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Mr James D McQueen Dwight thank you commissioner uh we have a few items and U attorney Brown will read those items into the record if it's your desire good afternoon the first item for consideration is a resolution with attachments authorized executive rectitude executed housing subsid agreement attached and Incorporated here in exhibit a excuse further authorized dispersment of funds and five annual installments of 6 $1.6 million not to exceed $8 million the second item is a resolution by four fths vote ratifying approving confirming the executive recommendation finding that competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practical andage excuse me waving the requirements of competitive seal bidding and further approving Grant a grant request in the amount not exceed $2 million to support Harlem Square LLC to underwrite the cost associated with the development of Harlem Square Supper Club a full service Supper Club located at 173 Northwest 11th Avenue in the city of Miami 11th Street I'm sorry the third item is a resolution by 45th vote ratifying approving confirming executive director's recommendation finding that competitive negotiation method and procedures are not practical advantageous W requirements of competitive seal bidding and further proving a grant request in the amount of $180,000 to support the Overtown aist Club to provide youth programming for youth residents in within the Development Area item number four is a resolution by four fth vote ratifying approv and confirming the executive director recommendation finding the competitive negotiation methods and procedures are not practical advantageous W the requirements P seal bidding and further proving a grant request in amount not to exceed $167,500 to support the following organizations for arts and culture programming within the rment area the black archives history Research Foundation of South Florida Gateway Airport concessions uh Miami North Miami day North Arts Humanities Foundation also known as Miami mad Norwood Consulting and Urgent Inc item number five is a resolution authorizing executive to executive the lease agreement substantially in the form attached as exhibit a for approximately 1,000 ft of commercial space at 249 Northwest 6 Street Suite 108 Miami Florida for a 10-year initial term at a total base rent of $20,000 per year with a 5% cap on annual increase after the first term uh item number number six this item is as amended I'm going to read the the amended title into the record a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of the southeast Overtown park with Community Development agency with attachments authorized executive director with prospective authority to negotiate and execute a sublease in substantially the same form attach exhibit aid for 1,000 ft of commercial space for retail use at 249 Northwest 6 Street sweet 108 Miami Florida 33 136 in all forms acceptable to the general councel subject to the expiration of a 30-day notice of disposition of the property and a request for proposal attaching Incorporated exhibit B at a least and at least 30 days after the southeast Overtown Park was notifies this Board of Commissioners the recommendation to accept the winning proposal Restort to Florida statute 16338 3A providing for incorporation site providing for an effective date as amended item number number number seven is a resolution providing for the issuance of tax increment bonds and the amount not to exceed $150,000 to be used for construction I'm sorry $150 million those zeros got me kind of [Laughter] confused McQueen was saying1 150,000 yeah 150 150 million to be used for construction reputation of affordable housing financing construction of Capital Improvements within the Redevelopment area and refinancing certain outstanding obligations settlement agreement just one more item item number eight is a resolution of board of Southeast Overtown Park West community redevelopment agency with attachments authorizes the executive director execute a settlement agreement attached to Incorporated here in exhibit a between the southeast Overtown Park where and ha Contracting Corporation in the amount of 2,472 19654 allocating the funds from the grants and other AIDS account forther authorized director to negotiate and execute any and all documents necessary including any and all amendments theto all informed except to the general Council providing for Corporation providing for an effective date thank you at this time I will open the floor for public comment if there's anyone here that would like to speak on any of the items that were identified today for this meeting please step forward seeing none public comment period is now closed if I may have a motion to approve the meeting minutes for September 7th 2024 and September 26 2024 I have a motion I have a second all in favor I motion carries unanimously gentlemen are there any items before us that you would like to pull for discussion seeing none I have re23 and four are four fifth items just to make make it clear may I have a motion to pass re e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and 8 so move I have a motion I have a second all in favor motion carries unanimously thank you with R6 amended with re6 as amended thank you all thank you all for attending this concludes the southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting for October 24th 2024 once the clerk flips the tape we will resume the the commission meeting thank you thank you sir chair we're good to go thank you Mr city clerk at this time we will resume the city of Miami commission meeting for October 24th 2024 give me one second I was in the middle of okay here we go gentlemen May I have a motion to approve meeting minutes for our first budget hearing September 7th 2024 our city commission meeting for September 12th 2024 and September 26 2024 and the second budget hearing of September 26 2024 I have a motion I have a second all in favor I motion carries unanimously for the consent agenda items are there any items that you would like to pull for discussion commissioner re commissioner gabella no I'm good okay then may I have a motion to approve CA 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 and I have a motion second I have a second all in favor I motion carries unanimously our pH items I want to make sure that ph1 I'm shown as the sponsor Todd yes that was stated um we we'll we'll show you as a sponsor for ph1 that was for ra5 and ra12 from this morning for ph1 we'll show you as a sponsor okay gentlemen from the pH items are there any items that you want to pull for discussion no it's only two no no no good okay may I have a motion for ph1 and PH2 some Move Motion second I have a motion and a second all in favor I motion carries unanimously I'd like to say congratulations to the Center for Haitian studies thank thank you our former commissioner commissioner monine please please thank you for the privilege Madame chair good afternoon Commissioners Mr manager and S City attorney and clerk uh thank you for this opportunity Dr Pierre had to leave because of another meeting and uh Mr Klein and I we volunteer at the clinic and we thank you for approving this uh this item on behalf of the center and they'll be continuing to provide services to our community in L River and Li as you know thank you so much thank you it is an honor for me to sponsor this item the center resides in District 5 they do fantastic work they provide Health Care Services free to the community of our uninsured Community they've had an annual health fair for the past 33 years and this year they surpassed the number of residents and children families that they provide services for I was so impressed with what was going on there and ran into a friend of mine that I haven't seen in years it was a wonderful wonderful occasion and I can't wait to continue to do good work with you so thank you and thank you to my colleagues for seeing that this was a worthy worthy initiative thank you thank you for coming we are on to our resolution items we have one two three three mitigation items so let's start with our mitigation R E1 good afternoon Madame chairwoman Commissioners Robert Santos harbonic compliance director re1 is a mitigation of a property located at 2749 Southwest 5th Street respondent is manini Holdings 12 LLC the case in question is CE to 201601 0484 notice of violation was issued on June 7 2016 for uh construction work without permits operating without a certificate of use operating without a a business tax receipt operating without a solid waste huler and failure to have a designated handicap parking space the case was adjudicated on July 18th 2017 it complied on October 31st 2019 running for 876 days and acre a total of 219,000 uh the respondent is offering 8% which is 17,500 I'm going to put in the record before I go to Legal division chief dly that there were plenty of exchanges and emails the respondent thought this case had was to be mitigated uh they didn't applied uh they didn't put the address on on on the process there was two separate contiguous addresses but this case was never included so it kind of fell through and they have to go through this process I want to put that on the record good afternoon Rachel on behalf of the office of the City attorney uh just before Council speaks just to clarify the property did have two other violations they cleared all these up before the pandemic during the pandemic we were emailing back and forth using City View figuring out what the violations were and I know there's even an email from me that says okay this is it well guess what happened it wasn't it there was something else so this would have been taken care of over four years ago um but sometime Sopris it to say sometimes in the City View system things don't line up the way they're supposed to and I miss it but it's it is what it is but they are making that offer I just wanted to let you know that this owner had come forth uh a a while ago and I was very surprised and started researching my own emails because I had remembered it thank you I good afternoon good afternoon Maria larer on behalf of the respondent um it's exactly what happened there were two buildings they adjacent to each other each of them had two violations there were Communications back and forth based on the subject line we thought that or our client thought that they had been corrected in full and then 3 years later we found out that there weren't they've deligently been working to correct them um they did settle the first two violations for about $10,000 back then we're offering 175 the only thing we would ask is if there could be a payment plan uh 24 months but that's the offer due to the circumstances of the case commissioner gabella I believe this is in your District no I think it's either in theu or re it's uh commissioner rees's District it says district one I'm sorry I'm looking at the one yes sir I'm looking at the wrong sorry you know I'm still a little a little confused about the uh the uh different changes that have been done okay what's the percentage that you are offering uh eight 8% sir 8% and this is uh for how long this that been I'm sorry for how long has been this this violation going on this violation complied back in 2019 um the property owners came to us in 2020 or 2021 and the pandemic when we were still doing online settlements trying to get cases moving we missed this we missed this violation at the time we took care of the other two so it's been complied for over um well almost 5 years almost 5 years that has been complied yeah they've been complied for almost 5 years they complied within about a year and a half or so so they're offering the 17,500 Okay I uh I move it second All In favor right and and the 24 for the 24 months yes okay as amended just so you know we don't have payment plans no but we can put in the order that they will have 24 months to pay it um I you know that that can run with interest unless you want to say otherwise it's up to you that's fine fine with me no as long as they pay as long as they pay that full amount that's right okay I'll I'll amend accordingly I have Motion in a second all in favor I I motion carries unanimously as amended thank you thank you re2 has been deferred deferred re3 re3 is a mitigation of a property located at 740 Northeast 86 Street respondent is Claud vet there are three separate cases within this property um the first noov CE 20207 576 was issued for failure to maintain exterior vacant and blighted property outside storage construction work without permits and failure to register a vacant structure noov issued on April 14 2020 adjudicated on September 8th 2021 this violation ran for 981 days acre a total of 49,500 case two ran separately CE 201802 0929 for failure to register vacant structure noov issued on October 11 2018 adjudicated on September 9th 2019 that violation ran for 1,694 days acre and I have here 4 123,00 a third violation separately for graffiti and I'm not going to go into the details because we do have legislation that graffiti alone should not be adjudicated but that accured a total of 24,750 if we add all the three violations they acred a total of $914,000 if we remove the one with the graffiti the amount um bear with me a second I have it here is for 90 is 94,000 no of importance I thought you said all three are 900 all three are one 1,162 750 apologies I did okay 1 million 1,162 750 that's for all three okay if I back out the graffiti adjudication the total amount for the first two cases is $914,000 I understand that uh Council for respondent is going to talk about uh the fact that it went to unsafe structures and they thought that once it went there uh it was the responsibility of the city to demolish I'm going to yield to legal but I am going to tell you uh no such thing exists um the collective offer from the respondent is 27,2 se0 which is 3 % um of the acrude amount of the first two I also need to put into the record the fact that this property is not homesteaded he had 31 cases in the period since 2005 25 of which were code cases this was a blight to the area and significantly and adversely impacted the neighborhood attorney dly that's fine I would yield to council and then oh I don't director said that you said something about we would get clarification from attorney douly about the demo or something oh no the city the city demolished the structure I I don't know we we wait I'll let Council go let do good afternoon how are you good afternoon uh Jason martarella on behalf of Claude vet and Anthony Murray the owners of the property here on 86th Street um we are uh seeking a mitigation a significant mitigation um but there are uh reasons for the the you know the the leap that we're asking the uh uh fines to be reduced to um and it's reasonable under the circumstances and those circumstances are first we're dealing with a situation in which the code violations appear to be somewhat overlapping um there are for example um two different um uh code violations dealing with registration of the structure um we're also dealing with fines that are uh exceed the value of the property by by almost double it's almost triple the value of the property um second we're talking about here individuals um they're not you know in very deep Pockets there's not money available to pay all of these fines um third we're we're dealing with at the time of the code violations the uh owner of the property who still one of the owners of the property is uh was a citizen of France um he was residing in martinque um he did not know about any of these violations until this year um now I've been assured that uh notice was posted on the property in compliance with the law um we don't have any reason to dispute that but the fact of the matter is that my uh clients uh my client who was the owner at the time of these violations did not know about them until uh this year uh third um we're dealing with a case where there was a demolition order that was entered and um going back to the issue of there being overlapping violations here um all of these violations stem from the condition and the registration of the structure that was on the property now there was a demolition oh sorry oh okay there was a there was a demolition that uh order that was entered in 2019 and if that uh that Dem according to that demolition order the owners had 30 days to demolish the build the structure and if they didn't demolish the structure the city would be demolishing the structure so if the city would have demolished the structure at that point in time um we wouldn't have had uh uh code case number one which acur total fines of $460,000 or sorry $490,500 and the code the fines on the other two cases wouldn't have been as uh severe um you know it's just I understand the point that the city doesn't have a duty that could maybe subject the city to liability to like third parties if somebody come onto the property or structure and got injured and tried to sue you know one of the owners but here we're not looking at um you know mitigating uh the you know or or compensating for liability incurred to a third party we're talking about you know the viol the the fines imposed by the city itself so they entered this uh demolition order which required demolition of the property in 30 days and instead of demolishing it it just they didn't demolish it for years and and that's the reason why these uh fines in large part snowballed out of control into the to the point that where they're at now um uh the next point is that we when we we did find out about uh all these violations