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--------- Thank you very Thank you. All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Uh, it's a little bit after 3. Uh, I calling the meeting to order. Mauricio. >> Commissioner Joseph

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>> present. >> Commissioner Cyan >> here. >> Vice Mayor Viscaro >> here. Mayor Setchin >> here. All >> members present. >> Okay. Thank you. First item, please. >> First item on the agenda is a special presentation of a proclamation in

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recognition of autism acceptance month. >> Vice Mayor. >> So, uh this is autism acceptance month and every year uh we bring this forward. Um I've tried to uh bring in organizations uh from the community uh

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in we started with Oompaso and we've also presented to card and today we'll be presenting the proclamation to Autism Speaks. Uh we have uh Mr. Armando Urena here uh to accept on um their behalf. He is with the executive leadership council

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of of Autism Speaks of South Florida. Uh and so I'd like to read the um the proclamation and then then invite Mr. to come up and tell us about Autism Speaks and what um you know how autism uh is present in our community and to tell us about their services. Uh and

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then uh we'll we'll take some pictures. Okay, so here's the proclamation. Uh whereas autism spectrum disorder ASD is a developmental disability that can cause significant social communication and behavioral challenges. And whereas autism is defined by a certain set of

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behaviors and is a spectrum condition that affects people differently and to varying degrees. And whereas diagnosis of ASD now includes several conditions that were previously diagnosed separately such as autistic disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, and

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Asperger syndrome. And whereas approximately one in 36 children have been identified with ASD in the United States according to the center for disease uh control and prevention and an estimated over 60 million individuals

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world worldwide are living with autism making it one of the fastest growing developmental disorders in the world. And whereas individuals with ASD have unique abilities talents and perspectives that enrich our communities workplaces and society as a whole. And

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whereas individuals with ASD face significant barriers to accessing appropriate education, health care, employment, and other essential services, and more work needs to be done to address these disparities. And whereas

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while there is currently no known single cause of ASD, early diagnosis can help a person receive the support and services needed, which can lead to qual to a quality of life filled with opportunity. And whereas during the month of April, we as a city pledge to promote autism

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awareness, acceptance, and inclusion for all and will strive to ensure that each person with ASD is provided an opportunity to achieve the highest possible quality of life. Now, therefore, does the city commission of the city of Sunny Isles Beach uh hereby proclaims the month of April 26 as

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autism acceptance month in the city of Sunny Alles Beach. And um so so if Mr. will come forward and as he does that I wanted to also uh acknowledge I don't know how many of you guys saw the um the islander but on the front page was the

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announcement that um the international board of credentiing and continuing education standards has designated Sunny Beach Police Department and Ocean Rescue Division as a certified autism center recognizing their commitment to better serving and engaging with autistic and

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sensory sensitive individuals. So, our police, our ocean rescue, and our public spaces and events um are working with the um with the community to make sure that everybody can can participate. And with that, welcome

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>> to the podium, please. >> So, thank you for this meaningful recognition on behalf of Autism Speaks uh and the families that we serve. Uh this truly matters. Autism affects one in 36 children in the United States. Uh therefore, it's not just a statistic,

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but it's something that affects our neighbors, our friends, and for some of us, our families. The mission of Autism Speaks is fairly simple, but powerful to create an inclusive environment, uh an inclusive world for individuals with

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autism throughout their lifespan. Uh we are committed to advancing research, increasing understanding and acceptance and providing critical resources for individuals and families especially in the areas like early diagnosis, education, employment and

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safety. This proclamation helps shine a light on the importance of acceptance, not just awareness uh because inclusion changes lives. So thank you for standing with us and for helping us move this mission forward. Thank you.

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>> All right, we're gonna take a picture. Yeah. And then it would be a little awkward. I I want to recognize Commissioner Regalado that's in the audience. She's going to be speaking as as well. But uh why don't you come take a picture with us now? It's more appropriate. Thank you.

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Yes, it is. is with them. So all of us together So, while Commissioner Reglad is uh preparing to to speak, um please I I wanted to um acknowledge u the vice

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mayor for bringing this up because I think that you brought this up many many years ago as the first person um to bring this in front of the commission and since then I think this entire commission has brought at least one item or something in support of it. So so thank you for that. Um and I believe that Commissioner Joseph wanted to add

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on to be added on to the proclamation. >> Yes. In uh years past we've also had um a family friend of ours who has an autistic son and she's actually uh Terry Bera. She uh has

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um has a program that she actually taught our uh ocean rescue and police officers um regarding uh how to act around an autistic person. >> Yes. So thank thank you uh please

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commissioner. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. Uh it's a pleasure to be here with you. My name is Commissioner Raquel Regalado and I represent District 7 at the county commission. and I served as a schoolboard member before that. Uh but I'm here in my capacity as a very proud

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mother of two adults in the autism spectrum. So for those of you who know my story, uh my daughter Isabella was uh diagnosed um after many years uh a of being non-verbal and b because of her age uh back in in that era, women were

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not diagnosed as often as men. and we know that autism actually and neurodeiversity does not see gender. So thankfully we've come a very long way. Um and then a few years later my son Sebastian was also diagnosed. Uh they are both very different in the spectrum

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and they really have changed my perspective on life and made me a lifelong advocate for inclusion. Um so today I'm here to present um the Florida NeuroIClusion Toolkit. So, I created this and I'm taking it to all of our

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cities and counties around the state. Um, so that you can look at what we've done in Miami Day County and what I've worked on in the last 10 years and incorporate some of the things that you're doing, but also copy some of the things because one of the things that is

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happening is there's lots of businesses that are popping up and people that want to provide consulting to government on how to do this work. Um, and that's great, but I'd rather that you spend your resources actually doing the work. So, what the toolkit is, it has an

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appendix with all the legislation, with all the work, with all the pilots, with the websites, with the data that we've done so that everyone can emulate it and add to it. And I'm here to talk to you about a few of those things. So, u,

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first and foremost, thank you for being one of the first cities to focus on training. Training is infrastructure. And when we talk about inclusion and neurodeiversity specifically, one of the biggest challenges is that training because how a neurodeiverse

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person experiences the world is very different from how a neurotypical person experiences the world. And even though I have two autistic children and April is about autism acceptance, I've broadened that scope to include neurodeiversity because a lot of autistic individuals

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have more than one diagnosis. So my daughter for example um has a o ADHD which is ADHD and autism um and a lot of autistic individuals have multiple neurodeiversities and that's actually very common. So in the world of

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neurodeiversity we have neurological uh delay which is everything from dyslexia to you know to autism uh to Tourette's. we have um downs obviously and epilepsy and there's a series of um there's a

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series of co-regulations there and then we also have at the very top of that spectrum people who have traumatic brain injury right so you can actually become neurode divergent as a result of something that happens after birth and then on the other side we have folks that have neurological decline and that

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includes dementia and Alzheimer's so a lot of this work really fits an enormous amount of human beings and allows us as elected officials to really provide so many people in our community with support. None of the things that I've

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done have created any new systems. Everything is within existing systems. And I think that that's very important not just at this moment but throughout because government was really created in terms of providing services with neurotypical people in mind. And what

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I've done is find a way to change that so that we can service uh people that are not neurotypical and give them the same access. One of my first projects was all of our libraries. I joked with my colleagues at the time that as a parent of two autistic children, if you

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told me to meet you at a library, I would ask you why you hated me. Libraries are not welcoming places for neural difficult for neurode divergent people. But now in Miami date county, they are. through every single one of our libraries. All the staff is trained. We have social stories for every single

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one. We have sensory spaces. We have sensory activities. And we've really gone out of our way to make these public spaces accessible to everyone in Miami date county. Um in here I also have a lot of different tools that we've used at the county. So, one of the county's

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first programs was MIA Air and that is a program where um to any resident in Miami date county, we provide a dress rehearsal experience through the airport. You get your ticket, you board, you board the airplane, you visit our sensory room, you sit in the airplane,

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you meet the pilot. That way, the f the when you go for an actual flight, it's not the first time. It comes with a social story and it comes with a sunflower lanyard. And this is a lanyard that we use for uh invisible disabilities and it's actually used

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internationally and we use it in transit also. So I would recommend it you know to you all. We at our we give them away from for our office and the airport actually gives them away also. But it's really important and we use it for dementia and Alzheimer's also. And what

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we train people to recognize is if you see the lanyard and you see someone now you know how to approach them should they need some assistance. Um last year we launched our um special needs occupant with autism registration and sticker. This is available countywide.

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So far with NSU card, we have trained 4,120 first responders in Miami date county. It has been a herculean task to train so many individuals and we've trained them um with CARD and also as part of that

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training they've met individuals with autism and heard their perspective of their interactions with police and fire and that's really been the transformative part. the registration through the sheriff's office. Now, since they're independent from Miami date county, allows you as a parent or as a

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caregiver to give the location of your home and to provide information for deescalation for that particular adult. And you can by name, what their needs are, should the parent be there, who to ask for, what are words that may trigger

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them. And this is information that is accessible through 911 to anyone. Uh the sheriff this year added the registration of cars to this decal. So now you could register your vehicle. So you can put the decal in your car. You can put it in your home and now the registration works

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for your home and for your vehicle. Of course it's completely uh voluntary. Last year we also rolled out with the tax collector's office our neuroincclusion days at our fair on the 25th. the tax collector is going to be there. And we um we help neurode

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divergent adults and their families get IDs. IDs are so important, especially now um with real ID. You can't travel without a Florida ID. And as an individual in Florida, you can get an ID as young as five years old. For over a

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decade, we've been asking the state to allow us to put disabilities on IDs. And now that's possible. So now with just a few um documents from your neurologist, you can put autism spectrum disorder or just disability if you choose on your Florida ID. And it's a gamecher for our

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families because you no longer have to worry about another card or another identification. And if they travel internationally, it qualifies as an internationally recognized document that proves their disability because as you know, you meet one autistic person, you

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just met one autistic person. Um the other thing that the toolkit does is provide how to do social stories and how to create sensory events. Um sensory friendly events are so important um for residents of Miami Date County. Whenever we do events, we try to incorporate a

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sensory aspect. Um I've done um mobile sensory units that we have as part of the county's outdoor events, but also sensory rooms in places like the youth fair and other county facilities. But something as simple as dimming the lights and turning off the music can

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make something sensory friendly. And that's just something that I we we talk about in terms of more accessibility. Um fireworks, for example, not the best. Drones are better, right? There's a lot of things, you know, providing folks

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with kits if you are going to have events. You know, can you buy some earplugs? Can you consider kind of sensory hours? The youth fair this year actually did sensory hours for us on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 to 3 and even the neurotypical people appreciated it. Um, and you know when we

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talk about dementia and Alzheimer's although people usually recognize that neurodeiversity because someone is forgetting things that's usually the secondary um um you know condition. The first one is sensory overload and

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overwhelm. And and so when we talk about the elderly, sensory friendly events are also a wonderful opportunity to have them and their families participate just by being a little bit more thoughtful about those activities. Um so this is the toolkit. Um it's available online.

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Here's the QR code. We'll pass them out to you. I'm here to answer any and all questions that you may have if you're interested in doing this work. It also includes the work that we're doing with job placement and zero drowning. Um zero drowning is um an initiative that Miami

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date county has and I made sure to include autistic children and adults because it is the number one cause of death for all ages uh of of people who are diagnosed within the autism spectrum. Water is sensory released for them and they're drawn to it. So, we're

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we're moving towards a countywide and statewide effort to teach them how to swim and prevent those fatalities. Um, and obviously, um, everything from transit to libraries to parks isn't here. Uh, and, um, and adult training

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and employment. So we have also tweaked our employment at the county, our internships, the way that we interview so that people who were neurodeiverse have an opportunity instead of focusing our hiring on eye contact and communication actually letting them do

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the work. And I've worked with the Kendall Learning Academy and with Easter Seals creating programming throughout the county because the last thing we want to do is graduate our neurode divergent adults to the couch. It's not good for them. It's not good for their mental health. And unlike an elderly person that can go home and be taken

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care of by someone, the idea of after 20 years of having access to community and education, being sent home and staying there for 35, 40, 50 years is something that our community should not be doing. We know that it leads to schizophrenia,

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that it leads to a lot of other mental issues. So where the big push now as we go into October is for disability employment opportunities and volunteer opportunities at all levels in government and in the private sector and more adult programming that really

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recognizes that these are individuals that are going to live into their 80s and 90s. They can be productive and productivity doesn't look the same for everyone. Adulthood includes employment whether that employment is three hours or 40. and we just want the opportunity

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to have our children participate in community. I will tell you 15 years ago I would have given anything to have neurotypical children. Today I wouldn't change a thing about them. They are wonderful human beings. They have made me a better human being. Uh they have lovely minds and Miami date county has

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led for so many years as a place that is welcoming and diverse. We have diversity of culture, we have diversity of language, you know, we have diversity of race. And what I think we should all focus on next is, you know, intellectual diversity. People can think differently and it's actually a beautiful thing.

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>> Thank you very much. Thank you. >> Yeah. Anytime. And if you have any questions, happy to you covered a lot. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you so much. >> Thank you for coming. We appreciate it. >> Our pleasure. >> Okay. Next item on the agenda is a

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presentation of a proclamation presented for Jewish American Heritage Month. And >> so this is my item. Um I believe that we have done this almost every year since I could remember. Uh but I'm going to go ahead and read the proclamation.

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Jewish American Heritage Month is a time to recognize and celebrate the invaluable contributions of Jewish Americans to our nation's history, culture, and achievements. And whereas the city of Sunals Beach has always strived to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion of all its residents,

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stakeholders, and visitors alike. And whereas the Jewish community has played a significant role in shaping the fabric of American society, enriching our nation with their diverse backgrounds, talents, and traditions. And whereas Jewish Americans have made substantial contributions to various fields

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including science, medicine, academia, literature, arts, entertainment, business, technology, and public service, greatly impa impacting the progress and prosperity of our nation. And whereas Jewish American leaders and visionaries have tously advocated for

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social justice, equity, equality, and civil rights, promoting a more inclusive and tolerant society for all Americans. And whereas Jewish Americans have demonstrated remarkable resilience, determination, and perseverance in the face of adversity, embodying the spirit

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of the American dream and inspiring generations with their stories of triumph over hardship. And whereas the Jewish community has enriched the cultural landscape of the United States through their vibrant traditions, festivals, music, and culinary heritage, contributing to the diversity that defines our nation. And

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whereas JHM provides an opportunity for all Americans to deepen their understanding of Jewish heritage, history, and values, fostering dialogue, mutual respect, and appreciation for the contributions of Jewish Americans. Now therefore, do I, Lorissa, as mayor, and on behalf of the city commission of the

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city of Sunny Als Beach, Florida, hereby proclaim the month of May as Jewish American Heritage Month in the city of Sunny Als Beach. Um I just want to say that overall as a commission we have been very supportive of uh not just our Jewish community but

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the Jewish community um uh worldwide through uh various uh resolutions, proclamations and even um events. Um and I want to add that uh Commissioner Joseph is also adding his name to this proclamation. Thank you. Uh so I don't know if you wanted to say a few words.

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Um, I actually, um, as a full supporter, 100% supporter of Israel and, um, I'm 100% um, committed to having the Sunny Isles

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Beach community. Um we have an event planned for uh the beginning of May to bring the entire community together for one day which uh has never happened before. Uh we have different uh

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congregations and synagogues that celebrate events separately, but I'm hoping for May 5th to have um everyone come together and non-Jewish people as well are

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invited to join us to celebrate um the achievements of um the Jewish community worldwide and also um as one entire community to celebrate

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togetherness within Sunny Isles. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Go ahead, Mauricio. >> Next item is to see presentation of your proclamation recognizing administrative professionals day. And I'll read that

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proclamation into the record. All right. Proclamation reads, "Whereas Administrative Professionals Day observed on April 22nd, 2026 is part of Administrative Professionals Week, which recognizes the vital contributions at administrative professionals in workplaces across the nation. And

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whereas administrative professionals serve as the backbone of efficient and effective operations within government, business, and nonprofit organizations, providing essential support that ensures the smooth delivery of services to the public. Whereas these dedicated

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individuals demonstrate professionalism, adaptability, and commitment to excellence while managing complex tasks, coordinating communications, and supporting leadership and organizational goals. Whereas the city of Sunny Al Beach recognizes the invaluable contributions of its own administrative

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professionals whose diligence and dedication enhance the quality of municipal services and support the mission of the city. And whereas it is a fitting and proper to set aside a day to honor and express appreciation for administrative professionals and to acknowledge the important role they play

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in strengthening organizations and communities. Now therefore, do I suspect and as mayor and on behalf of the city commission of the city of Sunny Al Beach hereby proclaim April 22nd, 2026 as an administrative professionals day in the city of Sunnyal Beach.

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>> Okay. Thank you. The next item is 2D proclamation for National Water Safety Month. And that proclamation reads, "Whereas water safety is a critical public health issue, particularly in

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coastal communities such as the city of Sunny House Beach, where residents and visitors enjoy access to beaches, pools, and waterways year round. And whereas drowning remains one of the leading causes of unintentional injury related death especially among young children and is preventable through education

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awareness and the implementation of proper safety measures. Whereas National Water Safety Month serves as an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of water safety practices including constant supervision, learning to swim, wearing life jackets, and understanding water conditions. Whereas

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organizations such as the American Red Cross, the National Drowning Prevention Alliance, and local public safety agencies work year round to promote water safety education, providing life-saving training, and advocate for s for a safer aquatic environment. And

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whereas the city of Sunalis Beach is committed to promoting the safety and well-being of its residents and visitors by supporting water safety initiatives, encouraging swim education, and recognizing the vital role of lifeguards and first responders in preventing water related incidents. And whereas by

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working together as a community to prioritize water safety, we can help reduce the risk of drowning and ensure that everyone can safely enjoy our beautiful coastal environment. Now therefore do I suspend and as mayor and on behalf of the commission of the city of sunny speech hereby proclaim May

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2026 as water as national water safety month in the city of Sunny speech. >> Okay >> to E is a proclamation um recognizing building safety month. That proclamation reads, "Whereas the city of Sunny Beach is

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committed to ensuring the safety, health, and welfare of its residents, businesses, and visitors through the enforcement of safety building codes and standards. And whereas building safety month is an international campaign celebrated each May to raise awareness

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about the importance of modern, regularly updated building codes and the role they play in protecting the lives of property. And whereas safe buildings are essential to resilient communities, particularly in coastal cities such as the city of Sunny House Beach, where structures must withstand environmental

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challenges, including hurricanes, flooding, and rising sea levels. And whereas building safety professionals, including inspectors, plan examiners, engineers, architects, contractors, and code officials work diligently to ensure that buildings are constructed and maintained in accordance with the

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highest safety standards. Whereas the observance of building safety month led by the international code council promote promotes public education on building building safety disaster preparedness and the critical role of quote compliance in safeguarding

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communities. And whereas the city of Sunny out speech recognizes the importance of educating residents and property owners about building safety practices, permit requirements, and the value of working with licensed professionals to ensure safe construction and maintenance. And whereas supporting building safety

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month, the city reaffirms its commitment to strengthening community resilience, promoting safe construction practices, and protecting the lives and property of all who live, work, and visit Sunny House Beach. Now therefore, Dwight Lissa Fetchin as mayor and on behalf of the city commission of the city of Sunny

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House Beach, Florida, hereby proclaim May 2026 as building safety month in the city of Sunny House Beach. The next item is proclamation for National Police Week. That proclamation reads, "Whereas National Police Week is

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observed throughout the United States in May to honor the dedicated law enforcement officers who serve and protect our communities and to recognize those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. Whereas members of the Sunny Al Beach Police Department demonstrate unwavering

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commitment, courage, and professionalism in safeguarding the lives and property of residents and visitors while fostering trust and partnerships within the community. Whereas law enforcement officers face significant risks and challenges in performance of their duties, often placing themselves in

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harm's way to ensure the safety and well-being of others. Whereas it is fitting and proper to recognize the service and sacrifice of police officers and to express our gratitude for their tireless efforts to maintain peace, uphold the law, and protect the constitutional rights of all

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individuals. Now therefore, Dwight Lisa suspend as mayor on behalf of the city commission of the city of Sunnyal Beach hereby proclaim May 10th through the 16th as national police week in the city of Sunnyal Beach. >> Is there a typo on the next item has the same title?

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>> Yes. Yes, that is a typo. So it should read >> 2G should read a proclamation recognizing public service recognition week. That proclamation reads whereas >> want to take a drink first.

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>> I'm good. Thank you. Whereas public service recognition week is observed during the first full week of May and honors the dedicated men and women who serve our nation as federal, state, county, and local government employees. Whereas public servants play a vital

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role in ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of our community through the delivery of essential services, including public safety, infrastructure, education, and administrative support. And whereas the city of San Beach is proud to recognize the commitment, professionalism, and integrity of its

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employees who work diligently each day to enhance the quality of life for residents, businesses, and visitors. And whereas public service recognition week provides an opportunity to express appreciation for the often unseen efforts of public employees who work

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whose work is essential to the functioning government and the strength of our community. And whereas it is fitting and proper to acknowledge the contributions of all public servants and to encourage continued excellence in service to the public. I therefore do either suspension as mayor and on behalf

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of the city commission of the city of Son Beach, Florida, hereby proclaim May 3rd through May 9th, 2026 as public service week in the city of Sun Beach speech. >> And the last proclamation, last but not least, is to a proclamation for family

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resource day. You want me to Okay, I'll read that proclamation and then Myra will have a few words. That proclamation reads, "Whereas the city of Sunny House Beach is committed to promoting the well-being, stability,

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and quality of life of its residents by providing access to programs, services, and resources that support individuals and families. And whereas Sunny Al Beach Family Resource Day is a special community event hosted by the city to bring together a variety of city and

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community services designated to support and benefit its residents. And whereas this event serves as as an opportunity for residents to learn more about available resources, connect with service providers, and discover programs that can enhance health, safety,

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education, and overall family wellness. And whereas Sunny El Beach Family Resource Day reflects the city's continued dedication to fostering a connected, informed, and supported community through meaningful outreach and engagement. And whereas events such as this strengthen the bonds within the

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community and demonstrate the city's commitment to serving residents of all ages and backgrounds. Now therefore, do I Lissa Fetchin and as mayor and on behalf of the city commission of the city of Sunny Al Beach, Florida hereby proclaim the March 20 March 12, 2026 as

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family resource day. >> Good afternoon mayor and commissioners. Mayor Alimma, chief of staff. So this proclamation is especially meaningful to me as family resource day is something very close to my heart. It's actually kind of like a full circle as I was going through my MPA program. Um this is

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something I focused on. So see it come to life in the community is very meaningful. Um it reflects our commitment to connecting, informing and engaging our residents through a familyfriendly event. During this event, we bring together a wide range of resources from county and the state

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while all city departments participate and showcase in an engaging and interactive way the valuable resources we provide to our community. Our medium team prepared a recap video which I will share to help illustrate the impact of this video of this event.

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Heat. Heat. Thank you. >> Thank you. It's really amazing. It was a great event, Myra. Thank you so much for all your work on this. >> We can take a picture with the proclamation. Okay, >> now for the main event. >> Next one is a presentation by the Ford

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Department of Transportation regarding the Leman Causeway project development and environment study. Good afternoon, major and commissioners. I'm Jessica Cruz. I'm the FDOT project manager for the Willing Leman Causeway AP PDN study. And I have here with me

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Roberto Gutierrez. He's the consultant project manager for this project and also Veronica Paredes. She's the community outreach specialist for this one. Thank you very much for having us here today to present this project. Do you have the slides?

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Can you go to the next slides please about this one? There we go. Um so our team will be presenting today the project location why the project's needed um and the PDN study and process process and objectives. At the end we'll conclude

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with the next steps and welcome all your feedback. The project involves the potential modification of State Road 856, also known as Wheeling Leman Causeway to support additional nonmotorized accommodations such as share use path

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and or dedicated bicycle pedestrian facilities. The project includes one bridge that acts as a point of connection between the coastal communities of Suno Beach and Golden Beach and the mainland city of Aventura. The specific limits of the project stand

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extends from state road 5 also known as the US1 and as Biscane Boulevard to the state road I A1A or also known as Collings Avenue in Miami Day County for approximately uh 1.7 1.7 miles.

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We would like to highlight the FDOT compass initiative. FDOT is dedicated to maintaining and enhancing the state's infrastructure to meet the needs of both residents and visitors now and in the future. The department focuses on

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critical areas like communities, safety, resiliency, supply chain, and workforce development. To achieve this, FDOT recognized the unique needs of each community and it strives to create a transportation system that improves connectivity, encases the quality of

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life and aligns with a shared community vision. Roberto will now present the key project information and current progress in the coming next steps. Good afternoon, Mayor Commissioner As Jessica mentioned, um,

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next slide. So, the purpose and need of this project is really to accommodate pedestrian bicycle activity and also um improve the the connection between the mainland and the >> just a little bit. >> Y >> yeah, thank you. >> And most important, safety is is part of

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our purpose in need. Please note that capacity improvements are not part of the purpose and need. The main focus of this study is to provide that connectivity from for the entire limits of the William Layman causeway to accommodate pedestrian and bicycle activity and safety.

