[0:03] >> Good morning, everyone.

[0:04] We're calling this meeting

[0:05] to order. Today is Wednesday,

[0:07] April 16, 2025. The time is now

[0:08] 10:25am we apologize

[0:10] for the late start. Madam

[0:13] Clerk, please call the roll

[0:14] council.

[0:15] [ CALLING ROLL ]

[0:23] >> Thank you.

[0:24] Please rise

[0:25] for the pledge allegiance led

[0:26] by Councilman Pineyro.

[0:28] >> I pledge allegiance

[0:29] to the flag of the United

[0:31] States of America and to the

[0:32] Republic for which it stands,

[0:34] one nation, under God,

[0:36] indivisible,

[0:38] with liberty and justice

[0:39] for all.

[0:43] >> We will now have our

[0:44] invocation by Tina Floyd from --

[0:55] >> I want to say hello to all

[0:57] of you guys. Thank you

[0:59] for your serving time. Because

[1:00] we know that

[1:02] without you anything is going

[1:03] to happen here in Doral. God

[1:04] bless you. And God bless you

[1:05] for all the people that attend

[1:06] here today. Heavenly Father, we

[1:09] come before you today

[1:11] with humility and a cry

[1:12] for our city. Lord, bring unity

[1:14] to our streets,

[1:17] among our families and

[1:21] within our leaders. Let the

[1:23] walls of division fall and

[1:25] raise up a spirit

[1:26] of love and fellowship. Your

[1:28] word said in Psalms 131:1

[1:32] behold how good and how

[1:34] pleasant it is for rhythm

[1:36] of will together in unity. May

[1:39] that unity be the song

[1:41] of our streets and the peace

[1:45] of our homes. We pray

[1:48] for renewed faith

[1:51] in our hearts,

[1:52] a living faith that

[1:53] transformed,

[1:54] that bring light where they're

[1:56] in darkness, as Hebrews 11:1

[1:59] declares now,

[2:00] faith is the substance

[2:01] of things hoped for,

[2:04] the evidence

[2:06] of things not seen. May that

[2:08] faith take root

[2:10] in every corner of our city.

[2:11] Today we especially cry out

[2:13] of the mental health

[2:15] of our youth. Lord, many walk

[2:18] with invisible boundaries,

[2:22] with silent pain. You are the

[2:24] God who sings and heals as

[2:27] written in the Psalms 34:18.

[2:28] The Lord is close to the

[2:33] brokenhearted and saves those

[2:36] who are crushed in spirit.

[2:39] Bring rest,

[2:40] renew minds and heal hearts.

[2:42] Raise up a generation free

[2:46] for depression, filled

[2:47] with purpose and peace. May our

[2:51] youth know that in you there is

[2:53] hope and that they are never

[2:57] alone. In the powerful name

[3:03] of Jesus.Amen.

[3:06] >> Amen. Thank you. Okay, we

[3:12] have the agenda order

[3:13] of business. Madam City

[3:16] Manager's office. Do you have

[3:17] anything? No, Mr. City

[3:20] Attorney.

[3:21] >> Thank you, Mayor. Yes. I'd

[3:22] like to ask

[3:23] for the item that's going

[3:24] to be heard in the evening 20b

[3:26] to be deferred indefinitely.

[3:27] This is a century PUD item.

[3:30] And also I have a lay

[3:31] down item with regards

[3:32] to a an amendment

[3:34] to a settlement agreement

[3:36] with oasis. I'd like

[3:38] for this item if possible

[3:40] for the vote to be taken

[3:41] to permit the lay down and

[3:43] for the item to be heard later

[3:44] this evening.

[3:45] >> Okay. I believe we have

[3:46] other lay down items. So we'll

[3:47] take the votes for the lay

[3:48] down items right

[3:49] after we hear items

[3:50] to be pulled. Your lay

[3:52] down item is noted,

[3:54] Councilman Pineyro?

[3:56] >> No, I'm good, mate. Thank

[3:58] you.

[3:59] >> Thank you. Vice Mayor

[4:00] Porras?

[4:01] >> Nothing.

[4:02] >> Okay. Councilwoman

[4:03] Reinoso?

[4:04] >> No, Mayor.

[4:05] >> You do have a lay down?

[4:06] >> I do.

[4:07] >> Okay, we're going

[4:08] to hear that right

[4:09] after this.

[4:10] >> Thank you.

[4:11] >> Councilwoman Cabral?

[4:12] >> Yes. I would like

[4:13] to pull c, d, m and p. 6c, 6d,

[4:14] 6m and 6p.

[5:01] >> Just to confirm 6c, d,

[5:03] m and p. Correct? Okay. Is that

[5:07] all?

[5:11] >> Yes.

[5:13] >> I'm going to go ahead and

[5:15] pull 6g and defer 9b. Okay. I

[5:26] need a motion to hear the lay

[5:28] down items. We will hear one of

[5:29] them this morning and the

[5:31] second one this evening. The

[5:33] city attorney's item will be

[5:34] heard this evening per the

[5:35] applicant's request.

[5:36] >> Motion.

[5:37] >> Motion to approve by

[5:38] Councilwoman Reinoso.

[5:39] >> Second.

[5:40] >> Second by Councilman.

[5:42] >> Just a second. You said 9?.

[5:43] >> Right now we're hearing the

[5:46] lay down items and then we can

[5:47] go back

[5:48] to that if you'd like. So

[5:49] please call the roll.

[5:50] >> I have a motion

[5:51] to approve the two lay

[5:52] down items and by

[5:53] Councilwoman Reinoso. Seconded

[5:54] by Councilman Pineyro.

[5:55] [ CALLING ROLL ]

[6:00] >> Motion passes.

[6:01] >> Okay. Thank you very much.

[6:03] You had a question,

[6:04] Councilwoman Cabral?

[6:07] >> Yes. I'm just checking. If

[6:39] it's not my understanding,

[6:40] you remove 9b.

[6:45] >> Correct? It is. 9b is being

[6:48] deferred.

[6:50] >> So that's the dodge. So it's

[6:52] my item that you're deferring?

[6:55] >> We're deferring the item.

[6:56] >> Okay. You're deferring my

[6:58] item. So there will be no

[6:59] discussion, I guess.

[7:01] >> Thank you very much. Okay.

[7:02] We will now move on

[7:03] to public comments. This will

[7:05] now open our public comments

[7:09] portion of the meeting. If you

[7:10] would like to speak

[7:11] to anything germane

[7:12] to this council or anything

[7:14] on this agenda,

[7:15] now would be the time to

[7:16] approach. I do have comment

[7:17] cards. I will start

[7:18] with those names first. Once we

[7:19] exhaust those,

[7:21] you can approach the podium.

[7:22] If you have not signed up

[7:23] to speak, please make sure you

[7:24] see the clerk. After that,

[7:26] you have three minutes

[7:27] to speak

[7:28] in a respectful manner

[7:29] to this council. We'll go ahead

[7:30] and start with Adelaide

[7:34] Ferro. Ferro. Sorry. Adelis

[7:38] Ferro. Name and address

[7:39] for the record, please.

[7:43] >> Thank you so much. Good

[7:44] morning. My name is Adelis

[7:55] Ferro. I am a proud

[7:58] Venezuelan American citizen. I

[8:00] am here to speak of the tens

[8:02] of thousands

[8:03] of immigrants who call Doral

[8:05] home, many of whom now live

[8:07] in fear. I'm going to live

[8:08] in fear because

[8:10] of a decision that will be made

[8:12] by this very city government.

[8:13] The city of Doral's decision

[8:15] to align with ICE marks a

[8:18] dangerous shift. One that

[8:20] threatens the safety,

[8:23] dignity and trust of the very

[8:24] people who built this

[8:26] community. Let's be clear.

[8:28] Over 30,000 Venezuelans live

[8:30] in Doral. Many are

[8:32] in the process of obtaining

[8:34] legal status right now. Many

[8:35] fled political persecution,

[8:38] not just seeking opportunity,

[8:40] but but survival. Now this city

[8:42] risk becoming a place

[8:46] of fear. A place where going

[8:47] to work, picking up a child

[8:49] from school, or even reporting

[8:51] a crime could lead

[8:53] to detention or deportation.

[8:54] Let me repeat that. Reporting a

[8:57] crime could lead to arrest.

[9:00] Not because someone broke the

[9:03] law, but because

[9:04] of their immigration status.

[9:06] This doesn't just affect the

[9:08] undocumented. It impacts

[9:10] families waiting on asylum,

[9:11] TPS renewals and war permits.

[9:13] Families who fled regimes that

[9:16] jail people

[9:18] for their beliefs. And what

[9:19] makes this even more painful,

[9:22] every single one

[9:23] of you sitting on these dice is

[9:25] either an immigrant or the

[9:27] child of immigrants. You know

[9:29] what it means

[9:31] to leave everything behind

[9:32] for a shot of freedom. You know

[9:34] the fear, the hope,

[9:37] the sacrifice. And yet today,

[9:38] you turn your backs on those

[9:40] walking the same path your

[9:43] families once did. Turning

[9:45] Doral's police into an arm of

[9:47] federal immigration enforcement

[9:50] destroys trust. When people

[9:51] fear the police,

[9:54] they don't report crimes.

[9:56] Victims stay silent, witness

[9:57] disappear,

[10:00] and we are all less safe.

[10:02] Police are here

[10:05] to protect and serve, not

[10:07] to profile or deport. This

[10:09] decision doesn't make Doral

[10:10] safer. It makes it silent,

[10:11] suspicious, divided. This isn't

[10:12] just morally wrong,

[10:14] it's bad policy. And one day

[10:16] you will look back and ask

[10:18] yourself, did I stand

[10:20] on the right side of history?

[10:23] There is still time

[10:26] to do the right thing. But that

[10:28] time is running out. I and the

[10:30] people are watching. Thank you.

[10:35] >> Thank you. Amanda

[10:36] Sherlock.

[10:43] >> Good morning, everyone.

[10:44] Council members, Amanda

[10:46] Sherlock. 9960 Costa Del Sol

[10:49] Boulevard. I have been a

[10:50] resident of Doral for 20 years

[10:52] and a US citizen for 13. So,

[10:54] yes,

[10:56] am I am an immigrant too. Our

[10:58] city council is supposed

[10:59] to be a nonpartisan body

[11:01] working

[11:04] to improve the everyday lives

[11:05] of us as residents of Doral.

[11:06] Deputizing our police to become

[11:07] mini ICE agents is not going

[11:09] to accomplish that. It will not

[11:10] reduce traffic or the dust

[11:12] from never ending construction.

[11:14] Or prevent our children

[11:16] from getting run over because a

[11:18] crosswalk signal has been

[11:21] destroyed again by a semi truck

[11:23] trailer ramping our sidewalks.

[11:25] It will not fortify us for the

[11:27] upcoming hurricane season or

[11:29] prevent flooding. I believe

[11:31] this will take up more

[11:33] of our police forces time.

[11:35] They will have to do longer

[11:37] background searches and hold

[11:39] and detain people. They will

[11:41] not be focused on what they

[11:44] should be focused on,

[11:45] which is making the lives

[11:46] of the residents of Doral

[11:48] safer. The memo says it will

[11:49] have $0 fiscal impact. I

[11:52] disagree. Because our police

[11:54] will be less effective and

[11:55] ineffectiveness costs money. I

[11:57] don't want my tax dollars

[11:59] to go

[12:02] to funding human rights abuses.

[12:03] That is not something I agreed

[12:05] to when I became a resident

[12:06] of Doral over 20 years ago.

[12:08] It's bad enough it's already

[12:11] happening with our federal tax

[12:13] dollars. Instead of feeding

[12:14] poor children or curing AIDS

[12:17] in Africa, we are now paying

[12:19] foreign governments

[12:21] to disappear human beings

[12:23] from US soil without due

[12:24] process. I do not want my name

[12:26] associated with

[12:27] unconstitutional callousness

[12:29] and cruelty. It is shameful,

[12:30] outrageous,

[12:32] and a permanent stain

[12:34] on us and our morality. What

[12:35] reassurances can we get that

[12:38] our neighbors who police hand

[12:40] over to ICE will not have their

[12:42] human rights abused? I don't

[12:44] think you can give us any. So

[12:46] I'm asking you, as your

[12:48] constituent,

[12:49] who you represent not

[12:51] to approve this item.

[12:53] Especially as a consent item.

[12:55] It is definitely controversial

[12:57] and not routine. Thank you.

[13:05] >> Thank you, miss Sherlock.

[13:07] Bill Watts.

[13:15] >> Good morning, city of

[13:18] Doral. Our mayor and council.

[13:19] You all look wonderful up there

[13:20] and everybody here, welcome

[13:23] to you as well. My name is

[13:24] Bill Watts. I am one

[13:25] of the original founders

[13:27] of the city of Doral and I'm a

[13:29] veteran and also have a

[13:31] nonprofit called Vet Info that

[13:33] works with disabled veterans.

[13:35] One of my missions several

[13:37] years ago was

[13:38] to bring the city, the

[13:40] residents and the military

[13:41] together. So I'm here today as

[13:44] there has been changes

[13:45] with the way things are done

[13:48] in appointments of advisory

[13:50] committees as a resident

[13:52] to request from the city that

[13:54] on Memorial Day that we please

[13:57] have the park open, have it

[13:59] available if the city could

[14:01] also, as they've done

[14:03] in the past,

[14:04] provide a reef. I will work

[14:06] with some

[14:08] of the local nonprofits such as

[14:09] Vet Info and Bristol Hospice

[14:12] to see

[14:13] about getting sponsorship

[14:15] from some of the small items.

[14:16] But if we could have the park,

[14:18] a reef and maybe two police

[14:20] officers available that day for

[14:22] a informal event that we've

[14:24] done since 2018

[14:27] to show our gratitude to those

[14:30] that have given their lives

[14:32] in service for this country.

[14:33] So with that said,

[14:35] I thank you very much. And

[14:37] hopefully the council and mayor

[14:40] can fulfill that request.

[14:42] Thank you.

[14:44] >> Thank you very much, Mr.

[14:46] Watts. We will make sure

[14:47] to talk to administration

[14:48] to accommodate those requests.

[14:52] Okay. Zora Qureshi.

[15:06] >> Good morning. Zora Qureshi

[15:08] at 8475 Northwest 34th Drive.

[15:10] Good morning,

[15:13] mayor and council members. My

[15:15] name is Zora Qureshi, and I

[15:16] stand before you not just as an

[15:17] attorney, but as a daughter

[15:19] of immigrants, a mother,

[15:20] and a proud member of this

[15:22] diverse city we call home. I am

[15:23] not Venezuelan,

[15:26] but I feel compelled to speak

[15:27] on behalf of the thousands of

[15:30] Venezuelan families who may

[15:31] never have the chance or

[15:33] opportunity to stand here

[15:34] for themselves. Today you are

[15:35] being asked to vote on a

[15:37] resolution that would allow ICE

[15:39] to train our local police

[15:41] officers under the 287g program.

[15:43] But this isn't just a policy.

[15:45] It's a gateway to fear, family

[15:46] separation and racial profiling

[15:48] in a city that thrives

[15:49] on the courage and resilience

[15:50] of immigrants. Doral is home

[15:52] to the largest Venezuelan

[15:55] population in the United

[15:57] States. Families who fled

[15:58] persecution,

[16:00] hunger and violence

[16:01] with nothing but hope

[16:03] in their hearts now live,

[16:04] work and raise children here.

[16:05] They are not criminals. They

[16:07] are teachers, small business

[16:08] owners, churchgoers,

[16:09] students. And yet

[16:11] with this resolution,

[16:12] you risk make them feel hunted

[16:14] in their own neighborhoods.

[16:16] The 287g program does not

[16:19] increase safety. It deputizes

[16:21] local police officers to act as

[16:23] federal immigration agents,

[16:25] often without training,

[16:26] oversight or accountability

[16:27] to understand the nuances

[16:29] of immigration laws. This has

[16:30] led to racial profiling,

[16:32] wrongful detentions,

[16:33] and a chilling effect on

[16:35] communities that no longer

[16:36] trust the police,

[16:38] not because they're guilty

[16:39] of anything, but because

[16:40] they're afraid their skin

[16:41] color, their accent or their

[16:43] immigration status could cost

[16:44] them everything. Let me be

[16:45] clear. This is not

[16:47] about politics. It's

[16:48] about people. It's

[16:49] about mothers too afraid

[16:50] to call 911 when they're

[16:52] abused, workers too afraid

[16:53] to report wage theft, and

[16:55] children terrified that their

[16:57] parents won't come home. You

[16:59] were not elected to represent a

[17:00] party or a political agenda.

[17:01] You were elected

[17:03] to represent the people of

[17:04] Doral, their safety, their

[17:06] dignity, and their right

[17:07] to live without fear. We are

[17:09] not asking for favors. We are

[17:10] asking for humanity. Please

[17:12] reject the Resolution 6P say no

[17:15] to 287g. And show this

[17:17] community, our community,

[17:19] that your loyalty is not

[17:20] to the higher powers that be,

[17:22] but the people who built the

[17:23] city and believe

[17:24] in the promises you made

[17:26] to keep them safe. Thank you.

[17:34] >> Juan Cuba.

[17:43] >> Good morning, Mayor and

[17:44] council. My name is Juan

[17:45] Cuba. Address is 165 Ponce

[17:46] Salem Boulevard. And I come

[17:48] before you to talk as a

[17:50] father of a three year old son

[17:55] and a one year old daughter,

[17:57] as an immigrant who was born

[17:59] in Lima, Peru, whose father

[18:00] came here with a promise that

[18:03] this country made

[18:05] to start a better future. And

[18:06] we have. And like many

[18:08] immigrants that leave

[18:11] everything behind

[18:12] with that promise of refuge,

[18:14] some with a promise

[18:17] of protection

[18:18] from oppression and communism,

[18:19] with status that is now

[18:21] precarious because this

[18:23] administration is stripping

[18:25] that away from Venezuelans,

[18:26] Nicaraguans, Cubans, Haitians

[18:28] and others. The agreement that

[18:32] is before you. And I want

[18:36] to thank Councilwoman Cabral

[18:37] for pulling it from the consent

[18:39] agenda. 287G was

[18:40] around before,

[18:43] under less toxic times. It was

[18:45] pulled in 2012

[18:48] after investigations by the

[18:50] Department of Justice because

[18:51] it had led

[18:53] to racial profiling, famously

[18:55] in Arizona and North Carolina

[18:57] and even in the panhandle of

[18:58] Florida. We are in much more

[19:00] toxic times where there's

[19:02] attacks

[19:04] on immigrants directly coming

[19:05] from this president and the

[19:07] White House. When there's talk

[19:09] of even. You hear Stephen

[19:11] Miller and Steve Bannon,

[19:13] Stephen Miller being in the

[19:15] White House, talk about

[19:16] potentially denaturalizing

[19:18] people. I'm naturalized. This

[19:19] impacts me. An agency that

[19:20] feels emboldened because we

[19:23] have an administration that's

[19:25] ignoring due process and

[19:28] ignoring court orders. I want

[19:30] to tell you also that some

[19:33] of you might feel

[19:37] like this is required of you

[19:39] by state law, and it's not.

[19:41] Governor DeSantis had made

[19:44] proposals in the first special

[19:45] session that would have

[19:46] required this. There was a

[19:48] requirement for every city

[19:49] to enter into the task force

[19:50] Model agreement. There was a

[19:52] requirement for 10%

[19:53] of your police force to be

[19:55] designated as ICE officers.

[19:56] Those were soundly rejected

[19:58] by the legislature. It was

[20:00] special sessions B and C where

[20:03] they actually passed and

[20:05] created the state Immigration

[20:07] Board. The city of South Miami

[20:08] has a lawsuit currently filed

[20:11] in Leon county that is asking a

[20:14] judge, hey,

[20:16] is this required or not?

[20:17] Because what's. What you're

[20:18] being told by the governor and

[20:19] by the AG is that every city

[20:21] must sign this thing and you

[20:22] cannot. Or under threat

[20:24] of removal or under threat of

[20:25] other political repercussions.

[20:27] That is not. Again, I would ask

[20:32] that you all wait to see how

[20:35] that lawsuit ends up. There's

[20:37] no deadline in state statute

[20:40] that says you have

[20:41] to sign this today. You can

[20:42] defer the item, give it time to

[20:45] see what the judge says if this

[20:47] is actually required

[20:48] by state law.

[20:52] >> Give you 20 more seconds,

[20:53] please,

[20:54] to wrap up.

[20:55] >> I just, you know,

[20:59] you should listen

[21:02] to what the State Immigration

[21:04] Board is telling participating

[21:05] agencies. They want you

[21:07] to collect data. If you think

[21:08] that you're just going

[21:10] to have one or two officers.

[21:11] The pressure from Sheriff

[21:14] Botieri and Sheriff Grady Judd

[21:15] and Larry Keefe and the

[21:16] governor is telling you

[21:17] different. They're going

[21:19] to push for you to get 10% of

[21:21] your police force designated as

[21:22] ICE officers. They're going

[21:24] to push for you

[21:25] to collect data. They're going

[21:26] to push. It's going to lead to

[21:27] legal liability and honestly,

[21:29] more fear, fear in this

[21:31] community. I appreciate the

[21:33] extra time. Thank you.

[21:37] >> Thank you, Mr. Cuba. Laura

[21:39] Kelly.

[21:47] >> Good morning, Mayor. Good

[21:48] morning, council members.

[21:49] Laura Kelly, 4321 Northwest

[21:51] 81st Avenue. I've been a Doral

[21:53] resident for over 11 years. I'm

[21:54] an immigration attorney and a

[21:56] Doral business owner. I urge

[21:58] you to oppose any effort by

[21:59] Doral to enter into a 287g task

[22:01] force model agreement

[22:05] with ICE. Let me be absolutely

[22:06] clear. This agreement is not

[22:08] required by state law.

[22:09] In fact, the city of South

[22:12] Miami has filed a lawsuit

[22:13] challenging the state's

[22:14] overreach. And during the most

[22:16] recent legislative session,

[22:17] lawmakers explicitly rejected

[22:19] proposals to make 287g task

[22:21] force agreements

[22:25] for all police departments.

[22:27] The legislature had a chance to

[22:30] require this and chose not to.

[22:31] What they did create is a state

[22:33] immigration Enforcement council

[22:35] which is already burdening

[22:36] local police departments that

[22:37] choose to participate with

[22:39] these problematic directives,

[22:41] including collecting and

[22:43] reporting detailed data on

[22:45] every stop involving suspected

[22:47] undocumented immigrants,

[22:49] gathering personal information

[22:52] even when there's no criminal

[22:54] conduct,

[22:55] and pressuring departments

[22:57] to deputize at least 10%

[22:58] of their force as ICE agents.

[23:01] This isn't

[23:02] about public safety. It's

[23:04] about turning local police into

[23:05] immigration agents and

[23:07] advancing a political agenda

[23:09] that undermines community

[23:11] trust, diverts local resources

[23:12] and exposes the city

[23:15] to legal liability. Our police

[23:17] should focus on keeping Doral

[23:20] safe

[23:21] through community policing,

[23:22] not immigration enforcement.

[23:24] When police start acting

[23:26] like ice, it creates fear,

[23:28] not safety. Immigrant families

[23:29] stop reporting crimes,

[23:32] stop cooperating as witnesses,

[23:33] and stop calling 911. This

[23:35] makes all of us less safe. And

[23:38] let's not forget who ICE is

[23:41] targeting under this mandate.

[23:43] These are not people

[23:45] with criminal charges. These

[23:46] will be people pulled over

[23:48] for minor traffic infractions.