when the owner attempted to remodel the property he was told that he had to um seek an order lifting the demolition order um and when he was going through the process of lifting the demolition order um that's when he discovered that um there were all of these other um violations on the property um at that point the property still wasn't demolished they couldn't get approval of the plans to remodel because of all these fines that were pending so they eventually decided to demolish the property themselves um but when they applied to for demolition permit um I guess it it triggered something with the city and then the city uh demolished it first um leading to uh find our our costs that were in excess of what um the owners had uh lined up for the demolition of the property but they paid that they paid um I believe it was over $28,000 to the city for demolishing the structure um now they have a local owner in addition to uh the martinque owner so this will never happen again um they've got a structure in place where they're going to become aware of any kind of violations uh if there are any and then we'll be able to cure them very very promptly um the last Point um I'd like to make and I think it's important is that um the reason why um we're seeking to address and mitigate these um fines is to make it economically feasible and practical to uh improve the property there's nothing there now it's just a lot um the owners of the property have um plans already to build a beautiful multistructure a multi uh family structure on the on the a lot um they have all the pieces in place they're ready to go um to create additional housing for the city and just you know uh I think maybe was worth mentioning that today we heard a lot of uh discussion about how uh the city desperately needs additional housing so this will provide additional housing um my clients do want to pay uh to rectify some of the issues but if um if the structure had been demolished in accordance with the Demolition order case number one wouldn't exist at all so if we were to you know just looking at cases number you know two and three um those cases total about $650,000 of fines and um we are proposing a little bit less than 10% of those two based on um the fact that one of them was for for graffiti um that you know there's a provision in the code of ordinances um that uh does uh say that the city will remove the if it's not removed within 5 days but um it's really that one case that deals with um that that wouldn't have existed if the structure had been demolished that I think is really sort of the bone of contention and sort of the meat of the dispute if we can get rid of that one the mitigation on the other ones um I think a reasonable mitigation would make it economically feasible again to develop this property and uh you know for the benefit of the city and its residents thank you attorney douly right so um I didn't comment before because I didn't know if he would go down that road I from our office's perspective what you guys uh determine as as a body to mitigate to is is up to you in terms of an argument that that this is the city's fault um for us is incredulous um it's as if saying well if your client wasn't living in Martinique and they were living in the United States taking care of their property also these things would have happened but we are under no duty to do that it's not the it's not the city that enters in order it's an unsafe structure panel um and there is no law statute that requires us to move forward on a demolition I don't think or case law even so I I do not find and I would ask this court not to find not Court this this body to find that there's any uh credibility uh with that argument now as to the other things that he's saying I I think those are reasonable and and viable um arguments to make to the body in terms of why they're looking for the mitigation that they're looking for with the cases but those three cases uh do stand they are valid the one case he's talking about is the 2020 case um and so the unsafe structure case was from 2019 they did pay it was over $20,000 I believe um uh for the demolition that the city did perform so they already have outlaid that money and then on top of that they have I believe their offer of almost 30,000 again to close out the the three correct yeah and and I which is maybe so um oh yeah and I and I would just clarify that if if I could that I'm not today suggesting that um it's the city's fault I'm just uh pointing out that as a practical matter if the structure had been demolished in accordance with the Demolition order that third that first case for almost $500,000 in fines wouldn't exist that's all thank you um this medication case Falls within my district and I have a couple of issues with it one work without permit doing work without a permit suggests that the owner is somewhat aware of what's going on with the property I do not condone work without a permit and then and the the other I would tend to be more lenient with the graffiti abatement except for absentee owners because that just creates an eyesore in my district and I want to discourage anyone that thinks they can have a property in District 5 and you don't take care of it you just leave it it becomes such an eyesore that there's a demolition order on the property because it's now become unsafe my district is one of the poorest districts in the city of Miami and I would suggest that this kind of non-compliance would not happen so vagrantly in other districts this ran for 1,600 94 days in one case 981 days in another case 995 days in the third case but this is not just an independent property this is a property that is surrounded by neighbors businesses and because of your client's neglect and not being a present owner my community had to deal with this for a very long time years so I'm not inclined to accept less than 3% of the violations here and not even for the graffiti because I do feel for businesses that are tagged repeatedly for business owners that are present but not for absentee owners so I cannot accept less than 3% for this and I don't want people to think that you can just come before us and we're going to say okay you can pay 1% of the fines that have amassed for years because that's not fair to my neighbors it's not fair to my neighbors to have to live amongst this I would give you the opportunity to defer this to further work out a settlement so that I don't have to say one if that's agreeable to you it is yes well in my briefing it's less than 3% yours is 3% no no no not mine is not 3% I don't settle any of my cases for less than 3% unless they are mitigating circumstances none of which I have here he has agreed to defer the item so we're going to defer our three to give you an opportunity to further speak with staff to come up with a better offer without me having to make it right here on the spot and I appreciate that thank you so much may I have a motion to defer re3 I have a motion I have a second all in favor motion carries unanimously and chair will that be to November 21st or December 12 December 12 understood re4 good afternoon Madam chairwoman re4 is a mitigation of a property located at 6318 Northwest 2 Avenue the respondant is Mia housing 2 LLC the case CE 20180221 165 is for construction work without permits to it a uh a fence rather large oversized white wooden white wooden fence noov issued on October 18th 2018 adjudicated on February 7 20199 complied on August 24th 2023 is there someone I is there a council for re4 I mean I can finish my presentation but if there's no one no respondent I would ask for the full amount of the fines 39975 I have a motion all in favor I thank you madam chairwoman motion carries unanimously as amended as amended we are now we now have R 67 8 9 10 [Music] 11 12 yeah I missed five I'm sorry okay we now have re 56 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 are there any of these items that would like to be pulled for discussion Mr City Clerk and just for the record ra8 will need to be amended pursuant to substitution memo dated October 22nd 2024 and R 13 will need to be amended the six whereas Clause needs to be amended to reflect 2025 it currently reflect uh States 2024 and um Mr city clerk do you show me as a sponsor for re12 yes that was stated earlier this morning okay I think we all should sponsor that you're uh in favor of re7 commissioner parter yes okay put me a sponsor in that too sorry commission cor sponsor for R7 R7 we're not discussing 12 we're not do2 now right if you would like to discuss it yes if you'd like to pull it for discussion otherwise we'll just vote on it uh yeah I'd like to pull it for discussion okay we'll pull that one for discussion to R2 R2 Todd I'd also like to be a sponsor for re7 understood okay I have re2 pulled for discussion are there any other items that you would like to pull for discussion any other items to be pulled for discussion other than re12 oh hold on how far in the r East did we get to uh we finished re5 I mean we finished re4 we have re5 through re 14 in play with re12 being pulled for discussion R14 re1 14 is in play a big play it's in play that's for your whole 17 years of the extension yes why so little that's what we were given that's what we were advised I think you were advised Ron it should be more than that uh I believe and maybe you need need to wait just a little more to bring the interest rates down and you could bring it up by another 30 40 50 million that's my thought Mr CFO Larry spring uh Chief Financial Officer um this uh commissioner Cy uh this transaction is being worked on by Sergio masal and pfm City's not worked on it um but my understanding is the capacity calculations were done based on where their Tiff is right now subtracting any um uh uh uh first place security or first place obligations that they have and remember they do have uh uh you know some Tiff agreements and things that uh exist prior to in place prior to their total uh amount what interest rates are they going at I I haven't I have not seen any of their uh number runs I just warn you to get the most uh I I as well um Bond Council seems to feel like based on all of the things I don't know if any of the C persons are still in the building well let me put this on the record the reason why you need to from a timing standpoint we need to get this Bond resolution approved today you don't have another meeting um and this item has to go to the county for approval I see so okay well but you don't have to put it out we don't have to put it out yet no until we see how the market get right matter of fact the the the estimate is that this debt won't be issued until December um there is one issue that I know that is being addressed that does have a timeliness issue which is the Tri Rail the funding of the Tri Rail Grant uh which is about $17.5 million that we've been working with tri real on but it defin why are we going to limit it to 150 million if the interest rates gets better for next year which is going to and this will go up more well what I would suggest or recommend right now is that we approve this authorization at this up to amount and allow for us to continue through the process because it does have to go to the county um and go through all their committees and everything um and then maybe bring an amendment to the authorization um based on a future you know a future calculation you know that if it's if there is some interest rate uh impact okay I just wondering to save all that if you couldn't put a clause in there that it could go up to a certain additional amount if the interest rates you could authorize it for a larger amount right now actually yeah well obious as amended we could do an as amended yeah up to yeah so the uh the CRA already approved it at 150 million so to approve something above that um we still have to go back to the CRA so well we're here yeah but but but that doing that's just mechanics right I mean you know they can always increase amount and then just take it back to the could you Rec well you could reconvene your CR meeting that you had earlier yeah and reconsider the item yeah and reconsider the item okay but the the I I it is important from a Time timing standpoint that that that I understand yeah and you need to have the time for bond councils to prepare everything well more than that is to go through the County's process it's going to go here to the county right okay we're going to hold off on re1 14 if there's no other item that my colleagues would like to pull for discussion may I have motion a motion for re 6 7 8 9 10 11 and 13 M Madam chair you forgot five again again yes okay r five 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 I have a motion second and a second all in favor motion carries as amended with re8 and re13 now for discussion re12 commissioner gabella I believe you pulled you guys go go ahead I'm holding my thoughts to the I don't think anybody else um okay are asking that I uh I have uh I have heard uh people saying that uh we can opt out and uh the uh according to the uh attorneys and everybody that knows about it uh you it's not possible here because to start with we don't have we don't have excess housing units here if that will be one of the requirements and uh and uh I have also heard that uh we should uh sue them and uh uh Mr City attorney could you be go and be more clear on it yeah I I'll address first the opt out um that's that's sort of a misnomer in that there is a provision under the statute that says a taxing Authority must um beginning with the TW 2025 tax Ro the taxing Authority may elect upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution approved by 2/3 vote of the governing body not to exempt not to exempt property under subp paragraph d1a located in a county specific specified pursuant to sub paragraph 2 basically um what we're talking about is they call it the missing middle um the opt out provision that became effective in July 2024 is related to the missing middle property tax exemption that's part of the act the missing middle property tax exemption is an adval tax exemption for the affordable units in developments that contain over 70 affordable units for households up to 120% uh Ami units that serve households from 80 to 120 Ami receive a 75% tax exemption and units that serve households below 80% receive 100% property tax exemption taxing authorities May opt out of this tax exemption if located in a county in which the number of affordable and available units for households at or below 120 Ami is greater than the number of households at that income level as determined by the most recent schimberg Center for housing studies annual report that's pursuant to 196 19783 01 so the opt out provision that you may see in the paper is where a taxing Authority like Orange County Florida says we're not going to give that tax exemption but it there is no opt out of live local if only there were right um but there is not and um as far as litigation um right now I'm aware of at least one case um Dural had litigation I believe they resolved it with the developer um B Harbor currently is being sued by a developer because B Harbor is not following the live local Provisions so all of the municipalities in the State of Florida are watching that case to see what happens Pasco County in 2023 threatened to Sue and then the state threatened to take away discretionary funding and they withdrew their um uh saber rattling so we will continue to monitor it if there's an opportunity for us to challenge it we will but um right now this resolution urging the governor and the legislature to uh make modifications to it is an is a u very good first start in our opinion madame shair yes commissioner re is yes and I want to make clear that this is not only not only do does not only address the uh sear development it address about 20 some 21 or 22 potential potential uh uh uh development that could uh uh uh they could um try to use uh LIF local that's why I am a sponsor of this it him as well live loc local could be very detrimental to my community absolutely particularly on the Upper East Side my neighbors feel very passionate about the footprint of our neighborhood I have been working with state representative Vicky Lopez who tried last year to get this legislation amended and is still trying to work with it it is and this is why politics are local right because we know our neighborhoods best and we know it will also be a disaster in rtz zones yes where we wouldn't have a say so I completely support this legislation commissioner gabella I believe you wanted to say something what exactly are we amending won what what are we asking not we're not amending any no no what no what are we asking the legislation the legislators in t has to we're asking I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up with no no problem um so this resolution will ask the Florida legislature to prohibit developments under the ACT to be located adjacent to property Zone single family residential on one or more sides or adjacent to a neighborhood Conservation District and I just that's it the only those only two things okay I'm I'm ready I just wanted to comment real quick to address what the chairwoman said which is during Public public comment a lot of people challenged you all to take action against live local but they don't realize that the word preemption means that the State of Florida has taken away your power um and so really uh the State of Florida is in control of this issue these are not unintended consequences this is what the Florida legislature intended is to take away your authority over these um