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>> good morning. Good morning.

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We're getting settled for some.

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Good morning. Good morning.

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We're getting settled. Thanks.

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Well good morning everyone.

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Welcome to almost the end of

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JULY. Um, I hope between maybe

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some summer celebrations and

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summer camps and that you're

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enjoying the summer. Uh, this

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morning as we begin this

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commission meeting, we have a

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number of important

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recognitions. Uh, first, um, we

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are going. Do we have is

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commissioner gabela in the

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house? We're missing our. I

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know commissioner gabela wants

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to be here for this particular

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one, but eddie, can I start

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with the songs? [Laughter] Is

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that an option? We can go

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backwards on our agenda.

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Delightful. [Applause]

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[Applause] Eddie. Is that okay?

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[Laughter] Taylor. All right,

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so we have a couple of

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presentations this morning and

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so we're going to start off in

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a different order because I

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know commissioner gabel wants

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to be here for one but this is

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pretty exciting. We have um a

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bunch of young people who have

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competed um very capably to

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write songs about the city of

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miami. Uh this has been what's

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called the elevated tracks 305

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miami anthem contest come in

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the middle and um so this is a

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partnership. It's a partnership

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with the um frost school of

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music that's very impressive.

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Um, about all that of course

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our friends from guitars over

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guns who seem to perform

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absolutely everywhere um in

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every school and young

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musicians unite and they have

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done a global call called

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elevated tracks 305 to find the

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rhythm of our city. So today we

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have the two winners. Um

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obviously we have our young

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winner. There she is and we

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have our adult winner. I think

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you can tell by the size uh

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which one is which but um dv v

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12 with re is the winner of the

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adult song and then soleil

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river nation [Applause] And how

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old are you soleil. I'm 12

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years old.

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>> oh [Applause] My gosh. And

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you're already writing music.

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How long have you been writing

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music? I've been writing music

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my entire life but my first

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ever release song was when I

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was nine years old. Wow.

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>> and so when did you start?

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Uh, I started making music like

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five years ago like during

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covid and here we are now.

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Okay, so every now and then

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it's another covid silver

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lining. There weren't many but

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this um this was one so I think

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we should hear a little bit of

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each song. So which one do we

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want to start with taylor

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[Music] Rumba. Pagosa [Music]

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Con voc [Music] Rumba nova

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[Music] Para yo vinnie pagosa

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[Music] El calor esta noche no

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a [Music] Baja yo la rosa don't

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ever say I don't. [Applause]

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Know your name. All right so.

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All right. So tell us where can

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we find this rumba. You can

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find you can find rumba on

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elevated tracks 305 youtube

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playlist and and and every

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platform as well.

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>> all right you got that

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elevated 305 all right and so

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now we're moving on to. [Music]

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Miami on my tongue. Miami on my

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tongue.

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>> let's go. Oh.

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>> so on my skin sand in my

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shoes lip gloss tasting like

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mango ice on the cruise. Over

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at two windows are down here

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doing whatever it wants. I'm

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running this town. [Applause]

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Oh. [Applause] All right, so.

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Slave tastic. Um, and where can

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we find this in the same spot?

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Yes, you can find it on elevate

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tracks 305 youtube account and

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also on all streaming

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platforms. All streaming

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platforms everybody we got a

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lot of talent here in the 305.

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Congratulations. Do you want us

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to take an official picture?

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What are our photographers yes

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I see we've got uh we've got

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some big cameras down there.

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All right. [Laughter] Switch

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over. Okay. Yeah. You're under

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the feel good. [Laughter] Which

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camera are we looking at? Oh,

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she's a professional. All

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[Laughter] Right everybody

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[Applause] Happy. Photographers

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everybody happy? No you're not

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okay. All right well thank you

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all for bringing [Applause] The

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rhythm of the [Laughter] Summer

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in the city to us in city hall.

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[Laughter] I think it's easier

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to get out this way. [Laughter]

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Thank you so much. Yeah. All

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All right so now we go from

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music to entrepreneurship. Um

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we also have a proclamation for

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MISS Angelina diaz. Uh, this is

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a woman who started her own

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business but we all talk about

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microloans and this was

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something that really just made

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a difference and enabled you to

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start your business and now

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she's I'll let her tell the

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story and commissioner gabella

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but she's now kind of a rock

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star here in uh in the city of

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miami and we're very proud of

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you, commissioner gabella let

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me turn this over to you. Yeah.

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>> no, uh, she's become famous

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in the in the, uh, the coffee

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world. Right. And we want to

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acknowledge her and

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congratulate her at such a

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young age doing this kind of

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thing. So congratulations.

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want to tell us about your

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business? Yeah. Hello everyone

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.So how I started um, the

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school taught me how to make

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coffee. I would say when I was

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13 years old and you know the

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more I learned um helping them

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do events and stuff like that

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kind of opened a new world for

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me. And when there was a

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student, uh, leandro, he went

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to an event and won the coffee

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cart and he started doing it

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and he ended up not wanting to

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do it. And that's when the

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opportunity opened for me and

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he asked me if I wanted to rent

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it from him. And of course I

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was like, uh, I was a little

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scared because I've never like

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had my own business because

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that was just a scary thought

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for me. But the more I thought

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about it and the more MISS

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Joanna my job coach told me

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that she believed in me and

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then she thought that I can do

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it. I was just I was like okay

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[Applause] Fine. And so I asked

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my sister. And uh my sister she

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didn't have the money then and

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she was like, if you think that

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this will work. I was like,

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yes. And she borrowed money

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from a friend and she handed it

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to me and that's when I paid

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the rent the the first month's

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rent and I opened with the most

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basic things and um thanks to

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the teachers also supporting

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me, they bought my coffee and

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[Applause] It just started from

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there and it was just crazy. So

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I don't know I'm hearing you.

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Do you have one word of advice

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for budding entrepreneurs I

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heard a lot about believe in

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yourself. What's your one word?

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Yeah just be believe in

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yourself. [Applause] Believe in

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yourself any colleagues, anyone

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else? I think it's wonderful

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that you are an example for

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everybody because it is scary

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to start your own business and

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everybody is not in your corner

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supporting you and you have to

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shut out the noise and just

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continue to say I can do this,

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I can do this and your hard

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work pays off. So today you

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will inspire [Applause] All

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right. Picture time. Come in.

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Photographers boss us around.

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Tell us where we need to be to

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look good in your proclamation.

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What an inspiring story. You

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have to tell me where to get

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it. All right, we gotta ask one

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more question. Where can we

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find your coffee? Uh, at my

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school easterseals, south

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[Applause] Florida. All right.

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At school. Very good.

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Congratulations. [Laughter] And

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so we've started the day with a

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little music and a little

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coffee. Um, uh, which is very

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celebratory and very, um,

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indicative I guess or symbolic

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of our city. Um, but another

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thing that is core to our

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city's operations is our miami

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police department and there is

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a division in that department,

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um, that works on internet

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crimes against children and and

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that that is hard work. Um

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these are the sorts of things

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that you and I might when we

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look at on social media or read

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about in the newspaper cringe

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and not even want to be we

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can't even read or listen to

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the kinds of things that go on

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to lure children into very

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dangerous situations. Um, today

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we are honoring miami police

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department. Hello, chief. Today

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we're honoring [Applause]

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[Laughter] Let's see you guys

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come on by then I'll explain it

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all. Congrats. Thank you.

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morning. How are you? Good

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morning.

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>> good morning. Thank you very

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much. Thanks for doing this

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important but horrible work.

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Thank you. Good morning. How

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are you? [Laughter] [Applause]

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So, um. Look at you. [Laughter]

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Everybody's coming up.

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[Laughter] Buenos dias. Split

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it up. Yeah. Good morning.

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Morning.

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>> good morning, good morning.

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Come in. Get in the middle.

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Come on.

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>> don't be shy. Don't be shy.

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Don't be shy. Guys, are we

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going? So anywhere [Laughter]

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This is your home you can be

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anywhere you want. [Laughter]

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Um um. But. Very recently this

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team and many of the members of

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this team are not here today

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because they can't be. Uh,

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because they do a lot of this

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work undercover but we wanted

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to thank them for one of the

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largest operations undercover

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operations that resulted in the

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arrest of 15 perpetrators who

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were committing crimes against

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[Applause] Children and yeah.

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And I remember the day they

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were about to go out at night

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to make the arrests and I was

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in, um the room where this work

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was done and the dedication and

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the concentration with which

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they take on what is incredibly

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emotionally challenging work to

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protect our kids is really

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inspiring. And I know you have

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some of the hardest jobs in the

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police department. So it is our

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honor today to thank you for

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that work even though for some

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members of your team we cannot

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thank them publicly. So go back

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to hq, uh, give them a hug on

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behalf of the mayor and a big

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thank you. Uh, we honor you and

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our community is better off for

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your work. Let me turn.

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[Laughter] Um. What I'm missing

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commissioner gabella where? Oh,

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there you are. Let me let me

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turn this over to you. Yeah.

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>> no, I'm just so very proud

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of you guys. We all are of what

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you do day in and day out the

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sacrifices your families make.

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So really we appreciate what

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you do for us. Thank you very

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much from the bottom of our

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hearts. Thank you very much.

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Anyone to.

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>> pass this over to

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commissioner? There's not much

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that I can say with respect to

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thank you. I can't imagine the

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atrocities that you see and we

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always support you. We support

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you. You do the work that

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nobody else wants to do. Um you

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see things that you can't unsee

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which is why I'm a big

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supporter of mental health. But

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um, thank you for having the

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courage to do this kind of

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work. It's particularly hard

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when you have children of your

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own as well. So thank you. I

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just want to say that your work

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even though it's unseen it is

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seen by many of our residents

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and you are very much

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appreciated every time a story

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comes out in the news that's

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actually appalling. They know

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that there are very good solid

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people behind [Applause] There

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doing hard work. So thank you

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very much for your service and

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work. Well I have been a police

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supporter since I came into

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city of miami, so I just want

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to thank you for the hard work

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that you do and even though you

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MAY not be seen, I want you to

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know that we know what you're

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doing and we are grateful to

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have you [Applause] In city of

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miami. Thank you. This has to

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be one of the toughest policing

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assignments anybody could take

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on. So you have from the bottom

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of my heart a tremendous

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gratitude. [Applause] Thank

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you. Thank you mayor. You know

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these two specialized units

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that work hand in hand are

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internet crime against

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children's folks and and our

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special investigation section

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they handle some of those some

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of the most sensitive cases

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loads that you can ever have in

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this assignment as the the

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leadership here team you have

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some command staff. I mean we

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talk about this amongst

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ourselves many times that we're

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so grateful that we have these

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folks that are behind the

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scenes protecting the most

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vulnerable population in our

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community. So as a police chief

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is important but more but even

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more important as a father of a

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ten and a 16 year old, I know

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the critical work that they do.

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This operation was over four

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days working with the state

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attorney's office and a host of

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other local law enforcement

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agencies and actually that

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arrest number went up to 30. It

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was 30 individuals that were

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arrested in our community that

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we posed as undercover

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operatives on chat lines and

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over other mediums to to be

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able to reach out. Uh, and this

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knows no boundaries, knows no

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jurisdictions and these folks

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go above and beyond to keep our

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community safe. So thank you

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mayor for highlighting their

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good work, all the elected

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officials as well that provide

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us the resources to be able to

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continue protecting the most

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vulnerable asset like I

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[Applause] Said. So GOD bless

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you and MAY GOD keep you safe.

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Okay.

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>> [Laughter] We need to squish

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in. Behind the switch over.

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>>

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[Applause] Thank you gentlemen.

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[Laughter] All right.

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[Applause] Can you throw that

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over there? Thank you. Thank

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you. See you later.

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Um friends and residents and

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colleagues on the the dais um

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today marks a day of transition

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um for us. Uh many of you were

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very involved in listening to

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discussions during the mayoral

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campaign about should the mayor

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participate in commission

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meetings? Should he or she lead

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commission meetings and. Today

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I will start presiding over the

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the commission meetings. But we

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have to thank christine king

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who has been one of the longest

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serving chair well, the only

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CHAIRWOMAN Of the city

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commission and one of the

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longest serving chairs of our

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city commission in our cities

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next week we turn 130. So in

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our nearly 130 year anniversary

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.Um so commissioner king, we

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wanted to present you with a

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crystal gavel to commemorate

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your five years of service and

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thank you. You served during

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some ups and downs and topsy

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turvy um, moments of conflict,

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moments of transition, moments

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of covid, uh, moments of

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rebirth for the city and we are

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forever grateful for you

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leading our city through those

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times because your time on the

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dais was tough, um, very tough

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and you did it with grace and

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you did it with courage

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[Applause] And I am very, very

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grateful to you. Thank you.

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[Applause]

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And can I just can I just say

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something? And one of the the

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gentlemen that made it a little

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bit tough for her still

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standing here but I want I want

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to congratulate you for the uh

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for tough times that you put up

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with us. So thank you very

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[Applause] Much. You have been

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a true leader and I mean that

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from the bottom of my heart.

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[Laughter] Thank. I was not

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your problem so but I have to

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say you handled everything with

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grace and challenges incredibly

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well and you're just so valued

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here and uh, you're going to

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keep doing what you're doing.

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So thank you juice. Imagine

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controlling the four of us and

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imagine how it was before.

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Listen, since I got into city

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of miami I learned so much from

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you. So thank you for all that.

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Thank you for doing what you

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did. You did a fantastic job.

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we're very [Applause] Grateful

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that you're here with us. We

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are indeed a tough little

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bunch. This has been a really

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wonderful year though where I

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think we've gotten a lot of

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good work done and much of it

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is because of your leadership

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up here keeping the

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conversation and the debate

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going in a way that is

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productive and that ultimately

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benefits the city. I'm very

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[Applause] Proud to get to

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serve with you. Thank you

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commissioner. I want to thank

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everybody. Um as you know, I am

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the longest serving chair for

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the history of the city of

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miami and the first woman and I

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can tell you that when I was

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tapped to be chair I was

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terrified. My commission looked

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a lot different and I had just

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gotten elected. I wasn't sure

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how I'm moving forward as a

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public servant, much less

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having to be chair of the

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commission. Um but my mom says

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how will you ever get to learn

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how to do something if you

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don't do it and you can't allow

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fear to hold you back? And so I

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jumped in and it's just

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instinctual. Uh be kind.

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Listen, everybody's not always

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going to agree with each other,

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but that doesn't mean that we

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can't move forward. And yes

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there were difficult times and

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yes, [Laughter] Commissioner

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gabela scared my mom to death

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once. Um but it's a journey and

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it has allowed me to grow as a

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person and every day that we

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are able to serve is a good

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day. Every day that we wake up

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and we can be of service to our

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community is a good day and I

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look forward to what the next

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chapter will be for me. And not

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one day did I ever not love you

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guys past and present because I

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know at the end of the day you

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all are here because you want

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to do the best for your

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community. So thank you. Thank

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you to the city of miami for

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allowing me the opportunity to

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really [Applause] Be of

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service. And thank you, MADAM

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Mayor.

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[Applause]

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MADAM Mayor. Yeah good morning.

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Yeah no we um well hi

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everybody. Um now that we're

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done with the presentations

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we're moving on uh to um our

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order of business and we are

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fortunate enough to have two

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pastors who are going to pray,

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uh for us and with us today. So

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pastor barbara sabo from 433

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church and then we will have

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reverend dennis jackson, um a

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long time friend of the city of

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miami after you welcome please

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we are ready to receive your

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blessing. Can we please stand

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to reverence the presence of

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GOD? Father, we thank you this

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morning. We thank you for being

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an amazing father. We thank you

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for covering us when we don't

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even know you're covering us.

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Father and father, for the

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leaders in this room father, we

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ask them to cast their crown

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today and give you full

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control, full access to their

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mind, their body and their

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spirit. And father we thank you

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for being an amazing GOD and we

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thank you for always thinking

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of us first before we think of

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you. Amen. Let us pray. Our

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father in heaven, we thank you

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for this day and for the

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privilege of gathering together

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in service to the people of the

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city of miami. We recognize

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that every position of

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leadership carries both

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responsibility and

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accountability, and we

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acknowledge our need for your

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wisdom and guidance today we

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pray for our mayor, the members

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of this city commission, the

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city manager, department

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directors, first responders and

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every public servant entrusted

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with the care of this great

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city. Grant them wisdom to make

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sound decisions. Courage to do

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what is right, integrity to

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lead with honor and compassion

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to serve every resident with

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fairness and respect. Lord

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bless the city of miami.

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Continue to strengthen our

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neighborhoods, protect our

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families, encourage our

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businesses and give hope to our

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young people. Watch over those

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who protect and serve our

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community each day and surround

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them with your grace and

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protection. Your word declares

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if any of you lack wisdom, let

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him ask of GOD that giveth to

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all men liberally james one and

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five today we ask for that

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wisdom. MAY it guide every

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conversation, every vote, every

636
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decision made in this chamber.

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Help us to remember that while

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we MAY hold different opinions,

639
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we all share a common

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responsibility to seek the

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welfare of this city and the

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well-being of its people. Let

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mutual respect prevail. Let

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truth be spoken with grace and

645
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let unity be found even in the

646
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midst of differing

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perspectives. MAY this meeting

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be conducted with order,

649
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purpose and a sincere desire to

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lead the city of miami stronger

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than we found it. MAY the work

652
00:29:26,770 --> 00:29:28,477
accomplish here today benefit

653
00:29:28,479 --> 00:29:31,479
not only this generation but

654
00:29:32,250 --> 00:29:34,985
those yet to come. We ask these

655
00:29:34,985 --> 00:29:38,585
blessings in your holy name. In

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00:29:38,789 --> 00:29:40,858
jesus name I pray amen. Amen.

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Thank you very much.

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00:29:42,226 --> 00:29:44,626
Commissioner rosado, would you

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00:29:47,198 --> 00:29:49,267
lead us in the [Laughter] Um.

660
00:29:49,267 --> 00:29:51,335
[Laughter] Flag of the united

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states of america and to the

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republic for which it stands

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one nation under GOD,

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indivisible with liberty and

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justice for all.

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All right. Good morning

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everyone. Well welcome to the

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city of miami commission

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meeting for JULY 23rd. Um the

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procedures for public comment

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will be explained by the city

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00:30:28,806 --> 00:30:30,875
attorney shortly um as well as

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for planning and zoning and

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00:30:33,644 --> 00:30:36,381
quasi-judicial items for by the

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city clerk uh show all

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commissioners present um

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including city manager james

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reyes, uh city attorney george

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wysong, city clerk todd hannan

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and myself. Um, MR. City

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attorney, would you read your

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00:30:50,994 --> 00:30:52,897
statement and procedure? Yes.

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>> thank you, MADAM Mayor. City

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attorney, city of miami

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detailed information about the

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processes order of business,

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00:30:57,869 --> 00:30:59,700
rules of procedure and

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00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:00,304
scheduling or rescheduling of

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00:31:00,304 --> 00:31:01,305
city commission meetings can be

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00:31:01,305 --> 00:31:02,874
found in chapter two article

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two of the city code, a copy of

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which is available online at

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00:31:07,145 --> 00:31:08,713
www.Municode.Com. Any person

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who is a lobbyist pursuant to

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00:31:09,914 --> 00:31:10,948
chapter two, article six of the

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city code must register with

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the city clerk and comply with

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related city requirements for

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00:31:14,385 --> 00:31:15,753
lobbyists before appearing

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00:31:15,753 --> 00:31:17,288
before the city commission. A

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00:31:17,288 --> 00:31:19,230
person MAY not lobby a city

702
00:31:19,230 --> 00:31:21,259
official, board member or staff

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00:31:21,259 --> 00:31:22,460
member until registering a copy

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00:31:22,460 --> 00:31:23,828
of the code section about

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00:31:23,828 --> 00:31:25,290
lobbyists is available in the

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00:31:25,290 --> 00:31:28,290
city clerk's office or online

707
00:31:28,133 --> 00:31:29,500
at www.Municode.Com. Any person

708
00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:31,403
making a presentation, formal

709
00:31:31,403 --> 00:31:32,700
request or petition to the city

710
00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:33,271
commission concerning real

711
00:31:33,271 --> 00:31:34,139
property must make the

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00:31:34,139 --> 00:31:35,673
disclosures required by the

713
00:31:35,673 --> 00:31:36,708
city code and writing a copy of

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00:31:36,708 --> 00:31:37,942
the city code section is

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available at the office of the

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city clerk or online at

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www.Municode.Com. The city of

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miami requires that anyone

719
00:31:44,449 --> 00:31:45,650
requesting action by the city

720
00:31:45,650 --> 00:31:47,180
commission must disclose before

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00:31:47,180 --> 00:31:48,419
the hearing any consideration

722
00:31:48,419 --> 00:31:49,954
provided or permitted to anyone

723
00:31:49,954 --> 00:31:51,156
for agreement to support or

724
00:31:51,156 --> 00:31:52,357
withhold objection to the

725
00:31:52,357 --> 00:31:54,426
requested action pursuant to

726
00:31:54,426 --> 00:31:55,961
city code section 2-8 any

727
00:31:55,961 --> 00:31:56,994
documents offered to the city

728
00:31:56,994 --> 00:31:58,195
commission that have not been

729
00:31:58,195 --> 00:31:59,230
provided seven days before the

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00:31:59,230 --> 00:32:00,431
meeting as part of the agenda,

731
00:32:00,431 --> 00:32:02,000
materials will be entered into

732
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,100
the record at the city

733
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commission's discretion in

734
00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:06,971
accordance with section 2-33, f

735
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and g of the city code. The

736
00:32:08,339 --> 00:32:09,907
agenda and the material for

737
00:32:09,907 --> 00:32:10,942
each item on the agenda is

738
00:32:10,942 --> 00:32:12,477
available during business hours

739
00:32:12,477 --> 00:32:14,546
at the city clerk's office and

740
00:32:14,546 --> 00:32:16,247
online 24 hours a day at

741
00:32:16,247 --> 00:32:17,815
www.Gov.Com. The meeting of the

742
00:32:17,815 --> 00:32:19,183
miami city commission is a

743
00:32:19,183 --> 00:32:20,552
limited public forum. Any

744
00:32:20,552 --> 00:32:21,419
person MAY be heard by the city

745
00:32:21,419 --> 00:32:22,620
commission through the chair

746
00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:23,989
for not more than two minutes

747
00:32:23,989 --> 00:32:25,356
on any proposition before the

748
00:32:25,356 --> 00:32:27,756
city commission unless modified

749
00:32:28,293 --> 00:32:29,828
by the chair. Public comment

750
00:32:29,828 --> 00:32:30,862
will begin at approximately 9

751
00:32:30,862 --> 00:32:32,931
a.M. And remain open until

752
00:32:32,931 --> 00:32:34,299
public comment is closed by the

753
00:32:34,299 --> 00:32:35,500
presiding officer. Any person

754
00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:36,534
making offensive remarks or

755
00:32:36,534 --> 00:32:37,736
becomes unruly in the city

756
00:32:37,736 --> 00:32:38,936
commission chambers will be

757
00:32:38,936 --> 00:32:39,804
barred from further attending

758
00:32:39,804 --> 00:32:41,339
city commission meetings and

759
00:32:41,339 --> 00:32:42,707
MAY be subject to arrest. No

760
00:32:42,707 --> 00:32:44,707
clapping, applauding, heckling

761
00:32:44,775 --> 00:32:46,345
or verbal outbursts in support

762
00:32:46,345 --> 00:32:47,879
or opposition to a speaker or

763
00:32:47,879 --> 00:32:49,581
his or her remarks shall be

764
00:32:49,581 --> 00:32:50,815
permitted. No signs or placards

765
00:32:50,815 --> 00:32:51,816
shall be allowed in the

766
00:32:51,816 --> 00:32:53,218
commission chambers. Persons

767
00:32:53,218 --> 00:32:54,919
exiting the commission chambers

768
00:32:54,919 --> 00:32:56,120
shall do so quietly. Members of

769
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:57,488
the public wishing to address

770
00:32:57,488 --> 00:32:58,356
the body MAY do so by

771
00:32:58,356 --> 00:33:00,910
submitting written comments via

772
00:33:00,910 --> 00:33:03,910
the online online comment form

773
00:33:03,161 --> 00:33:04,896
.Please visit www.Miami.Com

774
00:33:04,896 --> 00:33:06,631
meeting instructions for

775
00:33:06,631 --> 00:33:07,832
detailed instructions on how to

776
00:33:07,832 --> 00:33:09,200
provide public comment using

777
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:10,401
the online public comment form.

778
00:33:10,401 --> 00:33:11,936
The comments submitted through

779
00:33:11,936 --> 00:33:12,971
the comment form have been and

780
00:33:12,971 --> 00:33:14,172
will be distributed to the

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elected officials, their staff

782
00:33:15,206 --> 00:33:16,575
and city administration

783
00:33:16,575 --> 00:33:17,442
throughout the day so that the

784
00:33:17,442 --> 00:33:19,143
elected officials MAY consider

785
00:33:19,143 --> 00:33:21,212
the comments prior to taking

786
00:33:21,212 --> 00:33:22,781
any action. Additionally, the

787
00:33:22,781 --> 00:33:23,982
online comment form will remain

788
00:33:23,982 --> 00:33:25,160
open during the meeting to

789
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,217
accept comments and distribute

790
00:33:26,217 --> 00:33:27,586
to elected officials, their

791
00:33:27,586 --> 00:33:29,287
staff and city administration

792
00:33:29,287 --> 00:33:30,688
up until the presiding officer

793
00:33:30,688 --> 00:33:32,390
closes public comment. Public

794
00:33:32,390 --> 00:33:34,292
comment MAY also be provided

795
00:33:34,292 --> 00:33:35,660
here live at city hall located

796
00:33:35,660 --> 00:33:36,694
at 3500 pan american drive,

797
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miami, florida subject to any

798
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and all city rules as they MAY

799
00:33:39,998 --> 00:33:41,166
be amended if the proposition

800
00:33:41,166 --> 00:33:42,366
is being continued or

801
00:33:42,366 --> 00:33:44,102
rescheduled, the opportunity to

802
00:33:44,102 --> 00:33:45,303
be heard MAY be at a later date

803
00:33:45,303 --> 00:33:46,504
before the city commission

804
00:33:46,504 --> 00:33:47,505
takes action on such

805
00:33:47,505 --> 00:33:48,707
proposition. When addressing

806
00:33:48,707 --> 00:33:49,774
the city commission, the member

807
00:33:49,774 --> 00:33:50,609
of the public must first state

808
00:33:50,609 --> 00:33:52,343
their name, their address and

809
00:33:52,343 --> 00:33:54,450
the item to be spoken about.

810
00:33:54,450 --> 00:33:55,790
Any person with a disability

811
00:33:55,790 --> 00:33:56,448
requiring assistance in

812
00:33:56,448 --> 00:33:58,183
auxiliary aids or auxiliary

813
00:33:58,183 --> 00:33:59,217
aids and services for this

814
00:33:59,217 --> 00:34:00,752
meeting MAY notify the city

815
00:34:00,752 --> 00:34:01,787
clerk. The city has provided

816
00:34:01,787 --> 00:34:02,488
different public comment

817
00:34:02,488 --> 00:34:03,488
methods to indicate, among

818
00:34:03,488 --> 00:34:04,522
other things, the public

819
00:34:04,522 --> 00:34:05,757
support opposition or

820
00:34:05,757 --> 00:34:06,958
neutrality on the items and

821
00:34:06,958 --> 00:34:07,960
topics to be discussed at the

822
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city commission meeting in

823
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compliance with section

824
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286.01144 c of the florida

825
00:34:13,631 --> 00:34:14,866
statutes, the public has been

826
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given the opportunity to

827
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provide public comment during

828
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the meeting within reasonable

829
00:34:17,969 --> 00:34:19,400
proximity in time before the

830
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:19,837
meeting. Please note

831
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commissioners have generally

832
00:34:21,573 --> 00:34:22,774
been briefed by city staff and

833
00:34:22,774 --> 00:34:24,309
city attorneys office on items

834
00:34:24,309 --> 00:34:26,378
on the agenda today. Anyone

835
00:34:26,378 --> 00:34:27,746
wishing a verbatim record of an

836
00:34:27,746 --> 00:34:29,648
item considered at this meeting

837
00:34:29,648 --> 00:34:30,682
MAY request it at the office of

838
00:34:30,682 --> 00:34:33,820
communications or view it

839
00:34:34,119 --> 00:34:35,821
online at www.Gov.Com for

840
00:34:35,821 --> 00:34:37,222
planning and zoning items. Pc

841
00:34:37,222 --> 00:34:39,622
items shall proceed according

842
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to section 7.1.4 of the miami

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21 zoning ordinance parties for

844
00:34:43,610 --> 00:34:44,429
any pc items including any

845
00:34:44,429 --> 00:34:46,131
applicant, appellant, appellee,

846
00:34:46,131 --> 00:34:47,332
city staff and any person

847
00:34:47,332 --> 00:34:48,734
recognized by the decision

848
00:34:48,734 --> 00:34:50,435
making body as a qualified

849
00:34:50,435 --> 00:34:52,170
intervenor as well as the

850
00:34:52,170 --> 00:34:53,539
applicant's representatives in

851
00:34:53,539 --> 00:34:54,439
any experts testifying on

852
00:34:54,439 --> 00:34:56,107
behalf of the applicant.

853
00:34:56,107 --> 00:34:57,509
Appellant or appellee MAY be

854
00:34:57,509 --> 00:34:58,877
physically present at city hall

855
00:34:58,877 --> 00:35:00,780
to be sworn in by oath or

856
00:35:00,780 --> 00:35:01,779
affirmation by the city clerk.

857
00:35:01,779 --> 00:35:03,148
The members of the city

858
00:35:03,148 --> 00:35:04,182
commission shall disclose any

859
00:35:04,182 --> 00:35:05,417
ex parte communications to

860
00:35:05,417 --> 00:35:06,584
remove the presumption of

861
00:35:06,584 --> 00:35:08,984
prejudice pursuant to florida

862
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,200
statute section 286.0115 and

863
00:35:12,457 --> 00:35:14,159
section 7.1.4.5 of the miami 21

864
00:35:14,159 --> 00:35:15,527
zoning ordinance, the order of

865
00:35:15,527 --> 00:35:17,262
presentation shall be as set

866
00:35:17,262 --> 00:35:19,331
forth in miami 21 and the city

867
00:35:19,331 --> 00:35:21,330
code staff will briefly present

868
00:35:21,330 --> 00:35:22,233
each item to be heard. The

869
00:35:22,233 --> 00:35:23,435
applicant will present its

870
00:35:23,435 --> 00:35:24,470
application or request to the

871
00:35:24,470 --> 00:35:25,670
city commission. If the

872
00:35:25,670 --> 00:35:26,538
applicant agrees with the staff

873
00:35:26,538 --> 00:35:27,906
recommendation, the city

874
00:35:27,906 --> 00:35:29,641
commission MAY proceed to its

875
00:35:29,641 --> 00:35:31,100
deliberation and decision. The

876
00:35:31,100 --> 00:35:32,770
the applicant MAY also waive

877
00:35:32,770 --> 00:35:33,745
the right to an evidentiary

878
00:35:33,745 --> 00:35:34,780
hearing on the record for

879
00:35:34,780 --> 00:35:36,148
appeals. The appellant will

880
00:35:36,148 --> 00:35:37,182
present its appeal to the city

881
00:35:37,182 --> 00:35:38,751
commission followed by the

882
00:35:38,751 --> 00:35:40,285
appellee staff will be allowed

883
00:35:40,285 --> 00:35:41,820
to make any recommendation they

884
00:35:41,820 --> 00:35:43,389
MAY have. Please silence all

885
00:35:43,389 --> 00:35:44,423
cell phones and other noise

886
00:35:44,423 --> 00:35:46,291
making devices. This meeting

887
00:35:46,291 --> 00:35:47,693
can be viewed live on miami tv,

888
00:35:47,693 --> 00:35:48,894
the city's facebook page, the

889
00:35:48,894 --> 00:35:50,596
city's twitter page, the city's

890
00:35:50,596 --> 00:35:52,330
youtube channel and comcast

891
00:35:52,330 --> 00:35:53,565
channel 77. The broadcast will

892
00:35:53,565 --> 00:35:55,965
also have closed captioning.

893
00:35:56,635 --> 00:36:00,380
Thank you MADAM Mayor. MR. City

894
00:36:00,380 --> 00:36:01,440
clerk. Thank you chair. The

895
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:02,641
procedures for individuals who

896
00:36:02,641 --> 00:36:04,900
are providing testimony be

897
00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:05,210
sworn in for planning and

898
00:36:05,210 --> 00:36:06,579
zoning items and any quasi

899
00:36:06,579 --> 00:36:07,946
judicial items on today's city

900
00:36:07,946 --> 00:36:08,981
commission agenda will be as

901
00:36:08,981 --> 00:36:10,382
follows the members of city

902
00:36:10,382 --> 00:36:11,750
staff or any other individuals

903
00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:12,784
required to be sworn in who are

904
00:36:12,784 --> 00:36:14,152
currently present at city hall

905
00:36:14,152 --> 00:36:15,354
will be sworn in by me, the

906
00:36:15,354 --> 00:36:16,388
city clerk immediately after I

907
00:36:16,388 --> 00:36:17,222
finished explaining these

908
00:36:17,222 --> 00:36:18,457
procedures. Those individuals

909
00:36:18,457 --> 00:36:20,325
who are appearing remotely MAY

910
00:36:20,325 --> 00:36:21,526
be sworn in now or at any time

911
00:36:21,526 --> 00:36:22,394
prior to the individual

912
00:36:22,394 --> 00:36:23,595
providing testimony for

913
00:36:23,595 --> 00:36:24,630
planning and zoning items and

914
00:36:24,630 --> 00:36:25,664
or quasi judicial items.

915
00:36:25,664 --> 00:36:27,320
Commissioners, are you

916
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:27,900
comfortable with all the notice

917
00:36:27,900 --> 00:36:29,101
provisions set forth in the

918
00:36:29,101 --> 00:36:30,135
uniform rules and procedures we

919
00:36:30,135 --> 00:36:32,204
have established for this

920
00:36:32,204 --> 00:36:33,405
meeting? Chair MAY administer

921
00:36:33,405 --> 00:36:34,940
the oath for the planning and

922
00:36:34,940 --> 00:36:36,308
zoning items. Yes please. Thank

923
00:36:36,308 --> 00:36:37,343
you. Good morning ladies and

924
00:36:37,343 --> 00:36:38,377
gentlemen. If you'll be

925
00:36:38,377 --> 00:36:39,911
speaking on any of today's

926
00:36:39,911 --> 00:36:42,514
planning and zoning items those

927
00:36:42,514 --> 00:36:43,549
are the items. MAY I please

928
00:36:43,549 --> 00:36:47,149
have you stand and raise your

929
00:36:49,388 --> 00:36:50,422
right hand? Do you solemnly

930
00:36:50,422 --> 00:36:51,456
swear or affirm that the

931
00:36:51,456 --> 00:36:52,291
testimony you're about to give

932
00:36:52,291 --> 00:36:53,325
at today's hearing is the

933
00:36:53,325 --> 00:36:54,693
truth, the whole truth and

934
00:36:54,693 --> 00:36:58,293
nothing but the truth? And your

935
00:36:58,497 --> 00:37:01,497
response is thank you, chair.

936
00:37:01,566 --> 00:37:02,802
All right, MR. City manager, do

937
00:37:02,802 --> 00:37:04,503
you have anything that you

938
00:37:04,503 --> 00:37:05,704
would like to withdraw or

939
00:37:05,704 --> 00:37:07,239
defer? Sure.

940
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:08,974
>> good morning, MADAM Mayor.

941
00:37:08,974 --> 00:37:10,342
Commissioners, at this time the

942
00:37:10,342 --> 00:37:11,710
administration would like to

943
00:37:11,710 --> 00:37:14,110
defer withdrawal the following

944
00:37:17,583 --> 00:37:21,200
items fr six to be withdrawn fr

945
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,550
six to be withdrawn pghs one to

946
00:37:23,550 --> 00:37:25,824
be deferred to the SEPTEMBER

947
00:37:25,824 --> 00:37:27,359
10th meeting. Pghs one to be

948
00:37:27,359 --> 00:37:30,359
deferred to the SEPTEMBER 10th

949
00:37:30,462 --> 00:37:33,462
meeting pc six to be

950
00:37:33,566 --> 00:37:35,600
indefinitely deferred. Pc six

951
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,669
indefinitely deferred and pc

952
00:37:37,669 --> 00:37:39,739
seven to be indefinitely

953
00:37:39,739 --> 00:37:40,772
deferred. Pc seven to be

954
00:37:40,772 --> 00:37:42,308
indefinitely deferred. And that

955
00:37:42,308 --> 00:37:45,770
concludes all the items. Okay

956
00:37:45,770 --> 00:37:47,477
colleagues um any other

957
00:37:48,147 --> 00:37:49,882
withdrawals deferrals okay with

958
00:37:49,882 --> 00:37:52,118
that MR. Clerk do we set the

959
00:37:52,118 --> 00:37:52,484
agenda? Yes. So you always have

960
00:37:52,484 --> 00:37:54,353
something.

961
00:37:54,353 --> 00:37:56,422
>> my apologies before you

962
00:37:56,422 --> 00:37:57,622
request a motion um for the

963
00:37:57,622 --> 00:37:58,323
items going to be withdrawn

964
00:37:58,323 --> 00:38:00,250
deferred definitely deferred.

965
00:38:00,250 --> 00:38:01,727
Uh, there's a few things that I

966
00:38:01,727 --> 00:38:03,462
need to read into the record.

967
00:38:03,462 --> 00:38:05,197
Mayor higgins will be

968
00:38:05,197 --> 00:38:07,232
co-sponsoring ph six and sr

969
00:38:07,232 --> 00:38:09,632
three. Commissioner pardo will

970
00:38:09,635 --> 00:38:11,704
be co-sponsoring pc five.

971
00:38:11,704 --> 00:38:12,738
Commissioner escalona will be

972
00:38:12,738 --> 00:38:14,473
co-sponsoring fr two

973
00:38:14,473 --> 00:38:16,175
commissioner rosado will be

974
00:38:16,175 --> 00:38:17,543
co-sponsoring ph five

975
00:38:17,543 --> 00:38:19,943
commissioner king will be

976
00:38:19,945 --> 00:38:21,514
co-sponsoring ph five and re 12

977
00:38:21,514 --> 00:38:22,348
I need to read a brief

978
00:38:22,348 --> 00:38:23,749
statement regarding the

979
00:38:23,749 --> 00:38:26,149
indefinitely deferred pc items

980
00:38:26,151 --> 00:38:27,520
pursuant to section 62-22 of

981
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:28,721
the city code indefinitely

982
00:38:28,721 --> 00:38:30,890
deferred action initiated by

983
00:38:30,890 --> 00:38:31,290
the city will cost the city

984
00:38:31,290 --> 00:38:32,692
mail noticing advertising and

985
00:38:32,692 --> 00:38:34,226
posting of properties as

986
00:38:34,226 --> 00:38:35,928
applicable. And chair if you

987
00:38:35,928 --> 00:38:37,163
would like to request a motion

988
00:38:37,163 --> 00:38:39,198
for the withdrawals, deferrals

989
00:38:39,198 --> 00:38:41,598
and indefinite deferrals. So

990
00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:44,370
moved. Okay I have a motion. I

991
00:38:44,370 --> 00:38:44,636
have a second. All in favor.

992
00:38:44,636 --> 00:38:46,636
Aye.

993
00:38:46,772 --> 00:38:48,140
>> agenda is set. Thank you.

994
00:38:48,140 --> 00:38:49,175
Uh, time for reasonable

995
00:38:49,175 --> 00:38:51,243
opportunity to be heard in

996
00:38:51,243 --> 00:38:52,945
public hearings. Yes, MR. Clerk

997
00:38:52,945 --> 00:38:54,847
all right. Anyone that would

998
00:38:54,847 --> 00:38:58,447
like to be heard, please line

999
00:38:58,817 --> 00:39:00,853
up in on both podiums and oh, I

1000
00:39:00,853 --> 00:39:03,289
see mayor lago. Vince, would

1001
00:39:03,289 --> 00:39:06,889
you like to be recognized to

1002
00:39:07,759 --> 00:39:09,795
speak? Yeah. Um. Sneak up.

1003
00:39:09,795 --> 00:39:10,496
We'll let MR. Cruz cook his

1004
00:39:10,496 --> 00:39:11,531
computer up. Will you

1005
00:39:11,531 --> 00:39:14,100
[Laughter] Go over to the other

1006
00:39:14,100 --> 00:39:16,335
podium? Podium. Thanks. Okay.

1007
00:39:16,335 --> 00:39:18,571
Very good. Thank you mayor good

1008
00:39:18,571 --> 00:39:19,772
to see you. Good morning, MADAM

1009
00:39:19,772 --> 00:39:20,973
Mayor. Thank you for allowing

1010
00:39:20,973 --> 00:39:22,875
me the privilege to speak. I

1011
00:39:22,875 --> 00:39:23,909
have a 10:00 swearing in for a

1012
00:39:23,909 --> 00:39:25,111
new police officers in the

1013
00:39:25,111 --> 00:39:26,145
city. Beautiful. So I

1014
00:39:26,145 --> 00:39:28,140
appreciate you allowing me the

1015
00:39:28,140 --> 00:39:29,215
honor to speak for 30s. But

1016
00:39:29,215 --> 00:39:30,416
before I do that, just a

1017
00:39:30,416 --> 00:39:31,817
personal point of privilege,

1018
00:39:31,817 --> 00:39:33,817
commissioner king, you

1019
00:39:34,554 --> 00:39:36,455
epitomize elegance and grace as

1020
00:39:36,455 --> 00:39:38,491
CHAIRWOMAN For five years. It

1021
00:39:38,491 --> 00:39:40,226
was a true master class to

1022
00:39:40,226 --> 00:39:41,260
watch you work. So I want to

1023
00:39:41,260 --> 00:39:42,462
congratulate you on your five

1024
00:39:42,462 --> 00:39:43,329
years of service and your

1025
00:39:43,329 --> 00:39:44,300
continued service to the

1026
00:39:44,300 --> 00:39:45,731
community. Thank you for

1027
00:39:45,731 --> 00:39:47,433
teaching me a lot. Uh, moving

1028
00:39:47,433 --> 00:39:48,468
forward very briefly I'm here

1029
00:39:48,468 --> 00:39:50,468
to support commissioner

1030
00:39:51,571 --> 00:39:53,306
rosado's item r 16 uh the item

1031
00:39:53,306 --> 00:39:55,700
again is what I've come here

1032
00:39:55,700 --> 00:39:56,742
multiple times to discuss is

1033
00:39:56,742 --> 00:39:58,277
about human trafficking. I

1034
00:39:58,277 --> 00:39:59,812
asked my colleagues on the

1035
00:39:59,812 --> 00:40:01,713
commission to please work with

1036
00:40:01,713 --> 00:40:02,916
the mayor, work with staff and

1037
00:40:02,916 --> 00:40:04,617
work with your incredible

1038
00:40:04,617 --> 00:40:06,180
police officers who are here to

1039
00:40:06,180 --> 00:40:06,719
work together with other

1040
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:08,870
municipalities to address the

1041
00:40:08,870 --> 00:40:10,289
issue of human trafficking. It

1042
00:40:10,289 --> 00:40:11,690
is not going away. I was the

1043
00:40:11,690 --> 00:40:13,392
elected official in miami-dade

1044
00:40:13,392 --> 00:40:15,461
county in the state of florida

1045
00:40:15,461 --> 00:40:16,829
that outlawed hourly motels and

1046
00:40:16,829 --> 00:40:18,398
I was personally and

1047
00:40:18,398 --> 00:40:19,599
professionally targeted by a

1048
00:40:19,599 --> 00:40:21,133
lot of these motel owners which

1049
00:40:21,133 --> 00:40:22,168
are in the city of miami and in

1050
00:40:22,168 --> 00:40:23,869
the city of coral gables. And

1051
00:40:23,869 --> 00:40:25,271
we signed a joint enforcement

1052
00:40:25,271 --> 00:40:26,806
task force between the city of

1053
00:40:26,806 --> 00:40:28,174
miami and the city of coral

1054
00:40:28,174 --> 00:40:30,242
gables to eradicate this issue

1055
00:40:30,242 --> 00:40:31,610
both in the city and in the

1056
00:40:31,610 --> 00:40:33,179
city of miami. So I ask you to

1057
00:40:33,179 --> 00:40:34,130
please support our 16 because

1058
00:40:34,130 --> 00:40:35,414
everything that we do to

1059
00:40:35,414 --> 00:40:36,950
support our police officers to

1060
00:40:36,950 --> 00:40:39,518
address human trafficking. As a

1061
00:40:39,518 --> 00:40:40,719
father of a 15 and 11 year old

1062
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:41,754
daughter, I've seen this

1063
00:40:41,754 --> 00:40:42,956
personally as I've gone

1064
00:40:42,956 --> 00:40:44,691
undercover with our police

1065
00:40:44,691 --> 00:40:46,225
officers on 12 separate

1066
00:40:46,225 --> 00:40:47,960
occasions. Human trafficking is

1067
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:49,328
alive and well in our community

1068
00:40:49,328 --> 00:40:51,300
and we need to do everything in

1069
00:40:51,300 --> 00:40:52,640
our power to support the police

1070
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:53,432
officers who we did this

1071
00:40:53,432 --> 00:40:54,833
morning and we thank them for

1072
00:40:54,833 --> 00:40:56,350
their hard work. Thank you,

1073
00:40:56,350 --> 00:40:58,104
commissioner rosado. I am

1074
00:40:58,104 --> 00:41:00,840
beyond grateful for our 16 and

1075
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,541
as a supporting member of glory

1076
00:41:02,541 --> 00:41:03,743
house which is doing GOD's work

1077
00:41:03,743 --> 00:41:04,978
in our community. I've been

1078
00:41:04,978 --> 00:41:06,846
with him for almost ten years

1079
00:41:06,846 --> 00:41:08,470
now. I ask people to get to

1080
00:41:08,470 --> 00:41:09,820
know glory house. They're doing

1081
00:41:09,820 --> 00:41:10,817
exceptional work transitioning

1082
00:41:10,817 --> 00:41:13,553
women off the streets and

1083
00:41:13,553 --> 00:41:15,288
bringing them back into the

1084
00:41:15,288 --> 00:41:16,990
real world after years and

1085
00:41:16,990 --> 00:41:18,524
years of trauma. So GOD bless

1086
00:41:18,524 --> 00:41:19,759
you. I apologize for taking

1087
00:41:19,759 --> 00:41:20,593
over a minute, but thank you

1088
00:41:20,593 --> 00:41:21,961
for allowing me the privilege

1089
00:41:21,961 --> 00:41:22,329
to be here and speak. Thank you

1090
00:41:22,329 --> 00:41:24,300
very much.

1091
00:41:24,300 --> 00:41:25,598
>> thank you, MR. Mayor. Good

1092
00:41:25,598 --> 00:41:26,633
morning. My name is david

1093
00:41:26,633 --> 00:41:27,634
perry. I'm the executive

1094
00:41:27,634 --> 00:41:29,350
director of the florida

1095
00:41:29,350 --> 00:41:31,435
coalition of racial equity.

1096
00:41:31,437 --> 00:41:33,139
We're here today to speak out

1097
00:41:33,139 --> 00:41:35,542
in strong opposition to sr

1098
00:41:35,542 --> 00:41:37,944
four. Um this is the proposal

1099
00:41:37,944 --> 00:41:40,344
to eliminate the 24 hour

1100
00:41:40,379 --> 00:41:42,415
waiting period that or excuse

1101
00:41:42,415 --> 00:41:45,185
me, the 24 hour warning and

1102
00:41:45,185 --> 00:41:46,886
waiting period prior to police

1103
00:41:46,886 --> 00:41:48,955
arresting the homeless for

1104
00:41:48,955 --> 00:41:50,156
sleeping in public spaces. And

1105
00:41:50,156 --> 00:41:51,357
by the way, that's the only

1106
00:41:51,357 --> 00:41:53,920
place where the homeless can

1107
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:55,161
sleep given the deficit of

1108
00:41:55,161 --> 00:41:56,529
shelter beds and the lack of

1109
00:41:56,529 --> 00:41:58,231
affordable housing. Um, we're

1110
00:41:58,231 --> 00:42:00,633
in a homelessness crisis right

1111
00:42:00,633 --> 00:42:02,201
now and sr four would do

1112
00:42:02,201 --> 00:42:03,937
nothing to solve it actually

1113
00:42:03,937 --> 00:42:06,339
would do the exact opposite. It

1114
00:42:06,339 --> 00:42:08,408
is a fiscally irresponsible and

1115
00:42:08,408 --> 00:42:10,110
I would say a very dangerous

1116
00:42:10,110 --> 00:42:12,512
proposal that simply flood our

1117
00:42:12,512 --> 00:42:14,247
corrections system, um, with

1118
00:42:14,247 --> 00:42:16,315
people whose only crime is

1119
00:42:16,315 --> 00:42:18,184
being poor, whose only crime is

1120
00:42:18,184 --> 00:42:20,419
that they've got no place else

1121
00:42:20,419 --> 00:42:22,155
to stay. Now this comes at a

1122
00:42:22,155 --> 00:42:23,356
particularly bad time. This

1123
00:42:23,356 --> 00:42:24,391
proposal comes at a

1124
00:42:24,391 --> 00:42:26,459
particularly bad time for the

1125
00:42:26,459 --> 00:42:28,495
city of miami because we have

1126
00:42:28,495 --> 00:42:30,563
two potentially game changing

1127
00:42:30,563 --> 00:42:32,632
institutions that are coming

1128
00:42:32,632 --> 00:42:34,334
online that that MAY increase

1129
00:42:34,334 --> 00:42:35,568
shelter beds and increase

1130
00:42:35,568 --> 00:42:36,570
housing. We have judge

1131
00:42:36,570 --> 00:42:38,304
lippman's mental health

1132
00:42:38,304 --> 00:42:40,390
facility that's coming online

1133
00:42:40,390 --> 00:42:41,240
that will provide some very

1134
00:42:41,240 --> 00:42:42,608
productive options for people

1135
00:42:42,608 --> 00:42:45,800
suffering from mental illness

1136
00:42:45,178 --> 00:42:46,450
um which by the way are not the

1137
00:42:46,450 --> 00:42:47,747
majority of the homeless, the

1138
00:42:47,747 --> 00:42:49,149
majority of the homeless have

1139
00:42:49,149 --> 00:42:50,850
stabilizing mental illness. We

1140
00:42:50,850 --> 00:42:52,219
also have the better way

1141
00:42:52,219 --> 00:42:53,953
facility that's coming on

1142
00:42:53,953 --> 00:42:55,988
board. It's called a navigation

1143
00:42:55,988 --> 00:42:57,724
center. Now this can be a game

1144
00:42:57,724 --> 00:42:59,292
changer as a low barrier

1145
00:42:59,292 --> 00:43:00,493
shelter that will be much more

1146
00:43:00,493 --> 00:43:02,528
attractive for the homeless to

1147
00:43:02,528 --> 00:43:04,597
stay. So we urge the city

1148
00:43:04,597 --> 00:43:06,666
commission to please reject

1149
00:43:06,666 --> 00:43:08,368
this proposal. It will do

1150
00:43:08,368 --> 00:43:10,436
nothing to solve homelessness.

1151
00:43:10,436 --> 00:43:11,805
in fact it'll increase

1152
00:43:11,805 --> 00:43:13,539
homelessness saddle people with

1153
00:43:13,539 --> 00:43:15,750
a criminal record which makes

1154
00:43:15,750 --> 00:43:16,276
it harder to get a job. It

1155
00:43:16,276 --> 00:43:17,677
makes it harder to get an

1156
00:43:17,677 --> 00:43:19,212
apartment. There is nothing to

1157
00:43:19,212 --> 00:43:20,580
be gained by this and I'm

1158
00:43:20,580 --> 00:43:22,482
accompanied by several other

1159
00:43:22,482 --> 00:43:23,683
folks here who will make the

1160
00:43:23,683 --> 00:43:26,683
same argument. Thank you. Thank

1161
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:30,120
you, MR. Cruz. Elvis cruz 631

1162
00:43:30,556 --> 00:43:33,293
north east 57th street re seven

1163
00:43:33,293 --> 00:43:34,861
more money for curtis rogers at

1164
00:43:34,861 --> 00:43:36,229
alice wainwright park. They

1165
00:43:36,229 --> 00:43:37,764
block the beautiful view of the

1166
00:43:37,764 --> 00:43:40,200
bay from atop the silver bluff

1167
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,235
by planting silver sable palms

1168
00:43:42,235 --> 00:43:43,603
they installed landscaping. The

1169
00:43:43,603 --> 00:43:45,500
city is incapable of

1170
00:43:45,500 --> 00:43:46,706
maintaining many small plants

1171
00:43:46,706 --> 00:43:48,608
in a bed of mulch. Here it is

1172
00:43:48,608 --> 00:43:50,143
at the ribbon cutting but city

1173
00:43:50,143 --> 00:43:51,878
workers don't pick weeds they

1174
00:43:51,878 --> 00:43:53,914
use weed eaters. So now the

1175
00:43:53,914 --> 00:43:55,816
plants are gone. The city tried

1176
00:43:55,816 --> 00:43:58,585
this in morningside park in

1177
00:43:58,585 --> 00:44:00,987
2009 where it only lasted a few

1178
00:44:00,987 --> 00:44:02,355
months. I de curtis told the

1179
00:44:02,355 --> 00:44:04,910
city commission that for

1180
00:44:04,910 --> 00:44:06,493
morningside quote we are not

1181
00:44:06,493 --> 00:44:09,229
doing any work to the loop road

1182
00:44:09,229 --> 00:44:11,464
even though her plans showed

1183
00:44:11,464 --> 00:44:13,200
850ft of the loop road would be

1184
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,600
demolished and rebuilt without

1185
00:44:15,602 --> 00:44:17,671
the elegant landscaped median

1186
00:44:17,671 --> 00:44:19,739
that reflected the morningside

1187
00:44:19,739 --> 00:44:21,107
historic district. Despite the

1188
00:44:21,107 --> 00:44:22,476
overwhelming vote at a

1189
00:44:22,476 --> 00:44:24,545
community meeting to keep the

1190
00:44:24,545 --> 00:44:25,912
loop road intact, their design

1191
00:44:25,912 --> 00:44:27,647
was supposed to alleviate

1192
00:44:27,647 --> 00:44:29,150
flooding but instead it caused

1193
00:44:29,150 --> 00:44:31,415
the worst flooding morningside

1194
00:44:31,418 --> 00:44:33,120
park has ever had after

1195
00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:34,855
negligent staff water salt

1196
00:44:34,855 --> 00:44:36,556
water poisoning in the park,

1197
00:44:36,556 --> 00:44:38,625
curtis rogers found several

1198
00:44:38,625 --> 00:44:40,693
trees were recovering yet they

1199
00:44:40,693 --> 00:44:42,620
still had them cut down

1200
00:44:42,620 --> 00:44:44,462
including a legacy specimen

1201
00:44:44,464 --> 00:44:46,199
tree saying it was a fire

1202
00:44:46,199 --> 00:44:48,602
hazard when it certainly was

1203
00:44:48,602 --> 00:44:49,970
not. We used to have open green

1204
00:44:49,970 --> 00:44:51,170
space along the bay for

1205
00:44:51,170 --> 00:44:52,572
recreation and special events

1206
00:44:52,572 --> 00:44:54,274
like this wedding. Now they're

1207
00:44:54,274 --> 00:44:57,100
over planted with sabal palms

1208
00:44:57,100 --> 00:44:58,211
and far less useful. At a

1209
00:44:58,211 --> 00:44:59,779
meeting last month I. Curtis

1210
00:44:59,779 --> 00:45:01,314
said she'd been working on the

1211
00:45:01,314 --> 00:45:03,500
project for six years but she

1212
00:45:03,500 --> 00:45:04,918
had not yet decided what

1213
00:45:04,918 --> 00:45:06,653
surface material to use on the

1214
00:45:06,653 --> 00:45:08,355
baywalk that should have been

1215
00:45:08,355 --> 00:45:10,900
decided before contracts were

1216
00:45:10,900 --> 00:45:11,992
signed and construction began.

1217
00:45:11,992 --> 00:45:14,270
So now there's a six week

1218
00:45:14,270 --> 00:45:16,960
delay. Here's the 55th terrace

1219
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:18,865
seawall before with very pretty

1220
00:45:18,865 --> 00:45:20,400
grass. Now it's one big trip

1221
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:21,969
hazard kids are going to love

1222
00:45:21,969 --> 00:45:23,670
throwing all those loose rocks

1223
00:45:23,670 --> 00:45:26,730
into the bay, making the trip

1224
00:45:26,730 --> 00:45:27,474
hazard even worse after all

1225
00:45:27,474 --> 00:45:29,474
those undeniable unforced

1226
00:45:30,210 --> 00:45:31,945
errors I urge you to not hire

1227
00:45:31,945 --> 00:45:34,345
curtis rogers anymore. Thank

1228
00:45:35,716 --> 00:45:37,417
you. Good morning, MADAM Mayor

1229
00:45:37,417 --> 00:45:38,985
and commissioners. My name is

1230
00:45:38,985 --> 00:45:40,687
camilo mejia and I'm the senior

1231
00:45:40,687 --> 00:45:42,789
policy and advocacy director at

1232
00:45:42,789 --> 00:45:44,658
catalyst miami. I'm here, as my

1233
00:45:44,658 --> 00:45:47,427
colleague said to urge you to

1234
00:45:47,427 --> 00:45:50,164
vote no on ordinance 19457. I

1235
00:45:50,164 --> 00:45:53,267
am a combat war veteran of the

1236
00:45:53,267 --> 00:45:54,467
iraq war and many of us come

1237
00:45:54,467 --> 00:45:56,867
home with post-traumatic stress

1238
00:45:56,870 --> 00:45:58,772
disorder, moral injury really

1239
00:45:58,772 --> 00:46:00,140
really bad situation. We wake

1240
00:46:00,140 --> 00:46:01,508
up in a nightmare scenario that

1241
00:46:01,508 --> 00:46:03,210
we cannot tell apart from

1242
00:46:03,210 --> 00:46:05,646
reality. Many of us are

1243
00:46:05,646 --> 00:46:08,460
homeless. 30 of us commit

1244
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:10,116
suicide every single day. Are

1245
00:46:10,116 --> 00:46:12,185
you going to really put people

1246
00:46:12,185 --> 00:46:14,921
from my population in the same

1247
00:46:14,921 --> 00:46:16,289
shelter as a child? We have ten

1248
00:46:16,289 --> 00:46:17,324
000 school children in

1249
00:46:17,324 --> 00:46:19,324
miami-dade county public

1250
00:46:22,128 --> 00:46:24,528
schools 10,000 that is children

1251
00:46:24,698 --> 00:46:26,934
who live in a car at a friend's

1252
00:46:26,934 --> 00:46:29,703
house, on a couch, at a

1253
00:46:29,703 --> 00:46:31,939
cheap hotel or at a shelter.

1254
00:46:31,939 --> 00:46:33,307
You do not want to mix those

1255
00:46:33,307 --> 00:46:34,675
two populations. It's not as

1256
00:46:34,675 --> 00:46:36,744
simple as having available

1257
00:46:36,744 --> 00:46:38,312
beds. It's a lot more

1258
00:46:38,312 --> 00:46:40,130
complicated than that and I'm

1259
00:46:40,130 --> 00:46:42,749
just throwing one scenario at

1260
00:46:42,749 --> 00:46:45,519
you of many potentially tragic

1261
00:46:45,519 --> 00:46:46,887
scenarios who are you going to

1262
00:46:46,887 --> 00:46:49,287
hold accountable when tragedy

1263
00:46:49,289 --> 00:46:51,358
strikes? Not the police

1264
00:46:51,358 --> 00:46:53,426
officer, not the shelter, not

1265
00:46:53,426 --> 00:46:55,996
the perpetrator, not the victim

1266
00:46:55,996 --> 00:46:58,640
but yourselves. If you vote yes

1267
00:46:58,640 --> 00:47:00,133
on this, the ordinance would

1268
00:47:00,133 --> 00:47:01,835
not create a single bed a

1269
00:47:01,835 --> 00:47:04,405
single unit of housing, a real

1270
00:47:04,405 --> 00:47:08,605
path, a path off the street. It

1271
00:47:08,876 --> 00:47:11,112
also makes a bad situation even

1272
00:47:11,112 --> 00:47:13,880
worse. This is a really really

1273
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:15,249
really bad judgment call. This

1274
00:47:15,249 --> 00:47:16,984
is a potential tragedy

1275
00:47:16,984 --> 00:47:18,685
happening do right by the city,

1276
00:47:18,685 --> 00:47:20,754
do right by houseless people,

1277
00:47:20,754 --> 00:47:22,455
do right by all of us and vote

1278
00:47:22,455 --> 00:47:26,550
no on this item please. Thank

1279
00:47:29,663 --> 00:47:32,630
you. Um elena casparis 1155

1280
00:47:32,990 --> 00:47:33,467
brickell bay drive. Um I'll be

1281
00:47:33,467 --> 00:47:34,835
speaking against passing pf

1282
00:47:34,835 --> 00:47:36,370
three regarding the future of

1283
00:47:36,370 --> 00:47:37,237
the jackson cottage which I

1284
00:47:37,237 --> 00:47:38,805
actually live across the street

1285
00:47:38,805 --> 00:47:40,173
from and in doing so I will be

1286
00:47:40,173 --> 00:47:41,709
reading a special message from

1287
00:47:41,709 --> 00:47:43,770
the great granddaughter of mary

1288
00:47:43,770 --> 00:47:45,145
and william brickell retired

1289
00:47:45,145 --> 00:47:46,880
lawyer beatrice brickell. Only

1290
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:47,715
this week did I learn that

1291
00:47:47,715 --> 00:47:49,283
miami commissioners are

1292
00:47:49,283 --> 00:47:50,317
expected to vote on a complex

1293
00:47:50,317 --> 00:47:51,852
real estate transaction

1294
00:47:51,852 --> 00:47:53,220
involving the citadel group. I

1295
00:47:53,220 --> 00:47:54,955
believe the transaction is

1296
00:47:54,955 --> 00:47:57,355
rushed without proper open

1297
00:47:57,891 --> 00:47:59,259
debate. We myself and the board

1298
00:47:59,259 --> 00:48:00,260
of directors from the mary

1299
00:48:00,260 --> 00:48:01,662
brickell foundation think that

1300
00:48:01,662 --> 00:48:03,300
the most appropriate site for

1301
00:48:03,300 --> 00:48:04,232
the jackson cottage would be

1302
00:48:04,232 --> 00:48:05,599
mary brickell park, a place

1303
00:48:05,599 --> 00:48:06,967
rich in heritage with ample

1304
00:48:06,967 --> 00:48:08,536
space, our historic mausoleum

1305
00:48:08,536 --> 00:48:09,903
on the national register and

1306
00:48:09,903 --> 00:48:11,471
thousands of visitors because

1307
00:48:11,471 --> 00:48:13,174
time and distance add not only

1308
00:48:13,174 --> 00:48:14,742
to the cost but to the fragile

1309
00:48:14,742 --> 00:48:16,277
nature of moving a 100 year

1310
00:48:16,277 --> 00:48:18,110
plus building. Now for the

1311
00:48:18,110 --> 00:48:19,713
second time, mary brickell park

1312
00:48:19,713 --> 00:48:20,914
is the ideal relocation site is

1313
00:48:20,914 --> 00:48:22,116
less than a quarter of a mile

1314
00:48:22,116 --> 00:48:23,684
from its current location and

1315
00:48:23,684 --> 00:48:25,520
it has a reverter clause to

1316
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:26,620
protect from future movement.

1317
00:48:26,620 --> 00:48:28,489
There are very few historical

1318
00:48:28,489 --> 00:48:29,690
sites left in brickell. It is

1319
00:48:29,690 --> 00:48:30,891
imperative that the jackson

1320
00:48:30,891 --> 00:48:32,460
home not disappear from

1321
00:48:32,460 --> 00:48:33,994
brickell. I understand that a

1322
00:48:33,994 --> 00:48:35,363
deal has been made with a site

1323
00:48:35,363 --> 00:48:36,731
of choice without any

1324
00:48:36,731 --> 00:48:38,799
involvement or public comment

1325
00:48:38,799 --> 00:48:40,868
on this process. Even though

1326
00:48:40,868 --> 00:48:42,937
mary brickell was donated in

1327
00:48:42,937 --> 00:48:44,639
1922 on two occasions over the

1328
00:48:44,639 --> 00:48:46,541
last 40 years we were able to

1329
00:48:46,541 --> 00:48:48,108
defend the park when we believe

1330
00:48:48,108 --> 00:48:48,942
the rehoming of the doctor

1331
00:48:48,942 --> 00:48:50,678
jackson cottage is the

1332
00:48:50,678 --> 00:48:52,713
challenge of today and all of

1333
00:48:52,713 --> 00:48:54,782
this is best done within a

1334
00:48:54,782 --> 00:48:56,350
public open forum. We are open

1335
00:48:56,350 --> 00:48:57,551
to that path especially if the

1336
00:48:57,551 --> 00:48:59,420
park was not looked into from

1337
00:48:59,420 --> 00:49:00,988
the get go. Doctor james

1338
00:49:00,988 --> 00:49:02,890
jackson opened his practice in

1339
00:49:02,890 --> 00:49:04,424
miami in 1917 and he was truly

1340
00:49:04,424 --> 00:49:06,827
a doctor for all and kindred

1341
00:49:06,827 --> 00:49:08,395
spirit of mary brickell. He

1342
00:49:08,395 --> 00:49:09,430
served all his patients without

1343
00:49:09,430 --> 00:49:10,464
distinction people of color,

1344
00:49:10,464 --> 00:49:11,999
the poor and those who could

1345
00:49:11,999 --> 00:49:13,367
not pay. This was the

1346
00:49:13,367 --> 00:49:14,402
foundation that helped make

1347
00:49:14,402 --> 00:49:15,770
miami the magic welcoming city

1348
00:49:15,770 --> 00:49:17,137
it is today in a place that I

1349
00:49:17,137 --> 00:49:18,539
call home. Respectfully

1350
00:49:18,539 --> 00:49:20,539
submitted beatrice brickell,

1351
00:49:20,607 --> 00:49:23,700
great granddaughter of william

1352
00:49:24,879 --> 00:49:26,247
and mary brickell. Good morning

1353
00:49:26,247 --> 00:49:28,247
commissioners. Good morning

1354
00:49:28,683 --> 00:49:30,385
mayor good morning staff

1355
00:49:30,385 --> 00:49:32,785
chaplain stanley young freedom

1356
00:49:33,488 --> 00:49:35,888
prison and jail ministry 500

1357
00:49:38,292 --> 00:49:40,692
northwest second avenue. Today

1358
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:44,628
presents me a very awkward and

1359
00:49:45,166 --> 00:49:46,901
a very uh indifferent the first

1360
00:49:46,901 --> 00:49:48,936
time I'm standing at this

1361
00:49:48,936 --> 00:49:52,390
podium out of three years I

1362
00:49:52,390 --> 00:49:53,774
stand here to oppose something

1363
00:49:53,774 --> 00:49:56,174
I've never opposed anything

1364
00:49:56,511 --> 00:50:00,111
that came out of this diocese

1365
00:50:00,648 --> 00:50:03,384
until today until I read re4.

1366
00:50:03,384 --> 00:50:04,752
It's nothing about

1367
00:50:04,752 --> 00:50:06,752
criminalizing homelessness.

1368
00:50:07,187 --> 00:50:10,187
That's all it's about. Miami

1369
00:50:10,591 --> 00:50:12,660
should not be criminalizing

1370
00:50:12,660 --> 00:50:15,600
homeless people for being

1371
00:50:15,630 --> 00:50:17,832
homeless. Homelessness is not a

1372
00:50:17,832 --> 00:50:20,232
crime. Being on someone's

1373
00:50:20,901 --> 00:50:24,372
private property is not a crime

1374
00:50:24,372 --> 00:50:26,774
until that owner says so we I

1375
00:50:26,774 --> 00:50:29,174
have talked with numerous

1376
00:50:29,844 --> 00:50:31,913
homeless people in the city of

1377
00:50:31,913 --> 00:50:34,682
miami who told me they have

1378
00:50:34,682 --> 00:50:36,717
been harassed by the police

1379
00:50:36,717 --> 00:50:40,154
officers and I like to think

1380
00:50:40,154 --> 00:50:41,556
that's not true, but I have

1381
00:50:41,556 --> 00:50:43,956
spoken with commander williams

1382
00:50:44,992 --> 00:50:47,728
.He promised me he told me

1383
00:50:47,728 --> 00:50:49,797
that no just last night that

1384
00:50:49,797 --> 00:50:51,866
they are not arresting homeless

1385
00:50:51,866 --> 00:50:54,866
people until they commit a

1386
00:50:54,935 --> 00:50:57,705
crime. So that comfort my heart

1387
00:50:57,705 --> 00:50:59,774
uh that they are not you are

1388
00:50:59,774 --> 00:51:01,774
not criminalizing homelessness

1389
00:51:01,809 --> 00:51:04,245
in the city of miami. City of

1390
00:51:04,245 --> 00:51:06,648
miami got all the shelters good

1391
00:51:06,648 --> 00:51:08,349
90% of the shelters the the

1392
00:51:08,349 --> 00:51:11,119
beds that the homeless people

1393
00:51:11,119 --> 00:51:13,154
need we need to continue to and

1394
00:51:13,154 --> 00:51:14,889
you have been building more

1395
00:51:14,889 --> 00:51:16,624
property. You have been

1396
00:51:16,624 --> 00:51:18,660
reaching out to these people

1397
00:51:18,660 --> 00:51:21,429
who are disadvantaged than we

1398
00:51:21,429 --> 00:51:23,831
are to have a bed to sleep in,

1399
00:51:23,831 --> 00:51:25,900
a shower to take a bath and

1400
00:51:25,900 --> 00:51:27,969
other things that we have just

1401
00:51:27,969 --> 00:51:30,538
a refrigerator and a stove to

1402
00:51:30,538 --> 00:51:31,906
to do our food. Thank you and I

1403
00:51:31,906 --> 00:51:34,842
thank you that you'll do the

1404
00:51:34,842 --> 00:51:38,442
right thing and kill this bill.

1405
00:51:39,313 --> 00:51:40,348
MISS Rob. Good morning mayor

1406
00:51:40,348 --> 00:51:42,348
good morning commissioners

1407
00:51:42,416 --> 00:51:43,785
chris rob executive director,

1408
00:51:43,785 --> 00:51:45,785
dade heritage trust 190

1409
00:51:46,554 --> 00:51:48,890
southeast 12th terrace, miami

1410
00:51:48,890 --> 00:51:49,624
33131 always a pleasure to be

1411
00:51:49,624 --> 00:51:52,393
here. See all of you. I'm

1412
00:51:52,393 --> 00:51:55,393
speaking today um to encourage

1413
00:51:55,496 --> 00:51:57,198
you to pass item ff three we

1414
00:51:57,198 --> 00:51:58,933
support it as an organization

1415
00:51:58,933 --> 00:52:00,801
the board of directors staff

1416
00:52:00,801 --> 00:52:02,370
we're all in this together. The

1417
00:52:02,370 --> 00:52:04,720
approval of the item will

1418
00:52:04,720 --> 00:52:05,806
ensure a long term preservation

1419
00:52:05,806 --> 00:52:07,875
plan for the historic jackson

1420
00:52:07,875 --> 00:52:10,278
office, which has served as dhs

1421
00:52:10,278 --> 00:52:12,147
headquarters since 1978. We've

1422
00:52:12,147 --> 00:52:14,480
been there a bit. In addition,

1423
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:16,116
as a result of the approval of

1424
00:52:16,116 --> 00:52:17,819
this item, dht will own the

1425
00:52:17,819 --> 00:52:19,921
jackson medical office and the

1426
00:52:19,921 --> 00:52:22,323
land on which it sits

1427
00:52:22,323 --> 00:52:23,692
establishing a permanent wholly

1428
00:52:23,692 --> 00:52:25,393
owned headquarters something

1429
00:52:25,393 --> 00:52:28,163
we've never had. We are

1430
00:52:28,163 --> 00:52:30,231
thrilled to have found a long

1431
00:52:30,231 --> 00:52:31,933
term solution to preserve our

1432
00:52:31,933 --> 00:52:33,301
121 year old historic

1433
00:52:33,301 --> 00:52:35,360
headquarters building, which

1434
00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:37,605
was actually moved to its

1435
00:52:37,605 --> 00:52:39,140
current location in 1917. It

1436
00:52:39,140 --> 00:52:40,542
should be known that doctor

1437
00:52:40,542 --> 00:52:41,910
jackson never practiced

1438
00:52:41,910 --> 00:52:44,310
medicine in this current

1439
00:52:44,646 --> 00:52:46,214
location. It was turned into a

1440
00:52:46,214 --> 00:52:47,916
residence once it was moved to

1441
00:52:47,916 --> 00:52:50,318
that location and then turned

1442
00:52:50,318 --> 00:52:53,870
over to dade heritage trust in

1443
00:52:53,870 --> 00:52:55,123
1978. So we are grateful to ken

1444
00:52:55,123 --> 00:52:56,858
griffin for his generosity and

1445
00:52:56,858 --> 00:52:59,258
the opportunity to establish

1446
00:52:59,961 --> 00:53:02,300
dht on its own property for the

1447
00:53:02,300 --> 00:53:04,650
very first time in our history,

1448
00:53:04,650 --> 00:53:05,990
ensuring we continue our

1449
00:53:05,990 --> 00:53:06,835
stewardship and community

1450
00:53:06,835 --> 00:53:09,235
engagement well into the

1451
00:53:09,237 --> 00:53:11,306
future. We're thrilled to have

1452
00:53:11,306 --> 00:53:14,420
the pleasure to be working with

1453
00:53:14,420 --> 00:53:15,770
an engaged, informed group of

1454
00:53:15,770 --> 00:53:17,770
professionals with knowledge

1455
00:53:17,646 --> 00:53:19,380
and vision how we take this

1456
00:53:19,380 --> 00:53:21,249
forward and ensure dht s

1457
00:53:21,249 --> 00:53:22,651
presence in miami. So thank you

1458
00:53:22,651 --> 00:53:25,510
very much for your

1459
00:53:26,754 --> 00:53:28,489
consideration. Good morning.

1460
00:53:28,489 --> 00:53:30,489
Debbie dolson 4205 lennox

1461
00:53:31,226 --> 00:53:33,996
drive, coconut grove. Um what

1462
00:53:33,996 --> 00:53:37,650
she said I am here to support

1463
00:53:37,650 --> 00:53:38,967
pf three I think I remember

1464
00:53:38,967 --> 00:53:40,869
when this was an agenda item

1465
00:53:40,869 --> 00:53:42,236
years ago and there was a

1466
00:53:42,236 --> 00:53:44,973
proposal to turn this property

1467
00:53:44,973 --> 00:53:47,208
into a dog park and at that

1468
00:53:47,208 --> 00:53:49,310
time I was very happy to see

1469
00:53:49,310 --> 00:53:51,120
the commissioners protect the

1470
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:53,810
lease for dade heritage trust

1471
00:53:53,810 --> 00:53:55,817
and allow them to remain. I

1472
00:53:55,817 --> 00:53:57,552
think that this is a win for

1473
00:53:57,552 --> 00:53:59,952
historic preservation in miami.

1474
00:54:00,989 --> 00:54:03,392
I think it is a win for dade

1475
00:54:03,392 --> 00:54:06,392
heritage trust and I look

1476
00:54:06,495 --> 00:54:08,895
forward to welcoming dade

1477
00:54:08,897 --> 00:54:11,297
heritage trust hopefully to

1478
00:54:11,300 --> 00:54:13,100
coconut grove historic coconut

1479
00:54:13,100 --> 00:54:16,100
grove where it belongs. Thank

1480
00:54:18,173 --> 00:54:20,573
you. Good morning, CHAIRMAN

1481
00:54:20,575 --> 00:54:21,943
Higgins. Mayor and

1482
00:54:21,943 --> 00:54:24,343
commissioners my name is

1483
00:54:24,346 --> 00:54:26,415
alejandro martinez and am I a

1484
00:54:26,415 --> 00:54:28,483
district three resident? I want

1485
00:54:28,483 --> 00:54:30,185
to express my support for the

1486
00:54:30,185 --> 00:54:32,185
proposed sidewalk safety

1487
00:54:32,620 --> 00:54:34,322
protection structures in

1488
00:54:34,322 --> 00:54:36,322
neighborhoods like brickell

1489
00:54:36,725 --> 00:54:38,460
where construction is constant

1490
00:54:38,460 --> 00:54:40,528
and thousands of people walk

1491
00:54:40,528 --> 00:54:42,230
every day. Protecting

1492
00:54:42,230 --> 00:54:44,966
pedestrians should always be a

1493
00:54:44,966 --> 00:54:47,350
priority. I believe this is a

1494
00:54:47,350 --> 00:54:50,350
positive step toward making our

1495
00:54:50,471 --> 00:54:51,840
sidewalks safer. I also

1496
00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:53,840
appreciate the conversation

1497
00:54:54,943 --> 00:54:57,110
around the proposed hydration

1498
00:54:57,110 --> 00:54:58,747
station pilot with the summer

1499
00:54:58,747 --> 00:55:01,149
heat and so many people

1500
00:55:01,149 --> 00:55:03,549
walking, biking and using

1501
00:55:03,552 --> 00:55:05,952
transit, increasing access to

1502
00:55:05,954 --> 00:55:08,954
drinking water is a worthwhile

1503
00:55:09,391 --> 00:55:11,460
goal like in europe. As this

1504
00:55:11,460 --> 00:55:13,161
pilot moves forward, I simply

1505
00:55:13,161 --> 00:55:15,230
encourage the city to ensure

1506
00:55:15,230 --> 00:55:16,965
that any installations

1507
00:55:16,965 --> 00:55:18,667
complement the pedestrian

1508
00:55:18,667 --> 00:55:20,667
experience by maintaining

1509
00:55:21,770 --> 00:55:23,138
clear, accessible sidewalks and

1510
00:55:23,138 --> 00:55:25,138
thoughtfully selecting

1511
00:55:25,207 --> 00:55:27,607
locations that minimize impact

1512
00:55:28,276 --> 00:55:30,110
to walkability. Thank you for

1513
00:55:30,110 --> 00:55:31,747
your service and for your

1514
00:55:31,747 --> 00:55:34,147
continued commitment to making

1515
00:55:34,816 --> 00:55:38,253
miami a safer and more walkable

1516
00:55:38,253 --> 00:55:41,253
city. Thank you. Good morning.