[23:49] We're talking

[23:52] about TPS holders,

[23:53] asylum seekers and parole

[23:54] recipients, people who were

[23:56] here lawfully and are being

[23:58] stripped of their legal status

[24:00] without due process and are now

[24:02] subject

[24:03] to detention or worse,

[24:04] being disappeared.

[24:06] To second this, this kind

[24:08] of agreement opens our city to

[24:13] costly litigation and public

[24:14] backlash. It erodes public

[24:16] trust in the local law

[24:17] enforcement and jeopardizes the

[24:19] very relationships that

[24:20] community safety depends on. I

[24:22] strongly urge you

[24:25] to ask the following questions

[24:26] of your police chief. How does

[24:27] Doral PD define reasonable time

[24:29] to detain someone under only a

[24:31] civil immigration warrant?

[24:33] Given the Supreme Court case,

[24:35] Rodriguez v. United States, how

[24:38] will Doral ensure it complies

[24:40] with a state exception

[24:41] protecting victims and

[24:42] witnesses of certain crimes

[24:44] from immigration enforcement?

[24:45] And how many officers are

[24:47] expected to be deputized? And

[24:48] is a department prepared to

[24:50] meet the state's ongoing data

[24:51] collection and enforcement

[24:54] directives?

[24:56] >> 20 seconds.

[24:57] >> There is no deadline

[24:58] in the state statute for

[24:59] signing this agreement. I ask

[25:01] that you agree with

[25:02] Councilwoman Cabral and pull

[25:03] this for today. Save it

[25:05] for another day and at least

[25:06] until you get a ruling

[25:08] from the South Miami lawsuit.

[25:10] For the safety,

[25:12] trust and values

[25:13] of our community,

[25:14] please say no to 287g. Thank

[25:17] you.

[25:20] >> Thank you, Ms. Kelly.

[25:21] >> Thank you.

[25:23] >> Fernanda Gomez.

[25:35] >> Good morning, everyone. My

[25:36] name is Fernanda Gomez. 9874

[25:38] Northwest 52nd Terrace,

[25:40] Doral, FL, 33178. First

[25:44] of all, I want to say I feel

[25:45] deeply aligned and very

[25:48] grateful

[25:49] for all the comments shared

[25:50] by the residents today who

[25:52] spoke for me. So now I just

[25:54] want to thank the organizers

[25:55] and the city of Doral

[25:57] for the incredible run Doral

[25:59] done this past Sunday on April

[26:01] 13th. As a resident who had the

[26:04] chance to experience it, I can

[26:05] truly say it was magical and

[26:07] beautifully organized. It

[26:09] brought together family,

[26:12] health and community in a way

[26:15] that left a lasting impression.

[26:17] Events like these represent us

[26:20] as a city,

[26:22] reflect who we are as citizens,

[26:24] and set an example

[26:26] for other cities to follow.

[26:27] Thank you so much

[26:31] for making this possible.

[26:32] >> Thank you, Ms. Gomez. That

[26:34] has exhausted our comment

[26:36] cards. If anyone else would

[26:38] like to speak on any item

[26:42] on this count on this council

[26:43] meeting agenda or anything

[26:44] germane to this council,

[26:45] please approach the podium.

[26:48] Opportunity going once,

[26:50] twice. Public comments is now

[26:51] closed and we will move on

[26:52] with our agenda. Thank you

[26:54] for everyone who came

[26:55] to speak today. All right,

[26:57] I need a motion

[26:58] on the consent agenda

[26:59] before that. Madam Clerk, can

[27:00] we please read the order

[27:01] of the agenda?

[27:02] >> Absolutely, Mayor. It'll be

[27:03] all of the Items on section

[27:05] 6, with the exception of 6c,

[27:07] 6d, 6g, 6m and 6p.

[27:13] >> Yes, correct. And we will

[27:14] hear those at the discussion,

[27:15] at the end of discussion. Then

[27:17] we'll hear Councilwoman

[27:18] Reinoso's lay down item, and we

[27:19] will hear the city attorney's

[27:21] lay down item.

[27:22] In the evening session.

[27:23] >> Sounds good. Mayor. Thank

[27:24] you.

[27:25] >> Thank you very much. Okay, I

[27:26] need a motion to approve the

[27:27] consent agenda.

[27:28] >> Motion.

[27:29] >> Motion to approve by

[27:30] Councilman Pineyro.

[27:31] >> Second.

[27:32] >> Second by Councilwoman

[27:33] Reinoso.

[27:34] >> All in favor say aye.

[27:35] >> Aye.

[27:36] >> Please show the consent

[27:37] agenda passed.

[27:39] >> Item 7A. Approval

[27:40] of minutes.

[27:41] >> I need a motion

[27:42] on the approval

[27:43] of minutes.

[27:44] >> Motion.

[27:45] >> Motion to approve by

[27:46] Councilman Pineyro.

[27:47] >> Second.

[27:48] >> Second by Councilman

[27:49] Reinoso. All

[27:50] in favor say aye.

[27:51] >> Aye.

[27:52] >> Please show the minutes

[27:53] passed unanimously. Will now

[27:54] move into presentations.

[27:55] >> Item 8 a presentation keep

[27:56] draw beautiful business award.

[27:57] >> Thank you, Mr. Del Toro.

[27:58] Please join us.

[28:08] >> Good morning honorable

[28:09] Mayor, Vice Mayor, members

[28:11] of the city Council, Madam

[28:12] Manager, Mr. Deputy Manager,

[28:14] Mr. City Attorney, Madam

[28:15] Clerk, Danny Del Toro,

[28:18] Assistant Core Compliance

[28:22] Director. This month we are

[28:24] pleased to recognize Seagis

[28:26] Property Group

[28:27] for their outstanding

[28:28] commitment to keeping Doral

[28:29] beautiful. The property for

[28:30] which they are being recognized

[28:31] is located at 8315 Northwest

[28:32] 27th Street. Seagis Property

[28:33] Group has been in the city of

[28:36] Doral for 20 years. This

[28:37] property is approximately

[28:38] 248,000 total square feet and

[28:40] home to two local businesses.

[28:42] Seagis Property Group is a

[28:43] leading owner of warehouse

[28:46] distribution facilities

[28:47] focusing on acquiring and

[28:49] developing industrial real

[28:50] estate properties

[28:52] in strategic locations. Some of

[28:54] the ongoing maintenance efforts

[28:55] to keep the property in optimal

[28:56] condition include annual

[28:58] trimming and planting

[28:59] of landscape

[29:00] with bi weekly service,

[29:01] weekly porter service to

[29:03] address immediate needs and bi

[29:04] weekly inspection

[29:05] by a maintenance technician.

[29:07] It is with great pleasure that

[29:09] we make we name Seagis

[29:11] Property Group for the Keep

[29:13] Doral Beautiful business award

[29:16] for their continued efforts

[29:17] to keep Doral beautiful.

[29:19] Madam Mayor and council here

[29:20] to accept the award on behalf

[29:21] of the property is property

[29:23] manager Eddie Felipe.

[29:28] >> Thank you for joining us.

[29:29] Mr. Felipe, would you like

[29:32] to say a couple words?

[29:37] >> Hi, my name is Eddie

[29:38] Felipe. I'm the property

[29:39] manager for Seagis Property

[29:40] Group. I manage most

[29:42] of their properties in Doral. I

[29:43] just want

[29:45] to say we're committed to

[29:46] keeping our properties

[29:47] beautiful and if anything, just

[29:50] give us a holler and we will

[29:52] fix whatever we need to fix.

[29:54] >> Thank you very much. Would

[29:56] you like to come up here

[29:57] for a photo? Yeah. Thank you.

[30:51] Okay, Madam Clerk, we're going

[30:52] to move on to the discussion

[30:54] items. I do want to mention

[30:55] very quickly because I just

[30:56] noticed the time. Time it's

[30:57] 10:55. I was going

[30:58] to recess the meeting at 11:30

[30:59] today cuz we do have a funeral

[31:00] we need to go to of current an

[31:02] elected official that passed

[31:04] last week. I know that there

[31:06] was a lot of items pulled.

[31:07] When we recess the meeting,

[31:09] these will be taken up

[31:10] in the evening. But we do have

[31:11] a commitment that we need

[31:13] to get to. So the I think the

[31:15] latest we can go is 11:45. So

[31:17] we'll try and get to

[31:19] through as much as we can,

[31:20] but there may be a recess

[31:22] till the evening. Okay, thank

[31:23] you.

[31:27] >> Item nine. A resolution of

[31:28] the mayor and the city council

[31:29] of city of Doral, Florida

[31:30] supporting a partnership

[31:31] with the Alpha421 group for a

[31:32] temporary black box theater

[31:33] Dural Cultural Arts center

[31:34] for the performance of the

[31:35] Walls Have Ears, La Paredes

[31:36] Oyen, providing a timeline

[31:37] for setup and performance days,

[31:38] providing for authorization,

[31:39] implementation, incorporation

[31:40] of recitals and an effective

[31:41] date.

[31:42] >> Thank you, Madam Clerk.

[31:43] This is my item. I'm going

[31:44] to be as brief as possible. So

[31:45] for quite a while now we've had

[31:47] a lot of requests

[31:48] to have theater

[31:50] in our community. We have an

[31:51] incredible cultural center that

[31:52] I think could be utilized

[31:55] for a lot of creative,

[31:56] culturally driven events which

[32:00] we've done. One of the things

[32:02] we haven't done is immersive

[32:03] theater. And so in exploring

[32:04] these opportunities, I met this

[32:06] incredible group a while ago

[32:09] from Las Paredes Oyen. I

[32:12] actually got to see their play

[32:14] at the Westchester Theater

[32:15] about two years ago. I think it

[32:18] was right after COVID. Right.

[32:22] Sometime after COVID. Four

[32:24] to one group. The Alpha421

[32:26] group received a grant

[32:28] from the state of Florida last

[32:29] year

[32:30] on the Anti-communism Bill

[32:32] to teach students the dangers

[32:34] of communism. And so I'm going

[32:36] to ask them

[32:38] to come up and very,

[32:40] very simply what we're asking

[32:41] for is

[32:43] to turn our cultural center

[32:44] into an immersive theater for

[32:45] about a month. They will need

[32:47] some time to set up. So this

[32:48] will start as of June 1st.

[32:50] They will start to build the

[32:51] theater and will run hopefully

[32:53] through the end of July.

[32:55] That's our expectation. They do

[32:56] have a grant that they'll be

[32:58] using to build all this and

[33:00] some sponsorship which we're

[33:01] committed to getting. The

[33:03] city's participation would be

[33:05] in an in kind of the community

[33:07] center so that they could have

[33:08] these plays for several weeks

[33:11] and they would also be

[33:14] encompassing and incorporating

[33:16] our students

[33:18] in the activities. Not only

[33:20] will they be able

[33:21] to come see the play

[33:22] for free,

[33:23] but they can actually partake

[33:24] in the acting

[33:25] in the backstage. So part

[33:27] of the grant they received

[33:29] from the state of Florida and

[33:30] they can touch more about this

[33:32] on this is

[33:33] to encourage students

[33:34] to get involved

[33:35] through theater, through these

[33:36] arts programs and learn

[33:38] about the dangers

[33:41] of communism. So I'd like

[33:43] to call Robbie and Gabriel up

[33:44] here who are going to do and I

[33:46] think you have someone else

[33:47] with you today that I have not

[33:48] met yet. And they're going

[33:49] to do a quick presentation on

[33:51] what we will be seeing should

[33:52] this be approved

[33:53] in partnership with the city.

[33:55] Thank you guys

[33:57] for being here today. It, do

[33:58] you have the presentation?

[34:01] >> Right. Thank you Council for

[34:12] having us here.

[34:13] >> I think the,

[34:14] the mic I can project. We're

[34:15] good.

[34:16] >> Okay. I thank you guys for,

[34:17] for allow here today. Mayor,

[34:20] it's, it's truly an honor

[34:21] to be here presenting this in,

[34:23] in, in front of all of you. My

[34:25] name is Robbie Ramos. I'm an

[34:27] actor. But I, I,

[34:28] I took a chance

[34:29] at writing and I started to

[34:31] write a play that is loosely

[34:33] based

[34:34] on what my grandfather went

[34:35] through as a political prisoner

[34:37] in Cuba. I wrote it as a love

[34:39] letter to him. And as we did

[34:40] the play more and, and more,

[34:42] we've done it twice before.

[34:44] What I realized is that I had

[34:45] written a love letter

[34:47] to the really all Cuban

[34:48] political prisoners and the

[34:50] Cuban diaspora. It's a story

[34:51] that is really emotionally

[34:55] charging for me and I have a

[34:56] team here now

[34:58] beside me that is going

[35:02] to help me bring it

[35:03] to life this third time here

[35:05] in Doral, which we're really

[35:06] excited about, considering the

[35:07] community that you guys have

[35:09] here in the Venezuelan

[35:10] community as well that we

[35:12] really want to bring out

[35:13] to see the play. If you can

[35:14] turn to the next slide,

[35:16] please. Oh, okay, perfect. So

[35:21] the play is a one act drama.

[35:23] It goes, it's, it takes place

[35:24] during the Cuban Missile

[35:27] Crisis and it goes back and

[35:28] forth between a Cuban prison

[35:29] and a Miami radio station in

[35:31] 1962. The, sorry, how do I.

[35:35] There we go.

[35:43] >> What's other one?

[35:46] >> Nope, not doing it.

[35:47] >> There we go.

[35:49] >> This play is really a play

[35:51] that I wrote

[35:52] about four years ago and it's

[35:53] for the American public. You

[35:54] know, I really wanted

[35:57] to make sure that the,

[35:58] the message of freedom

[36:00] of speech and expression is, is

[36:01] one that I carry very deeply

[36:03] and that I think is squarely

[36:04] in the narrative

[36:07] of this story. And now that

[36:09] we're being able to have, you

[36:11] know, students come

[36:12] to see the play for free,

[36:14] it's really going

[36:16] to open up our horizon

[36:17] to be able to bring in this

[36:18] younger generation that I think

[36:20] it's a message that,

[36:21] that they really should hear.

[36:23] Let me see if I can move this

[36:24] next one. Yeah, we did it twice

[36:26] before. We did it at the

[36:28] Westchester Cultural Arts

[36:29] center and at the American

[36:30] Museum of the Cuban Diaspora.

[36:32] Both times the play was

[36:33] extended. And this summer, you

[36:34] know, we hope to bring it here

[36:36] to the city of Doral. And

[36:37] really, you know,

[36:39] show this play

[36:40] to a new generation of Cuban

[36:42] and Venezuelan generation,

[36:43] and really all

[36:46] of the citizens here at

[36:48] Doral. Mayor Fraga here, you

[36:49] know, I'm indebted to you

[36:53] because it's really a story

[36:57] that means so much to us, and

[37:00] it's a story that we're really

[37:03] excited to bring here

[37:04] to the city of Doral. I've got

[37:06] here Alan Koyaso, who helped us

[37:09] with the appropriation and can

[37:12] speak a little more

[37:13] about that.

[37:18] >> Good morning, Council. Good

[37:19] morning, Mayor. It's the

[37:20] appropriation is another

[37:22] example of the importance

[37:24] of the meaning of the play

[37:26] to the state of Florida,

[37:29] to our community. There is an

[37:30] investment from the state of

[37:32] Florida of $50,000 that will

[37:34] help put this

[37:36] on the forerunner.

[37:38] But we can't really bring it

[37:40] to life right

[37:41] without you guys,

[37:43] without what the city of Doral

[37:44] is going to do

[37:46] in providing the space to bring

[37:48] this immersive theater project

[37:50] to life. And

[37:52] through the appropriation,

[37:54] what we are able

[37:56] to do is we're able

[37:57] to provide free entrances

[37:59] to students, including here

[38:01] in the city of Doral.

[38:03] But also,

[38:04] let's say there's an FIU

[38:05] student, an MDC student,

[38:07] someone that wants to come and

[38:08] see the play and very

[38:09] importantly, learn

[38:10] about why we need

[38:12] to educate our youth

[38:13] about the evils

[38:14] of communism. I myself,

[38:17] I left Cuba on a boat

[38:18] with my mother when I was 8

[38:19] years old. So this is very

[38:20] close and dear to my heart. But

[38:22] the investment that the state

[38:23] is making, and

[38:25] with you guys support,

[38:27] I think that we can bring this

[38:28] to a brand new level. We were

[38:30] just talking as a team,

[38:31] the type of immersive theater

[38:32] that this will be is going

[38:34] to be a whole level

[38:35] of what we've done

[38:36] in the other two times. So

[38:38] thank you guys

[38:39] for your support.

[38:41] >> Thank you. Liana. I hadn't

[38:42] recognized you. Good

[38:43] to see you.

[38:45] >> Good morning. My name is

[38:46] Gabriel Bonilla. I'm the

[38:47] director of La Paredes Oyen.

[38:48] I'm just going

[38:49] to touch quickly on sort of the

[38:50] immersive component and how

[38:51] this works. So you guys get a

[38:53] very quick idea of what we're

[38:54] proposing and what we want

[38:55] to do in the space. And so let

[38:56] me talk

[38:58] about the actors first. We have

[38:59] an incredible group

[39:01] of actors. Susanna Perez, who

[39:03] really needs no introduction,

[39:04] but is a staple in the Cuban

[39:06] community as an actress

[39:08] in telenovelas,

[39:09] in theater everywhere. Hector

[39:10] Medina, who just finished

[39:12] playing opposite Al Pacino in a

[39:14] new feature film that should be

[39:15] coming out very soon. Ariel

[39:17] Tuxedo is also another staple

[39:19] in the Miami acting

[39:22] Community. Diane Garriga, who

[39:23] just finished an episode of

[39:25] Law and Order. And we have

[39:26] Bill Schwartz, who used to be a

[39:28] police officer and transition

[39:31] into acting and has been the

[39:33] biggest gift to us

[39:34] in this play. It says set

[39:35] design up here,

[39:38] and these are old photos

[39:39] of what we've done

[39:41] in the past. But I'm going

[39:42] to walk you

[39:43] through this real quickly. As

[39:44] an immersive component,

[39:45] the space is going

[39:47] to be transformed

[39:48] from the moment you walk

[39:49] in both spaces,

[39:50] the lobby inside. The way that

[39:52] this show will work is you can

[39:53] watch the show about three or

[39:55] four times and see something

[39:56] new every single time.

[39:58] At no points do the actors get

[39:59] off stage. There's no true

[40:00] blackouts. The actors may touch

[40:01] you, they may speak to you,

[40:03] they may walk around you. You

[40:04] watch it in the round. And

[40:06] whatever's happening

[40:07] on stage is constantly living.

[40:09] So there are three stages or

[40:10] three main components. The.

[40:12] The prison cell in Cuba, the

[40:14] office of the prison cell,

[40:17] and a radio station in Miami.

[40:19] And while things are happening

[40:20] simultaneously, things may be

[40:21] quieter on one side, but the

[40:23] stage is still living and it's

[40:25] in real time. So you can watch

[40:26] the show again about 3 and

[40:28] catch something different.

[40:29] We're going

[40:30] to have the opportunity

[40:32] to have the students as well,

[40:33] part

[40:34] of this immersive experience.

[40:35] So I don't want

[40:37] to give too much away,

[40:38] but as you get into the show,

[40:39] there are areas that are going

[40:41] to be active and sort

[40:42] of lively. And we want

[40:44] to allow the students

[40:45] to participate and be the

[40:46] actors in those moments,

[40:47] as well as backstage,

[40:49] as assistant stage managers,

[40:50] costumes, lightings,

[40:52] they can run our soundboards.

[40:53] There's opportunity

[40:54] for anyone who's interested,

[40:56] and we kind of want

[40:57] to hold auditions and sort of

[40:59] like a Make it a fun experience

[41:00] for the students to showcase

[41:02] what they're interested in and

[41:03] their talents and how we can

[41:05] allow them to participate

[41:07] with us. And of course,

[41:10] we're going

[41:11] to be showcasing the artwork

[41:12] of Kiki Valdez, who was

[41:14] inspired

[41:15] by the show when he came

[41:16] to a reading. And he came

[41:18] to us and was like, hey, guys,

[41:19] you know, can I. Can I do a

[41:20] series of paintings based

[41:22] on the show? And we said, yeah,

[41:24] why don't we do this together?

[41:25] So these are just a few

[41:26] of his paintings, but there's

[41:28] also an artistic immersive

[41:29] component as well.

[41:30] Before the show and

[41:32] during the show, all these

[41:34] paintings will be displayed as

[41:35] well. Some of our partners.

[41:36] Robbie, you want to touch

[41:40] on partners?

[41:42] >> Sure, yeah, yeah. Havana

[41:44] Club, that's now made by

[41:47] Bacardi, has been a big partner

[41:48] of ours ever since we did

[41:50] Amparo a couple years ago.

[41:52] Cuban Freedom March. Aliang is

[41:54] one of the founders, and

[41:56] Kaltura Media House is a

[41:58] creative agency that we're

[42:00] working with. So these are

[42:02] three partners of ours right

[42:03] now that we're bringing along

[42:05] for this ride here in Doral. I

[42:07] think that concludes our

[42:10] presentation. Thank you all

[42:12] for having us.

[42:14] >> Thank you, Robbie, Gabriel.

[42:16] So, basically,

[42:18] just two things I want

[42:19] to point out as well. The play

[42:20] will be completely bilingual.

[42:21] Don't leave, guys, just

[42:23] in case there's any questions.

[42:24] Will be completely bilingual. I

[42:25] believe there'll be shows.

[42:26] There's Fridays, Saturdays and

[42:28] Sundays. But in the meantime,

[42:30] there will also be an exhibit

[42:33] of historical documents and

[42:36] actual paintings that were

[42:38] taken from prison cells in

[42:40] Cuba on display. So it'll be

[42:41] really just active all the

[42:43] time. We've talked about

[42:46] bringing speakers and political

[42:47] prisoners and doing things

[42:49] in the center during the time

[42:51] that they're there

[42:53] to really make it bring. Bring

[42:54] it to life, make it immersive

[42:56] and also educational. So I

[42:57] think it's a great initiative.

[42:59] They've got the funding

[43:02] from the state, plus some

[43:04] sponsors,

[43:05] and I would really love

[43:06] to see how our culture. That

[43:08] was my first initial

[43:09] conversations. And I really

[43:10] want to see how the Cultural

[43:12] center works as a theater,

[43:13] since we get so many requests

[43:14] for it to be theater or

[43:15] to try and do theater there.

[43:17] So I think it would be great

[43:20] to do it with someone who. Or

[43:21] an organization that not only

[43:22] has done it before, but also

[43:23] and understands the permitting

[43:25] process and everything we have

[43:26] to do,

[43:27] but also has the funding.

[43:28] That's always the hard part

[43:29] in the city

[43:31] to put everything it's taxing

[43:32] on us. So hopefully I have the

[43:33] support and we can move

[43:35] forward, and this will come

[43:36] to life in June. I think the

[43:37] looking. We're looking to do

[43:39] our opening night the 13th,

[43:40] June 13th, and it will run

[43:44] for a month. And hopefully

[43:45] sales of tickets are good and

[43:47] we can go all the way through

[43:48] July 20th. Also, I want

[43:50] to mention they're committed

[43:51] to giving 20%, 15% or 10%. I

[43:54] forgot we said. I don't recall.

[43:55] Percentage

[43:57] of the sales will go to Parks

[43:58] and Police for Kids for the

[43:59] tickets. I think we had said

[44:00] 15%, right?

[44:02] >> Could be. Yeah.

