again, we saw some fragmented inconsistent landscaping, but overall just lots of overhead utility conflicts which definitely impact the recommendations. And again, we went through this information, but always good to have an update. So, as we go
into recommendations and design guidelines, um we've consolidated our goals and objectives. These are just overall goals and objectives. The purpose is to support the implementation of the recommendations in the document. Namely, looking at, you know, the
existing tree planting initiative that the city has that was started in 2009 and looking at, you know, how we can utilize the information in this master plan to, you know, use these programs that the city already has in place and
just remembering that, you know, we can implement these things to further increase the tree canopy and the green areas in the city. So that's really what a lot of these objectives cover. Okay. And then we also um have shown
this before as well. So these are just important guidelines for planting trees. Um DOT criteria, FPL criteria, important especially because the city does have a lot of those overhead utility constraints. And then the same goes for
additional design considerations when it comes to roadways and medians. Okay. and then hardscape guidelines. Um again, this is also in line with that all of that that we just discussed. And then when we come into the um plant
species recommendations, we had a few updates here as we updated our planting pallet. Um we definitely consolidated the options down, but we're also making sure to include um well the palms. We we
also got that memo last time. So yeah, definitely took that into consideration. But um we'll further, you know, show as later in the presentation, we consolidated it down to three themes. One of them being a tropical theme. So
we included the addition of more of some tropical looking um Florida friendly species. And then so here we're looking at um through ongoing consensus with the city we in we had a directive to include um
standard gray concrete with blue glass aggregate um as one of the hardscape approaches. So we also added a complimentary green colored concrete introduced it could be introduced as an accent where we have this standard gray
concrete and blue glass aggregate. Um, and as you'll see later, we have more of this information um, and render um, in images looking at what this could look like at the city intersections. So, we also have some tree some fruit
tree specy recommendations. This was also on in ongoing coordination with the city. Um just providing some species obviously having to look at where they could be appropriately planted um and obviously species that are Florida friendly and appropriate for right
ofways in the city. And then on the charts to the right we have some just these are outlining material specifications for the two recommended hardscape materials. So, briefly, this is going over just the sections. Um, we've seen this last time.
We've also made updates, but I'm just going to skim through as I just walk through um overall what these sections are showing. And then, if there's any questions, we can definitely go back. But overall, these sections cover the focus areas depicting typical conditions
across all of the corridor types in the city. Essentially, it shows the range of what the city can do realistically to increase the green space within the city, whether that's planting canopy trees or just planting
shrubs. And again, that that matters because again, we have these overhead utility constraints that definitely um affect what you can do in that area. So, as we get into more of the renderings, which are the images of our updates. So,
we're we definitely took a look at the gateway, especially the small gateway signs in the city and through ongoing coordination throughout the planning process. We're just taking a look and illustrating at the possibility of the smaller gateway signs in the lower right
corner with an updated color palette that also coincides with the existing um signage. And then you can see that, you know, that coinciding with that blue and black um that blue and black pallet and possibly integrating it into this the
smaller gateway signs. Um, it could also create more of a sense of um, familiarity as people come to these smaller gateway entrances and they recognize that color palette more. So again, um, we've showed this last time
as well, just looking at implementing, you know, uh, some green areas in the, um, existing roundabouts and proposing different native shrubs, ground covers. Um, we were asked to look at the possibility of extending or expanding
the green space within the roundabouts. And through some um through some research, we found that ultimately looking at doing that is going to jeopardize the ability for larger trucks to come into these areas. So, um, that's
why we could not expand the green space in in the roundabouts. um it would jeopardize that ability for larger trucks to come into to these neighborhoods. Okay. And then as we look at some
updates with these images, so this is Southwest 62 67th A um where we're showing now we're getting into the themes that I mentioned briefly. This is an example of a Florida theme. Um and we have both options here. or so to the
left you'll see um while it's not a as big of a a canopy tree as on the right um we felt that introducing native species especially given that um through coordination with the city we learned that this is next to Palmer Park and the
city is doing some working on some um redesigns with the school board in that area and then down further down the street to the north on 67th you also have that Girl Scout um a lot and we were also um informed that there's a
native pine rockland habitat there. So just look just exploring at you know possibly introducing more of that native pine rockland species that can tie in potentially with that lot that you have further north um and exploring what that
could look like. And then to the right is just, you know, a Florida theme, but looking at, you know, having one canopy tree and then two smaller ones on the side. And um it would depend obviously on the width of that of the, you know,
the green space that it's in of the swale, but where you have larger widths, obviously you can do more. So now starting to look into um the hardscape improvements. Um, and we did show this last time as well with the US one
median. Um, just introducing low maintenance and Florida friendly native planting abiding by DOT criteria. So, starting to look at like I mentioned before, we had we were with um coordination within the city. We were talking about that standard gray
concrete and blue glass aggregate and then what the green concrete is. So, we basically use um this intersection at um Sunset and Southwest 67th to show potentially what this pattern what this
proposed um leaf motif pattern can um how it can accommodate sidewalks with different widths. And hence why I mentioned in the beginning you have different intersections in the city with different sidewalk widths. So, it's important to have a design that can
accommodate those different sidewalk widths. And with the leaf motif, um, also drawn from and inspired from the city's logo. Um, there is a leaf motif on the logo as well. And staying within the color palette of the city, you have
the blue glass aggregate, the green leaf motif. So, definitely looking back to um, you know, the city and for that inspiration of the design. And then this is just a more detailed close-up view of
that intersection corner and the implementation of what this design could look like at these different intersection corners. It's not touching the ADA ramps or the crosswalks. It would just be on the sidewalks. And I know the green is sticking out a bit.
It's just graphically to show um you know potentially what that could um look like. So, and then we're going to go back really quickly. >> So, something to point out here, uh, the reason we chose this intersection is on
the east side, we have very wide sidewalks. The northeast we're at 15 feet width. On the southeast, um, we're at 11. And then across the street, we go back to five feet. And the example here just shows with the leaf motif how it's
able to adapt to any of those widths. It's just a matter of scaling the the leaf motif down and and making it work with the with the heartscape area. And this is again at the corners. It doesn't go um very far beyond that. And obviously when we're incorporating this,
you know, we'd have to consider who's uh adjacent projects and such. So we're not overlapping and making sure that's in coordination with other ongoing projects. >> Okay. All right. So now as we get into implementation and conceptual costs.
Whoops. So we broke this down um we provide conceptual costs for gateways um for the fruit tree species that we are recommending and then we get into what we were just talking about which was the
hardscape recommendations for the different intersections. And we broke this down between like I was mentioning at the beginning we have the type A intersection and then the type B intersection. But further from there we have the type A um A2. So the difference
is that the type A2 intersection a lot of the when we were looking at the different residential intersections in the city we found that some quadrants of the intersections meaning like the street um sorry the corners of the
intersections they don't always have the sidewalks on them. Some have like one sidewalk that ends and then doesn't continue on the other side. So that's going to affect the overall um estimates of these costs because if you can't
really you can't necessarily say um we're pricing this out for um for however many x amount of sidewalks per intersection. So the sidewalks the presence of sidewalks varies at these intersections. So in
these charts it just demonstrates the type A residential intersection. you have um we use the six foot average sidewalk width um four quadrants and then the type A2 intersection. Same sidewalk width, same amount of quadrants
except um the cost varies because we looked at examples of intersections in the city that only have, you know, two quadrants with four sidewalks rather than um having two sidewalks at all the quadrants. Um, and then the type B
commercial intersection, we use the 10- foot average width based on inventory and looking at the sidewalk widths at these types of intersections. Um, so we the difference between the type B and type B2 commercial intersection is that
the type B2 um commercial intersection occurs at areas in the city where half of the intersection is um not within the jurisdiction of the city. So those could still be utilized for hardscape improvements because those are gateways
into the city. So potentially this design could be incorporated at those intersections as well. And then um just this is um nearing the end here, but looking at um we consolidated down um last time we showed
this to you, we had four different habitat um planting pallets inspired by native Florida habitats. And from directive from the city, we consolidated that down into three themed areas
with um a and we consolidated the planting pallet down as well so that the city can take this and essentially, you know, have um this as a a guide um for what to implement within um these 200
square foot um areas that we used as an average um of what you can do in in that average swale. So, this is the um I was just showing the Florida theme. This is the tropical theme. Um again, we have two options. If you want to choose from
the Florida palette, you have two options to choose from. Um the species are laid out for you and you can implement that. And then for the tropical theme, it's the same. Um we're laying out the species for each option. We have option one and option two. And
then we have the pollinator theme. And this one is more for areas that have overhead utilities and you want to put smaller trees in those areas. So that's really what the pollinator theme could be suited for and you have a lot of that
happening in the city. And then last but not least, um we've updated our grants just, you know, from the last time we made sure to look into any updates on that that we could provide. Um, and we updated this chart as well with new
grant information um that could support um these initiatives and similar initiatives to the landscape master plan. And that is all we Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. And uh before I forget it because I can't see him, I wanted to see maybe if the mayor
wanted to kick us off with any questions. I don't know if you um would like to start, mayor. >> Yeah. >> Thank you, Mr. uh Vice Mayor. I'm happy I'm happy just to listen to questions and I'll if I have something goes unasked I'll happily follow up. Thank you.
>> No problem. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh I guess we'll start this on this side now with Commissioner Manich. >> Thank you. I'm I'm glad to see that we've arrived at having excuse me the different options for us to choose from
rather than just finding a tree and putting it somewhere. So, I'm thankful to you guys for for bringing that to the forefront here. Um, I'm not really sure the sidewalk conversation, so I'm not going to talk about that just because I don't even know what that's about. Um,
but I'm really happy to see where we landed that we can use this as a guidebook to where we're, you know, what we want to do because it's great to have a conversation, but I don't like the same trees that he likes and he likes a different tree and probably likes a different tree and we get nowhere. Well,
there you go. She likes everything. So, so I I'm thankful. Thank you very much for for landing with the final presentation, I think, where we originally thought we were going. >> Thank you, uh, Commissioner >> Kay.
