[0:13] [Laughter] [Applause]

[0:15] [Laughter] One.

[0:24] >> good morning. Good morning.

[0:26] We're getting settled for some.

[0:28] Good morning. Good morning.

[0:30] We're getting settled. Thanks.

[0:33] Well good morning everyone.

[0:35] Welcome to almost the end of

[0:38] JULY. Um, I hope between maybe

[0:40] some summer celebrations and

[0:43] summer camps and that you're

[0:46] enjoying the summer. Uh, this

[0:48] morning as we begin this

[0:50] commission meeting, we have a

[0:52] number of important

[0:55] recognitions. Uh, first, um, we

[0:57] are going. Do we have is

[0:58] commissioner gabela in the

[1:04] house? We're missing our. I

[1:05] know commissioner gabela wants

[1:07] to be here for this particular

[1:09] one, but eddie, can I start

[1:12] with the songs? [Laughter] Is

[1:14] that an option? We can go

[1:18] backwards on our agenda.

[1:24] Delightful. [Applause]

[1:33] [Applause] Eddie. Is that okay?

[1:35] [Laughter] Taylor. All right,

[1:38] so we have a couple of

[1:39] presentations this morning and

[1:40] so we're going to start off in

[1:42] a different order because I

[1:43] know commissioner gabel wants

[1:46] to be here for one but this is

[1:49] pretty exciting. We have um a

[1:52] bunch of young people who have

[1:55] competed um very capably to

[1:58] write songs about the city of

[2:01] miami. Uh this has been what's

[2:04] called the elevated tracks 305

[2:06] miami anthem contest come in

[2:10] the middle and um so this is a

[2:12] partnership. It's a partnership

[2:13] with the um frost school of

[2:15] music that's very impressive.

[2:17] Um, about all that of course

[2:19] our friends from guitars over

[2:20] guns who seem to perform

[2:22] absolutely everywhere um in

[2:24] every school and young

[2:26] musicians unite and they have

[2:27] done a global call called

[2:30] elevated tracks 305 to find the

[2:32] rhythm of our city. So today we

[2:35] have the two winners. Um

[2:37] obviously we have our young

[2:40] winner. There she is and we

[2:41] have our adult winner. I think

[2:44] you can tell by the size uh

[2:47] which one is which but um dv v

[2:50] 12 with re is the winner of the

[2:52] adult song and then soleil

[2:54] river nation [Applause] And how

[2:56] old are you soleil. I'm 12

[2:56] years old.

[2:58] >> oh [Applause] My gosh. And

[3:00] you're already writing music.

[3:02] How long have you been writing

[3:04] music? I've been writing music

[3:06] my entire life but my first

[3:08] ever release song was when I

[3:09] was nine years old. Wow.

[3:12] >> and so when did you start?

[3:14] Uh, I started making music like

[3:15] five years ago like during

[3:17] covid and here we are now.

[3:18] Okay, so every now and then

[3:19] it's another covid silver

[3:21] lining. There weren't many but

[3:24] this um this was one so I think

[3:27] we should hear a little bit of

[3:29] each song. So which one do we

[3:31] want to start with taylor

[3:37] [Music] Rumba. Pagosa [Music]

[3:39] Con voc [Music] Rumba nova

[3:44] [Music] Para yo vinnie pagosa

[3:47] [Music] El calor esta noche no

[3:53] a [Music] Baja yo la rosa don't

[3:56] ever say I don't. [Applause]

[4:03] Know your name. All right so.

[4:05] All right. So tell us where can

[4:07] we find this rumba. You can

[4:09] find you can find rumba on

[4:11] elevated tracks 305 youtube

[4:13] playlist and and and every

[4:14] platform as well.

[4:15] >> all right you got that

[4:18] elevated 305 all right and so

[4:21] now we're moving on to. [Music]

[4:23] Miami on my tongue. Miami on my

[4:24] tongue.

[4:29] >> let's go. Oh.

[4:35] >> so on my skin sand in my

[4:38] shoes lip gloss tasting like

[4:43] mango ice on the cruise. Over

[4:46] at two windows are down here

[4:49] doing whatever it wants. I'm

[4:50] running this town. [Applause]

[4:57] Oh. [Applause] All right, so.

[5:00] Slave tastic. Um, and where can

[5:02] we find this in the same spot?

[5:04] Yes, you can find it on elevate

[5:05] tracks 305 youtube account and

[5:07] also on all streaming

[5:08] platforms. All streaming

[5:10] platforms everybody we got a

[5:12] lot of talent here in the 305.

[5:13] Congratulations. Do you want us

[5:14] to take an official picture?

[5:16] What are our photographers yes

[5:20] I see we've got uh we've got

[5:21] some big cameras down there.

[5:26] All right. [Laughter] Switch

[5:29] over. Okay. Yeah. You're under

[5:36] the feel good. [Laughter] Which

[5:39] camera are we looking at? Oh,

[5:43] she's a professional. All

[5:44] [Laughter] Right everybody

[5:47] [Applause] Happy. Photographers

[5:48] everybody happy? No you're not

[5:58] okay. All right well thank you

[5:59] all for bringing [Applause] The

[6:00] rhythm of the [Laughter] Summer

[6:03] in the city to us in city hall.

[6:04] >> thank [Laughter] You.

[6:10] [Laughter] I think it's easier

[6:13] to get out this way. [Laughter]

[6:13] Great rest.

[6:15] >> of your day. Thank you.

[6:27] Thank you so much. Yeah. All

[6:38] right.

[6:54] All right so now we go from

[6:58] music to entrepreneurship. Um

[7:01] we also have a proclamation for

[7:05] MISS Angelina diaz. Uh, this is

[7:09] a woman who started her own

[7:12] business but we all talk about

[7:14] microloans and this was

[7:15] something that really just made

[7:17] a difference and enabled you to

[7:19] start your business and now

[7:21] she's I'll let her tell the

[7:22] story and commissioner gabella

[7:25] but she's now kind of a rock

[7:29] star here in uh in the city of

[7:30] miami and we're very proud of

[7:32] you, commissioner gabella let

[7:34] me turn this over to you. Yeah.

[7:36] >> no, uh, she's become famous

[7:39] in the in the, uh, the coffee

[7:41] world. Right. And we want to

[7:42] acknowledge her and

[7:43] congratulate her at such a

[7:44] young age doing this kind of

[7:46] thing. So congratulations.

[7:50] Yeah. And should I read. Do you

[7:52] want to tell us about your

[7:55] business? Yeah. Hello everyone

[8:00] .So how I started um, the

[8:02] school taught me how to make

[8:04] coffee. I would say when I was

[8:07] 13 years old and you know the

[8:10] more I learned um helping them

[8:13] do events and stuff like that

[8:15] kind of opened a new world for

[8:18] me. And when there was a

[8:20] student, uh, leandro, he went

[8:23] to an event and won the coffee

[8:26] cart and he started doing it

[8:29] and he ended up not wanting to

[8:32] do it. And that's when the

[8:33] opportunity opened for me and

[8:36] he asked me if I wanted to rent

[8:39] it from him. And of course I

[8:41] was like, uh, I was a little

[8:43] scared because I've never like

[8:45] had my own business because

[8:47] that was just a scary thought

[8:49] for me. But the more I thought

[8:52] about it and the more MISS

[8:53] Joanna my job coach told me

[8:55] that she believed in me and

[8:57] then she thought that I can do

[8:59] it. I was just I was like okay

[9:02] [Applause] Fine. And so I asked

[9:08] my sister. And uh my sister she

[9:10] didn't have the money then and

[9:12] she was like, if you think that

[9:14] this will work. I was like,

[9:16] yes. And she borrowed money

[9:19] from a friend and she handed it

[9:21] to me and that's when I paid

[9:24] the rent the the first month's

[9:27] rent and I opened with the most

[9:30] basic things and um thanks to

[9:32] the teachers also supporting

[9:34] me, they bought my coffee and

[9:36] [Applause] It just started from

[9:42] there and it was just crazy. So

[9:43] I don't know I'm hearing you.

[9:45] Do you have one word of advice

[9:47] for budding entrepreneurs I

[9:48] heard a lot about believe in

[9:51] yourself. What's your one word?

[9:54] Yeah just be believe in

[9:55] yourself. [Applause] Believe in

[9:58] yourself any colleagues, anyone

[10:01] else? I think it's wonderful

[10:04] that you are an example for

[10:05] everybody because it is scary

[10:07] to start your own business and

[10:09] everybody is not in your corner

[10:11] supporting you and you have to

[10:13] shut out the noise and just

[10:15] continue to say I can do this,

[10:17] I can do this and your hard

[10:18] work pays off. So today you

[10:33] will inspire [Applause] All

[10:36] right. Picture time. Come in.

[10:37] Photographers boss us around.

[10:40] Tell us where we need to be to

[10:53] look good in your proclamation.

[11:03] What an inspiring story. You

[11:05] have to tell me where to get

[11:06] it. All right, we gotta ask one

[11:07] more question. Where can we

[11:09] find your coffee? Uh, at my

[11:10] school easterseals, south

[11:12] [Applause] Florida. All right.

[11:15] At school. Very good.

[11:21] Congratulations. [Laughter] And

[11:22] so we've started the day with a

[11:24] little music and a little

[11:27] coffee. Um, uh, which is very

[11:30] celebratory and very, um,

[11:31] indicative I guess or symbolic

[11:34] of our city. Um, but another

[11:37] thing that is core to our

[11:40] city's operations is our miami

[11:42] police department and there is

[11:46] a division in that department,

[11:48] um, that works on internet

[11:53] crimes against children and and

[11:59] that that is hard work. Um

[12:00] these are the sorts of things

[12:03] that you and I might when we

[12:04] look at on social media or read

[12:06] about in the newspaper cringe

[12:09] and not even want to be we

[12:11] can't even read or listen to

[12:14] the kinds of things that go on

[12:17] to lure children into very

[12:20] dangerous situations. Um, today

[12:23] we are honoring miami police

[12:27] department. Hello, chief. Today

[12:28] we're honoring [Applause]

[12:30] [Laughter] Let's see you guys

[12:32] come on by then I'll explain it

[12:34] all. Congrats. Thank you.

[12:38] >> you're welcome. Good

[12:42] morning. How are you? Good

[12:43] morning.

[12:44] >> good morning. Thank you very

[12:46] much. Thanks for doing this

[12:48] important but horrible work.

[12:50] Thank you. Good morning. How

[12:53] are you? [Laughter] [Applause]

[12:59] So, um. Look at you. [Laughter]

[13:00] Everybody's coming up.

[13:05] [Laughter] Buenos dias. Split

[13:07] it up. Yeah. Good morning.

[13:07] Morning.

[13:09] >> good morning, good morning.

[13:11] Come in. Get in the middle.

[13:11] Come on.

[13:14] >> don't be shy. Don't be shy.

[13:15] Don't be shy. Guys, are we

[13:17] going? So anywhere [Laughter]

[13:18] This is your home you can be

[13:20] anywhere you want. [Laughter]

[13:28] Um um. But. Very recently this

[13:30] team and many of the members of

[13:32] this team are not here today

[13:34] because they can't be. Uh,

[13:36] because they do a lot of this

[13:39] work undercover but we wanted

[13:42] to thank them for one of the

[13:44] largest operations undercover

[13:46] operations that resulted in the

[13:49] arrest of 15 perpetrators who

[13:51] were committing crimes against

[14:00] [Applause] Children and yeah.

[14:03] And I remember the day they

[14:05] were about to go out at night

[14:08] to make the arrests and I was

[14:11] in, um the room where this work

[14:13] was done and the dedication and

[14:15] the concentration with which

[14:18] they take on what is incredibly

[14:20] emotionally challenging work to

[14:23] protect our kids is really

[14:24] inspiring. And I know you have

[14:26] some of the hardest jobs in the

[14:28] police department. So it is our

[14:30] honor today to thank you for

[14:32] that work even though for some

[14:34] members of your team we cannot

[14:37] thank them publicly. So go back

[14:39] to hq, uh, give them a hug on

[14:41] behalf of the mayor and a big

[14:43] thank you. Uh, we honor you and

[14:45] our community is better off for

[14:47] your work. Let me turn.

[14:48] [Laughter] Um. What I'm missing

[14:51] commissioner gabella where? Oh,

[14:52] there you are. Let me let me

[14:53] turn this over to you. Yeah.

[14:55] >> no, I'm just so very proud

[14:57] of you guys. We all are of what

[14:59] you do day in and day out the

[15:00] sacrifices your families make.

[15:04] So really we appreciate what

[15:05] you do for us. Thank you very

[15:06] much from the bottom of our

[15:07] hearts. Thank you very much.

[15:07] Anyone to.

[15:09] >> pass this over to

[15:13] commissioner? There's not much

[15:16] that I can say with respect to

[15:18] thank you. I can't imagine the

[15:22] atrocities that you see and we

[15:24] always support you. We support

[15:26] you. You do the work that

[15:28] nobody else wants to do. Um you

[15:31] see things that you can't unsee

[15:32] which is why I'm a big

[15:34] supporter of mental health. But

[15:36] um, thank you for having the

[15:39] courage to do this kind of

[15:42] work. It's particularly hard

[15:44] when you have children of your

[15:49] own as well. So thank you. I

[15:51] just want to say that your work

[15:53] even though it's unseen it is

[15:54] seen by many of our residents

[15:55] and you are very much

[15:56] appreciated every time a story

[15:58] comes out in the news that's

[16:00] actually appalling. They know

[16:02] that there are very good solid

[16:03] people behind [Applause] There

[16:05] doing hard work. So thank you

[16:06] very much for your service and

[16:16] work. Well I have been a police

[16:17] supporter since I came into

[16:19] city of miami, so I just want

[16:22] to thank you for the hard work

[16:24] that you do and even though you

[16:27] MAY not be seen, I want you to

[16:29] know that we know what you're

[16:31] doing and we are grateful to

[16:33] have you [Applause] In city of

[16:39] miami. Thank you. This has to

[16:41] be one of the toughest policing

[16:42] assignments anybody could take

[16:44] on. So you have from the bottom

[16:46] of my heart a tremendous

[16:47] gratitude. [Applause] Thank

[16:54] you. Thank you mayor. You know

[16:56] these two specialized units

[16:58] that work hand in hand are

[16:59] internet crime against

[17:01] children's folks and and our

[17:02] special investigation section

[17:04] they handle some of those some

[17:07] of the most sensitive cases

[17:09] loads that you can ever have in

[17:11] this assignment as the the

[17:12] leadership here team you have

[17:14] some command staff. I mean we

[17:15] talk about this amongst

[17:16] ourselves many times that we're

[17:18] so grateful that we have these

[17:19] folks that are behind the

[17:21] scenes protecting the most

[17:23] vulnerable population in our

[17:24] community. So as a police chief

[17:26] is important but more but even

[17:28] more important as a father of a

[17:30] ten and a 16 year old, I know

[17:31] the critical work that they do.

[17:33] This operation was over four

[17:35] days working with the state

[17:37] attorney's office and a host of

[17:38] other local law enforcement

[17:40] agencies and actually that

[17:42] arrest number went up to 30. It

[17:44] was 30 individuals that were

[17:45] arrested in our community that

[17:47] we posed as undercover

[17:48] operatives on chat lines and

[17:50] over other mediums to to be

[17:52] able to reach out. Uh, and this

[17:54] knows no boundaries, knows no

[17:56] jurisdictions and these folks

[17:58] go above and beyond to keep our

[18:00] community safe. So thank you

[18:01] mayor for highlighting their

[18:03] good work, all the elected

[18:04] officials as well that provide

[18:07] us the resources to be able to

[18:08] continue protecting the most

[18:09] vulnerable asset like I

[18:11] [Applause] Said. So GOD bless

[18:16] you and MAY GOD keep you safe.

[18:17] Okay.

[18:21] >> [Laughter] We need to squish

[18:26] in. Behind the switch over.

[18:37] >>

[19:00] [Applause] Thank you gentlemen.

[19:04] [Laughter] All right.

[19:05] [Applause] Can you throw that

[19:15] over there? Thank you. Thank

[19:27] you. See you later.

[19:38] Um friends and residents and

[19:42] colleagues on the the dais um

[19:46] today marks a day of transition

[19:50] um for us. Uh many of you were

[19:53] very involved in listening to

[19:56] discussions during the mayoral

[19:58] campaign about should the mayor

[20:01] participate in commission

[20:03] meetings? Should he or she lead

[20:09] commission meetings and. Today

[20:12] I will start presiding over the

[20:15] the commission meetings. But we

[20:19] have to thank christine king

[20:21] who has been one of the longest

[20:24] serving chair well, the only

[20:26] CHAIRWOMAN Of the city

[20:28] commission and one of the

[20:30] longest serving chairs of our

[20:33] city commission in our cities

[20:35] next week we turn 130. So in

[20:38] our nearly 130 year anniversary

[20:41] .Um so commissioner king, we

[20:44] wanted to present you with a

[20:46] crystal gavel to commemorate

[20:48] your five years of service and

[20:51] thank you. You served during

[20:55] some ups and downs and topsy

[20:58] turvy um, moments of conflict,

[21:00] moments of transition, moments

[21:03] of covid, uh, moments of

[21:06] rebirth for the city and we are

[21:08] forever grateful for you

[21:10] leading our city through those

[21:12] times because your time on the

[21:14] dais was tough, um, very tough

[21:16] and you did it with grace and

[21:17] you did it with courage

[21:19] [Applause] And I am very, very

[21:24] grateful to you. Thank you.

[21:34] [Applause]

[22:05] And can I just can I just say

[22:07] something? And one of the the

[22:08] gentlemen that made it a little

[22:09] bit tough for her still

[22:11] standing here but I want I want

[22:13] to congratulate you for the uh

[22:15] for tough times that you put up

[22:16] with us. So thank you very

[22:17] [Applause] Much. You have been

[22:19] a true leader and I mean that

[22:20] from the bottom of my heart.

[22:22] [Laughter] Thank. I was not

[22:25] your problem so but I have to

[22:27] say you handled everything with

[22:29] grace and challenges incredibly

[22:32] well and you're just so valued

[22:33] here and uh, you're going to

[22:34] keep doing what you're doing.

[22:38] So thank you juice. Imagine

[22:40] controlling the four of us and

[22:42] imagine how it was before.

[22:44] Listen, since I got into city

[22:46] of miami I learned so much from

[22:48] you. So thank you for all that.

[22:49] Thank you for doing what you

[22:51] did. You did a fantastic job.

[22:53] we're very [Applause] Grateful

[22:58] that you're here with us. We

[23:00] are indeed a tough little

[23:01] bunch. This has been a really

[23:02] wonderful year though where I

[23:03] think we've gotten a lot of

[23:05] good work done and much of it

[23:07] is because of your leadership

[23:08] up here keeping the

[23:09] conversation and the debate

[23:10] going in a way that is

[23:12] productive and that ultimately

[23:13] benefits the city. I'm very

[23:14] [Applause] Proud to get to

[23:15] serve with you. Thank you

[23:22] commissioner. I want to thank

[23:26] everybody. Um as you know, I am

[23:28] the longest serving chair for

[23:30] the history of the city of

[23:32] miami and the first woman and I

[23:34] can tell you that when I was

[23:36] tapped to be chair I was

[23:38] terrified. My commission looked

[23:42] a lot different and I had just

[23:44] gotten elected. I wasn't sure

[23:46] how I'm moving forward as a

[23:47] public servant, much less

[23:51] having to be chair of the

[23:54] commission. Um but my mom says

[23:57] how will you ever get to learn

[23:59] how to do something if you

[24:01] don't do it and you can't allow

[24:05] fear to hold you back? And so I

[24:08] jumped in and it's just

[24:11] instinctual. Uh be kind.

[24:13] Listen, everybody's not always

[24:15] going to agree with each other,

[24:18] but that doesn't mean that we

[24:19] can't move forward. And yes

[24:21] there were difficult times and

[24:22] yes, [Laughter] Commissioner

[24:24] gabela scared my mom to death

[24:30] once. Um but it's a journey and

[24:34] it has allowed me to grow as a

[24:37] person and every day that we

[24:40] are able to serve is a good

[24:42] day. Every day that we wake up

[24:44] and we can be of service to our

[24:47] community is a good day and I

[24:48] look forward to what the next

[24:51] chapter will be for me. And not

[24:54] one day did I ever not love you

[24:57] guys past and present because I

[25:00] know at the end of the day you

[25:01] all are here because you want

[25:03] to do the best for your

[25:05] community. So thank you. Thank

[25:07] you to the city of miami for

[25:10] allowing me the opportunity to

[25:12] really [Applause] Be of

[25:13] service. And thank you, MADAM

[25:23] Mayor.

[25:44] [Applause]

[26:19] MADAM Mayor. Yeah good morning.

[26:21] Yeah no we um well hi

[26:23] everybody. Um now that we're

[26:24] done with the presentations

[26:27] we're moving on uh to um our

[26:29] order of business and we are

[26:31] fortunate enough to have two

[26:33] pastors who are going to pray,

[26:36] uh for us and with us today. So

[26:40] pastor barbara sabo from 433

[26:42] church and then we will have

[26:44] reverend dennis jackson, um a

[26:46] long time friend of the city of

[26:48] miami after you welcome please

[26:49] we are ready to receive your

[26:51] blessing. Can we please stand

[26:53] to reverence the presence of

[26:56] GOD? Father, we thank you this

[26:58] morning. We thank you for being

[26:59] an amazing father. We thank you

[27:01] for covering us when we don't

[27:02] even know you're covering us.

[27:04] Father and father, for the

[27:06] leaders in this room father, we

[27:08] ask them to cast their crown

[27:09] today and give you full

[27:11] control, full access to their

[27:12] mind, their body and their

[27:14] spirit. And father we thank you

[27:17] for being an amazing GOD and we

[27:18] thank you for always thinking

[27:20] of us first before we think of

[27:28] you. Amen. Let us pray. Our

[27:30] father in heaven, we thank you

[27:32] for this day and for the

[27:33] privilege of gathering together

[27:36] in service to the people of the

[27:38] city of miami. We recognize

[27:39] that every position of

[27:41] leadership carries both

[27:43] responsibility and

[27:44] accountability, and we

[27:46] acknowledge our need for your

[27:48] wisdom and guidance today we

[27:50] pray for our mayor, the members

[27:53] of this city commission, the

[27:54] city manager, department

[27:57] directors, first responders and

[27:59] every public servant entrusted

[28:01] with the care of this great

[28:03] city. Grant them wisdom to make

[28:05] sound decisions. Courage to do

[28:07] what is right, integrity to

[28:09] lead with honor and compassion

[28:12] to serve every resident with

[28:14] fairness and respect. Lord

[28:16] bless the city of miami.

[28:17] Continue to strengthen our

[28:19] neighborhoods, protect our

[28:21] families, encourage our

[28:23] businesses and give hope to our

[28:25] young people. Watch over those

[28:27] who protect and serve our

[28:29] community each day and surround

[28:32] them with your grace and

[28:34] protection. Your word declares

[28:37] if any of you lack wisdom, let

[28:39] him ask of GOD that giveth to

[28:42] all men liberally james one and

[28:44] five today we ask for that

[28:47] wisdom. MAY it guide every

[28:49] conversation, every vote, every

[28:51] decision made in this chamber.

[28:53] Help us to remember that while

[28:55] we MAY hold different opinions,

[28:58] we all share a common

[29:00] responsibility to seek the

[29:02] welfare of this city and the

[29:04] well-being of its people. Let

[29:06] mutual respect prevail. Let

[29:08] truth be spoken with grace and

[29:11] let unity be found even in the

[29:12] midst of differing

[29:14] perspectives. MAY this meeting

[29:17] be conducted with order,

[29:19] purpose and a sincere desire to

[29:21] lead the city of miami stronger

[29:24] than we found it. MAY the work

[29:26] accomplish here today benefit

[29:28] not only this generation but

[29:32] those yet to come. We ask these

[29:34] blessings in your holy name. In

[29:38] jesus name I pray amen. Amen.

[29:40] Thank you very much.

[29:42] Commissioner rosado, would you

[29:47] lead us in the [Laughter] Um.

[29:49] [Laughter] Flag of the united

[29:51] states of america and to the

[29:52] republic for which it stands

[29:54] one nation under GOD,

[29:57] indivisible with liberty and

[30:08] justice for all.

[30:15] All right. Good morning

[30:19] everyone. Well welcome to the

[30:20] city of miami commission

[30:23] meeting for JULY 23rd. Um the

[30:24] procedures for public comment

[30:26] will be explained by the city

[30:28] attorney shortly um as well as

[30:30] for planning and zoning and

[30:33] quasi-judicial items for by the

[30:36] city clerk uh show all

[30:37] commissioners present um

[30:39] including city manager james

[30:41] reyes, uh city attorney george

[30:43] wysong, city clerk todd hannan

[30:47] and myself. Um, MR. City

[30:49] attorney, would you read your

[30:50] statement and procedure? Yes.

[30:52] >> thank you, MADAM Mayor. City

[30:54] attorney, city of miami

[30:55] detailed information about the

[30:56] processes order of business,

[30:57] rules of procedure and

[30:59] scheduling or rescheduling of

[31:00] city commission meetings can be

[31:01] found in chapter two article

[31:02] two of the city code, a copy of

[31:06] which is available online at

[31:07] www.Municode.Com. Any person

[31:08] who is a lobbyist pursuant to

[31:09] chapter two, article six of the

[31:10] city code must register with

[31:12] the city clerk and comply with

[31:13] related city requirements for

[31:14] lobbyists before appearing

[31:15] before the city commission. A

[31:17] person MAY not lobby a city

[31:19] official, board member or staff

[31:21] member until registering a copy

[31:22] of the code section about

[31:23] lobbyists is available in the

[31:25] city clerk's office or online

[31:28] at www.Municode.Com. Any person

[31:29] making a presentation, formal

[31:31] request or petition to the city

[31:32] commission concerning real

[31:33] property must make the

[31:34] disclosures required by the

[31:35] city code and writing a copy of

[31:36] the city code section is

[31:37] available at the office of the

[31:40] city clerk or online at

[31:41] www.Municode.Com. The city of

[31:42] miami requires that anyone

[31:44] requesting action by the city

[31:45] commission must disclose before

[31:47] the hearing any consideration

[31:48] provided or permitted to anyone

[31:49] for agreement to support or

[31:51] withhold objection to the

[31:52] requested action pursuant to

[31:54] city code section 2-8 any

[31:55] documents offered to the city

[31:56] commission that have not been

[31:58] provided seven days before the

[31:59] meeting as part of the agenda,

[32:00] materials will be entered into

[32:02] the record at the city

[32:03] commission's discretion in

[32:05] accordance with section 2-33, f

[32:06] and g of the city code. The

[32:08] agenda and the material for

[32:09] each item on the agenda is

[32:10] available during business hours

[32:12] at the city clerk's office and

[32:14] online 24 hours a day at

[32:16] www.Gov.Com. The meeting of the

[32:17] miami city commission is a

[32:19] limited public forum. Any

[32:20] person MAY be heard by the city

[32:21] commission through the chair

[32:22] for not more than two minutes

[32:23] on any proposition before the

[32:25] city commission unless modified

[32:28] by the chair. Public comment

[32:29] will begin at approximately 9

[32:30] a.M. And remain open until

[32:32] public comment is closed by the

[32:34] presiding officer. Any person

[32:35] making offensive remarks or

[32:36] becomes unruly in the city

[32:37] commission chambers will be

[32:38] barred from further attending

[32:39] city commission meetings and

[32:41] MAY be subject to arrest. No

[32:42] clapping, applauding, heckling

[32:44] or verbal outbursts in support

[32:46] or opposition to a speaker or

[32:47] his or her remarks shall be

[32:49] permitted. No signs or placards

[32:50] shall be allowed in the

[32:51] commission chambers. Persons

[32:53] exiting the commission chambers

[32:54] shall do so quietly. Members of

[32:56] the public wishing to address

[32:57] the body MAY do so by

[32:58] submitting written comments via

[33:00] the online online comment form

[33:03] .Please visit www.Miami.Com

[33:04] meeting instructions for

[33:06] detailed instructions on how to

[33:07] provide public comment using

[33:09] the online public comment form.

[33:10] The comments submitted through

[33:11] the comment form have been and

[33:12] will be distributed to the

[33:14] elected officials, their staff

[33:15] and city administration

[33:16] throughout the day so that the

[33:17] elected officials MAY consider

[33:19] the comments prior to taking

[33:21] any action. Additionally, the

[33:22] online comment form will remain

[33:23] open during the meeting to

[33:25] accept comments and distribute

[33:26] to elected officials, their

[33:27] staff and city administration

[33:29] up until the presiding officer

[33:30] closes public comment. Public

[33:32] comment MAY also be provided

[33:34] here live at city hall located

[33:35] at 3500 pan american drive,

[33:36] miami, florida subject to any

[33:38] and all city rules as they MAY

[33:39] be amended if the proposition

[33:41] is being continued or

[33:42] rescheduled, the opportunity to

[33:44] be heard MAY be at a later date

[33:45] before the city commission

[33:46] takes action on such

[33:47] proposition. When addressing

[33:48] the city commission, the member

[33:49] of the public must first state

[33:50] their name, their address and

[33:52] the item to be spoken about.

[33:54] Any person with a disability

[33:55] requiring assistance in

[33:56] auxiliary aids or auxiliary

[33:58] aids and services for this

[33:59] meeting MAY notify the city

[34:00] clerk. The city has provided

[34:01] different public comment

[34:02] methods to indicate, among

[34:03] other things, the public

[34:04] support opposition or

[34:05] neutrality on the items and

[34:06] topics to be discussed at the

[34:07] city commission meeting in

[34:10] compliance with section

[34:12] 286.01144 c of the florida

[34:13] statutes, the public has been

[34:14] given the opportunity to

[34:15] provide public comment during

[34:16] the meeting within reasonable

[34:17] proximity in time before the

[34:19] meeting. Please note

[34:19] commissioners have generally

[34:21] been briefed by city staff and

[34:22] city attorneys office on items

[34:24] on the agenda today. Anyone

[34:26] wishing a verbatim record of an

[34:27] item considered at this meeting

[34:29] MAY request it at the office of

[34:30] communications or view it

[34:34] online at www.Gov.Com for

[34:35] planning and zoning items. Pc

[34:37] items shall proceed according

[34:39] to section 7.1.4 of the miami

[34:41] 21 zoning ordinance parties for

[34:43] any pc items including any

[34:44] applicant, appellant, appellee,

[34:46] city staff and any person

[34:47] recognized by the decision

[34:48] making body as a qualified

[34:50] intervenor as well as the

[34:52] applicant's representatives in

[34:53] any experts testifying on

[34:54] behalf of the applicant.

[34:56] Appellant or appellee MAY be

[34:57] physically present at city hall

[34:58] to be sworn in by oath or

[35:00] affirmation by the city clerk.

[35:01] The members of the city

[35:03] commission shall disclose any

[35:04] ex parte communications to

[35:05] remove the presumption of

[35:06] prejudice pursuant to florida

[35:09] statute section 286.0115 and

[35:12] section 7.1.4.5 of the miami 21

[35:14] zoning ordinance, the order of

[35:15] presentation shall be as set

[35:17] forth in miami 21 and the city

[35:19] code staff will briefly present

[35:21] each item to be heard. The

[35:22] applicant will present its

[35:23] application or request to the

[35:24] city commission. If the

[35:25] applicant agrees with the staff

[35:26] recommendation, the city

[35:27] commission MAY proceed to its

[35:29] deliberation and decision. The

[35:31] the applicant MAY also waive

[35:32] the right to an evidentiary

[35:33] hearing on the record for

[35:34] appeals. The appellant will

[35:36] present its appeal to the city

[35:37] commission followed by the

[35:38] appellee staff will be allowed

[35:40] to make any recommendation they

[35:41] MAY have. Please silence all

[35:43] cell phones and other noise

[35:44] making devices. This meeting

[35:46] can be viewed live on miami tv,

[35:47] the city's facebook page, the

[35:48] city's twitter page, the city's

[35:50] youtube channel and comcast

[35:52] channel 77. The broadcast will

[35:53] also have closed captioning.

[35:56] Thank you MADAM Mayor. MR. City

[36:00] clerk. Thank you chair. The

[36:01] procedures for individuals who

[36:02] are providing testimony be

[36:04] sworn in for planning and

[36:05] zoning items and any quasi

[36:06] judicial items on today's city

[36:07] commission agenda will be as

[36:08] follows the members of city

[36:10] staff or any other individuals

[36:11] required to be sworn in who are

[36:12] currently present at city hall

[36:14] will be sworn in by me, the

[36:15] city clerk immediately after I

[36:16] finished explaining these

[36:17] procedures. Those individuals

[36:18] who are appearing remotely MAY

[36:20] be sworn in now or at any time

[36:21] prior to the individual

[36:22] providing testimony for

[36:23] planning and zoning items and

[36:24] or quasi judicial items.

[36:25] Commissioners, are you

[36:27] comfortable with all the notice

[36:27] provisions set forth in the

[36:29] uniform rules and procedures we

[36:30] have established for this

[36:32] meeting? Chair MAY administer

[36:33] the oath for the planning and

[36:34] zoning items. Yes please. Thank

[36:36] you. Good morning ladies and

[36:37] gentlemen. If you'll be

[36:38] speaking on any of today's

[36:39] planning and zoning items those

[36:42] are the items. MAY I please

[36:43] have you stand and raise your

[36:49] right hand? Do you solemnly

[36:50] swear or affirm that the

[36:51] testimony you're about to give

[36:52] at today's hearing is the

[36:53] truth, the whole truth and

[36:54] nothing but the truth? And your

[36:58] response is thank you, chair.

[37:01] All right, MR. City manager, do

[37:02] you have anything that you

[37:04] would like to withdraw or

[37:05] defer? Sure.

[37:07] >> good morning, MADAM Mayor.

[37:08] Commissioners, at this time the

[37:10] administration would like to

[37:11] defer withdrawal the following

[37:17] items fr six to be withdrawn fr

[37:21] six to be withdrawn pghs one to

[37:23] be deferred to the SEPTEMBER

[37:25] 10th meeting. Pghs one to be

[37:27] deferred to the SEPTEMBER 10th

[37:30] meeting pc six to be

[37:33] indefinitely deferred. Pc six

[37:35] indefinitely deferred and pc

[37:37] seven to be indefinitely

[37:39] deferred. Pc seven to be

[37:40] indefinitely deferred. And that

[37:42] concludes all the items. Okay

[37:45] colleagues um any other

[37:48] withdrawals deferrals okay with

[37:49] that MR. Clerk do we set the

[37:52] agenda? Yes. So you always have

[37:52] something.

[37:54] >> my apologies before you

[37:56] request a motion um for the

[37:57] items going to be withdrawn

[37:58] deferred definitely deferred.

[38:00] Uh, there's a few things that I

[38:01] need to read into the record.

[38:03] Mayor higgins will be

[38:05] co-sponsoring ph six and sr

[38:07] three. Commissioner pardo will

[38:09] be co-sponsoring pc five.

[38:11] Commissioner escalona will be

[38:12] co-sponsoring fr two

[38:14] commissioner rosado will be

[38:16] co-sponsoring ph five

[38:17] commissioner king will be

[38:19] co-sponsoring ph five and re 12

[38:21] I need to read a brief

[38:22] statement regarding the

[38:23] indefinitely deferred pc items

[38:26] pursuant to section 62-22 of

[38:27] the city code indefinitely

[38:28] deferred action initiated by

[38:30] the city will cost the city

[38:31] mail noticing advertising and

[38:32] posting of properties as

[38:34] applicable. And chair if you

[38:35] would like to request a motion

[38:37] for the withdrawals, deferrals

[38:39] and indefinite deferrals. So

[38:43] moved. Okay I have a motion. I

[38:44] have a second. All in favor.

[38:44] Aye.

[38:46] >> agenda is set. Thank you.

[38:48] Uh, time for reasonable

[38:49] opportunity to be heard in

[38:51] public hearings. Yes, MR. Clerk

[38:52] all right. Anyone that would

[38:54] like to be heard, please line

[38:58] up in on both podiums and oh, I

[39:00] see mayor lago. Vince, would

[39:03] you like to be recognized to

[39:07] speak? Yeah. Um. Sneak up.

[39:09] We'll let MR. Cruz cook his

[39:10] computer up. Will you

[39:11] [Laughter] Go over to the other

[39:14] podium? Podium. Thanks. Okay.

[39:16] Very good. Thank you mayor good

[39:18] to see you. Good morning, MADAM

[39:19] Mayor. Thank you for allowing

[39:20] me the privilege to speak. I

[39:22] have a 10:00 swearing in for a

[39:23] new police officers in the

[39:25] city. Beautiful. So I

[39:26] appreciate you allowing me the

[39:28] honor to speak for 30s. But

[39:29] before I do that, just a

[39:30] personal point of privilege,

[39:31] commissioner king, you

[39:34] epitomize elegance and grace as

[39:36] CHAIRWOMAN For five years. It

[39:38] was a true master class to

[39:40] watch you work. So I want to

[39:41] congratulate you on your five

[39:42] years of service and your

[39:43] continued service to the

[39:44] community. Thank you for

[39:45] teaching me a lot. Uh, moving

[39:47] forward very briefly I'm here

[39:48] to support commissioner

[39:51] rosado's item r 16 uh the item

[39:53] again is what I've come here

[39:55] multiple times to discuss is

[39:56] about human trafficking. I

[39:58] asked my colleagues on the

[39:59] commission to please work with

[40:01] the mayor, work with staff and

[40:02] work with your incredible

[40:04] police officers who are here to

[40:06] work together with other

[40:06] municipalities to address the

[40:08] issue of human trafficking. It

[40:10] is not going away. I was the

[40:11] elected official in miami-dade

[40:13] county in the state of florida

[40:15] that outlawed hourly motels and

[40:16] I was personally and

[40:18] professionally targeted by a

[40:19] lot of these motel owners which

[40:21] are in the city of miami and in

[40:22] the city of coral gables. And

[40:23] we signed a joint enforcement

[40:25] task force between the city of

[40:26] miami and the city of coral

[40:28] gables to eradicate this issue

[40:30] both in the city and in the

[40:31] city of miami. So I ask you to

[40:33] please support our 16 because

[40:34] everything that we do to

[40:35] support our police officers to

[40:36] address human trafficking. As a

[40:39] father of a 15 and 11 year old

[40:40] daughter, I've seen this

[40:41] personally as I've gone

[40:42] undercover with our police

[40:44] officers on 12 separate

[40:46] occasions. Human trafficking is

[40:47] alive and well in our community

[40:49] and we need to do everything in

[40:51] our power to support the police

[40:52] officers who we did this

[40:53] morning and we thank them for

[40:54] their hard work. Thank you,

[40:56] commissioner rosado. I am

[40:58] beyond grateful for our 16 and

[41:00] as a supporting member of glory

[41:02] house which is doing GOD's work

[41:03] in our community. I've been

[41:04] with him for almost ten years

[41:06] now. I ask people to get to

[41:08] know glory house. They're doing

[41:09] exceptional work transitioning

[41:10] women off the streets and

[41:13] bringing them back into the

[41:15] real world after years and

[41:16] years of trauma. So GOD bless

[41:18] you. I apologize for taking

[41:19] over a minute, but thank you

[41:20] for allowing me the privilege

[41:21] to be here and speak. Thank you

[41:22] very much.

[41:24] >> thank you, MR. Mayor. Good

[41:25] morning. My name is david

[41:26] perry. I'm the executive

[41:27] director of the florida

[41:29] coalition of racial equity.

[41:31] We're here today to speak out

[41:33] in strong opposition to sr

[41:35] four. Um this is the proposal

[41:37] to eliminate the 24 hour

[41:40] waiting period that or excuse

[41:42] me, the 24 hour warning and

[41:45] waiting period prior to police

[41:46] arresting the homeless for

[41:48] sleeping in public spaces. And

[41:50] by the way, that's the only

[41:51] place where the homeless can

[41:53] sleep given the deficit of

[41:55] shelter beds and the lack of

[41:56] affordable housing. Um, we're

[41:58] in a homelessness crisis right

[42:00] now and sr four would do

[42:02] nothing to solve it actually

[42:03] would do the exact opposite. It

[42:06] is a fiscally irresponsible and

[42:08] I would say a very dangerous

[42:10] proposal that simply flood our

[42:12] corrections system, um, with

[42:14] people whose only crime is

[42:16] being poor, whose only crime is

[42:18] that they've got no place else

[42:20] to stay. Now this comes at a

[42:22] particularly bad time. This

[42:23] proposal comes at a

[42:24] particularly bad time for the

[42:26] city of miami because we have

[42:28] two potentially game changing

[42:30] institutions that are coming

[42:32] online that that MAY increase

[42:34] shelter beds and increase

[42:35] housing. We have judge

[42:36] lippman's mental health

[42:38] facility that's coming online

[42:40] that will provide some very

[42:41] productive options for people

[42:42] suffering from mental illness

[42:45] um which by the way are not the

[42:46] majority of the homeless, the

[42:47] majority of the homeless have

[42:49] stabilizing mental illness. We

[42:50] also have the better way

[42:52] facility that's coming on

[42:53] board. It's called a navigation

[42:55] center. Now this can be a game

[42:57] changer as a low barrier

[42:59] shelter that will be much more

[43:00] attractive for the homeless to

[43:02] stay. So we urge the city

[43:04] commission to please reject

[43:06] this proposal. It will do

[43:08] nothing to solve homelessness.

[43:10] in fact it'll increase

[43:11] homelessness saddle people with

[43:13] a criminal record which makes

[43:15] it harder to get a job. It

[43:16] makes it harder to get an

[43:17] apartment. There is nothing to

[43:19] be gained by this and I'm

[43:20] accompanied by several other

[43:22] folks here who will make the

[43:23] same argument. Thank you. Thank

[43:27] you, MR. Cruz. Elvis cruz 631

[43:30] north east 57th street re seven

[43:33] more money for curtis rogers at

[43:34] alice wainwright park. They

[43:36] block the beautiful view of the

[43:37] bay from atop the silver bluff

[43:40] by planting silver sable palms

[43:42] they installed landscaping. The

[43:43] city is incapable of

[43:45] maintaining many small plants

[43:46] in a bed of mulch. Here it is

[43:48] at the ribbon cutting but city

[43:50] workers don't pick weeds they

[43:51] use weed eaters. So now the

[43:53] plants are gone. The city tried

[43:55] this in morningside park in

[43:58] 2009 where it only lasted a few

[44:00] months. I de curtis told the

[44:02] city commission that for

[44:04] morningside quote we are not

[44:06] doing any work to the loop road

[44:09] even though her plans showed

[44:11] 850ft of the loop road would be

[44:13] demolished and rebuilt without

[44:15] the elegant landscaped median

[44:17] that reflected the morningside

[44:19] historic district. Despite the

[44:21] overwhelming vote at a

[44:22] community meeting to keep the

[44:24] loop road intact, their design

[44:25] was supposed to alleviate

[44:27] flooding but instead it caused

[44:29] the worst flooding morningside

[44:31] park has ever had after

[44:33] negligent staff water salt

[44:34] water poisoning in the park,

[44:36] curtis rogers found several

[44:38] trees were recovering yet they

[44:40] still had them cut down

[44:42] including a legacy specimen

[44:44] tree saying it was a fire

[44:46] hazard when it certainly was

[44:48] not. We used to have open green

[44:49] space along the bay for

[44:51] recreation and special events

[44:52] like this wedding. Now they're

[44:54] over planted with sabal palms

[44:57] and far less useful. At a

[44:58] meeting last month I. Curtis

[44:59] said she'd been working on the

[45:01] project for six years but she

[45:03] had not yet decided what

[45:04] surface material to use on the

[45:06] baywalk that should have been

[45:08] decided before contracts were

[45:10] signed and construction began.

