Monday at 6 PM Commission Chambers 500 South West Avenue. Roll call. Madam clerk. Thank you, Madam Clerk. And uh for the record, uh Commissioner Ian has arrived.
Commissioner Isu hasn't. I'm sure he'll call. We already had um roll call. We already had invitation and the pledge of allegiance. Mr. Mayor, do you have any special presentations at this time? Uh Mr. Mayor, do you have presentation of
employee of the month award? Mr. Mayor, presentation of officer of the month award. Good evening everyone, Mr. Mayor, Mr. President, commission, distinguished guests. My name is Lieutenant Ombberto Era, Sweetwater Police Department,
Administrative Division. I am here to present the officer of the month award. It is with great pride and recognition that the city of Sweetwater Police Department commends Officer Dennis Cologne for his outstanding performance
since assuming the role of training coordinator in January of 2025. Though officer Cologne stepped into this role with no prior experience in the field of law enforcement training, he has shown exceptional initiative and commitment to excellence. From day one,
Officer Cologne embraced the challenges of the new assignment with a positive attitude and a genuine willingness to learn. His openness to coaching and feedback has allowed him to not only meet expectations, but to begin developing his own confident and
effective instructional style. With a short period, Officer Cologne successfully completed multiple instructor certification courses, laying a strong foundation for long-term success in his position. He has already coordinated and executed several
agencywide training, demonstrating logistical skills, attention to detail, and clear communication with all personnel involved. One of the most notable accomplishments under his leadership was the recent active asalent training held at Dolphin
Mall, where officer Cologne stood out for his organization, command, presence, and delivery. This highstakes training was conducted seamlessly and professionally, reflecting both his ability to lead and his organizational skills, highlighting the importance of
preparedness and officer safety. Officer Cologne's dedication to the professional development of our department is a credit to his work ethic and commitment to the mission of the department. In recognition of his achievements, professionalism, and
outstanding performance in a demanding new role, Officer Cologne Dennis Cologne is presented the officer of the month award. center. Smile for the picture. You can show your grandkids.
Pleasure to meet you, sir. Two, three. One more. All right. Welld deserved, officer go and thank you special shout out to our chief police sergeant Diaz, Deputy Chief Gil and Assistant Chief Frank Fernandez for
putting up that active asalent training. Uh the mayor and the commissioners were there present. Kickass job. So thank you for what you're doing and thank you for what you're going to continue to do. Uh reports of officers, boards, and committees. None
additions and deletions to the agenda. We have an attachment. Correct. Okay. Let me see if I see that. Yeah, we have Yeah, we have Mr. President. Staff item P. Yeah. So we have um three additions and
one deletion. So staff item F would need to be deleted because it is being substituted by staff item O and the the difference between the two is simply the correction of a scrier's
error. It's uh fundamentally they're the same document, but since it came out at the since the error was discovered after the fact, it can only be substituted this way. All right, sounds good. Yeah, Mr. Mayor,
this No. So, you need to delete staff item F and you need to replace it with staff item O as the addition. Easy enough. Yeah. So, you need to delete staff item
F. You can't substitute because the the agenda has already gone out and the titles are different, right? Okay. So, you have staff item attached. Yes, staff item O is attached as an addition. That's why I was asking. Okay. My mistake. I'm a little far from the microphone. It's okay. We're good. Continue on.
Thank you. Number nine, petitions, communications, and remmonses. petitions, communications, and remunances. Thank you, Carmen. Mr. Alejandre, is it says Alejandro
Martinez? Is that correct? Alejandro, please forgive me. Yeah, there's an E there. Okay. Alejandro Martinez. Yes, sir. Please come up. Mr. Martinez, you've already stated uh your name and your address. No need to do so. You have three minutes to speak
on the item. Go ahead. Yeah, I'm here to talk about Renelli Park. Um I think it's been well like o over a year since, you know, the the redesign and the redevelopment of the park. I I I I'm
extremely disappointed that it's taken so long. I don't think something like this should take so long. Um I also came last year and I told you guys the importance of, you know, trying to incorporate native plants. You know, you
know, we're called Florida for a reason. Our plants are beautiful. Um and and it just got covered in artificial turf. uh two of the trees that were planted to meet mitigation, I believe one was knocked down and then they were just taken out and you know now there's no
canopy to you know provide shade and I I it's just uh it's disappointing. You know I I really you know I I can't I come here you know I this is my second time coming here. I actually really do care. I want Sweetwater to be known as a great area. I feel as if it's starting
to look like Bickl. None of none of the new development is is ownable. It's all rentable units. Um it's it's it's a shame, you know, especially you guys come like being Cuban people, like you would think that like you would want
people in your community to be able to own something and tell someone, "Yeah, you can't take this from me." Um but back to Renelli, uh yeah, it's it's completely disgusting. The artificial turf is gross. You know, I I hope that you guys are not ignorant in the future
when kids question their biology when they grew up playing on artificial turf. I mean, like, you know, that that's like a that's like a you know, I it's just it's just bad. The whoever did the landscaping job in the front
needs to get fired, sent somewhere else. It's bad, bro. You there under under not one not one American flag. Now, under one American flag in this city, is there a Native American plant, a Native American tree? You walk outside in the in the medium, in that circle, in the
roundabout, there's these planters that have been there for 10 years, broken, looks ugly, and then I'm supposed to think that that the city is going to manage this this new asset and do a good job with it. And you guys can't do a park within a
reasonable time. I see I see kids in the small like little play pin section. I'm well over my time. But you guys, come on, man. Like, people work hard, bro. People work hard, man. Everyone here in this town, in this city works hard.