I I agree. It's pretty pretty clear the plan is is in place. Uh, there's a lot of things that we can do with it. I guess what I had a little bit more questions on, I guess it's more for the city manager from an in implementation process. I I saw some really good examples of key areas where we don't
have that many trees. Example, uh on 64th Street between 57th Avenue and 62nd Avenue and in front of Palmer Park, for example, just bring like trying to understand and make sure the public understands the process. Once we implement this this guideline, if we
wanted to implement trees uh in either one of those streets, would we need to a then have a design put in place? Do we go out for a bid option perspective to get a design and then maybe another bid for for execution and and h how does
that process work if you can remind me? >> Yeah. Yes, sir. Um there's a couple moving parts you know as as Commissioner Bonich mentioned you know this is a blueprint that now sort of aligns uh action right and and it's not you know one person's opinion or decision it's it's it's a blueprint that we have some
discipline as as we um embark on u some of the ideas that are that are represented here. So twofold. One, we have a a concurrent initiative which is the tree planting initiative and you know vice mayor had sponsored that and initiated that and we
have opportunities for that. Some of their work provided us some guidance and influence areas that are deficient in tree canopy. So um we have some funds that that were allocated for that purpose specifically that are sitting in the tree trust fund. So, if it's a one-off where there's opportunities for
a tree, we would approach um that project from that standpoint. Now, we're currently taking a look at um some contracts that are out there that have been let by others, see if we can piggy back off of those contracts that have unit pricing. Um and if not, we may just obtain three quotes for the purpose of
spending that initial amount of money, which is $85,000. We have other dollars that that we could allocate to it. So that's really following some of the work that they did as it relates to canopy and and the vice mayor's initiative. As it relates to something that's more involved that has uh combination of
plant material, then yes, the this blueprint would influence that design. How are we going about that? Um we've initiated a conversation on designing uh a few of our locations, circles, and some of our what I call parkways or medians. U obviously there's a lot of opportunities and what this provides us
is is the resource to have a conversation during budget time is how much do we want to allocate? We did allocate monies previously but it was really uninformed from the standpoint of a blueprint. So we have money for this fiscal year that we're going to begin to to work on site specific. Now we use
this blueprint and design sight specific. So we've had a conversation about some circles. Remember that not all circles are the same. You know there are different circumference. They have different issues, barriers, utilities, their civil work. Some of them have hardscape, uh the concrete bands are damaged, they may
have pavers. Uh it impacts the roadway. And when we talk about trucks, obviously that's a key component because, you know, sometimes these homes have to be serviced by furniture delivery, you know, appliances and and so these trucks end up having to to have access to these
neighborhoods. So we are going to either piggyback and or landscape as and or obtain quotes as it relates to planting you know single trees in different areas to increase our canopy and we are going to design um through additional work uh
certain circles that we've provided them um to start that program if you will. I'm looking at some other opportunities to maybe have partnership with some other entities that can come uh and be part of this process from a design standpoint so we can kind of bring to scale. Right now, we want to like we I
paused it. I said, "Can we can we do this? Y'all indulge me on this. Now I want to hit, you know, pedal to the metal, right? And execute on on designing and planting." So, we'll we'll give you regular reports. Uh we'll bring an item back on the trees because we're going to have to spend some money. So,
uh I'm hoping that maybe this second meeting in April, we'll have an item that that can get us with the tree planting while we continue on the design aspect for some initial. I think we have about four circles and a couple meetings that we talked about. >> Good. So, I mean, I'm glad that we have
the guidelines in place. We now have the process and and the way to execute. So, I'm really excited about what the city is going to look like in the next few years. Um, lastly, I just wanted to apologize to everybody and my colleagues and the rest of the city is I was looking at those pictures of the Fast Lab building on the corner of 62nd
Avenue and Sunset Drive. And I'm sorry I had proved that when I was on the ERP because that is hideous. back. So, I apologize. Looks really bad. >> Yeah, you're you're forgiven. >> Um I did uh I I had some comments. Thank
you. Amazing presentation. You guys definitely uh did a great job taking feedback and implementing it. I was under the impression I might get some feedback from my colleagues here because a lot of them have better design eyes than I do. But on the hardscape side, I thought we're going to mainly focus on
intersections. I didn't realize it was going to be sidewalks. I kind of worry that that could be a little more disjointed than intersections, which can be more like accents, you know? What are your thoughts on that? Because I wanted to make sure that we could keep it consistent because we could just have a
sidewalk that ends and starts as a normal sidewalk again. >> So, I was going to actually mention some of the things that uh really are next steps with this and one of them is >> struggling, bro. How are you? Yes, >> sorry. >> I don't think there he is.
So next steps would be um and actually feedback that we would want today is I mean I just told them look I personally like the gray concrete with some blue aggregate but um I don't know if that's what this commission wants to adopt like is this what you like it's not what you like you want us to look at something
else. I think it goes and the reason why I had them go in that direction is they needed some direction so that they could finalize their their work and I figured that you know we have these nice blue signs that >> this commission or previous commission invested into it already starts setting
a look for all our single family neighborhoods or commercial areas. So it it looks like it would fit in. It would be very pretty. Um if that's a direction you want to go then I think we would actually and I spoke to them about this. I would like to get like some material samples that show like a different
weights of aggregates, different amount of aggregates with gray concrete so we know exactly what a mixed design would be and these are sample materials of how it would look. This is how your sidewalk is going to look if you do a sidewalk in South Miami. Um, and then there's also the question of do we require
implementation from the adjacent property owner like if you're building a new home because this affects the single family neighborhoods too, right? So, if you're building a new home in the city of South Miami, it will require that you improve the rideway and add and put the sidewalk even though it may not lead to anywhere or do you pay into a fund and
later the city will build the sidewalk for the entire street? That would take very long, but some people, you know, it just depends. There's I've been in other municipalities where there's this back and forth on how do we get the sidewalks in throughout the entire city. But, it would be part of hey, you're building the city of South Miami. You either pay
into this fund and you improve the ride ofway with landscaping. And this is the standards that we have. We have the pollinator type or we have the Florida what is it called? >> Florida. >> Florida theme which I absolutely love. And then that third one and you would basically then as as part of your single
family home development is that you would have to improve the rideway and you may have to put the sidewalk and this is the standards that we have for the sidewalk. It'll be this width. It'll be this mix design. Whatever it is. So we need that kind of feedback really to like take this to the next step and see
how we actually implement this. This is more a question to them than than to you guys. We've implemented kind of a color scheme for the downtown area. I wonder if we should extrapolate that
into this sidewalk that we're seeing so we don't have disjointed things. I I don't know if you guys agree with that. I can't remember. I mean, I know it's gray. >> It's a fair It's a fair question. I don't I don't know that we finally landed on a final package. So, I think
we're maybe that's a conversation for the next meeting. Yeah. Okay. >> But, um, it's a good point whether we want to have >> Yeah, that should >> that extend to the city or have something that's different that kind of demarcates a break between the, >> you know, our semi district and the rest of the city.
>> And then second, I I don't like the >> leaves. >> No, >> the leaves. No, that that to me is just like too much. >> I mean, it could and you know, it just it could be only at intersections, you know, and it could be a lighter green or
like, you know, it's just just feedback, you know, like, well, what I don't like is that it's green or I don't want leaves at all. I just want it to be a very simple, consistent gray concrete sidewalk, which is fine. >> I like the consistent. I don't mind the aggregate at all. I just think there's
enough going on with the buildings to then have on the sidewalk in those areas. They're just so busy to begin with. That's me. I would prefer just regular sidewalks. >> Mr. Vice, I think you were still >> Yeah. No, I think I was of of of the
same mind. And then I did have one more question, but if anyone else wants to mention anything on hardcapes, I I agree with the Commissioner Bich. >> Yeah, I I'll just ch I I did not love the I love appreciate the creativity. I did not love the the the leaves. Um, but
I do I I would prefer to have a simpler, clean aesthetic. I did I do like the aggregate. I think that's a a great idea. Did you have a questions or I I did have a couple questions since I only caught it listening. I didn't get to see all of it as I was driving here. Again, let me start by apologizing for being late. I just had a a work engagement
that conflicted. Um, you mentioned there were three themes. uh pollinator theme I think clearly is one that you're using in a very specific condition where you've got overhead lines that limit your ability to kind of plant uh tree tree species but then we
have I guess two competing themes which is the tropical and the Florida Florida hardwood or Florida what was the what was the name of the >> Florida theme yeah am I am I am I correct understanding there's like maybe competing themes that it's one we could use one or the other in conditions where
don't have the limitations of overhead power lines Or how do you see that? How do you how do you see >> them both? >> You can use them both. It's >> Yeah, there's it's not one or the other. You can use both. You can alternate them. You can have one block, you know, one. >> What I meant by competing is they they
both can use them in either either condition where you're not limited by overhead power lines. >> Correct. >> Okay. Got it. So depending on what aesthetic we want in a particular location, we can deploy it or not deploy one or the other. >> Correct. The pollinator is the only one that is restricted because of the anticipated condition of the overhead
power lines. >> Right. The pollinator doesn't have any large overhead canopy trees. So that one would be, you know, >> thank you for that clarification. Then a question as to back to budgeting. I think you may have mentioned in your discussion earlier as we think about budget and the manager we put together
our 27 budget and beyond. you know, um I'm assuming there's only so many specific locations you identified as intervention points that that provide opportunities, and I didn't hear maybe like a number. Are there 20 locations? >> There's seven. >> There's seven
>> focus intersections that we identified. >> Okay. And the average cost for a focus intersection, I saw you went through a number of scenarios. Again, I couldn't see them. So, if you can just repeat that, I apologize. >> Yeah. So, when it comes >> Can you web can you put it
the presentation again. Sorry. Sorry. So, when it comes to the average costs, like I was mentioning, we broke it down between we categorized it by uh intersections that fall in commercial areas and intersections that fall in residential areas. So if you can So we
have it ranges um just because we can't give an exact cost because the conditions do vary widely throughout the city. Um but we have a cost range for that and with the seven proposed
intersections it ranges from 81,400 to 354,000. Um but you can look at the um the charts give you these are one intersection. Um the charts are represent the typical uh
the conceptual cost for one intersection type. >> Okay. So so just let's just say on average it's about $200 to $250,000. And this is again this is the cost for the actual physical improvements >> for the for the sidewalks. Correct. In these and these seven locations, right?