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This is the transportation project delivery process. Uh we are in the second stage of the fifth stage to construction which is called PDN project development environment study. Here is really where we look at all the engineering alternatives. We look at uh avoiding minimizing or mitigating

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environmental impacts associated with the alternatives and also comply with NEPA which is the national um environmental policy act and at the same time public involvement which is the reason why we're here presenting to the to the city today. When it comes to the actual PD study

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process, we are let's call it somewhere in the middle. We started early 2025. We had our kickoff meeting back in May of 2025. Right now, as you can see, we are here in the engineering and environmental analysis where we're coming up with alternatives and laying out all the

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details to be able to present this to the public at a later date at our alternative workshop. And then after that, we're aiming to finalize the the project um at the end of 2027. This slide is very busy. Uh as you could tell, there are a lot of constraints with this project. We have segmented it

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into two segments. Segment one is from the beginning of the project at um US1 to West Country Club Drive. We're calling this the at grade segment. This is where we're anticipating a shared path at grade on the ground either on the north or south side of the causeway.

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And then segment two we're calling the bridge segment. This is really where the facility starts um going up going over the intra coastal meeting the vertical and horizontal clearances to to reach uh the side of Sunny Alice Beach all the way to A1A.

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Some of the existing conditions as you can tell there is a um lack of pedestrian and bicycle connectivity within the causeway because it is a limited access facility. There is no uh bicycle pedestrian connectivity from um US1 to West Country Club Drive and there

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is a lack of pedestrian connectivity for the remainder of the causeway from West Country Club Drive all the way to Sunny Al Beach. As Jessica mentioned, we have a big constraint here with the Inter Coastal uh bridge going over the Inter Coastal

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meeting that 65 foot clearance. Um that will be one of the challenges with this project to be able to to accommodate that shared path and also meet the the requirements to cross this um intra coastal from the engineering side. We'll look at everything related to the to the

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engineering side when it comes to drainage structures lighting and everything else. Main focus here is our alternative analysis process where we are going to evaluate everything that was done in the past. There's a long history with this project and we'll also be looking at new build alternatives that are that um are either going to be

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in the north or south side of the causeway or even within the median of the causeway as well. From the environmental side, we'll be looking at all the social cultural effects um cultural resources, natural resources and physical effects associated with alternatives that we'll

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be looking into. And the public outreach is very important. Um part of this project as as you guys know this project pretty much came up came from the request of both cities of Aventura and Sunny Alice Beach. One item I wanted to highlight

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here is really our project advisory group that we have for this project. It's really a group of champions that are that are be supporting and helping us with the outreach of this project throughout throughout the PD study. We held our first PAG meeting back in

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summer of 25. Um and um we had representatives from both the city of Sunny Al Beach, uh city of Aventura, the police department, the Aventura mall, very key um stakeholders within the the project area.

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And from the schedule side, as I mentioned, we began back in the beginning of 2025. We are ramping up to um present all alternatives at the alternative workshop and then our public hearing aiming to be in the summer of 2027 and then from there finalizing the

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project at the end of 2027. And in the meanwhile, we'll still be holding additional PG meetings throughout the life of the project as well. And with that, I'll open it up for questions. And I have we have two QR

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codes here. Um if you guys want to uh find out more information about the project takes you straight to the website. Also we have a survey if you guys want to have additional feedback when it comes to the >> I just want to make sure that that's going to stay up so that anyone online can can access it. Okay. Please you have

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questions. Go ahead. >> So are you intending to build a protected lane or an elevated lane? What is the proposal? >> Yes. As as you noticed the the design speed is 55 miles an hour. So the the there is fastmoving cars moving along

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here this limited access facility. So the goal is to provide a what we call a barrier separated shared use path and what that entails is having a barrier separating the the vehicular traffic and the pedestrians and bicyclist. >> So yes it will be barrier separated. >> Okay. So I know previously there had

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been a proposal to FDOT from a Sunny Alles Beach resident Ken Percy. Yes, madam Tuesday. >> Yes. Oh, excellent. Okay. So, you know about the elevated tram and there's also the same type of um allowance for

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bicycles and pedestrians to walk on his tramway. >> Correct. >> Yeah. So, is that something that that actually seems like a more viable option because how much is your budget for this whole thing? >> How much is what I'm talking

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>> your budget? >> Budget. Well, we're not we have a budget for the actual PD and study, >> right? But there would be a co >> there will be a construction cost, right? Right. Right now, we're we're working on all the alternatives and the different all the alternatives are very different. We're talking about widening alternatives or providing a brand new

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standalone bridge just for the shared pass. So, the cost is going to vary depending on what alternative moves was forward. >> Yeah. So, in light of that, is Ken Percy's project looking better to you? Well, Karen Ken's project is is a little bit different in in in the way that it extends all the way down um A1A all the

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way down to pretty much the beginning and pedestrians. >> Correct. So, our facility, what I could say is that our facility would match with his idea of having that connectivity all throughout Sunny Al Beach, >> right? >> From you know, north of Hollowover Park all the way to to Armenura.

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>> And it would also assist getting people to the mall and to the Bright Line. >> Correct. So, so the goal is to have that connectivity from, you know, the the coastal side to the mainland side. >> Obviously, you have infrastructure already, sidewalks on both sides on A1A and US1.

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>> So, the goal is to connect to that. Um, we are in in constant coordination with other agencies. We know Bright Line is looking at building a bridge, pedestrian bridge crossing from the Bright Line to Aventura. >> So, we're aware of that. where everything that the Sunny House Beach um public works is is is working on when it

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comes to the areas underneath the bridge and their new their new storage facility that's currently being built. So, we've been in in in contact with all the key stakeholders to make sure that we provide that connectivity. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Does anyone else have questions? Vice Mayor?

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>> Yes. So, this doesn't in any way impact the current use of the space under the bridge. This is this is basically just adding that that safety lane for pedestrians. That that's it. >> That's the challenge. So the challenge is there's there's many ways you could

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skin a cat, right? So as I mentioned, you could widen the bridge to accommodate the sher's path. You could provide a brand new standalone bridge that would have columns coming down in those areas. As you saw from the map, that has a lot of circles. There's a lot of constraints, including all the areas

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underneath the bridge being used on both sides of the inter coastal. So, the challenge is to minimize those impacts as much as possible, but we are looking at alternatives that alto together avoid having any kind of new foundations or piles within those areas to minimize those impacts.

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>> Okay. So, you're widening the the leman >> so that there would still be a shoulder, >> correct? >> For the for the vehicles. Okay. >> Correct. I um did not walk to Country Club Drive once.

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It was enough um to and from uh it's incredibly dangerous. Uh and I'm surprised um at how I see people on it every day on their scooters, on their bikes, or sometimes just walking. Uh and it's um it is a lack of connectivity. Uh

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there is I think the mall employs a lot of people. There's a lot of there's schools and and you know and jobs. I I'm I personally work in Aventur as well. So I take the leave and that's why I see these people all the time. Uh um and I can tell you that that one time I I

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cured me. There is no way that I that I would ever purposely do. I mean it's because my car ran out of gas or something that I would have no other option but to do that. Um it is very dangerous. We have a lot of distracted drivers and and I mean it was it was frightening. I could not wait to get off

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it. So, uh this is a good um this is this is good but um it does take time and uh you know we hear people complain sometimes it's like oh things don't move fast enough but you you want to do it

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right you want to do the studies and just widening it and adding a lane takes years >> right >> um so I just wanted to mention that it's not just us that's just how things work so thank Thank you. Appreciate it.

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>> Commissioner Stevenson, do you have any questions? >> Yeah, I have a few comments. Um, so it was in July 2023 almost three years ago when it came do the presentation. So I want to understand a little bit about the process because you you said that um

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the city requested to be part of this conversation >> many years ago. Yes. >> Okay. I I want to understand a little bit more about how we got to that. maybe not by you, by the city staff, how we got there because like I said, three years ago we brought up that

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conversation uh came came in he did his presentation um three year later we are in the same but we just lost that time. So I just want to understand a little bit of the process how we got there. Peter mine, I could

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um >> so there's a long timeline here with this project and I will go back all the way to 2012 >> where DOT looked at a pilot program to add bicycle um usage on the shoulders of limited access facilities. There were

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three of them that they they use as pilot programs, the causeway being one of them. That was back in 2012. That pilot program probably ran two years. They did additional studies to make sure that um understanding the safety associated with having those bicyclists for those

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two years there. Um and that safety study came out in 2014. The bicycle usage maintained to this day that you see the markings on the shoulders. So to this day, bicyclists are allowed to use the shoulders on the causeway. Um there

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was a MOO um excuse me TPO mandate TPO study that was done I want to say maybe 2020. I may be wrong with the dates but back then that was a larger area that was covered by the entire county looking at improving multimmo connectivity from

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the coastal to the mainline throughout the entire county. We're talking about all the way from Miami Beach all the way to to the limits of Amit County. And in there, the causeway was spread up as one of the areas that may be used to improve connectivity from the mainland to the

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coastal. Um that resulted in um the involvement of both cities of city and city of San Beach to make sure that DOT continues that investigation on how we can provide that connectivity. So it's a long history. So, so you guys reach out

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to us. >> Well, the cities reached out to the um TPO and the TPO obviously works with the with the >> That's what I don't believe. Maybe you are the person to answer my question. I want to know how we got there us because

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like I said three years ago uh Ken was completely dismissed when he came and he did his presentation. Uh we lost three years of having this conversation. uh he was also in conversation back then with TPO and he went there and he met

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everybody who was in the in the in the board back then I remember because I was there when he was there that was in 2023 and that's my point we lost three years of being able to do something uh knowing that we have that problem you I know that you are aware by

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now because we had that conversation about what we had to do with the scooters here inside our city So this is being part of a long conversation. My point is that it's not that government move slow, people move slow and by design by not making the decision that

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they have to do when they have the ability to. So my point is that I want to know uh how we got to um work with you guys. I want to understand the process internally from the city staff who reach out to and when. My question

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is why the project that we had three years ago just to start the conversation was completely dismissed uh and now we are having this conversation >> and that's not with you but thank you for that >> down by the city the city. >> Okay. So just to get clarification commissioner you're asking the city

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manager when there was the first conversation about having a bike path. No, no, no, not when to have it uh when we start having the conversation with the consultants to start being part because when uh Ken was here back in 2023, I watched the video today to just

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refresh. Uh he was also in conversation as well with Aventura and now like I said, we lost three years because we had somebody willing to start all this and we completely dismissed and he's a worldrenown renown uh expert into this.

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Uh so my question is right now uh when is it that we suddenly decide that we want to be part of this project? >> Okay. Um >> yeah can I just say something? >> Let let let uh the city manager answer that question if he can because I don't know if there's an actual date that you

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can identify. >> No, I don't I don't have a date exactly. >> Do we have a year? >> I think the gentleman explained when did you say it started? In 2012. >> Correct. Well, the the entire need of of addressing bicyclists and pedestrians,

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well, bicyclists at that time was in 2012. Um, but one thing to add, the the scope of Ken's project is very different than the scope. >> Oh, I know. No, definitely. Completely. >> We got to keep in mind when I'm talking about the 2012 has only been within the limited access DOT rightway that we're

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talking about. >> Well, I guess there are emails or communications with you guys between you guys. So at some point just to start this conversation it has to be a preliminary uh meeting and so if we don't have it right now I would like to

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know when do we start uh because like I said uh we should have now lost this three years of of being part of this conversation. So um and and we at least do we know which year we start this conversation last year, two years ago,

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three year and you guys are being paid by the state, by the county, by the city. Uh where is the funding coming from? >> So let me give you a little bit more background. So um so 2020 MO identified the need between 2020 and before we started as the PD in

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the beginning of 2025 internally DOT and the MO excuse me TP >> TBO >> looked at several feasibility studies on how to fix this problem. It's a problem because it's a challenge to accommodate. >> Absolutely. >> This is a limited access facility. This

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is not an arterial. This is not A1A. is not US1 in a limited access facility. You're not supposed to have pedestrians at all. Even bicyclist bicyclists are supposed to be in a separate facility for safety reasons. So it's not unfortunately it's not a quick solution

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for this project. >> Correct. >> And there was efforts by DOT and the TPO to look at different visibility studies internally to see how this can be considated. part of our slides when it comes to alternative analysis included looking at planning alternatives and that's what I meant by planning

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alternatives everything that was looked at from 2020 to 2025 includes that analysis that we are doing as part of the PD&E where we're looking at everything that was done in the past all the different alternatives that were done in the past um and the this PDN is

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being funded by um federal dollars by by the state by excuse me by DOT so um we're getting paid obviously from DOT side as a consultant to be able to do this PDN. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Okay. Did you have one? >> Yeah. So, I'd just like to say that um I

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actually in 2023 sponsored Ken's proposal um it would came before the Sunny Isles Commission. It was supposed to go the next day or the actually um the next month to Aventura, but when the Sunny

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Alles commission voted it down because the commission wasn't ready for this project, then Aventur ended up not voting on it at all. So that's what happened as far as Ken's project, but he continued to push it through FDOT, which

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I believe it's a viable project, which would be beneficial and absolutely fit into your project because it wouldn't require any widening. >> Correct. Correct. Yeah, I had I had a great conversation with Ken on Tuesday that we held our pop-up event at the

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Heritage Park. Um, great idea. Um but it is a broader scope, broader project area >> and like I said sunny >> with several cities >> wasn't ready at the time. I believe in the future will be ready. >> So a lot of parties involved in that type of project. >> Okay. Vice mayor do you have anything

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else? >> Uh only that I think these are two different conversations. Um this is a limited scope uh widening of the road which is welcome. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to be on walking over there,

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but >> but like I said, I I I I learned it, you know, I I I learned it by living it, >> right? >> Um and the fact that, you know, uh you know, these this is federally funded. Uh that's um that's music to our budget's

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ears. >> Thank you. >> Um thank you. I just had some follow-up questions when when you were there. We had a brief conversation um just to get a sense of h the timing because uh and and how long it takes to do something like this and why it's so important to

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do it correctly because it's meant to last for how long is it supposed to last? 75 years. >> Correct. The typical lifespan of a bridge is 75 to 100 years. Yeah. And did you get an opportunity to find out when that bridge was put in? >> That the existing bridge was constructed

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back about 45 years ago. >> 45 years ago. Okay. >> Um >> DOT has a has a very extensive, you know, bridge inspection program. So that bridge is being inspected every year. There hasn't been any critical issues with any of the components from both

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superructure or substructure of the of the bridge. So it's standing in good condition to >> No, I I meant that the the lifespan is is meant to be very long and when it was put in it was a very different Aventura was different. Sunny House Beach was different and to Vice Mayor's point about you know people crossing over

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there. It just seems like there's more and more and more and I actually I think it was back uh when Commissioner Levven was here, she had worked to try to do some bike connectivity um to help that issue. Um I I love this idea. I you know

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for me I think the idea of having a completely separate path so that it is completely dedicated to bicyclist bicyclists and pedestrians um is is really important. You had said at the popup that you had uh or maybe not you you said there were 90 people

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that had participated and that's between so far between us and Aventura but you have not come in front of Aventura yet. Um, we have met, you know, individual one-on-one meetings with with the city manager and, um, Kevin Klopp, the >> Yeah, I just I I want to, you know, make

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a point to whomever is is watching right now, is that it's very important they participate, particularly the the people that live uh along the area that that is going to be affected um once this this construction starts. And I know that it all depends on the design. I know that.

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So, >> I'm not looking to put you into a position where you're going to give me a number, but if if you were to say, and you know, you're a professional engineer, if the difference between putting in a completely separate

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bridge uh versus what is currently there and putting in some sort of barrier um would how much would that change? >> Well, the price difference will be large, >> significant, right? Significant. Fally,

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it's fedally funded. >> Correct. But let's be clear that we have funds for this PD at this stage. Right. Right. The DOT is still trying to allocate the funds for the next few phases. >> Right. >> So, it's obviously dependent on what's going to be built. >> Right. >> So, we're at that stage where we're looking at all the different

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alternatives. As you mentioned, having a standalone bridge is going to be very different cost than utilizing the existing typical that we have out there right now. um widening is even is even a a higher cost as well because you still have to bring columns down >> right

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>> within the existing footprint of the um peers and foundations. So it's almost as a standalone bridge as well because you still have to come down to the ground >> and uh I know that officially pedestrians are not supposed to be walking on the bridge but do you have a count of

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>> approximately how many people you estimate are walking across that bridge annually? We we have in our public records, we have done a a existing forecast of the activity in in the area, both vehicular and pedestrian. >> Um I could tell you that every single

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time that I've been here, >> right, >> I have seen somebody cross over. >> Um and I agree with you. Um I wouldn't do it myself. I don't have an actual number for you, but >> it's being used on a daily basis, >> right? That I know. And we have DOT has signs out there that you know says prohibit pedestrians and I I understand

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but I also understand the lack of connectivity from the mainland to the coastal in this area. Right. You got to you know walk miles to go to get around to the other side. So >> right if you don't have a car then >> correct right and you know we have the Jewish community as well that certain times of the year they they're not

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there's you know they can only walk. So that's another component of it as well. So it's quite a bit. I'll be I'll be honest with you mayor. It's it's not a small number. Um we have the documentation that you guys are more than welcome to to review. Um but yeah, it's it's

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definitely happening. >> All right. So, what can we do uh from our end to help move this along if anything? >> Uh your guidance and questions and support. I mean, from everything that we've heard to date, everybody wants this to be built by yesterday, which I

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completely understand. Like I told you, I've been out here several times and I've seen the need. Um, unfortunately we do have to follow the NEPA process. We have to follow the the National Environmental Policy Act by law which requires us to have these public meetings to include all the environmental impacts that we have to

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take into account with any of our alternatives. So it is a lengthy process right just the P& side and then from there we still have the design of the actual facility and then the construction and right away in between if there's rightway that that may be needed for the project.

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>> Okay. All right. Thank you very much. Mayor, mayor, may I ask I'm really sorry. I just want to ask one really quick question. At the very beginning of your presentation, you said you're not looking at capacity. Correct. >> Have you all looked at capacity to know that you don't need that within the next 10, 20, 30 years?

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>> Not as part of this project. We haven't. >> But is another arm of FDOT looking at that rather than having to come and retrofit later? I can't answer you that um because I'm not aware of any studies or any kind of um visibility study is

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being done to see what the traffic is out here on the layman itself um from our scope and this PDN study is strictly to accommodate potential bicycle activity. Obviously, we are doing a traffic analysis report that will, you know, um give you all the existing

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information what's happening from the causeway side and how many vehicles a year are going by it, but there's really no forecasting done from our side to determine if there's a need to add additional lanes or or anything of that sort.

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>> Thank you. And um Commissioner Lama has joined us through phone. >> Does he have any questions, Commissioner Lama? Yeah, I I'm having a hard time listening, so I'll get with staff. So, >> I'll discuss with staff. Yeah, >> I'll be there soon. >> All right. Thank you.

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>> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you guys. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. >> Okay. Next. >> Um, we are at 4:14. I'm assuming we're okay to keep going. No objections? >> None? No. Okay. Next item.

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>> Next item is 2J uh audit presentation for fiscal year 2024 2025. Good afternoon, mayor, vice mayor, and commissioners. Um, I'm happy to announce that we've completed the fiscal year 2025 audit. Um there were no findings

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and an unmodified opinion. Um I want to give a special thanks though to the finance team and also our assistant finance director Natalie Oando. Um it's truly um a team effort as as far as the audit is concerned as well as um all the

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departments that um assist us at year end. Um, you each should have received a copy of the annual comprehensive financial report. And today we are joined by Alias, did I pronounce that right? Rodriguez. Um, he's the audit

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senior manager with CBiz. Um, he led the engagement team that's responsible for conducting the audit. And Mr. Rodriguez will present an overview of the audit, key findings, and required communications. >> Thank you.

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So, I want to take a moment to thank Tiffany for pronouncing my name correctly, which is, believe it or not, it's actually not a common thing. Uh, in Miami, it's it's easier. I mean, obviously, but I'm from Broward and, you know, never really happens. Anyways, um,

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as she mentioned, my name is Elias Rodriguez. I'm the senior manager um that was was working with the uh Sunny Isles audit for the fiscal year ended September 30th, 2025. I'm here to pronounce the I mean pronounce present the annual comprehensive financial report.

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>> You could just speak up a little bit. I know you're really tall so it's >> Yeah, I know. >> I'm here to uh present the annual comprehensive financial report of the city for the fiscal year ended September 30th, 2025. Um this should be on your agenda packet.

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I'm going to make reference to some pages. It is a big document. It's over 100 pages. I'm not going to go over every page. So, just some key areas. Um, the first area we like to go over is going to be on page one, and that's going to be the independent

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auditor's report. Now, there's two paragraphs I want to go over here that are key paragraphs, which are in your opinion section. The first paragraph pretty much answers the question, what did we audit? And we audited the financial statements of the governmental activities, business type activities,

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each major fund and aggregate remaining fund information of the city of Sunny Isles for the fiscal year ended uh September 30, 2025. Following that paragraph is our uh conclusion on the audit or in other words, the opinion and just going

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to read it briefly. In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements uh referred to above present fairly in all material respects. the respective financial position of governmental activities, business type activities, each major fund and the aggregate remaining fund information of the city

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as of September 30th, 2025. That is an unmodified opinion, otherwise known as a clean opinion, which is the highest regard that you can get um for for an audit. I want to congratulate Tiffany and her team um for for achieving that once again um consistently

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um because it's it takes a lot of work. Following the financial state I mean the uh independent auditor's report on page four you will find management discussion and analysis. I tell this to everyone on my

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presentations that's if you're not going to read read anything else in this report definitely read this section. It spans from page four to page 15. It includes uh quantitative and qualitative information from one year to the next.

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uh discusses your budget, discusses um capital assets and debt and in addition to to other information. So, highly recommend you read this section immediately after the management discussion and analysis. We're going to

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get into the uh statement of net your financial statements. The first one being the statement of net position which is in essence a balance sheet um but just pronounced I mean name different for governmental for governmental standards and it's going to include your assets deferred outflows of

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resources liabilities deferred inflows of resources and the net of that is going to be your equity or net position which for the year end September 30th 2025 you have 345 million 345.2 2 million.

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Following the statement of net position is your statement of activities, which is pretty much a profit and loss statement, just presented a little different because you're going to have your expenses on the top of the statement rather than on the bottom. And then you're going to have your program revenues in addition to your general

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revenues. Your opening net position was 337.8 8 million and you had a positive a positive increase in that position of 7.4 million with an ending of 345 which agrees to your to your balance to your

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statement in that position. Okay. After the financial statement section, you'll have your notes to the financial statements which that'll be on page 25. Now the notes to the financial statements um provides additional

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details and disclosures or significant items on your on your financial on your financial statements which includes your capital assets, your pension items and you know other other disclosures you would need. And I just want to skip through to the compliance section which is where our

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reports are going to be. That's going to be on page 108. And on page 108, you're going to find the independent auditor's report on internal control or financial reporting and compliance and other matters. Um,

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we're pleased to announce that there are actually no matters to report for this for this fiscal year. We don't have any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses for fiscal year 2025. Now, simultaneously with the issuance of the financial statements or the the uh

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the ACFR, we also provide a communications letter at the conclusion of the audit uh to those charged with governance, which is pretty much a report card of management's performance during the audit. Um we're pleased to announce we had no disagreements with management during the audits and we had

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no difficult no difficulties at all during the audit dealing uh with our dealings with management. And we want to thank Tiffany for and her team for their efficiency and the responsiveness during the audit. It's a lot of work. I believe we we started the audit in is it October?

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In November and it's reporting on previous previous year information. So it's it's a lot of work involved in an audit. So they did a very good job. Um well that concludes my presentation. If you have any questions um I'm open for questions. Yes. >> Okay. Go ahead. >> Yes. So in your opinion

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uh my lowering the millage rate to 1.7 did that have any negative impact on the city financials? >> Um those we weren't engaged to a pine on that but it could impact um it could reduce the

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revenues and maybe one line item. For additional details what I would recommend is discuss with management because they would have a better answer for that. >> Okay. But you said that uh we increased our net by 7 million. >> Yes. >> Okay. And the uh lowering of the

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military would have only cost the city less than 2 million or approximately 2 million. >> I I don't have that specific analysis, but um but u multiple factors did play to to um to increase the state the the net position by 7.3.