Bluecollar. No one's a millionaire here. No one's a billionaire. Everyone works hard. The least we could get is a park built in a reasonable time with grass that people could actually touch. That's all I have to say. Thank you for your comments, sir. Thank
you for your opinion. Anybody else uh like to speak? Good. Uh consent agenda approval of minutes for commission meeting of June 2nd. Moved by Commissioner Rald, second by
Commissioner Marti. All in favor? Any opposed? So moved. Staff item 11. In ordinance of the city of Sweetwater, Florida, establishing parking regulations for off- streetet parking, provided for authority, providing for enforcement, providing for procedures,
providing for fines, providing for severability, providing for codification, providing for error my lungs, providing for effective date, second reading, and public hearing. Public hearing is now open. Anybody wish on this item? Public hearing now open.
Seeing nobody come forward, public now closed. Mr. Mayor, as you know, we doing the street parking. We already discussed this in the last meeting. This is the second reading and basically giving the administration the ability to move
forward and continue uh making sure that the parking is uh with the new two systems that we discussed, excuse me, be put into effect uh as soon as possible. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Do I have a motion on this item? Move. Moved by
Commissioner Yananiel, second by Commissioner Monte. Roll call, Madam Clerk. Yes. Uh, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. And thank you. It's about time. It
only took us a gazillion years to get this done, Mr. Mayor. I really appreciate that. Uh staff item B, an ordinance of the city of Sweetwater, Florida, amending chapter 58, article five of the city code of ordinance to require restaurants to disclose
mandatory gratuitity policies, providing for minimum signage standards, providing definition, providing for enforcement, providing for severability, providing for codification, providing for effective date, second reading, and public hearing is now open. Anybody wish
to come forward on this item, please step forward now or forever hold your peace. Seeing nobody come forward, public meeting is now closed. Commissioner Marti, you have the floor. Uh, this is just a follow on. Second. Do you want to speak on this item, Commissioner? No, I think we're good.
I think it's an excellent item. Uh, moved by Commissioner Rainald, second by Commissioner Yano. Roll call. Madam clerk. Commissioner Diaz. Yes. Commissioner Martin. Yes. Commissioner Ray. Big. Yes. Commissioner Vio, yes. Commissioner Yano,
yes. President Vanova, absolutely. Yes. It passes. And now the city of Sweet Water, whenever you go to a restaurant, they'll have to say that gratuitity is now included. It's no longer going to be a surprise. Thank you so much, Commissioner Mi. And uh on the previous
item, I want to clarify on the previous item, I said this is it's about time. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. We're talking about the mayor. Talking about the previous administration took eight years to get this done. So, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Item C, an ordinance of the city of Sweetwater, Florida, amending chapter
50, article 14 of the city code of ordinances by striking certain language in conflict with Florida statues and providing for anticipatory reviews and recommendations by the police pension board trustees prior to signage second
reading of any legislative amendment. There too, providing for severability, providing for codification, providing for an effective date, first reading. Commissioner Marti, you have the floor, sir. So, this ordinance was in conflict with Florida Statute 185. Uh, what we're
doing is we're we're codifying this to match up with, uh, statute 185, which limits only the police chief can exit the pension plan. So, uh, this kind of just brings us in line with 185. And this needs to be reviewed and approved
upon by the uh police pension board as well to make sure that we're not in violation of the requirements for the police pension plan. Commissioners want to move this item. Moved by Commissioner Ranaldo Ray, second by Commissioner Ian Vio. Roll call. Madam clerk.
Commissioner Martine. Yes. Commissioner Ray. Yes. Commissioner Vio. Yes. Commissioner Yan. Yes. Commissioner Diaz. Yes. President Voeva. Absolutely. Yes. Thank you, Commissioner Mati.