resoning uh if I may add Madame shair about two two or three years years old when this started I uh I went to Tallahasse I had my conversations and also arguments with uh the proponents and how would that be detrimental at the time detrimental to the city of Miami and all a lot of cities because they are all exps of L local that we are not discussing here and uh and uh and they at the time they were allowing that uh Workforce it could be up to 140 I placed a strong argument about it because that is not 140 of Ami it is not it's a misn for for a a Workforce because uh you could be making over $100,000 and still qualify for this so uh I uh I uh uh I think that we had a little bit of of of positive result but we have to keep on working on it and we have to we even met with the league of cities and we are trying to uh get them on board okay and I move it I'm moving this I have a motion second second all in favor motion carries unanimously let's go to Mr Mr City attorney would you please read the titles into the record for our second reading ordinances yes Madam chair second reading one in ordinance of the Miami city commission repealing chapter 11.5 of the code of the city of Miami Florida as amended titled civilian complain investigation and review in its entirety further amending chapter 18 article 3 titled Finance City of Miami procurement ordinance specifically by amending section 18 18-7 2 titled application and exclusions and section 18-7 4 titled cone of silence to remove preferences thereto containing a severability clause and providing for an immediate effective date sr2 an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending chapter 23 Article 1 Section 23-6 of the code of the city of Miami Florida as amended titled historic preservation historic preservation transfer of development rights and density for historic resources provision for determination of Eligibility process and special Provisions for resources with in the Miami modern myo biscan Boulevard historic district prohibiting certain uses in establishing a 35- ft height limit to allow height in to allow height increase for projects providing a public benefit by a public agency to the Miami modern myo biscane Boulevard historic district Community containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date that's it for the second reading gentlemen are there any items in the sr's second reading items that you would like to pull for discussion briefly sr2 okay anything else may I have a motion for sr1 motion I have a motion and a second all in favor I motion carries commissioner gabella I mean commissioner Paro on sr2 I simply wanted to for the record state that it's very restrictive in order to be able to do this and that has to be a public benefit by a public agency and I think a lot of people think this is just an increase in general and it will impact everything it's only in the mimo district and it's only regarding that specific situation which I think can only apply to maybe one or two correct well further this is this is not about any project as yet this is only giving us legislation that can entertain a public private partnership with specific criteria correct director snow that is correct and we also want to step further to specify City uh specific to the city agency correct it's very narrow so this is only the legislation that authorizes a public private partnership with a city agency that's it next step would be to identify the project the specifics of the project this just allows us to entertain a project and this board allows it to go to the hub board yes so may I have a motion motion I have a motion in a second all in favor I motion carries unanimously Mr City attorney would you read F fr2 the title into the record for consideration yes Madam chair an ordinance F fr2 an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending chapter 35 article 7 section 35- 254 of the code of the city of Miami Florida is amended city code titled motor vehicles and traffic Transportation trust fund trust fund payments more particularly by amending section 35- 254c of the city code to establish a purchase price of parking spaces payable into the transportation trust fund containing a severability clause and providing for an immediate effective date do I have a motion I have a motion and a second second any discussion motion and a second all in favor I motion carries unanimously discussion item one no we finished the F FRS discussion item there's a discussion item oh that that's you okay I I'd like to come back to my mitigation item I thought by saying that I'd like the total amount of the fines that somebody would step forward where are we so good afternoon I and I apologize re4 which you voted on I'd ask if that could be reconsidered um I L I looked for counsel this attorney I won't even say his name but he's here all the time I called him up and there were some emails that went back and forth they're working on their affordable housing Covenant and so they were going to come back when things were completed they were looking for the November or December date so was my eror not getting that to them earlier and I do apologize um so may I have a motion for reconsideration make the motion second I have a motion in a second for reconsideration all in favor I I now may I have have a motion to defer re4 to the December 12th re what re4 mitigation to the December meeting I have a motion second all in favor motion carries unanimously thank you it worked discussion item you said wait for it okay uh Mr City attorney would you please please read the planning and Zing titles into the record so we may consider these items yes Madam chair and I appreciate your patience pz1 an ordinance of the Miami city commission with attachments amending ordinance number 10544 is amended the future land use map of the Miami comprehensive neighborhood plan pursuant to smallscale Amendment procedures subject to section 163.187 Florida Statutes by changing the future land use designation from single family residential and medium Den multif family residential to medium density restricted commercial and restricted commercial for the property generally located at 160 Northeast 50 terce 162 Northeast 50 terce 170 Northeast 50 terce 184 Northeast 50 terce 183 noreast 50 Street 177 noreast 50 Street and 169 Northeast 50 Street Miami Florida collectively the property more particularly described in composite exhibit a attached and Incorporated making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz2 in ordinance of the Miami city commission with attachments amending the zoning atlas of ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida as amended Miami 21 code by changing the zoning classification from t4l General Urban Zone limited to t50 urban center Zone open for the properties located generally located at 5010 and 5040 Northeast 2 Avenue and a portion of 184 Northeast 50 Terrace Miami Florida a change of zoning designation from t4r General Urban Zone restricted to t50 urban center Zone open for a portion of 184 Northeast 50 Terrace the West 1550 ft of Lot 2 block 7 of the corrected plot of alav Vista Miami Florida a change of zoning designation from t4r General Urban Zone restricted to T5 l urban center Zone limited where the property is generally located at 162 170 and a of 184 Northeast 50 Terrace lot 3 block 7 of the corrected plat of alav Vista Miami Florida a change of zoning designation from t4r General Urban Zone restricted to t4l General Urban Zone limited for the property generally located at 169 177 and 183 Northeast 50 Street Miami Florida and a change of zoning designation from t3l Suburban transa Zone limited to t4l General Urban Zone limited for the property generally located at 160 Northeast 50 Terrace Miami Florida collectively property as particularly described in exhibit a attached and Incorporated making findings and providing for an effective date pz3 in ordinance of the Miami city commission with attachments amending ordinance number 10544 is amended the future land use map of the Miami comprehensive neighborhood plan pursuant to smallscale Amendment procedure subject to 163 3187 Florida Statutes by changing the future land use designation from medium density restricted commercial Western portion and public parks and recreation to restricted commercial of the acreage described herein of real property located at 8032 North East 2 Avenue Miami Florida as more particularly described in the attached and Incorporated exhibit a making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz4 in ordinance of the Miami city commission with attachments amending the zoning atlas of ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida is amended by changing the zoning classification from CS Civic space Zone to T680 Urban core transect Zone open and t50 urban center transect Zone open to T680 Urban core transc Zone open for the Western portion of the property generally located at 8032 Northeast 2 Avenue Miami Florida is more particularly described in the attached and Incorporated exhibit a making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz5 an ordinance of the Miami city commission with attachments pursuant to articles 3 and 7 of ordinance number number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida is amended Miami 21 code amending the zoning atlas of the Miami 21 code by changing the zoning classification from t612 to t624 AO for the property is located at 1411 Northwest North River Drive 1421 Northwest North River Drive 1441 Northwest North River Drive 1451 Northwest North River Drive 1465 Northwest North River Drive 1481 Northwest North River Drive Drive 1440 Northwest 13 Terrace 1430 Northwest 13 Terrace and 1424 Northwest 13 Terrace Miami Florida as more particularly described in Exhibit C attached and Incorporated further amending appendix G of the Miami 21 code titled River Landing special area plan rlsp is more particularly described in the amended regulating plan attached and Incorporated exhibit a in the amended concept book attached Incorporated is exhibit B specifically by a adding to the RLS approximately 88,000 39 Square ft uh 2.02 Acres of lot area split among nine additional Parcels for a total combined area of 44257 Ft 10.16 Acres with the attached properties more particularly described in Exhibit C attached and Incorporated B proposing new development to add 475 dwelling units in an additional large green space to the rlsp C amending the regulating plan and the con book to include the development of the additional area and to also include revisions for the consistency with the Miami 21 code and D making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz6 in ordinance of the Miami city commission with attachments approving a development agreement pursuant to chapter 163 Florida Statutes and authorizing the city manager to negotiate and execute said development agreement in a form acceptable to the City attorney a draft of which is attached and incorporated as exhibit B between no truce Holdings LLC applicant in the city of Miami Florida governing the properties generally located at 1411 Northwest North River Drive 1421 Northwest North River Drive 1441 Northwest North River Drive 1451 Northwest North River Drive 1465 Northwest North River Drive 1481 Northwest North River Drive 1440 Northwest 13th Terrace 1430 Northwest 13th Terrace and 14 24 Northwest 13th Terrace as more particularly described in exhibit a attached and Incorporated making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz7 an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida as amended by amending article 3 titled General to zones to expand the affordable housing transfer of development density program to include opportunity zones and to provide other minor clarifications containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz8 in ordinance of the Miami city commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida is amended by amending article one titled definitions to introduce a definition for game courts by amending Article Five titled specific to zones to allow additional fence and Wall height necessary to enclose outdoor leisure activities and by amending article six titled supplemental regulations to amend the max maximum height for walls and fences related to infrastructure and utilities uses making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an immediate effective date pz9 an ordin a resolution I'm sorry pz9 is a resolution pz1 ordinance an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending the zoning atlas of ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida as amended by changing the zoning classification from CS Civic space transex Zone to t612 Urban core transect Zone open for the southwestern portion of the property generally located at 980 MacArthur Causeway Miami Florida more particularly described in exhibit a attached to Incorporated making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz1 an ordinance of the Miami city commission with attachments amending ordinance number 10544 as amended the future land use map of the Miami comprehensive neighborhood plan pursuant to small scale Amendment procedure subject to section 1633 3187 Florida Statues by changing the future land use designation from medium density multif family residential to restricted commercial for the property is generally located at 625 645 675 685 650 640 630 and 626 Northeast 64 Terrace and 635 645 655 669 and 685 Northeast 64 Street and from restricted commercial and medium density multifam residential to restricted commercial where the property is located at 610 noreast 64 Terrace and 629 Northeast 64 Street Miami Florida as more particularly described an exhibit a attached and Incorporated making findings and providing for an effective date pz2 an ordinance of the Miami city commission with attachments amending the zoning atlas of ordinance number 1 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida as amended Miami 21 code by changing the zoning classification from t 5 R urban center transex Zone restricted to t68 l urban core transex Zone limited for the properties generally located at 625 645 675 685 650 640 630 and 626 Northeast 64 Terrace and 635 645 655 669 and 685 Northeast 64 Street and from t5r urban center transic Zone restricted and T680 Urban core transic Zone open to t68 l urban core transic Zone limited and T680 Urban core transic Zone open for the property located at 610 Northeast 64 Terrace and from t5r urban center transic Zone restricted and to and T680 Urban core transic Zone open to t68 l urban core transic Zone limited for the property generally located at 629 Northeast 64 Street Miami Florida more particularly describ an exhibit a attached and Incorporated further recommending to the city commission acceptance of the voluntarily proferred Covenant attached and incorporated as exhibit B making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz13 an ordinance of the Miami city commission with attachments amending ordinance number 10544 is amended the future land use map of the Miami comprehensive neighborhood plan pursuant to small scale Amendment procedure subject to Section 163 3187 floor statutes by changing the future land use designation from duplex residential to medium density restricted commercial of the Anchorage described herein of real property at 55 Northwest 23 Avenue 2250 Northwest Flagler Terrace and 2260 Northwest Flagler Terrace Miami Florida as more particularly described in the attached and Incorporated exhibit a making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz14 an ordinance of the Miami city commission with attachments amending the zoning atlas of ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida as amended Miami 21 code by changing the zoning classification from t4r General Urban transic Zone restricted to t5l urban center Zone limited for the property generally located at 55 Northwest 23 Avenue 2250 Northwest Flagler Terrace and 2260 Northwest Flagler Terrace Miami Florida as more particularly described in the attached and Incorporated exhibit a making findings containing severability clause and providing for an effective date pz1 15 an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida is amended Miami 21 code more specifically by amending Article 1 Section 1.2 titled definitions definition of terms and article 7 titled procedures and non-conformities to provide for a byright administrative site plan review aspr process and a simplified building permit review process for Approved aspr exception variance warrant and waiver applications providing for tolling of zoning approvals during pendency of certain litigation replacing the 2-year time limitation and optional one-year extension for obtaining building permit or certificate of use for an exception variance warrant waiver or aspr with a three-year time limitation with no administrative extensions revising phase project requirements as to approval by planning director and to reduce property size limitations clarifying previously adopted floor plate length and area waiver prohibitions providing for applicability prior applications and approvals making findings and Technical changes containing a severability clause and providing for an immediate effective date and that's it for your feasy items thank you I'm going to ask my colleagues if there are any items that they would like to pull for discussion uh Madam Shar I have to make a janning disclosure okay for uh I items one and two and 13 and 14 and uh before we vote on item 13 and 14 I would like to uh get a commitment from this from the uh attorneys okay good afternoon