[45:11] So now there's a six week

[45:14] delay. Here's the 55th terrace

[45:16] seawall before with very pretty

[45:18] grass. Now it's one big trip

[45:20] hazard kids are going to love

[45:21] throwing all those loose rocks

[45:23] into the bay, making the trip

[45:26] hazard even worse after all

[45:27] those undeniable unforced

[45:30] errors I urge you to not hire

[45:31] curtis rogers anymore. Thank

[45:35] you. Good morning, MADAM Mayor

[45:37] and commissioners. My name is

[45:38] camilo mejia and I'm the senior

[45:40] policy and advocacy director at

[45:42] catalyst miami. I'm here, as my

[45:44] colleague said to urge you to

[45:47] vote no on ordinance 19457. I

[45:50] am a combat war veteran of the

[45:53] iraq war and many of us come

[45:54] home with post-traumatic stress

[45:56] disorder, moral injury really

[45:58] really bad situation. We wake

[46:00] up in a nightmare scenario that

[46:01] we cannot tell apart from

[46:03] reality. Many of us are

[46:05] homeless. 30 of us commit

[46:08] suicide every single day. Are

[46:10] you going to really put people

[46:12] from my population in the same

[46:14] shelter as a child? We have ten

[46:16] 000 school children in

[46:17] miami-dade county public

[46:22] schools 10,000 that is children

[46:24] who live in a car at a friend's

[46:26] house, on a couch, at a

[46:29] cheap hotel or at a shelter.

[46:31] You do not want to mix those

[46:33] two populations. It's not as

[46:34] simple as having available

[46:36] beds. It's a lot more

[46:38] complicated than that and I'm

[46:40] just throwing one scenario at

[46:42] you of many potentially tragic

[46:45] scenarios who are you going to

[46:46] hold accountable when tragedy

[46:49] strikes? Not the police

[46:51] officer, not the shelter, not

[46:53] the perpetrator, not the victim

[46:55] but yourselves. If you vote yes

[46:58] on this, the ordinance would

[47:00] not create a single bed a

[47:01] single unit of housing, a real

[47:04] path, a path off the street. It

[47:08] also makes a bad situation even

[47:11] worse. This is a really really

[47:13] really bad judgment call. This

[47:15] is a potential tragedy

[47:16] happening do right by the city,

[47:18] do right by houseless people,

[47:20] do right by all of us and vote

[47:22] no on this item please. Thank

[47:29] you. Um elena casparis 1155

[47:32] brickell bay drive. Um I'll be

[47:33] speaking against passing pf

[47:34] three regarding the future of

[47:36] the jackson cottage which I

[47:37] actually live across the street

[47:38] from and in doing so I will be

[47:40] reading a special message from

[47:41] the great granddaughter of mary

[47:43] and william brickell retired

[47:45] lawyer beatrice brickell. Only

[47:46] this week did I learn that

[47:47] miami commissioners are

[47:49] expected to vote on a complex

[47:50] real estate transaction

[47:51] involving the citadel group. I

[47:53] believe the transaction is

[47:54] rushed without proper open

[47:57] debate. We myself and the board

[47:59] of directors from the mary

[48:00] brickell foundation think that

[48:01] the most appropriate site for

[48:03] the jackson cottage would be

[48:04] mary brickell park, a place

[48:05] rich in heritage with ample

[48:06] space, our historic mausoleum

[48:08] on the national register and

[48:09] thousands of visitors because

[48:11] time and distance add not only

[48:13] to the cost but to the fragile

[48:14] nature of moving a 100 year

[48:16] plus building. Now for the

[48:18] second time, mary brickell park

[48:19] is the ideal relocation site is

[48:20] less than a quarter of a mile

[48:22] from its current location and

[48:23] it has a reverter clause to

[48:25] protect from future movement.

[48:26] There are very few historical

[48:28] sites left in brickell. It is

[48:29] imperative that the jackson

[48:30] home not disappear from

[48:32] brickell. I understand that a

[48:33] deal has been made with a site

[48:35] of choice without any

[48:36] involvement or public comment

[48:38] on this process. Even though

[48:40] mary brickell was donated in

[48:42] 1922 on two occasions over the

[48:44] last 40 years we were able to

[48:46] defend the park when we believe

[48:48] the rehoming of the doctor

[48:48] jackson cottage is the

[48:50] challenge of today and all of

[48:52] this is best done within a

[48:54] public open forum. We are open

[48:56] to that path especially if the

[48:57] park was not looked into from

[48:59] the get go. Doctor james

[49:00] jackson opened his practice in

[49:02] miami in 1917 and he was truly

[49:04] a doctor for all and kindred

[49:06] spirit of mary brickell. He

[49:08] served all his patients without

[49:09] distinction people of color,

[49:10] the poor and those who could

[49:11] not pay. This was the

[49:13] foundation that helped make

[49:14] miami the magic welcoming city

[49:15] it is today in a place that I

[49:17] call home. Respectfully

[49:18] submitted beatrice brickell,

[49:20] great granddaughter of william

[49:24] and mary brickell. Good morning

[49:26] commissioners. Good morning

[49:28] mayor good morning staff

[49:30] chaplain stanley young freedom

[49:33] prison and jail ministry 500

[49:38] northwest second avenue. Today

[49:41] presents me a very awkward and

[49:45] a very uh indifferent the first

[49:46] time I'm standing at this

[49:48] podium out of three years I

[49:52] stand here to oppose something

[49:53] I've never opposed anything

[49:56] that came out of this diocese

[50:00] until today until I read re4.

[50:03] It's nothing about

[50:04] criminalizing homelessness.

[50:07] That's all it's about. Miami

[50:10] should not be criminalizing

[50:12] homeless people for being

[50:15] homeless. Homelessness is not a

[50:17] crime. Being on someone's

[50:20] private property is not a crime

[50:24] until that owner says so we I

[50:26] have talked with numerous

[50:29] homeless people in the city of

[50:31] miami who told me they have

[50:34] been harassed by the police

[50:36] officers and I like to think

[50:40] that's not true, but I have

[50:41] spoken with commander williams

[50:44] .He promised me he told me

[50:47] that no just last night that

[50:49] they are not arresting homeless

[50:51] people until they commit a

[50:54] crime. So that comfort my heart

[50:57] uh that they are not you are

[50:59] not criminalizing homelessness

[51:01] in the city of miami. City of

[51:04] miami got all the shelters good

[51:06] 90% of the shelters the the

[51:08] beds that the homeless people

[51:11] need we need to continue to and

[51:13] you have been building more

[51:14] property. You have been

[51:16] reaching out to these people

[51:18] who are disadvantaged than we

[51:21] are to have a bed to sleep in,

[51:23] a shower to take a bath and

[51:25] other things that we have just

[51:27] a refrigerator and a stove to

[51:30] to do our food. Thank you and I

[51:31] thank you that you'll do the

[51:34] right thing and kill this bill.

[51:39] MISS Rob. Good morning mayor

[51:40] good morning commissioners

[51:42] chris rob executive director,

[51:43] dade heritage trust 190

[51:46] southeast 12th terrace, miami

[51:48] 33131 always a pleasure to be

[51:49] here. See all of you. I'm

[51:52] speaking today um to encourage

[51:55] you to pass item ff three we

[51:57] support it as an organization

[51:58] the board of directors staff

[52:00] we're all in this together. The

[52:02] approval of the item will

[52:04] ensure a long term preservation

[52:05] plan for the historic jackson

[52:07] office, which has served as dhs

[52:10] headquarters since 1978. We've

[52:12] been there a bit. In addition,

[52:14] as a result of the approval of

[52:16] this item, dht will own the

[52:17] jackson medical office and the

[52:19] land on which it sits

[52:22] establishing a permanent wholly

[52:23] owned headquarters something

[52:25] we've never had. We are

[52:28] thrilled to have found a long

[52:30] term solution to preserve our

[52:31] 121 year old historic

[52:33] headquarters building, which

[52:35] was actually moved to its

[52:37] current location in 1917. It

[52:39] should be known that doctor

[52:40] jackson never practiced

[52:41] medicine in this current

[52:44] location. It was turned into a

[52:46] residence once it was moved to

[52:47] that location and then turned

[52:50] over to dade heritage trust in

[52:53] 1978. So we are grateful to ken

[52:55] griffin for his generosity and

[52:56] the opportunity to establish

[52:59] dht on its own property for the

[53:02] very first time in our history,

[53:04] ensuring we continue our

[53:05] stewardship and community

[53:06] engagement well into the

[53:09] future. We're thrilled to have

[53:11] the pleasure to be working with

[53:14] an engaged, informed group of

[53:15] professionals with knowledge

[53:17] and vision how we take this

[53:19] forward and ensure dht s

[53:21] presence in miami. So thank you

[53:22] very much for your

[53:26] consideration. Good morning.

[53:28] Debbie dolson 4205 lennox

[53:31] drive, coconut grove. Um what

[53:33] she said I am here to support

[53:37] pf three I think I remember

[53:38] when this was an agenda item

[53:40] years ago and there was a

[53:42] proposal to turn this property

[53:44] into a dog park and at that

[53:47] time I was very happy to see

[53:49] the commissioners protect the

[53:51] lease for dade heritage trust

[53:53] and allow them to remain. I

[53:55] think that this is a win for

[53:57] historic preservation in miami.

[54:00] I think it is a win for dade

[54:03] heritage trust and I look

[54:06] forward to welcoming dade

[54:08] heritage trust hopefully to

[54:11] coconut grove historic coconut

[54:13] grove where it belongs. Thank

[54:18] you. Good morning, CHAIRMAN

[54:20] Higgins. Mayor and

[54:21] commissioners my name is

[54:24] alejandro martinez and am I a

[54:26] district three resident? I want

[54:28] to express my support for the

[54:30] proposed sidewalk safety

[54:32] protection structures in

[54:34] neighborhoods like brickell

[54:36] where construction is constant

[54:38] and thousands of people walk

[54:40] every day. Protecting

[54:42] pedestrians should always be a

[54:44] priority. I believe this is a

[54:47] positive step toward making our

[54:50] sidewalks safer. I also

[54:51] appreciate the conversation

[54:54] around the proposed hydration

[54:57] station pilot with the summer

[54:58] heat and so many people

[55:01] walking, biking and using

[55:03] transit, increasing access to

[55:05] drinking water is a worthwhile

[55:09] goal like in europe. As this

[55:11] pilot moves forward, I simply

[55:13] encourage the city to ensure

[55:15] that any installations

[55:16] complement the pedestrian

[55:18] experience by maintaining

[55:21] clear, accessible sidewalks and

[55:23] thoughtfully selecting

[55:25] locations that minimize impact

[55:28] to walkability. Thank you for

[55:30] your service and for your

[55:31] continued commitment to making

[55:34] miami a safer and more walkable

[55:38] city. Thank you. Good morning.

[55:41] John dolson 4205 lennox drive,

[55:43] coconut grove. We dodged a

[55:45] bullet today and I also want to

[55:47] congratulate you for your years

[55:48] of service and teaching us

[55:50] [Laughter] To do this instead

[55:51] of shouting, although sometimes

[55:54] we do that anyway um we dodged

[55:55] a bullet if you approve pf

[55:57] three which we support dade

[55:59] heritage trust deserves a

[56:01] permanent home. I was in this

[56:03] room a number of years ago when

[56:04] commissioner croyle proposed

[56:06] getting rid of it and making it

[56:08] a dog park. I can't think of a

[56:11] worse use for a conservation

[56:12] organization than being a dog

[56:15] park. Uh, that's kind of a bad

[56:17] deal anyway, we support it. Uh,

[56:19] glad you're working out a deal

[56:20] to get it moved and give them a

[56:21] permanent home. They deserve

[56:23] it. They do a lot for

[56:28] community. Thank you very much.

[56:29] Michael j.

[56:30] >> langley, executive director

[56:32] of florida justice institute,

[56:33] 40 northwest third street,

[56:36] suite 200 I again rise in

[56:37] staunch opposition of the

[56:38] proposed ordinance sr four last

[56:41] time I appeared before you I

[56:42] called this both a moral stance

[56:44] and an economic imperative.

[56:45] Let's dive deeper into the

[56:47] economics, shall we? Just this

[56:49] week there are a slew of

[56:50] articles published citing

[56:53] miami's affordability crisis.

[56:54] Bloomberg wrote that south

[56:55] florida's consumer price index

[57:00] has jumped 36% since 2019,

[57:01] outpacing every metro area

[57:04] except tampa over that span. As

[57:06] fortune put it to cover the

[57:08] mortgage of a typical miami

[57:09] house. It's estimated buyers

[57:11] will need an annual income of

[57:15] between 160 to 215,000, which

[57:17] put the dream out of reach for

[57:19] 80 to 85% of americans. Again

[57:21] quoting directly from the

[57:23] article in miami-dade county,

[57:26] homes priced below 400,000 made

[57:28] up just 2% of active single

[57:31] family listings as of early

[57:32] 2025, according to the miami

[57:34] association of realtors, and

[57:36] only 14% of renters could

[57:38] actually afford to buy a single

[57:41] family home or condo. Renters

[57:43] need to earn 4356 in district

[57:48] one, 5895 in district two, 4683

[57:50] in district four and in

[57:53] district 36154 so residents

[57:56] must earn a whopping 5146 per

[57:58] hour between those districts to

[58:00] afford the average two bedroom

[58:02] market rate unit, according to

[58:03] the national low income housing

[58:05] coalition. How can you expect

[58:07] the average person to do that

[58:08] when everything costs over

[58:10] three times more let alone our

[58:11] neighbors experiencing

[58:13] homelessness? So this isn't

[58:15] intended to be personal, but I

[58:16] need you to understand how

[58:18] profoundly unproductive and

[58:20] ineffective this approach is.

[58:23] Time to use evidence over

[58:23] ideology to solve problems.

[58:28] Thank you. Good morning. My

[58:30] name is peter rubino 10725

[58:33] southwest 73rd court. I ask

[58:34] that you pass resolutions sr7

[58:38] and z4I represent friends of

[58:40] ludlam trail. Ludlam trail is a

[58:42] linear park starting at

[58:44] dadeland north station running

[58:45] straight through the heart of

[58:48] miami up to the airport one day

[58:49] it's going to be an iconic

[58:51] linear park in the heart of our

[58:53] city. Ludlam trail is

[58:54] happening. Two days ago the

[58:55] county approved funding for

[58:56] design and project management

[59:00] management. Now this is the

[59:01] city's chance to ensure trail

[59:03] development is properly funded

[59:04] and adheres to the highest

[59:06] design standards to enable a

[59:08] world class trail. I want to

[59:10] thank commissioner rosado for

[59:11] his leadership on bringing

[59:13] resolutions sr seven and prs

[59:15] for that create a path for

[59:16] developers near the greenway to

[59:18] pay for the greenways. The

[59:20] planning and zoning appeals

[59:22] board already voted 8 to 0 in

[59:24] favor. Both items passed

[59:26] unanimously in their JUNE 3rd

[59:27] meeting. That kind of consensus

[59:30] is rare and reflects the strong

[59:31] technical and community

[59:32] foundation behind this

[59:34] legislation. The commission

[59:36] should follow that lead. Pg

[59:38] four establishes mandatory

[59:39] clear design standards for

[59:42] every new greenway segment.

[59:43] Transparency and accountability

[59:47] are built in uh the resolution

[59:49] requires the city to publish an

[59:51] annual corridor level report

[59:52] showing how much money was

[59:53] collected near each greenway

[59:55] and how it was spent that keeps

[59:56] these funds from disappearing

[59:58] into the general budget and

[1:00:00] gives residents a way to hold

[1:00:01] accountable. Friends of ludlam

[1:00:03] trail will be watching and

[1:00:04] keeping all parties

[1:00:05] accountable. We urge the

[1:00:07] commission to pass resolutions

[1:00:09] sr seven and prs four. Thank

[1:00:15] you. Good evening, MADAM Mayor

[1:00:17] and commissioners. My name is

[1:00:19] amalia knoll 3058 southwest

[1:00:21] 19th terrace and I will be

[1:00:23] speaking on re 16 this summer.

[1:00:25] I've been interning and

[1:00:26] commissioner ralph rosado's

[1:00:28] office studying policy and

[1:00:29] legislation under deputy chief

[1:00:31] of staff cristian molina. Early

[1:00:33] on my internship came with a

[1:00:34] real assignment dig into an

[1:00:36] issue our community is facing,

[1:00:37] look at what the city has

[1:00:38] already done about it and

[1:00:39] propose something new that

[1:00:41] continue to move the needle.

[1:00:43] That research led me to human

[1:00:44] trafficking and the city's

[1:00:45] human trafficking task force,

[1:00:47] which has been in place since

[1:00:49] 2021. I identified a chance to

[1:00:50] build on it keeping the task

[1:00:52] force front and center as a

[1:00:53] city priority, tightening

[1:00:54] coordination with the state

[1:00:55] attorney's office and other

[1:00:57] agencies and adding a dedicated

[1:00:59] task force coordinator to give

[1:01:00] the effort some staying power.

[1:01:02] That project, which began as

[1:01:04] internship homework, is now rb

[1:01:06] 16 on your agenda today. Along

[1:01:08] the way I found out that

[1:01:09] turning an idea into law isn't

[1:01:11] just about having a good idea

[1:01:12] it takes digging into existing

[1:01:14] policy, working with different

[1:01:16] offices and figuring out how to

[1:01:17] translate a concept into

[1:01:18] something the city can

[1:01:19] realistically carry out. I want

[1:01:21] to thank commissioner rosado

[1:01:22] and his team for the chance to

[1:01:23] do this work, and especially

[1:01:25] for trusting a student to

[1:01:26] provide input on something that

[1:01:28] could genuinely help people in

[1:01:29] our community. There is one

[1:01:30] piece of this process I have

[1:01:32] yet to experience and that's

[1:01:33] why I'm here this morning my

[1:01:35] internship was actually set to

[1:01:36] wrap up before now, but I asked

[1:01:38] to stay on longer because as I

[1:01:39] have learned from commissioner

[1:01:40] rosado, we need to see our work

[1:01:42] through to the end. I wanted to

[1:01:43] be in the room when this

[1:01:45] finally reached the commission

[1:01:46] and to help push it across the

[1:01:48] finish line. So I'm asking you

[1:01:50] respectfully to support rb 16

[1:01:52] with a yes vote. This isn't

[1:01:54] just a policy position for me

[1:01:55] it's personal. As a young woman

[1:01:57] I'm part of the age group most

[1:01:59] often targeted by traffickers.

[1:02:00] I also grew up knowing someone

[1:02:02] who opened up to me about how

[1:02:03] deeply trafficking can reshape

[1:02:06] a person's life. That taught me

[1:02:07] this isn't some far off problem

[1:02:09] it's real and the harm it

[1:02:11] causes is lasting. I hope

[1:02:12] you'll join me in supporting

[1:02:15] this. Thank you so much. Well

[1:02:17] that's the definition of an

[1:02:18] internship I think.

[1:02:19] Congratulations. Good morning.

[1:02:24] Go ahead. Um good. Morning

[1:02:27] commissioners. Um my name is

[1:02:29] deborah stander and I live at

[1:02:31] 830 northeast 74th street in

[1:02:34] district five. I'm also a

[1:02:36] retired certified paralegal

[1:02:38] with many years of experience

[1:02:40] working in the legal field. I'm

[1:02:42] here today because the proposed

[1:02:43] amendment to the restrictive

[1:02:45] covenant for the adela two mimo

[1:02:50] bay project agenda item pz8

[1:02:52] includes a 1 million cash

[1:02:55] payment described as a public

[1:02:57] benefit to be paid directly to

[1:02:59] commissioner king's district

[1:03:02] five office. Miami 21 already

[1:03:05] provides a clear, regulated and

[1:03:06] transparent mechanism for

[1:03:07] receiving and administering

[1:03:09] public benefit contributions.

[1:03:12] That mechanism includes defined

[1:03:14] custody accounting expenditure

[1:03:17] auditing and public oversight

[1:03:19] requirements. It exists to

[1:03:21] protect public assets and to

[1:03:23] ensure that public benefit

[1:03:25] funds are handled lawfully and

[1:03:28] transparently. The arrangement

[1:03:30] proposed in the restrictive

[1:03:32] covenant bypasses that

[1:03:34] framework entirely under

[1:03:37] chapter 119 florida statutes,

[1:03:39] the public has a legal right to

[1:03:41] know how public funds are

[1:03:43] received, held, accounted for

[1:03:45] and spent and chapter 112

[1:03:48] florida statutes requires that

[1:03:50] public officers handle funds

[1:03:52] and benefits only through

[1:03:53] established legal frameworks to

[1:03:56] ensure transparency and prevent

[1:03:59] misuse of public position.

[1:04:03] Before approving this covenant

[1:04:04] commissioners and this payment

[1:04:06] which is included in the

[1:04:09] covenant, the commission must

[1:04:11] identify the specific legal

[1:04:13] authority that governs its

[1:04:16] receipt and expenditure and I'm

[1:04:17] asking that that legal

[1:04:19] authority be made a part of the

[1:04:21] official record of this hearing

[1:04:23] today. A payment of this size

[1:04:25] labeled as a public benefit

[1:04:27] must be safeguarded through a

[1:04:28] clear legal structure. For

[1:04:30] these reasons I respectfully

[1:04:32] request that when this item

[1:04:34] comes before you you pull it

[1:04:36] for discussion. I will ask.

[1:04:38] Staff sergeants thank you.

[1:04:39] Everybody gets two minutes. We

[1:04:43] appreciate you. Go ahead. Good

[1:04:45] morning, MADAM Mayor and

[1:04:46] commissioners. My name is

[1:04:48] shayna strauss. I'm a student

[1:04:49] at the university of

[1:04:52] pennsylvania. I live at 111515

[1:04:54] sam ramos avenue and I'm here

[1:04:57] to talk about re 16 this summer

[1:04:58] I've had the privilege of

[1:05:01] serving as a legislator intern

[1:05:02] in the office of commissioner

[1:05:04] ralph rosado under the

[1:05:06] mentorship of deputy chief of

[1:05:08] staff cristian molina. First I

[1:05:10] want to thank commissioner

[1:05:12] rosado for giving me firsthand

[1:05:13] insight into how local

[1:05:14] government turns community

[1:05:16] needs into effective solutions.

[1:05:18] When he learned of my interest

[1:05:19] in legislative drafting, he

[1:05:21] didn't tell me how policy is

[1:05:23] made. He gave me the

[1:05:24] opportunity to be part of the

[1:05:26] process. Human trafficking is a

[1:05:27] crime that's hidden in plain

[1:05:29] sight. Yet behind that

[1:05:30] invisibility are real victims

[1:05:31] whose lives are forever

[1:05:34] changed. I began to research

[1:05:35] prior legislation and learned

[1:05:37] that the city of miami had

[1:05:39] already established a human

[1:05:40] trafficking task force in 2021,

[1:05:42] however, I saw an opportunity

[1:05:46] to strengthen it. Leading to

[1:05:49] the creation of ri 16 the

[1:05:51] agenda item before you today

[1:05:52] which will improve coordination

[1:05:54] with the state attorney's

[1:05:55] office and other partner

[1:05:57] agencies and create a dedicated

[1:05:59] task force coordinator to

[1:06:01] ensure that combating human

[1:06:02] trafficking remains a permanent

[1:06:04] priority rather than a passing

[1:06:06] concern. Through this

[1:06:07] internship I learned what it

[1:06:09] truly takes to turn a good idea

[1:06:10] into legislation researching

[1:06:12] existing policy, coordinating

[1:06:14] across multiple offices,

[1:06:16] understanding the successes and

[1:06:18] failures of past legislation

[1:06:22] and navigating a tight budget

[1:06:23] through all these hurdles, I

[1:06:27] can assure you that this ri 16

[1:06:29] is practical and capable of

[1:06:30] creating real and meaningful

[1:06:33] change with ri 16 I believe

[1:06:35] miami can be the model for

[1:06:37] other cities leading the way on

[1:06:38] combating human trafficking.

[1:06:40] The last step of seeing this

[1:06:41] policy through is today I want

[1:06:43] to thank commissioner rosado

[1:06:45] for allowing me to be part of

[1:06:46] the legislative process and

[1:06:48] experience that reinforced my

[1:06:50] desire to pursue a career in

[1:06:51] public service and motivated me

[1:06:53] to extend my internship so I

[1:06:55] can see this resolution today.

[1:06:59] Thank you, thank you. MISS

[1:07:01] Burton. Good morning, MADAM

[1:07:03] Mayor, MR. Manager and all

[1:07:04] commissioners. My name is truly

[1:07:06] burton and I represent the

[1:07:07] builders association of south

[1:07:09] florida with address at 1111

[1:07:11] north s 1/83 street in the city

[1:07:13] of miami gardens. I'm here to

[1:07:15] express support for not one but

[1:07:19] two items sr1 substitute and

[1:07:20] sr2. You'll hear those items

[1:07:23] later on in your agenda as to

[1:07:25] one as to sr one substitute. I

[1:07:27] want to thank the city

[1:07:28] manager's office especially

[1:07:30] deputy director ace marrero and

[1:07:32] director santana. They were

[1:07:34] flexible with their time and

[1:07:37] their expertise um and hearing

[1:07:38] our concerns they've

[1:07:39] incorporated updated statutes

[1:07:41] and very important case law

[1:07:42] that govern capital

[1:07:43] improvements that the builders

[1:07:45] have to pay for that that the

[1:07:47] city also needs, but also it

[1:07:48] makes the builders requirements

[1:07:51] more predictable which makes

[1:07:54] costs of housing a drop less

[1:07:56] expensive. So that goes to the

[1:07:57] housing affordability piece as

[1:07:59] to sr two it's a process

[1:08:01] streamlining issue issue that

[1:08:02] would eliminate the previous

[1:08:04] requirement for literally two

[1:08:06] duplicate traffic studies. Why

[1:08:08] that happened I remember but

[1:08:09] it's not important for this

[1:08:10] conversation. Meantime it

[1:08:12] increased delays and it was the

[1:08:13] same identical information for

[1:08:15] the same applicant meantime and

[1:08:17] it provided no new information.

[1:08:18] So we are happy today to

[1:08:20] support both sr one substitute

[1:08:23] and on sr two and again

[1:08:25] trending toward reducing

[1:08:27] housing affordability I have I

[1:08:29] am submitting this our comment

[1:08:31] our copy of the letter that you

[1:08:32] all received to the clerk thank

[1:08:35] you. Thank you. Go ahead. Good

[1:08:36] morning, MADAM Mayor. Members

[1:08:37] of the commission nicholas.

[1:08:39] Rodriguez, 200 south biscayne

[1:08:40] boulevard representing mimo bay

[1:08:42] apartments two we're here in

[1:08:44] support of item z nine it's the

[1:08:46] proposed down zoning of the

[1:08:47] property in accordance with the

[1:08:49] covenant that we proffered. And

[1:08:50] with that rezoning that was

[1:08:52] approved, we are submitting a

[1:08:54] letter for the record simply

[1:08:55] confirming that we are in

[1:08:57] support of that down zoning

[1:08:59] because it is our our agreed

[1:09:00] upon a commitment with the

[1:09:01] community and with the

[1:09:03] commission that we agreed upon

[1:09:04] in 2024 when that rezoning was

[1:09:05] passed. Thank you very much.

[1:09:06] I'll submit the letter for the

[1:09:08] record and thank you for your

[1:09:12] time. Thank you. Good morning.

[1:09:16] I'm becky roper, um, a past

[1:09:18] executive director of dade

[1:09:21] heritage trust for 18 years and

[1:09:23] a member of the villagers for

[1:09:26] 30 years. And I am speaking on

[1:09:28] behalf of the villagers today

[1:09:31] with our statement from the

[1:09:33] organization, which is miami's

[1:09:35] oldest historic preservation

[1:09:39] organization. In 1972, villager

[1:09:41] members dolly mcintyre and

[1:09:44] sally jude founded the dade

[1:09:46] heritage trust and therefore

[1:09:48] the villagers have a vested

[1:09:50] interest in the future of the

[1:09:53] property of this building. In

[1:09:55] addition to serving as the dade

[1:09:57] heritage trust headquarters and

[1:10:01] official visitor center, this

[1:10:04] small wooden house has been the

[1:10:07] heart of historic preservation

[1:10:09] .For over 100 years it has

[1:10:11] stood as this at this same

[1:10:14] location resisting the advance

[1:10:19] of predatory developers. This

[1:10:22] 1905 cottage is a rare

[1:10:25] surviving example of miami's

[1:10:28] earliest beginnings. Its

[1:10:31] presence remains a symbol of

[1:10:34] historic miami and it is now

[1:10:38] owned by you the public as

[1:10:40] advocates for historic

[1:10:43] preservation. We request

[1:10:45] transparency regarding the long

[1:10:47] term plans of the prospective

[1:10:51] owner. Dht just yesterday

[1:10:52] announced it has an agreement

[1:10:54] with the developer to relocate

[1:10:56] the building to a more

[1:10:58] sustainable site in coconut

[1:11:00] grove which the organization

[1:11:03] will own. This appears to be an

[1:11:05] excellent deal for dade

[1:11:08] heritage trust, but the public

[1:11:11] is still entitled to hear

[1:11:15] details of how this plan will

[1:11:16] ensure the building's

[1:11:19] structural safety prior to and

[1:11:21] during the relocation. Thank

[1:11:23] you. Appreciate it. Please

[1:11:25] defer this until more. Thank

[1:11:27] you ma'am. Appreciate it.

[1:11:28] testing.

[1:11:30] >> good morning, MADAM Mayor.

[1:11:32] Commissioners city manager. I

[1:11:34] think I saw him leave. My name

[1:11:36] is george richardson. 3131

[1:11:38] northeast first avenue. I'm the

[1:11:39] founder and ceo of hope

[1:11:41] hydration and I'm here today in

[1:11:43] support of pf five. I don't

[1:11:44] have to tell you all this but

[1:11:46] heat is the deadliest weather

[1:11:48] in america. Unlike other cities

[1:11:49] around the country, miami

[1:11:50] doesn't deal with the heat for

[1:11:52] three, four, five weeks at a

[1:11:54] time. We live in it year round.

[1:11:56] Um and when I think about heat

[1:11:58] I think about the worker in

[1:11:59] miami, the kid walking back

[1:12:02] from school that needs water

[1:12:04] and they're walking and it's

[1:12:05] hot and they have really two

[1:12:06] options right now they can

[1:12:07] either buy a bottled water or

[1:12:09] they can go without. That's why

[1:12:10] we started hope hydration

[1:12:11] because we wanted to bring free

[1:12:13] water to the people. Water is a

[1:12:16] human right. Um when we started

[1:12:18] hope we actually started in an

[1:12:19] apartment not too far from here

[1:12:21] we kept hearing paris have you

[1:12:22] seen paris? Have you heard

[1:12:24] about paris? They have this

[1:12:25] free water fountain network.

[1:12:26] There's free water everywhere.

[1:12:28] And so paying homage to the

[1:12:30] people who led before us and

[1:12:31] built it, we learned a lot and

[1:12:33] we said this is going to be our

[1:12:34] mission. We're going to take

[1:12:36] what people have done in paris

[1:12:37] and in other cities, but we're

[1:12:38] going to bring free water

[1:12:39] within a five minute walk to

[1:12:41] every major city around the

[1:12:43] world. So now let's talk about

[1:12:45] miami. Miami is a leader. Miami

[1:12:46] was is a city that was built on

[1:12:48] a swamp. Miami has turned into

[1:12:50] this gateway for the entire

[1:12:53] americas. Miami is the first I

[1:12:54] think it's the first major

[1:12:56] city, uh to be founded by a

[1:12:59] woman we lead. And so today I

[1:13:00] ask you all to be a leader

[1:13:03] again, uh, with ph five uh, one

[1:13:05] so that we can continue being a

[1:13:07] leader I ask you all to lead so

[1:13:09] that that school kid and those

[1:13:10] workers can have free water.

[1:13:12] And then finally I ask you to

[1:13:14] lead because in ten years my

[1:13:15] dream is that the next crazy

[1:13:17] water entrepreneur is hearing

[1:13:19] miami, miami, miami. Have you

[1:13:20] heard about miami? They got

[1:13:22] free water everywhere and it

[1:13:23] didn't cost the city a cent.

[1:13:30] Thank you. Hi my name is teresa

[1:13:33] weintraub and I'm here to speak

[1:13:37] in support of ri 11 ruth shack

[1:13:39] renaming ruth shack way. And

[1:13:41] thank you to commissioner pardo

[1:13:44] for suggesting this. Ruth shack

[1:13:46] is an icon to this community

[1:13:48] and for those of you who don't

[1:13:52] know her, she not only worked

[1:13:55] uh for years and years to

[1:13:59] champion every community, every

[1:14:02] group in this city from women's

[1:14:05] rights to the rights of the

[1:14:08] lgbt community to the rights of

[1:14:12] the poor. And she created so

[1:14:15] many organizations that we now

[1:14:19] take for granted. I just can't

[1:14:21] think of a better person for

[1:14:24] the future citizens of this

[1:14:27] community to see her name in

[1:14:31] lights on the street to say who

[1:14:34] was ruth shack and to thank her

[1:14:36] for everything that she did to

[1:14:39] build this community. So I hope

[1:14:42] that you will support this

[1:14:50] resolution. Thank you. Good

[1:14:52] morning. Henrietta schwartz

[1:14:54] 2627. South bayshore drive.

[1:14:56] Today's agenda contains two

[1:14:58] different. Items but they share

[1:15:01] something in common secrets and

[1:15:04] loopholes for ph three. Doctor

[1:15:05] jackson's cottage residents

[1:15:07] have been left with more

[1:15:08] questions than answers. Public

[1:15:11] trust depends on transparency,

[1:15:13] yet too much about this

[1:15:15] transaction has remained behind

[1:15:18] closed doors when the public is

[1:15:19] left to speculate, confidence

[1:15:22] in government suffers. The

[1:15:25] second is for sr three. The

[1:15:27] proposed pedestrian shed

[1:15:30] ordinance and its impractical

[1:15:32] exception. If a developer can

[1:15:34] simply claim it is impractical

[1:15:35] to provide a pedestrian path

[1:15:38] during construction, then the

[1:15:40] public safety and accessibility

[1:15:43] become negotiable. To quote

[1:15:45] chris lunding, a far better

[1:15:47] approach would have been to

[1:15:48] limit exceptions to

[1:15:50] circumstances where a shed over

[1:15:52] a sidewalk would create a

[1:15:53] dangerous or hazardous

[1:15:56] condition that endangers life

[1:15:58] or property. Copying the

[1:16:00] exception from the city's own

[1:16:02] noise ordinance commissioners

[1:16:05] and esteemed mayor please fix

[1:16:08] this loophole secrets erode

[1:16:11] trust loopholes erode

[1:16:13] accountability. The people

[1:16:14] walking our sidewalks are not

[1:16:16] an inconvenience to be worked

[1:16:19] around. They are residents,

[1:16:20] seniors, children and people

[1:16:22] with disabilities trying to

[1:16:24] move safely through their own

[1:16:26] neighborhoods. Today you have

[1:16:28] an opportunity to reject both

[1:16:31] secrecy and unnecessary

[1:16:33] loopholes and remember that

[1:16:34] every exception you create

[1:16:36] today becomes a precedent

[1:16:39] someone else will rely on

[1:16:41] tomorrow. Please put the

[1:16:42] public's trust and the public's

[1:16:45] safety ahead of convenience.

[1:16:47] Please follow the process for

[1:16:49] public notice. Thank you and

[1:16:52] thank you CHAIRMAN Commissioner

[1:16:54] king for all your work as a

[1:16:58] chair. Good morning, richard

[1:17:02] milstein 99 excuse me, 98 south

[1:17:07] east seventh street. Uh, mayor

[1:17:09] commissioners uh and CHAIRWOMAN

[1:17:11] Emeritus thank you very much.

[1:17:13] And in particular CHAIRMAN Uh

[1:17:15] excuse me, commissioner pardo

[1:17:20] for bringing resolution re11 to

[1:17:23] designate co designate the ruth

[1:17:25] shack way. Let me add just a

[1:17:27] few words to what was already

[1:17:30] been submitted stated today

[1:17:33] shack is an icon. Um she lived

[1:17:37] in 94 years but those 94 years

[1:17:39] will live on in history in

[1:17:41] miami-dade county. Let me tell

[1:17:43] you a little bit about and add

[1:17:44] to some of the things that have

[1:17:47] been said. Ruth transformed

[1:17:49] miami-dade county in myriad of

[1:17:51] ways. We'll start with the

[1:17:52] beginning when time magazine

[1:17:56] declared miami paradise lost in

[1:17:59] 1986 and proposed that miami

[1:18:01] was a wasteland in many ways

[1:18:04] ruth said no, we're paradise

[1:18:06] found. She then proposed and

[1:18:08] worked with christo to wrap the

[1:18:11] islands of miami in the area in

[1:18:14] pink and we became a cultural

[1:18:15] international cultural center

[1:18:18] of miami. She and her husband

[1:18:22] richard helped found art miami

[1:18:25] uh and that has now become art

[1:18:27] basel and art week and the

[1:18:28] cultural community has

[1:18:30] benefited from that without

[1:18:33] knowing we have the she was

[1:18:35] elected a city excuse me,

[1:18:36] county commissioner for three

[1:18:38] three terms. She proposed the

[1:18:41] first ordinance in 1976 to

[1:18:43] award equal rights and to all

[1:18:45] residents of miami dade county

[1:18:47] including those of the lgbt

[1:18:49] community and which was became

[1:18:51] a final ordinance about 20

[1:18:53] years later in 1998 she

[1:18:55] sponsored the first ordinance

[1:18:56] for historic preservation in

[1:18:58] miami dade county. She chaired

[1:19:00] the dade community foundation,

[1:19:01] which is now named miami

[1:19:04] foundation. MR. Milstein, I

[1:19:07] thank you. I know it probably

[1:19:08] takes [Laughter] Three hours to

[1:19:09] go through everything that.

[1:19:12] Thank you mayor. Thank you all

[1:19:13] for taking care of me. Two

[1:19:15] minutes is a [Laughter] Hard

[1:19:17] time period to describe MISS

[1:19:20] Shack so. But thank you. Go

[1:19:20] ahead please.

[1:19:22] >> good morning, MADAM Mayor

[1:19:24] and commissioners. My name is

[1:19:26] mariana, 4250 biscayne

[1:19:28] boulevard. I am here today in

[1:19:29] support of hope hydration's

[1:19:32] pilot program ph five in a city

[1:19:34] as hot as miami, access to

[1:19:36] clean drinking water shouldn't

[1:19:37] be a luxury. It should be

[1:19:39] something that's available to

[1:19:40] everyone whether someone is

[1:19:42] walking to work, exercising or

[1:19:45] simply spending time outdoors,

[1:19:47] staying hydrated is essential

[1:19:49] for health and safety. By

[1:19:51] providing free refillable water

[1:19:53] stations, our city would be

[1:19:54] reducing plastic waste and

[1:19:56] creating a cleaner, more

[1:19:58] sustainable community. I'm also

[1:20:00] proud that hope hydration is a

[1:20:02] local miami company bringing an

[1:20:04] innovative solution to the city

[1:20:06] supporting local innovation

[1:20:08] improve um while improving

[1:20:10] public health and protecting

[1:20:12] our environment is exactly the

[1:20:14] kind of forward thinking miami

[1:20:16] should embrace. I ask you to

[1:20:18] support this pilot program and

[1:20:20] vote yes to ph five. Let's show

[1:20:23] that miami is a city that cares

[1:20:24] about its people, supports

[1:20:26] local businesses and is

[1:20:28] committed to building a

[1:20:29] healthier and more sustainable

[1:20:35] future. Thank you. Good morning

[1:20:37] commissioners. MADAM Mayor, my

[1:20:39] name is owen. I live at 488

[1:20:42] north east 18th street. I live

[1:20:43] in edgewater and I'm advocating

[1:20:46] for ph five to have more access

[1:20:47] to free cold filtered water

[1:20:49] especially where I live near

[1:20:51] margaret pace park. As we all

[1:20:54] know miami is hot especially

[1:20:56] this time of year. Myself and

[1:20:57] many others walk our dogs

[1:20:58] through this park many times a

[1:21:00] day. I can't emphasize enough

[1:21:02] how important it is to have

[1:21:04] access to cold, clean free

[1:21:07] water for both the city and our

[1:21:09] communities. Living where I do

[1:21:11] I see two things every day

[1:21:13] first, new buildings are going

[1:21:15] up everywhere. You probably see

[1:21:18] this around miami left and

[1:21:21] right. Um second I see plastic

[1:21:24] waste primarily bottles piled

[1:21:25] up along the banks of the bay.

[1:21:27] The reality is these are likely

[1:21:30] connected in the miami heat.

[1:21:31] It's no surprise that people

[1:21:32] reach for a cold bottle of

[1:21:36] water, but that shouldn't mean

[1:21:38] having to buy a plastic bottle

[1:21:39] every time you leave your

[1:21:41] house. Margaret pace park is

[1:21:42] one of edgewater's greatest

[1:21:44] assets and as a growing

[1:21:46] community filled with young

[1:21:48] families, pet owners and active

[1:21:49] residents, it's imperative we

[1:21:51] invest in our water

[1:21:52] infrastructure. Right now the

[1:21:54] easiest option for people is to

[1:21:56] buy cold plastic bottles. Let's

[1:21:58] change that. Let's make the

[1:21:59] sustainable choice the easy

[1:22:01] choice. Let's continue to put

[1:22:03] miami ahead of the curve when

[1:22:05] it comes to innovation and to

[1:22:06] green initiatives. Let's say

[1:22:08] yes to provide free and

[1:22:10] accessible drinking water.

[1:22:13] Thank you. Good morning. My

[1:22:15] name is betty lara and address

[1:22:18] is 6701 sunset drive.