>> Yes. >> That does not include again there was a discussion about how do we procure this and how do we do this work? that does not does this contemplate related design fees for the execution or is it just materials and the execution of the installation of the materials? >> Okay, so it's the latter portion. So we
should probably add 15% on top of that number to kind of arrive at a at a a design cost associated with it. So >> I just may Yes, sir. >> I'm sorry. Clarification because I see a design line item embedded in there. >> That's what I was trying to understand. What is it? What is in this line item?
>> Yeah, there's a 20%. So >> the designer permit >> it is it is included. >> It is okay. So let's just say it's fully loaded 200 to $250,000. So just colleagues as we thinking about this for this cycle if we wanted to do this in one grand shot over a couple
shots we're talking about a million and a half dollars to kind of you know again make these improvements go all in all in one fiscal year. So thank you for clarifying that. I appreciate it. >> Further questions or comments? Surami asked us a question that we haven't answered. Yes.
>> And that is exactly about the sidewalks. Do we want to make it something where the residents kind of feed into it and stuff and I'm I'm wondering do we want to have that conversation now or do we want them to be a secondary conversation? >> I think we should accept this plan because I think that's what we need to do and then I would I think we should
have a a sec have you know again to your point is the interplay. What what are we selecting for the Somi district? We have an option here. I think it's a good one. I think we all have sounds like we have consensus about maybe not wanting the the leaf accents as part of the as part
of that um as part of this plan. But maybe we bring back a separate conversation, Mr. Manager, where we can Sorry, go ahead. You want to say something? >> No. Yeah, because I I think where you were headed, I believe, was the issue of a particular home. Let's say a new home is being built, whether we as a city require an improvement of a sidewalk,
even though it's a sidewalk to nowhere, right? Is that where you were headed? >> Well, he hit both of to a fund that then later if the city wanted to do a sidewalk. So Sudami had presented that potentially as a conversation to your point not necessarily to to to have to
be addressed now but I think it is a public policy discussion at some point. >> I think it'd be smart for us to address those things together just because then we have a cohesive conversation instead of kind of hitting >> and if you're asking whether you should ask the public about whether they want sidewalks or not. >> No. No. Because what what she was
explaining is when you're building a new house, you're responsible for the sidewalk in front of your house. So, do we want to have them put the sidewalk to nowhere in front of their house while we wait 10 years for the other houses to catch up, or do we want them to pay into a fund that then is used towards
sidewalks? >> Yeah. I I would just I would just suggest that we may want to ask residents whether they even want the sidewalk amenity. I will tell you that the septic tower comp experience in my neighborhood was a very instructive one.
If I think if I asked people whether they wanted sidewalks given that they felt very possessive of the rightway in front of their home even though they didn't own it, they would probably uh be averse to having sidewalks installed. That's my gut my gut instinct on that issue. But um people seem in in strictly
residential neighborhoods, not on the edges of them, very comfortable with not having sidewalks uh internal to their blocks. Again, certainly I can speak to my neighborhood. I I wouldn't speak about any other. >> I'm sorry. And and doesn't I think to your point wouldn't impact adoption of
the master plan. I would convert. Okay. Do you want to move to adopt the master plan? We have a motion by Commissioner Kaya. >> Second. >> Second by Vice Mayor Corey. Madam Clerk, if you can call the Do we need Do we need a formal vote or just show it as adopted? >> It's just a presentation. >> Just a presentation. Okay. So, show it
as accepted. >> And do we need formal adoption, Mr. City Attorney? Or >> we'll consider it adopted. Okay. >> Thank you very much for your hard work. We appreciate it. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Vice Mayor. Where did we leave off? So, I'm not screwing up the meeting. You're running perfectly well without
me. >> No, no worries at all. We're at add-ons, which I don't believe we have any. So, it's just the approval of minutes. >> Okay. >> City manager report. >> City manager report. Mr. Manager. >> Thank you. Um, well, first of all, I I I certainly want to thank this commission.
We've talked about two big efforts for this city. They're both planning efforts. Um, parks master plan, which which you have an item in your consent, and certainly landscape master plan. And um obviously we we we slowed down what we were doing just to align ourselves with with some planning efforts and
these blueprints. So I think it's an important exercise and milestone for the city uh on both and thank you for indulging me in and throwing slowing things up before we speed up again. Um from a manager's report uh one of the things I I I do want to uh Sudami is she
still get her for me. Uh in the meantime, while she walked back in, um uh Commissioner Kai had asked me up for an update regarding the dog park and and uh we had a meeting today uh with myself uh
our city attorneys and our deputy manager and our assistant director Tyson uh with Mr. Bill Bang from the Elks to discuss some ideas. Uh we're putting those on paper to share it with him and he'll discuss it with the Elks leadership. uh all in the interest of potentially having that park remain
there. But we'll we'll see where that plays out. We're doing some analysis from a cost standpoint. Uh but uh we're working towards that and and the effort is to towards trying to keep it keep it open. Uh I'll turn back. I know Sudami, you were going to we have a one of our new employees a key position and Sudami
wanted to introduce her joining joining our Somi team. So I was going to turn it over to Sudami. >> So yes, thank you manager. We have Shandin. She's comes to us. She started on Monday. She comes to us from uh she actually worked in Seattle, a nice big city that she brings a lot of experience. She's also been in the
private sector for quite a while. Had her own um planning consulting firm. Uh she's lived in South Miami or in not South Miami City proper, but in Yeah, close enough for a year. And she's super excited. I'm so happy to have her here. I think she brings an incredible amount
of experience on um on really the direction that the city could move um public transit, sidewalks, the how to build a city so that it's sustainable, it's beautiful. >> Just say hi. She's going to be she's Lordis' old position.
>> Uh different skill set much needed in the city. >> Glad to be here. Good evening everybody. I am a heart planner in >> free. Can you repeat your name one more time so we make sure that we get it correct? >> Chenllin who? >> Chenllin who? >> Yes. Thank you. Okay. >> Um I have a planning and public sector
for 13 years and then a private sector for real estate development just trying to see how policy translate into development how it look like and then was in nonprofit for a few years. So I had experience in public policy development planning and also real estate development both affordable and market rate development. I'm very
excited to bring all this experience together and see what I can contribute and I learned a lot the last two days and I look forward to learning more. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Welcome. >> Okay, Mr. Mayor, >> continue on manager report some general updates on the capital improvement side.
Um, several projects in in in the parks department. Uh, Danty Facel, the beach volleyball improvements. It's about 90% complete. Um and those elements uh include drainage and surfacing uh the new volleyball system, some oolite stone benches and concrete pads, 88 compliant
walkways. So that that project is coming to a close and it's going to be a huge improvement. Also Murray uh Park quaded ballard lighting about 90 90% complete. We wanted to sort of enhance the look of of that corner and and and the pool uh security and visibility, the aesthetics.
You know, that corner sometimes just seemed very dark at night. And I think this will include and and from a security standpoint obviously since we have a pool. So um we're about 90% complete there. And then the tree tree installation project at South Miami Park. Uh we've been tagging trees off
site those that are going to be brought on site probably about 45 trees as phase one. Um so that's forthcoming from a program standpoint. Uh youth summer camp open for registration. Our junior lifeguard camp youth football and cheer um are all open. So this is the season
to to register. Um from an event standpoint this Saturday we have second Saturday uh the Somi second Saturday event. There's a grocery distribution event on Monday April 13th at the children's clinic and we have an Arbory Day event Friday April 24th 10th to 12
at South Miami Park. Um uh also we're doing another South Miami Somi business social. Uh it'll be hosted by Avalon Bay and that's April 16th at 6:30 p.m. where we bring some of our stakeholders and the businesses there to talk about how to leverage um each other's you know
experiences and and bring uh more vi vitality to the to to the Somi district. Uh we also reach out to the businesses our new new initiative light up Somi initiative. Um sometimes some of the storefronts uh when they're when they're closed uh and they're done for the day,
they're just completely dark and I think it just creates these very sort of dark cavernous you know walkways that are not inviting. So we're reaching out to all the business to leave lighting that closer to to the sidewalk uh to provide a obviously enhanced visibility but security and just you know walkability,
right? And it it invites people to walk versus stretches that are dark. Uh so we're we're getting involved in that. And uh our public works department lastly um has been working on an initiative called Operation Pit Stop. You know, we have this great service for the trash pits, but but they become, you
know, huge craters and and a safety issue. But, you know, doing the regular work sometimes get in the way of getting these done. So, it was a huge effort u and and there was a 27 holes that were filled in in that one day and we're going to continue to do that. So, that's a manager's report and certainly answer
any questions you may have. Thank you, Mr. Manager. I think uh Commissioner Bonich has a a comment. >> They're they're feeling them so you don't fall in. >> Yeah, exactly. There you go. Had to give me a moment. Commissioner Kay, you're recognized. >> This is This is where we know we miss Samantha, right?
>> You didn't even talk about the theme of Second Saturdays. What's the theme? Come on. You got to promote it. What's the theme? >> You missed the deputy, don't you? >> We do. We all do. >> We all do. You could have asked me a lot of questions except the theme of which and I think there's a country western theme I believe.