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>> Yes. So, in any event, the city is in a better shape this year than last year. >> Commissioner Joseph, that's not the his purpose for being here. >> Thank you. >> I appreciate it. No problem. >> Vice Mayor, do you have any questions? >> Yes. You mentioned that report card

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>> uh the communications letter. >> Okay. So, is it an A+? >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. >> A++. Commissioner Suan, any questions? Okay. Thank you. I uh I do want for clarification because I know that we

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have a policy where we switch around the the audit companies. So is this your last year? >> We might one more year. Okay. So we'll see you next. Okay. >> Okay. >> All right. Thank you very much. I know this is difficult and I appreciate it. Thank you. We all do. Thank you. >> Appreciate it. Thank you,

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>> Mayor. Mayor. >> Yeah. I just wanted to say that for the members of the public. That's okay. Thank you. I wanted to say thank you to the finance team. Um, I'm not sure if the public knows, but for the record, we have three CPAs in our finance staff.

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We've won the government finance officer award for budget presentation the past 13 years. Our auditor, as you heard, is completely independent of anyone that works for the city. So I

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think if anything this debunks a lot of the conspiracy theories about our budget and our spending. So thank you. >> Thank you for that. All right. Um we're going to keep going everyone. Yes. >> Yes. >> All right. The next item please.

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>> We're now into discussions. Uh the first discussion item that we have is uh 3A discussion regarding town center park renovations. >> Okay. Is that you deputy manager? >> If I may >> please. Um, mayor, vice mayor, commission. Um,

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in October or starting from October 24, budget fiscal year 2425. Um, the city commission approved to have an agenda item to renovate Town Center Park. It kind of started with a conversation about the bathrooms being inadequate.

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Um, playground equipment is broken in disrepair, has been far exceeded its lifespan of 15 years. It's been there since we opened it in 2008. Um and so we um hired a consultant. We

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started the process and we are now ready to present with you a concept so that we can take it to the next phase. Um the presentation does start with some existing conditions to just reaffirm why we need to have this project in here.

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um you currently had budgeted in CIP $2.9 million and this park on average we happen to have this cool thing we have which is called placeer AI which counts how many devices are in a park. So if a

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parent is there with a child it's typically going to count one person but consistently we have over a 100,000 people in the park year after year um and that's just one. So, you know, you show up with two children, that could be

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three. So, um, this is one of our most used parks, as I think you all have witnessed personally, and so it does get a ton of wear and tear, and it's it's a really important park to the community. So, with that, I'd like to show you a couple of pictures and then invite up Sarah and David who are going to walk

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you through their conceptual design. Okay, >> Vanessa. Yeah, there you go. Thanks. I just want to just clarify something because I think you were incorrect with that um date. You said 2008.

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>> I I know that my 21-year-old used I have pictures. >> Okay. >> When he was one. >> Oh, wow. Okay. So, even longer. >> Longer. Yeah. Okay. >> Thank you for that correction. >> Thank you. Go ahead. Hi. >> Hi. Thank you for having me. Sarah Landuchi. I'm with Keith, one of the

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subconultants that worked on the design. I'm going to walk you through a little bit of the history of how we got to the concept design. And these are just flipping through some pictures, right, Susan? Okay. So, um Sarah, go uh Sarah, that just go

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back a couple. Um that gazebo was added. It wasn't there when we first opened the park. Um but it again has >> it 2017, >> something like that. It is older than

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that because I can tell you who was city manager whenever that was. >> Okay. Okay. Great. >> So, we all know where the park is located. Highly visible area. One important thing to note here is at on the bottom picture, that blue dashed

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circle is the a 10-minute walk radius to the park. And we know that there's a lot of residents within that area. So, the park is highly visited by pedestrians, people on bicycles and scooters. We wanted to highlight that. Some more of the existing photos which we showed

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earlier. And with every project, we like to do a site analysis. And with this project, we're very familiar with the site. We actually worked with the city to develop the meditation garden that opened fairly recently. So, some key things to note here. Um, we're highlighting the

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vehicular circulation in pink and the pedestrian in blue here. It has a nice pedestrian loop around the park. The gazebo is highlighted with the red star. There's two entry points, one on the north side and one on the south side with the parking lot there. There's a

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large open space to the north. The bathroom is tucked away on the west corner shown in with the um purple star there. And then the playground, as we all know, sits right on Collins in the

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southwest corner. some character imagery for the site that inspired us that we worked with city staff to kind of hone in on designs that we like. I think one of the key elements here is a lot of the post and platform playgrounds that we see in the park today are trending away. And I think the

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reason for this is it limits the amount of creativity the child can have. It's pretty much an up and down type of activity. They go up, slide down a slide, climb up a ladder to get to the top. What we're seeing a lot in the park designs today is more sculptural um

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artistic types of playgrounds with lots of rope climbing, basket swings. You can see that in a few of the pictures here. Embankment slides are really fun use of elevation change and provide a way for kids to be creative in how they get up

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to these play structures. The bottom middle picture is DC Alexander Park. We just completed that project last year. It's on the beach in Fort Lauderdale and we actually were able to meet with city staff there to talk through the design,

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show them the custom playground that was d designed there. It's a lot of rope structures. There's a large embankment slide. It has a big ADA accessible ramp to get up to the top there. It's a really fun park. It's on the ocean, so it has similar characteristics to what

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we have here at Town Center. We're also showing some misting areas. Uh the bottom picture with the the colorful archways, which provides a space to cool off, but it's also shown

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um as a more artistic piece and iconic element to the playground there. So before I get into the details of the concept design, I want to give a little bit of history of this area. As you can see on the west side, there's

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a very large conservation easement. It's a protected natural area. So we wanted to honor that and bring that into the park space there with um planting native and drought tolerant plants which also

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provide a lot of shade which is very important to this area. We know from the surveys that the city conducted that shade was a priority, swing sets were a priority and um we were definitely want to incorporate that throughout the park.

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The meditation garden has these eccentric circles shown throughout. So you'll see that in the overall picture. So, we wanted to tie those two in together and create this more modern kind of abstract design with these um

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circles as the theme, which kind of owes to the ocean and the waves with these organic walkways throughout. So, starting at the southwest corner where you see the number one, that's where we're envisioning a very iconic plaza

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space, something that's very um memorializing for the the city. And this plaza is at the corner of Collins. So a very highly trafficked area. We're envisioning this area to be open, not fenced off. So with some seat walls,

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monument signs, just a a gathering space for for people to hang out in and decide which direction they're going. Just a a nice shaded area. And then that diagonal prominade that leads into the park, that

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will be where the the gate starts to enter the playground. So along that prominade, a shaded walkway that leads you into another smaller plaza space with movable furniture. You can see one of the big moves here is moving the

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restaurant restrooms, apologies, from the west corner to more of a prominent location on Collins Avenue where number five is. Yes, number five. And that is a a restroom building which David will speak

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more into, but has um an incorporated shade structure with some furniture. And then as you're heading into the play space, there's a large specimen tree with some integral seating for parents to hang out in the shade or children.

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And then in the large blue circles 8, 9, and 10, this is where we're envisioning different levels of play from ages 2 to 5, 5 to 12, swing sets, um the embankment area with the contours on the north side there. I know it doesn't look

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like there's shade in there, but that's because the equipment has not been chosen yet. This is very conceptual level design. So once we get to that point, we will discuss integral shade structures, fabric shade structures to

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um to that space there because we all know in the heat of the summer if an area is not shaded, nobody's going to use it. So that's very important in the design. And then just north of the playground number 13 there is a more

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quiet picnic area. And we we wanted to make sure that this playground wasn't just for children with kids that we have areas for seniors and people to go to that do not have children to seek a little bit of quiet shelter, have a

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picnic, and have a nice buffer between the playground there. We're also showing an open flexible lawn, a place to kick a soccer ball or throw a Frisbee. Also a place for the city to program markets or whatever events they need to. A flexible space

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there. There's a maintenance facility in the north side number 19. And then as you come down to the east there, we're keeping open that pedestrian access. So, the main access will be at

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number one, but also on the north side, there will be an access point there with another shaded plaza space. And at either of those accesses, we'll have bike and scooter parking to make sure that you have a place to drop your

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your bike and then enter the the playground. And then just south of the building at number 11 is an exercise equipment area. And then number 12 is where we're showing that fun Mister art sculpture

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down that pathway that leads you into the playground. This design also incorporates a larger parking lot with about 10 more additional spaces. So in closing, we think the concept really represents a

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thoughtful and forwardthinking investment for the city. It strengthens Town Center Park's role as a civil anchor by creating a safe and engaging environment for all residents. So, we think it's not just a playground upgrade, but it's a community asset

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designed to serve residents for today and the future. Happy to answer any questions or we can go to David to talk about the building as well. >> Thank you. Um, why don't we start? Let's talk about the building and then we'll do the questions after. Good afternoon everyone. My name is

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David Shaweri. Thank you mayor, commissioners. Thanks for having me. Um that's right. So the building like like Sarah mentioned uh has been moved to a more prominent location in the park. Right now it's kind of in a corner. Um so it

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it might actually be um too small for the park right now. So we are basing our new design on a new prominent location. So the building is obviously going to be uh pleasing to look at. So we are planning now for an occupant load of

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around 3 to 400. I think that's where we last talked about. So we've got uh three uh stalls per men and women. And the entire building is covered with a with a canopy so folks can come in from the sun

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in in the mornings and the rain in the afternoons. Uh we'll also have drinking fountains here. Um we had talked about a little bit of storage space. Uh so maybe that will come in later on. Um but really it's just a place to come and get

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out of the elements, get some shade, uh use the facilities. Right now it's we're planning on just simple reinforced masonry reconstruction concrete roof. There was some discussion about a green roof. I'm not sure uh where that's at right now, but that can be accommodated.

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Uh it's also I'm showing two different options here. The one up top is a more uh standard uh stucco finish building. The bottom version is a metal panel building that's camouflaged with different colors uh to match the lush

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landscaping the park will have. Um and then some very nice outdoor furniture um that can be moved and moved around. So that's where we're at now. Um if there's any questions. >> Okay. Thank you. Who who would like to start? Commissioner Stevenson, do you

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have questions? Commissioner Joseph, do you have questions? >> I have no questions. >> I'll start then. >> Okay. Thank you, Vice Mayor. >> Uh, I really uh like the um the addition of trees. I mean, shade is definitely

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needed. Like we we've even talked about uh and authorized like extended summer hours just because during the day it gets so hot that families don't enjoy it and so then they come back at night and so we try to deal with the heat that way. Um, and you know, we've had

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what I forget what they're called. Those tarps or like those >> shade sales. >> Those I'm sorry, >> the shade sales. >> Yes, the shade sales. Uh, but really I really like the idea of just adding trees and having that kind of shade and and it's I I like that a lot.

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I'm wondering, and maybe this is this is just something that occurred to me sitting here. Have we considered like having a separate entrance for the meditation garden or you're looking at the space as one? >> Right now I'm looking at the space as

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one. Okay. Uh Sarah's got the site design. >> Yeah, we've looked at the site as one. We do have, you know, that's why we created that large specimen in that corner to kind of separate that area to make it a little bit private. And that

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is gated, but right now we're not considering a separate entrance only. >> And it's the same bathroom, right, for both spaces. >> It is. Yes. >> Um, and I think that this is I mean, we can we can try to accommodate adults, but I

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mean, that's why we we added the meditation garden with that idea. I I don't see this becoming anything other than a kid park. this is very uh heavily used by by families, but we carved out that corner, you know. So, I mean, I

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like it. I'm just um those are just my my two cents. And the extra parking is uh definitely needed. So, >> okay, Mr. Lana, you have questions? >> Yeah. Can we go back to the um to the actual drawing of the of what is

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proposed of the park with the different uh numberings there for each of the components. Okay. Uh one second here. But yeah, I see I see I I like the trees. I like this. Now I I would like to you know

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I'll have to take a look at the measurements really to take a good look at this. When my kids were small, they used to utilize this park a lot, right? Uh I think this is like the park that is obviously gets used the most in the uh

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in the city. What I don't see though is um and and and again I would like to look at the measurements of some of these circles here. I like to see an area where the kids can run because right now what is happening or used to

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happen is that some kids used to play soccer, they run around. So I just want to make sure that there's an area, you know, especially for the demographic, the age of the kids that go there. Uh they love to run. So I I just want to make sure there's enough space for them

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to run around >> until they get tired, then they go to sleep and >> we could rest. Yeah, >> definitely. That's important to get that exercise. We're envisioning 14 as that space in the top right corner as the our open lawn. >> Okay.

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>> Um it we do buffer that with the playground with the planting. But if maybe we create some kind of um easier connection to get to that so you can run back and forth from the playground to the open area. >> We we can look at incorporating that into the design.

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>> Yeah. And another thing is that for instance uh some older kids used to go there and take a soccer ball and then the the the families with the younger kids used to complain. So, I would still like to have, you know, some sort of,

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you know, space where the older kids or the kids that want to, you know, play w with a soccer ball or something, they could be there >> and without hurting the babies, let's say, that that go to that park, >> right? >> Because that was an issue too, uh, back

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in the day >> when I didn't have to wear glasses. Um, so yeah, I would like to to see that too. Maybe in a yellow space >> could have some sort of separation or or something where, you know, you could say, "Hey, if you want to play with a

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soccer ball, go go go here." So, >> okay. Yeah, we can also look at make maybe making that space a little bit larger. >> We have, you know, three picnic areas that we're showing there. So, maybe that gets reduced and we can grow that lawn space to create more more room for that.

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And to the point of the running right now there's like a track like that's around it. Are we preserving that or is that being chopped up by the >> We do still show the loop but it's not it's not as direct as it is now. We have

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>> but if I if some kid wanted to like run laps there >> you can you can still circulate okay the whole area. Yes. >> And we're still going to have the workout state. Yeah. I see that workout. >> Yeah. centralize that into one location instead of being separated by two. >> Okay. >> Areas. So that's shown at number 11

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there. >> So you could come into the site. >> Yeah. >> And just go to the workout station and and leave. >> And that workout station is going to have like the machines and the bars. >> Yes. Yep. That hasn't been chosen yet, but that's what >> But that could be designed.

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>> Correct. Correct. >> All right. And just another note, um we are keeping the um art rising horizons that is located on number 17 on your diagram. >> Yeah, Barney. Um

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>> Commissioner Stewen, did you have questions? >> I have a few comments. So, back in October 2024, two contracts were uh passed to two different companies for the design of

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this park. One of $51,250 to Rodriguez Architects for the renovation in the construction documents of the restroom. They were supposed to

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deliver the all the documents in 10 weeks. which it was done technically uh by December 2024. Where are we with that? That is that is this presentation and we

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did had not brought it to you yet until we had a more comprehensive plan and some more information. >> Okay. So, it took like 70 weeks instead of 10 to have it ready. Another question

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is um another company also got awarded without a bid because we have a pre-contract apparently $220,000 they were supposed to give us all the design in month that was August 2025

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and right now April 2026 is the first time at least that I am seeing this not even for this meeting I had the pleasure of having this in advance to be able to have my questions ready. So, I'm seeing this for the f first time right now

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after apparently spending the city around $300,000 in since October 2024. Um, so I have another question. Let me check here.

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What is your timeline? So just to answer some of those questions, we that with the that contract that's in place now, we were only directed to do the conceptual design phase, which is only one task of that 219,000.

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So that's what this is presented and then we were put on hold to come back and wait for this opportunity to present it to you. So, we um that's where we're at now. And then if if we get the go-ahad, we we can proceed right into schematic design and then construction

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documents and into construction. So, we're ready to go when when the city is ready. >> Good. And how much of those $218,000 do we spend already? >> Uh for our contract, it was like 17,000 for the concept, I believe. >> So, >> the first task. So, everything else, we

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still have the money there for the >> Yep. >> following step. Correct. Okay. Perfect. Um, and once this gets approved, when do I mean with whatever modifications uh the timeline when do you think it should be or we should be starting the process

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of construction and how long will it take? >> According to the country was four years. So I don't know if that continue being the same. >> I mean we'll have to go through permitting and and approvals at the city level. Hopefully we can do that within a year.

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Correct. Yeah. Um I think Sarah's got the bulk of the work. Architecturally, we can get this done in six to eight weeks up to construction drawings up for bidding. Bidding usually takes about four weeks on average. Um construction can take

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probably a year. >> Okay. No, I don't have any other question for now. >> Okay. Commissioner Joseph, >> nothing. >> Okay. I have uh a few questions. I think every single one of us has had kids u use that park extensively. So, I'm going

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to speak from what I've heard and from my own personal, you know, and it's been a while. So, um as far as the shade, one of the things that was very frustrating that I heard for over and over is during hurricane season, we would have to take it down. Um and that's when it's the

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hottest. So if there is any opportunity to create like natural canopies, >> I know that that often you have has to grow into that, but I'm thinking about like the Meridian Avenue and South Beach, Miami Beach that like covers the entire, you know, street, something

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along those lines. um swings. If there's any opportunity to add like literally swings everywhere, that's it's huge for for this um community is the swings. Um to Commissioner Llama's

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point, you know, the number 14 um something that continues to come up is that we don't have enough areas to play soccer. So, I don't know. I know this is concept, so just to consider how much of our community uses um you know soccer fields and I know that this primarily is

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probably and correct me Susan if I'm wrong more of a zero to what 10 years old area probably not necessarily the teens aren't using it and >> we're really trying to >> keep it to the little kids >> redevelop parks instead of having the same thing in every park

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>> right make it specific for that age correct so to my point and I know that Maybe, you know, my colleagues disagree, but like the exercise equipment, I think that we're trying to do too much. Like we're trying to add something for everyone. And um, you know, I think that

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that was put in originally many many years ago because we had a community of of seniors that was using it, but now we have a lot of senior programming that allows for them to move around. So that's from my end a consideration to either take it out completely or

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potentially find a place in the meditation garden for it. Um the same thing with the picnic tables. I think that that area in the meditation garden is completely under utilized. Um and if there is even a way to to vice mayor's

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point to allow for a separate entrance so that it's clear that that is for you know the adults. Um, I'm very glad that the bathroom is going to get upgraded. I just I'm not sure that I agree with the central location

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of it. It seems to have a very central, >> you know, place. And I mean, it's a restroom. So, I think that if if anything, that's where I would potentially, you know, the the very cool pictures that you showed of, you know, the water feature or whatever that was.

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Um, I think that the restroom could be moved, you know, to this to the side, but definitely we need more stalls for that. And whatever it is you come back with as far as design, I know it's not possible because we live right on the

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ocean, but the most, you know, least corrosive kind of materials, uh, so that we're not forcing commissions after us to have to keep paying for for upkeep. Um I think that that was that's I mean I

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know it's still concept so but uh thank you. This it's it's a long time coming. >> Let me piggy back. Sorry. Go ahead. >> Go ahead. >> So thinking ahead and thinking regarding Heritage Park that we might look to redevelop at some point. I would like to

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see the memorial wall at Heritage Park moved to the meditation garden in order to free up Heritage Park for other projects. >> Okay. Vice Mayor, did you have anything? >> Yes. Um, just to keep this in mind, the with

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regards to the exercise equipment, I don't I don't know who uses that. I mean, maybe it is used. I I just don't know who does. I think kids jump on it just because it's there, but they're not. Uh, so I don't know if it's intended for adults or not, but we are

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going to have some at the um sports court, >> right? >> There's So we're already going to have some exercise equipment that's a sports court. So I think if if we're looking for wiggle room, that might be a good thing to to look at. But I would ask uh that you keep the pull-up bars because those are popular.

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>> Okay. >> Is this the only rendering that you guys have or you have more details? >> Um, this is all we have for right now. >> That's it. Yes, for the concept. >> Okay. >> But if I may, the reason for that is

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because, you know, time is money. So, we did not want them to come with a bunch of different options and then still have >> no consensus, right? So, um based on this conversation, I do have a couple of

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follow-up questions. Um, as far as the restroom and its location, it's because it's combined with a seating area and um, kind of a pavilion, sort of like Samson Ocean Front Park. So that So, do you like that concept? Do

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you not like that concept? >> I don't because I think that it invites people that are not really looking to use the park for the purposes of the playground. So, I I I don't I'd rather it be separated out. So, how do you feel about a covered pavilion then because the

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gazebo that's rusted and rotting is going away. So, do you still want I think we need something covered because that is has seating because I think a lot of the obviously the parents, the nannies, the grandparents specifically, you know, use that area.

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And I I this is just and I'm not suggesting you put in the design, but just something to consider. I know that the gazebo has sort of been used to corral little kids so that they don't run off. So I know that that that people have used it for that purpose.

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>> So Heritage, we have um a covered pavilion that's separate from the restrooms completely. So something like that concept works better. And then the playground that they are proposing, as you notice, it's kind of recessed so that they are coralled in a more natural

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way. Is that a good way to put it? So I I'm hoping that this if you like this concept, it'll >> kind of resolve that corelling problem as well. >> Gone to the park. >> Yes. >> Oh, yeah. Okay. Just want to make sure. Okay. >> Multiple times.

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>> Yeah. Um Yeah. I think that's very important to see how it's being used and >> Yeah. Okay. What was your other question? >> Well, let let me have everyone else. >> No, I I was trying to You brought up Heritage and I was try I was trying to

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envision Heritage because Aren't the bathrooms at Heritage with the >> part of the garage? >> Oh, so that seating in the middle, it's not bathrooms, it's water fountains. >> There's not even a water fountain. The water fountain storage. >> It's just a little storage room

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>> with the tables around storage. >> Oh, I thought it was Yeah, but the bathroom. >> I don't love that area. >> Okay. >> And then the water feature is there so you can kind of watch everything at the same time. >> Okay. So, water fountains are are are

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good. >> Okay. >> And then the number of restrooms. Um, you know, that was one of the things that we heard from you all and and the public was more of them. Um, so dedicating space to that. And then one

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of the important concepts of this and the location of it, which we can certainly move, um, was kind of getting the play and the all the activity away from the busy Collins Avenue and kind of buffering it with buildings and things like that. So

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>> Okay, I understand. Okay. And then um since Commissioner Joseph brought it up, how do others feel about moving the memorial wall because if we're doing that, that's quite an endeavor that we would need to. >> But but hold on. I have a question regarding that. I thought we're doing if

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we're going to do a community center. I thought we were talking about Pelican. Not I think I think Heritage was >> previously at Heritage. We're talking about redoing it for tennis courts and other um we we

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only use heritage now once a year basically for Veterans Day. We we can make much better use of that space and uh by moving the memorial wall to the uh meditation garden. This is the

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perfect time to do it. It's forward thinking and that's the right thing to do for um a heritage project in the future. If we leave the the uh memorial wall, then it's just in

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the way and it it causes um us to not be able to use that park in any proper manner. >> I >> Yeah, but the memorial will it's it's a wall. I don't know how. I mean, it's not taking up space in the sense that if you want to put tennis courts or whatever

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you want to put in the middle and the area, you could still do it. I mean, >> but also for Veterans Day, the town center is also a more central centralized area for Memorial for Veterans Day and you would have a lot

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more people attending. >> Yeah. I mean, let let I mean, let's stick to this um to this discussion item. We we could discuss heritage and the memorial wall later, but >> I I just have going back to town center,

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>> I I think we should keep some exercise equipment in there. >> Yeah. Um and regarding the memorial wall, I I I don't know. I mean, it's a wall, Jerry, so I don't know how it's not in the middle of the park in Heritage, so

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>> you could still have your tennis courts there, >> but it's the use of the park. you would have more people attending at Town Center Park from for Veterans Day even. >> I I don't I I just don't see how that's relevant here. Uh and we're not really discussing

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>> we're not really discussing heritage. Like nobody's talking about tennis courts or anything about heritage. >> I I think it's fine. I don't I don't want And we finally have a meditation garden. It's nice. I think leave it. >> But there's plenty of room there for the

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wall. It doesn't make >> the wall doesn't need to be moved is being redesigned. >> I Okay. Well, obviously I disagree with but it's just forward thinking. We're we're doing a redesign of a park. Why would you not consider everything? It's in being openminded. >> It's not that I'm not considering it.

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It's that I don't like it. I've considered it. I don't like it. >> What were your other questions, Susan? >> I just um I'm sorry. I I just want to go over so that they have some direction of where we're going from here. So, we're

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going to reduce some of the picnic area to make a greater lawn area. We will consider relocation of the restroom area, include solid covered, not not fabric covered, um

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seating area. Um I need to know where you're going to land on the exercise equipment. Definitely more swings and some kind of corraling area which I think we have incorporated. Everybody's good with the

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additional parking using some valuable park space from our parking. >> Yes. >> And having multiple entrances >> like we do I mean right now we have two that >> you know the the north one makes me very nervous but the way they've redesigned

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it here it's set back from Collins Avenue and the sidewalk is wider. So, um I think that's okay. Is there >> So, with the parking, you know, adding the parking, is that inviting people to park there and go to the beach?