[44:03] >> 15% of the tickets. They've

[44:04] been very transparent with

[44:05] their budget and what it would

[44:06] cost to pay the actors and

[44:07] everything. But a percentage

[44:08] of the sales will go to Parks

[44:09] and Police for kids

[44:10] to raise money. So it's a great

[44:12] cause. And there's any

[44:13] questions, please feel free

[44:15] to ask them. And if not,

[44:16] then we need a motion

[44:17] to approve. Yes. Councilman.

[44:20] >> So, a motion

[44:21] to approve.

[44:22] >> Thank you, Councilman.

[44:24] >> Second.

[44:25] >> Second by Councilman

[44:26] Reinoso. Any questions? Okay,

[44:28] being none. From now,

[44:29] you'll work

[44:30] with staff. I mean, I know

[44:31] we've all been working together

[44:32] with staff as well,

[44:33] but we look forward

[44:34] to having a great,

[44:35] successful event. We're going

[44:36] to have a media night,

[44:37] so we hope you all participate.

[44:38] Thank you, Madam Clerk. If

[44:41] there's no other additional

[44:42] questions,

[44:43] please call a question.

[44:44] >> Motion to approve may by

[44:45] Councilman Pineyro. Seconded

[44:46] by Councilwoman Reinoso.

[44:47] [ CALLING ROLL ]

[44:51] >> Motion passes.

[44:52] >> All right,

[44:53] thank you very much. We look

[44:54] forward to working

[44:55] with you all.

[44:56] >> Thank you.

[44:57] >> Have a good afternoon.

[44:58] Okay, we move on

[44:59] to item 9B.

[45:00] >> Item 9C.

[45:02] >> Oh, I'm sorry. Yes.

[45:03] >> The mayor and the city

[45:04] council of the city of Doral,

[45:05] Florida, establishing a policy

[45:06] requiring elected officials

[45:07] to reimburse the city for

[45:08] unused event tickets or table

[45:09] seats purchased

[45:10] with city funds when they fail

[45:11] to attend and do not provide a

[45:12] designated representative

[45:13] providing for authorization,

[45:14] implementation, incorporation

[45:15] of recitals and an effective

[45:16] date.

[45:17] >> Thank you. This is

[45:18] Councilwoman Reinoso's item.

[45:19] >> Thank you, Mayor. Well, this

[45:22] item I'm bringing up because,

[45:23] you know,

[45:24] I think when the city of Doral

[45:26] is invited to events,

[45:28] or we can sponsor or we can

[45:29] attend, it brings a level

[45:30] of prestige to the event. And I

[45:32] don't think it's a good look

[45:35] for our city when we have empty

[45:37] seats there that have been paid

[45:38] for. So my item deals

[45:40] with fiscal responsibility.

[45:43] You know, during my research,

[45:45] I found out that, you know,

[45:47] --, it is a French word

[45:50] for responde play. And we all

[45:52] do a very good job responding,

[45:53] but we don't do a very good job

[45:55] attending. So my item brings in

[45:57] a payback system where if we

[46:00] paid for a seat, the city

[46:05] should be reimbursed if you did

[46:07] not attend that event that you

[46:10] -- to. And I would like

[46:14] to make an amendment

[46:18] on my item in the section 4

[46:19] originally I have here.

[46:26] Exceptions to this policy may

[46:28] be granted

[46:29] under extenuated circumstances,

[46:30] such as medical emergencies or

[46:31] unforeseen conflicts,

[46:33] at the discretion of the city

[46:34] manager and end it there.

[46:38] Okay, that's all. And I'm happy

[46:46] to entertain any conversation.

[46:48] >> All right. Is there any

[46:49] questions regarding this item?

[46:50] >> Motion to approve.

[46:51] >> Motion to approve by

[46:52] Councilman Pineyro.

[46:54] >> Through the chair,

[46:55] I have a question.

[46:56] >> Yes, Councilwoman Cabral.

[46:57] >> To the city manager

[47:00] through the item. I mean, you

[47:01] see,

[47:02] you are the one that going to

[47:03] approve or accept the absence?

[47:05] >> Yes, ma'am, that is what the

[47:07] resolution says.

[47:08] >> My concern is

[47:09] that it says that we have

[47:10] to provide 48 hours

[47:13] at least notice if, I mean,

[47:14] there's circumstances where

[47:17] someone wake up that day or

[47:18] before going to this event that

[47:20] they might feel bad physically,

[47:23] some of their children or

[47:24] something happens that they are

[47:26] not going to be able

[47:28] to be there. How are you going

[47:30] to handle that? Because

[47:32] sometimes we don't have 48

[47:33] hours ahead of time

[47:35] to let you know. And also if

[47:36] you request a medical, because

[47:38] sometimes there's someone that

[47:40] have a stomach flu,

[47:41] they don't need to go

[47:43] to an emergency or urgent care,

[47:45] they just need 24 hours

[47:46] to clean up their system. So

[47:47] how is that going to work?

[47:50] >> Well, Councilwoman, just

[47:52] speaking logically, I would say

[47:53] that if someone is ill and

[47:55] cannot attend, then they are

[47:58] ill and they cannot attend.

[48:01] >> I mean, well,

[48:02] that's just an example

[48:03] of illness. But someone,

[48:05] something happened

[48:07] with a car, did different

[48:09] issues. I don't think that it's

[48:10] fair to put, you know, 48 hours

[48:11] limit. If somebody have any

[48:12] issues that will come. I just

[48:13] wanted

[48:15] to make sure that it will be

[48:16] in a fair way that it's going

[48:19] to be judged. You have a

[48:21] comment?

[48:22] >> Absolutely.

[48:24] >> I see. I see you talking

[48:25] to the?

[48:26] >> Through the mayor. As soon

[48:28] as you're done. So are you?

[48:31] >> No, I'm not. I'm not done.

[48:32] So the reason that I'm asking

[48:34] is just. I just wanted

[48:35] to see, you know, what will be

[48:36] a system that many of us,

[48:38] you know, aside from being here

[48:41] and serving the community, will

[48:43] also have jobs that require

[48:45] sometimes that we have

[48:47] to be there for. For an urgent

[48:48] situation and things

[48:50] like that. So I just wanted

[48:52] to make sure that this one.

[48:53] That it will take

[48:55] in consideration, have it on

[48:56] the record that if we are not

[48:58] able to give a 48 hour notice,

[49:00] you will be able to. You wanted

[49:02] to say something?

[49:05] >> Can you please go ahead and

[49:06] finish?

[49:07] >> I have five minutes.

[49:08] >> Yeah, I have not interrupted

[49:09] you.

[49:10] >> But you keep trying to push

[49:12] me and I still have five

[49:13] minutes.

[49:14] >> No, that's what.

[49:16] >> That's how he's conducted

[49:17] the meeting.

[49:18] >> No, those five minutes are

[49:19] ticking right now. Go ahead,

[49:20] please.

[49:23] >> That's fine. And I apologize

[49:25] for the interruption.

[49:26] So I just wanted to, you

[49:28] know, to clarify that and make

[49:29] sure. I know that you are a

[49:30] very fair person,

[49:31] but I just wanted to make sure

[49:33] that that is also taken

[49:34] in account.

[49:35] >> Well, thank you for that.

[49:36] But the only thing I would

[49:37] like to add is the time is a

[49:38] policy question. It's not my

[49:40] call, but yes, absolutely. If

[49:42] someone is sick, if, you know,

[49:44] if there was an issue

[49:46] with a car not working or God

[49:48] forbid,

[49:50] a car accident or anything

[49:51] of that nature,

[49:52] obviously that will be taken

[49:53] into consideration. But the

[49:54] time allotted is a policy

[49:56] question. So that's something

[49:58] that you all have to decide.

[50:00] >> Would you, Councilwoman, be

[50:02] able then to eliminate the

[50:04] at the time or at least to have

[50:06] an excuse that will be then

[50:10] evaluated

[50:11] by our city manager instead

[50:13] of putting a number

[50:14] into the time due to the

[50:16] different circumstances that

[50:18] can happen. And many of us, I

[50:21] mean, we are glad to be able

[50:22] to go to the event to,

[50:23] like you said, to support and

[50:25] to be there because it is

[50:26] important for the people that

[50:28] are performing these events and

[50:31] inviting us.

[50:35] >> Through the mayor.

[50:36] >> Yes, Councilwoman Reinoso.

[50:37] >> So I think there's a level

[50:38] of self-reporting,

[50:39] self-governing that we need

[50:41] to be responsible for. Right.

[50:46] And I think your comments are

[50:48] very interesting because it

[50:49] kind of gives me a read

[50:50] on your level of integrity.

[50:52] Right. Because as public

[50:53] officials, we have

[50:55] to have integrity, right. Do

[50:56] the right thing when nobody's

[50:58] looking. So if there is a

[50:59] family emergency,

[51:00] if there is a medical

[51:02] emergency, I think it is

[51:03] to our discretion to alert,

[51:07] which will now be the city

[51:09] manager of that excuse. I will

[51:10] not be making a change, though,

[51:12] to the time.

[51:13] >> Thank you.

[51:15] >> Through the mayor.

[51:16] >> Any other questions? Yes,

[51:17] Vice Mayor Porras. Go ahead.

[51:18] >> Councilman, can you just

[51:19] clarify? Because the way that I

[51:21] read it. Is the policy is you

[51:23] need to notify within 48 hours,

[51:25] but with an exception. Right.

[51:27] So is the exception obviously

[51:29] lower, like less than 48 hours?

[51:33] >> Right, correct. Section

[51:35] four. I mean,

[51:36] let me see where it is.

[51:38] >> That's the way that I read

[51:39] it.

[51:40] >> Yep. Section two,

[51:42] is that correct? Yep, that

[51:43] would be the correct way.

[51:45] >> Any other questions? I do

[51:48] have one comment. Just to, you

[51:50] know, clarify something. I

[51:51] think that this policy is

[51:53] warranted because there's been

[51:55] repetitive occurrences. I think

[51:56] each time we have purchased

[51:59] tables or tickets to events,

[52:01] we've noticed that continuously

[52:03] the same people say they're

[52:05] coming and then don't show up.

[52:07] And then we have half a table

[52:09] empty. When those tickets could

[52:11] go to directors that rep will

[52:12] that represent the city. They

[52:14] can go

[52:16] to advisory board members. We

[52:17] can invite members

[52:19] of the community that want

[52:21] to participate

[52:22] in this foundation or

[52:23] in this, you know,

[52:24] in this event. So I think it's

[52:26] wasteful spending and,

[52:27] and just. I think it's. It's

[52:29] disrespectful to say I'm going

[52:31] to go to something and then not

[52:33] show up. It's disrespectful

[52:34] to your colleagues,

[52:36] it's disrespectful

[52:37] to the administration,

[52:38] it's disrespectful

[52:39] to the taxpayer. And there's

[52:40] been repetitive occurrences.

[52:42] And so I think this is a great

[52:43] policy. I think it holds us

[52:45] accountable. If you're not

[52:46] going to go to the event,

[52:47] you simply say,

[52:48] I won't be able to make it.

[52:50] And 48 hours should be enough

[52:51] notice to let the

[52:54] administration know that they

[52:56] can invite someone else.

[52:57] Sometimes people get left out

[52:59] from our staff because there's

[53:00] not enough space. And so I

[53:02] think that this is a respectful

[53:05] way of taking care of that.

[53:07] Now, obviously there's

[53:08] self-governance and I think

[53:10] that there is common sense. If

[53:11] you woke up that morning and

[53:13] you're really sick,

[53:14] I think that the manager can,

[53:16] well, excuse that absence. If

[53:18] there's not repetitive

[53:19] occurrences. If there's

[53:21] repetitive occurrences,

[53:22] then that's just, you know,

[53:23] someone not being respectful of

[53:26] everyone's participation and,

[53:28] and obligations. So I'm going

[53:30] to be supportive of this. I

[53:33] think it's good the way it's

[53:34] written. I think there's common

[53:35] sense and, and at the end

[53:36] of the day, common sense is

[53:38] what should govern. So thank

[53:39] you very Much.

[53:42] >> Again, just to clarify,

[53:43] it's 48 hours. But if there's a

[53:44] medical emergency,

[53:46] which would be up

[53:48] to the manager, too, obviously

[53:49] there would be some

[53:51] understanding. And it should

[53:52] be, if you have an event

[53:54] in the evening,

[53:56] if you call early in the

[53:57] morning because you're not

[53:59] feeling well, unless it's a car

[54:00] accident that everybody should

[54:01] be able to see. Right. Because

[54:03] there's gonna be some evidence

[54:04] to it. But if you're feeling

[54:05] sick and you know you have an

[54:07] event that evening,

[54:08] you should be able

[54:09] to call the manager in the

[54:10] morning or send a text and say,

[54:11] I'm not feeling well, you can

[54:12] go ahead and give my seat away.

[54:13] And maybe the attorney can join

[54:14] us, or maybe the manager comes

[54:16] with someone else,

[54:17] or maybe a director can come,

[54:18] or maybe we reach out

[54:20] to an advisory board member.

[54:21] Maybe someone else

[54:22] in staff can join us. And the

[54:23] seat doesn't stay empty. The

[54:24] table looks. It looks bad

[54:25] on the city,

[54:26] and it's wasteful spending.

[54:27] It's sometimes $150 plate that

[54:29] goes unattended because members

[54:31] of the council didn't show up.

[54:34] So I think that we can move

[54:36] forward with the way it's

[54:38] written.

[54:40] >> I have another comment,

[54:41] please.

[54:42] >> Yes, Councilwoman Cabral.

[54:45] >> On section four it says

[54:46] exceptions to this policy may

[54:47] be granted

[54:49] under extenuated circumstances,

[54:50] such as medical emergencies,

[54:51] on foreseen conflict

[54:52] at the discretion

[54:53] of the city manager and

[54:54] approval

[54:55] of the city council.

[54:56] >> That's what Councilman

[54:57] Reinoso also asked to strike

[54:58] out and approve

[54:59] of the city council. It's going

[55:00] to end at city manager.

[55:01] >> Manager, just wanted

[55:02] to make sure that.

[55:03] >> Yeah, that was the amendment

[55:04] she made. Okay. Madam Clerk,

[55:05] please call the question.

[55:06] >> A motion

[55:07] to approve is amended, made

[55:08] by Councilman Pineyro, seconded

[55:09] by councilman.

[55:10] [ CALLING ROLL ]

[55:13] >> Motion passes.

[55:15] >> All right,

[55:16] thank you very much. We'll move

[55:17] on to the next item. Madam

[55:18] Clerk, Item 9d.

[55:19] >> A Resolution of the mayor

[55:20] and the city council

[55:21] of the city of Draw Ford

[55:22] authorizing the city manager

[55:23] to assess the cost and benefit

[55:25] of upgrading the electric

[55:26] vehicle charging stations at

[55:27] city hall and expanding the

[55:28] installation of electrical

[55:29] vehicle charging stations,

[55:30] city parks, providing

[55:31] for authorization,

[55:32] implementation, incorporation

[55:33] of recitals and an effective

[55:34] date.

[55:35] >> All right, this is Council

[55:36] one Reinoso's item.

[55:37] >> Thank you, Mayor.

[55:38] >> Yes.

[55:39] >> So I spoke to a few

[55:40] of our residents, and one

[55:41] of the concerns was, you know,

[55:42] we are a smart city. This is

[55:43] 2025. And chargers charging

[55:44] stations do not take multiple

[55:46] hours to charge a vehicle. So

[55:49] in our city building,

[55:52] we have a few chargers. They

[55:54] take an excessive amount

[55:56] of time to charge. So I think

[55:58] we need to revisit the charging

[55:59] stations that we have and also

[56:01] provide opportunities

[56:02] to our city,

[56:03] provide opportunity

[56:05] to our residents of having

[56:06] additional charging stations

[56:08] at our parks. Right? We want

[56:09] to make it easy for people

[56:10] to come visit our city. Our

[56:11] residents come, charge up the

[56:13] car and not have an issue

[56:14] with that. This

[56:15] in modern times,

[56:17] modern solutions. And I think

[56:18] this is a great step to 2025

[56:19] and the things that we need

[56:21] to do to modernize our city

[56:25] infrastructure improvements.

[56:28] >> All right, yes,

[56:29] Councilwoman, we have Carlos

[56:32] Arroyo here,

[56:34] our public works director. He

[56:35] has his presentation and will

[56:37] speak to more or less what our

[56:40] proposal is for the city garage

[56:42] and the parks.

[56:44] >> Great.

[56:46] >> Morning, Mayor, vice mayor,

[56:48] council members, city manager,

[56:49] city attorney, city clerk

[56:50] members, in the,

[56:52] in the public. Carlos Arroyo,

[56:53] Director I'm going to go fast

[56:54] because I know you had

[56:56] to leave at 11:30. So we

[56:57] currently have

[57:00] at the government center,

[57:02] the existing infrastructure,

[57:03] we have four chargers, right?

[57:04] We have all our chargers are

[57:05] charge point. We have two dual

[57:07] pedestal and two single

[57:10] pedestal, right? We have two

[57:11] chargers at the training and

[57:14] community center. One is

[57:15] single, another one is dual.

[57:17] All of them are charge point.

[57:18] And at the parks,

[57:20] we have four duals at the

[57:21] Doral Central park

[57:24] on the west parking lot,

[57:26] right? So the cost

[57:28] of these chargers, you know,

[57:30] we have it here, the MSRP,

[57:33] for example, the,

[57:34] the single pedestal is 2800.

[57:36] We purchase them through the

[57:38] sheriff state contract,

[57:39] which makes them cheaper

[57:41] for us. We have the cost here

[57:42] of the dual two also, which is

[57:44] $8,000, and we pay for 4,600.

[57:46] And those are level two and the

[57:49] level three,

[57:51] which the MSRP is almost

[57:54] $40,000. We pay 28,000. So all

[57:55] these are just a separate note.

[57:57] All these are installed

[57:59] by city staff here at the

[58:00] Garment Center. So here we can

[58:03] see the location of the

[58:05] existing infrastructure here,

[58:06] the parking garage,

[58:08] we have the two double ones on

[58:09] the first floor and the single

[58:11] and the double one

[58:13] at the third floor.

[58:14] ChargePoint provides us

[58:18] with a dashboard, right? We

[58:19] also have an internal one. The

[58:21] one

[58:22] on the top is the one provided

[58:24] by ChargePoint, which basically

[58:25] tracks usage, consumption, you

[58:26] know, session length,

[58:28] the electricity dispense

[58:30] energy, etc. Right. And we have

[58:33] an internal one which feeds

[58:34] from the one that ChargePoint

[58:36] provides. Currently, the

[58:38] service is free for everyone.

[58:42] So, you know, the average cost

[58:44] at the government center

[58:48] for kilowatts per hour is 25

[58:50] cents. That's from March of

[58:52] 2024 to March of 2025. And the

[58:54] actual energy dispense, the FPL

[58:56] bill approximately totals

[58:57] $3,000 for those vehicles. So

[59:00] here at the facility we pay

[59:03] monthly an average of $14,000

[59:06] in FPL bills. And 3,000 is

[59:08] for that. Right. So just an

[59:10] interesting note. And as per

[59:12] the EBA, every passenger

[59:13] vehicle emits approximately

[59:15] 4.6 tons

[59:16] of carbon dioxide per year.

[59:18] Right. And based

[59:20] on this value, the cities has

[59:21] helped prevent the emission of

[59:23] approximately half a million

[59:24] pounds of greenhouse gases.

[59:27] And this is like planting

[59:28] like 5,800 trees and letting

[59:30] them grow for 10 years. So we

[59:33] are the only free chargers

[59:38] in the area right now. Right.

[59:42] So we've been discussions

[59:43] with the city manager's office

[59:45] to look at the possibility

[59:46] of charging to recoup some

[59:50] of these sort of funding's that

[59:51] we're spending. Right. And also

[59:53] to promote, transfer, use and

[59:54] prevent or minimize abuse.

[59:56] Okay. So some of the examples

[59:59] in the area,

[1:00:01] you have some chargers

[1:00:03] at downtown Doral Paseo

[1:00:04] boulevard, they charge 125 per

[1:00:06] hour. They have a 30 minute

[1:00:09] grace period and

[1:00:10] after the time has expired,

[1:00:12] the rate increases. Right. Per

[1:00:13] hour. So the city of Miami

[1:00:15] Springs, for example,

[1:00:17] they charge 99 cents per

[1:00:18] session plus 150 per hour. And

[1:00:20] the city of Coral Gables, they

[1:00:23] charge 30 cents per kilowatt

[1:00:25] hour. And they have also a 30

[1:00:27] minute grace period. And after

[1:00:29] that the time hacks expired,

[1:00:32] the rate increases by 3 cents

[1:00:33] per minute. Okay. So as per the

[1:00:35] Car and Driver magazine,

[1:00:37] the average charging cost In

[1:00:39] Miami, it's $0.36 kilowatts per

[1:00:41] hour and the average charging

[1:00:43] cost in the nation is 55 cents.

[1:00:46] Okay, so we're going to look

[1:00:48] into the possibility

[1:00:50] of an establishing a rate with

[1:00:53] the city manager's office and

[1:00:54] see how we could charge if

[1:00:56] we're going

[1:00:57] to move that route. Right. The

[1:00:58] current system allows us

[1:01:00] to have various options. We can

[1:01:01] have not charge some vehicles

[1:01:03] or give a couple of hours free

[1:01:06] and then increase the charging.

[1:01:08] There's various options that we

[1:01:10] could look at. So in order

[1:01:12] for us

[1:01:16] to improve the capabilities,

[1:01:18] increase the infrastructure

[1:01:19] at the government center,

[1:01:21] we apply for a grant. It's

[1:01:23] called the EECBG, the Energy

[1:01:24] Efficiency Conservation Block

[1:01:27] Grant that was awarded by the

[1:01:29] Department of Energy. So the

[1:01:32] city got awarded $140,000 and

[1:01:35] it's going to be used

[1:01:36] for these purposes. So we need

[1:01:37] to actually increase the

[1:01:39] electrical panel output and

[1:01:41] also install a new transformer.

[1:01:42] Right. So the plan is

[1:01:47] to add those, improve the

[1:01:48] panel, add the transformer,

[1:01:51] install the infrastructure and

[1:01:53] then add five dual pedestrian

[1:01:55] chargers and one level three

[1:01:57] single pedestal Charger, which

[1:01:59] will be located

[1:02:01] on the first and the third

[1:02:02] floor of the parking garage.

[1:02:04] So here you have the locations.

[1:02:06] We currently have two double

[1:02:08] chargers on the first floor.

[1:02:09] We're going

[1:02:12] to add an additional two. So

[1:02:13] we're going to have a total

[1:02:14] of four. And one level three,

[1:02:16] which is the fast one. And we

[1:02:17] are,

[1:02:18] we're adding three doubles

[1:02:20] on the, on the third floor

[1:02:21] of the parking garage. That's

[1:02:22] going to give us 17 ports.

[1:02:23] And, you know, that's it. If

[1:02:31] you have any questions.

[1:02:33] >> Thank you very much.

[1:02:34] >> I tried to go fast,

[1:02:35] but any questions

[1:02:36] from the council?

[1:02:38] >> Through the mayor?

[1:02:40] >> Yes, Councilwoman Reinoso.

[1:02:41] >> I would like

[1:02:42] for the city manager

[1:02:43] to consider,

[1:02:44] consider the possibility

[1:02:45] of not charging our employees

[1:02:46] to use the charging points,

[1:02:47] whether it's

[1:02:48] in the city building or

[1:02:50] at our parks.