[1:22:20] Commissioner rosado, I'm so

[1:22:22] grateful that you've invited me

[1:22:23] here. It's really an honor to

[1:22:27] speak on resolution 16. I have

[1:22:29] been serving survivors of human

[1:22:31] trafficking for 14 years in

[1:22:34] miami we have a nonresidential

[1:22:37] and residential program. It is

[1:22:40] imperative that we would have a

[1:22:42] task force and police officers

[1:22:45] dedicated to this as these

[1:22:48] survivors get raped possibly

[1:22:50] five times a day and when they

[1:22:53] call the police it is an

[1:22:55] emergency. They need to help

[1:22:58] right away. Thank you for doing

[1:23:00] this and we certainly needed

[1:23:03] sex trafficking in miami is not

[1:23:05] going away is actually

[1:23:07] increasing. So anything that we

[1:23:09] can do to make our city better

[1:23:11] and to set these women free I

[1:23:13] really appreciate it. GOD bless

[1:23:17] you. Good morning commissioners

[1:23:19] mayor my name is maria lopez

[1:23:21] delbert 661 north east 68th

[1:23:23] street. I would like to thank

[1:23:24] the commissioner for all these

[1:23:26] years for her service being a

[1:23:27] CHAIRWOMAN, being very fair and

[1:23:29] just and very professional I

[1:23:31] will continue. Okay. I'm here

[1:23:34] to talk about a memo adela bay

[1:23:36] and as my other neighbor stated

[1:23:38] before, uh chapter 19 really

[1:23:40] does say that we have to have

[1:23:42] transparency when we are going

[1:23:43] to allocate this kind of money

[1:23:45] at such a big amount, which is

[1:23:47] $1 million. We need to

[1:23:48] establish the public service.

[1:23:50] The donation must serve a

[1:23:51] broader documented public

[1:23:53] service such as public park

[1:23:54] integration, citywide water and

[1:23:57] public access roadway. If it's

[1:23:58] private entity donation only

[1:24:01] benefits a private property of

[1:24:03] a specific hoa. The city cannot

[1:24:05] legally act as a pass through

[1:24:06] of clearinghouse. The city

[1:24:08] finance department must isolate

[1:24:10] the donation into restricted

[1:24:12] agency fund or dedicated trust

[1:24:15] agency account. It must never

[1:24:16] enter the general fund. The

[1:24:18] logistic separation guarantees

[1:24:20] that if the project runs over

[1:24:22] budget, the city cannot

[1:24:23] automatically pull from the

[1:24:24] taxpayer funded revenue to

[1:24:27] stream the bridge of gap. So I

[1:24:29] respectfully also ask that when

[1:24:30] you hear this item later today,

[1:24:32] you put it in for full

[1:24:33] discussion and ask staff to

[1:24:35] identify the specific legal

[1:24:36] authority that permits this

[1:24:38] alternative payment mechanism

[1:24:40] and explain what rules will

[1:24:41] govern the custody, accounting

[1:24:43] expenditure auditing and public

[1:24:45] oversight for these funds so it

[1:24:47] remains transparent and fair

[1:24:48] when it is distributed. Thank

[1:24:52] you. Good morning. My name is

[1:24:55] victor williams, 66 west

[1:24:59] flagler street miami, florida

[1:25:01] 33130. Um I am the vice chair

[1:25:03] of the miami-dade human

[1:25:04] trafficking coalition and the

[1:25:06] founder and ceo of cuesta

[1:25:08] freedom, which is an anti-human

[1:25:10] trafficking organization based

[1:25:12] here in miami. I'm here to

[1:25:15] support commissioner rosado's

[1:25:18] um resolution 16 any time we're

[1:25:19] talking about human trafficking

[1:25:22] is education we do not know

[1:25:24] enough. Um at minimum it would

[1:25:27] be nice if everybody knew the

[1:25:28] basics of human trafficking

[1:25:30] which are the elements of

[1:25:32] force, fraud or coercion. If we

[1:25:34] all know the elements of human

[1:25:36] trafficking, we can then see it

[1:25:38] and address it as we go. Human

[1:25:40] trafficking is the result of a

[1:25:42] lot of things that have already

[1:25:43] gone wrong in somebody's life.

[1:25:45] These are the things that we

[1:25:47] should be addressing family

[1:25:49] issues issues like trauma

[1:25:51] unresolved trauma creates

[1:25:52] vulnerability to become a

[1:25:54] victim or a predator of this

[1:25:56] crime. But the solution is this

[1:25:59] the solution is all of us. The

[1:26:01] solution is everybody in this

[1:26:03] room can do something about

[1:26:05] human trafficking basically

[1:26:07] just educating yourself the

[1:26:09] more we know the better we do.

[1:26:11] I'll leave with this we talk

[1:26:12] about human trafficking. We

[1:26:14] talk a lot about sex

[1:26:15] trafficking, but labor

[1:26:18] trafficking is 60 to 70% of all

[1:26:19] trafficking. And what does that

[1:26:21] mean to everybody in this room?

[1:26:23] If you own a cell phone you

[1:26:25] have the ability to buy food.

[1:26:27] You have the ability to buy

[1:26:29] clothes. We all have a minimum

[1:26:31] of 40 to 60 slaves working for

[1:26:34] us. So thank you sir for this

[1:26:36] resolution. Continue to educate

[1:26:38] ourselves so we can do better

[1:26:40] at this horrible crime. Thank

[1:26:46] you. Good morning commission

[1:26:48] and mayor my name is bill

[1:26:51] mattison. I live at 770 north

[1:26:53] east 69th street. I've been a

[1:26:54] proud resident of the city of

[1:26:57] miami since that time I had had

[1:26:58] the opportunity to work with

[1:27:00] commissioner king regarding the

[1:27:01] matter concerning legion park.

[1:27:04] I'm here today to discuss that.

[1:27:05] I'm here to help represent

[1:27:07] legion park. As a friend of

[1:27:09] legion park, I've helped start

[1:27:11] the first green market with our

[1:27:12] commissioner sarnoff a few

[1:27:14] years ago and I've continued to

[1:27:16] watch over legion park and try

[1:27:17] to wish the best and work the

[1:27:19] best for legion park and I'm

[1:27:21] here today to discuss the

[1:27:23] million dollar fee that is

[1:27:25] going to be paid by adela that

[1:27:28] somehow at the end of the first

[1:27:31] 500 000 was was gained by the

[1:27:33] access of the neighborhood

[1:27:36] groups pine palm grove um

[1:27:38] bayside residents and so forth.

[1:27:40] At the very end commissioner

[1:27:42] king stuck in the request of

[1:27:45] another $500,000 on behalf of

[1:27:47] this situation that was going

[1:27:50] on with adela two and I would

[1:27:52] kindly request that that second

[1:27:56] portion of this money $500,000

[1:27:58] be set aside to also include

[1:28:00] specifically legion park who is

[1:28:03] not here obviously to represent

[1:28:04] itself and that's why we are

[1:28:06] here as friends of legion park

[1:28:07] to represent and that's why I'm

[1:28:09] speaking today is to try to

[1:28:11] look at that extra money that

[1:28:13] was gained at the last moment

[1:28:15] on behalf of legion park on

[1:28:16] with the request of

[1:28:18] commissioner king and be used

[1:28:20] for specific purposes of legion

[1:28:25] park. Thank you. Good morning

[1:28:27] commissioners. My name is trey

[1:28:28] santorini. I live at 223

[1:28:30] cedonia avenue in coral gables

[1:28:33] and 2025. I was lucky to

[1:28:34] receive a grant from the

[1:28:35] national alliance to end

[1:28:36] homelessness to study florida

[1:28:38] statewide camping ban. We

[1:28:40] collected more than 600 surveys

[1:28:42] ,430 of them from unsheltered

[1:28:44] people half of those almost 220

[1:28:46] in miami. That means that we

[1:28:48] surveyed almost a fifth of the

[1:28:49] unsheltered population of

[1:28:50] miami-dade. And I wanted to

[1:28:52] share some statistics about

[1:28:54] this in regards to sr for sorry

[1:28:56] for not saying that. So the

[1:28:57] arrest rate that we found was

[1:29:00] 32%. Um so 32% the unsheltered

[1:29:01] population has already been

[1:29:03] arrested for those with serious

[1:29:05] mental illness it was 47% so

[1:29:07] almost half said a different

[1:29:09] way. The odds of being arrested

[1:29:10] for those experiencing serious

[1:29:13] mental illness symptoms was 2.5

[1:29:15] to 1. The median number of

[1:29:16] arrests for those who was

[1:29:18] arrested was three. So many

[1:29:19] most people were arrested

[1:29:20] multiple times. A number of

[1:29:22] people were arrested more than

[1:29:25] 20 times. 34% of unsheltered

[1:29:26] people described having

[1:29:27] belongings destroyed by the

[1:29:29] police 60% of the time. That

[1:29:32] included ids another 42% of the

[1:29:35] time medications another 20% of

[1:29:37] the time that included work

[1:29:39] related uh work related items.

[1:29:42] Most importantly, 90% of people

[1:29:44] who were arrested said that

[1:29:45] they returned directly to the

[1:29:48] streets 90% when they were

[1:29:50] released, only 18% were offered

[1:29:52] any kind of assistance usually

[1:29:55] a pamphlet or information. Um

[1:29:58] the human cost of this proposal

[1:30:00] is high, but I want to point

[1:30:01] out that the financial cost is

[1:30:03] even higher. The department of

[1:30:05] corrections in miami-dade cites

[1:30:08] $30,000 a year per inmate at

[1:30:10] miami miami-dade county jails.

[1:30:12] But judge steven leifman this

[1:30:14] year in an interview with nbc

[1:30:17] six cited a number of 325. When

[1:30:18] you include mental health and

[1:30:20] medical services, meaning it

[1:30:22] can be more than $100,000 a

[1:30:25] year. Um I will also point out

[1:30:27] to the commission or remind

[1:30:29] them about the lawsuits and

[1:30:30] settlements that they paid out

[1:30:32] in 2024 for $350,000.

[1:30:33] >> we appreciate all the

[1:30:35] information. Thank you. Uh good

[1:30:37] morning. My name is francesca.

[1:30:39] I'm the ceo at survivors

[1:30:42] pathway and the CHAIRMAN Of the

[1:30:43] domestic violence and sexual

[1:30:45] assault council of greater

[1:30:47] miami. I'm here supporting uh,

[1:30:51] sa16 and, uh and thank you, uh,

[1:30:53] commissioner rosado, for this

[1:30:55] invitation. Uh, so human

[1:30:57] trafficking, uh, miami is

[1:30:59] ranking number three in the

[1:31:01] nation in cases of human

[1:31:03] trafficking and we're number

[1:31:06] one in the state of florida in

[1:31:07] cases of human trafficking,

[1:31:10] which is a a really horrible

[1:31:12] number. For 16 years we've been

[1:31:14] working serving victims of

[1:31:17] human trafficking and we have

[1:31:20] seen how devastating this is.

[1:31:22] This crime is for vulnerable

[1:31:24] communities and especially

[1:31:27] today we continue seeing this

[1:31:30] very tragic amount of people

[1:31:32] coming to survivors pathway

[1:31:34] being victims of of of human

[1:31:36] trafficking. But more than that

[1:31:37] we need to understand the

[1:31:38] complexities of it. That's

[1:31:40] that's why having a task force

[1:31:42] is so important because human

[1:31:44] because this crime is not just

[1:31:46] human trafficking, it's all the

[1:31:47] consequences that comes along

[1:31:49] with it. For instance, just one

[1:31:53] example uh, hiv we in miami

[1:31:55] here in miami were the number

[1:31:57] one city county, uh, leading

[1:31:59] the numbers of new infections

[1:32:02] of hiv in my medical program at

[1:32:03] survivors pathway. We are

[1:32:06] seeing the correlation among

[1:32:08] those victims of human

[1:32:09] trafficking and the infection

[1:32:14] of hiv. So by stopping this

[1:32:17] crime we also affecting other

[1:32:19] type of social issues and

[1:32:21] medical issues as as we have.

[1:32:23] So thank you, uh, commissioner

[1:32:25] rosado for this initiative.

[1:32:28] thank you. Hello my name is

[1:32:29] casey paquette 951 brickell

[1:32:33] avenue. I'm a brickell

[1:32:34] resident. I'm also an

[1:32:35] avocational historian to talk

[1:32:38] about ph three. Uh, initially I

[1:32:39] was going to come in and just

[1:32:41] voice my opinion about where

[1:32:42] context matters around historic

[1:32:44] assets in miami there's not

[1:32:46] many left. Uh, however, I think

[1:32:47] the decision seems to already

[1:32:49] be made and I think people have

[1:32:50] already discussed the process

[1:32:52] not being all that transparent

[1:32:54] or it could be better. Uh,

[1:32:56] however I would like to

[1:32:57] advocate I would like to

[1:32:59] advocate as this city

[1:33:00] commission is approached on a

[1:33:02] deal similar to this for the

[1:33:04] next historic asset in miami in

[1:33:05] particular in brickell which

[1:33:08] has very few left. I want you

[1:33:09] to remember that brickell at

[1:33:12] one time had a very, uh,

[1:33:13] interesting history that people

[1:33:15] really do care about. Uh, as

[1:33:17] somebody who writes full time

[1:33:19] on on south florida history and

[1:33:20] researches and shares it, I

[1:33:22] hear from a lot of people that

[1:33:23] are very discouraged about

[1:33:25] really progress. I understand

[1:33:28] progress happens, but I would

[1:33:30] advocate that the next time a

[1:33:32] historic asset is uh is looked

[1:33:34] at as something to be moved, I

[1:33:35] do want to point out that

[1:33:37] they're just not hot potatoes.

[1:33:38] They actually mean something in

[1:33:40] the space that they're in. The

[1:33:42] second thing I'd like to

[1:33:44] advocate for is the tree canopy

[1:33:45] right around dade heritage

[1:33:47] trust. So I realized that after

[1:33:49] this deal is consummated that

[1:33:51] it's going to be between dht

[1:33:53] and ken griffin to decide what

[1:33:55] happens to the building. But

[1:33:56] the tree canopy there is

[1:33:58] probably the only, uh, dense

[1:34:00] tree space that's that's on

[1:34:02] that block. And as that gets

[1:34:03] redeveloped, I hope you hold,

[1:34:06] um, the developer accountable

[1:34:07] for making sure there is tree

[1:34:09] canopy. We need it and also to

[1:34:11] move those trees as it's being

[1:34:13] redeveloped. There's plenty of

[1:34:14] places trees can go and lord

[1:34:16] knows we can use more shade

[1:34:17] cover. So thank you for giving

[1:34:23] me an opportunity to speak.

[1:34:24] Hello thank you for having me

[1:34:25] here today. My name is lindsey

[1:34:28] kane. I'm at 333 north east

[1:34:29] 24th street. I would like to

[1:34:31] quickly say I oppose sr 24 as

[1:34:33] we need a more humane approach

[1:34:34] to homelessness and in regard

[1:34:36] to item three I appreciate the

[1:34:38] conservation effort but would

[1:34:39] like to support more public

[1:34:41] engagement in the issue. I'm

[1:34:43] similarly fighting to save a

[1:34:44] historic site in brickell and

[1:34:45] hope similar conservation

[1:34:47] efforts can be made and I

[1:34:48] appreciate the attention

[1:34:49] commissioner escalona office

[1:34:51] has given the matter. It would

[1:34:52] be alarming for a foreign

[1:34:54] development group to to destroy

[1:34:56] historic archeological site

[1:34:57] representing the indigenous

[1:34:59] history of brickell effectively

[1:35:01] erasing it all over the city

[1:35:02] litigation there is litigation

[1:35:04] of residents versus developers

[1:35:06] and I truly ask myself why does

[1:35:08] it have to be this way? In

[1:35:09] edgewater our community is

[1:35:11] suffering from a loss of a tree

[1:35:13] cut by developers without a

[1:35:14] permit stop work orders are

[1:35:15] supposed to be issued in this

[1:35:16] case but once again developers

[1:35:18] are given unbridled grace. A

[1:35:20] community cafe was removed. Now

[1:35:21] we're surrounded by constant

[1:35:23] construction. This week we

[1:35:24] residents had to fight to

[1:35:26] figure out how to save

[1:35:27] residents, save animals cruelly

[1:35:29] left behind and locked in a

[1:35:30] construction zone after their

[1:35:32] habitat was destroyed this

[1:35:33] tuesday I was at a hearing

[1:35:35] where this room was completely

[1:35:36] filled with citizens trying to

[1:35:38] save over 100 trees, and the

[1:35:40] city attorney and board members

[1:35:41] made a last minute

[1:35:42] determination that certain

[1:35:43] groups didn't have standing

[1:35:45] which the code was so confusing

[1:35:46] that the first hour was spent

[1:35:48] trying to understand it.

[1:35:49] However, the city gladly

[1:35:51] accepted the filing fees from

[1:35:52] citizens and now will not

[1:35:54] return it. We are all aggrieved

[1:35:55] parties when it comes to the

[1:35:56] removal of trees, especially

[1:35:58] the granted removal of 100 year

[1:36:00] old oaks which are supposed to

[1:36:01] be protected. Citizens

[1:36:03] shouldn't have to pay to do the

[1:36:04] job of environmental

[1:36:06] preservation which should fall

[1:36:07] on city officials per the city

[1:36:09] charter. Wanting to honor

[1:36:10] history and the environment is

[1:36:12] not resistance to change.

[1:36:13] Progress and legacy should and

[1:36:15] can exist side by side as it

[1:36:17] does in many other cities.

[1:36:18] Additionally, development

[1:36:19] should come in phases.

[1:36:21] Currently the city is in such a

[1:36:22] rush that so much so no matter

[1:36:23] what neighborhood you're in

[1:36:25] you're at risk of living in an

[1:36:26] active construction zone. Thank

[1:36:28] you to the mayor. Residents are

[1:36:29] asking for a direct response

[1:36:30] about the aggressive.

[1:36:34] >> thank you very much. Hi good

[1:36:35] morning everyone. Folks just

[1:36:38] when I say thank you everybody

[1:36:41] here gets two minutes. So it's

[1:36:43] just kind of a nice way of

[1:36:44] saying two minutes are are up.

[1:36:46] Thank you. Good morning abby go

[1:36:48] hi. Good morning everyone. My

[1:36:50] name is abby. Abby I'm a

[1:36:52] district district two resident.

[1:36:53] Thank you all for this agenda.

[1:36:55] It's very tremendous. It's full

[1:36:57] and that's why I'm here today.

[1:36:58] I'd like to start by expressing

[1:37:00] my support for sr three, the

[1:37:02] proposed sidewalk safety

[1:37:03] protection structure. I've

[1:37:05] lived in the urban core since I

[1:37:07] was 21 years old and I've

[1:37:09] experienced our sidewalks as a

[1:37:10] young professional and more

[1:37:12] recently as a mom pushing our

[1:37:14] our strollers. So please vote

[1:37:16] yes to sr three. Speaking of

[1:37:19] strollers sr four our sidewalks

[1:37:21] should be safe and clean

[1:37:22] accessible for everyone

[1:37:24] including people with

[1:37:26] disabilities and parents

[1:37:28] pushing strollers at the same

[1:37:30] time. We should continue

[1:37:32] connecting and supporting those

[1:37:34] who are experiencing

[1:37:36] homelessness allowing unhoused

[1:37:38] neighbors to remain on the

[1:37:39] streets indefinitely. It's not

[1:37:41] mercy and it's not the standard

[1:37:44] of care that they deserve. True

[1:37:45] compassion is helping people

[1:37:47] move towards stability, not

[1:37:49] allowing them to remain in

[1:37:51] crisis. We must do something.

[1:37:53] Not doing nothing is not okay

[1:37:57] now ph five I appreciate the

[1:37:59] discussion of the proposed

[1:38:01] hydration pilot station. Miami

[1:38:03] is extremely hot. Our kids are

[1:38:05] always outdoors and we should

[1:38:07] do something to create

[1:38:09] hydration stations like they do

[1:38:10] in europe. I would just ask

[1:38:12] that you all would consider it

[1:38:14] making it beautiful and not

[1:38:16] ugly. I'd also like to mention

[1:38:21] our e to rt to the miami dda um

[1:38:23] discussion. It's something that

[1:38:25] our community continues to talk

[1:38:26] about transparency and we'd

[1:38:28] like to have the long term best

[1:38:31] interest of our city on pz3. We

[1:38:33] would like to have more

[1:38:34] information on that. I think

[1:38:35] having open and transparent

[1:38:37] discussion and more details is

[1:38:38] helpful for our entire

[1:38:40] community when it comes to our

[1:38:42] e 16 christie house is an

[1:38:43] amazing program that works with

[1:38:45] survivors of sex trafficking

[1:38:46] something I would encourage

[1:38:48] everyone to look into. Again,

[1:38:50] thank you for your service and

[1:38:52] leadership and everything you

[1:38:55] do. Thank you. Good morning,

[1:38:57] MADAM Mayor commissioners my

[1:38:57] name is miriam zahra.

[1:39:00] >> I'm a resident at 7440 north

[1:39:02] kendall drive. While I MAY not

[1:39:03] be a resident of the city of

[1:39:05] miami, I do spend most of my

[1:39:06] time in downtown miami and

[1:39:08] coconut grove where I love

[1:39:09] supporting local businesses um

[1:39:10] experiencing everything that

[1:39:12] just makes the city so vibrant.

[1:39:14] I am here today in support of

[1:39:15] the hope hydration station

[1:39:17] pilot program. This program is

[1:39:19] a simple idea with a powerful

[1:39:21] impact in a city like miami

[1:39:23] where the heat and humidity are

[1:39:25] part of our everyday lives. Um

[1:39:27] staying hydrated is not just

[1:39:28] about comfort it's essentially

[1:39:30] about staying healthy, safe and

[1:39:32] a part of our well-being.

[1:39:33] Beyond hydration this

[1:39:35] initiative is about creating a

[1:39:37] culture of kindness. It shows

[1:39:38] that miami is a city that cares

[1:39:40] for its people and invests in

[1:39:41] its actions that make a big

[1:39:43] difference. It's a practical,

[1:39:44] innovative partnership that

[1:39:47] expands access to clean,

[1:39:48] accessible drinking water

[1:39:50] without placing a financial

[1:39:52] burden on the city by making

[1:39:53] hydration more accessible.

[1:39:55] We're not just meeting an

[1:39:57] immediate need we're helping

[1:39:59] building healthier and safer

[1:40:00] communities. Sometimes the

[1:40:02] smallest investments have the

[1:40:04] greatest impact and a simple

[1:40:06] drink of clean water can really

[1:40:07] help someone stay healthy,

[1:40:09] continue their day safely and

[1:40:11] truly show that the city cares

[1:40:12] about them. With that being

[1:40:14] said, thank you for your time

[1:40:15] and I respectfully ask for your

[1:40:16] support of the hydration

[1:40:20] station program. Thank you.

[1:40:22] Good morning. I'm michelle

[1:40:23] swift, I'm the movement

[1:40:25] building coordinator for a

[1:40:26] nonprofit organization that

[1:40:29] helps the population in miami.

[1:40:31] Um I want to start off with a

[1:40:33] quote the moral test of a

[1:40:34] government is how the

[1:40:36] government treats those who are

[1:40:37] in the dawn of life the

[1:40:40] children, those who are in the

[1:40:41] twilight of life, the elderly

[1:40:42] and those who are in the shadow

[1:40:44] of life the sick, the needy and

[1:40:46] the handicapped I am I'm

[1:40:48] against making homelessness

[1:40:51] illegal and it says that um the

[1:40:54] goal is not to arrest anybody

[1:40:56] but the resources are being

[1:40:58] provided. I want to believe

[1:40:59] that but organization

[1:41:00] participants call the homeless

[1:41:02] trust hotline and sit on for

[1:41:04] hours. They get waitlisted for

[1:41:05] shelter beds even with peer

[1:41:07] support intervention and the

[1:41:09] phrase we are providing the

[1:41:10] resources rings hollow when

[1:41:11] resources are gutted in real

[1:41:13] time. Kamila's house, one of

[1:41:15] our country's largest homeless

[1:41:16] service providers, entered this

[1:41:18] fiscal year with at least one

[1:41:19] program having zero funding.

[1:41:21] The trump administration budget

[1:41:25] proposes cutting hud by 44%,

[1:41:28] which would eliminate 3.7

[1:41:30] billion in continuum of care

[1:41:31] programs that directly fund

[1:41:33] miami-dade's homeless trust and

[1:41:35] prove that and could put over

[1:41:37] 4000 disabled residents at risk

[1:41:39] of losing housing. So when the

[1:41:40] county says we're providing

[1:41:42] resources, those resources are

[1:41:43] being pulled out from under us.

[1:41:45] Meanwhile, samhsa, the agency

[1:41:47] responsible for addiction and

[1:41:48] mental health services, has

[1:41:50] been gutted. Staff cut by more

[1:41:52] than half harm reduction

[1:41:54] programs formally ended $2

[1:41:55] billion in grants were

[1:41:57] terminated and then partially

[1:42:00] reversed after backlash for

[1:42:01] people experiencing

[1:42:02] homelessness who are struggling

[1:42:03] with substance abuse, the

[1:42:06] lifeline is fraying and section

[1:42:08] 504 and 88 protections the

[1:42:10] legal framework that ensures

[1:42:11] disabled people can access

[1:42:12] shelter, service and community

[1:42:14] based living are under legal

[1:42:16] and regulatory attack.

[1:42:17] Florida's literally one of the

[1:42:19] states weakening them. You

[1:42:21] cannot simultaneously say go to

[1:42:23] the shelter while shelters have

[1:42:26] waitlists. Thank you. Thank you

[1:42:30] very much please. Joseph madera

[1:42:33] civil court trailer park, 3170

[1:42:36] southwest eighth street I'm

[1:42:38] here because we are facing

[1:42:43] displacement. Marquis powerful

[1:42:45] developer wants to shut us

[1:42:50] down. We need your support. We

[1:42:53] need your help. How is that to

[1:42:55] be achieved that when the

[1:42:57] developer comes here with his

[1:43:03] plans you that have the power

[1:43:07] side with us that you will not

[1:43:11] approve his plans unless he

[1:43:17] helps us. We need your help. We

[1:43:19] have a legal case but that's

[1:43:23] not it's not enough. What can

[1:43:26] you do for us? Think about

[1:43:30] that. How can you support us in

[1:43:36] civil court trailer park from

[1:43:40] 220 trailers. A vast amount

[1:43:43] took a meager a miserable

[1:43:49] package. Is this what. Is to

[1:43:52] become of us? You have the

[1:43:56] power you can side with us. The

[1:43:59] pastor gave a beautiful prayer

[1:44:01] but jesus also said if you're

[1:44:04] not with us, you're against us.

[1:44:08] Be with us when they come here

[1:44:10] to ask for their permits, their

[1:44:12] plans, whatever they need to do

[1:44:15] when they appear before you

[1:44:18] vote no say no demand from them

[1:44:21] to give us people. The

[1:44:23] remaining residents at silver

[1:44:25] court something more than

[1:44:27] camillus house, something more

[1:44:28] than the homeless trust is that

[1:44:31] it? I'm willing to end up

[1:44:34] homeless. Thank you very much.

[1:44:36] We appreciate it. Um,

[1:44:37] commissioner rosado, this item

[1:44:39] is not on the agenda but it's

[1:44:41] okay with me if we hear a few

[1:44:42] people out as long as it's okay

[1:44:44] with you. Okay. Thank you.

[1:44:47] Please go ahead. Uh, hello? Um,

[1:44:49] mayor higgins, commissioner

[1:44:51] rosado, how are you? Um, my

[1:44:53] name is carlos macias. I'm also

[1:44:55] speaking on the issue. I, uh

[1:44:57] I'm a veteran, a member of dsa.

[1:44:59] I live in um I live in the

[1:45:02] city. Um I don't necessarily

[1:45:03] live in silver court but I'm

[1:45:07] there with them. Um the um we

[1:45:10] are here uh, the related point

[1:45:13] is homelessness is the uh the

[1:45:15] camping ban. Um, the reality is

[1:45:17] that a lot of these people that

[1:45:18] live in silver core might end

[1:45:22] up homeless and miami is now

[1:45:24] rated as the city with the

[1:45:28] highest, uh, like the highest

[1:45:30] cost of living or at least um

[1:45:32] as far as rent goes. Right.

[1:45:33] That's a pretty powerful

[1:45:35] headline and I don't think that

[1:45:37] headline is going to go away

[1:45:41] with a homeless ban. Um, I

[1:45:43] think that uh, you know, under

[1:45:45] every system of government, uh,

[1:45:47] we have a duty like, um, like

[1:45:49] the lady before said, uh, we

[1:45:51] have a duty to nurture the

[1:45:53] young and take care of care of

[1:45:55] our elderly. Um, it is in the

[1:45:56] social contract that we provide

[1:45:58] the means to do so it's the

[1:45:59] reason we provide roads,

[1:46:00] firefighters and other social

[1:46:03] services. If we as a city, as a

[1:46:05] society refuse to acknowledge

[1:46:06] the very obvious role that

[1:46:10] housing plays on our um on our

[1:46:11] capacity to contribute to

[1:46:13] society, then we must at the

[1:46:15] very least act when

[1:46:18] opportunists like us like

[1:46:20] opportunists attempt to unhouse

[1:46:22] literally hundreds of our

[1:46:23] fellow men like it has happened

[1:46:25] in sweetwater like it's

[1:46:28] happening now in silver court.

[1:46:32] Um. Uh we have heard uh we we

[1:46:33] have heard and we will heard

[1:46:35] more people speak to the

[1:46:38] morality of the situation. Um

[1:46:40] the the the war against

[1:46:42] homeless hit especially close

[1:46:43] to me when I first came from

[1:46:45] cuba. Uh, I'm trying to make

[1:46:46] this quick. When I first came

[1:46:47] from cuba I was living in a

[1:46:48] trailer park. It was difficult.

[1:46:49] I was barely making enough

[1:46:52] money to pay the rent and uh, I

[1:46:53] was not making enough money.

[1:46:55] Thank you very much for coming.

[1:46:57] appreciate all your insights.

[1:46:59] Go ahead. Good morning. My name

[1:47:01] is james cromer. I'm a resident

[1:47:02] and owner at 900 biscayne. I

[1:47:04] have lived in miami for the

[1:47:06] last ten years and for the last

[1:47:08] 25 years I've been working with

[1:47:10] local agencies in broward at

[1:47:12] the city, county and mpo level

[1:47:14] and for the last four years my

[1:47:15] focus has been roadway safety.

[1:47:17] Also let me say hello to the

[1:47:18] mayor commissioners, thank you

[1:47:19] and thank you for your

[1:47:20] sponsorship. I want to speak on

[1:47:22] on item sr three. It's dealing

[1:47:23] with pedestrian safety and

[1:47:25] access during construction and

[1:47:26] I've been working for the last

[1:47:28] four years focusing on roadway

[1:47:30] safety. And as you all MAY be

[1:47:31] aware, florida and south

[1:47:32] florida are among the worst

[1:47:34] places in the nation for

[1:47:35] bicyclists and pedestrian

[1:47:36] safety. And so there are many

[1:47:37] things that we can do and many

[1:47:39] angles we can can touch on. I

[1:47:41] do want to hit on the idea of

[1:47:43] the cost of death and serious

[1:47:45] injury on our roadways. There

[1:47:46] are statistics for the state of

[1:47:48] florida that a death results in

[1:47:49] an economic cost to our society

[1:47:52] of $10 million and a serious

[1:47:54] injury is almost $1 million.

[1:47:56] And so as we consider providing

[1:47:58] space for pedestrians and

[1:48:00] bicyclists around construction

[1:48:01] zones, keep in mind that there

[1:48:03] MAY be a cost to the developer

[1:48:04] but there's a greater cost to

[1:48:06] society when these death and

[1:48:07] serious injuries occur at the

[1:48:10] local level. I did work in in

[1:48:11] city permitting and I know

[1:48:12] sometimes the city staff wants

[1:48:14] to do good work and sometimes

[1:48:16] needs the tool to do it. So I

[1:48:17] think this ordinance provides

[1:48:18] the tool that will require

[1:48:20] pedestrian access during

[1:48:21] construction through

[1:48:23] construction zones and give our

[1:48:25] our staff the ability to to

[1:48:26] make the requirements to make

[1:48:27] our roadways safer. So I thank

[1:48:29] you for your support and speak

[1:48:34] in favor of of item sr three.

[1:48:36] Good morning. My name is awilda

[1:48:41] suriel. I am a resident and

[1:48:45] home owner and homeowner

[1:48:46] association member of silver

[1:48:49] trail park court park. We're in

[1:48:51] a fighting battle with the park

[1:48:52] property owners so that we will

[1:48:54] not be thrown out of the

[1:48:55] premises. We're asking you to

[1:48:58] vote against the 19457

[1:48:59] ordinance. It is inhumane.

[1:49:01] After SEPTEMBER 30th we will

[1:49:03] probably be victims of this

[1:49:05] ordinance. I came to this great

[1:49:07] country 14 years ago along with

[1:49:09] my children. I have worked very

[1:49:11] hard to build our lives

[1:49:12] together and give them a good

[1:49:15] education. I was able to buy my

[1:49:16] trailer with my savings because

[1:49:18] I didn't qualify to buy a home

[1:49:20] due to my low income. Today my

[1:49:22] children are grown. The oldest

[1:49:23] is in college. She's going to

[1:49:24] school with awarded

[1:49:26] scholarships and the younger

[1:49:28] ones are still going to school.

[1:49:30] On MARCH 11th we got an

[1:49:31] eviction letter. We will be

[1:49:33] evicted. We can't afford the

[1:49:35] expensive rents out there.

[1:49:36] We're asking commissioner

[1:49:38] rosado to vote against the

[1:49:39] ordinance and we invite him to

[1:49:41] our meetings and to revisit the

[1:49:43] streets of the community that

[1:49:44] bring him childhood memories.

[1:49:46] Thank you for the opportunity

[1:49:49] to be here and talk about our

[1:49:54] situation. Good morning. My

[1:49:56] name is rochelle vargas. I live

[1:50:00] at 2012 southwest 24th. Um and

[1:50:02] I'm here on behalf of transit

[1:50:03] alliance miami to support pcie

[1:50:05] four. I'm happy it passed

[1:50:06] unanimously in JUNE and I'm

[1:50:08] here again today to continue

[1:50:10] showing support until now a new

[1:50:12] development next to a trail had

[1:50:14] no obligation to build. It pays

[1:50:16] for changes that when a

[1:50:17] property next to a greenway is

[1:50:19] developed it will have to build

[1:50:21] the adjacent trail segment.

[1:50:23] Developers near greenway can

[1:50:25] also earn bonus building height

[1:50:26] by constructing trail segments

[1:50:28] or paying into that trail

[1:50:29] corridor. Another reason we

[1:50:32] support prs four is it also

[1:50:33] keeps money. Local fees

[1:50:35] collected near greenway used to

[1:50:36] be spendable anywhere in the

[1:50:38] city. Now they stay in the

[1:50:40] corridor where they were

[1:50:41] raised. This covers greenways

[1:50:43] across the city including the

[1:50:44] underlying the commodore trail,

[1:50:46] the miami river greenway and

[1:50:48] the heritage trail. Prs four

[1:50:50] also sets design standards for

[1:50:53] every new segment minimum 14

[1:50:55] foot paths, canopy trees,

[1:50:57] lighting seating, bike racks

[1:50:59] and ada compliant crossings.

[1:51:01] The same quality applies across

[1:51:04] the whole network. About 58% of

[1:51:05] the miami loop is already

[1:51:06] built, and most of the land it

[1:51:08] needs is already publicly

[1:51:09] owned. When it's finished, it

[1:51:10] will connect neighborhoods to

[1:51:12] parks, museums, transit and the

[1:51:14] coast, opening up safe ways to

[1:51:16] get around for the many

[1:51:17] miamians who don't or can't

[1:51:20] drive. What a dream. A dream

[1:51:22] that can and will become

[1:51:24] reality with prs for each new

[1:51:25] project will help bring the

[1:51:27] miami loop closer to

[1:51:29] completion. Thank you for your

[1:51:36] continued support of prs for.

[1:51:39] Good morning is my name elvin

[1:51:46] arevalo. My address is 3170

[1:51:48] southwest eighth street. Good

[1:51:50] morning also to the children

[1:51:51] who are here today and to the

[1:51:54] city police. I am a resident

[1:51:55] and homeowner association

[1:51:57] member of silver court trailer

[1:51:59] park. We are in the process of

[1:52:00] fighting against the property

[1:52:02] owners of the trailer park.

[1:52:04] We're being thrown out on the

[1:52:06] streets. We're asking that you

[1:52:09] vote against this ordinance

[1:52:11] 194257 it's inhumane that after

[1:52:13] SEPTEMBER 30th we will be a

[1:52:14] victim of this ordinance. We're

[1:52:17] asking commissioner rosado to

[1:52:18] be against this ordinance and

[1:52:20] we also ask him to go to one of

[1:52:21] our meetings. The first two

[1:52:23] meetings that we had with the

[1:52:25] commissioner did not result in

[1:52:27] positive outcomes. We're asking

[1:52:29] for police security during the

[1:52:30] day and night because we're

[1:52:32] vulnerable to delinquency and

[1:52:34] we have an elderly population.

[1:52:36] We're hard working and low

[1:52:38] income people. The eviction

[1:52:40] notice was given to us from one

[1:52:42] day to the next. We weren't

[1:52:43] ready neither mentally or

[1:52:45] emotionally. For those of us

[1:52:46] who have lived at this trailer

[1:52:49] park for over 50 years, one of

[1:52:50] our residents was severely

[1:52:52] affected by the news and passed

[1:52:54] away the following day.

[1:52:56] Commissioner rosado, please

[1:52:58] remember that you told us that

[1:53:00] your grandparents once lived at

[1:53:01] this park and you would visit

[1:53:03] them. Thank you for your

[1:53:09] attention to this matter.

[1:53:11] Morning MR. Torres. Thank you.

[1:53:12] Good morning commissioners

[1:53:14] mayor, my name is james torres,

[1:53:15] president of downtown neighbors

[1:53:18] alliance on re2 today you're

[1:53:20] asking downtown residents to

[1:53:22] keep paying the dda hostage

[1:53:24] tax. Let's call it what it is.

[1:53:25] Downtown residents are the only

[1:53:27] individuals in miami who pay an

[1:53:29] extra tax to fund separate

[1:53:31] bureaucracies. Then after

[1:53:33] paying millions every year we

[1:53:34] have to come here and beg for

[1:53:36] public safety. After last

[1:53:38] month's brutal attack on a

[1:53:40] downtown residents we simply

[1:53:42] made a request of $2 million to

[1:53:43] go to police officers. That's

[1:53:49] just 7.8% of the ddas20 $5.5

[1:53:51] million budget for fiscal year

[1:53:54] 2027. And what do we get? Not a

[1:53:55] clear answer. Not a commitment,

[1:53:57] not a dedicated line item.

[1:53:59] Instead the money is still

[1:54:00] buried under enhancement

[1:54:02] services sanitation security

[1:54:04] and lighting while we're

[1:54:06] stalled on drones, license

[1:54:08] plate readers cameras and

[1:54:10] opinion editorial boards by the

[1:54:13] dda boss rosado downtown

[1:54:14] residents aren't asking for

[1:54:15] another gadget. We're asking

[1:54:18] for every neighborhood what we

[1:54:19] deserve which is police

[1:54:21] officers walking the beat bike

[1:54:23] patrols and visible police

[1:54:24] presence to prevent crime

[1:54:26] before it happens. If you're

[1:54:28] going to keep forcing downtown

[1:54:30] residents to pay the dda

[1:54:32] hostage tax, then at least you

[1:54:34] can show us exactly where the

[1:54:36] $2 million in this budget is

[1:54:38] going to be allocated for

[1:54:40] enough of the buzzwords, enough

[1:54:41] of the excuses. Put police

[1:54:43] officers on the streets for

[1:54:46] everybody an item pf five this

[1:54:48] is really a water fountain

[1:54:51] dressed up as a billboard. We

[1:54:53] don't want any more

[1:54:54] advertisement if you're going

[1:54:55] to go to london or paris look

[1:54:56] at the fountains. That's how

[1:54:58] they should be set up. But

[1:55:00] instead we're asking for more

[1:55:01] billboards for five. The

[1:55:04] community is a hard no as it

[1:55:06] relates to the fencing

[1:55:07] billboards that you guys want

[1:55:09] to put. We've talked about this

[1:55:10] a thousand times. We're asking

[1:55:12] for the d2 commissioner to

[1:55:13] support this and anyone else

[1:55:15] that really wants to step up to

[1:55:16] the plate. Thank you. Thank you

[1:55:20] appreciate it MR. Piper. Good

[1:55:22] morning. MADAM Mayor.

[1:55:24] Commissioners, I'm rob piper, a

[1:55:26] candidate for miami-dade county

[1:55:27] commission district five. I

[1:55:30] live at 1401 southwest 17th

[1:55:32] terrace. And I'm here to speak

[1:55:35] out against sr four because you

[1:55:37] could put bacon, lettuce and

[1:55:40] tomato on a sandwich but that

[1:55:42] doesn't make it a blt and even

[1:55:44] without with the modifications

[1:55:47] this ordinance is still a

[1:55:49] sandwich and it shouldn't come

[1:55:51] as any surprise to just about

[1:55:52] every homeless advocacy

[1:55:54] organization has come out

[1:55:56] against this ordinance this sr

[1:55:58] four well, all but one as I

[1:56:01] understand it and I hear all

[1:56:03] the talk about how this

[1:56:05] ordinance is compassionate and

[1:56:07] so much has been done to be

[1:56:09] compassionate. We've added

[1:56:10] shelter beds, we've done this,

[1:56:12] we've done that. But if that's

[1:56:14] the case, if all this if all

[1:56:16] these items are in place, why

[1:56:17] is there a need to bring the

[1:56:19] arrest piece into it, the law

[1:56:21] enforcement piece into it? So I

[1:56:23] would urge you please do the

[1:56:25] actual compassionate thing and

[1:56:27] vote to withdraw this

[1:56:34] ordinance. Thank you. Good

[1:56:35] evening, MADAM Mayor. Good

[1:56:36] morning commissioners. My name

[1:56:38] is amanda de santa with a

[1:56:40] business address of 19 west

[1:56:43] flagler street, miami 33130 and

[1:56:45] I am here today to speak in

[1:56:47] support of the cottage housing

[1:56:49] amendment. I think too often

[1:56:50] when we talk about affordable

[1:56:52] housing we talk about large

[1:56:53] scale development which can

[1:56:56] take years to come online and

[1:56:58] we often forget to look around

[1:57:00] and see the small. So this

[1:57:02] amendment would allow for

[1:57:04] faster production of infill

[1:57:06] housing to help the alleviate

[1:57:09] the affordability crisis we are

[1:57:10] facing. The amendment would

[1:57:11] also allow for thoughtful

[1:57:13] preservation, preservation of

[1:57:16] neighborhood context as well as

[1:57:18] create small houses that would

[1:57:20] sit well on the lot and create

[1:57:22] a walkable, pleasant and more

[1:57:24] welcoming neighborhood

[1:57:26] landscape with rising costs of

[1:57:29] land. This amendment presents

[1:57:31] an alternative to overbuilding

[1:57:33] overcrowding and reduced green

[1:57:35] space. As an active developer

[1:57:37] who is building large scale

[1:57:39] affordable units as well as

[1:57:42] small scale infill units, I

[1:57:43] would welcome the ability to

[1:57:45] build cottages in the city of

[1:57:47] miami for affordable housing.