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>> We can um definitely enforce the parking so that it doesn't turn into beach parking, >> right? That's that's a concern. Um with the exercise equipment, I I support having like the pull-up the the stationary exercise equipment that they use for pull-up. I'm talking

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>> the bars and all of that. I'm talking about the other odd >> the ones that are around the perimeter. The >> ones around the perimeter is the ones that I think don't get used. But as far as the the pull-up bars and the sit-ups and those, I think that they absolutely do get used. >> Yeah. Yeah, that's what I was referring

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to. I mean, I've seen like some older people when they walk in the morning kind of do that kind of circuit with the uh with the equipment, you know, the push-up thing and whatever, but yeah, I don't think it gets used to >> Yeah. I mean, if anything, that's what I'm saying. I think encouraging more use of the meditation

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um garden and leaving this area really for the the little kids. Um okay. Any >> And you like the concept of the misters because nobody commented on misters. >> What's misters? >> The misters. >> Oh, misters. I thought you were naming.

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>> Yes. >> No. No. Absolutely. I The more water features the better. As many as possible. Um, yeah. How much does Barney cost us to

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maintain? To maintain right now, he hasn't cost us so much. >> I have a question regarding the misters. >> So, these are the fans that >> spray and spread the water. >> No, if you look on this, >> see the arches the bottom >> type of misters, >> right?

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>> You see that? The pink those pink arches. You see that? >> Third picture at the bottom. >> Okay. So, they're spraying from the arches. >> Correct. Yes. A mist. All right. >> Yes. What we currently have in the gazebo has never worked well. >> Right. So any um orifice where the water

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is coming out that will be stainless steel. >> Yes. >> I like it more like the picture next to it that have more like water, more blue, more more beach style. And um Yeah. And about the misters. Yeah. As much water

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features as possible. Good. Uh the bathroom location. Yes. It looked very odd where it is right now it looks in the middle. The location where it is currently I think it looks is good. Um also if you see in the concept plan uh

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the entrance by the vehicles it's a little bit scary. First it doesn't connect with the sidewalks. So there is not like a continuous loop and also um the kids can go there to the cars or and

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and you can it's hard to to look at them. So that location there for the bathroom without that entrance and connecting the sidewalk to the other side to make it a loop it will be better. So yeah I don't like the location of the bathrooms at all. Um

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if you have multiple kids, it is where to to spread to to be able to look at both of them at the same time. Um again, the sidewalk is not connecting. Um the exercise which is mainly used by the adults uh in my opinion should be almost

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at the entrance of the meditation garden. So you have that north side um more for the adults and they can use also the north entrance. Um yeah, I I do believe um clearly more swings are

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needed and more water features. Yeah. As well about the having a long area like number 14. Uh I don't think that we need such a big lawn area due to the fact that we have where margalis and we have also the play

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the here in Pelican Park like big and also in heritage and also in gateway. So this is very small and we try to do too much in such a little space. So that area if we can put more water feature and start instead of having it um my my

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kids they play soccer. So and they they will never go play soccer in town center as it is right now. We will go either to Gateway, we will go to Pelican or of course to wear margalies. So this is not even an option for soccer for the real

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soccer players. So, um I will completely almost minimize as possible the long area just to be able to put more water features. >> Um I I absolutely support water

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features. I always I mean if we can make the whole thing a water park, but that's a different story. Uh, one one thing that Commissioner Stson brought up that that made me realize we have and this could be again because of the elements, but we have repeatedly have had instances where the gates have some sort

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of issue with locking or closing. So whatever new designs are available so that they can automatically you know shut or so that you know because people just tend to leave them open whatever the new design is. It's it's really important because like since you've seen

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it there are just so many kids and they do run around on on their own and that is an issue of them being able to run off and into where this the cars are. Okay. Did is there more questions? >> I think we're good. You guys are good. >> Um mayor I just have >> I have one question. Sorry. So, your

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design, when do you expect to have um more finalization on your design? I know you're going to have want additional input in the future, correct? >> Sure. >> Yes. So, what is the time frame? >> Do you think >> we can do four weeks, three, four weeks

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from now? >> So, we'll plan for the June commission meeting. We'll bring back uh the next >> June the next phase. >> The next phase to you in June. >> Yeah. So how many phases are you expecting before we >> Well, I think once next it would be a schematic. >> Yes.

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>> Okay. Refining this and if you all if we have consensus from that then they'll get right into construction drawings. >> Right. So and but okay so finalization probably January some January probably >> um we'd probably be out to bid by then

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and yes >> that's reasonable. >> Okay. >> Um Mr. city manager had something to add. >> Mayor, uh would you consider the possibility of moving the sculpture so we can capture that area? >> I would absolutely.

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>> Thank you. >> Anybody have objection to moving this? >> No. >> Yeah, that it takes up a lot of the area. So, yeah. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Last last thing um just consider seating area for the parents or the adults kind of in the middle or

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where is the playgrounds are going to be. So like I said if you have multiple kids with you and one is in the swings and another one is in the slice or whatever >> there is an area where you can be as an adult and be able to look at everything same at the same time. Same with the

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entrance to the exit and entrance, you know, that you can see from where you are. I know it's really complicated and it sounds easy, but just thinking ahead of parents with multiple kids, small kids that like I said, they are going to

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be everywhere and you want to be able to to see them. >> Definitely, we do have that incorporated throughout the playground, integral seating. So, we know how important that is. >> Thank you. I had one question about the open lawn because it seems to be some mixed reviews on that. Do we want to have an open space here?

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>> I changed my mind. I think that keeping it to that age group and keeping it, you know, so that we're not, you know, to the deputy manager's point, um, and to Commissioner Suen, not trying to do everything. Okay. >> Um, yeah. If there's other uses, specifically water >> Yep.

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>> feature uses. >> Yeah. Because like you said, it is it is tight area to have a lot of programming. So if we don't want to keep that open lawn, we can >> use it for for other play elements. >> All right. >> Founders Park. >> Yes.

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>> Y I'd just also like to reiterate >> running space >> that we're looking to not have the restroom that predominant >> gateway. >> All right. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Next. Okay. So we are at 510.

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We have quite a few items. Um, so >> all right. Next. Is everyone okay to keep going? >> All right. Next item. >> Next one is 3B. A discussion regarding a request for waiver of the sponsorship requirements. >> Okay.

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>> Mission Joseph. >> Sorry. >> Yes. Okay. So, um, we have the Miami Dade League of Cities. That's Hold on. Yes. So, Miami date League of Cities, they're looking we're uh looking for

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sponsorship by the city. >> Okay. >> So, >> does anyone have anything to add? >> Um I I'm not in favor of waving the sponsorship because I think we have the

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process in place for a reason. Um, but that's just my personal opinion. Um, if we wanted to buy single tickets to the event, I think we should, but ultimately $5,000. Um, I'm not sure what the municipal purpose of it.

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>> Okay. I don't think they really need us. So, >> right. >> Okay. So, then I just brought it up. So, we'll buy just separate tickets then. >> I mean, unless anyone feels strongly about sponsoring it. >> Hold on. We have sponsored in the past. And what what has been the um the

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process? Have we waved it in the past? I mean, >> if I recall correctly, we >> have um deputy manager >> answer that. >> You didn't have this process last year. >> Oh, okay. >> It got approved after that. >> All right. So, the league is not going

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to obviously fill all of this out. >> I mean, >> correct. They are not, which is why there was the request to wave it. >> Yeah. But I think that if we we would like to sponsor something then I don't know. Um I I

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>> I don't know. My my point is I don't know the municipal purpose of sponsoring this. Um if we want to be there as a city to support, we can buy individual tickets if they're selling them. But they're not they don't seem to have a dire need for the sponsorship. They have plenty of sponsors.

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>> No, I understand that. >> Um so I'm not sure what the purpose of it would be besides just writing them a check. I'm okay waving it. >> It It's supporting the It's supporting the Miami date county cities which clearly serves a municipal purpose.

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However, um I think we just have to plan better that we have the process. We should follow the process, >> but I I don't I to me the municipal purpose is clear. H >> Have we Okay, maybe maybe the paperwork I mean I'll have to take a look at the

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paperwork. Um, did they tell us flat out that they were not going to fill out our paperwork? What was the uh what was the nexus for this? >> Um, Mr. City Manager, did they say they won't fill it out?

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>> We didn't we didn't ask them to, but you all established a process for any sponsorship, >> right? >> So, the sponsorship dollars would be 5,000. So in order for us to move forward either you would have to direct us or

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they have to fill out the process and then go through that for your approval. >> So So maybe they are willing to fill it out. >> If they're willing to fill it out then I think then >> yeah the what? >> Do you how do we know? >> It's in May.

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>> They would have to fill it out and it would have to come to you as a resolution and that would have to be tonight to make it in time for the event. >> That's what I said. I'm okay. Wait. All right. So maybe for next Yeah, I mean I'm >> I'm okay waving it for this uh for this

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uh particular uh you know uh event, but >> you know, moving forward, we'll just have to make sure that you know, we we we send out the paperwork. I mean, if they're trying to get our money and you know, they're trying for us to buy a sponsorship, I don't see why they should

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not be willing to fill something out for money. Well, I think they sent an email, right, requesting the sponsorships and and uh but you know, it just stayed in our inbox. You know what I mean? So,

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they don't know what every city's um >> I understand. I understand. >> Right. But but to my my point is that if we have the process in place, especially Miami Dade League of Cities has the resources to fill out this paperwork. If we're having smaller organizations who are looking for donation and we're

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forcing them to fill it out, um it's only fair. Now I I mean I see that there's a consensus to wave it. So I'm I'm speaking for just in in general, you know, the concept was that we wanted to make it consistent for for everyone. I think we have to do this especially

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something like this which is the the leagues uh like we've done with the proclamations where we just like set it set them out like in advance the ones that we know then Pelican Harbor like there's stuff that we're that we want to sponsor and and just structure it ahead

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plan it out ahead because otherwise then we're we're stuck in in this situation. Well, then I think it needs to go into the budget. That's the way it needs to. >> But it it's all we already have a budget for um we have a budget for the sponsorships. >> I believe I'm I'm sorry if I'm

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interpreting what you're saying is that through the bud budget process, which we're in right now, is you identify now we put it in as a line item in the budget and then you don't necessarily go through the pro through the process, but it's in that line item of the budget. So

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it gets removed from the total amount which is remind me please it's 20 >> 20 20,000 in total >> 20,000 we've >> 10 >> 10,000 this year >> 10,000 >> what you had this year yes >> okay >> we started off at 20 when we reduced it

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to 10 >> that's that's not what I was thinking um but I guess I'm confusing the the budget piece but I was just thinking just like we say okay these are going to be the proclamations I can always take it off the agenda I'm like oh I don't want to do the proclamation on whatever this

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year. So, if we can just plan ahead like whatever January and we we say, "Okay, these are the three that that we're willing to sponsor that we know we're willing to sponsor um proactively, right?" Uh then we can reach out to them and say, "Hey, you know, you're on our

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sponsorship list, but we this is what you you need to jump through these hoops." They still have to go through our process. >> Okay. So, you still want the process. You just want to reach out. >> You spent so much time developing the process. >> Agreed. So I think we should use it but we shouldn't expect everybody to know

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what our process is. So, if we if we know that there's things like the league, the the ones that we are definitely on board with, right, the league, the Pelican Harbor, and um whatever, maybe the Florida leagues, whatever it is, the stuff that we

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normally do that that can be a proactive thing that's on our to-do list that we let them know um we, you know, the commission has approved that wants to sponsorship, but this is our process. If you want our money, fill this out and

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thank you very much. >> Okay. Okay. >> All right. >> Can we move something around because we have um someone waiting in the audience to hear one item? Um >> uh what would you like to move?

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>> We would I'd like to please move um 3E as being next. >> 3E. >> Do we have a decision on this item? >> I think there's consensus to wave it, right? I'm the only no. >> It will come before you tonight as a resolution then. >> Okay.

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>> So, three yes to wave. Okay. All right. Uh 3E. Um All right. I just want to point out that we do have some items on here that have been on here before. So, uh >> they've been on because it was left open.

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>> No, no, no. I understand. But I just want to make sure that we're following the rules because you know, vice mayor had to wait three months to to put on an item. Um, but >> what is >> I don't have any I don't have any objection going to 3E if anyone if everyone else is okay.

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>> They're all mine. So I'm just asking change the order. >> Yes. Go ahead. Go ahead. >> Okay. So um I had had many residents contact me. I wasn't aware that there had been an agreement by the city

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manager to allow the Bentley to uh work in extended hours. So, I'm just trying to understand and I brought this forward for residents who didn't want to contact the city manager directly. They went through me. So, I'm just doing this on

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their behalf to question um the validity of having 247 construction. >> Okay. >> Go ahead, Mr. City Manager. >> Mayor, I just I want to just read for the record um the item as the

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commissioner presented it. It's a resolution blocking the city manager sole discretion regarding the approval of extended hours for the Bentley. So that's the item. So I'm I'm asking >> Okay.

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>> Is it your intention to block the Bentley from extended hours? No, I was just questioning uh the process and also um possibly some type of modification as to the residents

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that are near actually the noise extends throughout the city. But um it's predominantly more on the north side to somehow reasonably um you know modify not not to stop the

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allowance of extended hours but maybe to modify the hours somewhat. Uh you know take a look at it. let's put it this way to um you know to see what's reasonable and um

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you know at the city manager's discretion maybe to take another look at the hours. >> This says blocking the city manager >> since the hours are um Saturday and Sunday work hours.

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um during uh hours when people would expect peace and quiet and you know so I'm asking for it to be t second look to be taken at the hours

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>> you receive >> not to um stop construction on those days but to maybe by an hour or two uh you know during the later hours to maybe take a look at it.

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>> Okay. You received a complaint and I asked you to forward to me and you explained that you would handle it yourself. >> No, I did not say that. I said that the reason these uh people who complained to me had your number. They chose not to go

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through you to go through me because they wanted to remain anonymous um regarding any type of backlash. >> Okay. because the resolution says to block the city manager. So, mayor, I'm a little bit I'm a little bit confused. >> I I'm getting confused, too. Let's start

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over. What? Commissioner Joseph, can you just please clarify? >> My intent was not to block it. >> It was to reasonably uh modify it as to the later hours. >> Okay. So, then would you decide what the hours should be? >> Would I?

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>> Because you're suggesting that my discretion be blocked. No, I'm asking No, I'm removing the word blocked. I I um am asking for it to be taken a second look at as to uh reasonable hours.

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>> Okay. Um any comments from the commission? >> What are the hours right now? What like what what is the definition of extended hours and what and what are regular hours and what are extended hours? city manager.

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>> The regular hours are 7:00 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday, 7 to 5 on Friday, and 9:00 to 5 on Saturday. >> And how about Sunday? >> Nothing. And what are the extended

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hours? Is >> sorry, isn't there a Sunday included? >> No, there's Let's >> regular. There's no Sunday. and the extended hours. >> Currently, we've allowed modified hours to include uh deliveries. So, it varies

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throughout the day, but it also includes Sundays. >> Okay. So, it includes Sundays and it goes beyond 7 p.m. >> Correct. >> How beyond? >> Until 11 in some cases.

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So, because if we're going to, you know, bring it up, then we need to know what the universe looks like, like what are we comparing extended or whatever. And what are the pros and cons? What are the what why have extended hours? >> Every project that's been built on the

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east side has had extended hours, including the building next door to this site, which is which is the Turnberry. So over the period of three years they had extended hours which include work seven days a week.

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So >> seven days a week. >> The purpose of that one of the main reasons in us looking at this and extending it was the original proposal was for a month or more lane closure.

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So in order to uh avoid a lane closure which would affect all of the residents, we allowed for modified construction in the evening. And it's been for me a significant success. I've received two

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complaints since the construction has started and then I check with the police department and we've received one complaint over the past year. If we modify this, we're going to have to allow for a lane closure which could t potentially block traffic throughout

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the city. The overall the way I explain it to the neighbors associating the project is the overall goal is to shorten the length of time of the project. So, if you vary the construction hours now and strictly go

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by the schedule, which would be an exception to how we've built every building on the east side, you have the potential, >> that's not what I'm asking for. >> Okay. You have the potential of extending construction from 6 months to a year.

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So, the idea is to get the project done as soon as possible with minimal um disruption to all of the residents. I understand there's a disruption to the neighboring properties, but this is how

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I explain it to all of the associations. >> Okay. >> Okay. And I would add that if you're let's say you we keep it right to the to the shorter hours and so it's always being done during those same hours. Not everybody has the same

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schedule and the people who work at night would go crazy because they they would always be uh disrupted for an even longer period of time. Um and and the soon I I don't know. I'm I'm I think I think it's been working. the

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sooner you get it done, the sooner you it becomes a taxpaying property. >> Um, I I think it's okay. >> Okay. Commissioner Lama, >> yeah, I have a question. I mean, I'm looking at the approval here and it says

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January 2nd, 2026 to March 31st, 2026. So, I mean, all all of this is over. Did we extend this? >> No, it's extended. >> It's been okay. I'm looking at, you know, the document that is here in the agenda and then I mean some of the times Monday through

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Saturday 2:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. I mean that's basically working throughout the morning when people middle of the night when people are are sleeping. So, I mean, I think some of these times need to be reconsidered, especially if you

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know if it's true that I haven't received complaints, but you know, I'm looking at a 2:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and it's like, yeah, it's a little too much. And then you have a 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. And then you have Sundays 8:00 a.m.

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to 4 pm. I mean, when somebody makes noise and Sunday is the only time I could wake up late, you know, it's it's really frustrating. So, I think we need to take that into consideration. I'm not saying to delay the project, but you know, you know, look at the times uh a

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little bit better. Yeah. I haven't during all of the phases of the construction I've only received two complaints. So in terms of the late night hours, those are periods of time when the buildings are doing setup. They

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also have a 24-hour representative that we can call at any time if there's issues, but this enables the project to get done more expeditiously. So I'm concerned with any sort of modification

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and you know I can I I understand this we look at it from the building official perspective and trying to do the best in terms of principles and practices of construction because you're also going to have some significant deliveries that

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could potentially back up. So we're considering all of those factors when we allow these approvals >> and I agree with you in certain things. I mean like for instance you have concrete delivery and concrete pour. I mean we'll I think we'll have to take

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one each of these and see you know do do these create noise where obviously it reverberates and it wakes people up. I mean I don't know they might not. Crane jumps and additional makeup days.

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What are they exactly doing? Is it are they creating a lot of noise when they're doing what's a crane jump? I I think that the the manager's point is that they all of this is being considered and so it I don't feel like

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very comfortable analyzing any of this. Um that's why we have professionals to do that. Um and I'm with the vice mayor as far as getting this done as quickly as possible. I also have not had any complaints and I live in the neighborhood. Yeah, I haven't had

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complaints, but I mean I think if they're depending on the scope of work, they need to be considerate, >> right? >> You know, to of of the neighbors. So, you know, if they're doing work where they're not drilling, they're not making noise, then I'm okay with it. I'm just saying we need to get into the

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specifics. And at this point, I I don't know what these I don't know what this is. I mean, concrete delivery, I don't think it makes noise to deliver concrete. No. And and that's fine because obviously during the daytime you don't want a lane to be blocked if

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they're delivering concrete, but I don't know what a crane jump is or additional makeup days. I don't know what they're doing. So I just need >> I would like to know more information on >> So the the code the code under chapter 193 delegates that authority to the city manager,

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>> right? >> So if you want changes to the hours, you would have to direct the city manager to do that. May I say something? >> Go ahead. >> We have a construction now that we just approved. 64story building.

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>> Yeah. >> Between Armani and Ocean 2. So you have those buildings that are going to be under this same issue where you have reverberation between

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these two buildings and you're going to have no peace. >> Yeah. for a lot of people during that construction. So, I know people on the south end of the city don't hear the noise, but there is a lot of noise.

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>> Yeah. I I I don't know because I don't know what's happening. I I haven't heard complaints. You mentioned reverberation, but I don't know if they're drilling or what what they're exactly doing at that time. If they're setting up delivering stuff, >> right now they're pouring for height

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>> on the tower. So you frame the um rebar in wood. Okay. And then after the pour that holds the concrete in. And then after the pour you have to bang off the wood because it's >> Mhm. >> it's stuck by the concrete. Okay. And

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that banging off of the containment material makes a lot of noise. >> Yeah. Okay. So I would just direct the city manager to Go ahead. >> Sorry, sir. Go ahead. I would just direct the city manager to, you know, obviously be um be monitoring the

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situation and if there's noise that >> city manager doesn't live in the city. He's >> Well, no. Well, I'm not saying the city manager I mean his staff Jerry I mean let's >> Yeah, I monitor it 24 hours a day. >> All right. So,

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mayor, I just wanted I want to make one more point. A number of years ago to eliminate things like this, the state statutes regarding code enforcement were revised to state that we do not accept anonymous complaints. >> So I don't know who the anonymous

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complainant is, but I've only received two complaints >> and construction is ongoing. We've not affected traffic on Collins with this significant construction project. And I would say that this is actually so far a

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good model for construction going forward. Uh they have a good neighbor agreement with the neighbor next door. They've been advised of all of the construction hours. I've spoken to some of them as well as the manager. So I'm not advocating. I'm just saying we

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consider all of these factors in these approvals including we're only approving them three months at a time, >> right? >> And so there's also a clause that if there is a significant issue, I have the ability to revoke those hours.

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>> But so far through a number of these projects, we've worked well together. any issues I've had to Commissioner Llama's point, including late in the night or early in the morning, we've required a 24-hour representative that I can make a phone call and have it

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rectified. >> Okay. >> All right. Um All right. It's 5:32. Are we okay to keep going? We're going to >> So, uh All right. Let's let's go one by

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one and see how how many we can go ahead. >> So the next one that we have is 3C suitable locations for car carriers. >> Yes. So we had this on last month. We spoke about it and we need to have some

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type of resolution. Uh we has anyone been delegated to look into it? Uh Mr. city manager may last month. >> Please go ahead. >> We've brought the item back. You asked

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that it be brought back. We brought it back in the original form with the original locations. No one has offered us any additional locations. >> Okay. So for for me, I believe that uh for the

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south end of the city, it makes sense to have the um the yellow marked area on North Bay Road, which is a wide enough area for a semi uh as the staging area for that part of

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the city. uh we have to then just resolve uh a place for the north end. >> The three are the three locations are north bay road. So which is specifically you are talking about? We have the three

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three of them are north bay road. >> Yes. So on north bay road um down by plaza of the Americas. >> Nope. >> Okay. 1690. Okay. >> That's the widest uh area. And you have

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the median uh yellow marked median uh which would be the staging area. It's safe and I I believe that's a uh sensible area to have that uh the pickups. >> Okay.

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>> There really not a lot of places in the city. >> I disagree. >> Yes. Well, >> okay. >> Uh and this is my take on it, Jerry. I think if you pick a spot, it it's we do get the car deliveries, but they're not every day. So, if you pick a spot,

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you're going to disproportionately affect that whatever area it is, whatever spot is chosen. >> So, I think it's better not to have a resolution and that way it's the the problem is distributed. Uh, and

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if it happens to happen in front of the plaza of the Americas, it happens in front of the plaza of the Americas. But if you turn that block into uh a truck stop, uh that's going to be very displeasing to everybody in in in that area. You

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have you have 800 units in Plas of the Americas alone, plus Intra Coastal, plus Porto Belagio, plus Beach Place that all of those families, all of those people, their their quality of life is affected if that's where you decide that all the trucks are going to come.

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>> That's right. There's not all those trucks. There aren't that many. >> Exactly my point. There aren't that many. So when there is and you design and they always come to the same spot, whether it's there or the front of your house, nobody's going to want it. Let >> Let the vice mayor finish. So we're

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>> find an area like that in the north end of the city. I would be happy to have the trucks come in front of your house is perfect. I think that road is perfect. There's very little traffic. There's, you know, houses in front of your house. So like that street right in front of your house. You can put a semi.

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There's there's individual houses. So, it's not a lot of families and you can just drive around the truck with no problem. But this is my point, Jerry. Like, you wouldn't want it in front of your house and I wouldn't put it in front of your house. >> But there is no median in front of my house that's wide like on North Bay

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Road. >> And anyway, like you said, you're getting trucks there in any regard and there aren't that many. >> Exactly my point. So then you don't need a resolution. >> People transporting their cars from Portalio and uh

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>> the Americas. They're not going to come to that area. We're going to look for a northern area as well for staging. >> Well, my position is not to have a resolution and let it be wherever it's going to be. >> Then it's haphazard and it's just not it's it makes no sense. >> Then I want to solve anything.