1517
00:55:41,356 --> 00:55:43,258
John dolson 4205 lennox drive,

1518
00:55:43,258 --> 00:55:45,661
coconut grove. We dodged a

1519
00:55:45,661 --> 00:55:47,290
bullet today and I also want to

1520
00:55:47,290 --> 00:55:48,764
congratulate you for your years

1521
00:55:48,764 --> 00:55:50,465
of service and teaching us

1522
00:55:50,465 --> 00:55:51,333
[Laughter] To do this instead

1523
00:55:51,333 --> 00:55:53,733
of shouting, although sometimes

1524
00:55:54,690 --> 00:55:55,971
we do that anyway um we dodged

1525
00:55:55,971 --> 00:55:57,672
a bullet if you approve pf

1526
00:55:57,672 --> 00:55:59,741
three which we support dade

1527
00:55:59,741 --> 00:56:01,310
heritage trust deserves a

1528
00:56:01,310 --> 00:56:03,178
permanent home. I was in this

1529
00:56:03,178 --> 00:56:04,213
room a number of years ago when

1530
00:56:04,213 --> 00:56:06,114
commissioner croyle proposed

1531
00:56:06,114 --> 00:56:08,683
getting rid of it and making it

1532
00:56:08,683 --> 00:56:11,453
a dog park. I can't think of a

1533
00:56:11,453 --> 00:56:12,988
worse use for a conservation

1534
00:56:12,988 --> 00:56:15,590
organization than being a dog

1535
00:56:15,590 --> 00:56:17,459
park. Uh, that's kind of a bad

1536
00:56:17,459 --> 00:56:19,194
deal anyway, we support it. Uh,

1537
00:56:19,194 --> 00:56:20,896
glad you're working out a deal

1538
00:56:20,896 --> 00:56:21,930
to get it moved and give them a

1539
00:56:21,930 --> 00:56:23,498
permanent home. They deserve

1540
00:56:23,498 --> 00:56:27,980
it. They do a lot for

1541
00:56:28,803 --> 00:56:29,204
community. Thank you very much.

1542
00:56:29,204 --> 00:56:30,873
Michael j.

1543
00:56:30,873 --> 00:56:32,240
>> langley, executive director

1544
00:56:32,240 --> 00:56:33,641
of florida justice institute,

1545
00:56:33,641 --> 00:56:35,641
40 northwest third street,

1546
00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:37,246
suite 200 I again rise in

1547
00:56:37,246 --> 00:56:38,948
staunch opposition of the

1548
00:56:38,948 --> 00:56:41,160
proposed ordinance sr four last

1549
00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:42,751
time I appeared before you I

1550
00:56:42,751 --> 00:56:44,119
called this both a moral stance

1551
00:56:44,119 --> 00:56:45,820
and an economic imperative.

1552
00:56:45,820 --> 00:56:47,389
Let's dive deeper into the

1553
00:56:47,389 --> 00:56:49,257
economics, shall we? Just this

1554
00:56:49,257 --> 00:56:50,291
week there are a slew of

1555
00:56:50,291 --> 00:56:52,291
articles published citing

1556
00:56:53,620 --> 00:56:54,430
miami's affordability crisis.

1557
00:56:54,430 --> 00:56:55,797
Bloomberg wrote that south

1558
00:56:55,797 --> 00:56:58,197
florida's consumer price index

1559
00:57:00,269 --> 00:57:01,637
has jumped 36% since 2019,

1560
00:57:01,637 --> 00:57:04,370
outpacing every metro area

1561
00:57:04,406 --> 00:57:06,442
except tampa over that span. As

1562
00:57:06,442 --> 00:57:08,177
fortune put it to cover the

1563
00:57:08,177 --> 00:57:09,545
mortgage of a typical miami

1564
00:57:09,545 --> 00:57:11,614
house. It's estimated buyers

1565
00:57:11,614 --> 00:57:15,214
will need an annual income of

1566
00:57:15,384 --> 00:57:17,384
between 160 to 215,000, which

1567
00:57:17,619 --> 00:57:19,521
put the dream out of reach for

1568
00:57:19,521 --> 00:57:21,223
80 to 85% of americans. Again

1569
00:57:21,223 --> 00:57:23,292
quoting directly from the

1570
00:57:23,292 --> 00:57:25,692
article in miami-dade county,

1571
00:57:26,620 --> 00:57:28,462
homes priced below 400,000 made

1572
00:57:28,797 --> 00:57:31,199
up just 2% of active single

1573
00:57:31,199 --> 00:57:32,935
family listings as of early

1574
00:57:32,935 --> 00:57:34,303
2025, according to the miami

1575
00:57:34,303 --> 00:57:36,372
association of realtors, and

1576
00:57:36,372 --> 00:57:38,608
only 14% of renters could

1577
00:57:38,608 --> 00:57:41,900
actually afford to buy a single

1578
00:57:41,900 --> 00:57:43,746
family home or condo. Renters

1579
00:57:43,746 --> 00:57:46,746
need to earn 4356 in district

1580
00:57:48,550 --> 00:57:50,118
one, 5895 in district two, 4683

1581
00:57:50,118 --> 00:57:53,118
in district four and in

1582
00:57:53,221 --> 00:57:55,221
district 36154 so residents

1583
00:57:56,625 --> 00:57:58,694
must earn a whopping 5146 per

1584
00:57:58,694 --> 00:58:00,429
hour between those districts to

1585
00:58:00,429 --> 00:58:02,131
afford the average two bedroom

1586
00:58:02,131 --> 00:58:03,699
market rate unit, according to

1587
00:58:03,699 --> 00:58:05,400
the national low income housing

1588
00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:07,470
coalition. How can you expect

1589
00:58:07,470 --> 00:58:08,838
the average person to do that

1590
00:58:08,838 --> 00:58:10,906
when everything costs over

1591
00:58:10,906 --> 00:58:11,940
three times more let alone our

1592
00:58:11,940 --> 00:58:13,642
neighbors experiencing

1593
00:58:13,642 --> 00:58:15,211
homelessness? So this isn't

1594
00:58:15,211 --> 00:58:16,745
intended to be personal, but I

1595
00:58:16,745 --> 00:58:18,114
need you to understand how

1596
00:58:18,114 --> 00:58:20,114
profoundly unproductive and

1597
00:58:20,182 --> 00:58:22,582
ineffective this approach is.

1598
00:58:23,285 --> 00:58:23,986
Time to use evidence over

1599
00:58:23,986 --> 00:58:26,386
ideology to solve problems.

1600
00:58:28,257 --> 00:58:30,326
Thank you. Good morning. My

1601
00:58:30,326 --> 00:58:32,726
name is peter rubino 10725

1602
00:58:33,960 --> 00:58:34,796
southwest 73rd court. I ask

1603
00:58:34,796 --> 00:58:37,796
that you pass resolutions sr7

1604
00:58:38,233 --> 00:58:40,302
and z4I represent friends of

1605
00:58:40,302 --> 00:58:42,371
ludlam trail. Ludlam trail is a

1606
00:58:42,371 --> 00:58:44,406
linear park starting at

1607
00:58:44,406 --> 00:58:45,974
dadeland north station running

1608
00:58:45,974 --> 00:58:48,210
straight through the heart of

1609
00:58:48,210 --> 00:58:49,745
miami up to the airport one day

1610
00:58:49,745 --> 00:58:51,480
it's going to be an iconic

1611
00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:53,150
linear park in the heart of our

1612
00:58:53,150 --> 00:58:54,383
city. Ludlam trail is

1613
00:58:54,383 --> 00:58:55,584
happening. Two days ago the

1614
00:58:55,584 --> 00:58:56,986
county approved funding for

1615
00:58:56,986 --> 00:58:59,386
design and project management

1616
00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:01,790
management. Now this is the

1617
00:59:01,790 --> 00:59:03,159
city's chance to ensure trail

1618
00:59:03,159 --> 00:59:04,893
development is properly funded

1619
00:59:04,893 --> 00:59:06,595
and adheres to the highest

1620
00:59:06,595 --> 00:59:08,664
design standards to enable a

1621
00:59:08,664 --> 00:59:10,320
world class trail. I want to

1622
00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:11,400
thank commissioner rosado for

1623
00:59:11,400 --> 00:59:13,136
his leadership on bringing

1624
00:59:13,136 --> 00:59:15,171
resolutions sr seven and prs

1625
00:59:15,171 --> 00:59:16,906
for that create a path for

1626
00:59:16,906 --> 00:59:18,974
developers near the greenway to

1627
00:59:18,974 --> 00:59:20,342
pay for the greenways. The

1628
00:59:20,342 --> 00:59:22,578
planning and zoning appeals

1629
00:59:22,578 --> 00:59:24,647
board already voted 8 to 0 in

1630
00:59:24,647 --> 00:59:26,181
favor. Both items passed

1631
00:59:26,181 --> 00:59:27,917
unanimously in their JUNE 3rd

1632
00:59:27,917 --> 00:59:30,319
meeting. That kind of consensus

1633
00:59:30,319 --> 00:59:31,353
is rare and reflects the strong

1634
00:59:31,353 --> 00:59:32,722
technical and community

1635
00:59:32,722 --> 00:59:34,890
foundation behind this

1636
00:59:34,890 --> 00:59:36,890
legislation. The commission

1637
00:59:36,859 --> 00:59:38,227
should follow that lead. Pg

1638
00:59:38,227 --> 00:59:39,595
four establishes mandatory

1639
00:59:39,595 --> 00:59:41,995
clear design standards for

1640
00:59:42,331 --> 00:59:43,732
every new greenway segment.

1641
00:59:43,732 --> 00:59:45,732
Transparency and accountability

1642
00:59:47,836 --> 00:59:49,739
are built in uh the resolution

1643
00:59:49,739 --> 00:59:51,107
requires the city to publish an

1644
00:59:51,107 --> 00:59:52,641
annual corridor level report

1645
00:59:52,641 --> 00:59:53,676
showing how much money was

1646
00:59:53,676 --> 00:59:55,577
collected near each greenway

1647
00:59:55,577 --> 00:59:56,779
and how it was spent that keeps

1648
00:59:56,779 --> 00:59:58,514
these funds from disappearing

1649
00:59:58,514 --> 01:00:00,216
into the general budget and

1650
01:00:00,216 --> 01:00:01,584
gives residents a way to hold

1651
01:00:01,584 --> 01:00:03,319
accountable. Friends of ludlam

1652
01:00:03,319 --> 01:00:04,354
trail will be watching and

1653
01:00:04,354 --> 01:00:05,554
keeping all parties

1654
01:00:05,554 --> 01:00:07,256
accountable. We urge the

1655
01:00:07,256 --> 01:00:09,325
commission to pass resolutions

1656
01:00:09,325 --> 01:00:12,925
sr seven and prs four. Thank

1657
01:00:15,531 --> 01:00:17,232
you. Good evening, MADAM Mayor

1658
01:00:17,232 --> 01:00:19,969
and commissioners. My name is

1659
01:00:19,969 --> 01:00:21,538
amalia knoll 3058 southwest

1660
01:00:21,538 --> 01:00:23,939
19th terrace and I will be

1661
01:00:23,939 --> 01:00:25,308
speaking on re 16 this summer.

1662
01:00:25,308 --> 01:00:26,341
I've been interning and

1663
01:00:26,341 --> 01:00:28,770
commissioner ralph rosado's

1664
01:00:28,770 --> 01:00:29,779
office studying policy and

1665
01:00:29,779 --> 01:00:31,514
legislation under deputy chief

1666
01:00:31,514 --> 01:00:33,550
of staff cristian molina. Early

1667
01:00:33,550 --> 01:00:34,951
on my internship came with a

1668
01:00:34,951 --> 01:00:36,318
real assignment dig into an

1669
01:00:36,318 --> 01:00:37,686
issue our community is facing,

1670
01:00:37,686 --> 01:00:38,888
look at what the city has

1671
01:00:38,888 --> 01:00:39,922
already done about it and

1672
01:00:39,922 --> 01:00:41,123
propose something new that

1673
01:00:41,123 --> 01:00:43,192
continue to move the needle.

1674
01:00:43,192 --> 01:00:44,394
That research led me to human

1675
01:00:44,394 --> 01:00:45,428
trafficking and the city's

1676
01:00:45,428 --> 01:00:47,297
human trafficking task force,

1677
01:00:47,297 --> 01:00:49,365
which has been in place since

1678
01:00:49,365 --> 01:00:50,933
2021. I identified a chance to

1679
01:00:50,933 --> 01:00:52,301
build on it keeping the task

1680
01:00:52,301 --> 01:00:53,336
force front and center as a

1681
01:00:53,336 --> 01:00:54,704
city priority, tightening

1682
01:00:54,704 --> 01:00:55,905
coordination with the state

1683
01:00:55,905 --> 01:00:57,439
attorney's office and other

1684
01:00:57,439 --> 01:00:59,175
agencies and adding a dedicated

1685
01:00:59,175 --> 01:01:00,543
task force coordinator to give

1686
01:01:00,543 --> 01:01:02,278
the effort some staying power.

1687
01:01:02,278 --> 01:01:04,313
That project, which began as

1688
01:01:04,313 --> 01:01:06,749
internship homework, is now rb

1689
01:01:06,749 --> 01:01:08,284
16 on your agenda today. Along

1690
01:01:08,284 --> 01:01:09,685
the way I found out that

1691
01:01:09,685 --> 01:01:11,220
turning an idea into law isn't

1692
01:01:11,220 --> 01:01:12,756
just about having a good idea

1693
01:01:12,756 --> 01:01:14,156
it takes digging into existing

1694
01:01:14,156 --> 01:01:16,250
policy, working with different

1695
01:01:16,250 --> 01:01:17,226
offices and figuring out how to

1696
01:01:17,226 --> 01:01:18,427
translate a concept into

1697
01:01:18,427 --> 01:01:19,629
something the city can

1698
01:01:19,629 --> 01:01:21,300
realistically carry out. I want

1699
01:01:21,300 --> 01:01:22,565
to thank commissioner rosado

1700
01:01:22,565 --> 01:01:23,933
and his team for the chance to

1701
01:01:23,933 --> 01:01:25,134
do this work, and especially

1702
01:01:25,134 --> 01:01:26,703
for trusting a student to

1703
01:01:26,703 --> 01:01:28,237
provide input on something that

1704
01:01:28,237 --> 01:01:29,439
could genuinely help people in

1705
01:01:29,439 --> 01:01:30,973
our community. There is one

1706
01:01:30,973 --> 01:01:32,208
piece of this process I have

1707
01:01:32,208 --> 01:01:33,910
yet to experience and that's

1708
01:01:33,910 --> 01:01:35,111
why I'm here this morning my

1709
01:01:35,111 --> 01:01:36,646
internship was actually set to

1710
01:01:36,646 --> 01:01:38,381
wrap up before now, but I asked

1711
01:01:38,381 --> 01:01:39,482
to stay on longer because as I

1712
01:01:39,482 --> 01:01:40,950
have learned from commissioner

1713
01:01:40,950 --> 01:01:42,685
rosado, we need to see our work

1714
01:01:42,685 --> 01:01:43,720
through to the end. I wanted to

1715
01:01:43,720 --> 01:01:45,870
be in the room when this

1716
01:01:45,870 --> 01:01:46,289
finally reached the commission

1717
01:01:46,289 --> 01:01:48,191
and to help push it across the

1718
01:01:48,191 --> 01:01:50,226
finish line. So I'm asking you

1719
01:01:50,226 --> 01:01:52,295
respectfully to support rb 16

1720
01:01:52,295 --> 01:01:54,364
with a yes vote. This isn't

1721
01:01:54,364 --> 01:01:55,932
just a policy position for me

1722
01:01:55,932 --> 01:01:57,800
it's personal. As a young woman

1723
01:01:57,800 --> 01:01:59,168
I'm part of the age group most

1724
01:01:59,168 --> 01:02:00,904
often targeted by traffickers.

1725
01:02:00,904 --> 01:02:02,606
I also grew up knowing someone

1726
01:02:02,606 --> 01:02:03,973
who opened up to me about how

1727
01:02:03,973 --> 01:02:06,420
deeply trafficking can reshape

1728
01:02:06,420 --> 01:02:07,944
a person's life. That taught me

1729
01:02:07,944 --> 01:02:09,846
this isn't some far off problem

1730
01:02:09,846 --> 01:02:11,214
it's real and the harm it

1731
01:02:11,214 --> 01:02:12,615
causes is lasting. I hope

1732
01:02:12,615 --> 01:02:15,318
you'll join me in supporting

1733
01:02:15,318 --> 01:02:17,530
this. Thank you so much. Well

1734
01:02:17,530 --> 01:02:18,421
that's the definition of an

1735
01:02:18,421 --> 01:02:19,822
internship I think.

1736
01:02:19,822 --> 01:02:21,822
Congratulations. Good morning.

1737
01:02:24,627 --> 01:02:27,363
Go ahead. Um good. Morning

1738
01:02:27,363 --> 01:02:29,799
commissioners. Um my name is

1739
01:02:29,799 --> 01:02:31,834
deborah stander and I live at

1740
01:02:31,834 --> 01:02:34,234
830 northeast 74th street in

1741
01:02:34,603 --> 01:02:36,306
district five. I'm also a

1742
01:02:36,306 --> 01:02:38,410
retired certified paralegal

1743
01:02:38,410 --> 01:02:40,109
with many years of experience

1744
01:02:40,109 --> 01:02:42,178
working in the legal field. I'm

1745
01:02:42,178 --> 01:02:43,546
here today because the proposed

1746
01:02:43,546 --> 01:02:45,615
amendment to the restrictive

1747
01:02:45,615 --> 01:02:49,215
covenant for the adela two mimo

1748
01:02:50,420 --> 01:02:52,488
bay project agenda item pz8

1749
01:02:52,488 --> 01:02:54,888
includes a 1 million cash

1750
01:02:55,225 --> 01:02:57,660
payment described as a public

1751
01:02:57,660 --> 01:02:59,280
benefit to be paid directly to

1752
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:01,280
commissioner king's district

1753
01:03:02,465 --> 01:03:04,865
five office. Miami 21 already

1754
01:03:05,350 --> 01:03:06,770
provides a clear, regulated and

1755
01:03:06,770 --> 01:03:07,771
transparent mechanism for

1756
01:03:07,771 --> 01:03:09,771
receiving and administering

1757
01:03:09,840 --> 01:03:11,840
public benefit contributions.

1758
01:03:12,242 --> 01:03:14,642
That mechanism includes defined

1759
01:03:14,677 --> 01:03:16,677
custody accounting expenditure

1760
01:03:17,747 --> 01:03:19,815
auditing and public oversight

1761
01:03:19,815 --> 01:03:21,885
requirements. It exists to

1762
01:03:21,885 --> 01:03:23,953
protect public assets and to

1763
01:03:23,953 --> 01:03:25,989
ensure that public benefit

1764
01:03:25,989 --> 01:03:28,570
funds are handled lawfully and

1765
01:03:28,570 --> 01:03:30,570
transparently. The arrangement

1766
01:03:30,126 --> 01:03:32,195
proposed in the restrictive

1767
01:03:32,195 --> 01:03:34,195
covenant bypasses that

1768
01:03:34,931 --> 01:03:36,931
framework entirely under

1769
01:03:37,701 --> 01:03:39,701
chapter 119 florida statutes,

1770
01:03:39,769 --> 01:03:41,804
the public has a legal right to

1771
01:03:41,804 --> 01:03:43,539
know how public funds are

1772
01:03:43,539 --> 01:03:45,939
received, held, accounted for

1773
01:03:45,942 --> 01:03:48,342
and spent and chapter 112

1774
01:03:48,344 --> 01:03:50,413
florida statutes requires that

1775
01:03:50,413 --> 01:03:52,115
public officers handle funds

1776
01:03:52,115 --> 01:03:53,850
and benefits only through

1777
01:03:53,850 --> 01:03:56,250
established legal frameworks to

1778
01:03:56,252 --> 01:03:58,652
ensure transparency and prevent

1779
01:03:59,355 --> 01:04:01,755
misuse of public position.

1780
01:04:03,126 --> 01:04:04,494
Before approving this covenant

1781
01:04:04,494 --> 01:04:06,562
commissioners and this payment

1782
01:04:06,562 --> 01:04:09,299
which is included in the

1783
01:04:09,299 --> 01:04:11,368
covenant, the commission must

1784
01:04:11,368 --> 01:04:13,768
identify the specific legal

1785
01:04:13,770 --> 01:04:16,170
authority that governs its

1786
01:04:16,539 --> 01:04:17,907
receipt and expenditure and I'm

1787
01:04:17,907 --> 01:04:19,976
asking that that legal

1788
01:04:19,976 --> 01:04:21,678
authority be made a part of the

1789
01:04:21,678 --> 01:04:23,947
official record of this hearing

1790
01:04:23,947 --> 01:04:25,648
today. A payment of this size

1791
01:04:25,648 --> 01:04:27,183
labeled as a public benefit

1792
01:04:27,183 --> 01:04:28,551
must be safeguarded through a

1793
01:04:28,551 --> 01:04:30,287
clear legal structure. For

1794
01:04:30,287 --> 01:04:32,210
these reasons I respectfully

1795
01:04:32,210 --> 01:04:34,570
request that when this item

1796
01:04:34,570 --> 01:04:36,125
comes before you you pull it

1797
01:04:36,125 --> 01:04:38,195
for discussion. I will ask.

1798
01:04:38,195 --> 01:04:39,730
Staff sergeants thank you.

1799
01:04:39,730 --> 01:04:42,730
Everybody gets two minutes. We

1800
01:04:43,166 --> 01:04:45,235
appreciate you. Go ahead. Good

1801
01:04:45,235 --> 01:04:46,603
morning, MADAM Mayor and

1802
01:04:46,603 --> 01:04:48,338
commissioners. My name is

1803
01:04:48,338 --> 01:04:49,707
shayna strauss. I'm a student

1804
01:04:49,707 --> 01:04:52,107
at the university of

1805
01:04:52,442 --> 01:04:54,510
pennsylvania. I live at 111515

1806
01:04:54,510 --> 01:04:57,280
sam ramos avenue and I'm here

1807
01:04:57,280 --> 01:04:58,982
to talk about re 16 this summer

1808
01:04:58,982 --> 01:05:01,500
I've had the privilege of

1809
01:05:01,500 --> 01:05:02,786
serving as a legislator intern

1810
01:05:02,786 --> 01:05:04,153
in the office of commissioner

1811
01:05:04,153 --> 01:05:06,222
ralph rosado under the

1812
01:05:06,222 --> 01:05:08,257
mentorship of deputy chief of

1813
01:05:08,257 --> 01:05:10,660
staff cristian molina. First I

1814
01:05:10,660 --> 01:05:12,229
want to thank commissioner

1815
01:05:12,229 --> 01:05:13,597
rosado for giving me firsthand

1816
01:05:13,597 --> 01:05:14,631
insight into how local

1817
01:05:14,631 --> 01:05:16,333
government turns community

1818
01:05:16,333 --> 01:05:18,402
needs into effective solutions.

1819
01:05:18,402 --> 01:05:19,769
When he learned of my interest

1820
01:05:19,769 --> 01:05:21,504
in legislative drafting, he

1821
01:05:21,504 --> 01:05:23,390
didn't tell me how policy is

1822
01:05:23,390 --> 01:05:24,608
made. He gave me the

1823
01:05:24,608 --> 01:05:26,310
opportunity to be part of the

1824
01:05:26,310 --> 01:05:27,678
process. Human trafficking is a

1825
01:05:27,678 --> 01:05:29,246
crime that's hidden in plain

1826
01:05:29,246 --> 01:05:30,614
sight. Yet behind that

1827
01:05:30,614 --> 01:05:31,982
invisibility are real victims

1828
01:05:31,982 --> 01:05:34,500
whose lives are forever

1829
01:05:34,500 --> 01:05:35,953
changed. I began to research

1830
01:05:35,953 --> 01:05:37,654
prior legislation and learned

1831
01:05:37,654 --> 01:05:39,220
that the city of miami had

1832
01:05:39,220 --> 01:05:40,923
already established a human

1833
01:05:40,923 --> 01:05:42,825
trafficking task force in 2021,

1834
01:05:42,825 --> 01:05:45,825
however, I saw an opportunity

1835
01:05:46,930 --> 01:05:49,332
to strengthen it. Leading to

1836
01:05:49,332 --> 01:05:51,234
the creation of ri 16 the

1837
01:05:51,234 --> 01:05:52,602
agenda item before you today

1838
01:05:52,602 --> 01:05:54,300
which will improve coordination

1839
01:05:54,300 --> 01:05:55,706
with the state attorney's

1840
01:05:55,706 --> 01:05:57,441
office and other partner

1841
01:05:57,441 --> 01:05:59,142
agencies and create a dedicated

1842
01:05:59,142 --> 01:06:01,211
task force coordinator to

1843
01:06:01,211 --> 01:06:02,912
ensure that combating human

1844
01:06:02,912 --> 01:06:04,648
trafficking remains a permanent

1845
01:06:04,648 --> 01:06:06,350
priority rather than a passing

1846
01:06:06,350 --> 01:06:07,584
concern. Through this

1847
01:06:07,584 --> 01:06:09,119
internship I learned what it

1848
01:06:09,119 --> 01:06:10,487
truly takes to turn a good idea

1849
01:06:10,487 --> 01:06:12,487
into legislation researching

1850
01:06:12,555 --> 01:06:14,555
existing policy, coordinating

1851
01:06:14,958 --> 01:06:16,694
across multiple offices,

1852
01:06:16,694 --> 01:06:18,729
understanding the successes and

1853
01:06:18,729 --> 01:06:21,129
failures of past legislation

1854
01:06:22,166 --> 01:06:23,901
and navigating a tight budget

1855
01:06:23,901 --> 01:06:26,901
through all these hurdles, I

1856
01:06:27,337 --> 01:06:29,406
can assure you that this ri 16

1857
01:06:29,406 --> 01:06:30,774
is practical and capable of

1858
01:06:30,774 --> 01:06:33,174
creating real and meaningful

1859
01:06:33,176 --> 01:06:35,245
change with ri 16 I believe

1860
01:06:35,245 --> 01:06:37,147
miami can be the model for

1861
01:06:37,147 --> 01:06:38,148
other cities leading the way on

1862
01:06:38,148 --> 01:06:40,148
combating human trafficking.

1863
01:06:40,216 --> 01:06:41,752
The last step of seeing this

1864
01:06:41,752 --> 01:06:43,153
policy through is today I want

1865
01:06:43,153 --> 01:06:45,220
to thank commissioner rosado

1866
01:06:45,220 --> 01:06:46,423
for allowing me to be part of

1867
01:06:46,423 --> 01:06:48,125
the legislative process and

1868
01:06:48,125 --> 01:06:50,193
experience that reinforced my

1869
01:06:50,193 --> 01:06:51,928
desire to pursue a career in

1870
01:06:51,928 --> 01:06:53,630
public service and motivated me

1871
01:06:53,630 --> 01:06:55,165
to extend my internship so I

1872
01:06:55,165 --> 01:06:58,165
can see this resolution today.

1873
01:06:59,302 --> 01:07:01,371
Thank you, thank you. MISS

1874
01:07:01,371 --> 01:07:03,730
Burton. Good morning, MADAM

1875
01:07:03,730 --> 01:07:04,641
Mayor, MR. Manager and all

1876
01:07:04,641 --> 01:07:06,100
commissioners. My name is truly

1877
01:07:06,100 --> 01:07:07,711
burton and I represent the

1878
01:07:07,711 --> 01:07:09,279
builders association of south

1879
01:07:09,279 --> 01:07:11,515
florida with address at 1111

1880
01:07:11,515 --> 01:07:13,383
north s 1/83 street in the city

1881
01:07:13,383 --> 01:07:15,452
of miami gardens. I'm here to

1882
01:07:15,452 --> 01:07:19,520
express support for not one but

1883
01:07:19,223 --> 01:07:20,958
two items sr1 substitute and

1884
01:07:20,958 --> 01:07:23,694
sr2. You'll hear those items

1885
01:07:23,694 --> 01:07:25,763
later on in your agenda as to

1886
01:07:25,763 --> 01:07:27,130
one as to sr one substitute. I

1887
01:07:27,130 --> 01:07:28,165
want to thank the city

1888
01:07:28,165 --> 01:07:30,165
manager's office especially

1889
01:07:30,233 --> 01:07:32,636
deputy director ace marrero and

1890
01:07:32,636 --> 01:07:34,705
director santana. They were

1891
01:07:34,705 --> 01:07:37,108
flexible with their time and

1892
01:07:37,108 --> 01:07:38,475
their expertise um and hearing

1893
01:07:38,475 --> 01:07:39,876
our concerns they've

1894
01:07:39,876 --> 01:07:41,412
incorporated updated statutes

1895
01:07:41,412 --> 01:07:42,780
and very important case law

1896
01:07:42,780 --> 01:07:43,814
that govern capital

1897
01:07:43,814 --> 01:07:45,716
improvements that the builders

1898
01:07:45,716 --> 01:07:47,618
have to pay for that that the

1899
01:07:47,618 --> 01:07:48,986
city also needs, but also it

1900
01:07:48,986 --> 01:07:51,386
makes the builders requirements

1901
01:07:51,388 --> 01:07:53,788
more predictable which makes

1902
01:07:54,124 --> 01:07:56,270
costs of housing a drop less

1903
01:07:56,270 --> 01:07:57,394
expensive. So that goes to the

1904
01:07:57,394 --> 01:07:59,463
housing affordability piece as

1905
01:07:59,463 --> 01:08:01,532
to sr two it's a process

1906
01:08:01,532 --> 01:08:02,900
streamlining issue issue that

1907
01:08:02,900 --> 01:08:04,267
would eliminate the previous

1908
01:08:04,267 --> 01:08:06,503
requirement for literally two

1909
01:08:06,503 --> 01:08:08,380
duplicate traffic studies. Why

1910
01:08:08,380 --> 01:08:09,439
that happened I remember but

1911
01:08:09,439 --> 01:08:10,441
it's not important for this

1912
01:08:10,441 --> 01:08:12,441
conversation. Meantime it

1913
01:08:12,710 --> 01:08:13,911
increased delays and it was the

1914
01:08:13,911 --> 01:08:15,613
same identical information for

1915
01:08:15,613 --> 01:08:17,314
the same applicant meantime and

1916
01:08:17,314 --> 01:08:18,882
it provided no new information.

1917
01:08:18,882 --> 01:08:20,951
So we are happy today to

1918
01:08:20,951 --> 01:08:23,354
support both sr one substitute

1919
01:08:23,354 --> 01:08:25,550
and on sr two and again

1920
01:08:25,550 --> 01:08:27,550
trending toward reducing

1921
01:08:27,124 --> 01:08:29,193
housing affordability I have I

1922
01:08:29,193 --> 01:08:31,950
am submitting this our comment

1923
01:08:31,950 --> 01:08:32,963
our copy of the letter that you

1924
01:08:32,963 --> 01:08:35,366
all received to the clerk thank

1925
01:08:35,366 --> 01:08:36,567
you. Thank you. Go ahead. Good

1926
01:08:36,567 --> 01:08:37,801
morning, MADAM Mayor. Members

1927
01:08:37,801 --> 01:08:39,169
of the commission nicholas.

1928
01:08:39,169 --> 01:08:40,538
Rodriguez, 200 south biscayne

1929
01:08:40,538 --> 01:08:42,239
boulevard representing mimo bay

1930
01:08:42,239 --> 01:08:44,841
apartments two we're here in

1931
01:08:44,841 --> 01:08:46,377
support of item z nine it's the

1932
01:08:46,377 --> 01:08:47,945
proposed down zoning of the

1933
01:08:47,945 --> 01:08:49,113
property in accordance with the

1934
01:08:49,113 --> 01:08:50,681
covenant that we proffered. And

1935
01:08:50,681 --> 01:08:52,490
with that rezoning that was

1936
01:08:52,490 --> 01:08:54,118
approved, we are submitting a

1937
01:08:54,118 --> 01:08:55,486
letter for the record simply

1938
01:08:55,486 --> 01:08:57,540
confirming that we are in

1939
01:08:57,540 --> 01:08:59,890
support of that down zoning

1940
01:08:59,890 --> 01:09:00,825
because it is our our agreed

1941
01:09:00,825 --> 01:09:01,859
upon a commitment with the

1942
01:09:01,859 --> 01:09:03,600
community and with the

1943
01:09:03,600 --> 01:09:04,428
commission that we agreed upon

1944
01:09:04,428 --> 01:09:05,463
in 2024 when that rezoning was

1945
01:09:05,463 --> 01:09:06,998
passed. Thank you very much.

1946
01:09:06,998 --> 01:09:08,566
I'll submit the letter for the

1947
01:09:08,566 --> 01:09:12,166
record and thank you for your

1948
01:09:12,503 --> 01:09:15,503
time. Thank you. Good morning.

1949
01:09:16,975 --> 01:09:18,342
I'm becky roper, um, a past

1950
01:09:18,342 --> 01:09:20,742
executive director of dade

1951
01:09:21,112 --> 01:09:23,146
heritage trust for 18 years and

1952
01:09:23,146 --> 01:09:26,583
a member of the villagers for

1953
01:09:26,583 --> 01:09:28,319
30 years. And I am speaking on

1954
01:09:28,319 --> 01:09:31,550
behalf of the villagers today

1955
01:09:31,550 --> 01:09:33,124
with our statement from the

1956
01:09:33,124 --> 01:09:35,524
organization, which is miami's

1957
01:09:35,526 --> 01:09:37,526
oldest historic preservation

1958
01:09:39,330 --> 01:09:41,330
organization. In 1972, villager

1959
01:09:41,732 --> 01:09:44,132
members dolly mcintyre and

1960
01:09:44,135 --> 01:09:46,203
sally jude founded the dade

1961
01:09:46,203 --> 01:09:48,603
heritage trust and therefore

1962
01:09:48,605 --> 01:09:50,675
the villagers have a vested

1963
01:09:50,675 --> 01:09:53,778
interest in the future of the

1964
01:09:53,778 --> 01:09:55,846
property of this building. In

1965
01:09:55,846 --> 01:09:57,882
addition to serving as the dade

1966
01:09:57,882 --> 01:10:00,282
heritage trust headquarters and

1967
01:10:01,351 --> 01:10:03,751
official visitor center, this

1968
01:10:04,756 --> 01:10:07,191
small wooden house has been the

1969
01:10:07,191 --> 01:10:09,591
heart of historic preservation

1970
01:10:09,927 --> 01:10:11,996
.For over 100 years it has

1971
01:10:11,996 --> 01:10:14,732
stood as this at this same

1972
01:10:14,732 --> 01:10:17,132
location resisting the advance

1973
01:10:19,203 --> 01:10:21,603
of predatory developers. This

1974
01:10:22,640 --> 01:10:25,400
1905 cottage is a rare

1975
01:10:25,743 --> 01:10:28,143
surviving example of miami's

1976
01:10:28,145 --> 01:10:30,145
earliest beginnings. Its

1977
01:10:31,249 --> 01:10:34,249
presence remains a symbol of

1978
01:10:34,318 --> 01:10:37,918
historic miami and it is now

1979
01:10:38,455 --> 01:10:40,191
owned by you the public as

1980
01:10:40,191 --> 01:10:42,191
advocates for historic

1981
01:10:43,260 --> 01:10:45,260
preservation. We request

1982
01:10:45,329 --> 01:10:47,398
transparency regarding the long

1983
01:10:47,398 --> 01:10:50,398
term plans of the prospective

1984
01:10:51,535 --> 01:10:52,903
owner. Dht just yesterday

1985
01:10:52,903 --> 01:10:54,605
announced it has an agreement

1986
01:10:54,605 --> 01:10:56,507
with the developer to relocate

1987
01:10:56,507 --> 01:10:58,209
the building to a more

1988
01:10:58,209 --> 01:11:00,278
sustainable site in coconut

1989
01:11:00,278 --> 01:11:02,678
grove which the organization

1990
01:11:03,715 --> 01:11:05,449
will own. This appears to be an

1991
01:11:05,449 --> 01:11:07,849
excellent deal for dade

1992
01:11:08,887 --> 01:11:11,887
heritage trust, but the public

1993
01:11:11,989 --> 01:11:14,989
is still entitled to hear

1994
01:11:15,590 --> 01:11:16,427
details of how this plan will

1995
01:11:16,427 --> 01:11:18,427
ensure the building's

1996
01:11:19,530 --> 01:11:21,599
structural safety prior to and

1997
01:11:21,599 --> 01:11:23,334
during the relocation. Thank

1998
01:11:23,334 --> 01:11:25,403
you. Appreciate it. Please

1999
01:11:25,403 --> 01:11:27,805
defer this until more. Thank

2000
01:11:27,805 --> 01:11:28,139
you ma'am. Appreciate it.

2001
01:11:28,139 --> 01:11:30,139
testing.

2002
01:11:30,908 --> 01:11:32,277
>> good morning, MADAM Mayor.

2003
01:11:32,277 --> 01:11:34,178
Commissioners city manager. I

2004
01:11:34,178 --> 01:11:36,214
think I saw him leave. My name

2005
01:11:36,214 --> 01:11:38,214
is george richardson. 3131

2006
01:11:38,650 --> 01:11:39,851
northeast first avenue. I'm the

2007
01:11:39,851 --> 01:11:41,386
founder and ceo of hope

2008
01:11:41,386 --> 01:11:43,254
hydration and I'm here today in

2009
01:11:43,254 --> 01:11:44,823
support of pf five. I don't

2010
01:11:44,823 --> 01:11:46,357
have to tell you all this but

2011
01:11:46,357 --> 01:11:48,930
heat is the deadliest weather

2012
01:11:48,930 --> 01:11:49,460
in america. Unlike other cities

2013
01:11:49,460 --> 01:11:50,662
around the country, miami

2014
01:11:50,662 --> 01:11:52,230
doesn't deal with the heat for

2015
01:11:52,230 --> 01:11:54,632
three, four, five weeks at a

2016
01:11:54,632 --> 01:11:56,501
time. We live in it year round.

2017
01:11:56,501 --> 01:11:58,403
Um and when I think about heat

2018
01:11:58,403 --> 01:11:59,937
I think about the worker in

2019
01:11:59,937 --> 01:12:02,340
miami, the kid walking back

2020
01:12:02,340 --> 01:12:04,750
from school that needs water

2021
01:12:04,750 --> 01:12:05,610
and they're walking and it's

2022
01:12:05,610 --> 01:12:06,477
hot and they have really two

2023
01:12:06,477 --> 01:12:07,679
options right now they can

2024
01:12:07,679 --> 01:12:09,581
either buy a bottled water or

2025
01:12:09,581 --> 01:12:10,782
they can go without. That's why

2026
01:12:10,782 --> 01:12:11,983
we started hope hydration

2027
01:12:11,983 --> 01:12:13,517
because we wanted to bring free

2028
01:12:13,517 --> 01:12:16,621
water to the people. Water is a

2029
01:12:16,621 --> 01:12:18,322
human right. Um when we started

2030
01:12:18,322 --> 01:12:19,891
hope we actually started in an

2031
01:12:19,891 --> 01:12:21,960
apartment not too far from here

2032
01:12:21,960 --> 01:12:22,993
we kept hearing paris have you

2033
01:12:22,993 --> 01:12:24,195
seen paris? Have you heard

2034
01:12:24,195 --> 01:12:25,196
about paris? They have this

2035
01:12:25,196 --> 01:12:26,598
free water fountain network.

2036
01:12:26,598 --> 01:12:28,633
There's free water everywhere.

2037
01:12:28,633 --> 01:12:30,368
And so paying homage to the

2038
01:12:30,368 --> 01:12:31,736
people who led before us and

2039
01:12:31,736 --> 01:12:33,471
built it, we learned a lot and

2040
01:12:33,471 --> 01:12:34,839
we said this is going to be our

2041
01:12:34,839 --> 01:12:36,410
mission. We're going to take

2042
01:12:36,410 --> 01:12:37,750
what people have done in paris

2043
01:12:37,750 --> 01:12:38,609
and in other cities, but we're

2044
01:12:38,609 --> 01:12:39,811
going to bring free water

2045
01:12:39,811 --> 01:12:41,546
within a five minute walk to

2046
01:12:41,546 --> 01:12:43,247
every major city around the

2047
01:12:43,247 --> 01:12:45,149
world. So now let's talk about

2048
01:12:45,149 --> 01:12:46,851
miami. Miami is a leader. Miami

2049
01:12:46,851 --> 01:12:48,753
was is a city that was built on

2050
01:12:48,753 --> 01:12:50,488
a swamp. Miami has turned into

2051
01:12:50,488 --> 01:12:53,570
this gateway for the entire

2052
01:12:53,570 --> 01:12:54,425
americas. Miami is the first I

2053
01:12:54,425 --> 01:12:56,828
think it's the first major

2054
01:12:56,828 --> 01:12:59,640
city, uh to be founded by a

2055
01:12:59,640 --> 01:13:00,965
woman we lead. And so today I

2056
01:13:00,965 --> 01:13:03,868
ask you all to be a leader

2057
01:13:03,868 --> 01:13:05,970
again, uh, with ph five uh, one

2058
01:13:05,970 --> 01:13:07,872
so that we can continue being a

2059
01:13:07,872 --> 01:13:09,240
leader I ask you all to lead so

2060
01:13:09,240 --> 01:13:10,609
that that school kid and those

2061
01:13:10,609 --> 01:13:12,310
workers can have free water.

2062
01:13:12,310 --> 01:13:14,212
And then finally I ask you to

2063
01:13:14,212 --> 01:13:15,747
lead because in ten years my

2064
01:13:15,747 --> 01:13:17,815
dream is that the next crazy

2065
01:13:17,815 --> 01:13:19,550
water entrepreneur is hearing

2066
01:13:19,550 --> 01:13:20,752
miami, miami, miami. Have you

2067
01:13:20,752 --> 01:13:22,287
heard about miami? They got

2068
01:13:22,287 --> 01:13:23,855
free water everywhere and it

2069
01:13:23,855 --> 01:13:27,455
didn't cost the city a cent.

2070
01:13:30,362 --> 01:13:33,465
Thank you. Hi my name is teresa

2071
01:13:33,465 --> 01:13:37,650
weintraub and I'm here to speak

2072
01:13:37,235 --> 01:13:39,137
in support of ri 11 ruth shack

2073
01:13:39,137 --> 01:13:41,206
renaming ruth shack way. And

2074
01:13:41,206 --> 01:13:44,206
thank you to commissioner pardo

2075
01:13:44,275 --> 01:13:46,678
for suggesting this. Ruth shack

2076
01:13:46,678 --> 01:13:48,946
is an icon to this community

2077
01:13:48,946 --> 01:13:52,500
and for those of you who don't

2078
01:13:52,500 --> 01:13:55,120
know her, she not only worked

2079
01:13:55,120 --> 01:13:58,720
uh for years and years to

2080
01:13:59,257 --> 01:14:01,657
champion every community, every

2081
01:14:02,360 --> 01:14:05,796
group in this city from women's

2082
01:14:05,796 --> 01:14:08,533
rights to the rights of the

2083
01:14:08,533 --> 01:14:12,133
lgbt community to the rights of

2084
01:14:12,671 --> 01:14:15,440
the poor. And she created so

2085
01:14:15,440 --> 01:14:18,440
many organizations that we now

2086
01:14:19,211 --> 01:14:21,947
take for granted. I just can't

2087
01:14:21,947 --> 01:14:24,716
think of a better person for

2088
01:14:24,716 --> 01:14:27,716
the future citizens of this

2089
01:14:27,819 --> 01:14:31,419
community to see her name in

2090
01:14:31,590 --> 01:14:34,359
lights on the street to say who

2091
01:14:34,359 --> 01:14:36,761
was ruth shack and to thank her

2092
01:14:36,761 --> 01:14:39,164
for everything that she did to

2093
01:14:39,164 --> 01:14:42,634
build this community. So I hope

2094
01:14:42,634 --> 01:14:45,634
that you will support this

2095
01:14:50,876 --> 01:14:52,944
resolution. Thank you. Good

2096
01:14:52,944 --> 01:14:54,646
morning. Henrietta schwartz

2097
01:14:54,646 --> 01:14:56,646
2627. South bayshore drive.

2098
01:14:56,715 --> 01:14:58,784
Today's agenda contains two

2099
01:14:58,784 --> 01:15:01,520
different. Items but they share

2100
01:15:01,520 --> 01:15:04,289
something in common secrets and

2101
01:15:04,289 --> 01:15:05,657
loopholes for ph three. Doctor

2102
01:15:05,657 --> 01:15:07,192
jackson's cottage residents

2103
01:15:07,192 --> 01:15:08,927
have been left with more

2104
01:15:08,927 --> 01:15:11,327
questions than answers. Public

2105
01:15:11,663 --> 01:15:13,399
trust depends on transparency,

2106
01:15:13,399 --> 01:15:15,801
yet too much about this

2107
01:15:15,801 --> 01:15:18,201
transaction has remained behind

2108
01:15:18,203 --> 01:15:19,571
closed doors when the public is

2109
01:15:19,571 --> 01:15:21,971
left to speculate, confidence

2110
01:15:22,674 --> 01:15:25,740
in government suffers. The

2111
01:15:25,770 --> 01:15:27,479
second is for sr three. The

2112
01:15:27,479 --> 01:15:29,479
proposed pedestrian shed

2113
01:15:30,215 --> 01:15:32,284
ordinance and its impractical

2114
01:15:32,284 --> 01:15:34,190
exception. If a developer can

2115
01:15:34,190 --> 01:15:35,721
simply claim it is impractical

2116
01:15:35,721 --> 01:15:38,490
to provide a pedestrian path

2117
01:15:38,490 --> 01:15:40,890
during construction, then the

2118
01:15:40,892 --> 01:15:43,292
public safety and accessibility

2119
01:15:43,295 --> 01:15:45,695
become negotiable. To quote

2120
01:15:45,697 --> 01:15:47,432
chris lunding, a far better

2121
01:15:47,432 --> 01:15:48,800
approach would have been to

2122
01:15:48,800 --> 01:15:50,502
limit exceptions to

2123
01:15:50,502 --> 01:15:52,904
circumstances where a shed over

2124
01:15:52,904 --> 01:15:53,939
a sidewalk would create a

2125
01:15:53,939 --> 01:15:55,939
dangerous or hazardous

2126
01:15:56,800 --> 01:15:58,408
condition that endangers life

2127
01:15:58,410 --> 01:16:00,145
or property. Copying the

2128
01:16:00,145 --> 01:16:02,547
exception from the city's own

2129
01:16:02,547 --> 01:16:04,547
noise ordinance commissioners

2130
01:16:05,317 --> 01:16:08,317
and esteemed mayor please fix

2131
01:16:08,753 --> 01:16:11,153
this loophole secrets erode

2132
01:16:11,823 --> 01:16:13,224
trust loopholes erode

2133
01:16:13,224 --> 01:16:14,927
accountability. The people

2134
01:16:14,927 --> 01:16:16,661
walking our sidewalks are not

2135
01:16:16,661 --> 01:16:19,640
an inconvenience to be worked

2136
01:16:19,640 --> 01:16:20,766
around. They are residents,

2137
01:16:20,766 --> 01:16:22,167
seniors, children and people

2138
01:16:22,167 --> 01:16:24,567
with disabilities trying to

2139
01:16:24,903 --> 01:16:26,604
move safely through their own

2140
01:16:26,604 --> 01:16:28,673
neighborhoods. Today you have

2141
01:16:28,673 --> 01:16:31,760
an opportunity to reject both

2142
01:16:31,760 --> 01:16:33,760
secrecy and unnecessary

2143
01:16:33,145 --> 01:16:34,513
loopholes and remember that

2144
01:16:34,513 --> 01:16:36,913
every exception you create

2145
01:16:36,949 --> 01:16:39,349
today becomes a precedent

2146
01:16:39,351 --> 01:16:41,520
someone else will rely on

2147
01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:42,788
tomorrow. Please put the

2148
01:16:42,788 --> 01:16:45,524
public's trust and the public's

2149
01:16:45,524 --> 01:16:47,924
safety ahead of convenience.

2150
01:16:47,926 --> 01:16:49,995
Please follow the process for

2151
01:16:49,995 --> 01:16:52,731
public notice. Thank you and

2152
01:16:52,731 --> 01:16:54,299
thank you CHAIRMAN Commissioner

2153
01:16:54,299 --> 01:16:58,499
king for all your work as a

2154
01:16:58,771 --> 01:17:01,171
chair. Good morning, richard

2155
01:17:02,207 --> 01:17:04,607
milstein 99 excuse me, 98 south

2156
01:17:07,120 --> 01:17:09,415
east seventh street. Uh, mayor

2157
01:17:09,415 --> 01:17:11,483
commissioners uh and CHAIRWOMAN

2158
01:17:11,483 --> 01:17:13,885
Emeritus thank you very much.

2159
01:17:13,885 --> 01:17:15,954
And in particular CHAIRMAN Uh

2160
01:17:15,954 --> 01:17:18,354
excuse me, commissioner pardo

2161
01:17:20,426 --> 01:17:23,426
for bringing resolution re11 to

2162
01:17:23,528 --> 01:17:25,564
designate co designate the ruth

2163
01:17:25,564 --> 01:17:27,466
shack way. Let me add just a

2164
01:17:27,466 --> 01:17:30,201
few words to what was already

2165
01:17:30,201 --> 01:17:32,601
been submitted stated today

2166
01:17:33,638 --> 01:17:37,442
shack is an icon. Um she lived

2167
01:17:37,442 --> 01:17:39,478
in 94 years but those 94 years

2168
01:17:39,478 --> 01:17:41,580
will live on in history in

2169
01:17:41,580 --> 01:17:43,281
miami-dade county. Let me tell

2170
01:17:43,281 --> 01:17:44,517
you a little bit about and add

2171
01:17:44,517 --> 01:17:47,586
to some of the things that have

2172
01:17:47,586 --> 01:17:49,321
been said. Ruth transformed

2173
01:17:49,321 --> 01:17:51,356
miami-dade county in myriad of

2174
01:17:51,356 --> 01:17:52,758
ways. We'll start with the

2175
01:17:52,758 --> 01:17:55,158
beginning when time magazine

2176
01:17:56,194 --> 01:17:59,194
declared miami paradise lost in

2177
01:17:59,632 --> 01:18:01,700
1986 and proposed that miami

2178
01:18:01,700 --> 01:18:04,436
was a wasteland in many ways

2179
01:18:04,436 --> 01:18:06,505
ruth said no, we're paradise

2180
01:18:06,505 --> 01:18:08,908
found. She then proposed and

2181
01:18:08,908 --> 01:18:11,644
worked with christo to wrap the

2182
01:18:11,644 --> 01:18:14,413
islands of miami in the area in

2183
01:18:14,413 --> 01:18:15,781
pink and we became a cultural

2184
01:18:15,781 --> 01:18:17,781
international cultural center

2185
01:18:18,851 --> 01:18:22,321
of miami. She and her husband

2186
01:18:22,321 --> 01:18:25,570
richard helped found art miami

2187
01:18:25,570 --> 01:18:27,460
uh and that has now become art

2188
01:18:27,460 --> 01:18:28,494
basel and art week and the

2189
01:18:28,494 --> 01:18:30,494
cultural community has

2190
01:18:30,562 --> 01:18:32,962
benefited from that without

2191
01:18:33,666 --> 01:18:35,201
knowing we have the she was

2192
01:18:35,201 --> 01:18:36,568
elected a city excuse me,

2193
01:18:36,568 --> 01:18:38,968
county commissioner for three

2194
01:18:38,971 --> 01:18:41,741
three terms. She proposed the

2195
01:18:41,741 --> 01:18:43,775
first ordinance in 1976 to

2196
01:18:43,775 --> 01:18:45,511
award equal rights and to all

2197
01:18:45,511 --> 01:18:47,580
residents of miami dade county

2198
01:18:47,580 --> 01:18:49,648
including those of the lgbt

2199
01:18:49,648 --> 01:18:51,384
community and which was became

2200
01:18:51,384 --> 01:18:53,784
a final ordinance about 20

2201
01:18:53,786 --> 01:18:55,154
years later in 1998 she

2202
01:18:55,154 --> 01:18:56,522
sponsored the first ordinance

2203
01:18:56,522 --> 01:18:58,256
for historic preservation in

2204
01:18:58,256 --> 01:19:00,158
miami dade county. She chaired

2205
01:19:00,158 --> 01:19:01,694
the dade community foundation,

2206
01:19:01,694 --> 01:19:04,694
which is now named miami

2207
01:19:04,763 --> 01:19:07,163
foundation. MR. Milstein, I

2208
01:19:07,199 --> 01:19:08,567
thank you. I know it probably

2209
01:19:08,567 --> 01:19:09,768
takes [Laughter] Three hours to

2210
01:19:09,768 --> 01:19:12,168
go through everything that.

2211
01:19:12,338 --> 01:19:13,706
Thank you mayor. Thank you all

2212
01:19:13,706 --> 01:19:15,775
for taking care of me. Two

2213
01:19:15,775 --> 01:19:17,509
minutes is a [Laughter] Hard

2214
01:19:17,509 --> 01:19:20,245
time period to describe MISS

2215
01:19:20,245 --> 01:19:20,746
Shack so. But thank you. Go

2216
01:19:20,746 --> 01:19:22,314
ahead please.

2217
01:19:22,314 --> 01:19:24,170
>> good morning, MADAM Mayor

2218
01:19:24,170 --> 01:19:26,850
and commissioners. My name is

2219
01:19:26,850 --> 01:19:28,850
mariana, 4250 biscayne

2220
01:19:28,154 --> 01:19:29,855
boulevard. I am here today in

2221
01:19:29,855 --> 01:19:32,255
support of hope hydration's

2222
01:19:32,959 --> 01:19:34,694
pilot program ph five in a city

2223
01:19:34,694 --> 01:19:36,395
as hot as miami, access to

2224
01:19:36,395 --> 01:19:37,930
clean drinking water shouldn't

2225
01:19:37,930 --> 01:19:39,331
be a luxury. It should be

2226
01:19:39,331 --> 01:19:40,699
something that's available to

2227
01:19:40,699 --> 01:19:42,768
everyone whether someone is

2228
01:19:42,768 --> 01:19:45,170
walking to work, exercising or

2229
01:19:45,170 --> 01:19:47,570
simply spending time outdoors,

2230
01:19:47,573 --> 01:19:49,308
staying hydrated is essential

2231
01:19:49,308 --> 01:19:51,377
for health and safety. By

2232
01:19:51,377 --> 01:19:53,780
providing free refillable water

2233
01:19:53,780 --> 01:19:54,781
stations, our city would be

2234
01:19:54,781 --> 01:19:56,515
reducing plastic waste and

2235
01:19:56,515 --> 01:19:58,584
creating a cleaner, more

2236
01:19:58,584 --> 01:20:00,653
sustainable community. I'm also

2237
01:20:00,653 --> 01:20:02,354
proud that hope hydration is a

2238
01:20:02,354 --> 01:20:04,757
local miami company bringing an

2239
01:20:04,757 --> 01:20:06,826
innovative solution to the city

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01:20:06,826 --> 01:20:08,561
supporting local innovation

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01:20:08,561 --> 01:20:10,596
improve um while improving

2242
01:20:10,596 --> 01:20:12,665
public health and protecting

2243
01:20:12,665 --> 01:20:14,400
our environment is exactly the

2244
01:20:14,400 --> 01:20:16,803
kind of forward thinking miami

2245
01:20:16,803 --> 01:20:18,504
should embrace. I ask you to

2246
01:20:18,504 --> 01:20:20,906
support this pilot program and

2247
01:20:20,906 --> 01:20:23,308
vote yes to ph five. Let's show

2248
01:20:23,308 --> 01:20:24,710
that miami is a city that cares

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01:20:24,710 --> 01:20:26,412
about its people, supports

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01:20:26,412 --> 01:20:28,147
local businesses and is

2251
01:20:28,147 --> 01:20:29,849
committed to building a

2252
01:20:29,849 --> 01:20:32,249
healthier and more sustainable

2253
01:20:35,200 --> 01:20:37,757
future. Thank you. Good morning

2254
01:20:37,757 --> 01:20:39,992
commissioners. MADAM Mayor, my

2255
01:20:39,992 --> 01:20:42,610
name is owen. I live at 488

2256
01:20:42,610 --> 01:20:43,796
north east 18th street. I live

2257
01:20:43,796 --> 01:20:46,320
in edgewater and I'm advocating

2258
01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:47,734
for ph five to have more access

2259
01:20:47,734 --> 01:20:49,468
to free cold filtered water

2260
01:20:49,468 --> 01:20:51,537
especially where I live near

2261
01:20:51,537 --> 01:20:54,139
margaret pace park. As we all

2262
01:20:54,139 --> 01:20:56,800
know miami is hot especially

2263
01:20:56,800 --> 01:20:57,543
this time of year. Myself and

2264
01:20:57,543 --> 01:20:58,912
many others walk our dogs

2265
01:20:58,912 --> 01:21:00,646
through this park many times a

2266
01:21:00,646 --> 01:21:02,215
day. I can't emphasize enough

2267
01:21:02,215 --> 01:21:04,617
how important it is to have

2268
01:21:04,617 --> 01:21:07,617
access to cold, clean free

2269
01:21:07,687 --> 01:21:09,922
water for both the city and our

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01:21:09,922 --> 01:21:11,657
communities. Living where I do

2271
01:21:11,657 --> 01:21:13,359
I see two things every day

2272
01:21:13,359 --> 01:21:15,427
first, new buildings are going

2273
01:21:15,427 --> 01:21:18,164
up everywhere. You probably see

2274
01:21:18,164 --> 01:21:21,164
this around miami left and

2275
01:21:21,267 --> 01:21:24,360
right. Um second I see plastic

2276
01:21:24,360 --> 01:21:25,738
waste primarily bottles piled

2277
01:21:25,738 --> 01:21:27,806
up along the banks of the bay.

2278
01:21:27,806 --> 01:21:30,576
The reality is these are likely

2279
01:21:30,576 --> 01:21:31,744
connected in the miami heat.

2280
01:21:31,744 --> 01:21:32,979
It's no surprise that people

2281
01:21:32,979 --> 01:21:36,820
reach for a cold bottle of

2282
01:21:36,820 --> 01:21:38,118
water, but that shouldn't mean

2283
01:21:38,118 --> 01:21:39,485
having to buy a plastic bottle

2284
01:21:39,485 --> 01:21:41,554
every time you leave your

2285
01:21:41,554 --> 01:21:42,922
house. Margaret pace park is

2286
01:21:42,922 --> 01:21:44,991
one of edgewater's greatest

2287
01:21:44,991 --> 01:21:46,360
assets and as a growing

2288
01:21:46,360 --> 01:21:48,427
community filled with young

2289
01:21:48,427 --> 01:21:49,796
families, pet owners and active

2290
01:21:49,796 --> 01:21:51,300
residents, it's imperative we

2291
01:21:51,300 --> 01:21:52,732
invest in our water

2292
01:21:52,732 --> 01:21:54,634
infrastructure. Right now the

2293
01:21:54,634 --> 01:21:56,336
easiest option for people is to

2294
01:21:56,336 --> 01:21:58,700
buy cold plastic bottles. Let's

2295
01:21:58,700 --> 01:21:59,772
change that. Let's make the

2296
01:21:59,772 --> 01:22:01,507
sustainable choice the easy

2297
01:22:01,507 --> 01:22:03,209
choice. Let's continue to put

2298
01:22:03,209 --> 01:22:05,111
miami ahead of the curve when

2299
01:22:05,111 --> 01:22:06,312
it comes to innovation and to

2300
01:22:06,312 --> 01:22:08,140
green initiatives. Let's say

2301
01:22:08,140 --> 01:22:10,830
yes to provide free and

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01:22:10,830 --> 01:22:12,830
accessible drinking water.

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01:22:13,185 --> 01:22:15,589
Thank you. Good morning. My

2304
01:22:15,589 --> 01:22:18,691
name is betty lara and address

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01:22:18,691 --> 01:22:20,393
is 6701 sunset drive.

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01:22:20,393 --> 01:22:22,128
Commissioner rosado, I'm so

2307
01:22:22,128 --> 01:22:23,997
grateful that you've invited me

2308
01:22:23,997 --> 01:22:27,467
here. It's really an honor to

2309
01:22:27,467 --> 01:22:29,869
speak on resolution 16. I have

2310
01:22:29,869 --> 01:22:31,571
been serving survivors of human

2311
01:22:31,571 --> 01:22:33,971
trafficking for 14 years in

2312
01:22:34,340 --> 01:22:37,340
miami we have a nonresidential

2313
01:22:37,410 --> 01:22:40,179
and residential program. It is

2314
01:22:40,179 --> 01:22:42,248
imperative that we would have a

2315
01:22:42,248 --> 01:22:45,248
task force and police officers

2316
01:22:45,651 --> 01:22:48,880
dedicated to this as these

2317
01:22:48,880 --> 01:22:50,488
survivors get raped possibly

2318
01:22:50,823 --> 01:22:53,590
five times a day and when they

2319
01:22:53,590 --> 01:22:55,461
call the police it is an

2320
01:22:55,461 --> 01:22:58,231
emergency. They need to help

2321
01:22:58,231 --> 01:23:00,633
right away. Thank you for doing

2322
01:23:00,633 --> 01:23:03,403
this and we certainly needed

2323
01:23:03,403 --> 01:23:05,105
sex trafficking in miami is not

2324
01:23:05,105 --> 01:23:07,173
going away is actually

2325
01:23:07,173 --> 01:23:09,242
increasing. So anything that we

2326
01:23:09,242 --> 01:23:11,644
can do to make our city better

2327
01:23:11,644 --> 01:23:13,346
and to set these women free I

2328
01:23:13,346 --> 01:23:16,346
really appreciate it. GOD bless

2329
01:23:17,483 --> 01:23:19,552
you. Good morning commissioners

2330
01:23:19,552 --> 01:23:21,621
mayor my name is maria lopez

2331
01:23:21,621 --> 01:23:23,489
delbert 661 north east 68th

2332
01:23:23,489 --> 01:23:24,523
street. I would like to thank

2333
01:23:24,523 --> 01:23:26,426
the commissioner for all these

2334
01:23:26,426 --> 01:23:27,794
years for her service being a

2335
01:23:27,794 --> 01:23:29,529
CHAIRWOMAN, being very fair and

2336
01:23:29,529 --> 01:23:31,731
just and very professional I

2337
01:23:31,731 --> 01:23:34,167
will continue. Okay. I'm here

2338
01:23:34,167 --> 01:23:36,736
to talk about a memo adela bay

2339
01:23:36,736 --> 01:23:38,804
and as my other neighbor stated

2340
01:23:38,804 --> 01:23:40,507
before, uh chapter 19 really

2341
01:23:40,507 --> 01:23:42,740
does say that we have to have

2342
01:23:42,740 --> 01:23:43,609
transparency when we are going

2343
01:23:43,609 --> 01:23:45,512
to allocate this kind of money

2344
01:23:45,512 --> 01:23:47,547
at such a big amount, which is

2345
01:23:47,547 --> 01:23:48,948
$1 million. We need to

2346
01:23:48,948 --> 01:23:50,650
establish the public service.

2347
01:23:50,650 --> 01:23:51,685
The donation must serve a

2348
01:23:51,685 --> 01:23:53,530
broader documented public

2349
01:23:53,530 --> 01:23:54,788
service such as public park

2350
01:23:54,788 --> 01:23:57,188
integration, citywide water and

2351
01:23:57,190 --> 01:23:58,892
public access roadway. If it's

2352
01:23:58,892 --> 01:24:01,292
private entity donation only

2353
01:24:01,294 --> 01:24:03,563
benefits a private property of

2354
01:24:03,563 --> 01:24:05,264
a specific hoa. The city cannot

2355
01:24:05,264 --> 01:24:06,967
legally act as a pass through

2356
01:24:06,967 --> 01:24:08,368
of clearinghouse. The city

2357
01:24:08,368 --> 01:24:10,437
finance department must isolate

2358
01:24:10,437 --> 01:24:12,837
the donation into restricted

2359
01:24:12,839 --> 01:24:15,241
agency fund or dedicated trust

2360
01:24:15,241 --> 01:24:16,943
agency account. It must never

2361
01:24:16,943 --> 01:24:18,311
enter the general fund. The

2362
01:24:18,311 --> 01:24:20,311
logistic separation guarantees

2363
01:24:20,380 --> 01:24:22,115
that if the project runs over

2364
01:24:22,115 --> 01:24:23,483
budget, the city cannot

2365
01:24:23,483 --> 01:24:24,517
automatically pull from the

2366
01:24:24,517 --> 01:24:26,917
taxpayer funded revenue to

2367
01:24:27,870 --> 01:24:29,156
stream the bridge of gap. So I

2368
01:24:29,156 --> 01:24:30,691
respectfully also ask that when

2369
01:24:30,691 --> 01:24:32,425
you hear this item later today,

2370
01:24:32,425 --> 01:24:33,794
you put it in for full

2371
01:24:33,794 --> 01:24:35,162
discussion and ask staff to

2372
01:24:35,162 --> 01:24:36,896
identify the specific legal

2373
01:24:36,896 --> 01:24:38,265
authority that permits this

2374
01:24:38,265 --> 01:24:40,265
alternative payment mechanism

2375
01:24:40,333 --> 01:24:41,534
and explain what rules will

2376
01:24:41,534 --> 01:24:43,603
govern the custody, accounting

2377
01:24:43,603 --> 01:24:45,638
expenditure auditing and public

2378
01:24:45,638 --> 01:24:47,400
oversight for these funds so it

2379
01:24:47,400 --> 01:24:48,408
remains transparent and fair

2380
01:24:48,408 --> 01:24:51,408
when it is distributed. Thank

2381
01:24:52,713 --> 01:24:55,481
you. Good morning. My name is

2382
01:24:55,481 --> 01:24:57,481
victor williams, 66 west

2383
01:24:59,953 --> 01:25:01,821
flagler street miami, florida

2384
01:25:01,821 --> 01:25:03,190
33130. Um I am the vice chair

2385
01:25:03,190 --> 01:25:04,924
of the miami-dade human

2386
01:25:04,924 --> 01:25:06,627
trafficking coalition and the

2387
01:25:06,627 --> 01:25:08,194
founder and ceo of cuesta

2388
01:25:08,194 --> 01:25:10,263
freedom, which is an anti-human

2389
01:25:10,263 --> 01:25:12,263
trafficking organization based

2390
01:25:12,299 --> 01:25:15,680
here in miami. I'm here to

2391
01:25:15,680 --> 01:25:17,680
support commissioner rosado's

2392
01:25:18,505 --> 01:25:19,873
um resolution 16 any time we're

2393
01:25:19,873 --> 01:25:22,273
talking about human trafficking

2394
01:25:22,308 --> 01:25:24,711
is education we do not know

2395
01:25:24,711 --> 01:25:27,113
enough. Um at minimum it would

2396
01:25:27,113 --> 01:25:28,481
be nice if everybody knew the

2397
01:25:28,481 --> 01:25:30,183
basics of human trafficking

2398
01:25:30,183 --> 01:25:32,619
which are the elements of

2399
01:25:32,619 --> 01:25:34,655
force, fraud or coercion. If we

2400
01:25:34,655 --> 01:25:36,556
all know the elements of human

2401
01:25:36,556 --> 01:25:38,792
trafficking, we can then see it

2402
01:25:38,792 --> 01:25:40,693
and address it as we go. Human

2403
01:25:40,693 --> 01:25:42,229
trafficking is the result of a

2404
01:25:42,229 --> 01:25:43,797
lot of things that have already

2405
01:25:43,797 --> 01:25:45,666
gone wrong in somebody's life.

2406
01:25:45,666 --> 01:25:47,340
These are the things that we

2407
01:25:47,340 --> 01:25:49,102
should be addressing family

2408
01:25:49,102 --> 01:25:51,502
issues issues like trauma

2409
01:25:51,505 --> 01:25:52,906
unresolved trauma creates

2410
01:25:52,906 --> 01:25:54,941
vulnerability to become a

2411
01:25:54,941 --> 01:25:56,843
victim or a predator of this

2412
01:25:56,843 --> 01:25:59,580
crime. But the solution is this

2413
01:25:59,580 --> 01:26:01,648
the solution is all of us. The

2414
01:26:01,648 --> 01:26:03,383
solution is everybody in this

2415
01:26:03,383 --> 01:26:05,840
room can do something about

2416
01:26:05,840 --> 01:26:07,840
human trafficking basically

2417
01:26:07,153 --> 01:26:09,389
just educating yourself the

2418
01:26:09,389 --> 01:26:11,792
more we know the better we do.

2419
01:26:11,792 --> 01:26:12,993
I'll leave with this we talk

2420
01:26:12,993 --> 01:26:14,727
about human trafficking. We

2421
01:26:14,727 --> 01:26:15,762
talk a lot about sex

2422
01:26:15,762 --> 01:26:17,762
trafficking, but labor

2423
01:26:18,498 --> 01:26:19,699
trafficking is 60 to 70% of all

2424
01:26:19,699 --> 01:26:21,602
trafficking. And what does that

2425
01:26:21,602 --> 01:26:23,837
mean to everybody in this room?

2426
01:26:23,837 --> 01:26:25,538
If you own a cell phone you

2427
01:26:25,538 --> 01:26:27,441
have the ability to buy food.

2428
01:26:27,441 --> 01:26:29,510
You have the ability to buy

2429
01:26:29,510 --> 01:26:31,911
clothes. We all have a minimum

2430
01:26:31,911 --> 01:26:34,314
of 40 to 60 slaves working for

2431
01:26:34,314 --> 01:26:36,160
us. So thank you sir for this

2432
01:26:36,160 --> 01:26:38,416
resolution. Continue to educate

2433
01:26:38,786 --> 01:26:40,854
ourselves so we can do better

2434
01:26:40,854 --> 01:26:43,854
at this horrible crime. Thank

2435
01:26:46,359 --> 01:26:48,759
you. Good morning commission

2436
01:26:48,929 --> 01:26:51,164
and mayor my name is bill

2437
01:26:51,164 --> 01:26:53,330
mattison. I live at 770 north

2438
01:26:53,330 --> 01:26:54,601
east 69th street. I've been a

2439
01:26:54,601 --> 01:26:57,170
proud resident of the city of

2440
01:26:57,170 --> 01:26:58,906
miami since that time I had had

2441
01:26:58,906 --> 01:27:00,273
the opportunity to work with

2442
01:27:00,273 --> 01:27:01,976
commissioner king regarding the

2443
01:27:01,976 --> 01:27:04,376
matter concerning legion park.

2444
01:27:04,377 --> 01:27:05,946
I'm here today to discuss that.

2445
01:27:05,946 --> 01:27:07,647
I'm here to help represent

2446
01:27:07,647 --> 01:27:09,383
legion park. As a friend of

2447
01:27:09,383 --> 01:27:11,452
legion park, I've helped start

2448
01:27:11,452 --> 01:27:12,653
the first green market with our

2449
01:27:12,653 --> 01:27:14,688
commissioner sarnoff a few

2450
01:27:14,688 --> 01:27:16,256
years ago and I've continued to

2451
01:27:16,256 --> 01:27:17,958
watch over legion park and try

2452
01:27:17,958 --> 01:27:19,693
to wish the best and work the

2453
01:27:19,693 --> 01:27:21,228
best for legion park and I'm

2454
01:27:21,228 --> 01:27:23,296
here today to discuss the

2455
01:27:23,296 --> 01:27:25,866
million dollar fee that is

2456
01:27:25,866 --> 01:27:28,636
going to be paid by adela that

2457
01:27:28,636 --> 01:27:31,380
somehow at the end of the first

2458
01:27:31,380 --> 01:27:33,107
500 000 was was gained by the

2459
01:27:33,107 --> 01:27:35,507
access of the neighborhood

2460
01:27:36,543 --> 01:27:38,579
groups pine palm grove um

2461
01:27:38,579 --> 01:27:40,313
bayside residents and so forth.

2462
01:27:40,313 --> 01:27:42,716
At the very end commissioner

2463
01:27:42,716 --> 01:27:45,453
king stuck in the request of

2464
01:27:45,453 --> 01:27:47,521
another $500,000 on behalf of

2465
01:27:47,521 --> 01:27:50,291
this situation that was going

2466
01:27:50,291 --> 01:27:52,693
on with adela two and I would

2467
01:27:52,693 --> 01:27:55,693
kindly request that that second

2468
01:27:56,130 --> 01:27:58,530
portion of this money $500,000

2469
01:27:58,865 --> 01:28:00,934
be set aside to also include

2470
01:28:00,934 --> 01:28:03,300
specifically legion park who is

2471
01:28:03,300 --> 01:28:04,538
not here obviously to represent

2472
01:28:04,538 --> 01:28:06,106
itself and that's why we are

2473
01:28:06,106 --> 01:28:07,975
here as friends of legion park

2474
01:28:07,975 --> 01:28:09,543
to represent and that's why I'm

2475
01:28:09,543 --> 01:28:11,412
speaking today is to try to

2476
01:28:11,412 --> 01:28:13,146
look at that extra money that

2477
01:28:13,146 --> 01:28:15,216
was gained at the last moment

2478
01:28:15,216 --> 01:28:16,583
on behalf of legion park on

2479
01:28:16,583 --> 01:28:18,285
with the request of

2480
01:28:18,285 --> 01:28:20,354
commissioner king and be used

2481
01:28:20,354 --> 01:28:23,354
for specific purposes of legion

2482
01:28:25,525 --> 01:28:27,600
park. Thank you. Good morning

2483
01:28:27,600 --> 01:28:28,595
commissioners. My name is trey

2484
01:28:28,595 --> 01:28:30,664
santorini. I live at 223

2485
01:28:30,664 --> 01:28:33,660
cedonia avenue in coral gables

2486
01:28:33,660 --> 01:28:34,468
and 2025. I was lucky to

2487
01:28:34,468 --> 01:28:35,469
receive a grant from the

2488
01:28:35,469 --> 01:28:36,870
national alliance to end

2489
01:28:36,870 --> 01:28:38,239
homelessness to study florida

2490
01:28:38,239 --> 01:28:40,639
statewide camping ban. We

2491
01:28:40,641 --> 01:28:42,709
collected more than 600 surveys

2492
01:28:42,709 --> 01:28:44,578
,430 of them from unsheltered

2493
01:28:44,578 --> 01:28:46,813
people half of those almost 220

2494
01:28:46,813 --> 01:28:48,382
in miami. That means that we

2495
01:28:48,382 --> 01:28:49,416
surveyed almost a fifth of the

2496
01:28:49,416 --> 01:28:50,785
unsheltered population of

2497
01:28:50,785 --> 01:28:52,153
miami-dade. And I wanted to

2498
01:28:52,153 --> 01:28:54,388
share some statistics about

2499
01:28:54,388 --> 01:28:56,123
this in regards to sr for sorry

2500
01:28:56,123 --> 01:28:57,658
for not saying that. So the

2501
01:28:57,658 --> 01:29:00,394
arrest rate that we found was

2502
01:29:00,394 --> 01:29:01,795
32%. Um so 32% the unsheltered

2503
01:29:01,795 --> 01:29:03,497
population has already been

2504
01:29:03,497 --> 01:29:05,565
arrested for those with serious

2505
01:29:05,565 --> 01:29:07,101
mental illness it was 47% so

2506
01:29:07,101 --> 01:29:09,300
almost half said a different

2507
01:29:09,300 --> 01:29:10,371
way. The odds of being arrested

2508
01:29:10,371 --> 01:29:12,771
for those experiencing serious

2509
01:29:13,473 --> 01:29:15,710
mental illness symptoms was 2.5

2510
01:29:15,710 --> 01:29:16,911
to 1. The median number of

2511
01:29:16,911 --> 01:29:18,279
arrests for those who was

2512
01:29:18,279 --> 01:29:19,480
arrested was three. So many

2513
01:29:19,480 --> 01:29:20,848
most people were arrested

2514
01:29:20,848 --> 01:29:22,416
multiple times. A number of

2515
01:29:22,416 --> 01:29:25,152
people were arrested more than

2516
01:29:25,152 --> 01:29:26,521
20 times. 34% of unsheltered

2517
01:29:26,521 --> 01:29:27,921
people described having

2518
01:29:27,921 --> 01:29:29,790
belongings destroyed by the

2519
01:29:29,790 --> 01:29:32,559
police 60% of the time. That

2520
01:29:32,559 --> 01:29:35,559
included ids another 42% of the

2521
01:29:35,629 --> 01:29:37,364
time medications another 20% of

2522
01:29:37,364 --> 01:29:39,766
the time that included work

2523
01:29:39,766 --> 01:29:42,503
related uh work related items.

2524
01:29:42,503 --> 01:29:44,710
Most importantly, 90% of people

2525
01:29:44,710 --> 01:29:45,606
who were arrested said that

2526
01:29:45,606 --> 01:29:48,606
they returned directly to the

2527
01:29:48,709 --> 01:29:50,778
streets 90% when they were

2528
01:29:50,778 --> 01:29:52,146
released, only 18% were offered

2529
01:29:52,146 --> 01:29:55,146
any kind of assistance usually

2530
01:29:55,582 --> 01:29:58,582
a pamphlet or information. Um

2531
01:29:58,685 --> 01:30:00,540
the human cost of this proposal

2532
01:30:00,540 --> 01:30:01,588
is high, but I want to point

2533
01:30:01,588 --> 01:30:03,124
out that the financial cost is

2534
01:30:03,124 --> 01:30:05,560
even higher. The department of

2535
01:30:05,560 --> 01:30:07,960
corrections in miami-dade cites

2536
01:30:08,296 --> 01:30:10,364
$30,000 a year per inmate at

2537
01:30:10,364 --> 01:30:12,660
miami miami-dade county jails.

2538
01:30:12,660 --> 01:30:14,135
But judge steven leifman this

2539
01:30:14,135 --> 01:30:17,237
year in an interview with nbc

2540
01:30:17,237 --> 01:30:18,939
six cited a number of 325. When

2541
01:30:18,939 --> 01:30:20,341
you include mental health and

2542
01:30:20,341 --> 01:30:22,376
medical services, meaning it

2543
01:30:22,376 --> 01:30:25,376
can be more than $100,000 a

2544
01:30:25,813 --> 01:30:27,381
year. Um I will also point out

2545
01:30:27,381 --> 01:30:29,830
to the commission or remind

2546
01:30:29,830 --> 01:30:30,284
them about the lawsuits and

2547
01:30:30,284 --> 01:30:32,186
settlements that they paid out

2548
01:30:32,186 --> 01:30:33,921
in 2024 for $350,000.