Process on first reading. Item D, an ordinance of the city of Sweetwater, Florida, altering the method of appointing members of the city's neighborhood improvement advisory board and providing for residency requirement for said members by amending chapter 2,
article 5, I'm sorry, article 10, 2-439.01, 01 and 2-439.2 two of the city code of ordinances providing for severability providing for codification providing for an effective date first reading commissioner of vice you have the floor sir all right guys
this is the we talked about this in the last meeting we're changing the neighborhood improvement board um reducing it from seven members to five and then changing it for the mayor to approve the members and then we ratify and like I said before and I wanted to
say again we need the city needs to have this board because there's a lot of different beautififications and parks grants out there at the state level that require the city to have a board of this purpose. So that's why I've been defending it. So we need to have this board, but because it's an
administrative purpose really, that's why I just wanted to throw it over to the mayor's office for them to approve and us to to ratify. And it also changed it to that members have to be residents of the city as well. Any commissioner wishes to move? Commissioner Monte move seconded by
Commissioner Yanu. Roll call. Madam clerk. Commissioner Ray. Yes. Commissioner Vio. Yes. Commissioner Yano. Yes. Commissioner Diaz. Yes. Commissioner Martinez. Yes. President Ba. Yes.
It passes on first reading. Thank you, Commissioner Vio. Item E, a resolution approving for the purpose of 147 parentheses F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended and other matters the issuance by public
finance authority of its tax exempt bonds pursuant to a plan of finance in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $300 million for the purposes of financing of the cost of the project known as Tech Tower located in the city
of Sweetwater. water, providing for conflicts, providing for severability, providing for an effective date. Mr. Mayor, thank you, Mr. President. And the 5:45 meeting kind of discussed the particular bond situation that's going to be done
for Tech Tower. I want to publicly thank Brian. Thank you so much for the quality uh of work and the ability to be able to negotiate something that is so important for the city of Sweetwater. and its residents uh especially now and for the
future. Uh Mr. Masters, thank you for your support in representing the city and making sure and of course, Alex, thank you as always uh making sure that these projects are done properly within our city. Ralph, thank you. I know that
you had a late start on your vacation, but you stayed back and make sure that uh uh things were taken care of, and I'm very appreciative of that publicly. do what you need to do, Mr. Mayor. Thank you to all those that were involved.
Thank you, Mr. President. Um, same discussion for item F, which is now item O. Oh, so so if you want to read that one, this to your point. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, moved by Commissioner Ray and second by
Commissioner. Roll call. Madam clerk. Commissioner. Yes, Commissioner Yan. Yes, Commissioner Diaz. Yes, Commissioner Martine. Yes, Commissioner Ray. Yes, President Vanoya.
Yes. Passes. Item passes. We have now deleted item F to be replaced by item O. Is that correct, Ralph? Yes, sir. And you can address item O now if you want to. I'd rather uh any commissioners have uh
any problems with that? No. All right. Item O, a resolution of the city commission of the city of Sweetwater, Florida, authorizing the cert the creation of a limited liability company for the purpose of financing, constructing, and managing a multifamily
housing residential rental project that will include a workforce housing component. Defining that the inclusion and availability of workforce housing meets a public purpose. Providing for incorporation of recitals, providing for authority to the mayor and the city
attorney to establish the limited liability company, providing for the composition and purpose of the not profit, providing for expenditure of funds, providing waiver, I'm sorry, approving waiver of certain impact fees
and providing for an effective date and declaring that such project lessens the burden of the city of Sweetwater, Florida and providing for authority providing for an effective date. Mr. Mayor, thank you. Little take a moment there.
Moved by Commissioner. Hold on. Before you do, let me let me say something that uh I've thanked everybody except one very important person which is sitting right there. Mr. Mlesburg, uh please stand up a second. I
I want to tell you thank you publicly. Not only are you the director of finance for the city of Sweetwater, but the work that you have taken on this matter has been extremely extremely accepted by all of us because this is
new. This is something I think this is a first of its kind and the way it's being done and I think we're making history tonight in the city of Sweetwater and I'm sure many other people are going to take note of what's taking place and all those all those that have been involved
in this. Uh thank you. I know I see several others that are here uh want to thank everybody because this is one way to really really move forward. So commissioners, thank you for your support. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. We have a motion
by Commissioner Rald Deay. Second by anyone. I'll second it. Commissioner Monti, second. Roll call, Madam Clerk. Commissioner Yan, yes. Commissioner Diaz, yes. Commissioner Martine, yes. Commissioner Rain, yes. Commissioner, yes.
President Vo, absolutely. Yes. Thank you all for your vision and your trust. Thank you, Alex. Yeah, Brian, you're all right. We need softball equipment, Brian. We need bikes and backpacks. Item G, a resolution. Oh, we need gifts
at the Christmas party for the 3,000 kids. Just putting that out there. You know where I am. Item G, a resolution of the city commission of the city of Sweetwater, selecting vendor for certain office furniture, providing for authority, waving errors and inconsistencies, and
providing for an effective date. Mayor Diaz. Item G, sir. Item G, sir. Okay. As you recall, the first time that this item I had not uh several of you called me to see if I had read the item
and I had asked for it to be put on. Uh but no, I did not look through the whole item, but I we did and we went and negotiated uh with the furniture uh company and from
158,000 we brought it down to 79 and change with incredible furniture to be put in there. uh useful furniture and everything that we need to make sure that city is represented well in our new uh building and zoning and code enforcement department. So I ask for
your support and moving forward with this item. Sir, thank you Mr. Mayor. Uh Commissioner. Yes. I would just want to put on uh Mr. Mayor, this these funds are actually going to be coming from the building department that is self- sustained. Has nothing to do
with public motor with public monies. Yes, sir. This has nothing to do with a public public money that it's not being used for that. It's going to be from the building department and they're self sustained. Is that correct? It's a public money that people that ask for permits and do that type of work.