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>> I want it in Golden Shores. So we cannot enforce right now because we don't have a location and we have to pick a location so we can enforce. So I'm okay voting or giving direction action for one specific location for this because

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that's the issue why we cannot enforce and right now it's a free-for-all. They can do anything they want wherever they want. So I'm okay picking one of the location that we have consensus on. >> Okay. Um Mr. City attorney. >> Yeah, you you can enforce right now. We are doing enforcement with regards to

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parking and then certain citations that the police can get into, but the police can't do a whole lot, but we can through code enforcement. Uh we're just limited on what we can charge based on Miami date county regulations. Uh so you can enforce right now and they are um the

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location is just that if you want to create an ordinance where there's a violation of your ordinance in addition to the parking, that's the lack of enforcement because you really have to give a location. But it's not like there's zero enforcement now. There is enforcement now. >> Okay. I think you're going to

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disproportionately negatively impact the people of wherever you put it. >> Uh how about if we look at it differently? How about if we look at it where certain like we pick spots where they cannot absolutely deliver cars,

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>> you know? I mean, it's like because North Bay Road, they've been doing it in North Bay Road. I've seen them after hours doing it by the schools. So, >> I think everybody would want to be there. The area in front of their house >> is the place where they wouldn't want it to deliver. >> No, I understand.

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>> I vote North Bay Road. No, that's the area where we don't want >> That's just obnoxious. >> That's my vote. >> The The problem with putting it there, North Bay Road by by by plaza, is that you have the problem with the inter coastal, which that entrance is is problematic.

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There's a line that forms there with the cars. So, I mean, North Bay Road past the church, you know, around that area. Um, >> I think the solution there interruption, huh? >> The solution is worse than the problem.

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>> There's no church on North Bay Road over by Portoia. >> No, no, I'm saying P. You have Okay. You have Gwen Margles Park. >> That that would that's not >> I'm not talking about Porto Bellagio. I'm talking about North Bay Road on the other side. Yeah, but that's not an appropriate area. >> Listen,

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>> they they they do deliveries there. >> Well, we have to stop it. That's why it's not a >> se I haven't seen any interruption when they stop there. The cars just go around and >> they go around. It's only a matter of time before there's an accident. >> So, the problem we have is that we don't have a consensus on this on the place.

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>> Well, that's why it's coming back because it's a place. >> We need to require simple a resolution. >> That's why it comes back every month. Yeah, I'm okay picking a place and whoever is going to get affect is going to be affected. It is what it is.

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>> I'm not in support of picking a place because I think that I I agree disproportionately affecting one area of the city is just going to create a much bigger problem. Um I I I do not like it when they're in Golden Shores. It irritates me. I I call the manager. I I

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mean I it's bad. But at the same time, it's going to be in front in front of somebody else. >> So this is another >> So we got to pick a place where there's pick anything. >> Yes, we have to. >> You don't have to pick anything. You can leave it alone and it is what it is. >> All right, we'll deal with we have rules

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and regulations for everything. This not because it affect you personally. Doesn't make any sense. >> It's not just personally the entire area. You have hundreds of families. Since I've been here, we keep passing laws and laws to restrict more of the

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will of the commission and giving it to the staff. So now that we can continue doing what we've been doing consistently, but it affect directly to one of the commissioners. Now suddenly we don't want to do it. This doesn't make any sense. We pick a place that's a place it is what it is. >> I I don't think that's a fair statement.

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It's not affecting one person in particular. There's a lot of people that live there. Um all right. So, what what do we need for for this item? >> Um, >> nothing. >> It doesn't move. Correct. Okay. >> And mayor, just just for point of

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clarification and procedurally, the item won't come up again next month >> because we don't have consensus. >> I think we need to stick to our rule of three months. >> Well, >> otherwise, we're going to be sitting here, you know, all night talking about the same things that we can't come to to

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consensus on. >> We'll bring it up in uh January. Um, okay. >> That's not three months. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Next item is 3D enforcement and compliance of city ordinances.

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>> Okay. So, we have >> I'm sorry. 3D. Okay. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, we have the same issue. We were supposed to speak about the dogs in the park and on the beach. Have have we had anything with code enforcement regarding

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um that issue since last month? >> I was I think the entire commission >> last month. So I'm not sure what the what the question is. >> There was supposed to have been code enforcement looking at how we could resolve the issue of dogs on the beach.

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>> Remind me please. I'm We voted on an item. No, you you actually were the one to say let's take let's bring it up next month. In the meantime, uh code enforcement will uh look into the dogs on the beach and how they can further

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regulate it and and and stop the dogs. >> I think we are all in the agree that we want to make sure that >> yes code is looking into the dogs on the beach. So, I watched occurred in the last month. That's why I brought it up again because that's another issue that

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got gets kicked down the road. >> Mayor, >> we do enforcement for dogs on the beach seven days a week. >> Okay. So, >> we've been doing it and we continue to do it. >> So, to include that in your report, >> but I was told that I was told that

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>> it is included in my report. >> Okay. I was told that um we still have the same issue that so the u reason for this discussion tonight was to find out what has changed

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from last month. We were supposed to get some type of report but I guess it's not forthcoming. >> So it's in >> should I bring it up again next month? Do we need another month to >> My answer would be the same report

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>> as it was last month, which is you get a monthly report. We do enforcement for dogs on the beach seven days a week and we're going to continue to do that. We have some challenges with the enforcement legally and until that

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changes, we're going to continue with our plan. But we we have been actively infor every month. Yes, >> correct. So, do you want to change the report? Is that your request? >> If I remember correctly, there it was your um reference saying that we need to

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see what code enforcement can do. Let's let's have them tell us next month how they're doing better enforcement. >> Yes. Do you want to go back and listen to the workshop? >> It's fine. So, are you asking for more information as far as the how many

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tickets? Because right now we put Let me just ask the manager for the in the monthly report we provide the the numbers for the dogs on the beach. >> Yes. >> Um okay, >> Jereif what you want is to know what is

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the process that's the request you need to make what is it that we can do with what is it that we cannot do how >> I've heard from residents that the issue of dogs on the beach is not being attended to. So I brought it up um as to

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other um ordinances that we have in the city that are not attended to that are that need better um you know maintenance. So I want to understand say if I am in the beach with my dog, my dog is in the water with me.

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He's not a service dog. What are the consequences for me personally? I'm there with my dog swimming on the beach. What will be the consequences? >> Go ahead. What is the process? Yeah, >> Julio. Ulio very briefly. >> Yes, sir. >> Explain the process.

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>> Good afternoon everyone. Um, so first of all, we we don't know if if the animal is a a service dog or not, and we're not allowed to ask if it's where there was only two questions we're allowed to ask. It's is your dog a

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service animal? And what duty does it provide? What service does it provide? That's it. But if the person tells us that it is a service dog, we have no way of determining that it's not. That's the challenge the city manager was

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mentioning. So it's it's it's very difficult for us to potentially infringe on somebody's ADA requirements because the law does not allow us to inquire any further. >> Okay. So to my point, so I'm in the water with my dog. somebody from court

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enforcement comes and said oh madam is it service dog or not whatever and if I lie which technique you cannot do because that's also uh punishable um you guys cannot do anything >> no >> basically okay like I said before I had

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I know personally people who went through this in the beach in Hollywood beach and they got a ticket so if possible we have a very good uh communication with our municipalities ities and we spoke about this many times

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long time ago again uh just let's reach out to them because I know of them for a fact that they give tickets to the people uh when they are in the beach with their dogs and maybe after that research and with the city attorney we can be a little bit more proactive

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because it's escalating. It's true. So, >> so I >> Well, from from a regulation standpoint, you you've done all you can. From a regulation standpoint. From an enforcement standpoint, he's correct. If somebody says it's my service dog, you're done. The inquiry is done. You have to take them at their word. And that's federal law.

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>> Uh if they tell you it's not a service dog and they're honest, then you can proceed with enforcement. But if they lie to you that you can't you can't they don't have to have anything on them to indicate that they're trained. They don't have to mark the dog in any way

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>> and they don't have to have a leash. >> The only thing is you you still even though it's ADA protected, your dog still you still have to have control over your dog, right? And they can't defecate. They can't do you have to be able to control your dog. So let's say you're sitting at an outdoor little cafe

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there and you have a service dog. That service dog has to be able to behave and be trained. If it's not, you can ask them to leave, not because they're a service dog or you don't want dogs, but because you can't control your dog or if they urinate or defecate, you can kick them out for that reason. So, same thing

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on the beach. Fortunately, and it's the same thing with homeless and with anyone else, your code enforcement officers, you police officers have to witness the dog defecating or urinating, right, for that because it's a misdemeanor. So, they have to witness it. So, if a code

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enforcement officer is there and the dog defecates, absolutely, you can give them a ticket. If they admit to you that, "No, it's not a service dog. I didn't know I wasn't supposed to have a dog here." You can give them a ticket. But if it's an ADA, if they if they lie, unfortunately, and every jurisdiction is dealing with it, unfortunately.

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>> And a couple quick things, you know, the leash. Yes. But if if the duty, so it says in control, it doesn't even say it has to be leashed because of a specific duty. it's it's supposed to perform requires it to be off a leash and it doesn't need

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a leash. >> I have done extensive research and unfortunately the county also has you know hollowover um and and and and different cities. The problem there's only two cities that have been able to

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site and issue a citation that they can take somebody to county court. That system is not set up in Miami Dade County. So there's nothing to attach a citation to because code enforcement typically issues citations to properties or where the property where the

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violation exists. And there really is no way for us to collect a citation. And I've been in contact with everyone from the county and and different municipalities. And there isn't every municipality I've spoken to, they just tell me they issue warnings. Um, and

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then that's pretty much >> and if you give them and if you give them a ticket, you can give them a ticket and if they pay it, wonderful, great, you know, and that's fine. But if they choose not to pay it, like Julio says, there's very little you can do. There's nothing you can attach, >> which is still something we are looking to do is is still issue citations when

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we do find those violations. Then that is in the process. We're actually printing those citations as we speak because we're going to be using those citations for the new scooter ordinance that was just passed >> and we can bring them in front of the special magistrate and again the special magistrate can go ahead and say yes you

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have to pay it but if they don't pay it we don't have a property to attach to it. We don't you know it's a personal violation. So those are the challenges that they face. >> What about creating a registry? >> We can we can we can research that. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.

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>> Register your dog. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Under the ADA though, you wouldn't be allowed you wouldn't be allowed to force them to register their dog. >> So, yeah. Short of having a code person at every

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single beach access there all day. to look, you know, we've we've encountered we've had approximately 2400 encounters, so warnings, different situations dealing with animals so far

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this fiscal year. I know because I I requested to compile some of those stats because that's one of those stats that we're putting in as our goals in the budget. Um it'll be the first time it'll be there in the budget. So in addition to the regular monthly stats you get because it's such a big issue. I've put

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it as one of our goals as well so it can be counted and that that's a huge increase from previously and it's primarily due to now having two dedicated individuals that are working park ranger duties who like the city manager said are always patrolling the

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beach every single day twice a day and doing as much as they can with their limited ability that they have. Yeah, just >> people need to be better neighbors to each other. Um, >> have we uh updated the signs everywhere?

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I know that we did that. We we were meant to do the the the beach access signs. They're all every single one is updated. Correct. There was new ones. Some of them were old, remember? They're all all say no dogs. >> Yes. All of them. >> They say service animals. And I think

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that our garbage cans had something on there as well. >> The ones on the beach have the symbols. Yes, it's a graphic. >> I think some of them are a little faded. >> He just ordered some new ones. Every year he replaces >> me >> to a limit. >> Can we do some social media push or

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something just to >> We do frequently do social media pushes on dogs. >> I believe we did one right after the last meeting. >> Okay. >> Okay. These these um In my kids pediatricians in pediatric

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associate there is this sign and it says service animals policy. Only service animals as defined by the American with disabilities act the department of justice and Florida statue are allowed in our premises. No pets allowed in this

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facility. Owner's responsibility. An individual who knowingly and willfully misrepresents herself or himself through conduct or verbal or written notice as using a service animal and

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being qualified to use a service animal or as a trainer of a service animal. commit a misdemeanor of the second degree punishable as provided in statute 775 082 775 083.

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>> We may be a big sign. >> We've put that in our signs. Actually, we've been we created a warning last year that's like a pamphlet, but it says warning on it. And I actually put that language in there to show the seriousness of it to try to get people

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to comply more. So, we actually have that that language in there. >> Again, unfortunately, once they tell you, you can't inquire any further. So, how do you find out they're lying to you? You can't under federal law, you can't inquire further. So, it's great to have that language there, and it scares some people, but

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from a compliance standpoint and enforcement standpoint, you cannot federally ask them any other questions, and you can't find out if they're lying or not. >> The people that are not lying are the ones that it's going to scare. >> Exactly. >> Right. Um, okay folks, it's six o'clock.

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>> Do we want to take a break? >> I'm ready to call it. Yeah. >> And can we do we start with these items or we just push them? >> Uh, no. I think we need to go to the to the end. >> For discussion items. >> Oh, at the end of the meeting, you mean? >> Yeah.

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>> Okay. I think that's better because I'm I >> Okay. >> Okay. All right. So, uh, we'll adjourn and see everyone at 6:30. >> Yes. Perfect. Thank you. victims much quicker than we ever could have. Being an extra set of eyes, they

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can be there in literally seconds. A 20 seconds of launching the drone, it is up in the air and on its way and will provide that extra layer of security and make our response time so much quicker. When the dispatcher receives a call, the

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drone pilot officer is already in the real-time crime center with the dispatchers. From the time they hear the call, they're already inputting the address into the system. They then initiate the launch sequence that goes within approximately a 20 second process which sends the signal to the dock which

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is on the roof. The actually slides back open. The drone does a quick self test. It launches itself in the air, orients itself, and then starts to fly to the call that we've dispatched it to. With its technology, it's able to navigate around obstacles, get there the most

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[clears throat] >> We're ready, mayor. Okay. Good evening, everyone. It is 6:34. If everyone could please take your seat. I'm calling the meeting to order. Hey, Commissioner Silvasan. Oh, excuse me.

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Commissioner Joseph. Present. Commissioner Lama. Here. Vice [snorts] Mayor Abascal. Here. Commissioner Steveson is here. Mayor Swetchan. Here. All members present, ma'am. Okay. We have an add-on item. We will

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>> Let's do the call the Pledge of Allegiance first. >> [snorts] >> All right. Former Mayor Adcock, would you like to lead us in the in the pledge? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Do we have an invocation? Not tonight, ma'am. Okay. Okay, so we have a couple of changes to tonight's agenda. Um I'm sorry, we just have one change.

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We have an add-on request by Commissioner Joseph. And that's to add a resolution amending resolution number 20 25 3862 rel- uh relating to the recognition of Jewish Solidarity Day. Okay. Yes. Do I um

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do I have any opposition to that? Do we need We need to vote on that Do we need a motion, please? >> I need a second. Second. On favor? Aye. >> Okay, it'll be added on as item 9Q. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, everyone.

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Then we have the approval of the minutes of the March commission meeting. Okay, I'll take a motion. Motion. Need a second. On favor? Aye. All right. Thank you. We can play your opening message, please.

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Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We appreciate your attendance and thank you for joining us tonight. Before we begin, there are a few important reminders regarding conduct during our commission meetings. Please ensure all electronic devices are turned

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rules of procedure to ensure productive meetings that serve both the public and the city commission. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. Okay, good evening, everyone. Um I see a lot of familiar faces, so thank you for coming back. Um and I know that most of you know this

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already, but especially for those watching, I just want to uh add an additional reminder that we do follow Robert's Rules here. Uh please adhere to the 3 minutes. Uh we want to make sure that we maintain decorum. [clears throat] Any uh items that you're going to speak on, you direct them to

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hear from you as well. So we want to make sure that you get um your allotted 3 minutes. And if at any point you decide that you changed your mind, you can just go ahead and say you don't want to speak at an item. But once the public comment is closed, it's closed. So if you just want to speak on

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a few items, go ahead and fill it out, and then you don't have to if you don't want to. Um okay, Mauricio, go ahead. Okay, so the first item that we have on the agenda are zoning applications, and I'm going to read the zoning introductory statements.

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Ladies and gentlemen, this evening's agenda has two zoning applications, and the city will the city commission will be conducting public hearings to review and consider these applications. In these matters, the city commission sits in a quasi-judicial capacity and will hear testimony from city staff, the

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who are qualified as experts. >> [snorts] >> Competent, substantial evidence does not include conjecture, speculation, or generalized opinions or statements in support or in opposition of the matter. >> [snorts] >> Attorney testimony is generally not competent, substantial evidence unless the attorney has some expertise in a

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relevant area. So now, with in accordance with the LDRs of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, and all items to be heard today have been legally advertised, notices have been mailed and posted on the properties. All persons wishing to speak at this hearing, please raise your right arm to

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be sworn in. Do you swear the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Thank you. So, the first item that we have is 5A, [snorts] which say is a request of Leslie Edelman

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for a site plan modification of a unit separation for the property located at 17901 Collins Avenue, unit TS3405 0607. Okay. And before we move forward, [snorts] are there any ex parte communications that need to be disclosed? None for me.

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None for me. None. None. Thank you. >> [clears throat] >> Go ahead. Okay. Good evening, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Commissioners. This is zoning application PZ202603 for a site plan modification at The Estates at Acqualina. This is specifically regarding a

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particular unit located in the South Tower. The address is TS3405-0607. I'll get into why it has those three addresses in just a moment. Um the owner and the applicant is Leslie Edelman, and this is located in The Estates at

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Acqualina at 17901 Collins Avenue, located on the east side of Collins, zone mixed-use resort. The specific request is to separate this combined unit into two units. Currently, the unit takes up the entire 34th floor

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of the South Tower. So this is the existing floor plan of the unit as it stands today. When the project was originally approved in 2014 and 15, this was supposed to be a two-unit floor. And then when the project was

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additionally modified in 2018, it was approved as having three units on the floor. And in 2022, the developer requested a minor site plan modification to combine all three units into one, and that's what's before you right now.

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Um it's one combined unit for the entire floor. And the proposal is to split the unit into two. What's on the screen delineates the two units uh by color. So, there's one in blue and one in orange. This is going to be achieved by closing off of some of the doorways and

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um constructing a new demising wall. Um by doing the separation, it's increasing the project density from 200 34 to 235 dwelling units, which is still below the maximum number of dwelling units for the project, which is 487.

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So, staff finds this application to be consistent with the comp plan and the land development regulations. The applicant's representative is here tonight, and I'm also available if you have any questions. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. How many square feet is the entire space?

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Is the which space? The entire space, undivided. Oh, I'll look at the plans and answer that when I come back. >> Okay. Thank you. All right. Does anyone have any questions? No? I Just I'm curious. Does the the unit that's the blue unit, I guess we'll call it

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that. Does that have any windows? Or is that or is that like surrounded by the other by the other unit? >> Go ahead, Amy. Okay. Thank you. So, what's highlighted in blue is facing Collins Avenue, and it does have a

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balcony, I see. um which is the white part, and it has two bedrooms facing Collins Avenue. So, it does have Okay. windows. But yeah, it looks like the orange one is kind of like a horseshoe shape. >> I Okay. Understood. Thank you. >> Okay. And I'm getting the square footage for you. >> Thank you. All right.

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Can I get a motion? So I'll move. Second. Marissa? Excuse me. Commissioner Lama. Yes. Commissioner Joseph. Yes.

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Vice Mayor Viscarra. Yes. Commissioner Savisant. Yes. Mayor Svetchn. Yes. The application is approved 5 to 0. Okay. Next item. >> [clears throat] >> Next item is 5B, request of Dryeco Garment Care LLC for a

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sign ordinance variance for the property located at 18660 Collins Avenue. And are there any ex parte communications for this application? >> None by me. Anyone else? No. >> No. >> None. No. Thank you. >> [snorts] >> Okay. Good evening. Um this is zoning

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application PZ 202604 for a sign variance. Um the applicant is Martin Lopez, the owner of the business called Dryeco Garment Care, which is located in the Millennium Plaza at 18660 Collins Avenue in Suite 100.

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The property is located on the west side of Collins Avenue, and it is zoned neighborhood business or B1. The request is to increase the permitted wall sign area from 28.5 square feet to 96.4 square feet. This is the existing storefront and the

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sign that is facing Collins Avenue. The applicant's request for the sign variance is due to decreased visibility from the bus shelter that has been installed, but I will allow the applicant to expand on that aspect a little bit further. As you can see here, the existing green Dryeco sign is located on the ground

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floor of the storefront just above that orange awning. And this is the proposed sign. The storefront is 28 feet and 5 inches in linear width, and therefore the maximum size of the wall sign is 28.5

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square feet. The applicant is requesting a variance from this in order to allow wall sign with a maximum size of 96.4 square feet, and it's going to be located on the upper parapet wall where the Miami Juice sign is also located. The uh zoning code has three specific

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criteria for reviewing sign ordinance variances, and this application meets some of those criteria, but not all of them. The limited visibility of the storefront from the bus shelter is a condition that the applicant did not create, and the

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proposed sign is not contrary to the public interest. However, literal enforcement of the sign regulations would not result in an unnecessary hardship, as the business could install a wall sign that is compliant in size. So, with that, the applicant is also present tonight, and they'll be

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available if you have any questions. Okay. Thank you. Does anyone have any questions? I neglected to see if we see if we have any public speakers. Yes, there are no public speakers for either one. Okay. Vice Mayor, did you have a question? Do we have a rendering of what the

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compliant sign a compliant sign would look like? Um I do not have one with me, no. But the applicant is also here if you maybe he has Maybe he has. I'd be I I would like to have it, cuz what you're showing us is what they want, which is non-compliant.

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So, I'd like to see what I mean, it would be this, it would just be smaller, I guess. The same a smaller font. Right. That would that would make it compliant if we just make it smaller font. Yes. Okay. How much just

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I know that it's a little bit skewed because of the direction, but in in reference if we reference it to the Miami Juice sign, um how much bigger or uh or how big would it be compared to that if it was in compliance with it to Vice

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Mayor's point? So, the Miami Juice sign is 17.25 square feet, and the proposed sign is the 96 square feet. And so, the rendering that's all the way to the left >> Mhm. is to scale.

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It's to scale, okay. The Miami Juice sign that you see, the green one, is the 17.25 square foot sign, and the proposed Dryeco sign is the 96.4 square feet. >> Miami Juice could be bigger if they wanted they wanted it to be. It depends

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on the length of their storefront, but I think it could be a few more square feet larger, yes. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Um I'll take a motion. I'll make a motion. I need a second, please. >> Second. No. Marissa?

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Commissioner Joseph. Yes. Commissioner uh Vice Mayor Viscarra. No, I think they can solve their problem by being compliant. Commissioner Savisant. Yes. Commissioner Lama. Yes. Mayor Svetchn. Yes. The application is

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approved 4 to 1. Okay. Move on to ordinance >> So, now ordinance is first reading. 6A is an ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, amending chapter 265, article 2, section 265-5,

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entitled definitions, and article 5, section 265- 17, entitled subdivision plat approval of the code of ordinances of the City of Sunny Isles Beach in accordance with the requirements of section 177.071,

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Florida statutes, as amended by Senate Bill 784, and to align with certain procedures in chapter 28 of the Miami-Dade County Code of Ordinances, providing for repealer, for severability, for codification, and providing for an effective date. This is

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first reading. Okay. Marissa? I believe he wanted to But there's a condition, Okay. I'm sorry. Uh Mayor, um just to clarify, the applicant Yes. um had some some opposition to some of the conditions, if I'm understanding correctly. And he wanted to speak.

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So, he has Your item was approved, sir. You know that. It was It's approved. It's approved. >> You're good to go. Yes. Yes. Good luck. Yes, thank you. Wait, we approved that with conditions, right? I think he had

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He's objecting. There's no conditions. No, okay, so No, he's good to go. There are conditions. >> Now, there's always there's always con- We talk to a lot of business. >> Wait, wait, wait. Can we please? There's always there's always conditions in your resolutions with regards to approval.

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So, again, Amy can speak to what those conditions are, but there's always conditions that these approvals are subject Okay, so let's let's take a step back, okay? Amy, can you clarify, please, what the conditions are?

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Yes. Do we need to reopen this Yes. >> officially? Okay, I need a motion to reopen. No, we need a yeah, motion to reconsider. Reconsider. Do we need a roll call? No, just all in favor. Okay. All in favor. I. Okay. Go ahead. Um so, there's

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six proposed conditions of approval that are in the staff report and in the resolution before you. It's the last one um is the one that I know the business owner wanted to speak about. Um the first five conditions are standard. It must comply with the approved plans. It has to get a building permit and comply

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with other city state uh county laws. Mhm. But the last condition, we are proposing that the sign shall be illuminated only during business hours, and I believe that's the one that the business owner wanted to speak about. Okay, and the current sign is not illuminated?