2549
01:30:33,921 --> 01:30:35,790
>> we appreciate all the

2550
01:30:35,790 --> 01:30:37,357
information. Thank you. Uh good

2551
01:30:37,357 --> 01:30:39,761
morning. My name is francesca.

2552
01:30:39,761 --> 01:30:42,530
I'm the ceo at survivors

2553
01:30:42,530 --> 01:30:43,898
pathway and the CHAIRMAN Of the

2554
01:30:43,898 --> 01:30:45,266
domestic violence and sexual

2555
01:30:45,266 --> 01:30:47,666
assault council of greater

2556
01:30:47,835 --> 01:30:50,835
miami. I'm here supporting uh,

2557
01:30:51,639 --> 01:30:53,700
sa16 and, uh and thank you, uh,

2558
01:30:53,700 --> 01:30:55,407
commissioner rosado, for this

2559
01:30:55,410 --> 01:30:57,111
invitation. Uh, so human

2560
01:30:57,111 --> 01:30:59,511
trafficking, uh, miami is

2561
01:30:59,514 --> 01:31:01,582
ranking number three in the

2562
01:31:01,582 --> 01:31:03,317
nation in cases of human

2563
01:31:03,317 --> 01:31:05,717
trafficking and we're number

2564
01:31:06,220 --> 01:31:07,621
one in the state of florida in

2565
01:31:07,621 --> 01:31:10,210
cases of human trafficking,

2566
01:31:10,240 --> 01:31:12,760
which is a a really horrible

2567
01:31:12,760 --> 01:31:14,829
number. For 16 years we've been

2568
01:31:14,829 --> 01:31:17,229
working serving victims of

2569
01:31:17,231 --> 01:31:20,231
human trafficking and we have

2570
01:31:20,335 --> 01:31:22,403
seen how devastating this is.

2571
01:31:22,403 --> 01:31:24,472
This crime is for vulnerable

2572
01:31:24,472 --> 01:31:26,472
communities and especially

2573
01:31:27,909 --> 01:31:30,311
today we continue seeing this

2574
01:31:30,311 --> 01:31:32,347
very tragic amount of people

2575
01:31:32,347 --> 01:31:34,248
coming to survivors pathway

2576
01:31:34,248 --> 01:31:36,317
being victims of of of human

2577
01:31:36,317 --> 01:31:37,852
trafficking. But more than that

2578
01:31:37,852 --> 01:31:38,720
we need to understand the

2579
01:31:38,720 --> 01:31:40,455
complexities of it. That's

2580
01:31:40,455 --> 01:31:42,156
that's why having a task force

2581
01:31:42,156 --> 01:31:44,558
is so important because human

2582
01:31:44,558 --> 01:31:46,294
because this crime is not just

2583
01:31:46,294 --> 01:31:47,328
human trafficking, it's all the

2584
01:31:47,328 --> 01:31:49,364
consequences that comes along

2585
01:31:49,364 --> 01:31:52,964
with it. For instance, just one

2586
01:31:53,167 --> 01:31:55,236
example uh, hiv we in miami

2587
01:31:55,236 --> 01:31:57,638
here in miami were the number

2588
01:31:57,638 --> 01:31:59,340
one city county, uh, leading

2589
01:31:59,340 --> 01:32:02,340
the numbers of new infections

2590
01:32:02,777 --> 01:32:03,978
of hiv in my medical program at

2591
01:32:03,978 --> 01:32:06,460
survivors pathway. We are

2592
01:32:06,460 --> 01:32:08,116
seeing the correlation among

2593
01:32:08,116 --> 01:32:09,817
those victims of human

2594
01:32:09,817 --> 01:32:12,217
trafficking and the infection

2595
01:32:14,289 --> 01:32:17,725
of hiv. So by stopping this

2596
01:32:17,725 --> 01:32:19,827
crime we also affecting other

2597
01:32:19,827 --> 01:32:21,529
type of social issues and

2598
01:32:21,529 --> 01:32:23,431
medical issues as as we have.

2599
01:32:23,431 --> 01:32:25,132
So thank you, uh, commissioner

2600
01:32:25,132 --> 01:32:27,532
rosado for this initiative.

2601
01:32:28,236 --> 01:32:29,971
thank you. Hello my name is

2602
01:32:29,971 --> 01:32:31,971
casey paquette 951 brickell

2603
01:32:33,410 --> 01:32:34,242
avenue. I'm a brickell

2604
01:32:34,242 --> 01:32:35,977
resident. I'm also an

2605
01:32:35,977 --> 01:32:38,212
avocational historian to talk

2606
01:32:38,212 --> 01:32:39,580
about ph three. Uh, initially I

2607
01:32:39,580 --> 01:32:41,315
was going to come in and just

2608
01:32:41,315 --> 01:32:42,684
voice my opinion about where

2609
01:32:42,684 --> 01:32:44,385
context matters around historic

2610
01:32:44,385 --> 01:32:46,287
assets in miami there's not

2611
01:32:46,287 --> 01:32:47,822
many left. Uh, however, I think

2612
01:32:47,822 --> 01:32:49,891
the decision seems to already

2613
01:32:49,891 --> 01:32:50,925
be made and I think people have

2614
01:32:50,925 --> 01:32:52,460
already discussed the process

2615
01:32:52,460 --> 01:32:54,863
not being all that transparent

2616
01:32:54,863 --> 01:32:56,598
or it could be better. Uh,

2617
01:32:56,598 --> 01:32:57,799
however I would like to

2618
01:32:57,799 --> 01:32:59,167
advocate I would like to

2619
01:32:59,167 --> 01:33:00,735
advocate as this city

2620
01:33:00,735 --> 01:33:02,770
commission is approached on a

2621
01:33:02,770 --> 01:33:04,839
deal similar to this for the

2622
01:33:04,839 --> 01:33:05,874
next historic asset in miami in

2623
01:33:05,874 --> 01:33:08,274
particular in brickell which

2624
01:33:08,443 --> 01:33:09,811
has very few left. I want you

2625
01:33:09,811 --> 01:33:12,460
to remember that brickell at

2626
01:33:12,460 --> 01:33:13,448
one time had a very, uh,

2627
01:33:13,448 --> 01:33:15,516
interesting history that people

2628
01:33:15,516 --> 01:33:17,218
really do care about. Uh, as

2629
01:33:17,218 --> 01:33:19,120
somebody who writes full time

2630
01:33:19,120 --> 01:33:20,488
on on south florida history and

2631
01:33:20,488 --> 01:33:22,390
researches and shares it, I

2632
01:33:22,390 --> 01:33:23,758
hear from a lot of people that

2633
01:33:23,758 --> 01:33:25,493
are very discouraged about

2634
01:33:25,493 --> 01:33:27,893
really progress. I understand

2635
01:33:28,230 --> 01:33:30,298
progress happens, but I would

2636
01:33:30,298 --> 01:33:32,333
advocate that the next time a

2637
01:33:32,333 --> 01:33:34,769
historic asset is uh is looked

2638
01:33:34,769 --> 01:33:35,971
at as something to be moved, I

2639
01:33:35,971 --> 01:33:37,171
do want to point out that

2640
01:33:37,171 --> 01:33:38,539
they're just not hot potatoes.

2641
01:33:38,539 --> 01:33:40,442
They actually mean something in

2642
01:33:40,442 --> 01:33:42,143
the space that they're in. The

2643
01:33:42,143 --> 01:33:44,450
second thing I'd like to

2644
01:33:44,450 --> 01:33:45,413
advocate for is the tree canopy

2645
01:33:45,413 --> 01:33:47,315
right around dade heritage

2646
01:33:47,315 --> 01:33:49,160
trust. So I realized that after

2647
01:33:49,160 --> 01:33:51,850
this deal is consummated that

2648
01:33:51,850 --> 01:33:53,822
it's going to be between dht

2649
01:33:53,822 --> 01:33:55,190
and ken griffin to decide what

2650
01:33:55,190 --> 01:33:56,758
happens to the building. But

2651
01:33:56,758 --> 01:33:58,627
the tree canopy there is

2652
01:33:58,627 --> 01:34:00,362
probably the only, uh, dense

2653
01:34:00,362 --> 01:34:02,960
tree space that's that's on

2654
01:34:02,960 --> 01:34:03,798
that block. And as that gets

2655
01:34:03,798 --> 01:34:06,201
redeveloped, I hope you hold,

2656
01:34:06,201 --> 01:34:07,936
um, the developer accountable

2657
01:34:07,936 --> 01:34:09,804
for making sure there is tree

2658
01:34:09,804 --> 01:34:11,873
canopy. We need it and also to

2659
01:34:11,873 --> 01:34:13,740
move those trees as it's being

2660
01:34:13,740 --> 01:34:14,809
redeveloped. There's plenty of

2661
01:34:14,809 --> 01:34:16,177
places trees can go and lord

2662
01:34:16,177 --> 01:34:17,712
knows we can use more shade

2663
01:34:17,712 --> 01:34:21,312
cover. So thank you for giving

2664
01:34:23,510 --> 01:34:24,953
me an opportunity to speak.

2665
01:34:24,953 --> 01:34:25,987
Hello thank you for having me

2666
01:34:25,987 --> 01:34:28,560
here today. My name is lindsey

2667
01:34:28,560 --> 01:34:29,757
kane. I'm at 333 north east

2668
01:34:29,757 --> 01:34:31,660
24th street. I would like to

2669
01:34:31,660 --> 01:34:33,194
quickly say I oppose sr 24 as

2670
01:34:33,194 --> 01:34:34,929
we need a more humane approach

2671
01:34:34,929 --> 01:34:36,998
to homelessness and in regard

2672
01:34:36,998 --> 01:34:38,366
to item three I appreciate the

2673
01:34:38,366 --> 01:34:39,902
conservation effort but would

2674
01:34:39,902 --> 01:34:41,637
like to support more public

2675
01:34:41,637 --> 01:34:43,338
engagement in the issue. I'm

2676
01:34:43,338 --> 01:34:44,907
similarly fighting to save a

2677
01:34:44,907 --> 01:34:45,907
historic site in brickell and

2678
01:34:45,907 --> 01:34:47,642
hope similar conservation

2679
01:34:47,642 --> 01:34:48,676
efforts can be made and I

2680
01:34:48,676 --> 01:34:49,711
appreciate the attention

2681
01:34:49,711 --> 01:34:51,580
commissioner escalona office

2682
01:34:51,580 --> 01:34:52,981
has given the matter. It would

2683
01:34:52,981 --> 01:34:54,682
be alarming for a foreign

2684
01:34:54,682 --> 01:34:56,840
development group to to destroy

2685
01:34:56,840 --> 01:34:57,452
historic archeological site

2686
01:34:57,452 --> 01:34:59,154
representing the indigenous

2687
01:34:59,154 --> 01:35:01,554
history of brickell effectively

2688
01:35:01,556 --> 01:35:02,924
erasing it all over the city

2689
01:35:02,924 --> 01:35:04,659
litigation there is litigation

2690
01:35:04,659 --> 01:35:06,561
of residents versus developers

2691
01:35:06,561 --> 01:35:08,430
and I truly ask myself why does

2692
01:35:08,430 --> 01:35:09,831
it have to be this way? In

2693
01:35:09,831 --> 01:35:11,532
edgewater our community is

2694
01:35:11,532 --> 01:35:13,268
suffering from a loss of a tree

2695
01:35:13,268 --> 01:35:14,303
cut by developers without a

2696
01:35:14,303 --> 01:35:15,504
permit stop work orders are

2697
01:35:15,504 --> 01:35:16,871
supposed to be issued in this

2698
01:35:16,871 --> 01:35:18,740
case but once again developers

2699
01:35:18,740 --> 01:35:20,308
are given unbridled grace. A

2700
01:35:20,308 --> 01:35:21,676
community cafe was removed. Now

2701
01:35:21,676 --> 01:35:23,378
we're surrounded by constant

2702
01:35:23,378 --> 01:35:24,780
construction. This week we

2703
01:35:24,780 --> 01:35:26,147
residents had to fight to

2704
01:35:26,147 --> 01:35:27,849
figure out how to save

2705
01:35:27,849 --> 01:35:29,751
residents, save animals cruelly

2706
01:35:29,751 --> 01:35:30,786
left behind and locked in a

2707
01:35:30,786 --> 01:35:32,153
construction zone after their

2708
01:35:32,153 --> 01:35:33,689
habitat was destroyed this

2709
01:35:33,689 --> 01:35:35,123
tuesday I was at a hearing

2710
01:35:35,123 --> 01:35:36,791
where this room was completely

2711
01:35:36,791 --> 01:35:38,526
filled with citizens trying to

2712
01:35:38,526 --> 01:35:40,620
save over 100 trees, and the

2713
01:35:40,620 --> 01:35:41,263
city attorney and board members

2714
01:35:41,263 --> 01:35:42,297
made a last minute

2715
01:35:42,297 --> 01:35:43,665
determination that certain

2716
01:35:43,665 --> 01:35:45,400
groups didn't have standing

2717
01:35:45,400 --> 01:35:46,935
which the code was so confusing

2718
01:35:46,935 --> 01:35:48,137
that the first hour was spent

2719
01:35:48,137 --> 01:35:49,537
trying to understand it.

2720
01:35:49,537 --> 01:35:51,239
However, the city gladly

2721
01:35:51,239 --> 01:35:52,273
accepted the filing fees from

2722
01:35:52,273 --> 01:35:54,175
citizens and now will not

2723
01:35:54,175 --> 01:35:55,210
return it. We are all aggrieved

2724
01:35:55,210 --> 01:35:56,211
parties when it comes to the

2725
01:35:56,211 --> 01:35:58,611
removal of trees, especially

2726
01:35:58,614 --> 01:36:00,682
the granted removal of 100 year

2727
01:36:00,682 --> 01:36:01,717
old oaks which are supposed to

2728
01:36:01,717 --> 01:36:03,452
be protected. Citizens

2729
01:36:03,452 --> 01:36:04,819
shouldn't have to pay to do the

2730
01:36:04,819 --> 01:36:06,200
job of environmental

2731
01:36:06,200 --> 01:36:07,555
preservation which should fall

2732
01:36:07,555 --> 01:36:09,123
on city officials per the city

2733
01:36:09,123 --> 01:36:10,658
charter. Wanting to honor

2734
01:36:10,658 --> 01:36:12,270
history and the environment is

2735
01:36:12,270 --> 01:36:13,762
not resistance to change.

2736
01:36:13,762 --> 01:36:15,297
Progress and legacy should and

2737
01:36:15,297 --> 01:36:17,320
can exist side by side as it

2738
01:36:17,320 --> 01:36:18,330
does in many other cities.

2739
01:36:18,330 --> 01:36:19,434
Additionally, development

2740
01:36:19,434 --> 01:36:21,503
should come in phases.

2741
01:36:21,503 --> 01:36:22,871
Currently the city is in such a

2742
01:36:22,871 --> 01:36:23,905
rush that so much so no matter

2743
01:36:23,905 --> 01:36:25,774
what neighborhood you're in

2744
01:36:25,774 --> 01:36:26,507
you're at risk of living in an

2745
01:36:26,507 --> 01:36:28,176
active construction zone. Thank

2746
01:36:28,176 --> 01:36:29,912
you to the mayor. Residents are

2747
01:36:29,912 --> 01:36:30,945
asking for a direct response

2748
01:36:30,945 --> 01:36:32,945
about the aggressive.

2749
01:36:34,150 --> 01:36:35,751
>> thank you very much. Hi good

2750
01:36:35,751 --> 01:36:38,151
morning everyone. Folks just

2751
01:36:38,486 --> 01:36:41,423
when I say thank you everybody

2752
01:36:41,423 --> 01:36:43,325
here gets two minutes. So it's

2753
01:36:43,325 --> 01:36:44,693
just kind of a nice way of

2754
01:36:44,693 --> 01:36:46,762
saying two minutes are are up.

2755
01:36:46,762 --> 01:36:48,630
Thank you. Good morning abby go

2756
01:36:48,630 --> 01:36:50,365
hi. Good morning everyone. My

2757
01:36:50,365 --> 01:36:52,434
name is abby. Abby I'm a

2758
01:36:52,434 --> 01:36:53,969
district district two resident.

2759
01:36:53,969 --> 01:36:55,704
Thank you all for this agenda.

2760
01:36:55,704 --> 01:36:57,720
It's very tremendous. It's full

2761
01:36:57,720 --> 01:36:58,941
and that's why I'm here today.

2762
01:36:58,941 --> 01:37:00,843
I'd like to start by expressing

2763
01:37:00,843 --> 01:37:02,210
my support for sr three, the

2764
01:37:02,210 --> 01:37:03,945
proposed sidewalk safety

2765
01:37:03,945 --> 01:37:05,647
protection structure. I've

2766
01:37:05,647 --> 01:37:07,383
lived in the urban core since I

2767
01:37:07,383 --> 01:37:09,284
was 21 years old and I've

2768
01:37:09,284 --> 01:37:10,653
experienced our sidewalks as a

2769
01:37:10,653 --> 01:37:12,721
young professional and more

2770
01:37:12,721 --> 01:37:14,423
recently as a mom pushing our

2771
01:37:14,423 --> 01:37:16,825
our strollers. So please vote

2772
01:37:16,825 --> 01:37:19,227
yes to sr three. Speaking of

2773
01:37:19,227 --> 01:37:21,663
strollers sr four our sidewalks

2774
01:37:21,663 --> 01:37:22,698
should be safe and clean

2775
01:37:22,698 --> 01:37:24,399
accessible for everyone

2776
01:37:24,399 --> 01:37:26,399
including people with

2777
01:37:26,468 --> 01:37:28,336
disabilities and parents

2778
01:37:28,336 --> 01:37:30,238
pushing strollers at the same

2779
01:37:30,238 --> 01:37:32,308
time. We should continue

2780
01:37:32,308 --> 01:37:34,430
connecting and supporting those

2781
01:37:34,430 --> 01:37:36,430
who are experiencing

2782
01:37:36,780 --> 01:37:38,780
homelessness allowing unhoused

2783
01:37:38,146 --> 01:37:39,849
neighbors to remain on the

2784
01:37:39,849 --> 01:37:41,917
streets indefinitely. It's not

2785
01:37:41,917 --> 01:37:44,319
mercy and it's not the standard

2786
01:37:44,319 --> 01:37:45,721
of care that they deserve. True

2787
01:37:45,721 --> 01:37:47,422
compassion is helping people

2788
01:37:47,422 --> 01:37:49,158
move towards stability, not

2789
01:37:49,158 --> 01:37:51,560
allowing them to remain in

2790
01:37:51,560 --> 01:37:53,962
crisis. We must do something.

2791
01:37:53,962 --> 01:37:57,562
Not doing nothing is not okay

2792
01:37:57,733 --> 01:37:59,467
now ph five I appreciate the

2793
01:37:59,467 --> 01:38:01,169
discussion of the proposed

2794
01:38:01,169 --> 01:38:03,405
hydration pilot station. Miami

2795
01:38:03,405 --> 01:38:05,140
is extremely hot. Our kids are

2796
01:38:05,140 --> 01:38:07,176
always outdoors and we should

2797
01:38:07,176 --> 01:38:09,244
do something to create

2798
01:38:09,244 --> 01:38:10,813
hydration stations like they do

2799
01:38:10,813 --> 01:38:12,347
in europe. I would just ask

2800
01:38:12,347 --> 01:38:14,490
that you all would consider it

2801
01:38:14,490 --> 01:38:16,985
making it beautiful and not

2802
01:38:16,985 --> 01:38:20,585
ugly. I'd also like to mention

2803
01:38:21,790 --> 01:38:23,358
our e to rt to the miami dda um

2804
01:38:23,358 --> 01:38:25,600
discussion. It's something that

2805
01:38:25,600 --> 01:38:26,796
our community continues to talk

2806
01:38:26,796 --> 01:38:28,497
about transparency and we'd

2807
01:38:28,497 --> 01:38:31,600
like to have the long term best

2808
01:38:31,600 --> 01:38:33,200
interest of our city on pz3. We

2809
01:38:33,200 --> 01:38:34,203
would like to have more

2810
01:38:34,203 --> 01:38:35,570
information on that. I think

2811
01:38:35,570 --> 01:38:37,272
having open and transparent

2812
01:38:37,272 --> 01:38:38,474
discussion and more details is

2813
01:38:38,474 --> 01:38:40,376
helpful for our entire

2814
01:38:40,376 --> 01:38:42,612
community when it comes to our

2815
01:38:42,612 --> 01:38:43,979
e 16 christie house is an

2816
01:38:43,979 --> 01:38:45,347
amazing program that works with

2817
01:38:45,347 --> 01:38:46,748
survivors of sex trafficking

2818
01:38:46,748 --> 01:38:48,817
something I would encourage

2819
01:38:48,817 --> 01:38:50,853
everyone to look into. Again,

2820
01:38:50,853 --> 01:38:52,254
thank you for your service and

2821
01:38:52,254 --> 01:38:54,654
leadership and everything you

2822
01:38:55,657 --> 01:38:57,580
do. Thank you. Good morning,

2823
01:38:57,580 --> 01:38:57,927
MADAM Mayor commissioners my

2824
01:38:57,927 --> 01:39:00,129
name is miriam zahra.

2825
01:39:00,129 --> 01:39:02,231
>> I'm a resident at 7440 north

2826
01:39:02,231 --> 01:39:03,598
kendall drive. While I MAY not

2827
01:39:03,598 --> 01:39:05,301
be a resident of the city of

2828
01:39:05,301 --> 01:39:06,835
miami, I do spend most of my

2829
01:39:06,835 --> 01:39:08,404
time in downtown miami and

2830
01:39:08,404 --> 01:39:09,772
coconut grove where I love

2831
01:39:09,772 --> 01:39:10,640
supporting local businesses um

2832
01:39:10,640 --> 01:39:12,341
experiencing everything that

2833
01:39:12,341 --> 01:39:14,242
just makes the city so vibrant.

2834
01:39:14,242 --> 01:39:15,611
I am here today in support of

2835
01:39:15,611 --> 01:39:17,346
the hope hydration station

2836
01:39:17,346 --> 01:39:19,749
pilot program. This program is

2837
01:39:19,749 --> 01:39:21,817
a simple idea with a powerful

2838
01:39:21,817 --> 01:39:23,686
impact in a city like miami

2839
01:39:23,686 --> 01:39:25,588
where the heat and humidity are

2840
01:39:25,588 --> 01:39:27,289
part of our everyday lives. Um

2841
01:39:27,289 --> 01:39:28,491
staying hydrated is not just

2842
01:39:28,491 --> 01:39:30,725
about comfort it's essentially

2843
01:39:30,725 --> 01:39:32,961
about staying healthy, safe and

2844
01:39:32,961 --> 01:39:33,830
a part of our well-being.

2845
01:39:33,830 --> 01:39:35,364
Beyond hydration this

2846
01:39:35,364 --> 01:39:37,990
initiative is about creating a

2847
01:39:37,990 --> 01:39:38,834
culture of kindness. It shows

2848
01:39:38,834 --> 01:39:40,536
that miami is a city that cares

2849
01:39:40,536 --> 01:39:41,737
for its people and invests in

2850
01:39:41,737 --> 01:39:43,806
its actions that make a big

2851
01:39:43,806 --> 01:39:44,841
difference. It's a practical,

2852
01:39:44,841 --> 01:39:46,841
innovative partnership that

2853
01:39:47,242 --> 01:39:48,944
expands access to clean,

2854
01:39:48,944 --> 01:39:50,679
accessible drinking water

2855
01:39:50,679 --> 01:39:52,582
without placing a financial

2856
01:39:52,582 --> 01:39:53,783
burden on the city by making

2857
01:39:53,783 --> 01:39:55,484
hydration more accessible.

2858
01:39:55,484 --> 01:39:57,219
We're not just meeting an

2859
01:39:57,219 --> 01:39:59,288
immediate need we're helping

2860
01:39:59,288 --> 01:40:00,656
building healthier and safer

2861
01:40:00,656 --> 01:40:02,358
communities. Sometimes the

2862
01:40:02,358 --> 01:40:04,930
smallest investments have the

2863
01:40:04,930 --> 01:40:06,161
greatest impact and a simple

2864
01:40:06,161 --> 01:40:07,530
drink of clean water can really

2865
01:40:07,530 --> 01:40:09,930
help someone stay healthy,

2866
01:40:09,932 --> 01:40:11,834
continue their day safely and

2867
01:40:11,834 --> 01:40:12,835
truly show that the city cares

2868
01:40:12,835 --> 01:40:14,690
about them. With that being

2869
01:40:14,690 --> 01:40:15,437
said, thank you for your time

2870
01:40:15,437 --> 01:40:16,805
and I respectfully ask for your

2871
01:40:16,805 --> 01:40:19,205
support of the hydration

2872
01:40:20,743 --> 01:40:22,478
station program. Thank you.

2873
01:40:22,478 --> 01:40:23,679
Good morning. I'm michelle

2874
01:40:23,679 --> 01:40:25,470
swift, I'm the movement

2875
01:40:25,470 --> 01:40:26,416
building coordinator for a

2876
01:40:26,416 --> 01:40:28,416
nonprofit organization that

2877
01:40:29,184 --> 01:40:31,754
helps the population in miami.

2878
01:40:31,754 --> 01:40:33,823
Um I want to start off with a

2879
01:40:33,823 --> 01:40:34,690
quote the moral test of a

2880
01:40:34,690 --> 01:40:36,580
government is how the

2881
01:40:36,580 --> 01:40:37,760
government treats those who are

2882
01:40:37,760 --> 01:40:40,290
in the dawn of life the

2883
01:40:40,290 --> 01:40:41,564
children, those who are in the

2884
01:40:41,564 --> 01:40:42,931
twilight of life, the elderly

2885
01:40:42,931 --> 01:40:44,800
and those who are in the shadow

2886
01:40:44,800 --> 01:40:46,869
of life the sick, the needy and

2887
01:40:46,869 --> 01:40:48,271
the handicapped I am I'm

2888
01:40:48,271 --> 01:40:50,271
against making homelessness

2889
01:40:51,707 --> 01:40:54,109
illegal and it says that um the

2890
01:40:54,109 --> 01:40:56,679
goal is not to arrest anybody

2891
01:40:56,679 --> 01:40:58,213
but the resources are being

2892
01:40:58,213 --> 01:40:59,615
provided. I want to believe

2893
01:40:59,615 --> 01:41:00,983
that but organization

2894
01:41:00,983 --> 01:41:02,852
participants call the homeless

2895
01:41:02,852 --> 01:41:04,420
trust hotline and sit on for

2896
01:41:04,420 --> 01:41:05,955
hours. They get waitlisted for

2897
01:41:05,955 --> 01:41:07,690
shelter beds even with peer

2898
01:41:07,690 --> 01:41:09,580
support intervention and the

2899
01:41:09,580 --> 01:41:10,426
phrase we are providing the

2900
01:41:10,426 --> 01:41:11,961
resources rings hollow when

2901
01:41:11,961 --> 01:41:13,696
resources are gutted in real

2902
01:41:13,696 --> 01:41:15,640
time. Kamila's house, one of

2903
01:41:15,640 --> 01:41:16,799
our country's largest homeless

2904
01:41:16,799 --> 01:41:18,501
service providers, entered this

2905
01:41:18,501 --> 01:41:19,868
fiscal year with at least one

2906
01:41:19,868 --> 01:41:21,938
program having zero funding.

2907
01:41:21,938 --> 01:41:24,338
The trump administration budget

2908
01:41:25,741 --> 01:41:28,141
proposes cutting hud by 44%,

2909
01:41:28,477 --> 01:41:30,477
which would eliminate 3.7

2910
01:41:30,546 --> 01:41:31,914
billion in continuum of care

2911
01:41:31,914 --> 01:41:33,616
programs that directly fund

2912
01:41:33,616 --> 01:41:35,685
miami-dade's homeless trust and

2913
01:41:35,685 --> 01:41:37,419
prove that and could put over

2914
01:41:37,419 --> 01:41:39,489
4000 disabled residents at risk

2915
01:41:39,489 --> 01:41:40,857
of losing housing. So when the

2916
01:41:40,857 --> 01:41:42,225
county says we're providing

2917
01:41:42,225 --> 01:41:43,960
resources, those resources are

2918
01:41:43,960 --> 01:41:45,862
being pulled out from under us.

2919
01:41:45,862 --> 01:41:47,630
Meanwhile, samhsa, the agency

2920
01:41:47,630 --> 01:41:48,970
responsible for addiction and

2921
01:41:48,970 --> 01:41:50,497
mental health services, has

2922
01:41:50,667 --> 01:41:52,350
been gutted. Staff cut by more

2923
01:41:52,350 --> 01:41:54,435
than half harm reduction

2924
01:41:54,437 --> 01:41:55,804
programs formally ended $2

2925
01:41:55,804 --> 01:41:57,873
billion in grants were

2926
01:41:57,873 --> 01:42:00,273
terminated and then partially

2927
01:42:00,276 --> 01:42:01,310
reversed after backlash for

2928
01:42:01,310 --> 01:42:02,712
people experiencing

2929
01:42:02,712 --> 01:42:03,913
homelessness who are struggling

2930
01:42:03,913 --> 01:42:06,313
with substance abuse, the

2931
01:42:06,649 --> 01:42:08,351
lifeline is fraying and section

2932
01:42:08,351 --> 01:42:10,860
504 and 88 protections the

2933
01:42:10,860 --> 01:42:11,454
legal framework that ensures

2934
01:42:11,454 --> 01:42:12,822
disabled people can access

2935
01:42:12,822 --> 01:42:14,890
shelter, service and community

2936
01:42:14,890 --> 01:42:16,259
based living are under legal

2937
01:42:16,259 --> 01:42:17,993
and regulatory attack.

2938
01:42:17,993 --> 01:42:19,362
Florida's literally one of the

2939
01:42:19,362 --> 01:42:21,264
states weakening them. You

2940
01:42:21,264 --> 01:42:23,333
cannot simultaneously say go to

2941
01:42:23,333 --> 01:42:26,333
the shelter while shelters have

2942
01:42:26,402 --> 01:42:29,402
waitlists. Thank you. Thank you

2943
01:42:30,539 --> 01:42:33,539
very much please. Joseph madera

2944
01:42:33,643 --> 01:42:36,430
civil court trailer park, 3170

2945
01:42:36,379 --> 01:42:38,779
southwest eighth street I'm

2946
01:42:38,781 --> 01:42:41,781
here because we are facing

2947
01:42:43,252 --> 01:42:45,252
displacement. Marquis powerful

2948
01:42:45,321 --> 01:42:48,321
developer wants to shut us

2949
01:42:50,125 --> 01:42:53,725
down. We need your support. We

2950
01:42:53,896 --> 01:42:55,632
need your help. How is that to

2951
01:42:55,632 --> 01:42:57,334
be achieved that when the

2952
01:42:57,334 --> 01:43:00,334
developer comes here with his

2953
01:43:03,540 --> 01:43:07,140
plans you that have the power

2954
01:43:07,843 --> 01:43:11,281
side with us that you will not

2955
01:43:11,281 --> 01:43:14,281
approve his plans unless he

2956
01:43:17,453 --> 01:43:19,856
helps us. We need your help. We

2957
01:43:19,856 --> 01:43:23,456
have a legal case but that's

2958
01:43:23,993 --> 01:43:26,730
not it's not enough. What can

2959
01:43:26,730 --> 01:43:30,330
you do for us? Think about

2960
01:43:30,533 --> 01:43:34,733
that. How can you support us in

2961
01:43:36,372 --> 01:43:39,372
civil court trailer park from

2962
01:43:40,476 --> 01:43:42,876
220 trailers. A vast amount

2963
01:43:43,579 --> 01:43:46,579
took a meager a miserable

2964
01:43:49,850 --> 01:43:52,685
package. Is this what. Is to

2965
01:43:52,689 --> 01:43:56,289
become of us? You have the

2966
01:43:56,659 --> 01:43:59,395
power you can side with us. The

2967
01:43:59,395 --> 01:44:01,798
pastor gave a beautiful prayer

2968
01:44:01,798 --> 01:44:04,330
but jesus also said if you're

2969
01:44:04,330 --> 01:44:07,633
not with us, you're against us.

2970
01:44:08,170 --> 01:44:10,573
Be with us when they come here

2971
01:44:10,573 --> 01:44:12,642
to ask for their permits, their

2972
01:44:12,642 --> 01:44:15,378
plans, whatever they need to do

2973
01:44:15,378 --> 01:44:18,378
when they appear before you

2974
01:44:18,815 --> 01:44:21,218
vote no say no demand from them

2975
01:44:21,218 --> 01:44:23,286
to give us people. The

2976
01:44:23,286 --> 01:44:25,686
remaining residents at silver

2977
01:44:25,689 --> 01:44:27,424
court something more than

2978
01:44:27,424 --> 01:44:28,792
camillus house, something more

2979
01:44:28,792 --> 01:44:31,895
than the homeless trust is that

2980
01:44:31,895 --> 01:44:34,965
it? I'm willing to end up

2981
01:44:34,965 --> 01:44:36,366
homeless. Thank you very much.

2982
01:44:36,366 --> 01:44:37,734
We appreciate it. Um,

2983
01:44:37,734 --> 01:44:39,603
commissioner rosado, this item

2984
01:44:39,603 --> 01:44:41,505
is not on the agenda but it's

2985
01:44:41,505 --> 01:44:42,873
okay with me if we hear a few

2986
01:44:42,873 --> 01:44:44,774
people out as long as it's okay

2987
01:44:44,774 --> 01:44:47,511
with you. Okay. Thank you.

2988
01:44:47,511 --> 01:44:49,246
Please go ahead. Uh, hello? Um,

2989
01:44:49,246 --> 01:44:51,246
mayor higgins, commissioner

2990
01:44:51,648 --> 01:44:53,717
rosado, how are you? Um, my

2991
01:44:53,717 --> 01:44:55,419
name is carlos macias. I'm also

2992
01:44:55,419 --> 01:44:57,320
speaking on the issue. I, uh

2993
01:44:57,320 --> 01:44:59,890
I'm a veteran, a member of dsa.

2994
01:44:59,890 --> 01:45:02,292
I live in um I live in the

2995
01:45:02,292 --> 01:45:03,693
city. Um I don't necessarily

2996
01:45:03,693 --> 01:45:07,293
live in silver court but I'm

2997
01:45:07,464 --> 01:45:10,567
there with them. Um the um we

2998
01:45:10,567 --> 01:45:13,303
are here uh, the related point

2999
01:45:13,303 --> 01:45:15,372
is homelessness is the uh the

3000
01:45:15,372 --> 01:45:17,730
camping ban. Um, the reality is

3001
01:45:17,730 --> 01:45:18,976
that a lot of these people that

3002
01:45:18,976 --> 01:45:22,780
live in silver core might end

3003
01:45:22,780 --> 01:45:24,480
up homeless and miami is now

3004
01:45:24,480 --> 01:45:28,800
rated as the city with the

3005
01:45:28,251 --> 01:45:30,320
highest, uh, like the highest

3006
01:45:30,320 --> 01:45:32,388
cost of living or at least um

3007
01:45:32,388 --> 01:45:33,756
as far as rent goes. Right.

3008
01:45:33,756 --> 01:45:35,459
That's a pretty powerful

3009
01:45:35,459 --> 01:45:37,194
headline and I don't think that

3010
01:45:37,194 --> 01:45:40,794
headline is going to go away

3011
01:45:41,331 --> 01:45:43,733
with a homeless ban. Um, I

3012
01:45:43,733 --> 01:45:45,101
think that uh, you know, under

3013
01:45:45,101 --> 01:45:47,837
every system of government, uh,

3014
01:45:47,837 --> 01:45:49,572
we have a duty like, um, like

3015
01:45:49,572 --> 01:45:51,642
the lady before said, uh, we

3016
01:45:51,642 --> 01:45:53,430
have a duty to nurture the

3017
01:45:53,430 --> 01:45:55,612
young and take care of care of

3018
01:45:55,612 --> 01:45:56,813
our elderly. Um, it is in the

3019
01:45:56,813 --> 01:45:58,515
social contract that we provide

3020
01:45:58,515 --> 01:45:59,550
the means to do so it's the

3021
01:45:59,550 --> 01:46:00,917
reason we provide roads,

3022
01:46:00,917 --> 01:46:03,317
firefighters and other social

3023
01:46:03,520 --> 01:46:05,222
services. If we as a city, as a

3024
01:46:05,222 --> 01:46:06,956
society refuse to acknowledge

3025
01:46:06,956 --> 01:46:09,956
the very obvious role that

3026
01:46:10,393 --> 01:46:11,761
housing plays on our um on our

3027
01:46:11,761 --> 01:46:13,663
capacity to contribute to

3028
01:46:13,663 --> 01:46:15,365
society, then we must at the

3029
01:46:15,365 --> 01:46:17,765
very least act when

3030
01:46:18,468 --> 01:46:20,170
opportunists like us like

3031
01:46:20,170 --> 01:46:22,570
opportunists attempt to unhouse

3032
01:46:22,572 --> 01:46:23,974
literally hundreds of our

3033
01:46:23,974 --> 01:46:25,342
fellow men like it has happened

3034
01:46:25,342 --> 01:46:27,742
in sweetwater like it's

3035
01:46:28,445 --> 01:46:31,445
happening now in silver court.

3036
01:46:32,916 --> 01:46:33,917
Um. Uh we have heard uh we we

3037
01:46:33,917 --> 01:46:35,319
have heard and we will heard

3038
01:46:35,319 --> 01:46:38,319
more people speak to the

3039
01:46:38,755 --> 01:46:40,791
morality of the situation. Um

3040
01:46:40,791 --> 01:46:42,192
the the the war against

3041
01:46:42,192 --> 01:46:43,727
homeless hit especially close

3042
01:46:43,727 --> 01:46:45,950
to me when I first came from

3043
01:46:45,950 --> 01:46:46,296
cuba. Uh, I'm trying to make

3044
01:46:46,296 --> 01:46:47,498
this quick. When I first came

3045
01:46:47,498 --> 01:46:48,398
from cuba I was living in a

3046
01:46:48,398 --> 01:46:49,900
trailer park. It was difficult.

3047
01:46:49,900 --> 01:46:52,502
I was barely making enough

3048
01:46:52,502 --> 01:46:53,704
money to pay the rent and uh, I

3049
01:46:53,704 --> 01:46:55,238
was not making enough money.

3050
01:46:55,238 --> 01:46:57,308
Thank you very much for coming.

3051
01:46:57,308 --> 01:46:59,543
appreciate all your insights.

3052
01:46:59,543 --> 01:47:01,780
Go ahead. Good morning. My name

3053
01:47:01,780 --> 01:47:02,980
is james cromer. I'm a resident

3054
01:47:02,980 --> 01:47:04,347
and owner at 900 biscayne. I

3055
01:47:04,347 --> 01:47:06,750
have lived in miami for the

3056
01:47:06,750 --> 01:47:08,485
last ten years and for the last

3057
01:47:08,485 --> 01:47:10,187
25 years I've been working with

3058
01:47:10,187 --> 01:47:12,756
local agencies in broward at

3059
01:47:12,756 --> 01:47:14,325
the city, county and mpo level

3060
01:47:14,325 --> 01:47:15,359
and for the last four years my

3061
01:47:15,359 --> 01:47:17,427
focus has been roadway safety.

3062
01:47:17,427 --> 01:47:18,261
Also let me say hello to the

3063
01:47:18,261 --> 01:47:19,296
mayor commissioners, thank you

3064
01:47:19,296 --> 01:47:20,330
and thank you for your

3065
01:47:20,330 --> 01:47:22,399
sponsorship. I want to speak on

3066
01:47:22,399 --> 01:47:23,767
on item sr three. It's dealing

3067
01:47:23,767 --> 01:47:25,502
with pedestrian safety and

3068
01:47:25,502 --> 01:47:26,704
access during construction and

3069
01:47:26,704 --> 01:47:28,238
I've been working for the last

3070
01:47:28,238 --> 01:47:30,140
four years focusing on roadway

3071
01:47:30,140 --> 01:47:31,174
safety. And as you all MAY be

3072
01:47:31,174 --> 01:47:32,542
aware, florida and south

3073
01:47:32,542 --> 01:47:34,770
florida are among the worst

3074
01:47:34,770 --> 01:47:35,112
places in the nation for

3075
01:47:35,112 --> 01:47:36,513
bicyclists and pedestrian

3076
01:47:36,513 --> 01:47:37,881
safety. And so there are many

3077
01:47:37,881 --> 01:47:39,949
things that we can do and many

3078
01:47:39,949 --> 01:47:41,652
angles we can can touch on. I

3079
01:47:41,652 --> 01:47:43,553
do want to hit on the idea of

3080
01:47:43,553 --> 01:47:45,880
the cost of death and serious

3081
01:47:45,880 --> 01:47:46,490
injury on our roadways. There

3082
01:47:46,490 --> 01:47:48,191
are statistics for the state of

3083
01:47:48,191 --> 01:47:49,926
florida that a death results in

3084
01:47:49,926 --> 01:47:52,329
an economic cost to our society

3085
01:47:52,329 --> 01:47:54,398
of $10 million and a serious

3086
01:47:54,398 --> 01:47:56,433
injury is almost $1 million.

3087
01:47:56,433 --> 01:47:58,168
And so as we consider providing

3088
01:47:58,168 --> 01:48:00,237
space for pedestrians and

3089
01:48:00,237 --> 01:48:01,772
bicyclists around construction

3090
01:48:01,772 --> 01:48:03,140
zones, keep in mind that there

3091
01:48:03,140 --> 01:48:04,508
MAY be a cost to the developer

3092
01:48:04,508 --> 01:48:06,760
but there's a greater cost to

3093
01:48:06,760 --> 01:48:07,778
society when these death and

3094
01:48:07,778 --> 01:48:10,140
serious injuries occur at the

3095
01:48:10,140 --> 01:48:11,415
local level. I did work in in

3096
01:48:11,415 --> 01:48:12,416
city permitting and I know

3097
01:48:12,416 --> 01:48:14,484
sometimes the city staff wants

3098
01:48:14,484 --> 01:48:16,219
to do good work and sometimes

3099
01:48:16,219 --> 01:48:17,420
needs the tool to do it. So I

3100
01:48:17,420 --> 01:48:18,956
think this ordinance provides

3101
01:48:18,956 --> 01:48:20,324
the tool that will require

3102
01:48:20,324 --> 01:48:21,358
pedestrian access during

3103
01:48:21,358 --> 01:48:23,930
construction through

3104
01:48:23,930 --> 01:48:25,162
construction zones and give our

3105
01:48:25,162 --> 01:48:26,363
our staff the ability to to

3106
01:48:26,363 --> 01:48:27,564
make the requirements to make

3107
01:48:27,564 --> 01:48:29,990
our roadways safer. So I thank

3108
01:48:29,990 --> 01:48:32,699
you for your support and speak

3109
01:48:34,604 --> 01:48:36,840
in favor of of item sr three.

3110
01:48:36,840 --> 01:48:40,440
Good morning. My name is awilda

3111
01:48:41,979 --> 01:48:45,415
suriel. I am a resident and

3112
01:48:45,415 --> 01:48:46,817
home owner and homeowner

3113
01:48:46,817 --> 01:48:49,217
association member of silver

3114
01:48:49,553 --> 01:48:51,288
trail park court park. We're in

3115
01:48:51,288 --> 01:48:52,489
a fighting battle with the park

3116
01:48:52,489 --> 01:48:54,240
property owners so that we will

3117
01:48:54,240 --> 01:48:55,759
not be thrown out of the

3118
01:48:55,759 --> 01:48:58,162
premises. We're asking you to

3119
01:48:58,162 --> 01:48:59,529
vote against the 19457

3120
01:48:59,529 --> 01:49:01,765
ordinance. It is inhumane.

3121
01:49:01,765 --> 01:49:03,300
After SEPTEMBER 30th we will

3122
01:49:03,300 --> 01:49:05,369
probably be victims of this

3123
01:49:05,369 --> 01:49:07,438
ordinance. I came to this great

3124
01:49:07,438 --> 01:49:09,840
country 14 years ago along with

3125
01:49:09,840 --> 01:49:11,208
my children. I have worked very

3126
01:49:11,208 --> 01:49:12,776
hard to build our lives

3127
01:49:12,776 --> 01:49:15,120
together and give them a good

3128
01:49:15,120 --> 01:49:16,547
education. I was able to buy my

3129
01:49:16,547 --> 01:49:18,615
trailer with my savings because

3130
01:49:18,615 --> 01:49:20,651
I didn't qualify to buy a home

3131
01:49:20,651 --> 01:49:22,530
due to my low income. Today my

3132
01:49:22,530 --> 01:49:23,921
children are grown. The oldest

3133
01:49:23,921 --> 01:49:24,955
is in college. She's going to

3134
01:49:24,955 --> 01:49:26,690
school with awarded

3135
01:49:26,690 --> 01:49:28,225
scholarships and the younger

3136
01:49:28,225 --> 01:49:30,461
ones are still going to school.

3137
01:49:30,461 --> 01:49:31,828
On MARCH 11th we got an

3138
01:49:31,828 --> 01:49:33,563
eviction letter. We will be

3139
01:49:33,563 --> 01:49:35,266
evicted. We can't afford the

3140
01:49:35,266 --> 01:49:36,300
expensive rents out there.

3141
01:49:36,300 --> 01:49:38,300
We're asking commissioner

3142
01:49:38,369 --> 01:49:39,737
rosado to vote against the

3143
01:49:39,737 --> 01:49:41,471
ordinance and we invite him to

3144
01:49:41,471 --> 01:49:43,173
our meetings and to revisit the

3145
01:49:43,173 --> 01:49:44,909
streets of the community that

3146
01:49:44,909 --> 01:49:46,977
bring him childhood memories.

3147
01:49:46,977 --> 01:49:49,379
Thank you for the opportunity

3148
01:49:49,379 --> 01:49:53,579
to be here and talk about our

3149
01:49:54,185 --> 01:49:56,585
situation. Good morning. My

3150
01:49:56,921 --> 01:50:00,240
name is rochelle vargas. I live

3151
01:50:00,240 --> 01:50:02,920
at 2012 southwest 24th. Um and

3152
01:50:02,920 --> 01:50:03,794
I'm here on behalf of transit

3153
01:50:03,794 --> 01:50:05,530
alliance miami to support pcie

3154
01:50:05,530 --> 01:50:06,730
four. I'm happy it passed

3155
01:50:06,730 --> 01:50:08,265
unanimously in JUNE and I'm

3156
01:50:08,265 --> 01:50:10,667
here again today to continue

3157
01:50:10,667 --> 01:50:12,569
showing support until now a new

3158
01:50:12,569 --> 01:50:14,304
development next to a trail had

3159
01:50:14,304 --> 01:50:16,700
no obligation to build. It pays

3160
01:50:16,700 --> 01:50:17,908
for changes that when a

3161
01:50:17,908 --> 01:50:19,977
property next to a greenway is

3162
01:50:19,977 --> 01:50:21,679
developed it will have to build

3163
01:50:21,679 --> 01:50:23,414
the adjacent trail segment.

3164
01:50:23,414 --> 01:50:25,115
Developers near greenway can

3165
01:50:25,115 --> 01:50:26,850
also earn bonus building height

3166
01:50:26,850 --> 01:50:28,385
by constructing trail segments

3167
01:50:28,385 --> 01:50:29,753
or paying into that trail

3168
01:50:29,753 --> 01:50:32,153
corridor. Another reason we

3169
01:50:32,156 --> 01:50:33,724
support prs four is it also

3170
01:50:33,724 --> 01:50:35,259
keeps money. Local fees

3171
01:50:35,259 --> 01:50:36,793
collected near greenway used to

3172
01:50:36,793 --> 01:50:38,862
be spendable anywhere in the

3173
01:50:38,862 --> 01:50:40,640
city. Now they stay in the

3174
01:50:40,640 --> 01:50:41,432
corridor where they were

3175
01:50:41,432 --> 01:50:43,167
raised. This covers greenways

3176
01:50:43,167 --> 01:50:44,535
across the city including the

3177
01:50:44,535 --> 01:50:46,604
underlying the commodore trail,

3178
01:50:46,604 --> 01:50:48,673
the miami river greenway and

3179
01:50:48,673 --> 01:50:50,741
the heritage trail. Prs four

3180
01:50:50,741 --> 01:50:53,144
also sets design standards for

3181
01:50:53,144 --> 01:50:55,212
every new segment minimum 14

3182
01:50:55,212 --> 01:50:57,248
foot paths, canopy trees,

3183
01:50:57,248 --> 01:50:59,316
lighting seating, bike racks

3184
01:50:59,316 --> 01:51:01,716
and ada compliant crossings.

3185
01:51:01,719 --> 01:51:04,122
The same quality applies across

3186
01:51:04,122 --> 01:51:05,522
the whole network. About 58% of

3187
01:51:05,522 --> 01:51:06,891
the miami loop is already

3188
01:51:06,891 --> 01:51:08,920
built, and most of the land it

3189
01:51:08,920 --> 01:51:09,627
needs is already publicly

3190
01:51:09,627 --> 01:51:10,828
owned. When it's finished, it

3191
01:51:10,828 --> 01:51:12,396
will connect neighborhoods to

3192
01:51:12,396 --> 01:51:14,632
parks, museums, transit and the

3193
01:51:14,632 --> 01:51:16,167
coast, opening up safe ways to

3194
01:51:16,167 --> 01:51:17,869
get around for the many

3195
01:51:17,869 --> 01:51:20,304
miamians who don't or can't

3196
01:51:20,304 --> 01:51:22,500
drive. What a dream. A dream

3197
01:51:22,500 --> 01:51:24,408
that can and will become

3198
01:51:24,408 --> 01:51:25,777
reality with prs for each new

3199
01:51:25,777 --> 01:51:27,177
project will help bring the

3200
01:51:27,177 --> 01:51:29,213
miami loop closer to

3201
01:51:29,213 --> 01:51:32,213
completion. Thank you for your

3202
01:51:36,287 --> 01:51:39,230
continued support of prs for.

3203
01:51:39,230 --> 01:51:42,623
Good morning is my name elvin

3204
01:51:46,263 --> 01:51:48,663
arevalo. My address is 3170

3205
01:51:48,999 --> 01:51:50,367
southwest eighth street. Good

3206
01:51:50,367 --> 01:51:51,936
morning also to the children

3207
01:51:51,936 --> 01:51:54,500
who are here today and to the

3208
01:51:54,500 --> 01:51:55,390
city police. I am a resident

3209
01:51:55,390 --> 01:51:57,390
and homeowner association

3210
01:51:57,740 --> 01:51:59,510
member of silver court trailer

3211
01:51:59,510 --> 01:52:00,878
park. We are in the process of

3212
01:52:00,878 --> 01:52:02,580
fighting against the property

3213
01:52:02,580 --> 01:52:04,648
owners of the trailer park.

3214
01:52:04,648 --> 01:52:06,717
We're being thrown out on the

3215
01:52:06,717 --> 01:52:09,120
streets. We're asking that you

3216
01:52:09,120 --> 01:52:11,520
vote against this ordinance

3217
01:52:11,522 --> 01:52:13,257
194257 it's inhumane that after

3218
01:52:13,257 --> 01:52:14,959
SEPTEMBER 30th we will be a

3219
01:52:14,959 --> 01:52:17,280
victim of this ordinance. We're

3220
01:52:17,280 --> 01:52:18,396
asking commissioner rosado to

3221
01:52:18,396 --> 01:52:20,130
be against this ordinance and

3222
01:52:20,130 --> 01:52:21,999
we also ask him to go to one of

3223
01:52:21,999 --> 01:52:23,734
our meetings. The first two

3224
01:52:23,734 --> 01:52:25,436
meetings that we had with the

3225
01:52:25,436 --> 01:52:27,171
commissioner did not result in

3226
01:52:27,171 --> 01:52:29,740
positive outcomes. We're asking

3227
01:52:29,740 --> 01:52:30,607
for police security during the

3228
01:52:30,607 --> 01:52:32,310
day and night because we're

3229
01:52:32,310 --> 01:52:34,710
vulnerable to delinquency and

3230
01:52:34,745 --> 01:52:36,781
we have an elderly population.

3231
01:52:36,781 --> 01:52:38,516
We're hard working and low

3232
01:52:38,516 --> 01:52:40,417
income people. The eviction

3233
01:52:40,417 --> 01:52:42,120
notice was given to us from one

3234
01:52:42,120 --> 01:52:43,487
day to the next. We weren't

3235
01:52:43,487 --> 01:52:45,560
ready neither mentally or

3236
01:52:45,560 --> 01:52:46,758
emotionally. For those of us

3237
01:52:46,758 --> 01:52:49,160
who have lived at this trailer

3238
01:52:49,160 --> 01:52:50,528
park for over 50 years, one of

3239
01:52:50,528 --> 01:52:52,263
our residents was severely

3240
01:52:52,263 --> 01:52:54,999
affected by the news and passed

3241
01:52:54,999 --> 01:52:56,735
away the following day.

3242
01:52:56,735 --> 01:52:58,436
Commissioner rosado, please

3243
01:52:58,436 --> 01:53:00,400
remember that you told us that

3244
01:53:00,400 --> 01:53:01,539
your grandparents once lived at

3245
01:53:01,539 --> 01:53:03,441
this park and you would visit

3246
01:53:03,441 --> 01:53:06,441
them. Thank you for your

3247
01:53:09,281 --> 01:53:11,349
attention to this matter.

3248
01:53:11,349 --> 01:53:12,717
Morning MR. Torres. Thank you.

3249
01:53:12,717 --> 01:53:14,619
Good morning commissioners

3250
01:53:14,619 --> 01:53:15,987
mayor, my name is james torres,

3251
01:53:15,987 --> 01:53:18,387
president of downtown neighbors

3252
01:53:18,723 --> 01:53:20,291
alliance on re2 today you're

3253
01:53:20,291 --> 01:53:22,270
asking downtown residents to

3254
01:53:22,270 --> 01:53:24,610
keep paying the dda hostage

3255
01:53:24,610 --> 01:53:25,797
tax. Let's call it what it is.

3256
01:53:25,797 --> 01:53:27,865
Downtown residents are the only

3257
01:53:27,865 --> 01:53:29,567
individuals in miami who pay an

3258
01:53:29,567 --> 01:53:31,302
extra tax to fund separate

3259
01:53:31,302 --> 01:53:33,400
bureaucracies. Then after

3260
01:53:33,400 --> 01:53:34,906
paying millions every year we

3261
01:53:34,906 --> 01:53:36,274
have to come here and beg for

3262
01:53:36,274 --> 01:53:38,900
public safety. After last

3263
01:53:38,900 --> 01:53:40,440
month's brutal attack on a

3264
01:53:40,440 --> 01:53:42,444
downtown residents we simply

3265
01:53:42,480 --> 01:53:43,848
made a request of $2 million to

3266
01:53:43,848 --> 01:53:46,848
go to police officers. That's

3267
01:53:49,354 --> 01:53:51,754
just 7.8% of the ddas20 $5.5

3268
01:53:51,757 --> 01:53:54,325
million budget for fiscal year

3269
01:53:54,325 --> 01:53:55,694
2027. And what do we get? Not a

3270
01:53:55,694 --> 01:53:57,429
clear answer. Not a commitment,

3271
01:53:57,429 --> 01:53:59,130
not a dedicated line item.

3272
01:53:59,130 --> 01:54:00,498
Instead the money is still

3273
01:54:00,498 --> 01:54:02,498
buried under enhancement

3274
01:54:02,567 --> 01:54:04,567
services sanitation security

3275
01:54:04,635 --> 01:54:06,370
and lighting while we're

3276
01:54:06,370 --> 01:54:08,406
stalled on drones, license

3277
01:54:08,406 --> 01:54:10,806
plate readers cameras and

3278
01:54:10,808 --> 01:54:13,244
opinion editorial boards by the

3279
01:54:13,244 --> 01:54:14,612
dda boss rosado downtown

3280
01:54:14,612 --> 01:54:15,980
residents aren't asking for

3281
01:54:15,980 --> 01:54:18,490
another gadget. We're asking

3282
01:54:18,490 --> 01:54:19,418
for every neighborhood what we

3283
01:54:19,418 --> 01:54:21,486
deserve which is police

3284
01:54:21,486 --> 01:54:23,188
officers walking the beat bike

3285
01:54:23,188 --> 01:54:24,923
patrols and visible police

3286
01:54:24,923 --> 01:54:26,992
presence to prevent crime

3287
01:54:26,992 --> 01:54:28,693
before it happens. If you're

3288
01:54:28,693 --> 01:54:30,261
going to keep forcing downtown

3289
01:54:30,261 --> 01:54:32,297
residents to pay the dda

3290
01:54:32,297 --> 01:54:34,533
hostage tax, then at least you

3291
01:54:34,533 --> 01:54:36,268
can show us exactly where the

3292
01:54:36,268 --> 01:54:38,336
$2 million in this budget is

3293
01:54:38,336 --> 01:54:40,370
going to be allocated for

3294
01:54:40,370 --> 01:54:41,773
enough of the buzzwords, enough

3295
01:54:41,773 --> 01:54:43,842
of the excuses. Put police

3296
01:54:43,842 --> 01:54:46,842
officers on the streets for

3297
01:54:46,912 --> 01:54:48,981
everybody an item pf five this

3298
01:54:48,981 --> 01:54:51,490
is really a water fountain

3299
01:54:51,490 --> 01:54:53,117
dressed up as a billboard. We

3300
01:54:53,117 --> 01:54:54,152
don't want any more

3301
01:54:54,152 --> 01:54:55,687
advertisement if you're going

3302
01:54:55,687 --> 01:54:56,888
to go to london or paris look

3303
01:54:56,888 --> 01:54:58,422
at the fountains. That's how

3304
01:54:58,422 --> 01:55:00,158
they should be set up. But

3305
01:55:00,158 --> 01:55:01,860
instead we're asking for more

3306
01:55:01,860 --> 01:55:04,129
billboards for five. The

3307
01:55:04,129 --> 01:55:06,498
community is a hard no as it

3308
01:55:06,498 --> 01:55:07,899
relates to the fencing

3309
01:55:07,899 --> 01:55:09,600
billboards that you guys want

3310
01:55:09,600 --> 01:55:10,968
to put. We've talked about this

3311
01:55:10,968 --> 01:55:12,537
a thousand times. We're asking

3312
01:55:12,537 --> 01:55:13,905
for the d2 commissioner to

3313
01:55:13,905 --> 01:55:15,107
support this and anyone else

3314
01:55:15,107 --> 01:55:16,641
that really wants to step up to

3315
01:55:16,641 --> 01:55:20,241
the plate. Thank you. Thank you

3316
01:55:20,779 --> 01:55:22,514
appreciate it MR. Piper. Good

3317
01:55:22,514 --> 01:55:24,514
morning. MADAM Mayor.

3318
01:55:24,549 --> 01:55:26,284
Commissioners, I'm rob piper, a

3319
01:55:26,284 --> 01:55:27,819
candidate for miami-dade county

3320
01:55:27,819 --> 01:55:30,219
commission district five. I

3321
01:55:30,222 --> 01:55:32,124
live at 1401 southwest 17th

3322
01:55:32,124 --> 01:55:35,724
terrace. And I'm here to speak

3323
01:55:35,894 --> 01:55:37,963
out against sr four because you

3324
01:55:37,963 --> 01:55:40,565
could put bacon, lettuce and

3325
01:55:40,565 --> 01:55:42,767
tomato on a sandwich but that

3326
01:55:42,767 --> 01:55:44,503
doesn't make it a blt and even

3327
01:55:44,503 --> 01:55:46,903
without with the modifications

3328
01:55:47,238 --> 01:55:49,307
this ordinance is still a

3329
01:55:49,307 --> 01:55:51,209
sandwich and it shouldn't come

3330
01:55:51,209 --> 01:55:52,911
as any surprise to just about

3331
01:55:52,911 --> 01:55:54,312
every homeless advocacy

3332
01:55:54,312 --> 01:55:56,140
organization has come out

3333
01:55:56,140 --> 01:55:58,751
against this ordinance this sr

3334
01:55:58,751 --> 01:56:01,353
four well, all but one as I

3335
01:56:01,353 --> 01:56:03,540
understand it and I hear all

3336
01:56:03,540 --> 01:56:05,457
the talk about how this

3337
01:56:05,457 --> 01:56:07,692
ordinance is compassionate and

3338
01:56:07,692 --> 01:56:09,600
so much has been done to be

3339
01:56:09,600 --> 01:56:10,795
compassionate. We've added

3340
01:56:10,795 --> 01:56:12,698
shelter beds, we've done this,

3341
01:56:12,698 --> 01:56:14,767
we've done that. But if that's

3342
01:56:14,767 --> 01:56:16,134
the case, if all this if all

3343
01:56:16,134 --> 01:56:17,836
these items are in place, why

3344
01:56:17,836 --> 01:56:19,570
is there a need to bring the

3345
01:56:19,570 --> 01:56:21,439
arrest piece into it, the law

3346
01:56:21,439 --> 01:56:23,508
enforcement piece into it? So I

3347
01:56:23,508 --> 01:56:25,577
would urge you please do the

3348
01:56:25,577 --> 01:56:27,312
actual compassionate thing and

3349
01:56:27,312 --> 01:56:29,712
vote to withdraw this

3350
01:56:34,186 --> 01:56:35,554
ordinance. Thank you. Good

3351
01:56:35,554 --> 01:56:36,922
evening, MADAM Mayor. Good

3352
01:56:36,922 --> 01:56:38,824
morning commissioners. My name

3353
01:56:38,824 --> 01:56:40,525
is amanda de santa with a

3354
01:56:40,525 --> 01:56:42,925
business address of 19 west

3355
01:56:43,962 --> 01:56:45,864
flagler street, miami 33130 and

3356
01:56:45,864 --> 01:56:47,566
I am here today to speak in

3357
01:56:47,566 --> 01:56:49,134
support of the cottage housing

3358
01:56:49,134 --> 01:56:50,835
amendment. I think too often

3359
01:56:50,835 --> 01:56:52,570
when we talk about affordable

3360
01:56:52,570 --> 01:56:53,939
housing we talk about large

3361
01:56:53,939 --> 01:56:56,339
scale development which can

3362
01:56:56,341 --> 01:56:58,410
take years to come online and

3363
01:56:58,410 --> 01:57:00,980
we often forget to look around

3364
01:57:00,980 --> 01:57:02,347
and see the small. So this

3365
01:57:02,347 --> 01:57:04,820
amendment would allow for

3366
01:57:04,820 --> 01:57:06,482
faster production of infill

3367
01:57:06,485 --> 01:57:09,221
housing to help the alleviate

3368
01:57:09,221 --> 01:57:10,622
the affordability crisis we are

3369
01:57:10,622 --> 01:57:11,991
facing. The amendment would

3370
01:57:11,991 --> 01:57:13,691
also allow for thoughtful

3371
01:57:13,691 --> 01:57:15,691
preservation, preservation of

3372
01:57:16,795 --> 01:57:18,864
neighborhood context as well as

3373
01:57:18,864 --> 01:57:20,732
create small houses that would

3374
01:57:20,732 --> 01:57:22,801
sit well on the lot and create

3375
01:57:22,801 --> 01:57:24,169
a walkable, pleasant and more

3376
01:57:24,169 --> 01:57:26,169
welcoming neighborhood

3377
01:57:26,238 --> 01:57:29,800
landscape with rising costs of

3378
01:57:29,800 --> 01:57:31,408
land. This amendment presents

3379
01:57:31,743 --> 01:57:33,112
an alternative to overbuilding

3380
01:57:33,112 --> 01:57:35,180
overcrowding and reduced green

3381
01:57:35,180 --> 01:57:37,249
space. As an active developer

3382
01:57:37,249 --> 01:57:39,651
who is building large scale

3383
01:57:39,651 --> 01:57:42,540
affordable units as well as

3384
01:57:42,540 --> 01:57:43,789
small scale infill units, I

3385
01:57:43,789 --> 01:57:45,824
would welcome the ability to

3386
01:57:45,824 --> 01:57:47,226
build cottages in the city of

3387
01:57:47,226 --> 01:57:49,626
miami for affordable housing.

3388
01:57:51,697 --> 01:57:53,765
Thank you. Good morning

3389
01:57:53,765 --> 01:57:55,467
commissioners MADAM Mayor city

3390
01:57:55,467 --> 01:57:57,368
manager my name is jeanette

3391
01:57:57,368 --> 01:57:59,404
paulino and I'm at 3635

3392
01:57:59,404 --> 01:58:01,140
northeast first avenue. I'm

3393
01:58:01,140 --> 01:58:02,674
here on behalf of hope

3394
01:58:02,674 --> 01:58:05,770
hydration to voice my support

3395
01:58:05,770 --> 01:58:06,478
for the pilot initiative to

3396
01:58:06,478 --> 01:58:08,514
provide hydro stations across

3397
01:58:08,514 --> 01:58:10,415
the city. Now I'm a miami

3398
01:58:10,415 --> 01:58:11,617
native and I've lived in many

3399
01:58:11,617 --> 01:58:13,184
and worked in many different

3400
01:58:13,184 --> 01:58:14,386
cities around the world and

3401
01:58:14,386 --> 01:58:15,921
what I've learned from the

3402
01:58:15,921 --> 01:58:17,989
cities that are leading the

3403
01:58:17,989 --> 01:58:20,392
future are three things they

3404
01:58:20,392 --> 01:58:21,760
think long term. They embrace

3405
01:58:21,760 --> 01:58:23,496
partnerships with the private

3406
01:58:23,496 --> 01:58:25,898
public and private sector that

3407
01:58:25,898 --> 01:58:27,966
are innovative and different

3408
01:58:27,966 --> 01:58:30,966
and they provide solutions that

3409
01:58:31,700 --> 01:58:32,771
address multiple problems and

3410
01:58:32,771 --> 01:58:33,806
challenges simultaneously for

3411
01:58:33,806 --> 01:58:35,340
the community and the

3412
01:58:35,340 --> 01:58:36,742
environment. Now these last few

3413
01:58:36,742 --> 01:58:38,444
weeks I've been spending a lot

3414
01:58:38,444 --> 01:58:40,120
of time in different city

3415
01:58:40,120 --> 01:58:41,380
properties and parks to see

3416
01:58:41,380 --> 01:58:42,915
where we can house some of

3417
01:58:42,915 --> 01:58:44,283
these hydro stations. And I

3418
01:58:44,283 --> 01:58:46,352
went to one of the parks the

3419
01:58:46,352 --> 01:58:48,860
other day to test out the

3420
01:58:48,860 --> 01:58:50,489
water. Some of the outdoor

3421
01:58:50,489 --> 01:58:52,489
water fountains dispense

3422
01:58:54,259 --> 01:58:56,328
extremely hot water. I actually

3423
01:58:56,328 --> 01:58:58,640
was very curious and I took a

3424
01:58:58,640 --> 01:59:01,640
thermometer and I measured the

3425
01:59:01,567 --> 01:59:02,868
temperature of that water 97

3426
01:59:02,868 --> 01:59:04,868
f

3427
01:59:05,604 --> 01:59:07,673
97. That's what some of our

3428
01:59:07,673 --> 01:59:09,375
folks are drinking. And so

3429
01:59:09,375 --> 01:59:11,110
these hydro stations have the

3430
01:59:11,110 --> 01:59:13,179
opportunity to provide cold

3431
01:59:13,179 --> 01:59:14,880
filtered water and make that

3432
01:59:14,880 --> 01:59:16,810
better. They also have the

3433
01:59:16,810 --> 01:59:18,317
opportunity to address some of

3434
01:59:18,317 --> 01:59:20,510
the city goals, beat heat

3435
01:59:20,510 --> 01:59:21,420
resilience by providing

3436
01:59:21,420 --> 01:59:23,820
hydration and keeping people

3437
01:59:24,857 --> 01:59:26,225
cool. They also are supporting

3438
01:59:26,225 --> 01:59:28,625
the initiative to reduce

3439
01:59:29,327 --> 01:59:31,290
plastic waste by encouraging

3440
01:59:31,290 --> 01:59:33,265
people to use the refillable

3441
01:59:33,265 --> 01:59:34,833
water bottles and this is going

3442
01:59:34,833 --> 01:59:37,569
to generate revenue for the

3443
01:59:37,569 --> 01:59:38,770
city through responsible brand

3444
01:59:38,770 --> 01:59:40,506
partnerships. And I know

3445
01:59:40,506 --> 01:59:42,741
everyone in this room would

3446
01:59:42,741 --> 01:59:43,942
like for this not to cost the

3447
01:59:43,942 --> 01:59:46,110
taxpayer anything and it

3448
01:59:46,110 --> 01:59:47,379
doesn't. So with that being

3449
01:59:47,379 --> 01:59:48,747
said I'd love to thank

3450
01:59:48,747 --> 01:59:50,482
especially commissioner rosado,

3451
01:59:50,482 --> 01:59:52,184
commissioner king and gabella

3452
01:59:52,184 --> 01:59:53,919
for co-sponsoring this

3453
01:59:53,919 --> 01:59:56,154
initiative. You all have the

3454
01:59:56,154 --> 01:59:57,356
power to vote yes and make

3455
01:59:57,356 --> 01:59:58,724
miami healthier, more resilient

3456
01:59:58,724 --> 02:00:01,124
and forward thinking. Thank

3457
02:00:03,863 --> 02:00:06,863
you. Thank you. Good morning

3458
02:00:09,350 --> 02:00:12,350
everyone. I'm. My name is

3459
02:00:12,471 --> 02:00:14,540
victoria and I live at 3170

3460
02:00:14,540 --> 02:00:16,940
southwest eighth street. I'm

3461
02:00:17,276 --> 02:00:20,876
part of the civil court team

3462
02:00:21,748 --> 02:00:24,851
here today. I'm opposed to the

3463
02:00:24,851 --> 02:00:26,552
sr4 as we could see is not

3464
02:00:26,552 --> 02:00:28,952
doing anything putting people

3465
02:00:28,954 --> 02:00:30,690
in prison for every little

3466
02:00:30,690 --> 02:00:33,426
thing they'll come out they'll

3467
02:00:33,426 --> 02:00:35,828
still homeless. They go in and

3468
02:00:35,828 --> 02:00:38,598
out. Right now we're facing a

3469
02:00:38,598 --> 02:00:42,350
position that we MAY be the

3470
02:00:42,350 --> 02:00:44,436
next people homeless. I've been

3471
02:00:44,436 --> 02:00:48,360
living at that trailer park for

3472
02:00:49,575 --> 02:00:52,575
25 years. The stability I ever

3473
02:00:55,448 --> 02:00:59,480
had and although we have had

3474
02:01:01,287 --> 02:01:03,687
some talks with commissioner

3475
02:01:04,389 --> 02:01:07,827
rosado, we're still a far away

3476
02:01:07,827 --> 02:01:10,229
from, you know, getting what we

3477
02:01:10,229 --> 02:01:13,229
really need when they bought

3478
02:01:13,299 --> 02:01:15,735
the trailer park in 2021, why

3479
02:01:15,735 --> 02:01:18,137
they did not notify us that

3480
02:01:18,137 --> 02:01:19,839
they were going to sell people

3481
02:01:19,839 --> 02:01:22,839
continue to buy for large

3482
02:01:23,976 --> 02:01:25,976
amounts of money $100,000,

3483
02:01:26,713 --> 02:01:29,115
$60,000 plus the ones that were

3484
02:01:29,115 --> 02:01:31,884
there already had invested to

3485
02:01:31,884 --> 02:01:34,954
fix their places. Why did they

3486
02:01:34,954 --> 02:01:36,856
not notify us then they come

3487
02:01:36,856 --> 02:01:38,924
out of california with the high

3488
02:01:38,924 --> 02:01:42,524
life and the deep pockets to

3489
02:01:43,620 --> 02:01:45,970
step on the people here that

3490
02:01:45,970 --> 02:01:48,697
don't have the same amount of

3491
02:01:49,235 --> 02:01:52,235
money power very unfair. Please

3492
02:01:59,211 --> 02:02:01,614
vote no as our form. Hi there

3493
02:02:01,614 --> 02:02:04,160
I'm ashley lucio north east

3494
02:02:04,160 --> 02:02:05,718
90th street in el puerto. Um

3495
02:02:05,718 --> 02:02:07,786
and I came here today

3496
02:02:07,786 --> 02:02:10,186
originally to oppose page

3497
02:02:10,556 --> 02:02:12,959
three. Um and after hearing

3498
02:02:12,959 --> 02:02:15,695
chris rupp speak and others in

3499
02:02:15,695 --> 02:02:17,763
favor of it um in the fact that

3500
02:02:17,763 --> 02:02:21,200
it grants a permanent site for

3501
02:02:21,200 --> 02:02:23,436
the dade heritage trust. Um I

3502
02:02:23,436 --> 02:02:26,372
think that's a great thing for

3503
02:02:26,372 --> 02:02:28,240
them. Um so I'm a bit on the

3504
02:02:28,240 --> 02:02:29,975
fence now and I just want to

3505
02:02:29,975 --> 02:02:31,344
read my original statement for

3506
02:02:31,344 --> 02:02:33,744
your consideration and maybe

3507
02:02:34,800 --> 02:02:35,481
what I'm asking is for a

3508
02:02:35,481 --> 02:02:37,881
broader public hearing about

3509
02:02:38,551 --> 02:02:41,551
this, um and consideration of

3510
02:02:41,988 --> 02:02:43,723
delaying it in in favor of

3511
02:02:43,723 --> 02:02:46,459
ensuring that if this building

3512
02:02:46,459 --> 02:02:48,194
is relocated it can be done so

3513
02:02:48,194 --> 02:02:50,430
in a way that does not damage

3514
02:02:50,430 --> 02:02:52,165
it. Um and we don't lose kind

3515
02:02:52,165 --> 02:02:54,233
of the the historical or

3516
02:02:54,233 --> 02:02:56,633
environmental fabric that um

3517
02:02:56,636 --> 02:02:58,370
small footprint that now exists

3518
02:02:58,370 --> 02:02:59,405
in brickell. So I'll read my

3519
02:02:59,405 --> 02:03:00,773
original statement and try to

3520
02:03:00,773 --> 02:03:03,509
stay under two minutes or I

3521
02:03:03,509 --> 02:03:06,279
will. Okay. So um dade heritage

3522
02:03:06,279 --> 02:03:07,480
trust uh, and the former office

3523
02:03:07,480 --> 02:03:09,182
of doctor james jackson,

3524
02:03:09,182 --> 02:03:11,250
miami's first physician is a

3525
02:03:11,250 --> 02:03:12,618
role model for historians and

3526
02:03:12,618 --> 02:03:14,354
preservationists throughout our

3527
02:03:14,354 --> 02:03:16,550
city. And this peaceful and

3528
02:03:16,550 --> 02:03:17,957
beautiful little cottage set

3529
02:03:17,957 --> 02:03:20,260
off to the side of chaotic

3530
02:03:20,260 --> 02:03:22,762
brickell is a monument to the

3531
02:03:22,762 --> 02:03:25,197
success of their efforts to see

3532
02:03:25,197 --> 02:03:26,565
it moved would be a significant

3533
02:03:26,565 --> 02:03:28,267
marker that local

3534
02:03:28,267 --> 02:03:30,667
preservationists have lost the

3535
02:03:30,704 --> 02:03:32,238
war against development over

3536
02:03:32,238 --> 02:03:33,939
what remains of our most

3537
02:03:33,939 --> 02:03:36,339
historic spaces and the

3538
02:03:36,342 --> 02:03:38,770
original miami and we

3539
02:03:38,770 --> 02:03:40,146
desperately need this not to

3540
02:03:40,146 --> 02:03:42,215
happen right now because we're

3541
02:03:42,215 --> 02:03:43,916
being overtaken by developers

3542
02:03:43,916 --> 02:03:45,652
who only see progress as

3543
02:03:45,652 --> 02:03:47,652
concrete, glass and

3544
02:03:48,388 --> 02:03:50,456
displacement. They say history

3545
02:03:50,456 --> 02:03:52,158
rhymes and here we are again

3546
02:03:52,158 --> 02:03:53,893
where miami officials just like

3547
02:03:53,893 --> 02:03:56,293
joe carollo are weighing

3548
02:03:56,296 --> 02:03:57,663
relocation of a historical

3549
02:03:57,663 --> 02:03:59,733
treasure in favor of

3550
02:03:59,733 --> 02:04:02,135
development the miami circle a

3551
02:04:02,135 --> 02:04:03,503
tequesta ruin which is the

3552
02:04:03,503 --> 02:04:05,572
oldest permanent settlement on

3553
02:04:05,572 --> 02:04:07,974
the east coast, was almost lost

3554
02:04:07,974 --> 02:04:09,209
to a tower had it not been

3555
02:04:09,209 --> 02:04:10,911
purchased by the state thanks

3556
02:04:10,911 --> 02:04:12,979
to the initial injunction

3557
02:04:12,979 --> 02:04:15,480
filed. Oh sorry no no thank

3558
02:04:15,480 --> 02:04:17,830
you. We it's hard you were

3559
02:04:17,830 --> 02:04:19,319
reading your two minutes but it

3560
02:04:19,319 --> 02:04:21,540
was actually very nice to for

3561
02:04:21,540 --> 02:04:22,422
all of you that are here at

3562
02:04:22,422 --> 02:04:23,456
public comment to hear that

3563
02:04:23,456 --> 02:04:24,657
you're not only are we

3564
02:04:24,657 --> 02:04:26,193
listening but your neighbors

3565
02:04:26,193 --> 02:04:27,927
are listening too and sometimes

3566
02:04:27,927 --> 02:04:29,128
it does open our minds a little

3567
02:04:29,128 --> 02:04:30,163
bit. So thanks so much for

3568
02:04:30,163 --> 02:04:31,697
being here and sharing that

3569
02:04:31,697 --> 02:04:33,600
with us. Actually it was very

3570
02:04:33,600 --> 02:04:36,336
insightful. Thank you. Okay. Go

3571
02:04:36,336 --> 02:04:39,105
ahead. Hi my name is mariana

3572
02:04:39,105 --> 02:04:42,542
ochoa. I am a neighbor of the

3573
02:04:42,542 --> 02:04:44,444
silver court residents and uh,

3574
02:04:44,444 --> 02:04:46,480
ralph rosado, you are my

3575
02:04:46,480 --> 02:04:48,480
commissioner. Um, good morning

3576
02:04:48,480 --> 02:04:50,784
to the commissioners. I and

3577
02:04:50,784 --> 02:04:53,520
major higgins. Um, I'm here

3578
02:04:53,520 --> 02:04:55,589
today to ask you to vote no on

3579
02:04:55,589 --> 02:04:57,324
sr four, which would make it

3580
02:04:57,324 --> 02:04:59,393
easier to arrest people for

3581
02:04:59,393 --> 02:05:01,461
simply not having a place to

3582
02:05:01,461 --> 02:05:04,197
sleep to arrest people without

3583
02:05:04,197 --> 02:05:06,266
even issuing a warning first is

3584
02:05:06,266 --> 02:05:08,266
beyond harmful, unbelievably

3585
02:05:09,350 --> 02:05:11,350
inhumane and needlessly

3586
02:05:11,437 --> 02:05:13,473
expensive for this city. I'm

3587
02:05:13,473 --> 02:05:14,874
also here in support of the

3588
02:05:14,874 --> 02:05:16,909
residents of silver court

3589
02:05:16,909 --> 02:05:18,978
trailer park who are seeking to

3590
02:05:18,978 --> 02:05:21,378
meet with their commissioner

3591
02:05:22,415 --> 02:05:24,818
commissioner rosado. Um it face

3592
02:05:24,818 --> 02:05:27,587
to face at silver court where

3593
02:05:27,587 --> 02:05:29,656
we meet wednesdays and sundays.