>> There you go. There you go. That was tough. >> Which means our our police department is going to be like going crazy. >> Yeah. And and certainly public works has also added some theme to some district from a from a spring and Easter and some elements. Unfortunately, we've had some vandalism uh with some of the elements
there. Uh yeah, and uh John Reese takes that really to heart um because he puts a lot of work into it. So we've had some interesting comments from people saying that he appreciates off Miami bringing this and a lot of people are walking around taking pictures. So there was this
feedback from this commission to maybe add, you know, some other seasons and themes. And so this is the first effort. >> Well, follow up my comments. I wanted to give uh we had the Easter uh festivities this past weekend. I got the uh privilege to to hang out and and kind of
work it uh mangling some kids up. But I want to give John Tyson a lot of credit. Uh his team did a fantabulous fantabulous job. Um kids everywhere. Uh a lot more than last year. I I felt like it was incredible. Good job, guys. And I I know it's our second year and we're
continuing to get better and better, but you guys did fantastic. Thank you so much. >> Other questions? >> Yes, sir. I just wanted to uh congratulate the city on that uh tree project in South Miami Park. I think it's phenomenal and to be able to plant
that many in one location is hopefully we could do more but that was great. So thank you. >> Let's move on then uh Mr. City Attorney. >> Thank you mayor but nothing to report at this time. >> Okay that we'll move on to public remarks. So, if you have not signed up
already, uh, please come forward. You can register with John here for public remarks. I've got three names on the list so far. Deborah Powell, you want to come forward? Pow. Good evening. >> I would just like to say this is going to be short, sincere, and sweet. So,
please, you know, uh, listen accordingly. It will be short. I promise. Um, but I really wanted to just take this time to publicly thank uh our illustrious mayor, illustrous commissioners,
our illustrious uh city manager, and all of the different departments that really worked with us and supported us for our annual uh 2026 South Miami Unity Festival. And I'd like to also say I had a speech here, but I'm just going to
speak from the heart. Uh, I think it was even more special this year because I don't know if you're aware we had a mini storm during the festival and all of those components stood with us literally and figuratively through the storm and the rain and even the hail that came uh
to day land during that day. But we really want to just say thank you so much for your support for uh working with us. We took a lot of planning and uh all of the different departments. I don't want to miss anyone, but cold enforcement, the police department, we
work together as a wonderful team and I just want to say thank you uh so much for your support and hopefully we look forward to that support continuing on next year. Thank you so much. >> Most certainly thanks to you for all the hard work you guys put into it. >> Put my two cents in this.
>> Please, Mr. McCo. >> Um she mentioned some departments, but I want to mention some too. The police department You guys were great. Um, like always, public works, John Reese and his
staff. Uh, parks and recreation were tremendous. Uh, John, appreciate you, man. He's running the ship and he's doing a great job in our opinion. And the city manager, he was there. He even
uh liked some of the cars that was rolling riding through the streets. uh that night. Uh it it all turned out very well. Um the collective efforts were very well. We look forward to the future. And it was a bad storm. >> Terrible.
>> Yeah. >> And everyone pitched in to help us put everything back together >> and we made the decision to continue with the festival and it was a success. Had over 400 plus residents and guests that came through. So, as I said, thank
you so much and we look forward to working with you for our next event. Put on your calendar. So, please make a note of that. Thank you so much. >> Thank you guys. >> Thank you. Okay, next up, uh, Matthew Susman.
You're recognized. Good evening. Good evening. Thank you. My name is Matthew Susman. I am a resident of and homeowner in South Miami on 62nd and 78th Street. Um, and I was a frequent patron of the South Miami Dog Park. Um,
I'm here to express my concern regarding the master park plan, which is con is currently out of date considering the current situation of the south dog park and doesn't consider the implementation of new dog park space as we build out
additional housing units in this area. Um, I want to appreciate or recognize and appreciate all the work that you've been doing behind the scenes regarding the Elks Lodge and and the conversations that you have with the public and keeping us up to date. Um, and I hope that as you move forward with the
conversations that you keep us in mind as you adopt and and vote on the plan because our community is still active, our community is connected. We are concerned about what's going on and we are keeping an eye on the situation. So, thank you very much. >> Thank you, sir.
Okay, next up, Mr. Jason Lopez. You're recognized. Good evening. >> Hello, Jason Lopez, 7730 Southwest 65th Place. Um, regarding that presentation on the landscape plan earlier, it's pretty cool. Um, I hear you mentioning that you want to adopt it right away. I'm a little worried because there are a
few plant species in there that should not be in there. uh highly reliant on irrigation and fertilizers that will require homeowners and businesses to come do crazy acts of fertilizing and pesticide applications that are unnecessary. And so I would think I
would say that that list is still a little bit too big. Um I keep hearing you guys >> Jason before you move on can you can you do us the favor of just marking that up and circulating with Ramy please. Thank you. Appreciate that. Um, there's a lot of investment going on in trees and
parks in South Miami now. Um, and there's a there's I'm I'm in the landscape business. I run a nursery now. So, I'm I'm going to say some things that probably get me in trouble in the business, but I care about the city. Uh, there are grades and standards set that
are a bit of a scam when it comes to the people actually investing in the plants. um you're spending hundreds and thousands of dollars on big material that takes longer to get to size than if you plant small. And the city could have a much greater reach at a far less cost
if you plant smaller. Um you don't need to plant a 12ft tree. Ultimately that 12ft tree is going to remain at 12 feet for 12 years. Go down 62nd Avenue right now. There's the senos or casios, I forget what they are, yellow blooming.
They've been there for long time. Never grown. Never grown. Following Florida grades and standards. Let's go to Bob Welsh Park. Remember all the trees Bob planted? Bob planted potbound trees. I talk to him all the time with the Bob. You're spending a lot
of energy and these trees are going to die. You go around now and the trees are dead, right? You go to his park, which is awesome. Not saying Roman park, but we planted grade A plants there that are still not rooted. you can go shake those trees and you can see where the root
ball is shifting. They're still attached. It's like it's a huge waste of money and nothing is growing. And so I would just encourage you to rethink what you've been told is the right way to go about planting these things and plant smaller. You plant smaller, you get better root zones. The better root zone,
you get a better tree. Um, anything that's been in a pot for decades or for anything that's been in a pot of any size has been in a pot this big, this big, this big, this big, and this big, and they all get rootbound, and no one pays attention to the roots. Uh, working
at Fairchild for a long time. Uh, there was those hurricanes in 2005, 2006. I had the pleasure of meeting many trees that had blown over, right? And in every one of them, you could see their existing pot from the past that they never grew out of. And so don't fall for
needing to plant big. Consider planting small to save some money at the same time. >> Thank you for that perspective. I appreciate it. Okay. Uh, anyone else who'd like to address this commission in public remarks? You're welcome to do so at this time. >> Anyone on Zoom, please raise your
virtual hand. >> Okay. Seeing no one in the chamber and Oh, sir. Mr. Mckz I did sign the Okay. I wanted to speak when um Debbie got up, but um a community concern
will be the update of the phase two related group project. Um we haven't heard nothing u in a while. And um you know uh um we're good friends with Marlo and the
rest. Uh but we would just like to know what's coming in the middle of the Marshall Williamson area. Okay. We've heard uh different things. Uh last year the year before was seven stories. Now we're hearing 11 12 and and we're hearing other things that's going
on. and we just like to u get with them and work together like we did the on phase one. Um, and with Steve, we're we're trying to get a list together uh for people that may want to work with the section 3
initiative to that county project and um try to get some more people working and positively uh trade uh train uh because this is going to be a bigger uh uh side than phase one. Okay. Um, the
next thing is, um, where we got a lot of money going into trees and and canopy and and landscape. I want you guys to remember, and I'm going to try to reach out to him also. Um, Chris Wrinkler uh, gives a a lot of Christmas trees
free for the whole community for the like the last five years. We have the corner of 60th and 64th Street flooded with trees that we give away to anybody. Uh he's also a licensed tree um uh he
has a license tree company with a um he has a big crew that service a lot of cities. So uh just keep him in mind uh uh because he he does a lot for this community. Um, okay.
I'm getting older, so I have to put things down so I can remember. Um, the last thing I want to say is that for the CRA, I work with the CRA for 20some years, man. You know, and when I hear
reports about the CRA not doing anything, it bothers me a lot. Okay. uh CRAAS have several levels of um checks and balances. Our CRA when we had it has layers of
checks and balances also. Um people might not think that what we did was big but uh with the Marshall Williamson community when we started uh in the late 1990s uh the Marshall Williamson community was
not like it is now. We done a lot. Um, and the CRA, I'm glad that you guys are doing it again. And again, it comes with checks and balances, not only with this side. We had two levels with the CRA board and then the commission. And then
we go to another board, this the county, and then another board and then the county commission. There was like five layers of oversight. So, we're we're proud of what we have done with 50% of the tiff back in those days.
I just want to put it out there. Okay. >> Thank you. And James, just let's get together afterwards. I can give you an update on on related I don't we can we can pull the plans. I know they're in for uh ASPR approval. So, there's there's a record online of what they're submitting. So, we can we can find that.
>> I appreciate that. And also keep in mind every third Wednesday at six o'clock we meet at the uh senior citizens building and we have more of the Marshall Williamson community there and everybody's welcome to come and attend. Okay. >> Thank you.
>> Anyone else would like to address this commission public remarks online or in the chamber? >> Okay. Seeing no one online and no one in the chamber will close public remarks. And colleagues a question on this before we move on. Do we is it possible for us
to move public remarks forward >> before presentations >> from a sequencing perspective? We're not limited by our by the code. Correct. >> No, you if there's no objection for the next meeting, if we can just show that way just because I know that there were some comments about what was presented. It would be better to hear them >> in advance of the presentations than
afterwards. So, and we'll also get people out of here sooner. So, let's uh consider that for the next um agenda. Thank you. Uh we'll skip commission reports for the time being. We've got two discussion items. Madam clerk, M1 >> M1 HB399 redevelopment permit fees other
changes. >> Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. Is this yours? >> Yes. Yes, sir. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, uh mayor, you had you had asked uh you had inquired about this particular uh bill uh that became a that became law. Um and it covers a few
different different topics. Uh the first topic which is of I guess of most immediate impact to the South Miami uh in terms of what we need to consider has to do with uh permit fees and whether our permit fees specifically our application fees development approval
application fees whether those directly relate to the uh the work that is done on on that zoning application. Um I am uh you know when I read it there are some communities that are having to re overhaul their fees. We had looked at
our fees. Actually uh Miss Cabrera had had done a a huge job of of going through our fees maybe a year year and a half ago. We reoverhalled our our fees. Um and uh they they actually relate to
the work that is done. And we have the the bulk of our fee is a cost recovery fee because we have consultants that are working on these these applications. So um >> so in summary we're compliant. >> We are compliant. >> Thank you. Okay. >> Thank you. There are other provisions regarding compatibility in this. Um there are there are other things that
have nothing to do with the city including uh uh very very specific provisions. The the Fountain Blue uh water park issue that's in here. So there's a lot of things in here but but that was the main gist of it. What about the super maj I thought there were supermajority
u preeemption provisions on land development regulation changes or zoning amendments? I haven't read the bill. That's the way it was written up. I thought in the uh in the press or is that another bill? >> No, I think that's another bill. It's
not this is not the same David Barrow bill that dealt with uh UDB and >> this was originally but that but that was pulled that that part >> provision were taken out. >> So the reason the other part beyond our fees my other concern was we do have
>> outside of the town center a heightened standard for >> yes >> for certain approvals and so I wanted to make sure that that was not adversely impacted by the legislation. >> It is not. >> Okay. >> Any further questions colleagues? No. Let's move on to M2, please.