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The current sign is illuminated, yes. >> 24/7? Uh he can answer that. >> Okay, please. Okay, sir. Yes. If you can give your name and address for the record, please. Hi, yes. Martin Lopez. I represent Dryeco

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at 18660 Collins Avenue, Suite 100 in Sunny Isles Beach. Um so to answer your question, yes, it it is illuminated, although it it is currently broken, which is why we're replacing the sign as well, but normally we did have illuminated 24/7.

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>> Mhm. My understanding is part of the um what we just spoke about is the brightness um at nighttime. So for us the main concern was restoring business visibility that we used to have um by turning off the

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sign um during off hours it it does go back to that same issue. Um I am proposing, you know, just dimming the light more at night to the point where we can still see that the business is there, that there's a dry cleaner there. Mhm. It

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just wouldn't be as bright as during normal business hours. Okay. I'm okay with that, but uh any comments from the commission? I have a question. Please go ahead, Vice Mayor. >> Is the um the business next door illuminated 24/7?

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I believe they are, if I'm not mistaken. >> think it should be uniform, you know, whatever whatever it is should be uniform. You shouldn't like give one business permission and then the other one doesn't have it. [clears throat] If I remember correctly, the conditions are I don't know. Um anyone else?

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No? I'm okay with it. >> so um Mr. City Attorney, how do we need to amend this in order to allow the dimming? Okay, but with the dimming rather than as amended. Okay, so as amended. All right, so wait, wait, don't go away.

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All right. I need a motion as amended. And I'll second. All right, Mauricio. Okay. Commissioner Joseph. Yes. Vice Mayor Viscarra. Still a no. Commissioner Stiverson. Yes. Commissioner Lama. Yes.

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Mayor Sfech. Yes. The application is approved 4-0 as amended. Thank you. All right. Now we're going to go on to the next [clears throat] item. You read it in I read it, so that concludes uh we're on item 6A. No other conditions. >> [clears throat]

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>> We're all set, right? >> [laughter] >> Okay. Go ahead. Let's keep decorum. Let's go. Okay. Um so this is an ordinance to amend the platting procedures in the land development regulations. This ordinance was initiated because of state

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legislation that was approved in 2025, uh specifically Senate Bill 784. And what that legislation says is that um all counties and municipalities must administratively approve plats with no further action or approval required from

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the governing body. Um it also requires that the jurisdiction designate an administrative official who will receive, review, and process the application. And then an administrative official responsible for approving, approving with conditions, or denying the plat application.

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So the proposed ordinance in front of you um changes the platting procedures in our ordinance and our existing code to designate the planning and zoning director as the authority who will receive, review, and process the application. And the city manager as the administrative authority to approve,

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approve with conditions, or deny the application. While we were doing this ordinance um and while we're at it, might as well fix another issue with it, which was our zoning code currently only gives us procedures for subdivision, which is when you take one lot and divide it into

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a three or more properties. It didn't have a process if you need to do a replat or a lot split. So what we did was take the process and procedures from the Miami-Dade County code, um mimic them, adjusted them to our community, and put them into this ordinance as well.

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Um so I'm available if you have any questions. >> Thank you. Do we have public speakers, Mauricio? We do. Martin Chaddock. >> [snorts] >> Okay. Did you want to sign up for something else? Okay. Anyone else? All right. Any questions from the commission?

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I'll take a motion, please. I'll make a motion. I'll second. Mauricio. Vice Mayor Viscarra. Yes. Commissioner Stiverson. Commissioner Lama. Yes. Commissioner Joseph. Yes. Mayor Sfech.

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Yes. The [clears throat] ordinance is approved on first reading 5-0. Okay, next item. Next item is 6B, an ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida creating Article 7 in Chapter 256

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entitled Personal Delivery Devices and Mobile Carriers and creating Section 26 256-50 entitled Safe Operation of Personal Delivery Devices and Mobile Carriers in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sunny Isles Beach to establish regulations for personal delivery

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devices and mobile carriers operating within the city. Providing for severability, providing for repealer, providing for inclusion in the code, providing for an effective date. Okay, Mr. City Manager. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the commission, we discussed this item at the last meeting

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and you directed us to bring forth an ordinance that regulates mobile delivery devices. So we believe we've incorporated everything that you've asked for. Okay. Do we have public speakers? No, ma'am. Do we have any comments or questions from the commission?

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I'll take a motion, please. >> Madam Mayor, before you do that, I think that on Tuesday there was some indication that the compliance period, instead of 6 months, should be 3 months. Uh and I didn't know whether that was the will of the commission for us to make that change between first and second reading.

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Um Okay. Is there support for that? Yeah, I would like to see 3 months, yeah. 3 months? Mhm. 3 months? Okay, so as amended. Okay. You need a revote? Thank you. We haven't voted. You haven't voted. No. No, you need a motion.

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>> Long day. You need a motion. Thank you. As amended. As amended. Thank you. Commissioner Stiverson. Yes. Commissioner Lama. Yes. Commissioner Joseph. Yes. Vice Mayor Viscarra. Yes. Mayor Sfech. Yes.

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The ordinance is approved as amended on first reading. Second reading will be in May. Okay. Next item. Next item is 6C, an ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida approving a first amendment to the lease agreement between the City of Sunny Isles Beach

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and La Playa Beach Associates for the leased premises located at 18590 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, Florida authorizing the mayor to execute said lease amendment, providing for an effective date. Mr. City Manager. Susan.

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Okay. My apologies. >> Deputy Manager. Vice Mayor, commission. Um you entered into this lease in 2024 with an initial guaranteed term of 42 months and they would like to add 24 months to that initial term for an

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initial term of 66 months. It will be uh the rent is $10,000 per month with an annual CPI increase. Okay. Do we have public speakers? Uh no, we don't. Are you sure? Okay.

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All right, questions from the commission? No questions. >> I'll take a motion, please. So moved. I'll second. Okay. Commissioner Lama. Yes. Commissioner Joseph. Yes. Vice Mayor Viscarra. Yes.

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Commissioner Stiverson. Yes. Mayor Sfech. Yes. The ordinance is approved on first reading 5-0. Second reading is scheduled for Okay. We're on to ordinances for second reading. 8A is an ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles

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Beach, Florida amending Chapter 265, Article 9, Section 265-53 entitled Required Signs, No Permit Required of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sunny Isles Beach requiring the posting of certain signs at

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community and commercial swimming pools, providing for repealer, severability, codification, and an effective date. Okay. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the commission, this is the second reading of our ordinance requiring addresses to

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be posted at pools. Okay. Do we have any public speakers? We do. Steven Hirsch. >> [clears throat] >> Steven Hirsch, 17201 Collins. Just a quick follow-up from my comments from last month.

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Um and since you haven't any speakers, I thought I'd be first. Mhm. Thank you. >> Um the the purpose of the ordinance is is very good and I strongly support the ordinance. It was the impact statement study that my comments were addressed to

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uh last month regarding uh Section 2A regarding the costs estimates as well as Part 3 for the number of businesses affected. This ordinance will affect every condominium building that has a pool, every HOA that has a pool, and

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every hotel motel that has a pool. And my comments were that um many of these facilities will require multiple signs, more than one. And that the purpose of the impact statement is to accurately give

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information to all of the um business owners or condominium associations within the city so they know what is the potential impact upon them for purposes of budgeting, cost, etc. Um

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the day after uh the last meeting um I received an email from the city attorney um basically thanking me for for the comments and agreeing that they would be modified in this

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impact statement. There was an adjustment that was made uh basically including that there might be multiple signs required and there might be lighting for turtle purposes. Um again, the ordinance I strongly support

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um but I just think it's really important that uh we give a fair cost estimate to our residents and all of our business owners in the city on any ordinances that we think we might be adopt. Thank you for allowing me to speak. >> Thank you. Any other speakers?

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>> No other speakers, Mayor. >> All right. Any comments from the commission? I'll take a motion, please. I'll make a motion. I'll second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. This is an ordinance. We need a roll call, Mayor. >> Oh, I apologize. Commissioner Joseph. Yes. Vice Mayor Vescaro. Yes. Commissioner

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Stiverson. Commissioner Lama. Yes. Mayor Svechin. >> Yes. The ordinance is adopted 5-0. Okay. 8B. 8B is an ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach

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amending ordinance number 2025-635 approving budget amendment number B8-2526-02 to the city's operating capital improvement budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year authorizing the city manager to do all things necessary to implement

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the terms and conditions of this ordinance providing for an effective date. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the commission, this is the second reading of the budget amendment that we presented last month. Do we have public speakers? No, ma'am. All right. Any comments from the

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commission? >> [snorts] >> I'll take a motion. I'll make a motion. >> No, I have a comment. Sorry. >> Go ahead. I'm going to vote against it again like last month uh because of the no line items breakdowns, no invoices, no material explanations. Uh I had a big

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issue with the Intracoastal Sports Park. Uh we just approve or it passed. Uh a $200,000 additional increase for uh change orders to the to the contractor again without detail. The other $300,000 we don't know exactly

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also how they're going to be used. So, the details is not because I don't trust the staff. I do trust the staff. I just want more accountability and transparency uh for the purpose of being able to inform the people how we're spending the money. So, because of

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that and um I know with this amendment. I I have a question to the city manager. Is Is this something that was requested and wasn't provided? >> [snorts] >> Not that I'm aware of. Can you provide that so that we have that information? Yes.

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>> Okay. If I may, [snorts] I I those were my comments of last month. That's that was my justification for voting against this item is because like I said, we didn't have the change orders, no the material explanation, no breakdowns, no line items. So, I just don't feel

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comfortable and I don't believe we should be voting without the full information and that's the reason why I voted against the last month. The same reason why I'm voting no again. Okay. Thank you. I'll take a motion.

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A motion was made, Madam Mayor. That's right. I need a second. So moved. He'll second. He he second. >> Okay. Yep. I'll second. Vice Mayor Vescaro. Yes. Commissioner Stiverson. No. Commissioner Lama. Yes.

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Commissioner Joseph. No. Mayor Svechin. Yes. The ordinance is adopted 3-2. Okay. Mhm. Want to resolutions. 9A is a resolution of the City Commission of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida approving an

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agreement with Millennium Products to upgrade the NVR server systems at Pier Park, Intracoastal Park, and Samson Park. Mr. City Manager. Um Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the commission, this upgrades

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our servers and the new server is to be installed in the police department. Do we have public speakers? No, ma'am. Do we have comments or questions from the commission? I'll take a motion. I'll make a motion. I need a second. Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye.

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All right. Next item, 9B. >> 9B is a resolution authorizing the expenditure of budgeted funds for the purchase of nine police vehicles from Alan Jay Fleet Sales. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the commission, this allows us to purchase

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nine police vehicles and we are ensuring that any recalls are handled. All right. Do we have any public speakers? No, ma'am. During the um agenda um workshop, I had asked some questions. Um Deputy Manager, if you can just for the

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record regarding regarding how many vehicles we have currently police vehicles. Cuz it often seems like we're constantly buying police vehicles is my point, so just so we get a count. >> to look it up really quick cuz I sent it to you yesterday.

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Um we currently have 53 marked units, 16 unmarked units, and eight motorcycles. In spare, we have 10 marked with six to be auctioned, six unmarked with three to be auctioned. Okay. And the vehicles being purchased

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here will be replacement vehicles for what is current. So, when we transition those out, um these the older ones will go out to auction and these will become pool cars. Got it. Does anyone have any questions? And and the auction then offsets some of

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the cost. >> Right. It would Yeah, I agree. I I do feel like we're always but it's because they're cycling out. >> Exactly. >> Right. Okay. Any other questions? No. I'll take a motion, please. I'll make a motion.

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Who's going to be second? All in favor? Aye. Aye. All right. Okay. Okay. 9C is a resolution approving a second amendment to the agreement with Policing with Passion to provide law enforcement consulting services. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the

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commission, this is a second amendment with Policing with Passion Group and they assist the chief with police matters and including our city's red light camera program. Okay. [snorts] Do we have public speakers? No, ma'am. Any

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comments from the commission? I'll take a motion, please. I'll make a motion. I need a second. Second. All in favor? Aye. >> Aye. Okay. Next item. >> 9D is a resolution approving an agreement

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with Garland DBS for seal coating and waterproofing services for the Government Center parking garage. Okay. Mr. City Manager. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the commission, this is an agreement to waterproof the Government Center garage. We just completed the solar

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panels to provide um some shade but also to offset our energy cost. The garage is in need of maintenance and this will be seal coating and waterproofing for the entire garage. Do we have public speakers?

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No, ma'am. All right. During the agenda review, I had asked um just for clarification that any leaks that are there, this is going to include um correcting any of that and making sure that it's not just sealed, it's fixed. Yes, that's >> Does this amount include include that

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all of that? Yes, it does. Okay. Thank you. Are there any other questions? Go ahead. Also during the agenda review, I had asked for once the solar panels are operational I would like to have her a review and um

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information regarding the efficiency of those solar panels. Yeah. Yes. Okay. Yes. Um I need a motion. [snorts] I'll make a motion. I need a second. Second.

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All in favor? Aye. Aye. Next item. 9E is a resolution approving a first amendment to the agreement with Argen Enterprises doing business as Cool Water Air Conditioning for preventive maintenance services of the HVAC

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management systems located at Gateway Park, Gateway Park, Pelican Community Park the Public Works Compound, The Spot, Heritage Park and the Town Center Park Meditation Garden. Okay. Mr. City Manager. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the commission, this is the company that

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provides maintenance air conditioning services for numerous city facilities. Do we have public speakers? No, ma'am. Any comments from the commission? Go ahead. >> During the agenda review, I had noted that uh Pelican Park

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is due for a um reconstruction at some point. So, any um regarding the uh condition of the air conditioning at this time I would ask that we don't put any large sums of money into that air conditioning

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system. I think it was confirmed that that's that was the point. Yes, you're correct. Okay. I'll take a motion, please. Motion. I need a second. Second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Next item. 9F is a resolution authorizing the

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purchase of 14 bus shelters from Tolar Manufacturing Company in an amount not to exceed 125 129,140 dollars. Mr. City Manager? Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the Commission, this item,

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this company, we will replace 14 of our bus shelters throughout the city. And we have it came up during the workshop, but we have 47 bus shelters in total. Okay.

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Do we have public speakers? >> No, ma'am. Any comments from the Commission? I'll take a motion. Motion. Need a second. Second. Thank you. All in favor? All in favor? I. >> I. Okay. Next item.

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9G is a resolution approving an agreement with J&J doing business as Eagle Painting for as-needed citywide painting and pressure cleaning services. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the Commission, this company will provide

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painting services throughout various city facilities. Public speakers? No, ma'am. Any comments from the Commission? Nope. I'll take a motion. Motion. Need a second.

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Second. All in favor? I. Okay. 9H is a resolution approving a second amendment to the agreement with Team Contracting for the installation of new pre-engineered metal building. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the

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Commission, this is a second amendment with Team Contracting for the installation of the prefab building metal [clears throat] building in at [snorts] the William Lehman site. Originally, the engineering for the structure

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it was considered that it be installed in a slab. We had this discussion during the workshop and it was later determined that the slab would be insufficient to support the structure. So, this re-engineers the slab and adds piling to

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support the structure. It adds what? Pilings. Pilings. Pilings. Pilings, yes. Do we have any public speakers? >> No, ma'am. Okay. Are there questions from the Commission? Just about the timeline. When are we

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expecting that to be finished? Susan. I believe this amendment brought it to July of July 30th of 2026. Okay, thank you. Any other questions? So, just for clarification for the residents,

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um this uh steel structure is um at the end of North Bay Road behind the gate where the pump stations are. So, we've uh now uh gone through, we've approved installation for the uh installation for the building,

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soundproofing, um and it turns out that originally the uh ground wasn't tested for um viability causing us to now have to put in pilings to avoid sinkage.

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So, we're doing that now at an additional expense, but we've learned again our lesson to uh think ahead and look at the project um more efficiently from the beginning.

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All right, I'll take a motion. Motion. Need a second. Second. All in favor? I. I. Next item, Mauricio. 9I is a resolution approving a sixth amendment to the agreement with Craig A. Smith Associates consultants for civil

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engineering services for the Central Island area pump stations and drainage improvements project. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the Commission, this is a sixth amendment with Craig Smith for work civil engineering for Central Island area pump

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station and drainage improvements. We discussed this a little bit at the workshop. The issue was originally when we first started looking at the drainage issues in Central Island, >> [clears throat] >> it was determined that we could try to

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use a pump station or two pump stations. Each time we bid it out, we tried to do a companion bid with North Miami Beach. The cost was doubling, tripling. So, we ended up looking at the

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possibility of doing injection wells versus pump stations. So, we studied that and through careful study, it's now been determined that the original idea

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putting pump stations is the only real effective way to eliminate the drainage issue that we have in Central Island. So, we're going back, looking at those plans, updating them, and then going to bid that out again and bring that back

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to you. But, I can tell you that the cost is significant. We've looked at other options, but truly the only way to solve it is going to be the installation of pump stations, which is going to include some

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substantial engineering and work. And are you saying that it's going to actually solve for for it or mitigate it? We believe that this will provide a long-term solution, which is what we're looking at because of the substantial

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cost really in either option. We want a long-term solution versus short-term. All right. Do we have public speakers, Mauricio? No, ma'am. Any comments from the Commission? Commissioner Joseph, go ahead. >> Yes. >> [snorts] >> So, unfortunately, and I've made this comment previously that

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um spending um bills like this that come before the Commission, they come to us in such a short period of time. Um I I have known about injection wells, I've looked into them.

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Um I believe other commissioners had not and voted to um uh spend money on the injection wells that I I was the only no vote. I knew they wouldn't work and they were finally scrapped. Thank goodness. Years ago, the

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uh pump stations should have gone through, but the can was kicked down the road and now they're the expense that they will be, but that is the only viable solution and I'm all for the the uh pumping stations. Okay.

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Um anyone else? I'll take a motion, please. Motion. Need a second. >> Second. All in favor? I. I. All right. Next item, please. Next item is J 9J, a resolution ratifying the expenditure of budgeted funds with The Lan

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Landin Financial for Cisco products and professional services approving a lease purchase agreement with The Lan Landin Financial and approving a statement of work with R2 Unified Technologies to perform the related labor.

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Okay. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the Commission, essentially this item involves networking and support for our camera systems throughout the city with our police department. All right. Do we have public speakers? No, ma'am.

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Any comments from the Commission? No. All right. I'll take a motion. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. I. All right. Next item, Mauricio. 9J is a Excuse me, 9K is a resolution ratifying the expenditure of budgeted

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funds with Microsoft Corporation for software licenses. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the Commission, this is standard uh software licenses for the employees through Microsoft. Any public speakers? No, ma'am. Any questions from the Commission?

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I'll take a motion. Motion. Second. Who's one, Mauricio? All in favor? I. I. >> I. Okay. 9 9L is a resolution authorizing the City

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Manager or designee to purchase various necessary equipment and amenities for parks and various city locations from Rep Services for fiscal year 2025-2026. Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the Commission, this allows for us to purchase various items needed for

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amenities throughout the parks in the city. Do we have public speakers? No, ma'am. Any questions from the Commission? Um just to ask what is an example of some of the amenities. That is benches, tables, trash

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receptacles. Okay. So, those concrete tables that we had spoken of previously? They do have some concrete tables. I think that's not the ones that we necessarily purchase from them, but yes. Okay. Thank you. Okay.

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>> [clears throat] >> Like always, I really urge caution to the Commission when giving these blank purchase orders. We have a limit of $50,000 for a reason. Here we are giving a prepaid $100,000 gift card

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and look like the whereas says, it said whereas the vendor is willing and able to provide the products, we don't know which products are Those are not defined anywhere. We don't have a list of the products. Um this totally bypass commission oversight.

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Again, it's essentially like a blank check for discretionary spending. We have a threshold of 50,000. So, voting yes literally it's just giving up our right to know what is actually being purchased. And it's our obligation to

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know what is it that we are purchasing. So, I am a no for this like before is not that I'm not trusting what we are doing is that for matter of oversight and transparency, this should be attached to this memorandum.

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And again, we have a $50,000 for a reason to go over that. I think we should not be we should be cautious when doing that. So, I'm a I'm a no. Okay. Do we have a list of the items that we purchased in the past for this in uh similar amount? Yes. So, all of the

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items that are being purchased were in the budget under each department's capital outlay. So, if you look there, they've requested to buy like for example um somebody asked the question the other day about the in the bus shelters, is it a bench? No, those are

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individual chairs. So, Yes. Mhm. Commissioner Joseph. So, all of those items that were itemized itemized in the capital outlay for each department that purchases from them. This covers >> That count is in there and I can absolutely get that for you by tomorrow

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morning. Okay. All right. But we are overpassing again the bidding process. So, there may be more companies, better products, better better materials. So, we are piggyback with a Clay County, which is like a small rural area close

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to Jacksonville. Um so, we have an amazing purchasing um department. We we should be able to to do this in a more open way. So, this is very uncomfortable to be giving blank purchase orders. You guys know what

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you're buying for it, so just attach it here. And then we have the full scope of information. Any other questions? I I would think it's that's easy enough to do. It's not an unreasonable request. I I don't disagree. It's in the It's in

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the budget, so Yes. So, it's just a matter of listing. So, it's not in the resolution like we never even knew how much money we were spending in the um city anniversaries until I asked for it. Why? Because it was little pieces everywhere. So, we cannot be voting by

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little pieces everywhere. Then suddenly we find out that we're spending around $300,000 in one evening party. So, here is the same thing. If it's already in the budget, let's put it together, let's attach, let's give us the information. And again, we have a limit of $50,000

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for a reason. So, if we're going to continue giving just blank purchase orders, so why are we having that limit even? So, this is not enough information to be giving those that kind of um rights. And it's our obligation to see

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how the money is being spent. And here we don't have the information. So, if anything, I will make a motion to remove this area this item until next month until we get more information. Okay. Uh Is there any reason uh that

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this can't be removed? That this is Does this cause a delay that costs us additional funds? I can tell you that um the current market is very questionable. So, delaying a purchase for some of these items by a month,

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prices could increase because we don't know what's happening with the market right >> to be purchased tomorrow? They were expected to be purchased before next week. Yes. I mean, we were going to issue the purchase order Monday, Tuesday after the resolution gets signed.

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Which which also to the point. So, this is like predetermined because it is known that the majority is going to go for whatever it is it that this is bringing to us without any kind of oversight or discussion. So,

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that basically is insulting. Right, but for clarification, we approved the budget, which has these items in it. So, it's not it's not a blank check. Yes, it is. As of it is right now the way it is in this in this where as our

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resolution, the resolution is one page without the >> No, Commissioner Susan, what I'm saying is is that we have approved the city manager to move ahead with the city budget, which includes these items. So, >> That's what we've been told. Well, I have to you said that you trust the

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staff. >> Yes, I do. Well, then you should be able >> Trust and verify. So, we could have a little bit more of information. We don't have enough information to be voting on this. We we are just voting with this [snorts] with with one page. Okay. Saying the products,

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the guy, the people, the Clay County or whatever county. So, this is not enough. So, for next month you want an itemized list of every single item? Uh clearly, yes. I want more information. I don't want overwhelm the staff with a request. But if like

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we're claiming everything is there already, so it can be put together and attached to this resolution. So, we are comfortable that the $100,000 that we're authorizing for them to buy whatever it is that the products that we are buying,

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we know what is it. Because that is our mandate, oversight. How quickly would you be able to put that together? I should be able to have it for you tomorrow. You know, they asked for 100,000 because that's what we've budgeted for, but it could vary. So,

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Colin may need a uh picnic table sooner than Fabricio needs a trash can. So, the $100,000 is for the whole you know, the rest of this fiscal year so that we could purchase as needed. Mhm. They weren't planning to go out and

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get I would have to find out from them what they needed immediately or what they were looking to purchase more quickly. But for example, in parks they had three picnic tables at $18,000 budgeted and four trash recycling sets at 30. So, right there is $48,000.

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And the Clay County piggyback is because this is our standard style that we use. So, rather than having a hodgepodge of whatever in the way of different, you know, trash receptacles and benches, we want them to be uniform and matching. Um and

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the way these work is they have a designated vendor. You know, you can't just like you can't choose a Sherwin-Williams paint and go to somewhere else. They'll match it close, but it's not the exact. So, because this

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is the brand and style that we have unless if we want to change that brand and style, that's why we were piggybacking. It's a more efficient way to purchase it. Okay. But like I said before also and and I agree with everything Susan said by the way, but bidding is very healthy.