Madam chair Commissioners Carlos Diaz with office at 333 Southeast Second Avenue here on behalf of the applicant yes we would like we make a profer to bring a covenant back for second reading for this item on it is it pz 13 and 14 13 and 14 the C would believe for 14 right the resoning but we're committing to bringing that back and we'll have all the details there we'll work it out with staff and and ready for commission and second reading okay you remember what I told you yes okay clear thank you I have no more other any other are there any items commissioner Paro I have a Jennings disclosure on pz11 n12 pz1 and and 12 and 12 are you going to do all the uh the PCS together because I will be voting no on 13 and 14 uh okay so I'll pull out 13 and 14 for I'll just do those separately I have a Jennings disclosure for pz9 so are there any other items okay may I have a motion to pass pz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 and 15 motion I have a motion and a second all in favor I motion carries unanimously may I have a motion for pz 13 and 14 moving I have a motion I have a second all in favor I passes I am against sorry1 M chair yes okay pz6 uh the development agreement there there has been updates that have been made to that um so those revisions uh will be as amended as amended P who whoa whoa so we've already taken the vote on pz 13 and 14 so we're going to reconsider then pz6 do I may I have a motion for reconsideration of pz6 motion I have a motion second all in favor all motion carries may I have a motion to pass pz6 as amended I have a motion and a second all in favor motion carries unanimously we have future legislation just for consideration give everybody notice and that oh I'm sorry we have to go back to re1 14 n di1 okay I Mr CFO it has been brought to my attention that We cannot put language in up to we are not uh we will not be able to get more than $150 million for the bonding of the southeast Overtown Park West CRA yes I while we were at break I had an opportunity to speak to our the city's fa who worked on this deal for the or it's been putting the deal together um based on his calculations uh the $50 million is the capacity that they're at based on the available pledgeable revenues applying the uh the uh one and a one and a half times uh coverage ratio well it would have to be two times one and a half times uh this is not going to a referendum that's for so no two times applies for it's you have it in reverse two two times would apply for a a uh Gob Bond 150 for C now what is the interest rate that he's going in um they ran this as of September 25th and the all-in the all-in uh um total all-in cost is 5.96 okay well I would say that uh before he goes out it just be brought up to this commission's attention again because I do believe that for next year the interest rates uh will be better than what is there now and we should get an uptick uh uptick in this we will certainly ensure that you do so thank you may I have a motion for re1 14 move I have a motion in a second all in favor motion carries unanimously we are di1 is that the last thing of the agenda I believe di1 is the last be the last thing um Mr manager could you bring all your key people that have to do with uh code over here the director and if you have your top assistant city manager if he's here today for building and Zoning thank you well the managers uh getting them from the back if I could uh go with a very brief presentation um you see up here the now famous uh outdoor gym equipment that said Maurice Fay Park that was passed with 80% votes of the city residents including the majority uh big majority of the votes across the street from the residents that uh we were told by Mr parro that we're all against you go to the next picture and you see how small of an area it is in Maurice Fay Park uh a 20 acre park now as you can see this is uh a plain Jane outdoor exercise equipment that we have in most of our Parks you don't have to go far you could go right right here a couple of blocks your left in Myers Park you got some there you go to Kennedy Park here in the Grove you got more in all of our districts we have outdoor exercise gym equipment in fact in around 40 of our Parks we do we'll go to the next one this however we don't have in all of our districts it's only in one District this has been there for a year or more this is outrageous that we had to do last year's New Year's Eve event that we had approximately 150,000 people um that [Music] came another 300,000 or more that saw it in TV in South Florida and hundreds of us more the so throughout the world number one country outside of the US was Mexico number two was Spain and if you see it here closely you see that this is not just so-call graffiti this is vandalism the way you see it here this is to purposely have made this building look like crap so that we City of Miami government the residents of Miami would be embarrassing and it was done by owners that inherit this building because so saying that they were mad that code did something to them or another because they had committed some violations and they wanted to show this to us look at that I mean this is every floor this is not something that you could have done overnight hidden and get away with it this was done during numerous days and they' let him do it they let him get away with that go to the next picture please you see how it looks from my another angle you showed me one city in the world that would allow this you show me one area of the city of Miami or for that matter any City in our County or unincorporated areas that would have loved this next one please you see see how this is all abandoned where is extremely dangerous they're letting people now go in there and you see them downtown homeless coming in and out of there this is from street level all the way to the top of the building as you've seen it go to the next one please see what theyve done to it on the other side of downtown and how it looks at the street level next one please and this view is going to be well this let me explain this is the uh fountain that hasn't been working and we took over Bayfront Park with a fountain that had been like that for decades uh God willing the fountain will be working before the end of the year God willing right in front of that pink area there that you see there now where the vehicles are is where the stage goes for New Year's the New Year's Eve that the city of Miami puts out it's the second biggest in America the second biggest in all of America it's the number one in the whole world for the amounted musicians singers that come in we have so many that we start at 6:00 p.m. and we go live on TV at 6 p.m. all the way till at least 1 in the morning it's also the largest Hispanic New Year's Eve event anywhere in the world Latin America this is the view that people are going to have tens of thousands of people that are going to be gathered there are going to have over downtown including thousands of visitors that come during that time of the year when we have the orange ball classic the Championships that are played right at the Intercontinental we have one of the teams this St can you go forward more this the same view do you see in a closeup that they're going to see this is another aspect that we have in front of this building and rting bis bouber in the adjacent area of homeless you see that get to the next please another one go ahead another one and would he want to go in further in because then I would have to be showing you dozens upon dozens of homeless all gather this is justest right in the either bis bu or just a little in from m g Boulevard I cannot for the life of me understand how the only thing that's been important for my colleague commissioner partu has been to get rid of the outdoor exercise gem but he hasn't put that same effort nowhere near it to make sure that this graffiti is taken out of that building in one form or another I submit to you that I think the residents of Miami as they voted would have preferred for him to have put all his efforts the lawsuit that he file the pack that he open and money that he raise to try to get the gym equipment out in trying to get this graffiti out of this building but my colleague hasn't cared about that he's cared about the gym equipment not taking care of this U Mr manager we were recently at a DDA meeting that I thank commissioner Rey is for putting together and he's a witness just like commissioner partu is since he talks about the residence well this is not the five or six residents that he's always talking about this were dozens of residents that were complaining about this building about this wanting the city to do something about it they were told of that meeting that oh it's going to be taken care of right away right away is here it's been a year or more this has got to be taken care of before our New Year Eve celebration this year and this is why I am going to make a motion that if none other of the permits that these people supposedly are working on or have made mistakes on or whatever the case is to take that building down in a safe way don't happen by the 29th of next month for this Administration to do whatever it takes and it has to do to paint over all that graffiti to paint over all that stuff that was painted in there so that we don't have to have our residents be looking at a building that looks like this and wonder what kind of a city do we have here so my motion is to instruct the administration in a little over 30 Days by November 29th if they don't paint over that building or if they don't get whatever permits in the proper in safe fashion they have to get to tear that building down and take it down that the administration is instructed by this commission to do whatever it has to can you leave this one on here please to paint over that whole building and we build them for and lean the place until we get paid uh by them I'll second it thank you I have a motion and a second all in favor I motion carries unanimously very good this shall conclude the commission meeting for October 24th 2024 thank you all thank you for always coming meeting adjourned [Music] --------- ##VIDEO ID:fzxW-v75Mno## [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] 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remember His brother fondle this is a family whose DNA and whose life has been dedicated to serving our community for over 50 years they're an institution you know Miami's only been around for a little over 120 years so this is literally half of the history of the city and when you really think about it in many ways it's the beginning of the second modern era of Miami after the 1960s when a lot of uh Cuban Americans or Cubans came to this country fleeing oppression uh so they started a small business that's been in business in the same location I think the whole entire time or maybe most of the time yeah um and uh so I'd like to invite up the whole sepo family so that I can Proclaim today septo Eye Care Center day in the city of Miami this is this is this is like a hair Club for Men commercial because I'm also a client right I've gotten a prescription eyear from them and uh it's very reasonably priced if not free depending on your insurance uh I'm not a paid actor obviously the patriarch of the family who in many ways we're honoring couldn't be here for health reasons so hopefully he gets to see this because this is recorded so you can play it back for him we we just wanted to say that um he's not here but he can see this and it will be recorded so he can see it his faithfulness to our city and his dedication to his family and to our city and to his craft which I think we all try every day to be better at our Craft um I think is an inspiration to all of us thank you I have to say something you see this glasses he is the one that that made him and still I'm seeing I'm I'm I'm seeing fine and uh so far so good and uh when I first got to uh his uh I his pres I went to his office they have five stars I mean the uh the way that have been raid is five stars and and then I I asked him you've been in here all your life I said no those five stars are for your dad and say yes but I am continuing it so so it is an honor to have you here thank you you this well deserve it thank you [Applause] thank you brother congratulations she'll be very proud of your family well maybe my son will be going there next year we'll see so today uh the second uh Proclamation that I have the privilege of bestowing today is is something very um unique and interesting as I mentioned many of our parents came into this country fleeing oppression uh communism and dictatorship and so for 57 years the Miss Universe Pageant has not had a representative from Cuba that changes this year marianella is going to be proudly representing us uh Cuban Americans in Exile and the Cuban community in uh Cuba in front of the world and so we're very very honored and blessed to Proclaim today Miss Universe Cuba project day in the city of Miami in honor of her representation of our uh Heritage our city the country many of our parents and some of us were born in and uh for those who are voiceless and who are suffering in that system of government that has taken all of their rights including the freedom to worship the freedom of speech the freedom to earn a living uh and has just delivered misery and um unfair persecution for all so thank you so much for doing that for us thank you very much thank you very much for all the work that you're doing for every Cuban the city of Miami made something it's it's a very important city for all the Cubans for giving us opportunities for those who were there struggling I feel blessed I feel very grateful for this opportunity because now Cuban women we're going to be able to have a voice in Miss Universe and represent and be represented by someone every year uh this opportunity was lacked for many years because of the reasons that we we know just know that my crown and what I'm doing it's all for the Cubans this doesn't belong just for me but um for all the Cubans for the freedom of Cubans for justice I'm very happy and very grateful for the opportunity once again thank you very much uh lastly I'm sorry I had one more um which is to salute uh members of the Miami Latino artbeat of the State of Florida you can I think this is the only time we're allowed to clap right during commission meetings I think I think this is the only time we're allowed to clap during commission meeting so it's um a non-for-profit Arts organization that's headquartered in Chicago and has a collaboration with our office now for over 20 years awarding Miami children scholarships to attend higher education After High School graduation we're announcing the 2024 Miami Student winners of our annual art competition which competition information has been circulated to all Miami senior high schools through Miami day County Public Schools our logistical Partners so thank you to Miami day schools for participating with us so I'm going to call up Frank Garcia if you're here yeah you are Megan Diaz Megan is here come on out Megan go you can get this spr Alexa Diaz Alexa if you're here Amelia McKay Amelia you can get get yeah you can get oh okay uh jamy or hamy Sur Hy angelene Martinez Hans [Applause] Kun good morning Miami I'm Don rossio the president of Latino artbeat I first want to thank mayor Suarez who has helped us recognize talented young Miami High School artists over the years uh we're Incorporated in Chicago but we're a non-for-profit Florida Corporation and I can proudly announce that today we have now surpassed the 6 million Mark in giving scholarships to kids these are our winners thank you very much we have a reception this afternoon at the Hyatt regeny Hotel you're welcome to come to the reception thank you is there come on Mr Blanco come on up sometimes it happens that we miss someone or honorable mention come on up [Applause] let me get in here hold on one and put your m good morning my name is Damian Paro and I'm commissioner for district 2 we have three proclamations our first Proclamation goes to Lucas kakowski and his mom and dad Lee and Katherine Lucas is a 10-year-old fifth grader at St Stevens and he sent our office an email and basically said I have an idea he did his own research and he came up with the SEI Flags you can now see those flags in Coconut Grove right on Grand Avenue for people to cross that way kids when they cross they raise the flag and it gives greater visibility this is amazing that he took that step in our office Javier Gonzalez or Coconut Grove liaison responded immediately and Mark Burns who's the executive director of the Coconut Grove bid took up the cause so I'd ask Lucas his family Mark Burns Javier the community lez on everyone to come up here because this is a demonstration this is a demonstration of what happens when community and government step up and do things that are great for the city of Miami no I was hoping that you want to say a few words say thank you say something you're a good speaker I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that supported me along the way we all we all want to encourage him to keep doing great things cuz he will do great things do you guys want want to say anything okay right the I should have mentioned that he actually did lemonade fundraisers to pay for the first installations of the flag which is really incredible uh I'm sorry for interrupting uh we have congresswoman Maria elira salad who's here with us who wants to present us a check we're always willing to take money uh or speak or speak from the podium whatever you want