[1:02:53] >> Through the mayor. Yes,

[1:02:54] Councilwoman. So what we have

[1:02:57] discussed is that certain the

[1:02:58] companies that we have,

[1:03:00] they have a way to be able

[1:03:03] to obtain codes or be able

[1:03:05] to exempt our employees

[1:03:07] from doing that here or at any

[1:03:10] of the chargers that we have.

[1:03:13] So, yes, we are definitely

[1:03:15] considering that as well. I

[1:03:17] think with respect

[1:03:19] to the charging, I think the

[1:03:21] conversation that I've had

[1:03:22] with staff is really not about

[1:03:24] necessarily covering the cost

[1:03:27] of the electricity,

[1:03:29] although it will go

[1:03:30] to cover the cost of the

[1:03:31] electricity that we're

[1:03:32] spending, but also because we

[1:03:34] find that there's a lot of

[1:03:35] people that come and leave

[1:03:36] their cars

[1:03:38] for extended periods

[1:03:39] of time here in our garage.

[1:03:40] They don't pick up their cars.

[1:03:41] There are kids that are going

[1:03:43] to school and leaving their

[1:03:46] cars charging while they're

[1:03:47] at school. And we don't get

[1:03:49] to be able to have the service

[1:03:51] for everyone to be able

[1:03:53] to use it. So not only do we

[1:03:54] want to expand the amount

[1:03:55] of chargers that we have,

[1:03:57] but we want to be able to make

[1:03:58] sure that it's being used

[1:03:59] responsibly by the user. So

[1:04:01] that's one part of it. The

[1:04:04] other part is that I also would

[1:04:07] like to take some time to look

[1:04:09] into which public works is

[1:04:11] going to do. There are

[1:04:13] companies that also want

[1:04:15] to enter into agreements so it

[1:04:16] doesn't bring a cost to us

[1:04:18] to put the infrastructure

[1:04:20] in and that we can enter

[1:04:21] into agreements

[1:04:23] in that sense. We prepared this

[1:04:25] brief presentation

[1:04:26] for the meeting

[1:04:28] to inform you, but obviously

[1:04:29] this would come back should we

[1:04:31] decide to actually institute a

[1:04:32] policy and do everything else.

[1:04:34] So I thank the council woman

[1:04:36] for bringing this forward. And

[1:04:37] we're, we're definitely want

[1:04:39] to move in this direction and

[1:04:41] if it is the will

[1:04:43] of the council.

[1:04:45] >> Thank you.

[1:04:47] >> Thank you very much. Any

[1:04:48] other questions?

[1:04:49] >> Motion to approve.

[1:04:50] >> Motion to approve by

[1:04:51] Councilman Pineyro.

[1:04:52] >> Second.

[1:04:53] >> Second by Councilwoman

[1:04:54] Reinoso. If there's no

[1:04:55] additional questions, Madam

[1:04:56] Clerk, please call roll.

[1:04:57] >> Motion to approve by

[1:04:58] Councilman Pineyro. Seconded

[1:04:59] by Councilman Reinoso.

[1:05:00] [ CALLING ROLL ]

[1:05:05] >> Motion passes.

[1:05:06] >> Thank you very much. All

[1:05:07] right, we're going to take up

[1:05:08] this last item and then we're

[1:05:09] going to recess and hear the

[1:05:10] rest when we come back. So let's

[1:05:13] go ahead and take up item E.

[1:05:15] >> Item E. Advisory boards,

[1:05:16] committees and commission

[1:05:17] member nominations.

[1:05:20] >> All right? So, Madam

[1:05:22] Clerk, you put this item. I

[1:05:23] think everybody put the fourth,

[1:05:25] their names as best as possible

[1:05:26] with the changes that was made

[1:05:28] to the policy was very

[1:05:30] difficult because there was a

[1:05:32] lot of people who wanted

[1:05:33] to participate for the first

[1:05:34] time and reasons why I was not

[1:05:35] in favor of amending the policy

[1:05:36] last time. It creates an undue

[1:05:38] burden on residents who want to

[1:05:40] start getting involved and

[1:05:42] haven't been able

[1:05:43] to participate in the past. So

[1:05:45] in the evening, we'll be

[1:05:46] amending the ordinances again

[1:05:48] so that people can be added.

[1:05:50] So I foresee that we will be

[1:05:52] bringing back more names in

[1:05:54] May. In the meantime,

[1:05:56] if there's no objection,

[1:05:57] we can go ahead and move

[1:05:58] forward with an approval for

[1:05:59] the current list that's being

[1:06:01] provided so some of the boards

[1:06:02] can start meeting.

[1:06:03] >> Motion.

[1:06:04] >> Motion to approve by

[1:06:05] Councilman Reinoso.

[1:06:06] >> Second.

[1:06:07] >> Second by Councilman

[1:06:08] Pineyro. If there's no

[1:06:09] questions, Madam Clerk, please

[1:06:10] call the roll.

[1:06:11] >> Motion to approve made by

[1:06:12] Councilwoman Reinoso. Seconded

[1:06:13] by Councilman Pineyro.

[1:06:14] [ CALLING ROLL ]

[1:06:16] >> Motion passes.

[1:06:17] >> Okay. If everybody is

[1:06:18] amenable, I'd ask for a recess

[1:06:19] of this meeting. We will take

[1:06:21] up the rest

[1:06:23] of this agenda first at 6

[1:06:25] o'clock this evening.

[1:06:27] >> Motion to recess.

[1:06:28] >> Motion to recess by

[1:06:29] Councilman Pineyro. Second by

[1:06:30] Councilwoman Reinoso.

[1:06:31] On favor. Say aye.

[1:06:32] >> Aye.

[1:06:33] [RECESS]

[1:06:35] >> Good evening, everyone.

[1:06:36] To our April 16 council

[1:06:37] meeting, evening session.

[1:06:39] We're now calling this meeting

[1:06:40] to order. Madam Clerk, please

[1:06:42] call the roll.

[1:06:44] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[1:06:54] >> Mayor we have quorum

[1:06:55] >> Please rise to a pledge

[1:06:57] of allegiance led by

[1:06:58] Councilwoman Reynoso.

[1:06:59] >> I pledge allegiance to the

[1:07:01] Flag of the United States of

[1:07:03] America and to the Republic

[1:07:04] for which it stands,

[1:07:06] one nation under God,

[1:07:08] indivisible,

[1:07:09] with liberty and justice

[1:07:10] for all.

[1:07:18] >> Okay, agenda, order

[1:07:19] of business. Do we have

[1:07:21] anything additional

[1:07:22] from this morning? No, I think

[1:07:24] we're going to continue

[1:07:25] with the order that we had

[1:07:26] from this morning. All right.

[1:07:28] We will now go

[1:07:29] into public comments. Public

[1:07:30] comment is now open. Please

[1:07:32] approach the podium. If you

[1:07:33] would like to speak

[1:07:34] to anything on this agenda or

[1:07:35] anything germane to this

[1:07:37] Council, you have 3 minutes

[1:07:38] to speak

[1:07:39] in a respectful manner

[1:07:40] to this council. If you did not

[1:07:41] fill out a comment card, please

[1:07:43] visit the clerk so that you can

[1:07:44] fill one out. State your name

[1:07:45] and address for the record.

[1:07:47] Now would also be a good time

[1:07:48] to put your phones on silent,

[1:07:52] please. Anybody who would like

[1:07:54] to speak. Being no public

[1:07:57] comment, we will close the

[1:08:00] public comment portion

[1:08:01] of this meeting. Madam Clerk is

[1:08:03] the record. Flecker1 has chosen

[1:08:04] to speak at this time. Okay.

[1:08:06] We will now go into our morning

[1:08:09] items that we left pending.

[1:08:11] >> All right, so, Madam

[1:08:12] Mayor, if it's okay,

[1:08:13] we'll start with the two lay

[1:08:14] down items and then we'll go

[1:08:15] to the items

[1:08:16] on consent that were.

[1:08:17] >> Actually, let's go ahead and

[1:08:18] go into to

[1:08:20] in the same order we were in,

[1:08:21] and we'll do a lay down

[1:08:23] at the end.

[1:08:27] >> Okay, sounds good. So then

[1:08:28] we will go to item 6C, a

[1:08:29] resolution the mayor and city

[1:08:30] council of the City of Florida

[1:08:31] approving a settlement

[1:08:32] agreement with Novara providing

[1:08:33] for implementation

[1:08:34] incorporation recitals and

[1:08:35] providing

[1:08:36] for an effective date. This was

[1:08:37] pulled by Councilman Cadre.

[1:08:38] >> Okay. Councilor Mc, this is

[1:08:39] your item.

[1:08:40] >> Thank you. I just want to

[1:08:41] say that I already have the

[1:08:42] information that I needed

[1:08:43] from the city attorney. So,

[1:08:44] thank you for taking the time

[1:08:45] this afternoon and meeting

[1:08:46] with me.

[1:08:47] >> You're welcome.

[1:08:49] >> Thank you.

[1:08:50] >> Would you like

[1:08:51] to place a motion

[1:08:52] to approve?

[1:08:53] >> Motion to approve.

[1:08:54] >> Motion to approve by

[1:08:55] Councilman Gabali. Need a

[1:08:56] second.

[1:08:57] >> Second.

[1:08:58] >> Second by Councilman P. If

[1:08:59] there's no other questions,

[1:09:00] Adam. Clerk, please call the

[1:09:01] vote.

[1:09:02] >> Motion to approve by

[1:09:03] Council Ma. Seconded by

[1:09:04] Councilman P. Council Monad.

[1:09:05] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[1:09:06] >> Motion Passes.

[1:09:07] >> Okay, next Item.

[1:09:09] >> Next item 6D. A resolution

[1:09:10] on the city council

[1:09:11] of the state to Florida

[1:09:13] approving a settlement

[1:09:15] agreement with L Stores

[1:09:16] of providing for implementation

[1:09:17] incorporation recitals

[1:09:18] in an effective date. This is

[1:09:21] pulled by Councilman Cabral.

[1:09:22] >> Okay, Councilman Cabral,

[1:09:23] this is.

[1:09:24] >> I already have the

[1:09:25] information about this item

[1:09:27] through the. The city attorney.

[1:09:28] >> Okay, thank you very much.

[1:09:29] I'd like to place a motion

[1:09:30] to approve.

[1:09:31] >> Motion to approve.

[1:09:32] >> Motion to approve by

[1:09:33] Councilman Cabran.

[1:09:34] >> Thank you.

[1:09:35] >> Second by Councilman

[1:09:36] Pinero. Madam Clerk, please

[1:09:37] call the roll. There's no

[1:09:39] additional questions.

[1:09:40] >> Motion to approve me by

[1:09:41] Councilman Cabral. Seconded

[1:09:42] by council. Pinero. Council

[1:09:43] man.

[1:09:44] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[1:09:46] >> Motion passes.

[1:09:49] >> Okay, next item. Item 6.

[1:09:51] >> Item 6G. A resolution

[1:09:53] of the mayor

[1:09:55] in the city council of city

[1:09:56] of Draw Florida approving the

[1:09:57] award of fiscal year 2025 cycle

[1:09:59] community-based organization

[1:10:00] grants in the amount of 33,350

[1:10:02] to Mary Post Community

[1:10:03] Services Corp. 2450 to the RA

[1:10:05] Contemporary Art Museum. 3150

[1:10:07] to Do Arts Inc. 3750 to

[1:10:08] Everlasting Dance Foundation.

[1:10:09] 3750 to Miami Dynasty 43 to

[1:10:11] Passion for La Vesca. And 4250

[1:10:12] to SVC foundation providing

[1:10:13] implementation incorporation

[1:10:14] recitals and an effective date.

[1:10:18] >> This was Paula.

[1:10:19] >> Mayor Fryer.

[1:10:20] >> Thank you, Madam Clerk. So I

[1:10:21] just wanted to bring it to

[1:10:23] everybody's attention. I

[1:10:25] actually reviewed all the

[1:10:26] applications for each of the

[1:10:27] organizations that applied.

[1:10:28] There was three that were left

[1:10:29] out which I felt were not only

[1:10:30] beneficial to the community,

[1:10:31] but also equally deserving.

[1:10:33] And so I'd like to ask for us

[1:10:34] to fund them at $2,500 apiece.

[1:10:35] If there's any questions. I

[1:10:36] spoke to the CFO and the

[1:10:38] manager's office and there is

[1:10:39] funding that we can allocate.

[1:10:40] And so I would request that we

[1:10:42] please go ahead and fund those

[1:10:43] three organizations as well.

[1:10:45] If anybody has any questions,

[1:10:46] it is. Give me one second. So

[1:10:47] one

[1:10:49] of them is memory OK corp. The

[1:10:56] other one is power 2 voice

[1:11:00] corp. And the other one is

[1:11:02] education for all. All

[1:11:03] of them nonprofit. If there's

[1:11:05] no objections,

[1:11:07] I need a motion.

[1:11:14] >> Motion to approve.

[1:11:15] >> Motion to approve by

[1:11:16] Councilman P. Second. Second

[1:11:18] by councilmember. Madam City

[1:11:22] Manager or city Attorney, do

[1:11:23] you need additional

[1:11:24] clarification on the funding

[1:11:26] or. I believe the funding

[1:11:27] source was identified

[1:11:28] by the CFO.

[1:11:29] >> No, the funding source was

[1:11:30] identified by the CFO.

[1:11:31] >> We're good on that.

[1:11:32] >> Okay.

[1:11:33] >> Just want to make sure it's

[1:11:34] clear on the record. Okay,

[1:11:36] there's no more questions.

[1:11:37] Final Clerk, please call the

[1:11:38] roll.

[1:11:39] >> Motion to approve named

[1:11:40] by council Anto. Seconded

[1:11:41] by council. Madrigal.

[1:11:42] Council.

[1:11:43] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[1:11:45] >> Motion passes.

[1:11:47] >> All right.

[1:11:48] >> Thank you very much

[1:11:49] for your support. We move on

[1:11:52] to the last pooled item.

[1:11:54] >> Second to last name.

[1:11:56] >> This is M. I'm sorry. I

[1:11:57] missed.

[1:11:58] >> M only had P. Item 6M A

[1:11:59] resolution in the man. The city

[1:12:00] council of the city of D.

[1:12:02] Florida, pursuant to section

[1:12:03] 2,322of the city's code of

[1:12:04] ordinances authorizing C

[1:12:07] minority to utilize the

[1:12:08] General Services

[1:12:11] Administration Contact

[1:12:12] Contract Number GS07F0031W

[1:12:13] negotiated with Millennium

[1:12:14] Products in an amount not

[1:12:15] to exceed $1 million

[1:12:16] for the purchase

[1:12:18] of license plate readers,

[1:12:19] LPR and equipment. Authorizing

[1:12:21] the city manager

[1:12:22] to expend funds from account

[1:12:25] number 001-600-5500647,

[1:12:26] providing supplementation

[1:12:28] corporation recitals and an

[1:12:29] effective date. This was pulled

[1:12:30] by Councilwoman.

[1:12:31] >> Okay, thank you very much.

[1:12:32] Councilwoman Cabral, the floor

[1:12:34] is yours.

[1:12:35] >> Thank you for meeting

[1:12:36] with me,

[1:12:37] the city manager and se

[1:12:38] Attorney for providing the

[1:12:39] information that was not

[1:12:40] include, and I understand it

[1:12:41] was, let's say,

[1:12:42] sensitive information. So,

[1:12:43] thank you for sharing that

[1:12:44] with me and going over it.

[1:12:45] Okay.

[1:12:46] >> Motion to approve by

[1:12:47] Councilman Cabral.

[1:12:48] >> Second.

[1:12:49] >> Second by Councilman

[1:12:50] Pinero. Any other questions

[1:12:51] being? None, Madam President,

[1:12:52] please follow.

[1:12:53] >> Motion to approve made by

[1:12:54] Councilman Cabral. Seconded

[1:12:55] by Councilor Pinero.

[1:12:56] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[1:13:01] >> Motion passes.

[1:13:02] >> Okay, start now. We're going

[1:13:04] into the final poll. Item.

[1:13:05] >> Item P. A resolution remain

[1:13:07] in the city council city

[1:13:09] to draw forward. Authorizing

[1:13:11] the city to enter

[1:13:12] into memorandum

[1:13:13] of understanding with the

[1:13:15] United States Immigration and

[1:13:16] Customs Enforcement ICE,

[1:13:17] the component of the

[1:13:19] Department of Homeland

[1:13:20] Security DHS as a participating

[1:13:21] United States governmental

[1:13:22] agency. Authorizing the city

[1:13:24] manager execute,

[1:13:25] set agreement and

[1:13:26] to do all things necessary to

[1:13:27] effectuate this resolution

[1:13:28] providing for authority,

[1:13:29] implementation, incorporation

[1:13:30] recitals and an effective date.

[1:13:31] This was pulled by council

[1:13:32] Mona.

[1:13:33] >> Okay, Madam Clerk, thank you

[1:13:34] very much. Councilman Cabral,

[1:13:35] you pulled this item.

[1:13:36] >> Yes, thank you. I decided to

[1:13:37] pull this item because I know

[1:13:38] that it's offensive item. And

[1:13:39] so many residents that have

[1:13:40] already reached

[1:13:41] out asking questions. And I

[1:13:42] know that they're very

[1:13:43] concerned

[1:13:44] on how things might be handled.

[1:13:45] How things, unfortunately,

[1:13:46] have been handled in some other

[1:13:47] states and municipalities.

[1:13:49] So, I know that this was our

[1:13:51] police chief who plays

[1:13:52] in the agenda. And I wanted to

[1:13:54] through the mayor,

[1:13:55] to the manager. I would like

[1:13:56] to ask some questions

[1:13:58] to our chief.

[1:14:08] >> Yes, Chief, if you could

[1:14:10] come up.

[1:14:13] >> Please, to the mayor,

[1:14:14] to the councilwoman. If I can

[1:14:16] lay down just a couple

[1:14:17] of facts and issues

[1:14:18] with regards to this

[1:14:19] before the Chief speaks.

[1:14:20] >> Yes, Mr. City Attorney.

[1:14:22] Yes, absolutely.

[1:14:23] >> Thank you very much, Madam

[1:14:25] Mayor. Thank you, Council. I

[1:14:26] just wanted

[1:14:28] for the council members to

[1:14:29] understand the reason why this

[1:14:30] item was brought before you.

[1:14:31] This is an item that pretty

[1:14:34] much all

[1:14:36] of local governments,

[1:14:39] sheriff's offices, municipal

[1:14:41] police departments have been

[1:14:43] asked to enter and the

[1:14:45] Attorney General, James

[1:14:47] Oatesmeyer has taken the

[1:14:49] position that not signing the

[1:14:51] letter is violative of

[1:14:53] Florida Statutes. 908102 what

[1:14:56] 908102 is, it's called the

[1:14:58] Sanctuary City Law. Sanctuary

[1:15:02] city, the definition is a local

[1:15:03] government that adopts or a law

[1:15:05] or policy that has that impedes

[1:15:08] a law enforcement agency

[1:15:11] from complying with either

[1:15:13] immigration law or impedes a

[1:15:15] law enforcement agency

[1:15:17] from communicating cooperating

[1:15:19] with a federal immigration

[1:15:21] agency.

[1:15:23] In this letter that they sent

[1:15:24] The City of Fort Myers on

[1:15:25] March 18, 2025, the Attorney

[1:15:26] General opined that the council

[1:15:29] disapproving the signing. It

[1:15:32] was a 33 vote. So it died the

[1:15:33] motion and by dying it said

[1:15:35] that the city had violated the

[1:15:37] Sanctuary City Law 908102 and

[1:15:39] that it could, and I quote,

[1:15:41] states sanctuary policies are

[1:15:42] not tolerated or lawful in

[1:15:44] Florida. Immediate corrective

[1:15:46] action is required. Failure to

[1:15:48] correct the council's action

[1:15:49] will result in the enforcement

[1:15:51] of all applicable civil and

[1:15:52] criminal penalties, including

[1:15:54] but not limited to being held

[1:15:55] in contempt, declaratory

[1:15:57] injunctive relief and removal

[1:15:58] from office. By the governor.

[1:16:02] Recently, two days ago, on

[1:16:04] April 14, 2025, in the city

[1:16:06] of Orlando, the counsel who had

[1:16:08] signed 287 decided to take an

[1:16:10] action or pass a resolution

[1:16:12] that would somewhat minimize

[1:16:14] what the police department

[1:16:16] could do. And

[1:16:17] in a similar fashion, the

[1:16:18] Attorney General sent a similar

[1:16:20] letter threatening that it

[1:16:21] violated 908, 102 and that

[1:16:23] by doing so the city of

[1:16:25] Orlando could face criminal

[1:16:26] civil penalties and a removal

[1:16:28] from office. I can tell you

[1:16:29] that in the case of the City

[1:16:31] of Fort Myers, what ended up

[1:16:33] happening is that the city

[1:16:35] reconvened and they did pass

[1:16:38] the 287 and I believe that the

[1:16:39] City of Orlando is also not

[1:16:41] passing that resolution.

[1:16:52] Attorney General's opinion are

[1:16:53] not necessarily binding, but

[1:16:56] they are persuasive and most

[1:16:59] local governments follow their

[1:17:00] lead. I can give you one

[1:17:02] example. Earlier today we did

[1:17:04] pass a resolution authorizing

[1:17:06] myself as a city attorney

[1:17:07] to take action

[1:17:09] against the tax Collector.

[1:17:11] Should the tax collector decide

[1:17:12] to withhold the 2%? That whole

[1:17:13] argument is based

[1:17:15] on attorney general opinions

[1:17:16] from 1970s. The City of Doral

[1:17:18] does not allow for certain

[1:17:20] electronic participation

[1:17:22] to count for quorum based

[1:17:23] on an Attorney General's

[1:17:24] opinion of what quorum means

[1:17:26] and their interpretation

[1:17:27] of statute. And that's followed

[1:17:29] by the entire state. So

[1:17:30] attorney General opinions are

[1:17:31] extremely persuasive and they

[1:17:33] are followed and they're.

[1:17:34] Besides that, the Attorney

[1:17:36] General does have the authority

[1:17:39] to do what he is stating here,

[1:17:40] enforcing criminal penalties

[1:17:41] and civil penalties amongst all

[1:17:43] of you passing this is painful

[1:17:44] for all of us. We're all

[1:17:46] immigrants. I'm an immigrant.

[1:17:48] Everyone here is. We all have

[1:17:49] families that derive from

[1:17:52] different places where right

[1:17:53] now there's great suffering

[1:17:55] for what's going on

[1:17:57] in confusion. Nevertheless, we

[1:17:58] all took oaths to defend and

[1:18:00] protect the. I took my oaths

[1:18:02] and you did as well. And this

[1:18:04] is one where we have very

[1:18:05] limited discretion

[1:18:07] on what we can do. We're being

[1:18:09] mandated by the state

[1:18:11] to take certain actions,

[1:18:12] and if we don't,

[1:18:15] we're being threatened

[1:18:16] with criminal penalties. So I

[1:18:17] just. I kind of wanted

[1:18:19] to put that out there. This is

[1:18:20] not something that the city

[1:18:22] wants to do. I know, but it's

[1:18:23] something that the city is

[1:18:24] pretty much being mandated

[1:18:25] to do.

[1:18:26] >> Thank you, Mr. City

[1:18:27] Attorney. Madam Councilman, you

[1:18:28] had a question?

[1:18:30] >> Yes. Like I said, the reason

[1:18:32] that I call this item is

[1:18:33] because

[1:18:34] of how sensitive it is. And I

[1:18:36] know that there are many

[1:18:38] questions from our residents

[1:18:39] and I just want to go through

[1:18:41] those ones. I don't know if you

[1:18:42] have some

[1:18:44] of those answers already or

[1:18:46] then for you to keep in mind,

[1:18:48] because I would like you

[1:18:50] to answer those ones then later

[1:18:51] on because I think they're

[1:18:52] important for our residents.