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And we have a great procurement department that is more than capable of doing this. So, every time I go to this conference, we have like new products, new companies, etc.

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with better cost, better materials, solar panels, you name it. So, it is healthy to put these things out there. Maybe there are products that we are not even aware of because we are not even trying to find them. So, it's a healthy process. It is what we should be doing

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with most purchases, not all of them clearly. So, and my point with this resolution specifically is that I do not believe that we have the whole information to be voting on it. I'm not I'm not opposed to to getting an itemized list. Um

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So, I I make a motion to defer the item for next month. May I Yeah, go ahead. So, right now the purchase order that you want to send next week, right now it's at 48,000, right? I I honestly would have to check. I

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You know, they wait until they get approval and then now that they would have approval, they'll put together their order. They meaning the heads of the department. Correct. Yes. So, pretty specifically I believe it's Colin and Fabricio.

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Okay. But right now we know that we need to buy $48,000 worth of product. Oh, you can't do that. They're asking for permission to purchase up to 100,000 with this particular company between now and

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September 30th. Could they go tomorrow and start shopping up to four up to 49,9? Yes, they could do that and then come back to you. >> they Does it need to come to us if if like let's say next week they're going to

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purchase 40,000 and then they're going to purchase and it's been budgeted already. I mean, I'm just trying to understand why you would need that. >> under 50, but as soon as they get near that, but it's more transparent to bring it all to you in the first place rather

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than piecemealing it. So, we were trying to do it the right way. >> No, no, I understand. I'm just trying to understand the process and why we're getting presented with this blanket purchase order of 100,000. Um Part of it is because

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prices are fluctuating and so they go to bid. And the way the bid is is that it's a certain percentage off of catalog price or off it off of, you know, the the the bid is a discount a discounted rate. But if that

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>> mean they go to bid? They go So, the Clay County bid that we're piggybacking. >> off them. Mhm. Correct. It's typically a discount off of their catalog rate. Mhm. If the catalog rate changes next week because there's a fuel surcharge or

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there's anything else that's, you know, the ship is stuck somewhere um that we we had that instance during COVID. Um if we delay it, we don't have a problem delaying it. It's It's just another month. But the prices could go up.

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They could, but I have no idea. Maybe they'll go up. >> go down, too. Maybe they'll go down. Yes. Yeah. From our position, these are budgeted items. It was a legitimate procurement process as a piggyback to get a discount. Yeah,

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I don't have an issue with the piggyback. I I but >> approval. No, I'm just trying to understand. Do you really need this approval if you could go out and let's say right now you have a $48,000 that you you don't even need our approval. And then 2 [clears throat] months from now you could go and buy the

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other stuff that you need in the But that's the problem. We're bypassing our authority. But the problem you do You can't You don't You don't want to do that because if legitimately we know we're going to go to this company and throughout this year spend $150,000,

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you don't want to start doing I I understand that. because then we're circumventing you, which we're trying not to do. That's why it's being brought to you. No, I understand that. But but if you don't know all the products that make up the $100,000

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or unless you could supply us that information, I just want to make sure that we're sticking to our our rules, you know? Uh I don't mind approving this with the caveat that you supply us tomorrow with,

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you know, the list of products with the prices that you want to purchase, you know? I understand that you need to move quick. This is very much sticking with the rules. We We get estimates when we do our budget, which was a year ago right now. So, you know, at the time that they

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chose 12 trash cans at $12,000 and put it in the budget, you know, we don't want to buy them too early and have them sit in storage if I don't need them yet, but I also want to make sure that we spend the money this fiscal year. Yeah. Okay. Well, if we

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could just get the a list of the products, I would appreciate that. Yes. So, is that something that we can do? Approve it with contingent on getting the list tomorrow? I mean, you can. I mean, it's

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I cannot tell you that the list will total 100,000 exactly. We're asking for up to 100,000. We will not exceed 100,000. Tomorrow's list or Monday's list maybe 40,000, 35,000. Mhm. You're just trying to build in the

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flexibility. And again, you're limited to this particular vendor and the goods that they actually produce and sell that's listed in the piggyback. So, you're you're constricted to the piggyback and the items that are listed in that. Uh it's not like you can go to another company and spend that money

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for something else. You're still stuck with that vendor for those goods that are in the piggyback. >> And it's a recommendation of the of the staff to move forward with this. So, can I ask that we put it off, deferred for the month, have the list attached, and

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then we'll vote yes next month? We We don't need to be voting blindly. We will be voting blindly right now. So, like I said, I I make a motion to defer the item pending more information.

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Okay. Marissa. So, we have a motion and a second. We just need all in favor. Well, actually, you know, I'll request uh That's That's why I was asking you. Sorry.

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Commissioner Steverson. Yes to the motion to defer. Commissioner Lama. No. Commissioner Joseph. Yes. Vice Mayor Viscarra. No. Mayor Fechen. Yes.

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The motion to defer is approved three to two. Okay. Next item. Next item is 9M, a resolution approving an agreement with Academy Bus for motorcoach transportation services on an as-needed basis.

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Mayor, Vice Mayor, members of the commission, this is the company that we use for bus services for our camps and field trips and students. Okay. Do we have any public speakers? No, ma'am. Any comments from the commission? No. No. Okay. I'll take a motion,

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please. Motion. I need a second. Second. All in favor. Aye. Aye. All right. Next item. 9N is a resolution approving an amendment to the locally funded agreement between the City of Sunny Isles Beach and the Florida Department of Transportation

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for the rehabilitation, repair, and or replacement of the Atlantic Isle Bridge, historic bridge. Mayor, Vice Mayor, commission, um this is the locally funded agreement with FDOT for the bridge, the historic bridge in Atlantic Isles.

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They will um cover 75% of the cost, but it is the city's responsibility to cover 25% of the cost, and they manage the entire project. We have previously paid uh 1 million >> [clears throat and cough] >> I keep losing that. 1 million 23,409,

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and we will owe a balance of $641,771, and that is due to the fact that they went from a rehab project to a full replacement project. So, the cost increased. Okay. And just for the benefit of the record, can you just clarify what it's going to look like and why we're

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talk about this so much? Sure. Um so, >> Well, actually, let me hold off. Um do we have any public speakers? No, ma'am. All right. Go ahead. So, um because it is historic, they are going to um they have to rebuild it to

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FDOT standards for a vehicular bridge that will have a pedestrian path. So, it will have to meet all of that FDOT requirements, and they will salvage as much of the coral rock that they can to create from the outside the facade of

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looking like the historic bridge that currently sits there. Okay. Any questions from the commission? Take a motion. No questions. Motion. I need a second. Second. All in favor. Aye. Next item, please.

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9O is a resolution approving the issuance of a proclamation recognizing April 18th, 2026 as Autism Soccer Day. Okay. This is a proclamation to giving given next year. I just I'm sorry, next month. I just got it a few days ago, and it's a

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to approve the issuance of a proclamation recognizing April 18th, 2026 as Autism Soccer Day in support of Autistic Soccer. It does a organization which mission is to provide inclusive recreational opportunities for

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individuals on the autism spectrum while promoting awareness, community engagement, and the benefits of adaptive sports. Do we have any public speakers? We do. Ken Percy. Okay. >> [snorts] >> I know we know you, Ken, but please your

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name and address for the record. Thank you. My name is Ken Percy. I live at 200 Sunny Isles Boulevard here in Sunny Isles Beach. Um my sister's um working career has been supporting people with autism all of her life. I think this is a really

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welcome initiative bringing more awareness to this particular life challenge is just a wonderful thing. So, thank you so much for this. I'm just going to remind the commission also that April the 19th is National Bicycle Day, and that has been

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recognized since 18 50 65. That's something we should also be recognizing. National Bicycle Day? National Bicycling Day. Oh, I didn't know that. Since 1865. Wow. Thank you. For next year we have to do it again.

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>> Uh any comments from the commission on this item? >> Yes. We're not going back and forth, guys. Please. Let's maintain the quorum here. Any comments from the commission? No. All right. Uh would you like to make a motion on your item? Yes, sure. Make a motion. I need a second. >> Second. All in favor. Aye. Aye. All

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right. Next item. 9P is a resolution waving the requirements of the sponsorship guidelines and approving the sponsorship package for the Miami-Dade County League of Cities 72nd Annual Gala. Okay. Commissioner Joseph, your item. >> So, I was asked by um

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the assistant city manager uh Susan Simpson to put this on the agenda. I had no problem with it, so uh let's have the discussion. Okay. Um Do you want to just clarify what your item is?

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We have um whether to um uh to sponsor the um Miami-Dade League of Cities dinner. Um So, that would be a $5,000 um contribution. Okay. Do we have public

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speakers? No, ma'am. All right. Uh any comments from the commission? Commissioner Lama, did you want to say something? I thought we had discussed this during the workshop that Yes. we were not going to move ahead and just buy tickets individually on this.

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>> No, we just got the the workshop was to to bring the item to vote on right now. Yes. Okay. So, I thought we decided that we weren't we weren't going to vote on it. Yeah, I thought that we were like, yeah, I But that's I understood the opposite. That's fine. Okay. >> [laughter]

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>> Uh it's all right. Okay. So, can I get a motion? Make a motion. You want a second? >> it. Marissa, do you want to take a Yes, please. Vice Mayor Mascara. No. Commissioner Salas Sen. Yes.

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Commissioner Lama. Yes. Yes, to wave the guidelines. What? To wave the guidelines. Yes. >> Correct? Yes. Okay. Just wanted to be clear. Yeah. Commissioner Joseph. Yes. Mayor Slaton. No. The resolution passes 3 to 2. Okay. Next

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item. We now have the add-on item 9Q. Yes. >> It's a resolution amending resolution number 2025-3862 relating to the recognition of Jewish Solidarity Day. Yes. So, this is my item.

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Originally, we had it the resolution passed. The only problem was that it had a date certain, which when speaking with the rabbis, it turns out that we need to have this celebration on

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Lag BaOmer, which that day changes every year. This year, rather than uh as the resolution is that the event would be on May 3rd, which is a Sunday. We need to have it on Lag BaOmer, which

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is a May 5th, which is the following Tuesday. So, I'm asking not to change the event, but to just in the resolution to make the day to going forward to be whatever day

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Lag BaOmer happens to be in that year. Um for 2027, it would be on May 25th. So, it it changes each year according to the uh not the Roman calendar. So, just for clarification, you're changing it to the resolution to

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uh celebrate Lag BaOmer. To No, the the uh No, it would be uh the solidarity event would be on the same day as Lag BaOmer. Can you tell us what that is, please? I don't know what that is.

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>> is um Wait, wait. Let me see if there's any public comment. >> I apologize. There is no public comment, but if I can just add something, Madam Mayor. Um the resolution was this current resolution that you are considering right now. It's uh it was written to leave the date open-ended. So,

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>> So, it was open-ended? >> Yes, for a day in the month of May annually. Oh, I I thought we had it the first Sunday in May and every year. >> but what we're amending right now with this resolution. So, the res- the the current approval is

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for the first Sunday of every May annually. Yes. >> This resolution that you are now considering voting on is amending that resolution to now leave it open-ended for We don't need to have it open-ended because I was given a

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calen- calendar for the next 10 years by Rabbi Keller giving me the exact dates, so we could actually load in the exact dates for each year. Okay. Well, that that could be done administratively. This just gives you more flexibility in the case that you may want to change it for whatever

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reason to another day. Well, it would have to be because of and I learned myself um that because we intend to have music and dancing at the event um and with um when it

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the event is on a date uh which is uh between 50 days between uh Passover and uh Shavuot uh you cannot um have

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celebrations such as this. Only on the one day, Lag BaOmer, it's permitted. >> spell that, please? >> Okay. Yeah, can you >> L I don't know what that is. So, can you >> L A G E apostrophe O M E R. L A G E apostrophe

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L A G space Mhm. >> E apostrophe Mhm. >> O M E R, I believe. If you Google that, it should come up. I'm trying to Google it. I don't know >> Vice Mayor's question, please. Okay.

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>> event that was planned does not is not connected with Lag BaOmer, except that it's on the same day allowing religious people to celebrate. So, you want to change the It was originally May 3rd because you said May 3rd.

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>> Sunday in May is what you originally said. >> Yes. >> Now, you want to change it to match Match a day that would allow for more residents to celebrate the the most religious plus where

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the entire city is invited. Mhm. But if we don't have it on the Lag BaOmer date which happens to be May 5th this year, it um precludes some religious residents from attending. Okay. So,

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>> To the you want it to be on Lag BaOmer day? Like May May 5th is >> Which is this day. >> happens to be that day. May 5th would be a Tuesday. Yes, I know. Okay. >> But that's the only day where I can have

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where where it's allowed for a certain number, I don't know what that number is, to attend. So, it can't be the 6th or the 7th or the 8th. It has to be the 5th. >> No, yes. Okay, because it aligns with the >> And on the 20th and next year, it would be on May 25th. Mayor.

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>> Which is which is when that holiday lands next year. That particular day that allows for more people to attend. More people being the the religious Jews who would be able to not dance and have music and enjoy it on

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the Sunday. >> everyone else that attends, yes. So, that the devout and I know I I may not be using the right words. I apologize. not religious. So, the devout are are not would not be able I don't know if the that's the right word, by

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the way, but a particular sect of the Jewish community >> would not be able to participate. >> extremely Orthodox >> finish so that I can so you can hear my question. I know, but if you let me finish, then you can answer me because I'm trying to ask you a question. So, I'm trying to understand cuz this is

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completely new to me, okay? So, you're saying that there's a a segment of of religious Jews, I don't know if they they they're Orthodox, you can clarify that in a second, who would not be able to participate on May 3rd. Correct.

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>> But who would be able to participate on May 5th >> Correct. because this holiday allows them to do that. Yes, correct. And this is a a holiday. >> day Okay. Yes, which I'm moving it to that day to allow for more people to attend.

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Um Mr. City Manager, I mean attorney. Yeah, I was just going to mention to to the city clerk's point though, the way that the resolution's been drafted it's uh changing it to a date to be determined within the month of May each year. So, that would give you flexibility since every year it's going

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to be a different date. You just that year set it at a different date. So, the way the resolution is written allows for that flexibility. Yes. Currently. No, no. That what's before you right now, yes. Okay. It's changing it from essentially the first Sunday in May

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to a date to be determined in May, which gives you that flexibility if you want it. So, we've we've had this resolution pass. I'm not asking for any other change or modification except as to the date. The event itself will be exactly the

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same. And everyone in the city is invited to attend. So, I had my reservations with this event originally. Um I told you the first time you did it, which I believe was last year, and you had the five rabbis, and you did a >> No, no, no. That wasn't the

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>> ago? No, maybe. I was >> Hold on. Just here Just let me Okay, that that was You had Mayor Levine Cava here, and it was solidarity. Uh you called it something solidarity. I don't remember now. But it was really nice. It was That was really really

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nice, and it was a proclamation, and and and I really felt that that brought the community together, and and I would have preferred if you kept it at that level, but you kept moving the goalpost, and then it's going to be yes. >> Wait. Commissioner Joseph >> "Can we then not have the floor?" Can we then have some cupcakes at the at the at

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the event? And then can it be an event? And then let's do it through a resolution, and now let's make it an annual event. And then you pick the date. And now you want it to coincide and you know, and like we want to be inclusive. We know everybody can attend. But and you and you went through this whole thing about how it's not

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religious, and and again, if I'm using the wrong words, I apologize, but you were saying it's Jewish versus Jewry. Is that the right word? Like Let's not get back into that. Well, no, because that's that is what this resolution rests on. That this is not religious. This is

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cultural in some way, right? And now we can't have it because it's conflicting with something religious. The devout [clears throat] people No. Let let the >> people will not be able The particularly devout people The Orthodox Again, I

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apologize if it's not the right vocabulary, are not going to be able to attend on the Sunday that you designated. And now you want it to align with a holiday, [clears throat] and that makes it religious, Jerry. So, I'm a I'm a no on that. No. Because we are you and you know my you know, I I

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care about You were in a no, but there were other commissioners who wanted to >> Try to be accommodating and inclusive, but also uphold the separation, right? And we've had this conversation in in dif- different ways. So, I think now

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that careful What do you like you you threaded that needle super super carefully and now it's coming undone so No you're you're twisting it to to make it undone. I'm almost done I promise you I'm almost done.

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So not only am I a no because now it's it's floating into religious territory. I I would I would argue that we should amend it also with regards to it being annually. I think [clears throat] this can be in the budget as long as it

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we can keep it we can keep it cultural I guess if but but I think that we should have flexibility in there as well. So I would I would um I would remove the annually component

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and let's see how it plays out because we've never done it. Okay. And if it's successful and we can keep it kosher and I say that and I say that very tongue tongue and cheek right. Okay wait wait one second Commissioner Joseph. Then you know I'm not saying eliminate the

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the event I think we've been planning it and it's worth a shot. I think it's premature to call it annually and I definitely don't think we should be moving it to a holiday because then we're making it religious. Okay and those are my two cents. Commissioner Lama. Is there any other date that doesn't

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fall in the religious state? No that is the date that we can have the most people attend. I spoken with the rabbis and to have it on May 3rd it would preclude Orthodox people from attending.

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So I said let me bring it to the commission. I know Commissioner of Biscayne has heard unwarranted twist on this which she voted no originally so I'm not looking

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for her vote. But the other commissioners that voted yes they should realize that this is just a date change it's not an event change. It's only

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at the recommendation of the rabbis. Rabbi Amar Rabbi Kaller who said to me that if you want to have the most religious people attend and not preclude them from attending then you should make it on the 5th.

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And I don't see the issue. For me it's having it on Tuesday I think that probably less people would attend because it's a weekday. But I'm also looking to um

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try to include more people. It's not a matter of the holiday like Commissioner of Biscayne is saying. Um Can it be in June? I I don't even know if having it on the 5th would cause more people to attend.

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So if it's going to be an issue I'll just leave it the 3rd. All right. And and we can just pull it. No I'm just trying to understand. We had talked about May and now you're talking about a date in

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May that's a religious holiday right? No it's not it's not It says a joyous Jewish holiday celebrated on the 3rd day of the Omer count 18th of Iyar. No I'm just trying to understand but but Jerry so so can it be in June or is May what's

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People leave for to go back up north. The further you get into the summer. Yeah but I mean school doesn't get out till >> No I'm not looking to have it be in June. You know what let's just pull it and I'll keep it at the 3rd. I'm just trying to understand so Hm?

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Yeah it's ridiculous. That's it we'll just pull it and keep it at the 3rd. Thank you very much. >> would like to make a motion to remove the word annually. No it's already I I pulled the motion. So it stands the way it is you can't remove anything. Okay wait wait can we please

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first of all I want to pull the item Mauricio. Wait. No it's been added it's been added to the agenda so you guys voted this into the agenda. >> Right exactly so remove it. Yeah but it's not it wasn't put on for But if it the city commission voted to put it on the agenda so if it's going to be

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removed on the agenda the commission would have to vote on that. All right so are you you're making a motion to remove it? I'm making a motion to remove it. >> Okay. All right Mauricio. Commissioner Joseph. Yes. To remove the item right? Remove the

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item. Vice Mayor Biscayne. No we we already discussed it how are we removing it after we've discussed it? Commissioner Steverson. Yes. Commissioner Lama. No.

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Mayor Sfech. No. The motion to remove fails 3 to 2. All right. So now we need to take a vote on the item. But you want to amend it. I want to well he says he doesn't want to do change the date now but I would like

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to make a motion to remove the word annually so we're going to amend it. Remove the word annually from from the existing resolution that we're not whose date we're not changing apparently. If if I can just add to this conversation because I I

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agree with your frustration. Um and I I like the concept of having a day of unity however putting it on Lag BaOmer does make it religious specific and my concern is Lag BaOmer has a very specific

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tradition which is bonfires. So there are things associated with this and I don't want to send the message to the community that now the city is celebrating religious specific religious holidays unless we are willing to do all which I am supportive of but I think we

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have to be very very careful um that we don't let those two blend in. The the prohibition is not to attend it's to have music and dancing. So you could have a day of unity as long as if

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it didn't have any music or dancing everyone could attend. It's the music and dancing that's prohibited during this time. Um so it all depends it all depends on the kind of event you you put on. So you can technically have it on Sunday leave it on Sunday and make it more of a solidarity with maybe

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presentations or so on and so forth just not the dancing. Um but >> have the dancing just less people will attend. The the Orthodox people will not attend and if that's this is how it's going to be we will just leave it on the 3rd and

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have it be annually like it was agreed to by the commission except for Commissioner of Biscayne. All right. Let her put her twist Commissioner Joseph Commissioner Joseph stop please. Please stop. Continue with it the way it was and leave it on the

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3rd. >> thank you. All right so we have a motion. >> So I have a motion leave it on leave it as it is just remove the word annually because it can stay in the budget we can be considered

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but we don't have other things like this through our resolution annually and I don't think we should be treating things differently so that's my motion. The motion is on the table to remove the word annual. Do I have a second? Okay so now we're going to vote on

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the the change as stand as it stands. As as is as presented. As presented right so we still have to vote on it. Nobody make a motion. >> Oh no we don't so we don't >> the way it is. Well no. No the motion Commissioner Vice Mayor Biscayne made a motion to amend the resolution to remove

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the word annually. >> Yeah but that died. >> That motion died. But we still need to vote on this. As As is yes. If we have a motion which we don't Right which was Okay so I need a motion for this item. I still have a question. If this is

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date move for this holiday? Yes. It moves every year. Jewish holidays Jewish holidays are not based >> to the Roman calendar it's according to the Jewish calendar. Okay. So next year it could be another day.

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>> on the 25th. But are you always going to have it on this religious date? That's what he's saying. Yes. And that's that's the issue Jerry. >> Right but he's already he said he's fine that's it. I'm fine with having it on the 3rd. >> No he we're just going through the the procedure because the Commissioner

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Joseph has has said he doesn't want to Okay he wants to >> just going to vote now on how it is so I need Not to confuse the what you're about to vote on now leaves it open in any time in May. The the original resolution that you've

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all preserved on Yeah but that's fine that this the Yeah that's fine as long as you know yeah you're leaving it open ended for May. For the future but this but this year it's going to stay on the 3rd. It's right now we're changing it to it's

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open open. It'll be open. If there's a motion. Okay so can I get a If there's no motion it stays with the old resolution. Yes. Yes. Which is open. >> motion and no second it fails for Sunday. No it's not.

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The the resolution as it is right now not today yesterday. Right so as yesterday's yesterday's resolution has May 3rd. Okay. The first Sunday in May. >> The first Sunday in May. If there's no if there's no motion tonight and no second

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it fails and status quo remains so then that would be the first Sunday in May. All right so for okay so for the resolution that's on the table, can I get a motion? Item fails. Okay. Next item. Thank you. Good. So, Stan, please Okay. Thank you.

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So, now we are on Add-on. No, No, that was add-on. So, now we're on section 11, citizens forum. Citizens forum. And we have David Virgil. Okay. For your Good evening.

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>> do it at the end. Mayor, Vice Mayor and Commission, my name is David Virgil. My address is 17500 North Bay Road, Sunny Isles Beach. I just want to say thank you for adding the time and the date to the streams. It makes it much easier to time keep now.

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I also want to say that the new city bus app has been working perfectly, unlike the old app which which had a lot of issues. So, I want to say thank you again. And also, to go back to the water pumping stations, I would like to see them added as soon as possible.

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I know the cost has gone up a lot, but it would really help improve the quality of life in the Central Island since the streets flood with little rain. And now, as we're going into the summer months, there's going to be more of that, so in a few years, hopefully, it could be

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resolved. And it's going to be done correctly this time. >> Thank you. Thank you. All right. >> Vitaly Falcovich. My name is Vitaly Falcovich. I live at 280 Southwest 167 Terrace, from a debate of Florida. I wanted to say thank you for keeping Sunny Isles

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Beach on the holiday of Passover. I've seen so many officers feel safe. You know, when I come here for work or to visit the friend, I feel a lot more safer than I feel in Miami Beach. You have to have a bigger police department. One of the things that I wanted to ask

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is that why is it that certain cities have 51% of the budget goes to their department of police department. I wonder why as I look at the budget here, why is it such small budget coming here? And another thing is is that

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I'm very thankful for having the new vehicles in Sunny Isles Beach Police Department. One of the reasons why because because of so much patrol, the vehicles wear out very often. And I asked that one of the detectives we can get unmarked vehicle for them because

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they're doing an amazing job. And I'm definitely glad to be a visitor here. Thank you. Thank you. Any other speakers? No other speakers, ma'am. All right. So, we had some items left over from the workshop. What we're going to do is we're going to adjourn this meeting and then we're going to reopen our workshop.