to do m i congresswoman it is a check you see I thought there was was it a check I think there's a check maybe not okay I didn't okay we like big checks always great always great to be here with you right how are you m good to see you thanks hi good to see all thank wonderful wonderful it's great to be it's great to be home you see it's very rewarding Mr Mayor and the Commissioners how are you good to see you all the elected officials and uh everyone that works in the city it's it's always very gratifying how are you good to see you again usually I see them in Washington in my office in a more normal or more formal setting but it's always very gratifying to be back home and to see what democracy looks like at the local level and be able to be uh sharing with the local officials what we're doing in Washington today I just want to present I brought $3,500,000 for the seniors this is specifically and I'm going to I'm quoting the name the Flagler affordable senior housing project what this is going to do is going to give safe beautiful reasonable priced place to live for many of for seniors and they tell me that even we have a fitness center that is the way we treat those who paid and who gave us years of their labor and contributed to the Social Security system and that is why we're bringing this back one of the main issues yes I mean it's my job it's my job to do this and uh we understand that one of the main problems that we have in South Florida is affordable housing senior living and transport ation and we are very aware at least I'm very aware District Number 27 the city of Miami where we're at one of the favorite cities not the only one within District Number 27 um is someone that it's a very important and dear City to me I live in the city of Miami and um and my job as your congresswoman is to ensure that we can bring all the funds that is that are available through the ear marking proces to our part of of our part of the of the country so I'm proud Mr Mayor and the Commissioners and thank you this is this is uh this I think this is affects you or benefits you greatly Manolo and uh just count on me we are here I'm I'm saying to all the May the mayor and the Commissioners any other projects that you think that I can earmark that I should know that we should tap into please present the the proper documentation take it to Washington you know that my my office my doors are always open for all of you and we will try to bring as much funds as possible to our area that's the beauty of federalism that's the beauty of the American system so I'm proud to be here and thank you very much in this wonderful morning to be able to be with all of you my [Applause] best let's take a picture but before we take a picture uh I want everybody to know how marel works we have this project which is uh that building that you can see that rendering which is a a building for seniors uh lowi income seniors and and uh at a beautiful place which is on 52nd Place in uh in Flagler Street and uh we presented to her I went to Washington I met with her I presented the project and I said she said well how much you need I said we are about $3 million short and she said Okay and she came up with 3.5 thank you Mita this is this is really really a public servant working for her community God bless her and let's support her all the time thank you very much we also have commissioner herel regalo who just joined us I wanted to acknowledge her as well and commissioner jeene montine is here former commissioner is he here where are you Jean oh my brother look at you oh wearing a nice suit go another one yeah have two okay yeah and you have some got one we wanted to go ahead and recognize Phyllis Bellinger who started the nonprofit program uh the Start program in 2014 the program is incredibly important because it takes students from high school and tries to get them to college or the military or some kind of employment she's been doing this work in our community for 35 years so please join me in recognizing Phyllis Bellinger [Applause] W it's a challenge up here sometimes I know how are you conratulations thank you very much would you like to say a few words please do F first of all I would just like to say on behalf of the striving to attain remarkable teens program affectionately known as start we thank anyone and everyone who has ever assisted us along the way I I would also like to take a moment to say that the woman that stands before you was once a little girl that was reared in the area that is known as West Grove throughout my life I have had several countless individuals to pour into me individuals such as my mother who valued higher education but was unable to pursue herself through the community the neighborhood that helped us because we were underresourced as a family and to teachers that also saw a brightness in me and helped me to shine down through the years we have been able to assist several teenss that are themselves very remarkable and we thank you for allowing us to be able to provide distinctive services such as educational advocacy academic support Community engagement as well as a free hot meal program and this has allowed us to help other individuals to reach their goal of higher education and or whatever they desire to be deemed successful so in closing again I say thank you I also would like to say this to achieve something great to attain something remarkable it takes individuals like yourselves so please continue to assist any and everyone who are pouring back into the Youth of Miami amen we'd like to recognize van orell funeral and cremation services this is an institution in our community located in downtown I think it's one of the few servicing the entire downtown in Miami area they've been comforting families in our community for over 100 years the family serves in many leadership roles in Civic organizations religious institutions and so we just want to give a little something back to them and acknowledge them for everything they've done for us and that's Don and Crystal Van Oro no no thank you thank you very much like to say a few words you know van orell started in 1924 and downtown Miami uh my father and grandfather uh had a bank in Iowa and they saw the depression coming they sold the bank and then they they got a hold of a funeral home in downtown Miami at 929 Northeast Second Avenue and then in 1937 they opened up the first Mortuary in Miami 3333 Northeast 2 Avenue and it is currently still operating as van orell it's been an honor to serve the community for 100 years and the third generation of Van orell I'm sorry the fourth is my daughter Chris thank you so much it's been an honor to serve our community and help families honor the lives of their loved ones in meaningful ways uh we're blessed to be one of the few family-owned funeral homes left here in Miami congratulations so hello yes so now uh I'd like to give a uh proclamation to a uh high school teacher in in my district in uh um Jackson I'd like for ranina Turner to come up uh please and give her a welcome [Applause] good morning on behalf of Miami day County Public Schools and I'm certainly Miami Jackson Senior High School of which I I am the current principal um it um does bring um heartfelt and warm um thankful um greetings for this Proclamation the work that I do certainly is on behalf of the children um that I serve in the alipa area and certainly um the support that I've received from the parents and the community so I certainly say thank you um certainly we don't do this work for recognition um but I do want to thank those indviduals who have taken this time to honor me um as the principal of Miami Jackson Senior High School thank you Generals in the house yes yes yes so so today I think the last thing is we get to commemorate someone's birthday today yesterday wait no I guess they did commem my birthday too I was going to say right October 6 so this gentleman has been our police chief now for close to two years if not already two years where are you at three good time FES fun but I think for me what's most impressive is the results the results and and the results in in his line of business means lives lives that are saved as far as I know every single year he's been chief officer involved complaints have gone down they were never really high uh but they've gone down significantly and they've gone down as a percentage of the total cost for service we have I think one year I remember there were close to 200 complaints on 330,000 calls for service think about that and in 1980 when I was 3 years old we had 220 homicides last year we had 31 this year October 15th we have 24 so our hope is with his hard work and and I say this because it's it's one thing to commemorate someone for their birthday everybody has a birthday every year um but it's another thing to commemorate him for his life's work his passion what drives him he's a person that puts his head down he works hard every day for the citizens of the city of Miami he ask for nothing in return other than uh support which we try to give him as much as we can um and he's just a great person so thank you so much Chief happy birthday thank [Applause] you so it's it's it's been uh it's been a pleasure uh to be part of the city of Miami for over half my life 30 years here uh Tria Chief as as the mayor said and and like it is a difficult job the average lifespan of a police chief is two to three years um a little bit less here in Miami uh we know the the turbulent climate here uh kind of tends to make things very difficult uh so I I'm extremely grateful for every year that I'm able to share this this is my family this is what I grew up uh and to have the support of of the mayor uh our elected officials that have always been Stout supporters of law enforcement everything we need to get the job done to keep the city of Miami we we get you know for the better part and to have the support of of the manager my boss and the the whole Administration it's a team effort so I'm extremely grateful to spend another year here and at the risk of having fire get upset and and set the building on fire we're going to go ahead and and and blow out the candle so thank you very much I appreciate you guys to you happy birthday to you happy birthday [Applause] dear and many more thank you CH yest to at this time we are going to begin our meeting as we always do with prayer we have a little traffic jam getting to us good morning again we have Bishop Jerome here that is going to lead us in prayer for our meeting today thank you honorable mayor franceses and chair wom Mame M Christin members of the Commissioners and all guests my name is Bishop seram I'm the senior pastor for Hillside Church of God formerly known as the first Haitian Church of God and this is a pleasure this morning to do the invocation let's bow our heads Heavenly Father we glorify your name the Creator and sustainer of men our commissioners gather here today as the leaders and representatives of this vibrant City of Miami seeking your wisdom and guidance in their deliberations we thank you for this diverse Community they serve a community rich in culture strength and resilience as they come together in this meeting I ask you for your presence grant them Clarity of thought and unity of purpose as they discuss the matters that impact the lives of our residents May their decisions be guided by compassion and integrity let them prioritize the needs of our community especially those who are most vulnerable let them 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please silence all cell phones and other noise making devices this meeting can be viewed live on Miami TV the C's Facebook page the CD's Twitter page the CD's YouTube channel and Comcast channel 77 the broadcast will also have closed captioning thank you madam chair thank you Mr City attorney Mr city clerk would you please read your record your statement for the record thank you chair the procedures for individuals providing testimony to swor Planning and Zoning items and any qua judicial items on today's City commission agenda will be as follows the members of City staff or any other individuals required to be sworn in who are currently present at City Hall be sworn in by me the city clerk immediately immediately after I finished explaining these procedures those individuals who are appearing remotely may be sworn in now or at any time prior to the individual providing testimony or planning zoning items and our qua judicial items Commissioners are you comfortable with all notice Provisions set forth in these uniform rules procedures we have established for this meeting yes Mr city clerk chair may I administer the oath for the Planning and Zoning items please good morning ladies and gentlemen if you'll be speaking on any of today's Planning and Zoning items those are the peasy items May please have you stand and raise your right hand do you solemnly swear or affm that the testimony you're about to give at today's hearing is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and your response is thank you chair thank you Mr City Clerk at this time Mr city manager do you have any items from this agenda that is going to be deferred or withdrawn good morning Madam chair Commissioners Mr City attorney Mr city clerk at this time the administration would like to defer and withdraw the following items re2 to be deferred to November 21st F fr3 to be deferred to December 12th pz16 to be deferred to November 21st pz 17 to be deferred to November 21st and pz1 18 to be deferred to November 21st that concludes the item I'm going to ask my colleagues if they have any items that they would like to defer or withdraw um yeah I got one so the uh the F1 the repeal chapter 62 and I'm in chapter 17 uh I believe I'd like to defer that so we can have discussions with the the neighbors and the groups uh that uh communicated with my office that they wanted to have an input and they wanted to have further discussion on on this until when um December or November I'd say December so they can have a you know we can have a very good discussion where everybody is at and listen to everybody okay so if that's okay with you ladies and gentlemen fr11 thank you much appreciated and that's till December yep are there any other items no commissioner Reyes um chairwoman uh I do not have any at this point in time I just want to make it clear that on PC 161 17 and 18 I expect that we deal with these uh on November 21st we had 80% of our residents that voted uh in August 20th to open up the outdoor gym in Maurice faray park for all our residents to be able to use uh I'm not going to play any more games with this so please uh whatever the administration does understand that uh I am going to push to hear this and take an up or down vote on the 21st understood commissioner it was a notice issue I know that caused the deferral so we'll uh it won't be an issue for the next meeting can I clarify one of the deferrals too um I listed fr3 as a deferral to December 12th it's actually it's actually November 21st the next meeting okay at this time oh I'm sorry we have Miami day commissioner Raquel Regalado she would like to speak to us on an item thank is this a PID political advertisement or not not unless you want to do an endorsement no um I'm only only when your father endorses me after I set him off in his political career if you remember Good morning Joe it's always a pleasure to see you um good morning everyone I'm here in my capacity um as a county commissioner for for district 7 um and also on behalf of dur um as as many of you know we have a tree ordinance ourselves um and what we would like to request um is and thank you for the deferral as part of the deferral to meet individually with each of you I've spoken to the director so that we can do that uh specifically uh chapter 24 of our tree regulation state that your any municipality has to have an equivalent to or Superior to standard so we have reviewed the ordinance and while we're in accordance with most of it there are about five points that do cause us concern and we don't want it to trigger unintended consequences pursuant to our ordinance it could lead to double permitting or to double regulation and we would rather not do that I've had an opportunity to speak to some of you and I know that the intent of it um is to increase our tree canopy and to make it easier for folks to do that and as your county partner and through durm uh we're even open to offering more Tre to the city of Miami to help with the tree canopy uh and to show you what we're doing and how investing in more green infrastructure can also help with the storm water requirements that go into effect in March so I would really like the opportunity to meet with each of you individually with our director uh because I think that we all want the same thing um and to show you what we're working on a Derm and how green infrastructure can help our community so thank you thank you at this time may I have a motion and a second to set the agenda motion I have a motion I have a second all in favor all right the agenda has been set and chair just briefly for the record um Chair King will be sponsoring re5 and co-sponsoring re12 good morning mayor and Commissioners um it is most concerning and a slap in the face of every hardworking taxpayer citizen public comment is now open what is it my turn who who this good okay all right uh of every hardworking taxpaying citizen that if these hard times you would even consider the likes of approving your LIF term pensions former Miami city manager Amelia Gonzalez call this shameful and Despicable the in-your-face pay a