Yes, sir. It doesn't come from the taxes paid from the citizens of That's all I need to put on record. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Commissioner uh Reynold Ray. Uh I have a motion by Commissioner Yano, second by I'll second it. Commissioner Monti. Roll call. Madam clerk.
Commissioner Diaz. Yes. Commissioner Mati. Yes. Commissioner Ray. Yes. Commissioner. Yes. Commissioner Yano. Yes. President. Absolutely. Yes. He passes. Mr. Mayor, thank you so much for
listening to us, for listening to our concerns. Um, that just goes to show you have absolutely no problem pivoting and uh we appreciate it. We were not included and involved for the last eight years and you most certainly uh listen
to our concerns. I I thank you for that every day. I thank you for that. Thank you, sir. Item H, a resolution of the city commission of the city of Sweetwater authorizing the mayor to purchase vehicles for the parks and recreation department as provided for in the fiscal year 2425 budget. providing for
authority, providing for severability, providing for an effective date. There it is. You have the floor, sir. This is uh a vehicle that we need a truck uh to replace uh a very old truck in the parks department. I want to move forward, so I brought it up so I could get your approval moving forward.
Three chair Commissioner Salas, you have the floor. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mayor. The the park really needed um can we can we put some type of lift in the back of that truck? That's already gonna That's why I asked for your permit. It didn't say an amount or anything. Just
to move forward and just get that vehicle. Thank you, sir. Fully loaded. Yes, sir. I always move it this item. Moved by Commissioner Salia. Second by Commissioner Rald Alder. Roll call. Madam clerk. Commissioner Martine. Yes. Commissioner Ray. Yes.
Commissioner. Yes. Commissioner Yano. Yes. Commissioner Diaz. Yes. President Voy. Absolutely. Yes. Thank you. I know we didn't need a roll call on that, but there are cert certain items I want to put on the record. So, that item passes. Item I, resolution of
the city commission, city of Sweetwater, adopting and approving contract with Tyler Technologies, Inc. for the provisions of certain software as a service regarding permitting, licensing, code enforcement, and planning functions, providing for authority, providing for an effective date. Mayor
Diaz, you have the floor, sir. This is a continuous contract that Where's Mario? I think I saw him. Mario coming up, please. Say your name for the record, sir. Mario Diaz, director of technology, city of Sweet Water. Mario, can you explain to the commission
what exactly it curtails? Entails the software for the building and the code enforcement department. So everything I would invite um Richard Ruby uh also. Yeah, basically this is the item that
basically controls the actual payments and stuff online. It actually moves to make sure we make even more expedient the process of putting plan reviews and so forth. Yeah. Richard Ruby, director of field, hold, please.
And in between all that, we're also bringing people uh one person that we're looking to hire and we actually did hire to make sure that uh we don't have the lack of service. We actually move forward to improve that service and make sure that our department works even more
uh efficient. Now, Mr. Ruby, if you'd like to ask. So, um, this is this software is being used in most municipalities in Miami date county, Coral Gables, Miami Beach, city of Dorado. Um, it's a very sophisticated
system. It automates a lot. Um, constituents are very familiar with it since they're using it in a lot of municipalities and I believe it'll move us towards the future. Commissioner Sal is the floor. Yes. Um, how long is this going to be a term
limit, right? They're you guys going to have um how long is going to be this contract? It's indefinite. It's indefinite. Yeah, it's a So, it's going to be like a monthly fee. It's a yearly fee. Yearly fee. Yearly fee. Okay. It goes up um 3% after after three
years. It'll go up 3%. Every three years going to go 3%. Three. In three years, it goes up 3% and then continuing year four, 3% and on. Okay. Can we It starts at 38,000. And if we wanted to go ahead and cancel the service, we can do it or
Yes, we can. We can cancel the service. Um the data will still be our data. Okay. So, the the data will still be our data. We can cancel the service and it integrates directly into Tyler Munis, which is what we Tyler's new world, which is what we currently have right
now, which is our financials. Gotcha. So, the integration is seamless. We what what do we have now different? We have right now we have it's called e suites. Okay. So it's uh it's missing much a lot of functionality uh in order to it's a very
watered down version of a permitting software. It doesn't take the payments. It doesn't take a lot of the other code enforcement. Um and it's very very not innovative. When when you said municipality, how I mean Dorado, Miami, who else? Um
because I do a lot of those. Penrook Pines. Okay. Miami Gardens, Miami Beach Commission. Okay. All right. Yeah. Like the software was originally called Intergo. Um and then it got bought out by Tyler. Gotcha. Commissioner, basically this is uh an
item that I wanted to make sure we brought. We have a software. The software is difficult and people are having a lot of trouble and I think we some of you got some feedback on that because I've gotten it. So the issue is that we want to make it more flexible,
faster, more efficient and something that we could build on. Now, we don't if the continues to work like it's working for other cities and we've asked we Mario called and so did our uh uh department head to make sure that it is
what it is and we need to make sure we proceed with payments online and do certain things where we were having a lot of problems with the software that we were using. Software is very difficult in today's world. Sometimes you think it's going to work perfectly,
but it has to mesh with your use. Okay. So, we finally got this software. I believe it's going to work properly. It works for other cities. Yes, it it costs money, but it also expedites and people are happier because they could get processed their permits and everything a
lot faster. Gotcha. Gotcha. I mean, I I I do permits in other cities and it's it's really really hard. That's why I ask you what city you guys done it. So, yeah, I support this item 100%. Thank you, mayor. We needed it. Thank you, Commissioner Salas. Commissioner Jose, you have the floor.