>> TSDD open space. >> Okay. Um, Mr. Alver, good evening. Floor is yours. >> Good evening, Mayor and Commission. Um, back in February, we had a discussion item about making changes to the
downtown zoning code, the TSDD. Um we have most of those changes on their way to the planning board scheduled for the next meeting. However, we put two aside during that discussion. One was about open space and the other was about the streets plan. Streets plan is waiting
for us to have more discussion about the branding and and streets plan for the downtown. The open space we put aside. So we had um had discussion about primarily about encroachment over open space. In other words, having a building
over an open space that counts. We've done two things. The first thing is on its way to the planning board and it's a change to the bonus allocation section 20.8-8 in which there is no possibility to take any space that you're using for a bonus
any open space and use it and encroach it with a building. You can encroach it with a brow. You can't encroach it with building enclosed building space. We've changed the words to enclosed building space. So it's habitable space, parking lots, back of house machinery. So in
other words, the idea was that we we realized that to do that, you're double dipping the thing. Actually, triple dipping. Um so if you the way it's written is that and this is what's already on its way to planning board. The way it's written is that if you have any encroachment of the building going
over the open space, the base open space of 10 or 5% 10% for larger projects or the space that you're allocating for bonus, you don't get the bonus. So that's simple and we've handled that with the bonus part. I need to explain it.
>> Uh Mr. Let's let uh >> Yeah. So, let's take we were looking at one not too long ago by the metro rail that had an open space that was, you know, it was a like a hole here and then the the building was going above it. >> Correct.
>> You're saying no. >> That's if you're getting a bonus for it. No. >> Okay. If you're getting a bonus for open space, it cannot have things on top of it. >> Correct. >> So, yes. I think commissioner, just to clarify, make sure I understand as well, you can it will be counted as open space, but it's not bonusable. Correct.
>> Well, we have to do it for the base as well. Correct. So, in other words, then somebody could differentiate between the base and the bonus space. And so, >> it does not count as open space at all. >> Right. >> Whether for base purposes or bonus purposes, >> right? If you're getting a bonus, if you
are claiming no bonus and don't want a bonus, that's fine. >> If you're claiming no open space bonus, >> right? >> Okay. >> So, if you want to claim an open space bonus, the sun has to be able to hit it >> from noon. Yes. >> Okay. I just want to make sure I understand that.
>> Okay. And that's what's on its way to the planning board. What we have for discussion item tonight is what we'd like to take to planning board are changes in the open space part of the TSDD which is just about open space. And we wanted to do three things. The first is we have a public open space and a
private open space definition. Private open space is what you have on top of the building, inside the building, wherever it may be. And we wanted to differentiate that very distinctly from public open. more of a clarification. So they became terms of art in that section of the code
or they would be um the second part of it and the reason we're doing that is because based on the discussion tonight, we would be more amendable to somebody having an encroachment on their private open space. So in other words, if there's a rooftop terrace, some of the
building goes over it, we can decide that that's okay or decide that that's not okay. I want to treat it differently when space is public open space open to the general public and not for your residents then that would be also treated differently. The two choices
that we started discussing uh you know we can see architecture where there are buildings with they're 30 feet or 40t above that open space and they function very well. It's very difficult to write code. So for for every situation is very
context sensitive. So what we're suggesting is either going to planning board with a choice of we don't allow the encroachment at all or we we allow it with a waiver and we could build that into the waiver section as well. So this way each one comes to commission if it
works for the commission if it works for the design if it works for the context you could still encroach your open space and still count it as the base open space. Again, if you're getting a bonus, all that's wrong. If you don't get it, >> you can you can I think ahead, commission, vice mayor, and then I'll
get back to you, sir. >> Yeah, I just had a quick question. I think you answered it, too, but if there's some kind of permanent shade structure or something that would be something that we would determine could get a waiver from them or would it have to come to us to get a waiver?
>> So, we're going to propose it. We've been bouncing this back and forth. We thought about, well, there's the proportions, there's how thick the shade structure is, how big it is, and at the end of the day, it's probably better to do it on a siteby-sight basis based on
the context. It may work, it may not. So, that's why we're considering it as a waiver. So, most of these buildings come to you if they're if they're large scale. They're over 40,000 square feet or four floors. That's most of what's happening in in the TSDD. Um, so if they
wanted to encroach on the open it's a shade structure and it's something that functions correctly for public open space and you know it's judgmental but looks good um then it's up to the planning board to recommend and the commission to um to approve it.
>> Okay. Thank you. Madam Commissioner, you're recognized. >> When you're talking about encroaching, I'm going to give you a scenario and you tell me if I'm thinking this correctly. You've got a hole in your building in Bickl. Remember in Miami Vice you used to see the building with the swirl that
is that what you're considering is like a closed open space. I'm I'm trying to see >> that would So more of what we're thinking is um that would count too that gets more complicated. Um if you were to go down to the M campus and you walk
around the lake and a lot of the new buildings come over the open space. They're quite a bit higher than the open space and the building starts up there. That's what we're talking about. So, this conversation started because we saw something where the encroachment,
meaning vertical encroachment, was lower and it wasn't something that was really very wellliked, but we had no code to to back us up on that. Um, we wanted have some code to back us up on that. So, one
bonuses, it's we're not going to allow it to count as a bonus, but it's up to the commission and the planning board to either decide we won't allow that at all, that all open space has to be open to the sky or that we would allow it under the condition that a waiver is
applied for it and we would judge each one. So Mark just to to take her example what she's describing is private open space >> and and you want to understand whether we have any objections to any portion of the building encroaching over the private open space. >> Okay.
>> Is that is that the first question you had for us? >> Two questions. One is for private open space. >> Let's start with private open space. Use her example. >> Yeah. So that's Atlantis Tower would be private open space up. >> Correct. or or or the example here, Avalon Bay had a similar >> uh private open space on one of the
upper one of the upper roofs and then with a with a with a subsequent tower encroachment over a portion of it. >> Correct. >> Personally, I have no objection to that. >> Okay. I don't think I think we're all of the like mind. So, I don't think we need to penalize anyone for that. >> Okay.
>> Okay. Now with respect to public open space certainly I had an objection to that project where we had the garage encroaching above the uh public open space on the corner you know 15 ft above above that space because that was
counted both for for the base requirements >> and bonus >> and bonus and so the question is how do we want to treat that example do we want to allow it do we want to preclude it or do we want to allow it by waiver those are the three options >> correct >> try to simplify Mark's explanation
Okay. I I I personally um certainly do not want to allow it for bonuses. Um would I be open to considering it for a waiver depending on the design aesthetic? Possibly. >> But I I mean I don't know how Mark what
your recommendation would be. >> Waiver we can judge each one on the circumstances. >> So do we want to allow for some flexibility at least consider it? I mean they'd have to come through and ask for it. So there's creates an additional burden on the on the applicant
>> and and also we it's easy to create ugly buildings, right? I mean, but it cost you the same to make something beautiful. I keep saying this because it it seems not to sink into people. Um but you've got buildings all over the place that show
you that public space and they're beautiful. >> Could be a wonderful volume. Yes. >> And so to say don't do it, I think it'd be, you know, cutting off our nose despite our face. I'm fine with a waiver if you know I do not want to count it for bonus however but I I'm happy to allow the creative talents of you know
good architects at least have the ability to try to come up with a good expression so >> consensus. Yes sir. >> So Mark let me ask you a question in the in the process of requesting a waiver coming to the commission where does that where does that happen in their
presentation to the cities like what phase is that? Is that uh design review board is that Where does that come in the waiver? For example, if you're if they're going to ask for an an overhead at 20 ft and we're going to be okay with it, but obviously the
building's being designed by them, right? Like where where is it too late to the mayor's point where they have to come here? It's it's it's cumbersome to come too late. Um >> somebody's coming with the large fraud going to come with their site plan approval. So if they're >> that's not really a site plan
requirement. >> Well, they would be they go to DRB and during the We we've had projects where during the initial review, we'll pull out this needs waiver and the waiver isn't asked for in the letter of intent. We don't respond to it. So they they
have to ask they have to design with it and knowing that they they have to show a reasonable effort that this will work very well and there's a reason to do it. Um and of course there's a risk that you could say that it wouldn't be approved. They understand that which is the case
in any waiver. But >> I think to your question, it's coming at the front of the process. It's not coming. >> Now, now if it's a small scale building, >> arguably it would happen administratively. Correct. >> They would they would they would not come before us unless they're asking for
the waiver that requires commission approval. >> Correct. So, >> okay. >> And if I'm speaking out of term, please. >> No, no, no. You're right. If it's small scale, it will be admin admin. >> They would be forcing themselves. they would be asking for this relief and requiring commission review or otherwise
it would be >> no a waiver can be approved administratively uh if I'm not mistaken I'm double checking that right now but um >> that's what I'm asking waiver require is >> for a small scale but they get embedded into the large scale approval when it's a large scale building >> understood that I'm I'm asking you know
again it's question and comment for the board to consider >> do we want to see this condition >> if it's a small scale building. Again, I'm not sure it's going to be that ownorous to meet the requirement, but go ahead. >> Yeah, because small scale is is 5%. And
>> it's hard to imagine many instances of that, but I I think if you want us to look at that, we'll look at how to write it. I'm not actually sure the answer. >> Okay. >> As the code is written right now, but if that's something that you think should be open, we'll respond. >> So, I I I take it back. It is only by commission. It is approved by
commission. >> Okay. So again in a large scale site plan they can ask for the relief we're going to see it anyways we'll have a chance to opine on it not a big deal if they wanted the small scale it is additional process that they'll have to weigh the
benefits of asking for or not so I'm fine with it is what it is and allowing for the waiver >> so Mark what else you need feedback >> that's it for now >> that's it thank you very much >> we appreciate you jumping on it very quickly Okay. Uh, madam clerk, if you
can read item one, please. >> Item one, a resolution of the mayor city commission of the city of South Florida approving and authorizing the purchase and installation of a new six row aluminum bleaches for the Gibson Bela Community Center in amount not to see $121,200.75 together with a $10,000 contingency
utilizing Omnia Partners Cooperative Purchasing Contract number R240106. >> Thank you, Madam Cler. Colleagues, any questions of the administration? Seeing none, is there a motion? >> Move it. >> Is there a second? A motion by Commissioner Kay, a second by Commissioner Bonich. Madame Clerk, please call the role.