corruption in the city is beyond anything he has seen in his life um so many people are having such a hard time making ends meet and the perks and benefits that you already enjoy so lavishly to on top of that consider these pensions which are far beyond I'm a retired counselor and teacher with day County schools are far beyond any of us would ever dream of having King I believe you would have gotten 4,813 per month I don't know of anybody that's those kind of Pensions uh it's really despicable and deplorable uh thank you gabella for having your moral compass intact and saying that this vote should go to the people and if it's not voted to go to the people it should die thank you for that uh consent King uh your district is is uh struggling to make ends meet and having a lot of financial issues yet your main concern is your financial Security in the future I find that very unconscionable and indispens despicable in the face of the hardworking taxpayer peoples of the city of Miami uh mayor Suarez where's mayor Suarez wellam I hate to tell you but that that that issue is an nonissue because it's it's been veto thank you for having a moral compass and Ving video this Bill thank you for that you had G you were to gain a lot of financial benefits yourself if you approve this but you denied yourself that your father was a regular at my school shed and middle I'm a retired career counselor and teacher uh he was a regular there and supported us thank you as did Willie gour and Jimmy Morales so you see where it says and God we trust you all might reflect on that every now and again thank you and good day and God bless ma'am may we have your name for this for the record ma'am ma'am may we have your name thank you good morning good morning Albert Gomez District 2 uh resident um I got a lot to say here ca5 uh if it's a gift from FPL and we're not paying for those uh charging stations great if not it takes away the opportunity for people to it is a gift good um the re5 uh the environmental and climate Justice Community change Grant amen finally getting those monies pushed forward I just hope that it's not in support of continuing maintenance items that it's actually putting money towards improvements beyond what we had and not just being put money grant money put forward to resolve issues that we've deferred um and then uh the bo re7 amen we we finally are taking care of our own and paying for our own waste in our own City good on you all right this is what we need to do to leave no trades I wish there's a little money in there for education so we can get the Rangers out there to teach people on leave no Trace um re10 affordable housing finally putting money into what we said we would do with the bond way to go uh commissioner King and then uh you know I'm glad it was deferred uh commissioner gabella um we can't relax I understand the uh climate resilience and understand storms and the importance of getting permitting done we should just put it on staff have a arborous on staff that supports one final statement that I would like to say is that I find it rich I'm going to have compassion on this but I I find it rich that Senator Salazar came to give a check to a very important item but voted no for the ACT that put the money forward to get that item put in I find that rich no clapping no clapping chairwoman if if I may um did we take up which I was under the impression that's what usually we take up before even public hearing any mayoral vetos no the mayoral vetos comes it can be the first item on the agenda but it has to be open for public comment while there is a veto that the mayor has we have to allow the public to speak on behalf of that veto well that's I got no problem with that but I was just wondering if we should have taken that up first or not no no because we have to have public comment good morning thank you John Dolson uh 4205 lenux Drive coconut gr Florida I'm a proud Eminem I've showed up here and I I want to thank mayor Tes for giving the pension thing a chance to have public comment and come back and rethink it uh I want to thank you guys for the hard work you do put in and I do think this needs to go to the public for a vote about a month ago you showed a video here which I found quite inspiring where at least four of you possibly five helped restore a community where people had lost their home in a fire and I made a comment in a month ago that if you were doing that kind of stuff on a monthly basis you would have overwhelming support for a uh some kind of a grand pension now I brought my M&M's because there was a comment made about M&M's people uh who show up here and vote and and I looked at these things and I thought these actually are kind of you know they're they come in all many different sizes and sorts and colors they're very diverse and it's just like this group that's out here today so I brought these to pass out to anybody that wants to be a proud Eminem public speaker but uh again I want also thank you for moving the fr1 back to get a grip on how the county and the City work together we need more trees we need more trees to combat the increasing heat we're getting with climate change a number of things but um proud Eminem came to speak thank you for giving us a chance to speak on this thank you thank you for always showing up good morning good morning good morning Madam chairwoman commissioner staff and miamians my name is Ralph Rosado I reside at 3340 Southwest 16 Terrace I want to thank commissioner Reyes for placing re12 on the agenda this is an item that's very important to everyone in Coral gate if you reside in Coral gate please wave your hands thank you all for being here Coral gate is the city's first plan subdivision and it is the city's first neighborhood Conservation District it is an exceptional place to raise a family and that's reflected by the fact that we want to preserve it and collected in just a couple of days over 800 signatures from folks that are upset at the way that the live local Act is potentially going to affect us uh Liv local was passed last year it was amended this year it is a well-intentioned law to create Workforce housing housing units in a city that desperately needs Workforce housing units but in some ways it goes too far in our neighborhood's case that's certainly the issue and it does two things that are particularly problematic it preempts you our local elected officials that were voted into office to make decisions on our behalf and it preempts us as Neighbors from even having a voice in these important zoning decisions um we are the neighborhood that abuts the sear site located at the at 37th Avenue and Coral Way it's one of the last seers in the country we know it's going away um what was proposed by the developer before live local was approximately 1,50 residential units a grocery store restaurants 2,000 parking spaces and now under live local you can basically multiply that time six or seven times and you can bring a project that would otherwise be compatible only in Brickle into our neighborhood and potentially bring us 8,000 residential units creating massive gridlock deteriorating our property values and our quality of life we would very strongly urge you to take one of two actions many residents would like for to purchase it and make it into a park that would certainly preserve our neighborhood we know that's a challenge so we would like to offer a second course of action which would be push back on the state in the way that Orlando and a lot of other cities are doing even if it means suing the state and preserving properties and neighborhoods like ours so if you are a live local project next to a single family neighborhood the zoning is locked into place and you can't build anything bigger thank you thank you no clapping no no clapping we have to do this we have to do this no clapping Nathan kland 3132 Day Avenue what do you call a Cuban man with a rubber toe and the answer is Roberto in 20123 and 24 Miami city mayor was under investigation the city manager under investigation the City attorney removed nine days earlier under investigation Commissioner of District 1 removed from office by the governor and still facing criminal charges commissioner District 3 from his bully popit every day every minute legal fees in millions and millions of dollars and Comm Chair King it was a little disappointing for me to hear you refer to us as mean and miserable I think of us as sweet and I brought M&M's to replace mean and miserable with sweet you know I didn't say everyone is and certainly you are not in that group because you come you always give us a joke it wasn't intended for the universe of people and for anyone that took it that way that is not what I meant am I still on my time you still are in your time and finally I'd like to thank mayor Suarez a veto of that of this pension bill was absolutely called for and thank you very much for that thank you ladies and gentlemen thank you good morning can I speak on behalf of Roberto you want more I got a I don't eat M&M's my name is Maria Christina Suarez I live in coral Gates one of the very few if anyone else has a a suburb like ours family members kids pets everybody can walk there safely if the Sears development is allowed we will lose that freedom and we will lose our neighborhood by the way all of those people are going to come and walk all around we don't know who's going to be there kindly review this project and make us continue to be peaceful thank you thank you good morning good morning Debbie Dolson 4205 Lennox Drive coconut Grove um I came this morning um and I'm surprised that actually I'm here to give thanks to some of the wonderful things that have happened here this morning um I'd like to preface though by saying that um I come here as do lots of other people to make comments that are meaningful and mindful and I also email I call I talk to our commissioners in person always with meaning and minding folks mindful um in my comments so I hope that you respect the residents and your constituents um and by respecting us we will of course respect you uh first I would like to uh talk about the mayor Vito and thank commissioner and I'm sorry mayor Suarez ex commissioner um for vetoing this extremely expensive and self-serving piece of legislation thank you I support it 100% secondly I'd like to thank uh commissioner gabella for deferring fr1 and offering a chance for people like me and our residents to further explore this super super important part of our code so thank thanks to both of you thank you thank you good morning good morning thank you chairwoman my my name is Michelle estland I am a resident of coral gate community and this is my first time attending a city of Miami commission meeting I came uh across the way over 37th Avenue from the Gable so so far this is much more fun um I appreciate all of your attention uh I want to say thank you um to uh commissioner Reyes for sponsoring re12 and you know my experience in living in Miami day County since 1995 has been that we are different from everywhere else in the State of Florida and one of the things that I cherish is that we are different and I don't think that when the live local Act was passed the differences in communities was really contemplated we do need more affordable housing but we had uh congresswoman Salazar come in I disagree with her on many issues but she talked about local governance and on that I agree the bishop came up here and prayed over all of you and he mentioned keeping in mind the interests of the local residents and on that I agree so I come before you to ask that you please Advocate fiercely for our ability to govern ourselves for you to look after our interests and we might fight a lot we might be really different we are really different but nobody from Tallahasse needs to come here and tell us how to a create a affordable housing we are capable of that we trust you to look out for our interests and I'm going to ask you to please Advocate uh for the amendment of the live local act in a way that allows communities to have notice to have an opportunity to be heard and to have our Miami interests recognized and honored because we are different and we need to stay different thank you very much for your time thank you good morning good morning uh my name is sander Ares I am the chief program officer of the alapata collaborative CDC and I'm here to express our support to small businesses in alapata with the item re6 breaking barrier to business B3 initiative that aligns with the present needs or priorities of the little Santo Domingo Community as well as Overtown and Coconut Grove to accelerate World building for small businesses and closing the racial income and World Gap providing technical assistance uh Business Development and access to Capital to business in our community Through collaborative efforts with the city of Miami we have successfully leveraged available resources to benefit a small businesses in our area and we look forward to promote economic ownership to build generation and weal for on the service small businesses thank you thank you good morning good morning Kevin anof I live at 3360 Southwest 21st Street Miami 33145 I'm a longtime resident in callgate neighborhood 67 years living in the same house it was my parents house I live right around the corner from the Sears project and that project goes through due to the live local Act is there been more people living there than what originally was supposed to be there it was supposed to be 600 units built over there it went to 800 units that they were going to change the zoning and now with the live local act it's over a th000 units and over 2,000 people living in there mon way is our commissioner does a lot for that community and our mayor SZ used to live in the community he also has done a lot for that Community as well so I'm asking all of you to please look at the live local act and do something and not build that big project there thank you thank you good morning morning Commissioners good morning um it yeah I had to be creative today because you deferred my item which I'm grateful on the whole illumination thing so I'm going to kind of tie in what I'm going to show on the screen to di1 which is a discussion item so please don't cut my time I want to point out a couple things as you look at this picture here this is Downtown Miami with graffiti at one of the buildings I guarantee you if this was down the Grove Edgewater morning site or anywhere else there would be an uproar and a Witch Hunt here this was reported to the county because it's a county asset in two weeks time this is what they did within two weeks they took care of the problem proactively when we reached out to code enforcement here with Robert and everyone else that assisted us but the big picture is this building here in downtown Miami in which commissioner garoo and commissioner Reyes spoke about several times at DDA meeting and a sunshine meeting that you guys were going to step up to the plate and take care of this problem again nothing is being done it's been a year the permitting issue has been a problem the fot permitting has been a problem but downtowners that pay the highest tax in this entire city are stuck with this problem I'm asking what are we going to do about it because this is not an art basil situation this is a disgrace to the city of Miami and it's constantly happening because I'll guarantee you the grites that are here would be here in droves it's not fair I'm kindly asking you whoever is responsible might be District 2 to step up to the plate and give an order to tear down the building and or take away that graffiti that we have to live with that's an to ask that when we did that with the county they took care of it within two weeks chairwoman it's not right so I kindly ask you to please be proactive on some of the things that you two have spoken about to take care of these problems that we're having in downtown thank you thank you good morning good morning uh my name is Sandra I'm a resident of coral gate um first let's recognize the first thing affordable working housing is important important nobody denies that and I think the city has to address it and we all as residents will benefit of having people work near their near their jobs it's important because um it reduces the quality uh reduces the cost for workers because they can spend less money getting them to and from work and it also increases the quality of life because it reduces the time they spend to go to and from work now time spent in a traffic jam affects everybody it affects workers and it affects residents now the quality of life for residents living in areas when a high density building is built affects the community so you are look you are addressing the issue of increasing the affordable house the worker housing but you are negatively affecting the quality of life of residents and workers the workers have to spend more time getting away from a high density area to get to work and people that live in the area are affected because they have to spend more time getting out of their neighborhoods so why build these enormous buildings in communities that are cohesive that are functioning that are beautiful because we want to live in a beautiful city and coral gate is a beautiful part of town every time I go up in the parking lot of that shopping center um that is next to the wind Dixie and I park and I look out the view to Coral gate I got this is the most incredible view why it just a sea of green that is created by the coral gate residents that we planted that we cared for and that we created we created a green beautiful neighborhood