3594
02:05:29,656 --> 02:05:31,691
In MARCH, silver court

3595
02:05:31,691 --> 02:05:33,926
residents received a surprise

3596
02:05:33,926 --> 02:05:36,163
eviction and were told that

3597
02:05:36,163 --> 02:05:37,564
they had to be out by

3598
02:05:37,564 --> 02:05:39,964
SEPTEMBER. Since then residents

3599
02:05:40,634 --> 02:05:43,403
have joined together to fight

3600
02:05:43,403 --> 02:05:44,937
displacement. They have an hoa.

3601
02:05:44,937 --> 02:05:46,673
i've had the pleasure of

3602
02:05:46,673 --> 02:05:48,708
speaking to the residents and

3603
02:05:48,708 --> 02:05:50,276
hearing their stories. We're

3604
02:05:50,276 --> 02:05:52,178
missing you rosado, because I

3605
02:05:52,178 --> 02:05:53,379
as a neighbor to the community

3606
02:05:53,379 --> 02:05:55,810
I'm there every wednesday and

3607
02:05:55,810 --> 02:05:56,649
sunday. I haven't seen you but

3608
02:05:56,649 --> 02:05:59,385
I know you've been invited

3609
02:05:59,385 --> 02:06:01,785
multiple times. Um families

3610
02:06:01,788 --> 02:06:04,224
have grown up in this trailer

3611
02:06:04,224 --> 02:06:07,294
park and are now home. The

3612
02:06:07,294 --> 02:06:09,290
homeowners are being offered

3613
02:06:09,290 --> 02:06:11,429
$10,000 to leave the trailer

3614
02:06:11,431 --> 02:06:14,167
park and their community while

3615
02:06:14,167 --> 02:06:16,236
when we are all well aware of

3616
02:06:16,236 --> 02:06:19,236
the rising housing costs in

3617
02:06:19,339 --> 02:06:21,374
this city, um their trailers

3618
02:06:21,374 --> 02:06:24,144
are cemented to the ground. Uh,

3619
02:06:24,144 --> 02:06:25,178
they rent the land and so when

3620
02:06:25,178 --> 02:06:26,212
they leave the land they have

3621
02:06:26,212 --> 02:06:27,747
to leave their trailers that

3622
02:06:27,747 --> 02:06:29,315
they have spent their their

3623
02:06:29,315 --> 02:06:31,351
life savings on. There's people

3624
02:06:31,351 --> 02:06:33,860
that are have been there for

3625
02:06:33,860 --> 02:06:34,988
over 20 years. There's a 90

3626
02:06:34,988 --> 02:06:36,856
year old resident there who

3627
02:06:36,856 --> 02:06:38,225
lives on her own. Uh,

3628
02:06:38,225 --> 02:06:39,626
homeowners are fighting for

3629
02:06:39,626 --> 02:06:42,626
more time. Thank you, thank

3630
02:06:44,598 --> 02:06:45,632
you. Appreciate you being here.

3631
02:06:45,632 --> 02:06:47,632
Good morning commissioners.

3632
02:06:48,350 --> 02:06:49,569
Good morning mayor. Uh, my name

3633
02:06:49,569 --> 02:06:51,472
is antonio perez. I'm a member

3634
02:06:51,472 --> 02:06:52,840
of dsa and I'm standing in

3635
02:06:52,840 --> 02:06:54,207
solidarity with the silver

3636
02:06:54,207 --> 02:06:56,607
court residents united. Um

3637
02:06:56,643 --> 02:06:59,379
we're here to petition the city

3638
02:06:59,379 --> 02:07:01,379
against ordinance 419457 sr

3639
02:07:01,614 --> 02:07:03,516
four uh as it currently stands,

3640
02:07:03,516 --> 02:07:04,885
miami is one of the most

3641
02:07:04,885 --> 02:07:06,953
expensive housing markets in

3642
02:07:06,953 --> 02:07:08,488
the country. Um, one that

3643
02:07:08,488 --> 02:07:10,223
doesn't need to be that way

3644
02:07:10,223 --> 02:07:11,592
might I add. Um and people

3645
02:07:11,592 --> 02:07:13,494
can't afford rent sometimes

3646
02:07:13,494 --> 02:07:17,940
with two jobs let alone even

3647
02:07:17,631 --> 02:07:19,666
one. Um every day prices rise

3648
02:07:19,666 --> 02:07:21,735
and more and more families are

3649
02:07:21,735 --> 02:07:22,936
priced out of their homes that

3650
02:07:22,936 --> 02:07:24,671
they've had for years,

3651
02:07:24,671 --> 02:07:26,400
sometimes decades. This in

3652
02:07:26,400 --> 02:07:27,241
combination with poor social

3653
02:07:27,241 --> 02:07:28,976
safety nets and social

3654
02:07:28,976 --> 02:07:30,510
infrastructure results in many

3655
02:07:30,510 --> 02:07:31,878
in the city being unhoused. And

3656
02:07:31,878 --> 02:07:33,580
this ordinance would further

3657
02:07:33,580 --> 02:07:34,981
criminalize not having anywhere

3658
02:07:34,981 --> 02:07:36,684
to sleep. The ordinance

3659
02:07:36,684 --> 02:07:38,418
eliminates the current 24 hour

3660
02:07:38,418 --> 02:07:40,120
written warning the bare

3661
02:07:40,120 --> 02:07:41,688
minimum to allow a person

3662
02:07:41,688 --> 02:07:43,389
breathing room to get connected

3663
02:07:43,389 --> 02:07:45,292
with social workers or shelters

3664
02:07:45,292 --> 02:07:46,993
or find a place to stay in

3665
02:07:46,993 --> 02:07:48,395
general um before being

3666
02:07:48,395 --> 02:07:50,430
punished by law enforcement

3667
02:07:50,430 --> 02:07:52,165
replacing with undefined quote

3668
02:07:52,165 --> 02:07:53,867
unquote reasonable amount of

3669
02:07:53,867 --> 02:07:55,269
time which can literally mean

3670
02:07:55,269 --> 02:07:56,102
anything depending on the

3671
02:07:56,102 --> 02:07:57,470
officer. Additionally, it

3672
02:07:57,470 --> 02:07:59,470
eliminates the officer's

3673
02:07:59,906 --> 02:08:01,608
discretion to hand out fines or

3674
02:08:01,608 --> 02:08:03,344
arrests and instead makes it

3675
02:08:03,344 --> 02:08:04,744
mandatory that discretion is

3676
02:08:04,744 --> 02:08:05,912
what allows an officer to

3677
02:08:05,912 --> 02:08:07,648
choose whether they approach

3678
02:08:07,648 --> 02:08:10,480
the situation as helping

3679
02:08:10,500 --> 02:08:11,418
someone who needs that help

3680
02:08:11,418 --> 02:08:13,487
versus just closing another

3681
02:08:13,487 --> 02:08:15,189
case. All of a sudden police

3682
02:08:15,189 --> 02:08:16,590
encounters become a lot more

3683
02:08:16,590 --> 02:08:18,626
volatile and unpredictable and

3684
02:08:18,626 --> 02:08:21,610
that's not to anyone in the

3685
02:08:21,610 --> 02:08:23,461
public's benefit resident or

3686
02:08:23,463 --> 02:08:25,532
officer alike. Um, not for our

3687
02:08:25,532 --> 02:08:27,934
safety or for the taxpayer's

3688
02:08:27,934 --> 02:08:29,636
wallet. The ordinance does

3689
02:08:29,636 --> 02:08:31,371
nothing to solve the actual

3690
02:08:31,371 --> 02:08:33,730
persons unhoused situation and

3691
02:08:33,730 --> 02:08:34,808
if anything simply exacerbates

3692
02:08:34,808 --> 02:08:37,808
it by putting more financial

3693
02:08:37,912 --> 02:08:38,912
and physical strain for simply

3694
02:08:38,912 --> 02:08:40,313
existing. Therefore, we

3695
02:08:40,313 --> 02:08:42,382
struggle to find a clear

3696
02:08:42,382 --> 02:08:43,750
example of a more fiscally and

3697
02:08:43,750 --> 02:08:45,619
morally irresponsible

3698
02:08:45,619 --> 02:08:47,187
legislation and we call on the

3699
02:08:47,187 --> 02:08:50,187
city to miami to reject

3700
02:08:51,292 --> 02:08:53,360
ordinance 1947. Thank you. Good

3701
02:08:53,360 --> 02:08:55,760
morning commissioners mayor. My

3702
02:08:55,763 --> 02:08:58,163
name is daniel mendoza. 2419

3703
02:08:58,165 --> 02:08:59,733
northwest 11th street 21 d I'm

3704
02:08:59,733 --> 02:09:00,935
here with dsa and the silver

3705
02:09:00,935 --> 02:09:02,636
court residents and I'm here to

3706
02:09:02,636 --> 02:09:04,371
speak out against sr four. We

3707
02:09:04,371 --> 02:09:05,906
can start with the obvious

3708
02:09:05,906 --> 02:09:07,808
cruelty of jailing a person who

3709
02:09:07,808 --> 02:09:09,900
is so poor they have to sleep

3710
02:09:09,900 --> 02:09:10,544
in makeshift housing in one of

3711
02:09:10,544 --> 02:09:12,279
the rainiest, most humid and

3712
02:09:12,279 --> 02:09:13,981
hottest cities in the united

3713
02:09:13,981 --> 02:09:15,349
states. This cruelty will

3714
02:09:15,349 --> 02:09:17,749
create further distrust between

3715
02:09:17,785 --> 02:09:19,487
the unhoused and police as

3716
02:09:19,487 --> 02:09:21,210
first responders police who

3717
02:09:21,210 --> 02:09:23,900
arrived to a medical emergency

3718
02:09:23,900 --> 02:09:24,458
for an unhoused person MAY end

3719
02:09:24,458 --> 02:09:25,859
up neglecting that person's

3720
02:09:25,859 --> 02:09:28,259
ailment and instead incarcerate

3721
02:09:28,261 --> 02:09:29,963
them for the crime of existing.

3722
02:09:29,963 --> 02:09:31,698
This ordinance is not only

3723
02:09:31,698 --> 02:09:33,768
cruel and immoral but it is

3724
02:09:33,768 --> 02:09:35,636
simply bad policy. According to

3725
02:09:35,636 --> 02:09:37,705
the seattle school of law, each

3726
02:09:37,705 --> 02:09:41,305
jailed on house person cost the

3727
02:09:41,508 --> 02:09:43,243
taxpayer $80,000 a year.

3728
02:09:43,243 --> 02:09:44,111
Incarceration does not end

3729
02:09:44,111 --> 02:09:45,812
homelessness. It actually

3730
02:09:45,812 --> 02:09:47,181
increases the likelihood of

3731
02:09:47,181 --> 02:09:49,581
homelessness which in turn

3732
02:09:49,617 --> 02:09:52,170
increases rates of recidivism.

3733
02:09:52,190 --> 02:09:54,254
With average rents in miami

3734
02:09:54,254 --> 02:09:55,455
exceeding $3,000 a month in the

3735
02:09:55,455 --> 02:09:57,158
midst of a cost of living

3736
02:09:57,158 --> 02:09:58,892
crisis, many housed people are

3737
02:09:58,892 --> 02:10:00,628
one accident, one missed

3738
02:10:00,628 --> 02:10:02,663
paycheck or one divorce away

3739
02:10:02,663 --> 02:10:04,231
from homelessness. Are we

3740
02:10:04,231 --> 02:10:05,933
really so eager to jail our

3741
02:10:05,933 --> 02:10:07,933
veterans, grandparents, parents

3742
02:10:08,335 --> 02:10:10,700
and children for their poverty?

3743
02:10:10,700 --> 02:10:11,439
I encourage the commission to

3744
02:10:11,439 --> 02:10:13,173
consider programs such as

3745
02:10:13,173 --> 02:10:14,374
housing first that have shown

3746
02:10:14,374 --> 02:10:15,909
to reduce homelessness in ways

3747
02:10:15,909 --> 02:10:17,978
that are not only humane but

3748
02:10:17,978 --> 02:10:19,680
also save money. A 2009 study

3749
02:10:19,680 --> 02:10:21,414
by the american medical

3750
02:10:21,414 --> 02:10:23,484
association found that housing

3751
02:10:23,484 --> 02:10:25,186
first policies saved 2.5 k per

3752
02:10:25,186 --> 02:10:27,588
person per year more compared

3753
02:10:27,588 --> 02:10:29,656
to traditional city shelters.

3754
02:10:29,656 --> 02:10:31,250
Los angeles saved $80,000 a

3755
02:10:31,250 --> 02:10:33,930
year by permanently housing

3756
02:10:33,930 --> 02:10:35,493
just for chronically unhoused

3757
02:10:35,496 --> 02:10:37,564
people. In conclusion, this sr

3758
02:10:37,564 --> 02:10:39,300
does not solve homelessness it

3759
02:10:39,300 --> 02:10:40,668
is expensive and we pay for it

3760
02:10:40,668 --> 02:10:41,702
with our tax money, the lives

3761
02:10:41,702 --> 02:10:43,404
of the unhoused and the

3762
02:10:43,404 --> 02:10:44,772
goodwill of our city as the

3763
02:10:44,772 --> 02:10:45,806
governing body of this city you

3764
02:10:45,806 --> 02:10:47,800
have a responsibility to take

3765
02:10:47,800 --> 02:10:48,576
care of its people, not to

3766
02:10:48,576 --> 02:10:49,943
punish them for the ways the

3767
02:10:49,943 --> 02:10:51,312
city has already failed them.

3768
02:10:51,312 --> 02:10:52,513
Throwing them in jail does not

3769
02:10:52,513 --> 02:10:54,480
meet that responsibility. It

3770
02:10:54,480 --> 02:10:56,117
evades it. Love thy neighbor.

3771
02:10:56,117 --> 02:11:00,317
Vote no on sr four. Thank you

3772
02:11:00,955 --> 02:11:03,355
very much. Good morning

3773
02:11:04,391 --> 02:11:06,627
commissioner mayor higgins. My

3774
02:11:06,627 --> 02:11:08,329
name is saturn fay. I'm also a

3775
02:11:08,329 --> 02:11:10,630
candidate in house district

3776
02:11:10,630 --> 02:11:13,630
109. I'm your neighbor. I live

3777
02:11:13,134 --> 02:11:15,534
at 1476 northwest 57th street

3778
02:11:15,903 --> 02:11:17,903
miami, florida 33142. I'm

3779
02:11:18,305 --> 02:11:21,420
asking that you vote no on sr

3780
02:11:21,420 --> 02:11:22,443
four as an inhumane response to

3781
02:11:22,443 --> 02:11:23,978
homelessness and the city of

3782
02:11:23,978 --> 02:11:25,346
miami should not rely on

3783
02:11:25,346 --> 02:11:27,346
criminalization displacement as

3784
02:11:28,115 --> 02:11:29,483
a substitute for real solutions

3785
02:11:29,483 --> 02:11:31,883
communities like liberty square

3786
02:11:31,886 --> 02:11:33,254
now unfortunately parks like

3787
02:11:33,254 --> 02:11:35,654
silvercorp my comrades back

3788
02:11:35,656 --> 02:11:38,580
here from dsa are at risk of

3789
02:11:38,580 --> 02:11:40,128
being displaced, rising housing

3790
02:11:40,128 --> 02:11:41,495
costs, limited access to living

3791
02:11:41,495 --> 02:11:43,895
wage jobs with approximately

3792
02:11:43,897 --> 02:11:45,897
50% 56% of miami-dade

3793
02:11:46,334 --> 02:11:48,350
households living below the

3794
02:11:48,350 --> 02:11:49,404
alice which is asset limited,

3795
02:11:49,404 --> 02:11:51,404
income constrained and

3796
02:11:52,506 --> 02:11:54,241
employed. Many families are the

3797
02:11:54,241 --> 02:11:55,943
only are only one emergency

3798
02:11:55,943 --> 02:11:57,311
away from homelessness. The

3799
02:11:57,311 --> 02:11:58,346
city should invest in

3800
02:11:58,346 --> 02:11:59,713
affordable supportive housing,

3801
02:11:59,713 --> 02:12:01,713
rental assistance, mental

3802
02:12:01,783 --> 02:12:03,150
health services along with

3803
02:12:03,150 --> 02:12:04,886
advocating for living wage

3804
02:12:04,886 --> 02:12:06,253
jobs, not punishing people

3805
02:12:06,253 --> 02:12:08,322
simply because they have

3806
02:12:08,322 --> 02:12:10,391
nowhere else to go is inhumane

3807
02:12:10,391 --> 02:12:14,591
and I am asking that you please

3808
02:12:21,736 --> 02:12:24,138
vote no on sr four. Thank you.

3809
02:12:24,138 --> 02:12:27,738
Good morning major. Um my name

3810
02:12:27,908 --> 02:12:30,845
is elliot leyba. I'm a retired

3811
02:12:30,845 --> 02:12:33,581
employee of the city of miami.

3812
02:12:33,581 --> 02:12:35,650
I came six months ago looking

3813
02:12:35,650 --> 02:12:38,520
for your help through your

3814
02:12:38,520 --> 02:12:40,452
staff also with commissioner

3815
02:12:40,455 --> 02:12:42,523
rosado staff and code

3816
02:12:42,523 --> 02:12:44,225
enforcement supervisor ricardo

3817
02:12:44,225 --> 02:12:46,994
franco staff and I was

3818
02:12:46,994 --> 02:12:48,697
rejected. I was trying to avoid

3819
02:12:48,697 --> 02:12:50,980
this land eviction that we're

3820
02:12:50,980 --> 02:12:53,980
facing at silver court trailer

3821
02:12:53,868 --> 02:12:55,569
park. I also reached out to

3822
02:12:55,569 --> 02:12:56,970
commissioner of ethics and

3823
02:12:56,970 --> 02:12:59,370
florida state attorney general

3824
02:12:59,373 --> 02:13:01,442
because of this city of miami

3825
02:13:01,442 --> 02:13:03,144
rejection, a city where I grew

3826
02:13:03,144 --> 02:13:06,144
up also foster care programs

3827
02:13:06,247 --> 02:13:08,983
within the city of miami. So I

3828
02:13:08,983 --> 02:13:10,718
love my city and I've been 20

3829
02:13:10,718 --> 02:13:12,420
years living in this trailer

3830
02:13:12,420 --> 02:13:13,988
park also while working for the

3831
02:13:13,988 --> 02:13:15,690
city of miami and I didn't know

3832
02:13:15,690 --> 02:13:17,425
that we were going to be facing

3833
02:13:17,425 --> 02:13:19,494
this today and I came out

3834
02:13:19,494 --> 02:13:21,896
looking for help to my city and

3835
02:13:21,896 --> 02:13:23,764
I was rejected. So I'm asking

3836
02:13:23,764 --> 02:13:25,833
you to please give us some kind

3837
02:13:25,833 --> 02:13:30,330
of help in this. Uh you know,

3838
02:13:30,638 --> 02:13:33,408
I'm nervous land eviction and

3839
02:13:33,408 --> 02:13:36,408
to stop the homeless arresting

3840
02:13:36,478 --> 02:13:38,212
and we don't have we don't even

3841
02:13:38,212 --> 02:13:40,448
have in our house. MR. Rosado

3842
02:13:40,448 --> 02:13:42,850
promised to give us on our toes

3843
02:13:42,850 --> 02:13:45,586
at night and there's no

3844
02:13:45,586 --> 02:13:47,986
supervision. I appreciate your

3845
02:13:50,425 --> 02:13:52,127
help. Thank you so much. And

3846
02:13:52,127 --> 02:13:54,195
the only person that helped me

3847
02:13:54,195 --> 02:13:56,598
was chief raul ramos from the

3848
02:13:56,598 --> 02:13:58,998
building department. He knows

3849
02:14:00,340 --> 02:14:01,936
me personally. Thank you. Thank

3850
02:14:01,936 --> 02:14:02,236
you very much. Thank you so

3851
02:14:02,236 --> 02:14:04,500
much.

3852
02:14:04,500 --> 02:14:06,500
>> good morning. Commissioner

3853
02:14:06,407 --> 02:14:08,442
higgins. Uh, excuse me, I

3854
02:14:08,442 --> 02:14:10,842
apologize, mayor higgins. Mayor

3855
02:14:10,878 --> 02:14:14,478
long. Too long. Too long. Young

3856
02:14:14,983 --> 02:14:17,385
lady. Mayor higgins, uh, former

3857
02:14:17,385 --> 02:14:19,788
chair christine king and, uh,

3858
02:14:19,788 --> 02:14:21,522
chair commissioners horacio

3859
02:14:21,522 --> 02:14:23,224
stuart aguirre here today as

3860
02:14:23,224 --> 02:14:24,959
CHAIRMAN Of the miami river

3861
02:14:24,959 --> 02:14:26,661
commission, a state agency

3862
02:14:26,661 --> 02:14:28,563
tasked with the oversight of

3863
02:14:28,563 --> 02:14:30,298
the miami river. We're here in

3864
02:14:30,298 --> 02:14:33,340
support of various items pc

3865
02:14:33,340 --> 02:14:34,402
four and sr seven. The river

3866
02:14:34,402 --> 02:14:36,137
commission strongly recommends

3867
02:14:36,137 --> 02:14:37,839
including the miami river

3868
02:14:37,839 --> 02:14:39,574
greenway in the open space

3869
02:14:39,574 --> 02:14:41,275
trust fund subject to the

3870
02:14:41,275 --> 02:14:42,844
following three conditions.

3871
02:14:42,844 --> 02:14:44,712
First of all that you increase

3872
02:14:44,712 --> 02:14:46,447
the cost for a developer to buy

3873
02:14:46,447 --> 02:14:48,516
the additional height. Second,

3874
02:14:48,516 --> 02:14:49,884
that funds collected from

3875
02:14:49,884 --> 02:14:51,586
developments or from subject

3876
02:14:51,586 --> 02:14:53,655
properties be used specifically

3877
02:14:53,655 --> 02:14:56,550
for the adjacent greenways

3878
02:14:56,424 --> 02:14:58,827
where the money will be used to

3879
02:14:58,827 --> 02:15:00,528
the areas benefit that is most

3880
02:15:00,528 --> 02:15:03,528
affected and thirdly that the

3881
02:15:03,965 --> 02:15:05,700
available incentives in no way

3882
02:15:05,700 --> 02:15:08,100
displace or disrupt marine

3883
02:15:08,102 --> 02:15:10,500
industrial uses. With respect

3884
02:15:10,500 --> 02:15:11,706
to our re seven the river

3885
02:15:11,706 --> 02:15:13,706
commission strongly supports

3886
02:15:13,775 --> 02:15:15,775
commissioner corona's efforts

3887
02:15:16,344 --> 02:15:18,746
to improve jose marti park, one

3888
02:15:18,746 --> 02:15:21,150
of the most important parks on

3889
02:15:21,150 --> 02:15:22,884
the banks of the miami river on

3890
02:15:22,884 --> 02:15:24,953
the south shore. Highly used,

3891
02:15:24,953 --> 02:15:26,655
highly enjoyed and much

3892
02:15:26,655 --> 02:15:28,723
supported by the adjacent

3893
02:15:28,723 --> 02:15:30,792
community with respect to ph

3894
02:15:30,792 --> 02:15:32,160
six, river commission supports

3895
02:15:32,160 --> 02:15:34,160
commissioner gabriela's efforts

3896
02:15:34,930 --> 02:15:36,631
to create the allapattah cra.

3897
02:15:36,631 --> 02:15:38,367
Commissioner we truly believe

3898
02:15:38,367 --> 02:15:39,734
that the creation of an

3899
02:15:39,734 --> 02:15:42,134
allapattah cra would greatly

3900
02:15:42,136 --> 02:15:44,873
enhance the river district. We

3901
02:15:44,873 --> 02:15:47,276
support outdoor dining with no

3902
02:15:47,276 --> 02:15:49,344
reduction to the riverwalk and

3903
02:15:49,344 --> 02:15:51,747
we request that that continue

3904
02:15:51,747 --> 02:15:53,815
to require a warrant to all of

3905
02:15:53,815 --> 02:15:56,815
you. Thank you for your

3906
02:15:58,820 --> 02:16:00,188
support. Thank you. Good

3907
02:16:00,188 --> 02:16:02,188
morning, honorable

3908
02:16:02,591 --> 02:16:04,591
commissioners. MISTER City

3909
02:16:04,659 --> 02:16:07,590
attorney, MISTER Manager and

3910
02:16:07,395 --> 02:16:09,130
MADAM Mayor. My name is louis

3911
02:16:09,130 --> 02:16:10,165
marshall, vice PRESIDENT Of the

3912
02:16:10,165 --> 02:16:12,165
miami association of

3913
02:16:12,200 --> 02:16:14,200
firefighters local 587 located

3914
02:16:15,303 --> 02:16:17,703
at 2980 northwest south river

3915
02:16:17,706 --> 02:16:19,730
drive. I'm here to read a

3916
02:16:19,730 --> 02:16:20,809
statement on behalf of our

3917
02:16:20,809 --> 02:16:22,710
PRESIDENT Alex cardenas, who is

3918
02:16:22,710 --> 02:16:25,447
out of town and unable to join

3919
02:16:25,447 --> 02:16:28,550
us today to speak on our e 12.

3920
02:16:28,550 --> 02:16:31,550
The statement reads as follows

3921
02:16:31,987 --> 02:16:33,688
honorable commissioners rt 12

3922
02:16:33,688 --> 02:16:36,910
underscores the gravity of our

3923
02:16:36,910 --> 02:16:37,459
current situation. The

3924
02:16:37,459 --> 02:16:39,194
resolution would greatly assist

3925
02:16:39,194 --> 02:16:41,262
the department in returning our

3926
02:16:41,262 --> 02:16:42,631
dilapidated stations into

3927
02:16:42,631 --> 02:16:45,310
workplaces that can further

3928
02:16:45,367 --> 02:16:47,436
facilitate the ability of our

3929
02:16:47,436 --> 02:16:48,804
firefighters and paramedics to

3930
02:16:48,804 --> 02:16:51,204
continue carrying out our

3931
02:16:51,239 --> 02:16:54,239
mission. I cannot stress that

3932
02:16:54,676 --> 02:16:57,790
point enough. Rt 12 shows the

3933
02:16:57,790 --> 02:16:58,780
brave men and women of our fire

3934
02:16:58,780 --> 02:17:00,515
department that the city

3935
02:17:00,515 --> 02:17:02,915
acknowledges the need to

3936
02:17:02,918 --> 02:17:05,318
swiftly act and efficiently,

3937
02:17:05,654 --> 02:17:07,220
efficiently to address the

3938
02:17:07,220 --> 02:17:09,422
effects of deferred maintenance

3939
02:17:09,458 --> 02:17:11,193
so that our members can focus

3940
02:17:11,193 --> 02:17:13,595
on saving lives and protecting

3941
02:17:13,595 --> 02:17:14,629
property while giving them

3942
02:17:14,629 --> 02:17:16,331
respectable and appropriate

3943
02:17:16,331 --> 02:17:18,731
working conditions to operate

3944
02:17:19,435 --> 02:17:20,469
from. I would like to

3945
02:17:20,469 --> 02:17:22,469
personally thank commissioner

3946
02:17:22,871 --> 02:17:24,239
pardo for sponsoring this

3947
02:17:24,239 --> 02:17:26,239
resolution and commissioner

3948
02:17:27,342 --> 02:17:29,440
king for co-sponsoring. As I've

3949
02:17:29,440 --> 02:17:31,112
mentioned before, let's pull

3950
02:17:31,112 --> 02:17:33,182
off. Let's put away the

3951
02:17:33,182 --> 02:17:35,250
band-aids and patches and

3952
02:17:35,250 --> 02:17:37,318
approve the real solution to

3953
02:17:37,318 --> 02:17:39,210
this ever growing problem. The

3954
02:17:39,210 --> 02:17:40,922
need was yesterday but the

3955
02:17:40,922 --> 02:17:42,624
moment to act is today. We

3956
02:17:42,624 --> 02:17:44,359
cannot risk allowing these

3957
02:17:44,359 --> 02:17:46,428
subpar working conditions to

3958
02:17:46,428 --> 02:17:48,428
persist. Commissioners, I

3959
02:17:48,831 --> 02:17:50,532
strongly urge your full support

3960
02:17:50,532 --> 02:17:52,932
and unanimous unanimous consent

3961
02:17:54,503 --> 02:17:55,870
on re12. It's a win win for the

3962
02:17:55,870 --> 02:17:57,940
citizens and our firefighter

3963
02:17:57,940 --> 02:17:59,641
paramedics just like our

3964
02:17:59,641 --> 02:18:01,209
citizens deserve nothing but

3965
02:18:01,209 --> 02:18:02,911
the gold standard when it comes

3966
02:18:02,911 --> 02:18:04,112
to expecting top notch

3967
02:18:04,112 --> 02:18:05,480
emergency response.

3968
02:18:05,480 --> 02:18:06,348
>> thank you very much.

3969
02:18:06,348 --> 02:18:08,250
Appreciate it. Thank you.

3970
02:18:08,250 --> 02:18:09,618
>> good morning, MADAM Mayor

3971
02:18:09,618 --> 02:18:10,819
and commissioners thank you for

3972
02:18:10,819 --> 02:18:12,554
the opportunity. My name is

3973
02:18:12,554 --> 02:18:14,255
francois. He is with offices at

3974
02:18:14,255 --> 02:18:15,457
333 northeast 23rd street and

3975
02:18:15,457 --> 02:18:16,858
I'm here on behalf of new

3976
02:18:16,858 --> 02:18:17,893
tradition media and independent

3977
02:18:17,893 --> 02:18:19,893
out-of-home advertising company

3978
02:18:19,962 --> 02:18:21,330
and a blackstone portfolio

3979
02:18:21,330 --> 02:18:22,698
company. When I addressed the

3980
02:18:22,698 --> 02:18:24,933
commission in JANUARY reference

3981
02:18:24,933 --> 02:18:26,335
item fr5I raised concerns

3982
02:18:26,335 --> 02:18:27,536
regarding the policy design,

3983
02:18:27,536 --> 02:18:28,904
enforcement and long term

3984
02:18:28,904 --> 02:18:30,272
impact of advertising on

3985
02:18:30,272 --> 02:18:31,640
construction fencing. Those

3986
02:18:31,640 --> 02:18:33,420
concerns remain important,

3987
02:18:33,420 --> 02:18:34,420
particularly the need for

3988
02:18:34,420 --> 02:18:35,444
appropriate design standards,

3989
02:18:35,444 --> 02:18:37,146
maintenance requirements and

3990
02:18:37,146 --> 02:18:38,881
effective oversight. Today,

3991
02:18:38,881 --> 02:18:40,249
however, I'm not asking the

3992
02:18:40,249 --> 02:18:41,950
commission to reject the pilot

3993
02:18:41,950 --> 02:18:43,685
program. I'm asking that it be

3994
02:18:43,685 --> 02:18:44,887
structured fairly and that all

3995
02:18:44,887 --> 02:18:47,287
qualified companies be allowed

3996
02:18:47,289 --> 02:18:49,240
to participate. Item fr5

3997
02:18:49,240 --> 02:18:50,726
designates the astros the only

3998
02:18:50,726 --> 02:18:51,760
eligible operator even though

3999
02:18:51,760 --> 02:18:53,760
construction fencing

4000
02:18:54,163 --> 02:18:56,640
advertising is unique nor

4001
02:18:56,640 --> 02:18:57,433
proprietary. It is a part of

4002
02:18:57,433 --> 02:18:58,800
the broader portfolio of

4003
02:18:58,800 --> 02:19:00,169
services offered by new

4004
02:19:00,169 --> 02:19:01,570
tradition and other experienced

4005
02:19:01,570 --> 02:19:02,939
out-of-home advertising

4006
02:19:02,939 --> 02:19:04,139
companies. Many of these

4007
02:19:04,139 --> 02:19:05,674
companies are already in

4008
02:19:05,674 --> 02:19:06,709
partner with the city through

4009
02:19:06,709 --> 02:19:08,760
its mural program, billboard

4010
02:19:08,760 --> 02:19:10,145
settlements and other outdoor

4011
02:19:10,145 --> 02:19:11,713
advertising activities. They

4012
02:19:11,713 --> 02:19:13,820
understand the miami market and

4013
02:19:13,820 --> 02:19:14,783
have established experience in

4014
02:19:14,783 --> 02:19:16,152
advertising sales permitting,

4015
02:19:16,152 --> 02:19:17,186
installation, maintenance,

4016
02:19:17,186 --> 02:19:18,920
regulatory compliance and

4017
02:19:18,920 --> 02:19:20,623
working with national and local

4018
02:19:20,623 --> 02:19:22,691
advertisers. If the city wants

4019
02:19:22,691 --> 02:19:24,590
this pilot to succeed, generate

4020
02:19:24,590 --> 02:19:25,794
meaningful revenue and maintain

4021
02:19:25,794 --> 02:19:27,496
appropriate standards it should

4022
02:19:27,496 --> 02:19:28,898
welcome participation from all

4023
02:19:28,898 --> 02:19:30,980
qualified operators.

4024
02:19:30,980 --> 02:19:31,466
Competition will provide the

4025
02:19:31,466 --> 02:19:32,501
city with stronger financial

4026
02:19:32,501 --> 02:19:34,202
terms, greater accountability

4027
02:19:34,202 --> 02:19:35,237
and access to a broader

4028
02:19:35,237 --> 02:19:36,272
advertising base. I

4029
02:19:36,272 --> 02:19:38,600
respectfully ask this

4030
02:19:38,600 --> 02:19:40,420
commission to amend this item

4031
02:19:40,420 --> 02:19:41,776
by establishing a transparent

4032
02:19:41,776 --> 02:19:43,145
qualification process open to

4033
02:19:43,145 --> 02:19:45,413
every company that satisfies

4034
02:19:45,413 --> 02:19:47,813
the city's objective standards.

4035
02:19:51,587 --> 02:19:53,455
Thank you. Good morning. Good

4036
02:19:53,455 --> 02:19:54,657
morning. My name is emily

4037
02:19:54,657 --> 02:19:56,250
valladares. Good morning. I

4038
02:19:56,250 --> 02:19:59,828
want to move the mic down a

4039
02:19:59,828 --> 02:20:00,696
little. Sorry.

4040
02:20:00,696 --> 02:20:02,231
>> oh no.

4041
02:20:02,231 --> 02:20:04,633
>> now we hear you well. All

4042
02:20:04,633 --> 02:20:06,702
right. Good morning. My name is

4043
02:20:06,702 --> 02:20:09,702
emily valladares and my address

4044
02:20:10,840 --> 02:20:12,208
is 2727 northwest 17th terrace.

4045
02:20:12,208 --> 02:20:14,760
Homeowners are fighting for

4046
02:20:14,760 --> 02:20:15,644
more time and more money to

4047
02:20:15,644 --> 02:20:18,213
have an opportunity to to make

4048
02:20:18,213 --> 02:20:19,414
in their city. I'm here to ask

4049
02:20:19,414 --> 02:20:20,949
commissioner rosenthal to meet

4050
02:20:20,949 --> 02:20:22,351
with families of silver court

4051
02:20:22,351 --> 02:20:23,719
and support their incredible

4052
02:20:23,719 --> 02:20:25,421
fight from displacement.

4053
02:20:25,421 --> 02:20:27,821
Residents have invested their

4054
02:20:28,523 --> 02:20:30,926
life savings in their homes and

4055
02:20:30,926 --> 02:20:32,461
they know that what they're

4056
02:20:32,461 --> 02:20:33,329
being offered will not allow

4057
02:20:33,329 --> 02:20:34,696
them to successfully,

4058
02:20:34,696 --> 02:20:36,766
successfully move on with

4059
02:20:36,766 --> 02:20:38,133
dignity. If this ordinance goes

4060
02:20:38,133 --> 02:20:40,202
through, residents of silver

4061
02:20:40,202 --> 02:20:42,104
court are displaced. They are

4062
02:20:42,104 --> 02:20:43,639
in danger of being arrested for

4063
02:20:43,639 --> 02:20:45,875
not having a place to sleep.

4064
02:20:45,875 --> 02:20:47,442
I've lived here all my life. I

4065
02:20:47,442 --> 02:20:50,880
was born and raised here in

4066
02:20:50,880 --> 02:20:54,316
miami. I watched um people in

4067
02:20:54,316 --> 02:20:56,316
retirement. [Laughter] Work

4068
02:20:56,385 --> 02:20:58,254
very hard and still lose our

4069
02:20:58,254 --> 02:21:00,322
homes. I don't want to watch my

4070
02:21:00,322 --> 02:21:02,570
grandparents, aunts and uncles

4071
02:21:02,570 --> 02:21:04,457
[Laughter] Lose their place

4072
02:21:04,460 --> 02:21:06,328
here in miami because I don't

4073
02:21:06,328 --> 02:21:09,928
have the power to help them.

4074
02:21:10,299 --> 02:21:12,100
But you do. So please I don't

4075
02:21:12,100 --> 02:21:15,271
want to watch my elderly be

4076
02:21:15,271 --> 02:21:17,671
homeless. Thank you for.

4077
02:21:24,213 --> 02:21:27,213
>> hello my name is grimsley

4078
02:21:27,650 --> 02:21:29,185
makhov 6335 southwest one tenth

4079
02:21:29,185 --> 02:21:30,919
street. I'm speaking on behalf

4080
02:21:30,919 --> 02:21:33,322
of the villagers regarding ph

4081
02:21:33,322 --> 02:21:34,891
three. We believe that rushing

4082
02:21:34,891 --> 02:21:36,926
the sale with less than seven

4083
02:21:36,926 --> 02:21:38,294
days notice does not allow for

4084
02:21:38,294 --> 02:21:40,362
adequate time for meaningful

4085
02:21:40,362 --> 02:21:42,980
discussion or community input.

4086
02:21:42,980 --> 02:21:44,166
Such a compressed timeline

4087
02:21:44,166 --> 02:21:45,868
should raise serious concerns

4088
02:21:45,868 --> 02:21:48,637
about the integrity of the

4089
02:21:48,637 --> 02:21:50,500
process. We request the city of

4090
02:21:50,500 --> 02:21:51,540
miami commission to postpone

4091
02:21:51,540 --> 02:21:53,276
this item until after a

4092
02:21:53,276 --> 02:21:54,644
thorough public hearing that

4093
02:21:54,644 --> 02:21:56,345
allows the opportunity to

4094
02:21:56,345 --> 02:21:57,914
understand more details about

4095
02:21:57,914 --> 02:22:00,914
the plans for this community

4096
02:22:04,870 --> 02:22:05,455
treasure. Thank you. Good

4097
02:22:05,455 --> 02:22:07,523
morning commissioners. My name

4098
02:22:07,523 --> 02:22:08,890
is adela skier 4343 west

4099
02:22:08,890 --> 02:22:10,793
flagler street. I'm with the

4100
02:22:10,793 --> 02:22:11,828
aclu of florida speaking on re

4101
02:22:11,828 --> 02:22:12,862
three. Appreciate the

4102
02:22:12,862 --> 02:22:14,564
commission's recognition that

4103
02:22:14,564 --> 02:22:16,632
keeping cities safe requires a

4104
02:22:16,632 --> 02:22:17,834
holistic community approach.

4105
02:22:17,834 --> 02:22:19,401
Unfortunately the reality is

4106
02:22:19,401 --> 02:22:21,270
that is not possible so long as

4107
02:22:21,270 --> 02:22:23,500
the city has a 287 agreement

4108
02:22:23,500 --> 02:22:24,206
with ice commissioner king.

4109
02:22:24,206 --> 02:22:25,241
Thank you so much for bringing

4110
02:22:25,241 --> 02:22:26,609
forward that discussion item

4111
02:22:26,609 --> 02:22:28,344
last month. It was really

4112
02:22:28,344 --> 02:22:30,450
appreciated as well as mayor

4113
02:22:30,450 --> 02:22:32,450
higgins damian, commissioner

4114
02:22:32,114 --> 02:22:33,483
pardo, commissioner king, your

4115
02:22:33,483 --> 02:22:34,517
continued opposition to this

4116
02:22:34,517 --> 02:22:36,219
agreement and commissioner

4117
02:22:36,219 --> 02:22:38,619
escalona it was really

4118
02:22:38,621 --> 02:22:40,189
appreciated how you talked

4119
02:22:40,189 --> 02:22:41,725
about how this issue has

4120
02:22:41,725 --> 02:22:43,459
affected you and your family

4121
02:22:43,459 --> 02:22:44,994
and commissioner named it

4122
02:22:44,994 --> 02:22:46,362
perfectly when he stated the

4123
02:22:46,362 --> 02:22:48,431
fear that this agreement has

4124
02:22:48,431 --> 02:22:50,666
created in our communities. Um

4125
02:22:50,666 --> 02:22:52,340
and so I just wanted to raise

4126
02:22:52,340 --> 02:22:53,603
since there were questions last

4127
02:22:53,603 --> 02:22:54,437
month about whether the city

4128
02:22:54,437 --> 02:22:55,638
could lawfully exit this

4129
02:22:55,638 --> 02:22:57,206
agreement, it is totally within

4130
02:22:57,206 --> 02:22:59,943
the city's rights to do so.

4131
02:22:59,943 --> 02:23:01,144
State law does not require

4132
02:23:01,144 --> 02:23:02,345
cities to enter these

4133
02:23:02,345 --> 02:23:04,800
agreements, nor does it

4134
02:23:04,800 --> 02:23:06,149
preclude cities from exiting

4135
02:23:06,149 --> 02:23:08,184
these agreements. And we can

4136
02:23:08,184 --> 02:23:09,218
cite that those statutes. We

4137
02:23:09,218 --> 02:23:10,786
really hope to meet with each

4138
02:23:10,786 --> 02:23:12,321
and every one of you to discuss

4139
02:23:12,321 --> 02:23:13,522
the city's options for exiting

4140
02:23:13,522 --> 02:23:15,257
this agreement. Uh, and

4141
02:23:15,257 --> 02:23:16,959
appreciate your time. As we've

4142
02:23:16,959 --> 02:23:17,993
seen across the country, ice is

4143
02:23:17,993 --> 02:23:19,993
acting lawlessly and

4144
02:23:20,620 --> 02:23:21,798
endangering and ending human

4145
02:23:21,798 --> 02:23:23,332
lives. So this truly is an

4146
02:23:23,332 --> 02:23:26,332
issue of public safety. Thank

4147
02:23:26,936 --> 02:23:28,671
you. Come on.

4148
02:23:28,671 --> 02:23:30,540
>> line up closer to the podium

4149
02:23:30,540 --> 02:23:32,275
folks so I know who's in line

4150
02:23:32,275 --> 02:23:33,976
and versus who's just standing

4151
02:23:33,976 --> 02:23:37,576
up. Thank you. Go ahead. Good

4152
02:23:38,114 --> 02:23:41,114
morning everyone. Um I was

4153
02:23:41,184 --> 02:23:42,418
trying. To sr sr. For where.

4154
02:23:42,418 --> 02:23:44,821
>> does. It say that we're.

4155
02:23:44,821 --> 02:23:47,557
Going to arrest people um and

4156
02:23:47,557 --> 02:23:49,959
be hostile to people. We have a

4157
02:23:49,959 --> 02:23:52,959
problem with our sidewalks and

4158
02:23:53,730 --> 02:23:55,131
our parks. We don't want

4159
02:23:55,131 --> 02:23:56,499
signage. We don't want

4160
02:23:56,499 --> 02:23:58,499
construction blocking our

4161
02:23:58,568 --> 02:24:00,270
sidewalks. Downtown's having a

4162
02:24:00,270 --> 02:24:02,670
problem with homeless. The

4163
02:24:03,390 --> 02:24:05,442
grove has homeless. MISS King's

4164
02:24:05,442 --> 02:24:06,810
district has homeless. We need

4165
02:24:06,810 --> 02:24:08,100
to do something about it.

4166
02:24:08,100 --> 02:24:09,378
Nobody's. I don't see anywhere

4167
02:24:09,378 --> 02:24:11,114
where we're talking about

4168
02:24:11,114 --> 02:24:12,815
arresting people. When I read

4169
02:24:12,815 --> 02:24:14,884
the ordinance it talks about

4170
02:24:14,884 --> 02:24:16,953
teaching people skills and

4171
02:24:16,953 --> 02:24:19,356
having them learn how to do

4172
02:24:19,356 --> 02:24:21,570
things. We have restaurants

4173
02:24:21,570 --> 02:24:22,792
closing all over the city and

4174
02:24:22,792 --> 02:24:25,792
the county because it's slow

4175
02:24:25,895 --> 02:24:28,297
season. Um these issues are

4176
02:24:28,297 --> 02:24:30,366
hurting businesses. Um I don't

4177
02:24:30,366 --> 02:24:31,901
see anything wrong with ph

4178
02:24:31,901 --> 02:24:33,436
three and dade heritage trust

4179
02:24:33,436 --> 02:24:35,505
being on board with moving that

4180
02:24:35,505 --> 02:24:37,740
house. It's unusual for them to

4181
02:24:37,740 --> 02:24:39,308
be so so willing to work with

4182
02:24:39,308 --> 02:24:42,211
us so quickly. So I don't have

4183
02:24:42,211 --> 02:24:45,811
a problem with that. Rt 16 the

4184
02:24:45,815 --> 02:24:48,584
task force um we do have a

4185
02:24:48,584 --> 02:24:50,286
problem a serious problem and

4186
02:24:50,286 --> 02:24:52,521
um I don't know how many of you

4187
02:24:52,521 --> 02:24:54,591
all are aware of this and thank

4188
02:24:54,591 --> 02:24:58,191
you for bringing up the 287 g

4189
02:24:58,194 --> 02:24:59,762
on JANUARY 18th, 2025. I live

4190
02:24:59,762 --> 02:25:02,832
in the last block of coconut

4191
02:25:02,832 --> 02:25:05,235
grove, coral gables police had

4192
02:25:05,235 --> 02:25:08,337
detained a van that had the

4193
02:25:08,337 --> 02:25:10,720
windows boarded over with 12

4194
02:25:10,720 --> 02:25:11,775
chinese immigrants who were

4195
02:25:11,775 --> 02:25:14,110
brought here illegally who were

4196
02:25:14,110 --> 02:25:16,790
coming up the ramp in a gated

4197
02:25:16,790 --> 02:25:17,980
neighborhood on old cutler. Ten

4198
02:25:17,980 --> 02:25:19,682
days later they got another van

4199
02:25:19,682 --> 02:25:21,417
and by the way, city of miami

4200
02:25:21,417 --> 02:25:23,119
police were not called in. I

4201
02:25:23,119 --> 02:25:24,854
was blocked in my neighborhood.

4202
02:25:24,854 --> 02:25:26,890
I contacted chief morales.

4203
02:25:26,890 --> 02:25:28,625
Chief morales was out of town.

4204
02:25:28,625 --> 02:25:30,326
They never contacted city of

4205
02:25:30,326 --> 02:25:31,728
miami. It was miami dade

4206
02:25:31,728 --> 02:25:33,263
county. It was homeland

4207
02:25:33,263 --> 02:25:34,798
security and it was coral

4208
02:25:34,798 --> 02:25:36,365
gables police. City of miami

4209
02:25:36,365 --> 02:25:37,900
police were not even engaged in

4210
02:25:37,900 --> 02:25:39,102
any of this. This went on

4211
02:25:39,102 --> 02:25:41,400
twice. At the end of my street.

4212
02:25:41,400 --> 02:25:42,371
Thank you so much. Thank you.

4213
02:25:42,371 --> 02:25:43,907
We also missed your name and

4214
02:25:43,907 --> 02:25:45,642
address for the record. Kathy

4215
02:25:45,642 --> 02:25:47,642
park suarez, 4035 battersea

4216
02:25:48,745 --> 02:25:50,780
road, miami. 33133. Thank you,

4217
02:25:50,780 --> 02:25:52,515
MR. Trainer. I see you there.

4218
02:25:52,515 --> 02:25:55,515
Are you here for public

4219
02:25:56,119 --> 02:25:57,487
comment? Would you like to

4220
02:25:57,487 --> 02:26:01,870
speak on one of the items?

4221
02:26:01,958 --> 02:26:03,693
Monte we. We do. Um

4222
02:26:03,693 --> 02:26:04,894
commissioner we thought we had

4223
02:26:04,894 --> 02:26:06,963
more time later when the item

4224
02:26:06,963 --> 02:26:10,400
was going to be discussed but.

4225
02:26:10,400 --> 02:26:12,268
This item all of the items it's

4226
02:26:12,268 --> 02:26:14,171
a public comment on all items

4227
02:26:14,171 --> 02:26:15,872
now so each speaker has two

4228
02:26:15,872 --> 02:26:17,774
minutes but. We if our five can

4229
02:26:17,774 --> 02:26:19,509
we speak at that time? Uh no

4230
02:26:19,509 --> 02:26:21,545
we're taking all comments on

4231
02:26:21,545 --> 02:26:21,812
all items. MADAM Mayor. Thank

4232
02:26:21,812 --> 02:26:23,280
you.

4233
02:26:23,280 --> 02:26:24,314
>> and everyone has two you

4234
02:26:24,314 --> 02:26:25,349
have two minutes. Thank you.

4235
02:26:25,349 --> 02:26:27,349
MADAM Mayor commissioners

4236
02:26:28,451 --> 02:26:30,486
rosario kennedy with offices at

4237
02:26:30,486 --> 02:26:32,556
2645 south bayshore drive here

4238
02:26:32,556 --> 02:26:34,625
today on the graffiti abatement

4239
02:26:34,625 --> 02:26:36,692
program. For the past nine

4240
02:26:36,692 --> 02:26:38,395
years we've worked thoroughly

4241
02:26:38,395 --> 02:26:40,464
through countless meetings and

4242
02:26:40,464 --> 02:26:42,365
legal issues. We started at the

4243
02:26:42,365 --> 02:26:44,434
county where we had to create a

4244
02:26:44,434 --> 02:26:46,469
pathway for the city to opt out

4245
02:26:46,469 --> 02:26:48,872
of the pilot of the county sign

4246
02:26:48,872 --> 02:26:50,441
code. Once that ordinance was

4247
02:26:50,441 --> 02:26:52,342
approved by the board of county

4248
02:26:52,342 --> 02:26:54,378
commissioners, then we came

4249
02:26:54,378 --> 02:26:56,447
back to the city and worked

4250
02:26:56,447 --> 02:26:58,182
with the commission. At the

4251
02:26:58,182 --> 02:27:00,917
time we actually worked through

4252
02:27:00,917 --> 02:27:02,917
two administrations mayor

4253
02:27:04,354 --> 02:27:07,954
regalado and uh suarez to get

4254
02:27:08,124 --> 02:27:09,526
this approved. Um because the

4255
02:27:09,526 --> 02:27:11,228
program was conceived and

4256
02:27:11,228 --> 02:27:13,630
developed by a client client

4257
02:27:13,630 --> 02:27:15,365
over the past nine years, we

4258
02:27:15,365 --> 02:27:17,434
respectfully request that it be

4259
02:27:17,434 --> 02:27:19,470
implemented as a one year pilot

4260
02:27:19,470 --> 02:27:21,370
program so that we can

4261
02:27:21,370 --> 02:27:22,405
demonstrate its value and then

4262
02:27:22,405 --> 02:27:25,405
let the results speak for

4263
02:27:25,842 --> 02:27:28,245
themselves. Um, we are here

4264
02:27:28,245 --> 02:27:31,245
today one second one second

4265
02:27:31,348 --> 02:27:33,750
because I'm not we're here

4266
02:27:33,750 --> 02:27:35,452
today proposing a one year

4267
02:27:35,452 --> 02:27:37,521
pilot program that can make a

4268
02:27:37,521 --> 02:27:38,922
meaningful difference in the

4269
02:27:38,922 --> 02:27:41,322
appearance, safety and vibrancy

4270
02:27:41,658 --> 02:27:43,360
of our city. It is called the

4271
02:27:43,360 --> 02:27:45,760
graffiti abatement program or

4272
02:27:46,463 --> 02:27:47,497
gap because the program was

4273
02:27:47,497 --> 02:27:49,733
conceived we're asking for the

4274
02:27:49,733 --> 02:27:52,836
two minute two for the um for

4275
02:27:52,836 --> 02:27:54,204
the pilot program. The goal of

4276
02:27:54,204 --> 02:27:56,604
the graffiti abatement program

4277
02:27:56,940 --> 02:27:58,675
is simple it helps eliminate

4278
02:27:58,675 --> 02:28:00,430
graffiti on construction

4279
02:28:00,430 --> 02:28:01,745
fences. It improves the

4280
02:28:01,745 --> 02:28:03,480
appearance of neighborhoods and

4281
02:28:03,480 --> 02:28:05,215
addresses the safety concerns

4282
02:28:05,215 --> 02:28:07,615
that come with neglected

4283
02:28:07,951 --> 02:28:09,687
construction sites. Let's face

4284
02:28:09,687 --> 02:28:10,687
it we all recognize that

4285
02:28:10,687 --> 02:28:12,687
construction fences are

4286
02:28:13,456 --> 02:28:14,491
necessary to our city's growth.

4287
02:28:14,491 --> 02:28:16,192
Unfortunately, they often

4288
02:28:16,192 --> 02:28:17,927
become unsightly canvases for

4289
02:28:17,927 --> 02:28:19,630
graffiti. They accumulate trash

4290
02:28:19,630 --> 02:28:21,698
and detract from the character

4291
02:28:21,698 --> 02:28:23,670
and pride of our neighborhoods

4292
02:28:23,670 --> 02:28:24,801
unless they are properly

4293
02:28:24,801 --> 02:28:26,536
maintained, they create an

4294
02:28:26,536 --> 02:28:28,239
environment that invites

4295
02:28:28,239 --> 02:28:30,239
vandalism, illegal dumping.

4296
02:28:30,474 --> 02:28:31,842
>> and if the. Thank you and

4297
02:28:31,842 --> 02:28:33,577
the commission has questions

4298
02:28:33,577 --> 02:28:35,112
during the item should they

4299
02:28:35,112 --> 02:28:37,548
decide on first reading? Yes

4300
02:28:37,548 --> 02:28:39,950
also thank you. Thank you. With

4301
02:28:39,950 --> 02:28:41,652
us is monty trainer who drove

4302
02:28:41,652 --> 02:28:43,554
through downtown with me one

4303
02:28:43,554 --> 02:28:44,588
day and asked me to get

4304
02:28:44,588 --> 02:28:44,955
involved in the program.

4305
02:28:44,955 --> 02:28:46,456
Wonderful.

4306
02:28:46,456 --> 02:28:48,856
>> thanks, monty. We're happy

4307
02:28:49,590 --> 02:28:53,259
to see you. All right, let's go

4308
02:29:05,420 --> 02:29:06,910
ahead here. Sure. Go ahead.

4309
02:29:06,910 --> 02:29:09,146
Unaccustomed as I am to public

4310
02:29:09,146 --> 02:29:10,881
speaking, I would like to say a

4311
02:29:10,881 --> 02:29:13,951
few words to the audience and

4312
02:29:13,951 --> 02:29:15,685
to the especially to the

4313
02:29:15,685 --> 02:29:17,421
commission and our new

4314
02:29:17,421 --> 02:29:20,157
commissioners. Uh, nice to see

4315
02:29:20,157 --> 02:29:22,226
you. Rolando. Ralph, nice to

4316
02:29:22,226 --> 02:29:24,795
see you. It's nice I haven't

4317
02:29:24,795 --> 02:29:26,496
had a chance to speak to to the

4318
02:29:26,496 --> 02:29:28,766
new commission yet, but it's

4319
02:29:28,766 --> 02:29:31,168
nice and it's always nice to

4320
02:29:31,168 --> 02:29:33,570
see our CHAIRMAN And all our

4321
02:29:33,570 --> 02:29:35,605
all our commissioners that we

4322
02:29:35,605 --> 02:29:38,420
have that have done so much for

4323
02:29:38,420 --> 02:29:42,146
the city. But let me tell you I

4324
02:29:42,146 --> 02:29:45,583
just I just left a rehab center

4325
02:29:45,583 --> 02:29:49,783
and I came down here to speak

4326
02:29:50,755 --> 02:29:54,240
and uh it to see what I've seen

4327
02:29:54,240 --> 02:29:56,920
in the city. I think it's it's

4328
02:29:56,920 --> 02:29:57,461
a blight with the new

4329
02:29:57,461 --> 02:29:59,861
construction that's going on

4330
02:30:00,564 --> 02:30:03,300
and everything is going going

4331
02:30:03,300 --> 02:30:04,668
all all all all over the city

4332
02:30:04,668 --> 02:30:06,668
where there's construction,

4333
02:30:07,710 --> 02:30:08,806
there's all this blight and I

4334
02:30:08,806 --> 02:30:11,542
wish there's something we could

4335
02:30:11,542 --> 02:30:13,277
do about it and I know there is

4336
02:30:13,277 --> 02:30:15,679
there's a pilot program going

4337
02:30:15,679 --> 02:30:18,820
on that rosario kennedy has

4338
02:30:18,820 --> 02:30:20,317
started and I think it's got

4339
02:30:20,317 --> 02:30:22,887
started and if we can get it if

4340
02:30:22,887 --> 02:30:27,358
we can get it going it would be

4341
02:30:27,358 --> 02:30:29,259
nice. It'd be be a pleasant

4342
02:30:29,259 --> 02:30:33,364
surprise if we could if I could

4343
02:30:33,364 --> 02:30:37,167
come back out and and and no

4344
02:30:37,167 --> 02:30:38,869
more no more blight. But anyway

4345
02:30:38,869 --> 02:30:41,272
we have some blight some

4346
02:30:41,272 --> 02:30:43,340
pictures for you and I don't

4347
02:30:43,340 --> 02:30:45,909
want to I don't want to be too

4348
02:30:45,909 --> 02:30:47,811
much but uh it's it's a it's a

4349
02:30:47,811 --> 02:30:49,546
terrible sight and all the

4350
02:30:49,546 --> 02:30:51,415
stuff that's going on downtown

4351
02:30:51,415 --> 02:30:54,352
when I'd like to see it cleaned

4352
02:30:54,352 --> 02:30:57,870
up a little bit and uh, welcome

4353
02:30:57,870 --> 02:30:58,655
welcome to the welcome to the

4354
02:30:58,655 --> 02:31:02,255
dais. I think you guys are

4355
02:31:02,259 --> 02:31:04,495
going to make a nice uh, it's

4356
02:31:04,495 --> 02:31:07,398
going to be a nice creation for

4357
02:31:07,398 --> 02:31:10,501
us and I want to show you the

4358
02:31:10,501 --> 02:31:13,501
pictures. Who was that you.

4359
02:31:13,605 --> 02:31:15,640
Christine? Was that you? Did

4360
02:31:15,640 --> 02:31:17,374
you did you mayor. [Laughter]

4361
02:31:17,374 --> 02:31:20,974
He heard the bell. He heard

4362
02:31:21,178 --> 02:31:22,880
the. Who hit the buzzer? It's

4363
02:31:22,880 --> 02:31:25,316
our clerk. We have to blame

4364
02:31:25,316 --> 02:31:27,170
you, todd, [Laughter] Listen.

4365
02:31:27,170 --> 02:31:29,860
You promised me you [Applause]

4366
02:31:29,860 --> 02:31:31,989
Never again a buzzer. No, I

4367
02:31:31,989 --> 02:31:35,960
would not. It wasn't me. Was it

4368
02:31:35,960 --> 02:31:37,495
you, todd? No. Monte it is. It

4369
02:31:37,495 --> 02:31:38,529
is great to see you and

4370
02:31:38,529 --> 02:31:40,529
commissioner kennedy here

4371
02:31:40,598 --> 02:31:43,000
today. I'm so glad you're out

4372
02:31:43,000 --> 02:31:45,690
of rehab too. And thank you and

4373
02:31:45,690 --> 02:31:46,604
welcome. Nice to have you. And

4374
02:31:46,604 --> 02:31:49,373
they're going to have a little

4375
02:31:49,373 --> 02:31:51,773
picture taken here. Excellent.

4376
02:31:56,413 --> 02:31:57,948
>> all right to do we want to

4377
02:31:57,948 --> 02:31:59,149
go to this podium and do you

4378
02:31:59,149 --> 02:32:01,552
want to speak you've been

4379
02:32:01,552 --> 02:32:03,288
standing patiently okay go

4380
02:32:03,288 --> 02:32:03,955
ahead please. Sorry. Thank you

4381
02:32:03,955 --> 02:32:05,690
for your patience.

4382
02:32:05,690 --> 02:32:07,758
>> no problem. Good morning,

4383
02:32:07,758 --> 02:32:09,460
MADAM Mayor. MR. City manager

4384
02:32:09,460 --> 02:32:11,195
and commissioners my name is

4385
02:32:11,195 --> 02:32:13,595
christina henoko. I'm the

4386
02:32:14,265 --> 02:32:16,000
co-founder and ceo of hope

4387
02:32:16,000 --> 02:32:17,902
hydration. But before any of

4388
02:32:17,902 --> 02:32:19,604
that I am a resident of miami

4389
02:32:19,604 --> 02:32:21,672
and I am a committed citizen

4390
02:32:21,672 --> 02:32:23,741
who believes that access to

4391
02:32:23,741 --> 02:32:27,100
free clean drinking water is a

4392
02:32:27,100 --> 02:32:28,546
human right. We live in one of

4393
02:32:28,546 --> 02:32:30,281
the hottest cities in america.

4394
02:32:30,281 --> 02:32:31,982
Every summer gets hotter every

4395
02:32:31,982 --> 02:32:33,351
year we talk about more

4396
02:32:33,351 --> 02:32:35,860
resilience, public health and

4397
02:32:35,860 --> 02:32:36,454
climate adaptation but

4398
02:32:36,454 --> 02:32:38,522
sometimes the best solutions

4399
02:32:38,522 --> 02:32:40,924
are the simplest ones free

4400
02:32:40,924 --> 02:32:42,326
water not bottled water not

4401
02:32:42,326 --> 02:32:44,362
another expense for families

4402
02:32:44,362 --> 02:32:46,430
just clean drinking water where

4403
02:32:46,430 --> 02:32:47,632
people need it most. What makes

4404
02:32:47,632 --> 02:32:49,000
hope different is that we're

4405
02:32:49,000 --> 02:32:51,268
not using taxpayer dollars to

4406
02:32:51,268 --> 02:32:52,970
fund it. Our advertising model

4407
02:32:52,970 --> 02:32:54,505
allows us to provide this

4408
02:32:54,505 --> 02:32:56,240
public service at no cost to

4409
02:32:56,240 --> 02:32:57,608
the city while creating a new

4410
02:32:57,608 --> 02:32:58,976
way to communicate with

4411
02:32:58,976 --> 02:33:01,450
residents and visitors. We've

4412
02:33:01,450 --> 02:33:02,413
heard concerns that no one

4413
02:33:02,413 --> 02:33:04,482
wants more billboards neither

4414
02:33:04,482 --> 02:33:06,551
do we. We didn't build an

4415
02:33:06,551 --> 02:33:07,918
advertising company. We built a

4416
02:33:07,918 --> 02:33:10,154
public hydration network that

4417
02:33:10,154 --> 02:33:11,889
uses advertising to pay for

4418
02:33:11,889 --> 02:33:14,625
itself and to reinvest revenue

4419
02:33:14,625 --> 02:33:15,659
share into the community. Every

4420
02:33:15,659 --> 02:33:17,361
advertisement helps provide

4421
02:33:17,361 --> 02:33:19,761
another refill another person

4422
02:33:19,797 --> 02:33:21,833
drinking free water in this

4423
02:33:21,833 --> 02:33:23,567
community. That's the model. As

4424
02:33:23,567 --> 02:33:24,936
someone who has spent the last

4425
02:33:24,936 --> 02:33:26,671
several several years building

4426
02:33:26,671 --> 02:33:28,706
this company here locally in

4427
02:33:28,706 --> 02:33:30,775
miami, I truly believe our city

4428
02:33:30,775 --> 02:33:32,510
has an opportunity to lead not

4429
02:33:32,510 --> 02:33:34,450
just by preparing for hot

4430
02:33:34,450 --> 02:33:35,413
summers but making sure every

4431
02:33:35,413 --> 02:33:37,148
resident, every worker, every

4432
02:33:37,148 --> 02:33:39,216
visitor has access to free

4433
02:33:39,216 --> 02:33:40,752
drinking water. Let's set the

4434
02:33:40,752 --> 02:33:41,786
standard for what a resilient

4435
02:33:41,786 --> 02:33:43,855
forward thinking city looks

4436
02:33:43,855 --> 02:33:45,557
like. I respectfully ask for

4437
02:33:45,557 --> 02:33:46,925
your support and for the

4438
02:33:46,925 --> 02:33:48,326
opportunity to take a

4439
02:33:48,326 --> 02:33:50,280
meaningful step forward towards

4440
02:33:50,280 --> 02:33:53,280
a future with free drinking

4441
02:33:53,998 --> 02:33:56,340
water across miami. Thank you.

4442
02:33:56,340 --> 02:33:58,135
All right, so you've got a lot

4443
02:33:58,135 --> 02:34:00,204
of boards. I see three people

4444
02:34:00,204 --> 02:34:02,773
do you want to present for all

4445
02:34:02,773 --> 02:34:03,974
three or everyone's going to do

4446
02:34:03,974 --> 02:34:07,412
two minutes. I'll give you a

4447
02:34:07,412 --> 02:34:09,147
little extra time. Two minutes

4448
02:34:09,147 --> 02:34:12,830
okay I'm just saying if one

4449
02:34:12,830 --> 02:34:13,451
person. Yeah we just need to

4450
02:34:13,451 --> 02:34:14,652
make sure that your every

4451
02:34:14,652 --> 02:34:15,530
comment you make is on the

4452
02:34:15,530 --> 02:34:15,853
microphone.

4453
02:34:15,853 --> 02:34:16,721
>> I'm so sorry. Yeah.

4454
02:34:16,721 --> 02:34:18,721
>> okay.

4455
02:34:20,125 --> 02:34:21,525
>> good morning, MADAM Mayor.

4456
02:34:21,525 --> 02:34:23,600
Honorable commissioners. Name

4457
02:34:23,600 --> 02:34:25,297
and address for the record

4458
02:34:25,297 --> 02:34:28,297
please. Thanks. John del mastro

4459
02:34:28,733 --> 02:34:30,635
1717 north bayshore drive.

4460
02:34:30,635 --> 02:34:32,704
Thank you for allowing us to

4461
02:34:32,704 --> 02:34:34,739
speak today. I stand before you

4462
02:34:34,739 --> 02:34:36,474
with both a professional

4463
02:34:36,474 --> 02:34:37,842
commitment and a personal one.

4464
02:34:37,842 --> 02:34:39,210
Our company believes that every

4465
02:34:39,210 --> 02:34:41,279
great city is remembered not

4466
02:34:41,279 --> 02:34:42,813
only for its skyline, for its

4467
02:34:42,813 --> 02:34:44,548
beauty and its public spaces.

4468
02:34:44,548 --> 02:34:46,251
Buildings define a city but

4469
02:34:46,251 --> 02:34:47,285
parks, streetscapes, gathering

4470
02:34:47,285 --> 02:34:49,200
spaces and thoughtfully

4471
02:34:49,200 --> 02:34:50,722
designed outdoor environments

4472
02:34:50,722 --> 02:34:52,957
define the experience of living

4473
02:34:52,957 --> 02:34:53,825
here we are a company that

4474
02:34:53,825 --> 02:34:55,260
believes in community. We

4475
02:34:55,260 --> 02:34:56,394
believe in beautification. Most

4476
02:34:56,394 --> 02:34:57,628
important, we believe that

4477
02:34:57,628 --> 02:34:58,796
every resident deserves to feel

4478
02:34:58,796 --> 02:35:00,365
proud of the neighborhood they

4479
02:35:00,365 --> 02:35:02,433
call home. This project is

4480
02:35:02,433 --> 02:35:04,836
deeply, deeply personal for me.

4481
02:35:04,836 --> 02:35:06,204
Miami especially edgewater

4482
02:35:06,204 --> 02:35:07,939
formerly known as the omni, has

4483
02:35:07,939 --> 02:35:09,473
been my second home for nearly

4484
02:35:09,473 --> 02:35:10,508
40 years. When we first moved

4485
02:35:10,508 --> 02:35:11,709
to this neighborhood, we can

4486
02:35:11,709 --> 02:35:13,244
only stay within the confines

4487
02:35:13,244 --> 02:35:14,279
of our building and the

4488
02:35:14,279 --> 02:35:15,480
adjacent hotel because the

4489
02:35:15,480 --> 02:35:16,848
neighborhood was unsafe. When

4490
02:35:16,848 --> 02:35:18,249
we first had an apartment here,

4491
02:35:18,249 --> 02:35:19,617
I went for a run in the park

4492
02:35:19,617 --> 02:35:20,985
next to our building. My father

4493
02:35:20,985 --> 02:35:22,721
told me he was horrified and

4494
02:35:22,721 --> 02:35:24,422
said you cannot go there. Just

4495
02:35:24,422 --> 02:35:26,658
run over the venetian causeway.

4496
02:35:26,658 --> 02:35:29,610
That dangerous park is now the

4497
02:35:29,610 --> 02:35:30,261
amazing margaret pace park.

4498
02:35:30,261 --> 02:35:31,630
Edgewater has become a

4499
02:35:31,630 --> 02:35:33,365
thriving, beautiful, upscale,

4500
02:35:33,365 --> 02:35:34,733
desirable neighborhood to live.

4501
02:35:34,733 --> 02:35:36,100
thank you for commissioner

4502
02:35:36,100 --> 02:35:38,169
pardo for your continued

4503
02:35:38,169 --> 02:35:39,704
support. However, with all this

4504
02:35:39,704 --> 02:35:40,739
amazing growth comes a lot of

4505
02:35:40,739 --> 02:35:42,473
construction and unsightly

4506
02:35:42,473 --> 02:35:44,376
construction sites. Ten years

4507
02:35:44,376 --> 02:35:46,770
ago my father who sadly passed

4508
02:35:46,770 --> 02:35:47,612
from covid in the very very

4509
02:35:47,612 --> 02:35:49,180
beginning went to rosario with

4510
02:35:49,180 --> 02:35:50,715
an idea that helps make not

4511
02:35:50,715 --> 02:35:52,250
only our neighborhood but all

4512
02:35:52,250 --> 02:35:53,651
of miami beautiful and safe

4513
02:35:53,651 --> 02:35:55,190
while miami is building these

4514
02:35:55,190 --> 02:35:57,756
amazing buildings. As you can

4515
02:35:57,756 --> 02:35:59,324
see from these photos, these

4516
02:35:59,324 --> 02:36:00,525
construction sites look awful

4517
02:36:00,525 --> 02:36:02,600
and more important they are

4518
02:36:02,600 --> 02:36:03,428
unsafe and have been issues for

4519
02:36:03,428 --> 02:36:04,996
decades. Anyone can enter these

4520
02:36:04,996 --> 02:36:06,364
dangerous sites. As you are

4521
02:36:06,364 --> 02:36:08,764
aware people already entered

4522
02:36:09,101 --> 02:36:12,101
where those giant arches are

4523
02:36:12,904 --> 02:36:14,773
and graffiti them it is. They

4524
02:36:14,773 --> 02:36:16,141
do not yet reflect the quality,

4525
02:36:16,141 --> 02:36:17,709
beauty and pride this

4526
02:36:17,709 --> 02:36:18,910
neighborhood deserves. Today I

4527
02:36:18,910 --> 02:36:20,278
have the privilege of

4528
02:36:20,278 --> 02:36:22,130
continuing something my father

4529
02:36:22,130 --> 02:36:24,249
began his vision inspired me

4530
02:36:24,249 --> 02:36:25,616
through my life completing this

4531
02:36:25,616 --> 02:36:28,616
work. Thank you thank you.

4532
02:36:33,157 --> 02:36:35,557
Appreciate it. Good morning

4533
02:36:36,940 --> 02:36:37,996
MADAM Mayor and commissioners.

4534
02:36:37,996 --> 02:36:40,398
My name is chris carr. My

4535
02:36:40,398 --> 02:36:42,798
address is 1717 north bayshore

4536
02:36:43,835 --> 02:36:45,537
drive in miami. I am the chief

4537
02:36:45,537 --> 02:36:47,272
operating officer for del

4538
02:36:47,272 --> 02:36:48,473
mastro outdoor and I know one

4539
02:36:48,473 --> 02:36:50,709
of the issues and questions

4540
02:36:50,709 --> 02:36:54,309
that have come up about the

4541
02:36:55,180 --> 02:36:57,248
this gap program is the sole

4542
02:36:57,248 --> 02:36:59,985
proprietorship for the one year

4543
02:36:59,985 --> 02:37:02,530
term. Our goal is to make this

4544
02:37:02,530 --> 02:37:04,456
process in one year which is a

4545
02:37:04,456 --> 02:37:06,692
very limited time to operate

4546
02:37:06,692 --> 02:37:08,760
and to for the city to be able

4547
02:37:08,760 --> 02:37:10,996
to evaluate this program for

4548
02:37:10,996 --> 02:37:12,697
what we believe will be a win

4549
02:37:12,697 --> 02:37:14,766
win for not only for the city

4550
02:37:14,766 --> 02:37:17,869
but the community and in which

4551
02:37:17,869 --> 02:37:20,105
the construction sites, as you

4552
02:37:20,105 --> 02:37:21,973
know, for decades has been an

4553
02:37:21,973 --> 02:37:23,709
issue with the city of miami

4554
02:37:23,709 --> 02:37:26,111
from a safety perspective, from

4555
02:37:26,111 --> 02:37:28,514
a visual blight perspective and

4556
02:37:28,514 --> 02:37:30,249
from the cleanliness or the or

4557
02:37:30,249 --> 02:37:31,950
the lack of cleanliness that

4558
02:37:31,950 --> 02:37:35,530
has been able to have been

4559
02:37:35,530 --> 02:37:36,755
maintained by the city. A

4560
02:37:36,755 --> 02:37:38,856
single operator for this one

4561
02:37:38,856 --> 02:37:41,593
year provides the city with a

4562
02:37:41,593 --> 02:37:43,593
very intimate, controlled

4563
02:37:43,995 --> 02:37:46,650
measure of the success and the

4564
02:37:46,650 --> 02:37:48,467
concerns that MAY happen during

4565
02:37:48,467 --> 02:37:50,869
this year. So the program can

4566
02:37:50,869 --> 02:37:52,937
be tweaked and then opened up

4567
02:37:52,937 --> 02:37:54,306
to whatever competitors

4568
02:37:54,306 --> 02:37:56,306
qualified competitors that

4569
02:37:57,409 --> 02:38:01,900
there are uh, that want to

4570
02:38:05,651 --> 02:38:08,420
participate in this program. As

4571
02:38:08,420 --> 02:38:11,420
previously stated, we have been

4572
02:38:11,490 --> 02:38:13,558
working with the county with

4573
02:38:13,558 --> 02:38:14,927
multiple mayors and

4574
02:38:14,927 --> 02:38:17,327
commissioners over the past

4575
02:38:17,328 --> 02:38:18,731
nine plus years. We have

4576
02:38:18,731 --> 02:38:20,765
committed a tremendous amount

4577
02:38:20,765 --> 02:38:22,501
of resource for this. And I

4578
02:38:22,501 --> 02:38:24,403
would ask the question for any

4579
02:38:24,403 --> 02:38:27,306
of our competitors who are out

4580
02:38:27,306 --> 02:38:29,541
there where were you? What were

4581
02:38:29,541 --> 02:38:31,110
you doing? We invested the

4582
02:38:31,110 --> 02:38:32,477
time, the effort and the

4583
02:38:32,477 --> 02:38:34,877
determination to get this

4584
02:38:35,580 --> 02:38:37,649
program to work with the city

4585
02:38:37,649 --> 02:38:39,685
administrators as well as

4586
02:38:39,685 --> 02:38:42,870
elected officials to come up

4587
02:38:42,870 --> 02:38:44,155
with a ordinance. Thank you.

4588
02:38:44,155 --> 02:38:45,690
That works. We appreciate it. I

4589
02:38:45,690 --> 02:38:47,920
really appreciate. Your time

4590
02:38:47,920 --> 02:38:50,195
and effort. Thank you for your

4591
02:38:50,195 --> 02:38:51,197
vote. Is that everyone on this

4592
02:38:51,197 --> 02:38:52,397
item or we have one more

4593
02:38:52,397 --> 02:38:55,334
speaker I can't see with the

4594
02:38:55,334 --> 02:38:57,569
sign so no you can leave them

4595
02:38:57,569 --> 02:38:59,638
up. I just go ahead. Okay.

4596
02:38:59,638 --> 02:39:02,638
>> we're signing it right now.

4597
02:39:02,708 --> 02:39:05,108
Um, jennifer del mastro

4598
02:39:05,143 --> 02:39:07,543
jennifer del mastro 1717 north

4599
02:39:07,879 --> 02:39:09,948
bayshore drive miami florida

4600
02:39:09,948 --> 02:39:12,348
33132. Thank you guys for

4601
02:39:12,351 --> 02:39:14,920
allowing us to speak. I come in

4602
02:39:14,920 --> 02:39:16,655
very quickly just to add as uh

4603
02:39:16,655 --> 02:39:19,655
my sister dawn had spoken

4604
02:39:19,725 --> 02:39:22,161
before please mind the emotions

4605
02:39:22,161 --> 02:39:24,196
okay? We have the privilege of

4606
02:39:24,196 --> 02:39:26,596
continuing something our father

4607
02:39:26,599 --> 02:39:29,201
began ten years ago. We were

4608
02:39:29,201 --> 02:39:30,569
with him every step of the way.