Is this uh on prem or is this cloud? No, it's cloud. SAS. Okay, perfect. And where is it? Where is it hosted? Amazon. Uh Tyler, it's uh um Microsoft. Azure. It's hosted by Micros Azure. By Azure. Okay. All right. Good. Thank you.
Moved by Commissioner Daniel, seconded by I second it by Commissioner Saliaz. Um all in favor? I I any opposed? Item passes, madam clerk. Item passes.
Item J, a resolution of the city of Sweetwater Commission authorizing the mayor to extend the current bus bench and shelter services contract on a month-to-month basis, providing for authority, providing for severability, providing for an effective date. Mr. Mayor, you have the floor, sir.
Thank you, Mr. President. And uh once again uh I got uh some questions from the board asking where the bus benches what's going on what's are you and I went around checking I saw a lot of the bus benches that have a trash recipient
on there uh totally full and people don't the the entities supposed to be taking care of it. I don't see that happening so on. So, we asked since the contract is basically over, but we need to have the services. We're going to see what we're going to do and most probably
put it out uh for an RFP, RFQ, excuse me, or an RFP. We're depending on what we see that uh we need to do and how we're going to do it, whether we're going to purchase the benches or we're going to look for new benches. Uh we're we're in the process of developing that
need right now. But I do want to improve it. I want the city to look good. I do whatever whatever we do whether we keep it internal or we go external uh we want to make sure that the city stays clean. I do not want to go by these things and see the trash uh coming out of the
reciprocal and it it it's not the image that we're pertaining. So, and also comfort is very important uh that we look at some of these things that the people are sitting there for a while for the bus to get there that you know now in these summer months it's not the
easiest thing to do. So, we're trying to figure out how we do that especially with the ADA and other things that take place. So, this is why the extension of this is needed to give us time to work and get the proper situation done. Mr. Mayor, I u I commend you on this
item. I know that bus bench contracts in in other municipalities are a source of contention because they're money generating. They're also uh revenue profit sharing. And I've also seen the technology today where they've
implemented license plate readers. They've implemented uh cameras, they've implemented uh digital advertising and profit sharing for municipal governments. Um I hope say again definitely emergency buttons. So, I hope
that we look at all those resources. I know that there's a lot of money to be made there as far as profit sharing. So, I look forward to the request for quote or request for proposal. I know you're going to look for the very best deal for the city of Sweetwater. So, I thank you for that. Um, anybody like to move this
item? Move. Second. Second. Motion by Commissioner Yano, seconded by Commissioner Bay. All in favor say I. Any opposed? Item passes. Item K, a resolution of the city
commission of the city of Sweetwater authorizing the purchase of additional street signs to complete the replacement throughout the city of Sweetwater providing for authority, providing for severability, providing for an effective date. Mayor D, you have the floor, sir. This is the final one. I told you the
last meeting that I still had some uh signs that needed to be ordered. Uh some were knocked down by because of accidents and accidents. Uh so this is the final order that should put us all completely the city with the new signage
everywhere except that some that I'm going to review that uh I don't think we need to have those kind of signage for trash and so on in that particular area. It only just it doesn't look good. It doesn't give the aesthetics that needed. But I got to uh look and see if it was
part of a resolution or not mandating the sign there. So, but as far as I'm concerned, I think with this order, it should be the final one. Anybody wishing to move this item? Move. Commissioner Yananiel's motion seconded
by Commissioner Ronaldo Ray. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Item passes. Nomination, consideration, appointment of members to the Neighborhood Improvement Advisory Board. Uh, I believe that's eliminated now. Uh close
to but you still have uh item N and item P. Silly me. You down with OP. You say that but you O is already taken care of. So item Nvember. Yes sir. A resolution of the city commission of the city of Sweetwater authorizing final
payment to contractor for design build services of city project at 1695 Northwest 110 a Florida 33172 providing for authority providing for severability providing for an effective date. Mayor Diaz
um I'm sorry were you on one item? I apologize. Item N, November. It's the two additions uh to the agenda. No wonder it's at the end. Item N. Item Nvember. I don't have it.