>> Yes. Commissioner Kagan, >> yes. >> Commissioner Bonich, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Corey, >> yes. >> Mayor Fernandez, >> yes. >> Item passes 40. >> Please, if you can read item four, please. >> Item four. Item four, a resolution of the mayor city commission of the city of South Florida approving, denying a request by
VU Church, Inc. for adjustment of the art and public places requirement pursuant to section seven- 17 I of the South code of ordinances for View Church redevelopment project located at 6781 Southwest 72nd Street South Florida 33143
>> Hi good evening how are you >> good evening commissioners Sam with offices at 600 B Avenue on behalf of Blue Church Inc. I'm joined here tonight by my colleague James Williams. Uh we have a presentation. Thank you. Um >> if you can hold if you can hold on the presentation. Mr. Mr. Mayor, did you I
was there modification to this item you wanted to at least share with the public? >> I'm sorry. I just want to make sure he gets on the record before we started. >> Yes. Um there was a modification to the request as submitted um by Mr. Williams. And um if that's what you're asking, I can describe what that
>> it was at board of at this I'm I'm thinking of the modification board of the uh recommendation by the arts and public places board. >> So there was a there was a uh they apped on uh how to allocate the money. Um they felt that $150,000
should go um to art and public places trust fund. I also had to recommend as per the ordinance. Um, and I took that input and uh what is before you is a tweak from the original request which states that out of the $75,000 that are
allocated to the senior and youth programming um that 40,000 of that $75,000 would be spent in art related activities. So there's a nexus to art um >> with those same cohorts of people >> within the senior and yeah the Marshall Williamson scholarship amount which is
75,000 over a three you know 25 over a three-year period stays intact and then the 75 that was allocated through different programming for seniors and youth 40 of that 75 would have a nexus to art um and and yeah >> great thank you that's a clarification I
wanted to make sure we had on the record >> asking all do you have any objections your client have any objections that modification >> no >> okay >> colleagues Colleagues, I'm going to try maybe truncate the conversation. Got a lot of people waiting. So, um, you'll remember that we've got this requirement. VU had expressed some reservation about being required to
place the art in the building. We initiated a conversation myself with their pastor. Um, I wanted this is a a congregation with a lot of talented people in it. I think they're going to be a fantastic stakeholder. I wanted to make sure that their investment in the community was what they were comfortable
with. And we had a conversation about what their preference was from a ministry perspective. and they felt very comfortable investing their dollars uh in these specified areas. Obviously, we're trying to balance that with our volunteer board that does tremendous work for us and reviewing public art requests and this is kind of the
compromise uh that has come forward. Uh, I think that respects the wish of the church, allows us to kind of recoup the investment in a way that hopefully will build not just a one-off transactional engagement with the church, but hopefully will build a sustained partnership where they'll be an active
member and contributor uh as part of the city for here for years to come. So, that was the kind of the motivation of the arrangement that's before you. I'll let you add anything you like in the record. >> No, I'm happy to forego the presentation and just answer any questions you might have. >> Okay, colleagues, any questions?
Okay. Um, is there a motion to adopt the item as modified? >> Um, I'll move the motion, mayor, but I wanted to say that that was a fantastic idea of doing that, the $75,000 into the scholarship fund. So, I appreciate that. >> Thank you. Further comments or questions?
>> I'm glad we found an alternative to this. I'm thankful to everybody who thought of it because if we recall when the conversation started, we were very uncomfortable with with it as it stood, I think, is just the
nicest way to put it. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mayor. I'll move the motion. >> Is there a second? >> Thank you, madam clerk. If you can call the role, please. >> Yes. Commissioner Bonish? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kag? >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Corey? >> Yes. >> Mayor Fernandez? >> Yes. >> It passes. >> Thank you. Again, thank you to uh the
church's leadership for their assistance. >> Okay, I'm going to take item seven and then we're going to go back to our parks master plan. If you can read item seven, please. Okay. Item seven, an ordinance of the mayor city commission of the city of suffer confirming the funding of necessity adopted by the board of county
commissioners of Miami date county pursuant to section 163.355 Florida statutes after a public hearing that a sum or blighted area exists within the city which is generally bounded by Southwest 57th Avenue to the east, southwest 76
street to the south, southwest 62nd Avenue to the west and southwest 62nd straight to the north area and that the rehabilitation conser conservation or redevelopment or accommodation thereof of such area including the development of housing which residents of low or
moderate income including the elderly can afford is necessary in the interest of the public health safety morals or welfare of the residents of the city of South Miami and Miami day county order confirming the need for a community redevelopment agency creating the south
community community redevelopment agency CCA and declaring the mayor and city commission of the city of South together with the county commissioner or other designy appointed by the board of county commissioners to be the governing body of the southc to section 163.357 for the statute
further designating the city manager as the executive director of the south and the city attorney as the general counsel for the south. >> Thank you madam clerk. Uh Mr. Attorney, do you want to add anything for the record? >> Uh, no. Just very briefly, this is second reading. Uh, this is a public
hearing. Um, and you all adopted it on first reading. And following this, if this is adopted tonight, uh, we would be looking to hold the CRA meeting to adopt the redevelopment plan as provided in the county resolution. Quickly, >> thank you for anticipating my next question. Appreciate that. Okay. Um,
colleagues, this is a public hearing. If there's any member of the public who'd like to address this commission on item number seven, we invite you to come forward at this time. If there's anyone online who'd also like to address this uh commission on item seven, which is the adoption of the finding of necessity to enact a community redevelopment
agency, please come forward. Madam clerk, seeing no one online and no one in the chamber, we will close the public hearing. Uh colleagues, any questions, comments? Seeing none, is there a motion? Is there a second? >> Second.
>> Have a motion by Commissioner Cayenne and a second by Vice Mayor Corey. Madam Clerk, if you can call the role on item seven, please. >> Yes. Commissioner Cay? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Monich? >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Corey? >> Yes. >> Mayor Fernandez? >> Yes. >> Item passes 40. >> Thank you. If you can read item two, please.
>> Oh, I'm sorry. Uh I'm sorry. My I apologize. Uh you'll indulge me if you can read item three please madam cl >> item three okay >> res of the mayor city commission of the city of southern Florida selecting Jeff PH Kazou pls specialized procurement
council for request for proposals number PW2026-04-2026 development and operation of solid waste facility on city property authorizing the city manager to execute the retaining agreement with Jeff PH Kazour PL for the legal services.
>> Thank you, sir. Nice. Nice to see you. >> Nice to see you. >> I apologize. I missed you back there. >> No worries, mayor. >> Uh colleagues, you want just quickly introduce yourself? >> Uh Jeff Cazo. Um I never done this before. >> Welcome to the other side of the uh the roster.
>> Weird to be on this side. Um yeah, Jeff Caso, Jeff Kzo PL. I don't I'm not going to give the address. Um thank you, mayor. Thank you, commissioners. Um my colleagues to Tony and Lily. I've worked with them. I was reminded 15 years ago at White Serot. I've been the city
attorney at uh North Miami for 10 years. Um still use their firm. So, you know, we're still family and uh I was very happy to get the phone call to come and assist you all. It's kind of good to get out of know me and come down to Somi and uh and try to help you guys with what
you're going on. So, um I look forward to working with all of you. >> Great. Colleagues, any questions? Okay. Is there a motion? >> I'll move it. >> Second. Okay. I have a motion by Commissioner Monich and a second by Vice Mayor Corey. >> Madam Clerk, if you can call the role, please. >> Yes. Commissioner Bonich. >> Yes.
>> Commissioner Kay. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Cory. >> Yes. >> Mayor Fernandez. >> Yes. >> Item passes 4. >> Thank you. Look forward to working with you. >> Look forward to working. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Let's go back to item two, please. >> Item two. A resolution of the mayor city commission of the city of South Florida approving and adopting the South Miami comprehensive parks and recreation
master plan. >> Mr. Manager, any presentation or or else you already got already? My apologies. >> We did the presentation during uh Yeah. >> Then let's uh entertain a motion if there is one >> uh comment. >> Yes, you're recognized for comment. >> Um one of the uh constituents who came
and and presented, he had a concern uh with dog parks. There was nothing really in the plan with dog parks. Uh especially given the situation that we have with the Els lodge. Uh I know it's not part of the plan and this is not what we're doing and I don't know if you wanted to quickly speak about anything
in the plan for dog parks. >> Yeah, I can just real brief. Sure. Thank you. >> So, the dog park conversation came up towards the >> Hadley, reintroduce yourself. >> Oh, Hadley Peterson uh with Kimley Horn working on the comprehensive parks and recreation master plan. So, the
conversation with the dog parks came up towards the end of the process. And so, we were thinking through um a couple different ways to integrate it. So, it's addressed in here in two ways. um one and obviously the conversations with Mon Man Manor Lane are ongoing through
community input. Nothing's been selected there, but we have provided an option in this plan that provides for the same amount of square footage as the dog park that exists today if for some reason that moves. Additionally, we've provided site selection standards for how to select the right area for a new dog
park, and that's found in the plan. So that as maybe other properties or portions of parks are considered for use for a dog park, you have a checklist of what that area would need to include to be able to accommodate a dog park and get them ball rolling essentially.