is greener than anything around and then you have the City of Coral Gables which has beautiful buildings low buildings beautiful that provide a view thank you so thank you please don't put don't damage don't let us destroy what Coral gate and cor have created in in our city by building an enormous project right there in the in the seirus parking lot thank you good morning good morning Commissioners and mayor my name is najib Campbell and I am the President of the vov Vista West neighborhood association my address is 528 Northwest 47th Street and I'm here to speak on itms um pz1 pz2 14742 and 14743 this is the upper bov Vista development and I live in the area and um the developers have been very transparent and open with what their plans are for this development and um as a resident and a proponent of the of the development I see that the compromise that we are that they are asking for and we as the neighbors are asking for is between a holistic developers artistic development of a property that everyone enjoys that has preserved the tree canopy and it's been very holistic and sustainable versus the live local act potential that can threaten this development um the live local Act is here and it's real and I think I would encourage the Commissioners to approve the zoning change because to Grant a couple more floors stories to a holistic minded developer versus the property being threatened by the live local Act and the entire neighborhood lose such a beautiful place that we all enjoy I prefer I I I think the choice for meid is clear I encourage the Commissioners to consider this and approve the zoning change for the upper wi development thank you very much thank you good morning good morning my name is an nolles I live at 3640 Southwest 19th Street I'm a coral gate girl and I'm here just to give the perspective of that when I walk outside of my in the back of my home I'm facing the Sears project and it's so nice to go out there right now and the thought of a big building there um you know I would want you to have the perspective that if this was your home and you would be facing this you would be here also because you wouldn't want that in your backyard so I do believe in Pro you know progress and everything but it's I it in my opinion it's just too much too much parking too much you know me changing the climate and so um that was what I wanted to say and I hope that you guys will take that into consideration thank you thank you good morning good morning my name is Carl Roberts I'm a district 2 Resident and I'd like to start off by thanking my district commissioner Dean Paro for voting no on the veto U on the uh pension and to thank mayor Suarez for vetoing it politics is hard we all know that you know but all of you came out of the private sector some of you were activists and you decided to become a politician you knew what the salary was you should have known what the hours are and now you want to vote yourself a full-time lifetime pension is unconscionable this is the job it's hard I get it but you chose to do it nobody asked you nobody of of your constituency twisted your arm to make you become a politician you have staff that H handles a lot of the problems that are you're facing and I think you should take the time to think about how you're going to tax the citizens that didn't even put you in office for years and years to come they don't have the money you're taxing senior citizens you're taxing elderly you're taxing lowincome you're taxing people who don't even work so that you can get a pension and most of you had careers that started long before you became politicians that you can go back to some of you had businesses so income is not an issue for you so why would you think voting a pension for yourselves without considering the people's concerns and opinion I have no idea why you would do that so I implore you not to give yourself a pension again thank you thank you good morning good morning um my name is Akim Lopez uh I own the property located at 1940 Southwest 33rd Court 3250 Southwest 18 Terrace 3511 Southwest 21st Street and several other properties across uh Miami uh the the properties I mentioned are reside inside the corate residential Community the city of Miami has enacted policy to protect neighborhoods by allowing designation of conservation districts as such Coral gate has been granted this protection via NCD in fact it's the first neighborhood to rece to receive such protection Coral gate is designated as Miami's NCD 1 we are the first Conservation District how is it that this new state law live local enacted recently can supersede all of the efforts the residents of Miami have fought so hard to implement how is it that live local can now endanger neighborhoods with NCD status the city of Miami needs to act now to protect its constituents its residents and its neighborhoods the city needs to create exceptions to live local what's the point of designated a neighborhood for conservation if that conservation can be nullified by Fiat Miami I'm talking to all of you right where are your constituency it's time to step up and stand up for its residents and its its neighborhoods thank Youk thank you good morning hi good morning uh good morning fellow hello uh public servants uh thank you for listening to us uh my name is Robert Kirby I live in coral gate amplifying what other folks are saying here again thank you for acknowledging and listening thank you uh commissioner Rees uh for introducing the re2 we support your effort to try to convince the legislature in Florida to tweak that legislation to exclude that being the live local from being applied next to our NCD uh wonderful neighbor thank thank you sir for doing that nobody here is opposing Workforce housing we are the workforce if I take a a stone and throw it from my house I've got a firefighter behind me a principal at Miami High uh police officer I work for the Army we're we are the workforce we already have a traffic Pro cut through problem we already have that it was shown in 2017 when we had a traffic study done we already have that that cut through problem is going to get worse it's going to make our streets even less safe um this law as it is right now takes away any tools that you may have that we may have or leverage to provide input into the process that's not Democratic uh and it's a developer giveaway we again thank you for listening to us uh the added traffic will make our streets even less say we support language that disallows and uh live local next ncds we support existing working class like us uh already established in the gate in our quality of life thank you thank you good morning good morning good morning everyone mayor Commissioners and everyone present thank you for listening to us my name is Sebastian rajo and I am a resident of 1920 Southwest 33rd Court in Coral gate my wife and I have been proud residents of cor gate for 5 years now and it has been nothing short of a dream come true we worked hard to make our home perfect in this beautiful close-knit neighborhood and it wasn't a hard decision for us to settle in after we met so many neighbors that for Generations have lived in corate now as we are less than 2 weeks away from welcoming our first baby we're excited to finally live the life we've always envisioned raising our children in a peaceful safe neighborhood we've been looking for we've been looking forward to teaching our child how to ride a bike seeing him play outside with other kids in in the neighborhood and take our usual afternoon walks but it deeply saddens me to think that this might all change the massive 1,000 unit proposed under the live local act would forever alter the character of our neighborhood while the live local Act is well intended it is not designed for single family neighborhoods like Coral gate the city of Miami specifically created uh ncds neighborhood conservation districts to protect residential areas like ours the purpose of ncds is to maintain the Integrity character and charm of neighborhoods at Coral gate ensuring that the development is fit within the existing Community however this state law is overriding the city's policies and threatening what ncds are created to protect on behalf of my family my neighbors and more than the 800 community members who have signed her petition um to amend the LI local act these signatures represent not just Coral gate but people across the city and state who believe that communities like ours deserve protection we are not opposed to the development but we ask that the live local act be amended to better Su neighborhoods at Coral gate where the focus should be maintaining the character and quality of life for the families who live there this proposed project would bring significant traffic issues but a straighten our infrastructure affect our school zones and impact the overall cleanliness and safety of our neighborhood the city of Miami created ncds to preserve neighborhoods at corate and I urge you to protect us from a stay law that overwrites the city's own policies families like mine moved here because we wanted to raise our children in a quiet safe and stable environment we ask that you stand with us in preserving the future of our community so please I ask all of you like our Shir say save corate before it's too late thank you thank you good morning hi good morning my name is Amy poano I live at 3330 SouthWest 20th Street in Coral gate um I've probably called Coral gate home for years I'm here today to urge you to support resolution re12 which is critical in protecting our neighborhood from a high density City development that threatens the character and safety of our community this isn't just about coral gate though it's about preserving the Integrity of all Miami neighborhoods we've seen what happens when developers go unchecked here Coconut Grove Little Havana Liberty City these communities are being transformed in ways that leave residents behind the same residents that counted on you precisely previously ra12 is your opportunity to stand with the people who live here not the developers who profit and leave us to deal with overcrowding reduced safety and loss of green spaces the live local Act is being used as a loophole to force massive projects into areas where they don't belong we're asking you to protect our neighborhoods from being overtaken by outside interests it's kind of hard not to point out the irony here one of you recently losing an embarrassingly large lawsuit for illegally using your position and power to harass a business in the very same neighborhood you represent and the majority of you up here having accepted developer donations throughout your care careers now we're expected to trust that same judgment when it comes to protecting our communities it's outright depressing that we're standing here asking that our elected officials put the residents first supporting resolution re12 gives you the chance to show us that you do in fact represent the people of Miami protect our homes protect our families and honor the trust we placed in you when you were elected to serve thank you good morning good morning good morning my name is Jackie gr Kellogg I've lived in Miami since 1975 and I'm the Democratic candidate for Florida house district 113 um I'm in support of the resolution to urge Governor DeSantis and members of the Florida legislature to amend live local act I have knocks on a lot of doors can imagine traffic noise losing the feel of their historic neighborhood and the cost of property insurance are the main concerns from residents of coral gate shann andoa the roads Little Havana North Grove and kisan although the Grove and kibis Gan have been deemed safe from live local as stated by representative Vicky Lopez who co-sponsored the legislation all of the neighborhoods I mentioned have longtime residents many second generation whose input should be valued and appreciated I believe all of you like myself have a deep connection to our city we all want affordable housing for our Workforce infrastructure first first and local input to get it done right in addition in regarding to the tree canopy ordinance there are studies that prove tree canopies increase property value quality of life and lowers crime so thank you so much of your support of that have a nice day thank you good morning good morning to everyone my name is Elizabeth nvz I'm sorry I'm not good in English I prefer Spanish but I am going to do my best is from my heart I am feeling it's terrible one because I work very hard I am from Ecuador I'm sorry but it's hard for me because I live in k for 20 years my house is 3280 Southwest 21st Street is behind Windixie the problem that I that I have is because is windie the the garbage behind my house you can see in 30 31 many times I met reports because the smell and it's just a small building now can you believe it how it's going to be if this big one more people my house what I get a coral gate is the best are in Miami I decide to grow up there my kids like in my country in nice neighborhood playing in the streets still I have uh pictures from my kids three not to all but three kids they go grow out we are thinking to get more house for them to be close to us because is close to everywhere in Miami so I work very very hard my husband is a post office guy that he works in the sun to try to maintain to living here in corate I don't I really don't want this project because Coral gate is a a 21 street is not out so they can get out it's still coming people walking and through garbage in the street so I have to get get it all the garbage in my in front of my house can you believe it and imagine it how it's going to be if it's another building there that's why I come in try to don't laughing about my English but it's hard so just I really I don't want I want better Miami is the best city in the world so I want this area still keeping the the best one thank you thank you for hearing me thank you so much have a nice day thank you good morning good morning my name AB Hamm I live at 889 Northeast 78 Street I live a few blocks away from this project I'm here on on a favor of uh uh 7500 the SK Boulevard the parking uh I'm in favor of this project and uh because we need it that area need it really and miss a she is doing good job in that area she improve it and respectfully commissioner I I ask you to approve it for the benefit of that area thank you very much thank you good morning good morning Commissioners um Andy Parish 3940 Main Highway uh today I'd like to talk to you a little about carrots and sticks and particularly with regard to fr1 and particularly to commissioner gabella um right now in the development of Miami um there there are lots of carrots for developers and they're called square footage houses are all sold by per square foot um commercial buildings the bigger you get the more rent you can get so there's lots of carrots um dictating our development in the city um what I'd like to see in fr1 is some carrots or tree canopy which we all want to see everybody says we want to see it but there are very few real carrots in our code to say if you do this instead of that you plant more trees or preserve more Heritage trees um you'll that's a bonus you can get in our code as well I don't know what that would be I think that should be part of the discussion commiss Della but right now there is there are architectural plans of computer program programs existing right now that a lot of The Architects use that you can put in any property any residential property in the city of Miami push a button and it will tell you the absolute maximum size of of of residence or dwelling you can build on that property using every single aspect of our code every variance every waiver not variance but every waiver it will all pop out in 30 seconds that is a a real incentive for massive development overdevelopment uh with disregard to trees If instead to counter that we had more carrots more carrots in there for increasing tree canopy we'd see more of it and we wouldn't have to rely on enforcement after the fact to say well you really shouldn't have cut down that or move that one so let's look at the carrots commissioner gabella if we would if you would leave the charge on that I'm available to help uh and that's what I'd like to see thank you I'd like to respond to you since you mentioned no we can respond when we get to the responded I heard you guys talk I'd like to respond with with all du respect real brief the objective of of this s is not to to cut down trees or do anything of that sort it's to move the make the pering system a little bit more easier because they're bottlenecks in the pering system that is all we we do not mean to you know to uh to cut more trees down this is not what this is for but but we'll discuss that at a later date thank you thank you madam I'd like saying the pulling in teeth commissioner I like the teeth part of it but what I'd like to see before we even get to the teeth is more carrots to to incentivize people to do the right thing ahead of time thank you thank you good morning good morning ARA Jane 720 noreast 69th street I'm speaking in favor of sr2 which is allowing for the 20 foot increase in the historic myo District first I want to commend the chair for all your community outreach for all projects in our neighborhood that's appreciated and I hope the residents feel heard just so the commiss should understands this that you are not approving a project all you're doing is allowing for a project to be presented a public private project Miami parking authority project to be presented to the he board so that they can then go