It is at the end of your agenda. It should be as an addition. You have a copy there all the way at the end because Yeah, I'm already at the end and I don't have it. Well, we have the paper. We have the
paper dock, but I I don't see it here either in the uh in the iPad thingabber. I'm technologically inclined. It's it's a it's a flux capacitor. It's right next to the uh you move to the next item, Mr. President, for a second.
Yeah. Uh so item O has been passed in November. Uh where's papa? Let's see. And P is on this one. All right. You ready to go in November? All right. End November.
This is uh the final payment uh to be authorized to the contract on the project 1695 Northwest 110th Avenue. And uh that's it. Commissioner Zeldas. Yeah. Through the chair uh mayor. And this is the payment for
Sorry. This is the payment for for the building itself. Yes, sir. Design build. Design design bill. Correct. Yeah. Yes. Thank you. Anybody have any further questions? I'll go ahead and move it. I'll move it or Commissioner Ronaldo Ray with a motion. Commissioner Mati second.
All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Someone snuck up on me, guys. That was item passes. Item Popa. A resolution of the city commission of city of Sweetwater clarifying two-
228 of the city code of ordinance authorizing the mayor to retain special counsel to represent the city in cases where the council's fees are to be paid by a third party providing for grounds of and providing for an effective date.
Mayor Diaz, this is basically for the situations that we just endured uh earlier that we need to have outside counsel and especially when it's the payment is provided by the vendor himself or the entity that's going to be doing a building or so on and they're going to
provide the money. My limitation is 25,000. Sometimes it's more than that. So whatever needs to be applied, we have to move. We work together with our uh uh our city attorney. uh but in these particular situations outside counsel is
important as part of the procedure. So therefore uh I need to have that that uh procedure approved and also not only the the actual uh attorney but the consultant also that might be needed to
get simplification so we can move on with the project. I have a question Mr. Mayor. So when we have a situation like this, obviously it takes professional advice. I'm not a developer, so I don't know how to properly develop and obviously um we would need to hire a professional
consultant. When that occurs, you'll be coming to this commission uh requesting those funds or with this item those funds will already be available up to a certain limit. The funds will be provided by the entity. the city does not provide it
even though they represent the city whether they're representing us on the bond side or in capacity of a consultant like you said Mr. president, you know, there's special expertise that might be needed. Now, that money should it will be provided by the entity that's applying and working within negotiating.
Well, that's outstanding. So, that's why I need to move on in a moment's notice and this is why Yeah, that's why I brought it before you guys. And I want to make sure that the consultant is over also there. It doesn't have to be just a lawyer. A consultant is also needed sometimes for
clarification. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. If I could just quickly read through this point of order, Mr. Attorney, just just a moment, please. Okay. I would ask that paragraph three be amended. So that word says, "The mayor is hereby authorized to retain outside legal
counsel for the benefit of the city." I would ask that it be amended to read outside legal counsel and consultants. And again, legal counsel and consultants in the second line as well. Move as amended. One more one more point. There is no
amount set here because so long as it's being paid by the entity. Yeah. There's no cap and I would like to say one quick thing. Um this is functionally identical to the way that our insurance carriers work with us. Exactly. So the insurance carriers interface with
myself and the mayor. um from the list of providers we select council and they pay for it. So this is functionally identical to that. So move as amended uh seconded by commissioner yan. Well I'm going to give commission the motion.
Commissioner real you can have the second. All in favor? Any opposed? No. As amended, sir. Right. As amended. Do we need to re uh reread the item? No. No sir. All right. The title is not changed. So there goes that. I'll move the item
because that is a grand slam. So we don't have to pay for that. That's a duh. Nomination, consideration, appointment of members of the neighborhood improvement advisory board. I don't think we need to do that because now the mayor can nominate five people himself. Correct.