>> Do you have certain square footage based on residents or h how is it that you do calculations and spottage? So, we just matched what the existing um dog park is, but we do have the amount of dog parks expected per thousand residents in a facilities table as part of this plan.
>> What is that? Just for the record, >> I would have to look it up. I don't have it off the top of my head, but I could look for it and say it again. I I would just tell my colleagues that, you know, as we have a natural divisive US1 that the north and the south side of US1, we
have a dog park on the south side. Nothing on the north side. >> And I don't see people walking from the north side to the south side to walk their dogs. So, let's just be, you know, understanding of what in the future what the plan might just allocate uh based on that division. That's all. And
geographic distribution's one of those compatibility things for a future dog park. >> Okay. >> And I know this is not this is just a guideline. So I'm I'm I'm okay with it. It's just >> Okay. >> I just wanted to make sure my colleagues are well aware of what what the situation is. >> Madam Commissioner, yes.
>> I I know that there's been some conversation at some point about possibly putting the dog park into the property that we're purchasing on US1 and 80th. I just don't know that that would be a very good idea because of all the noise and the I think people's dogs will go crazy, but we might want to
consider when we clean up Palmer, you know, the girls house, the Girl Scouts area next to Palmer, when we clean that up a bit, maybe something fits there. >> Maybe. You never know. Hey, I I have a dog this big. Yeah. >> You become such a dog mom.
>> What? I have more pictures of my dog than my children. >> Mr. Vice Mayor, do you have any comments? >> Uh, no. I'm okay. Thank you. Hadley, can I ask you one quick question? I apologize. What's What's the I mean, I would say that the being a user and living on the south side of that park,
I'd say that dog run was pretty marginal to begin with. >> So, what what is what is I mean, are there recommendations on what a good good dimensioned or goodiz dog run dog park really should be? >> Yes. U
I thought you would ask the number per thousand residents. And it's one per 25. >> Okay. >> Yeah, it's one per 25,000 is what's currently actually in your comprehensive plan and we recommend retaining that because that matches the pure cities. So
we looked at Pineest, Coral Gables and some additional cities and that's also what they do. The dog park site feasibility, the minimum size would be 25 feet by 25 ft. And then we have, you know, location compatibility requirements. Um, you know, certain
distance from residential areas, certain distance from roadways, um, the type of topography, the required parking that would probably be necessary, and the type of soils you would want to develop on just um, >> so 625 ft is like
>> is minimum. >> Minimum. >> Yeah, minimum. >> Oh, okay. I I think if I if I may also I mean I think some consideration for future build uh would would be separating the site from larger breeds to to smaller breeds >> and that's best practice.
>> Yeah. So you know that could add to your square footage a little bit. Obviously a larger brief needing a little bit more space >> and as part of this that's one of the amenities that we recommend you know potentially and again this is not answered in this plan but provides recommendations but as part of working
with developers if they're putting in a dog run what does a public access to that dog run dog run look like and other potential answers like that in the future as well >> and colleagues I know I know one of sorry mayor I know there's a current development that's in in process that
they do are allocating a dog uh area. Uh so I I know there's more coming down the pipeline, but just want to make sure you guys are well aware of the situation. >> Yeah, I I you know my my immediate thought is there's that portion of Fuks Park that we keep talking about for
different uses that kind of screams for uh that as a possible location. I think it's be a very good sized area probably would allow for segregation by by size as well. And so, um, to me, that's the most obvious first alternative to, um,
to examine, but we can we can talk about a later date. >> So funny. We've made it like four different things and I don't think we land on any of them. >> Yeah. Well, that's I think that's the one that's the you know, it's it's not a fee generating use. It's just a community use. And >> it's it's rough. >> Yeah. >> It's rough. It's rough.
>> There you go. >> Okay. With that, is there a motion to adopt the master plan? >> I move it. >> Okay. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Okay. Madam clerk, if you can call the role, please. >> Yes. Commissioner Cay, >> yes. >> Commissioner Bonish, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Cory, >> yes. >> Mayor Fernandez, >> yes.
>> Item passes 4. >> Thank you very much. And Hley, thank you for the hard work. We appreciate you. >> You are awesome, Hadley. Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay. Um, Madam Clerk, I think we've got items five and six and eight left. Is that correct? >> Yes. >> Okay. Uh, colleagues, do you want to take up five first?
>> Yes. >> Okay. Madam clerk, if you can read item five, please. Item five, an ordinance of the mayor city commission of the city of South Florida amending section 20-3.6 supplemental regulations of article 3 zoning regulations of the land development code to amend regulations
related to fences and walls. Great. >> Um M sure you want to give a quick update? >> Sure. Very quickly, mayor. Uh so the changes from first to second reading uh were to clarify that this was an alternative uh provision that this is not uh in in place of. So we have we
will have both standards available. Uh there is one suggestion that was made by our development services director Miss Cabrera uh to add um for where a wall is going to be built to the six foot uh height that the uh the footings be
eccentric footings turned inward towards the property so they stay out of the landscape buffer area which I think is a is a probably a good suggestion. Okay. So >> colleagues any questions regarding the changes? >> No no questions. We sorry a quick question. We have a guideline on how the footings are aligned.
>> She's making a recommendation that the code address that >> addresses it. Oh, okay. >> Yeah, it does not. It does not address it currently. >> Correct. >> No, I get it. I get it. It's fine. >> So, she wants I guess preserve the uh >> No, no, no. It makes sense. I just didn't >> the the sanctity of the buffer area. So,
>> the recommendation would be in the court. >> Okay. >> Okay. Further questions? Okay. Seeing none. Is there a motion? >> It's a public hearing. >> Oh, it's a public hearing item. My apologies. Thank you, madam clerk. If there's any member of the public who would like to address this commission on the proposed modifications to the land development regulations regarding
fentines and walls, please come forward at this time. Seeing no one in the chamber and no one online, we will close the public hearing. Again, is there a motion? >> I move a motion. >> Have a motion. Is there a second? >> Second. A motion by Commissioner Cay and
a second by Vice Mayor Corey. Madam clerk, if you could call the role, please. >> Yes. Commissioner Cay. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Bish. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Corey? Yes. >> Mayor Fernandez. >> Yes. >> Item passes 4. >> Thank you. If you can read item six, please. >> Item six. An ordinance of the mayor city commission of the city of South Florida
creating section 15-75 work prohibited on Sundays and holidays of article one in general of chapter 15 offenses and miscellaneous provisions of the city code of ordinances to protect certain activities on Sundays and legal holidays. >> Thank you. Uh Mr. City attorney, any
modifications between first and second reading? >> There were none. >> There were none. Colleagues, any questions of uh the city attorney or the administration with regarding this item? >> No. >> Again, like the rule, I just want to see more code enforcement, but we'll talk about that in the budget. Uh this is a public hearing item. I >> think we all agree.
>> I know. Yeah. This is a public hearing item. Uh if there's any member of the public who'd like to address this commission on the proposed modifications to section 15- the creation of section 15-75 prohibiting work on Sundays and holidays, please come forward at this time.
Helen, please come forward. How are you? >> Good. >> Good. >> I'm sorry. I would have called this up sooner if I knew you were here for it. >> Well, it's okay. Colleen Valentine, 7300 South 68th Court. And I would just like to say I support this. It's very
important that we have the ability to contact code enforcement if at any time when the city's closed to be able to at least get information, maybe report, maybe not whatever, but just have that ability. I think it's a great idea and I support it.
>> Mr. Manager, is there is there can we can a resident contact the police department in the absence of a code enforcement on the weekends to just make sure that Okay. >> Yeah. And and you know what would happen there maybe is more of a stop gap measure to intervene and then followed up by code enforcement uh when they're
back in. Um we've also discussed I mean that sometimes people have left a message on a on a recorded line and so forth but um something immediate police can handle and then we follow up with code enforcement >> and again suggesting just to call the non-emergency line for the for for the
complaint. No. >> And yes, we have done that multiple times and we do have the non-emergency call um number and they do come when you know and of course they're they have another purpose is to provide safety for us but when they come they do listen and
it has worked. >> Okay. >> So, but we would prefer going straight to code. >> We and we'll hopefully get there next budget year. Thank you, mayor. Just from >> Thank you very much. >> from an update standpoint. We're currently at meeting with the director and uh looking to uh modify how we operate to to provide some Saturday
visibility. Uh so we're currently working on that and she's done some restructuring internally as it relates to some of that. So we we'll be seeing some presence on Saturdays. Um obviously it's been a topic of conversation whether we add another person and that'll definitely be a
budget conversation but we'll be able to accommodate u through this bud fiscal period um more presence on Saturday >> and along those lines because I know there is a cost in a nexus but I know we I don't recall if our fee study on building fees um contemplated
some of this enforcement um work being done on weekends funded by that uh by that special revenue fund. Could could we could we allocate costs for enforcement code enforcement? >> Yeah. So, it wasn't contemplated during
the fee study, but there will be enough in permit fees. I would venture to guess if we've done this correctly that we've discussed already with the manager about if we move forward with adding a position that it'll be dedicated to enforcement of the building codes for
work without permits and all that and it'll become out of permit revenue. >> Okay. I just again we need to again beluspenders out with some additional scope of work for um Mr. Dios or anyone else. O just want to make sure that we give ourselves the flexibility to use
other than general fund revenues for that purpose. So >> yes sir. >> So go going back to Romy. So permit revenue are we starting to isolate and building revenue and permit revenue separately? Are we creating are we is that going back to general fund or is
that are we going to start putting silos in place? >> Yeah in in our study we talked about that as a recommendation for the next fiscal year. Okay. Um and and so it wouldn't be implemented until then. >> I I would just be careful with recurring
expenses like a set person and we have fluctuations in permits where we might not be able to cover that. Um so I would just be careful of >> No, understand. But we you know part of the idea is to kind of build this into the uh the baseline. Yeah. So yeah,
>> I didn't know we were looking at Okay. Okay. Uh, any further questions, comments on item six? >> Madam Clerk, did we have the public hearing? >> Yes, >> we did. Okay. Is there a motion? >> I'll move it. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> So, a motion by Commissioner Bonich and
a second by Commissioner Cay. Madam clerk, if you can call the role on item six, please. >> Yes. Commissioner Bonich. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Cay. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Corey? >> Yes. >> Mayor Fernandez? >> Yes. >> Item passes 40. >> Thank you. Can you read item eight, please? >> Item eight. In ordinance of the mayor city commission of the city of South
Florida creating a new section 20-4.13 sustainable development in article 4 other regulations of the land development code to provide incentives to promote energy efficient home design sustainable construction pract practices increase climate resilience and
conservation of natural resources. >> Thank you colleagues. Do we need a presentation all of us? >> Well I think that we should Sorry mayor. I think we should just review over the tiers. >> Okay. >> If that's okay. Just >> real quick.