4609
02:39:30,569 --> 02:39:32,104
So what an honor and a

4610
02:39:32,104 --> 02:39:34,600
privilege as a family it would

4611
02:39:34,600 --> 02:39:36,242
be to take his vision and bring

4612
02:39:36,242 --> 02:39:38,143
it to life. He thought of this

4613
02:39:38,143 --> 02:39:39,511
a long time ago. His vision

4614
02:39:39,511 --> 02:39:41,213
inspired us throughout our

4615
02:39:41,213 --> 02:39:42,781
lives. Completing his work

4616
02:39:42,781 --> 02:39:44,149
would mean more than any other

4617
02:39:44,149 --> 02:39:45,684
project we've been on. It would

4618
02:39:45,684 --> 02:39:47,587
be the fulfillment of a dream

4619
02:39:47,587 --> 02:39:49,288
that began long before many of

4620
02:39:49,288 --> 02:39:50,689
these buildings existed. We

4621
02:39:50,689 --> 02:39:52,424
respectfully ask that you

4622
02:39:52,424 --> 02:39:54,827
approval of del mastro outdoor

4623
02:39:54,827 --> 02:39:56,895
to be the sole company to test

4624
02:39:56,895 --> 02:39:58,630
this idea to make miami look

4625
02:39:58,630 --> 02:40:00,499
beautiful while it continues to

4626
02:40:00,499 --> 02:40:02,902
grow in the most desirable city

4627
02:40:02,902 --> 02:40:04,970
to live. Thank you very much

4628
02:40:04,970 --> 02:40:06,705
for considering our family.

4629
02:40:06,705 --> 02:40:08,407
Please I apologize about my

4630
02:40:08,407 --> 02:40:09,942
emotions but anyone who knows

4631
02:40:09,942 --> 02:40:11,343
the del mastro's I'm the one

4632
02:40:11,343 --> 02:40:12,712
that cries the most in the

4633
02:40:12,712 --> 02:40:14,413
family. Anyway, thank you for

4634
02:40:14,413 --> 02:40:16,482
your time. Thank you for

4635
02:40:16,482 --> 02:40:18,550
coming. All right. [Laughter]

4636
02:40:18,550 --> 02:40:20,286
Um, I have one last public

4637
02:40:20,286 --> 02:40:22,320
speaker. All right. Welcome.

4638
02:40:22,320 --> 02:40:24,560
Good morning, MADAM Mayor. City

4639
02:40:24,560 --> 02:40:26,458
commission. My name is. Anabel

4640
02:40:26,458 --> 02:40:28,527
urrea. I am here as a municipal

4641
02:40:28,527 --> 02:40:30,620
partner not as a resident. I am

4642
02:40:30,620 --> 02:40:31,430
from miami dade county mayor's

4643
02:40:31,430 --> 02:40:32,999
office daniella levine cava

4644
02:40:32,999 --> 02:40:34,867
office. I just wanted to

4645
02:40:34,867 --> 02:40:37,303
introduce myself as your new ig

4646
02:40:37,303 --> 02:40:40,380
liaison. Um, your previous one

4647
02:40:40,380 --> 02:40:41,406
david vidal was promoted so

4648
02:40:41,406 --> 02:40:42,942
they have assigned to me this

4649
02:40:42,942 --> 02:40:44,510
beautiful city. So just wanted

4650
02:40:44,510 --> 02:40:45,544
to introduce myself, put the

4651
02:40:45,544 --> 02:40:46,912
name behind the emails that you

4652
02:40:46,912 --> 02:40:48,281
will be receiving and if you

4653
02:40:48,281 --> 02:40:50,150
have any questions or need

4654
02:40:50,150 --> 02:40:51,717
anything with the county or our

4655
02:40:51,717 --> 02:40:53,785
mayor I'm your girl. Thank you

4656
02:40:53,785 --> 02:40:55,488
very much. Well thank you for

4657
02:40:55,488 --> 02:40:56,889
coming. This is the first this

4658
02:40:56,889 --> 02:40:58,256
is a nice in-person

4659
02:40:58,256 --> 02:40:59,958
introduction. We appreciate you

4660
02:40:59,958 --> 02:41:01,860
and congratulations to daniel.

4661
02:41:01,860 --> 02:41:04,963
All right. I don't see any more

4662
02:41:04,963 --> 02:41:07,963
speakers. So public comment is

4663
02:41:08,734 --> 02:41:10,636
closed. Um all right colleagues

4664
02:41:10,636 --> 02:41:12,171
I guess we'll try to do the

4665
02:41:12,171 --> 02:41:13,906
MADAM Mayor. Yes sir I did have

4666
02:41:13,906 --> 02:41:15,608
a I did have a few minutes that

4667
02:41:15,608 --> 02:41:17,176
I wanted to be able to just use

4668
02:41:17,176 --> 02:41:19,211
a point of personal privilege

4669
02:41:19,211 --> 02:41:21,814
to discuss an item that is for

4670
02:41:21,814 --> 02:41:24,550
the public benefit. What item

4671
02:41:24,550 --> 02:41:26,451
is that? It is about uh canopy

4672
02:41:26,451 --> 02:41:28,687
and tree basically. Okay.

4673
02:41:28,687 --> 02:41:30,222
>> um we'll we'll do that I'll

4674
02:41:30,222 --> 02:41:31,591
put that on the list. Okay. Um,

4675
02:41:31,591 --> 02:41:33,825
one of the things I was

4676
02:41:33,825 --> 02:41:35,894
thinking we should do first is

4677
02:41:35,894 --> 02:41:37,796
our 11 uh, the designation of

4678
02:41:37,796 --> 02:41:40,533
the street for ruth shack. I

4679
02:41:40,533 --> 02:41:43,269
think she probably deserves to

4680
02:41:43,269 --> 02:41:46,372
have a a separate vote given

4681
02:41:46,372 --> 02:41:48,274
her long history, um, in this

4682
02:41:48,274 --> 02:41:49,642
city and if it's possible, I

4683
02:41:49,642 --> 02:41:51,544
would love to co-sponsor that

4684
02:41:51,544 --> 02:41:53,780
item. I'm not sure if others

4685
02:41:53,780 --> 02:41:54,112
are interested in that too. I

4686
02:41:54,112 --> 02:41:55,848
really appreciate you bringing

4687
02:41:55,848 --> 02:41:57,550
that. Commissioner pardo. Sure

4688
02:41:57,550 --> 02:41:59,840
was the sponsor of the item.

4689
02:41:59,840 --> 02:42:00,119
Obviously I have a few words

4690
02:42:00,119 --> 02:42:02,188
that I'd like to share.

4691
02:42:02,188 --> 02:42:04,757
>> I figured you would so go

4692
02:42:04,757 --> 02:42:06,491
ahead. Um, a lot of people

4693
02:42:06,491 --> 02:42:08,560
spoke about ruth shack and what

4694
02:42:08,560 --> 02:42:10,263
she's done for the arts for

4695
02:42:10,263 --> 02:42:12,164
culture, how christo's islands

4696
02:42:12,164 --> 02:42:14,233
were wrapped at a moment where

4697
02:42:14,233 --> 02:42:15,935
the city was paradise lost. She

4698
02:42:15,935 --> 02:42:18,300
made it paradise found what

4699
02:42:18,300 --> 02:42:19,371
she's done with art miami art

4700
02:42:19,371 --> 02:42:20,739
basel I'm not going to talk

4701
02:42:20,739 --> 02:42:22,641
about any of that. I'm going to

4702
02:42:22,641 --> 02:42:25,440
talk about myself. When I was a

4703
02:42:25,440 --> 02:42:27,814
very young man, pretty insecure

4704
02:42:27,814 --> 02:42:30,383
and very worried because I was

4705
02:42:30,383 --> 02:42:32,285
openly gay and it was a moment

4706
02:42:32,285 --> 02:42:33,986
in miami where hiv was killing

4707
02:42:33,986 --> 02:42:36,755
a lot of people. Nobody knew

4708
02:42:36,755 --> 02:42:39,158
why hiv was killing a lot of

4709
02:42:39,158 --> 02:42:42,758
people. And um and here was

4710
02:42:44,296 --> 02:42:48,434
this woman who on tv on camera

4711
02:42:48,434 --> 02:42:50,136
in the community stood up in a

4712
02:42:50,136 --> 02:42:52,204
very unique way, very

4713
02:42:52,204 --> 02:42:54,273
courageous way people spit at

4714
02:42:54,273 --> 02:42:56,175
her. Her kids were threatened.

4715
02:42:56,175 --> 02:42:57,543
Uh, that was the climate in

4716
02:42:57,543 --> 02:42:59,946
this community at that time.

4717
02:42:59,946 --> 02:43:03,382
But as a young person to be

4718
02:43:03,382 --> 02:43:05,452
able to see that meant so much

4719
02:43:05,452 --> 02:43:09,520
because it meant that there was

4720
02:43:09,589 --> 02:43:11,324
some kind of space for me and

4721
02:43:11,324 --> 02:43:13,226
over time I was able to work

4722
02:43:13,226 --> 02:43:14,593
with her. Uh, we did one of the

4723
02:43:14,593 --> 02:43:15,962
first fundraisers with an

4724
02:43:15,962 --> 02:43:18,362
organization called network. We

4725
02:43:18,731 --> 02:43:21,131
raised about $90,000 in those

4726
02:43:21,801 --> 02:43:23,702
times which is probably 19. I

4727
02:43:23,702 --> 02:43:26,639
don't even know how far back it

4728
02:43:26,639 --> 02:43:29,209
was a long time ago. And uh,

4729
02:43:29,209 --> 02:43:31,277
ruth and the reason I wanted to

4730
02:43:31,277 --> 02:43:34,277
say my personal story is

4731
02:43:34,380 --> 02:43:37,116
because I am just one of

4732
02:43:37,116 --> 02:43:39,518
thousands of people that she

4733
02:43:39,518 --> 02:43:41,588
touched in that way and I am

4734
02:43:41,588 --> 02:43:43,322
convinced that in our community

4735
02:43:43,322 --> 02:43:44,690
there are so many underserved

4736
02:43:44,690 --> 02:43:46,392
people, there are so many

4737
02:43:46,392 --> 02:43:47,760
minorities and so many

4738
02:43:47,760 --> 02:43:50,160
separated people especially in

4739
02:43:50,163 --> 02:43:52,232
today's world that someone who

4740
02:43:52,232 --> 02:43:55,100
fought hard to bring them

4741
02:43:55,100 --> 02:43:56,702
together to start small

4742
02:43:56,702 --> 02:43:58,238
nonprofits that listen to

4743
02:43:58,238 --> 02:44:00,507
people that really made a

4744
02:44:00,507 --> 02:44:02,410
difference in miami. I am

4745
02:44:02,410 --> 02:44:04,110
convinced that this city would

4746
02:44:04,110 --> 02:44:06,846
not be this city without ruth

4747
02:44:06,846 --> 02:44:08,915
shack. And so I find it

4748
02:44:08,915 --> 02:44:10,650
incredibly fitting that we're

4749
02:44:10,650 --> 02:44:12,170
naming a street that wraps

4750
02:44:12,170 --> 02:44:14,417
around the old southeast

4751
02:44:14,420 --> 02:44:16,820
financial center because those

4752
02:44:16,823 --> 02:44:18,692
were her offices for decades

4753
02:44:18,692 --> 02:44:20,426
where she sat as the PRESIDENT

4754
02:44:20,426 --> 02:44:21,628
Of the dade community

4755
02:44:21,628 --> 02:44:23,362
foundation. Today it's called

4756
02:44:23,362 --> 02:44:26,362
the miami foundation and where

4757
02:44:26,799 --> 02:44:28,868
they gave out tons of grants to

4758
02:44:28,868 --> 02:44:30,570
all of these small nonprofits

4759
02:44:30,570 --> 02:44:32,272
that made a difference for

4760
02:44:32,272 --> 02:44:35,410
every every part of this

4761
02:44:35,410 --> 02:44:36,743
community. So obviously from a

4762
02:44:36,743 --> 02:44:38,979
personal level, uh, it's

4763
02:44:38,979 --> 02:44:40,880
somebody that that I can you

4764
02:44:40,880 --> 02:44:42,582
know, I there's not enough

4765
02:44:42,582 --> 02:44:44,651
words I could possibly say to

4766
02:44:44,651 --> 02:44:46,720
what she meant to me, but also

4767
02:44:46,720 --> 02:44:48,955
keep in mind how many thousands

4768
02:44:48,955 --> 02:44:49,990
of people are in miami that she

4769
02:44:49,990 --> 02:44:52,580
impacted the same way.

4770
02:44:52,580 --> 02:44:55,658
[Laughter] I take that that's a

4771
02:44:56,162 --> 02:44:57,898
motion for r 11 na do I have a

4772
02:44:57,898 --> 02:44:59,599
second. Commissioner I'd like

4773
02:44:59,599 --> 02:45:01,668
to second I'd also like to be

4774
02:45:01,668 --> 02:45:03,736
added as a co-sponsor the the

4775
02:45:03,736 --> 02:45:05,105
miami foundation is an

4776
02:45:05,105 --> 02:45:07,340
organization that's been very

4777
02:45:07,340 --> 02:45:09,409
special to me. Uh and I'm happy

4778
02:45:09,409 --> 02:45:11,811
to support you on this. Thank

4779
02:45:11,811 --> 02:45:13,120
you, MR. Clark. Yes thank you,

4780
02:45:13,120 --> 02:45:14,214
thank you. Commissioner king

4781
02:45:14,214 --> 02:45:15,448
would also like to be shown as

4782
02:45:15,448 --> 02:45:16,816
a co-sponsor for r 11. Okay.

4783
02:45:16,816 --> 02:45:18,816
>> delightful perfect

4784
02:45:18,885 --> 02:45:21,285
colleagues any other comments

4785
02:45:21,288 --> 02:45:24,357
if that that's all in favor say

4786
02:45:24,357 --> 02:45:26,593
I I show ruth shack having her

4787
02:45:26,593 --> 02:45:28,828
own street passed unanimously.

4788
02:45:28,828 --> 02:45:31,828
Thank you for bringing that.

4789
02:45:31,931 --> 02:45:32,265
MADAM Mayor. Yes commissioner

4790
02:45:32,265 --> 02:45:33,834
rosado.

4791
02:45:33,834 --> 02:45:35,202
>> could I take a moment of

4792
02:45:35,202 --> 02:45:36,736
personal privilege as well? I

4793
02:45:36,736 --> 02:45:38,104
would love to address the

4794
02:45:38,104 --> 02:45:38,505
silver court residents that are

4795
02:45:38,505 --> 02:45:40,505
here. Okay.

4796
02:45:40,874 --> 02:45:43,443
>> quickly and then we'll um

4797
02:45:43,443 --> 02:45:45,344
set. I have one. Yeah we yeah

4798
02:45:45,344 --> 02:45:48,782
we have the we have the two of

4799
02:45:48,782 --> 02:45:49,983
that before and for from your

4800
02:45:49,983 --> 02:45:51,684
perspective since folks are

4801
02:45:51,684 --> 02:45:52,885
here, I think we will

4802
02:45:52,885 --> 02:45:54,287
absolutely do that. Um

4803
02:45:54,287 --> 02:45:56,323
colleagues, you know we're

4804
02:45:56,323 --> 02:45:59,426
coming up on noon. My thought

4805
02:45:59,426 --> 02:46:00,827
is uh, we continue trying to

4806
02:46:00,827 --> 02:46:02,696
get through a few of the items.

4807
02:46:02,696 --> 02:46:04,431
Do you agree? So okay. All

4808
02:46:04,431 --> 02:46:05,265
right. So um why don't we start

4809
02:46:05,265 --> 02:46:06,667
with commissioner carter since

4810
02:46:06,667 --> 02:46:07,299
he has first then we'll go to

4811
02:46:07,299 --> 02:46:08,534
you commissioner rosado.

4812
02:46:08,534 --> 02:46:10,934
Commissioner pardo, you again.

4813
02:46:11,638 --> 02:46:13,706
It's really quick. Um first of

4814
02:46:13,706 --> 02:46:15,742
all I want to yeah I want to

4815
02:46:15,742 --> 02:46:17,811
thank everybody that has been

4816
02:46:17,811 --> 02:46:19,546
engaged on tree and canopy

4817
02:46:19,546 --> 02:46:21,614
issues. I think it's fantastic.

4818
02:46:21,614 --> 02:46:22,648
We had a full house here for

4819
02:46:22,648 --> 02:46:24,351
the head board meeting. There's

4820
02:46:24,351 --> 02:46:25,885
a lot of feedback and a lot of

4821
02:46:25,885 --> 02:46:27,453
people engaged and the more

4822
02:46:27,453 --> 02:46:29,322
eyes on anything I think the

4823
02:46:29,322 --> 02:46:33,126
better it is for us as a

4824
02:46:33,126 --> 02:46:35,362
community. Even so, I want to

4825
02:46:35,362 --> 02:46:36,563
explain to people some of the

4826
02:46:36,563 --> 02:46:37,597
context of things that are

4827
02:46:37,597 --> 02:46:38,798
happening because I've never

4828
02:46:38,798 --> 02:46:40,867
seen this really happening

4829
02:46:40,867 --> 02:46:42,736
before so far in my term in

4830
02:46:42,736 --> 02:46:45,505
office. So alex, if you can put

4831
02:46:45,505 --> 02:46:47,207
on the there you go. So this is

4832
02:46:47,207 --> 02:46:49,976
a new organization that popped

4833
02:46:49,976 --> 02:46:51,678
up miami canopy watch this is

4834
02:46:51,678 --> 02:46:53,413
their comment bs you sound like

4835
02:46:53,413 --> 02:46:54,781
donald trump now everyone knows

4836
02:46:54,781 --> 02:46:57,170
you ordered the falsification

4837
02:46:57,170 --> 02:46:58,918
of those permits to cut down

4838
02:46:58,918 --> 02:47:00,287
your own neighbors 100 year old

4839
02:47:00,287 --> 02:47:01,655
oak tree for destructive

4840
02:47:01,655 --> 02:47:03,523
sidewalks. We have the records.

4841
02:47:03,523 --> 02:47:05,425
It's on our page. Your district

4842
02:47:05,425 --> 02:47:08,195
has the most tree removals by

4843
02:47:08,195 --> 02:47:11,965
far than any other. This is an

4844
02:47:11,965 --> 02:47:13,666
incredibly serious legal false

4845
02:47:13,666 --> 02:47:15,402
allegation and I just want

4846
02:47:15,402 --> 02:47:17,136
residents to understand that we

4847
02:47:17,136 --> 02:47:18,505
are here in our office. We are

4848
02:47:18,505 --> 02:47:20,540
passionate about trees. Our

4849
02:47:20,540 --> 02:47:22,609
staff in the city is passionate

4850
02:47:22,609 --> 02:47:24,844
about trees. We are here for

4851
02:47:24,844 --> 02:47:27,614
you. We want you to come to us,

4852
02:47:27,614 --> 02:47:29,649
talk to us and let us show you

4853
02:47:29,649 --> 02:47:30,851
what we do, how we do it and

4854
02:47:30,851 --> 02:47:32,585
the information and what the

4855
02:47:32,585 --> 02:47:36,230
facts are. If you can go to the

4856
02:47:36,230 --> 02:47:39,126
next one, here is an image

4857
02:47:39,126 --> 02:47:40,828
before and after pardo paved

4858
02:47:40,828 --> 02:47:43,620
paradise. This is a doctored

4859
02:47:43,620 --> 02:47:44,264
image you can see on the right

4860
02:47:44,264 --> 02:47:45,999
hand side. And then if you go

4861
02:47:45,999 --> 02:47:48,680
to the next slide, the area

4862
02:47:48,680 --> 02:47:50,103
that we pointed out what was

4863
02:47:50,103 --> 02:47:51,504
just taken out to make a

4864
02:47:51,504 --> 02:47:53,373
convenient argument in the

4865
02:47:53,373 --> 02:47:54,775
moment and I'm going to go to

4866
02:47:54,775 --> 02:47:56,310
the next one and I'll make

4867
02:47:56,310 --> 02:47:58,879
those points on the next slide.

4868
02:47:58,879 --> 02:48:00,280
And this was put which is not

4869
02:48:00,280 --> 02:48:01,815
great to put these on trees.

4870
02:48:01,815 --> 02:48:04,551
You're harming the tree when

4871
02:48:04,551 --> 02:48:07,287
you do this but this was put in

4872
02:48:07,287 --> 02:48:09,356
edgewater and it says save

4873
02:48:09,356 --> 02:48:11,592
edgewater call damian pardo

4874
02:48:11,592 --> 02:48:12,993
developers mellow group and our

4875
02:48:12,993 --> 02:48:14,160
commissioner damian pardo are

4876
02:48:14,160 --> 02:48:15,729
destroying edgewater demand a

4877
02:48:15,729 --> 02:48:16,930
community meeting to end the

4878
02:48:16,930 --> 02:48:18,999
overdevelopment and it gives

4879
02:48:18,999 --> 02:48:21,670
you all of this stuff with a qr

4880
02:48:21,670 --> 02:48:23,804
code so that you can give money

4881
02:48:23,804 --> 02:48:25,538
to be able to support this

4882
02:48:25,538 --> 02:48:27,240
movement. Uh, currently that

4883
02:48:27,240 --> 02:48:28,975
we're we're looking play out

4884
02:48:28,975 --> 02:48:30,344
here. It's important to

4885
02:48:30,344 --> 02:48:32,450
understand that as a

4886
02:48:32,450 --> 02:48:34,450
commissioner, not any

4887
02:48:34,814 --> 02:48:36,350
commissioner and not the mayor

4888
02:48:36,350 --> 02:48:37,718
has I've never seen a tree

4889
02:48:37,718 --> 02:48:39,286
permit. I don't give any

4890
02:48:39,286 --> 02:48:40,987
direction when it comes to

4891
02:48:40,987 --> 02:48:43,560
trees. There's nothing we are

4892
02:48:43,560 --> 02:48:44,758
separated by charter from the

4893
02:48:44,758 --> 02:48:47,193
city manager. The city manager

4894
02:48:47,193 --> 02:48:49,229
and the administration run the

4895
02:48:49,229 --> 02:48:51,131
city. We are here to represent

4896
02:48:51,131 --> 02:48:53,367
you. We are here to interact

4897
02:48:53,367 --> 02:48:55,435
with you and we are here to set

4898
02:48:55,435 --> 02:48:57,837
policy that helps govern what

4899
02:48:57,837 --> 02:48:59,373
happens in administration. So

4900
02:48:59,373 --> 02:49:00,774
that's a very, very important

4901
02:49:00,774 --> 02:49:03,174
distinction. When somebody is

4902
02:49:03,177 --> 02:49:05,212
pointing to someone it likely

4903
02:49:05,212 --> 02:49:06,446
has nothing to do with the

4904
02:49:06,446 --> 02:49:08,148
actual thing you care about

4905
02:49:08,148 --> 02:49:09,683
which is tree and canopy. And

4906
02:49:09,683 --> 02:49:12,786
then if you can go to the next

4907
02:49:12,786 --> 02:49:14,688
one. So here I guess this is

4908
02:49:14,688 --> 02:49:16,590
the gofund me where that qr

4909
02:49:16,590 --> 02:49:17,958
code takes people and it says

4910
02:49:17,958 --> 02:49:19,326
thank you for the recent

4911
02:49:19,326 --> 02:49:21,726
donations. We have successfully

4912
02:49:21,728 --> 02:49:23,463
filed the appeal from margaret

4913
02:49:23,463 --> 02:49:25,866
pace park continue to share

4914
02:49:25,866 --> 02:49:28,602
future removals. There are no

4915
02:49:28,602 --> 02:49:31,400
appeals for margaret pace park

4916
02:49:31,400 --> 02:49:32,906
there is nothing to file so I

4917
02:49:32,906 --> 02:49:35,308
want people to be careful, to

4918
02:49:35,308 --> 02:49:37,711
be cautious, to have eyes wide

4919
02:49:37,711 --> 02:49:38,745
open and to please contact our

4920
02:49:38,745 --> 02:49:39,446
office. Thank you for your

4921
02:49:39,446 --> 02:49:40,981
time. Thank you mayor.

4922
02:49:40,981 --> 02:49:42,182
>> all right. Thank you

4923
02:49:42,182 --> 02:49:44,418
commissioner and you and I have

4924
02:49:44,418 --> 02:49:45,786
spent many a day hot day under

4925
02:49:45,786 --> 02:49:48,186
trees and sometimes planting

4926
02:49:48,188 --> 02:49:50,758
trees together. So I can attest

4927
02:49:50,758 --> 02:49:52,493
to your commitment, uh, to

4928
02:49:52,493 --> 02:49:54,194
greening greening folks.

4929
02:49:54,194 --> 02:49:55,762
Commissioner rosado, you're a

4930
02:49:55,762 --> 02:49:56,263
few of your residents were here

4931
02:49:56,263 --> 02:49:58,263
today. Thank you.

4932
02:49:58,666 --> 02:50:00,567
>> thank you, MADAM Mayor. Uh,

4933
02:50:00,567 --> 02:50:02,636
I think the folks in silver

4934
02:50:02,636 --> 02:50:04,171
court know that it is a place

4935
02:50:04,171 --> 02:50:06,240
that is important to me

4936
02:50:06,240 --> 02:50:07,608
essentially my entire life my

4937
02:50:07,608 --> 02:50:08,642
grandmother and my step

4938
02:50:08,642 --> 02:50:10,211
grandfather lived in silver

4939
02:50:10,211 --> 02:50:11,912
court in throughout the 70s and

4940
02:50:11,912 --> 02:50:13,113
the 1980s I had several

4941
02:50:13,113 --> 02:50:14,849
relatives that lived there. In

4942
02:50:14,849 --> 02:50:16,717
fact I grew up playing hide and

4943
02:50:16,717 --> 02:50:18,452
go seek there. When we learned

4944
02:50:18,452 --> 02:50:20,520
some months back that the

4945
02:50:20,520 --> 02:50:22,923
developer was going to sell the

4946
02:50:22,923 --> 02:50:24,291
property, we told him

4947
02:50:24,291 --> 02:50:26,691
immediately two things number

4948
02:50:26,694 --> 02:50:28,429
one, you need to give the folks

4949
02:50:28,429 --> 02:50:29,629
that live there more time than

4950
02:50:29,629 --> 02:50:30,998
you are required to and you

4951
02:50:30,998 --> 02:50:32,699
need to give them more money.

4952
02:50:32,699 --> 02:50:34,268
Our state standards for these

4953
02:50:34,268 --> 02:50:35,969
things they're not nearly as

4954
02:50:35,969 --> 02:50:37,337
high as they as they should be.

4955
02:50:37,337 --> 02:50:38,572
So I do know that they have

4956
02:50:38,572 --> 02:50:40,441
given more time and more money,

4957
02:50:40,441 --> 02:50:43,543
but we recognize that it's it's

4958
02:50:43,543 --> 02:50:45,279
not enough. Okay. We when we

4959
02:50:45,279 --> 02:50:46,647
received a copy of the eviction

4960
02:50:46,647 --> 02:50:47,481
notice on the same day that you

4961
02:50:47,481 --> 02:50:49,216
all received it because we

4962
02:50:49,216 --> 02:50:50,584
found out when you found out we

4963
02:50:50,584 --> 02:50:52,653
immediately did two things

4964
02:50:52,653 --> 02:50:54,722
right. We organized two housing

4965
02:50:54,722 --> 02:50:56,256
resource fairs at coral gate

4966
02:50:56,256 --> 02:50:57,992
park which is walking distance

4967
02:50:57,992 --> 02:50:59,693
from silver court we had there

4968
02:50:59,693 --> 02:51:01,610
with the support of mayor

4969
02:51:01,610 --> 02:51:02,463
higgins and mayor levine cava

4970
02:51:02,463 --> 02:51:04,498
at the county level and a

4971
02:51:04,498 --> 02:51:06,566
number of nonprofits. We

4972
02:51:06,566 --> 02:51:07,768
organized a fair to explain to

4973
02:51:07,768 --> 02:51:09,303
everybody here are the city,

4974
02:51:09,303 --> 02:51:10,337
the county and the nonprofit

4975
02:51:10,337 --> 02:51:11,905
resources available to

4976
02:51:11,905 --> 02:51:13,774
everybody in the trailer park.

4977
02:51:13,774 --> 02:51:14,808
We then went door to door and

4978
02:51:14,808 --> 02:51:16,900
personally invited everybody.

4979
02:51:16,900 --> 02:51:17,745
Doesn't mean everybody was

4980
02:51:17,745 --> 02:51:19,112
home, but we made sure that

4981
02:51:19,112 --> 02:51:20,481
every household received a

4982
02:51:20,481 --> 02:51:22,490
notification for both of the

4983
02:51:22,490 --> 02:51:23,751
events that we had, which were

4984
02:51:23,751 --> 02:51:25,319
pretty well attended. We have

4985
02:51:25,319 --> 02:51:26,854
gone trailer to trailer a

4986
02:51:26,854 --> 02:51:27,888
number of times since then to

4987
02:51:27,888 --> 02:51:29,256
make sure that anybody who

4988
02:51:29,256 --> 02:51:30,991
wasn't at the meeting received

4989
02:51:30,991 --> 02:51:33,894
the same information that that

4990
02:51:33,894 --> 02:51:35,262
we have. Because of that we

4991
02:51:35,262 --> 02:51:36,997
have helped a number of

4992
02:51:36,997 --> 02:51:39,400
families to relocate. And so we

4993
02:51:39,400 --> 02:51:41,802
know that today 84% of the

4994
02:51:41,802 --> 02:51:44,205
trailer park has relocated. So

4995
02:51:44,205 --> 02:51:46,605
we understand how unaffordable

4996
02:51:46,974 --> 02:51:48,509
miami is and we are here to do

4997
02:51:48,509 --> 02:51:49,710
whatever we can. I have said it

4998
02:51:49,710 --> 02:51:50,911
on the record multiple times

4999
02:51:50,911 --> 02:51:52,480
and I've said it on the

5000
02:51:52,480 --> 02:51:54,515
news and I'm going to say it

5001
02:51:54,515 --> 02:51:56,915
until everything is resolved

5002
02:51:56,918 --> 02:51:58,319
but not one person or one

5003
02:51:58,319 --> 02:52:00,354
household residing in silver

5004
02:52:00,354 --> 02:52:02,256
court that is willing to accept

5005
02:52:02,256 --> 02:52:03,791
relocation assistance will end

5006
02:52:03,791 --> 02:52:05,526
up on the street. Doesn't

5007
02:52:05,526 --> 02:52:06,894
matter what agenda item is on

5008
02:52:06,894 --> 02:52:09,296
this agenda or any other

5009
02:52:09,296 --> 02:52:11,320
agenda. If anybody in silver

5010
02:52:11,320 --> 02:52:13,434
court wants assistance, we are

5011
02:52:13,434 --> 02:52:14,802
here to help. We are going to

5012
02:52:14,802 --> 02:52:16,537
be bringing the developers who

5013
02:52:16,537 --> 02:52:18,238
live across the country to the

5014
02:52:18,238 --> 02:52:19,606
table to meet with you all as

5015
02:52:19,606 --> 02:52:21,342
well within the next few weeks

5016
02:52:21,342 --> 02:52:22,543
they have agreed to that we're

5017
02:52:22,543 --> 02:52:24,778
locking in a date. We want them

5018
02:52:24,778 --> 02:52:27,515
to hear from you personally but

5019
02:52:27,515 --> 02:52:31,652
as I sit here no one in silver

5020
02:52:31,652 --> 02:52:33,200
court will end up homeless.

5021
02:52:33,200 --> 02:52:35,890
Thank you commissioner. All

5022
02:52:35,890 --> 02:52:36,457
right MADAM. MADAM Chair.

5023
02:52:36,457 --> 02:52:36,991
Mayor. Yes.

5024
02:52:36,991 --> 02:52:38,991
>> okay.

5025
02:52:40,610 --> 02:52:42,296
>> so I reserve the right to do

5026
02:52:42,296 --> 02:52:43,330
what I just did when I feel

5027
02:52:43,330 --> 02:52:44,364
that something is falsehood

5028
02:52:44,364 --> 02:52:45,232
like there's a lot of

5029
02:52:45,232 --> 02:52:45,533
falsehoods out there. All

5030
02:52:45,533 --> 02:52:46,634
right.

5031
02:52:46,634 --> 02:52:48,169
>> all right, let me finish.

5032
02:52:48,169 --> 02:52:49,703
Ma'am, please. I reserve the

5033
02:52:49,703 --> 02:52:50,905
right to do the same thing that

5034
02:52:50,905 --> 02:52:52,473
he's doing. It's not going to

5035
02:52:52,473 --> 02:52:53,675
be today but it might be next

5036
02:52:53,675 --> 02:52:54,876
commission meeting so I just

5037
02:52:54,876 --> 02:52:56,410
want to put that on the record.

5038
02:52:56,410 --> 02:52:57,945
>> thank you. Yes. I think what

5039
02:52:57,945 --> 02:52:59,180
I will do next time is when

5040
02:52:59,180 --> 02:53:00,470
anyone feels they need to

5041
02:53:00,470 --> 02:53:01,415
defend themselves, we'll do it

5042
02:53:01,415 --> 02:53:03,117
at the end of the meeting

5043
02:53:03,117 --> 02:53:05,186
colleagues. So just to be clear

5044
02:53:05,186 --> 02:53:07,922
we'll do it at the end not at

5045
02:53:07,922 --> 02:53:09,824
the beginning. Um all right

5046
02:53:09,824 --> 02:53:11,893
consent agenda let's try to

5047
02:53:11,893 --> 02:53:14,996
move as quickly through what is

5048
02:53:14,996 --> 02:53:16,364
simple to do. Um c one two and

5049
02:53:16,364 --> 02:53:17,198
three. Does anyone want to

5050
02:53:17,198 --> 02:53:19,598
bifurcate any of [Laughter]

5051
02:53:19,634 --> 02:53:22,634
those. All right I'll entertain

5052
02:53:22,704 --> 02:53:24,438
a motion motion. And MR. Clark

5053
02:53:24,438 --> 02:53:25,974
for the interruption. For the

5054
02:53:25,974 --> 02:53:27,708
record c two will be amended

5055
02:53:27,708 --> 02:53:29,944
pursuant to a substitution memo

5056
02:53:29,944 --> 02:53:31,479
dated JULY 21st 2026. Thank you

5057
02:53:31,479 --> 02:53:32,680
chair. Thank you and also

5058
02:53:32,680 --> 02:53:34,415
colleagues as it's written

5059
02:53:34,415 --> 02:53:36,451
today it doesn't include our

5060
02:53:36,451 --> 02:53:38,190
new ordinance on um minimizing

5061
02:53:38,190 --> 02:53:39,530
single use plastics, but the

5062
02:53:39,530 --> 02:53:40,755
administration assured me that

5063
02:53:40,755 --> 02:53:42,323
it will by the time it signed

5064
02:53:42,323 --> 02:53:43,858
okay motion on the consent

5065
02:53:43,858 --> 02:53:44,191
items as amended. So moved.

5066
02:53:44,191 --> 02:53:44,725
Second.

5067
02:53:44,725 --> 02:53:46,594
>> second.

5068
02:53:46,594 --> 02:53:50,310
>> second all in favor say aye.

5069
02:53:50,310 --> 02:53:52,266
Aye show those passed um public

5070
02:53:52,266 --> 02:53:54,668
hearing items. We can take all

5071
02:53:54,668 --> 02:53:57,438
items except for ph six which

5072
02:53:57,438 --> 02:53:57,772
must be heard after the cra

5073
02:53:57,772 --> 02:53:59,674
meeting.

5074
02:53:59,674 --> 02:54:01,742
>> I'd like to pull page three.

5075
02:54:01,742 --> 02:54:04,742
Page three. All right. We'll

5076
02:54:05,179 --> 02:54:08,950
pull ph. And I'd like to pull

5077
02:54:08,950 --> 02:54:10,518
ph five. Ph five so we have the

5078
02:54:10,518 --> 02:54:12,219
dade heritage trust the hope

5079
02:54:12,219 --> 02:54:14,990
hydration be pulled and then

5080
02:54:14,990 --> 02:54:16,357
the allapattah cra has to we

5081
02:54:16,357 --> 02:54:18,927
have to wait on that. All right

5082
02:54:18,927 --> 02:54:23,727
so I will accept a motion on ph

5083
02:54:24,980 --> 02:54:27,100
one ph 2ph4. So moved. Second

5084
02:54:27,100 --> 02:54:29,437
all in favor say aye. Aye any

5085
02:54:29,437 --> 02:54:31,473
opposed. So that's passed

5086
02:54:31,473 --> 02:54:33,400
unanimously I think if if it's

5087
02:54:33,400 --> 02:54:34,242
okay with you all I'll just

5088
02:54:34,242 --> 02:54:35,443
MARCH to the agenda on the

5089
02:54:35,443 --> 02:54:36,811
things that we have consent on

5090
02:54:36,811 --> 02:54:38,513
and then we'll go back this

5091
02:54:38,513 --> 02:54:39,547
way. If folks are here just for

5092
02:54:39,547 --> 02:54:41,282
one item they'll they'll get

5093
02:54:41,282 --> 02:54:43,518
those out of the way. Um all

5094
02:54:43,518 --> 02:54:44,886
right. We'll move to

5095
02:54:44,886 --> 02:54:47,286
resolutions. Are there items

5096
02:54:47,622 --> 02:54:51,222
you would like to bifurcate on

5097
02:54:54,496 --> 02:54:57,496
our resolutions list. I'd like

5098
02:55:01,737 --> 02:55:05,600
ru4rere4re12. Re12 and re14. Re

5099
02:55:05,600 --> 02:55:06,540
14. Which I guess goes with 15.

5100
02:55:06,540 --> 02:55:08,776
Probably 15. We need to

5101
02:55:08,776 --> 02:55:09,477
bifurcate as well. Um any any

5102
02:55:09,477 --> 02:55:11,179
others colleagues.

5103
02:55:11,179 --> 02:55:14,779
>> could you give me a. Minute

5104
02:55:22,557 --> 02:55:24,557
of course yeah.

5105
02:55:33,535 --> 02:55:37,135
Did somebody put pull. R12r12

5106
02:55:38,539 --> 02:55:41,539
has been pulled. Yes okay.

5107
02:55:42,310 --> 02:55:45,470
Anyone else. I believe um

5108
02:55:45,470 --> 02:55:48,647
district three wanted to have a

5109
02:55:51,586 --> 02:55:53,986
substitution of re 17. And

5110
02:55:54,355 --> 02:55:56,755
basically ra 17 relates to

5111
02:55:57,920 --> 02:55:59,160
district four. Re three wanted

5112
02:55:59,160 --> 02:56:01,897
to add themselves to your

5113
02:56:01,897 --> 02:56:04,897
resolution so. Sponsor as well.

5114
02:56:06,340 --> 02:56:08,436
Okay is that clear to everyone

5115
02:56:08,436 --> 02:56:10,171
okay all right so colleagues

5116
02:56:10,171 --> 02:56:13,171
from the resolutions the ones

5117
02:56:14,609 --> 02:56:16,345
that I show as pulled are

5118
02:56:16,345 --> 02:56:20,481
e4re12r14 and its companion re

5119
02:56:20,481 --> 02:56:22,183
15 is that it? All right I'll

5120
02:56:22,183 --> 02:56:23,752
entertain a message on the

5121
02:56:23,752 --> 02:56:25,119
remaining items. Do you have

5122
02:56:25,119 --> 02:56:25,620
any amendments or substitutions

5123
02:56:25,620 --> 02:56:27,355
MR. Clerk.

5124
02:56:27,355 --> 02:56:28,189
>> thank you chair I believe in

5125
02:56:28,189 --> 02:56:30,259
addition to the amendment that

5126
02:56:30,259 --> 02:56:32,327
the city attorney stated for re

5127
02:56:32,327 --> 02:56:34,290
17 it needs to be amended

5128
02:56:34,290 --> 02:56:37,290
pursuant to a substitution memo

5129
02:56:37,666 --> 02:56:39,534
dated JULY 15th, 2026. Okay.

5130
02:56:39,534 --> 02:56:41,269
>> we will take a motion with

5131
02:56:41,269 --> 02:56:41,603
that amendment. So moved.

5132
02:56:41,603 --> 02:56:43,603
Second.

5133
02:56:43,672 --> 02:56:44,539
>> all right. All in favor say

5134
02:56:44,539 --> 02:56:46,539
aye. Aye aye.

5135
02:56:47,976 --> 02:56:50,712
>> any opposed show those items

5136
02:56:50,712 --> 02:56:52,280
passed. All right. If with your

5137
02:56:52,280 --> 02:56:54,515
permission we'll do the same

5138
02:56:54,515 --> 02:56:55,883
thing on second readings. Are

5139
02:56:55,883 --> 02:56:57,419
there any of the second

5140
02:56:57,419 --> 02:57:00,419
readings that people would like

5141
02:57:03,591 --> 02:57:06,591
to bifurcate sr3sr3. Anything

5142
02:57:13,234 --> 02:57:16,234
else? Sir for. Okay sr4

5143
02:57:17,372 --> 02:57:19,772
colleagues anything else? All

5144
02:57:20,108 --> 02:57:22,100
right I will entertain okay. Oh

5145
02:57:22,100 --> 02:57:23,211
I forgot I'm doing I forgot to

5146
02:57:23,211 --> 02:57:25,447
let you do your job george.

5147
02:57:25,447 --> 02:57:29,217
There you go. Let's read sr one

5148
02:57:29,217 --> 02:57:30,252
sr 2sr5sr6 and sr seven and

5149
02:57:30,252 --> 02:57:30,752
we'll do the others when we

5150
02:57:30,752 --> 02:57:32,752
come back to.

5151
02:57:34,220 --> 02:57:35,223
>> them okay um sr1 second

5152
02:57:35,223 --> 02:57:36,591
reading ordinance an ordinance

5153
02:57:36,591 --> 02:57:38,327
of the miami city commission

5154
02:57:38,327 --> 02:57:40,395
amending chapter 54 article two

5155
02:57:40,395 --> 02:57:42,970
section 54-56 of the code of

5156
02:57:42,970 --> 02:57:43,498
the city of miami, florida as

5157
02:57:43,498 --> 02:57:44,499
amended city code titled

5158
02:57:44,499 --> 02:57:46,235
streets and sidewalks

5159
02:57:46,235 --> 02:57:47,269
construction excavation and

5160
02:57:47,269 --> 02:57:48,970
repair construction

5161
02:57:48,970 --> 02:57:50,500
reconstruction or repair of

5162
02:57:50,500 --> 02:57:51,373
street improvements required

5163
02:57:51,373 --> 02:57:53,441
when adjacent property is

5164
02:57:53,441 --> 02:57:55,510
improved by construction of

5165
02:57:55,510 --> 02:57:57,579
$100,000 or more in value or

5166
02:57:57,579 --> 02:58:00,315
exceeding 1000ft2 in floor area

5167
02:58:00,315 --> 02:58:01,717
restriction to provide for the

5168
02:58:01,717 --> 02:58:03,850
increase of the construction

5169
02:58:03,850 --> 02:58:04,118
value threshold that triggers

5170
02:58:04,118 --> 02:58:05,487
required street improvements

5171
02:58:05,487 --> 02:58:07,220
reducing the maximum percentage

5172
02:58:07,220 --> 02:58:08,390
of required right of way

5173
02:58:08,390 --> 02:58:10,125
improvement costs for property

5174
02:58:10,125 --> 02:58:11,493
owners and requiring compliance

5175
02:58:11,493 --> 02:58:13,228
with americans with

5176
02:58:13,228 --> 02:58:15,964
disabilities act ada and life

5177
02:58:15,964 --> 02:58:17,699
safety requirements pursuant.

5178
02:58:17,699 --> 02:58:19,401
And life safety requirements

5179
02:58:19,401 --> 02:58:20,769
prior to the issuance of

5180
02:58:20,769 --> 02:58:22,170
certificates of occupancy

5181
02:58:22,170 --> 02:58:23,872
containing severability clause

5182
02:58:23,872 --> 02:58:26,872
and providing for an effective

5183
02:58:27,309 --> 02:58:28,843
date sr2 second reading

5184
02:58:28,843 --> 02:58:30,460
ordinance an ordinance of the

5185
02:58:30,460 --> 02:58:32,446
miami city commission amending

5186
02:58:32,814 --> 02:58:34,349
chapter 62 article one section

5187
02:58:34,349 --> 02:58:35,717
62-2.1 of the code of the city

5188
02:58:35,717 --> 02:58:37,452
of miami, florida as amended

5189
02:58:37,452 --> 02:58:38,853
titled planning and zoning in

5190
02:58:38,853 --> 02:58:40,889
general independent traffic and

5191
02:58:40,889 --> 02:58:42,291
environmental impact studies by

5192
02:58:42,291 --> 02:58:43,992
updating traffic statement and

5193
02:58:43,992 --> 02:58:45,260
traffic impact study

5194
02:58:45,260 --> 02:58:46,610
requirements containing

5195
02:58:46,610 --> 02:58:48,610
severability clause providing

5196
02:58:52,601 --> 02:58:54,135
for an effective date sr5 an

5197
02:58:54,135 --> 02:58:55,337
ordinance of the miami city

5198
02:58:55,337 --> 02:58:57,406
commission amending chapter two

5199
02:58:57,406 --> 02:58:58,606
article 11 division two of the

5200
02:58:58,606 --> 02:58:59,975
code of the city of miami,

5201
02:58:59,975 --> 02:59:01,900
florida as amended city code

5202
02:59:01,900 --> 02:59:02,430
titled administration boards

5203
02:59:02,430 --> 02:59:03,579
committees commission standards

5204
02:59:03,579 --> 02:59:04,613
for creation and review of

5205
02:59:04,613 --> 02:59:05,648
boards generally or

5206
02:59:05,648 --> 02:59:07,648
specifically by amending

5207
02:59:08,500 --> 02:59:09,785
section 2-885 titled terms of

5208
02:59:09,785 --> 02:59:11,152
office term limit waiver to

5209
02:59:11,152 --> 02:59:12,388
provide that a board member who

5210
02:59:12,388 --> 02:59:14,256
has completed eight consecutive

5211
02:59:14,256 --> 02:59:15,624
years MAY be permitted to serve

5212
02:59:15,624 --> 02:59:16,491
additional terms upon a

5213
02:59:16,491 --> 02:59:17,859
unanimous vote of the members

5214
02:59:17,859 --> 02:59:18,894
of the city commission

5215
02:59:18,894 --> 02:59:20,894
containing a severability

5216
02:59:21,296 --> 02:59:24,896
clause and providing for an an

5217
02:59:25,768 --> 02:59:27,302
immediate effective date sr6 an

5218
02:59:27,302 --> 02:59:28,503
ordinance of the miami city

5219
02:59:28,503 --> 02:59:29,905
commission amending chapter 38

5220
02:59:29,905 --> 02:59:30,739
article one of the code of the

5221
02:59:30,739 --> 02:59:32,107
city of miami, florida as

5222
02:59:32,107 --> 02:59:33,842
amended total parks and

5223
02:59:33,842 --> 02:59:36,242
recreation in general by

5224
02:59:36,245 --> 02:59:37,980
creating section 38-43 titled

5225
02:59:37,980 --> 02:59:39,348
naming of shenandoah dog park

5226
02:59:39,348 --> 02:59:40,716
to provide for the naming of

5227
02:59:40,716 --> 02:59:42,785
the property consisting of

5228
02:59:42,785 --> 02:59:44,785
approximately 10,710ft2 located

5229
02:59:45,521 --> 02:59:47,256
at 2293 north southwest 17

5230
02:59:47,256 --> 02:59:48,958
terrace miami, florida as

5231
02:59:48,958 --> 02:59:49,992
shenandoah dog park further

5232
02:59:49,992 --> 02:59:51,560
directing the city manager to

5233
02:59:51,560 --> 02:59:52,761
take any and all action

5234
02:59:52,761 --> 02:59:54,463
necessary to effectuate the

5235
02:59:54,463 --> 02:59:55,497
naming of the park containing a

5236
02:59:55,497 --> 02:59:56,698
severability clause and

5237
02:59:56,698 --> 02:59:59,980
providing for an immediate

5238
03:00:00,136 --> 03:00:01,300
effective date. And we have

5239
03:00:01,300 --> 03:00:02,371
sr7sr7 an ordinance of the

5240
03:00:02,371 --> 03:00:04,105
miami city commission amending

5241
03:00:04,105 --> 03:00:05,141
chapter 62 article 12 of the

5242
03:00:05,141 --> 03:00:06,508
code of the city of miami,

5243
03:00:06,508 --> 03:00:07,710
florida as amended city code

5244
03:00:07,710 --> 03:00:09,778
titled planning and zoning

5245
03:00:09,778 --> 03:00:11,480
parks and open space trust fund

5246
03:00:11,480 --> 03:00:13,215
to clarify the public benefits

5247
03:00:13,215 --> 03:00:14,917
contribution and expenditure

5248
03:00:14,917 --> 03:00:15,951
process for properties near a

5249
03:00:15,951 --> 03:00:16,985
greenway containing a

5250
03:00:16,985 --> 03:00:18,985
severability clause and

5251
03:00:19,550 --> 03:00:20,756
providing for an effective

5252
03:00:20,756 --> 03:00:22,491
date. That concludes the second

5253
03:00:22,491 --> 03:00:24,260
reading. Thank you. MR. Clark.

5254
03:00:24,260 --> 03:00:25,610
Do you have any clarifications

5255
03:00:25,610 --> 03:00:27,461
or amendments? Thank you.

5256
03:00:27,796 --> 03:00:29,531
>> chair sr7 will be amended

5257
03:00:29,531 --> 03:00:31,233
pursuant to a substitution memo

5258
03:00:31,233 --> 03:00:32,969
dated JULY 17th, 2026. Thank

5259
03:00:32,969 --> 03:00:34,337
you chair. Thank you. All

5260
03:00:34,337 --> 03:00:36,738
right. So the ones that have

5261
03:00:36,738 --> 03:00:39,738
not been bifurcated sr1, two,

5262
03:00:40,175 --> 03:00:42,244
five six and seven as amended

5263
03:00:42,244 --> 03:00:44,644
entertain a motion. Motion

5264
03:00:44,646 --> 03:00:46,715
second. All in favor say aye

5265
03:00:46,715 --> 03:00:49,452
aye. Any opposed show those

5266
03:00:49,452 --> 03:00:51,354
carrying unanimously okay get

5267
03:00:51,354 --> 03:00:53,589
ready to read again george um

5268
03:00:53,589 --> 03:00:55,324
we'll do the first reading once

5269
03:00:55,324 --> 03:00:57,250
um does anyone want to

5270
03:00:57,250 --> 03:01:00,250
bifurcate any of the first

5271
03:01:03,899 --> 03:01:06,899
reading items. Frfr5fr5. Anyone

5272
03:01:07,169 --> 03:01:09,710
else? All right, MR. Attorney,

5273
03:01:09,710 --> 03:01:10,273
if you could read fr one

5274
03:01:10,273 --> 03:01:10,606
through four into the record

5275
03:01:10,606 --> 03:01:12,606
please.

5276
03:01:13,800 --> 03:01:14,209
>> thank you, MADAM Mayor. Um

5277
03:01:14,209 --> 03:01:16,612
fr1 first reading ordinance an

5278
03:01:16,612 --> 03:01:18,347
ordinance of the miami an

5279
03:01:18,347 --> 03:01:19,214
ordinance of the miami city

5280
03:01:19,214 --> 03:01:20,415
commission amending chapter 23

5281
03:01:20,415 --> 03:01:21,617
article one of the code of the

5282
03:01:21,617 --> 03:01:22,985
city of miami, florida as

5283
03:01:22,985 --> 03:01:23,652
amended titled historic

5284
03:01:23,652 --> 03:01:24,687
preservation historic

5285
03:01:24,687 --> 03:01:26,687
preservation by amending

5286
03:01:27,123 --> 03:01:28,857
section 23-6.1 titled waivers

5287
03:01:28,857 --> 03:01:30,226
exceptions and exclusions for

5288
03:01:30,226 --> 03:01:31,928
locally designated historic

5289
03:01:31,928 --> 03:01:33,295
resources to provide for an

5290
03:01:33,295 --> 03:01:34,329
exception to permit event

5291
03:01:34,329 --> 03:01:35,731
venues in historically

5292
03:01:35,731 --> 03:01:36,765
designated structures

5293
03:01:36,765 --> 03:01:38,133
containing a severability

5294
03:01:38,133 --> 03:01:40,533
clause providing for an

5295
03:01:41,237 --> 03:01:42,438
effective date fr2 an ordinance

5296
03:01:42,438 --> 03:01:44,507
of the miami city commission

5297
03:01:44,507 --> 03:01:46,208
amending chapter 19 section

5298
03:01:46,208 --> 03:01:47,609
19-2.1 of the code of the city

5299
03:01:47,609 --> 03:01:49,312
of miami, florida as amended

5300
03:01:49,312 --> 03:01:51,712
titled fire safety permit

5301
03:01:51,714 --> 03:01:53,820
required issuance fees, annual

5302
03:01:53,820 --> 03:01:54,984
renewal revocation and

5303
03:01:54,984 --> 03:01:56,519
penalties use of fees to create

5304
03:01:56,519 --> 03:01:57,920
subsection g to require the

5305
03:01:57,920 --> 03:01:59,288
electronic submission of fire

5306
03:01:59,288 --> 03:02:00,489
protection and life safety

5307
03:02:00,489 --> 03:02:01,857
system inspection, testing and

5308
03:02:01,857 --> 03:02:03,592
maintenance reports through a

5309
03:02:03,592 --> 03:02:04,960
web based system including a

5310
03:02:04,960 --> 03:02:06,329
third party system design

5311
03:02:06,329 --> 03:02:07,363
designated by the city

5312
03:02:07,363 --> 03:02:09,650
containing a severability

5313
03:02:09,650 --> 03:02:10,633
clause and providing for an

5314
03:02:10,633 --> 03:02:12,167
immediate effective date. Fr3

5315
03:02:12,167 --> 03:02:13,202
an ordinance of the miami city

5316
03:02:13,202 --> 03:02:14,403
commission amending chapter 20

5317
03:02:14,403 --> 03:02:15,604
of the code of the city of

5318
03:02:15,604 --> 03:02:17,673
miami, florida as amended

5319
03:02:17,673 --> 03:02:18,707
titled flood damage prevention

5320
03:02:18,707 --> 03:02:20,760
providing guidelines and

5321
03:02:20,760 --> 03:02:22,760
timelines for recertification

5322
03:02:22,144 --> 03:02:24,213
of existing drainage systems

5323
03:02:24,213 --> 03:02:25,581
amending related fee provisions

5324
03:02:25,581 --> 03:02:27,282
provided that applicable fee

5325
03:02:27,282 --> 03:02:28,684
shall be set by resolution

5326
03:02:28,684 --> 03:02:30,386
establishing reporting criteria

5327
03:02:30,386 --> 03:02:31,754
for compliance and aligning

5328
03:02:31,754 --> 03:02:33,489
drainage recertification

5329
03:02:33,489 --> 03:02:34,523
requirements with the city of

5330
03:02:34,523 --> 03:02:36,226
miami's building certification

5331
03:02:36,226 --> 03:02:37,259
recertification program

5332
03:02:37,259 --> 03:02:38,995
containing a severability

5333
03:02:38,995 --> 03:02:40,863
clause and providing for an

5334
03:02:40,863 --> 03:02:42,640
effective date. Fr4 an

5335
03:02:42,640 --> 03:02:43,466
ordinance of the miami city

5336
03:02:43,466 --> 03:02:44,834
commission amending chapter 54

5337
03:02:44,834 --> 03:02:45,868
article five of the code of the

5338
03:02:45,868 --> 03:02:47,236
city of miami, florida as

5339
03:02:47,236 --> 03:02:48,604
amended titled base building

5340
03:02:48,604 --> 03:02:49,806
lines to include an

5341
03:02:49,806 --> 03:02:51,373
encroachment on the ninth

5342
03:02:51,373 --> 03:02:52,208
street mall containing a

5343
03:02:52,208 --> 03:02:53,609
severability clause and

5344
03:02:53,609 --> 03:02:55,645
providing for an immediate

5345
03:02:55,645 --> 03:02:57,379
effective date. That concludes

5346
03:02:57,379 --> 03:02:59,281
the f. All right, MR. Clark,

5347
03:02:59,281 --> 03:03:02,281
over to you. Any changes,

5348
03:03:03,386 --> 03:03:04,921
amendments or. At the moment

5349
03:03:04,921 --> 03:03:06,155
no. There will just be an

5350
03:03:06,155 --> 03:03:06,656
amendment for fr5 once it's

5351
03:03:06,656 --> 03:03:08,656
addressed. Okay.

5352
03:03:08,724 --> 03:03:11,461
>> all right so um colleagues

5353
03:03:11,461 --> 03:03:13,280
any comments or I'll entertain

5354
03:03:13,280 --> 03:03:15,431
a motion I'm. Sorry I have one

5355
03:03:15,431 --> 03:03:18,501
comment for fr4. Okay I'd like

5356
03:03:18,501 --> 03:03:20,570
to exempt d five from this

5357
03:03:20,570 --> 03:03:22,970
legislation because there are

5358
03:03:22,972 --> 03:03:24,707
so many historical areas in

5359
03:03:24,707 --> 03:03:26,409
district five that I wouldn't

5360
03:03:26,409 --> 03:03:28,809
want an unintended consequence

5361
03:03:29,511 --> 03:03:31,581
of just a blanket legislation

5362
03:03:31,581 --> 03:03:33,282
for historically designated

5363
03:03:33,282 --> 03:03:36,282
structures. If we could exempt

5364
03:03:37,860 --> 03:03:40,860
d five from this legislation

5365
03:03:42,592 --> 03:03:46,192
fr1I. Would add district two.

5366
03:03:49,798 --> 03:03:51,200
Fr1fr1 okay. I'm sorry that is.

5367
03:03:51,200 --> 03:03:53,436
Fr4fruzfr1 okay yeah you

5368
03:03:53,436 --> 03:03:55,138
mentioned fr4 so fr1. I'm just

5369
03:03:55,138 --> 03:03:58,240
going to count that one as

5370
03:03:58,240 --> 03:04:00,643
pulled and let's we'll do so

5371
03:04:00,643 --> 03:04:02,178
fr1 and fr5 are both for

5372
03:04:02,178 --> 03:04:05,178
discussion later. Let's take a

5373
03:04:06,315 --> 03:04:08,718
motion fr23 and four. So moved.

5374
03:04:08,718 --> 03:04:12,856
Okay all in favor say aye. Aye

5375
03:04:12,856 --> 03:04:14,223
okay show those passed. Um I

5376
03:04:14,223 --> 03:04:15,925
want to MARCH through the

5377
03:04:15,925 --> 03:04:17,660
things that we can get done so

5378
03:04:17,660 --> 03:04:20,396
if folks have items and they

5379
03:04:20,396 --> 03:04:22,798
can they can go home um we'll

5380
03:04:22,798 --> 03:04:26,398
go forward to the planning and

5381
03:04:27,970 --> 03:04:29,672
zoning items. Colleagues any of

5382
03:04:29,672 --> 03:04:31,407
these would you like to

5383
03:04:31,407 --> 03:04:33,407
bifurcate for further

5384
03:04:35,178 --> 03:04:38,178
discussion. Pzpz8 and nine. All

5385
03:04:38,614 --> 03:04:40,350
right pz8 and nine have been

5386
03:04:40,350 --> 03:04:42,750
bifurcated others. I'd just

5387
03:04:43,850 --> 03:04:45,154
like to co-sponsor pz5 if I'm

5388
03:04:45,154 --> 03:04:45,554
not already on their tod.

5389
03:04:45,554 --> 03:04:47,554
Absolutely.

5390
03:04:49,125 --> 03:04:51,361
>> thank you. Any other

5391
03:04:51,361 --> 03:04:53,620
changes, MR. Clark, do you have

5392
03:04:53,620 --> 03:04:55,298
any changes for us on the items

5393
03:04:55,298 --> 03:04:57,199
that have not been bifurcated?

5394
03:04:57,199 --> 03:04:58,234
Um only for pz8 and nine so

5395
03:04:58,234 --> 03:04:59,769
we're good to go right? Okay

5396
03:04:59,769 --> 03:05:01,471
I'll entertain a motion on all

5397
03:05:01,471 --> 03:05:04,407
of those. Oh MR. City attorney

5398
03:05:04,407 --> 03:05:05,608
yes. Um okay. Would you read

5399
03:05:05,608 --> 03:05:07,510
the ones that need to be read.

5400
03:05:07,510 --> 03:05:10,579
>> please z one is a resolution

5401
03:05:10,579 --> 03:05:11,981
pz2 um second reading ordinance

5402
03:05:11,981 --> 03:05:12,983
an ordinance of the miami city

5403
03:05:12,983 --> 03:05:14,384
commission with attachments

5404
03:05:14,384 --> 03:05:15,918
amending ordinance number 10544

5405
03:05:15,918 --> 03:05:17,287
as amended the future land use

5406
03:05:17,287 --> 03:05:18,210
map of the miami comprehensive

5407
03:05:18,210 --> 03:05:19,210
neighborhood plan pursuant to

5408
03:05:19,210 --> 03:05:21,210
small scale amendment

5409
03:05:22,125 --> 03:05:23,493
procedures subject to section

5410
03:05:23,493 --> 03:05:24,861
163.3187 florida statutes by

5411
03:05:24,861 --> 03:05:26,228
changing the future land use

5412
03:05:26,228 --> 03:05:27,597
designation from single family

5413
03:05:27,597 --> 03:05:28,298
residential to major

5414
03:05:28,298 --> 03:05:29,666
institutional public

5415
03:05:29,666 --> 03:05:31,670
facilities, transportation and

5416
03:05:31,670 --> 03:05:32,435
utilities of the acreage

5417
03:05:32,435 --> 03:05:34,835
described herein of real

5418
03:05:34,838 --> 03:05:36,906
property at 770 north west 41

5419
03:05:36,906 --> 03:05:37,940
avenue miami, florida as more

5420
03:05:37,940 --> 03:05:38,975
particularly described in the

5421
03:05:38,975 --> 03:05:40,343
attached and incorporated

5422
03:05:40,343 --> 03:05:41,378
exhibit a making findings

5423
03:05:41,378 --> 03:05:43,113
containing a severability

5424
03:05:43,113 --> 03:05:45,515
clause and providing for an

5425
03:05:45,515 --> 03:05:46,716
effective date pz3 second

5426
03:05:46,716 --> 03:05:47,951
reading ordinance an ordinance

5427
03:05:47,951 --> 03:05:48,985
of the miami city commission

5428
03:05:48,985 --> 03:05:50,186
with attachments amending the

5429
03:05:50,186 --> 03:05:52,222
zoning atlas of ordinance

5430
03:05:52,222 --> 03:05:53,790
number 1311 for the zoning code

5431
03:05:53,790 --> 03:05:55,491
of the city of miami, florida

5432
03:05:55,491 --> 03:05:56,526
as amended miami 21 code by

5433
03:05:56,526 --> 03:05:57,894
changing the zoning

5434
03:05:57,894 --> 03:05:59,629
classification from t3r

5435
03:05:59,629 --> 03:06:01,629
suburban transect zone

5436
03:06:02,320 --> 03:06:03,766
restricted to c I civic

5437
03:06:03,766 --> 03:06:05,134
institution transect zone for

5438
03:06:05,134 --> 03:06:07,534
the property generally located

5439
03:06:07,871 --> 03:06:09,239
at 770 north west 41 avenue

5440
03:06:09,239 --> 03:06:10,473
miami, florida as more

5441
03:06:10,473 --> 03:06:11,474
particularly described in the

5442
03:06:11,474 --> 03:06:13,474
attached and incorporated

5443
03:06:13,543 --> 03:06:14,577
exhibit a making findings

5444
03:06:14,577 --> 03:06:16,312
containing severability clause

5445
03:06:16,312 --> 03:06:19,312
and providing for an effective

5446
03:06:21,117 --> 03:06:22,652
date s r I'm sorry pz4 um an

5447
03:06:22,652 --> 03:06:24,200
ordinance of the miami city

5448
03:06:24,200 --> 03:06:26,200
commission amending ordinance

5449
03:06:26,890 --> 03:06:27,290
number 13114 the zoning

5450
03:06:27,290 --> 03:06:29,260
ordinance of the city of miami,

5451
03:06:29,260 --> 03:06:30,393
florida as amended miami 21

5452
03:06:30,393 --> 03:06:31,762
code specifically by amending

5453
03:06:31,762 --> 03:06:34,162
article one titled definitions

5454
03:06:34,531 --> 03:06:35,899
to introduce new definitions

5455
03:06:35,899 --> 03:06:37,600
and clarify definitions related

5456
03:06:37,600 --> 03:06:39,336
to greenways by amending

5457
03:06:39,336 --> 03:06:41,380
article three titled general to

5458
03:06:41,380 --> 03:06:43,438
zones specifically by amending

5459
03:06:43,807 --> 03:06:45,175
section 3.14 to introduce a

5460
03:06:45,175 --> 03:06:46,542
greenway public benefits

5461
03:06:46,542 --> 03:06:47,911
program to allow development

5462
03:06:47,911 --> 03:06:50,311
benefits for eligible sites

5463
03:06:51,140 --> 03:06:53,750
within a half mile of a

5464
03:06:53,750 --> 03:06:55,151
greenway and by adding section

5465
03:06:55,151 --> 03:06:56,853
3.20 titled greenway standards

5466
03:06:56,853 --> 03:06:57,887
to establish criteria and

5467
03:06:57,887 --> 03:06:59,622
regulations for developments

5468
03:06:59,622 --> 03:07:00,991
fronting a greenway and by

5469
03:07:00,991 --> 03:07:03,590
amending article four titled

5470
03:07:03,590 --> 03:07:05,461
standards and tables to clarify

5471
03:07:05,461 --> 03:07:07,530
the greenway civic space type

5472
03:07:07,530 --> 03:07:08,531
making making findings

5473
03:07:08,531 --> 03:07:10,267
containing a severability

5474
03:07:10,267 --> 03:07:13,267
clause and providing for an

5475
03:07:13,870 --> 03:07:15,238
effective date. Pz5 an

5476
03:07:15,238 --> 03:07:16,273
ordinance of the miami city

5477
03:07:16,273 --> 03:07:18,800
commission amending ordinance

5478
03:07:18,800 --> 03:07:19,420
number 13114 the zoning

5479
03:07:19,420 --> 03:07:20,744
ordinance of the city of miami,

5480
03:07:20,744 --> 03:07:22,645
florida as amended miami 21

5481
03:07:22,645 --> 03:07:24,347
code by amending article one of

5482
03:07:24,347 --> 03:07:25,382
the miami 21 code titled

5483
03:07:25,382 --> 03:07:26,749
definitions to introduce a

5484
03:07:26,749 --> 03:07:28,818
definition for cottage housing

5485
03:07:28,818 --> 03:07:30,553
and to update the definition of

5486
03:07:30,553 --> 03:07:32,622
lot coverage and by amending

5487
03:07:32,622 --> 03:07:34,324
article five section 5.3 of the

5488
03:07:34,324 --> 03:07:36,393
miami 21 code titled suburban

5489
03:07:36,393 --> 03:07:38,940
transit zones t three to allow

5490
03:07:38,940 --> 03:07:41,940
for a new housing typology

5491
03:07:41,198 --> 03:07:43,266
within t3o transect zones and

5492
03:07:43,266 --> 03:07:45,335
on t three nonconforming lots

5493
03:07:45,335 --> 03:07:46,369
and to update the porticos and

5494
03:07:46,369 --> 03:07:47,404
porches regulations making

5495
03:07:47,404 --> 03:07:48,771
findings containing a

5496
03:07:48,771 --> 03:07:50,140
severability clause and

5497
03:07:50,140 --> 03:07:52,540
providing for an effective

5498
03:07:53,911 --> 03:07:56,311
date. Six was indefinitely

5499
03:07:56,346 --> 03:07:57,714
deferred z seven was

5500
03:07:57,714 --> 03:07:59,714
indefinitely deferred. That

5501
03:08:00,450 --> 03:08:01,651
leaves us with p z ten first

5502
03:08:01,651 --> 03:08:03,200
reading ordinance an ordinance

5503
03:08:03,200 --> 03:08:04,421
of the miami city commission

5504
03:08:04,421 --> 03:08:05,955
amending ordinance number 13114

5505
03:08:05,955 --> 03:08:07,324
the zoning ordinance of the

5506
03:08:07,324 --> 03:08:09,580
city of miami, florida as

5507
03:08:09,580 --> 03:08:10,427
amended miami 21 code by

5508
03:08:10,427 --> 03:08:11,795
amending article six titled

5509
03:08:11,795 --> 03:08:13,795
supplemental regulations

5510
03:08:13,863 --> 03:08:15,863
specifically section 6.1 titled

5511
03:08:16,266 --> 03:08:18,666
intent and exclusions table 13

5512
03:08:19,360 --> 03:08:21,436
to modify the permitting

5513
03:08:21,438 --> 03:08:22,639
process for food service

5514
03:08:22,639 --> 03:08:24,700
establishments and to clarify

5515
03:08:24,700 --> 03:08:25,420
the permitting process for

5516
03:08:25,420 --> 03:08:26,743
alcohol service establishments

5517
03:08:26,743 --> 03:08:28,112
and by amending section 6.3

5518
03:08:28,112 --> 03:08:29,846
titled commercial uses to

5519
03:08:29,846 --> 03:08:31,915
clarify and update outdoor

5520
03:08:31,915 --> 03:08:33,617
dining regulations and to allow

5521
03:08:33,617 --> 03:08:35,352
outdoor dining by right and

5522
03:08:35,352 --> 03:08:37,540
specified locations and when

5523
03:08:37,540 --> 03:08:39,123
scale and design criteria are

5524
03:08:39,123 --> 03:08:40,491
met, making findings containing

5525
03:08:40,491 --> 03:08:42,225
a severability clause and

5526
03:08:42,225 --> 03:08:45,225
providing for an effective date

5527
03:08:46,330 --> 03:08:49,330
that concludes the items. All

5528
03:08:51,501 --> 03:08:52,536
right um MR. City clerk any

5529
03:08:52,536 --> 03:08:54,536
amendments substitutions

5530
03:08:55,973 --> 03:08:56,673
comments on those. Not not at

5531
03:08:56,673 --> 03:08:58,542
the moment no. Okay.

5532
03:08:58,542 --> 03:09:00,611
>> all right we'll take a

5533
03:09:00,611 --> 03:09:03,611
motion on those items accepting

5534
03:09:04,748 --> 03:09:07,651
pz8 and pz9. So moved. Second

5535
03:09:07,651 --> 03:09:10,754
all in favor say I. I show

5536
03:09:10,754 --> 03:09:12,823
those items passed unanimously.

5537
03:09:12,823 --> 03:09:15,225
Um I think we have one other

5538
03:09:15,225 --> 03:09:16,593
item MR. Clerk that uh the

5539
03:09:16,593 --> 03:09:17,627
boards and committees miami

5540
03:09:17,627 --> 03:09:19,363
tree ordinance advisory

5541
03:09:19,363 --> 03:09:22,266
committee you want to read that

5542
03:09:22,266 --> 03:09:24,334
for us? Thank you chair a bc1

5543
03:09:24,334 --> 03:09:25,369
miami tree ordinance advisory

5544
03:09:25,369 --> 03:09:26,904
committee commissioner king

5545
03:09:26,904 --> 03:09:28,806
would like to appoint aaron

5546
03:09:28,806 --> 03:09:30,540
demaio to the at large seat

5547
03:09:30,540 --> 03:09:33,977
designated for a member of the

5548
03:09:33,977 --> 03:09:35,846
climate resilience committee.

5549
03:09:35,846 --> 03:09:37,581
Second all in favor say aye.

5550
03:09:37,581 --> 03:09:40,581
Aye aye show that unanimously

5551
03:09:41,170 --> 03:09:43,787
passed. Okay. Um we have just

5552
03:09:43,787 --> 03:09:45,856
about 8 or 9 items to get

5553
03:09:45,856 --> 03:09:47,925
through. Do we want to power

5554
03:09:47,925 --> 03:09:50,328
through or. MADAM MADAM mayor,

5555
03:09:50,328 --> 03:09:51,861
can we come from the items and

5556
03:09:51,861 --> 03:09:54,432
work our way back to the top?

5557
03:09:54,432 --> 03:09:56,166
All right. So let us um and

5558
03:09:56,166 --> 03:09:57,534
then here's one of the things I

5559
03:09:57,534 --> 03:09:59,690
would like to do. I'd like to

5560
03:09:59,690 --> 03:10:00,270
do your items and then

5561
03:10:00,270 --> 03:10:01,839
commissioner gabel if you could

5562
03:10:01,839 --> 03:10:03,907
prepare to do the allapattah

5563
03:10:03,907 --> 03:10:06,310
cra right after that because we

5564
03:10:06,310 --> 03:10:08,110
cannot do ph six until that

5565
03:10:08,110 --> 03:10:09,914
meeting is over and the other

5566
03:10:09,914 --> 03:10:11,982
cras we don't have any items on

5567
03:10:11,982 --> 03:10:14,384
this agenda. Just one. Just

5568
03:10:14,384 --> 03:10:16,860
after the. Item I thought that

5569
03:10:16,860 --> 03:10:17,821
everybody be handed one of

5570
03:10:17,821 --> 03:10:20,558
these the commissioners and the

5571
03:10:20,558 --> 03:10:22,960
mayor for the area. I'm sorry

5572
03:10:22,960 --> 03:10:25,290
sir. But everybody be handed

5573
03:10:25,290 --> 03:10:26,230
one of these for the area

5574
03:10:26,230 --> 03:10:28,630
because the CHAIRWOMAN. Agenda

5575
03:10:29,000 --> 03:10:29,834
agenda. Um an agenda yeah I can

5576
03:10:29,834 --> 03:10:30,701
certainly provide an agenda.

5577
03:10:30,701 --> 03:10:32,770
Yes sir. Yeah. Thanks.

5578
03:10:32,770 --> 03:10:33,804
>> okay so you let me know when

5579
03:10:33,804 --> 03:10:35,500
you're ready but we've got to

5580
03:10:35,500 --> 03:10:35,740
get that one done or we can't

5581
03:10:35,740 --> 03:10:36,540
get through the commission

5582
03:10:36,540 --> 03:10:37,574
agenda. We'll do all right

5583
03:10:37,574 --> 03:10:39,810
commissioner king over to you

5584
03:10:39,810 --> 03:10:41,120
for pz8 and nine. Um, MR. City

5585
03:10:41,120 --> 03:10:42,380
attorney, do you want to read

5586
03:10:42,380 --> 03:10:43,614
those in since we didn't read

5587
03:10:43,614 --> 03:10:45,148
those in I think one of them

5588
03:10:45,148 --> 03:10:47,218
has to be read in. Yes MADAM

5589
03:10:47,218 --> 03:10:49,953
Mayor, I believe pz8 the

5590
03:10:49,953 --> 03:10:51,155
resolution pz9 is an ordinance

5591
03:10:51,155 --> 03:10:52,189
pz9 first reading ordinance an

5592
03:10:52,189 --> 03:10:53,223
ordinance of the miami city

5593
03:10:53,223 --> 03:10:54,759
commission with attachments

5594
03:10:54,759 --> 03:10:56,327
amending the zoning atlas of

5595
03:10:56,327 --> 03:10:57,361
ordinance number 1311 for the

5596
03:10:57,361 --> 03:10:58,563
zoning ordinance of the city of

5597
03:10:58,563 --> 03:11:00,298
miami, florida as amended miami

5598
03:11:00,298 --> 03:11:02,699
21 code by changing the zoning

5599
03:11:02,699 --> 03:11:05,102
classification from t68l urban

5600
03:11:05,102 --> 03:11:07,171
core transect zone limited to t

5601
03:11:07,171 --> 03:11:08,705
five zero urban core transit

5602
03:11:08,705 --> 03:11:11,705
zone open for the properties

5603
03:11:14,878 --> 03:11:16,878
generally located at

5604
03:11:16,947 --> 03:11:18,947
625645675685650640630 and 626

5605
03:11:24,188 --> 03:11:25,556
northeast 64 terrace and

5606
03:11:25,556 --> 03:11:27,556
629635645655669 and 685 north

5607
03:11:27,958 --> 03:11:30,270
east 64th street and the east

5608
03:11:30,270 --> 03:11:31,562
portion of 610 northeast 64

5609
03:11:31,562 --> 03:11:32,930
terrace, miami, florida more

5610
03:11:32,930 --> 03:11:34,165
particularly described in

5611
03:11:34,165 --> 03:11:35,165
exhibit a attached and

5612
03:11:35,165 --> 03:11:36,200
incorporated making findings

5613
03:11:36,200 --> 03:11:37,768
containing a severability

5614
03:11:37,768 --> 03:11:40,337
clause and providing for an

5615
03:11:40,337 --> 03:11:42,390
effective date. Thank you. All

5616
03:11:42,390 --> 03:11:44,439
right commissioner king. Okay

5617
03:11:44,442 --> 03:11:45,476
so I just want for

5618
03:11:45,476 --> 03:11:47,476
administration the city

5619
03:11:47,712 --> 03:11:50,114
attorney's office to put on the

5620
03:11:50,114 --> 03:11:52,514
record where this community

5621
03:11:52,516 --> 03:11:55,516
benefit of $1 million will be

5622
03:11:55,619 --> 03:11:57,210
deposited that make sure that

5623
03:11:57,210 --> 03:12:00,910
my neighbors know it will not

5624
03:12:00,910 --> 03:12:03,861
end up in a general fund. It

5625
03:12:03,861 --> 03:12:07,331
will park itself in a district

5626
03:12:07,331 --> 03:12:09,367
five account which could live

5627
03:12:09,367 --> 03:12:11,769
beyond me um depending on when

5628
03:12:11,769 --> 03:12:15,239
we get to distributing and for

5629
03:12:15,239 --> 03:12:17,274
the record, allocating these

5630
03:12:17,274 --> 03:12:19,674
funds is predicated on

5631
03:12:19,677 --> 03:12:22,770
community meetings for the

5632
03:12:23,147 --> 03:12:25,547
community and the different

5633
03:12:25,549 --> 03:12:27,584
areas that MAY be adversely

5634
03:12:27,584 --> 03:12:29,984
impacted by this development.