[1:57:51] Thank you. Good morning

[1:57:53] commissioners MADAM Mayor city

[1:57:55] manager my name is jeanette

[1:57:57] paulino and I'm at 3635

[1:57:59] northeast first avenue. I'm

[1:58:01] here on behalf of hope

[1:58:02] hydration to voice my support

[1:58:05] for the pilot initiative to

[1:58:06] provide hydro stations across

[1:58:08] the city. Now I'm a miami

[1:58:10] native and I've lived in many

[1:58:11] and worked in many different

[1:58:13] cities around the world and

[1:58:14] what I've learned from the

[1:58:15] cities that are leading the

[1:58:17] future are three things they

[1:58:20] think long term. They embrace

[1:58:21] partnerships with the private

[1:58:23] public and private sector that

[1:58:25] are innovative and different

[1:58:27] and they provide solutions that

[1:58:31] address multiple problems and

[1:58:32] challenges simultaneously for

[1:58:33] the community and the

[1:58:35] environment. Now these last few

[1:58:36] weeks I've been spending a lot

[1:58:38] of time in different city

[1:58:40] properties and parks to see

[1:58:41] where we can house some of

[1:58:42] these hydro stations. And I

[1:58:44] went to one of the parks the

[1:58:46] other day to test out the

[1:58:48] water. Some of the outdoor

[1:58:50] water fountains dispense

[1:58:54] extremely hot water. I actually

[1:58:56] was very curious and I took a

[1:58:58] thermometer and I measured the

[1:59:01] temperature of that water 97

[1:59:02] f

[1:59:05] 97. That's what some of our

[1:59:07] folks are drinking. And so

[1:59:09] these hydro stations have the

[1:59:11] opportunity to provide cold

[1:59:13] filtered water and make that

[1:59:14] better. They also have the

[1:59:16] opportunity to address some of

[1:59:18] the city goals, beat heat

[1:59:20] resilience by providing

[1:59:21] hydration and keeping people

[1:59:24] cool. They also are supporting

[1:59:26] the initiative to reduce

[1:59:29] plastic waste by encouraging

[1:59:31] people to use the refillable

[1:59:33] water bottles and this is going

[1:59:34] to generate revenue for the

[1:59:37] city through responsible brand

[1:59:38] partnerships. And I know

[1:59:40] everyone in this room would

[1:59:42] like for this not to cost the

[1:59:43] taxpayer anything and it

[1:59:46] doesn't. So with that being

[1:59:47] said I'd love to thank

[1:59:48] especially commissioner rosado,

[1:59:50] commissioner king and gabella

[1:59:52] for co-sponsoring this

[1:59:53] initiative. You all have the

[1:59:56] power to vote yes and make

[1:59:57] miami healthier, more resilient

[1:59:58] and forward thinking. Thank

[2:00:03] you. Thank you. Good morning

[2:00:09] everyone. I'm. My name is

[2:00:12] victoria and I live at 3170

[2:00:14] southwest eighth street. I'm

[2:00:17] part of the civil court team

[2:00:21] here today. I'm opposed to the

[2:00:24] sr4 as we could see is not

[2:00:26] doing anything putting people

[2:00:28] in prison for every little

[2:00:30] thing they'll come out they'll

[2:00:33] still homeless. They go in and

[2:00:35] out. Right now we're facing a

[2:00:38] position that we MAY be the

[2:00:42] next people homeless. I've been

[2:00:44] living at that trailer park for

[2:00:49] 25 years. The stability I ever

[2:00:55] had and although we have had

[2:01:01] some talks with commissioner

[2:01:04] rosado, we're still a far away

[2:01:07] from, you know, getting what we

[2:01:10] really need when they bought

[2:01:13] the trailer park in 2021, why

[2:01:15] they did not notify us that

[2:01:18] they were going to sell people

[2:01:19] continue to buy for large

[2:01:23] amounts of money $100,000,

[2:01:26] $60,000 plus the ones that were

[2:01:29] there already had invested to

[2:01:31] fix their places. Why did they

[2:01:34] not notify us then they come

[2:01:36] out of california with the high

[2:01:38] life and the deep pockets to

[2:01:43] step on the people here that

[2:01:45] don't have the same amount of

[2:01:49] money power very unfair. Please

[2:01:59] vote no as our form. Hi there

[2:02:01] I'm ashley lucio north east

[2:02:04] 90th street in el puerto. Um

[2:02:05] and I came here today

[2:02:07] originally to oppose page

[2:02:10] three. Um and after hearing

[2:02:12] chris rupp speak and others in

[2:02:15] favor of it um in the fact that

[2:02:17] it grants a permanent site for

[2:02:21] the dade heritage trust. Um I

[2:02:23] think that's a great thing for

[2:02:26] them. Um so I'm a bit on the

[2:02:28] fence now and I just want to

[2:02:29] read my original statement for

[2:02:31] your consideration and maybe

[2:02:34] what I'm asking is for a

[2:02:35] broader public hearing about

[2:02:38] this, um and consideration of

[2:02:41] delaying it in in favor of

[2:02:43] ensuring that if this building

[2:02:46] is relocated it can be done so

[2:02:48] in a way that does not damage

[2:02:50] it. Um and we don't lose kind

[2:02:52] of the the historical or

[2:02:54] environmental fabric that um

[2:02:56] small footprint that now exists

[2:02:58] in brickell. So I'll read my

[2:02:59] original statement and try to

[2:03:00] stay under two minutes or I

[2:03:03] will. Okay. So um dade heritage

[2:03:06] trust uh, and the former office

[2:03:07] of doctor james jackson,

[2:03:09] miami's first physician is a

[2:03:11] role model for historians and

[2:03:12] preservationists throughout our

[2:03:14] city. And this peaceful and

[2:03:16] beautiful little cottage set

[2:03:17] off to the side of chaotic

[2:03:20] brickell is a monument to the

[2:03:22] success of their efforts to see

[2:03:25] it moved would be a significant

[2:03:26] marker that local

[2:03:28] preservationists have lost the

[2:03:30] war against development over

[2:03:32] what remains of our most

[2:03:33] historic spaces and the

[2:03:36] original miami and we

[2:03:38] desperately need this not to

[2:03:40] happen right now because we're

[2:03:42] being overtaken by developers

[2:03:43] who only see progress as

[2:03:45] concrete, glass and

[2:03:48] displacement. They say history

[2:03:50] rhymes and here we are again

[2:03:52] where miami officials just like

[2:03:53] joe carollo are weighing

[2:03:56] relocation of a historical

[2:03:57] treasure in favor of

[2:03:59] development the miami circle a

[2:04:02] tequesta ruin which is the

[2:04:03] oldest permanent settlement on

[2:04:05] the east coast, was almost lost

[2:04:07] to a tower had it not been

[2:04:09] purchased by the state thanks

[2:04:10] to the initial injunction

[2:04:12] filed. Oh sorry no no thank

[2:04:15] you. We it's hard you were

[2:04:17] reading your two minutes but it

[2:04:19] was actually very nice to for

[2:04:21] all of you that are here at

[2:04:22] public comment to hear that

[2:04:23] you're not only are we

[2:04:24] listening but your neighbors

[2:04:26] are listening too and sometimes

[2:04:27] it does open our minds a little

[2:04:29] bit. So thanks so much for

[2:04:30] being here and sharing that

[2:04:31] with us. Actually it was very

[2:04:33] insightful. Thank you. Okay. Go

[2:04:36] ahead. Hi my name is mariana

[2:04:39] ochoa. I am a neighbor of the

[2:04:42] silver court residents and uh,

[2:04:44] ralph rosado, you are my

[2:04:46] commissioner. Um, good morning

[2:04:48] to the commissioners. I and

[2:04:50] major higgins. Um, I'm here

[2:04:53] today to ask you to vote no on

[2:04:55] sr four, which would make it

[2:04:57] easier to arrest people for

[2:04:59] simply not having a place to

[2:05:01] sleep to arrest people without

[2:05:04] even issuing a warning first is

[2:05:06] beyond harmful, unbelievably

[2:05:09] inhumane and needlessly

[2:05:11] expensive for this city. I'm

[2:05:13] also here in support of the

[2:05:14] residents of silver court

[2:05:16] trailer park who are seeking to

[2:05:18] meet with their commissioner

[2:05:22] commissioner rosado. Um it face

[2:05:24] to face at silver court where

[2:05:27] we meet wednesdays and sundays.

[2:05:29] In MARCH, silver court

[2:05:31] residents received a surprise

[2:05:33] eviction and were told that

[2:05:36] they had to be out by

[2:05:37] SEPTEMBER. Since then residents

[2:05:40] have joined together to fight

[2:05:43] displacement. They have an hoa.

[2:05:44] i've had the pleasure of

[2:05:46] speaking to the residents and

[2:05:48] hearing their stories. We're

[2:05:50] missing you rosado, because I

[2:05:52] as a neighbor to the community

[2:05:53] I'm there every wednesday and

[2:05:55] sunday. I haven't seen you but

[2:05:56] I know you've been invited

[2:05:59] multiple times. Um families

[2:06:01] have grown up in this trailer

[2:06:04] park and are now home. The

[2:06:07] homeowners are being offered

[2:06:09] $10,000 to leave the trailer

[2:06:11] park and their community while

[2:06:14] when we are all well aware of

[2:06:16] the rising housing costs in

[2:06:19] this city, um their trailers

[2:06:21] are cemented to the ground. Uh,

[2:06:24] they rent the land and so when

[2:06:25] they leave the land they have

[2:06:26] to leave their trailers that

[2:06:27] they have spent their their

[2:06:29] life savings on. There's people

[2:06:31] that are have been there for

[2:06:33] over 20 years. There's a 90

[2:06:34] year old resident there who

[2:06:36] lives on her own. Uh,

[2:06:38] homeowners are fighting for

[2:06:39] more time. Thank you, thank

[2:06:44] you. Appreciate you being here.

[2:06:45] Good morning commissioners.

[2:06:48] Good morning mayor. Uh, my name

[2:06:49] is antonio perez. I'm a member

[2:06:51] of dsa and I'm standing in

[2:06:52] solidarity with the silver

[2:06:54] court residents united. Um

[2:06:56] we're here to petition the city

[2:06:59] against ordinance 419457 sr

[2:07:01] four uh as it currently stands,

[2:07:03] miami is one of the most

[2:07:04] expensive housing markets in

[2:07:06] the country. Um, one that

[2:07:08] doesn't need to be that way

[2:07:10] might I add. Um and people

[2:07:11] can't afford rent sometimes

[2:07:13] with two jobs let alone even

[2:07:17] one. Um every day prices rise

[2:07:19] and more and more families are

[2:07:21] priced out of their homes that

[2:07:22] they've had for years,

[2:07:24] sometimes decades. This in

[2:07:26] combination with poor social

[2:07:27] safety nets and social

[2:07:28] infrastructure results in many

[2:07:30] in the city being unhoused. And

[2:07:31] this ordinance would further

[2:07:33] criminalize not having anywhere

[2:07:34] to sleep. The ordinance

[2:07:36] eliminates the current 24 hour

[2:07:38] written warning the bare

[2:07:40] minimum to allow a person

[2:07:41] breathing room to get connected

[2:07:43] with social workers or shelters

[2:07:45] or find a place to stay in

[2:07:46] general um before being

[2:07:48] punished by law enforcement

[2:07:50] replacing with undefined quote

[2:07:52] unquote reasonable amount of

[2:07:53] time which can literally mean

[2:07:55] anything depending on the

[2:07:56] officer. Additionally, it

[2:07:57] eliminates the officer's

[2:07:59] discretion to hand out fines or

[2:08:01] arrests and instead makes it

[2:08:03] mandatory that discretion is

[2:08:04] what allows an officer to

[2:08:05] choose whether they approach

[2:08:07] the situation as helping

[2:08:10] someone who needs that help

[2:08:11] versus just closing another

[2:08:13] case. All of a sudden police

[2:08:15] encounters become a lot more

[2:08:16] volatile and unpredictable and

[2:08:18] that's not to anyone in the

[2:08:21] public's benefit resident or

[2:08:23] officer alike. Um, not for our

[2:08:25] safety or for the taxpayer's

[2:08:27] wallet. The ordinance does

[2:08:29] nothing to solve the actual

[2:08:31] persons unhoused situation and

[2:08:33] if anything simply exacerbates

[2:08:34] it by putting more financial

[2:08:37] and physical strain for simply

[2:08:38] existing. Therefore, we

[2:08:40] struggle to find a clear

[2:08:42] example of a more fiscally and

[2:08:43] morally irresponsible

[2:08:45] legislation and we call on the

[2:08:47] city to miami to reject

[2:08:51] ordinance 1947. Thank you. Good

[2:08:53] morning commissioners mayor. My

[2:08:55] name is daniel mendoza. 2419

[2:08:58] northwest 11th street 21 d I'm

[2:08:59] here with dsa and the silver

[2:09:00] court residents and I'm here to

[2:09:02] speak out against sr four. We

[2:09:04] can start with the obvious

[2:09:05] cruelty of jailing a person who

[2:09:07] is so poor they have to sleep

[2:09:09] in makeshift housing in one of

[2:09:10] the rainiest, most humid and

[2:09:12] hottest cities in the united

[2:09:13] states. This cruelty will

[2:09:15] create further distrust between

[2:09:17] the unhoused and police as

[2:09:19] first responders police who

[2:09:21] arrived to a medical emergency

[2:09:23] for an unhoused person MAY end

[2:09:24] up neglecting that person's

[2:09:25] ailment and instead incarcerate

[2:09:28] them for the crime of existing.

[2:09:29] This ordinance is not only

[2:09:31] cruel and immoral but it is

[2:09:33] simply bad policy. According to

[2:09:35] the seattle school of law, each

[2:09:37] jailed on house person cost the

[2:09:41] taxpayer $80,000 a year.

[2:09:43] Incarceration does not end

[2:09:44] homelessness. It actually

[2:09:45] increases the likelihood of

[2:09:47] homelessness which in turn

[2:09:49] increases rates of recidivism.

[2:09:52] With average rents in miami

[2:09:54] exceeding $3,000 a month in the

[2:09:55] midst of a cost of living

[2:09:57] crisis, many housed people are

[2:09:58] one accident, one missed

[2:10:00] paycheck or one divorce away

[2:10:02] from homelessness. Are we

[2:10:04] really so eager to jail our

[2:10:05] veterans, grandparents, parents

[2:10:08] and children for their poverty?

[2:10:10] I encourage the commission to

[2:10:11] consider programs such as

[2:10:13] housing first that have shown

[2:10:14] to reduce homelessness in ways

[2:10:15] that are not only humane but

[2:10:17] also save money. A 2009 study

[2:10:19] by the american medical

[2:10:21] association found that housing

[2:10:23] first policies saved 2.5 k per

[2:10:25] person per year more compared

[2:10:27] to traditional city shelters.

[2:10:29] Los angeles saved $80,000 a

[2:10:31] year by permanently housing

[2:10:33] just for chronically unhoused

[2:10:35] people. In conclusion, this sr

[2:10:37] does not solve homelessness it

[2:10:39] is expensive and we pay for it

[2:10:40] with our tax money, the lives

[2:10:41] of the unhoused and the

[2:10:43] goodwill of our city as the

[2:10:44] governing body of this city you

[2:10:45] have a responsibility to take

[2:10:47] care of its people, not to

[2:10:48] punish them for the ways the

[2:10:49] city has already failed them.

[2:10:51] Throwing them in jail does not

[2:10:52] meet that responsibility. It

[2:10:54] evades it. Love thy neighbor.

[2:10:56] Vote no on sr four. Thank you

[2:11:00] very much. Good morning

[2:11:04] commissioner mayor higgins. My

[2:11:06] name is saturn fay. I'm also a

[2:11:08] candidate in house district

[2:11:10] 109. I'm your neighbor. I live

[2:11:13] at 1476 northwest 57th street

[2:11:15] miami, florida 33142. I'm

[2:11:18] asking that you vote no on sr

[2:11:21] four as an inhumane response to

[2:11:22] homelessness and the city of

[2:11:23] miami should not rely on

[2:11:25] criminalization displacement as

[2:11:28] a substitute for real solutions

[2:11:29] communities like liberty square

[2:11:31] now unfortunately parks like

[2:11:33] silvercorp my comrades back

[2:11:35] here from dsa are at risk of

[2:11:38] being displaced, rising housing

[2:11:40] costs, limited access to living

[2:11:41] wage jobs with approximately

[2:11:43] 50% 56% of miami-dade

[2:11:46] households living below the

[2:11:48] alice which is asset limited,

[2:11:49] income constrained and

[2:11:52] employed. Many families are the

[2:11:54] only are only one emergency

[2:11:55] away from homelessness. The

[2:11:57] city should invest in

[2:11:58] affordable supportive housing,

[2:11:59] rental assistance, mental

[2:12:01] health services along with

[2:12:03] advocating for living wage

[2:12:04] jobs, not punishing people

[2:12:06] simply because they have

[2:12:08] nowhere else to go is inhumane

[2:12:10] and I am asking that you please

[2:12:21] vote no on sr four. Thank you.

[2:12:24] Good morning major. Um my name

[2:12:27] is elliot leyba. I'm a retired

[2:12:30] employee of the city of miami.

[2:12:33] I came six months ago looking

[2:12:35] for your help through your

[2:12:38] staff also with commissioner

[2:12:40] rosado staff and code

[2:12:42] enforcement supervisor ricardo

[2:12:44] franco staff and I was

[2:12:46] rejected. I was trying to avoid

[2:12:48] this land eviction that we're

[2:12:50] facing at silver court trailer

[2:12:53] park. I also reached out to

[2:12:55] commissioner of ethics and

[2:12:56] florida state attorney general

[2:12:59] because of this city of miami

[2:13:01] rejection, a city where I grew

[2:13:03] up also foster care programs

[2:13:06] within the city of miami. So I

[2:13:08] love my city and I've been 20

[2:13:10] years living in this trailer

[2:13:12] park also while working for the

[2:13:13] city of miami and I didn't know

[2:13:15] that we were going to be facing

[2:13:17] this today and I came out

[2:13:19] looking for help to my city and

[2:13:21] I was rejected. So I'm asking

[2:13:23] you to please give us some kind

[2:13:25] of help in this. Uh you know,

[2:13:30] I'm nervous land eviction and

[2:13:33] to stop the homeless arresting

[2:13:36] and we don't have we don't even

[2:13:38] have in our house. MR. Rosado

[2:13:40] promised to give us on our toes

[2:13:42] at night and there's no

[2:13:45] supervision. I appreciate your

[2:13:50] help. Thank you so much. And

[2:13:52] the only person that helped me

[2:13:54] was chief raul ramos from the

[2:13:56] building department. He knows

[2:14:00] me personally. Thank you. Thank

[2:14:01] you very much. Thank you so

[2:14:02] much.

[2:14:04] >> good morning. Commissioner

[2:14:06] higgins. Uh, excuse me, I

[2:14:08] apologize, mayor higgins. Mayor

[2:14:10] long. Too long. Too long. Young

[2:14:14] lady. Mayor higgins, uh, former

[2:14:17] chair christine king and, uh,

[2:14:19] chair commissioners horacio

[2:14:21] stuart aguirre here today as

[2:14:23] CHAIRMAN Of the miami river

[2:14:24] commission, a state agency

[2:14:26] tasked with the oversight of

[2:14:28] the miami river. We're here in

[2:14:30] support of various items pc

[2:14:33] four and sr seven. The river

[2:14:34] commission strongly recommends

[2:14:36] including the miami river

[2:14:37] greenway in the open space

[2:14:39] trust fund subject to the

[2:14:41] following three conditions.

[2:14:42] First of all that you increase

[2:14:44] the cost for a developer to buy

[2:14:46] the additional height. Second,

[2:14:48] that funds collected from

[2:14:49] developments or from subject

[2:14:51] properties be used specifically

[2:14:53] for the adjacent greenways

[2:14:56] where the money will be used to

[2:14:58] the areas benefit that is most

[2:15:00] affected and thirdly that the

[2:15:03] available incentives in no way

[2:15:05] displace or disrupt marine

[2:15:08] industrial uses. With respect

[2:15:10] to our re seven the river

[2:15:11] commission strongly supports

[2:15:13] commissioner corona's efforts

[2:15:16] to improve jose marti park, one

[2:15:18] of the most important parks on

[2:15:21] the banks of the miami river on

[2:15:22] the south shore. Highly used,

[2:15:24] highly enjoyed and much

[2:15:26] supported by the adjacent

[2:15:28] community with respect to ph

[2:15:30] six, river commission supports

[2:15:32] commissioner gabriela's efforts

[2:15:34] to create the allapattah cra.

[2:15:36] Commissioner we truly believe

[2:15:38] that the creation of an

[2:15:39] allapattah cra would greatly

[2:15:42] enhance the river district. We

[2:15:44] support outdoor dining with no

[2:15:47] reduction to the riverwalk and

[2:15:49] we request that that continue

[2:15:51] to require a warrant to all of

[2:15:53] you. Thank you for your

[2:15:58] support. Thank you. Good

[2:16:00] morning, honorable

[2:16:02] commissioners. MISTER City

[2:16:04] attorney, MISTER Manager and

[2:16:07] MADAM Mayor. My name is louis

[2:16:09] marshall, vice PRESIDENT Of the

[2:16:10] miami association of

[2:16:12] firefighters local 587 located

[2:16:15] at 2980 northwest south river

[2:16:17] drive. I'm here to read a

[2:16:19] statement on behalf of our

[2:16:20] PRESIDENT Alex cardenas, who is

[2:16:22] out of town and unable to join

[2:16:25] us today to speak on our e 12.

[2:16:28] The statement reads as follows

[2:16:31] honorable commissioners rt 12

[2:16:33] underscores the gravity of our

[2:16:36] current situation. The

[2:16:37] resolution would greatly assist

[2:16:39] the department in returning our

[2:16:41] dilapidated stations into

[2:16:42] workplaces that can further

[2:16:45] facilitate the ability of our

[2:16:47] firefighters and paramedics to

[2:16:48] continue carrying out our

[2:16:51] mission. I cannot stress that

[2:16:54] point enough. Rt 12 shows the

[2:16:57] brave men and women of our fire

[2:16:58] department that the city

[2:17:00] acknowledges the need to

[2:17:02] swiftly act and efficiently,

[2:17:05] efficiently to address the

[2:17:07] effects of deferred maintenance

[2:17:09] so that our members can focus

[2:17:11] on saving lives and protecting

[2:17:13] property while giving them

[2:17:14] respectable and appropriate

[2:17:16] working conditions to operate

[2:17:19] from. I would like to

[2:17:20] personally thank commissioner

[2:17:22] pardo for sponsoring this

[2:17:24] resolution and commissioner

[2:17:27] king for co-sponsoring. As I've

[2:17:29] mentioned before, let's pull

[2:17:31] off. Let's put away the

[2:17:33] band-aids and patches and

[2:17:35] approve the real solution to

[2:17:37] this ever growing problem. The

[2:17:39] need was yesterday but the

[2:17:40] moment to act is today. We

[2:17:42] cannot risk allowing these

[2:17:44] subpar working conditions to

[2:17:46] persist. Commissioners, I

[2:17:48] strongly urge your full support

[2:17:50] and unanimous unanimous consent

[2:17:54] on re12. It's a win win for the

[2:17:55] citizens and our firefighter

[2:17:57] paramedics just like our

[2:17:59] citizens deserve nothing but

[2:18:01] the gold standard when it comes

[2:18:02] to expecting top notch

[2:18:04] emergency response.

[2:18:05] >> thank you very much.

[2:18:06] Appreciate it. Thank you.

[2:18:08] >> good morning, MADAM Mayor

[2:18:09] and commissioners thank you for

[2:18:10] the opportunity. My name is

[2:18:12] francois. He is with offices at

[2:18:14] 333 northeast 23rd street and

[2:18:15] I'm here on behalf of new

[2:18:16] tradition media and independent

[2:18:17] out-of-home advertising company

[2:18:19] and a blackstone portfolio

[2:18:21] company. When I addressed the

[2:18:22] commission in JANUARY reference

[2:18:24] item fr5I raised concerns

[2:18:26] regarding the policy design,

[2:18:27] enforcement and long term

[2:18:28] impact of advertising on

[2:18:30] construction fencing. Those

[2:18:31] concerns remain important,

[2:18:33] particularly the need for

[2:18:34] appropriate design standards,

[2:18:35] maintenance requirements and

[2:18:37] effective oversight. Today,

[2:18:38] however, I'm not asking the

[2:18:40] commission to reject the pilot

[2:18:41] program. I'm asking that it be

[2:18:43] structured fairly and that all

[2:18:44] qualified companies be allowed

[2:18:47] to participate. Item fr5

[2:18:49] designates the astros the only

[2:18:50] eligible operator even though

[2:18:51] construction fencing

[2:18:54] advertising is unique nor

[2:18:56] proprietary. It is a part of

[2:18:57] the broader portfolio of

[2:18:58] services offered by new

[2:19:00] tradition and other experienced

[2:19:01] out-of-home advertising

[2:19:02] companies. Many of these

[2:19:04] companies are already in

[2:19:05] partner with the city through

[2:19:06] its mural program, billboard

[2:19:08] settlements and other outdoor

[2:19:10] advertising activities. They

[2:19:11] understand the miami market and

[2:19:13] have established experience in

[2:19:14] advertising sales permitting,

[2:19:16] installation, maintenance,

[2:19:17] regulatory compliance and

[2:19:18] working with national and local

[2:19:20] advertisers. If the city wants

[2:19:22] this pilot to succeed, generate

[2:19:24] meaningful revenue and maintain

[2:19:25] appropriate standards it should

[2:19:27] welcome participation from all

[2:19:28] qualified operators.

[2:19:30] Competition will provide the

[2:19:31] city with stronger financial

[2:19:32] terms, greater accountability

[2:19:34] and access to a broader

[2:19:35] advertising base. I

[2:19:36] respectfully ask this

[2:19:38] commission to amend this item

[2:19:40] by establishing a transparent

[2:19:41] qualification process open to

[2:19:43] every company that satisfies

[2:19:45] the city's objective standards.

[2:19:51] Thank you. Good morning. Good

[2:19:53] morning. My name is emily

[2:19:54] valladares. Good morning. I

[2:19:56] want to move the mic down a

[2:19:59] little. Sorry.

[2:20:00] >> oh no.

[2:20:02] >> now we hear you well. All

[2:20:04] right. Good morning. My name is

[2:20:06] emily valladares and my address

[2:20:10] is 2727 northwest 17th terrace.

[2:20:12] Homeowners are fighting for

[2:20:14] more time and more money to

[2:20:15] have an opportunity to to make

[2:20:18] in their city. I'm here to ask

[2:20:19] commissioner rosenthal to meet

[2:20:20] with families of silver court

[2:20:22] and support their incredible

[2:20:23] fight from displacement.

[2:20:25] Residents have invested their

[2:20:28] life savings in their homes and

[2:20:30] they know that what they're

[2:20:32] being offered will not allow

[2:20:33] them to successfully,

[2:20:34] successfully move on with

[2:20:36] dignity. If this ordinance goes

[2:20:38] through, residents of silver

[2:20:40] court are displaced. They are

[2:20:42] in danger of being arrested for

[2:20:43] not having a place to sleep.

[2:20:45] I've lived here all my life. I

[2:20:47] was born and raised here in

[2:20:50] miami. I watched um people in

[2:20:54] retirement. [Laughter] Work

[2:20:56] very hard and still lose our

[2:20:58] homes. I don't want to watch my

[2:21:00] grandparents, aunts and uncles

[2:21:02] [Laughter] Lose their place

[2:21:04] here in miami because I don't

[2:21:06] have the power to help them.

[2:21:10] But you do. So please I don't

[2:21:12] want to watch my elderly be

[2:21:15] homeless. Thank you for.

[2:21:24] >> hello my name is grimsley

[2:21:27] makhov 6335 southwest one tenth

[2:21:29] street. I'm speaking on behalf

[2:21:30] of the villagers regarding ph

[2:21:33] three. We believe that rushing

[2:21:34] the sale with less than seven

[2:21:36] days notice does not allow for

[2:21:38] adequate time for meaningful

[2:21:40] discussion or community input.

[2:21:42] Such a compressed timeline

[2:21:44] should raise serious concerns

[2:21:45] about the integrity of the

[2:21:48] process. We request the city of

[2:21:50] miami commission to postpone

[2:21:51] this item until after a

[2:21:53] thorough public hearing that

[2:21:54] allows the opportunity to

[2:21:56] understand more details about

[2:21:57] the plans for this community

[2:22:04] treasure. Thank you. Good

[2:22:05] morning commissioners. My name

[2:22:07] is adela skier 4343 west

[2:22:08] flagler street. I'm with the

[2:22:10] aclu of florida speaking on re

[2:22:11] three. Appreciate the

[2:22:12] commission's recognition that

[2:22:14] keeping cities safe requires a

[2:22:16] holistic community approach.

[2:22:17] Unfortunately the reality is

[2:22:19] that is not possible so long as

[2:22:21] the city has a 287 agreement

[2:22:23] with ice commissioner king.

[2:22:24] Thank you so much for bringing

[2:22:25] forward that discussion item

[2:22:26] last month. It was really

[2:22:28] appreciated as well as mayor

[2:22:30] higgins damian, commissioner

[2:22:32] pardo, commissioner king, your

[2:22:33] continued opposition to this

[2:22:34] agreement and commissioner

[2:22:36] escalona it was really

[2:22:38] appreciated how you talked

[2:22:40] about how this issue has

[2:22:41] affected you and your family

[2:22:43] and commissioner named it

[2:22:44] perfectly when he stated the

[2:22:46] fear that this agreement has

[2:22:48] created in our communities. Um

[2:22:50] and so I just wanted to raise

[2:22:52] since there were questions last

[2:22:53] month about whether the city

[2:22:54] could lawfully exit this

[2:22:55] agreement, it is totally within

[2:22:57] the city's rights to do so.

[2:22:59] State law does not require

[2:23:01] cities to enter these

[2:23:02] agreements, nor does it

[2:23:04] preclude cities from exiting

[2:23:06] these agreements. And we can

[2:23:08] cite that those statutes. We

[2:23:09] really hope to meet with each

[2:23:10] and every one of you to discuss

[2:23:12] the city's options for exiting

[2:23:13] this agreement. Uh, and

[2:23:15] appreciate your time. As we've

[2:23:16] seen across the country, ice is

[2:23:17] acting lawlessly and

[2:23:20] endangering and ending human

[2:23:21] lives. So this truly is an

[2:23:23] issue of public safety. Thank

[2:23:26] you. Come on.

[2:23:28] >> line up closer to the podium

[2:23:30] folks so I know who's in line

[2:23:32] and versus who's just standing

[2:23:33] up. Thank you. Go ahead. Good

[2:23:38] morning everyone. Um I was

[2:23:41] trying. To sr sr. For where.

[2:23:42] >> does. It say that we're.

[2:23:44] Going to arrest people um and

[2:23:47] be hostile to people. We have a

[2:23:49] problem with our sidewalks and

[2:23:53] our parks. We don't want

[2:23:55] signage. We don't want

[2:23:56] construction blocking our

[2:23:58] sidewalks. Downtown's having a

[2:24:00] problem with homeless. The

[2:24:03] grove has homeless. MISS King's

[2:24:05] district has homeless. We need

[2:24:06] to do something about it.

[2:24:08] Nobody's. I don't see anywhere

[2:24:09] where we're talking about

[2:24:11] arresting people. When I read

[2:24:12] the ordinance it talks about

[2:24:14] teaching people skills and

[2:24:16] having them learn how to do

[2:24:19] things. We have restaurants

[2:24:21] closing all over the city and

[2:24:22] the county because it's slow

[2:24:25] season. Um these issues are

[2:24:28] hurting businesses. Um I don't

[2:24:30] see anything wrong with ph

[2:24:31] three and dade heritage trust

[2:24:33] being on board with moving that

[2:24:35] house. It's unusual for them to

[2:24:37] be so so willing to work with

[2:24:39] us so quickly. So I don't have

[2:24:42] a problem with that. Rt 16 the

[2:24:45] task force um we do have a

[2:24:48] problem a serious problem and

[2:24:50] um I don't know how many of you

[2:24:52] all are aware of this and thank

[2:24:54] you for bringing up the 287 g

[2:24:58] on JANUARY 18th, 2025. I live

[2:24:59] in the last block of coconut

[2:25:02] grove, coral gables police had

[2:25:05] detained a van that had the

[2:25:08] windows boarded over with 12

[2:25:10] chinese immigrants who were

[2:25:11] brought here illegally who were

[2:25:14] coming up the ramp in a gated

[2:25:16] neighborhood on old cutler. Ten

[2:25:17] days later they got another van

[2:25:19] and by the way, city of miami

[2:25:21] police were not called in. I

[2:25:23] was blocked in my neighborhood.

[2:25:24] I contacted chief morales.

[2:25:26] Chief morales was out of town.

[2:25:28] They never contacted city of

[2:25:30] miami. It was miami dade

[2:25:31] county. It was homeland

[2:25:33] security and it was coral

[2:25:34] gables police. City of miami

[2:25:36] police were not even engaged in

[2:25:37] any of this. This went on

[2:25:39] twice. At the end of my street.

[2:25:41] Thank you so much. Thank you.

[2:25:42] We also missed your name and

[2:25:43] address for the record. Kathy

[2:25:45] park suarez, 4035 battersea

[2:25:48] road, miami. 33133. Thank you,

[2:25:50] MR. Trainer. I see you there.

[2:25:52] Are you here for public

[2:25:56] comment? Would you like to

[2:25:57] speak on one of the items?

[2:26:01] Monte we. We do. Um

[2:26:03] commissioner we thought we had

[2:26:04] more time later when the item

[2:26:06] was going to be discussed but.

[2:26:10] This item all of the items it's

[2:26:12] a public comment on all items

[2:26:14] now so each speaker has two

[2:26:15] minutes but. We if our five can

[2:26:17] we speak at that time? Uh no

[2:26:19] we're taking all comments on

[2:26:21] all items. MADAM Mayor. Thank

[2:26:21] you.

[2:26:23] >> and everyone has two you

[2:26:24] have two minutes. Thank you.

[2:26:25] MADAM Mayor commissioners

[2:26:28] rosario kennedy with offices at

[2:26:30] 2645 south bayshore drive here

[2:26:32] today on the graffiti abatement

[2:26:34] program. For the past nine

[2:26:36] years we've worked thoroughly

[2:26:38] through countless meetings and

[2:26:40] legal issues. We started at the

[2:26:42] county where we had to create a

[2:26:44] pathway for the city to opt out

[2:26:46] of the pilot of the county sign

[2:26:48] code. Once that ordinance was

[2:26:50] approved by the board of county

[2:26:52] commissioners, then we came

[2:26:54] back to the city and worked

[2:26:56] with the commission. At the

[2:26:58] time we actually worked through

[2:27:00] two administrations mayor

[2:27:04] regalado and uh suarez to get

[2:27:08] this approved. Um because the

[2:27:09] program was conceived and

[2:27:11] developed by a client client

[2:27:13] over the past nine years, we

[2:27:15] respectfully request that it be

[2:27:17] implemented as a one year pilot

[2:27:19] program so that we can

[2:27:21] demonstrate its value and then

[2:27:22] let the results speak for

[2:27:25] themselves. Um, we are here

[2:27:28] today one second one second

[2:27:31] because I'm not we're here

[2:27:33] today proposing a one year

[2:27:35] pilot program that can make a

[2:27:37] meaningful difference in the

[2:27:38] appearance, safety and vibrancy

[2:27:41] of our city. It is called the

[2:27:43] graffiti abatement program or

[2:27:46] gap because the program was

[2:27:47] conceived we're asking for the

[2:27:49] two minute two for the um for

[2:27:52] the pilot program. The goal of

[2:27:54] the graffiti abatement program

[2:27:56] is simple it helps eliminate

[2:27:58] graffiti on construction

[2:28:00] fences. It improves the

[2:28:01] appearance of neighborhoods and

[2:28:03] addresses the safety concerns

[2:28:05] that come with neglected

[2:28:07] construction sites. Let's face

[2:28:09] it we all recognize that

[2:28:10] construction fences are

[2:28:13] necessary to our city's growth.

[2:28:14] Unfortunately, they often

[2:28:16] become unsightly canvases for

[2:28:17] graffiti. They accumulate trash

[2:28:19] and detract from the character

[2:28:21] and pride of our neighborhoods

[2:28:23] unless they are properly

[2:28:24] maintained, they create an

[2:28:26] environment that invites

[2:28:28] vandalism, illegal dumping.

[2:28:30] >> and if the. Thank you and

[2:28:31] the commission has questions

[2:28:33] during the item should they

[2:28:35] decide on first reading? Yes

[2:28:37] also thank you. Thank you. With

[2:28:39] us is monty trainer who drove

[2:28:41] through downtown with me one

[2:28:43] day and asked me to get

[2:28:44] involved in the program.

[2:28:44] Wonderful.

[2:28:46] >> thanks, monty. We're happy

[2:28:49] to see you. All right, let's go

[2:29:05] ahead here. Sure. Go ahead.

[2:29:06] Unaccustomed as I am to public

[2:29:09] speaking, I would like to say a

[2:29:10] few words to the audience and

[2:29:13] to the especially to the

[2:29:15] commission and our new

[2:29:17] commissioners. Uh, nice to see

[2:29:20] you. Rolando. Ralph, nice to

[2:29:22] see you. It's nice I haven't

[2:29:24] had a chance to speak to to the

[2:29:26] new commission yet, but it's

[2:29:28] nice and it's always nice to

[2:29:31] see our CHAIRMAN And all our

[2:29:33] all our commissioners that we

[2:29:35] have that have done so much for

[2:29:38] the city. But let me tell you I

[2:29:42] just I just left a rehab center

[2:29:45] and I came down here to speak

[2:29:50] and uh it to see what I've seen

[2:29:54] in the city. I think it's it's

[2:29:56] a blight with the new

[2:29:57] construction that's going on

[2:30:00] and everything is going going

[2:30:03] all all all all over the city

[2:30:04] where there's construction,

[2:30:07] there's all this blight and I

[2:30:08] wish there's something we could

[2:30:11] do about it and I know there is

[2:30:13] there's a pilot program going

[2:30:15] on that rosario kennedy has

[2:30:18] started and I think it's got

[2:30:20] started and if we can get it if

[2:30:22] we can get it going it would be

[2:30:27] nice. It'd be be a pleasant

[2:30:29] surprise if we could if I could

[2:30:33] come back out and and and no

[2:30:37] more no more blight. But anyway

[2:30:38] we have some blight some

[2:30:41] pictures for you and I don't

[2:30:43] want to I don't want to be too

[2:30:45] much but uh it's it's a it's a

[2:30:47] terrible sight and all the

[2:30:49] stuff that's going on downtown

[2:30:51] when I'd like to see it cleaned

[2:30:54] up a little bit and uh, welcome

[2:30:57] welcome to the welcome to the

[2:30:58] dais. I think you guys are

[2:31:02] going to make a nice uh, it's

[2:31:04] going to be a nice creation for

[2:31:07] us and I want to show you the

[2:31:10] pictures. Who was that you.

[2:31:13] Christine? Was that you? Did

[2:31:15] you did you mayor. [Laughter]

[2:31:17] He heard the bell. He heard

[2:31:21] the. Who hit the buzzer? It's

[2:31:22] our clerk. We have to blame

[2:31:25] you, todd, [Laughter] Listen.

[2:31:27] You promised me you [Applause]

[2:31:29] Never again a buzzer. No, I

[2:31:31] would not. It wasn't me. Was it

[2:31:35] you, todd? No. Monte it is. It

[2:31:37] is great to see you and

[2:31:38] commissioner kennedy here

[2:31:40] today. I'm so glad you're out

[2:31:43] of rehab too. And thank you and

[2:31:45] welcome. Nice to have you. And

[2:31:46] they're going to have a little

[2:31:49] picture taken here. Excellent.

[2:31:56] >> all right to do we want to

[2:31:57] go to this podium and do you

[2:31:59] want to speak you've been

[2:32:01] standing patiently okay go

[2:32:03] ahead please. Sorry. Thank you

[2:32:03] for your patience.

[2:32:05] >> no problem. Good morning,

[2:32:07] MADAM Mayor. MR. City manager

[2:32:09] and commissioners my name is

[2:32:11] christina henoko. I'm the

[2:32:14] co-founder and ceo of hope

[2:32:16] hydration. But before any of

[2:32:17] that I am a resident of miami

[2:32:19] and I am a committed citizen

[2:32:21] who believes that access to

[2:32:23] free clean drinking water is a

[2:32:27] human right. We live in one of

[2:32:28] the hottest cities in america.

[2:32:30] Every summer gets hotter every

[2:32:31] year we talk about more

[2:32:33] resilience, public health and

[2:32:35] climate adaptation but

[2:32:36] sometimes the best solutions

[2:32:38] are the simplest ones free

[2:32:40] water not bottled water not

[2:32:42] another expense for families

[2:32:44] just clean drinking water where

[2:32:46] people need it most. What makes

[2:32:47] hope different is that we're

[2:32:49] not using taxpayer dollars to

[2:32:51] fund it. Our advertising model

[2:32:52] allows us to provide this

[2:32:54] public service at no cost to

[2:32:56] the city while creating a new

[2:32:57] way to communicate with

[2:32:58] residents and visitors. We've

[2:33:01] heard concerns that no one

[2:33:02] wants more billboards neither

[2:33:04] do we. We didn't build an

[2:33:06] advertising company. We built a

[2:33:07] public hydration network that

[2:33:10] uses advertising to pay for

[2:33:11] itself and to reinvest revenue

[2:33:14] share into the community. Every

[2:33:15] advertisement helps provide

[2:33:17] another refill another person

[2:33:19] drinking free water in this

[2:33:21] community. That's the model. As

[2:33:23] someone who has spent the last

[2:33:24] several several years building

[2:33:26] this company here locally in

[2:33:28] miami, I truly believe our city

[2:33:30] has an opportunity to lead not

[2:33:32] just by preparing for hot

[2:33:34] summers but making sure every

[2:33:35] resident, every worker, every

[2:33:37] visitor has access to free

[2:33:39] drinking water. Let's set the

[2:33:40] standard for what a resilient

[2:33:41] forward thinking city looks

[2:33:43] like. I respectfully ask for

[2:33:45] your support and for the

[2:33:46] opportunity to take a

[2:33:48] meaningful step forward towards

[2:33:50] a future with free drinking

[2:33:53] water across miami. Thank you.