[1:18:53] So within. One of the first

[1:18:55] questions is that I wanted

[1:18:58] know. Have you already been

[1:19:00] in contact with ICE? Have you

[1:19:02] already met with them prior

[1:19:04] to this meeting,

[1:19:05] to today's meeting?

[1:19:07] >> No, no,

[1:19:08] I haven't had any

[1:19:09] communications with anybody

[1:19:11] from the ICE office. This is

[1:19:12] just a preliminary.

[1:19:13] >> If you can get closer

[1:19:14] to the.

[1:19:15] >> Yeah, I haven't had any

[1:19:16] communication

[1:19:18] with any supervisory staff

[1:19:19] from ICE regarding this item.

[1:19:20] So, it's just in the infancy

[1:19:21] stages right now and, you know,

[1:19:22] after today, we'll see based on

[1:19:23] your vote how we move forward.

[1:19:26] >> Okay. So, I just wanted

[1:19:28] to proceed with some of the

[1:19:31] questions that I know that are

[1:19:32] concerned from our residents.

[1:19:35] And like you said,

[1:19:36] you haven't met yet with them.

[1:19:37] But anyway, maybe you have

[1:19:39] already an idea or you will be

[1:19:40] able then

[1:19:42] to answer those questions.

[1:19:44] Later on. So, some

[1:19:46] of them is, what are the

[1:19:47] department policies regarding

[1:19:49] detained requests from.

[1:19:51] >> Well, we have a multitude of

[1:19:53] MOUs memorandum understandings

[1:19:54] with law enforcement agencies,

[1:19:55] not only

[1:19:56] in the local and state level,

[1:19:57] but

[1:19:58] at the federal level as well.

[1:20:00] Already we have under carl

[1:20:01] of law, a duty

[1:20:02] to act and assist our, you

[1:20:03] know, partnering agencies. We

[1:20:05] haven't been requested

[1:20:06] at this time to agree

[1:20:07] to assist in any dealings

[1:20:09] in terms of immigration. Our

[1:20:10] primary focus is not

[1:20:11] immigration matters

[1:20:13] in our community. It's

[1:20:14] something that as a police

[1:20:16] chief, as a son

[1:20:17] of immigrants, you know,

[1:20:18] and been here two and a half

[1:20:19] years, I have a deep love

[1:20:21] for this community,

[1:20:22] especially the Venezuelan

[1:20:23] community. A lot of them are.

[1:20:24] Have become close friends

[1:20:26] of mine. But we have a duty to

[1:20:27] act as well and follow the law.

[1:20:29] And we have an amazing legal

[1:20:30] team as well. And the current

[1:20:32] interpretation is that this is

[1:20:33] a mandate and we will follow

[1:20:34] the law. My opinions come

[1:20:36] second. Our duty to act and be

[1:20:38] responsible comes first.

[1:20:40] However, the primary focus

[1:20:42] of the Doral Police Department

[1:20:45] is the safety and security

[1:20:46] of residents

[1:20:48] in this community. And our

[1:20:50] officers are not currently

[1:20:51] trained or equipped,

[1:20:52] nor is it our mission

[1:20:55] to enforce immigration laws

[1:20:57] in our community. When we

[1:20:58] conduct a simple traffic stop,

[1:20:59] our officers are not.

[1:21:00] >> Sorry to interrupt you.

[1:21:02] It's just because I have a few

[1:21:03] more questions.

[1:21:04] >> Maybe what I'm saying is

[1:21:05] answering some of it.

[1:21:06] >> No, no. So that's why I just

[1:21:08] wanted to go over them and try

[1:21:09] to have a short answer so then

[1:21:11] I can go

[1:21:12] over the concerns.

[1:21:13] >> Sure. I wanted to just

[1:21:14] finish a statement. I was

[1:21:16] saying, and the primary focus

[1:21:17] of our officers

[1:21:18] during encounters with citizens

[1:21:20] do not involve questioning

[1:21:21] regarding their immigration

[1:21:22] status. We are here to serve

[1:21:23] and protect each and every

[1:21:24] person in this community,

[1:21:26] regardless

[1:21:27] of their immigration status.

[1:21:30] Now, during the course

[1:21:33] of our investigations, first

[1:21:35] extreme felonious acts or

[1:21:36] anything related

[1:21:38] to that matter. If during our

[1:21:39] investigative process,

[1:21:40] it comes

[1:21:42] to light that the person is

[1:21:44] in this country illegally,

[1:21:45] there may be additional charges

[1:21:46] that that person may face. But

[1:21:48] the primary encounters that we

[1:21:50] face on a daily basis, not me

[1:21:51] here, but for me to stand up

[1:21:57] here and say that I do the work

[1:21:59] of the men and women

[1:22:00] behind me.

[1:22:02] >> I know I'm going

[1:22:03] to cut you, please. Because

[1:22:04] then I have to go

[1:22:05] over and we have a mini.

[1:22:06] >> Let me. Let me clarify

[1:22:08] something, Councilwoman. Your

[1:22:09] time is not counted when he's

[1:22:10] responding,

[1:22:11] because he's responding.

[1:22:13] >> It's not about my sign.

[1:22:14] >> I'm speaking right now.

[1:22:15] >> It's not about my five

[1:22:17] minutes. I have a set

[1:22:20] of questions and I just wanted

[1:22:21] to go over it. It's great that

[1:22:22] you're putting your statement,

[1:22:24] and that's great.

[1:22:25] But the thing is that some

[1:22:26] of the questions it might be

[1:22:27] within already,

[1:22:28] and I don't want you

[1:22:29] to be repeating. So it's just

[1:22:31] that.

[1:22:32] >> That.

[1:22:33] >> It's just that,

[1:22:34] Councilwoman, when. When the

[1:22:36] chief is responding,

[1:22:37] he's not just responding

[1:22:38] to you, he's responding to all

[1:22:39] of you.

[1:22:40] >> I understand, but I'm the

[1:22:42] one making the questions,

[1:22:43] not you.

[1:22:45] >> But I'm chairing the

[1:22:47] meeting, and that's okay.

[1:22:48] >> But I am. I already request

[1:22:50] that I want

[1:22:53] to ask some questions. It's

[1:22:54] been granted to me. So this is

[1:22:55] my time, tell you what,

[1:22:56] and that's okay.

[1:22:58] >> Here, here's. Here's how

[1:23:00] we're going to handle this. No

[1:23:01] one will be interrupted. If the

[1:23:03] chief needs

[1:23:05] to finish his statement,

[1:23:06] he'll finish it. And then you

[1:23:07] will have the time

[1:23:08] to ask all your questions. No

[1:23:09] one is going to take that away

[1:23:10] from you. However, I think it's

[1:23:11] unfair to not allow someone to

[1:23:12] finish a statement when you're

[1:23:13] asking very sensitive

[1:23:14] questions. That's how we're

[1:23:15] going

[1:23:16] to conduct ourselves here.

[1:23:17] >> Let's do this.

[1:23:18] >> Could you please then give

[1:23:19] your statement at the end? If

[1:23:20] there's something that is not

[1:23:21] included within the questions

[1:23:22] that I'm asking you,

[1:23:23] I would love for you

[1:23:24] to give your statement.

[1:23:25] Listen, I am not here

[1:23:26] to attack anybody. I'm just

[1:23:27] here to make this. This is

[1:23:28] like how it sounds like I'm

[1:23:29] asking these questions because

[1:23:30] these questions are important

[1:23:31] for our residents.

[1:23:32] Like you said, we are here

[1:23:33] to protect them.

[1:23:34] Like you said,

[1:23:35] I am also the daughter of an

[1:23:36] immigrant. I am an immigrant,

[1:23:37] too,

[1:23:38] because I came here when I was

[1:23:39] 25 and expecting my second

[1:23:40] child. So I know how it is. I

[1:23:41] went through the process too,

[1:23:42] like everybody else. So I just

[1:23:44] want to ask these questions

[1:23:46] because I know that there are

[1:23:47] many people that they want

[1:23:49] to hear the answer. And

[1:23:51] like I said, if there are some

[1:23:52] answers that you don't have

[1:23:53] right now, that's okay. If not,

[1:23:55] we can have these. You can give

[1:23:56] those answers later

[1:23:57] on because I know that many

[1:23:58] of them might be

[1:23:59] after you already have. You

[1:24:01] know,

[1:24:02] the plan that you already have,

[1:24:03] sit down with ICE and whatever

[1:24:05] other agencies that have

[1:24:06] to be within. So it's not. We

[1:24:08] do understand and we know that

[1:24:09] you already have shown that

[1:24:11] you're here

[1:24:12] to protect the community,

[1:24:13] to look after us. And I do

[1:24:14] understand that, and I'm pretty

[1:24:15] sure that everybody knows that.

[1:24:16] But I just wanted to go

[1:24:18] through these questions and

[1:24:19] like I said, there's some that

[1:24:20] you might not have the answer

[1:24:22] right now, and that's okay. So

[1:24:23] it's just that.

[1:24:26] >> I understand what you're

[1:24:28] saying, ma'am, but the

[1:24:29] statements that I am making

[1:24:31] reach far

[1:24:32] beyond the communication

[1:24:34] between you and I and those

[1:24:36] in this room, the officers, my

[1:24:38] officers that encounter these

[1:24:39] questions every single day out

[1:24:40] in the community. It's

[1:24:42] important for them

[1:24:43] to recognize that the

[1:24:45] leadership in this city

[1:24:46] respects the valuable work that

[1:24:48] they do every day. And we are

[1:24:49] not communicating amongst

[1:24:50] ourselves only. We have media

[1:24:51] outlets here. We have residents

[1:24:53] here

[1:24:54] in this community that love

[1:24:55] Doral, that love our Police

[1:24:56] Department. And my responses

[1:24:58] are not only

[1:25:00] to your questions, but to the

[1:25:03] questions that we get every

[1:25:05] single day. The men and women

[1:25:07] behind me that are behind the

[1:25:08] scenes doing the work every

[1:25:11] day. So even though I am

[1:25:12] stopping you.

[1:25:13] >> To be able to do comments,

[1:25:14] but.

[1:25:16] >> That's the reason that I

[1:25:17] may be expanding a little bit

[1:25:18] on my responses and to.

[1:25:19] Please, I don't speak often up

[1:25:21] here, but give me the chance

[1:25:22] to address

[1:25:23] from a global perspective.

[1:25:24] Thank you.

[1:25:25] >> I am not stopping you

[1:25:26] to answer. I'm not stopping you

[1:25:27] to be able to give your

[1:25:29] statement. I just wanted to go

[1:25:31] through the questions and then

[1:25:33] you will have all the time that

[1:25:34] is allowed by the council

[1:25:35] for you

[1:25:36] to say everything that you want

[1:25:38] to say.

[1:25:39] >> Thank you.

[1:25:40] >> And yes, I do appreciate the

[1:25:41] Police Department. I actually

[1:25:42] was the chair for the. The vice

[1:25:44] chair of park and Police for

[1:25:45] Kids here. So how do you

[1:25:46] balance. How do you plan to

[1:25:48] balance enforcing local law

[1:25:49] while ensuring immigrant

[1:25:50] communities feel?

[1:25:52] >> Safe reporting crimes by our

[1:25:53] actions every single day,

[1:25:55] ma'am. Whether it's a copper

[1:26:00] service, whether it's a coffee

[1:26:01] with a coffee event,

[1:26:02] whether it's one of the mayors

[1:26:03] or the vice mayors or any

[1:26:07] of our elected officials,

[1:26:09] amazing events that go on.

[1:26:10] This committee community. Our

[1:26:11] officers are there hand

[1:26:13] in hand each and every day.

[1:26:14] The backbone of our agency is

[1:26:15] community policing. The

[1:26:16] relationships that we've made

[1:26:18] with this community far exceed

[1:26:19] any law in this country. The

[1:26:21] bonds of relationships

[1:26:24] in our schools,

[1:26:26] our school resource officers,

[1:26:27] building the rapport

[1:26:29] with the students,

[1:26:30] our community outreach unit,

[1:26:32] visiting homeowners'

[1:26:34] associations

[1:26:35] on a daily basis,

[1:26:36] are the number

[1:26:39] of warnings that we give

[1:26:40] instead of citations

[1:26:42] in the community. The

[1:26:43] educational campaigns that we

[1:26:44] embark on

[1:26:46] through social media platforms,

[1:26:47] communication platforms,

[1:26:48] through digital media,

[1:26:50] through a host of channels,

[1:26:51] that's what ensures the trust

[1:26:52] in the community partnerships

[1:26:53] that we have established

[1:26:55] in this community. Not only for

[1:26:56] the last two and a half years

[1:26:58] that I've been here, but

[1:26:59] over the 17 years that the men

[1:27:00] and women behind me over the

[1:27:02] 17 years that those two majors

[1:27:03] have been in this department

[1:27:04] over the 17 years that that

[1:27:06] lieutenant over there has been

[1:27:07] in this department,

[1:27:08] they have laid the groundwork

[1:27:09] for the trust that we have

[1:27:10] in this community. And I've

[1:27:11] taken the baton, and my job is

[1:27:12] to take it to the next level,

[1:27:13] which I'm doing.

[1:27:14] >> Are you planning to increase

[1:27:15] personnel and how many? If you

[1:27:16] already have a plan

[1:27:17] to be able then to work

[1:27:18] within this test as well?

[1:27:19] >> Well, through the support

[1:27:20] of our entire elected body,

[1:27:21] our city manager, we have been

[1:27:22] increasing the number of police

[1:27:23] officers here that we have for

[1:27:24] the last two and a half years.

[1:27:25] When I came, we had a little

[1:27:26] over 130 sworn officers. Now

[1:27:27] with the folks

[1:27:29] in the academy, we have about

[1:27:31] 170. We will continue,

[1:27:33] but we will be continuing to

[1:27:34] staff our officers so that we

[1:27:35] can put extra costs

[1:27:36] in schools, extra costs

[1:27:37] in our intersections. Like

[1:27:38] every time there's someone that

[1:27:39] drives into our community,

[1:27:40] every single day,

[1:27:42] there's marked police cars

[1:27:45] with their lights on,

[1:27:47] deterring crime. We have

[1:27:48] over a 40% reduction in crime

[1:27:49] over the last three years. One

[1:27:50] of the safest cities

[1:27:52] in this country. And that comes

[1:27:53] on the heels

[1:27:54] of adding additional officers,

[1:27:55] not adding additional officers

[1:27:56] because of this bill. Adding

[1:27:59] additional officers

[1:28:00] to create. Create additional

[1:28:01] community trust and deter crime

[1:28:02] that we've been doing.

[1:28:03] >> Understand that these are

[1:28:04] questions that are brought

[1:28:05] to me, and I'm just the voice

[1:28:07] of residents that want.

[1:28:08] >> I love. I love the

[1:28:09] questions. Bring them on.

[1:28:10] Because all we do is keep

[1:28:12] highlighting the good work

[1:28:13] of those behind me.

[1:28:14] >> And that's. And that's how.

[1:28:15] That's why you see all your

[1:28:16] love and all the. Our police

[1:28:17] officers,

[1:28:18] we always are very grateful

[1:28:19] for all the work that they do.

[1:28:20] So like I said,

[1:28:21] these are not questions

[1:28:22] to criticize. These are not

[1:28:24] questions. What have.

[1:28:25] >> These are just simple

[1:28:26] questions.

[1:28:27] >> No, no, I just want.

[1:28:28] >> I'm passionate because I

[1:28:29] love. And I. Not only do I love

[1:28:30] them, but I see the work that

[1:28:32] they do every day

[1:28:36] behind the scenes in the face

[1:28:37] of adversity, often

[1:28:38] in the eyes of criticism. So

[1:28:39] it's not a popular job. It's a

[1:28:40] thankless job. And they go

[1:28:42] above and beyond,

[1:28:43] and we are successful because

[1:28:44] of their work. So I love the

[1:28:45] questions. It gives you an

[1:28:46] opportunity, a platform to

[1:28:48] highlight their good work.

[1:28:49] >> I know how it is. I have a

[1:28:50] cousin that is a police

[1:28:51] officer, and I also have a

[1:28:52] cousin that he's a military,

[1:28:53] too. That might be already.

[1:28:54] Like I said in some

[1:28:56] of your statements, you might

[1:28:57] be already answering some

[1:28:59] of these questions, but I'm

[1:29:00] just asking you these as part

[1:29:02] of the respecting our residents

[1:29:04] are asking questions. What

[1:29:06] measure are you planning

[1:29:07] to put in place to build trust

[1:29:09] in immigrant communities given

[1:29:14] the presence of ICE

[1:29:16] in the area?

[1:29:18] >> Well, I think I answered

[1:29:19] that.

[1:29:23] >> That's why I was telling

[1:29:24] you, you.

[1:29:25] >> Know.

[1:29:26] >> How are you going to handle

[1:29:27] situation when victims are or

[1:29:28] witnesses of crime may have

[1:29:30] concerns about their

[1:29:31] immigration status?

[1:29:32] >> By this, by being able

[1:29:33] to communicate

[1:29:34] during these times,

[1:29:36] we are able

[1:29:37] to use our platforms that we do

[1:29:38] to communicate. We're embedded

[1:29:40] into the community. So this

[1:29:41] provides opportunities

[1:29:42] to communicate. I feel

[1:29:43] at the root

[1:29:45] of it that our residents,

[1:29:46] visitors, people that come

[1:29:47] to school here,

[1:29:49] people that come

[1:29:50] to play here, have trust

[1:29:51] in us. Yes, we use calls

[1:29:52] for service to educate the

[1:29:54] community as well. It's not

[1:29:55] only us responding to a call

[1:29:56] for service. We, we have a

[1:29:57] multitude of training,

[1:29:58] whether it's

[1:30:00] in crisis intervention, whether

[1:30:01] interpersonal skills

[1:30:02] de-escalation. We know how

[1:30:06] to handle situations. We know

[1:30:09] that some situations are best

[1:30:10] handled with silk gloves and

[1:30:12] not maybe an arrest, looking

[1:30:13] for alternatives to arrest.

[1:30:14] And many times,

[1:30:15] we do that.

[1:30:16] >> Thank you. What will be the

[1:30:17] process for handling complaints

[1:30:19] or concerns regarding potential

[1:30:20] overreach

[1:30:21] in collaboration with?

[1:30:25] >> Well, we have an internal

[1:30:26] affairs unit that handles

[1:30:27] internal complaints. We also

[1:30:28] have a state attorney's office

[1:30:29] here that, you know,

[1:30:31] investigates certain matters

[1:30:32] involving police conduct. So we

[1:30:33] have the infrastructure

[1:30:34] in the backbone established,

[1:30:36] ready to investigate.

[1:30:37] But because it's

[1:30:38] in the infancy stages, because

[1:30:39] a memorandum understanding

[1:30:40] hasn't been drafted yet

[1:30:42] by our attorney's office, this

[1:30:43] is just a preliminary list

[1:30:44] today provides an opportunity

[1:30:45] to start exploring the

[1:30:46] partnership so that we are

[1:30:47] compliant with the law.

[1:30:51] We'll have those detailed

[1:30:53] items forthcoming.

[1:30:54] >> What kind of training will

[1:30:56] the officers receive regarding

[1:30:58] federal immigration law and

[1:31:00] their limitations?

[1:31:03] >> That's yet

[1:31:04] to see.

[1:31:05] I have yet to meet

[1:31:06] with any personnel from ICE to

[1:31:07] see what training our officers

[1:31:08] are going to receive specific

[1:31:10] to any duties that are required

[1:31:11] by law. But in order for us

[1:31:12] to be compliant by law,

[1:31:14] we will partake in any training

[1:31:15] that's needed. I'm pretty

[1:31:17] convinced that officers already

[1:31:18] have a skill set in how

[1:31:19] to deal with certain matters.

[1:31:20] But any training,

[1:31:22] new training that comes

[1:31:23] out that we got

[1:31:25] to partake in, in order

[1:31:26] to be compliant with the law,

[1:31:27] we'll have to partake

[1:31:28] in it.

[1:31:30] >> How does your department

[1:31:31] will educate officers to

[1:31:32] identify potential civil rights

[1:31:33] issues in collaboration with

[1:31:34] ICE?

[1:31:36] >> I'm sure the training will

[1:31:37] cover that.

[1:31:38] >> So those were the questions

[1:31:39] that were referred to me. And

[1:31:41] my duty is to be able

[1:31:42] to be the voice

[1:31:43] of the community for those ones

[1:31:45] that are concerned as well.

[1:31:46] Those Ones are also that

[1:31:47] already have their status

[1:31:49] already in place. So.

[1:31:51] Because, as you know and

[1:31:57] everybody knows,

[1:31:58] our community is based

[1:31:59] in many immigrants. And there's

[1:32:01] some that they're within, you

[1:32:02] know, in the process

[1:32:03] of getting their status.

[1:32:04] Others, unfortunately,

[1:32:06] haven't been able to. So,

[1:32:07] anyway, we represent everybody

[1:32:08] that lives here in the state.

[1:32:10] So that's why I wanted

[1:32:11] to ask you these questions,

[1:32:12] because it was important

[1:32:14] for them. Like, they say that

[1:32:15] they want to hear from you.

[1:32:16] So, like I said, again,

[1:32:17] this is not attacking anybody.

[1:32:18] This is not trying to put you

[1:32:20] in a difficult spot.

[1:32:21] But they wanted those answers.

[1:32:24] And that's my duty as well as

[1:32:28] to thank you and the

[1:32:30] department. I always are

[1:32:32] grateful

[1:32:34] for everything and everything.

[1:32:36] Every work you do, every day,

[1:32:38] the job that you do, you go

[1:32:40] over beyond your job

[1:32:41] description every day. So, I

[1:32:43] love the department and I

[1:32:45] always looking forward to work

[1:32:46] with all of you.

[1:32:48] >> I mean, I appreciate the

[1:32:50] question. It gives,

[1:32:51] like I said, an opportunity

[1:32:53] to highlight the work

[1:32:54] of those folks. I love the

[1:32:56] Venezuelan community. I come

[1:32:57] from, you know, my mother

[1:32:58] from Spain, my dad's Cuban, so

[1:32:59] I'm very sensitive

[1:33:01] to the needs

[1:33:02] of the immigrant community.

[1:33:03] And my parents still don't

[1:33:05] speak English. So it's, you

[1:33:06] know, for me, it's home.

[1:33:07] But we have a job to do,

[1:33:08] but we're going to do it

[1:33:09] from an amazing place. We have

[1:33:11] amazing people here. We're

[1:33:12] sensitive to the needs. And I'm

[1:33:15] grateful that I have the

[1:33:16] opportunity

[1:33:17] to explain the role

[1:33:19] of the police and what may come

[1:33:20] of this. I ask you to give my

[1:33:22] personal cell phone number.

[1:33:23] You have my personal cell phone

[1:33:25] number, although you rarely use

[1:33:26] it. I ask you to give it

[1:33:27] to any resident or. Or visitor

[1:33:29] in this community that has any

[1:33:30] questions regarding our roles.

[1:33:32] Please give them my personal

[1:33:33] cell phone number,

[1:33:34] and I'll be happy

[1:33:36] to answer any question.

[1:33:37] >> And I do understand why I

[1:33:38] was trying to cut you a little

[1:33:40] bit short because

[1:33:41] of the questions that I have,

[1:33:43] that it was going

[1:33:44] to be redundant, you know,

[1:33:45] for you to be able

[1:33:46] to answer those ones.