5635
03:12:30,200 --> 03:12:32,423
The community decides not the

5636
03:12:32,423 --> 03:12:34,291
district five commissioner in a

5637
03:12:34,291 --> 03:12:36,193
in a vacuum. So I want to make

5638
03:12:36,193 --> 03:12:38,429
sure that they are assured that

5639
03:12:38,429 --> 03:12:41,165
this money is going into a pot

5640
03:12:41,165 --> 03:12:44,165
for district five specific for

5641
03:12:44,969 --> 03:12:47,400
this project to address issues

5642
03:12:47,400 --> 03:12:49,730
that will stem from this

5643
03:12:49,730 --> 03:12:51,473
development. That is correct

5644
03:12:51,676 --> 03:12:53,210
MADAM Chair. Um the money is

5645
03:12:53,210 --> 03:12:55,279
just basically being placed in

5646
03:12:55,279 --> 03:12:58,349
a bucket for the district five.

5647
03:12:58,349 --> 03:13:00,251
Um in order to spend that money

5648
03:13:00,251 --> 03:13:01,452
you'll have to come back to the

5649
03:13:01,452 --> 03:13:02,653
city commission for approval

5650
03:13:02,653 --> 03:13:04,222
for any use of that funds.

5651
03:13:04,222 --> 03:13:06,957
they'll be treated like any

5652
03:13:06,957 --> 03:13:09,194
other uh, funds that the city

5653
03:13:09,194 --> 03:13:10,228
has. So yeah, there is not a

5654
03:13:10,228 --> 03:13:11,796
special account for the

5655
03:13:11,796 --> 03:13:13,498
district five. It's just a

5656
03:13:13,498 --> 03:13:14,598
place to put the monies so that

5657
03:13:14,598 --> 03:13:16,100
then they can be appropriately

5658
03:13:16,100 --> 03:13:17,802
spent for public. I just wanted

5659
03:13:17,802 --> 03:13:19,870
to make that clear on the

5660
03:13:19,870 --> 03:13:21,939
record so that the community

5661
03:13:21,939 --> 03:13:24,342
understands that this money is

5662
03:13:24,342 --> 03:13:26,377
specific for this project and

5663
03:13:26,377 --> 03:13:27,945
the money is parked in a

5664
03:13:27,945 --> 03:13:30,140
district five account that it

5665
03:13:30,140 --> 03:13:32,416
will not be sent to general

5666
03:13:32,416 --> 03:13:34,118
funds or used for any other

5667
03:13:34,118 --> 03:13:36,354
purpose than what is intended

5668
03:13:36,354 --> 03:13:37,755
in the covenant. And that was

5669
03:13:37,755 --> 03:13:38,756
that was it. I just wanted to

5670
03:13:38,756 --> 03:13:39,570
get that on the record. All

5671
03:13:39,570 --> 03:13:40,825
right.

5672
03:13:40,825 --> 03:13:43,825
>> I will entertain a motion.

5673
03:13:43,928 --> 03:13:46,664
Motion okay on pc seven and pc

5674
03:13:46,664 --> 03:13:48,733
I'm sorry pc eight and pc nine

5675
03:13:48,733 --> 03:13:50,468
chair MR. Clark. My apologies.

5676
03:13:50,468 --> 03:13:53,370
I do apologize for the

5677
03:13:53,370 --> 03:13:54,405
interruption. Um so for pc, pc

5678
03:13:54,405 --> 03:13:56,140
eight will be amended pursuant

5679
03:13:56,140 --> 03:13:58,710
to a substitution memo dated

5680
03:13:58,710 --> 03:14:00,770
JULY 17th, 2026 for pc nine. It

5681
03:14:00,770 --> 03:14:01,446
will be amended to add a piece

5682
03:14:01,446 --> 03:14:02,847
of information in the body of

5683
03:14:02,847 --> 03:14:04,882
the legislation. All right

5684
03:14:04,882 --> 03:14:06,617
moved as amended by

5685
03:14:06,617 --> 03:14:08,319
commissioner king. Second

5686
03:14:08,319 --> 03:14:09,190
second by commissioner. All in

5687
03:14:09,190 --> 03:14:11,880
favor say aye. Aye.

5688
03:14:11,880 --> 03:14:12,790
>> any opposed? No. Those

5689
03:14:12,790 --> 03:14:14,250
passed unanimously.

5690
03:14:14,250 --> 03:14:16,425
Commissioner gable, are you

5691
03:14:16,761 --> 03:14:19,164
ready to do the allapattah cra.

5692
03:14:19,164 --> 03:14:21,399
I am okay show this meeting

5693
03:14:21,399 --> 03:14:23,101
recessed for just a few minutes

5694
03:14:23,101 --> 03:14:25,336
and commissioner gabel let's

5695
03:14:25,336 --> 03:14:27,720
open the cra. I know you have a

5696
03:14:27,720 --> 03:14:29,140
little tape changing sorry but.

5697
03:14:29,140 --> 03:14:30,674
Thank you thank you mayor just.

5698
03:14:30,674 --> 03:14:34,274
>> we can stretch our legs for

5699
03:14:35,146 --> 03:14:36,681
a minute, okay? Flip the tape.

5700
03:14:36,681 --> 03:14:38,681
I've heard the.

5701
03:14:48,393 --> 03:14:51,993
>> what you have is a script.

5702
03:16:47,165 --> 03:16:50,165
Cra. Thank you everyone for

5703
03:16:50,601 --> 03:16:53,601
being here. All right. Changing

5704
03:17:01,245 --> 03:17:03,245
of the tape.

5705
03:17:16,928 --> 03:17:18,629
Mayor higgins we're good to go.

5706
03:17:18,629 --> 03:17:21,320
All right. We have a new tape.

5707
03:17:21,320 --> 03:17:22,767
Um so we are reconvening um

5708
03:17:22,767 --> 03:17:24,469
today's commission meeting. I

5709
03:17:24,469 --> 03:17:26,370
think we are starting back at

5710
03:17:26,370 --> 03:17:28,105
the top of the public hearing

5711
03:17:28,105 --> 03:17:29,474
items. Page three was

5712
03:17:29,474 --> 03:17:31,175
bifurcated. Um, commissioner

5713
03:17:31,175 --> 03:17:33,411
pardo, that's the dade heritage

5714
03:17:33,411 --> 03:17:35,146
trust site. Would you like to

5715
03:17:35,146 --> 03:17:36,847
take the lead on that? I would

5716
03:17:36,847 --> 03:17:37,715
I just want to respond to some

5717
03:17:37,715 --> 03:17:39,450
issues the residents had

5718
03:17:39,450 --> 03:17:41,486
brought up. Uh some folks

5719
03:17:41,486 --> 03:17:43,721
thought that the amount was low

5720
03:17:43,721 --> 03:17:45,457
or not correct, but there is an

5721
03:17:45,457 --> 03:17:47,525
appraisal behind that and there

5722
03:17:47,525 --> 03:17:49,227
was uh that's followed all the

5723
03:17:49,227 --> 03:17:51,295
rules we used to establish the

5724
03:17:51,295 --> 03:17:52,997
value. There was also a lot of

5725
03:17:52,997 --> 03:17:55,660
public comment about not being

5726
03:17:55,660 --> 03:17:56,635
sufficient engagement and not

5727
03:17:56,635 --> 03:17:57,835
really being a public process.

5728
03:17:57,835 --> 03:17:59,537
Totally agree with that. We

5729
03:17:59,537 --> 03:18:01,439
have talked about this with

5730
03:18:01,439 --> 03:18:02,640
dade heritage trust and they

5731
03:18:02,640 --> 03:18:04,342
have assured that they will

5732
03:18:04,342 --> 03:18:06,770
have a public engagement

5733
03:18:06,770 --> 03:18:08,146
process around this whole

5734
03:18:08,146 --> 03:18:09,848
thing. Also remember that

5735
03:18:09,848 --> 03:18:11,249
there's a board meeting so this

5736
03:18:11,249 --> 03:18:12,951
has to go before the headboard

5737
03:18:12,951 --> 03:18:14,318
which is another public hearing

5738
03:18:14,318 --> 03:18:16,530
and everyone will have an

5739
03:18:16,530 --> 03:18:17,422
opportunity to engage at the

5740
03:18:17,422 --> 03:18:18,790
board as well. Those are all

5741
03:18:18,790 --> 03:18:20,859
the comments I wanted to give.

5742
03:18:20,859 --> 03:18:22,760
Thank you for working on this.

5743
03:18:22,760 --> 03:18:24,295
You and I collaborated on that

5744
03:18:24,295 --> 03:18:26,197
when I was still at the

5745
03:18:26,197 --> 03:18:28,660
commission and if you don't

5746
03:18:28,660 --> 03:18:29,434
mind, I might also want to put

5747
03:18:29,434 --> 03:18:30,635
some comments on the record

5748
03:18:30,635 --> 03:18:32,704
because there were some

5749
03:18:32,704 --> 03:18:34,704
misleading newspaper articles.

5750
03:18:36,141 --> 03:18:38,743
Um but I remember you and i

5751
03:18:38,743 --> 03:18:40,811
talking it was MARCH of 2025

5752
03:18:40,811 --> 03:18:42,347
because I was going over to

5753
03:18:42,347 --> 03:18:45,116
visit with the board of dade

5754
03:18:45,116 --> 03:18:46,451
heritage trust and we delivered

5755
03:18:46,451 --> 03:18:48,186
that message together that

5756
03:18:48,186 --> 03:18:49,553
whatever dade heritage trust

5757
03:18:49,553 --> 03:18:50,922
wanted to do with that site if

5758
03:18:50,922 --> 03:18:52,124
they wanted to stay there, they

5759
03:18:52,124 --> 03:18:53,524
were going to have a county and

5760
03:18:53,524 --> 03:18:55,226
a city that supported that. And

5761
03:18:55,226 --> 03:18:56,962
if they thought there was

5762
03:18:56,962 --> 03:18:59,300
another path for them to

5763
03:18:59,300 --> 03:19:02,300
preserve this piece of history,

5764
03:19:02,466 --> 03:19:05,466
this amazing building and more

5765
03:19:06,237 --> 03:19:08,306
robustly build visitorship um

5766
03:19:08,306 --> 03:19:10,175
to their headquarters, we would

5767
03:19:10,175 --> 03:19:11,743
be supportive of that but that

5768
03:19:11,743 --> 03:19:13,444
they were always going to be in

5769
03:19:13,444 --> 03:19:15,179
the driver's seat. And I think

5770
03:19:15,179 --> 03:19:17,416
all of our residents know that

5771
03:19:17,416 --> 03:19:19,117
dade heritage trust, uh, is one

5772
03:19:19,117 --> 03:19:20,484
of the most transparent

5773
03:19:20,484 --> 03:19:22,884
organizations about what they

5774
03:19:22,888 --> 03:19:25,657
do with our treasured buildings

5775
03:19:25,657 --> 03:19:27,559
and resources here and um, so

5776
03:19:27,559 --> 03:19:29,594
happy to hear of all the public

5777
03:19:29,594 --> 03:19:30,995
input that will be coming in

5778
03:19:30,995 --> 03:19:32,197
the future. Thank you for

5779
03:19:32,197 --> 03:19:33,398
supporting that. So we have a

5780
03:19:33,398 --> 03:19:34,765
motion from commissioner pardo.

5781
03:19:34,765 --> 03:19:35,967
>> can I just say something on

5782
03:19:35,967 --> 03:19:37,502
the record? Commissioner gabel

5783
03:19:37,502 --> 03:19:39,237
is in my district at the end of

5784
03:19:39,237 --> 03:19:40,438
the day and I just want to

5785
03:19:40,438 --> 03:19:41,639
concur with what you guys have

5786
03:19:41,639 --> 03:19:42,840
just said. I was shown the

5787
03:19:42,840 --> 03:19:44,575
documents, I asked the

5788
03:19:44,575 --> 03:19:46,111
questions and I believe that

5789
03:19:46,111 --> 03:19:47,478
MR. Griffin has always been a

5790
03:19:47,478 --> 03:19:49,380
good corporate citizen and is a

5791
03:19:49,380 --> 03:19:50,415
man of his word. So I feel

5792
03:19:50,415 --> 03:19:51,449
comfortable in voting with you

5793
03:19:51,449 --> 03:19:52,650
guys for this. Thank you very

5794
03:19:52,650 --> 03:19:55,500
much. Other comments colleagues

5795
03:19:56,755 --> 03:19:58,823
.MR. City clerk. Uh thank you

5796
03:19:58,823 --> 03:20:00,192
chair page three will be

5797
03:20:00,192 --> 03:20:01,593
amended pursuant to a

5798
03:20:01,593 --> 03:20:03,993
substitution memo dated JULY

5799
03:20:04,662 --> 03:20:06,398
17th, 2026. All right. Show

5800
03:20:06,398 --> 03:20:08,967
that item moved by commissioner

5801
03:20:08,967 --> 03:20:10,702
prado as amended seconded by I

5802
03:20:10,702 --> 03:20:12,700
can no longer remember the

5803
03:20:12,700 --> 03:20:14,470
second commissioner king. All

5804
03:20:14,806 --> 03:20:16,875
in favor say aye. Aye show that

5805
03:20:16,875 --> 03:20:18,875
item passed unanimously.

5806
03:20:20,312 --> 03:20:22,712
Congratulations. All right ph5

5807
03:20:23,480 --> 03:20:25,448
our hope hydration commissioner

5808
03:20:27,184 --> 03:20:28,720
.I I think commissioner king

5809
03:20:28,720 --> 03:20:29,587
you but we can have any

5810
03:20:29,587 --> 03:20:30,956
discussion that's. Needed I

5811
03:20:30,956 --> 03:20:32,857
pulled it I'm also a sponsor of

5812
03:20:32,857 --> 03:20:34,759
this. I'm a big proponent for

5813
03:20:34,759 --> 03:20:38,196
our parks and our kids. My

5814
03:20:38,196 --> 03:20:40,596
concern is the advertisements

5815
03:20:40,598 --> 03:20:42,834
and the fees that we are going

5816
03:20:42,834 --> 03:20:45,834
to get for the advertisements

5817
03:20:46,938 --> 03:20:49,374
staff did do um as I requested

5818
03:20:49,374 --> 03:20:51,777
all of the fees for each

5819
03:20:51,777 --> 03:20:54,512
district park will remain in

5820
03:20:54,512 --> 03:20:56,480
that district for that park.

5821
03:20:56,480 --> 03:20:58,116
But I do believe that we could

5822
03:20:58,116 --> 03:20:59,685
do a little better with the

5823
03:20:59,685 --> 03:21:02,850
advertising fees. It is

5824
03:21:02,860 --> 03:21:04,489
advertising and um that's a

5825
03:21:04,489 --> 03:21:08,890
huge source of revenue. So I

5826
03:21:08,260 --> 03:21:09,995
would like to negotiate a bit

5827
03:21:09,995 --> 03:21:11,363
more with the fees. I think we

5828
03:21:11,363 --> 03:21:13,598
I think the administration

5829
03:21:13,598 --> 03:21:16,335
could do a little better but I

5830
03:21:16,335 --> 03:21:19,335
am completely in support of

5831
03:21:20,472 --> 03:21:22,872
this pilot program bringing

5832
03:21:22,874 --> 03:21:25,277
fresh cold water and I don't

5833
03:21:25,277 --> 03:21:28,380
know if everyone got that that

5834
03:21:28,380 --> 03:21:30,649
it's going to be cold filtered

5835
03:21:30,649 --> 03:21:33,185
clean water for our communities

5836
03:21:33,185 --> 03:21:36,622
and for me who I use a brita

5837
03:21:36,622 --> 03:21:38,523
filter bottle, um reusable

5838
03:21:38,523 --> 03:21:40,759
bottle I travel with it out of

5839
03:21:40,759 --> 03:21:42,127
the country and I fill it up

5840
03:21:42,127 --> 03:21:43,829
with when I'm out of the

5841
03:21:43,829 --> 03:21:46,231
country bottled water and even

5842
03:21:46,231 --> 03:21:48,300
have that filtered so I am in

5843
03:21:48,300 --> 03:21:50,702
support of it. But I do think

5844
03:21:50,702 --> 03:21:53,102
that administration can tweak

5845
03:21:54,139 --> 03:21:55,541
this a bit with respect to the

5846
03:21:55,541 --> 03:21:56,909
advertisements and the fees

5847
03:21:56,909 --> 03:21:59,644
that the city would get. I

5848
03:21:59,644 --> 03:22:01,713
agree um. MR. City manager

5849
03:22:01,713 --> 03:22:03,448
would you or resiliency officer

5850
03:22:03,448 --> 03:22:04,316
have done all the work on this?

5851
03:22:04,316 --> 03:22:06,180
i want to comment. Sure.

5852
03:22:06,180 --> 03:22:07,719
>> so commissioner obviously

5853
03:22:07,719 --> 03:22:09,121
this gives me the opportunity

5854
03:22:09,121 --> 03:22:10,822
to further negotiate the

5855
03:22:10,822 --> 03:22:12,240
contract so I'm more than

5856
03:22:12,240 --> 03:22:14,920
willing to work with your

5857
03:22:14,920 --> 03:22:15,460
office as well as I've spoken

5858
03:22:15,460 --> 03:22:17,362
to d2 and some of the concerns

5859
03:22:17,362 --> 03:22:19,264
in terms of placement and where

5860
03:22:19,264 --> 03:22:20,632
you all would like to see these

5861
03:22:20,632 --> 03:22:22,334
across your districts. So

5862
03:22:22,334 --> 03:22:24,690
moving forward, uh, I look

5863
03:22:24,690 --> 03:22:25,938
forward to working with both

5864
03:22:25,938 --> 03:22:28,600
your office to make sure that

5865
03:22:28,600 --> 03:22:29,575
the expectation is met and the

5866
03:22:29,575 --> 03:22:31,276
language that we're going to be

5867
03:22:31,276 --> 03:22:33,345
negotiating with hope and also

5868
03:22:33,345 --> 03:22:36,448
as it relates to the locations

5869
03:22:36,448 --> 03:22:37,816
of said um dispensers, we we

5870
03:22:37,816 --> 03:22:39,184
all work together

5871
03:22:39,184 --> 03:22:41,584
collaboratively to make sure

5872
03:22:42,121 --> 03:22:43,822
that your needs are met. So

5873
03:22:43,822 --> 03:22:46,758
would you please include my

5874
03:22:46,758 --> 03:22:48,293
office also in. Folks

5875
03:22:48,293 --> 03:22:49,862
commissioner king you have the

5876
03:22:49,862 --> 03:22:51,730
floor. So I just want to make

5877
03:22:51,730 --> 03:22:53,980
sure in passing this you still

5878
03:22:53,980 --> 03:22:54,132
have an opportunity to

5879
03:22:54,132 --> 03:22:56,535
negotiate the fees. I don't

5880
03:22:56,535 --> 03:22:58,937
want to pass it and then the

5881
03:22:58,937 --> 03:23:01,600
contract is as it is. Um my

5882
03:23:01,600 --> 03:23:02,574
colleague here feels the same

5883
03:23:02,574 --> 03:23:04,810
way so I want to I want to make

5884
03:23:04,810 --> 03:23:07,212
sure on the record that we have

5885
03:23:07,212 --> 03:23:09,280
an opportunity to negotiate the

5886
03:23:09,280 --> 03:23:10,482
fees that we would get from the

5887
03:23:10,482 --> 03:23:10,783
advertisement. That is correct.

5888
03:23:10,783 --> 03:23:12,783
Okay.

5889
03:23:13,510 --> 03:23:14,420
>> I'll make the motion. Okay.

5890
03:23:14,420 --> 03:23:15,120
>> I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm

5891
03:23:15,120 --> 03:23:17,120
sorry. Okay.

5892
03:23:17,189 --> 03:23:18,230
>> um we'll go to you,

5893
03:23:18,230 --> 03:23:19,224
commissioner bell then we'll go

5894
03:23:19,224 --> 03:23:19,758
to commissioner prado. Thank

5895
03:23:19,758 --> 03:23:21,459
you. Okay.

5896
03:23:21,459 --> 03:23:23,528
>> so I you know when this came

5897
03:23:23,528 --> 03:23:25,598
to me. I was a bit surprised

5898
03:23:25,598 --> 03:23:27,132
that everybody here, you know,

5899
03:23:27,132 --> 03:23:28,701
went along with it because I've

5900
03:23:28,701 --> 03:23:30,402
been hearing that people are

5901
03:23:30,402 --> 03:23:32,300
you know the advertisement and

5902
03:23:32,300 --> 03:23:33,372
this is the the voodoo man you

5903
03:23:33,372 --> 03:23:34,740
know what I mean? But but you

5904
03:23:34,740 --> 03:23:35,941
know this everybody seems to be

5905
03:23:35,941 --> 03:23:37,309
this is strange. We're living

5906
03:23:37,309 --> 03:23:38,377
in a strange world. I don't

5907
03:23:38,377 --> 03:23:39,544
know I don't know [Laughter]

5908
03:23:39,544 --> 03:23:41,279
What's going on here you know

5909
03:23:41,279 --> 03:23:42,648
but you haven't spoken yet but

5910
03:23:42,648 --> 03:23:43,682
I'm going along with it. I'm

5911
03:23:43,682 --> 03:23:45,500
going to go along with it

5912
03:23:45,500 --> 03:23:46,585
because of the benefits that I

5913
03:23:46,585 --> 03:23:48,320
think that it will provide to

5914
03:23:48,320 --> 03:23:50,220
our citizens. However, I also

5915
03:23:50,220 --> 03:23:51,756
share your concern, MADAM Chair

5916
03:23:51,756 --> 03:23:54,156
and your concern, commissioner,

5917
03:23:54,159 --> 03:23:55,694
that I think the fees can be

5918
03:23:55,694 --> 03:23:57,796
negotiated maybe on a scale

5919
03:23:57,796 --> 03:23:59,164
than on the first year it's on

5920
03:23:59,164 --> 03:24:00,533
the second year of successful

5921
03:24:00,533 --> 03:24:01,734
is this and something like that

5922
03:24:01,734 --> 03:24:03,469
that we can get something a

5923
03:24:03,469 --> 03:24:05,171
little bit more for the

5924
03:24:05,171 --> 03:24:06,372
residents in lieu of the

5925
03:24:06,372 --> 03:24:07,906
advertising dollars that they

5926
03:24:07,906 --> 03:24:09,475
are going to make. And we want

5927
03:24:09,475 --> 03:24:10,842
to be fair with you guys also.

5928
03:24:10,842 --> 03:24:12,578
So that's that's my piece.

5929
03:24:12,578 --> 03:24:13,778
>> thank you. Okay. I also

5930
03:24:13,778 --> 03:24:15,147
agree that we should defer by

5931
03:24:15,147 --> 03:24:17,547
the way. Commissioner pardo.

5932
03:24:17,883 --> 03:24:19,951
Yeah, my my main issue was

5933
03:24:19,951 --> 03:24:22,354
being able to have control over

5934
03:24:22,354 --> 03:24:24,757
location and site because it is

5935
03:24:24,757 --> 03:24:26,492
visual pollution, you know in a

5936
03:24:26,492 --> 03:24:28,561
park it depends with placement

5937
03:24:28,561 --> 03:24:30,428
and site and how that that

5938
03:24:30,428 --> 03:24:31,663
whole issue works. So as long

5939
03:24:31,663 --> 03:24:32,864
as it's flexible with our

5940
03:24:32,864 --> 03:24:34,566
district and we can choose to

5941
03:24:34,566 --> 03:24:36,468
do it or not or to do it here

5942
03:24:36,468 --> 03:24:38,170
or not there that's really what

5943
03:24:38,170 --> 03:24:40,572
what we're asking for of course

5944
03:24:40,572 --> 03:24:42,808
we're in favor of nice cold

5945
03:24:42,808 --> 03:24:45,430
filtered water not only for us

5946
03:24:45,430 --> 03:24:46,612
but and dogs you know dog parks

5947
03:24:46,612 --> 03:24:48,146
all of all of the things. It's

5948
03:24:48,146 --> 03:24:49,515
a great idea. I want to commend

5949
03:24:49,515 --> 03:24:50,549
the founders and the people

5950
03:24:50,549 --> 03:24:51,917
that have put this forward.

5951
03:24:51,917 --> 03:24:53,652
it's exciting that you're

5952
03:24:53,652 --> 03:24:55,187
coming here with great ideas

5953
03:24:55,187 --> 03:24:56,555
and I think you're right as

5954
03:24:56,555 --> 03:24:57,756
your great idea takes off in

5955
03:24:57,756 --> 03:24:59,658
this pilot, other people are

5956
03:24:59,658 --> 03:25:01,560
going to be coming to miami. So

5957
03:25:01,560 --> 03:25:03,960
thank you for that and that's

5958
03:25:03,960 --> 03:25:05,832
it. That's all I wanted on the

5959
03:25:05,832 --> 03:25:08,600
record. Um excellent. Um to the

5960
03:25:08,600 --> 03:25:11,337
city attorney it's clear that

5961
03:25:11,337 --> 03:25:13,406
um commissioner prado wants to

5962
03:25:13,406 --> 03:25:14,973
have a little bit of yes no

5963
03:25:14,973 --> 03:25:15,974
maybe so on the locations that

5964
03:25:15,974 --> 03:25:18,911
are recommended do we need to

5965
03:25:18,911 --> 03:25:20,146
put a caveat in here or do we

5966
03:25:20,146 --> 03:25:21,147
just need a gentleman's

5967
03:25:21,147 --> 03:25:22,181
agreement with hope that you

5968
03:25:22,181 --> 03:25:23,215
will make sure that

5969
03:25:23,215 --> 03:25:25,251
commissioner prado is happy?

5970
03:25:25,251 --> 03:25:28,688
Please say that loudly and into

5971
03:25:28,688 --> 03:25:30,422
the microphone on the record.

5972
03:25:30,422 --> 03:25:31,791
I'm on the record. I'm george

5973
03:25:31,791 --> 03:25:34,260
richardson, I'm the founder ceo

5974
03:25:34,260 --> 03:25:36,950
of hope hydration. Uh, this is

5975
03:25:36,950 --> 03:25:37,496
the kind of discussion we we've

5976
03:25:37,496 --> 03:25:38,698
always dreamed of. We don't

5977
03:25:38,698 --> 03:25:39,732
want to put water in places

5978
03:25:39,732 --> 03:25:41,100
that people aren't going to use

5979
03:25:41,100 --> 03:25:42,801
and people don't want it. Uh,

5980
03:25:42,801 --> 03:25:45,204
it's led from the ground up. So

5981
03:25:45,204 --> 03:25:47,273
okay. So that's a yes you will.

5982
03:25:47,273 --> 03:25:49,342
On the record. Thank you. Okay.

5983
03:25:49,342 --> 03:25:50,375
All right. So we have a motion

5984
03:25:50,375 --> 03:25:51,277
for the item we know the

5985
03:25:51,277 --> 03:25:52,612
manager is going to negotiate.

5986
03:25:52,612 --> 03:25:53,979
He's put that on the record. We

5987
03:25:53,979 --> 03:25:55,347
know you're going to work with

5988
03:25:55,347 --> 03:25:56,916
commissioner prado and others.

5989
03:25:56,916 --> 03:25:58,984
Um is there a second.

5990
03:25:58,984 --> 03:26:01,200
>> no. We're deferring it.

5991
03:26:01,200 --> 03:26:02,755
That's what. We said I don't.

5992
03:26:02,755 --> 03:26:05,491
Know nobody wants to defer this

5993
03:26:05,491 --> 03:26:07,760
before we negotiate. No I'd

5994
03:26:07,760 --> 03:26:09,295
like commissioner to negotiate.

5995
03:26:09,295 --> 03:26:10,996
That's that's me I mean. MR..

5996
03:26:10,996 --> 03:26:12,365
>> I'd like to negotiate. MR.

5997
03:26:12,365 --> 03:26:14,365
City manager. Commissioner,

5998
03:26:15,134 --> 03:26:17,200
this is a pilot program so.

5999
03:26:17,200 --> 03:26:18,738
That's my that's where I'm at

6000
03:26:18,738 --> 03:26:19,772
I, I vote yes if you're going

6001
03:26:19,772 --> 03:26:21,306
to come back and all these

6002
03:26:21,306 --> 03:26:22,341
things are are met if not I'm

6003
03:26:22,341 --> 03:26:24,410
voting no today. That's my

6004
03:26:24,410 --> 03:26:25,277
thing okay. Doesn't [Laughter]

6005
03:26:25,277 --> 03:26:28,277
Matter if somebody comes along

6006
03:26:31,284 --> 03:26:34,190
and that's where I'm at. Yeah.

6007
03:26:34,190 --> 03:26:35,921
>> um this this item is a pilot

6008
03:26:35,921 --> 03:26:37,457
program even if we negotiate a

6009
03:26:37,457 --> 03:26:38,858
lot more for the you know, an

6010
03:26:38,858 --> 03:26:40,225
extra percentage point whether

6011
03:26:40,225 --> 03:26:41,427
it's five percentage, 10% we're

6012
03:26:41,427 --> 03:26:43,496
still talking in year one very,

6013
03:26:43,496 --> 03:26:44,863
very low dollars. I think it is

6014
03:26:44,863 --> 03:26:46,398
worth moving this forward in

6015
03:26:46,398 --> 03:26:49,168
the summer to get these things

6016
03:26:49,168 --> 03:26:51,237
open because we will be able to

6017
03:26:51,237 --> 03:26:53,637
negotiate the full agreement

6018
03:26:53,639 --> 03:26:55,508
should we like it and like how

6019
03:26:55,508 --> 03:26:57,577
it looks and like how it

6020
03:26:57,577 --> 03:26:59,145
physically works um as well.

6021
03:26:59,145 --> 03:27:01,130
Maybe we will and I'm probably

6022
03:27:01,130 --> 03:27:02,915
going to like it but so what?

6023
03:27:02,915 --> 03:27:04,283
So let's do it real quick a

6024
03:27:04,283 --> 03:27:05,485
motion to defer if there's

6025
03:27:05,485 --> 03:27:07,220
nobody with me it does and you

6026
03:27:07,220 --> 03:27:10,820
guys make the motion to move

6027
03:27:12,191 --> 03:27:13,559
motion to defer. No motion. My

6028
03:27:13,559 --> 03:27:15,628
motion dies. Now we can take

6029
03:27:15,628 --> 03:27:16,829
the vote. Okay um. Motion

6030
03:27:16,829 --> 03:27:19,229
commissioner king. Motion to

6031
03:27:20,990 --> 03:27:22,502
defer. Okay so the motion to

6032
03:27:22,502 --> 03:27:24,904
defer. I don't take issue with

6033
03:27:24,904 --> 03:27:26,472
deferring it. I don't I don't

6034
03:27:26,472 --> 03:27:28,508
if he's not ready.

6035
03:27:28,508 --> 03:27:31,508
>> I'm not ready. I believe

6036
03:27:31,944 --> 03:27:33,345
that administration has

6037
03:27:33,345 --> 03:27:35,381
satisfied that they will

6038
03:27:35,381 --> 03:27:36,949
negotiate everything that you

6039
03:27:36,949 --> 03:27:38,651
want to do. So but it's

6040
03:27:38,651 --> 03:27:39,852
whatever the body wants. How

6041
03:27:39,852 --> 03:27:43,289
long is the pilot program for?

6042
03:27:43,289 --> 03:27:45,692
Is it a year. It's it's it's

6043
03:27:45,692 --> 03:27:47,426
one it's one year. Um if we

6044
03:27:47,426 --> 03:27:49,329
like it and we renew and we

6045
03:27:49,329 --> 03:27:51,300
decide to expand, um if we

6046
03:27:51,300 --> 03:27:52,231
defer we are deferring until

6047
03:27:52,231 --> 03:27:53,600
SEPTEMBER 9th. So we would

6048
03:27:53,600 --> 03:27:53,933
delay starting this about two

6049
03:27:53,933 --> 03:27:55,168
months.

6050
03:27:55,168 --> 03:27:56,369
>> and I would I would rather

6051
03:27:56,369 --> 03:27:57,737
given that we're in the summer

6052
03:27:57,737 --> 03:27:59,472
and it's so incredibly hot, I'd

6053
03:27:59,472 --> 03:28:00,840
love for us to be able to

6054
03:28:00,840 --> 03:28:02,375
provide free water sooner

6055
03:28:02,375 --> 03:28:04,277
rather than later, but I hope

6056
03:28:04,277 --> 03:28:05,645
we keep this sentiment in mind

6057
03:28:05,645 --> 03:28:07,130
when we get to another pilot

6058
03:28:07,130 --> 03:28:08,214
program later in the agenda

6059
03:28:08,214 --> 03:28:09,249
because what we're basically

6060
03:28:09,249 --> 03:28:10,984
saying is that this isn't a

6061
03:28:10,984 --> 03:28:12,852
permanent yes, this is a let's

6062
03:28:12,852 --> 03:28:15,254
test the waters. Yes, literally

6063
03:28:15,254 --> 03:28:17,490
test the waters and we could

6064
03:28:17,490 --> 03:28:18,891
come back and amend the terms.

6065
03:28:18,891 --> 03:28:22,491
So I I'll support moving this

6066
03:28:24,196 --> 03:28:27,196
forward at this time. Okay.

6067
03:28:29,202 --> 03:28:29,502
>> is there a motion? MR.

6068
03:28:29,502 --> 03:28:31,502
Clerk.

6069
03:28:32,104 --> 03:28:33,672
>> so commissioner my

6070
03:28:33,672 --> 03:28:35,375
apologies. I thought there was.

6071
03:28:35,375 --> 03:28:37,775
>> a motion commissioner had

6072
03:28:37,943 --> 03:28:40,713
made a motion at 12:48 P.M. To

6073
03:28:40,713 --> 03:28:42,782
defer ph5 but there was no

6074
03:28:42,782 --> 03:28:44,517
second. So then that motion is

6075
03:28:44,517 --> 03:28:45,718
going to die for a second and

6076
03:28:45,718 --> 03:28:47,587
now a new motion can be

6077
03:28:47,587 --> 03:28:48,788
entertained. I move to move the

6078
03:28:48,788 --> 03:28:49,822
item with the understanding

6079
03:28:49,822 --> 03:28:51,391
that additional negotiations

6080
03:28:51,391 --> 03:28:52,758
will take place and that the

6081
03:28:52,758 --> 03:28:53,960
manager will speak to each of

6082
03:28:53,960 --> 03:28:54,627
us about placements in our

6083
03:28:54,627 --> 03:28:56,627
districts. Okay.

6084
03:28:57,730 --> 03:29:00,833
>> is there a second okay. All

6085
03:29:00,833 --> 03:29:02,902
in favor say aye. Aye no. Show

6086
03:29:02,902 --> 03:29:04,770
that item passed 4 to 1 with

6087
03:29:04,770 --> 03:29:07,874
MR. Gavala MR. Chair. Just for

6088
03:29:07,874 --> 03:29:09,942
the record as is as. Is as is

6089
03:29:09,942 --> 03:29:11,644
with all the comments on the

6090
03:29:11,644 --> 03:29:13,713
record noting that those will

6091
03:29:13,713 --> 03:29:17,313
become part of the long term

6092
03:29:17,851 --> 03:29:20,251
agreement. Thank you. All

6093
03:29:21,454 --> 03:29:22,655
right. Ph six we can now take

6094
03:29:22,655 --> 03:29:24,224
up I believe um, MR. Clerk,

6095
03:29:24,224 --> 03:29:26,259
since we've had the allapattah

6096
03:29:26,259 --> 03:29:27,627
cra meeting which is the

6097
03:29:27,627 --> 03:29:29,195
approval of the cra

6098
03:29:29,195 --> 03:29:30,563
redevelopment is do I have.

6099
03:29:30,563 --> 03:29:31,264
That is correct. So moved.

6100
03:29:31,264 --> 03:29:33,264
>> second.

6101
03:29:34,701 --> 03:29:35,100
>> all right. And so. Yes

6102
03:29:35,100 --> 03:29:36,236
MADAM.

6103
03:29:36,236 --> 03:29:36,503
>> chair, just for the record.

6104
03:29:36,503 --> 03:29:38,503
MR..

6105
03:29:38,638 --> 03:29:40,373
>> MR. Carswell just a. Second,

6106
03:29:40,373 --> 03:29:42,773
MR. Clark. Thank you.

6107
03:29:42,942 --> 03:29:44,344
>> um, so ph six is going to be

6108
03:29:44,344 --> 03:29:46,450
amended to add an allapattah

6109
03:29:46,450 --> 03:29:47,581
cra meeting date and allapattah

6110
03:29:47,581 --> 03:29:48,614
a resolution number to the body

6111
03:29:48,614 --> 03:29:49,983
of the legislation.

6112
03:29:49,983 --> 03:29:51,170
Additionally submittal of

6113
03:29:51,170 --> 03:29:51,885
backup documents into the

6114
03:29:51,885 --> 03:29:53,860
record consisting of the

6115
03:29:53,860 --> 03:29:54,120
letters and certified mail

6116
03:29:54,120 --> 03:29:55,321
receipts associated with the

6117
03:29:55,321 --> 03:29:56,523
letters that were sent to the

6118
03:29:56,523 --> 03:29:58,759
taxing authorities which is

6119
03:29:58,759 --> 03:30:00,127
what um MR. Carswell is going

6120
03:30:00,127 --> 03:30:01,828
to state on the record right

6121
03:30:01,828 --> 03:30:03,563
now. All right, MR. Carswell,

6122
03:30:03,563 --> 03:30:06,563
welcome. It's an exciting day

6123
03:30:07,334 --> 03:30:09,769
for the cra. Uh, good afternoon

6124
03:30:09,769 --> 03:30:11,471
commissioners MADAM Chair keith

6125
03:30:11,471 --> 03:30:12,839
carswell um, supplemental

6126
03:30:12,839 --> 03:30:13,874
information. This is just

6127
03:30:13,874 --> 03:30:15,441
notices to the taxing

6128
03:30:15,441 --> 03:30:17,844
authorities that went out in

6129
03:30:17,844 --> 03:30:19,379
support of the process for the

6130
03:30:19,379 --> 03:30:20,747
cra. So this is just

6131
03:30:20,747 --> 03:30:22,115
supplemental information and I

6132
03:30:22,115 --> 03:30:25,115
think the council says that

6133
03:30:25,919 --> 03:30:28,319
it's not substantive. Correct

6134
03:30:28,822 --> 03:30:31,425
motion. Second all in favor say

6135
03:30:31,425 --> 03:30:33,126
aye. Aye aye. Show that item

6136
03:30:33,126 --> 03:30:35,526
passed unanimously. As amended.

6137
03:30:38,298 --> 03:30:40,700
>> as amended okay. Are re4I

6138
03:30:40,700 --> 03:30:42,680
believe is the next one MR.

6139
03:30:42,680 --> 03:30:43,102
Clerk that we have yet to do

6140
03:30:43,102 --> 03:30:46,102
this. That is correct. Great.

6141
03:30:46,873 --> 03:30:48,442
>> um colleagues, when I

6142
03:30:48,442 --> 03:30:52,420
arrived here one of the first

6143
03:30:52,212 --> 03:30:54,280
things I did um was actually go

6144
03:30:54,280 --> 03:30:56,680
out to our sanitation

6145
03:30:56,683 --> 03:30:59,683
facilities and and met with

6146
03:31:01,154 --> 03:31:04,591
dale and learned that four out

6147
03:31:04,591 --> 03:31:07,694
of every ten of our sanitation

6148
03:31:07,694 --> 03:31:09,730
trucks are broken and unusable

6149
03:31:09,730 --> 03:31:12,499
every day because our fleet is

6150
03:31:12,499 --> 03:31:14,200
so old. Um, we also have aging

6151
03:31:14,200 --> 03:31:16,603
police vehicles. We have aging

6152
03:31:16,603 --> 03:31:19,600
fire vehicles and I asked

6153
03:31:19,600 --> 03:31:20,741
myself the question, you know,

6154
03:31:20,741 --> 03:31:22,643
all all municipalities have to

6155
03:31:22,643 --> 03:31:24,177
save money, but how can we be

6156
03:31:24,177 --> 03:31:25,879
in a predicament where where

6157
03:31:25,879 --> 03:31:27,614
our vehicles are so much older

6158
03:31:27,614 --> 03:31:29,849
than anyone else's? And the

6159
03:31:29,849 --> 03:31:31,918
manager and I began discussions

6160
03:31:31,918 --> 03:31:33,987
on what were alternative ways

6161
03:31:33,987 --> 03:31:36,189
of financing other than

6162
03:31:36,189 --> 03:31:38,959
purchasing. Um and how do you

6163
03:31:38,959 --> 03:31:40,160
do that and do what we had done

6164
03:31:40,160 --> 03:31:41,528
in the county and what other

6165
03:31:41,528 --> 03:31:43,263
big counties in florida have

6166
03:31:43,263 --> 03:31:45,832
done and also other large

6167
03:31:45,832 --> 03:31:48,936
buying groups. And I just want

6168
03:31:48,936 --> 03:31:50,137
to thank erica and barbie, uh,

6169
03:31:50,137 --> 03:31:51,704
because as you know, there

6170
03:31:51,704 --> 03:31:52,740
there's are two busy ladies

6171
03:31:52,740 --> 03:31:55,141
doing all kinds of stuff for

6172
03:31:55,141 --> 03:31:56,843
us, but they took on the task

6173
03:31:56,843 --> 03:31:59,843
of analyzing very quickly what

6174
03:31:59,947 --> 03:32:02,849
were some alternative ways that

6175
03:32:02,849 --> 03:32:04,584
we could make sure that we are

6176
03:32:04,584 --> 03:32:06,653
dealing with our aging fleet,

6177
03:32:06,653 --> 03:32:08,722
uh, begin to improve standards

6178
03:32:08,722 --> 03:32:10,900
reduce in the case of

6179
03:32:10,900 --> 03:32:11,458
sanitation, if we improve our

6180
03:32:11,458 --> 03:32:12,826
sanitation vehicles, we reduce

6181
03:32:12,826 --> 03:32:14,728
overtime because we're not

6182
03:32:14,728 --> 03:32:17,831
having to wait on on trucks.

6183
03:32:17,831 --> 03:32:19,200
And so I'm I'm very grateful to

6184
03:32:19,200 --> 03:32:20,901
particularly erica and barbie

6185
03:32:20,901 --> 03:32:23,901
for all the work they've

6186
03:32:24,337 --> 03:32:25,739
they've done on this. Um, MR.

6187
03:32:25,739 --> 03:32:27,107
City manager, do you want to

6188
03:32:27,107 --> 03:32:28,475
say I believe um commissioner

6189
03:32:28,475 --> 03:32:28,808
pardo you've pulled this item.

6190
03:32:28,808 --> 03:32:30,377
Yes I.

6191
03:32:30,377 --> 03:32:31,912
>> did yeah. Okay.

6192
03:32:31,912 --> 03:32:32,379
>> so we'll start with you if

6193
03:32:32,379 --> 03:32:34,810
you don't mind.

6194
03:32:34,810 --> 03:32:35,482
>> no not at all. Can we have

6195
03:32:35,482 --> 03:32:37,882
the appropriate staff person

6196
03:32:45,793 --> 03:32:47,793
that can answer?

6197
03:32:52,665 --> 03:32:55,402
Good afternoon. Uh, some I

6198
03:32:55,402 --> 03:32:57,137
wanted to understand this is

6199
03:32:57,137 --> 03:32:58,505
$150 million obligation and it

6200
03:32:58,505 --> 03:33:00,400
went before the finance

6201
03:33:00,400 --> 03:33:01,775
committee. So there's a couple

6202
03:33:01,775 --> 03:33:03,143
of things I'm interested in the

6203
03:33:03,143 --> 03:33:05,543
relationship with the finance

6204
03:33:05,879 --> 03:33:07,280
committee and this, uh be

6205
03:33:07,280 --> 03:33:08,148
helpful for people to

6206
03:33:08,148 --> 03:33:10,184
understand that this falls

6207
03:33:10,184 --> 03:33:12,586
under the non-ad valorem bucket

6208
03:33:12,586 --> 03:33:14,488
of what we can issue as debt.

6209
03:33:14,488 --> 03:33:16,924
There are two kinds of buckets

6210
03:33:16,924 --> 03:33:19,660
the ad valorem which taxpayers

6211
03:33:19,660 --> 03:33:21,361
their costs increase and then

6212
03:33:21,361 --> 03:33:23,964
there's none valorem which is

6213
03:33:23,964 --> 03:33:26,533
not handled in the same way. So

6214
03:33:26,533 --> 03:33:27,735
uh, how did it work with the

6215
03:33:27,735 --> 03:33:30,135
finance committee in this

6216
03:33:30,837 --> 03:33:33,237
specific case? Good afternoon,

6217
03:33:34,975 --> 03:33:37,378
erica darling, cfo any debt

6218
03:33:37,378 --> 03:33:39,790
that the city embarks upon it

6219
03:33:39,790 --> 03:33:40,447
has to be presented and

6220
03:33:40,447 --> 03:33:42,516
reviewed by the finance

6221
03:33:42,516 --> 03:33:45,516
committee prior to bringing it

6222
03:33:45,953 --> 03:33:48,953
to the commission. But the $450

6223
03:33:49,723 --> 03:33:53,323
million bond was not. We would

6224
03:33:53,861 --> 03:33:56,630
bring the $450 million when we.

6225
03:33:56,630 --> 03:33:58,665
If we get approved first and

6226
03:33:58,665 --> 03:34:01,680
foremost if we get approved and

6227
03:34:01,680 --> 03:34:02,970
then when we reach the time

6228
03:34:02,970 --> 03:34:06,570
that we're going to actually go

6229
03:34:06,941 --> 03:34:08,976
out and sell, we would get um

6230
03:34:08,976 --> 03:34:11,411
proposals back and they would

6231
03:34:11,411 --> 03:34:13,814
review the bond structure. The

6232
03:34:13,814 --> 03:34:15,150
issue I have is that in the

6233
03:34:15,150 --> 03:34:16,550
debt management policy of the

6234
03:34:16,550 --> 03:34:18,285
city which you correctly stated

6235
03:34:18,285 --> 03:34:19,987
it should go before issuance

6236
03:34:19,987 --> 03:34:22,560
because otherwise it kind of

6237
03:34:22,560 --> 03:34:23,757
defeats the purpose of having

6238
03:34:23,757 --> 03:34:25,492
advisors advise us as a

6239
03:34:25,492 --> 03:34:27,892
commission on the best

6240
03:34:28,229 --> 03:34:30,131
practice. So you know, that's

6241
03:34:30,131 --> 03:34:32,366
that's kind of like one big

6242
03:34:32,366 --> 03:34:34,435
thing. Uh, the other big thing

6243
03:34:34,435 --> 03:34:36,837
is the capacity that we have.

6244
03:34:36,837 --> 03:34:40,274
How much capacity do we have on

6245
03:34:40,274 --> 03:34:42,674
the non-ad valorem bucket?

6246
03:34:42,676 --> 03:34:44,411
Meaning we're using 150 now if

6247
03:34:44,411 --> 03:34:45,946
we went up to our full

6248
03:34:45,946 --> 03:34:48,349
capacity, how much more could

6249
03:34:48,349 --> 03:34:51,850
we use? I think I believe the

6250
03:34:51,850 --> 03:34:52,820
analysis showed maybe 250

6251
03:34:52,820 --> 03:34:54,888
million after the. Another 250

6252
03:34:54,888 --> 03:34:56,957
yes. So potentially we could

6253
03:34:56,957 --> 03:34:58,492
have taken that from the 450

6254
03:34:58,492 --> 03:35:00,270
that we're putting on the

6255
03:35:00,270 --> 03:35:02,960
taxpayer and we could have

6256
03:35:02,960 --> 03:35:05,533
financed that in this bucket of

6257
03:35:05,533 --> 03:35:07,268
non ad valorem correct?

6258
03:35:07,268 --> 03:35:09,136
Potentially yes potentially.

6259
03:35:09,136 --> 03:35:11,538
And that's kind of what I'm

6260
03:35:11,538 --> 03:35:13,975
what I'm gearing toward. I

6261
03:35:13,975 --> 03:35:16,900
think that this should have

6262
03:35:16,900 --> 03:35:18,780
absolutely gone to the finance

6263
03:35:18,780 --> 03:35:19,814
committee. I'm in the world of

6264
03:35:19,814 --> 03:35:22,214
finance. Finance is very

6265
03:35:22,883 --> 03:35:24,285
specific very difficult. You

6266
03:35:24,285 --> 03:35:25,320
know if that's what you're in

6267
03:35:25,320 --> 03:35:26,153
if that's what you studied, if

6268
03:35:26,153 --> 03:35:27,888
that's what you got your

6269
03:35:27,888 --> 03:35:29,423
master's and that's what it's a

6270
03:35:29,423 --> 03:35:30,624
different story. But for a

6271
03:35:30,624 --> 03:35:32,359
regular resident or a

6272
03:35:32,359 --> 03:35:34,610
commissioner or anyone to try

6273
03:35:34,610 --> 03:35:35,629
to understand this in the same

6274
03:35:35,629 --> 03:35:36,997
way and vote on it without it

6275
03:35:36,997 --> 03:35:39,660
first having gone to the

6276
03:35:39,660 --> 03:35:41,102
finance committee is really not

6277
03:35:41,102 --> 03:35:42,136
the best practice for

6278
03:35:42,136 --> 03:35:43,870
transparency or fiscal

6279
03:35:43,870 --> 03:35:45,239
responsibility. And I hear

6280
03:35:45,239 --> 03:35:46,440
those words a lot lately but

6281
03:35:46,440 --> 03:35:48,843
that's not what we're doing.

6282
03:35:48,843 --> 03:35:50,912
And so it concerns me and while

6283
03:35:50,912 --> 03:35:52,280
I support this item I agree

6284
03:35:52,280 --> 03:35:54,181
that we have I think you guys

6285
03:35:54,181 --> 03:35:55,549
did a very good job in

6286
03:35:55,549 --> 03:35:57,785
separating this into tranches.

6287
03:35:57,785 --> 03:35:59,187
I think that that really we

6288
03:35:59,187 --> 03:36:00,888
should reconsider this item

6289
03:36:00,888 --> 03:36:02,957
actually as a bond as a

6290
03:36:02,957 --> 03:36:04,858
commission and take it back

6291
03:36:04,858 --> 03:36:06,393
until it does go to the finance

6292
03:36:06,393 --> 03:36:08,462
committee, until we do public

6293
03:36:08,462 --> 03:36:10,864
engagement, until we have the

6294
03:36:10,864 --> 03:36:12,399
kind of process that gives

6295
03:36:12,399 --> 03:36:14,799
confidence. That's why people

6296
03:36:14,801 --> 03:36:16,870
don't have confidence in us or

6297
03:36:16,870 --> 03:36:18,773
in the city because something

6298
03:36:18,773 --> 03:36:20,140
that's in our policy, it's in

6299
03:36:20,140 --> 03:36:22,140
our finance committee

6300
03:36:22,209 --> 03:36:23,744
legislation as well. Every debt

6301
03:36:23,744 --> 03:36:25,480
issuance is going to go to the

6302
03:36:25,480 --> 03:36:27,880
finance committee and we

6303
03:36:28,916 --> 03:36:31,685
haven't done any of that.

6304
03:36:31,685 --> 03:36:33,540
Through the chair let me get

6305
03:36:33,540 --> 03:36:34,955
this straight because there

6306
03:36:34,955 --> 03:36:37,691
were guidelines and rules put

6307
03:36:37,691 --> 03:36:39,590
in place when we passed the 450

6308
03:36:39,590 --> 03:36:40,261
million bond supposedly that

6309
03:36:40,261 --> 03:36:42,497
we're going to ask the voter

6310
03:36:42,497 --> 03:36:43,731
and it was strictly said and I

6311
03:36:43,731 --> 03:36:45,990
think that's what we agreed to

6312
03:36:45,990 --> 03:36:46,800
that the money can only be used

6313
03:36:46,800 --> 03:36:48,336
for the police headquarters and

6314
03:36:48,336 --> 03:36:49,737
the for the repairing the fire

6315
03:36:49,737 --> 03:36:51,105
stations. Right. Am I missing

6316
03:36:51,105 --> 03:36:52,473
something here that now we're

6317
03:36:52,473 --> 03:36:54,800
taking the 150 and can somebody

6318
03:36:54,800 --> 03:36:57,445
explain to me what what I'm

6319
03:36:57,445 --> 03:36:59,881
hearing. Um perhaps um our

6320
03:36:59,881 --> 03:37:01,749
finance chair could talk about

6321
03:37:01,749 --> 03:37:02,950
what this is. This is a

6322
03:37:02,950 --> 03:37:04,852
different way of buying

6323
03:37:04,852 --> 03:37:06,220
vehicles. We can purchase the

6324
03:37:06,220 --> 03:37:07,621
vehicles and own them forever

6325
03:37:07,621 --> 03:37:09,157
in which case. No I know but.

6326
03:37:09,157 --> 03:37:10,525
>> I know that that's not. How

6327
03:37:10,525 --> 03:37:12,260
we finance but these are

6328
03:37:12,260 --> 03:37:14,328
totally different sources. Yeah

6329
03:37:14,328 --> 03:37:16,728
they're different sources. Um

6330
03:37:17,640 --> 03:37:18,967
the $150 million you would not

6331
03:37:18,967 --> 03:37:20,501
go out and issue bonds just

6332
03:37:20,501 --> 03:37:21,702
because of the average life of

6333
03:37:21,702 --> 03:37:23,710
the vehicles that we're

6334
03:37:23,710 --> 03:37:25,139
purchasing. Bond deals are

6335
03:37:25,139 --> 03:37:26,875
usually 25 to 30. Years

6336
03:37:26,875 --> 03:37:28,242
opposite of when he. Well no

6337
03:37:28,242 --> 03:37:30,311
she's she's correct. It's five

6338
03:37:30,311 --> 03:37:31,846
years. So they they finance it

6339
03:37:31,846 --> 03:37:33,914
that way. But she also said

6340
03:37:33,914 --> 03:37:35,449
there's another 250 million

6341
03:37:35,449 --> 03:37:35,983
available for long term finance

6342
03:37:35,983 --> 03:37:37,519
where you can.

6343
03:37:37,519 --> 03:37:39,253
>> no no but but we made it

6344
03:37:39,253 --> 03:37:39,754
simple. We said wait a minute.

6345
03:37:39,754 --> 03:37:41,488
Wait a minute.

6346
03:37:41,488 --> 03:37:44,225
>> we're not going to okay

6347
03:37:44,225 --> 03:37:47,996
we're going to talk one at a

6348
03:37:47,996 --> 03:37:49,197
time commissioner gabala or

6349
03:37:49,197 --> 03:37:50,598
commissioner are you finished?

6350
03:37:50,598 --> 03:37:52,466
You sounded like you were

6351
03:37:52,466 --> 03:37:54,350
finished and passed on. Okay so

6352
03:37:54,350 --> 03:37:55,403
commissioner belly you have the

6353
03:37:55,403 --> 03:37:56,604
floor. If anyone else raised

6354
03:37:56,604 --> 03:37:57,305
the floor you raise your hand

6355
03:37:57,305 --> 03:37:59,700
and then I'll let.

6356
03:37:59,700 --> 03:38:01,760
>> you in. In layman's terms

6357
03:38:01,760 --> 03:38:03,478
very simple. We said that the

6358
03:38:03,478 --> 03:38:05,130
$450 million bond which we

6359
03:38:05,130 --> 03:38:06,381
approved to go in front of the

6360
03:38:06,381 --> 03:38:07,782
voter was only going to be used

6361
03:38:07,782 --> 03:38:10,182
for the police headquarters.

6362
03:38:10,518 --> 03:38:12,420
Okay. And the fire stations to

6363
03:38:12,420 --> 03:38:13,454
build some of them and repair

6364
03:38:13,454 --> 03:38:14,822
them whatever you want to call

6365
03:38:14,822 --> 03:38:16,357
it. Right. But it was never

6366
03:38:16,357 --> 03:38:18,259
going to go for anything else.

6367
03:38:18,259 --> 03:38:20,661
Okay. That's still the case.

6368
03:38:20,661 --> 03:38:22,897
Yes. Why why are we talking

6369
03:38:22,897 --> 03:38:24,965
about the 150 mil in the bond?

6370
03:38:24,965 --> 03:38:27,702
Can somebody explain that. The

6371
03:38:27,702 --> 03:38:29,270
150 million is strictly for

6372
03:38:29,270 --> 03:38:30,805
light and heavy fleet vehicles?

6373
03:38:30,805 --> 03:38:32,507
>> got it. But but that's not

6374
03:38:32,507 --> 03:38:34,575
the question. Okay okay let's

6375
03:38:34,575 --> 03:38:36,144
make it simple. Is this the 150

6376
03:38:36,144 --> 03:38:37,511
this year has nothing to do

6377
03:38:37,511 --> 03:38:38,546
with that $450 million bond,

6378
03:38:38,546 --> 03:38:39,581
correct? Correct.

6379
03:38:39,581 --> 03:38:40,810
>> correct.

6380
03:38:40,810 --> 03:38:41,483
>> no.

6381
03:38:41,483 --> 03:38:43,170
>> but it does have one thing

6382
03:38:43,170 --> 03:38:46,617
to do. It's using up our

6383
03:38:48,489 --> 03:38:50,225
capacity. Folks folks.

6384
03:38:50,225 --> 03:38:52,627
Everybody's going to get to

6385
03:38:52,627 --> 03:38:54,195
talk mostly as much as they

6386
03:38:54,195 --> 03:38:56,595
want. Okay I'll take.

6387
03:38:56,597 --> 03:38:57,965
>> notes right. So we are all

6388
03:38:57,965 --> 03:38:59,867
going to get our opinions out

6389
03:38:59,867 --> 03:39:02,603
but we're not just going to

6390
03:39:02,603 --> 03:39:04,305
randomly interrupt any of our

6391
03:39:04,305 --> 03:39:04,638
colleagues. So commissioner.

6392
03:39:04,638 --> 03:39:06,207
Parker.

6393
03:39:06,207 --> 03:39:07,575
>> we're having a conversation

6394
03:39:07,575 --> 03:39:08,809
we're having I mean I don't

6395
03:39:08,809 --> 03:39:09,643
think we have to be so harsh

6396
03:39:09,643 --> 03:39:10,411
with each other. We're just

6397
03:39:10,411 --> 03:39:10,845
having a conversation.

6398
03:39:10,845 --> 03:39:11,879
Commissioner.

6399
03:39:11,879 --> 03:39:13,879
>> commissioner, commissioner

6400
03:39:14,115 --> 03:39:14,816
gabella do you yield the floor

6401
03:39:14,816 --> 03:39:16,183
to commissioner prado?

6402
03:39:16,183 --> 03:39:17,719
>> I do. All right,

6403
03:39:17,719 --> 03:39:18,420
commissioner prado, go ahead.

6404
03:39:18,420 --> 03:39:20,420
Thank you mayor.

6405
03:39:20,821 --> 03:39:23,224
>> you're welcome. So so the

6406
03:39:23,224 --> 03:39:25,627
issue here is debt issuance

6407
03:39:25,627 --> 03:39:28,270
correct? Right. The 150 is

6408
03:39:28,280 --> 03:39:30,428
short term lease arrangements

6409
03:39:32,166 --> 03:39:34,690
etc. The 450 is long term. 250

6410
03:39:34,690 --> 03:39:36,104
of the 450 could have been

6411
03:39:36,104 --> 03:39:38,173
issued in this manner as long

6412
03:39:38,173 --> 03:39:40,573
term debt without increasing

6413
03:39:40,575 --> 03:39:42,643
taxpayer taxes. And the issue I

6414
03:39:42,643 --> 03:39:44,378
have is when you read the

6415
03:39:44,378 --> 03:39:45,914
ballot language that voters are

6416
03:39:45,914 --> 03:39:47,982
going to have the voters have

6417
03:39:47,982 --> 03:39:50,510
been given in my opinion what's

6418
03:39:50,510 --> 03:39:52,119
a false choice? You have to

6419
03:39:52,119 --> 03:39:54,856
increase your taxes to feel

6420
03:39:54,856 --> 03:39:56,557
safe. If I read the question it

6421
03:39:56,557 --> 03:39:58,626
says to enhance citywide public

6422
03:39:58,626 --> 03:40:00,361
safety by improving critically

6423
03:40:00,361 --> 03:40:01,729
deteriorating facilities for

6424
03:40:01,729 --> 03:40:03,431
firefighters and paramedics

6425
03:40:03,431 --> 03:40:04,465
through renovations,

6426
03:40:04,465 --> 03:40:06,201
modernization and new

6427
03:40:06,201 --> 03:40:07,569
construction and by building a

6428
03:40:07,569 --> 03:40:08,770
modern mission ready public

6429
03:40:08,770 --> 03:40:10,171
safety headquarters for police

6430
03:40:10,171 --> 03:40:12,373
and first responders. Shall the

6431
03:40:12,373 --> 03:40:14,109
city of miami issue 450 million

6432
03:40:14,109 --> 03:40:15,810
in general obligation bonds

6433
03:40:15,810 --> 03:40:17,545
within maximum lawful interest

6434
03:40:17,545 --> 03:40:19,614
rates payable from an ad

6435
03:40:19,614 --> 03:40:21,650
valorem taxes with no increase

6436
03:40:21,650 --> 03:40:24,650
to the current capital projects

6437
03:40:25,119 --> 03:40:26,821
debt millage rate of 0.5935 and

6438
03:40:26,821 --> 03:40:28,523
an independent annual audit.

6439
03:40:28,523 --> 03:40:30,959
But this doesn't say we're

6440
03:40:30,959 --> 03:40:32,494
increasing taxes and that's

6441
03:40:32,494 --> 03:40:34,396
that's the bigger issue I have.

6442
03:40:34,396 --> 03:40:36,970
If we could have done this in a

6443
03:40:36,970 --> 03:40:38,499
way that doesn't increase taxes

6444
03:40:38,499 --> 03:40:40,402
and it hasn't been explored, it

6445
03:40:40,402 --> 03:40:41,936
begs the opinion of the finance

6446
03:40:41,936 --> 03:40:43,505
committee why didn't we why

6447
03:40:43,505 --> 03:40:45,207
don't we allow the finance

6448
03:40:45,207 --> 03:40:47,275
committee the people who know

6449
03:40:47,275 --> 03:40:48,310
about this to give us a

6450
03:40:48,310 --> 03:40:50,212
recommendation about what is

6451
03:40:50,212 --> 03:40:53,812
the best way to handle it?

6452
03:40:54,482 --> 03:40:54,916
That's really where I was born.

6453
03:40:54,916 --> 03:40:56,500
Commissioner.

6454
03:40:56,500 --> 03:40:58,119
>> all right. Any more

6455
03:40:58,119 --> 03:40:59,654
discussion on this item? Do I

6456
03:40:59,654 --> 03:41:03,254
have a motion on the fleet

6457
03:41:15,103 --> 03:41:18,390
items re four. Oh MR. Clerk.

6458
03:41:18,390 --> 03:41:21,476
I still fail to see what we're

6459
03:41:21,476 --> 03:41:23,177
all thinking. I still fail to

6460
03:41:23,177 --> 03:41:24,580
see why we're we're we're

6461
03:41:24,580 --> 03:41:26,980
mixing things up. We're

6462
03:41:27,148 --> 03:41:28,517
muddying the waters. I feel.

6463
03:41:28,517 --> 03:41:29,717
>> why are we doing that. For

6464
03:41:29,717 --> 03:41:31,786
now I think commissioner

6465
03:41:31,786 --> 03:41:34,186
cavallo we've finished the

6466
03:41:34,189 --> 03:41:35,557
discussion and so now we're

6467
03:41:35,557 --> 03:41:37,459
just looking at the fleet

6468
03:41:37,459 --> 03:41:38,826
purchases which will save us

6469
03:41:38,826 --> 03:41:40,562
$3.5 million over our

6470
03:41:40,562 --> 03:41:42,264
alternative next year. So if

6471
03:41:42,264 --> 03:41:43,999
someone would like to make a

6472
03:41:43,999 --> 03:41:46,735
motion I would entertain a

6473
03:41:46,735 --> 03:41:48,470
motion. So moved. Is there a

6474
03:41:48,470 --> 03:41:50,172
second there's a motion second.

6475
03:41:50,172 --> 03:41:52,407
All in favor say aye. Aye.

6476
03:41:52,407 --> 03:41:55,510
>> any opposed? So I am going

6477
03:41:55,510 --> 03:41:58,246
to go reluctantly alone okay.

6478
03:41:58,246 --> 03:42:00,849
And I still hold by what I

6479
03:42:00,849 --> 03:42:02,551
voted on that the 450 let me

6480
03:42:02,551 --> 03:42:04,786
make it clear in layman's term

6481
03:42:04,786 --> 03:42:06,355
is not going to be used for

6482
03:42:06,355 --> 03:42:09,355
anything other than the police

6483
03:42:09,424 --> 03:42:10,993
headquarters and the fire. The

6484
03:42:10,993 --> 03:42:12,260
fire that's it. It's not going

6485
03:42:12,260 --> 03:42:13,228
to be used for vehicles not

6486
03:42:13,228 --> 03:42:15,964
going to be used for any

6487
03:42:15,964 --> 03:42:18,366
however you want to write okay.

6488
03:42:18,366 --> 03:42:20,101
Hundred percent. So show that.

6489
03:42:20,101 --> 03:42:22,501
Item passed unanimously with

6490
03:42:23,171 --> 03:42:26,171
one reluctant yes thank you

6491
03:42:30,746 --> 03:42:32,746
commissioner. Commissioner king

6492
03:42:34,182 --> 03:42:36,584
I know you need to head out

6493
03:42:36,584 --> 03:42:38,654
shortly there. I think there

6494
03:42:38,654 --> 03:42:40,555
are items did you you pulled

6495
03:42:40,555 --> 03:42:42,591
fr5I hate to skip around but

6496
03:42:42,591 --> 03:42:44,826
are there items that you want

6497
03:42:44,826 --> 03:42:46,728
to. Take fr5fr5? I felt like

6498
03:42:46,728 --> 03:42:48,296
you'll have to read that if you

6499
03:42:48,296 --> 03:42:51,896
don't mind. Um to the city

6500
03:42:52,601 --> 03:42:53,602
attorney please. If our five

6501
03:42:53,602 --> 03:42:55,300
first reading ordinance an

6502
03:42:55,300 --> 03:42:56,371
ordinance of the miami city

6503
03:42:56,371 --> 03:42:58,371
commission amending chapter 62

6504
03:42:58,440 --> 03:42:59,975
article 13 division seven of

6505
03:42:59,975 --> 03:43:01,176
the code of the city of miami,

6506
03:43:01,176 --> 03:43:02,544
florida as amended entitled

6507
03:43:02,544 --> 03:43:03,945
planning and zoning planning

6508
03:43:03,945 --> 03:43:05,314
and zoning approval for

6509
03:43:05,314 --> 03:43:07,150
temporary uses and occupancies

6510
03:43:07,150 --> 03:43:07,883
permit required reserved more

6511
03:43:07,883 --> 03:43:09,250
particularly by amending

6512
03:43:09,250 --> 03:43:10,452
division seven to be titled

6513
03:43:10,452 --> 03:43:11,853
temporary off site commercial

6514
03:43:11,853 --> 03:43:13,555
advertising on construction

6515
03:43:13,555 --> 03:43:15,290
fencing to allow a pilot

6516
03:43:15,290 --> 03:43:16,659
program for off site commercial

6517
03:43:16,659 --> 03:43:18,270
advertising signage on a

6518
03:43:18,270 --> 03:43:19,728
temporary basis for certain

6519
03:43:19,728 --> 03:43:21,463
situated construction site

6520
03:43:21,463 --> 03:43:22,998
fencing within the city of

6521
03:43:22,998 --> 03:43:23,866
miami urban core containing a

6522
03:43:23,866 --> 03:43:25,670
severability clause and

6523
03:43:25,670 --> 03:43:27,135
providing for an effective

6524
03:43:27,135 --> 03:43:29,535
date. All right commissioner

6525
03:43:30,906 --> 03:43:34,900
king. For me my issue um I'd

6526
03:43:34,900 --> 03:43:37,446
like to exempt d five from this

6527
03:43:37,446 --> 03:43:39,846
legislation. I will address

6528
03:43:40,182 --> 03:43:41,917
this legislation separately for

6529
03:43:41,917 --> 03:43:44,317
the southeast overtown park

6530
03:43:47,422 --> 03:43:49,124
west cra area. But it as a

6531
03:43:49,124 --> 03:43:51,559
whole I'd like to exempt

6532
03:43:51,559 --> 03:43:53,261
district five. I have too many

6533
03:43:53,261 --> 03:43:54,963
historic neighborhoods the

6534
03:43:54,963 --> 03:43:57,566
design district and the like

6535
03:43:57,566 --> 03:43:59,634
that I would not like this

6536
03:43:59,634 --> 03:44:02,634
blanket legislation to apply to

6537
03:44:04,273 --> 03:44:06,308
district five. And I feel the

6538
03:44:06,308 --> 03:44:08,210
same way for district two they

6539
03:44:08,210 --> 03:44:09,245
should just come up the way

6540
03:44:09,245 --> 03:44:11,647
they normally come up. The

6541
03:44:11,647 --> 03:44:13,883
public can engage and that's a

6542
03:44:13,883 --> 03:44:16,285
better process for us. Okay.

6543
03:44:16,285 --> 03:44:17,486
>> any other comments and then

6544
03:44:17,486 --> 03:44:19,886
commissioner gabel? Yes ma'am.

6545
03:44:20,890 --> 03:44:21,623
Uh so uh originally when the

6546
03:44:21,623 --> 03:44:23,492
you know, when I heard of this

6547
03:44:23,492 --> 03:44:25,227
I'm for it by the way, the only

6548
03:44:25,227 --> 03:44:27,629
problem that I have is the

6549
03:44:27,629 --> 03:44:29,365
exclusion that they have

6550
03:44:29,365 --> 03:44:30,733
exclusivity for one year. But

6551
03:44:30,733 --> 03:44:32,634
you know, because others have

6552
03:44:32,634 --> 03:44:35,370
come to my office explaining

6553
03:44:35,370 --> 03:44:36,405
expressing a concern and and

6554
03:44:36,405 --> 03:44:38,473
then one side says, well, we

6555
03:44:38,473 --> 03:44:39,207
spent a lot of time on this and

6556
03:44:39,207 --> 03:44:40,876
resources developing this on

6557
03:44:40,876 --> 03:44:42,243
the other side came and says

6558
03:44:42,243 --> 03:44:44,479
no, that's not true. That was

6559
03:44:44,479 --> 03:44:46,140
done in 2011 2010 before you

6560
03:44:46,140 --> 03:44:47,415
know, so who do I believe right

6561
03:44:47,415 --> 03:44:49,818
at the end of the day, you

6562
03:44:49,818 --> 03:44:51,186
know, so I would like to do it

6563
03:44:51,186 --> 03:44:52,221
but you got to include

6564
03:44:52,221 --> 03:44:54,290
everybody and if you want to

6565
03:44:54,290 --> 03:44:56,525
give them a little you know, a

6566
03:44:56,525 --> 03:44:58,600
a lesser fee or something of

6567
03:44:58,600 --> 03:45:00,463
that nature, that's okay with

6568
03:45:00,463 --> 03:45:01,497
me but you can't I just don't

6569
03:45:01,497 --> 03:45:02,698
feel right doing

6570
03:45:02,698 --> 03:45:04,232
anti-competition for one year.

6571
03:45:04,232 --> 03:45:05,467
You know, I think it should be

6572
03:45:05,467 --> 03:45:07,169
you know whoever wants to do it

6573
03:45:07,169 --> 03:45:08,537
they can do it. Maybe they get

6574
03:45:08,537 --> 03:45:09,571
something a little bit more

6575
03:45:09,571 --> 03:45:10,606
than the others because of

6576
03:45:10,606 --> 03:45:12,141
their time that they put into

6577
03:45:12,141 --> 03:45:13,175
it. But by the way I'm in the

6578
03:45:13,175 --> 03:45:14,376
middle. You guys said one thing

6579
03:45:14,376 --> 03:45:15,444
to me the other side said

6580
03:45:15,444 --> 03:45:16,611
something else I'm in the

6581
03:45:16,611 --> 03:45:18,130
middle here you know? So that's

6582
03:45:18,130 --> 03:45:19,215
all I'm saying. I don't have a

6583
03:45:19,215 --> 03:45:20,416
problem with it. I think it's a

6584
03:45:20,416 --> 03:45:21,616
good idea in the sense that you

6585
03:45:21,616 --> 03:45:22,985
know, you see when there's

6586
03:45:22,985 --> 03:45:24,186
construction going on you see

6587
03:45:24,186 --> 03:45:25,721
all these you know, meshing

6588
03:45:25,721 --> 03:45:27,456
green meshing and then they

6589
03:45:27,456 --> 03:45:28,991
break and then there's graffiti

6590
03:45:28,991 --> 03:45:29,858
on them. So I think it's a

6591
03:45:29,858 --> 03:45:31,560
great idea honestly speaking.

6592
03:45:31,560 --> 03:45:32,428
Right. And and it's safe

6593
03:45:32,428 --> 03:45:34,663
because it's you know, it's

6594
03:45:34,663 --> 03:45:36,231
made out of a you've got a very

6595
03:45:36,231 --> 03:45:37,933
solid support for for that, you

6596
03:45:37,933 --> 03:45:39,301
know, for the for what you're

6597
03:45:39,301 --> 03:45:41,370
doing. So I think that all in

6598
03:45:41,370 --> 03:45:43,105
all, my only issue is is just

6599
03:45:43,105 --> 03:45:45,508
that that's my only issue.

6600
03:45:45,508 --> 03:45:46,875
Commissioner through the chair.

6601
03:45:46,875 --> 03:45:48,875
yes, commissioner..

6602
03:45:48,944 --> 03:45:50,980
>> would it be okay? Would you

6603
03:45:50,980 --> 03:45:54,580
would any of you entertain this

6604
03:45:56,852 --> 03:45:58,554
if we modified. Well I mean yes

6605
03:45:58,554 --> 03:46:00,288
commissioner. What I would add

6606
03:46:00,288 --> 03:46:01,824
is that because especially in

6607
03:46:01,824 --> 03:46:03,358
the areas of our district where

6608
03:46:03,358 --> 03:46:05,428
you have a lot of development

6609
03:46:05,428 --> 03:46:07,496
the urban core edgewater,

6610
03:46:07,496 --> 03:46:09,398
downtown brickell people are

6611
03:46:09,398 --> 03:46:10,933
are done. They already had the

6612
03:46:10,933 --> 03:46:12,468
enormous billboard at pam the

6613
03:46:12,468 --> 03:46:14,203
other billboards on the street.

6614
03:46:14,203 --> 03:46:16,605
They're very they don't want

6615
03:46:16,605 --> 03:46:17,806
more advertising period when

6616
03:46:17,806 --> 03:46:19,541
they're walking on a sidewalk

6617
03:46:19,541 --> 03:46:20,543
or they're walking in a public

6618
03:46:20,543 --> 03:46:22,111
space that's not what they

6619
03:46:22,111 --> 03:46:23,812
want. So our thinking was like,

6620
03:46:23,812 --> 03:46:25,881
well, let's allow the other

6621
03:46:25,881 --> 03:46:27,950
folks who feel comfortable to

6622
03:46:27,950 --> 03:46:29,852
do this and that gives us the

6623
03:46:29,852 --> 03:46:31,220
opportunity to watch and to try

6624
03:46:31,220 --> 03:46:32,755
to bring our folks along if

6625
03:46:32,755 --> 03:46:34,323
they like it, if they don't

6626
03:46:34,323 --> 03:46:34,990
like it, our district isn't

6627
03:46:34,990 --> 03:46:37,226
going to do it.

6628
03:46:37,226 --> 03:46:38,961
>> through the chair. But don't

6629
03:46:38,961 --> 03:46:40,662
you think that that looks

6630
03:46:40,662 --> 03:46:41,864
better that you know when you

6631
03:46:41,864 --> 03:46:43,650
have the mesh and they put all

6632
03:46:43,650 --> 03:46:44,800
the graffiti, don't you believe

6633
03:46:44,800 --> 03:46:46,335
this looks better than all the

6634
03:46:46,335 --> 03:46:48,700
graffiti on the mesh? I

6635
03:46:48,700 --> 03:46:49,605
personally think it does but

6636
03:46:49,605 --> 03:46:51,674
that's not what the residents

6637
03:46:51,674 --> 03:46:53,410
that I'm speaking with tell me.

6638
03:46:53,410 --> 03:46:54,243
They tell me they're just

6639
03:46:54,243 --> 03:46:55,978
tired. They don't want to see a

6640
03:46:55,978 --> 03:46:58,380
car. They don't want to see a

6641
03:46:58,380 --> 03:47:00,416
they're done with that

6642
03:47:00,416 --> 03:47:01,818
experience. You know and I can

6643
03:47:01,818 --> 03:47:02,851
understand that because you

6644
03:47:02,851 --> 03:47:04,520
have different residents that

6645
03:47:04,520 --> 03:47:05,870
for example than I do in

6646
03:47:05,870 --> 03:47:06,455
different neighborhood. But you

6647
03:47:06,455 --> 03:47:08,690
know, when I'm mostly concerned

6648
03:47:08,690 --> 03:47:10,226
about is is the safety also the

6649
03:47:10,226 --> 03:47:11,594
safety component of this that

6650
03:47:11,594 --> 03:47:12,461
when when something when one of

6651
03:47:12,461 --> 03:47:13,662
these measures and we've seen

6652
03:47:13,662 --> 03:47:15,300
it before that they have a

6653
03:47:15,300 --> 03:47:17,266
whole yeah. Where somebody try

6654
03:47:17,266 --> 03:47:19,100
to get in this is a safe way to

6655
03:47:19,100 --> 03:47:20,903
keep people out to keep people

6656
03:47:20,903 --> 03:47:21,937
safe, you know, and you know, I

6657
03:47:21,937 --> 03:47:23,305
really don't see you know, a

6658
03:47:23,305 --> 03:47:25,340
problem with it. But I respect

6659
03:47:25,340 --> 03:47:27,410
your point of view and and the

6660
03:47:27,410 --> 03:47:30,410
the CHAIRWOMAN's point of view.