[2:33:56] All right, so you've got a lot

[2:33:58] of boards. I see three people

[2:34:00] do you want to present for all

[2:34:02] three or everyone's going to do

[2:34:03] two minutes. I'll give you a

[2:34:07] little extra time. Two minutes

[2:34:09] okay I'm just saying if one

[2:34:12] person. Yeah we just need to

[2:34:13] make sure that your every

[2:34:14] comment you make is on the

[2:34:15] microphone.

[2:34:15] >> I'm so sorry. Yeah.

[2:34:16] >> okay.

[2:34:20] >> good morning, MADAM Mayor.

[2:34:21] Honorable commissioners. Name

[2:34:23] and address for the record

[2:34:25] please. Thanks. John del mastro

[2:34:28] 1717 north bayshore drive.

[2:34:30] Thank you for allowing us to

[2:34:32] speak today. I stand before you

[2:34:34] with both a professional

[2:34:36] commitment and a personal one.

[2:34:37] Our company believes that every

[2:34:39] great city is remembered not

[2:34:41] only for its skyline, for its

[2:34:42] beauty and its public spaces.

[2:34:44] Buildings define a city but

[2:34:46] parks, streetscapes, gathering

[2:34:47] spaces and thoughtfully

[2:34:49] designed outdoor environments

[2:34:50] define the experience of living

[2:34:52] here we are a company that

[2:34:53] believes in community. We

[2:34:55] believe in beautification. Most

[2:34:56] important, we believe that

[2:34:57] every resident deserves to feel

[2:34:58] proud of the neighborhood they

[2:35:00] call home. This project is

[2:35:02] deeply, deeply personal for me.

[2:35:04] Miami especially edgewater

[2:35:06] formerly known as the omni, has

[2:35:07] been my second home for nearly

[2:35:09] 40 years. When we first moved

[2:35:10] to this neighborhood, we can

[2:35:11] only stay within the confines

[2:35:13] of our building and the

[2:35:14] adjacent hotel because the

[2:35:15] neighborhood was unsafe. When

[2:35:16] we first had an apartment here,

[2:35:18] I went for a run in the park

[2:35:19] next to our building. My father

[2:35:20] told me he was horrified and

[2:35:22] said you cannot go there. Just

[2:35:24] run over the venetian causeway.

[2:35:26] That dangerous park is now the

[2:35:29] amazing margaret pace park.

[2:35:30] Edgewater has become a

[2:35:31] thriving, beautiful, upscale,

[2:35:33] desirable neighborhood to live.

[2:35:34] thank you for commissioner

[2:35:36] pardo for your continued

[2:35:38] support. However, with all this

[2:35:39] amazing growth comes a lot of

[2:35:40] construction and unsightly

[2:35:42] construction sites. Ten years

[2:35:44] ago my father who sadly passed

[2:35:46] from covid in the very very

[2:35:47] beginning went to rosario with

[2:35:49] an idea that helps make not

[2:35:50] only our neighborhood but all

[2:35:52] of miami beautiful and safe

[2:35:53] while miami is building these

[2:35:55] amazing buildings. As you can

[2:35:57] see from these photos, these

[2:35:59] construction sites look awful

[2:36:00] and more important they are

[2:36:02] unsafe and have been issues for

[2:36:03] decades. Anyone can enter these

[2:36:04] dangerous sites. As you are

[2:36:06] aware people already entered

[2:36:09] where those giant arches are

[2:36:12] and graffiti them it is. They

[2:36:14] do not yet reflect the quality,

[2:36:16] beauty and pride this

[2:36:17] neighborhood deserves. Today I

[2:36:18] have the privilege of

[2:36:20] continuing something my father

[2:36:22] began his vision inspired me

[2:36:24] through my life completing this

[2:36:25] work. Thank you thank you.

[2:36:33] Appreciate it. Good morning

[2:36:36] MADAM Mayor and commissioners.

[2:36:37] My name is chris carr. My

[2:36:40] address is 1717 north bayshore

[2:36:43] drive in miami. I am the chief

[2:36:45] operating officer for del

[2:36:47] mastro outdoor and I know one

[2:36:48] of the issues and questions

[2:36:50] that have come up about the

[2:36:55] this gap program is the sole

[2:36:57] proprietorship for the one year

[2:36:59] term. Our goal is to make this

[2:37:02] process in one year which is a

[2:37:04] very limited time to operate

[2:37:06] and to for the city to be able

[2:37:08] to evaluate this program for

[2:37:10] what we believe will be a win

[2:37:12] win for not only for the city

[2:37:14] but the community and in which

[2:37:17] the construction sites, as you

[2:37:20] know, for decades has been an

[2:37:21] issue with the city of miami

[2:37:23] from a safety perspective, from

[2:37:26] a visual blight perspective and

[2:37:28] from the cleanliness or the or

[2:37:30] the lack of cleanliness that

[2:37:31] has been able to have been

[2:37:35] maintained by the city. A

[2:37:36] single operator for this one

[2:37:38] year provides the city with a

[2:37:41] very intimate, controlled

[2:37:43] measure of the success and the

[2:37:46] concerns that MAY happen during

[2:37:48] this year. So the program can

[2:37:50] be tweaked and then opened up

[2:37:52] to whatever competitors

[2:37:54] qualified competitors that

[2:37:57] there are uh, that want to

[2:38:05] participate in this program. As

[2:38:08] previously stated, we have been

[2:38:11] working with the county with

[2:38:13] multiple mayors and

[2:38:14] commissioners over the past

[2:38:17] nine plus years. We have

[2:38:18] committed a tremendous amount

[2:38:20] of resource for this. And I

[2:38:22] would ask the question for any

[2:38:24] of our competitors who are out

[2:38:27] there where were you? What were

[2:38:29] you doing? We invested the

[2:38:31] time, the effort and the

[2:38:32] determination to get this

[2:38:35] program to work with the city

[2:38:37] administrators as well as

[2:38:39] elected officials to come up

[2:38:42] with a ordinance. Thank you.

[2:38:44] That works. We appreciate it. I

[2:38:45] really appreciate. Your time

[2:38:47] and effort. Thank you for your

[2:38:50] vote. Is that everyone on this

[2:38:51] item or we have one more

[2:38:52] speaker I can't see with the

[2:38:55] sign so no you can leave them

[2:38:57] up. I just go ahead. Okay.

[2:38:59] >> we're signing it right now.

[2:39:02] Um, jennifer del mastro

[2:39:05] jennifer del mastro 1717 north

[2:39:07] bayshore drive miami florida

[2:39:09] 33132. Thank you guys for

[2:39:12] allowing us to speak. I come in

[2:39:14] very quickly just to add as uh

[2:39:16] my sister dawn had spoken

[2:39:19] before please mind the emotions

[2:39:22] okay? We have the privilege of

[2:39:24] continuing something our father

[2:39:26] began ten years ago. We were

[2:39:29] with him every step of the way.

[2:39:30] So what an honor and a

[2:39:32] privilege as a family it would

[2:39:34] be to take his vision and bring

[2:39:36] it to life. He thought of this

[2:39:38] a long time ago. His vision

[2:39:39] inspired us throughout our

[2:39:41] lives. Completing his work

[2:39:42] would mean more than any other

[2:39:44] project we've been on. It would

[2:39:45] be the fulfillment of a dream

[2:39:47] that began long before many of

[2:39:49] these buildings existed. We

[2:39:50] respectfully ask that you

[2:39:52] approval of del mastro outdoor

[2:39:54] to be the sole company to test

[2:39:56] this idea to make miami look

[2:39:58] beautiful while it continues to

[2:40:00] grow in the most desirable city

[2:40:02] to live. Thank you very much

[2:40:04] for considering our family.

[2:40:06] Please I apologize about my

[2:40:08] emotions but anyone who knows

[2:40:09] the del mastro's I'm the one

[2:40:11] that cries the most in the

[2:40:12] family. Anyway, thank you for

[2:40:14] your time. Thank you for

[2:40:16] coming. All right. [Laughter]

[2:40:18] Um, I have one last public

[2:40:20] speaker. All right. Welcome.

[2:40:22] Good morning, MADAM Mayor. City

[2:40:24] commission. My name is. Anabel

[2:40:26] urrea. I am here as a municipal

[2:40:28] partner not as a resident. I am

[2:40:30] from miami dade county mayor's

[2:40:31] office daniella levine cava

[2:40:32] office. I just wanted to

[2:40:34] introduce myself as your new ig

[2:40:37] liaison. Um, your previous one

[2:40:40] david vidal was promoted so

[2:40:41] they have assigned to me this

[2:40:42] beautiful city. So just wanted

[2:40:44] to introduce myself, put the

[2:40:45] name behind the emails that you

[2:40:46] will be receiving and if you

[2:40:48] have any questions or need

[2:40:50] anything with the county or our

[2:40:51] mayor I'm your girl. Thank you

[2:40:53] very much. Well thank you for

[2:40:55] coming. This is the first this

[2:40:56] is a nice in-person

[2:40:58] introduction. We appreciate you

[2:40:59] and congratulations to daniel.

[2:41:01] All right. I don't see any more

[2:41:04] speakers. So public comment is

[2:41:08] closed. Um all right colleagues

[2:41:10] I guess we'll try to do the

[2:41:12] MADAM Mayor. Yes sir I did have

[2:41:13] a I did have a few minutes that

[2:41:15] I wanted to be able to just use

[2:41:17] a point of personal privilege

[2:41:19] to discuss an item that is for

[2:41:21] the public benefit. What item

[2:41:24] is that? It is about uh canopy

[2:41:26] and tree basically. Okay.

[2:41:28] >> um we'll we'll do that I'll

[2:41:30] put that on the list. Okay. Um,

[2:41:31] one of the things I was

[2:41:33] thinking we should do first is

[2:41:35] our 11 uh, the designation of

[2:41:37] the street for ruth shack. I

[2:41:40] think she probably deserves to

[2:41:43] have a a separate vote given

[2:41:46] her long history, um, in this

[2:41:48] city and if it's possible, I

[2:41:49] would love to co-sponsor that

[2:41:51] item. I'm not sure if others

[2:41:53] are interested in that too. I

[2:41:54] really appreciate you bringing

[2:41:55] that. Commissioner pardo. Sure

[2:41:57] was the sponsor of the item.

[2:41:59] Obviously I have a few words

[2:42:00] that I'd like to share.

[2:42:02] >> I figured you would so go

[2:42:04] ahead. Um, a lot of people

[2:42:06] spoke about ruth shack and what

[2:42:08] she's done for the arts for

[2:42:10] culture, how christo's islands

[2:42:12] were wrapped at a moment where

[2:42:14] the city was paradise lost. She

[2:42:15] made it paradise found what

[2:42:18] she's done with art miami art

[2:42:19] basel I'm not going to talk

[2:42:20] about any of that. I'm going to

[2:42:22] talk about myself. When I was a

[2:42:25] very young man, pretty insecure

[2:42:27] and very worried because I was

[2:42:30] openly gay and it was a moment

[2:42:32] in miami where hiv was killing

[2:42:33] a lot of people. Nobody knew

[2:42:36] why hiv was killing a lot of

[2:42:39] people. And um and here was

[2:42:44] this woman who on tv on camera

[2:42:48] in the community stood up in a

[2:42:50] very unique way, very

[2:42:52] courageous way people spit at

[2:42:54] her. Her kids were threatened.

[2:42:56] Uh, that was the climate in

[2:42:57] this community at that time.

[2:42:59] But as a young person to be

[2:43:03] able to see that meant so much

[2:43:05] because it meant that there was

[2:43:09] some kind of space for me and

[2:43:11] over time I was able to work

[2:43:13] with her. Uh, we did one of the

[2:43:14] first fundraisers with an

[2:43:15] organization called network. We

[2:43:18] raised about $90,000 in those

[2:43:21] times which is probably 19. I

[2:43:23] don't even know how far back it

[2:43:26] was a long time ago. And uh,

[2:43:29] ruth and the reason I wanted to

[2:43:31] say my personal story is

[2:43:34] because I am just one of

[2:43:37] thousands of people that she

[2:43:39] touched in that way and I am

[2:43:41] convinced that in our community

[2:43:43] there are so many underserved

[2:43:44] people, there are so many

[2:43:46] minorities and so many

[2:43:47] separated people especially in

[2:43:50] today's world that someone who

[2:43:52] fought hard to bring them

[2:43:55] together to start small

[2:43:56] nonprofits that listen to

[2:43:58] people that really made a

[2:44:00] difference in miami. I am

[2:44:02] convinced that this city would

[2:44:04] not be this city without ruth

[2:44:06] shack. And so I find it

[2:44:08] incredibly fitting that we're

[2:44:10] naming a street that wraps

[2:44:12] around the old southeast

[2:44:14] financial center because those

[2:44:16] were her offices for decades

[2:44:18] where she sat as the PRESIDENT

[2:44:20] Of the dade community

[2:44:21] foundation. Today it's called

[2:44:23] the miami foundation and where

[2:44:26] they gave out tons of grants to

[2:44:28] all of these small nonprofits

[2:44:30] that made a difference for

[2:44:32] every every part of this

[2:44:35] community. So obviously from a

[2:44:36] personal level, uh, it's

[2:44:38] somebody that that I can you

[2:44:40] know, I there's not enough

[2:44:42] words I could possibly say to

[2:44:44] what she meant to me, but also

[2:44:46] keep in mind how many thousands

[2:44:48] of people are in miami that she

[2:44:49] impacted the same way.

[2:44:52] [Laughter] I take that that's a

[2:44:56] motion for r 11 na do I have a

[2:44:57] second. Commissioner I'd like

[2:44:59] to second I'd also like to be

[2:45:01] added as a co-sponsor the the

[2:45:03] miami foundation is an

[2:45:05] organization that's been very

[2:45:07] special to me. Uh and I'm happy

[2:45:09] to support you on this. Thank

[2:45:11] you, MR. Clark. Yes thank you,

[2:45:13] thank you. Commissioner king

[2:45:14] would also like to be shown as

[2:45:15] a co-sponsor for r 11. Okay.

[2:45:16] >> delightful perfect

[2:45:18] colleagues any other comments

[2:45:21] if that that's all in favor say

[2:45:24] I I show ruth shack having her

[2:45:26] own street passed unanimously.

[2:45:28] Thank you for bringing that.

[2:45:31] MADAM Mayor. Yes commissioner

[2:45:32] rosado.

[2:45:33] >> could I take a moment of

[2:45:35] personal privilege as well? I

[2:45:36] would love to address the

[2:45:38] silver court residents that are

[2:45:38] here. Okay.

[2:45:40] >> quickly and then we'll um

[2:45:43] set. I have one. Yeah we yeah

[2:45:45] we have the we have the two of

[2:45:48] that before and for from your

[2:45:49] perspective since folks are

[2:45:51] here, I think we will

[2:45:52] absolutely do that. Um

[2:45:54] colleagues, you know we're

[2:45:56] coming up on noon. My thought

[2:45:59] is uh, we continue trying to

[2:46:00] get through a few of the items.

[2:46:02] Do you agree? So okay. All

[2:46:04] right. So um why don't we start

[2:46:05] with commissioner carter since

[2:46:06] he has first then we'll go to

[2:46:07] you commissioner rosado.

[2:46:08] Commissioner pardo, you again.

[2:46:11] It's really quick. Um first of

[2:46:13] all I want to yeah I want to

[2:46:15] thank everybody that has been

[2:46:17] engaged on tree and canopy

[2:46:19] issues. I think it's fantastic.

[2:46:21] We had a full house here for

[2:46:22] the head board meeting. There's

[2:46:24] a lot of feedback and a lot of

[2:46:25] people engaged and the more

[2:46:27] eyes on anything I think the

[2:46:29] better it is for us as a

[2:46:33] community. Even so, I want to

[2:46:35] explain to people some of the

[2:46:36] context of things that are

[2:46:37] happening because I've never

[2:46:38] seen this really happening

[2:46:40] before so far in my term in

[2:46:42] office. So alex, if you can put

[2:46:45] on the there you go. So this is

[2:46:47] a new organization that popped

[2:46:49] up miami canopy watch this is

[2:46:51] their comment bs you sound like

[2:46:53] donald trump now everyone knows

[2:46:54] you ordered the falsification

[2:46:57] of those permits to cut down

[2:46:58] your own neighbors 100 year old

[2:47:00] oak tree for destructive

[2:47:01] sidewalks. We have the records.

[2:47:03] It's on our page. Your district

[2:47:05] has the most tree removals by

[2:47:08] far than any other. This is an

[2:47:11] incredibly serious legal false

[2:47:13] allegation and I just want

[2:47:15] residents to understand that we

[2:47:17] are here in our office. We are

[2:47:18] passionate about trees. Our

[2:47:20] staff in the city is passionate

[2:47:22] about trees. We are here for

[2:47:24] you. We want you to come to us,

[2:47:27] talk to us and let us show you

[2:47:29] what we do, how we do it and

[2:47:30] the information and what the

[2:47:32] facts are. If you can go to the

[2:47:36] next one, here is an image

[2:47:39] before and after pardo paved

[2:47:40] paradise. This is a doctored

[2:47:43] image you can see on the right

[2:47:44] hand side. And then if you go

[2:47:45] to the next slide, the area

[2:47:48] that we pointed out what was

[2:47:50] just taken out to make a

[2:47:51] convenient argument in the

[2:47:53] moment and I'm going to go to

[2:47:54] the next one and I'll make

[2:47:56] those points on the next slide.

[2:47:58] And this was put which is not

[2:48:00] great to put these on trees.

[2:48:01] You're harming the tree when

[2:48:04] you do this but this was put in

[2:48:07] edgewater and it says save

[2:48:09] edgewater call damian pardo

[2:48:11] developers mellow group and our

[2:48:12] commissioner damian pardo are

[2:48:14] destroying edgewater demand a

[2:48:15] community meeting to end the

[2:48:16] overdevelopment and it gives

[2:48:18] you all of this stuff with a qr

[2:48:21] code so that you can give money

[2:48:23] to be able to support this

[2:48:25] movement. Uh, currently that

[2:48:27] we're we're looking play out

[2:48:28] here. It's important to

[2:48:30] understand that as a

[2:48:32] commissioner, not any

[2:48:34] commissioner and not the mayor

[2:48:36] has I've never seen a tree

[2:48:37] permit. I don't give any

[2:48:39] direction when it comes to

[2:48:40] trees. There's nothing we are

[2:48:43] separated by charter from the

[2:48:44] city manager. The city manager

[2:48:47] and the administration run the

[2:48:49] city. We are here to represent

[2:48:51] you. We are here to interact

[2:48:53] with you and we are here to set

[2:48:55] policy that helps govern what

[2:48:57] happens in administration. So

[2:48:59] that's a very, very important

[2:49:00] distinction. When somebody is

[2:49:03] pointing to someone it likely

[2:49:05] has nothing to do with the

[2:49:06] actual thing you care about

[2:49:08] which is tree and canopy. And

[2:49:09] then if you can go to the next

[2:49:12] one. So here I guess this is

[2:49:14] the gofund me where that qr

[2:49:16] code takes people and it says

[2:49:17] thank you for the recent

[2:49:19] donations. We have successfully

[2:49:21] filed the appeal from margaret

[2:49:23] pace park continue to share

[2:49:25] future removals. There are no

[2:49:28] appeals for margaret pace park

[2:49:31] there is nothing to file so I

[2:49:32] want people to be careful, to

[2:49:35] be cautious, to have eyes wide

[2:49:37] open and to please contact our

[2:49:38] office. Thank you for your

[2:49:39] time. Thank you mayor.

[2:49:40] >> all right. Thank you

[2:49:42] commissioner and you and I have

[2:49:44] spent many a day hot day under

[2:49:45] trees and sometimes planting

[2:49:48] trees together. So I can attest

[2:49:50] to your commitment, uh, to

[2:49:52] greening greening folks.

[2:49:54] Commissioner rosado, you're a

[2:49:55] few of your residents were here

[2:49:56] today. Thank you.

[2:49:58] >> thank you, MADAM Mayor. Uh,

[2:50:00] I think the folks in silver

[2:50:02] court know that it is a place

[2:50:04] that is important to me

[2:50:06] essentially my entire life my

[2:50:07] grandmother and my step

[2:50:08] grandfather lived in silver

[2:50:10] court in throughout the 70s and

[2:50:11] the 1980s I had several

[2:50:13] relatives that lived there. In

[2:50:14] fact I grew up playing hide and

[2:50:16] go seek there. When we learned

[2:50:18] some months back that the

[2:50:20] developer was going to sell the

[2:50:22] property, we told him

[2:50:24] immediately two things number

[2:50:26] one, you need to give the folks

[2:50:28] that live there more time than

[2:50:29] you are required to and you

[2:50:30] need to give them more money.

[2:50:32] Our state standards for these

[2:50:34] things they're not nearly as

[2:50:35] high as they as they should be.

[2:50:37] So I do know that they have

[2:50:38] given more time and more money,

[2:50:40] but we recognize that it's it's

[2:50:43] not enough. Okay. We when we

[2:50:45] received a copy of the eviction

[2:50:46] notice on the same day that you

[2:50:47] all received it because we

[2:50:49] found out when you found out we

[2:50:50] immediately did two things

[2:50:52] right. We organized two housing

[2:50:54] resource fairs at coral gate

[2:50:56] park which is walking distance

[2:50:57] from silver court we had there

[2:50:59] with the support of mayor

[2:51:01] higgins and mayor levine cava

[2:51:02] at the county level and a

[2:51:04] number of nonprofits. We

[2:51:06] organized a fair to explain to

[2:51:07] everybody here are the city,

[2:51:09] the county and the nonprofit

[2:51:10] resources available to

[2:51:11] everybody in the trailer park.

[2:51:13] We then went door to door and

[2:51:14] personally invited everybody.

[2:51:16] Doesn't mean everybody was

[2:51:17] home, but we made sure that

[2:51:19] every household received a

[2:51:20] notification for both of the

[2:51:22] events that we had, which were

[2:51:23] pretty well attended. We have

[2:51:25] gone trailer to trailer a

[2:51:26] number of times since then to

[2:51:27] make sure that anybody who

[2:51:29] wasn't at the meeting received

[2:51:30] the same information that that

[2:51:33] we have. Because of that we

[2:51:35] have helped a number of

[2:51:36] families to relocate. And so we

[2:51:39] know that today 84% of the

[2:51:41] trailer park has relocated. So

[2:51:44] we understand how unaffordable

[2:51:46] miami is and we are here to do

[2:51:48] whatever we can. I have said it

[2:51:49] on the record multiple times

[2:51:50] and I've said it on the

[2:51:52] news and I'm going to say it

[2:51:54] until everything is resolved

[2:51:56] but not one person or one

[2:51:58] household residing in silver

[2:52:00] court that is willing to accept

[2:52:02] relocation assistance will end

[2:52:03] up on the street. Doesn't

[2:52:05] matter what agenda item is on

[2:52:06] this agenda or any other

[2:52:09] agenda. If anybody in silver

[2:52:11] court wants assistance, we are

[2:52:13] here to help. We are going to

[2:52:14] be bringing the developers who

[2:52:16] live across the country to the

[2:52:18] table to meet with you all as

[2:52:19] well within the next few weeks

[2:52:21] they have agreed to that we're

[2:52:22] locking in a date. We want them

[2:52:24] to hear from you personally but

[2:52:27] as I sit here no one in silver

[2:52:31] court will end up homeless.

[2:52:33] Thank you commissioner. All

[2:52:35] right MADAM. MADAM Chair.

[2:52:36] Mayor. Yes.

[2:52:36] >> okay.

[2:52:40] >> so I reserve the right to do

[2:52:42] what I just did when I feel

[2:52:43] that something is falsehood

[2:52:44] like there's a lot of

[2:52:45] falsehoods out there. All

[2:52:45] right.

[2:52:46] >> all right, let me finish.

[2:52:48] Ma'am, please. I reserve the

[2:52:49] right to do the same thing that

[2:52:50] he's doing. It's not going to

[2:52:52] be today but it might be next

[2:52:53] commission meeting so I just

[2:52:54] want to put that on the record.

[2:52:56] >> thank you. Yes. I think what

[2:52:57] I will do next time is when

[2:52:59] anyone feels they need to

[2:53:00] defend themselves, we'll do it

[2:53:01] at the end of the meeting

[2:53:03] colleagues. So just to be clear

[2:53:05] we'll do it at the end not at

[2:53:07] the beginning. Um all right

[2:53:09] consent agenda let's try to

[2:53:11] move as quickly through what is

[2:53:14] simple to do. Um c one two and

[2:53:16] three. Does anyone want to

[2:53:17] bifurcate any of [Laughter]

[2:53:19] those. All right I'll entertain

[2:53:22] a motion motion. And MR. Clark

[2:53:24] for the interruption. For the

[2:53:25] record c two will be amended

[2:53:27] pursuant to a substitution memo

[2:53:29] dated JULY 21st 2026. Thank you

[2:53:31] chair. Thank you and also

[2:53:32] colleagues as it's written

[2:53:34] today it doesn't include our

[2:53:36] new ordinance on um minimizing

[2:53:38] single use plastics, but the

[2:53:39] administration assured me that

[2:53:40] it will by the time it signed

[2:53:42] okay motion on the consent

[2:53:43] items as amended. So moved.

[2:53:44] Second.

[2:53:44] >> second.

[2:53:46] >> second all in favor say aye.

[2:53:50] Aye show those passed um public

[2:53:52] hearing items. We can take all

[2:53:54] items except for ph six which

[2:53:57] must be heard after the cra

[2:53:57] meeting.

[2:53:59] >> I'd like to pull page three.

[2:54:01] Page three. All right. We'll

[2:54:05] pull ph. And I'd like to pull

[2:54:08] ph five. Ph five so we have the

[2:54:10] dade heritage trust the hope

[2:54:12] hydration be pulled and then

[2:54:14] the allapattah cra has to we

[2:54:16] have to wait on that. All right

[2:54:18] so I will accept a motion on ph

[2:54:24] one ph 2ph4. So moved. Second

[2:54:27] all in favor say aye. Aye any

[2:54:29] opposed. So that's passed

[2:54:31] unanimously I think if if it's

[2:54:33] okay with you all I'll just

[2:54:34] MARCH to the agenda on the

[2:54:35] things that we have consent on

[2:54:36] and then we'll go back this

[2:54:38] way. If folks are here just for

[2:54:39] one item they'll they'll get

[2:54:41] those out of the way. Um all

[2:54:43] right. We'll move to

[2:54:44] resolutions. Are there items

[2:54:47] you would like to bifurcate on

[2:54:54] our resolutions list. I'd like

[2:55:01] ru4rere4re12. Re12 and re14. Re

[2:55:05] 14. Which I guess goes with 15.

[2:55:06] Probably 15. We need to

[2:55:08] bifurcate as well. Um any any

[2:55:09] others colleagues.

[2:55:11] >> could you give me a. Minute

[2:55:22] of course yeah.

[2:55:33] Did somebody put pull. R12r12

[2:55:38] has been pulled. Yes okay.

[2:55:42] Anyone else. I believe um

[2:55:45] district three wanted to have a

[2:55:51] substitution of re 17. And

[2:55:54] basically ra 17 relates to

[2:55:57] district four. Re three wanted

[2:55:59] to add themselves to your

[2:56:01] resolution so. Sponsor as well.

[2:56:06] Okay is that clear to everyone

[2:56:08] okay all right so colleagues

[2:56:10] from the resolutions the ones

[2:56:14] that I show as pulled are

[2:56:16] e4re12r14 and its companion re

[2:56:20] 15 is that it? All right I'll

[2:56:22] entertain a message on the

[2:56:23] remaining items. Do you have

[2:56:25] any amendments or substitutions

[2:56:25] MR. Clerk.

[2:56:27] >> thank you chair I believe in

[2:56:28] addition to the amendment that

[2:56:30] the city attorney stated for re

[2:56:32] 17 it needs to be amended

[2:56:34] pursuant to a substitution memo

[2:56:37] dated JULY 15th, 2026. Okay.

[2:56:39] >> we will take a motion with

[2:56:41] that amendment. So moved.

[2:56:41] Second.

[2:56:43] >> all right. All in favor say

[2:56:44] aye. Aye aye.

[2:56:47] >> any opposed show those items

[2:56:50] passed. All right. If with your

[2:56:52] permission we'll do the same

[2:56:54] thing on second readings. Are

[2:56:55] there any of the second

[2:56:57] readings that people would like

[2:57:03] to bifurcate sr3sr3. Anything

[2:57:13] else? Sir for. Okay sr4

[2:57:17] colleagues anything else? All

[2:57:20] right I will entertain okay. Oh

[2:57:22] I forgot I'm doing I forgot to

[2:57:23] let you do your job george.

[2:57:25] There you go. Let's read sr one

[2:57:29] sr 2sr5sr6 and sr seven and

[2:57:30] we'll do the others when we

[2:57:30] come back to.

[2:57:34] >> them okay um sr1 second

[2:57:35] reading ordinance an ordinance

[2:57:36] of the miami city commission

[2:57:38] amending chapter 54 article two

[2:57:40] section 54-56 of the code of

[2:57:42] the city of miami, florida as

[2:57:43] amended city code titled

[2:57:44] streets and sidewalks

[2:57:46] construction excavation and

[2:57:47] repair construction

[2:57:48] reconstruction or repair of

[2:57:50] street improvements required

[2:57:51] when adjacent property is

[2:57:53] improved by construction of

[2:57:55] $100,000 or more in value or

[2:57:57] exceeding 1000ft2 in floor area

[2:58:00] restriction to provide for the

[2:58:01] increase of the construction

[2:58:03] value threshold that triggers

[2:58:04] required street improvements

[2:58:05] reducing the maximum percentage

[2:58:07] of required right of way

[2:58:08] improvement costs for property

[2:58:10] owners and requiring compliance

[2:58:11] with americans with

[2:58:13] disabilities act ada and life

[2:58:15] safety requirements pursuant.

[2:58:17] And life safety requirements

[2:58:19] prior to the issuance of

[2:58:20] certificates of occupancy

[2:58:22] containing severability clause

[2:58:23] and providing for an effective

[2:58:27] date sr2 second reading

[2:58:28] ordinance an ordinance of the

[2:58:30] miami city commission amending

[2:58:32] chapter 62 article one section

[2:58:34] 62-2.1 of the code of the city

[2:58:35] of miami, florida as amended

[2:58:37] titled planning and zoning in

[2:58:38] general independent traffic and

[2:58:40] environmental impact studies by

[2:58:42] updating traffic statement and

[2:58:43] traffic impact study

[2:58:45] requirements containing

[2:58:46] severability clause providing

[2:58:52] for an effective date sr5 an

[2:58:54] ordinance of the miami city

[2:58:55] commission amending chapter two

[2:58:57] article 11 division two of the

[2:58:58] code of the city of miami,

[2:58:59] florida as amended city code

[2:59:01] titled administration boards

[2:59:02] committees commission standards

[2:59:03] for creation and review of

[2:59:04] boards generally or

[2:59:05] specifically by amending

[2:59:08] section 2-885 titled terms of

[2:59:09] office term limit waiver to

[2:59:11] provide that a board member who

[2:59:12] has completed eight consecutive

[2:59:14] years MAY be permitted to serve

[2:59:15] additional terms upon a

[2:59:16] unanimous vote of the members

[2:59:17] of the city commission

[2:59:18] containing a severability

[2:59:21] clause and providing for an an

[2:59:25] immediate effective date sr6 an

[2:59:27] ordinance of the miami city

[2:59:28] commission amending chapter 38

[2:59:29] article one of the code of the

[2:59:30] city of miami, florida as

[2:59:32] amended total parks and

[2:59:33] recreation in general by

[2:59:36] creating section 38-43 titled

[2:59:37] naming of shenandoah dog park

[2:59:39] to provide for the naming of

[2:59:40] the property consisting of

[2:59:42] approximately 10,710ft2 located

[2:59:45] at 2293 north southwest 17

[2:59:47] terrace miami, florida as

[2:59:48] shenandoah dog park further

[2:59:49] directing the city manager to

[2:59:51] take any and all action

[2:59:52] necessary to effectuate the

[2:59:54] naming of the park containing a

[2:59:55] severability clause and

[2:59:56] providing for an immediate

[3:00:00] effective date. And we have

[3:00:01] sr7sr7 an ordinance of the

[3:00:02] miami city commission amending

[3:00:04] chapter 62 article 12 of the

[3:00:05] code of the city of miami,

[3:00:06] florida as amended city code

[3:00:07] titled planning and zoning

[3:00:09] parks and open space trust fund

[3:00:11] to clarify the public benefits

[3:00:13] contribution and expenditure

[3:00:14] process for properties near a

[3:00:15] greenway containing a

[3:00:16] severability clause and

[3:00:19] providing for an effective

[3:00:20] date. That concludes the second

[3:00:22] reading. Thank you. MR. Clark.

[3:00:24] Do you have any clarifications

[3:00:25] or amendments? Thank you.

[3:00:27] >> chair sr7 will be amended

[3:00:29] pursuant to a substitution memo

[3:00:31] dated JULY 17th, 2026. Thank

[3:00:32] you chair. Thank you. All

[3:00:34] right. So the ones that have

[3:00:36] not been bifurcated sr1, two,

[3:00:40] five six and seven as amended

[3:00:42] entertain a motion. Motion

[3:00:44] second. All in favor say aye

[3:00:46] aye. Any opposed show those

[3:00:49] carrying unanimously okay get

[3:00:51] ready to read again george um

[3:00:53] we'll do the first reading once

[3:00:55] um does anyone want to

[3:00:57] bifurcate any of the first

[3:01:03] reading items. Frfr5fr5. Anyone

[3:01:07] else? All right, MR. Attorney,

[3:01:09] if you could read fr one

[3:01:10] through four into the record

[3:01:10] please.

[3:01:13] >> thank you, MADAM Mayor. Um

[3:01:14] fr1 first reading ordinance an

[3:01:16] ordinance of the miami an

[3:01:18] ordinance of the miami city

[3:01:19] commission amending chapter 23

[3:01:20] article one of the code of the

[3:01:21] city of miami, florida as

[3:01:22] amended titled historic

[3:01:23] preservation historic

[3:01:24] preservation by amending

[3:01:27] section 23-6.1 titled waivers

[3:01:28] exceptions and exclusions for

[3:01:30] locally designated historic

[3:01:31] resources to provide for an

[3:01:33] exception to permit event

[3:01:34] venues in historically

[3:01:35] designated structures

[3:01:36] containing a severability

[3:01:38] clause providing for an

[3:01:41] effective date fr2 an ordinance

[3:01:42] of the miami city commission

[3:01:44] amending chapter 19 section

[3:01:46] 19-2.1 of the code of the city

[3:01:47] of miami, florida as amended

[3:01:49] titled fire safety permit

[3:01:51] required issuance fees, annual

[3:01:53] renewal revocation and

[3:01:54] penalties use of fees to create

[3:01:56] subsection g to require the

[3:01:57] electronic submission of fire

[3:01:59] protection and life safety

[3:02:00] system inspection, testing and

[3:02:01] maintenance reports through a

[3:02:03] web based system including a

[3:02:04] third party system design

[3:02:06] designated by the city

[3:02:07] containing a severability

[3:02:09] clause and providing for an

[3:02:10] immediate effective date. Fr3

[3:02:12] an ordinance of the miami city

[3:02:13] commission amending chapter 20

[3:02:14] of the code of the city of

[3:02:15] miami, florida as amended

[3:02:17] titled flood damage prevention

[3:02:18] providing guidelines and

[3:02:20] timelines for recertification

[3:02:22] of existing drainage systems

[3:02:24] amending related fee provisions

[3:02:25] provided that applicable fee

[3:02:27] shall be set by resolution

[3:02:28] establishing reporting criteria

[3:02:30] for compliance and aligning

[3:02:31] drainage recertification

[3:02:33] requirements with the city of

[3:02:34] miami's building certification

[3:02:36] recertification program

[3:02:37] containing a severability

[3:02:38] clause and providing for an

[3:02:40] effective date. Fr4 an

[3:02:42] ordinance of the miami city

[3:02:43] commission amending chapter 54

[3:02:44] article five of the code of the

[3:02:45] city of miami, florida as

[3:02:47] amended titled base building

[3:02:48] lines to include an

[3:02:49] encroachment on the ninth

[3:02:51] street mall containing a

[3:02:52] severability clause and

[3:02:53] providing for an immediate

[3:02:55] effective date. That concludes

[3:02:57] the f. All right, MR. Clark,

[3:02:59] over to you. Any changes,

[3:03:03] amendments or. At the moment

[3:03:04] no. There will just be an

[3:03:06] amendment for fr5 once it's

[3:03:06] addressed. Okay.

[3:03:08] >> all right so um colleagues

[3:03:11] any comments or I'll entertain

[3:03:13] a motion I'm. Sorry I have one

[3:03:15] comment for fr4. Okay I'd like

[3:03:18] to exempt d five from this

[3:03:20] legislation because there are

[3:03:22] so many historical areas in

[3:03:24] district five that I wouldn't

[3:03:26] want an unintended consequence

[3:03:29] of just a blanket legislation

[3:03:31] for historically designated

[3:03:33] structures. If we could exempt

[3:03:37] d five from this legislation

[3:03:42] fr1I. Would add district two.

[3:03:49] Fr1fr1 okay. I'm sorry that is.

[3:03:51] Fr4fruzfr1 okay yeah you

[3:03:53] mentioned fr4 so fr1. I'm just

[3:03:55] going to count that one as

[3:03:58] pulled and let's we'll do so

[3:04:00] fr1 and fr5 are both for

[3:04:02] discussion later. Let's take a

[3:04:06] motion fr23 and four. So moved.

[3:04:08] Okay all in favor say aye. Aye

[3:04:12] okay show those passed. Um I

[3:04:14] want to MARCH through the

[3:04:15] things that we can get done so

[3:04:17] if folks have items and they

[3:04:20] can they can go home um we'll

[3:04:22] go forward to the planning and

[3:04:27] zoning items. Colleagues any of

[3:04:29] these would you like to

[3:04:31] bifurcate for further

[3:04:35] discussion. Pzpz8 and nine. All

[3:04:38] right pz8 and nine have been

[3:04:40] bifurcated others. I'd just

[3:04:43] like to co-sponsor pz5 if I'm

[3:04:45] not already on their tod.

[3:04:45] Absolutely.

[3:04:49] >> thank you. Any other

[3:04:51] changes, MR. Clark, do you have

[3:04:53] any changes for us on the items

[3:04:55] that have not been bifurcated?

[3:04:57] Um only for pz8 and nine so

[3:04:58] we're good to go right? Okay

[3:04:59] I'll entertain a motion on all

[3:05:01] of those. Oh MR. City attorney

[3:05:04] yes. Um okay. Would you read

[3:05:05] the ones that need to be read.

[3:05:07] >> please z one is a resolution

[3:05:10] pz2 um second reading ordinance

[3:05:11] an ordinance of the miami city

[3:05:12] commission with attachments

[3:05:14] amending ordinance number 10544

[3:05:15] as amended the future land use

[3:05:17] map of the miami comprehensive

[3:05:18] neighborhood plan pursuant to

[3:05:19] small scale amendment

[3:05:22] procedures subject to section

[3:05:23] 163.3187 florida statutes by

[3:05:24] changing the future land use

[3:05:26] designation from single family

[3:05:27] residential to major

[3:05:28] institutional public

[3:05:29] facilities, transportation and

[3:05:31] utilities of the acreage

[3:05:32] described herein of real

[3:05:34] property at 770 north west 41

[3:05:36] avenue miami, florida as more

[3:05:37] particularly described in the

[3:05:38] attached and incorporated

[3:05:40] exhibit a making findings

[3:05:41] containing a severability

[3:05:43] clause and providing for an

[3:05:45] effective date pz3 second

[3:05:46] reading ordinance an ordinance

[3:05:47] of the miami city commission

[3:05:48] with attachments amending the

[3:05:50] zoning atlas of ordinance

[3:05:52] number 1311 for the zoning code

[3:05:53] of the city of miami, florida

[3:05:55] as amended miami 21 code by

[3:05:56] changing the zoning

[3:05:57] classification from t3r

[3:05:59] suburban transect zone

[3:06:02] restricted to c I civic

[3:06:03] institution transect zone for

[3:06:05] the property generally located

[3:06:07] at 770 north west 41 avenue

[3:06:09] miami, florida as more

[3:06:10] particularly described in the

[3:06:11] attached and incorporated

[3:06:13] exhibit a making findings

[3:06:14] containing severability clause

[3:06:16] and providing for an effective

[3:06:21] date s r I'm sorry pz4 um an

[3:06:22] ordinance of the miami city

[3:06:24] commission amending ordinance

[3:06:26] number 13114 the zoning

[3:06:27] ordinance of the city of miami,

[3:06:29] florida as amended miami 21

[3:06:30] code specifically by amending

[3:06:31] article one titled definitions

[3:06:34] to introduce new definitions

[3:06:35] and clarify definitions related

[3:06:37] to greenways by amending

[3:06:39] article three titled general to

[3:06:41] zones specifically by amending

[3:06:43] section 3.14 to introduce a

[3:06:45] greenway public benefits

[3:06:46] program to allow development

[3:06:47] benefits for eligible sites

[3:06:51] within a half mile of a

[3:06:53] greenway and by adding section

[3:06:55] 3.20 titled greenway standards

[3:06:56] to establish criteria and

[3:06:57] regulations for developments

[3:06:59] fronting a greenway and by

[3:07:00] amending article four titled

[3:07:03] standards and tables to clarify

[3:07:05] the greenway civic space type

[3:07:07] making making findings

[3:07:08] containing a severability

[3:07:10] clause and providing for an

[3:07:13] effective date. Pz5 an

[3:07:15] ordinance of the miami city

[3:07:16] commission amending ordinance

[3:07:18] number 13114 the zoning

[3:07:19] ordinance of the city of miami,

[3:07:20] florida as amended miami 21

[3:07:22] code by amending article one of

[3:07:24] the miami 21 code titled

[3:07:25] definitions to introduce a

[3:07:26] definition for cottage housing

[3:07:28] and to update the definition of

[3:07:30] lot coverage and by amending

[3:07:32] article five section 5.3 of the

[3:07:34] miami 21 code titled suburban

[3:07:36] transit zones t three to allow

[3:07:38] for a new housing typology

[3:07:41] within t3o transect zones and

[3:07:43] on t three nonconforming lots

[3:07:45] and to update the porticos and

[3:07:46] porches regulations making

[3:07:47] findings containing a

[3:07:48] severability clause and

[3:07:50] providing for an effective

[3:07:53] date. Six was indefinitely

[3:07:56] deferred z seven was

[3:07:57] indefinitely deferred. That

[3:08:00] leaves us with p z ten first

[3:08:01] reading ordinance an ordinance

[3:08:03] of the miami city commission

[3:08:04] amending ordinance number 13114

[3:08:05] the zoning ordinance of the

[3:08:07] city of miami, florida as

[3:08:09] amended miami 21 code by

[3:08:10] amending article six titled

[3:08:11] supplemental regulations

[3:08:13] specifically section 6.1 titled

[3:08:16] intent and exclusions table 13

[3:08:19] to modify the permitting

[3:08:21] process for food service

[3:08:22] establishments and to clarify

[3:08:24] the permitting process for

[3:08:25] alcohol service establishments

[3:08:26] and by amending section 6.3

[3:08:28] titled commercial uses to

[3:08:29] clarify and update outdoor

[3:08:31] dining regulations and to allow

[3:08:33] outdoor dining by right and

[3:08:35] specified locations and when

[3:08:37] scale and design criteria are

[3:08:39] met, making findings containing

[3:08:40] a severability clause and

[3:08:42] providing for an effective date

[3:08:46] that concludes the items. All

[3:08:51] right um MR. City clerk any

[3:08:52] amendments substitutions

[3:08:55] comments on those. Not not at

[3:08:56] the moment no. Okay.