[1:33:48] >> Give them my cell phone

[1:33:49] number. Thank you.

[1:33:50] >> Thank you. Thank you

[1:33:51] for answering. Okay.

[1:33:53] >> Any other comments or

[1:33:54] questions?

[1:33:56] >> I have some good questions.

[1:33:57] >> VICE Mc Chief. Hold on.

[1:33:59] Don't go.

[1:34:02] >> Thank you. I'll be brief

[1:34:09] because I know the resolution

[1:34:10] was amended,

[1:34:11] so it answered a lot

[1:34:13] of the questions that I had,

[1:34:15] actually. First, I want

[1:34:17] to thank you for all the great

[1:34:18] work that you do, your

[1:34:20] commitment, your dedication,

[1:34:21] the dedication

[1:34:23] of all your offices, and I

[1:34:24] think we do have the best

[1:34:27] police department in all of

[1:34:29] Florida. So, thank you

[1:34:31] for all the Great work.

[1:34:33] Obviously, there's a lot

[1:34:34] of fear. There's a lot

[1:34:35] of questions,

[1:34:36] and I've been trying to answer

[1:34:37] them as well. I obviously do a

[1:34:39] lot of work within the

[1:34:40] community. I'm an immigration

[1:34:42] lawyer, so I hear a lot

[1:34:43] of people, I help a lot

[1:34:45] of people. And there's a lot

[1:34:47] of bad narratives. There's a

[1:34:48] lot of myths, there's a lot

[1:34:50] of lies. And so, I want

[1:34:52] to take this opportunity to ask

[1:34:53] you just a couple questions so

[1:34:55] that we can clarify some

[1:34:56] of that. The first one is,

[1:34:58] will suspicion of unlawful

[1:34:59] immigration status be a primary

[1:35:01] basis for a stop or questioning

[1:35:02] someone?

[1:35:09] >> No. No. And profiling is

[1:35:11] another term that's been thrown

[1:35:12] out, you know, but no,

[1:35:13] we don't partake

[1:35:20] in profiling due to any.

[1:35:22] For any reason. And that

[1:35:25] definitely will not be

[1:35:26] happening with the Doral

[1:35:28] Police Department.

[1:35:29] >> Okay.

[1:35:30] >> There was also a rumor that

[1:35:32] the Doral Police Department

[1:35:33] participated in ICE rate here

[1:35:34] in Doral.

[1:35:36] >> Is that true?

[1:35:38] >> That is not true.

[1:35:40] >> Okay.

[1:35:42] >> I think those are the only

[1:35:43] two questions because the

[1:35:45] resolution really changed a lot

[1:35:46] of the wording. And I think

[1:35:47] that just to understand this is

[1:35:48] an initial step towards

[1:35:49] discussing an agreement. It's

[1:35:52] something that I think will

[1:35:54] help the Police Department.

[1:35:57] It's going

[1:35:58] to also help the City of Doral

[1:35:59] to remain in compliance with

[1:36:01] both state and federal

[1:36:02] mandates. I think it's an

[1:36:04] important step in maintaining

[1:36:06] public trust as well, because

[1:36:07] our police department does a

[1:36:08] lot

[1:36:10] of community work already,

[1:36:11] and anyone that lives in the

[1:36:13] city knows that we can trust

[1:36:14] our police. And you've done so

[1:36:15] much work to build that trust

[1:36:17] that I'm fully confident that

[1:36:19] you're not going

[1:36:21] to abuse that. And we're not a

[1:36:23] city that weaponizes our police

[1:36:24] department. And so, for me, I

[1:36:26] think that I just really wanted

[1:36:27] to make it clear that one,

[1:36:28] while we don't have an actual

[1:36:30] agreement,

[1:36:33] and this is an intent

[1:36:34] to discuss one, it's not going

[1:36:36] to be designed to discriminate

[1:36:37] against anyone, nor obviously

[1:36:43] would this council ever support

[1:36:44] doing it or for that purpose.

[1:36:46] And as I said, I know that we

[1:36:47] will make sure that our

[1:36:49] law-abiding citizens and

[1:36:52] residents are not negatively

[1:36:56] affected. We do want to ensure

[1:36:58] that we are applying and also

[1:37:01] enforcing our laws because we

[1:37:04] want to continue

[1:37:06] to have a safe community. And I

[1:37:09] think that this is something

[1:37:11] that as a city, we are going

[1:37:12] to work hand in hand

[1:37:14] with you, with the community to

[1:37:16] make sure that it does get

[1:37:17] supplied correctly. So I just

[1:37:19] wanted to mention that, and you

[1:37:22] have my full support.

[1:37:24] >> Thank you, Vice Mayor.

[1:37:25] >> Thank you. Any other

[1:37:27] questions, comments?

[1:37:29] Councilman Pinero.

[1:37:30] >> Thank you, Mayor. I also

[1:37:31] want to thank you, Chief,

[1:37:32] for clarifying and for your

[1:37:34] statement because I think that

[1:37:35] it really answered a lot

[1:37:37] of the concerns out there. And

[1:37:39] I want to start by saying that

[1:37:41] because unfortunately I think

[1:37:43] that for the past couple

[1:37:44] of weeks have been a lot

[1:37:46] of misinformation

[1:37:47] out there and especially from,

[1:37:52] not only from certain part

[1:37:53] of the media, but so-called

[1:37:55] community leaders that start

[1:37:57] spreading some rumors and, and

[1:37:59] things that we're not planning

[1:38:03] to. Certainly, we have never

[1:38:06] done it in Doral and I'm

[1:38:07] sure that we're not going

[1:38:09] to do it now. And that's why I

[1:38:11] want to say that I trust

[1:38:15] in your judgment.

[1:38:17] >> Thank you.

[1:38:20] >> And I trust

[1:38:22] in all the men and women

[1:38:26] behind you. And I do say that

[1:38:27] we do have the best police

[1:38:30] department in Miami Dade county

[1:38:31] in the state of Florida. And

[1:38:33] that is recognized by other

[1:38:34] agencies and the numbers that

[1:38:35] we have since we had the lowest

[1:38:36] crime rate in Miami Dade

[1:38:37] County. So, I want

[1:38:39] to thank you for that and I

[1:38:40] know that we're going

[1:38:41] to make sure that it continues

[1:38:43] to be that way. You have built

[1:38:45] that community policing that we

[1:38:47] have been talking about

[1:38:48] for a year, two years, and you

[1:38:49] have done an incredible work

[1:38:51] on that. But I also want

[1:38:55] to use this time as the only

[1:38:58] Venezuelan American

[1:38:59] of this group to,

[1:39:04] to ask especially again, those

[1:39:05] so-called community leaders

[1:39:06] to stop using the Venezuelan

[1:39:08] community as the target.

[1:39:09] Because what is going on or

[1:39:10] what we're discussing right

[1:39:11] now, it really doesn't have

[1:39:12] to include the Venezuelan

[1:39:14] community at all. I mean,

[1:39:15] this is not to target one

[1:39:16] particular community. And I

[1:39:17] think that it's unfair. That

[1:39:18] only creates more division,

[1:39:20] more panic

[1:39:22] out there than trying to find

[1:39:24] out how this is going

[1:39:25] to move forward. And we have

[1:39:26] to look back how we actually

[1:39:28] got to this point. We're

[1:39:29] dealing with this,

[1:39:31] unfortunately, because

[1:39:34] of four years

[1:39:36] of open border policy. That was

[1:39:38] a disaster, disaster. And now

[1:39:39] our communities are facing the

[1:39:41] consequences. Unfortunately,

[1:39:44] the Venezuelan community is one

[1:39:46] of those. But I want

[1:39:48] to make sure, and I want to be

[1:39:50] clear that as I understand the

[1:39:51] fear that many in our city

[1:39:52] feels right now because we're a

[1:39:55] city of immigrants, I mean,

[1:39:57] it's a fact that we have closed

[1:39:58] that. 40% of our Doral

[1:40:08] residents are Venezuelans and

[1:40:09] most of them fled the country

[1:40:12] for persecution, oppression,

[1:40:14] humanitarian crisis as

[1:40:16] Cubans, as Nicaraguans and

[1:40:18] other members of our community

[1:40:20] from different parts

[1:40:21] of the world. And certainly,

[1:40:23] there are no criminals. We know

[1:40:25] that. We know that there are no

[1:40:27] criminals. There are small

[1:40:28] business owners, there are

[1:40:31] students, there are

[1:40:33] professionals, there are

[1:40:35] families that are contributing

[1:40:37] to our community every. And

[1:40:40] it's something that I wanted

[1:40:41] to leave on the record because

[1:40:43] I recognize that too. I also,

[1:40:44] as I have been mentioning and

[1:40:46] saying for the past two weeks

[1:40:47] to different media outlets and

[1:40:49] reporters, you know, this

[1:40:50] agreement we're looking forward

[1:40:51] once it's signed,

[1:40:52] certainly I know is meant to

[1:40:56] target individuals who have

[1:40:58] committed crimes, not

[1:40:59] to roundup of law-abiding

[1:41:00] citizens. I do believe that no

[1:41:02] one should be targeted because

[1:41:03] of how they look,

[1:41:05] as I have been saying

[1:41:07] in the past, or the language

[1:41:16] that they speak. And I will

[1:41:18] certainly make sure,

[1:41:21] as we have heard

[1:41:22] from my colleagues as well, to

[1:41:25] ensure that our police

[1:41:27] department certainly keep

[1:41:28] acting with dignity and

[1:41:30] upholding the rights

[1:41:31] of everyone in our community.

[1:41:33] So as having also mentioned

[1:41:36] to the media, for me it's not

[1:41:38] an option. I mean I'm not 100%

[1:41:42] in support

[1:41:46] of everything that is going on.

[1:41:48] Absolutely. No, I mean this is

[1:41:50] not,

[1:41:51] we're not proposing this.

[1:41:53] We're not,

[1:41:54] I'm not the one moving forward

[1:41:55] in this. It's the state law.

[1:41:57] We're just following the law,

[1:41:58] we're following the rules. And

[1:41:59] it's something that people have

[1:42:01] to understand as well. But

[1:42:02] at the same time

[1:42:04] to understand that we're here

[1:42:06] to make sure that not only that

[1:42:08] we're following the law,

[1:42:10] but that we're going to make

[1:42:12] sure that this is done the

[1:42:13] right way. And for me, this is

[1:42:17] not just a blank check that

[1:42:19] we're signing to the state of

[1:42:21] Florida. If

[1:42:23] by some reason we have to bring

[1:42:25] back and have a discussion

[1:42:27] about it,

[1:42:29] I'll be more than glad

[1:42:30] to do it. So, but I want to

[1:42:32] make sure the residents

[1:42:33] understand and especially the

[1:42:34] media that is here as well,

[1:42:36] that we're here to do the right

[1:42:37] things and we're going to make

[1:42:39] sure that is done the right

[1:42:40] way. Thank you.

[1:42:41] >> Thank you, Councilman. Any

[1:42:43] other comments? Councilwoman

[1:42:44] Reynoso?

[1:42:46] >> Okay, love first Chief.

[1:42:47] >> I think you did an excellent

[1:42:49] job answering the questions. I

[1:42:50] think that brought a lot

[1:42:51] of clarification to our

[1:42:52] community that was extremely

[1:42:54] needed at this point. I want to

[1:42:55] thank all our police officers

[1:42:57] as well.

[1:42:58] >> I know that they worked

[1:42:59] really, really.

[1:43:00] hard day in and day out.

[1:43:02] And what I would hate to come

[1:43:04] out of this agenda item is

[1:43:06] for that hard work

[1:43:09] to be affected

[1:43:11] in a negative way. And I have a

[1:43:12] message to the media. I hope

[1:43:14] that the media will use their

[1:43:16] platform to clarify what has

[1:43:17] been reported and help our

[1:43:19] police and help our city send

[1:43:20] the right message to our

[1:43:22] community that public trust

[1:43:25] should not be affected because

[1:43:27] of this MOU the mission is very

[1:43:30] clear. Our police is here to

[1:43:31] serve and protect and that

[1:43:32] immigrants, all people

[1:43:34] within our community, will be

[1:43:36] protected and taken care of.

[1:43:37] That's my comment.

[1:43:39] >> Thank you, Councilwoman. I

[1:43:47] do have some final comments

[1:43:48] before we take up the item. So

[1:43:50] first, I also want to thank the

[1:43:52] chief police and the entire

[1:43:53] police department. I think you

[1:43:54] guys do a great job of being

[1:43:55] out there and building

[1:43:56] relationships

[1:43:57] with our residents. And it's so

[1:43:58] important. And I think it's

[1:43:59] always been a priority

[1:44:00] of this department.

[1:44:01] Unfortunately, as it's been

[1:44:02] stated here today,

[1:44:03] and I passed out a folder,

[1:44:04] as we did a lot

[1:44:05] of research before,

[1:44:06] we were told that this needed

[1:44:07] to come forward, and we had

[1:44:08] to do this to be in compliance

[1:44:09] on the obligation that had been

[1:44:10] put on us by the state

[1:44:11] to comply. We have a. We have

[1:44:12] an obligation and a

[1:44:14] responsibility

[1:44:15] to follow the law. It would be

[1:44:16] hypocritical of us

[1:44:18] to tell any community,

[1:44:19] you need to follow the rules

[1:44:21] and follow the law,

[1:44:22] and then we go around and do

[1:44:23] something different. We don't

[1:44:24] just take red lights because we

[1:44:25] don't like red lights. It is

[1:44:27] the law and we have

[1:44:28] to follow the law. And while we

[1:44:29] may not like it, as

[1:44:30] Councilman Pinero very well

[1:44:32] said, we didn't make the law.

[1:44:33] Can we sit here and watch

[1:44:35] things that happen

[1:44:36] in court and then repeal it?

[1:44:38] Absolutely. And we'll do that.

[1:44:39] And I think that no other

[1:44:40] community has spoken up for its

[1:44:42] community as much as we all

[1:44:44] have, because we can be from

[1:44:45] the same party and have a

[1:44:46] difference of opinions and do

[1:44:48] it respectfully,

[1:44:49] but doesn't preclude us

[1:44:50] from having

[1:44:52] to comply and follow US law.

[1:44:53] So I want to thank you for your

[1:44:55] comments because I think it

[1:44:56] very clearly stated where our

[1:44:58] priorities are and where the

[1:45:00] heart of this city and this

[1:45:04] police department is. And we

[1:45:05] want no one to feel threatened

[1:45:07] or victimized or feel anxious

[1:45:08] about what's happening.

[1:45:09] Although I know all those

[1:45:11] things are hard to put aside

[1:45:13] with what's being experienced.

[1:45:15] I've made it very clear in

[1:45:17] every time I've been asked that

[1:45:20] we are not here to weaponize

[1:45:21] our police department. I think

[1:45:22] that you humanize what the work

[1:45:24] of police officers do,

[1:45:28] which is a very difficult job

[1:45:29] to do. And it's harder today

[1:45:30] to find people who want

[1:45:32] to come into the line of public

[1:45:33] service and law enforcement

[1:45:35] because of its stereotypes.

[1:45:36] And so obviously legislation

[1:45:37] like this doesn't help that

[1:45:38] understanding the intent

[1:45:39] of why it's done many times.

[1:45:40] And so I think our job is

[1:45:42] to continue

[1:45:43] to raise the voices of those

[1:45:44] that we know that come here

[1:45:45] to do the right thing,

[1:45:46] those who are here following

[1:45:47] the law, those who are here

[1:45:48] to provide,

[1:45:49] to be productive members

[1:45:51] of our society. But I think the

[1:45:53] most important part of this is

[1:45:54] this resolution is not the

[1:45:56] memorandum of understanding.

[1:45:57] This is giving direction for

[1:45:58] our legal department and

[1:46:00] administration to enter

[1:46:01] into a man of barranda

[1:46:02] of understanding.

[1:46:03] With that being said, there

[1:46:04] were a couple items I asked

[1:46:05] to be included

[1:46:06] into the resolution,

[1:46:07] which is now before all

[1:46:08] of you and Councilman Cabral, I

[1:46:09] believe this answers the

[1:46:10] questions that you ask more

[1:46:11] than anything. And so it's

[1:46:12] important

[1:46:14] to highlight what is actually

[1:46:15] in front of us. One of the

[1:46:16] whereas clauses says it is

[1:46:18] desired the city council, that

[1:46:19] an agreement be executed that

[1:46:20] fulfills the city's obligations

[1:46:21] under Florida law without.

[1:46:23] Without exceeding budgeted

[1:46:24] funds. We cannot provide

[1:46:25] resources we don't have. So

[1:46:26] we're not going

[1:46:27] to take officers off

[1:46:28] of our patrol, our officers

[1:46:30] off of our HOA fraud unit,

[1:46:31] or officers off of certain

[1:46:32] units that serve a purpose to

[1:46:34] do a purpose that we're not

[1:46:35] responsible for having

[1:46:36] to serve. Additionally, we

[1:46:37] added in the final where, I'm

[1:46:39] sorry, in the final section,

[1:46:40] in section 2 in the last

[1:46:42] statement says as a

[1:46:43] participating United States

[1:46:44] government agency to protect

[1:46:46] for operational assistance

[1:46:48] pertaining to the enforcement

[1:46:51] of laws

[1:46:52] to combat illegal immigration

[1:46:53] to the extent necessary

[1:46:55] to comply with Florida law,

[1:46:56] which means no one's going

[1:46:57] above what we need to do

[1:46:59] to comply with our obligation

[1:47:00] by the state of Florida. So

[1:47:02] while many of us may have an

[1:47:03] understanding that this is a

[1:47:05] difficult item that we are not

[1:47:06] proposing, rather doing

[1:47:07] ministerially because we have

[1:47:09] to comply, I think the

[1:47:10] department has its direction

[1:47:11] on what its priorities are, and

[1:47:12] I don't think it's ever lost

[1:47:13] its way on that. And this

[1:47:14] for sure won't steer them

[1:47:16] in any wrong direction.

[1:47:17] But we do have an obligation

[1:47:18] to comply and we will continue

[1:47:20] to watch what happens in the

[1:47:21] courts and everything else

[1:47:23] that's being challenged so that

[1:47:24] we have an opportunity

[1:47:25] to act should we need to

[1:47:26] in those cases. So I want to

[1:47:27] thank also our city attorney

[1:47:28] because he worked quite some

[1:47:29] time on this. I really drove

[1:47:30] him crazy

[1:47:31] in making sure we had all

[1:47:32] of our legal. So the city

[1:47:33] wasn't in any liability

[1:47:34] on either side.

[1:47:36] On either side. Because I think

[1:47:37] that overall the moral

[1:47:39] obligation

[1:47:40] of our police department is

[1:47:41] to serve and protect everyone.

[1:47:42] So thank you all very much

[1:47:43] for what you do. And we look

[1:47:45] forward to continuing

[1:47:46] to support our men and women

[1:47:47] in blue. And every single

[1:47:48] resident that lives

[1:47:49] within the City of Doral will

[1:47:50] continue to lift the voices

[1:47:51] of those who are deserving

[1:47:52] of that.

[1:49:00] >> Thank you, ma'am.

[1:49:02] >> I'll ask for someone

[1:49:03] to place a motion. Motion?

[1:49:04] Motion to approve by

[1:49:05] Councilman Reynoso. Second by

[1:49:06] Councilman Pinero. Madam

[1:49:07] Clerk, please call the roll.

[1:49:08] >> Motion to approve I by

[1:49:10] Councilman Reynoso.

[1:49:11] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[1:49:17] >> Motion passes.

[1:49:19] >> All right,

[1:49:20] thank you very much all

[1:49:21] for your patience

[1:49:22] on this item. Thank you,

[1:49:23] chief. Great job. All right,

[1:49:25] we're going to take council

[1:49:26] Moreno to lay down. Yes.

[1:49:27] >> May I read it

[1:49:28] into the record, ma'am?

[1:49:30] >> Yes.

[1:49:31] >> A resolution of the mayor

[1:49:32] of the city council

[1:49:33] of the city of D. Florida

[1:49:34] expressing support for House

[1:49:36] Bill 983 sponsored

[1:49:37] by state representative Juan

[1:49:38] Carlos Por, providing for the

[1:49:40] middle incorporation recitals

[1:49:41] and an effective date.

[1:49:42] >> All right, Councilman

[1:49:43] Reynolds, so this is your lay

[1:49:44] down item.

[1:49:45] >> Thank you, Mayor. This laid

[1:49:47] out lay down item has to do

[1:49:48] with House Bill 983. It was

[1:49:50] proposed by Representative

[1:49:52] One Card Harvest for us. It has

[1:49:53] to do with homeowner

[1:49:55] association reform. Why does

[1:49:57] this matter in Doral? Many

[1:50:00] of our neighbors in Doral are

[1:50:02] run. Many of our neighborhoods

[1:50:03] in Doral are ran by HOAS. And

[1:50:09] we often hear the complaints

[1:50:10] about lack of transparency,

[1:50:11] financial issues,

[1:50:12] not having access

[1:50:14] to important records. And this

[1:50:16] bill helps protect homeowners

[1:50:19] and gives them more rights and

[1:50:20] oversights. For that reason,

[1:50:22] I thought it was very important

[1:50:24] to bring it to this agenda

[1:50:25] to hopefully get the support

[1:50:27] of my colleagues as well

[1:50:28] to support the bill that

[1:50:30] Representative Torres is

[1:50:31] proposing.

[1:50:33] >> Thank you. Thank you.

[1:50:35] >> Councilwoman, any comments?

[1:50:37] Motion, motion to approve by

[1:50:38] Vice Mayor Porras. Second by

[1:50:40] Councilman Pinero. If no one

[1:50:42] has any comments,

[1:50:43] I do have two. First, I want

[1:50:44] to thank you, Council

[1:50:45] Marinosa,

[1:50:46] for bringing this forward,

[1:50:47] for being attentive

[1:50:48] in all the meetings,

[1:50:49] for participating during our

[1:50:50] Tallahassee visit in all of our

[1:50:51] meetings and taking this and

[1:50:53] running with it. We had an

[1:50:54] extensive conversation about

[1:50:55] HOA reform because it affects

[1:50:56] us deeply. And I think the most

[1:50:57] important part of this bill,

[1:50:59] if it passes,

[1:51:00] is it allows local authorities

[1:51:02] to investigate an audit and be

[1:51:03] more part

[1:51:05] of catching those fraud. And a

[1:51:06] lot of times we see our senior

[1:51:07] citizens fall as victims more

[1:51:10] than anybody. So thank you

[1:51:11] for running with this. I think

[1:51:12] it was extremely important and

[1:51:15] time sensitive so that it gets

[1:51:17] in the hands of legislators and

[1:51:19] hopefully we see it by path and

[1:51:20] can help more locally our

[1:51:22] residents that are affected

[1:51:23] by HOA criminalization and.

[1:51:26] And. And abuse. So, thank you

[1:51:29] very much. I'd like to be a

[1:51:30] co-sponsor if that's okay.

[1:51:32] >> Absolutely. Thank you,

[1:51:33] Mayor.

[1:51:35] >> Okay. Madam Chair, please

[1:51:36] call.

[1:51:38] >> Motion to approve made by

[1:51:39] Vice Mayor por. Seconded by

[1:51:40] Council Anto.

[1:51:41] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[1:51:45] >> Motion passes.

[1:51:47] >> All right. Thank you very

[1:51:48] much. Okay, now I believe we're

[1:51:50] going to go

[1:51:51] into mayor's report.

[1:51:52] >> The city attorneys lay

[1:51:53] down item.

[1:51:54] >> Do you want to take that up

[1:51:55] now? We can take it up now.