6661
03:47:31,546 --> 03:47:33,149
Uh, CHAIRWOMAN. So sorry. Yeah.

6662
03:47:33,149 --> 03:47:33,949
Um commissioner.

6663
03:47:33,949 --> 03:47:34,983
>> king. No it's.

6664
03:47:34,983 --> 03:47:36,352
>> fine I apologize. No.

6665
03:47:36,352 --> 03:47:37,152
>> don't apologize at all.

6666
03:47:37,152 --> 03:47:39,152
>> no pun intended.

6667
03:47:40,222 --> 03:47:41,957
>> so. Commissioner. So so um

6668
03:47:41,957 --> 03:47:43,826
that's where we're at. So

6669
03:47:43,826 --> 03:47:45,895
commissioner this is this is

6670
03:47:45,895 --> 03:47:46,929
your item um two of your

6671
03:47:46,929 --> 03:47:48,464
colleagues would like to be

6672
03:47:48,464 --> 03:47:49,165
exempted out so we could make

6673
03:47:49,165 --> 03:47:50,199
that. That's fine with.

6674
03:47:50,199 --> 03:47:51,670
>> me if the other

6675
03:47:51,670 --> 03:47:52,768
commissioners are willing to

6676
03:47:52,768 --> 03:47:55,300
go. Commissioner gabriela do

6677
03:47:55,300 --> 03:47:56,739
you believe we can would you be

6678
03:47:56,739 --> 03:47:57,606
okay if we defer this to the

6679
03:47:57,606 --> 03:47:58,574
next meeting so I can.

6680
03:47:58,574 --> 03:47:59,609
>> I don't have. A problem.

6681
03:47:59,609 --> 03:48:01,100
>> I want to support it. Yeah,

6682
03:48:01,100 --> 03:48:01,343
I need to go a little bit

6683
03:48:01,343 --> 03:48:02,378
deeper.

6684
03:48:02,378 --> 03:48:03,245
>> no, you guys got to be

6685
03:48:03,245 --> 03:48:03,946
comfortable. You guys have to

6686
03:48:03,946 --> 03:48:04,313
be comfortable what you're

6687
03:48:04,313 --> 03:48:05,514
doing I.

6688
03:48:05,514 --> 03:48:06,715
>> want to support you but I

6689
03:48:06,715 --> 03:48:07,717
need you to go a little bit

6690
03:48:07,717 --> 03:48:09,786
deeper into a couple of

6691
03:48:09,786 --> 03:48:10,987
details. Okay so motion to.

6692
03:48:10,987 --> 03:48:12,755
Defer motion to defer.

6693
03:48:12,755 --> 03:48:13,550
>> the next. Meeting and it

6694
03:48:13,550 --> 03:48:14,456
will.

6695
03:48:14,456 --> 03:48:14,824
>> be the. First meeting in

6696
03:48:14,824 --> 03:48:16,158
SEPTEMBER.

6697
03:48:16,158 --> 03:48:16,459
>> is SEPTEMBER 10th. SEPTEMBER

6698
03:48:16,459 --> 03:48:18,459
10th.

6699
03:48:18,560 --> 03:48:19,962
>> okay. All right. Show that

6700
03:48:19,962 --> 03:48:21,831
item deferred. Commissioner

6701
03:48:21,831 --> 03:48:25,431
king, was there anything else a

6702
03:48:31,807 --> 03:48:35,407
priority to you before we. For

6703
03:48:35,945 --> 03:48:39,716
one there were two. Oh okay MR.

6704
03:48:39,716 --> 03:48:42,117
Manager. Okay after the input

6705
03:48:42,117 --> 03:48:44,186
from d5 and d2 we're going to

6706
03:48:44,186 --> 03:48:47,623
go ahead and withdraw the item.

6707
03:48:47,623 --> 03:48:49,692
So todd can we show fr one

6708
03:48:49,692 --> 03:48:52,692
being withdrawn please? We just

6709
03:48:53,796 --> 03:48:57,996
need a motion. Motion is it fr

6710
03:48:58,634 --> 03:49:00,670
one or fr5. Fr one. Fr five. We

6711
03:49:00,670 --> 03:49:02,670
deferred. For one.

6712
03:49:03,606 --> 03:49:05,341
>> fr one yeah.

6713
03:49:05,341 --> 03:49:07,377
>> oh okay so. That's right

6714
03:49:07,377 --> 03:49:08,778
because I want to exempt d5 and

6715
03:49:08,778 --> 03:49:10,480
commissioner pardo wants to

6716
03:49:10,480 --> 03:49:11,847
exempt yeah okay so. Withdraw

6717
03:49:11,847 --> 03:49:13,480
and does that mean it's

6718
03:49:13,480 --> 03:49:14,617
withdrawn withdrawn or it just

6719
03:49:14,617 --> 03:49:15,451
shows up every six months. It

6720
03:49:15,451 --> 03:49:16,686
is withdrawn withdrawn.

6721
03:49:16,686 --> 03:49:18,555
Withdrawn permanently deferred.

6722
03:49:18,555 --> 03:49:19,756
But what am I what am I motion

6723
03:49:19,756 --> 03:49:21,825
for withdrawn. Okay. Withdrawal

6724
03:49:21,825 --> 03:49:22,691
motion to withdraw. Motion.

6725
03:49:22,691 --> 03:49:23,192
>> second.

6726
03:49:23,192 --> 03:49:25,940
>> second.

6727
03:49:25,940 --> 03:49:28,300
>> all right. All in favor? Aye

6728
03:49:28,300 --> 03:49:31,630
aye. Show that item with drawn.

6729
03:49:33,869 --> 03:49:34,704
Um okay let's go back to re 12

6730
03:49:34,704 --> 03:49:37,104
commissioner can we've gotten

6731
03:49:37,307 --> 03:49:38,675
all the things that are am I

6732
03:49:38,675 --> 03:49:40,376
I'm happy to go out of

6733
03:49:40,376 --> 03:49:42,776
priority. I think commissioner

6734
03:49:42,779 --> 03:49:44,346
pardo pulled re 12. Okay but

6735
03:49:44,346 --> 03:49:46,248
the other things are okay if we

6736
03:49:46,248 --> 03:49:50,687
just go in order for you. Um if

6737
03:49:50,687 --> 03:49:52,955
we can take sr four okay just

6738
03:49:52,955 --> 03:49:53,289
you know okay I'm I'm a no vote

6739
03:49:53,289 --> 03:49:55,289
on that.

6740
03:49:55,692 --> 03:49:57,393
>> all right sr four will take

6741
03:49:57,393 --> 03:50:00,163
sr four colleagues any other

6742
03:50:00,163 --> 03:50:03,163
comments other than. MR. King's

6743
03:50:03,600 --> 03:50:05,134
.Uh can. We talk? Yes yeah um

6744
03:50:05,134 --> 03:50:06,669
let the city attorney will

6745
03:50:06,669 --> 03:50:07,904
read. Go ahead and read it into

6746
03:50:07,904 --> 03:50:08,738
the record sr four second

6747
03:50:08,738 --> 03:50:09,939
reading ordinance an ordinance

6748
03:50:09,939 --> 03:50:11,841
of the miami city commission

6749
03:50:11,841 --> 03:50:13,420
amending chapter 37 of the code

6750
03:50:13,420 --> 03:50:14,777
of the city of miami, florida

6751
03:50:14,777 --> 03:50:16,145
as amended city code titled

6752
03:50:16,145 --> 03:50:17,180
offenses miscellaneous more

6753
03:50:17,180 --> 03:50:19,180
particularly by amending

6754
03:50:19,249 --> 03:50:20,617
section 37-16 of the city code

6755
03:50:20,617 --> 03:50:21,984
titled encampments on public

6756
03:50:21,984 --> 03:50:23,686
property prohibited providing

6757
03:50:23,686 --> 03:50:25,870
for revised procedures of

6758
03:50:25,870 --> 03:50:26,122
enforcement of violations

6759
03:50:26,122 --> 03:50:27,657
containing a severability

6760
03:50:27,657 --> 03:50:30,600
clause and providing for an

6761
03:50:30,600 --> 03:50:31,940
effective date. Okay

6762
03:50:31,940 --> 03:50:31,794
colleagues, any other

6763
03:50:31,794 --> 03:50:33,662
discussion? Commissioner

6764
03:50:33,662 --> 03:50:36,662
gabella. Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

6765
03:50:37,990 --> 03:50:38,468
So I was I think um

6766
03:50:38,468 --> 03:50:40,536
commissioner kelowna I think

6767
03:50:40,536 --> 03:50:41,737
has the right idea I think

6768
03:50:41,737 --> 03:50:42,605
because there is a this is a

6769
03:50:42,605 --> 03:50:44,140
problem in the neighborhood.

6770
03:50:44,140 --> 03:50:45,875
It's it's you know, safety

6771
03:50:45,875 --> 03:50:47,610
their safety also by the way,

6772
03:50:47,610 --> 03:50:49,312
not only you know versus you

6773
03:50:49,312 --> 03:50:50,680
know, the liabilities you know,

6774
03:50:50,680 --> 03:50:52,215
involved in this right. You

6775
03:50:52,215 --> 03:50:53,616
know, and I think he revised it

6776
03:50:53,616 --> 03:50:55,151
this has been revised from the

6777
03:50:55,151 --> 03:50:57,530
last time right. You know, um,

6778
03:50:57,530 --> 03:50:58,421
but I understand some of my

6779
03:50:58,421 --> 03:50:59,789
colleagues have concerns but I

6780
03:50:59,789 --> 03:51:00,990
I'm a I'm a go for this, you

6781
03:51:00,990 --> 03:51:02,191
know, I mean as long as we

6782
03:51:02,191 --> 03:51:03,761
don't get into any more, you

6783
03:51:03,761 --> 03:51:05,295
know, liabilities other than

6784
03:51:05,295 --> 03:51:07,300
what we need to. And through

6785
03:51:07,300 --> 03:51:08,397
the chair I would like to

6786
03:51:08,397 --> 03:51:10,100
clarify that a lot of people

6787
03:51:10,100 --> 03:51:11,834
came here today and expressed

6788
03:51:11,834 --> 03:51:14,570
the concern and we understand

6789
03:51:14,570 --> 03:51:15,938
that. But what they said was

6790
03:51:15,938 --> 03:51:18,174
not accurate. We're not taking

6791
03:51:18,174 --> 03:51:21,174
anybody to jail. City attorney

6792
03:51:22,645 --> 03:51:24,714
can you explain what this does.

6793
03:51:24,714 --> 03:51:26,249
Right in simple terms? All

6794
03:51:26,249 --> 03:51:28,318
right. The first thing I want

6795
03:51:28,318 --> 03:51:30,520
to mention is there was a

6796
03:51:30,520 --> 03:51:31,421
previous previously existing

6797
03:51:31,421 --> 03:51:32,788
prohibition on encampments

6798
03:51:32,788 --> 03:51:34,858
already in the city code. So

6799
03:51:34,858 --> 03:51:37,260
this is nothing new. What what

6800
03:51:37,260 --> 03:51:38,995
is essentially changing here is

6801
03:51:38,995 --> 03:51:40,697
the requirement for a law

6802
03:51:40,697 --> 03:51:43,970
enforcement officer to provide

6803
03:51:43,466 --> 03:51:45,168
a written notice. The former

6804
03:51:45,168 --> 03:51:47,237
code would say a written

6805
03:51:47,237 --> 03:51:48,972
warning required by subsection

6806
03:51:48,972 --> 03:51:51,708
MAY be accompanied by written

6807
03:51:51,708 --> 03:51:54,444
information. So now this was

6808
03:51:54,444 --> 03:51:55,812
amended to or is being amended

6809
03:51:55,812 --> 03:51:57,714
to remove the written warning.

6810
03:51:57,714 --> 03:51:59,248
But you added at the last

6811
03:51:59,248 --> 03:52:01,318
meeting a section that says

6812
03:52:01,318 --> 03:52:03,386
prior to the enforcement of the

6813
03:52:03,386 --> 03:52:05,454
provisions in subsection c1ac

6814
03:52:05,454 --> 03:52:07,524
above, a police officer shall

6815
03:52:07,524 --> 03:52:09,225
issue a verbal warning to a

6816
03:52:09,225 --> 03:52:10,593
person maintaining a

6817
03:52:10,593 --> 03:52:11,995
maintaining an encampment in

6818
03:52:11,995 --> 03:52:13,363
violation of this section to

6819
03:52:13,363 --> 03:52:14,731
inform that a failure to comply

6820
03:52:14,731 --> 03:52:16,466
with the city's prohibition

6821
03:52:16,466 --> 03:52:18,100
against encampments MAY result

6822
03:52:18,100 --> 03:52:19,536
in the person's arrest and

6823
03:52:19,536 --> 03:52:20,937
provide a reasonable amount of

6824
03:52:20,937 --> 03:52:22,972
time for the person to abate

6825
03:52:22,972 --> 03:52:25,410
his or her encampment. But also

6826
03:52:25,410 --> 03:52:28,410
included in this ordinance is

6827
03:52:29,178 --> 03:52:30,547
the fact that. Notwithstanding

6828
03:52:30,547 --> 03:52:32,810
the foregoing, nothing herein

6829
03:52:32,810 --> 03:52:33,283
shall be construed to prevent

6830
03:52:33,283 --> 03:52:34,317
or otherwise prohibit a police

6831
03:52:34,317 --> 03:52:35,885
officer from arresting a person

6832
03:52:35,885 --> 03:52:37,254
in violation of the section who

6833
03:52:37,254 --> 03:52:38,621
is ineligible for shelter

6834
03:52:38,621 --> 03:52:39,989
placement. There's a

6835
03:52:39,989 --> 03:52:41,725
requirement in the code that

6836
03:52:41,725 --> 03:52:42,926
the officer must first

6837
03:52:42,926 --> 03:52:44,795
ascertain whether there's a

6838
03:52:44,795 --> 03:52:46,362
shelter space available so if

6839
03:52:46,362 --> 03:52:47,731
there is no shelter space

6840
03:52:47,731 --> 03:52:50,166
available then the officer does

6841
03:52:50,166 --> 03:52:51,701
not take action. Um so. What

6842
03:52:51,701 --> 03:52:53,236
you're telling me right now if

6843
03:52:53,236 --> 03:52:55,672
I understood you correctly is

6844
03:52:55,672 --> 03:52:58,741
that if there is no shelter,

6845
03:52:58,741 --> 03:53:00,810
police officers cannot arrest

6846
03:53:00,810 --> 03:53:01,144
anybody the person right?

6847
03:53:01,144 --> 03:53:03,144
Correct.

6848
03:53:03,747 --> 03:53:06,149
>> okay, perfect. But MAY I

6849
03:53:06,149 --> 03:53:07,851
through the chair that's why I

6850
03:53:07,851 --> 03:53:09,919
stress the last time that we

6851
03:53:09,919 --> 03:53:12,919
had this conversation, uh, is

6852
03:53:13,230 --> 03:53:14,724
was that we need to find the

6853
03:53:14,724 --> 03:53:16,460
funding to make sure that we

6854
03:53:16,460 --> 03:53:18,328
have the beds. So then the

6855
03:53:18,328 --> 03:53:19,362
officer is not put in that

6856
03:53:19,362 --> 03:53:20,563
situation. Right. And that's

6857
03:53:20,563 --> 03:53:21,798
what I think now I don't know

6858
03:53:21,798 --> 03:53:24,201
if we addressed that issue. I

6859
03:53:24,201 --> 03:53:25,735
think I said when we had the

6860
03:53:25,735 --> 03:53:27,270
last year the the the crisis

6861
03:53:27,270 --> 03:53:28,672
with the camillus house that

6862
03:53:28,672 --> 03:53:30,206
they had raised, you know, the

6863
03:53:30,206 --> 03:53:31,908
the bed price on us and then

6864
03:53:31,908 --> 03:53:33,643
all of a sudden we went out we

6865
03:53:33,643 --> 03:53:34,678
went out we went with it for a

6866
03:53:34,678 --> 03:53:35,879
couple of months I believe or

6867
03:53:35,879 --> 03:53:36,747
more than a couple of months

6868
03:53:36,747 --> 03:53:38,982
without some of the beds.

6869
03:53:38,982 --> 03:53:41,180
Right. But then we I think I

6870
03:53:41,180 --> 03:53:42,419
asked last time had we resolved

6871
03:53:42,419 --> 03:53:43,953
that situation and I think the

6872
03:53:43,953 --> 03:53:44,821
answer was yes. Is that correct

6873
03:53:44,821 --> 03:53:46,890
that we resolved that

6874
03:53:46,890 --> 03:53:48,258
situation? Yes. So now we do

6875
03:53:48,258 --> 03:53:51,695
have the beds right. The the

6876
03:53:51,695 --> 03:53:52,896
officers want gilbert. Well

6877
03:53:52,896 --> 03:53:54,431
before he speaks I just want to

6878
03:53:54,431 --> 03:53:55,999
say in the actual ordinance it

6879
03:53:55,999 --> 03:53:57,534
says an arrest MAY not be made

6880
03:53:57,534 --> 03:53:59,236
if the police officer has

6881
03:53:59,236 --> 03:54:00,270
verified that a shelter bed or

6882
03:54:00,270 --> 03:54:02,500
other available government

6883
03:54:02,500 --> 03:54:03,206
assistance that would result in

6884
03:54:03,206 --> 03:54:04,240
immediate housing is not

6885
03:54:04,240 --> 03:54:06,640
available. That's in the

6886
03:54:08,711 --> 03:54:10,413
ordinance. MADAM David gilbert,

6887
03:54:10,413 --> 03:54:12,813
director, human services the

6888
03:54:12,816 --> 03:54:14,384
chair yes we have a shelter

6889
03:54:14,384 --> 03:54:15,919
that's getting ready to come up

6890
03:54:15,919 --> 03:54:17,287
at the end of the month with an

6891
03:54:17,287 --> 03:54:19,355
additional 80 beds. It's the

6892
03:54:19,355 --> 03:54:20,724
navigation center and it is in

6893
03:54:20,724 --> 03:54:22,292
unincorporated miami-dade. But

6894
03:54:22,292 --> 03:54:24,194
we just hope that just because

6895
03:54:24,194 --> 03:54:26,630
you're here did we ever go back

6896
03:54:26,630 --> 03:54:27,430
to the numbers that we we had

6897
03:54:27,430 --> 03:54:29,165
in contract with camillus. By

6898
03:54:29,165 --> 03:54:30,330
the end of the year will be

6899
03:54:30,330 --> 03:54:32,433
will be equal. Okay.

6900
03:54:32,936 --> 03:54:35,672
>> thank you. Through the chair

6901
03:54:35,672 --> 03:54:38,672
george. What after the officer

6902
03:54:39,476 --> 03:54:41,879
gives a verbal warning you said

6903
03:54:41,879 --> 03:54:44,879
reasonable time. What what is

6904
03:54:45,315 --> 03:54:47,217
that? Define that for me. Um

6905
03:54:47,217 --> 03:54:48,752
it's difficult to define the

6906
03:54:48,752 --> 03:54:50,821
word reasonable as you know um

6907
03:54:50,821 --> 03:54:52,189
but like for example um the

6908
03:54:52,189 --> 03:54:53,223
ordinances and provide a

6909
03:54:53,223 --> 03:54:54,591
reasonable amount of time for

6910
03:54:54,591 --> 03:54:55,960
the person to abate his or her

6911
03:54:55,960 --> 03:54:57,527
encampment. So I guess it would

6912
03:54:57,527 --> 03:54:58,895
depend on the amount of stuff

6913
03:54:58,895 --> 03:55:00,965
they have because if you only

6914
03:55:00,965 --> 03:55:03,533
have a few items, a reasonable

6915
03:55:03,533 --> 03:55:05,690
amount of time to move um would

6916
03:55:05,690 --> 03:55:06,803
be uh to collect those items.

6917
03:55:06,803 --> 03:55:08,505
But if you had a lot of items

6918
03:55:08,505 --> 03:55:10,240
or or things like that, it

6919
03:55:10,240 --> 03:55:11,942
could be more difficult. I just

6920
03:55:11,942 --> 03:55:14,942
also wanted to mention um.

6921
03:55:15,379 --> 03:55:18,482
George yes. Sorry you can you

6922
03:55:18,482 --> 03:55:20,217
give me some kind of parameter

6923
03:55:20,217 --> 03:55:21,919
because how are the officers

6924
03:55:21,919 --> 03:55:24,487
going to know what is

6925
03:55:24,487 --> 03:55:26,223
reasonable? Would I give you a

6926
03:55:26,223 --> 03:55:29,223
verbal notice and ten minutes

6927
03:55:29,660 --> 03:55:31,361
later is that reasonable? Is it

6928
03:55:31,361 --> 03:55:34,361
24 hours? What is what is

6929
03:55:34,798 --> 03:55:35,499
reasonable. Mhm. Well so. Did

6930
03:55:35,499 --> 03:55:36,867
the written notice.

6931
03:55:36,867 --> 03:55:38,680
>> what we're talking about is

6932
03:55:38,680 --> 03:55:39,269
the encounter right. So would

6933
03:55:39,269 --> 03:55:40,837
it be a verbal warning. The

6934
03:55:40,837 --> 03:55:42,539
officer walks up to a person

6935
03:55:42,539 --> 03:55:44,607
who is in camping blocking the

6936
03:55:44,607 --> 03:55:45,809
sidewalk um and says all right,

6937
03:55:45,809 --> 03:55:47,177
there's a shelter space

6938
03:55:47,177 --> 03:55:48,746
available. Do you want the

6939
03:55:48,746 --> 03:55:49,947
shelter space? The person says

6940
03:55:49,947 --> 03:55:51,148
no, I don't want the shelter

6941
03:55:51,148 --> 03:55:52,683
space. Then the officer says,

6942
03:55:52,683 --> 03:55:54,751
all right, you need to remove

6943
03:55:54,751 --> 03:55:56,487
yourself and then gives them a

6944
03:55:56,487 --> 03:55:57,854
reasonable time from that

6945
03:55:57,854 --> 03:56:00,900
moment to remove themselves.

6946
03:56:00,900 --> 03:56:01,959
It's not a 24 hour period. It

6947
03:56:01,959 --> 03:56:03,360
says as quickly as they can

6948
03:56:03,360 --> 03:56:04,728
remove themselves from the

6949
03:56:04,728 --> 03:56:06,964
sidewalk and remove the

6950
03:56:06,964 --> 03:56:09,199
obstruction at that time. Now

6951
03:56:09,199 --> 03:56:10,734
what I was going to add was the

6952
03:56:10,734 --> 03:56:12,803
policies of the miami police

6953
03:56:12,803 --> 03:56:14,872
department indicate that the

6954
03:56:14,872 --> 03:56:16,240
the officers and or the

6955
03:56:16,240 --> 03:56:17,942
greenshirts cannot just throw

6956
03:56:17,942 --> 03:56:19,510
persons property away. They

6957
03:56:19,510 --> 03:56:21,440
have to go through the stuff

6958
03:56:21,440 --> 03:56:22,413
that the person has to

6959
03:56:22,413 --> 03:56:24,147
determine if there's things

6960
03:56:24,147 --> 03:56:25,849
like eyeglasses or important

6961
03:56:25,849 --> 03:56:27,417
documents, medication, cell

6962
03:56:27,417 --> 03:56:28,452
phones and stuff like that. So

6963
03:56:28,452 --> 03:56:29,986
that would build into the

6964
03:56:29,986 --> 03:56:32,550
reasonable amount of time to

6965
03:56:32,550 --> 03:56:34,124
ascertain that none of their

6966
03:56:34,124 --> 03:56:37,124
personal items would be thrown

6967
03:56:37,194 --> 03:56:40,194
out upon their evacuation of

6968
03:56:41,331 --> 03:56:43,233
the space. Um officers are

6969
03:56:43,233 --> 03:56:44,434
required to have body camera on

6970
03:56:44,434 --> 03:56:45,970
when they are interacting with

6971
03:56:45,970 --> 03:56:47,970
somebody, right? Correct.

6972
03:56:48,380 --> 03:56:50,273
>> they wear the body camera

6973
03:56:50,273 --> 03:56:50,540
and um I don't yes I'll leave

6974
03:56:50,540 --> 03:56:51,142
it.

6975
03:56:51,142 --> 03:56:53,142
>> at that.

6976
03:56:53,177 --> 03:56:55,246
>> so so what what step are we

6977
03:56:55,246 --> 03:56:57,314
saving to because I imagine you

6978
03:56:57,314 --> 03:56:59,717
know the whole key here is to

6979
03:56:59,717 --> 03:57:01,850
you know, to to to have a

6980
03:57:01,850 --> 03:57:02,320
balance where you know, you

6981
03:57:02,320 --> 03:57:03,687
can't have them there forever,

6982
03:57:03,687 --> 03:57:04,721
right? You got to maintain the

6983
03:57:04,721 --> 03:57:06,900
safety of your, you know,

6984
03:57:06,900 --> 03:57:07,958
community. So the use of the

6985
03:57:07,958 --> 03:57:09,693
way all of us up here but but

6986
03:57:09,693 --> 03:57:10,561
we also have to guarantee their

6987
03:57:10,561 --> 03:57:12,796
safety the human beings. Right.

6988
03:57:12,796 --> 03:57:14,331
Okay. So so that's what I want

6989
03:57:14,331 --> 03:57:15,532
to know. She's right because I

6990
03:57:15,532 --> 03:57:17,768
still don't have the answer by

6991
03:57:17,768 --> 03:57:19,136
the way it's what the. Are you

6992
03:57:19,136 --> 03:57:20,871
saying? What's the difference.

6993
03:57:20,871 --> 03:57:23,107
Exactly exactly the difference

6994
03:57:23,107 --> 03:57:24,842
here like I said earlier is the

6995
03:57:24,842 --> 03:57:26,543
old ordinance or the current

6996
03:57:26,543 --> 03:57:27,911
ordinance says the officer must

6997
03:57:27,911 --> 03:57:30,147
provide a written warning. So

6998
03:57:30,147 --> 03:57:32,549
okay so that's it that now he

6999
03:57:32,549 --> 03:57:33,951
can do it verbally and he's not

7000
03:57:33,951 --> 03:57:34,651
doesn't have to produce the

7001
03:57:34,651 --> 03:57:35,986
document. The paper. Doesn't

7002
03:57:35,986 --> 03:57:37,721
have to create. The step that

7003
03:57:37,721 --> 03:57:38,221
we're making it easier for the

7004
03:57:38,221 --> 03:57:38,589
officer. Correct.

7005
03:57:38,589 --> 03:57:40,124
>> okay.

7006
03:57:40,124 --> 03:57:41,858
>> all right. I'm willing to go

7007
03:57:41,858 --> 03:57:43,600
along. Motion to move. Wait a

7008
03:57:43,600 --> 03:57:44,929
second. I do have something to

7009
03:57:44,929 --> 03:57:47,331
say. No it's okay. First of

7010
03:57:47,331 --> 03:57:48,732
all, I know all of the

7011
03:57:48,732 --> 03:57:50,434
intentions and I know all the

7012
03:57:50,434 --> 03:57:52,169
work that has been done behind

7013
03:57:52,169 --> 03:57:54,572
this and I have utmost

7014
03:57:54,572 --> 03:57:56,640
confidence in the body cams and

7015
03:57:56,640 --> 03:57:58,342
the police force and a lot of

7016
03:57:58,342 --> 03:58:01,942
the people doing this work. But

7017
03:58:03,514 --> 03:58:06,250
for me there is this slippery

7018
03:58:06,250 --> 03:58:08,986
that I'm not comfortable with

7019
03:58:08,986 --> 03:58:10,554
full respect I'm not uh but in

7020
03:58:10,554 --> 03:58:13,290
my case I'm going to I'm going

7021
03:58:13,290 --> 03:58:15,192
to be on the no side for this.

7022
03:58:15,192 --> 03:58:17,261
There's a lot of sensitivity

7023
03:58:17,261 --> 03:58:18,963
around this and I can

7024
03:58:18,963 --> 03:58:20,697
appreciate both perspectives.

7025
03:58:20,697 --> 03:58:22,766
Why would we consider doing

7026
03:58:22,766 --> 03:58:24,635
this as a pilot perhaps and

7027
03:58:24,635 --> 03:58:26,203
bring it back in a few months

7028
03:58:26,203 --> 03:58:27,571
and gauge where we are on this?

7029
03:58:27,571 --> 03:58:28,773
I mean the devil's in the

7030
03:58:28,773 --> 03:58:29,807
details with regard to

7031
03:58:29,807 --> 03:58:31,508
implementation. I'm okay with

7032
03:58:31,508 --> 03:58:32,743
that. But you know, I want to

7033
03:58:32,743 --> 03:58:34,111
be honest about something as

7034
03:58:34,111 --> 03:58:35,813
well. You know what's not fair

7035
03:58:35,813 --> 03:58:37,548
either. We don't represent one

7036
03:58:37,548 --> 03:58:39,830
community. We represent city of

7037
03:58:39,830 --> 03:58:41,485
miami and you know what's not

7038
03:58:41,485 --> 03:58:43,187
fair that I have a business? I

7039
03:58:43,187 --> 03:58:45,255
don't for instance that I have

7040
03:58:45,255 --> 03:58:47,658
a business that you pass by

7041
03:58:47,658 --> 03:58:50,930
and. 12 and that looks horrible

7042
03:58:50,930 --> 03:58:51,795
and you have 20 people sleeping

7043
03:58:51,795 --> 03:58:53,531
outside your business and we

7044
03:58:53,531 --> 03:58:55,566
are getting calls every single

7045
03:58:55,566 --> 03:58:56,967
day because they don't live.

7046
03:58:56,967 --> 03:58:58,502
That is not fair. That is not

7047
03:58:58,502 --> 03:59:00,370
fair to the businesses. That is

7048
03:59:00,370 --> 03:59:02,273
not fair to the residents that

7049
03:59:02,273 --> 03:59:04,341
I have a lady calling my office

7050
03:59:04,341 --> 03:59:06,244
because she's afraid to pass by

7051
03:59:06,244 --> 03:59:07,945
flagger and 12 that is not fair

7052
03:59:07,945 --> 03:59:09,313
and we especially you

7053
03:59:09,313 --> 03:59:11,382
commissioner pardo, you have

7054
03:59:11,382 --> 03:59:13,117
that issue in downtown a lot.

7055
03:59:13,117 --> 03:59:14,485
You know I've been talking

7056
03:59:14,485 --> 03:59:15,853
about that since I got here. We

7057
03:59:15,853 --> 03:59:17,588
you're correct. We have to

7058
03:59:17,588 --> 03:59:18,789
understand that we represent a

7059
03:59:18,789 --> 03:59:21,789
whole community. I agree not

7060
03:59:22,227 --> 03:59:24,962
only one and 24 hours warning

7061
03:59:24,962 --> 03:59:27,731
what happens is stay they move

7062
03:59:27,731 --> 03:59:30,467
from here to here from here to

7063
03:59:30,467 --> 03:59:32,870
here. That is not fair and we

7064
03:59:32,870 --> 03:59:35,272
cannot we cannot arrest a

7065
03:59:35,272 --> 03:59:37,675
person if we do not have the

7066
03:59:37,675 --> 03:59:40,778
beds. I wanted to get that very

7067
03:59:40,778 --> 03:59:42,313
clear out there. We you

7068
03:59:42,313 --> 03:59:43,380
commissioner pardo in your

7069
03:59:43,380 --> 03:59:44,582
district you saw what happened

7070
03:59:44,582 --> 03:59:46,651
the other day with the lady,

7071
03:59:46,651 --> 03:59:48,186
right? Yeah of course. I just

7072
03:59:48,186 --> 03:59:49,720
want to get it out and I'm

7073
03:59:49,720 --> 03:59:51,890
very. Grateful that the mental

7074
03:59:51,890 --> 03:59:52,456
health center is actually

7075
03:59:52,456 --> 03:59:54,358
opening because that's what

7076
03:59:54,358 --> 03:59:56,930
that was about. But what I'm

7077
03:59:56,930 --> 03:59:58,129
concerned about here is please

7078
03:59:58,129 --> 03:59:59,530
make the connection for me of

7079
03:59:59,530 --> 04:00:00,898
your example where they're

7080
04:00:00,898 --> 04:00:03,298
sleeping outside the business.

7081
04:00:03,300 --> 04:00:05,537
What would happen? Well right

7082
04:00:05,537 --> 04:00:06,904
now jorge, to my knowledge a

7083
04:00:06,904 --> 04:00:08,639
police officer can go right now

7084
04:00:08,639 --> 04:00:10,675
to that business and say sir,

7085
04:00:10,675 --> 04:00:12,410
you have to move right? We

7086
04:00:12,410 --> 04:00:14,311
offer you shelter if they want

7087
04:00:14,311 --> 04:00:15,346
to go to shelter, the police

7088
04:00:15,346 --> 04:00:18,249
officer will take that person

7089
04:00:18,249 --> 04:00:19,984
to shelter. Is that right? Um,

7090
04:00:19,984 --> 04:00:22,190
I didn't hear commissioner

7091
04:00:22,190 --> 04:00:23,921
carter's question. His example

7092
04:00:23,921 --> 04:00:25,122
of where there are a lot of

7093
04:00:25,122 --> 04:00:26,324
unhoused people in front of a

7094
04:00:26,324 --> 04:00:27,892
business and they're all on the

7095
04:00:27,892 --> 04:00:29,761
street and the owners don't

7096
04:00:29,761 --> 04:00:31,662
feel safe and it's and it is it

7097
04:00:31,662 --> 04:00:33,731
is a reality and I think all of

7098
04:00:33,731 --> 04:00:35,799
our districts uh, what does

7099
04:00:35,799 --> 04:00:37,168
this change for for that

7100
04:00:37,168 --> 04:00:39,168
situation? What's different

7101
04:00:39,571 --> 04:00:42,673
from what we're doing now to

7102
04:00:42,673 --> 04:00:45,944
just, you know, getting rid of

7103
04:00:45,944 --> 04:00:47,478
that warning paper.?

7104
04:00:47,478 --> 04:00:49,180
>> essentially nothing is

7105
04:00:49,180 --> 04:00:50,381
really changing other than the

7106
04:00:50,381 --> 04:00:51,783
requirement for a written

7107
04:00:51,783 --> 04:00:53,818
warning. I also wanted to point

7108
04:00:53,818 --> 04:00:55,886
out that um under the existing

7109
04:00:55,886 --> 04:00:57,455
ordinance the officers had to

7110
04:00:57,455 --> 04:00:58,289
provide when they gave a

7111
04:00:58,289 --> 04:00:59,658
written warning to the person,

7112
04:00:59,658 --> 04:01:00,691
they had to provide a

7113
04:01:00,691 --> 04:01:02,761
reasonable time for the person

7114
04:01:02,761 --> 04:01:04,495
to pick up their belongings and

7115
04:01:04,495 --> 04:01:05,864
comply with the prohibition. So

7116
04:01:05,864 --> 04:01:07,650
they previously had a

7117
04:01:07,650 --> 04:01:08,299
reasonable time standard. They

7118
04:01:08,299 --> 04:01:10,168
currently have a reasonable

7119
04:01:10,168 --> 04:01:11,536
time standard. The thing I was

7120
04:01:11,536 --> 04:01:13,536
uncomfortable answering about

7121
04:01:13,938 --> 04:01:14,973
your question was um when the

7122
04:01:14,973 --> 04:01:16,340
officer encounters a person on

7123
04:01:16,340 --> 04:01:18,409
the public right of way they

7124
04:01:18,409 --> 04:01:20,144
can take action. Um if it's on

7125
04:01:20,144 --> 04:01:21,512
private property then

7126
04:01:21,512 --> 04:01:23,548
oftentimes we need authority

7127
04:01:23,548 --> 04:01:25,283
from the property owner to say

7128
04:01:25,283 --> 04:01:26,317
please have that person

7129
04:01:26,317 --> 04:01:28,180
removed. Officers won't

7130
04:01:28,180 --> 04:01:29,753
necessarily go on to private

7131
04:01:29,753 --> 04:01:32,153
property and remove people

7132
04:01:33,191 --> 04:01:34,580
absent a um a person asking for

7133
04:01:34,580 --> 04:01:35,426
assistance or something like

7134
04:01:35,426 --> 04:01:37,328
that. So we respect private

7135
04:01:37,328 --> 04:01:38,863
property. Can I can I just add

7136
04:01:38,863 --> 04:01:41,432
you know, last year the year

7137
04:01:41,432 --> 04:01:42,834
before uh so the key is number

7138
04:01:42,834 --> 04:01:43,834
one. So the only difference is

7139
04:01:43,834 --> 04:01:45,403
that you know, the officer

7140
04:01:45,403 --> 04:01:46,438
doesn't have to hand out the

7141
04:01:46,438 --> 04:01:47,972
document the paper that's the

7142
04:01:47,972 --> 04:01:50,410
step that we're saving here.

7143
04:01:50,410 --> 04:01:51,609
But I'd like to say that last

7144
04:01:51,609 --> 04:01:53,311
year I remember correctly or

7145
04:01:53,311 --> 04:01:54,178
the year before I gave the

7146
04:01:54,178 --> 04:01:56,247
salvation army I can't remember

7147
04:01:56,247 --> 04:01:57,782
how much it was 70 or 80 grand

7148
04:01:57,782 --> 04:01:59,350
or 100 grand. So the key here

7149
04:01:59,350 --> 04:02:00,718
is for us to be able to

7150
04:02:00,718 --> 04:02:02,254
negotiate with these people to

7151
04:02:02,254 --> 04:02:03,788
keep to have beds because if

7152
04:02:03,788 --> 04:02:04,989
they don't have beds on the

7153
04:02:04,989 --> 04:02:06,570
officer is forced into that

7154
04:02:06,570 --> 04:02:07,580
situation which we don't want

7155
04:02:07,580 --> 04:02:08,426
to put them in because look

7156
04:02:08,426 --> 04:02:09,827
what we're doing. Right? So I'm

7157
04:02:09,827 --> 04:02:11,729
with you commissioner kelowna

7158
04:02:11,729 --> 04:02:13,264
like my my you know, when I ran

7159
04:02:13,264 --> 04:02:15,332
for office one of my first

7160
04:02:15,332 --> 04:02:17,368
things is is to to assure the

7161
04:02:17,368 --> 04:02:18,737
public safety and I've got that

7162
04:02:18,737 --> 04:02:20,305
corridor of seventh avenue

7163
04:02:20,305 --> 04:02:22,600
where I absorb a lot of

7164
04:02:22,600 --> 04:02:24,442
everybody else's problem. So I

7165
04:02:24,442 --> 04:02:26,310
am fully on board with you on

7166
04:02:26,310 --> 04:02:28,579
on this. I would like to make a

7167
04:02:28,579 --> 04:02:30,448
motion as. Is second second.

7168
04:02:30,448 --> 04:02:31,816
All right. We have a motion and

7169
04:02:31,816 --> 04:02:33,218
a second. Any more discussion

7170
04:02:33,218 --> 04:02:34,919
colleagues? All right let's

7171
04:02:34,919 --> 04:02:37,322
move to a vote. All in favor

7172
04:02:37,322 --> 04:02:39,758
say aye aye. Any opposed. No

7173
04:02:39,758 --> 04:02:41,293
no. Show two knows you have

7174
04:02:41,293 --> 04:02:43,361
them. Okay. Thank you very

7175
04:02:43,361 --> 04:02:44,896
much. Um, why don't we finish

7176
04:02:44,896 --> 04:02:46,598
with the second reading items?

7177
04:02:46,598 --> 04:02:47,999
That way you won't have to

7178
04:02:47,999 --> 04:02:49,367
remember and I won't have to

7179
04:02:49,367 --> 04:02:50,568
remember that we have one more

7180
04:02:50,568 --> 04:02:51,936
to read. It's our.

7181
04:02:51,936 --> 04:02:53,671
>> three. Sr three. Thank you,

7182
04:02:53,671 --> 04:02:54,706
MADAM Mayor sr three second

7183
04:02:54,706 --> 04:02:56,240
reading ordinance an ordinance

7184
04:02:56,240 --> 04:02:57,942
of the miami city commission

7185
04:02:57,942 --> 04:02:59,177
amending chapter 54 article one

7186
04:02:59,177 --> 04:03:00,378
of the code of the city of

7187
04:03:00,378 --> 04:03:01,379
miami, florida as amended city

7188
04:03:01,379 --> 04:03:02,614
code titled streets and

7189
04:03:02,614 --> 04:03:03,615
sidewalks in general more

7190
04:03:03,615 --> 04:03:05,183
particularly by amending

7191
04:03:05,183 --> 04:03:07,586
section 54-1 of the city code

7192
04:03:07,586 --> 04:03:09,487
titled definitions and section

7193
04:03:09,487 --> 04:03:11,220
54-3 of the city code titled

7194
04:03:11,220 --> 04:03:12,724
permit required for work that

7195
04:03:12,724 --> 04:03:14,459
obstructs or closes a street

7196
04:03:14,459 --> 04:03:16,528
sidewalk or impedes traffic

7197
04:03:16,528 --> 04:03:18,563
fees waiver of fees to require

7198
04:03:18,563 --> 04:03:19,964
sidewalk safety and temporary

7199
04:03:19,964 --> 04:03:21,332
pedestrian protection

7200
04:03:21,332 --> 04:03:22,367
structures containing a

7201
04:03:22,367 --> 04:03:23,735
severability clause and

7202
04:03:23,735 --> 04:03:25,971
providing an effective date.

7203
04:03:25,971 --> 04:03:27,706
Thank you. All right.

7204
04:03:27,706 --> 04:03:30,441
>> I can't remember who put

7205
04:03:30,441 --> 04:03:32,344
that. Commissioner pardo, you

7206
04:03:32,344 --> 04:03:34,412
give us your thoughts. No.

7207
04:03:34,412 --> 04:03:35,780
>> actually what I'd like to do

7208
04:03:35,780 --> 04:03:37,482
is have administration answer.

7209
04:03:37,482 --> 04:03:39,550
We received feedback from

7210
04:03:39,550 --> 04:03:40,585
residents as to our

7211
04:03:40,585 --> 04:03:42,487
modifications and our

7212
04:03:42,487 --> 04:03:43,855
substitution and why were we

7213
04:03:43,855 --> 04:03:45,924
adding a general contractor.

7214
04:03:45,924 --> 04:03:47,626
And the whole kind of narrative

7215
04:03:47,626 --> 04:03:49,361
was us being about

7216
04:03:49,361 --> 04:03:51,429
pro-development. And I think it

7217
04:03:51,429 --> 04:03:52,964
really lost what you were

7218
04:03:52,964 --> 04:03:54,666
trying to do and that item. So

7219
04:03:54,666 --> 04:03:58,103
I'd like you if you could speak

7220
04:03:58,103 --> 04:03:59,504
to that. Good afternoon, MADAM

7221
04:03:59,504 --> 04:04:01,504
Mayor. Manager commissioners

7222
04:04:01,540 --> 04:04:03,942
which which area in particular?

7223
04:04:03,942 --> 04:04:05,510
Uh commissioner, would you like

7224
04:04:05,510 --> 04:04:06,711
me to. Address the sidewalk

7225
04:04:06,711 --> 04:04:08,790
safety uh, with the

7226
04:04:08,790 --> 04:04:10,148
modification. So we added we

7227
04:04:10,148 --> 04:04:11,850
added a a a modification in

7228
04:04:11,850 --> 04:04:13,251
terms of in practice

7229
04:04:13,251 --> 04:04:15,251
impracticability because there

7230
04:04:15,987 --> 04:04:17,722
are circumstances in which uh,

7231
04:04:17,722 --> 04:04:20,722
the protection of the sidewalk

7232
04:04:20,792 --> 04:04:24,620
is just not adequate or it's

7233
04:04:24,620 --> 04:04:27,662
infeasible. Um, I, I can, you

7234
04:04:28,199 --> 04:04:29,901
know, to to um instances come

7235
04:04:29,901 --> 04:04:31,469
to mind right now for example,

7236
04:04:31,469 --> 04:04:33,172
one where you having demolition

7237
04:04:33,172 --> 04:04:34,238
very adjacent to that sidewalk.

7238
04:04:34,238 --> 04:04:36,107
There's no level of protection

7239
04:04:36,107 --> 04:04:37,976
that you can actually add that

7240
04:04:37,976 --> 04:04:38,844
will make it safe for someone

7241
04:04:38,844 --> 04:04:41,244
to circulate, you know,

7242
04:04:42,280 --> 04:04:44,182
circulate through that sidewalk

7243
04:04:44,182 --> 04:04:45,717
safely so it's impractical to

7244
04:04:45,717 --> 04:04:47,452
do it in that particular

7245
04:04:47,452 --> 04:04:49,521
situation. Also when you're

7246
04:04:49,521 --> 04:04:51,924
when you have deep foundations

7247
04:04:51,924 --> 04:04:53,959
that are being excavated, that

7248
04:04:53,959 --> 04:04:56,270
MAY be a a situation where it

7249
04:04:56,270 --> 04:04:56,728
MAY be impractical as well to

7250
04:04:56,728 --> 04:04:57,763
utilize that level of

7251
04:04:57,763 --> 04:04:59,130
protection. So we want to make

7252
04:04:59,130 --> 04:05:00,498
sure that we have an

7253
04:05:00,498 --> 04:05:02,233
opportunity for staff to

7254
04:05:02,233 --> 04:05:03,936
evaluate when it MAY be

7255
04:05:03,936 --> 04:05:04,302
impractical for that to be

7256
04:05:04,302 --> 04:05:05,838
provided.

7257
04:05:05,838 --> 04:05:07,205
>> but I believe a general

7258
04:05:07,205 --> 04:05:08,574
contractor was added to. The

7259
04:05:08,574 --> 04:05:10,308
general contractor was added

7260
04:05:10,308 --> 04:05:12,708
because the general contractor

7261
04:05:13,212 --> 04:05:15,614
is the one that has the ability

7262
04:05:15,614 --> 04:05:17,348
to dictate means and methods of

7263
04:05:17,348 --> 04:05:19,840
construction. So so it's it's

7264
04:05:19,840 --> 04:05:20,619
it's always good to evaluate

7265
04:05:20,619 --> 04:05:22,520
what are those means and

7266
04:05:22,520 --> 04:05:25,256
methods of of of construction,

7267
04:05:25,256 --> 04:05:26,658
uh, that MAY determine the

7268
04:05:26,658 --> 04:05:28,360
sidewalk protection to be

7269
04:05:28,360 --> 04:05:29,561
impractical. And what are the

7270
04:05:29,561 --> 04:05:31,797
three parties that you need in

7271
04:05:31,797 --> 04:05:32,830
order for that to be to come

7272
04:05:32,830 --> 04:05:35,670
true to happen? Correct.

7273
04:05:35,670 --> 04:05:36,601
>> and then we want an engineer

7274
04:05:36,601 --> 04:05:38,670
to also evaluate what those

7275
04:05:38,670 --> 04:05:40,238
means of methods that are being

7276
04:05:40,238 --> 04:05:42,274
proposed by the you know, to

7277
04:05:42,274 --> 04:05:43,308
vet those means and methods of

7278
04:05:43,308 --> 04:05:45,430
construction and concur

7279
04:05:45,430 --> 04:05:46,412
essentially. And so there's

7280
04:05:46,412 --> 04:05:47,780
there's that check and balance

7281
04:05:47,780 --> 04:05:48,813
in place. Engineer, general

7282
04:05:48,813 --> 04:05:49,848
contractor and who else I

7283
04:05:49,848 --> 04:05:50,882
thought there were three

7284
04:05:50,882 --> 04:05:52,584
parties. The city the city

7285
04:05:52,584 --> 04:05:54,653
staff and. The city staff.

7286
04:05:54,653 --> 04:05:55,521
Yeah. So and you have to have

7287
04:05:55,521 --> 04:05:57,422
all three concur.

7288
04:05:57,422 --> 04:05:58,790
>> that is correct. Okay that's

7289
04:05:58,790 --> 04:06:01,359
that's what I wanted on the

7290
04:06:01,359 --> 04:06:02,928
record. Thank you. Any other

7291
04:06:02,928 --> 04:06:03,929
comments or would you like to

7292
04:06:03,929 --> 04:06:06,197
move your item commissioner

7293
04:06:06,197 --> 04:06:08,670
pardo. So moved. Second all

7294
04:06:08,670 --> 04:06:09,601
right we have a motion and a

7295
04:06:09,601 --> 04:06:09,868
second all in favor say aye.

7296
04:06:09,868 --> 04:06:11,868
Aye.

7297
04:06:12,538 --> 04:06:14,272
>> any opposed? Motion passes

7298
04:06:14,272 --> 04:06:15,974
unanimously. As a downtown

7299
04:06:15,974 --> 04:06:18,209
resident I thank you very much

7300
04:06:18,209 --> 04:06:19,411
for this. It's going to make a

7301
04:06:19,411 --> 04:06:21,811
big difference in walking

7302
04:06:24,917 --> 04:06:25,784
around. All right um re 12. I

7303
04:06:25,784 --> 04:06:27,784
pulled re12.

7304
04:06:27,819 --> 04:06:30,819
>> yeah I think you and

7305
04:06:32,291 --> 04:06:33,858
commissioner gabella also.

7306
04:06:33,858 --> 04:06:36,261
Would you like. Go ahead

7307
04:06:36,261 --> 04:06:38,664
commissioner. So re 12 is just

7308
04:06:38,664 --> 04:06:40,320
kind of makes sense it's $10

7309
04:06:40,320 --> 04:06:43,632
million it's not a big amount

7310
04:06:44,200 --> 04:06:45,370
of money. It's 0.03% of our $3

7311
04:06:45,370 --> 04:06:46,905
billion budget. This is

7312
04:06:46,905 --> 04:06:49,305
critical. This is desperately

7313
04:06:49,675 --> 04:06:51,376
needed. It came before us. This

7314
04:06:51,376 --> 04:06:52,911
doesn't need to wait for a bond

7315
04:06:52,911 --> 04:06:54,313
or it doesn't need to wait for

7316
04:06:54,313 --> 04:06:55,347
procurement. It doesn't need to

7317
04:06:55,347 --> 04:06:57,490
wait six months, eight months.

7318
04:06:57,490 --> 04:06:58,417
This is stuff that could be

7319
04:06:58,417 --> 04:06:59,785
handled immediately especially

7320
04:06:59,785 --> 04:07:01,200
especially looking at the

7321
04:07:01,200 --> 04:07:02,388
videos that were presented

7322
04:07:02,388 --> 04:07:03,922
about the conditions in which

7323
04:07:03,922 --> 04:07:06,324
firefighters are living in and

7324
04:07:06,324 --> 04:07:08,393
the risks involved. Uh I think

7325
04:07:08,393 --> 04:07:10,129
this is an easy immediate

7326
04:07:10,129 --> 04:07:13,129
relief [Laughter] That is much

7327
04:07:13,899 --> 04:07:15,967
needed. All right. Commissioner

7328
04:07:15,967 --> 04:07:17,967
gamble. Yes, ma'am.

7329
04:07:18,360 --> 04:07:19,571
>> thank you. So the my concern

7330
04:07:19,571 --> 04:07:21,473
that I have when I hear your

7331
04:07:21,473 --> 04:07:24,430
you know, you make some good

7332
04:07:24,430 --> 04:07:26,112
points but the only concern

7333
04:07:26,112 --> 04:07:27,479
that I have is number one can

7334
04:07:27,479 --> 04:07:28,514
we legally do this? And number

7335
04:07:28,514 --> 04:07:30,383
two where is the money coming

7336
04:07:30,383 --> 04:07:32,118
out of. Okay. If you didn't we

7337
04:07:32,118 --> 04:07:33,151
didn't budget for this you know

7338
04:07:33,151 --> 04:07:34,520
and I've asked that question

7339
04:07:34,520 --> 04:07:35,888
I've asked that question where

7340
04:07:35,888 --> 04:07:37,255
is the money coming from

7341
04:07:37,255 --> 04:07:38,824
because I don't want to I don't

7342
04:07:38,824 --> 04:07:40,192
want any surprises down the

7343
04:07:40,192 --> 04:07:41,927
road that oh this happened you

7344
04:07:41,927 --> 04:07:43,796
know, the the moon was blue

7345
04:07:43,796 --> 04:07:45,865
today and we didn't know no

7346
04:07:45,865 --> 04:07:47,600
we're tell me so I can vote on

7347
04:07:47,600 --> 04:07:48,600
it where commissioner where the

7348
04:07:48,600 --> 04:07:49,000
money's coming from.

7349
04:07:49,000 --> 04:07:50,502
Absolutely.

7350
04:07:50,502 --> 04:07:51,904
>> first of all I would remind

7351
04:07:51,904 --> 04:07:53,605
you that when you and I first

7352
04:07:53,605 --> 04:07:56,875
came here in our first meeting

7353
04:07:56,875 --> 04:07:58,577
we lowered the rate and that

7354
04:07:58,577 --> 04:08:00,146
was a $25 million difference

7355
04:08:00,146 --> 04:08:01,346
and the city manager turned to

7356
04:08:01,346 --> 04:08:03,381
us and said, okay, you know,

7357
04:08:03,381 --> 04:08:05,117
like [Laughter] Because it's a

7358
04:08:05,117 --> 04:08:06,852
$3 billion budget. But if they

7359
04:08:06,852 --> 04:08:09,550
if they didn't let me finish

7360
04:08:09,550 --> 04:08:10,622
let me. Let me just gentlemen.

7361
04:08:10,622 --> 04:08:11,990
Let me finish because what I'm

7362
04:08:11,990 --> 04:08:14,393
trying to say is when you have

7363
04:08:14,393 --> 04:08:16,461
such a large budget, there are

7364
04:08:16,461 --> 04:08:17,830
multiple multiple options of

7365
04:08:17,830 --> 04:08:19,898
where you can pull this money.

7366
04:08:19,898 --> 04:08:23,168
I have focused I have focused

7367
04:08:23,168 --> 04:08:25,237
on the reserves because uh, and

7368
04:08:25,237 --> 04:08:26,605
and we know we had a discussion

7369
04:08:26,605 --> 04:08:28,508
maybe you could help explain

7370
04:08:28,508 --> 04:08:30,543
that as well. The assigned uh,

7371
04:08:30,543 --> 04:08:32,278
the unassigned you know, my

7372
04:08:32,278 --> 04:08:34,180
understanding you can jump in

7373
04:08:34,180 --> 04:08:35,547
is that we have a $5 million

7374
04:08:35,547 --> 04:08:37,617
contingent reserve. Then we

7375
04:08:37,617 --> 04:08:40,686
have the next bucket which is

7376
04:08:40,686 --> 04:08:42,686
about $100 million. Correct.

7377
04:08:44,290 --> 04:08:46,240
>> erika pascal darling cfo um,

7378
04:08:46,240 --> 04:08:47,726
the city's financial integrity

7379
04:08:47,726 --> 04:08:50,126
ordinance requires us to

7380
04:08:50,829 --> 04:08:52,899
maintain a 20% reserve amount

7381
04:08:52,899 --> 04:08:54,967
and it's based off the prior

7382
04:08:54,967 --> 04:08:57,967
three years revenues. So for

7383
04:08:59,438 --> 04:09:00,806
fiscal year SEPTEMBER 20th

7384
04:09:00,806 --> 04:09:02,806
SEPTEMBER 30th 2025 our

7385
04:09:05,611 --> 04:09:07,680
requirement was 201 million. We

7386
04:09:07,680 --> 04:09:10,680
finalized our financials with a

7387
04:09:11,450 --> 04:09:13,850
fund balance of 237 million.

7388
04:09:16,289 --> 04:09:18,689
However, 136 million of that

7389
04:09:20,580 --> 04:09:22,461
monies were restricted and are

7390
04:09:22,461 --> 04:09:25,461
assigned non spendable and the

7391
04:09:26,232 --> 04:09:29,232
other 100 million which met our

7392
04:09:29,668 --> 04:09:32,680
requirement um was was

7393
04:09:33,105 --> 04:09:34,840
categorized as unassigned. So

7394
04:09:34,840 --> 04:09:36,542
that would have been free

7395
04:09:36,542 --> 04:09:39,542
money. However we would have

7396
04:09:40,346 --> 04:09:43,415
had to have fallen above that

7397
04:09:43,415 --> 04:09:45,318
100.8 under unassigned in order

7398
04:09:45,318 --> 04:09:46,518
to transfer monies to the

7399
04:09:46,518 --> 04:09:48,518
[Laughter] General fund.

7400
04:09:48,921 --> 04:09:51,690
Through the sheriff. So was

7401
04:09:51,690 --> 04:09:53,259
that clear? Kind of there's the

7402
04:09:53,259 --> 04:09:54,460
last time I was at least from

7403
04:09:54,460 --> 04:09:56,162
what I got from the briefing

7404
04:09:56,162 --> 04:09:57,196
was that there were two levels

7405
04:09:57,196 --> 04:09:59,980
the first 100 million

7406
04:09:59,980 --> 04:10:00,799
unassigned, second 100 million

7407
04:10:00,799 --> 04:10:03,736
and there was 30 million above

7408
04:10:03,736 --> 04:10:06,736
that which was not restricted.

7409
04:10:08,874 --> 04:10:10,610
The the balance was 236 100 and

7410
04:10:10,610 --> 04:10:11,811
for us to meet financial

7411
04:10:11,811 --> 04:10:14,211
integrity principles we would

7412
04:10:14,380 --> 04:10:17,380
have had to have had 100.8

7413
04:10:17,816 --> 04:10:20,219
under unassigned as well as

7414
04:10:20,219 --> 04:10:22,219
100.8 under designated. We

7415
04:10:26,759 --> 04:10:28,759
finished with 236 only 101 101

7416
04:10:29,495 --> 04:10:31,495
million were considered

7417
04:10:31,897 --> 04:10:33,966
unassigned and that is that was

7418
04:10:33,966 --> 04:10:36,966
where that was our requirement.

7419
04:10:37,690 --> 04:10:39,138
The other 136 million was

7420
04:10:39,138 --> 04:10:41,206
listed as non spendable are

7421
04:10:41,206 --> 04:10:43,276
restricted funds which means

7422
04:10:43,276 --> 04:10:45,144
those funds had a specific

7423
04:10:45,144 --> 04:10:46,879
purpose right. And on the

7424
04:10:46,879 --> 04:10:47,914
unassigned can you read the

7425
04:10:47,914 --> 04:10:50,314
instances where you're allowed

7426
04:10:51,517 --> 04:10:54,586
to spend it. Whenever we close

7427
04:10:54,586 --> 04:10:57,356
out the year we close out

7428
04:10:57,356 --> 04:10:58,891
SEPTEMBER 30th 2025 we do the

7429
04:10:58,891 --> 04:11:00,960
hard close by the end of

7430
04:11:00,960 --> 04:11:02,862
OCTOBER budget will go in and

7431
04:11:02,862 --> 04:11:05,597
do the analysis to determine if

7432
04:11:05,597 --> 04:11:08,597
we had any revenue shortfalls.

7433
04:11:08,701 --> 04:11:10,690
Once we determined are we plug

7434
04:11:10,690 --> 04:11:11,437
that hole of revenue

7435
04:11:11,437 --> 04:11:13,173
shortfalls, we look at our

7436
04:11:13,173 --> 04:11:14,707
balances and determine if some

7437
04:11:14,707 --> 04:11:16,442
of those monies are restricted

7438
04:11:16,442 --> 04:11:18,477
or if they're just available

7439
04:11:18,477 --> 04:11:20,546
general fund dollars and then

7440
04:11:20,546 --> 04:11:22,948
we could determine if it's able

7441
04:11:22,948 --> 04:11:24,683
to be used. But there was a

7442
04:11:24,683 --> 04:11:27,860
criteria that said for man

7443
04:11:27,860 --> 04:11:29,822
made, uh kind of urgent

7444
04:11:29,822 --> 04:11:31,224
situations. Can you read it's a

7445
04:11:31,224 --> 04:11:33,258
specific phrase I'm trying to

7446
04:11:33,258 --> 04:11:34,993
look for it but such reserves

7447
04:11:34,993 --> 04:11:37,396
MAY only be used for offsetting

7448
04:11:37,396 --> 04:11:39,132
an unexpected mid-year revenue

7449
04:11:39,132 --> 04:11:41,201
shortfall or for funding an

7450
04:11:41,201 --> 04:11:42,569
emergency such as man made

7451
04:11:42,569 --> 04:11:44,637
disaster which threatens the

7452
04:11:44,637 --> 04:11:46,500
health safety welfare of the

7453
04:11:46,500 --> 04:11:48,405
city's residents, businesses or

7454
04:11:49,442 --> 04:11:51,177
visitors. Uh, anything that we

7455
04:11:51,177 --> 04:11:53,577
would consider like an

7456
04:11:53,913 --> 04:11:55,815
emergency um could be used out

7457
04:11:55,815 --> 04:11:58,551
of that fund and has been in

7458
04:11:58,551 --> 04:12:01,988
the past correct. But that we

7459
04:12:01,988 --> 04:12:04,757
only we would only look at that

7460
04:12:04,757 --> 04:12:07,159
requirement if we don't meet

7461
04:12:07,159 --> 04:12:08,528
the stated requirement of our

7462
04:12:08,528 --> 04:12:10,596
financial integrity. If we

7463
04:12:10,596 --> 04:12:13,366
don't meet that 20%, we would

7464
04:12:13,366 --> 04:12:16,803
need to abide by that sentence

7465
04:12:16,803 --> 04:12:18,171
.If we have fluff over that

7466
04:12:18,171 --> 04:12:19,706
requirement, we would bring

7467
04:12:19,706 --> 04:12:21,941
that to commission and they

7468
04:12:21,941 --> 04:12:24,343
would determine how we spend.

7469
04:12:24,343 --> 04:12:26,746
So you're saying that given

7470
04:12:26,746 --> 04:12:28,314
this criteria there is no way

7471
04:12:28,314 --> 04:12:30,383
to take these 10 million out of

7472
04:12:30,383 --> 04:12:33,119
any of these buckets? Not at

7473
04:12:33,119 --> 04:12:34,654
this time. I would recommend us

7474
04:12:34,654 --> 04:12:36,389
waiting to the fiscal year and

7475
04:12:36,389 --> 04:12:37,757
doing the analysis. I was going

7476
04:12:37,757 --> 04:12:40,693
to recommend exactly that. What

7477
04:12:40,693 --> 04:12:42,562
we did five now and five in the

7478
04:12:42,562 --> 04:12:43,763
next budget cycle so that at

7479
04:12:43,763 --> 04:12:45,831
least we know that it's

7480
04:12:45,831 --> 04:12:47,567
happening. Five is an

7481
04:12:47,567 --> 04:12:50,567
incredibly small amount for a

7482
04:12:51,337 --> 04:12:53,390
$3 billion budget. We would

7483
04:12:53,390 --> 04:12:54,774
have to determine if there are

7484
04:12:54,774 --> 04:12:56,842
other priorities that would

7485
04:12:56,842 --> 04:12:59,842
have to be defunded to

7486
04:13:00,279 --> 04:13:02,679
reallocate to that specific

7487
04:13:03,160 --> 04:13:05,840
project. Yeah, well obviously I

7488
04:13:05,840 --> 04:13:06,452
don't agree. I think the funds

7489
04:13:06,452 --> 04:13:08,210
are there. I think the

7490
04:13:08,210 --> 04:13:09,889
administration does not want to

7491
04:13:09,889 --> 04:13:11,457
find it. And you know, I mean I

7492
04:13:11,457 --> 04:13:13,159
think if if I were in

7493
04:13:13,159 --> 04:13:15,929
leadership I would question an

7494
04:13:15,929 --> 04:13:17,964
administration that cannot find

7495
04:13:17,964 --> 04:13:19,699
$5 million for this which we

7496
04:13:19,699 --> 04:13:21,401
have identified as a critical

7497
04:13:21,401 --> 04:13:22,802
priority of the city, we have

7498
04:13:22,802 --> 04:13:24,170
put videos out there showing

7499
04:13:24,170 --> 04:13:25,872
what fire stations look like

7500
04:13:25,872 --> 04:13:27,940
the emergency needs and now

7501
04:13:27,940 --> 04:13:29,676
we're sitting back and saying I

7502
04:13:29,676 --> 04:13:31,377
don't know. We can't find

7503
04:13:31,377 --> 04:13:32,945
money. We have $3 billion but

7504
04:13:32,945 --> 04:13:35,848
we can't find that money. Okay.

7505
04:13:35,848 --> 04:13:38,251
>> can I interject here? Yes,

7506
04:13:38,251 --> 04:13:39,319
sure. I mean. I'm hearing what

7507
04:13:39,319 --> 04:13:40,353
you're saying and you're kind

7508
04:13:40,353 --> 04:13:41,188
of writing on some of the

7509
04:13:41,188 --> 04:13:43,256
things you're saying. However,

7510
04:13:43,256 --> 04:13:44,824
when I asked the legal experts

7511
04:13:44,824 --> 04:13:46,193
or the financial experts the

7512
04:13:46,193 --> 04:13:47,560
question hey, where's the money

7513
04:13:47,560 --> 04:13:48,594
going to come from? And then we

7514
04:13:48,594 --> 04:13:49,796
learn it's going to come from

7515
04:13:49,796 --> 04:13:51,665
the reserves. But what I heard

7516
04:13:51,665 --> 04:13:53,232
from you today here is that

7517
04:13:53,232 --> 04:13:54,935
still out of the reserves, even

7518
04:13:54,935 --> 04:13:57,300
if we take that money we will

7519
04:13:57,300 --> 04:13:58,738
still be okay. Not a problem.

7520
04:13:58,738 --> 04:13:59,606
The problem is are the

7521
04:13:59,606 --> 04:14:01,475
guidelines that you're not

7522
04:14:01,475 --> 04:14:03,900
supposed to use that money for

7523
04:14:03,900 --> 04:14:05,445
that right? That's the thing.

7524
04:14:05,445 --> 04:14:06,647
Okay then then when I get to

7525
04:14:06,647 --> 04:14:07,847
that bridge I don't know how

7526
04:14:07,847 --> 04:14:09,216
many days or whenever we had

7527
04:14:09,216 --> 04:14:10,416
the briefing whatever then I

7528
04:14:10,416 --> 04:14:12,486
said okay, so here's the

7529
04:14:12,486 --> 04:14:13,687
problem. Okay? I'm like you I

7530
04:14:13,687 --> 04:14:15,222
want to help the firemen. I

7531
04:14:15,222 --> 04:14:16,590
want to help you know, until we

7532
04:14:16,590 --> 04:14:17,991
get you know, the until it

7533
04:14:17,991 --> 04:14:19,693
passes or doesn't pass in

7534
04:14:19,693 --> 04:14:21,427
NOVEMBER, right? The voters are

7535
04:14:21,427 --> 04:14:23,129
going to decide that right? So

7536
04:14:23,129 --> 04:14:24,864
I'm willing to sacrifice and

7537
04:14:24,864 --> 04:14:27,100
help on the five mil. Okay.

7538
04:14:27,100 --> 04:14:28,468
What I'm not willing to do is

7539
04:14:28,468 --> 04:14:29,669
go on something like this and

7540
04:14:29,669 --> 04:14:32,239
then get ourselves into trouble

7541
04:14:32,239 --> 04:14:33,607
because then this is the the

7542
04:14:33,607 --> 04:14:35,175
question I asked where's it

7543
04:14:35,175 --> 04:14:36,710
coming from? Nobody can answer

7544
04:14:36,710 --> 04:14:38,780
because we can't. So then later

7545
04:14:38,780 --> 04:14:39,479
on down the road then we start

7546
04:14:39,479 --> 04:14:40,847
you know, arguing over here oh

7547
04:14:40,847 --> 04:14:42,480
because you took away from this

7548
04:14:42,480 --> 04:14:43,584
fund and this and the other one

7549
04:14:43,584 --> 04:14:44,951
didn't like this and and so on

7550
04:14:44,951 --> 04:14:46,353
and so forth. So so that's why

7551
04:14:46,353 --> 04:14:47,554
i want to be clear before we do

7552
04:14:47,554 --> 04:14:48,922
anything and so the public can

7553
04:14:48,922 --> 04:14:50,456
understand what we're doing

7554
04:14:50,456 --> 04:14:52,250
exactly where are these funds

7555
04:14:52,250 --> 04:14:53,560
coming from? So the only way

7556
04:14:53,560 --> 04:14:55,462
really that I'm what again that

7557
04:14:55,462 --> 04:14:56,830
I'm saying is that we have to

7558
04:14:56,830 --> 04:14:58,198
make if we want to do this, we

7559
04:14:58,198 --> 04:14:59,766
have to make some sacrifices

7560
04:14:59,766 --> 04:15:02,200
within the general fund. Am I

7561
04:15:02,200 --> 04:15:05,710
correct on that? Okay, so you

7562
04:15:05,710 --> 04:15:06,472
guys tell me what. MADAM Mayor,

7563
04:15:06,472 --> 04:15:07,674
the city manager looks like

7564
04:15:07,674 --> 04:15:09,376
he's been chomping at the bit

7565
04:15:09,376 --> 04:15:10,577
to. Are you ready? Would you

7566
04:15:10,577 --> 04:15:11,979
like to comment, MR. Manager? I

7567
04:15:11,979 --> 04:15:13,347
just have to comment because I

7568
04:15:13,347 --> 04:15:14,380
think it's important for

7569
04:15:14,380 --> 04:15:16,380
transparency and accountability

7570
04:15:16,416 --> 04:15:18,318
at the city of miami we

7571
04:15:18,318 --> 04:15:21,870
maintain and operate off of a

7572
04:15:21,870 --> 04:15:22,789
line item budget. There is no

7573
04:15:22,789 --> 04:15:24,157
fluff. There is no

7574
04:15:24,157 --> 04:15:26,226
discretionary line items. There

7575
04:15:26,226 --> 04:15:29,329
are line items that are funded

7576
04:15:29,329 --> 04:15:32,766
if the commission if their will

7577
04:15:32,766 --> 04:15:35,502
is to cut or reallocate line

7578
04:15:35,502 --> 04:15:37,570
items from their respective

7579
04:15:37,570 --> 04:15:39,639
lines or wherever they would

7580
04:15:39,639 --> 04:15:41,508
like to recommend, that is the

7581
04:15:41,508 --> 04:15:43,577
will of the commission but it

7582
04:15:43,577 --> 04:15:47,177
will come from cuts. There is

7583
04:15:48,470 --> 04:15:49,783
no uh fluff in terms of the the

7584
04:15:49,783 --> 04:15:51,151
budget as it stands, the

7585
04:15:51,151 --> 04:15:52,519
operating budget and the

7586
04:15:52,519 --> 04:15:53,887
general fund today they are

7587
04:15:53,887 --> 04:15:56,287
allocated to specific line

7588
04:15:56,323 --> 04:15:58,358
items be it personnel, be it

7589
04:15:58,358 --> 04:16:01,358
projects and whatnot. So what

7590
04:16:01,461 --> 04:16:03,196
you heard today is and I did

7591
04:16:03,196 --> 04:16:05,265
get some feedback obviously

7592
04:16:05,265 --> 04:16:07,333
observing the dais is that

7593
04:16:07,333 --> 04:16:09,402
after the close out of the

7594
04:16:09,402 --> 04:16:10,770
year, if there's rollover

7595
04:16:10,770 --> 04:16:12,472
dollars that perhaps we could

7596
04:16:12,472 --> 04:16:14,374
look to those rollover dollars

7597
04:16:14,374 --> 04:16:16,760
as spending, but those are the

7598
04:16:16,760 --> 04:16:17,811
same rollover dollars that this

7599
04:16:17,811 --> 04:16:20,914
body in the past has looked up,

7600
04:16:20,914 --> 04:16:23,317
looked at to accomplish other

7601
04:16:23,317 --> 04:16:26,917
goals. So ultimately it's up to

7602
04:16:27,870 --> 04:16:28,489
the body. But I would cordially

7603
04:16:28,489 --> 04:16:30,190
disagree that it is

7604
04:16:30,190 --> 04:16:32,593
mismanagement in any other way.

7605
04:16:32,593 --> 04:16:36,193
The payroll cycle of the city

7606
04:16:36,729 --> 04:16:38,799
of miami is upwards of $22

7607
04:16:38,799 --> 04:16:41,799
million. So when you're talking

7608
04:16:42,569 --> 04:16:44,638
about a rollover perhaps of $10

7609
04:16:44,638 --> 04:16:46,173
million while $10 million

7610
04:16:46,173 --> 04:16:48,740
commissioner might sound like a

7611
04:16:48,740 --> 04:16:50,143
big number, it's less than half

7612
04:16:50,143 --> 04:16:51,845
of our payroll and we're

7613
04:16:51,845 --> 04:16:54,845
running a projected budget here

7614
04:16:54,949 --> 04:16:57,684
.So we are one hurricane one

7615
04:16:57,684 --> 04:16:59,753
bad event away from exhausting

7616
04:16:59,753 --> 04:17:01,488
half of the value of our

7617
04:17:01,488 --> 04:17:03,888
projected budget for one

7618
04:17:04,558 --> 04:17:06,292
payroll cycle. So while a $5

7619
04:17:06,292 --> 04:17:08,696
million figure in such a large

7620
04:17:08,696 --> 04:17:11,960
budget might sound minuscule

7621
04:17:12,833 --> 04:17:14,201
once again $22 million is one

7622
04:17:14,201 --> 04:17:15,569
payroll cycle for the city of

7623
04:17:15,569 --> 04:17:17,303
miami. So I just wanted to

7624
04:17:17,303 --> 04:17:19,706
provide that context as to

7625
04:17:19,706 --> 04:17:22,706
exactly how large our operating

7626
04:17:23,477 --> 04:17:25,212
budget is, but how close to

7627
04:17:25,212 --> 04:17:26,247
breaking even we are every

7628
04:17:26,247 --> 04:17:28,247
year. Mhm.

7629
04:17:28,982 --> 04:17:30,183
>> so thank you. Uh, MR. City

7630
04:17:30,183 --> 04:17:32,419
manager and with all due

7631
04:17:32,419 --> 04:17:33,954
respect, I do disagree and part

7632
04:17:33,954 --> 04:17:35,856
of the reason I disagree is

7633
04:17:35,856 --> 04:17:37,758
because I have run budgets and

7634
04:17:37,758 --> 04:17:39,459
I do know that there is a lot

7635
04:17:39,459 --> 04:17:42,290
of flexibility. I'm not privy

7636
04:17:42,290 --> 04:17:44,265
to your line items I am not. So

7637
04:17:44,265 --> 04:17:45,833
to me knowing what I know with

7638
04:17:45,833 --> 04:17:47,902
budgets that have been managed

7639
04:17:47,902 --> 04:17:49,970
fiscally with auditor review

7640
04:17:49,970 --> 04:17:52,390
and these kinds of things have

7641
04:17:52,390 --> 04:17:53,740
come up in our past on this

7642
04:17:53,740 --> 04:17:56,843
dais where we've been asked for

7643
04:17:56,843 --> 04:17:58,211
these kind of uh changes and

7644
04:17:58,211 --> 04:18:00,281
modifications, they have been

7645
04:18:00,281 --> 04:18:02,683
relatively easy to do. I think

7646
04:18:02,683 --> 04:18:04,418
that this is not wanting to

7647
04:18:04,418 --> 04:18:06,620
touch it because it has to do

7648
04:18:06,620 --> 04:18:08,210
with the bond and I think it's

7649
04:18:08,210 --> 04:18:09,390
not wanting to touch it because

7650
04:18:09,390 --> 04:18:11,291
it has to do with a narrative

7651
04:18:11,291 --> 04:18:12,659
that floats with that bond. And

7652
04:18:12,659 --> 04:18:14,728
I think those are all the wrong

7653
04:18:14,728 --> 04:18:16,430
reasons not to take care of

7654
04:18:16,430 --> 04:18:18,499
these essential which we have

7655
04:18:18,499 --> 04:18:20,899
defined as essential, critical

7656
04:18:21,235 --> 04:18:23,637
and urgent needs. That's just

7657
04:18:23,637 --> 04:18:25,206
my opinion on the issue. So let

7658
04:18:25,206 --> 04:18:26,740
me just put on the record that

7659
04:18:26,740 --> 04:18:28,642
I am not doing this because it

7660
04:18:28,642 --> 04:18:30,544
is related to the bond or not

7661
04:18:30,544 --> 04:18:32,746
me personally. Okay because at

7662
04:18:32,746 --> 04:18:34,314
the end of the day we did say

7663
04:18:34,314 --> 04:18:35,682
let the voters vote on it in

7664
04:18:35,682 --> 04:18:37,510
NOVEMBER. So at the end of the

7665
04:18:37,510 --> 04:18:38,850
day commissioner, with all due

7666
04:18:38,850 --> 04:18:39,119
respect the voters will be

7667
04:18:39,119 --> 04:18:40,688
voting on this whether they

7668
04:18:40,688 --> 04:18:42,222
want it or not. And I'm not I'm

7669
04:18:42,222 --> 04:18:43,590
not going to I'm not going to

7670
04:18:43,590 --> 04:18:45,125
argue I'm not going to you

7671
04:18:45,125 --> 04:18:47,270
know, push one way or the

7672
04:18:47,270 --> 04:18:48,229
other. I've done my part what I

7673
04:18:48,229 --> 04:18:49,429
think is important for the city

7674
04:18:49,429 --> 04:18:51,499
of miami and the voter now has

7675
04:18:51,499 --> 04:18:53,567
to choose if he wants to pay

7676
04:18:53,567 --> 04:18:55,436
for that police headquarters

7677
04:18:55,436 --> 04:18:57,300
which is badly needed for the

7678
04:18:57,300 --> 04:18:58,539
fire or if they don't and if

7679
04:18:58,539 --> 04:18:59,740
they don't with me I'm fine

7680
04:18:59,740 --> 04:19:00,941
with it. I don't have you know,

7681
04:19:00,941 --> 04:19:02,509
in that way I just you know,

7682
04:19:02,509 --> 04:19:04,545
try to do the fair thing for

7683
04:19:04,545 --> 04:19:06,280
me. I agree with you that I

7684
04:19:06,280 --> 04:19:07,148
want to help fire but I'm

7685
04:19:07,148 --> 04:19:08,348
asking the the legitimate

7686
04:19:08,348 --> 04:19:09,550
question at the end of the day

7687
04:19:09,550 --> 04:19:10,751
where are we going to take the

7688
04:19:10,751 --> 04:19:11,952
money from from and if you guys

7689
04:19:11,952 --> 04:19:13,153
want to sit down and you want

7690
04:19:13,153 --> 04:19:14,210
to explore where we can take

7691
04:19:14,210 --> 04:19:15,589
the money from, that's fine

7692
04:19:15,589 --> 04:19:16,590
with me. I don't I don't have a

7693
04:19:16,590 --> 04:19:17,991
problem. I believe that the

7694
04:19:17,991 --> 04:19:18,993
service that they provide to

7695
04:19:18,993 --> 04:19:20,728
the community is very

7696
04:19:20,728 --> 04:19:22,630
important. So for me I can tell

7697
04:19:22,630 --> 04:19:23,998
you that for me this is no

7698
04:19:23,998 --> 04:19:26,660
relationship whether the bond

7699
04:19:26,660 --> 04:19:28,469
passes or does not plan pass.