Yeah, it would be better if you We're going to strike L. Yeah, it would be better. Uh if you have any suggestions any of you that you would like to see or people within the city, please bring them to my attention. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Item M Mike, nomination, consideration,
appointment of members of the youth advisory board. I think we're going to end up doing uh why why don't we do this? Why doesn't somebody go ahead draft the language, have the mayor appoint members of the youth advisory board because we keep kicking this can
down the road. Um, if anybody wants to go ahead and do that, just contact the mayor and the city attorney. Okay. Uh, reports, mayor's report. Sir, do you have a report? Uh, basically, let me see how it uh the, uh, Ronali Park. I saw that I know some of you I
met with pretty much all of you today. You went by and saw the actual screened up and you saw the grass and so on. Uh this is something that every field out there that's being constructed nowadays are being done in basically the same way
and it's done because of the wear and tear on these fields when you have a lot of people using them and the amount of water that we receive in that field with the drainage systems and so on. It's a lot is extremely complex because these
fields dry in approximately 30 minutes or less. So when there is games being taken place not they're not have to be cancelled because the field is wet now like in many other places Pinerest Dorado and many other places
that are doing the city of Miami and so on now the fields can people could continue to play and uh the courts uh the the two courts that are going to be done for pickle ball uh they're going to be started tomorrow. I hope and I pray
that finally after all the hard work and everything that's been, you know, that's been done to this. Uh it's not the four years that took the RAL and I know theirs is a lot bigger, but let's just say that finally in almost two years,
we'll have that park and full throttle and having several different sports for our children to be able to enjoy and participate in. So as far as karate uh dance and so on which I know some of you
have uh enjoyed in the shows and some of you have uh special people in and enjoying and participating too that uh got my heart already. But I will tell you that um I'm very
proud of the work that Sandro's done in the park. Willie and the whole team at the park. it is uh really second to none. There's dedication, there's love, and they really love to work, you know, work that has to be done there. Uh the
camp it's it's done a lot better than I ever thought it would do. Uh the quality, the the attention, the ability of working with the kids. Uh all I get is thank you from parents. I haven't had a single complaint. I don't know about
you guys, but I haven't gotten a single complaint. Uh I know some of you have uh gone and participated. Thank you for doing so. And that's basically the the actual the park itself. The colors being
changed as you can see to match the one in Carlo Park. And that's taking place. We're redoing every part of it to make it the quality of the residents requirement and what they want. So that is basically being taken care of. As far
as the the state issue, two of the grant monies that we were asking for the state, uh one was for the police to cameras that were going to be installed in the area specified in area two uh was lowered to 200 and something thousand.
The 200 something,000 grant was vetoed by our governor. So, as with the monies for the improvement on Sixth Street for the water drainage system that we had uh some water retent retention in that area
that it was so much so I know some of you went by and some of you were with me when it occurred uh that the water was already getting to the door of the house. So, that's something that we've worked hard to eradicate in the city of Sweetwater in the last part. That was also it was 900 and something thousand
and that was also vetoed by the governor. As far as uh I know that was the ones that we proposed and we got them both vetoed. Uh I wish it could have been a different situation but unfortunately that's what occurred. Uh,
as far as any everything else, I know I've talked to you guys today about several other things and I thought was important that we should uh be ready on the linear part. Uh, I think we're going
out already and we should be getting some quotes back and negotiated already to move there. There's the the one about 114 between 114 113 that water buildup there that's being done that I know all
of you have complained on. We should be ready to to fix that and get that taken care of about the treecape and so on. We are now looking in our grants department is looking to try to get a grants to try to get those trees that are mentioned.
We replaced a lot of the trees and the streets that were redone fourth of Fifth Street and Fifth Terrace with oak. And the trees in the last uh Fifth Terrace uh and half of Fifth Street I believe were replaced. We replaced some of the
trees that had uh died and we got thicker oaks so they could have more ability to grow and be to the positioning that we needed in a faster time. So, there's a lot of things that are taking place. I could go on and on, uh, Mr. President and commissioners,
but, uh, we're just moving in every cylinder, everything that we possibly can to make sure we get the best result. Our police department has done an incredible job in making sure our streets are safe. the the young men and
women and some that are not so young have been doing an incredible job in making sure that our streets are covered and protected. So, I'm very proud of the work is done by the whole uh not only administration but every employee in the city. Everybody's working on all cylinders and making sure that we'll
continue to do better at every level and continue to receive praises from the people uh to make sure we keep improving the look of Sweet Water in the field and also the most important thing the quality of life and making sure that the people are protected.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh commissioners report. Anything have anybody report? Yes. Commissioner Yanu, you the floor. Yeah, I wanted Thank you, mayor. It was a a great for you light celebration. I mean, at the beginning, I was kind of scared
because the weather, but the weather was in our side and definitely it was a success. We had a lot of people. They were having fun. Everything was safe. I didn't hear anybody complaining. Everybody was very grateful that the COC water another year did celebrate the 4th
of July. Thank you, sir. Thank you, ma'am. And for the record, uh, several cities canled their their event and, uh, we held to the last minute and and moved forward on it. So that's it. Thank you. Thank you for
reminding me. By the way, Commissioner Seld is the floor. Yes. May Mayor, um, I know you touched a couple of um, concern that I have, and you already said it. What about the the tree trimming that you're doing? Is it still available? You guys still doing
it? I believe we have uh a little bit left on area one that needs to be finished, which should be finished between this week and the next. You still on it? You guys working on it, right?