[3:08:58] >> all right we'll take a

[3:09:00] motion on those items accepting

[3:09:04] pz8 and pz9. So moved. Second

[3:09:07] all in favor say I. I show

[3:09:10] those items passed unanimously.

[3:09:12] Um I think we have one other

[3:09:15] item MR. Clerk that uh the

[3:09:16] boards and committees miami

[3:09:17] tree ordinance advisory

[3:09:19] committee you want to read that

[3:09:22] for us? Thank you chair a bc1

[3:09:24] miami tree ordinance advisory

[3:09:25] committee commissioner king

[3:09:26] would like to appoint aaron

[3:09:28] demaio to the at large seat

[3:09:30] designated for a member of the

[3:09:33] climate resilience committee.

[3:09:35] Second all in favor say aye.

[3:09:37] Aye aye show that unanimously

[3:09:41] passed. Okay. Um we have just

[3:09:43] about 8 or 9 items to get

[3:09:45] through. Do we want to power

[3:09:47] through or. MADAM MADAM mayor,

[3:09:50] can we come from the items and

[3:09:51] work our way back to the top?

[3:09:54] All right. So let us um and

[3:09:56] then here's one of the things I

[3:09:57] would like to do. I'd like to

[3:09:59] do your items and then

[3:10:00] commissioner gabel if you could

[3:10:01] prepare to do the allapattah

[3:10:03] cra right after that because we

[3:10:06] cannot do ph six until that

[3:10:08] meeting is over and the other

[3:10:09] cras we don't have any items on

[3:10:11] this agenda. Just one. Just

[3:10:14] after the. Item I thought that

[3:10:16] everybody be handed one of

[3:10:17] these the commissioners and the

[3:10:20] mayor for the area. I'm sorry

[3:10:22] sir. But everybody be handed

[3:10:25] one of these for the area

[3:10:26] because the CHAIRWOMAN. Agenda

[3:10:29] agenda. Um an agenda yeah I can

[3:10:29] certainly provide an agenda.

[3:10:30] Yes sir. Yeah. Thanks.

[3:10:32] >> okay so you let me know when

[3:10:33] you're ready but we've got to

[3:10:35] get that one done or we can't

[3:10:35] get through the commission

[3:10:36] agenda. We'll do all right

[3:10:37] commissioner king over to you

[3:10:39] for pz8 and nine. Um, MR. City

[3:10:41] attorney, do you want to read

[3:10:42] those in since we didn't read

[3:10:43] those in I think one of them

[3:10:45] has to be read in. Yes MADAM

[3:10:47] Mayor, I believe pz8 the

[3:10:49] resolution pz9 is an ordinance

[3:10:51] pz9 first reading ordinance an

[3:10:52] ordinance of the miami city

[3:10:53] commission with attachments

[3:10:54] amending the zoning atlas of

[3:10:56] ordinance number 1311 for the

[3:10:57] zoning ordinance of the city of

[3:10:58] miami, florida as amended miami

[3:11:00] 21 code by changing the zoning

[3:11:02] classification from t68l urban

[3:11:05] core transect zone limited to t

[3:11:07] five zero urban core transit

[3:11:08] zone open for the properties

[3:11:14] generally located at

[3:11:16] 625645675685650640630 and 626

[3:11:24] northeast 64 terrace and

[3:11:25] 629635645655669 and 685 north

[3:11:27] east 64th street and the east

[3:11:30] portion of 610 northeast 64

[3:11:31] terrace, miami, florida more

[3:11:32] particularly described in

[3:11:34] exhibit a attached and

[3:11:35] incorporated making findings

[3:11:36] containing a severability

[3:11:37] clause and providing for an

[3:11:40] effective date. Thank you. All

[3:11:42] right commissioner king. Okay

[3:11:44] so I just want for

[3:11:45] administration the city

[3:11:47] attorney's office to put on the

[3:11:50] record where this community

[3:11:52] benefit of $1 million will be

[3:11:55] deposited that make sure that

[3:11:57] my neighbors know it will not

[3:12:00] end up in a general fund. It

[3:12:03] will park itself in a district

[3:12:07] five account which could live

[3:12:09] beyond me um depending on when

[3:12:11] we get to distributing and for

[3:12:15] the record, allocating these

[3:12:17] funds is predicated on

[3:12:19] community meetings for the

[3:12:23] community and the different

[3:12:25] areas that MAY be adversely

[3:12:27] impacted by this development.

[3:12:30] The community decides not the

[3:12:32] district five commissioner in a

[3:12:34] in a vacuum. So I want to make

[3:12:36] sure that they are assured that

[3:12:38] this money is going into a pot

[3:12:41] for district five specific for

[3:12:44] this project to address issues

[3:12:47] that will stem from this

[3:12:49] development. That is correct

[3:12:51] MADAM Chair. Um the money is

[3:12:53] just basically being placed in

[3:12:55] a bucket for the district five.

[3:12:58] Um in order to spend that money

[3:13:00] you'll have to come back to the

[3:13:01] city commission for approval

[3:13:02] for any use of that funds.

[3:13:04] they'll be treated like any

[3:13:06] other uh, funds that the city

[3:13:09] has. So yeah, there is not a

[3:13:10] special account for the

[3:13:11] district five. It's just a

[3:13:13] place to put the monies so that

[3:13:14] then they can be appropriately

[3:13:16] spent for public. I just wanted

[3:13:17] to make that clear on the

[3:13:19] record so that the community

[3:13:21] understands that this money is

[3:13:24] specific for this project and

[3:13:26] the money is parked in a

[3:13:27] district five account that it

[3:13:30] will not be sent to general

[3:13:32] funds or used for any other

[3:13:34] purpose than what is intended

[3:13:36] in the covenant. And that was

[3:13:37] that was it. I just wanted to

[3:13:38] get that on the record. All

[3:13:39] right.

[3:13:40] >> I will entertain a motion.

[3:13:43] Motion okay on pc seven and pc

[3:13:46] I'm sorry pc eight and pc nine

[3:13:48] chair MR. Clark. My apologies.

[3:13:50] I do apologize for the

[3:13:53] interruption. Um so for pc, pc

[3:13:54] eight will be amended pursuant

[3:13:56] to a substitution memo dated

[3:13:58] JULY 17th, 2026 for pc nine. It

[3:14:00] will be amended to add a piece

[3:14:01] of information in the body of

[3:14:02] the legislation. All right

[3:14:04] moved as amended by

[3:14:06] commissioner king. Second

[3:14:08] second by commissioner. All in

[3:14:09] favor say aye. Aye.

[3:14:11] >> any opposed? No. Those

[3:14:12] passed unanimously.

[3:14:14] Commissioner gable, are you

[3:14:16] ready to do the allapattah cra.

[3:14:19] I am okay show this meeting

[3:14:21] recessed for just a few minutes

[3:14:23] and commissioner gabel let's

[3:14:25] open the cra. I know you have a

[3:14:27] little tape changing sorry but.

[3:14:29] Thank you thank you mayor just.

[3:14:30] >> we can stretch our legs for

[3:14:35] a minute, okay? Flip the tape.

[3:14:36] I've heard the.

[3:14:48] >> what you have is a script.

[3:16:47] Cra. Thank you everyone for

[3:16:50] being here. All right. Changing

[3:17:01] of the tape.

[3:17:16] Mayor higgins we're good to go.

[3:17:18] All right. We have a new tape.

[3:17:21] Um so we are reconvening um

[3:17:22] today's commission meeting. I

[3:17:24] think we are starting back at

[3:17:26] the top of the public hearing

[3:17:28] items. Page three was

[3:17:29] bifurcated. Um, commissioner

[3:17:31] pardo, that's the dade heritage

[3:17:33] trust site. Would you like to

[3:17:35] take the lead on that? I would

[3:17:36] I just want to respond to some

[3:17:37] issues the residents had

[3:17:39] brought up. Uh some folks

[3:17:41] thought that the amount was low

[3:17:43] or not correct, but there is an

[3:17:45] appraisal behind that and there

[3:17:47] was uh that's followed all the

[3:17:49] rules we used to establish the

[3:17:51] value. There was also a lot of

[3:17:52] public comment about not being

[3:17:55] sufficient engagement and not

[3:17:56] really being a public process.

[3:17:57] Totally agree with that. We

[3:17:59] have talked about this with

[3:18:01] dade heritage trust and they

[3:18:02] have assured that they will

[3:18:04] have a public engagement

[3:18:06] process around this whole

[3:18:08] thing. Also remember that

[3:18:09] there's a board meeting so this

[3:18:11] has to go before the headboard

[3:18:12] which is another public hearing

[3:18:14] and everyone will have an

[3:18:16] opportunity to engage at the

[3:18:17] board as well. Those are all

[3:18:18] the comments I wanted to give.

[3:18:20] Thank you for working on this.

[3:18:22] You and I collaborated on that

[3:18:24] when I was still at the

[3:18:26] commission and if you don't

[3:18:28] mind, I might also want to put

[3:18:29] some comments on the record

[3:18:30] because there were some

[3:18:32] misleading newspaper articles.

[3:18:36] Um but I remember you and i

[3:18:38] talking it was MARCH of 2025

[3:18:40] because I was going over to

[3:18:42] visit with the board of dade

[3:18:45] heritage trust and we delivered

[3:18:46] that message together that

[3:18:48] whatever dade heritage trust

[3:18:49] wanted to do with that site if

[3:18:50] they wanted to stay there, they

[3:18:52] were going to have a county and

[3:18:53] a city that supported that. And

[3:18:55] if they thought there was

[3:18:56] another path for them to

[3:18:59] preserve this piece of history,

[3:19:02] this amazing building and more

[3:19:06] robustly build visitorship um

[3:19:08] to their headquarters, we would

[3:19:10] be supportive of that but that

[3:19:11] they were always going to be in

[3:19:13] the driver's seat. And I think

[3:19:15] all of our residents know that

[3:19:17] dade heritage trust, uh, is one

[3:19:19] of the most transparent

[3:19:20] organizations about what they

[3:19:22] do with our treasured buildings

[3:19:25] and resources here and um, so

[3:19:27] happy to hear of all the public

[3:19:29] input that will be coming in

[3:19:30] the future. Thank you for

[3:19:32] supporting that. So we have a

[3:19:33] motion from commissioner pardo.

[3:19:34] >> can I just say something on

[3:19:35] the record? Commissioner gabel

[3:19:37] is in my district at the end of

[3:19:39] the day and I just want to

[3:19:40] concur with what you guys have

[3:19:41] just said. I was shown the

[3:19:42] documents, I asked the

[3:19:44] questions and I believe that

[3:19:46] MR. Griffin has always been a

[3:19:47] good corporate citizen and is a

[3:19:49] man of his word. So I feel

[3:19:50] comfortable in voting with you

[3:19:51] guys for this. Thank you very

[3:19:52] much. Other comments colleagues

[3:19:56] .MR. City clerk. Uh thank you

[3:19:58] chair page three will be

[3:20:00] amended pursuant to a

[3:20:01] substitution memo dated JULY

[3:20:04] 17th, 2026. All right. Show

[3:20:06] that item moved by commissioner

[3:20:08] prado as amended seconded by I

[3:20:10] can no longer remember the

[3:20:12] second commissioner king. All

[3:20:14] in favor say aye. Aye show that

[3:20:16] item passed unanimously.

[3:20:20] Congratulations. All right ph5

[3:20:23] our hope hydration commissioner

[3:20:27] .I I think commissioner king

[3:20:28] you but we can have any

[3:20:29] discussion that's. Needed I

[3:20:30] pulled it I'm also a sponsor of

[3:20:32] this. I'm a big proponent for

[3:20:34] our parks and our kids. My

[3:20:38] concern is the advertisements

[3:20:40] and the fees that we are going

[3:20:42] to get for the advertisements

[3:20:46] staff did do um as I requested

[3:20:49] all of the fees for each

[3:20:51] district park will remain in

[3:20:54] that district for that park.

[3:20:56] But I do believe that we could

[3:20:58] do a little better with the

[3:20:59] advertising fees. It is

[3:21:02] advertising and um that's a

[3:21:04] huge source of revenue. So I

[3:21:08] would like to negotiate a bit

[3:21:09] more with the fees. I think we

[3:21:11] I think the administration

[3:21:13] could do a little better but I

[3:21:16] am completely in support of

[3:21:20] this pilot program bringing

[3:21:22] fresh cold water and I don't

[3:21:25] know if everyone got that that

[3:21:28] it's going to be cold filtered

[3:21:30] clean water for our communities

[3:21:33] and for me who I use a brita

[3:21:36] filter bottle, um reusable

[3:21:38] bottle I travel with it out of

[3:21:40] the country and I fill it up

[3:21:42] with when I'm out of the

[3:21:43] country bottled water and even

[3:21:46] have that filtered so I am in

[3:21:48] support of it. But I do think

[3:21:50] that administration can tweak

[3:21:54] this a bit with respect to the

[3:21:55] advertisements and the fees

[3:21:56] that the city would get. I

[3:21:59] agree um. MR. City manager

[3:22:01] would you or resiliency officer

[3:22:03] have done all the work on this?

[3:22:04] i want to comment. Sure.

[3:22:06] >> so commissioner obviously

[3:22:07] this gives me the opportunity

[3:22:09] to further negotiate the

[3:22:10] contract so I'm more than

[3:22:12] willing to work with your

[3:22:14] office as well as I've spoken

[3:22:15] to d2 and some of the concerns

[3:22:17] in terms of placement and where

[3:22:19] you all would like to see these

[3:22:20] across your districts. So

[3:22:22] moving forward, uh, I look

[3:22:24] forward to working with both

[3:22:25] your office to make sure that

[3:22:28] the expectation is met and the

[3:22:29] language that we're going to be

[3:22:31] negotiating with hope and also

[3:22:33] as it relates to the locations

[3:22:36] of said um dispensers, we we

[3:22:37] all work together

[3:22:39] collaboratively to make sure

[3:22:42] that your needs are met. So

[3:22:43] would you please include my

[3:22:46] office also in. Folks

[3:22:48] commissioner king you have the

[3:22:49] floor. So I just want to make

[3:22:51] sure in passing this you still

[3:22:53] have an opportunity to

[3:22:54] negotiate the fees. I don't

[3:22:56] want to pass it and then the

[3:22:58] contract is as it is. Um my

[3:23:01] colleague here feels the same

[3:23:02] way so I want to I want to make

[3:23:04] sure on the record that we have

[3:23:07] an opportunity to negotiate the

[3:23:09] fees that we would get from the

[3:23:10] advertisement. That is correct.

[3:23:10] Okay.

[3:23:13] >> I'll make the motion. Okay.

[3:23:14] >> I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm

[3:23:15] sorry. Okay.

[3:23:17] >> um we'll go to you,

[3:23:18] commissioner bell then we'll go

[3:23:19] to commissioner prado. Thank

[3:23:19] you. Okay.

[3:23:21] >> so I you know when this came

[3:23:23] to me. I was a bit surprised

[3:23:25] that everybody here, you know,

[3:23:27] went along with it because I've

[3:23:28] been hearing that people are

[3:23:30] you know the advertisement and

[3:23:32] this is the the voodoo man you

[3:23:33] know what I mean? But but you

[3:23:34] know this everybody seems to be

[3:23:35] this is strange. We're living

[3:23:37] in a strange world. I don't

[3:23:38] know I don't know [Laughter]

[3:23:39] What's going on here you know

[3:23:41] but you haven't spoken yet but

[3:23:42] I'm going along with it. I'm

[3:23:43] going to go along with it

[3:23:45] because of the benefits that I

[3:23:46] think that it will provide to

[3:23:48] our citizens. However, I also

[3:23:50] share your concern, MADAM Chair

[3:23:51] and your concern, commissioner,

[3:23:54] that I think the fees can be

[3:23:55] negotiated maybe on a scale

[3:23:57] than on the first year it's on

[3:23:59] the second year of successful

[3:24:00] is this and something like that

[3:24:01] that we can get something a

[3:24:03] little bit more for the

[3:24:05] residents in lieu of the

[3:24:06] advertising dollars that they

[3:24:07] are going to make. And we want

[3:24:09] to be fair with you guys also.

[3:24:10] So that's that's my piece.

[3:24:12] >> thank you. Okay. I also

[3:24:13] agree that we should defer by

[3:24:15] the way. Commissioner pardo.

[3:24:17] Yeah, my my main issue was

[3:24:19] being able to have control over

[3:24:22] location and site because it is

[3:24:24] visual pollution, you know in a

[3:24:26] park it depends with placement

[3:24:28] and site and how that that

[3:24:30] whole issue works. So as long

[3:24:31] as it's flexible with our

[3:24:32] district and we can choose to

[3:24:34] do it or not or to do it here

[3:24:36] or not there that's really what

[3:24:38] what we're asking for of course

[3:24:40] we're in favor of nice cold

[3:24:42] filtered water not only for us

[3:24:45] but and dogs you know dog parks

[3:24:46] all of all of the things. It's

[3:24:48] a great idea. I want to commend

[3:24:49] the founders and the people

[3:24:50] that have put this forward.

[3:24:51] it's exciting that you're

[3:24:53] coming here with great ideas

[3:24:55] and I think you're right as

[3:24:56] your great idea takes off in

[3:24:57] this pilot, other people are

[3:24:59] going to be coming to miami. So

[3:25:01] thank you for that and that's

[3:25:03] it. That's all I wanted on the

[3:25:05] record. Um excellent. Um to the

[3:25:08] city attorney it's clear that

[3:25:11] um commissioner prado wants to

[3:25:13] have a little bit of yes no

[3:25:14] maybe so on the locations that

[3:25:15] are recommended do we need to

[3:25:18] put a caveat in here or do we

[3:25:20] just need a gentleman's

[3:25:21] agreement with hope that you

[3:25:22] will make sure that

[3:25:23] commissioner prado is happy?

[3:25:25] Please say that loudly and into

[3:25:28] the microphone on the record.

[3:25:30] I'm on the record. I'm george

[3:25:31] richardson, I'm the founder ceo

[3:25:34] of hope hydration. Uh, this is

[3:25:36] the kind of discussion we we've

[3:25:37] always dreamed of. We don't

[3:25:38] want to put water in places

[3:25:39] that people aren't going to use

[3:25:41] and people don't want it. Uh,

[3:25:42] it's led from the ground up. So

[3:25:45] okay. So that's a yes you will.

[3:25:47] On the record. Thank you. Okay.

[3:25:49] All right. So we have a motion

[3:25:50] for the item we know the

[3:25:51] manager is going to negotiate.

[3:25:52] He's put that on the record. We

[3:25:53] know you're going to work with

[3:25:55] commissioner prado and others.

[3:25:56] Um is there a second.

[3:25:58] >> no. We're deferring it.

[3:26:01] That's what. We said I don't.

[3:26:02] Know nobody wants to defer this

[3:26:05] before we negotiate. No I'd

[3:26:07] like commissioner to negotiate.

[3:26:09] That's that's me I mean. MR..

[3:26:10] >> I'd like to negotiate. MR.

[3:26:12] City manager. Commissioner,

[3:26:15] this is a pilot program so.

[3:26:17] That's my that's where I'm at

[3:26:18] I, I vote yes if you're going

[3:26:19] to come back and all these

[3:26:21] things are are met if not I'm

[3:26:22] voting no today. That's my

[3:26:24] thing okay. Doesn't [Laughter]

[3:26:25] Matter if somebody comes along

[3:26:31] and that's where I'm at. Yeah.

[3:26:34] >> um this this item is a pilot

[3:26:35] program even if we negotiate a

[3:26:37] lot more for the you know, an

[3:26:38] extra percentage point whether

[3:26:40] it's five percentage, 10% we're

[3:26:41] still talking in year one very,

[3:26:43] very low dollars. I think it is

[3:26:44] worth moving this forward in

[3:26:46] the summer to get these things

[3:26:49] open because we will be able to

[3:26:51] negotiate the full agreement

[3:26:53] should we like it and like how

[3:26:55] it looks and like how it

[3:26:57] physically works um as well.

[3:26:59] Maybe we will and I'm probably

[3:27:01] going to like it but so what?

[3:27:02] So let's do it real quick a

[3:27:04] motion to defer if there's

[3:27:05] nobody with me it does and you

[3:27:07] guys make the motion to move

[3:27:12] motion to defer. No motion. My

[3:27:13] motion dies. Now we can take

[3:27:15] the vote. Okay um. Motion

[3:27:16] commissioner king. Motion to

[3:27:20] defer. Okay so the motion to

[3:27:22] defer. I don't take issue with

[3:27:24] deferring it. I don't I don't

[3:27:26] if he's not ready.

[3:27:28] >> I'm not ready. I believe

[3:27:31] that administration has

[3:27:33] satisfied that they will

[3:27:35] negotiate everything that you

[3:27:36] want to do. So but it's

[3:27:38] whatever the body wants. How

[3:27:39] long is the pilot program for?

[3:27:43] Is it a year. It's it's it's

[3:27:45] one it's one year. Um if we

[3:27:47] like it and we renew and we

[3:27:49] decide to expand, um if we

[3:27:51] defer we are deferring until

[3:27:52] SEPTEMBER 9th. So we would

[3:27:53] delay starting this about two

[3:27:53] months.

[3:27:55] >> and I would I would rather

[3:27:56] given that we're in the summer

[3:27:57] and it's so incredibly hot, I'd

[3:27:59] love for us to be able to

[3:28:00] provide free water sooner

[3:28:02] rather than later, but I hope

[3:28:04] we keep this sentiment in mind

[3:28:05] when we get to another pilot

[3:28:07] program later in the agenda

[3:28:08] because what we're basically

[3:28:09] saying is that this isn't a

[3:28:10] permanent yes, this is a let's

[3:28:12] test the waters. Yes, literally

[3:28:15] test the waters and we could

[3:28:17] come back and amend the terms.

[3:28:18] So I I'll support moving this

[3:28:24] forward at this time. Okay.

[3:28:29] >> is there a motion? MR.

[3:28:29] Clerk.

[3:28:32] >> so commissioner my

[3:28:33] apologies. I thought there was.

[3:28:35] >> a motion commissioner had

[3:28:37] made a motion at 12:48 P.M. To

[3:28:40] defer ph5 but there was no

[3:28:42] second. So then that motion is

[3:28:44] going to die for a second and

[3:28:45] now a new motion can be

[3:28:47] entertained. I move to move the

[3:28:48] item with the understanding

[3:28:49] that additional negotiations

[3:28:51] will take place and that the

[3:28:52] manager will speak to each of

[3:28:53] us about placements in our

[3:28:54] districts. Okay.

[3:28:57] >> is there a second okay. All

[3:29:00] in favor say aye. Aye no. Show

[3:29:02] that item passed 4 to 1 with

[3:29:04] MR. Gavala MR. Chair. Just for

[3:29:07] the record as is as. Is as is

[3:29:09] with all the comments on the

[3:29:11] record noting that those will

[3:29:13] become part of the long term

[3:29:17] agreement. Thank you. All

[3:29:21] right. Ph six we can now take

[3:29:22] up I believe um, MR. Clerk,

[3:29:24] since we've had the allapattah

[3:29:26] cra meeting which is the

[3:29:27] approval of the cra

[3:29:29] redevelopment is do I have.

[3:29:30] That is correct. So moved.

[3:29:31] >> second.

[3:29:34] >> all right. And so. Yes

[3:29:35] MADAM.

[3:29:36] >> chair, just for the record.

[3:29:36] MR..

[3:29:38] >> MR. Carswell just a. Second,

[3:29:40] MR. Clark. Thank you.

[3:29:42] >> um, so ph six is going to be

[3:29:44] amended to add an allapattah

[3:29:46] cra meeting date and allapattah

[3:29:47] a resolution number to the body

[3:29:48] of the legislation.

[3:29:49] Additionally submittal of

[3:29:51] backup documents into the

[3:29:51] record consisting of the

[3:29:53] letters and certified mail

[3:29:54] receipts associated with the

[3:29:55] letters that were sent to the

[3:29:56] taxing authorities which is

[3:29:58] what um MR. Carswell is going

[3:30:00] to state on the record right

[3:30:01] now. All right, MR. Carswell,

[3:30:03] welcome. It's an exciting day

[3:30:07] for the cra. Uh, good afternoon

[3:30:09] commissioners MADAM Chair keith

[3:30:11] carswell um, supplemental

[3:30:12] information. This is just

[3:30:13] notices to the taxing

[3:30:15] authorities that went out in

[3:30:17] support of the process for the

[3:30:19] cra. So this is just

[3:30:20] supplemental information and I

[3:30:22] think the council says that

[3:30:25] it's not substantive. Correct

[3:30:28] motion. Second all in favor say

[3:30:31] aye. Aye aye. Show that item

[3:30:33] passed unanimously. As amended.

[3:30:38] >> as amended okay. Are re4I

[3:30:40] believe is the next one MR.

[3:30:42] Clerk that we have yet to do

[3:30:43] this. That is correct. Great.

[3:30:46] >> um colleagues, when I

[3:30:48] arrived here one of the first

[3:30:52] things I did um was actually go

[3:30:54] out to our sanitation

[3:30:56] facilities and and met with

[3:31:01] dale and learned that four out

[3:31:04] of every ten of our sanitation

[3:31:07] trucks are broken and unusable

[3:31:09] every day because our fleet is

[3:31:12] so old. Um, we also have aging

[3:31:14] police vehicles. We have aging

[3:31:16] fire vehicles and I asked

[3:31:19] myself the question, you know,

[3:31:20] all all municipalities have to

[3:31:22] save money, but how can we be

[3:31:24] in a predicament where where

[3:31:25] our vehicles are so much older

[3:31:27] than anyone else's? And the

[3:31:29] manager and I began discussions

[3:31:31] on what were alternative ways

[3:31:33] of financing other than

[3:31:36] purchasing. Um and how do you

[3:31:38] do that and do what we had done

[3:31:40] in the county and what other

[3:31:41] big counties in florida have

[3:31:43] done and also other large

[3:31:45] buying groups. And I just want

[3:31:48] to thank erica and barbie, uh,

[3:31:50] because as you know, there

[3:31:51] there's are two busy ladies

[3:31:52] doing all kinds of stuff for

[3:31:55] us, but they took on the task

[3:31:56] of analyzing very quickly what

[3:31:59] were some alternative ways that

[3:32:02] we could make sure that we are

[3:32:04] dealing with our aging fleet,

[3:32:06] uh, begin to improve standards

[3:32:08] reduce in the case of

[3:32:10] sanitation, if we improve our

[3:32:11] sanitation vehicles, we reduce

[3:32:12] overtime because we're not

[3:32:14] having to wait on on trucks.

[3:32:17] And so I'm I'm very grateful to

[3:32:19] particularly erica and barbie

[3:32:20] for all the work they've

[3:32:24] they've done on this. Um, MR.

[3:32:25] City manager, do you want to

[3:32:27] say I believe um commissioner

[3:32:28] pardo you've pulled this item.

[3:32:28] Yes I.

[3:32:30] >> did yeah. Okay.

[3:32:31] >> so we'll start with you if

[3:32:32] you don't mind.

[3:32:34] >> no not at all. Can we have

[3:32:35] the appropriate staff person

[3:32:45] that can answer?

[3:32:52] Good afternoon. Uh, some I

[3:32:55] wanted to understand this is

[3:32:57] $150 million obligation and it

[3:32:58] went before the finance

[3:33:00] committee. So there's a couple

[3:33:01] of things I'm interested in the

[3:33:03] relationship with the finance

[3:33:05] committee and this, uh be

[3:33:07] helpful for people to

[3:33:08] understand that this falls

[3:33:10] under the non-ad valorem bucket

[3:33:12] of what we can issue as debt.

[3:33:14] There are two kinds of buckets

[3:33:16] the ad valorem which taxpayers

[3:33:19] their costs increase and then

[3:33:21] there's none valorem which is

[3:33:23] not handled in the same way. So

[3:33:26] uh, how did it work with the

[3:33:27] finance committee in this

[3:33:30] specific case? Good afternoon,

[3:33:34] erica darling, cfo any debt

[3:33:37] that the city embarks upon it

[3:33:39] has to be presented and

[3:33:40] reviewed by the finance

[3:33:42] committee prior to bringing it

[3:33:45] to the commission. But the $450

[3:33:49] million bond was not. We would

[3:33:53] bring the $450 million when we.

[3:33:56] If we get approved first and

[3:33:58] foremost if we get approved and

[3:34:01] then when we reach the time

[3:34:02] that we're going to actually go

[3:34:06] out and sell, we would get um

[3:34:08] proposals back and they would

[3:34:11] review the bond structure. The

[3:34:13] issue I have is that in the

[3:34:15] debt management policy of the

[3:34:16] city which you correctly stated

[3:34:18] it should go before issuance

[3:34:19] because otherwise it kind of

[3:34:22] defeats the purpose of having

[3:34:23] advisors advise us as a

[3:34:25] commission on the best

[3:34:28] practice. So you know, that's

[3:34:30] that's kind of like one big

[3:34:32] thing. Uh, the other big thing

[3:34:34] is the capacity that we have.

[3:34:36] How much capacity do we have on

[3:34:40] the non-ad valorem bucket?

[3:34:42] Meaning we're using 150 now if

[3:34:44] we went up to our full

[3:34:45] capacity, how much more could

[3:34:48] we use? I think I believe the

[3:34:51] analysis showed maybe 250

[3:34:52] million after the. Another 250

[3:34:54] yes. So potentially we could

[3:34:56] have taken that from the 450

[3:34:58] that we're putting on the

[3:35:00] taxpayer and we could have

[3:35:02] financed that in this bucket of

[3:35:05] non ad valorem correct?

[3:35:07] Potentially yes potentially.

[3:35:09] And that's kind of what I'm

[3:35:11] what I'm gearing toward. I

[3:35:13] think that this should have

[3:35:16] absolutely gone to the finance

[3:35:18] committee. I'm in the world of

[3:35:19] finance. Finance is very

[3:35:22] specific very difficult. You

[3:35:24] know if that's what you're in

[3:35:25] if that's what you studied, if

[3:35:26] that's what you got your

[3:35:27] master's and that's what it's a

[3:35:29] different story. But for a

[3:35:30] regular resident or a

[3:35:32] commissioner or anyone to try

[3:35:34] to understand this in the same

[3:35:35] way and vote on it without it

[3:35:36] first having gone to the

[3:35:39] finance committee is really not

[3:35:41] the best practice for

[3:35:42] transparency or fiscal

[3:35:43] responsibility. And I hear

[3:35:45] those words a lot lately but

[3:35:46] that's not what we're doing.

[3:35:48] And so it concerns me and while

[3:35:50] I support this item I agree

[3:35:52] that we have I think you guys

[3:35:54] did a very good job in

[3:35:55] separating this into tranches.

[3:35:57] I think that that really we

[3:35:59] should reconsider this item

[3:36:00] actually as a bond as a

[3:36:02] commission and take it back

[3:36:04] until it does go to the finance

[3:36:06] committee, until we do public

[3:36:08] engagement, until we have the

[3:36:10] kind of process that gives

[3:36:12] confidence. That's why people

[3:36:14] don't have confidence in us or

[3:36:16] in the city because something

[3:36:18] that's in our policy, it's in

[3:36:20] our finance committee

[3:36:22] legislation as well. Every debt

[3:36:23] issuance is going to go to the

[3:36:25] finance committee and we

[3:36:28] haven't done any of that.

[3:36:31] Through the chair let me get

[3:36:33] this straight because there

[3:36:34] were guidelines and rules put

[3:36:37] in place when we passed the 450

[3:36:39] million bond supposedly that

[3:36:40] we're going to ask the voter

[3:36:42] and it was strictly said and I

[3:36:43] think that's what we agreed to

[3:36:45] that the money can only be used

[3:36:46] for the police headquarters and

[3:36:48] the for the repairing the fire

[3:36:49] stations. Right. Am I missing

[3:36:51] something here that now we're

[3:36:52] taking the 150 and can somebody

[3:36:54] explain to me what what I'm

[3:36:57] hearing. Um perhaps um our

[3:36:59] finance chair could talk about

[3:37:01] what this is. This is a

[3:37:02] different way of buying

[3:37:04] vehicles. We can purchase the

[3:37:06] vehicles and own them forever

[3:37:07] in which case. No I know but.

[3:37:09] >> I know that that's not. How

[3:37:10] we finance but these are

[3:37:12] totally different sources. Yeah

[3:37:14] they're different sources. Um

[3:37:17] the $150 million you would not

[3:37:18] go out and issue bonds just

[3:37:20] because of the average life of

[3:37:21] the vehicles that we're

[3:37:23] purchasing. Bond deals are

[3:37:25] usually 25 to 30. Years

[3:37:26] opposite of when he. Well no

[3:37:28] she's she's correct. It's five

[3:37:30] years. So they they finance it

[3:37:31] that way. But she also said

[3:37:33] there's another 250 million

[3:37:35] available for long term finance

[3:37:35] where you can.

[3:37:37] >> no no but but we made it

[3:37:39] simple. We said wait a minute.

[3:37:39] Wait a minute.

[3:37:41] >> we're not going to okay

[3:37:44] we're going to talk one at a

[3:37:47] time commissioner gabala or

[3:37:49] commissioner are you finished?

[3:37:50] You sounded like you were

[3:37:52] finished and passed on. Okay so

[3:37:54] commissioner belly you have the

[3:37:55] floor. If anyone else raised

[3:37:56] the floor you raise your hand

[3:37:57] and then I'll let.

[3:37:59] >> you in. In layman's terms

[3:38:01] very simple. We said that the

[3:38:03] $450 million bond which we

[3:38:05] approved to go in front of the

[3:38:06] voter was only going to be used

[3:38:07] for the police headquarters.

[3:38:10] Okay. And the fire stations to

[3:38:12] build some of them and repair

[3:38:13] them whatever you want to call

[3:38:14] it. Right. But it was never

[3:38:16] going to go for anything else.

[3:38:18] Okay. That's still the case.

[3:38:20] Yes. Why why are we talking

[3:38:22] about the 150 mil in the bond?

[3:38:24] Can somebody explain that. The

[3:38:27] 150 million is strictly for

[3:38:29] light and heavy fleet vehicles?

[3:38:30] >> got it. But but that's not

[3:38:32] the question. Okay okay let's

[3:38:34] make it simple. Is this the 150

[3:38:36] this year has nothing to do

[3:38:37] with that $450 million bond,

[3:38:38] correct? Correct.

[3:38:39] >> correct.

[3:38:40] >> no.

[3:38:41] >> but it does have one thing

[3:38:43] to do. It's using up our

[3:38:48] capacity. Folks folks.

[3:38:50] Everybody's going to get to

[3:38:52] talk mostly as much as they

[3:38:54] want. Okay I'll take.

[3:38:56] >> notes right. So we are all

[3:38:57] going to get our opinions out

[3:38:59] but we're not just going to

[3:39:02] randomly interrupt any of our

[3:39:04] colleagues. So commissioner.

[3:39:04] Parker.

[3:39:06] >> we're having a conversation

[3:39:07] we're having I mean I don't

[3:39:08] think we have to be so harsh

[3:39:09] with each other. We're just

[3:39:10] having a conversation.

[3:39:10] Commissioner.

[3:39:11] >> commissioner, commissioner

[3:39:14] gabella do you yield the floor

[3:39:14] to commissioner prado?

[3:39:16] >> I do. All right,

[3:39:17] commissioner prado, go ahead.

[3:39:18] Thank you mayor.

[3:39:20] >> you're welcome. So so the

[3:39:23] issue here is debt issuance

[3:39:25] correct? Right. The 150 is

[3:39:28] short term lease arrangements

[3:39:32] etc. The 450 is long term. 250

[3:39:34] of the 450 could have been

[3:39:36] issued in this manner as long

[3:39:38] term debt without increasing

[3:39:40] taxpayer taxes. And the issue I

[3:39:42] have is when you read the

[3:39:44] ballot language that voters are

[3:39:45] going to have the voters have

[3:39:47] been given in my opinion what's

[3:39:50] a false choice? You have to

[3:39:52] increase your taxes to feel

[3:39:54] safe. If I read the question it

[3:39:56] says to enhance citywide public

[3:39:58] safety by improving critically

[3:40:00] deteriorating facilities for

[3:40:01] firefighters and paramedics

[3:40:03] through renovations,

[3:40:04] modernization and new

[3:40:06] construction and by building a

[3:40:07] modern mission ready public

[3:40:08] safety headquarters for police

[3:40:10] and first responders. Shall the

[3:40:12] city of miami issue 450 million

[3:40:14] in general obligation bonds

[3:40:15] within maximum lawful interest

[3:40:17] rates payable from an ad

[3:40:19] valorem taxes with no increase

[3:40:21] to the current capital projects

[3:40:25] debt millage rate of 0.5935 and

[3:40:26] an independent annual audit.

[3:40:28] But this doesn't say we're

[3:40:30] increasing taxes and that's

[3:40:32] that's the bigger issue I have.

[3:40:34] If we could have done this in a

[3:40:36] way that doesn't increase taxes

[3:40:38] and it hasn't been explored, it

[3:40:40] begs the opinion of the finance

[3:40:41] committee why didn't we why

[3:40:43] don't we allow the finance

[3:40:45] committee the people who know

[3:40:47] about this to give us a

[3:40:48] recommendation about what is

[3:40:50] the best way to handle it?

[3:40:54] That's really where I was born.

[3:40:54] Commissioner.

[3:40:56] >> all right. Any more

[3:40:58] discussion on this item? Do I

[3:40:59] have a motion on the fleet

[3:41:15] items re four. Oh MR. Clerk.

[3:41:18] I still fail to see what we're

[3:41:21] all thinking. I still fail to

[3:41:23] see why we're we're we're

[3:41:24] mixing things up. We're

[3:41:27] muddying the waters. I feel.

[3:41:28] >> why are we doing that. For

[3:41:29] now I think commissioner

[3:41:31] cavallo we've finished the

[3:41:34] discussion and so now we're

[3:41:35] just looking at the fleet

[3:41:37] purchases which will save us

[3:41:38] $3.5 million over our

[3:41:40] alternative next year. So if

[3:41:42] someone would like to make a

[3:41:43] motion I would entertain a

[3:41:46] motion. So moved. Is there a

[3:41:48] second there's a motion second.

[3:41:50] All in favor say aye. Aye.

[3:41:52] >> any opposed? So I am going

[3:41:55] to go reluctantly alone okay.

[3:41:58] And I still hold by what I

[3:42:00] voted on that the 450 let me

[3:42:02] make it clear in layman's term

[3:42:04] is not going to be used for

[3:42:06] anything other than the police

[3:42:09] headquarters and the fire. The

[3:42:10] fire that's it. It's not going

[3:42:12] to be used for vehicles not

[3:42:13] going to be used for any

[3:42:15] however you want to write okay.

[3:42:18] Hundred percent. So show that.

[3:42:20] Item passed unanimously with

[3:42:23] one reluctant yes thank you

[3:42:30] commissioner. Commissioner king

[3:42:34] I know you need to head out

[3:42:36] shortly there. I think there

[3:42:38] are items did you you pulled

[3:42:40] fr5I hate to skip around but

[3:42:42] are there items that you want

[3:42:44] to. Take fr5fr5? I felt like

[3:42:46] you'll have to read that if you

[3:42:48] don't mind. Um to the city

[3:42:52] attorney please. If our five

[3:42:53] first reading ordinance an

[3:42:55] ordinance of the miami city

[3:42:56] commission amending chapter 62

[3:42:58] article 13 division seven of

[3:42:59] the code of the city of miami,

[3:43:01] florida as amended entitled

[3:43:02] planning and zoning planning

[3:43:03] and zoning approval for

[3:43:05] temporary uses and occupancies

[3:43:07] permit required reserved more

[3:43:07] particularly by amending

[3:43:09] division seven to be titled

[3:43:10] temporary off site commercial

[3:43:11] advertising on construction

[3:43:13] fencing to allow a pilot

[3:43:15] program for off site commercial

[3:43:16] advertising signage on a

[3:43:18] temporary basis for certain

[3:43:19] situated construction site

[3:43:21] fencing within the city of

[3:43:22] miami urban core containing a

[3:43:23] severability clause and

[3:43:25] providing for an effective

[3:43:27] date. All right commissioner

[3:43:30] king. For me my issue um I'd

[3:43:34] like to exempt d five from this

[3:43:37] legislation. I will address

[3:43:40] this legislation separately for

[3:43:41] the southeast overtown park

[3:43:47] west cra area. But it as a

[3:43:49] whole I'd like to exempt

[3:43:51] district five. I have too many

[3:43:53] historic neighborhoods the

[3:43:54] design district and the like

[3:43:57] that I would not like this

[3:43:59] blanket legislation to apply to

[3:44:04] district five. And I feel the

[3:44:06] same way for district two they

[3:44:08] should just come up the way

[3:44:09] they normally come up. The

[3:44:11] public can engage and that's a

[3:44:13] better process for us. Okay.

[3:44:16] >> any other comments and then

[3:44:17] commissioner gabel? Yes ma'am.

[3:44:20] Uh so uh originally when the

[3:44:21] you know, when I heard of this

[3:44:23] I'm for it by the way, the only

[3:44:25] problem that I have is the

[3:44:27] exclusion that they have

[3:44:29] exclusivity for one year. But

[3:44:30] you know, because others have

[3:44:32] come to my office explaining

[3:44:35] expressing a concern and and

[3:44:36] then one side says, well, we

[3:44:38] spent a lot of time on this and

[3:44:39] resources developing this on

[3:44:40] the other side came and says

[3:44:42] no, that's not true. That was

[3:44:44] done in 2011 2010 before you

[3:44:46] know, so who do I believe right

[3:44:47] at the end of the day, you

[3:44:49] know, so I would like to do it

[3:44:51] but you got to include

[3:44:52] everybody and if you want to

[3:44:54] give them a little you know, a

[3:44:56] a lesser fee or something of

[3:44:58] that nature, that's okay with

[3:45:00] me but you can't I just don't

[3:45:01] feel right doing

[3:45:02] anti-competition for one year.