>> So, um, >> what were you going to present to us? Yeah, please. But, are there any changes substantive changes? >> No, we went to planning and zoning after you all saw the presentation. Pretty much the same presentation was uh given at planning and zoning. They basically had two concerns and I actually was
planning on skipping on most of this. >> Okay. I had it just in case you wanted to see it. But um I've added two slides that basically addressed what happened at planning and zoning their concerns. One was that they felt that maybe it was um difficult to implement. Um so I
wanted to give an idea. This is a sample form and wow I thought it would be bigger than that but and basically will be a checklist. So, it will have a checklist for each um category, whether the orientation of the home on the site, the operable windows, all that. And the
applicant would basically go through and just check off which ones they meet. It has the points next to it. And then staff as part of a zoning review would have this form and would verify it against the documents. It's not a big deal. It's really very simple. uh it
tallies it up and depending on where you end up, how many points you have, whether it's, you know, 10 to 20 to 19 or 20 to 29, whatever it is, that's the tier you're in. And then it gives you what incentives you have if you get a a um discount on your permit fees or what
we discussed last time. And then the other form was basically uh to address the second comment which was very valid. It's why don't we just implement lead? And um I mean there's a reason why lead is not used in single family homes. It
it's really a nationwide program. Um it's complicated to use. I actually went in and tried to after that comment that I got from planning and zoning. I said, "Let me go in and see what I think of it." Very complicated. The tables are very complicated. They're prerequisites that you have to meet. There's it's just
not something that people do. It's I think the fact that nobody uses it is indicative of itself that it maybe it's a great idea, but it's a little complicated for single family homes. So, what we have checklist, >> what's the certification cost on a single family home for lead?
>> I I don't know what it is, but when I was looking at it, it could be 600 to over $1,000. Okay. So, uh but I don't really know how accurate that is because nobody does it. You know, this is all like me trying to find research, but nobody uses it. Um, there are other
systems out there, the net zero and all that, but there it really doesn't meet our goals. It allows you to just buy like carbon credits and things like that. So, you you could be really inefficient in your home and you could buy the credits and then you get the certification. So, there are other certifications out there, but they
really don't meet our local um what our goals were, right? Um, ours is tailored to us. It's simple. It's a checklist. Um, and it's part of our zoning review. I think it's a very simple. It's a I think it's a great first attempt. Obviously, I'm biased because I'm I I
very passionate about it as I was told in planning and zoning. Um, it may work, it may not, but the idea is that we implement it, we monitor it, we report back, and we fix it as we need to every six months, every year. We could follow it for three years. We have the ability to do that now with the reporting. Um,
so that's really the only two things that I added were just the responses to what we got in planning as well. >> Colleagues, questions. >> I I actually think this is really nice. >> Yeah, I I just want to I just want to raise this one issue because I again
love the scheme. I think it is simple. Um, I think it will help with reducing energy consumption, which I think should be the number one goal. Period. If we can go back to the presentation really quickly, uh I I would like to discuss the hearing because I the one thing I'm uncomfortable with is that we don't have
a mandate of any kind. And so unless my state attorney tells me that we are prohibited from having a mandate, I I would love to see us pick at least a minimum tier where we make a statement about having to do something to address these kind of issues as opposed to just allowing people to elect it. Uh and you
know, again, our incentive suite is pretty limited in terms of what we can offer. Um, I don't know that a 15% discount or whatever the first tier was, I can't remember off the top when I looked at it. You know, some design professionals may just don't want to be
bothered, may not want to have, you know, engage the the client, right? Because we're talking here typically, you're building someone a home. The the incentive may not be strong enough they want to bother have the conversation with the client and waste their time. I think we do need to have the mandate to kind of force the conversation and see
if people can actually we're willing to do more once they realize it really doesn't require that much but it can have a significantly profound impact in in aggregate on on these um on these energy reduction goals. So um my my I would love to at least see us adopt tier
one and see how it goes. If we see that everyone's doing it, maybe we can raise a standard over time uh as kind of the market kind of builds some acceptance and realizes these are things that you know are not one costly and and pay a huge return over a very short term. Yes.
>> Yeah. Can we show the tiers please? >> So it's 10 points. >> 10 points and you would get Let me see what the credit is. 15% per fee reduction. the review times that that's tough. We can monitor what it will basically happen is that you'll go to the front of the queue. You won't be by
when you arrive, you'll just be the next one in the queue. Um, and I I think last time I presented here, I may have or maybe it was in planning and zoning, we actually went through and I went through and looked at I think it was three or four homes uh
that were recently per uh permitted. None of them met a tier one, but it would be very easy for them to tier one. And in fact, they may actually be tier one once we get the um like the pavers that they're using and I know exactly what windows they will be uh installing.
It's hard to tell sometimes from the plan some of these things until they don't come back with like the shop drawing and the the the whatever it is that they're going to u um put on the project. But it would be rarely pretty simple to get those 10 points is from what I'm looking
>> Mr. Cabra again this is what you must do. We you don't have to do all one, two, three, four, five, six items. You can do a combination of those things. Again, >> exactly. This is just like a sample. Hey, look, this is how you get 10 points. >> Again, what I what I love about, you know, we've had the standard here. I
applaud the standard that we've had historically, but again, we we've struggled with it's a one-sizefits-all solution. You know, I think the the the the virtue of this as an alternative is that it basically gives people optionality, right? they can we're advancing these
goals, but we are giving people option where they want to invest their their marginal dollars to kind of make an impact and maximize their their value for their home. So, I just want to clarify because the slide says what you must do and I didn't understand it to be that you had to do all those six or seven things.
>> Yeah, you must earn 10 points and this is how you can more or less earn. >> So, we go back to the checklist if you go back to the checklist. >> We go back to the checklist. We can go there, John. You can take us to the checklist. >> This is just a sample. >> So, here's four. Is this is this not a complete checklist? Correct.
>> No, I have a complete checklist that I've created. I just didn't put them all on the slides. I just gave the first two. >> Yeah. So, just just by way of an example so we all understand what I'm suggesting of all the categories. You can pick any number of interventions and as long as you get to the 10 points, you'd be satisi you'd be satisfying the minimum.
That's what I'm suggesting as a alternative to just the incentive for tier one. >> Yes sir. >> Can you give us a scenario of like the easiest way to do this >> during the 10 points? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So, one thing that all the houses
that I looked at, they were all um more or less the modern looking homes is that they all had the cool roofs, the the white reflective type roofs. Operable windows is another one that is easy. And really the biggest bang for your buck because you get the most points for it is keeping existing canopy on the
property. So if you have existing canopy that I I think you get halfway there if I remember correctly on the points. >> Um yeah. So just I mean it's really not uh an overhang if you have an extra I think
it's like um the standard overhangs are what like 24 inches. I don't know commissioner Kai if you but I think it's like 30 inch. uh overhand you would get um if you have a front porch. I mean there's ways of getting there. The easiest though is the permeable pavers
having the swale the bio swale which is something we should be doing anyway because you have to retain the water. You have to do something with your water. So you have to grade the site um and the reflective cool roofs. Those are easy points. >> Yeah. Yeah, I'm just wondering like if
we were going to make it a mandate, especially with how people have approached these maybe I would guess just say unusual policies that we have, it'd be great if they could either fall into that category or very easily adapt their
project for that category at a limited cost because right now the challenge is you know people the solar is very expensive and sometimes they figure it out after they purchase the property and then they're stuck with it. So that's all I was thinking because even the the
the roof if they end up just not having that type of roof now they're back whatever points that is and have to make it up on the back end. But >> yeah, so this is before you for first reading. >> I could actually go through and like
dive deeper into these homes, reach out to the architects or the developers and see what they're thinking about the paving and then give you a true point system and maybe show you that they're at eight points already and for second read you could decide if you have more data from me if you want to make it
mandatory. >> Let's let's move it as is with that as the direction. Again, um I'm I'm comfortable with that. >> Again, I just again I think we just need to make a statement and and tie people to a minimum standard because if not, you know, it's a suggestion and people will do business the way they've always
done it. It's my expectation. uh and not really have the conversation or really advance what I think is our collective desire to to >> enhance canopy and do something affirmative. So with that, I'll move the item as presented. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any further conversation?
>> Well, I was just going to make a quick comment, mayor, that um maybe it's not the 10 points, maybe it's something like mandatory, seven points, eight points, mandatory, and then everything else that you know you get more point system. Yeah, I'll get >> I'll leave it up to you. I'll leave it up to you on what you recommend, but I I
agree with the mayor. I think that's great. >> I'll get you more specific on where the houses are today without anything in place so that you can make a more informed decision on what you want to do. I I get it. >> Okay. So, we've got a motion and a sec. I'm sorry. Who moved it? I moved it. >> You moved it. I second.
>> You seconded. Okay. So, madam clerk, did you get that? >> Yes. >> Thank you. If you can call the role, please. >> It was Commissioner Bonish. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Kag. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Corey. >> Yes. >> Mayor Fernandez. Yes. >> And pass first reading. >> Thank you. Uh anything else for the good of the order, colleagues? Okay. With
that, we stand a journ. Thank you.