[1:51:56] Are you good with that? I.

[1:51:58] Yeah. Okay, we'll take it up.

[1:51:59] >> Get into the record. Yes. A

[1:52:00] resolution of the Mayor

[1:52:02] of the City Council

[1:52:03] of the City of Doral Florida

[1:52:04] approving a modification

[1:52:05] settlement and release

[1:52:06] agreement with Draw Costa

[1:52:07] Capital LLC. Draw Costa

[1:52:11] Manager LLC and OAS is a Draw

[1:52:12] 1 manager providing

[1:52:13] for limitation, incorporation

[1:52:14] of recitals and an effective

[1:52:15] date.

[1:52:16] >> Okay. Mr. Covier. Yes. Your

[1:52:17] item.

[1:52:18] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor.

[1:52:19] So, this item that's

[1:52:20] before you is. As many

[1:52:21] of you are aware, back in

[1:52:22] 2023, the city entered

[1:52:23] into a settlement agreement

[1:52:24] with Oasis, as commonly known.

[1:52:25] It is a development of Multi

[1:52:26] Family. It was running under

[1:52:27] what is commonly known as the

[1:52:28] Live Local Act. That agreement

[1:52:30] covered most things as far as

[1:52:34] height and intensity, but it

[1:52:36] was not completely clear as far

[1:52:38] as parking. And parking has

[1:52:40] become kind

[1:52:43] of a sticking issue in this.

[1:52:45] The applicant, which is here

[1:52:46] today, being represented by

[1:52:48] Vanessa Madrid from Holland

[1:52:50] at night, has been wonderful

[1:52:51] in working with us. We've been

[1:52:53] meeting diligently. I want

[1:52:54] to thank Michelle Lopez and

[1:52:56] Edna and the rest

[1:52:57] of the staff, who we've also

[1:52:59] met, the mayor, the manager,

[1:53:00] everyone in trying to come

[1:53:02] to some kind of an agreement.

[1:53:04] So what you have

[1:53:05] before you here is an amendment

[1:53:07] to the settlement agreement

[1:53:09] that provides for a percentage

[1:53:10] of parking that is acceptable

[1:53:12] to the applicant. And we've

[1:53:14] made some concessions. And so I

[1:53:16] think it's a good compromise.

[1:53:17] It avoids having this drag

[1:53:19] on or become litigious,

[1:53:20] and it will allow the project

[1:53:23] to move forward. And Ms.

[1:53:24] Madrid, if I've left anything

[1:53:26] out, feel free to.

[1:53:30] >> Thank you very much, Mr.

[1:53:32] Covilla. If there's any

[1:53:33] questions,

[1:53:34] that would be the time.

[1:53:35] Otherwise, I need a motion

[1:53:37] to approve.

[1:53:38] >> Motion to approve.

[1:53:39] >> Motion to approve by

[1:53:41] Councilman P. Second. Second

[1:53:42] by Councilwoman Reynoso.

[1:53:43] Madam Clerk, please call the

[1:53:44] roll.

[1:53:45] >> Motion to approve made by

[1:53:46] Council Pinero. Seconded by

[1:53:48] Councilman Reynoso.

[1:53:49] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[1:53:50] >> Motion passes.

[1:53:51] >> All right,

[1:53:53] thank you very much. So, we're

[1:53:55] going to take up the reports

[1:53:56] at the end

[1:53:57] of the evening. I'm going to go

[1:53:58] ahead and take the public

[1:53:59] hearing items Now.

[1:54:00] >> Yes, Madam Mayor. Mayor,

[1:54:01] please throw

[1:54:02] in the witnesses. Yes. If

[1:54:03] you'll be presenting testimony

[1:54:04] in the public hearing, I.

[1:54:10] >> Items.

[1:54:11] >> Please stand up,

[1:54:12] raise your right hand and

[1:54:13] repeat after me. I do solemnly

[1:54:16] swear that the information that

[1:54:17] I'm about to present shall be

[1:54:19] the truth or nothing

[1:54:20] but the truth. Thank you very

[1:54:21] much.

[1:54:22] >> Thank you.

[1:54:23] >> First item, item 20A,

[1:54:24] a resolution of the man,

[1:54:25] the city council of the city

[1:54:27] of Doral Ford approving a

[1:54:28] special exception

[1:54:29] for smash title courts

[1:54:30] for the Property located at

[1:54:31] 8080 Northwest 58th street

[1:54:32] in the City of Doral,

[1:54:33] Florida, pursuant to Section

[1:54:34] 68, 849 other City's

[1:54:35] on development code providing

[1:54:36] for implementation

[1:54:37] incorporation recitals and an

[1:54:38] effective date.

[1:54:39] >> All right, thank you very

[1:54:40] much, Madam Clerk. I'm going to

[1:54:41] go ahead and open up the public

[1:54:42] hearing item. The public

[1:54:43] hearing for this item. Public

[1:54:44] hearing is now Open for item

[1:54:45] 25, 6110. Anyone who would

[1:54:46] like to speak on this item,

[1:54:47] please approach the podium

[1:54:49] at this time. Okay. Seing none,

[1:54:51] public comments is now closed.

[1:54:53] If the applicant would like to

[1:54:54] approach. I don't know if there

[1:54:55] will be any questions. If

[1:54:56] there's any questions. I don't

[1:54:57] know if there's. Staff. Staff

[1:54:58] presentation. Okay, we'll let

[1:55:00] staff present and if there's

[1:55:01] any questions,

[1:55:02] then you can come up. Okay.

[1:55:04] >> Good evening,

[1:55:05] mayor and council. The

[1:55:07] applicant, Blast Sanchez, is

[1:55:10] proposing a project

[1:55:11] by the name of Smash Paddle

[1:55:12] Courts. The applicant is

[1:55:13] requesting a special exception

[1:55:14] approval to permit fitness

[1:55:15] sports facility services,

[1:55:16] including health and exercise

[1:55:17] centers that are larger than

[1:55:19] 5,000 square feet pursuant to

[1:55:20] Citi Code section 6849

[1:55:21] for approximately 2.05 acres

[1:55:22] of property located at 8080

[1:55:23] North 58th Street. The proposed

[1:55:24] project is an indoor paddle

[1:55:25] facility in an existing

[1:55:26] structure totaling 36,612

[1:55:27] square feet, located

[1:55:42] in the adaptive reuse area

[1:55:50] to include seven paddle courts,

[1:55:52] a self-service concession area,

[1:55:54] some offices. The site plan

[1:55:55] also proposes enhancements

[1:55:58] to the parking area,

[1:55:59] landscaping, the addition of

[1:56:00] some bike racks and

[1:56:01] incorporation of public art.

[1:56:03] There was a zoning workshop

[1:56:04] held on January 22, 2025. So

[1:56:06] this is a little bit

[1:56:08] of a unique request. And so I'm

[1:56:10] going to give you a little bit

[1:56:12] of background

[1:56:13] on the adaptive reuse.

[1:56:16] >> Explain that.

[1:56:17] >> Explain special exceptions

[1:56:19] to better assist the community

[1:56:21] in understanding this process.

[1:56:23] So in our city we have an

[1:56:24] overlay called the Adaptive

[1:56:26] reuse. It's also referred

[1:56:27] to as the Downtown Doral Art

[1:56:29] district. And it's just north

[1:56:31] of the city hall facility

[1:56:33] bounded by Northwest 58th

[1:56:34] street to the north, Northwest

[1:56:36] 54th street to the south.

[1:56:38] Northwest 79th Avenue

[1:56:40] to the east and Northwest 87th

[1:56:41] Avenue to the west. And the

[1:56:43] purpose of the district is to

[1:56:45] take buildings that already

[1:56:47] exist that are previously

[1:56:49] heavier in commercial and

[1:56:50] industrial use,

[1:56:52] and convert them to more

[1:56:53] commercial uses that promote

[1:56:54] the city's arts,

[1:56:56] culture and wellness. So an

[1:56:57] adaptive reuse is essentially a

[1:56:59] change of use

[1:57:00] of an existing structure

[1:57:02] from unauthorized use

[1:57:04] to an authorized use in which

[1:57:06] the structure was not

[1:57:07] originally designed for. And so

[1:57:09] in our code we have a series

[1:57:10] of uses that are permitted by

[1:57:12] right or uses that are

[1:57:14] permitted

[1:57:16] through supplemental or with

[1:57:18] conditions and limitations. So

[1:57:22] in this district,

[1:57:23] uses permitted

[1:57:26] by right include uses permitted

[1:57:28] in the underlying zoning

[1:57:29] districts,

[1:57:31] alcohol and beverage

[1:57:33] establishments,

[1:57:34] cultural activities and

[1:57:36] exhibitions, eating

[1:57:38] establishment, indoor pet

[1:57:40] centers, retail services,

[1:57:42] retail services for fitness,

[1:57:44] sports services, including

[1:57:46] health, exercise centers,

[1:57:48] limited to 5,000 square feet,

[1:57:50] parking structures,

[1:57:52] et cetera. There's also

[1:57:54] supplemental uses and

[1:57:55] conditions with limitations.

[1:57:57] There's three

[1:57:58] in this category. The first is

[1:58:02] prohibited uses, which means

[1:58:04] your zoning code says we cannot

[1:58:06] have any of these uses

[1:58:07] in this area, which include

[1:58:16] residential, hotels, lodging,

[1:58:18] medical uses, assisted living

[1:58:19] facilities, facilities,

[1:58:21] educational facilities,

[1:58:22] funeral homes, et cetera. The

[1:58:24] second category is special

[1:58:25] exception uses in which this

[1:58:27] application falls under. And

[1:58:28] those uses may include

[1:58:29] self-storage facilities,

[1:58:31] indoor outdoor halls for hire

[1:58:32] for more than 200 people,

[1:58:34] fitness sports services,

[1:58:35] including health exercise

[1:58:36] centers that are larger than

[1:58:37] 5,000 gross square feet.

[1:58:38] Again, this project,

[1:58:39] as previously stated,

[1:58:40] the structure is 36,600 2012

[1:58:41] square feet. So this specific

[1:58:42] site

[1:58:43] for this specific use falls

[1:58:44] under this category. And the

[1:58:45] third category is use is

[1:58:46] subject to supplemental

[1:58:48] conditions which include auto,

[1:58:49] truck, van sales, rental,

[1:58:50] storage, repairs, storage,

[1:58:57] etc. And then fitness board

[1:59:01] services, including 5,000

[1:59:02] square feet, including under

[1:59:03] 5,000 square feet. And so,

[1:59:04] so what does all this mean

[1:59:05] in terms of use? So,

[1:59:06] in our code and

[1:59:07] in other codes,

[1:59:08] we have two types of changes

[1:59:09] of use. When you have your

[1:59:10] zoning and your land use in

[1:59:11] place and they're consistent,

[1:59:12] you're going

[1:59:13] to either have uses

[1:59:14] by rights or uses

[1:59:15] by special exception. And so

[1:59:16] uses

[1:59:17] by right only require a review

[1:59:18] by your planning and zoning

[1:59:19] department and your building

[1:59:20] department. Uses by special

[1:59:21] exception have an added layer

[1:59:22] of review, which include review

[1:59:23] and approval by the city

[1:59:24] council and then your

[1:59:25] administrative process,

[1:59:26] which is a review and approval

[1:59:27] by your planning and zoning

[1:59:28] department and your building

[1:59:30] department. This specific site

[1:59:32] is zoned industrial,

[1:59:36] with a future land use map

[1:59:37] of industrial as well. It's

[1:59:39] surrounded

[1:59:40] by industrial districts

[1:59:41] on all four sides. The future

[1:59:43] land use category on all four

[1:59:44] sides is also industrial. The

[1:59:45] overlay is adaptive re use.

[1:59:47] And then you've got Warehouses

[1:59:48] through the north southeast

[1:59:50] with medical center

[1:59:51] to the west. So all the uses

[1:59:54] are consistent and it's exactly

[1:59:55] what we want to see

[1:59:57] on our maps. On the screen

[1:59:59] before you,

[2:00:01] you have perspectives from the

[2:00:02] south and the north and then an

[2:00:04] overhead perspective

[2:00:05] of the site.

[2:00:09] >> Again.

[2:00:10] >> The site plan proposes seven

[2:00:12] paddle courts, self-service

[2:00:13] concession, office spaces,

[2:00:14] enhancement to your parking lot

[2:00:15] area and landscaping, addition

[2:00:17] of the bike racks and

[2:00:18] compliance with public art.

[2:00:20] All

[2:00:21] of the zoning data is

[2:00:23] consistent with your code.

[2:00:24] There's 48 parking spaces. And

[2:00:25] with that, staff recommends the

[2:00:27] mayor and council approve the

[2:00:28] proposed special exception to

[2:00:32] permit fitness court services,

[2:00:33] including health exercise

[2:00:35] centers that are larger than

[2:00:36] 5,000 square feet pursuant to

[2:00:38] City Code Section 6849 for

[2:00:40] Smash Paddle Courts located

[2:00:41] at 88 and Northwest 58th

[2:00:43] Street. Thank you so much.

[2:00:45] >> Much. Thank you, Michelle.

[2:00:46] Okay, is there any questions

[2:00:48] for the applicant otherwise or

[2:00:49] for staff? Just for the SH

[2:00:53] Board.

[2:00:54] >> Any motion to approve?

[2:00:55] >> Motion to Approved by

[2:00:56] Councilman Pinero.

[2:00:57] >> Second.

[2:00:58] >> Second by Councilwoman

[2:00:59] Cabral. If there's no

[2:01:00] additional questions, Madam

[2:01:01] Clerk, please call the roll.

[2:01:02] >> Motion to approve made by

[2:01:03] Councilman Pinero. Seconded

[2:01:04] by Council Maso.

[2:01:05] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[2:01:09] >> Motion passed.

[2:01:10] >> All right,

[2:01:12] congratulations. Look forward

[2:01:13] to having you guys

[2:01:14] in our city. A lot

[2:01:15] of people wanting paddles. Get

[2:01:17] it all the time. All right,

[2:01:18] thank you very much. We'll move

[2:01:20] to the next item.

[2:01:21] >> We're now going

[2:01:22] to first readings. Item C,

[2:01:23] an ordinance of the mayor

[2:01:24] of the city council,

[2:01:25] ordinance number 2025 14,

[2:01:26] amending Article 3 board

[2:01:27] committees and commissions and

[2:01:29] ordinance of the mayor, City

[2:01:30] council of the city of Gu

[2:01:32] Florida, amending Article 3

[2:01:33] board committees and

[2:01:34] commissions and Chapter 2,

[2:01:36] administration

[2:01:37] of the city's court

[2:01:38] of ordinances, revising the

[2:01:40] census provision or appointment

[2:01:41] requirements providing

[2:01:43] implementation, incorporation

[2:01:44] to the code,

[2:01:45] survivability conflicts and

[2:01:46] in effect.

[2:01:47] >> All right, I'm going to go

[2:01:49] ahead and open up the public

[2:01:50] comments for this item. Public

[2:01:51] comments is now open. If anyone

[2:01:52] would like to come speak

[2:01:53] at this time, please do so.

[2:01:55] This is item 256137. All right.

[2:02:00] No one has chosen to speak.

[2:02:02] Closing the public comments

[2:02:04] portion. I'm surrogate

[2:02:06] director. No one has chosen

[2:02:07] to speak at this time. And this

[2:02:08] is my item. Basically, we're

[2:02:10] amending the ordinance for

[2:02:11] boards and committees once

[2:02:13] again, as I mentioned earlier

[2:02:14] when we were approving the

[2:02:15] committees,

[2:02:16] it's very difficult

[2:02:17] to meet some

[2:02:18] of these standards. We don't

[2:02:19] even impose them on ourselves

[2:02:20] as elected officials. I wasn't

[2:02:21] supportive

[2:02:22] of the change initially. So

[2:02:23] we're going to roll it back

[2:02:24] to the way it was,

[2:02:25] which has worked for 20 years.

[2:02:26] So if there's any questions,

[2:02:30] I would need a motion

[2:02:31] to approve.

[2:02:33] >> Motion to approve.

[2:02:34] >> Motion to approve by

[2:02:35] Councilman Pinero.

[2:02:37] >> Second.

[2:02:38] >> Second by Council Marina

[2:02:39] also. Madame Clerk, please

[2:02:40] call the roll.

[2:02:41] >> Motion to Approve

[2:02:42] Ordinance Number 202514 on

[2:02:43] First Reading May by council

[2:02:44] Pino. Seconded by Council

[2:02:45] Mondoso.

[2:02:46] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[2:02:49] >> Motion passes.

[2:02:50] >> All right, thank you very

[2:02:52] much, Madam Clerk, next item.

[2:02:54] >> Next item D. Ordinance

[2:02:55] number 2025-15 amending chapter

[2:02:58] 8 petal solicitors and

[2:02:59] canvassers. An ordinance of

[2:03:01] M. City council of the city

[2:03:03] of Florida Amending Chapter 8

[2:03:04] Business Article 3 Pedal

[2:03:06] Solicitors Caners providing

[2:03:07] supplementation incorporated

[2:03:11] corporations. Local

[2:03:13] severability is an effective

[2:03:18] >> All right, thank you very

[2:03:21] much. We're going

[2:03:22] to open up public comments

[2:03:23] for this item. Item 256126 is

[2:03:24] now open for public comments.

[2:03:26] Anyone would like to speak,

[2:03:27] please approach the podium

[2:03:29] being none. Public comments now

[2:03:30] close. Ma'am, the record

[2:03:31] reflects and no one has chosen

[2:03:32] to speak at this time. And we

[2:03:33] will hear

[2:03:34] from the city attorney.

[2:03:35] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor.

[2:03:36] So, this item is one that I

[2:03:37] worked with the clerk. And

[2:03:38] basically, what occurs is that

[2:03:39] anyone that is a canvasser,

[2:03:40] peddler, it could be someone

[2:03:41] that owns a fumigation company

[2:03:42] and wishes to go to door

[2:03:43] to door

[2:03:44] to sell their services, needs

[2:03:45] to first apply for a permit

[2:03:46] with the city. The way that it

[2:03:47] was currently reads is that the

[2:03:48] permit has to be sought

[2:03:49] by the city clerk. Which is

[2:03:50] somewhat strange being that the

[2:03:52] clerk is not the main person

[2:03:53] in the city to deal with a

[2:03:55] permit safe especially dealing

[2:03:56] with uses that would be the

[2:03:57] planning and zoning department.

[2:03:58] So should you adopt this

[2:04:00] ordinance, it would change

[2:04:01] from the city clerk

[2:04:02] to the planning and zoning for

[2:04:03] folks that are canvassers or

[2:04:05] peddlers. This has nothing

[2:04:06] to do with political speech or

[2:04:07] religious speech at all. This

[2:04:08] is just

[2:04:13] for commercial purposes.

[2:04:15] >> Thank you very much.

[2:04:17] There're no questions. I need a

[2:04:18] motion to approve. Motion

[2:04:19] to approve by Councilman

[2:04:20] Reynoso. Second by Councilor.

[2:04:21] Madam Clerk, please call the

[2:04:22] roll.

[2:04:23] >> Motion to Approve

[2:04:24] Ordinance Number 202515 on

[2:04:25] First Reading made by Council

[2:04:26] Manoso. Seconded by Council

[2:04:27] Pinero.

[2:04:28] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[2:04:34] >> Motion passes.

[2:04:36] >> Next item. Madam.

[2:04:37] >> Check item E. Ordinance

[2:04:38] number 2025 16amending officers

[2:04:40] Inspector General duties. An

[2:04:41] order to the name

[2:04:43] of the city council of city

[2:04:44] of Florida. Amending Chapter 2

[2:04:45] Administration Division 5,

[2:04:47] Section 2185, Office of

[2:04:49] Inspector General providing

[2:04:50] for implementation

[2:04:51] Incorporation into the closing

[2:04:52] severability and an effective

[2:04:53] base.

[2:04:54] >> All right, I'm going

[2:04:55] to go ahead and open up.

[2:04:56] Public comments. Public

[2:04:57] comments now Open on item 25

[2:04:58] 6118. Anyone would like

[2:04:59] to speak,

[2:05:01] please approach the podium.

[2:05:02] At this time seing none.

[2:05:03] Public comments now shows.

[2:05:06] Madam Clerk, the record

[2:05:07] reflects no one has chosen

[2:05:08] to speak

[2:05:09] at this time and we will turn

[2:05:11] over

[2:05:13] to the city attorney.

[2:05:14] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. In

[2:05:16] November of 2024, the City of

[2:05:18] Doral residents made a charter

[2:05:20] amendment opening the

[2:05:22] establishing the office

[2:05:24] of the Inspector General.

[2:05:26] Subsequently, this council

[2:05:28] passed an ordinance creating

[2:05:29] the actual rules and

[2:05:37] responsibilities of the

[2:05:39] Inspector general. There are

[2:05:41] certain sections

[2:05:43] of our code that do not deal

[2:05:45] with the general public

[2:05:48] but really deal

[2:05:50] with the internal functions of

[2:05:51] the council and administration

[2:05:53] as a whole,

[2:05:55] especially chapter two

[2:05:57] for those. There are no set

[2:05:59] violations and there's no set

[2:06:00] force format

[2:06:02] for enforcing those. So, it's

[2:06:04] appropriate that since now we

[2:06:06] will have an inspector general

[2:06:08] that the Inspector general be

[2:06:09] given those authorities

[2:06:11] under chapter 162 to be able to

[2:06:13] act as that code enforcement

[2:06:15] officer for the city. Should

[2:06:16] you receive any notifications

[2:06:17] of citations and investigate

[2:06:18] them and find that a citation

[2:06:19] is warranted, those citations

[2:06:20] that are received may be

[2:06:21] appealed to the Miami Dade

[2:06:22] county court as provided again

[2:06:23] in chapter 162. And that's the

[2:06:24] evidence before you.

[2:06:25] >> All right, thank you, Mr.

[2:06:26] City Attorney. Any questions

[2:06:27] from the council being none.

[2:06:28] >> Motion to approve.

[2:06:29] >> Motion to approve by

[2:06:30] Councilman P.

[2:06:31] >> Second.

[2:06:32] >> Second by Council Marinoso

[2:06:33] Minor. Clerk, please follow.

[2:06:34] >> Motion to Approve

[2:06:35] Ordinance Number 202516 on

[2:06:36] First Reading by Council P.

[2:06:37] Seconded by Councilman

[2:06:38] Reynoso.

[2:06:39] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[2:06:41] >> Motion passes.

[2:06:43] >> All right,

[2:06:45] thank you very much. Next Item

[2:06:47] M K. Item F. Ordinance number

[2:06:48] 2025 17. Penalties

[2:06:49] for violating rules

[2:06:50] of conduct. An ordinance

[2:06:51] of the man

[2:06:52] of the city council is

[2:06:53] to draw Florida amending

[2:06:54] Chapter 2, administration or

[2:06:55] equal to City Council and

[2:06:56] creating Division 5 penalties

[2:06:57] providing for implementation

[2:06:59] incorporation recitals.

[2:07:00] Incorporation to the code

[2:07:01] severability and effective

[2:07:02] date.

[2:07:03] >> Okay, we're going to open up

[2:07:04] public comments once again

[2:07:05] for this item. Item 25 6140.

[2:07:06] Anyone would like to speak on

[2:07:07] this item and this item alone,

[2:07:08] please. Being none. Public

[2:07:09] comments now closed. I'm clerk

[2:07:11] Director, Reflector One has

[2:07:16] chosen to speak at this time.

[2:07:17] We will turn it over to the

[2:07:18] city attorney once again.

[2:07:19] >> Thank you, Madam Mayor.