[3:45:04] You know, I think it should be

[3:45:05] you know whoever wants to do it

[3:45:07] they can do it. Maybe they get

[3:45:08] something a little bit more

[3:45:09] than the others because of

[3:45:10] their time that they put into

[3:45:12] it. But by the way I'm in the

[3:45:13] middle. You guys said one thing

[3:45:14] to me the other side said

[3:45:15] something else I'm in the

[3:45:16] middle here you know? So that's

[3:45:18] all I'm saying. I don't have a

[3:45:19] problem with it. I think it's a

[3:45:20] good idea in the sense that you

[3:45:21] know, you see when there's

[3:45:22] construction going on you see

[3:45:24] all these you know, meshing

[3:45:25] green meshing and then they

[3:45:27] break and then there's graffiti

[3:45:28] on them. So I think it's a

[3:45:29] great idea honestly speaking.

[3:45:31] Right. And and it's safe

[3:45:32] because it's you know, it's

[3:45:34] made out of a you've got a very

[3:45:36] solid support for for that, you

[3:45:37] know, for the for what you're

[3:45:39] doing. So I think that all in

[3:45:41] all, my only issue is is just

[3:45:43] that that's my only issue.

[3:45:45] Commissioner through the chair.

[3:45:46] yes, commissioner..

[3:45:48] >> would it be okay? Would you

[3:45:50] would any of you entertain this

[3:45:56] if we modified. Well I mean yes

[3:45:58] commissioner. What I would add

[3:46:00] is that because especially in

[3:46:01] the areas of our district where

[3:46:03] you have a lot of development

[3:46:05] the urban core edgewater,

[3:46:07] downtown brickell people are

[3:46:09] are done. They already had the

[3:46:10] enormous billboard at pam the

[3:46:12] other billboards on the street.

[3:46:14] They're very they don't want

[3:46:16] more advertising period when

[3:46:17] they're walking on a sidewalk

[3:46:19] or they're walking in a public

[3:46:20] space that's not what they

[3:46:22] want. So our thinking was like,

[3:46:23] well, let's allow the other

[3:46:25] folks who feel comfortable to

[3:46:27] do this and that gives us the

[3:46:29] opportunity to watch and to try

[3:46:31] to bring our folks along if

[3:46:32] they like it, if they don't

[3:46:34] like it, our district isn't

[3:46:34] going to do it.

[3:46:37] >> through the chair. But don't

[3:46:38] you think that that looks

[3:46:40] better that you know when you

[3:46:41] have the mesh and they put all

[3:46:43] the graffiti, don't you believe

[3:46:44] this looks better than all the

[3:46:46] graffiti on the mesh? I

[3:46:48] personally think it does but

[3:46:49] that's not what the residents

[3:46:51] that I'm speaking with tell me.

[3:46:53] They tell me they're just

[3:46:54] tired. They don't want to see a

[3:46:55] car. They don't want to see a

[3:46:58] they're done with that

[3:47:00] experience. You know and I can

[3:47:01] understand that because you

[3:47:02] have different residents that

[3:47:04] for example than I do in

[3:47:05] different neighborhood. But you

[3:47:06] know, when I'm mostly concerned

[3:47:08] about is is the safety also the

[3:47:10] safety component of this that

[3:47:11] when when something when one of

[3:47:12] these measures and we've seen

[3:47:13] it before that they have a

[3:47:15] whole yeah. Where somebody try

[3:47:17] to get in this is a safe way to

[3:47:19] keep people out to keep people

[3:47:20] safe, you know, and you know, I

[3:47:21] really don't see you know, a

[3:47:23] problem with it. But I respect

[3:47:25] your point of view and and the

[3:47:27] the CHAIRWOMAN's point of view.

[3:47:31] Uh, CHAIRWOMAN. So sorry. Yeah.

[3:47:33] Um commissioner.

[3:47:33] >> king. No it's.

[3:47:34] >> fine I apologize. No.

[3:47:36] >> don't apologize at all.

[3:47:37] >> no pun intended.

[3:47:40] >> so. Commissioner. So so um

[3:47:41] that's where we're at. So

[3:47:43] commissioner this is this is

[3:47:45] your item um two of your

[3:47:46] colleagues would like to be

[3:47:48] exempted out so we could make

[3:47:49] that. That's fine with.

[3:47:50] >> me if the other

[3:47:51] commissioners are willing to

[3:47:52] go. Commissioner gabriela do

[3:47:55] you believe we can would you be

[3:47:56] okay if we defer this to the

[3:47:57] next meeting so I can.

[3:47:58] >> I don't have. A problem.

[3:47:59] >> I want to support it. Yeah,

[3:48:01] I need to go a little bit

[3:48:01] deeper.

[3:48:02] >> no, you guys got to be

[3:48:03] comfortable. You guys have to

[3:48:03] be comfortable what you're

[3:48:04] doing I.

[3:48:05] >> want to support you but I

[3:48:06] need you to go a little bit

[3:48:07] deeper into a couple of

[3:48:09] details. Okay so motion to.

[3:48:10] Defer motion to defer.

[3:48:12] >> the next. Meeting and it

[3:48:13] will.

[3:48:14] >> be the. First meeting in

[3:48:14] SEPTEMBER.

[3:48:16] >> is SEPTEMBER 10th. SEPTEMBER

[3:48:16] 10th.

[3:48:18] >> okay. All right. Show that

[3:48:19] item deferred. Commissioner

[3:48:21] king, was there anything else a

[3:48:31] priority to you before we. For

[3:48:35] one there were two. Oh okay MR.

[3:48:39] Manager. Okay after the input

[3:48:42] from d5 and d2 we're going to

[3:48:44] go ahead and withdraw the item.

[3:48:47] So todd can we show fr one

[3:48:49] being withdrawn please? We just

[3:48:53] need a motion. Motion is it fr

[3:48:58] one or fr5. Fr one. Fr five. We

[3:49:00] deferred. For one.

[3:49:03] >> fr one yeah.

[3:49:05] >> oh okay so. That's right

[3:49:07] because I want to exempt d5 and

[3:49:08] commissioner pardo wants to

[3:49:10] exempt yeah okay so. Withdraw

[3:49:11] and does that mean it's

[3:49:13] withdrawn withdrawn or it just

[3:49:14] shows up every six months. It

[3:49:15] is withdrawn withdrawn.

[3:49:16] Withdrawn permanently deferred.

[3:49:18] But what am I what am I motion

[3:49:19] for withdrawn. Okay. Withdrawal

[3:49:21] motion to withdraw. Motion.

[3:49:22] >> second.

[3:49:23] >> second.

[3:49:25] >> all right. All in favor? Aye

[3:49:28] aye. Show that item with drawn.

[3:49:33] Um okay let's go back to re 12

[3:49:34] commissioner can we've gotten

[3:49:37] all the things that are am I

[3:49:38] I'm happy to go out of

[3:49:40] priority. I think commissioner

[3:49:42] pardo pulled re 12. Okay but

[3:49:44] the other things are okay if we

[3:49:46] just go in order for you. Um if

[3:49:50] we can take sr four okay just

[3:49:52] you know okay I'm I'm a no vote

[3:49:53] on that.

[3:49:55] >> all right sr four will take

[3:49:57] sr four colleagues any other

[3:50:00] comments other than. MR. King's

[3:50:03] .Uh can. We talk? Yes yeah um

[3:50:05] let the city attorney will

[3:50:06] read. Go ahead and read it into

[3:50:07] the record sr four second

[3:50:08] reading ordinance an ordinance

[3:50:09] of the miami city commission

[3:50:11] amending chapter 37 of the code

[3:50:13] of the city of miami, florida

[3:50:14] as amended city code titled

[3:50:16] offenses miscellaneous more

[3:50:17] particularly by amending

[3:50:19] section 37-16 of the city code

[3:50:20] titled encampments on public

[3:50:21] property prohibited providing

[3:50:23] for revised procedures of

[3:50:25] enforcement of violations

[3:50:26] containing a severability

[3:50:27] clause and providing for an

[3:50:30] effective date. Okay

[3:50:31] colleagues, any other

[3:50:31] discussion? Commissioner

[3:50:33] gabella. Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

[3:50:37] So I was I think um

[3:50:38] commissioner kelowna I think

[3:50:40] has the right idea I think

[3:50:41] because there is a this is a

[3:50:42] problem in the neighborhood.

[3:50:44] It's it's you know, safety

[3:50:45] their safety also by the way,

[3:50:47] not only you know versus you

[3:50:49] know, the liabilities you know,

[3:50:50] involved in this right. You

[3:50:52] know, and I think he revised it

[3:50:53] this has been revised from the

[3:50:55] last time right. You know, um,

[3:50:57] but I understand some of my

[3:50:58] colleagues have concerns but I

[3:50:59] I'm a I'm a go for this, you

[3:51:00] know, I mean as long as we

[3:51:02] don't get into any more, you

[3:51:03] know, liabilities other than

[3:51:05] what we need to. And through

[3:51:07] the chair I would like to

[3:51:08] clarify that a lot of people

[3:51:10] came here today and expressed

[3:51:11] the concern and we understand

[3:51:14] that. But what they said was

[3:51:15] not accurate. We're not taking

[3:51:18] anybody to jail. City attorney

[3:51:22] can you explain what this does.

[3:51:24] Right in simple terms? All

[3:51:26] right. The first thing I want

[3:51:28] to mention is there was a

[3:51:30] previous previously existing

[3:51:31] prohibition on encampments

[3:51:32] already in the city code. So

[3:51:34] this is nothing new. What what

[3:51:37] is essentially changing here is

[3:51:38] the requirement for a law

[3:51:40] enforcement officer to provide

[3:51:43] a written notice. The former

[3:51:45] code would say a written

[3:51:47] warning required by subsection

[3:51:48] MAY be accompanied by written

[3:51:51] information. So now this was

[3:51:54] amended to or is being amended

[3:51:55] to remove the written warning.

[3:51:57] But you added at the last

[3:51:59] meeting a section that says

[3:52:01] prior to the enforcement of the

[3:52:03] provisions in subsection c1ac

[3:52:05] above, a police officer shall

[3:52:07] issue a verbal warning to a

[3:52:09] person maintaining a

[3:52:10] maintaining an encampment in

[3:52:11] violation of this section to

[3:52:13] inform that a failure to comply

[3:52:14] with the city's prohibition

[3:52:16] against encampments MAY result

[3:52:18] in the person's arrest and

[3:52:19] provide a reasonable amount of

[3:52:20] time for the person to abate

[3:52:22] his or her encampment. But also

[3:52:25] included in this ordinance is

[3:52:29] the fact that. Notwithstanding

[3:52:30] the foregoing, nothing herein

[3:52:32] shall be construed to prevent

[3:52:33] or otherwise prohibit a police

[3:52:34] officer from arresting a person

[3:52:35] in violation of the section who

[3:52:37] is ineligible for shelter

[3:52:38] placement. There's a

[3:52:39] requirement in the code that

[3:52:41] the officer must first

[3:52:42] ascertain whether there's a

[3:52:44] shelter space available so if

[3:52:46] there is no shelter space

[3:52:47] available then the officer does

[3:52:50] not take action. Um so. What

[3:52:51] you're telling me right now if

[3:52:53] I understood you correctly is

[3:52:55] that if there is no shelter,

[3:52:58] police officers cannot arrest

[3:53:00] anybody the person right?

[3:53:01] Correct.

[3:53:03] >> okay, perfect. But MAY I

[3:53:06] through the chair that's why I

[3:53:07] stress the last time that we

[3:53:09] had this conversation, uh, is

[3:53:13] was that we need to find the

[3:53:14] funding to make sure that we

[3:53:16] have the beds. So then the

[3:53:18] officer is not put in that

[3:53:19] situation. Right. And that's

[3:53:20] what I think now I don't know

[3:53:21] if we addressed that issue. I

[3:53:24] think I said when we had the

[3:53:25] last year the the the crisis

[3:53:27] with the camillus house that

[3:53:28] they had raised, you know, the

[3:53:30] the bed price on us and then

[3:53:31] all of a sudden we went out we

[3:53:33] went out we went with it for a

[3:53:34] couple of months I believe or

[3:53:35] more than a couple of months

[3:53:36] without some of the beds.

[3:53:38] Right. But then we I think I

[3:53:41] asked last time had we resolved

[3:53:42] that situation and I think the

[3:53:43] answer was yes. Is that correct

[3:53:44] that we resolved that

[3:53:46] situation? Yes. So now we do

[3:53:48] have the beds right. The the

[3:53:51] officers want gilbert. Well

[3:53:52] before he speaks I just want to

[3:53:54] say in the actual ordinance it

[3:53:55] says an arrest MAY not be made

[3:53:57] if the police officer has

[3:53:59] verified that a shelter bed or

[3:54:00] other available government

[3:54:02] assistance that would result in

[3:54:03] immediate housing is not

[3:54:04] available. That's in the

[3:54:08] ordinance. MADAM David gilbert,

[3:54:10] director, human services the

[3:54:12] chair yes we have a shelter

[3:54:14] that's getting ready to come up

[3:54:15] at the end of the month with an

[3:54:17] additional 80 beds. It's the

[3:54:19] navigation center and it is in

[3:54:20] unincorporated miami-dade. But

[3:54:22] we just hope that just because

[3:54:24] you're here did we ever go back

[3:54:26] to the numbers that we we had

[3:54:27] in contract with camillus. By

[3:54:29] the end of the year will be

[3:54:30] will be equal. Okay.

[3:54:32] >> thank you. Through the chair

[3:54:35] george. What after the officer

[3:54:39] gives a verbal warning you said

[3:54:41] reasonable time. What what is

[3:54:45] that? Define that for me. Um

[3:54:47] it's difficult to define the

[3:54:48] word reasonable as you know um

[3:54:50] but like for example um the

[3:54:52] ordinances and provide a

[3:54:53] reasonable amount of time for

[3:54:54] the person to abate his or her

[3:54:55] encampment. So I guess it would

[3:54:57] depend on the amount of stuff

[3:54:58] they have because if you only

[3:55:00] have a few items, a reasonable

[3:55:03] amount of time to move um would

[3:55:05] be uh to collect those items.

[3:55:06] But if you had a lot of items

[3:55:08] or or things like that, it

[3:55:10] could be more difficult. I just

[3:55:11] also wanted to mention um.

[3:55:15] George yes. Sorry you can you

[3:55:18] give me some kind of parameter

[3:55:20] because how are the officers

[3:55:21] going to know what is

[3:55:24] reasonable? Would I give you a

[3:55:26] verbal notice and ten minutes

[3:55:29] later is that reasonable? Is it

[3:55:31] 24 hours? What is what is

[3:55:34] reasonable. Mhm. Well so. Did

[3:55:35] the written notice.

[3:55:36] >> what we're talking about is

[3:55:38] the encounter right. So would

[3:55:39] it be a verbal warning. The

[3:55:40] officer walks up to a person

[3:55:42] who is in camping blocking the

[3:55:44] sidewalk um and says all right,

[3:55:45] there's a shelter space

[3:55:47] available. Do you want the

[3:55:48] shelter space? The person says

[3:55:49] no, I don't want the shelter

[3:55:51] space. Then the officer says,

[3:55:52] all right, you need to remove

[3:55:54] yourself and then gives them a

[3:55:56] reasonable time from that

[3:55:57] moment to remove themselves.

[3:56:00] It's not a 24 hour period. It

[3:56:01] says as quickly as they can

[3:56:03] remove themselves from the

[3:56:04] sidewalk and remove the

[3:56:06] obstruction at that time. Now

[3:56:09] what I was going to add was the

[3:56:10] policies of the miami police

[3:56:12] department indicate that the

[3:56:14] the officers and or the

[3:56:16] greenshirts cannot just throw

[3:56:17] persons property away. They

[3:56:19] have to go through the stuff

[3:56:21] that the person has to

[3:56:22] determine if there's things

[3:56:24] like eyeglasses or important

[3:56:25] documents, medication, cell

[3:56:27] phones and stuff like that. So

[3:56:28] that would build into the

[3:56:29] reasonable amount of time to

[3:56:32] ascertain that none of their

[3:56:34] personal items would be thrown

[3:56:37] out upon their evacuation of

[3:56:41] the space. Um officers are

[3:56:43] required to have body camera on

[3:56:44] when they are interacting with

[3:56:45] somebody, right? Correct.

[3:56:48] >> they wear the body camera

[3:56:50] and um I don't yes I'll leave

[3:56:50] it.

[3:56:51] >> at that.

[3:56:53] >> so so what what step are we

[3:56:55] saving to because I imagine you

[3:56:57] know the whole key here is to

[3:56:59] you know, to to to have a

[3:57:01] balance where you know, you

[3:57:02] can't have them there forever,

[3:57:03] right? You got to maintain the

[3:57:04] safety of your, you know,

[3:57:06] community. So the use of the

[3:57:07] way all of us up here but but

[3:57:09] we also have to guarantee their

[3:57:10] safety the human beings. Right.

[3:57:12] Okay. So so that's what I want

[3:57:14] to know. She's right because I

[3:57:15] still don't have the answer by

[3:57:17] the way it's what the. Are you

[3:57:19] saying? What's the difference.

[3:57:20] Exactly exactly the difference

[3:57:23] here like I said earlier is the

[3:57:24] old ordinance or the current

[3:57:26] ordinance says the officer must

[3:57:27] provide a written warning. So

[3:57:30] okay so that's it that now he

[3:57:32] can do it verbally and he's not

[3:57:33] doesn't have to produce the

[3:57:34] document. The paper. Doesn't

[3:57:35] have to create. The step that

[3:57:37] we're making it easier for the

[3:57:38] officer. Correct.

[3:57:38] >> okay.

[3:57:40] >> all right. I'm willing to go

[3:57:41] along. Motion to move. Wait a

[3:57:43] second. I do have something to

[3:57:44] say. No it's okay. First of

[3:57:47] all, I know all of the

[3:57:48] intentions and I know all the

[3:57:50] work that has been done behind

[3:57:52] this and I have utmost

[3:57:54] confidence in the body cams and

[3:57:56] the police force and a lot of

[3:57:58] the people doing this work. But

[3:58:03] for me there is this slippery

[3:58:06] that I'm not comfortable with

[3:58:08] full respect I'm not uh but in

[3:58:10] my case I'm going to I'm going

[3:58:13] to be on the no side for this.

[3:58:15] There's a lot of sensitivity

[3:58:17] around this and I can

[3:58:18] appreciate both perspectives.

[3:58:20] Why would we consider doing

[3:58:22] this as a pilot perhaps and

[3:58:24] bring it back in a few months

[3:58:26] and gauge where we are on this?

[3:58:27] I mean the devil's in the

[3:58:28] details with regard to

[3:58:29] implementation. I'm okay with

[3:58:31] that. But you know, I want to

[3:58:32] be honest about something as

[3:58:34] well. You know what's not fair

[3:58:35] either. We don't represent one

[3:58:37] community. We represent city of

[3:58:39] miami and you know what's not

[3:58:41] fair that I have a business? I

[3:58:43] don't for instance that I have

[3:58:45] a business that you pass by

[3:58:47] and. 12 and that looks horrible

[3:58:50] and you have 20 people sleeping

[3:58:51] outside your business and we

[3:58:53] are getting calls every single

[3:58:55] day because they don't live.

[3:58:56] That is not fair. That is not

[3:58:58] fair to the businesses. That is

[3:59:00] not fair to the residents that

[3:59:02] I have a lady calling my office

[3:59:04] because she's afraid to pass by

[3:59:06] flagger and 12 that is not fair

[3:59:07] and we especially you

[3:59:09] commissioner pardo, you have

[3:59:11] that issue in downtown a lot.

[3:59:13] You know I've been talking

[3:59:14] about that since I got here. We

[3:59:15] you're correct. We have to

[3:59:17] understand that we represent a

[3:59:18] whole community. I agree not

[3:59:22] only one and 24 hours warning

[3:59:24] what happens is stay they move

[3:59:27] from here to here from here to

[3:59:30] here. That is not fair and we

[3:59:32] cannot we cannot arrest a

[3:59:35] person if we do not have the

[3:59:37] beds. I wanted to get that very

[3:59:40] clear out there. We you

[3:59:42] commissioner pardo in your

[3:59:43] district you saw what happened

[3:59:44] the other day with the lady,

[3:59:46] right? Yeah of course. I just

[3:59:48] want to get it out and I'm

[3:59:49] very. Grateful that the mental

[3:59:51] health center is actually

[3:59:52] opening because that's what

[3:59:54] that was about. But what I'm

[3:59:56] concerned about here is please

[3:59:58] make the connection for me of

[3:59:59] your example where they're

[4:00:00] sleeping outside the business.

[4:00:03] What would happen? Well right

[4:00:05] now jorge, to my knowledge a

[4:00:06] police officer can go right now

[4:00:08] to that business and say sir,

[4:00:10] you have to move right? We

[4:00:12] offer you shelter if they want

[4:00:14] to go to shelter, the police

[4:00:15] officer will take that person

[4:00:18] to shelter. Is that right? Um,

[4:00:19] I didn't hear commissioner

[4:00:22] carter's question. His example

[4:00:23] of where there are a lot of

[4:00:25] unhoused people in front of a

[4:00:26] business and they're all on the

[4:00:27] street and the owners don't

[4:00:29] feel safe and it's and it is it

[4:00:31] is a reality and I think all of

[4:00:33] our districts uh, what does

[4:00:35] this change for for that

[4:00:37] situation? What's different

[4:00:39] from what we're doing now to

[4:00:42] just, you know, getting rid of

[4:00:45] that warning paper.?

[4:00:47] >> essentially nothing is

[4:00:49] really changing other than the

[4:00:50] requirement for a written

[4:00:51] warning. I also wanted to point

[4:00:53] out that um under the existing

[4:00:55] ordinance the officers had to

[4:00:57] provide when they gave a

[4:00:58] written warning to the person,

[4:00:59] they had to provide a

[4:01:00] reasonable time for the person

[4:01:02] to pick up their belongings and

[4:01:04] comply with the prohibition. So

[4:01:05] they previously had a

[4:01:07] reasonable time standard. They

[4:01:08] currently have a reasonable

[4:01:10] time standard. The thing I was

[4:01:11] uncomfortable answering about

[4:01:13] your question was um when the

[4:01:14] officer encounters a person on

[4:01:16] the public right of way they

[4:01:18] can take action. Um if it's on

[4:01:20] private property then

[4:01:21] oftentimes we need authority

[4:01:23] from the property owner to say

[4:01:25] please have that person

[4:01:26] removed. Officers won't

[4:01:28] necessarily go on to private

[4:01:29] property and remove people

[4:01:33] absent a um a person asking for

[4:01:34] assistance or something like

[4:01:35] that. So we respect private

[4:01:37] property. Can I can I just add

[4:01:38] you know, last year the year

[4:01:41] before uh so the key is number

[4:01:42] one. So the only difference is

[4:01:43] that you know, the officer

[4:01:45] doesn't have to hand out the

[4:01:46] document the paper that's the

[4:01:47] step that we're saving here.

[4:01:50] But I'd like to say that last

[4:01:51] year I remember correctly or

[4:01:53] the year before I gave the

[4:01:54] salvation army I can't remember

[4:01:56] how much it was 70 or 80 grand

[4:01:57] or 100 grand. So the key here

[4:01:59] is for us to be able to

[4:02:00] negotiate with these people to

[4:02:02] keep to have beds because if

[4:02:03] they don't have beds on the

[4:02:04] officer is forced into that

[4:02:06] situation which we don't want

[4:02:07] to put them in because look

[4:02:08] what we're doing. Right? So I'm

[4:02:09] with you commissioner kelowna

[4:02:11] like my my you know, when I ran

[4:02:13] for office one of my first

[4:02:15] things is is to to assure the

[4:02:17] public safety and I've got that

[4:02:18] corridor of seventh avenue

[4:02:20] where I absorb a lot of

[4:02:22] everybody else's problem. So I

[4:02:24] am fully on board with you on

[4:02:26] on this. I would like to make a

[4:02:28] motion as. Is second second.

[4:02:30] All right. We have a motion and

[4:02:31] a second. Any more discussion

[4:02:33] colleagues? All right let's

[4:02:34] move to a vote. All in favor

[4:02:37] say aye aye. Any opposed. No

[4:02:39] no. Show two knows you have

[4:02:41] them. Okay. Thank you very

[4:02:43] much. Um, why don't we finish

[4:02:44] with the second reading items?

[4:02:46] That way you won't have to

[4:02:47] remember and I won't have to

[4:02:49] remember that we have one more

[4:02:50] to read. It's our.

[4:02:51] >> three. Sr three. Thank you,

[4:02:53] MADAM Mayor sr three second

[4:02:54] reading ordinance an ordinance

[4:02:56] of the miami city commission

[4:02:57] amending chapter 54 article one

[4:02:59] of the code of the city of

[4:03:00] miami, florida as amended city

[4:03:01] code titled streets and

[4:03:02] sidewalks in general more

[4:03:03] particularly by amending

[4:03:05] section 54-1 of the city code

[4:03:07] titled definitions and section

[4:03:09] 54-3 of the city code titled

[4:03:11] permit required for work that

[4:03:12] obstructs or closes a street

[4:03:14] sidewalk or impedes traffic

[4:03:16] fees waiver of fees to require

[4:03:18] sidewalk safety and temporary

[4:03:19] pedestrian protection

[4:03:21] structures containing a

[4:03:22] severability clause and

[4:03:23] providing an effective date.

[4:03:25] Thank you. All right.

[4:03:27] >> I can't remember who put

[4:03:30] that. Commissioner pardo, you

[4:03:32] give us your thoughts. No.

[4:03:34] >> actually what I'd like to do

[4:03:35] is have administration answer.

[4:03:37] We received feedback from

[4:03:39] residents as to our

[4:03:40] modifications and our

[4:03:42] substitution and why were we

[4:03:43] adding a general contractor.

[4:03:45] And the whole kind of narrative

[4:03:47] was us being about

[4:03:49] pro-development. And I think it

[4:03:51] really lost what you were

[4:03:52] trying to do and that item. So

[4:03:54] I'd like you if you could speak

[4:03:58] to that. Good afternoon, MADAM

[4:03:59] Mayor. Manager commissioners

[4:04:01] which which area in particular?

[4:04:03] Uh commissioner, would you like

[4:04:05] me to. Address the sidewalk

[4:04:06] safety uh, with the

[4:04:08] modification. So we added we

[4:04:10] added a a a modification in

[4:04:11] terms of in practice

[4:04:13] impracticability because there

[4:04:15] are circumstances in which uh,

[4:04:17] the protection of the sidewalk

[4:04:20] is just not adequate or it's

[4:04:24] infeasible. Um, I, I can, you

[4:04:28] know, to to um instances come

[4:04:29] to mind right now for example,

[4:04:31] one where you having demolition

[4:04:33] very adjacent to that sidewalk.

[4:04:34] There's no level of protection

[4:04:36] that you can actually add that

[4:04:37] will make it safe for someone

[4:04:38] to circulate, you know,

[4:04:42] circulate through that sidewalk

[4:04:44] safely so it's impractical to

[4:04:45] do it in that particular

[4:04:47] situation. Also when you're

[4:04:49] when you have deep foundations

[4:04:51] that are being excavated, that

[4:04:53] MAY be a a situation where it

[4:04:56] MAY be impractical as well to

[4:04:56] utilize that level of

[4:04:57] protection. So we want to make

[4:04:59] sure that we have an

[4:05:00] opportunity for staff to

[4:05:02] evaluate when it MAY be

[4:05:03] impractical for that to be

[4:05:04] provided.

[4:05:05] >> but I believe a general

[4:05:07] contractor was added to. The

[4:05:08] general contractor was added

[4:05:10] because the general contractor

[4:05:13] is the one that has the ability

[4:05:15] to dictate means and methods of

[4:05:17] construction. So so it's it's

[4:05:19] it's always good to evaluate

[4:05:20] what are those means and

[4:05:22] methods of of of construction,

[4:05:25] uh, that MAY determine the

[4:05:26] sidewalk protection to be

[4:05:28] impractical. And what are the

[4:05:29] three parties that you need in

[4:05:31] order for that to be to come

[4:05:32] true to happen? Correct.

[4:05:35] >> and then we want an engineer

[4:05:36] to also evaluate what those

[4:05:38] means of methods that are being

[4:05:40] proposed by the you know, to

[4:05:42] vet those means and methods of

[4:05:43] construction and concur

[4:05:45] essentially. And so there's

[4:05:46] there's that check and balance

[4:05:47] in place. Engineer, general

[4:05:48] contractor and who else I

[4:05:49] thought there were three

[4:05:50] parties. The city the city

[4:05:52] staff and. The city staff.

[4:05:54] Yeah. So and you have to have

[4:05:55] all three concur.

[4:05:57] >> that is correct. Okay that's

[4:05:58] that's what I wanted on the

[4:06:01] record. Thank you. Any other

[4:06:02] comments or would you like to

[4:06:03] move your item commissioner

[4:06:06] pardo. So moved. Second all

[4:06:08] right we have a motion and a

[4:06:09] second all in favor say aye.

[4:06:09] Aye.

[4:06:12] >> any opposed? Motion passes

[4:06:14] unanimously. As a downtown

[4:06:15] resident I thank you very much

[4:06:18] for this. It's going to make a

[4:06:19] big difference in walking

[4:06:24] around. All right um re 12. I

[4:06:25] pulled re12.

[4:06:27] >> yeah I think you and

[4:06:32] commissioner gabella also.

[4:06:33] Would you like. Go ahead

[4:06:36] commissioner. So re 12 is just

[4:06:38] kind of makes sense it's $10

[4:06:40] million it's not a big amount

[4:06:44] of money. It's 0.03% of our $3

[4:06:45] billion budget. This is

[4:06:46] critical. This is desperately

[4:06:49] needed. It came before us. This

[4:06:51] doesn't need to wait for a bond

[4:06:52] or it doesn't need to wait for

[4:06:54] procurement. It doesn't need to

[4:06:55] wait six months, eight months.

[4:06:57] This is stuff that could be

[4:06:58] handled immediately especially

[4:06:59] especially looking at the

[4:07:01] videos that were presented

[4:07:02] about the conditions in which

[4:07:03] firefighters are living in and

[4:07:06] the risks involved. Uh I think

[4:07:08] this is an easy immediate

[4:07:10] relief [Laughter] That is much

[4:07:13] needed. All right. Commissioner

[4:07:15] gamble. Yes, ma'am.

[4:07:18] >> thank you. So the my concern

[4:07:19] that I have when I hear your

[4:07:21] you know, you make some good

[4:07:24] points but the only concern

[4:07:26] that I have is number one can

[4:07:27] we legally do this? And number

[4:07:28] two where is the money coming

[4:07:30] out of. Okay. If you didn't we

[4:07:32] didn't budget for this you know

[4:07:33] and I've asked that question

[4:07:34] I've asked that question where

[4:07:35] is the money coming from

[4:07:37] because I don't want to I don't

[4:07:38] want any surprises down the

[4:07:40] road that oh this happened you

[4:07:41] know, the the moon was blue

[4:07:43] today and we didn't know no

[4:07:45] we're tell me so I can vote on

[4:07:47] it where commissioner where the

[4:07:48] money's coming from.

[4:07:49] Absolutely.

[4:07:50] >> first of all I would remind

[4:07:51] you that when you and I first

[4:07:53] came here in our first meeting

[4:07:56] we lowered the rate and that

[4:07:58] was a $25 million difference

[4:08:00] and the city manager turned to

[4:08:01] us and said, okay, you know,

[4:08:03] like [Laughter] Because it's a

[4:08:05] $3 billion budget. But if they

[4:08:06] if they didn't let me finish

[4:08:09] let me. Let me just gentlemen.

[4:08:10] Let me finish because what I'm

[4:08:11] trying to say is when you have

[4:08:14] such a large budget, there are

[4:08:16] multiple multiple options of

[4:08:17] where you can pull this money.

[4:08:19] I have focused I have focused

[4:08:23] on the reserves because uh, and

[4:08:25] and we know we had a discussion

[4:08:26] maybe you could help explain

[4:08:28] that as well. The assigned uh,

[4:08:30] the unassigned you know, my

[4:08:32] understanding you can jump in

[4:08:34] is that we have a $5 million

[4:08:35] contingent reserve. Then we

[4:08:37] have the next bucket which is

[4:08:40] about $100 million. Correct.

[4:08:44] >> erika pascal darling cfo um,

[4:08:46] the city's financial integrity

[4:08:47] ordinance requires us to

[4:08:50] maintain a 20% reserve amount

[4:08:52] and it's based off the prior

[4:08:54] three years revenues. So for

[4:08:59] fiscal year SEPTEMBER 20th

[4:09:00] SEPTEMBER 30th 2025 our

[4:09:05] requirement was 201 million. We

[4:09:07] finalized our financials with a

[4:09:11] fund balance of 237 million.

[4:09:16] However, 136 million of that

[4:09:20] monies were restricted and are

[4:09:22] assigned non spendable and the

[4:09:26] other 100 million which met our

[4:09:29] requirement um was was

[4:09:33] categorized as unassigned. So

[4:09:34] that would have been free

[4:09:36] money. However we would have

[4:09:40] had to have fallen above that

[4:09:43] 100.8 under unassigned in order

[4:09:45] to transfer monies to the

[4:09:46] [Laughter] General fund.

[4:09:48] Through the sheriff. So was

[4:09:51] that clear? Kind of there's the

[4:09:53] last time I was at least from

[4:09:54] what I got from the briefing

[4:09:56] was that there were two levels

[4:09:57] the first 100 million

[4:09:59] unassigned, second 100 million

[4:10:00] and there was 30 million above

[4:10:03] that which was not restricted.

[4:10:08] The the balance was 236 100 and

[4:10:10] for us to meet financial

[4:10:11] integrity principles we would

[4:10:14] have had to have had 100.8

[4:10:17] under unassigned as well as

[4:10:20] 100.8 under designated. We

[4:10:26] finished with 236 only 101 101

[4:10:29] million were considered

[4:10:31] unassigned and that is that was

[4:10:33] where that was our requirement.

[4:10:37] The other 136 million was

[4:10:39] listed as non spendable are

[4:10:41] restricted funds which means

[4:10:43] those funds had a specific

[4:10:45] purpose right. And on the

[4:10:46] unassigned can you read the

[4:10:47] instances where you're allowed

[4:10:51] to spend it. Whenever we close

[4:10:54] out the year we close out

[4:10:57] SEPTEMBER 30th 2025 we do the

[4:10:58] hard close by the end of

[4:11:00] OCTOBER budget will go in and

[4:11:02] do the analysis to determine if

[4:11:05] we had any revenue shortfalls.

[4:11:08] Once we determined are we plug

[4:11:10] that hole of revenue

[4:11:11] shortfalls, we look at our

[4:11:13] balances and determine if some

[4:11:14] of those monies are restricted

[4:11:16] or if they're just available

[4:11:18] general fund dollars and then

[4:11:20] we could determine if it's able

[4:11:22] to be used. But there was a

[4:11:24] criteria that said for man

[4:11:27] made, uh kind of urgent

[4:11:29] situations. Can you read it's a

[4:11:31] specific phrase I'm trying to

[4:11:33] look for it but such reserves

[4:11:34] MAY only be used for offsetting

[4:11:37] an unexpected mid-year revenue

[4:11:39] shortfall or for funding an

[4:11:41] emergency such as man made

[4:11:42] disaster which threatens the

[4:11:44] health safety welfare of the

[4:11:46] city's residents, businesses or

[4:11:49] visitors. Uh, anything that we

[4:11:51] would consider like an

[4:11:53] emergency um could be used out

[4:11:55] of that fund and has been in

[4:11:58] the past correct. But that we

[4:12:01] only we would only look at that

[4:12:04] requirement if we don't meet

[4:12:07] the stated requirement of our

[4:12:08] financial integrity. If we

[4:12:10] don't meet that 20%, we would

[4:12:13] need to abide by that sentence

[4:12:16] .If we have fluff over that

[4:12:18] requirement, we would bring

[4:12:19] that to commission and they

[4:12:21] would determine how we spend.

[4:12:24] So you're saying that given

[4:12:26] this criteria there is no way

[4:12:28] to take these 10 million out of

[4:12:30] any of these buckets? Not at

[4:12:33] this time. I would recommend us

[4:12:34] waiting to the fiscal year and

[4:12:36] doing the analysis. I was going

[4:12:37] to recommend exactly that. What

[4:12:40] we did five now and five in the

[4:12:42] next budget cycle so that at

[4:12:43] least we know that it's

[4:12:45] happening. Five is an

[4:12:47] incredibly small amount for a

[4:12:51] $3 billion budget. We would

[4:12:53] have to determine if there are

[4:12:54] other priorities that would

[4:12:56] have to be defunded to

[4:13:00] reallocate to that specific

[4:13:03] project. Yeah, well obviously I

[4:13:05] don't agree. I think the funds

[4:13:06] are there. I think the

[4:13:08] administration does not want to

[4:13:09] find it. And you know, I mean I

[4:13:11] think if if I were in

[4:13:13] leadership I would question an

[4:13:15] administration that cannot find

[4:13:17] $5 million for this which we

[4:13:19] have identified as a critical

[4:13:21] priority of the city, we have

[4:13:22] put videos out there showing

[4:13:24] what fire stations look like

[4:13:25] the emergency needs and now

[4:13:27] we're sitting back and saying I

[4:13:29] don't know. We can't find

[4:13:31] money. We have $3 billion but

[4:13:32] we can't find that money. Okay.

[4:13:35] >> can I interject here? Yes,

[4:13:38] sure. I mean. I'm hearing what

[4:13:39] you're saying and you're kind

[4:13:40] of writing on some of the

[4:13:41] things you're saying. However,

[4:13:43] when I asked the legal experts

[4:13:44] or the financial experts the

[4:13:46] question hey, where's the money

[4:13:47] going to come from? And then we

[4:13:48] learn it's going to come from

[4:13:49] the reserves. But what I heard

[4:13:51] from you today here is that

[4:13:53] still out of the reserves, even

[4:13:54] if we take that money we will

[4:13:57] still be okay. Not a problem.

[4:13:58] The problem is are the

[4:13:59] guidelines that you're not

[4:14:01] supposed to use that money for

[4:14:03] that right? That's the thing.

[4:14:05] Okay then then when I get to

[4:14:06] that bridge I don't know how

[4:14:07] many days or whenever we had

[4:14:09] the briefing whatever then I

[4:14:10] said okay, so here's the

[4:14:12] problem. Okay? I'm like you I

[4:14:13] want to help the firemen. I

[4:14:15] want to help you know, until we

[4:14:16] get you know, the until it

[4:14:17] passes or doesn't pass in

[4:14:19] NOVEMBER, right? The voters are

[4:14:21] going to decide that right? So

[4:14:23] I'm willing to sacrifice and

[4:14:24] help on the five mil. Okay.

[4:14:27] What I'm not willing to do is

[4:14:28] go on something like this and

[4:14:29] then get ourselves into trouble

[4:14:32] because then this is the the

[4:14:33] question I asked where's it

[4:14:35] coming from? Nobody can answer

[4:14:36] because we can't. So then later

[4:14:38] on down the road then we start

[4:14:39] you know, arguing over here oh

[4:14:40] because you took away from this

[4:14:42] fund and this and the other one

[4:14:43] didn't like this and and so on

[4:14:44] and so forth. So so that's why

[4:14:46] i want to be clear before we do

[4:14:47] anything and so the public can

[4:14:48] understand what we're doing

[4:14:50] exactly where are these funds

[4:14:52] coming from? So the only way

[4:14:53] really that I'm what again that

[4:14:55] I'm saying is that we have to

[4:14:56] make if we want to do this, we

[4:14:58] have to make some sacrifices

[4:14:59] within the general fund. Am I

[4:15:02] correct on that? Okay, so you

[4:15:05] guys tell me what. MADAM Mayor,

[4:15:06] the city manager looks like

[4:15:07] he's been chomping at the bit

[4:15:09] to. Are you ready? Would you

[4:15:10] like to comment, MR. Manager? I

[4:15:11] just have to comment because I

[4:15:13] think it's important for

[4:15:14] transparency and accountability

[4:15:16] at the city of miami we

[4:15:18] maintain and operate off of a

[4:15:21] line item budget. There is no

[4:15:22] fluff. There is no

[4:15:24] discretionary line items. There

[4:15:26] are line items that are funded

[4:15:29] if the commission if their will

[4:15:32] is to cut or reallocate line

[4:15:35] items from their respective

[4:15:37] lines or wherever they would

[4:15:39] like to recommend, that is the

[4:15:41] will of the commission but it

[4:15:43] will come from cuts. There is

[4:15:48] no uh fluff in terms of the the

[4:15:49] budget as it stands, the

[4:15:51] operating budget and the

[4:15:52] general fund today they are

[4:15:53] allocated to specific line

[4:15:56] items be it personnel, be it

[4:15:58] projects and whatnot. So what

[4:16:01] you heard today is and I did

[4:16:03] get some feedback obviously

[4:16:05] observing the dais is that

[4:16:07] after the close out of the

[4:16:09] year, if there's rollover

[4:16:10] dollars that perhaps we could

[4:16:12] look to those rollover dollars

[4:16:14] as spending, but those are the

[4:16:16] same rollover dollars that this

[4:16:17] body in the past has looked up,

[4:16:20] looked at to accomplish other

[4:16:23] goals. So ultimately it's up to

[4:16:27] the body. But I would cordially

[4:16:28] disagree that it is

[4:16:30] mismanagement in any other way.

[4:16:32] The payroll cycle of the city

[4:16:36] of miami is upwards of $22

[4:16:38] million. So when you're talking

[4:16:42] about a rollover perhaps of $10

[4:16:44] million while $10 million

[4:16:46] commissioner might sound like a

[4:16:48] big number, it's less than half

[4:16:50] of our payroll and we're

[4:16:51] running a projected budget here

[4:16:54] .So we are one hurricane one

[4:16:57] bad event away from exhausting

[4:16:59] half of the value of our

[4:17:01] projected budget for one

[4:17:04] payroll cycle. So while a $5

[4:17:06] million figure in such a large

[4:17:08] budget might sound minuscule

[4:17:12] once again $22 million is one

[4:17:14] payroll cycle for the city of

[4:17:15] miami. So I just wanted to

[4:17:17] provide that context as to

[4:17:19] exactly how large our operating

[4:17:23] budget is, but how close to

[4:17:25] breaking even we are every

[4:17:26] year. Mhm.