Area one is the whole residential because it's a lot of work. Yeah. All the trees in the city uh in the swell area have been trimmed and prepared for any possible storms that are coming and done in a very uh professional way. So they look very nice
and again we're getting people thanking us on that. Um commissioners when it rains uh I know Commissioner Salia has been doing it for years. uh take time to get in your cars, drive the streets, figure
out which storm drains uh are uh are plugged up. I know that I spoke to the mayor uh about last night's little rain and we just had a little rain and there was some small flooding. Also, get your hurricane preparedness gear, get your housesers ready because
obviously when u if and when something hits, we're not going to be home. Um, you know, all the commissioners end up hitting the street. We know Commissioner Saliaz and Commissioner Rainald have chainsaws and they love to chain uh
clear debris. Uh, Commissioner Madi is uh making sure that some of our police officers are hydrated in the event that they end up falling out or they're not feeling well. So, let's just uh make sure we have our rain gear, our rain boots. Oh, I put them out there. Officer Garcia, um,
I'm going to hand them up. Make sure we have a rain gear, rain boots. Make sure we're situated. Make sure we have water in our personal homes. That way, we can go ahead and we can do God's work and serve the community. Now, before I continue, I'm noticing that there's
members in the crowd. Um, that does somebody wish to speak in the crowd because you guys are here and the moment to speak was already I don't think you guys speak English. Okay. And I'll translate.
That moment has already passed. That moment has already passed. You guys have shown up late. So, no, no, no. You guys decide who's going to speak amongst yourselves. I'm gonna allow one person to speak. Uh, does everybody have
to speak on the same item? Okay. So, if they can cancel it. Perfecto. Seora. Do you speak English? Yes, I do. Excellent. Can you please state your name and address for the record?
Yes. Hi, thanks for the opportunity. My name is Samantha Morales. Samantha, you have three minutes to speak. Okay. Um, I live um in Little Abner in 112 55 Northwest First Terrace.
Um, I'm here because of the situations going on Little Abner. Um, just like everybody else is here, um, we're really basically want to see what's going on. We know that you guys are talking about
our safety. We're residents here. Hurricane season's approaching. Um, in the community, there's a lot of debris everywhere. I know it's a construction zone, but they're not doing
their full job. They're leaving debris everywhere. That's a danger to animals, to the residents. If a hurricane comes, that can go blow anywhere. Um there's other people out of sweet water that are coming and dumping there.
They're taking advantage of the situation. They're dumping animals. They're dumping trash, debris, whatever they can. They're coming in. They're squatting. They're also coming in and stealing from people's
properties. We just want to see what is it that you guys are going to help us out with our community or I don't know like cuz we're living there. We're we pay rent.
We are part of this community. We're over 200 families. My myself I have four small children. I'm a lowincome family. I don't have money to pay an expensive
rent and we're basically one foot out. We have children. Our children have anxieties. We have older people that are on also fixed income due to
they're on whatever um government system they have and they can't afford it. So I appreciate it. So thank you for your comments. Just to answer if and I'll say this in English and Spanish. Um, in the event of a
hurricane, unfortunately, that area is an evacuation zone. So, in the event of a hurricane, okay, please don't stay there. Whatever you are going through personally that that unfortunately has nothing to do with the city of Sweetwater. I'm very careful how I tread.
We we care about your safety and security. If hurricane comes, please don't stay there. Mobile home We're not here in the city of Sweetwater. We're not going to limit public speech. Even though you didn't come here on time, you guys came late. We wanted to give you an opportunity to
speak. All right. All right. So, thank you for public comments. Have a seat. Thank you. Uh, commissioners, Mr. Mayor, thank you for indul indulging me on that. I'm sure you guys support uh what I did, and I hope I hope you did. If not, please let me know. Uh, item C, city clerk's
report. Thank you, city clerk. Item D, city attorney's report. Just very quickly, um, the sale on the 300 building property closed already. The last payment already was wired in late last week and the case should be completely closed, both releases of
leans and a voluntary dismissal in court by the end of this week. And those monies will go to general funds. Correct. They are in general funds. You I obviously Scott can speak to that better than I can, Mr. Mayor. So 10 police officers, 10 police cars. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I really
appreciate that. That's awesome. That's awesome. Um, uh, police report is attached. Deputy chief, assistant chief attached. Excellent. Congratulations on your new police course. Uh, F, building and zoning report attached. Anything else to
add? No. Code compliance report. Keep up the great work. Public works department report attached. Finance report. You spoken enough. Attached. Community and elder services report
attached. By the way, kickass job. Awesome. All right. Uh, parks and recreation report. Sandra, you're doing okay. Okay. My children are loving your summer camp. I grew up in this city as a part
kid just like Ronaldo Ray. Um you're bringing that and obviously Mr. Mayor uh you're doing a kick-ass job. Keep up the great work. Thank you so much. Unfinished business, new business.
Go to the order. All in favor? Any opposed? Go home, folks.