[2:07:23] So, this is the companion item

[2:07:25] to the one that we just heard

[2:07:26] before which allows the

[2:07:27] Inspector General

[2:07:28] to make citations of

[2:07:30] Violations of Article 2 2,

[2:07:31] Chapter 2, Article 2. City

[2:07:32] Council. This Division 5

[2:07:34] creates penalties and sanctions

[2:07:35] and it pretty much lists

[2:07:37] out what those sanctions are,

[2:07:38] including fines. 500

[2:07:39] for the first violation, 1000

[2:07:41] for the second and 1500 for

[2:07:42] third and subsequent

[2:07:43] violations. Should you pass

[2:07:45] this,

[2:07:46] this would be the schedule of

[2:07:47] fines that would be applicable

[2:07:49] if there's a citation is

[2:07:51] received by the Inspector

[2:07:52] general given. Commander.

[2:07:53] >> Thank you, Mr. City

[2:07:57] Attorney. Any questions

[2:07:58] from the council?

[2:08:01] >> Motion approved.

[2:08:02] >> Thank you very much.

[2:08:03] Councilman Pinero. Second,

[2:08:04] second by council member. I

[2:08:06] think the fines are kind

[2:08:07] of low,

[2:08:08] but I'll support it.

[2:08:12] >> My motion to Approve

[2:08:13] Ordinance Number 202517 on

[2:08:14] First Reading made

[2:08:15] by council imp. Seconded by

[2:08:16] Council Marinoso.

[2:08:18] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[2:08:22] >> Motion passes.

[2:08:26] >> Okay, thank you very much.

[2:08:28] Last item to the night

[2:08:29] before your report.

[2:08:31] >> Yes, I second reading.

[2:08:33] Item G. Ordinance number 2025

[2:08:35] 13amending rules

[2:08:36] of procedure. An ordinance

[2:08:37] of the mayor

[2:08:38] of the city council the city

[2:08:39] of Draw ford amending Division

[2:08:41] 3 rules are procedure of

[2:08:42] Article 2 City Council.

[2:08:43] Chapter 2, administration

[2:08:44] of the city's court

[2:08:45] of ordinances providing

[2:08:46] for limitation incorporation

[2:08:47] to the code. Incorporation

[2:08:48] recital and effective date.

[2:08:49] This was approved

[2:08:50] on first reading on March 12th.

[2:08:51] >> All right, we're going to go

[2:08:52] ahead and open up public

[2:08:54] comments for item 25 6050.

[2:08:55] Anyone would like to speak

[2:08:56] on this item,

[2:08:57] please approach the podium

[2:09:02] at this time. All right. No one

[2:09:03] has chosen to speak

[2:09:04] at this time. We're closing

[2:09:05] public comments. And this is.

[2:09:07] This is my item. So this is

[2:09:08] to amend the rules of procedure

[2:09:09] as we did last time,

[2:09:11] which will just th e efficiency

[2:09:12] of the meeting. So starting

[2:09:13] next month we'll start

[2:09:14] implementing these rules.

[2:09:16] Anybody has any questions?

[2:09:17] There is no changes from first

[2:09:18] to second meeting.

[2:09:20] >> Motion to approve.

[2:09:21] >> Motion to approve by

[2:09:22] Councilman Pinero.

[2:09:23] >> Second.

[2:09:24] >> Seconded by Councilwoman

[2:09:25] Reynoso. Any closure questions?

[2:09:26] >> I have comments.

[2:09:28] >> Okay. Councilwoman Cabral.

[2:09:29] >> Well, I know that I have

[2:09:30] expressed

[2:09:33] before that I have a lot

[2:09:34] of concerns

[2:09:35] with these rules. I really,

[2:09:37] I really. My feeling is that

[2:09:38] it's just giving the effect of

[2:09:40] being a strong major when

[2:09:41] that's not the type

[2:09:43] of government that we have.

[2:09:45] Reduced transparency and

[2:09:46] participation,

[2:09:47] limiting council members

[2:09:49] to represent constituents,

[2:09:50] risk violation,

[2:09:51] first amendment and due process

[2:09:54] of protection. And

[2:09:56] like I said, and I know that

[2:09:58] somebody questioned when it

[2:10:00] comes to section 273 and number

[2:10:01] 10 that says no member shall

[2:10:03] have regular council leave a

[2:10:05] regular council meeting

[2:10:07] without permission

[2:10:09] from the mayor. Any

[2:10:10] non-permitted exits from

[2:10:11] regular council meeting shall

[2:10:14] result in a non-excused

[2:10:15] Absence. And

[2:10:16] like I said before, I

[2:10:19] understand that maybe you're

[2:10:21] bringing this to yourself,

[2:10:23] because I remember when I was

[2:10:25] here and you were a

[2:10:26] councilwoman, how many times

[2:10:28] you would just stand up without

[2:10:30] not even letting know anybody

[2:10:31] what was going on.

[2:10:34] >> And I know that I said at

[2:10:37] that time that I have here the

[2:10:38] either absence or no presence

[2:10:39] to vote. And I'm going

[2:10:41] to be able

[2:10:43] to share this because

[2:10:45] in my case, I think I just

[2:10:47] have, what, one in almost seven

[2:10:48] years that I've been here.

[2:10:50] Absence without an excuse. And

[2:10:52] there have been other

[2:10:54] with excuse,

[2:10:55] but have not been granted. But

[2:10:57] from 2013 to 2020, because I

[2:10:59] want this to be

[2:11:00] in the record when it comes

[2:11:02] to resolution. Discussion item.

[2:11:03] In 2013, Mayor Fraga had one

[2:11:05] item that she missed. Nine

[2:11:06] consent items, and on 2014 was

[2:11:08] 15 consent items that she was

[2:11:10] not present. On 2015, she has

[2:11:12] 16 consent items and four local

[2:11:14] planning agencies and six city

[2:11:20] ordinances. On 2016, it was 55

[2:11:23] consent items,

[2:11:27] five local planning agencies,

[2:11:28] and three city ordinances.

[2:11:31] 2017, two discussion items, 54

[2:11:33] consent items,

[2:11:37] one local planning agency,

[2:11:40] four city ordinance,

[2:11:41] and one rezoning resolution.

[2:11:42] Then in 2018, one local

[2:11:43] planning agency. Then in

[2:11:45] 2019, one discussion item,

[2:11:46] one city ordinance,

[2:11:48] and one rezone resolution. On

[2:11:49] 2023 consent items she

[2:11:51] wasn't present,

[2:11:52] two local planning agencies,

[2:11:54] and with a total

[2:11:55] of those eight years of four

[2:12:02] discussion items that she

[2:12:04] missed, 172 consent items, 13

[2:12:06] local planning agencies, 14

[2:12:08] city ordinance,

[2:12:09] and two rezoning resolutions,

[2:12:11] with a total of 205 items that

[2:12:14] you were absent. So, I don't

[2:12:19] think that this is fair because

[2:12:20] we sometimes, like I said,

[2:12:21] we need then permission even

[2:12:22] to excuse ourselves, I guess,

[2:12:26] to go to the bathroom and all

[2:12:28] of that. Like if we are

[2:12:29] in a kindergarten set. And

[2:12:30] there are many different things

[2:12:36] here that I really think that

[2:12:38] is a violation of the First

[2:12:39] Amendment rights

[2:12:41] for me and any other member

[2:12:43] of this council.

[2:12:44] >> Motion to approve.

[2:12:50] >> We have a motion to approve

[2:12:51] by Councilman Pinero.

[2:12:52] And I would like to add this to.

[2:12:53] the record.

[2:12:54] >> I will give you a copy.

[2:12:56] >> Second.

[2:12:57] >> Second. By Councilwoman

[2:12:58] Reynoso. Thank you,

[2:12:59] Councilwoman. The important

[2:13:00] thing is I have perfect

[2:13:01] attendance now.

[2:13:02] >> Yeah. So, yeah,

[2:13:04] eight years. Eight years,

[2:13:05] actually.

[2:13:07] >> I've actually served for

[2:13:08] 14, but eight years. Okay.

[2:13:11] >> All right.

[2:13:12] >> We have our motion

[2:13:14] to approve. Or the second.

[2:13:15] Second. Please call the roll.

[2:13:16] >> Motion

[2:13:18] to approve ordinance number

[2:13:19] 202513 on second reading made

[2:13:20] by Councilman Pinero. Seconded

[2:13:21] by Council Marinoso.

[2:13:22] >> [ CALLING ROLL ]

[2:13:27] >> Motion passed.

[2:13:29] >> All right,

[2:13:30] thank you very much. We're

[2:13:31] going to go

[2:13:32] into our reports now.

[2:13:33] >> Mayor's report. Yes.

[2:13:34] >> So, I have my report first.

[2:13:36] >> All right.

[2:13:40] First, I just wanted to

[2:13:41] thank my colleagues and also

[2:13:43] our city manager, our chief

[2:13:44] of police,

[2:13:45] and everyone that came to the

[2:13:46] Tallahassee trip. It was very

[2:13:48] fruitful and I think that we're

[2:13:49] going to, or at least we're

[2:13:50] on the right track to get the

[2:13:51] funding that we need as well as

[2:13:53] see the legislation that would

[2:13:55] affect us pass. And so I just

[2:14:00] wanted to thank everybody for

[2:14:02] their participation and joining

[2:14:04] us in all those meetings. Our

[2:14:05] city attorney also participated

[2:14:07] and was present. So thank you

[2:14:08] very much. Also, I wanted

[2:14:10] to invite everyone to our

[2:14:12] National Day of Prayer exhibit

[2:14:14] and worship concert that we're

[2:14:15] going to be having on May 1st.

[2:14:17] It's going

[2:14:19] to be an incredible event.

[2:14:21] We've been very hard work

[2:14:23] planning it, and I wanted

[2:14:25] to thank it as well as Parks

[2:14:26] and Recreation and Public

[2:14:28] affairs for their commitment,

[2:14:30] as with my staff,

[2:14:31] to this event, all the churches

[2:14:33] that are participating

[2:14:35] in pastors, it's been great.

[2:14:36] We did an open call

[2:14:38] to artists and got a lot

[2:14:39] of requests. Also, I wanted

[2:14:41] to thank Juicy from Public

[2:14:43] Works for helping us with the

[2:14:44] Mayor's Philanthropy Day and

[2:14:46] the keeping our city beautiful

[2:14:48] street cleaning. Councilman

[2:14:49] Pinero and Councilwoman

[2:14:51] Reynoso also joined us. So

[2:14:52] thank you for participating

[2:14:54] in that. And I wanted

[2:14:56] to give a special shout

[2:14:57] out and thank you to Mr.

[2:14:58] Fernando Casamayor. He was

[2:14:59] extremely instrumental

[2:15:01] in the fight ferocity

[2:15:02] to save the 2%, which is over

[2:15:03] $40 million that you helped us

[2:15:04] save to each municipality

[2:15:05] on the 2%

[2:15:10] from the tax collector. Those

[2:15:12] funds are going

[2:15:14] to be well utilized back in our

[2:15:15] community where they should be

[2:15:17] utilized, serving the public.

[2:15:19] So thank you, Fernando, because

[2:15:20] I got calls from every single

[2:15:21] mayor and the managers

[2:15:23] association saying how

[2:15:24] instrumental you were in

[2:15:25] putting together the

[2:15:26] presentation to help us

[2:15:28] convince the tax collector

[2:15:29] to back off

[2:15:33] of our tax dollars,

[2:15:36] which we use

[2:15:37] to fund important resources

[2:15:38] in our community. So round

[2:15:39] of applause. Thank you. I was

[2:15:40] very proud and I just want

[2:15:43] to wish everybody a very happy

[2:15:44] Easter this weekend

[2:15:45] with your family and friends.

[2:15:46] May God bless you always and

[2:15:47] your families and our

[2:15:48] community. Thank you

[2:15:49] for being a part of.

[2:15:52] Of the City of Doral. That's

[2:15:53] it. I don't know if I can

[2:15:54] mention. I think I can because

[2:15:55] it's already on our calendars.

[2:15:57] But Doral Central park opening

[2:15:59] will be on May 17, so we'll be

[2:16:00] putting that out very soon.

[2:16:02] And we hope to See our

[2:16:07] community there. But that's the

[2:16:09] tentative date. I think it's

[2:16:10] the finalized date we will have

[2:16:12] for the opening

[2:16:13] of second phase of Doral

[2:16:14] Central Park. So we look

[2:16:15] forward,

[2:16:17] it's been long awaited. We look

[2:16:18] forward

[2:16:20] to seeing you all there. That

[2:16:21] concludes my mayor's report.

[2:16:22] >> Council comments.

[2:16:26] >> All right. Any council

[2:16:27] comments? I do.

[2:16:28] >> Okay.

[2:16:29] >> Councilwoman Reynoso, thank

[2:16:30] you.

[2:16:31] >> The Mayor April is Autism

[2:16:32] Awareness Month. Just want to

[2:16:33] recognize that this month and

[2:16:35] every month that we are always

[2:16:37] aware

[2:16:39] of that community that we have

[2:16:40] to take care

[2:16:41] of and should be taken care of.

[2:16:43] Next, we together with

[2:16:48] Councilwoman Vice Mayor

[2:16:52] Porras, Councilman Pinero,

[2:16:56] Mayor Fraga and myself,

[2:16:58] we did the sixth annual

[2:17:01] Autism Bike Ride that Miami

[2:17:03] Dade County Fire hosted,

[2:17:05] which was an amazing event.

[2:17:07] Our Doral PD did an amazing job

[2:17:09] also taking care

[2:17:11] of us and putting us

[2:17:12] on the right ride. We also had

[2:17:14] a productive time in

[2:17:15] Tallahassee during day days.

[2:17:17] We spent incredible amount

[2:17:19] of time meeting with our local

[2:17:21] representatives advocating

[2:17:22] for needs that are in Doral.

[2:17:27] >> I want

[2:17:28] to say that they are.

[2:17:30] >> Doing an excellent job up

[2:17:31] there in Tallahassee

[2:17:32] representing our needs,

[2:17:35] especially for our police and

[2:17:37] parks extravaganza was an

[2:17:39] excellent event. Our community

[2:17:41] enjoyed it so much and it was

[2:17:42] great to have it in our

[2:17:44] Central Park. I can't wait

[2:17:45] to see how next year is going

[2:17:47] to look. Our community garden

[2:17:48] grand opening at Doral Parks

[2:17:51] in honor of Earth day on the

[2:17:52] 22nd. I hope our community will

[2:17:54] come out there to see the

[2:17:56] garden that has been built

[2:17:58] over the last couple of weeks

[2:18:00] and wishing everybody a happy

[2:18:02] Passover and Easter

[2:18:04] to all those who celebrate it.

[2:18:06] Thank you, Mayor.

[2:18:10] >> Thank you, Council. Any

[2:18:11] other comments? Councilman

[2:18:12] Pinero?

[2:18:14] >> Thank you, Mayor. I also

[2:18:15] want

[2:18:17] to echo what you just mentioned

[2:18:18] about the Tallahassee trip. I

[2:18:19] think that was a very

[2:18:21] productive trip to

[2:18:23] Tallahassee. Very positive

[2:18:24] comments that we heard

[2:18:26] from legislators over there,

[2:18:28] especially our representatives.

[2:18:31] They all happy that the route

[2:18:32] is back

[2:18:35] on track and they look forward

[2:18:38] to have a great year especially

[2:18:39] to help us to continue

[2:18:41] to help us

[2:18:42] in our city. I also want

[2:18:44] to take the chance

[2:18:46] to also recognize and say

[2:18:47] thanks to Miami Dade College

[2:18:49] West Campus. As you know,

[2:18:51] towards the end of March, my

[2:18:52] office hosted a job fair which

[2:18:54] we call Entlerty 2025. We had

[2:18:56] and the Mayor was present too.

[2:18:58] We had over 1000 participants

[2:19:05] with the collaboration of

[2:19:07] over 45 different organizations

[2:19:08] and company, not only local

[2:19:10] companies, but nationwide

[2:19:12] companies as well. And that was

[2:19:13] a great event that we look

[2:19:15] forward to hosting once again

[2:19:17] towards the end

[2:19:22] of this year. I also want

[2:19:23] to thank our Parks department

[2:19:26] because they, as Councilwoman

[2:19:31] Reynoso mentioned, they. I

[2:19:33] think they did a great job

[2:19:35] in the extravaganza event. It

[2:19:36] was huge. It was packed, a lot

[2:19:38] of people. So great job. And I

[2:19:40] also want to thank Parks

[2:19:41] because they and our police

[2:19:42] department because they were

[2:19:44] present at the 5K run event

[2:19:45] that took place this past

[2:19:47] Saturday at Doral Meadow. And

[2:19:48] let me tell you,

[2:19:50] that was close to 2,000 or

[2:19:51] over 2,000 people participated.

[2:19:54] That was amazing. It's the

[2:19:55] first time that we have such a

[2:19:57] large crowd. And I want to

[2:19:58] thank our departments because I

[2:19:59] know everybody was involved.

[2:20:01] And obviously I want

[2:20:03] to thank the organizer, Clan

[2:20:04] Destino, Eduardo Orozco, all

[2:20:06] his team, because they did an

[2:20:07] incredible,

[2:20:09] amazing run and activity

[2:20:11] for everyone that participated.

[2:20:12] So I look forward

[2:20:14] to certainly the opening of

[2:20:16] Grass Central park next month.

[2:20:18] We're all excited. I know next

[2:20:19] month is also Mother's Day.

[2:20:21] We're celebrating Mother's

[2:20:22] Day, and I want

[2:20:24] to thank our city attorney,

[2:20:25] our city staff, for everything

[2:20:36] that you guys keep doing. The

[2:20:40] feedback

[2:20:41] out there is amazing.

[2:20:43] Everybody's happy with the job

[2:20:45] that you guys are doing,

[2:20:46] and we're the face. So want to,

[2:20:47] every time that I have the

[2:20:50] chance, I want

[2:20:51] to say thank you

[2:20:54] to you guys and thank you

[2:20:56] to the city manager,

[2:20:57] because everybody's talking

[2:20:58] about how amazing the city

[2:20:59] manager is,

[2:21:00] and everywhere that we go,

[2:21:01] they just speak highly

[2:21:02] about our city manager. So

[2:21:03] thank you so much.

[2:21:04] >> Thank you, gentlemen. Any

[2:21:05] other comments?

[2:21:06] >> I do. I would like to begin

[2:21:07] by recognizing the recent

[2:21:08] passing of Commissioner

[2:21:09] Manuel Louis from the city of

[2:21:10] Mayan. His dedication and

[2:21:11] service left meaningful impact

[2:21:12] on his community and beyond. I

[2:21:13] had the pleasure to work

[2:21:15] with him

[2:21:17] with some issues that he had

[2:21:19] at one point,

[2:21:20] and my deepest condolence to

[2:21:22] his family and his loved ones

[2:21:24] and all his colleagues and

[2:21:26] staff. I also would like

[2:21:28] to provide a brief update

[2:21:30] on my recent trip to

[2:21:33] Tallahassee. I was able

[2:21:34] to meet with different elected

[2:21:36] officials, local elected

[2:21:38] officials, as well as our state

[2:21:40] legislators. And I had a very

[2:21:42] productive meeting

[2:21:43] with the ones that I met, even

[2:21:45] though there was a tremendous

[2:21:47] effort

[2:21:49] to jeopardize my meeting with

[2:21:50] Mr. Stofski, who is the

[2:21:52] director of the Dutch Tasks.

[2:21:54] But I was able to meet

[2:21:56] with him. We had a very

[2:21:57] productive meeting. So I'm

[2:21:59] thankful that he gave me all

[2:22:01] his time and went

[2:22:02] over a few things

[2:22:04] with me when I was there.

[2:22:06] Unfortunately, my item, as you

[2:22:07] may know, has been removed

[2:22:08] from the agenda.

[2:22:12] But we're going

[2:22:13] to keep working on transparency

[2:22:15] and making sure that things are

[2:22:17] done the right way

[2:22:20] in the city.

[2:22:22] >> Thank you very much. Any

[2:22:24] other comments being none,

[2:22:25] Madam City Manager, it's your

[2:22:26] report.

[2:22:27] >> Thank you, Mayor. Well,

[2:22:30] first of all, I just want

[2:22:32] to let everyone know that City

[2:22:33] hall will be observing the

[2:22:35] Good Friday Holiday.

[2:22:37] For those that observe that,

[2:22:39] and that will be on Friday. We

[2:22:41] will be closing early at noon

[2:22:42] for Good Friday. Also, I wanted

[2:22:44] to update council regarding

[2:22:46] in January, Councilwoman

[2:22:47] Reynoso brought forward an item

[2:22:51] regarding our feasibility study

[2:22:53] to implement a tree protection

[2:22:54] ordinance and permitting

[2:22:55] program. So thank you so much

[2:22:56] to Public Works and to Dulce,

[2:23:06] Carlos and Rita who went out.

[2:23:09] They have requested proposals

[2:23:10] and we now have a proposal.

[2:23:12] They got three quotes. The

[2:23:15] lowest quote was actually by

[2:23:16] New Lease Environment LLC, who

[2:23:18] provided the assessment report

[2:23:19] back in 2019. So they will be

[2:23:26] updating that for us. And I

[2:23:28] will be keeping you guys

[2:23:30] updated once that returns

[2:23:31] regarding this. That's all I

[2:23:32] have. Thank you so much. We did

[2:23:35] have a very productive meetings

[2:23:36] in Tallahassee, and I was happy

[2:23:38] to be there. And I can only say

[2:23:39] that I'm very proud after

[2:23:41] having missed so many years

[2:23:43] in between,

[2:23:44] because I didn't do that in

[2:23:46] Coral Gables. I didn't go up

[2:23:48] to see the respect that

[2:23:49] Dorothy Corral garnishes now

[2:23:51] with the city, with the state

[2:23:52] legislature and how welcomed we

[2:23:54] were, how much we got done on

[2:23:55] the state agency that I

[2:23:59] visited. And I'm very proud of

[2:24:01] that and the job that our

[2:24:03] lobbying firms are doing in

[2:24:04] Tallahassee for us. So, thank

[2:24:06] you so much and that's all.

[2:24:08] >> Thank you, Madam Manager,

[2:24:09] Mr. City Attorney.

[2:24:11] >> The only thing I want us

[2:24:13] to do is echo everything,

[2:24:14] the sentiments

[2:24:15] of the council, the sentiments

[2:24:16] of the city manager.

[2:24:18] With regards to the trip to

[2:24:19] Tallahassee. I think it was a

[2:24:21] wonderful event. I was truly

[2:24:22] enjoyed being part of Team

[2:24:23] Doral up there and all the

[2:24:25] meetings with the

[2:24:26] representatives and especially

[2:24:27] the meeting that we had

[2:24:28] with the state agency. There's

[2:24:29] great things to come.

[2:24:32] >> Awesome. Thank you, Mr.

[2:24:33] City Attorney and Madam City

[2:24:34] Clerk.

[2:24:36] >> The report is attached.

[2:24:38] >> The report is attached

[2:24:40] to the backup. W.J. and I did

[2:24:42] not go to Tallahassee.

[2:24:43] >> You were missed.

[2:24:44] >> For the record,

[2:24:45] you were missed.

[2:24:47] >> All right,

[2:24:48] that concludes our meeting

[2:24:49] for the day. Thank you very

[2:24:50] much for joining us. This

[2:24:52] adjourns our meeting.

[2:24:53] >> If I have a motion.

[2:24:55] >> We have a new motion

[2:24:56] to adjourn by

[2:24:58] Councilwoman Reynoso.

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