7700
04:19:28,469 --> 04:19:30,537
I'm doing strictly what I think

7701
04:19:30,537 --> 04:19:32,730
my duty is fiduciary here to

7702
04:19:32,730 --> 04:19:33,441
ask the question and if you

7703
04:19:33,441 --> 04:19:34,842
want to explore like I said

7704
04:19:34,842 --> 04:19:36,877
earlier hey, let's see where

7705
04:19:36,877 --> 04:19:38,445
where where we can find those 5

7706
04:19:38,445 --> 04:19:39,813
million or 10 mil and if

7707
04:19:39,813 --> 04:19:42,550
everybody wants to make a

7708
04:19:42,550 --> 04:19:42,984
sacrifice I'm down.

7709
04:19:42,984 --> 04:19:44,984
Commissioner.

7710
04:19:46,353 --> 04:19:48,550
>> but well first of all we're

7711
04:19:48,550 --> 04:19:49,790
talking about fiduciary but we

7712
04:19:49,790 --> 04:19:52,260
just added $600 million in

7713
04:19:52,260 --> 04:19:53,394
debt. So on the one side we

7714
04:19:53,394 --> 04:19:55,262
talk about fiduciary and then

7715
04:19:55,262 --> 04:19:56,998
on the other side where we have

7716
04:19:56,998 --> 04:19:59,398
12 stations with critical needs

7717
04:20:00,100 --> 04:20:00,968
and a sum of money that's $10

7718
04:20:00,968 --> 04:20:02,669
million, we're saying no,

7719
04:20:02,669 --> 04:20:04,572
that's got to wait. We can't

7720
04:20:04,572 --> 04:20:05,773
we've got to wait on that

7721
04:20:05,773 --> 04:20:07,808
something that we have

7722
04:20:07,808 --> 04:20:09,543
identified as a necessity, as

7723
04:20:09,543 --> 04:20:11,943
urgent and as incredibly

7724
04:20:11,946 --> 04:20:13,480
important that does not make at

7725
04:20:13,480 --> 04:20:13,881
least to me that doesn't make

7726
04:20:13,881 --> 04:20:15,749
any sense.

7727
04:20:15,749 --> 04:20:17,785
>> you said we can explore if

7728
04:20:17,785 --> 04:20:19,353
the will of the body is to

7729
04:20:19,353 --> 04:20:21,222
explore where we can find the

7730
04:20:21,222 --> 04:20:22,790
money. I am willing to do that.

7731
04:20:22,790 --> 04:20:23,991
However what I will not be

7732
04:20:23,991 --> 04:20:25,693
doing is voting for something

7733
04:20:25,693 --> 04:20:27,428
until you guys tell me where

7734
04:20:27,428 --> 04:20:28,963
the $10 million is going to be

7735
04:20:28,963 --> 04:20:31,198
found and like again I don't

7736
04:20:31,198 --> 04:20:32,733
have a dog in the fight whether

7737
04:20:32,733 --> 04:20:34,301
the voter approves it or does

7738
04:20:34,301 --> 04:20:36,300
not approve it. As a matter of

7739
04:20:36,300 --> 04:20:37,371
fact, when this came up I was

7740
04:20:37,371 --> 04:20:39,272
the guy that said I'm not going

7741
04:20:39,272 --> 04:20:40,641
to do it. Nobody has my vote

7742
04:20:40,641 --> 04:20:42,430
until NOVEMBER. Why? Because I

7743
04:20:42,430 --> 04:20:44,445
wanted a true reading I didn't

7744
04:20:44,445 --> 04:20:46,147
I didn't want to ram this up to

7745
04:20:46,147 --> 04:20:47,140
to the taxpayer that's going to

7746
04:20:47,140 --> 04:20:48,216
have to decide whether they're

7747
04:20:48,216 --> 04:20:49,950
going to foot the bill or not.

7748
04:20:49,950 --> 04:20:50,785
I always said it's got to be in

7749
04:20:50,785 --> 04:20:51,819
NOVEMBER because that's when

7750
04:20:51,819 --> 04:20:53,187
everybody goes out and that's

7751
04:20:53,187 --> 04:20:55,890
the only way I'll do it. And

7752
04:20:55,890 --> 04:20:57,158
with these guys for me that was

7753
04:20:57,158 --> 04:20:58,359
for me. So if you guys again

7754
04:20:58,359 --> 04:20:59,894
the will of this body is to

7755
04:20:59,894 --> 04:21:01,950
explore where we can find the

7756
04:21:01,950 --> 04:21:03,698
money and we're willing to make

7757
04:21:03,698 --> 04:21:05,566
sacrifices. Commissioner does

7758
04:21:05,566 --> 04:21:07,301
not have a problem in doing

7759
04:21:07,301 --> 04:21:09,204
that. I am for fire. I am for

7760
04:21:09,204 --> 04:21:10,571
what they do. But on the other

7761
04:21:10,571 --> 04:21:14,509
hand we have to, you know, play

7762
04:21:14,509 --> 04:21:16,577
our role. So commissioners. The

7763
04:21:16,577 --> 04:21:18,112
question. I have well, we have

7764
04:21:18,112 --> 04:21:20,181
three we have three suggestions

7765
04:21:20,181 --> 04:21:21,916
on the table as far as I can

7766
04:21:21,916 --> 04:21:23,951
ascertain. One is the actual

7767
04:21:23,951 --> 04:21:25,352
item on the agenda um which we

7768
04:21:25,352 --> 04:21:27,755
don't have a motion on that

7769
04:21:27,755 --> 04:21:29,824
yet. The other was a separate

7770
04:21:29,824 --> 04:21:31,526
amendment from commissioner

7771
04:21:31,526 --> 04:21:34,262
pardo to move that dollar

7772
04:21:34,262 --> 04:21:36,697
amount to $5 million for this

7773
04:21:36,697 --> 04:21:39,100
fiscal year there seem maybe

7774
04:21:39,100 --> 04:21:41,835
there's four items. There's um

7775
04:21:41,835 --> 04:21:43,571
the thought that this would

7776
04:21:43,571 --> 04:21:44,772
only be able to come back after

7777
04:21:44,772 --> 04:21:46,474
the reserves, right? Rather

7778
04:21:46,474 --> 04:21:47,675
than cutting projects, if

7779
04:21:47,675 --> 04:21:48,542
you're going to take $5

7780
04:21:48,542 --> 04:21:49,577
million, you could say where

7781
04:21:49,577 --> 04:21:50,611
it's going to come from and

7782
04:21:50,611 --> 04:21:52,680
what's going to stop or you

7783
04:21:52,680 --> 04:21:54,716
wait for the reserves and then

7784
04:21:54,716 --> 04:21:56,117
you commissioner gabelli you're

7785
04:21:56,117 --> 04:21:58,853
saying kind of let's wait and

7786
04:21:58,853 --> 04:22:01,255
see. So y'all need to fuss with

7787
04:22:01,255 --> 04:22:03,157
the motion of of what you would

7788
04:22:03,157 --> 04:22:05,559
like to see going forward with

7789
04:22:05,559 --> 04:22:07,295
this item. I, I for one would

7790
04:22:07,295 --> 04:22:08,496
like to have further discussion

7791
04:22:08,496 --> 04:22:10,310
because there are a number of

7792
04:22:10,310 --> 04:22:11,566
options that I don't think I

7793
04:22:11,566 --> 04:22:13,134
had foreseen. Could could we

7794
04:22:13,134 --> 04:22:14,368
defer this to the next meeting

7795
04:22:14,368 --> 04:22:15,536
and flesh out the discussion

7796
04:22:15,536 --> 04:22:17,939
further at that point? Second.

7797
04:22:17,939 --> 04:22:19,939
>> I go along.

7798
04:22:20,174 --> 04:22:20,474
>> with it is motion. All

7799
04:22:20,474 --> 04:22:21,876
right.

7800
04:22:21,876 --> 04:22:24,312
>> so we have a motion to

7801
04:22:24,312 --> 04:22:25,847
defer. Second second to the

7802
04:22:25,847 --> 04:22:28,820
SEPTEMBER 10th I think meeting.

7803
04:22:28,820 --> 04:22:30,151
Okay. All in favor say aye. Aye

7804
04:22:30,151 --> 04:22:33,151
aye. Any opposed? All right

7805
04:22:33,588 --> 04:22:35,289
show that passed. All right I

7806
04:22:35,289 --> 04:22:37,689
think we're ready 14 and 15

7807
04:22:38,893 --> 04:22:42,493
which kind of go together um

7808
04:22:42,697 --> 04:22:44,231
commissioner rosado and. Sure

7809
04:22:44,231 --> 04:22:46,300
and somebody else had pulled it

7810
04:22:46,300 --> 04:22:49,370
up. I actually pulled the item.

7811
04:22:49,370 --> 04:22:51,105
Okay yeah because this is a

7812
04:22:51,105 --> 04:22:52,473
charter amendment and we

7813
04:22:52,473 --> 04:22:54,209
already have a finance

7814
04:22:54,209 --> 04:22:56,609
committee and the finance

7815
04:22:56,611 --> 04:22:58,312
committee does what this

7816
04:22:58,312 --> 04:23:01,820
there's a big overlap between

7817
04:23:01,820 --> 04:23:02,984
the two. There's also the use

7818
04:23:02,984 --> 04:23:04,686
of the word audit in this which

7819
04:23:04,686 --> 04:23:07,686
we have an independent auditor

7820
04:23:07,789 --> 04:23:11,226
and we have an independent um

7821
04:23:11,226 --> 04:23:13,962
inspector general. So this item

7822
04:23:13,962 --> 04:23:15,863
as is I wouldn't support and

7823
04:23:15,863 --> 04:23:18,990
this item would actually show

7824
04:23:18,990 --> 04:23:20,501
up on the same ballot as the

7825
04:23:20,501 --> 04:23:22,700
bond and part of me was hoping

7826
04:23:22,700 --> 04:23:23,437
that maybe you know because

7827
04:23:23,437 --> 04:23:24,806
when you read this item it's

7828
04:23:24,806 --> 04:23:26,541
all about fiscal

7829
04:23:26,541 --> 04:23:27,742
responsibility. It's about it's

7830
04:23:27,742 --> 04:23:29,610
kind of like all the right

7831
04:23:29,610 --> 04:23:31,679
things in that world, but it's

7832
04:23:31,679 --> 04:23:34,449
all after after the issuance of

7833
04:23:34,449 --> 04:23:35,817
the bond and I was hoping we

7834
04:23:35,817 --> 04:23:37,886
would recognize that we haven't

7835
04:23:37,886 --> 04:23:39,254
done that for the issuance of

7836
04:23:39,254 --> 04:23:41,656
the bond where it's going to

7837
04:23:41,656 --> 04:23:42,523
the voters. So I can appreciate

7838
04:23:42,523 --> 04:23:44,523
your perspective, commissioner,

7839
04:23:45,593 --> 04:23:47,662
but I think this is good policy

7840
04:23:47,662 --> 04:23:49,397
regardless of how folks vote on

7841
04:23:49,397 --> 04:23:50,932
the bond itself. So I was

7842
04:23:50,932 --> 04:23:52,300
surprised to learn I know we

7843
04:23:52,300 --> 04:23:54,350
have a finance committee but we

7844
04:23:54,350 --> 04:23:55,403
typically also have a citizens

7845
04:23:55,403 --> 04:23:56,437
committee. But I was surprised

7846
04:23:56,437 --> 04:23:57,638
to learn that it's not embedded

7847
04:23:57,638 --> 04:23:59,374
in our charter. It was actually

7848
04:23:59,374 --> 04:24:01,409
adopted by by ordinance. This

7849
04:24:01,409 --> 04:24:03,144
should absolutely be part of

7850
04:24:03,144 --> 04:24:04,512
our city constitution for how

7851
04:24:04,512 --> 04:24:06,581
we operate, right? So that

7852
04:24:06,581 --> 04:24:07,949
we're never stuck asking if if

7853
04:24:07,949 --> 04:24:09,317
the public is aware or not

7854
04:24:09,317 --> 04:24:10,886
aware of the way we're spending

7855
04:24:10,886 --> 04:24:12,420
our dollars. It's also

7856
04:24:12,420 --> 04:24:14,155
concerning to me that we don't

7857
04:24:14,155 --> 04:24:16,190
have naturally a dashboard and

7858
04:24:16,190 --> 04:24:17,592
we have to essentially put in

7859
04:24:17,592 --> 04:24:19,127
public records request to find

7860
04:24:19,127 --> 04:24:20,662
out about our expenditures. The

7861
04:24:20,662 --> 04:24:22,397
public has the right to be able

7862
04:24:22,397 --> 04:24:23,764
to go on right now and look at

7863
04:24:23,764 --> 04:24:24,966
how we're spending our miami

7864
04:24:24,966 --> 04:24:26,334
forever bond dollars like this

7865
04:24:26,334 --> 04:24:27,702
should be a way we just

7866
04:24:27,702 --> 04:24:29,938
naturally operate. So whether

7867
04:24:29,938 --> 04:24:31,506
somebody supports the $450

7868
04:24:31,506 --> 04:24:32,874
million bond or not, this is

7869
04:24:32,874 --> 04:24:35,274
good policy, good practice,

7870
04:24:35,277 --> 04:24:36,812
good procedure and it should be

7871
04:24:36,812 --> 04:24:39,470
naturally a way that we operate

7872
04:24:39,470 --> 04:24:40,148
as a city. Well I mean we

7873
04:24:40,148 --> 04:24:41,983
definitely have a disagreement

7874
04:24:41,983 --> 04:24:43,352
all all in with the dashboard

7875
04:24:43,352 --> 04:24:45,587
and all that stuff and you can

7876
04:24:45,587 --> 04:24:46,788
do all of that as a part of the

7877
04:24:46,788 --> 04:24:48,356
finance committee which is

7878
04:24:48,356 --> 04:24:49,557
already set up and it's an

7879
04:24:49,557 --> 04:24:51,930
advisory committee but you're

7880
04:24:51,930 --> 04:24:53,829
changing the charter for this.

7881
04:24:53,829 --> 04:24:56,597
That's not that's not where

7882
04:24:56,597 --> 04:24:57,966
this kind of structural change

7883
04:24:57,966 --> 04:25:00,366
really should belong. This

7884
04:25:00,702 --> 04:25:03,137
should be an advisory committee

7885
04:25:03,137 --> 04:25:05,540
role. And when you're using the

7886
04:25:05,540 --> 04:25:07,576
word like audit, it's who

7887
04:25:07,576 --> 04:25:09,143
audits who's auditing what and

7888
04:25:09,143 --> 04:25:10,345
what are the overlaps? What is

7889
04:25:10,345 --> 04:25:12,460
the finance committee do now

7890
04:25:12,460 --> 04:25:13,615
and what is this relative to

7891
04:25:13,615 --> 04:25:15,150
the finance? We're required to

7892
04:25:15,150 --> 04:25:17,552
have an oversight committee for

7893
04:25:17,552 --> 04:25:18,420
a bond. Obviously we did it for

7894
04:25:18,420 --> 04:25:19,787
miami forever. Look at what

7895
04:25:19,787 --> 04:25:21,523
happened with miami forever

7896
04:25:21,523 --> 04:25:23,225
people didn't show up things

7897
04:25:23,225 --> 04:25:25,293
and so it looks really nice. It

7898
04:25:25,293 --> 04:25:27,280
sounds really beautiful but in

7899
04:25:27,280 --> 04:25:28,730
operations it doesn't really

7900
04:25:28,730 --> 04:25:29,764
work over time we have a

7901
04:25:29,764 --> 04:25:31,764
finance committee that's

7902
04:25:31,833 --> 04:25:33,535
charged with this work where we

7903
04:25:33,535 --> 04:25:35,770
should be sending things to

7904
04:25:35,770 --> 04:25:37,839
just like we did with the $150

7905
04:25:37,839 --> 04:25:38,874
million lease this first of

7906
04:25:38,874 --> 04:25:40,241
all, I don't think this should

7907
04:25:40,241 --> 04:25:41,643
be an item that's just brought

7908
04:25:41,643 --> 04:25:43,110
like this to a vote. I think it

7909
04:25:43,110 --> 04:25:44,380
should have been a discussion

7910
04:25:44,380 --> 04:25:45,747
item because it impacts the

7911
04:25:45,747 --> 04:25:47,115
charter. It impacts the way we

7912
04:25:47,115 --> 04:25:48,850
function. It impacts an

7913
04:25:48,850 --> 04:25:50,552
existing committee and I think

7914
04:25:50,552 --> 04:25:52,788
you know if you'd like to defer

7915
04:25:52,788 --> 04:25:54,155
it I'd certainly be. A

7916
04:25:54,155 --> 04:25:55,890
discussion. We're discussing it

7917
04:25:55,890 --> 04:25:57,793
now. We're discussing it right

7918
04:25:57,793 --> 04:25:59,494
now and here's what my $0.02

7919
04:25:59,494 --> 04:26:01,630
is. Number one they're an

7920
04:26:01,630 --> 04:26:02,764
advisory board because I asked

7921
04:26:02,764 --> 04:26:04,133
are there an advisory board or

7922
04:26:04,133 --> 04:26:05,500
are they an executive board?

7923
04:26:05,500 --> 04:26:06,701
They're an advisory board. So

7924
04:26:06,701 --> 04:26:08,270
at the end of the day it's

7925
04:26:08,270 --> 04:26:09,304
going to be whatever we

7926
04:26:09,304 --> 04:26:11,172
determine up here. So I don't

7927
04:26:11,172 --> 04:26:12,374
really see any teeth you know

7928
04:26:12,374 --> 04:26:13,241
and I'm not saying I'm not

7929
04:26:13,241 --> 04:26:14,976
arguing against it but that's

7930
04:26:14,976 --> 04:26:17,712
the fact of the matter. You

7931
04:26:17,712 --> 04:26:18,747
know I mean. I don't have an

7932
04:26:18,747 --> 04:26:20,114
issue with removal of the word

7933
04:26:20,114 --> 04:26:21,516
audit. I understand that has

7934
04:26:21,516 --> 04:26:22,885
sort of additional sort of

7935
04:26:22,885 --> 04:26:24,586
legal consequences to it. The

7936
04:26:24,586 --> 04:26:26,821
rest of it stands perfectly

7937
04:26:26,821 --> 04:26:28,390
fine without it. I find it kind

7938
04:26:28,390 --> 04:26:29,758
of embarrassing that right now

7939
04:26:29,758 --> 04:26:30,792
if somebody were sitting in the

7940
04:26:30,792 --> 04:26:32,328
audience and they said, well

7941
04:26:32,328 --> 04:26:34,396
how much have you spent on x, y

7942
04:26:34,396 --> 04:26:35,764
and z, it would take us a while

7943
04:26:35,764 --> 04:26:37,132
to sort that out. I'm not

7944
04:26:37,132 --> 04:26:38,333
suggesting that money has been

7945
04:26:38,333 --> 04:26:40,733
misspent. I'm suggesting that

7946
04:26:40,735 --> 04:26:42,638
we are not as transparent as we

7947
04:26:42,638 --> 04:26:43,839
should be for our taxpayers and

7948
04:26:43,839 --> 04:26:45,741
our residents. But that's.

7949
04:26:45,741 --> 04:26:47,442
>> going to go on our website

7950
04:26:47,442 --> 04:26:49,100
right now and figure out for

7951
04:26:49,100 --> 04:26:50,379
every single project where we

7952
04:26:50,379 --> 04:26:51,747
are status wise. So it isn't

7953
04:26:51,747 --> 04:26:53,282
just dollars it's literally

7954
04:26:53,282 --> 04:26:55,170
like what is designed, what is

7955
04:26:55,170 --> 04:26:56,551
permitted, what is constructed

7956
04:26:56,551 --> 04:26:57,585
?Where are they in

7957
04:26:57,585 --> 04:26:59,985
construction? Are they at 25%,

7958
04:27:00,689 --> 04:27:01,890
50%, 75%? It's way too

7959
04:27:01,890 --> 04:27:03,458
elaborate to pull this

7960
04:27:03,458 --> 04:27:04,626
information. I think I don't I

7961
04:27:04,626 --> 04:27:05,493
don't need to defer this to

7962
04:27:05,493 --> 04:27:06,896
think about this further. I

7963
04:27:06,896 --> 04:27:08,264
think this should be a way that

7964
04:27:08,264 --> 04:27:09,464
we operate on a daily basis.

7965
04:27:09,464 --> 04:27:10,665
Somebody should be able to wake

7966
04:27:10,665 --> 04:27:11,700
up in the middle of the night

7967
04:27:11,700 --> 04:27:12,234
and figure out exactly where

7968
04:27:12,234 --> 04:27:13,935
our project stands.

7969
04:27:13,935 --> 04:27:15,303
>> I don't disagree with any

7970
04:27:15,303 --> 04:27:16,671
single thing you've said other

7971
04:27:16,671 --> 04:27:18,573
than where you're making this

7972
04:27:18,573 --> 04:27:20,809
change, which is at the charter

7973
04:27:20,809 --> 04:27:22,678
level. I think that is bad

7974
04:27:22,678 --> 04:27:24,413
policy. I think it sets us up

7975
04:27:24,413 --> 04:27:25,947
in a bad direction. And I think

7976
04:27:25,947 --> 04:27:27,850
you know, I think even somebody

7977
04:27:27,850 --> 04:27:29,217
in my office had chatgpt this

7978
04:27:29,217 --> 04:27:30,419
and they're like oh my GOD,

7979
04:27:30,419 --> 04:27:32,488
there are all these issues. So

7980
04:27:32,488 --> 04:27:35,224
I do think there are issues

7981
04:27:35,224 --> 04:27:36,910
with this policy if if you guys

7982
04:27:36,910 --> 04:27:37,126
are prepared to vote, I'm

7983
04:27:37,126 --> 04:27:37,426
certainly going to go with the

7984
04:27:37,426 --> 04:27:39,426
with.

7985
04:27:39,528 --> 04:27:40,229
>> the motion to approve.

7986
04:27:40,229 --> 04:27:42,229
Second.

7987
04:27:44,332 --> 04:27:47,435
>> if I if I MAY, um because I,

7988
04:27:47,435 --> 04:27:50,435
I heard a possible amendment.

7989
04:27:52,608 --> 04:27:54,309
Uh, I also when I read this um

7990
04:27:54,309 --> 04:27:55,677
commissioner rosado I had

7991
04:27:55,677 --> 04:27:57,677
similar thoughts to

7992
04:27:57,746 --> 04:27:59,815
commissioner prado when we put

7993
04:27:59,815 --> 04:28:02,217
in the charter we're putting in

7994
04:28:02,217 --> 04:28:03,585
our constitution right. Um and

7995
04:28:03,585 --> 04:28:05,985
it basically there's no

7996
04:28:07,220 --> 04:28:08,757
flexibility forever and the

7997
04:28:08,757 --> 04:28:10,757
auditing requirements versus

7998
04:28:11,160 --> 04:28:12,861
having our city audit worried

7999
04:28:12,861 --> 04:28:14,597
me. The other thing that

8000
04:28:14,597 --> 04:28:17,332
worried me is this committee

8001
04:28:17,332 --> 04:28:20,332
was tasked with developing and

8002
04:28:20,436 --> 04:28:22,505
managing our dashboard in the

8003
04:28:22,505 --> 04:28:24,905
language, right? They are

8004
04:28:24,907 --> 04:28:27,309
supposed to develop and publish

8005
04:28:27,309 --> 04:28:29,378
that's in the language the

8006
04:28:29,378 --> 04:28:31,780
language says to audit, monitor

8007
04:28:31,780 --> 04:28:33,182
publicly report on and develop

8008
04:28:33,182 --> 04:28:35,218
and publish a publicly

8009
04:28:35,218 --> 04:28:37,618
accessible dashboard which puts

8010
04:28:37,820 --> 04:28:39,688
them in the role of it without

8011
04:28:39,688 --> 04:28:42,624
sort of the cyber security

8012
04:28:42,624 --> 04:28:46,224
constraints. Um so I think this

8013
04:28:46,762 --> 04:28:49,165
is a great idea. Um I also

8014
04:28:49,165 --> 04:28:51,233
think parts of this item could

8015
04:28:51,233 --> 04:28:52,934
come out of this board as a

8016
04:28:52,934 --> 04:28:55,705
directive that any time we

8017
04:28:55,705 --> 04:28:58,107
issue making it up here on the

8018
04:28:58,107 --> 04:29:00,142
fly debt over x millions of

8019
04:29:00,142 --> 04:29:01,877
dollars that must be disclosed

8020
04:29:01,877 --> 04:29:03,245
on a publicly publicly

8021
04:29:03,245 --> 04:29:04,613
available dashboard that we

8022
04:29:04,613 --> 04:29:05,814
direct. And by the way, in next

8023
04:29:05,814 --> 04:29:08,214
year's budget fund the

8024
04:29:08,584 --> 04:29:10,652
administration to build on that

8025
04:29:10,652 --> 04:29:12,187
and that we perhaps on our

8026
04:29:12,187 --> 04:29:14,590
audit and finance committee be

8027
04:29:14,590 --> 04:29:16,825
more clear. So this is one this

8028
04:29:16,825 --> 04:29:18,260
is I think a great idea. We've

8029
04:29:18,260 --> 04:29:19,228
learned that through miami

8030
04:29:19,228 --> 04:29:21,831
forever, right? I mean we

8031
04:29:21,831 --> 04:29:24,660
learned this the hard way. Um

8032
04:29:24,660 --> 04:29:25,968
this thing has been out there

8033
04:29:25,968 --> 04:29:27,200
long before any of us were

8034
04:29:27,200 --> 04:29:28,370
involved. Nobody wrote down

8035
04:29:28,370 --> 04:29:29,738
what we were doing. Nobody

8036
04:29:29,738 --> 04:29:31,640
shared with it. We all know

8037
04:29:31,640 --> 04:29:32,842
this money today we we just

8038
04:29:32,842 --> 04:29:33,876
approved tons of little miami

8039
04:29:33,876 --> 04:29:35,578
forever projects that are going

8040
04:29:35,578 --> 04:29:36,778
to be built in our parks and

8041
04:29:36,778 --> 04:29:37,980
help our streets from flooding

8042
04:29:37,980 --> 04:29:40,480
and you know, all kinds of

8043
04:29:40,480 --> 04:29:41,250
great things but we don't have

8044
04:29:41,250 --> 04:29:43,152
that clearly displayed. And

8045
04:29:43,152 --> 04:29:44,686
barbie, I know you're behind me

8046
04:29:44,686 --> 04:29:46,254
and her trustee team are

8047
04:29:46,254 --> 04:29:47,623
building out that dashboard.

8048
04:29:47,623 --> 04:29:48,657
Um, but it's a little like

8049
04:29:48,657 --> 04:29:50,893
forensic science. They got to

8050
04:29:50,893 --> 04:29:52,595
go back in time to do it and

8051
04:29:52,595 --> 04:29:54,329
and I do think this board could

8052
04:29:54,329 --> 04:29:56,729
give direction to the

8053
04:29:56,732 --> 04:29:59,132
administration that they must

8054
04:30:00,168 --> 04:30:02,405
always do that. And I'm not

8055
04:30:02,405 --> 04:30:05,141
positive it needs to be in our

8056
04:30:05,141 --> 04:30:07,409
charter when you put it in the

8057
04:30:07,409 --> 04:30:10,409
charter like whatever the time

8058
04:30:11,847 --> 04:30:13,916
we have for lunch. Those kinds

8059
04:30:13,916 --> 04:30:15,284
of things in the future can

8060
04:30:15,284 --> 04:30:17,352
become so restrictive that

8061
04:30:17,352 --> 04:30:19,421
we're not able to add and

8062
04:30:19,421 --> 04:30:20,623
subtract. So I leave it to you

8063
04:30:20,623 --> 04:30:22,524
all to decide.

8064
04:30:22,524 --> 04:30:24,928
>> what to do. Can I. Ask can I

8065
04:30:24,928 --> 04:30:27,864
interject you for very quickly?

8066
04:30:27,864 --> 04:30:29,232
So you're talking about an

8067
04:30:29,232 --> 04:30:30,432
audit right? Well I don't know

8068
04:30:30,432 --> 04:30:32,501
if you knew or not because I

8069
04:30:32,501 --> 04:30:33,870
asked the question the the new

8070
04:30:33,870 --> 04:30:35,404
inspector general which is

8071
04:30:35,404 --> 04:30:36,772
supposed to be independent we

8072
04:30:36,772 --> 04:30:37,973
don't have money to fund them

8073
04:30:37,973 --> 04:30:39,909
is what I've been told. He's a

8074
04:30:39,909 --> 04:30:41,277
he's a and he's come to my

8075
04:30:41,277 --> 04:30:42,645
office uh in previous months

8076
04:30:42,645 --> 04:30:44,346
you know and I asked him about

8077
04:30:44,346 --> 04:30:46,820
the budget this and that and

8078
04:30:46,820 --> 04:30:47,817
and I my understanding is that

8079
04:30:47,817 --> 04:30:49,518
he's a am I not correct you and

8080
04:30:49,518 --> 04:30:51,220
I had this conversation MR.

8081
04:30:51,220 --> 04:30:52,955
City manager right. So talking

8082
04:30:52,955 --> 04:30:54,323
about audit, you know, if we

8083
04:30:54,323 --> 04:30:56,392
were going to go to what are we

8084
04:30:56,392 --> 04:30:58,294
going to because I hear this

8085
04:30:58,294 --> 04:31:00,696
and you know, we don't have I

8086
04:31:00,696 --> 04:31:02,640
was told that we were that the

8087
04:31:02,640 --> 04:31:04,133
the the new inspector general

8088
04:31:04,133 --> 04:31:05,668
that's taking over for for uh I

8089
04:31:05,668 --> 04:31:07,403
think it was his name. Right.

8090
04:31:07,403 --> 04:31:08,938
And the lake monroe race had

8091
04:31:08,938 --> 04:31:10,306
had you know, put that forward

8092
04:31:10,306 --> 04:31:11,674
and then it passed and finally

8093
04:31:11,674 --> 04:31:13,575
did and then the gentleman is

8094
04:31:13,575 --> 04:31:14,777
now in existence but he he's

8095
04:31:14,777 --> 04:31:17,177
short because he's underfunded.

8096
04:31:18,915 --> 04:31:20,282
I think he asked for no

8097
04:31:20,282 --> 04:31:22,351
commissioner. His budget for

8098
04:31:22,351 --> 04:31:24,754
this fiscal year has been fully

8099
04:31:24,754 --> 04:31:26,455
funded. Fully funded. He does

8100
04:31:26,455 --> 04:31:27,690
have he does have some

8101
04:31:27,690 --> 04:31:29,892
vacancies uh, that he hasn't

8102
04:31:29,892 --> 04:31:31,293
filled as of yet. But those

8103
04:31:31,293 --> 04:31:33,362
vacancies are funded. What

8104
04:31:33,362 --> 04:31:35,762
we're currently discussing is

8105
04:31:36,432 --> 04:31:38,501
additional uh, positions that

8106
04:31:38,501 --> 04:31:40,360
is being requested by that

8107
04:31:40,360 --> 04:31:41,437
office for the next fiscal

8108
04:31:41,437 --> 04:31:42,805
year. I got it so how much is

8109
04:31:42,805 --> 04:31:44,173
that going to cost for him to

8110
04:31:44,173 --> 04:31:45,208
be fully funded with the

8111
04:31:45,208 --> 04:31:46,576
additional officers? Because

8112
04:31:46,576 --> 04:31:48,811
you turn the question around

8113
04:31:48,811 --> 04:31:51,581
what you did was what you did

8114
04:31:51,581 --> 04:31:52,782
was I know what I heard what I

8115
04:31:52,782 --> 04:31:53,783
asked you guys and you guys

8116
04:31:53,783 --> 04:31:55,351
said no, he needs more

8117
04:31:55,351 --> 04:31:56,719
positions. So in other words

8118
04:31:56,719 --> 04:31:57,754
you have a certain amount of

8119
04:31:57,754 --> 04:31:59,121
money but you don't have the

8120
04:31:59,121 --> 04:32:00,856
whole money that the man wants.

8121
04:32:00,856 --> 04:32:03,593
That's what I was told by you

8122
04:32:03,593 --> 04:32:05,662
guys 2 or 3 days ago. Again we

8123
04:32:05,662 --> 04:32:07,300
we spoke about two fiscal years

8124
04:32:07,300 --> 04:32:07,363
this fiscal year he's fully

8125
04:32:07,363 --> 04:32:08,597
funded.

8126
04:32:08,597 --> 04:32:09,599
>> he's fully funded with all

8127
04:32:09,599 --> 04:32:09,932
the decisions that he wanted.

8128
04:32:09,932 --> 04:32:10,366
Correct?

8129
04:32:10,366 --> 04:32:12,100
>> absolutely.

8130
04:32:12,100 --> 04:32:14,236
>> so then how did we get into

8131
04:32:14,236 --> 04:32:15,638
the conversation of. Because we

8132
04:32:15,638 --> 04:32:16,839
presented it as one of the

8133
04:32:16,839 --> 04:32:18,874
difficult decisions that this

8134
04:32:18,874 --> 04:32:21,310
body will be having going into

8135
04:32:21,310 --> 04:32:24,460
the 2627 fiscal year because he

8136
04:32:24,460 --> 04:32:25,949
is requesting additional fte at

8137
04:32:25,949 --> 04:32:27,817
an additional cost that we do

8138
04:32:27,817 --> 04:32:30,860
not have funding for. So if if

8139
04:32:30,860 --> 04:32:31,287
the if the the uh the audit

8140
04:32:31,287 --> 04:32:32,655
would take place this year he

8141
04:32:32,655 --> 04:32:35,224
would be able to complete that

8142
04:32:35,224 --> 04:32:37,627
audit. Yes or no. I'm not the

8143
04:32:37,627 --> 04:32:38,995
oig sir. I would I would defer

8144
04:32:38,995 --> 04:32:40,396
to oig. What about next year?

8145
04:32:40,396 --> 04:32:42,980
Safe to say the next year he

8146
04:32:42,980 --> 04:32:44,334
might not have the funds to to

8147
04:32:44,334 --> 04:32:45,868
conduct it. No but. Can I just

8148
04:32:45,868 --> 04:32:48,271
if you don't mind, MR.

8149
04:32:48,271 --> 04:32:50,600
Commissioner, about the team

8150
04:32:50,600 --> 04:32:53,600
that is conducting the audits

8151
04:32:53,443 --> 04:32:56,443
of our finances is funded.

8152
04:32:58,948 --> 04:33:00,983
Correct. And so we already have

8153
04:33:00,983 --> 04:33:02,719
a certified auditor going

8154
04:33:02,719 --> 04:33:04,453
through not just our city

8155
04:33:04,453 --> 04:33:05,488
finances but obviously all of

8156
04:33:05,488 --> 04:33:07,488
our associated organizations

8157
04:33:08,224 --> 04:33:09,959
and all of our bonds. And so

8158
04:33:09,959 --> 04:33:11,828
that is funded in our budget

8159
04:33:11,828 --> 04:33:13,196
and will be funded next year

8160
04:33:13,196 --> 04:33:14,396
because otherwise we don't have

8161
04:33:14,396 --> 04:33:15,798
a bond rating. We don't have

8162
04:33:15,798 --> 04:33:18,200
any kind of fiscal rating

8163
04:33:18,200 --> 04:33:21,971
nationally to allow us to to do

8164
04:33:21,971 --> 04:33:24,400
business. So you know, should

8165
04:33:24,400 --> 04:33:25,742
right now our bonds are

8166
04:33:25,742 --> 04:33:27,477
audited, right? They are

8167
04:33:27,477 --> 04:33:29,450
audited what I think and

8168
04:33:29,450 --> 04:33:30,579
they're auditing at the at a

8169
04:33:30,579 --> 04:33:31,781
cost of a neutral cost in the

8170
04:33:31,781 --> 04:33:33,149
budget, right? Just like

8171
04:33:33,149 --> 04:33:34,184
everything else we do is

8172
04:33:34,184 --> 04:33:35,418
audited, right? And they write

8173
04:33:35,418 --> 04:33:36,453
an audit report and they tell

8174
04:33:36,453 --> 04:33:38,154
us what we're doing fabulously

8175
04:33:38,154 --> 04:33:39,188
what we're doing okay on are we

8176
04:33:39,188 --> 04:33:40,390
in compliance? And you know,

8177
04:33:40,390 --> 04:33:42,125
here are a couple things you

8178
04:33:42,125 --> 04:33:44,527
could improve so that we

8179
04:33:44,527 --> 04:33:46,762
already pay for right? This

8180
04:33:46,762 --> 04:33:47,964
item would create a whole other

8181
04:33:47,964 --> 04:33:49,866
audit structure that we would

8182
04:33:49,866 --> 04:33:51,400
have to fund, which is fine if

8183
04:33:51,400 --> 04:33:53,636
we choose to do that we just

8184
04:33:53,636 --> 04:33:56,373
have to fund that. So we have

8185
04:33:56,373 --> 04:33:58,107
the money for the audit. I

8186
04:33:58,107 --> 04:34:00,507
think what commissioner rosado

8187
04:34:02,746 --> 04:34:04,614
is trying to say is we have not

8188
04:34:04,614 --> 04:34:06,349
when it comes to bond projects

8189
04:34:06,349 --> 04:34:07,884
and bond projects are different

8190
04:34:07,884 --> 04:34:09,285
from our regular stuff like

8191
04:34:09,285 --> 04:34:10,987
picking up the garbage right?

8192
04:34:10,987 --> 04:34:13,560
People see the sanitation guys

8193
04:34:13,560 --> 04:34:14,590
on their street, but bond

8194
04:34:14,590 --> 04:34:16,325
projects are a list of things

8195
04:34:16,325 --> 04:34:18,280
we're going to do over a long

8196
04:34:18,280 --> 04:34:19,262
period of time and we don't do

8197
04:34:19,262 --> 04:34:21,131
them all in one year, right? It

8198
04:34:21,131 --> 04:34:23,566
takes a while to plan a

8199
04:34:23,566 --> 04:34:25,101
flooding project. And so we MAY

8200
04:34:25,101 --> 04:34:26,136
have said in year one we're

8201
04:34:26,136 --> 04:34:27,336
doing flooding but really

8202
04:34:27,336 --> 04:34:28,705
they're not going to see the

8203
04:34:28,705 --> 04:34:31,105
construction until year three.

8204
04:34:31,441 --> 04:34:34,211
And so we have not created a

8205
04:34:34,211 --> 04:34:35,578
robust area for them to look at

8206
04:34:35,578 --> 04:34:37,314
what's happening in their

8207
04:34:37,314 --> 04:34:39,349
neighborhood and with their

8208
04:34:39,349 --> 04:34:42,349
projects and with their money

8209
04:34:42,452 --> 04:34:44,520
and and so there is a question

8210
04:34:44,520 --> 04:34:46,923
this is an implicit in this

8211
04:34:46,923 --> 04:34:48,658
item. There is an I.T and cyber

8212
04:34:48,658 --> 04:34:50,260
security component that

8213
04:34:50,260 --> 04:34:52,426
requires deep funding and

8214
04:34:52,428 --> 04:34:53,463
staffing and there is an audit

8215
04:34:53,463 --> 04:34:54,998
component which requires

8216
04:34:54,998 --> 04:34:56,199
probably not you know, probably

8217
04:34:56,199 --> 04:34:57,934
probably just hiring someone

8218
04:34:57,934 --> 04:35:00,670
from the outside but still

8219
04:35:00,670 --> 04:35:03,720
money and both of those things

8220
04:35:03,720 --> 04:35:06,720
can be accomplished by this

8221
04:35:06,509 --> 04:35:08,509
body directing the

8222
04:35:08,911 --> 04:35:10,313
administration to do that

8223
04:35:10,313 --> 04:35:12,150
moving forward without

8224
04:35:12,150 --> 04:35:13,750
necessarily confusing folks

8225
04:35:13,750 --> 04:35:15,452
with another charter amendment

8226
04:35:15,452 --> 04:35:17,520
and without embedding something

8227
04:35:17,520 --> 04:35:19,560
that becomes immobilized

8228
04:35:19,560 --> 04:35:20,791
because when we try to change

8229
04:35:20,791 --> 04:35:24,227
that, let's say we make one

8230
04:35:24,227 --> 04:35:25,762
mistake in the word right, we

8231
04:35:25,762 --> 04:35:28,698
have to go back for the voters

8232
04:35:28,698 --> 04:35:31,101
to change that word. And so

8233
04:35:31,101 --> 04:35:32,469
it's this is a really good

8234
04:35:32,469 --> 04:35:34,204
idea, commissioner rosado, but

8235
04:35:34,204 --> 04:35:36,720
I'm not sure we need a charter

8236
04:35:36,720 --> 04:35:36,940
amendment. So but you all I'll

8237
04:35:36,940 --> 04:35:38,475
I'll let you all make.

8238
04:35:38,475 --> 04:35:40,875
>> a motion. Commissioner just

8239
04:35:40,910 --> 04:35:43,313
to just to um another aspect of

8240
04:35:43,313 --> 04:35:44,848
that is that the powers in the

8241
04:35:44,848 --> 04:35:46,216
charter of this committee would

8242
04:35:46,216 --> 04:35:47,951
actually be directing

8243
04:35:47,951 --> 04:35:50,351
administration. So there is

8244
04:35:50,353 --> 04:35:52,422
supposed to be a clear division

8245
04:35:52,422 --> 04:35:53,957
and I think this blurs that

8246
04:35:53,957 --> 04:35:55,158
kind of activity as well. So

8247
04:35:55,158 --> 04:35:56,893
commissioner prado and MADAM

8248
04:35:56,893 --> 04:35:57,894
Mayor, if I could I could

8249
04:35:57,894 --> 04:36:00,330
clarify a couple things. I'm

8250
04:36:00,330 --> 04:36:01,698
happy to drop the word audit. I

8251
04:36:01,698 --> 04:36:02,733
understand the sort of

8252
04:36:02,733 --> 04:36:04,733
additional legal consequences

8253
04:36:04,801 --> 04:36:06,169
there. I am not to create like

8254
04:36:06,169 --> 04:36:07,704
a super audit structure. I know

8255
04:36:07,704 --> 04:36:09,720
that we are already legally

8256
04:36:09,720 --> 04:36:10,974
required to audit our finances

8257
04:36:10,974 --> 04:36:12,709
so I'm happy to drop the word

8258
04:36:12,709 --> 04:36:15,112
what I'm getting at more more

8259
04:36:15,112 --> 04:36:17,180
globally is a future commission

8260
04:36:17,180 --> 04:36:19,249
could remove the requirement

8261
04:36:19,249 --> 04:36:20,283
that we have a citizen body

8262
04:36:20,283 --> 04:36:21,985
overseeing our bond

8263
04:36:21,985 --> 04:36:23,353
expenditures. I don't think

8264
04:36:23,353 --> 04:36:25,880
they should have that right. I

8265
04:36:25,880 --> 04:36:26,790
think that should absolutely be

8266
04:36:26,790 --> 04:36:28,358
part of our city constitution.

8267
04:36:28,358 --> 04:36:29,893
Our finance committee is only

8268
04:36:29,893 --> 04:36:31,428
required to meet twice a year.

8269
04:36:31,428 --> 04:36:32,462
I don't think that's an

8270
04:36:32,462 --> 04:36:34,462
acceptable substitute for

8271
04:36:34,898 --> 04:36:36,933
citizens being able to watch

8272
04:36:36,933 --> 04:36:39,169
the progress of our projects

8273
04:36:39,169 --> 04:36:41,572
and the way the money is spent.

8274
04:36:41,572 --> 04:36:43,974
I sat on the miami forever bond

8275
04:36:43,974 --> 04:36:46,430
board for a number of years to

8276
04:36:46,430 --> 04:36:47,945
get information is way more

8277
04:36:47,945 --> 04:36:50,179
complex than it needs to be. I

8278
04:36:50,179 --> 04:36:51,715
think it is good for the city

8279
04:36:51,715 --> 04:36:53,284
on a permanent basis to ensure

8280
04:36:53,284 --> 04:36:54,485
that we have that citizen

8281
04:36:54,485 --> 04:36:56,190
oversight built in. I would not

8282
04:36:56,190 --> 04:36:57,721
want to see this move forward

8283
04:36:57,721 --> 04:36:59,790
as an ordinance that can then

8284
04:36:59,790 --> 04:37:01,191
be undone next year, five years

8285
04:37:01,191 --> 04:37:02,559
from now, ten years from now.

8286
04:37:02,559 --> 04:37:04,261
This should be a part of the

8287
04:37:04,261 --> 04:37:05,996
way that we permanently

8288
04:37:05,996 --> 04:37:08,650
function. I am not suggesting

8289
04:37:08,650 --> 04:37:10,467
that citizens be in charge of

8290
04:37:10,467 --> 04:37:12,535
our our I t processes, so I'm

8291
04:37:12,535 --> 04:37:13,737
happy if we need to massage the

8292
04:37:13,737 --> 04:37:15,271
the description of that I'm

8293
04:37:15,271 --> 04:37:16,640
happy to support that. That is

8294
04:37:16,640 --> 04:37:18,708
an administrative function but

8295
04:37:18,708 --> 04:37:20,770
it doesn't exist right now and

8296
04:37:20,770 --> 04:37:21,277
I think that's really

8297
04:37:21,277 --> 04:37:22,846
problematic. Again, if somebody

8298
04:37:22,846 --> 04:37:24,381
wanted to find out where we are

8299
04:37:24,381 --> 04:37:25,916
on any of our bond projects,

8300
04:37:25,916 --> 04:37:27,651
best of luck to you to sort

8301
04:37:27,651 --> 04:37:29,519
that out. Best of luck. There's

8302
04:37:29,519 --> 04:37:30,921
a question on the on the floor.

8303
04:37:30,921 --> 04:37:33,157
Yes. Right. I called the

8304
04:37:33,157 --> 04:37:34,525
question. But I'm fine with

8305
04:37:34,525 --> 04:37:35,893
dropping the audit word I

8306
04:37:35,893 --> 04:37:37,627
understand. I have one the rest

8307
04:37:37,627 --> 04:37:39,329
of it I had one thing to

8308
04:37:39,329 --> 04:37:40,864
clarify it's not the audit

8309
04:37:40,864 --> 04:37:42,933
word, it's that you're amending

8310
04:37:42,933 --> 04:37:45,200
the charter and the things that

8311
04:37:45,200 --> 04:37:46,360
go with that. And while you're

8312
04:37:46,360 --> 04:37:47,571
highlighting that and

8313
04:37:47,571 --> 04:37:49,139
everything you have said I'm

8314
04:37:49,139 --> 04:37:50,173
fully supportive of and the

8315
04:37:50,173 --> 04:37:51,875
finance committee meets more

8316
04:37:51,875 --> 04:37:52,910
than twice a year, that's a

8317
04:37:52,910 --> 04:37:55,310
minimum requirement that they

8318
04:37:55,679 --> 04:37:57,381
can meet as much as as as we

8319
04:37:57,381 --> 04:37:59,784
need them to meet and we can

8320
04:37:59,784 --> 04:38:01,518
and we can make reforms in the

8321
04:38:01,518 --> 04:38:03,554
finance committee, which is

8322
04:38:03,554 --> 04:38:04,955
what's looking at our debt

8323
04:38:04,955 --> 04:38:06,690
issuances. This is a standalone

8324
04:38:06,690 --> 04:38:09,920
committee for a standalone bond

8325
04:38:09,920 --> 04:38:11,161
and that just should not. I'm

8326
04:38:11,161 --> 04:38:12,863
saying for all our bonds are

8327
04:38:12,863 --> 04:38:14,598
capital bonds should absolutely

8328
04:38:14,598 --> 04:38:15,799
have committees. We could in

8329
04:38:15,799 --> 04:38:17,100
the same way that we've

8330
04:38:17,100 --> 04:38:18,201
dissolved a series of boards in

8331
04:38:18,201 --> 04:38:19,569
the past, the finance committee

8332
04:38:19,569 --> 04:38:21,304
could just be dissolved right

8333
04:38:21,304 --> 04:38:22,473
now at the next meeting if we

8334
04:38:22,473 --> 04:38:24,207
felt like it. That is

8335
04:38:24,207 --> 04:38:26,607
problematic. We should have

8336
04:38:27,311 --> 04:38:29,120
built in citizen oversight over

8337
04:38:29,120 --> 04:38:30,381
hundreds of millions of dollars

8338
04:38:30,381 --> 04:38:32,116
of expenditure and the

8339
04:38:32,116 --> 04:38:34,185
information should be updated

8340
04:38:34,185 --> 04:38:35,886
on a very regular basis. We

8341
04:38:35,886 --> 04:38:37,955
need to operate transparently.

8342
04:38:37,955 --> 04:38:39,689
I don't understand why we would

8343
04:38:39,689 --> 04:38:41,580
try to undo something like this

8344
04:38:41,580 --> 04:38:42,259
or why we we don't think that

8345
04:38:42,259 --> 04:38:44,161
this is somehow good practice

8346
04:38:44,161 --> 04:38:45,696
that should be this is sacred.

8347
04:38:45,696 --> 04:38:47,397
We're not doing anything like

8348
04:38:47,397 --> 04:38:49,800
this. In fact we can. Be

8349
04:38:49,800 --> 04:38:51,535
undone. We can do all of this.

8350
04:38:51,535 --> 04:38:53,270
But going to the charter and

8351
04:38:53,270 --> 04:38:54,972
going to the voters with

8352
04:38:54,972 --> 04:38:56,507
another issue where there's a

8353
04:38:56,507 --> 04:38:57,908
small change or a small

8354
04:38:57,908 --> 04:38:59,943
modification over and over

8355
04:38:59,943 --> 04:39:01,345
again is not the format where

8356
04:39:01,345 --> 04:39:02,713
this can best be housed,

8357
04:39:02,713 --> 04:39:05,113
especially when you're giving

8358
04:39:05,115 --> 04:39:07,184
powers to this entity that

8359
04:39:07,184 --> 04:39:08,219
really kind of crosses the line

8360
04:39:08,219 --> 04:39:10,219
between what administration

8361
04:39:10,621 --> 04:39:13,230
does and our body does. So I

8362
04:39:13,230 --> 04:39:14,224
think I think this should best

8363
04:39:14,224 --> 04:39:15,593
be deferred because I think

8364
04:39:15,593 --> 04:39:16,794
there's more here. I'm happy to

8365
04:39:16,794 --> 04:39:17,828
work with you and look at the

8366
04:39:17,828 --> 04:39:19,300
language in the finance

8367
04:39:19,300 --> 04:39:20,640
committee. I don't know how

8368
04:39:20,640 --> 04:39:21,465
much you've read through all of

8369
04:39:21,465 --> 04:39:22,800
that. I've studied it a lot.

8370
04:39:22,800 --> 04:39:24,535
That's just my recommendation

8371
04:39:24,535 --> 04:39:25,903
and again it's what the body

8372
04:39:25,903 --> 04:39:27,304
wants. I'm comfortable with the

8373
04:39:27,304 --> 04:39:28,839
way this stands. I think this

8374
04:39:28,839 --> 04:39:30,373
should be part of what we vote

8375
04:39:30,373 --> 04:39:33,143
on in NOVEMBER. I think voters

8376
04:39:33,143 --> 04:39:34,344
who are supportive will say

8377
04:39:34,344 --> 04:39:35,546
this is an additional

8378
04:39:35,546 --> 04:39:36,914
safeguard. I think voters who

8379
04:39:36,914 --> 04:39:37,948
are opposed to the bond

8380
04:39:37,948 --> 04:39:38,649
referendum will say this is a

8381
04:39:38,649 --> 04:39:40,170
safeguard we should have

8382
04:39:40,170 --> 04:39:41,385
already had. So I think it's

8383
04:39:41,385 --> 04:39:43,785
something that everybody should

8384
04:39:43,787 --> 04:39:44,989
agree upon. I'm very

8385
04:39:44,989 --> 04:39:46,356
comfortable moving as it is

8386
04:39:46,356 --> 04:39:47,724
again dropping just the word

8387
04:39:47,724 --> 04:39:48,792
audit and ensuring if we need

8388
04:39:48,792 --> 04:39:50,161
to modify the language to make

8389
04:39:50,161 --> 04:39:51,195
it clear that it's the

8390
04:39:51,195 --> 04:39:52,396
administration that needs to

8391
04:39:52,396 --> 04:39:53,431
create the dashboard, it's not

8392
04:39:53,431 --> 04:39:55,132
citizens, it's the

8393
04:39:55,132 --> 04:39:56,500
administration. If there's any

8394
04:39:56,500 --> 04:39:57,340
confusion about that, I'm happy

8395
04:39:57,340 --> 04:39:58,736
to modify that.

8396
04:39:58,736 --> 04:40:00,637
>> and maybe some language that

8397
04:40:00,637 --> 04:40:02,600
makes it clear that they cannot

8398
04:40:02,600 --> 04:40:03,907
tell the administration what to

8399
04:40:03,907 --> 04:40:05,610
do. Sure. Which is. And I

8400
04:40:05,610 --> 04:40:07,177
worked with the deputy city

8401
04:40:07,177 --> 04:40:08,545
attorney on this if he's got a

8402
04:40:08,545 --> 04:40:10,800
revised version that we could

8403
04:40:10,800 --> 04:40:11,649
read. Let me just ask a

8404
04:40:11,649 --> 04:40:14,649
question. There's so many good

8405
04:40:15,753 --> 04:40:18,753
things in here. Right. Um

8406
04:40:19,891 --> 04:40:21,959
which. We're up against a shot

8407
04:40:21,959 --> 04:40:23,327
clock like basically if we

8408
04:40:23,327 --> 04:40:24,695
don't deliver this to the

8409
04:40:24,695 --> 04:40:26,970
supervisor of election tomorrow

8410
04:40:26,970 --> 04:40:27,464
it can't be on the NOVEMBER

8411
04:40:27,464 --> 04:40:29,166
ballot. But there's another

8412
04:40:29,166 --> 04:40:31,566
election right around the

8413
04:40:35,373 --> 04:40:37,441
corner and. No I there's this

8414
04:40:37,441 --> 04:40:40,177
publish a publicly you know, to

8415
04:40:40,177 --> 04:40:41,545
develop and publish a publicly

8416
04:40:41,545 --> 04:40:43,545
accessible dashboard showing

8417
04:40:43,614 --> 04:40:45,149
the status cost. I mean that

8418
04:40:45,149 --> 04:40:47,752
could be in complete conflict

8419
04:40:47,752 --> 04:40:49,120
with what we're doing and they

8420
04:40:49,120 --> 04:40:51,522
are going to have access in

8421
04:40:51,522 --> 04:40:52,556
order to do that to our city's

8422
04:40:52,556 --> 04:40:54,556
raw data. Exactly.

8423
04:40:57,270 --> 04:40:58,563
>> and without cybersecurity

8424
04:40:58,563 --> 04:41:00,464
protections around that there

8425
04:41:00,464 --> 04:41:04,640
are so many good things in

8426
04:41:04,602 --> 04:41:06,637
here. For me. So but

8427
04:41:06,637 --> 04:41:08,206
colleagues, I'll take I'll take

8428
04:41:08,206 --> 04:41:09,741
a. I don't I don't think this

8429
04:41:09,741 --> 04:41:11,976
needs to be deferred. I think

8430
04:41:11,976 --> 04:41:13,344
it is very much in line with

8431
04:41:13,344 --> 04:41:14,712
the question we've already put

8432
04:41:14,712 --> 04:41:15,913
forth that's going to be on the

8433
04:41:15,913 --> 04:41:17,482
NOVEMBER ballot and it is

8434
04:41:17,482 --> 04:41:20,217
letting voters know that we're

8435
04:41:20,217 --> 04:41:22,987
the item to pass. We have their

8436
04:41:22,987 --> 04:41:24,688
backs. Okay, so there's an item

8437
04:41:24,688 --> 04:41:25,890
on the floor I call the

8438
04:41:25,890 --> 04:41:26,757
question let's vote it up or

8439
04:41:26,757 --> 04:41:28,659
down. We've beaten this horse

8440
04:41:28,659 --> 04:41:29,861
to death. As amended.

8441
04:41:29,861 --> 04:41:31,729
>> as amended with removing.

8442
04:41:31,729 --> 04:41:33,798
>> the. Word audit. And if we

8443
04:41:33,798 --> 04:41:34,833
need javier do we need to

8444
04:41:34,833 --> 04:41:36,400
clarify? I'm not trying to

8445
04:41:36,400 --> 04:41:37,235
suggest that citizens create a

8446
04:41:37,235 --> 04:41:37,935
dashboard. That's the

8447
04:41:37,935 --> 04:41:39,804
administrative responsibility.

8448
04:41:39,804 --> 04:41:40,838
I didn't find it confusing but

8449
04:41:40,838 --> 04:41:42,406
if there's any doubt I'm happy

8450
04:41:42,406 --> 04:41:44,808
to see the language massaged.

8451
04:41:44,808 --> 04:41:46,510
well how about if I make a

8452
04:41:46,510 --> 04:41:48,245
suggestion and with the

8453
04:41:48,245 --> 04:41:50,314
authority to get rid of the

8454
04:41:50,314 --> 04:41:52,714
word audit monitor publicly

8455
04:41:54,850 --> 04:41:55,820
report and publicly report on

8456
04:41:55,820 --> 04:41:57,521
projects including the status

8457
04:41:57,521 --> 04:41:59,590
cost timeline and remaining at

8458
04:41:59,590 --> 04:42:01,292
funds. It doesn't say the

8459
04:42:01,292 --> 04:42:03,270
dashboard and then we just make

8460
04:42:03,270 --> 04:42:04,610
sure we do some other item that

8461
04:42:04,610 --> 04:42:05,960
says sorry james, you got to

8462
04:42:05,960 --> 04:42:08,960
create a dashboard. Anytime we

8463
04:42:09,200 --> 04:42:11,101
do this. I accept. And then I

8464
04:42:11,101 --> 04:42:12,303
think we you know, we.

8465
04:42:12,303 --> 04:42:15,303
[Laughter] My attorney has to

8466
04:42:15,906 --> 04:42:18,309
look at that. Mine does to our

8467
04:42:18,309 --> 04:42:20,744
attorney can look at it harvey

8468
04:42:20,744 --> 04:42:22,613
does that work for you? So I

8469
04:42:22,613 --> 04:42:23,982
just want to clarify what the

8470
04:42:23,982 --> 04:42:25,716
amendment would be would be to

8471
04:42:25,716 --> 04:42:26,751
remove the audit language. So

8472
04:42:26,751 --> 04:42:27,952
anywhere here that mentions

8473
04:42:27,952 --> 04:42:29,688
that the board can do an audit

8474
04:42:29,688 --> 04:42:31,388
that would be removed. So for

8475
04:42:31,388 --> 04:42:34,988
example under uh it would be

8476
04:42:36,560 --> 04:42:38,262
section 47 d um subsection b

8477
04:42:38,262 --> 04:42:39,998
would be just monitor all

8478
04:42:39,998 --> 04:42:41,532
active projects funded by geo

8479
04:42:41,532 --> 04:42:44,532
bonds and in regards to

8480
04:42:45,303 --> 04:42:47,380
subsection e which is the um

8481
04:42:47,380 --> 04:42:48,739
publicly accessible dashboard

8482
04:42:48,739 --> 04:42:50,141
we'll just change it to I

8483
04:42:50,141 --> 04:42:53,578
believe what you had said was

8484
04:42:53,578 --> 04:42:57,150
to say. And publicly report. On

8485
04:42:57,150 --> 04:42:59,751
it shall be the goboc to

8486
04:42:59,751 --> 04:43:02,153
publicly report on to monitor

8487
04:43:02,153 --> 04:43:04,388
and publicly report on. All

8488
04:43:04,388 --> 04:43:04,822
projects. Yes all projects.

8489
04:43:04,822 --> 04:43:06,822
Showing the.

8490
04:43:07,325 --> 04:43:08,526
>> status cost timeline and

8491
04:43:08,526 --> 04:43:09,894
remaining or available funds

8492
04:43:09,894 --> 04:43:11,630
for all active capital projects

8493
04:43:11,630 --> 04:43:12,997
funded with geo bonds. And

8494
04:43:12,997 --> 04:43:14,532
that's it. Then remove that

8495
04:43:14,532 --> 04:43:15,900
last sentence there saying that

8496
04:43:15,900 --> 04:43:17,135
they will do all best efforts

8497
04:43:17,135 --> 04:43:19,170
for the dashboard to be

8498
04:43:19,170 --> 04:43:21,238
accessible. Yeah. And then um

8499
04:43:21,238 --> 04:43:22,607
the only other one was the I

8500
04:43:22,607 --> 04:43:25,700
guess clarification that this

8501
04:43:25,900 --> 04:43:27,445
would be an advisory body. So I

8502
04:43:27,445 --> 04:43:29,147
mean we can add that um in the

8503
04:43:29,147 --> 04:43:32,250
powers and duties it says the

8504
04:43:32,250 --> 04:43:33,951
um goboc shall act in an

8505
04:43:33,951 --> 04:43:35,686
advisory capacity. We could add

8506
04:43:35,686 --> 04:43:39,286
that in there to to clarify

8507
04:43:39,624 --> 04:43:41,526
that. I accept. Um and then

8508
04:43:41,526 --> 04:43:43,761
what do we do to get the exact

8509
04:43:43,761 --> 04:43:44,629
75 words. We've cut a lot

8510
04:43:44,629 --> 04:43:46,498
[Laughter] Of words so we

8511
04:43:46,498 --> 04:43:49,600
should still be good I think

8512
04:43:49,600 --> 04:43:51,136
todd help us. Oh no I just want

8513
04:43:51,136 --> 04:43:53,571
to make sure we're we're clear

8514
04:43:53,571 --> 04:43:54,939
on the amendments and the

8515
04:43:54,939 --> 04:43:56,308
deputy city attorney mentioned

8516
04:43:56,308 --> 04:43:58,708
three amendments which will

8517
04:43:58,876 --> 04:44:00,110
amend re 14 and 15. But then

8518
04:44:00,110 --> 04:44:01,279
there are some non-substantive

8519
04:44:01,279 --> 04:44:03,881
amendments that are going to

8520
04:44:03,881 --> 04:44:06,617
mend re 15 and so for a. 15

8521
04:44:06,617 --> 04:44:07,319
will be amended to add two city

8522
04:44:07,319 --> 04:44:08,519
commission resolution numbers

8523
04:44:08,519 --> 04:44:10,550
and the city commission meeting

8524
04:44:10,550 --> 04:44:13,655
date to the body of the

8525
04:44:13,825 --> 04:44:14,359
legislation. Non-substantive.

8526
04:44:14,359 --> 04:44:16,359
All right.

8527
04:44:16,928 --> 04:44:19,330
>> so you know what to do to

8528
04:44:19,330 --> 04:44:20,365
make the referendum item. Yes,

8529
04:44:20,365 --> 04:44:22,365
ma'am. Okay.

8530
04:44:22,767 --> 04:44:24,669
>> so commissioner rosado as

8531
04:44:24,669 --> 04:44:26,370
amended as amended as amended.

8532
04:44:26,370 --> 04:44:27,772
Okay. Show that moved.

8533
04:44:27,772 --> 04:44:29,641
Seconded. Police commissioner

8534
04:44:29,641 --> 04:44:30,509
gabel, how about all in favor

8535
04:44:30,509 --> 04:44:32,430
say aye. Aye.

8536
04:44:32,430 --> 04:44:32,744
>> any opposed? No.

8537
04:44:32,744 --> 04:44:34,744
>> just one?

8538
04:44:36,140 --> 04:44:37,749
>> no. Um, todd this has to be

8539
04:44:37,749 --> 04:44:39,617
delivered tomorrow so I'll

8540
04:44:39,617 --> 04:44:41,519
you'll work to get my signature

8541
04:44:41,519 --> 04:44:42,721
on that today. Yes, ma'am. Okay

8542
04:44:42,721 --> 04:44:43,210
thank you. Thank you folks.

8543
04:44:43,210 --> 04:44:45,210
Yeah.

8544
04:44:45,991 --> 04:44:47,525
>> um I'm sure I've forgotten

8545
04:44:47,525 --> 04:44:50,462
something. What have I missed

8546
04:44:50,462 --> 04:44:51,829
todd? Um oh here we have b one

8547
04:44:51,829 --> 04:44:53,231
the budget. I think you all

8548
04:44:53,231 --> 04:44:54,766
received a budget report. Would

8549
04:44:54,766 --> 04:44:56,468
you like to accept that report

8550
04:44:56,468 --> 04:44:56,835
or discuss it? Have questions?

8551
04:44:56,835 --> 04:44:57,502
no.

8552
04:44:57,502 --> 04:44:59,502
>> okay.

8553
04:44:59,738 --> 04:45:02,507
>> yes todd. And then um chair,

8554
04:45:02,507 --> 04:45:03,508
if I MAY um and I apologize for

8555
04:45:03,508 --> 04:45:05,243
the interruption but I would

8556
04:45:05,243 --> 04:45:07,312
like to to request direction

8557
04:45:07,312 --> 04:45:09,714
from the commission um through

8558
04:45:09,714 --> 04:45:11,249
the chair uh so at the JULY 9th

8559
04:45:11,249 --> 04:45:12,617
meeting, um I was given

8560
04:45:12,617 --> 04:45:14,185
direction that two bond

8561
04:45:14,185 --> 04:45:15,386
questions in the order I'm

8562
04:45:15,386 --> 04:45:16,754
sorry two ballot questions in

8563
04:45:16,754 --> 04:45:17,789
the order those questions um

8564
04:45:17,789 --> 04:45:19,491
the first ballot question would

8565
04:45:19,491 --> 04:45:21,226
be the general obligation bond.

8566
04:45:21,226 --> 04:45:22,427
The second question is to enter

8567
04:45:22,427 --> 04:45:24,829
into a lease agreement with

8568
04:45:24,829 --> 04:45:27,229
virginia llc. Would the

8569
04:45:27,399 --> 04:45:28,799
commission um if it's the will

8570
04:45:28,799 --> 04:45:29,834
the commission would the

8571
04:45:29,834 --> 04:45:31,203
general obligation bond

8572
04:45:31,203 --> 04:45:33,271
oversight committee be the

8573
04:45:33,271 --> 04:45:35,173
third question on the ballot in

8574
04:45:35,173 --> 04:45:36,174
the order the third question or

8575
04:45:36,174 --> 04:45:36,508
would you like that to be

8576
04:45:36,508 --> 04:45:37,742
second?

8577
04:45:37,742 --> 04:45:39,444
>> the second fine. Understood.

8578
04:45:39,444 --> 04:45:41,179
>> so the general obligation

8579
04:45:41,179 --> 04:45:42,547
bond first general obligation

8580
04:45:42,547 --> 04:45:44,616
bond oversight committee second

8581
04:45:44,616 --> 04:45:46,851
and the lease agreement with

8582
04:45:46,851 --> 04:45:48,887
llc will be third if there is

8583
04:45:48,887 --> 04:45:51,323
no um and there's unanimous

8584
04:45:51,323 --> 04:45:52,491
consent there's no objection.

8585
04:45:52,491 --> 04:45:53,525
Understood. Thank you

8586
04:45:53,525 --> 04:45:53,825
commissioners thank you chair

8587
04:45:53,825 --> 04:45:55,593
okay.

8588
04:45:55,593 --> 04:45:57,996
>> all right so back to you one

8589
04:45:57,996 --> 04:45:59,397
on the budget report everyone

8590
04:45:59,397 --> 04:46:00,765
received. All right. Can I have

8591
04:46:00,765 --> 04:46:03,100
a motion to accept that. Report

8592
04:46:03,100 --> 04:46:06,438
motion. All in favor say aye. I

8593
04:46:06,438 --> 04:46:08,506
show that accepted um other

8594
04:46:08,506 --> 04:46:10,541
than our the shade meaning are

8595
04:46:10,541 --> 04:46:12,941
we complete. Yes ma'am.

8596
04:46:13,311 --> 04:46:15,130
>> you're correct. Um so MR.

8597
04:46:15,130 --> 04:46:16,748
Attorney are we able to adjourn

8598
04:46:16,748 --> 04:46:18,450
this meeting or. Well we would

8599
04:46:18,450 --> 04:46:20,180
recess the meeting until um

8600
04:46:20,180 --> 04:46:21,386
after the shade meeting and

8601
04:46:21,386 --> 04:46:23,621
then come back and gavel it

8602
04:46:23,621 --> 04:46:25,156
out. All right. Um you can come

8603
04:46:25,156 --> 04:46:26,725
fetch me and I'm happy to gavel

8604
04:46:26,725 --> 04:46:27,926
it out since I have to wait for

8605
04:46:27,926 --> 04:46:29,794
todd to send me everything I

8606
04:46:29,794 --> 04:46:31,363
need to sign so we can get it

8607
04:46:31,363 --> 04:46:33,598
to the supervisor of elections

8608
04:46:33,598 --> 04:46:35,300
today. Um, or. Are we doing.

8609
04:46:35,300 --> 04:46:37,202
We're doing lunch. Yes. You all

8610
04:46:37,202 --> 04:46:38,570
are the only ones in the shade

8611
04:46:38,570 --> 04:46:40,471
so you all decide. Let's do.

8612
04:46:40,471 --> 04:46:41,840
>> lunch lunch. So 3:00 shade

8613
04:46:41,840 --> 04:46:45,440
meeting or is that too soon?

8614
04:46:46,145 --> 04:46:47,679
That's 33333 30 all right.

8615
04:46:47,679 --> 04:46:48,880
>> let me. Just if you don't

8616
04:46:48,880 --> 04:46:50,949
mind let me. Just read the

8617
04:46:50,949 --> 04:46:53,685
script so then we can all meet

8618
04:46:53,685 --> 04:46:55,860
up upstairs. MADAM CHAIRWOMAN

8619
04:46:55,860 --> 04:46:56,288
and members of the commission

8620
04:46:56,288 --> 04:46:57,155
pursuant to my request to the

8621
04:46:57,155 --> 04:46:58,323
city commission at the city

8622
04:46:58,323 --> 04:47:00,580
commission meeting of JULY 9th,

8623
04:47:00,580 --> 04:47:01,930
2026, the below listed attorney

8624
04:47:01,930 --> 04:47:02,461
client session closed to the

8625
04:47:02,461 --> 04:47:03,828
public is scheduled for JULY

8626
04:47:03,828 --> 04:47:05,828
23rd, 2026 city commission

8627
04:47:05,897 --> 04:47:07,265
meeting at 10 A.M. Pursuant to

8628
04:47:07,265 --> 04:47:08,666
section 286.011 parentheses

8629
04:47:08,666 --> 04:47:10,350
eight florida statutes for

8630
04:47:10,350 --> 04:47:10,902
purposes of discussing the

8631
04:47:10,902 --> 04:47:12,270
pending litigation matter in

8632
04:47:12,270 --> 04:47:15,870
the city of miami versus miami

8633
04:47:17,743 --> 04:47:19,144
dade county case number

8634
04:47:19,144 --> 04:47:21,180
2023-028335ca02 pending in the

8635
04:47:21,180 --> 04:47:22,414
in the 11th judicial circuit of

8636
04:47:22,414 --> 04:47:23,782
miami-dade county to which the

8637
04:47:23,782 --> 04:47:25,150
city is presently a party

8638
04:47:25,150 --> 04:47:26,185
subject of the meeting will be

8639
04:47:26,185 --> 04:47:27,219
confined to settlement

8640
04:47:27,219 --> 04:47:28,587
negotiations or strategy

8641
04:47:28,587 --> 04:47:29,788
sessions related to limit

8642
04:47:29,788 --> 04:47:31,322
litigation expenditures. This

8643
04:47:31,322 --> 04:47:33,591
private meeting will begin at

8644
04:47:33,591 --> 04:47:34,592
approximately 3:30 P.M. Or as

8645
04:47:34,592 --> 04:47:35,794
soon as the commissioners

8646
04:47:35,794 --> 04:47:36,528
schedule sprint and conclude

8647
04:47:36,528 --> 04:47:37,695
approximately one hour later.

8648
04:47:37,695 --> 04:47:38,731
The session will be attended by

8649
04:47:38,731 --> 04:47:39,765
the members of the city

8650
04:47:39,765 --> 04:47:41,765
commission which include

8651
04:47:41,833 --> 04:47:43,201
commissioners christine king,

8652
04:47:43,201 --> 04:47:45,601
miguel angel gabella, damian

8653
04:47:45,604 --> 04:47:47,500
porto, rolando escalona and

8654
04:47:47,500 --> 04:47:48,707
ralph rafael rosado, city

8655
04:47:48,707 --> 04:47:50,442
manager jim reyes, city

8656
04:47:50,442 --> 04:47:51,810
attorney george k weisman,

8657
04:47:51,810 --> 04:47:53,110
deputy city attorney kevin r

8658
04:47:53,110 --> 04:47:54,460
jones, deputy city attorney

8659
04:47:54,460 --> 04:47:55,247
xavier alban, litigation

8660
04:47:55,247 --> 04:47:56,781
appeals division chief eric

8661
04:47:56,781 --> 04:47:58,516
eaves, land use division chief

8662
04:47:58,516 --> 04:47:59,884
amber carter and assistant city

8663
04:47:59,884 --> 04:48:01,860
attorney maggie snyder, a

8664
04:48:01,860 --> 04:48:02,288
certified court reporter, will

8665
04:48:02,288 --> 04:48:03,522
be present to ensure that the

8666
04:48:03,522 --> 04:48:04,890
session is fully transcribed

8667
04:48:04,890 --> 04:48:06,258
and the transcript will be made

8668
04:48:06,258 --> 04:48:07,459
available upon the conclusion

8669
04:48:07,459 --> 04:48:08,493
of the litigation. At the

8670
04:48:08,493 --> 04:48:09,862
conclusion of the attorney

8671
04:48:09,862 --> 04:48:11,430
client session, the the regular

8672
04:48:11,430 --> 04:48:12,297
city commission meeting will be

8673
04:48:12,297 --> 04:48:13,466
reopened and the person

8674
04:48:13,466 --> 04:48:14,700
chairing the commission meeting

8675
04:48:14,700 --> 04:48:15,901
will announce the termination

8676
04:48:15,901 --> 04:48:17,602
of the attorney client session.

8677
04:48:17,602 --> 04:48:18,970
See you at 330. Thank you

8678
04:48:18,970 --> 04:48:20,539
george. Colleagues, could we

8679
04:48:20,539 --> 04:48:21,740
meet at three instead of 330?

8680
04:48:21,740 --> 04:48:22,400
Is that possible? Okay with

8681
04:48:22,400 --> 04:48:23,976
that?

8682
04:48:23,976 --> 04:48:26,376
>> that gives you 50 minutes.

8683
04:48:27,746 --> 04:48:29,315
Everybody is three okay. Yeah

8684
04:48:29,315 --> 04:48:31,160
your your friends are asking

8685
04:48:31,160 --> 04:48:33,252
you. For it could be earlier

8686
04:48:33,252 --> 04:48:34,820
than 330. Sorry I'm sorry.

8687
04:48:34,820 --> 04:48:37,820
>> what could it be earlier

8688
04:48:38,424 --> 04:48:39,991
than 330 could we do closer to

8689
04:48:39,991 --> 04:48:41,991
3315315. All right. We'll

8690
04:48:42,394 --> 04:48:44,463
reconvene at 315. Todd MR. City

8691
04:48:44,463 --> 04:48:45,297
attorney, um, in the recess can

8692
04:48:45,297 --> 04:48:47,199
the commissioners just go

8693
04:48:47,199 --> 04:48:47,533
upstairs to the client session?

8694
04:48:47,533 --> 04:48:49,533
Yes.

8695
04:48:50,135 --> 04:48:51,504
>> now once they come back from

8696
04:48:51,504 --> 04:48:52,704
their break. We just need

8697
04:48:52,704 --> 04:48:53,906
understood. I just want to make

8698
04:48:53,906 --> 04:48:55,107
sure that in recess no one has

8699
04:48:55,107 --> 04:48:56,308
to come back. They can just go

8700
04:48:56,308 --> 04:48:57,509
[Laughter] Up. At 3:00. The

8701
04:48:57,509 --> 04:48:57,809
attorney. Can come down and

8702
04:48:57,809 --> 04:48:58,710
gavel.

8703
04:48:58,710 --> 04:48:59,110
>> out, right? Yes, ma'am.

8704
04:48:59,110 --> 04:49:00,278
Okay.

8705
04:49:00,278 --> 04:49:01,647
>> and only three of you need

8706
04:49:01,647 --> 04:49:05,847
to come and gavel out. So if

8707
04:49:18,998 --> 04:49:21,998
somebody needs to. Yep. [Music]

8708
04:51:43,565 --> 04:51:45,565
Are we?

8709
04:51:45,634 --> 04:51:48,370
>> are we ready. The meeting.

8710
04:51:48,370 --> 04:51:50,773
All right. The, um the attorney

8711
04:51:50,773 --> 04:51:52,141
client session um, regarding

8712
04:51:52,141 --> 04:51:53,542
the city of miami versus miami

8713
04:51:53,542 --> 04:51:55,411
dade county has concluded.

8714
04:51:55,411 --> 04:51:56,979
Therefore I we are turning back

8715
04:51:56,979 --> 04:51:59,140
to the regular meeting. Regular

8716
04:51:59,140 --> 04:52:00,582
meeting is now open. There. I

8717
04:52:00,582 --> 04:52:02,117
do not believe, MR. Clerk we

8718
04:52:02,117 --> 04:52:03,318
have any other business. No,

8719
04:52:03,318 --> 04:52:04,887
ma'am. You're correct. Do we

8720
04:52:04,887 --> 04:52:05,187
need a motion to adjourn? No,

8721
04:52:05,187 --> 04:52:06,756
ma'am.

8722
04:52:06,756 --> 04:52:08,323
>> we just need to adjourn.

8723
04:52:08,323 --> 04:52:11,923
>> yes, ma'am. All right, so be

8724
04:52:14,863 --> 04:52:16,863
it. Thanks. Oh.