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Okay? All right. So, we're >> May Mayor, before we close this meeting, just to remind the commission and and the public that next month's meeting, commission meeting, won't be on the third Thursday of the month as we normally do. It'll be on the 14th. Okay. And we'll

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>> which is the Thursday before. All right. Just let's just make sure that we put it out there as often as possible. Okay. So, meeting adjourned. Don't leave. We have a little We have our workshop that we're completing right now. Um We don't need to take a vote to reopen or do I need a motion to reopen the

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meeting? here today? Motion. Okay. I need All in favor? Aye. Okay. So, we're going to go back to the workshop that we did not finish. So, we were on item Mauricio, please uh if you can remind us all. We left off on item 3F, which is a

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discussion regarding the misuse of handicap parking tags. Okay, Commissioner Joseph, this was your item. Yes. Hold on. I have to get to One minute, please. Okay, here. Which one is it? Misuse of handicap parking tags.

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>> Yes. Okay. So, the city of Hialeah has um and I'd like to follow their lead regarding their There was a video. Uh Mauricio, I sent you the video. Did you happen to see it?

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Uh no, I couldn't open it and I forgot to tell you that I wasn't able to open that, Commissioner. I apologize. >> Let me see if I have it. Uh let's see. I actually have it on my phone. Mayor, Yes. maybe I can help. Uh we

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already do this. Okay. And I've asked code to step up the enforcement of it, but we do this on a regular basis. All right. I see that there 112 citations from October 25th through end of April, I'm assuming. And April 9th there's

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missing a Okay. I asked I asked code to give us some statistics on it. So, we've issued 112. Okay. Regarding illegal use of handicap Parking in a handicap space without the proper

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sticker. Yes, but okay. So, also, I would like for us to investigate uh whether we could uh work with the tax assessor because they actually issue the handicap uh uh

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rearview mirror uh hanging parts, right? Is that who issues them? Dario? I don't I don't know. Okay. I would like us to begin to work with that office

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to see how we could um verify that these people are actually handicapped that are getting these stickers. I can tell you that to get that designation for handicap, you have to come in personally as the handicap

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person. Um and swear that you and show that you have disability from a doctor. Okay. And then they give it to you and I think you have to renew it depending on the on the disability. >> there are so many people I see from and

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you I mean, you never know what someone's disability is. But you go to and I'm sure everyone else sees as well. You go to Costco and they have that first row is all handicap. And you see people get out of those

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cars, out of expensive cars, and they just don't look handicapped. I mean, you never know if they have high blood pressure or whatever or some other condition, but still, on the surface, these people do not look handicapped.

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So, I'm just thinking a a certain number have to be using these tags, unfortunately. Okay, but I I think that it's not really incumbent on us to oversee another office of the county. I Well, I I would Hialeah is doing

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something. I would like to follow Hialeah's lead. >> What are they doing? That's what I'm trying to get the video. There was a video, I believe it was on channel 10. If I may, I believe it was Miami Springs. I did see the video. >> yes. And theirs was people parking

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without the hanger tag, which is what we are currently doing. So, it's not that they had that they had something that But I think they caught people also with the hanger tags that were not legitimate. With the video that I saw

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was they did an operation where they went to all of the businesses and were checking and people were they stopped and asked people and they had I'm just running in for a minute type of thing and It was more parking there without the

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hanger tag. Right. Okay. Okay. So, I would like to if we could get in touch with Miami Lakes and see what they're doing and follow their lead. Okay, but you don't know what it is that they're doing that you want to follow.

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>> It was There was the video that I sent to Mauricio. It said exactly what they're doing. But you But what is it that you we're going to vote on? What do you want us to support? I want us to support um enforcement of uh

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uh the uh use of handicap spaces illegally. Okay. So, I think we have support from everyone on that. That's what we're doing. Okay. And I will forward everyone the video if

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if I'm allowed to do that. So, you see exactly what it is. I think Susan just explained it, but sure. Okay. Yes, but you have to see it yourself. It's uh All right. [clears throat] >> It's self-explanatory. >> All right. And then there's one more item that's yours

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from earlier. Yes, 3G [snorts] is a discussion regarding public comments during commission workshop items. Okay. Okay. So, yes, open workshop items. Okay. So, I would like to have it where we have resident input during the workshop

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items. Mhm. And you could also fill out a form and speak regarding our workshop items. Okay. And what's the What's the reasoning? What's your reasoning

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>> is because residents have an interest in some of our workshop items and I would like to have their input. Okay. Um how would somebody have input on this item for instance? On this item? >> No, for the the one that we just spoke about.

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>> Okay, well, they could say that they also witnessed um, the situation or they have a handicap tag themselves and uh, they uh, you know, there was a spot that was being used illegally and it didn't

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afford them the space. So, I would like to hear that. Okay. So, just for for clarification, I'd like the the city attorney, um, just so that we understand what we're talking about because I know it's late in the evening. So, as far as, you know, the difference

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between a workshop and what what's the purpose of the workshop and the purpose of our actual working session where we take action. Well, generally, I mean, I know we call it a workshop, but a lot of places call it a conference meeting or the the purpose typically is this is

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your opportunity a workshop, as we call it, is your opportunity to speak as elected official with each other. So, it's kind of a conference meeting. So, this is the only legal way you all can talk about things. Uh, and there's no action items, you don't make any decisions, there's no

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formal action that takes place. So, essentially, that's the purpose of it. Um, you're not legally required to take public comment during workshops or conference meetings uh, because you're not acting on anything. So, I mean, you can if you want to, but you certainly don't have to from a legal

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standpoint. Um, and ultimately, again, generally as a practice, these conference meetings allow you to speak about these issues, bring up these issues, and if there's some kind of consensus, usually there'll be some

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follow-up action. So, for example here, if there's something to be done following that, that that's going to turn into some kind of formal action where the public at that point has all the opportunities they can to speak on it and so on and so forth. So, again, legally, it's not required, but there's

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nothing prohibiting it either. Okay. Um, >> [clears throat] >> Well, I believe that we should restore the option of the people talking during the workshops. Uh, we had it before this administration

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make that change, and it's true that technically, we are not taking action because we're not voting, but we are voting to have consensus. Consensus is basically voting. We are voting, oh yeah, we have consensus to present this as a resolution, to present this as an ordinance, which will be listening to

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the people. It's more transparency. Um, that this should have never had changed. We are right now basically uh, shielding the people from coming and talking about the issue that are important for them. Many times we are putting discussion items because it is

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the public which is requesting us to put, at least to me, to put this discussion item for them. But then they are not able to speak about it, that doesn't make any sense. So, if we can bring items to the agenda because the people is asking us to put those items,

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how come then they cannot come and present what is it that they wanted to say in the first place? So, this administration decided to make that change. I think it's completely wrong and I'm and I'm for opening to the public to be able to come during the discussion items

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and participate. Okay. Just one thing I forgot to mention also, you do have your public forum, so if someone has a citizen's bill of rights under Miami-Dade County ordinances which you've adopted in yours uh, addresses the ability of a citizen to be able to come and bring something

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to you which they are able to do in the public format. It's a little different than speaking at the workshop, but I just wanted to make that distinction that they are able to do that with the public forum. And to the question of the mayor about what about the item that we just discussed, I had issue I have many

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times a mom which I remember I sent the text to a staff back in the days that she has a child with disability and almost every day when she was going to the school, the blue parking spaces were taken by certain vehicles. We sent the pictures, these people

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stopped doing what they were doing, but she was telling me about this issue. So, if we are talking about these spaces for people with disabilities, that mom will be here taking letting us know how it's affecting her child specifically, a girl with disabilities,

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when she goes to the school and she cannot park because there are vehicles there without any kind of like a permit. We just parked in there because it's convenient, and I understand. So, if we have a discussion item like the one that he just brought, we will have that mommy here and she will she will be able to be

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listened. Um, so, I do believe if we want to be transparent, uh, we should be having the workshops open to the public. Okay. Well, for clarification, the workshops are open to the public and the

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public has an opportunity to speak at the commission meeting. The the public can contact us individually. The public elected this body to represent them. They do not need to come if they don't want to because they can watch

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on YouTube, they can email us, and they are free to come to speak on any item, not just an item on the agenda. We've never prohibited anyone from uh, contacting us or voicing their concern or their approval for that matter. But,

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I'd like to hear from the rest of the commission because I I want to remind everyone that at the end of the day, we're here to do the the city business. And if we and I'm very supportive of having more public input. So, if we want to

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we are free to do town halls to have that. We can add additional meetings in order to hear the residents, but as far as that as an example, that item, um, I get it. I understand that there is

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Oh, I found the video. >> No, thank you. I understand that, [clears throat] but my point is is that the public needs to have a very specific uh, instruction as to what it is they would be speaking on. And when we're just discussing, we are trying to discuss and speak amongst us, and we

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ourselves aren't even certain what it is we're going to be talking about as Commissioner Joseph wasn't even sure what city it was. So, to have the public come and speak on it in any sort of intelligent way is going to be very difficult and challenging for them. But, let me hear from the rest of the commission.

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Um, I have a question. When It it's not like we just removed public comment and you know, it's we reshaped the whole thing. We used to have everything in one meeting. And then we would be here like forever.

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Uh, and and um, right? Like all the discussion items, we would have our our We had our So, we had our discussion items were at the end. >> So, we had our agenda reviews individually which were not open to the public. >> we had our commission meetings. >> And then we had our commission meeting that was everything. agenda items, like

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the voting items, and then all the discussion items came at the end of the commission meeting. >> Remind me, please, Mauricio, they were at the end, right? The discussion items? Yes, the discussion items. >> Okay. Oh, we we would do the proclamations and the presentations and the pictures at the beginning. At the beginning. Then we would do the agenda

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items, and then we would do all the discussion items. Did we allow this public comment on the discussion items? I I don't remember. I can't remember off the top of my head, to be honest with you. >> Yeah, I don't know. So, I don't know if that's I remember. I do remember being

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here for many years since 2016, sitting down as a resident, and before we will have a back and forth with the whole commission at any time for any issue. Resolutions, proclamations, discussion items, you

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name it. It was this commission the one that it stopped that. Until 2022, that's how it worked. We were really open to the public. So, right now, uh, to the example of the parking issue. So, if we're talking about that 3:30, now we want a

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mom to come at 8:30 to remind us what we discussed back at 3:30 about those parking spaces, doesn't make any sense. We are here for the people. As is as of right now, the way it is, we are shielding the people of even having the

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staff like we used to have here over the years until 2023. So, is this administration the one that has gone backwards in transparency? It has gone backwards in allowing the people to have access to the staff and

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to us. It's true that they can call us, they can text us, they can email, they can do whatever they want, but they have the right to be here and to be listened when we are having those discussions. That's why we get elected. So, yes, I remember I remember coming here for many

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years in that podium and being able to talk with the members of the commission. Yeah, and I I remember you speaking. I just honestly I I I can't recall whether I I just don't remember like whether

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discussion items also had the the public component or not. But, we restructured everything so that we would have the agenda review which is public. We used to have them individual. So, that's more transparency. Then we broke up all the

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presentations cuz we would use up like basically our our our best focus hours taking pictures, and then at 9:00 or 10:00 we would start with the with the the substantive things, and we were tired by by the end, and there were still

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important things. So, so we restructured everything to to allow for more transparency and also better focus for us on on on substantive matters. So, I mean, I it's just different. I I It's and I

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I'm I I don't have um, um more to add to it because I would have to go back and review what we were doing before. Um but I mean, I think I think the the the workshops is really for us to be

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able to have a conversation with for ourselves to be able to direct future items. Uh so Um and we just finished having a 3-hour one. So um just us. Right. We had the public comment.

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>> I yeah, I I uh the whole point was to make it more manageable and we keep making it Well, we we we are here only once a month. So, we restructured that which we should re-restructure because clearly it's not it's it's not working.

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>> whatever. Hold on a second. Let Let Let Commissioner Lama have his I was Okay, I was going to say I was done. You're done. Thank you. Commissioner Lama. Yeah, I would like to see, you know, if they want to participate, say any comments during our Well, we're saying workshops, but it's really agenda review, right? What we're referring to

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or workshops or anything >> Today's exactly. They could write up a slip at 3:00 at the 3:00 hour between the 3:00 and 5:00 and they could have input >> line. to what with us. Yeah, to maybe

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add some good ideas. You never know. >> I'm okay with that. Yeah. Now, what we really should be thinking is how how do we get more people through those doors? Exactly. Well, this is transparency is one way. Well, I don't know.

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Well. Yeah. Well, but but yeah, I'm I'm okay with with people talking during our workshops. It's it's okay. And showing openness to have people participate. We are shooing people away

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I I I I mean, I would I I wouldn't say that, Jerry. >> Well, may I? They know. Go ahead. Uh I just wanted to point out that all of our meetings are open to the public. They're welcome to to attend. I keep hearing for lack of a better word, stories about

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all of the people that want to participate. At our last agenda review, there was one person there. So, where are they? Yeah. I haven't heard from them. Um I'm not aware that you've heard from them. So, they're welcome to bring their concerns forward. They have a public

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forum now. Our last meeting went over 3 hours. So, I think we can we can do this. Um we just need to probably start earlier and we could make it an all-day event on Thursday. >> Well, we could see Well, fir- first of

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all, not a lot of people come. So, we could let them speak. Obviously, we could structure in a way where obviously it doesn't go overboard when it comes to time. Um But that's just it. So, let me ask you a

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question because this is this is you know, in in theory, it sounds great. But in practice, that's what we need to consider because right now, if I'm looking at the agenda items for the workshop, we all had agreed at certain point that the memos would have some detailed information so that we all

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would have some information to discuss so we would not be left with kind of what did we what are you talking about? We've gone to a place now where the memo barely says anything. Mhm. So, if you're going to expect and again, I support the public participating. I would love it if this place was filled every single day,

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not just when people were unhappy. If you're going to expect them to be able to participate in a meaningful way, then it's going to be incoming on us to create a memo that gives them all the information they need to know, not just a free-for-all of well, I have something

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to say because at the end of the day, we need to stick to an agenda. Otherwise, we will be here indefinitely. And remember that the public comment comes first and then it will be our discussion. You understand? So, it's not going to be a it's not a back and forth. So, we have to be very clear as to what we're

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agreeing to. Maybe Mauricio can take emails from residents. But he does take emails. >> Hold on. Let Let Let Commissioner Lama finish if any other questions he has. >> No, but but what what I'm trying to say is that whoever is present there, right at our workshops,

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you know, sadly there's not enough people there that come to our commission meeting. So, you know, we got to see how we get more people through the door. But whoever is there, we could probably um structure in a way where they they do get to comment or ask a couple of

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questions and you know, not with the intent of extending it so it's let's say all day or to a marathon, but at least for them to have their say or if they have an idea or an observation for them to

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express that. I I don't see you know, an issue with that. Um and then we we could test it out. We could always like we always keep adjusting different things. We could adjust it if need be. Just to add that to your point though,

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the the code you'd still have to follow your code, right? So, you'd still have to cuz your code says that like what the mayor had stated before that public comment comes before you talking about an item. So, if you have something on the agenda, it would have to be sufficiently clear what

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that item is cuz the public wouldn't know what to say before you all even start discussing. So, you'd still you may you might have to amend those rules, but to be able to change the way you're suggesting, you'd have to change your code. Got it.

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Okay. Well, we could try it out. I mean, yeah, I think that the public, whoever goes to that workshop, should be able to say something. So, that means we would have to then be very strict with our memo

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requirements because the public needs to know what it is they're talking about. >> these memos and I'm like, okay, item to be presented. I'm like, I you know, we had talked about having at least some sort of paragraph describing Right. >> what that item is going to be about. And

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we're not getting that. So, I think we need to stick to the rules that we put together so there's order and it's fair to everybody, including ourselves, >> That's what it is. >> the residents, etc. Okay.

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Um and maybe we should limit the amount of discussion items perhaps that each one of us could put. Sometimes, I mean, I don't know. Can we put 10 on a day? I don't know. >> Well, that's I mean, we we got to be cognizant of that. Sometimes, you know,

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some of these discussion items, if it can wait for the next month or I I I don't know. We need to look into that as well. Some of the discussion items, if if They could be an email. >> it it could really could be an email. Could be an email. >> And and uh

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whatever. Um Yeah. I'm sorry. I'm I'm I'm You're done? crashing. Yeah. Commissioner So, yeah. >> Can you please mute? Commissioner, can you please Thank you. Okay.

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Um so, where did we land? I'm open to having the public, you know, talk. Okay. So, what does that mean limiting our discussion >> what I was going to say. Sorry. Then we we need to have like a hard stop then, like >> Uh Yeah, there's no more continuation.

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Correct. Like >> Right. And then so we can put, let's say, whatever it's supposed to be uh and and not have it per item because then we'll be here, you know, we could potentially be here like we were today. But we I would be okay. I would be okay

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with um considering if it's not against our code or whatever, opening uh the public comment at the end. You know, so that it's we do an hour and a half or whatever and then um public comment, but

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Or at the beginning. Or or whatever, but just not every item because then Right. >> not per item because then we will we will potentially just make this even longer. And like I said, today we were here 3 hours, just us. Like no public

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comment. >> Right, but then the public comment would have to become would be in the beginning because it it's not bef- it's before we speak about an item. >> Because that's what used to happen before when the meetings went forever and then public comment, there was like one person left. David. It was David and

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that was and that was it. So, even when we had public comment, there was it wasn't really an opportunity because it was 11:30 by the time we got there. Which is when we broke up the meetings. So, Can you turn that off? Um

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how can we have a better discussion about this because it's late and I feel like people are Yeah, we're literally walking out uh so that this this is meaningful because I don't feel like we've landed anywhere right now. Well, I think it's kind of very simple. Today, we have a

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workshop with a long agenda. If pe- if it doesn't make sense to say that we want to have more people here and we and and we don't want them to talk. So, what they're going to be coming for? It doesn't make zero sense. If you have if you are coming, it's because the issue

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there is an issue there in the agenda that you want to speak about it. Clearly, people just not walking around and say, "Oh, let's go inside and see what is it that they're talking about for me to then participate." People will come if they can be listened to. We

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changed the rules of engagement. This has to be re- re-restructured. We have to allow the people to come and speak on the issue on the agenda that is important for them. If we start at 3:00, we can say we cannot go after 5:30,

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whatever time that we put. And then if we have it still some items, then we can pass it like right now what we are doing at the end of the commission meeting. So, it's super simple. We had it like that. It worked for like 24 years and we just changed it or 25 years.

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It was just recently changed and people is frustrated about it. I am here. I am being listened to and I am frustrated for them. Because I remember being on the other side. And just to remind you guys, after November, you guys are not going to be sitting down here and you have

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eight years of knowledge of being here. So, there are going to be items that probably you know a lot about it. You have a lot to say and it's going to be really helpful to listen to you. But I guess what? If there is no open to the public, you guys are going to be sitting

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down there you cannot talk during the discussion item. Does that make any sense? To not allow a former commissioner that have a lot of knowledge about the issue to not be able to talk or it's going to be different rules for different type of citizens.

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Okay. Think about that one. I'm not against it. Okay. It's just that it I don't know if it's up to the code, but I also don't want to pretend like the way that we had it before was working and perfect because it wasn't. Okay. Well, for me I don't have my mic on. >> once a month. I don't care if I'm here

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all day. All right. Once a month. Exactly. All right. All right. Like we don't need a motion to adjourn cuz these are discussions. month, we are going to have the people being able to come and talk to us Yes.

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So, we're looking to open up the workshop. That's what we're asking. >> That's it. Yeah. So, if we want to have people really to come. Okay. So, there is consensus, I guess. Yeah, I I I I'm open to it and we can try it and Hold on a second. So, uh

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procedurally, Mr. City Attorney, what information do we need if anything? Well, if there's a consensus to I mean, again, we pretty much have to follow the code. I can sit down with the city clerk. I mean, just anecdotally, when I first started here three years ago, it seems there

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were a lot less discussion items. Um like today we had seven. So, there may be some merit to limiting the discussion items if you really want to allow public input so that there's enough time for the public to actually speak. Uh so, you may want to consider that, but we'd have to go through

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procedurally and see um how we work that out. >> start at 2 o'clock. >> Okay. So, Um I'm fine with starting at 2 instead of 3. Yeah, the only Does everyone Wait, stop. Yeah, you can deviate times for your afternoon meeting, not so not not the

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night time meeting, but um you can fluctuate times for your afternoon meeting if you want. Okay. So, you can fluctuate times. So, how about we have the city clerk sit down with the attorney to put something together. Um anything that we do, I this is a great

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opportunity to really discuss how we have not been following our own rules and we do need to provide an actual memo that not only the public, but that we collectively know what we're talking about so that we're not looking like we're scrambling up here because we can One second, please.

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So, that we're not just throwing a bunch of stuff that we kind of thought about. It needs to be something that is of substance that we can have an intelligent conversation so then the public can also contribute whatever it is they're thinking so that it's not a discussion of what we think it is and the public thinks it's something totally different.

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>> And if we could talk with staff before we put something on the agenda so that if it can be an email, make it an email. I would I agree to that as well. I think that we need to have discussions with staff prior to putting stuff um on on the discussion items so that we

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can ask them some of the questions that unfortunately when we ask them, it's they we have to wait until the next month. So, do we have consensus on that? Who is staff? That's the question I always ask. The city manager. >> Yes, okay. So, are we okay with that? What? So, we

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had consensus for the next month the people can come and whatever item you need is in the agenda in the workshop, they can Right, but do we have >> to speak. >> I I think what we have consensus on is let's see how it can be structured. No, that's not what I understand.

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>> No, we want to start it for next month. Well, we have to see how it can be structured first. We already spoke. for forever. Huh? You already spoke of it. Yes. That you have Alan, do you do you know how it's going to be structured? Well, again, the city clerk and I could sit

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down just logistically we want to make sure that, you know, we're set up for people to like we they do at the night time meeting to be able to fill out the cards and it'll be the same three minutes. And again, we'd have to have, I guess, enough information about the items so

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people know what, you know, we're speaking of. And then again, I don't know if you want to limit the amount of discussion items so you give a fair chance for people to speak on the items. I don't know. Mayor, if if I may. So, I'll I'll just go a step further um and

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ask kindly that when you guys submit your items to me two weeks before, that that week following, you know, we meet together along with the city manager, the city attorney, the deputy city manager to go over each of

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your items to see if those items are better suited to be discussion items or if it's something that staff can address in a one-on-one or in an email or if it's something that can just go directly to the 6:30 meeting. So, let's do that at the agenda review.

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Well, no, I'm proposing for that to be done prior. >> finish. What are you saying? For that to be done prior. So, the items are due two weeks prior, that Friday before, two week two Fridays before. So, I'm proposing that we meet with you

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all, whoever has an item that they want to put on the agendas, whether it's a workshop agenda or the 6:30 meeting, we sit down, we discuss those items to see what's the best path to move forward. Okay. With each of you. I support that. >> it's helpful for us, like for example,

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not to pick on you, Commissioner Lama, but the one item you had with the single-use plastics, I didn't get an opportunity to speak with you so much about the legal side of it, but it's helpful because if we could at least we will bring it, but that information is all forward and it's here available so

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that we can discuss it and it's helpful if we can participate in that item. And then to further add to that, uh often times when you guys send me your information, a lot of times it's just a few words, a few sentences, and then I'm left to try

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to figure out what your intent is or what you want to actually have on the memo. So, by meeting with us, uh that will eliminate a lot of a lot of guessing, for lack of a better word. All right. Do we have consensus on that? Yes. And if that meeting doesn't happen, then it doesn't make it on the

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agenda. Right. I'll leave that for you all to decide. I agree. Yes. Okay. Okay, perfect. All right. Wait, I have one other question. >> Please, go ahead. >> So, at next month's workshop, we're going to have if people show up for participation,

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for each workshop item, the resident would would have questions, we would they would have their input before we have that discussion item. Correct. All right, okay. So, it'll be still be structured the

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same way that regular city commission meetings are structured where it's them presenting their comments. It's not a back and forth. It's not a conversation with the commission. Right. Okay, correct. All right. Thank you, everyone. Meeting adjourned.

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Thank you. $500 for any after that. We'll be focusing on education for the next couple of months, [music] but starting June 1st, our officers, along with our code enforcement officers, will begin issuing citations. Let's work together to keep our roads [music] and sidewalks

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safe for everyone. >> [music] [music] [music] >> The drone as a first responder program here in the city of Sunny Isles Beach is the first contracted non-beta autonomous drone [music] dock setup in the state of Florida. This new Skydio X10 dock, in

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conjunction with Axon Air, has provided us [music] an opportunity and the citizens of Sunny Isles Beach a tremendous benefit. This is a game-changing piece of technology [music] and enters us into a new era of public safety and protecting our citizens. We are able to respond to

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calls for service, emergencies, [music] traffic crashes,