[4:17:28] >> so thank you. Uh, MR. City

[4:17:30] manager and with all due

[4:17:32] respect, I do disagree and part

[4:17:33] of the reason I disagree is

[4:17:35] because I have run budgets and

[4:17:37] I do know that there is a lot

[4:17:39] of flexibility. I'm not privy

[4:17:42] to your line items I am not. So

[4:17:44] to me knowing what I know with

[4:17:45] budgets that have been managed

[4:17:47] fiscally with auditor review

[4:17:49] and these kinds of things have

[4:17:52] come up in our past on this

[4:17:53] dais where we've been asked for

[4:17:56] these kind of uh changes and

[4:17:58] modifications, they have been

[4:18:00] relatively easy to do. I think

[4:18:02] that this is not wanting to

[4:18:04] touch it because it has to do

[4:18:06] with the bond and I think it's

[4:18:08] not wanting to touch it because

[4:18:09] it has to do with a narrative

[4:18:11] that floats with that bond. And

[4:18:12] I think those are all the wrong

[4:18:14] reasons not to take care of

[4:18:16] these essential which we have

[4:18:18] defined as essential, critical

[4:18:21] and urgent needs. That's just

[4:18:23] my opinion on the issue. So let

[4:18:25] me just put on the record that

[4:18:26] I am not doing this because it

[4:18:28] is related to the bond or not

[4:18:30] me personally. Okay because at

[4:18:32] the end of the day we did say

[4:18:34] let the voters vote on it in

[4:18:35] NOVEMBER. So at the end of the

[4:18:37] day commissioner, with all due

[4:18:38] respect the voters will be

[4:18:39] voting on this whether they

[4:18:40] want it or not. And I'm not I'm

[4:18:42] not going to I'm not going to

[4:18:43] argue I'm not going to you

[4:18:45] know, push one way or the

[4:18:47] other. I've done my part what I

[4:18:48] think is important for the city

[4:18:49] of miami and the voter now has

[4:18:51] to choose if he wants to pay

[4:18:53] for that police headquarters

[4:18:55] which is badly needed for the

[4:18:57] fire or if they don't and if

[4:18:58] they don't with me I'm fine

[4:18:59] with it. I don't have you know,

[4:19:00] in that way I just you know,

[4:19:02] try to do the fair thing for

[4:19:04] me. I agree with you that I

[4:19:06] want to help fire but I'm

[4:19:07] asking the the legitimate

[4:19:08] question at the end of the day

[4:19:09] where are we going to take the

[4:19:10] money from from and if you guys

[4:19:11] want to sit down and you want

[4:19:13] to explore where we can take

[4:19:14] the money from, that's fine

[4:19:15] with me. I don't I don't have a

[4:19:16] problem. I believe that the

[4:19:17] service that they provide to

[4:19:18] the community is very

[4:19:20] important. So for me I can tell

[4:19:22] you that for me this is no

[4:19:23] relationship whether the bond

[4:19:26] passes or does not plan pass.

[4:19:28] I'm doing strictly what I think

[4:19:30] my duty is fiduciary here to

[4:19:32] ask the question and if you

[4:19:33] want to explore like I said

[4:19:34] earlier hey, let's see where

[4:19:36] where where we can find those 5

[4:19:38] million or 10 mil and if

[4:19:39] everybody wants to make a

[4:19:42] sacrifice I'm down.

[4:19:42] Commissioner.

[4:19:46] >> but well first of all we're

[4:19:48] talking about fiduciary but we

[4:19:49] just added $600 million in

[4:19:52] debt. So on the one side we

[4:19:53] talk about fiduciary and then

[4:19:55] on the other side where we have

[4:19:56] 12 stations with critical needs

[4:20:00] and a sum of money that's $10

[4:20:00] million, we're saying no,

[4:20:02] that's got to wait. We can't

[4:20:04] we've got to wait on that

[4:20:05] something that we have

[4:20:07] identified as a necessity, as

[4:20:09] urgent and as incredibly

[4:20:11] important that does not make at

[4:20:13] least to me that doesn't make

[4:20:13] any sense.

[4:20:15] >> you said we can explore if

[4:20:17] the will of the body is to

[4:20:19] explore where we can find the

[4:20:21] money. I am willing to do that.

[4:20:22] However what I will not be

[4:20:23] doing is voting for something

[4:20:25] until you guys tell me where

[4:20:27] the $10 million is going to be

[4:20:28] found and like again I don't

[4:20:31] have a dog in the fight whether

[4:20:32] the voter approves it or does

[4:20:34] not approve it. As a matter of

[4:20:36] fact, when this came up I was

[4:20:37] the guy that said I'm not going

[4:20:39] to do it. Nobody has my vote

[4:20:40] until NOVEMBER. Why? Because I

[4:20:42] wanted a true reading I didn't

[4:20:44] I didn't want to ram this up to

[4:20:46] to the taxpayer that's going to

[4:20:47] have to decide whether they're

[4:20:48] going to foot the bill or not.

[4:20:49] I always said it's got to be in

[4:20:50] NOVEMBER because that's when

[4:20:51] everybody goes out and that's

[4:20:53] the only way I'll do it. And

[4:20:55] with these guys for me that was

[4:20:57] for me. So if you guys again

[4:20:58] the will of this body is to

[4:20:59] explore where we can find the

[4:21:01] money and we're willing to make

[4:21:03] sacrifices. Commissioner does

[4:21:05] not have a problem in doing

[4:21:07] that. I am for fire. I am for

[4:21:09] what they do. But on the other

[4:21:10] hand we have to, you know, play

[4:21:14] our role. So commissioners. The

[4:21:16] question. I have well, we have

[4:21:18] three we have three suggestions

[4:21:20] on the table as far as I can

[4:21:21] ascertain. One is the actual

[4:21:23] item on the agenda um which we

[4:21:25] don't have a motion on that

[4:21:27] yet. The other was a separate

[4:21:29] amendment from commissioner

[4:21:31] pardo to move that dollar

[4:21:34] amount to $5 million for this

[4:21:36] fiscal year there seem maybe

[4:21:39] there's four items. There's um

[4:21:41] the thought that this would

[4:21:43] only be able to come back after

[4:21:44] the reserves, right? Rather

[4:21:46] than cutting projects, if

[4:21:47] you're going to take $5

[4:21:48] million, you could say where

[4:21:49] it's going to come from and

[4:21:50] what's going to stop or you

[4:21:52] wait for the reserves and then

[4:21:54] you commissioner gabelli you're

[4:21:56] saying kind of let's wait and

[4:21:58] see. So y'all need to fuss with

[4:22:01] the motion of of what you would

[4:22:03] like to see going forward with

[4:22:05] this item. I, I for one would

[4:22:07] like to have further discussion

[4:22:08] because there are a number of

[4:22:10] options that I don't think I

[4:22:11] had foreseen. Could could we

[4:22:13] defer this to the next meeting

[4:22:14] and flesh out the discussion

[4:22:15] further at that point? Second.

[4:22:17] >> I go along.

[4:22:20] >> with it is motion. All

[4:22:20] right.

[4:22:21] >> so we have a motion to

[4:22:24] defer. Second second to the

[4:22:25] SEPTEMBER 10th I think meeting.

[4:22:28] Okay. All in favor say aye. Aye

[4:22:30] aye. Any opposed? All right

[4:22:33] show that passed. All right I

[4:22:35] think we're ready 14 and 15

[4:22:38] which kind of go together um

[4:22:42] commissioner rosado and. Sure

[4:22:44] and somebody else had pulled it

[4:22:46] up. I actually pulled the item.

[4:22:49] Okay yeah because this is a

[4:22:51] charter amendment and we

[4:22:52] already have a finance

[4:22:54] committee and the finance

[4:22:56] committee does what this

[4:22:58] there's a big overlap between

[4:23:01] the two. There's also the use

[4:23:02] of the word audit in this which

[4:23:04] we have an independent auditor

[4:23:07] and we have an independent um

[4:23:11] inspector general. So this item

[4:23:13] as is I wouldn't support and

[4:23:15] this item would actually show

[4:23:18] up on the same ballot as the

[4:23:20] bond and part of me was hoping

[4:23:22] that maybe you know because

[4:23:23] when you read this item it's

[4:23:24] all about fiscal

[4:23:26] responsibility. It's about it's

[4:23:27] kind of like all the right

[4:23:29] things in that world, but it's

[4:23:31] all after after the issuance of

[4:23:34] the bond and I was hoping we

[4:23:35] would recognize that we haven't

[4:23:37] done that for the issuance of

[4:23:39] the bond where it's going to

[4:23:41] the voters. So I can appreciate

[4:23:42] your perspective, commissioner,

[4:23:45] but I think this is good policy

[4:23:47] regardless of how folks vote on

[4:23:49] the bond itself. So I was

[4:23:50] surprised to learn I know we

[4:23:52] have a finance committee but we

[4:23:54] typically also have a citizens

[4:23:55] committee. But I was surprised

[4:23:56] to learn that it's not embedded

[4:23:57] in our charter. It was actually

[4:23:59] adopted by by ordinance. This

[4:24:01] should absolutely be part of

[4:24:03] our city constitution for how

[4:24:04] we operate, right? So that

[4:24:06] we're never stuck asking if if

[4:24:07] the public is aware or not

[4:24:09] aware of the way we're spending

[4:24:10] our dollars. It's also

[4:24:12] concerning to me that we don't

[4:24:14] have naturally a dashboard and

[4:24:16] we have to essentially put in

[4:24:17] public records request to find

[4:24:19] out about our expenditures. The

[4:24:20] public has the right to be able

[4:24:22] to go on right now and look at

[4:24:23] how we're spending our miami

[4:24:24] forever bond dollars like this

[4:24:26] should be a way we just

[4:24:27] naturally operate. So whether

[4:24:29] somebody supports the $450

[4:24:31] million bond or not, this is

[4:24:32] good policy, good practice,

[4:24:35] good procedure and it should be

[4:24:36] naturally a way that we operate

[4:24:39] as a city. Well I mean we

[4:24:40] definitely have a disagreement

[4:24:41] all all in with the dashboard

[4:24:43] and all that stuff and you can

[4:24:45] do all of that as a part of the

[4:24:46] finance committee which is

[4:24:48] already set up and it's an

[4:24:49] advisory committee but you're

[4:24:51] changing the charter for this.

[4:24:53] That's not that's not where

[4:24:56] this kind of structural change

[4:24:57] really should belong. This

[4:25:00] should be an advisory committee

[4:25:03] role. And when you're using the

[4:25:05] word like audit, it's who

[4:25:07] audits who's auditing what and

[4:25:09] what are the overlaps? What is

[4:25:10] the finance committee do now

[4:25:12] and what is this relative to

[4:25:13] the finance? We're required to

[4:25:15] have an oversight committee for

[4:25:17] a bond. Obviously we did it for

[4:25:18] miami forever. Look at what

[4:25:19] happened with miami forever

[4:25:21] people didn't show up things

[4:25:23] and so it looks really nice. It

[4:25:25] sounds really beautiful but in

[4:25:27] operations it doesn't really

[4:25:28] work over time we have a

[4:25:29] finance committee that's

[4:25:31] charged with this work where we

[4:25:33] should be sending things to

[4:25:35] just like we did with the $150

[4:25:37] million lease this first of

[4:25:38] all, I don't think this should

[4:25:40] be an item that's just brought

[4:25:41] like this to a vote. I think it

[4:25:43] should have been a discussion

[4:25:44] item because it impacts the

[4:25:45] charter. It impacts the way we

[4:25:47] function. It impacts an

[4:25:48] existing committee and I think

[4:25:50] you know if you'd like to defer

[4:25:52] it I'd certainly be. A

[4:25:54] discussion. We're discussing it

[4:25:55] now. We're discussing it right

[4:25:57] now and here's what my $0.02

[4:25:59] is. Number one they're an

[4:26:01] advisory board because I asked

[4:26:02] are there an advisory board or

[4:26:04] are they an executive board?

[4:26:05] They're an advisory board. So

[4:26:06] at the end of the day it's

[4:26:08] going to be whatever we

[4:26:09] determine up here. So I don't

[4:26:11] really see any teeth you know

[4:26:12] and I'm not saying I'm not

[4:26:13] arguing against it but that's

[4:26:14] the fact of the matter. You

[4:26:17] know I mean. I don't have an

[4:26:18] issue with removal of the word

[4:26:20] audit. I understand that has

[4:26:21] sort of additional sort of

[4:26:22] legal consequences to it. The

[4:26:24] rest of it stands perfectly

[4:26:26] fine without it. I find it kind

[4:26:28] of embarrassing that right now

[4:26:29] if somebody were sitting in the

[4:26:30] audience and they said, well

[4:26:32] how much have you spent on x, y

[4:26:34] and z, it would take us a while

[4:26:35] to sort that out. I'm not

[4:26:37] suggesting that money has been

[4:26:38] misspent. I'm suggesting that

[4:26:40] we are not as transparent as we

[4:26:42] should be for our taxpayers and

[4:26:43] our residents. But that's.

[4:26:45] >> going to go on our website

[4:26:47] right now and figure out for

[4:26:49] every single project where we

[4:26:50] are status wise. So it isn't

[4:26:51] just dollars it's literally

[4:26:53] like what is designed, what is

[4:26:55] permitted, what is constructed

[4:26:56] ?Where are they in

[4:26:57] construction? Are they at 25%,

[4:27:00] 50%, 75%? It's way too

[4:27:01] elaborate to pull this

[4:27:03] information. I think I don't I

[4:27:04] don't need to defer this to

[4:27:05] think about this further. I

[4:27:06] think this should be a way that

[4:27:08] we operate on a daily basis.

[4:27:09] Somebody should be able to wake

[4:27:10] up in the middle of the night

[4:27:11] and figure out exactly where

[4:27:12] our project stands.

[4:27:13] >> I don't disagree with any

[4:27:15] single thing you've said other

[4:27:16] than where you're making this

[4:27:18] change, which is at the charter

[4:27:20] level. I think that is bad

[4:27:22] policy. I think it sets us up

[4:27:24] in a bad direction. And I think

[4:27:25] you know, I think even somebody

[4:27:27] in my office had chatgpt this

[4:27:29] and they're like oh my GOD,

[4:27:30] there are all these issues. So

[4:27:32] I do think there are issues

[4:27:35] with this policy if if you guys

[4:27:36] are prepared to vote, I'm

[4:27:37] certainly going to go with the

[4:27:37] with.

[4:27:39] >> the motion to approve.

[4:27:40] Second.

[4:27:44] >> if I if I MAY, um because I,

[4:27:47] I heard a possible amendment.

[4:27:52] Uh, I also when I read this um

[4:27:54] commissioner rosado I had

[4:27:55] similar thoughts to

[4:27:57] commissioner prado when we put

[4:27:59] in the charter we're putting in

[4:28:02] our constitution right. Um and

[4:28:03] it basically there's no

[4:28:07] flexibility forever and the

[4:28:08] auditing requirements versus

[4:28:11] having our city audit worried

[4:28:12] me. The other thing that

[4:28:14] worried me is this committee

[4:28:17] was tasked with developing and

[4:28:20] managing our dashboard in the

[4:28:22] language, right? They are

[4:28:24] supposed to develop and publish

[4:28:27] that's in the language the

[4:28:29] language says to audit, monitor

[4:28:31] publicly report on and develop

[4:28:33] and publish a publicly

[4:28:35] accessible dashboard which puts

[4:28:37] them in the role of it without

[4:28:39] sort of the cyber security

[4:28:42] constraints. Um so I think this

[4:28:46] is a great idea. Um I also

[4:28:49] think parts of this item could

[4:28:51] come out of this board as a

[4:28:52] directive that any time we

[4:28:55] issue making it up here on the

[4:28:58] fly debt over x millions of

[4:29:00] dollars that must be disclosed

[4:29:01] on a publicly publicly

[4:29:03] available dashboard that we

[4:29:04] direct. And by the way, in next

[4:29:05] year's budget fund the

[4:29:08] administration to build on that

[4:29:10] and that we perhaps on our

[4:29:12] audit and finance committee be

[4:29:14] more clear. So this is one this

[4:29:16] is I think a great idea. We've

[4:29:18] learned that through miami

[4:29:19] forever, right? I mean we

[4:29:21] learned this the hard way. Um

[4:29:24] this thing has been out there

[4:29:25] long before any of us were

[4:29:27] involved. Nobody wrote down

[4:29:28] what we were doing. Nobody

[4:29:29] shared with it. We all know

[4:29:31] this money today we we just

[4:29:32] approved tons of little miami

[4:29:33] forever projects that are going

[4:29:35] to be built in our parks and

[4:29:36] help our streets from flooding

[4:29:37] and you know, all kinds of

[4:29:40] great things but we don't have

[4:29:41] that clearly displayed. And

[4:29:43] barbie, I know you're behind me

[4:29:44] and her trustee team are

[4:29:46] building out that dashboard.

[4:29:47] Um, but it's a little like

[4:29:48] forensic science. They got to

[4:29:50] go back in time to do it and

[4:29:52] and I do think this board could

[4:29:54] give direction to the

[4:29:56] administration that they must

[4:30:00] always do that. And I'm not

[4:30:02] positive it needs to be in our

[4:30:05] charter when you put it in the

[4:30:07] charter like whatever the time

[4:30:11] we have for lunch. Those kinds

[4:30:13] of things in the future can

[4:30:15] become so restrictive that

[4:30:17] we're not able to add and

[4:30:19] subtract. So I leave it to you

[4:30:20] all to decide.

[4:30:22] >> what to do. Can I. Ask can I

[4:30:24] interject you for very quickly?

[4:30:27] So you're talking about an

[4:30:29] audit right? Well I don't know

[4:30:30] if you knew or not because I

[4:30:32] asked the question the the new

[4:30:33] inspector general which is

[4:30:35] supposed to be independent we

[4:30:36] don't have money to fund them

[4:30:37] is what I've been told. He's a

[4:30:39] he's a and he's come to my

[4:30:41] office uh in previous months

[4:30:42] you know and I asked him about

[4:30:44] the budget this and that and

[4:30:46] and I my understanding is that

[4:30:47] he's a am I not correct you and

[4:30:49] I had this conversation MR.

[4:30:51] City manager right. So talking

[4:30:52] about audit, you know, if we

[4:30:54] were going to go to what are we

[4:30:56] going to because I hear this

[4:30:58] and you know, we don't have I

[4:31:00] was told that we were that the

[4:31:02] the the new inspector general

[4:31:04] that's taking over for for uh I

[4:31:05] think it was his name. Right.

[4:31:07] And the lake monroe race had

[4:31:08] had you know, put that forward

[4:31:10] and then it passed and finally

[4:31:11] did and then the gentleman is

[4:31:13] now in existence but he he's

[4:31:14] short because he's underfunded.

[4:31:18] I think he asked for no

[4:31:20] commissioner. His budget for

[4:31:22] this fiscal year has been fully

[4:31:24] funded. Fully funded. He does

[4:31:26] have he does have some

[4:31:27] vacancies uh, that he hasn't

[4:31:29] filled as of yet. But those

[4:31:31] vacancies are funded. What

[4:31:33] we're currently discussing is

[4:31:36] additional uh, positions that

[4:31:38] is being requested by that

[4:31:40] office for the next fiscal

[4:31:41] year. I got it so how much is

[4:31:42] that going to cost for him to

[4:31:44] be fully funded with the

[4:31:45] additional officers? Because

[4:31:46] you turn the question around

[4:31:48] what you did was what you did

[4:31:51] was I know what I heard what I

[4:31:52] asked you guys and you guys

[4:31:53] said no, he needs more

[4:31:55] positions. So in other words

[4:31:56] you have a certain amount of

[4:31:57] money but you don't have the

[4:31:59] whole money that the man wants.

[4:32:00] That's what I was told by you

[4:32:03] guys 2 or 3 days ago. Again we

[4:32:05] we spoke about two fiscal years

[4:32:07] this fiscal year he's fully

[4:32:07] funded.

[4:32:08] >> he's fully funded with all

[4:32:09] the decisions that he wanted.

[4:32:09] Correct?

[4:32:10] >> absolutely.

[4:32:12] >> so then how did we get into

[4:32:14] the conversation of. Because we

[4:32:15] presented it as one of the

[4:32:16] difficult decisions that this

[4:32:18] body will be having going into

[4:32:21] the 2627 fiscal year because he

[4:32:24] is requesting additional fte at

[4:32:25] an additional cost that we do

[4:32:27] not have funding for. So if if

[4:32:30] the if the the uh the audit

[4:32:31] would take place this year he

[4:32:32] would be able to complete that

[4:32:35] audit. Yes or no. I'm not the

[4:32:37] oig sir. I would I would defer

[4:32:38] to oig. What about next year?

[4:32:40] Safe to say the next year he

[4:32:42] might not have the funds to to

[4:32:44] conduct it. No but. Can I just

[4:32:45] if you don't mind, MR.

[4:32:48] Commissioner, about the team

[4:32:50] that is conducting the audits

[4:32:53] of our finances is funded.

[4:32:58] Correct. And so we already have

[4:33:00] a certified auditor going

[4:33:02] through not just our city

[4:33:04] finances but obviously all of

[4:33:05] our associated organizations

[4:33:08] and all of our bonds. And so

[4:33:09] that is funded in our budget

[4:33:11] and will be funded next year

[4:33:13] because otherwise we don't have

[4:33:14] a bond rating. We don't have

[4:33:15] any kind of fiscal rating

[4:33:18] nationally to allow us to to do

[4:33:21] business. So you know, should

[4:33:24] right now our bonds are

[4:33:25] audited, right? They are

[4:33:27] audited what I think and

[4:33:29] they're auditing at the at a

[4:33:30] cost of a neutral cost in the

[4:33:31] budget, right? Just like

[4:33:33] everything else we do is

[4:33:34] audited, right? And they write

[4:33:35] an audit report and they tell

[4:33:36] us what we're doing fabulously

[4:33:38] what we're doing okay on are we

[4:33:39] in compliance? And you know,

[4:33:40] here are a couple things you

[4:33:42] could improve so that we

[4:33:44] already pay for right? This

[4:33:46] item would create a whole other

[4:33:47] audit structure that we would

[4:33:49] have to fund, which is fine if

[4:33:51] we choose to do that we just

[4:33:53] have to fund that. So we have

[4:33:56] the money for the audit. I

[4:33:58] think what commissioner rosado

[4:34:02] is trying to say is we have not

[4:34:04] when it comes to bond projects

[4:34:06] and bond projects are different

[4:34:07] from our regular stuff like

[4:34:09] picking up the garbage right?

[4:34:10] People see the sanitation guys

[4:34:13] on their street, but bond

[4:34:14] projects are a list of things

[4:34:16] we're going to do over a long

[4:34:18] period of time and we don't do

[4:34:19] them all in one year, right? It

[4:34:21] takes a while to plan a

[4:34:23] flooding project. And so we MAY

[4:34:25] have said in year one we're

[4:34:26] doing flooding but really

[4:34:27] they're not going to see the

[4:34:28] construction until year three.

[4:34:31] And so we have not created a

[4:34:34] robust area for them to look at

[4:34:35] what's happening in their

[4:34:37] neighborhood and with their

[4:34:39] projects and with their money

[4:34:42] and and so there is a question

[4:34:44] this is an implicit in this

[4:34:46] item. There is an I.T and cyber

[4:34:48] security component that

[4:34:50] requires deep funding and

[4:34:52] staffing and there is an audit

[4:34:53] component which requires

[4:34:54] probably not you know, probably

[4:34:56] probably just hiring someone

[4:34:57] from the outside but still

[4:35:00] money and both of those things

[4:35:03] can be accomplished by this

[4:35:06] body directing the

[4:35:08] administration to do that

[4:35:10] moving forward without

[4:35:12] necessarily confusing folks

[4:35:13] with another charter amendment

[4:35:15] and without embedding something

[4:35:17] that becomes immobilized

[4:35:19] because when we try to change

[4:35:20] that, let's say we make one

[4:35:24] mistake in the word right, we

[4:35:25] have to go back for the voters

[4:35:28] to change that word. And so

[4:35:31] it's this is a really good

[4:35:32] idea, commissioner rosado, but

[4:35:34] I'm not sure we need a charter

[4:35:36] amendment. So but you all I'll

[4:35:36] I'll let you all make.

[4:35:38] >> a motion. Commissioner just

[4:35:40] to just to um another aspect of

[4:35:43] that is that the powers in the

[4:35:44] charter of this committee would

[4:35:46] actually be directing

[4:35:47] administration. So there is

[4:35:50] supposed to be a clear division

[4:35:52] and I think this blurs that

[4:35:53] kind of activity as well. So

[4:35:55] commissioner prado and MADAM

[4:35:56] Mayor, if I could I could

[4:35:57] clarify a couple things. I'm

[4:36:00] happy to drop the word audit. I

[4:36:01] understand the sort of

[4:36:02] additional legal consequences

[4:36:04] there. I am not to create like

[4:36:06] a super audit structure. I know

[4:36:07] that we are already legally

[4:36:09] required to audit our finances

[4:36:10] so I'm happy to drop the word

[4:36:12] what I'm getting at more more

[4:36:15] globally is a future commission

[4:36:17] could remove the requirement

[4:36:19] that we have a citizen body

[4:36:20] overseeing our bond

[4:36:21] expenditures. I don't think

[4:36:23] they should have that right. I

[4:36:25] think that should absolutely be

[4:36:26] part of our city constitution.

[4:36:28] Our finance committee is only

[4:36:29] required to meet twice a year.

[4:36:31] I don't think that's an

[4:36:32] acceptable substitute for

[4:36:34] citizens being able to watch

[4:36:36] the progress of our projects

[4:36:39] and the way the money is spent.

[4:36:41] I sat on the miami forever bond

[4:36:43] board for a number of years to

[4:36:46] get information is way more

[4:36:47] complex than it needs to be. I

[4:36:50] think it is good for the city

[4:36:51] on a permanent basis to ensure

[4:36:53] that we have that citizen

[4:36:54] oversight built in. I would not

[4:36:56] want to see this move forward

[4:36:57] as an ordinance that can then

[4:36:59] be undone next year, five years

[4:37:01] from now, ten years from now.

[4:37:02] This should be a part of the

[4:37:04] way that we permanently

[4:37:05] function. I am not suggesting

[4:37:08] that citizens be in charge of

[4:37:10] our our I t processes, so I'm

[4:37:12] happy if we need to massage the

[4:37:13] the description of that I'm

[4:37:15] happy to support that. That is

[4:37:16] an administrative function but

[4:37:18] it doesn't exist right now and

[4:37:20] I think that's really

[4:37:21] problematic. Again, if somebody

[4:37:22] wanted to find out where we are

[4:37:24] on any of our bond projects,

[4:37:25] best of luck to you to sort

[4:37:27] that out. Best of luck. There's

[4:37:29] a question on the on the floor.

[4:37:30] Yes. Right. I called the

[4:37:33] question. But I'm fine with

[4:37:34] dropping the audit word I

[4:37:35] understand. I have one the rest

[4:37:37] of it I had one thing to

[4:37:39] clarify it's not the audit

[4:37:40] word, it's that you're amending

[4:37:42] the charter and the things that

[4:37:45] go with that. And while you're

[4:37:46] highlighting that and

[4:37:47] everything you have said I'm

[4:37:49] fully supportive of and the

[4:37:50] finance committee meets more

[4:37:51] than twice a year, that's a

[4:37:52] minimum requirement that they

[4:37:55] can meet as much as as as we

[4:37:57] need them to meet and we can

[4:37:59] and we can make reforms in the

[4:38:01] finance committee, which is

[4:38:03] what's looking at our debt

[4:38:04] issuances. This is a standalone

[4:38:06] committee for a standalone bond

[4:38:09] and that just should not. I'm

[4:38:11] saying for all our bonds are

[4:38:12] capital bonds should absolutely

[4:38:14] have committees. We could in

[4:38:15] the same way that we've

[4:38:17] dissolved a series of boards in

[4:38:18] the past, the finance committee

[4:38:19] could just be dissolved right

[4:38:21] now at the next meeting if we

[4:38:22] felt like it. That is

[4:38:24] problematic. We should have

[4:38:27] built in citizen oversight over

[4:38:29] hundreds of millions of dollars

[4:38:30] of expenditure and the

[4:38:32] information should be updated

[4:38:34] on a very regular basis. We

[4:38:35] need to operate transparently.

[4:38:37] I don't understand why we would

[4:38:39] try to undo something like this

[4:38:41] or why we we don't think that

[4:38:42] this is somehow good practice

[4:38:44] that should be this is sacred.

[4:38:45] We're not doing anything like

[4:38:47] this. In fact we can. Be

[4:38:49] undone. We can do all of this.

[4:38:51] But going to the charter and

[4:38:53] going to the voters with

[4:38:54] another issue where there's a

[4:38:56] small change or a small

[4:38:57] modification over and over

[4:38:59] again is not the format where

[4:39:01] this can best be housed,

[4:39:02] especially when you're giving

[4:39:05] powers to this entity that

[4:39:07] really kind of crosses the line

[4:39:08] between what administration

[4:39:10] does and our body does. So I

[4:39:13] think I think this should best

[4:39:14] be deferred because I think

[4:39:15] there's more here. I'm happy to

[4:39:16] work with you and look at the

[4:39:17] language in the finance

[4:39:19] committee. I don't know how

[4:39:20] much you've read through all of

[4:39:21] that. I've studied it a lot.

[4:39:22] That's just my recommendation

[4:39:24] and again it's what the body

[4:39:25] wants. I'm comfortable with the

[4:39:27] way this stands. I think this

[4:39:28] should be part of what we vote

[4:39:30] on in NOVEMBER. I think voters

[4:39:33] who are supportive will say

[4:39:34] this is an additional

[4:39:35] safeguard. I think voters who

[4:39:36] are opposed to the bond

[4:39:37] referendum will say this is a

[4:39:38] safeguard we should have

[4:39:40] already had. So I think it's

[4:39:41] something that everybody should

[4:39:43] agree upon. I'm very

[4:39:44] comfortable moving as it is

[4:39:46] again dropping just the word

[4:39:47] audit and ensuring if we need

[4:39:48] to modify the language to make

[4:39:50] it clear that it's the

[4:39:51] administration that needs to

[4:39:52] create the dashboard, it's not

[4:39:53] citizens, it's the

[4:39:55] administration. If there's any

[4:39:56] confusion about that, I'm happy

[4:39:57] to modify that.

[4:39:58] >> and maybe some language that

[4:40:00] makes it clear that they cannot

[4:40:02] tell the administration what to

[4:40:03] do. Sure. Which is. And I

[4:40:05] worked with the deputy city

[4:40:07] attorney on this if he's got a

[4:40:08] revised version that we could

[4:40:10] read. Let me just ask a

[4:40:11] question. There's so many good

[4:40:15] things in here. Right. Um

[4:40:19] which. We're up against a shot

[4:40:21] clock like basically if we

[4:40:23] don't deliver this to the

[4:40:24] supervisor of election tomorrow

[4:40:26] it can't be on the NOVEMBER

[4:40:27] ballot. But there's another

[4:40:29] election right around the

[4:40:35] corner and. No I there's this

[4:40:37] publish a publicly you know, to

[4:40:40] develop and publish a publicly

[4:40:41] accessible dashboard showing

[4:40:43] the status cost. I mean that

[4:40:45] could be in complete conflict

[4:40:47] with what we're doing and they

[4:40:49] are going to have access in

[4:40:51] order to do that to our city's

[4:40:52] raw data. Exactly.

[4:40:57] >> and without cybersecurity

[4:40:58] protections around that there

[4:41:00] are so many good things in

[4:41:04] here. For me. So but

[4:41:06] colleagues, I'll take I'll take

[4:41:08] a. I don't I don't think this

[4:41:09] needs to be deferred. I think

[4:41:11] it is very much in line with

[4:41:13] the question we've already put

[4:41:14] forth that's going to be on the

[4:41:15] NOVEMBER ballot and it is

[4:41:17] letting voters know that we're

[4:41:20] the item to pass. We have their

[4:41:22] backs. Okay, so there's an item

[4:41:24] on the floor I call the

[4:41:25] question let's vote it up or

[4:41:26] down. We've beaten this horse

[4:41:28] to death. As amended.

[4:41:29] >> as amended with removing.

[4:41:31] >> the. Word audit. And if we

[4:41:33] need javier do we need to

[4:41:34] clarify? I'm not trying to

[4:41:36] suggest that citizens create a

[4:41:37] dashboard. That's the

[4:41:37] administrative responsibility.

[4:41:39] I didn't find it confusing but

[4:41:40] if there's any doubt I'm happy

[4:41:42] to see the language massaged.

[4:41:44] well how about if I make a

[4:41:46] suggestion and with the

[4:41:48] authority to get rid of the

[4:41:50] word audit monitor publicly

[4:41:54] report and publicly report on

[4:41:55] projects including the status

[4:41:57] cost timeline and remaining at

[4:41:59] funds. It doesn't say the

[4:42:01] dashboard and then we just make

[4:42:03] sure we do some other item that

[4:42:04] says sorry james, you got to

[4:42:05] create a dashboard. Anytime we

[4:42:09] do this. I accept. And then I

[4:42:11] think we you know, we.

[4:42:12] [Laughter] My attorney has to

[4:42:15] look at that. Mine does to our

[4:42:18] attorney can look at it harvey

[4:42:20] does that work for you? So I

[4:42:22] just want to clarify what the

[4:42:23] amendment would be would be to

[4:42:25] remove the audit language. So

[4:42:26] anywhere here that mentions

[4:42:27] that the board can do an audit

[4:42:29] that would be removed. So for

[4:42:31] example under uh it would be

[4:42:36] section 47 d um subsection b

[4:42:38] would be just monitor all

[4:42:39] active projects funded by geo

[4:42:41] bonds and in regards to

[4:42:45] subsection e which is the um

[4:42:47] publicly accessible dashboard

[4:42:48] we'll just change it to I

[4:42:50] believe what you had said was

[4:42:53] to say. And publicly report. On

[4:42:57] it shall be the goboc to

[4:42:59] publicly report on to monitor

[4:43:02] and publicly report on. All

[4:43:04] projects. Yes all projects.

[4:43:04] Showing the.

[4:43:07] >> status cost timeline and

[4:43:08] remaining or available funds

[4:43:09] for all active capital projects

[4:43:11] funded with geo bonds. And

[4:43:12] that's it. Then remove that

[4:43:14] last sentence there saying that

[4:43:15] they will do all best efforts

[4:43:17] for the dashboard to be

[4:43:19] accessible. Yeah. And then um

[4:43:21] the only other one was the I

[4:43:22] guess clarification that this

[4:43:25] would be an advisory body. So I

[4:43:27] mean we can add that um in the

[4:43:29] powers and duties it says the

[4:43:32] um goboc shall act in an

[4:43:33] advisory capacity. We could add

[4:43:35] that in there to to clarify

[4:43:39] that. I accept. Um and then

[4:43:41] what do we do to get the exact

[4:43:43] 75 words. We've cut a lot

[4:43:44] [Laughter] Of words so we

[4:43:46] should still be good I think

[4:43:49] todd help us. Oh no I just want

[4:43:51] to make sure we're we're clear

[4:43:53] on the amendments and the

[4:43:54] deputy city attorney mentioned

[4:43:56] three amendments which will

[4:43:58] amend re 14 and 15. But then

[4:44:00] there are some non-substantive

[4:44:01] amendments that are going to

[4:44:03] mend re 15 and so for a. 15

[4:44:06] will be amended to add two city

[4:44:07] commission resolution numbers

[4:44:08] and the city commission meeting

[4:44:10] date to the body of the

[4:44:13] legislation. Non-substantive.

[4:44:14] All right.

[4:44:16] >> so you know what to do to

[4:44:19] make the referendum item. Yes,

[4:44:20] ma'am. Okay.

[4:44:22] >> so commissioner rosado as

[4:44:24] amended as amended as amended.

[4:44:26] Okay. Show that moved.

[4:44:27] Seconded. Police commissioner

[4:44:29] gabel, how about all in favor

[4:44:30] say aye. Aye.

[4:44:32] >> any opposed? No.

[4:44:32] >> just one?

[4:44:36] >> no. Um, todd this has to be

[4:44:37] delivered tomorrow so I'll

[4:44:39] you'll work to get my signature

[4:44:41] on that today. Yes, ma'am. Okay

[4:44:42] thank you. Thank you folks.

[4:44:43] Yeah.

[4:44:45] >> um I'm sure I've forgotten

[4:44:47] something. What have I missed

[4:44:50] todd? Um oh here we have b one

[4:44:51] the budget. I think you all

[4:44:53] received a budget report. Would

[4:44:54] you like to accept that report

[4:44:56] or discuss it? Have questions?

[4:44:56] no.

[4:44:57] >> okay.

[4:44:59] >> yes todd. And then um chair,

[4:45:02] if I MAY um and I apologize for

[4:45:03] the interruption but I would

[4:45:05] like to to request direction

[4:45:07] from the commission um through

[4:45:09] the chair uh so at the JULY 9th

[4:45:11] meeting, um I was given

[4:45:12] direction that two bond

[4:45:14] questions in the order I'm

[4:45:15] sorry two ballot questions in

[4:45:16] the order those questions um

[4:45:17] the first ballot question would

[4:45:19] be the general obligation bond.

[4:45:21] The second question is to enter

[4:45:22] into a lease agreement with

[4:45:24] virginia llc. Would the

[4:45:27] commission um if it's the will

[4:45:28] the commission would the

[4:45:29] general obligation bond

[4:45:31] oversight committee be the

[4:45:33] third question on the ballot in

[4:45:35] the order the third question or

[4:45:36] would you like that to be

[4:45:36] second?

[4:45:37] >> the second fine. Understood.

[4:45:39] >> so the general obligation

[4:45:41] bond first general obligation

[4:45:42] bond oversight committee second

[4:45:44] and the lease agreement with

[4:45:46] llc will be third if there is

[4:45:48] no um and there's unanimous

[4:45:51] consent there's no objection.

[4:45:52] Understood. Thank you

[4:45:53] commissioners thank you chair

[4:45:53] okay.

[4:45:55] >> all right so back to you one

[4:45:57] on the budget report everyone

[4:45:59] received. All right. Can I have

[4:46:00] a motion to accept that. Report

[4:46:03] motion. All in favor say aye. I

[4:46:06] show that accepted um other

[4:46:08] than our the shade meaning are

[4:46:10] we complete. Yes ma'am.

[4:46:13] >> you're correct. Um so MR.

[4:46:15] Attorney are we able to adjourn

[4:46:16] this meeting or. Well we would

[4:46:18] recess the meeting until um

[4:46:20] after the shade meeting and

[4:46:21] then come back and gavel it

[4:46:23] out. All right. Um you can come

[4:46:25] fetch me and I'm happy to gavel

[4:46:26] it out since I have to wait for

[4:46:27] todd to send me everything I

[4:46:29] need to sign so we can get it

[4:46:31] to the supervisor of elections

[4:46:33] today. Um, or. Are we doing.

[4:46:35] We're doing lunch. Yes. You all

[4:46:37] are the only ones in the shade

[4:46:38] so you all decide. Let's do.

[4:46:40] >> lunch lunch. So 3:00 shade

[4:46:41] meeting or is that too soon?

[4:46:46] That's 33333 30 all right.

[4:46:47] >> let me. Just if you don't

[4:46:48] mind let me. Just read the

[4:46:50] script so then we can all meet

[4:46:53] up upstairs. MADAM CHAIRWOMAN

[4:46:55] and members of the commission

[4:46:56] pursuant to my request to the

[4:46:57] city commission at the city

[4:46:58] commission meeting of JULY 9th,

[4:47:00] 2026, the below listed attorney

[4:47:01] client session closed to the

[4:47:02] public is scheduled for JULY

[4:47:03] 23rd, 2026 city commission

[4:47:05] meeting at 10 A.M. Pursuant to

[4:47:07] section 286.011 parentheses

[4:47:08] eight florida statutes for

[4:47:10] purposes of discussing the

[4:47:10] pending litigation matter in

[4:47:12] the city of miami versus miami

[4:47:17] dade county case number

[4:47:19] 2023-028335ca02 pending in the

[4:47:21] in the 11th judicial circuit of

[4:47:22] miami-dade county to which the

[4:47:23] city is presently a party

[4:47:25] subject of the meeting will be

[4:47:26] confined to settlement

[4:47:27] negotiations or strategy

[4:47:28] sessions related to limit

[4:47:29] litigation expenditures. This

[4:47:31] private meeting will begin at

[4:47:33] approximately 3:30 P.M. Or as

[4:47:34] soon as the commissioners

[4:47:35] schedule sprint and conclude

[4:47:36] approximately one hour later.

[4:47:37] The session will be attended by

[4:47:38] the members of the city

[4:47:39] commission which include

[4:47:41] commissioners christine king,

[4:47:43] miguel angel gabella, damian

[4:47:45] porto, rolando escalona and

[4:47:47] ralph rafael rosado, city

[4:47:48] manager jim reyes, city

[4:47:50] attorney george k weisman,

[4:47:51] deputy city attorney kevin r

[4:47:53] jones, deputy city attorney

[4:47:54] xavier alban, litigation

[4:47:55] appeals division chief eric

[4:47:56] eaves, land use division chief

[4:47:58] amber carter and assistant city

[4:47:59] attorney maggie snyder, a

[4:48:01] certified court reporter, will

[4:48:02] be present to ensure that the

[4:48:03] session is fully transcribed

[4:48:04] and the transcript will be made

[4:48:06] available upon the conclusion

[4:48:07] of the litigation. At the

[4:48:08] conclusion of the attorney

[4:48:09] client session, the the regular

[4:48:11] city commission meeting will be

[4:48:12] reopened and the person

[4:48:13] chairing the commission meeting

[4:48:14] will announce the termination

[4:48:15] of the attorney client session.

[4:48:17] See you at 330. Thank you

[4:48:18] george. Colleagues, could we

[4:48:20] meet at three instead of 330?

[4:48:21] Is that possible? Okay with

[4:48:22] that?

[4:48:23] >> that gives you 50 minutes.

[4:48:27] Everybody is three okay. Yeah

[4:48:29] your your friends are asking

[4:48:31] you. For it could be earlier

[4:48:33] than 330. Sorry I'm sorry.

[4:48:34] >> what could it be earlier

[4:48:38] than 330 could we do closer to

[4:48:39] 3315315. All right. We'll

[4:48:42] reconvene at 315. Todd MR. City

[4:48:44] attorney, um, in the recess can

[4:48:45] the commissioners just go

[4:48:47] upstairs to the client session?

[4:48:47] Yes.

[4:48:50] >> now once they come back from

[4:48:51] their break. We just need

[4:48:52] understood. I just want to make

[4:48:53] sure that in recess no one has

[4:48:55] to come back. They can just go

[4:48:56] [Laughter] Up. At 3:00. The

[4:48:57] attorney. Can come down and

[4:48:57] gavel.

[4:48:58] >> out, right? Yes, ma'am.

[4:48:59] Okay.

[4:49:00] >> and only three of you need

[4:49:01] to come and gavel out. So if

[4:49:18] somebody needs to. Yep. [Music]

[4:51:43] Are we?

[4:51:45] >> are we ready. The meeting.

[4:51:48] All right. The, um the attorney

[4:51:50] client session um, regarding

[4:51:52] the city of miami versus miami

[4:51:53] dade county has concluded.

[4:51:55] Therefore I we are turning back

[4:51:56] to the regular meeting. Regular

[4:51:59] meeting is now open. There. I

[4:52:00] do not believe, MR. Clerk we

[4:52:02] have any other business. No,

[4:52:03] ma'am. You're correct. Do we

[4:52:04] need a motion to adjourn? No,

[4:52:05] ma'am.

[4:52:06] >> we just need to adjourn.

[4:52:08] >> yes, ma'am. All right, so be

[4:52:14] it. Thanks. Oh.

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