through the regular process of design review and approval everybody wonders like what is what am I getting out of that I mean I think everybody knows all my work on biscan Boulevard the vag all this nothing I'm donating the L I'm giving up the tdrs I'm subsidizing the parking garage and I'm leasing back my own parking spaces so the bigger question is is why am I doing this I'm doing this because myo has been asking for this for 15 20 years and the mpa stepped up and we have one chance and one piece of property that could be a solution so I'm asking for you to give it the opportunity and for all the people that fight and naysayers you know it's it's really unfortunate because they count on us getting fatigued and tired I don't need to thank you but taking the joy out of doing good work really really kills the spirit please support the amendment thank you morning good morning Madam chair Commissioners Steve Warick address 396 Circle I'm here in my capacity as a chair of City of Miami working group for the Builders Association this morning speaking in support of pz5 this is the administrative site plan review ordinance um this is a process Improvement to um Miami 21 um this has been uh worked on very hard by your staff and the planning department office of zoning there been a lot of interaction with stakeholders uh to create a new process that gives people options owners and applicants the planning board supports this and we ask for your support today on first reading thank you thank you good morning good morning Commissioners my name is Katherine Schultz and I reside at 160 Northeast 44th Street a beautiful neighborhood as I know you know Sherman I'm here to express my support of items pz11 14742 and pz2 14743 as a record show both the city of Miami planning department and the planning zoning and appeals board have recommended its approval the pcab vote was unanimous with seven in favor and zero against like the majority of the residents I believe that the developers should be rewarded for creating a model of conscious development in our community and have the flexibility to upzone to add much needed residences to our neighborhood I respectfully request for the approval of the upper Bonavista up zoning and I have some quotes from our previous conversations with the planning zoning and appeals board such as Chris Collins PC chair who stated they deserve the trust to do what's right with the properties and I think in this case they deserve some levity with the upzoning as well as Adam J gon pcab member district 5 so in terms of what we seem to always ask for this feels like it falls squarely within what we're always talking about what we wish we would see more often and Juan Carlos zabata PAB member district 2 I understand that the transit quarter that they're in is a very Broad Street very broad wide Road it would make sense that over time that would become higher density thank you thank you good morning good morning Manny aeri 114 Northeast 50 of Terrace and I'm here to speak on behalf of items pz1 14742 pz2 14743 I'd like to let you know that I live in and I reside within 310 ft of the proposed development and I have 125 ft of Frontage onto the subject property that are in items and on the same exact street if it's not the largest Frontage it's one of the largest frontages which makes me and my family one of the most affected by the proposed changes we have been property owners and residents of this amazing neighborhood over a decade and have seen all the changes throughout the years upper bonov Vista which is the name of the subject property have had a POS positive impact in our neighborhood from the day of their Inception they have helped up they have helped clean up our neighborhood from crime and given it an extremely great curb appeal they made a space where we have a sense of community provided jobs and does to to dozens of dozens of people I would also like to mention that I'm only a neighbor of this amazing project and have no direct involvement in it given all that I strongly support the changes proposed on these items since I believe it's not only going to evolve our neighbor since I believe it's only going to evolve our neighborhood to be even better thank you thank you good morning good morning BOS mayor Commissioners chairin my name is Michael Samson I live at 15 Northeast 50th Street I'm the president of the upper buav Vista neighborhood association I want to thank the commissioner for having facilitated a meeting between the lawyers the developers at her offices to have a discussion about the concerns of many of the residents who live in this neighborhood um Javier Fernandez I think he's the mayor of South Miami provided the Covenant to the city I thought the city would respond in kind with regards to its enforceability I learned yesterday that to figure out if this Covenant has enforceability I need to meet with the city attorney so I'd like to request that meeting so I can have the discussion because what our what our neighborhoods are concerned about is that this Covenant won't be enforceable potentially the project get sold we have to deal with a new developer um at 9:03 this morning I got an email from Diego telling me the developers uh positions we need time to basically sit down with our constituents and review this we I'm a I'm I'm Pro development I like responsible development I want to make sure that our voices are heard I I struggle with understanding why we as neighbors have to give up something for a developer we want to halfway I would ask basically you all to temporarily defer this uh pz1 pz2 until we get a chance to review this with our Associates and get back with the developers and your team thank you thank you good morning good morning my name is Ryan Briel I'm a resident of coral gate um in addition to the sear development I also wanted to point out that on or at 1715 Southwest 37th Avenue one of the only entrances into Coral gate there is also another large development um that is coming about an eight-story massive 120 unit uh development to cause a ton more of congestion traffic uh and that's not even counting the Sears development where these streets um surrounding the entire neighborhood can support that in addition to that this new uh development at 17 15 is pushing literally right up against the wall of a entire community that begins into Coral gate um so I wanted to point that out and uh hope that we could be mindful um that now the entire area of coral gate stands to be uh closed in by large developments um so I definitely want to Second everything um that everyone said from the coral gate residents and um hopefully um we can do something to uh you know save this community thank you thank you good morning hi Justin Nots um I'm here to speak in support of pz1 and pz2 those are numbers 14742 14743 I live at 44 North I live at 44 Northeast 46 Street um I think ownership at at upper bav Vista has been really good they've been very strong stewards of the community in my view over the years they've been going for a very modest rezoning I happen to work in real estate and understand how a lot of the Dynamics work here since this rezoning has been contemplated live locals come into play I think current ownership is very in tune with what's good for the immediate neighborhood and they've brought great amenities to the neighborhood and I think uh they're great stewards for our community and I support them going forward with this modest rezoning which really gives them a they're they're willing to sign a covenant restricting Airbnb restricting short-term rentals and and go forward um maximizing their unit count at I think around 50 units so I think at this point rather than continuing to go around in circles I'm supportive of moving forward with uh with finalizing this and having them sign the covenant thank you thank you chair can I have the speaker's name for the record J sorry Justin o 44 Northeast 46 street thank you good morning Elvis good morning commissioner for pz 11 and 12 and sr2 instead of Designing a project to fit the law they want to change the law to fit their project commissioner King this is your call these are your constituents the last time the developers Tred to upzone the land next to Legion Park over 200 people in the room and and when I asked who was in opposition only three did not stand up ask your good friend Keon Hardeman he was there they can build and receive affordable housing credits without any up zoning waivers warrants exceptions or variances or closing 64 Terrace let Miami 21 stand as is without giving any extra benefits remember the sord Low Project will build 5,000 units of affordable housing on 79th Street there's no need to upzone here if anything this land should be down zoned not up zoned it used to have Charming one and twostory houses and apartments the city should have reflected that when creating Miami 21 by zoning it T4 not T5 for sr2 the myo parking garage commissioner Paro this is also going to affect District 2 the Hep board voted unanimously against exceeding 35 ft there has been no neutral third-party analysis of what could be built under 35 but you do have an excellent example right here on bashore drive a three-story parking garage with mixed use the city should be setting an example of compliance with the law not showing how to violate it if you approve this anyway please include language prohibiting warrants waivers exceptions variances or rooftop entertainment in closing I caution you about opposing the will of the people the people remember and the people vote please do the right thing and vote down these two items thank you good morning good morning my name is Charles trous I live at 38 Northeast 46 Street and like my neighbors I'm speaking in favor of pz1 and pz2 on the upper Bon of eista project my wife and I moved into the neighborhood 5 years ago believing in its potential after welcoming our newborn 6 weeks ago we support the kind of thoughtful uh development represented by this project we're strongly in favor of it and thank you for your time thank you good morning good morning uh mayor and Commissioners my name is Robert Zim and I own properties in the neighborhood one of them just a few blocks north at 5804 Northeast Second Avenue I ask for your support for item pz1 14742 and pz2 14743 the buav Vista resoning will help our neighborhood grow while keeping its special character we've already seen great changes more places for the community to gather more opportunities for small local businesses and the proposed new homes to be built are designed with a special layout to attract families a product much needed in today's housing market I believe adding these new residences will make our neighborhood even better thank you for your time and your consideration thank you good morning good morning William William re's here uh for pz1 and pz2 uh I'm also in support of the upper bav Vista zoning change that's been proposed and approved previously by the Planning and Zoning Board anonymously uh I build in the area and I rent and sell and very often I get my potential clients and renters who go by upper buav Vista and always mention about how nice it is and it's compelled people to move into the neighborhood and I think it's only a positive impact that they've had I know there's been some complaints about parking or whatnot and I think that overall what they've done is excellent there was nothing in that space it was an abandoned commercial uh mechanic area whatnot which is blant for many years and what they've done to me is like an oasis and I commend them for the work they've done and I'm support of this zoning change for them thank you thank you good morning good morning my name is Daisy Gonzalez Diego uh the next statement I'm going to make is about where I live and not where I go to school I am a proud gator I have to say that or my husband will kill me uh I live in coral gate and I'm here to speak on uh as in support of re12 thank you commissioner Reyes for bringing it Forward uh for those of you who don't know Coral gate has been around uh the mayor earlier said that uh the city has been around for 150 years the mayor knows the neighborhood very well this neighborhood has been around half of the time that the city's been here it's been around for 75 years think about that Coral Gables has nothing on us except higher taxes it's a beautiful neighborhood as a matter of fact we it's going to be very sad that we won't be able to say that we live in Gables by the Sears which is usually what I tell people it's a beautiful beautiful neighborhood I will tell you as it stands right now we have many kids it used to be an area obviously where there were older people but now a lot of new families are moving and we've been there 20 years there's a lot of small children uh a gentleman spoke earlier about a baby he's about to have in 2 weeks this is a beautiful neighborhood with lots of children as it stands right now we have a few speed bumps but they're not enough to deter the amount of traffic that's there and the people speeding as it stands imagine that multiply that but the number of people who will now be living in this building will be cutting in through our neighborhood and then this other building that's going we are not blind we understand that there will be a development going forward we ask that you please be prudent we don't need the magnitude of the massive building that they're proposing please act accordingly please veto uh live local uh please do it for us please see that the residents and the children we don't want we see all the media here today covering this we don't want media in our neighborhood because a child has been run over or because there is an accident that is what this will cause if this building goes up thank you thank you good morning good morning good morning Commissioners and mayor um my name is kib way Williams I'm a resident of um buav Vista and I'm speaking about item pz1 and pz2 the upzone request for upper buav Vista development I would like to start by saying that um I'm not against the development um that's being proposed but we are we are asking for responsible development where it's a partnership between us and the them and the community to actually come up with our U solutions to our concerns and ensure that this is being done in a responsive way we do not want to see the character and the fabric of our neighborhood totally destroyed and um we just want to make sure that whatever is being proposed that they address Our concern so my ask today is allow us the chance to finish ironing out the terms of the Covenant so that we can get to some agreement and be supportive of what it is they are trying to do but we're not here to be a hindrance to it but we want it to be done you know responsibly that's all thank you good morning good morning my name is Amanda Bono 7272 Northeast 6 Court I'm here speaking in favor of item sr2 I am an architect who has worked in myo for nine years now and I believe it would be a tremendous and much needed public benefit to the community voting in favor of this item would help the project just begin to move forward and go through all the processes required uh for approval thank you thank you thank you good morning good morning I don't want to be as quiet as Michael all right good so uh my name is Ray Raymond I'm at 130 North 50th terrrace um I'm speaking on items pz1 and pz2 uh like my neighbor before me um again I come from a history of development and obviously um in our neighborhood we do care about uh new development and we do want progress in our neighborhoods but I feel uh the voice of Coral gate has been spoken loudly and I think we as constituents feel that pain so I do understand their side and I'm I side with them too but in Fair development for you know constituents just for our neighborhoods someone said it earlier before I think it's important to to realize that sometimes when your own own your own neighbors are kind of like affected we actually have to look at ourselves when you guys are in those seats and understand these voices speak loud and I I side with them but I also do side with some development and also also just making sure that um that they do listen to our voices so on behalf of uh my neighborhood association and and everybody who spoke before me including my president U Michael um I just hope that we can reach to a common you know voice to save our neighborhood but also with you know responsible development in our neighborhood that's all thank you good morning good morning my name is Marco shelone I'm also a resident of coral gate also want to point out that um you know building such um massive structures and massive buildings inor also impact the you know our schools are already saturated so will impact the level of Education of the kids so I'm not sure how the the school system could support you know like a such an increase of residence in the area uh also I want to point out that beside the serious building there going to be another building that it's about to get permission to be built it's still massive and you know looks like that there is no setbacks allowed between our homes and this building and this can cause like major issues you know not only disrupting our quiet but you know it could be dangerous to have like you know Neighbors in such proximity so please when given allow permit like allow reasonable setback even if the current zoning doesn't doesn't allow that but they need to build you know considering the neighbors and looks like these new Builders they they they a respect for us they're just going to build and get every single space available for for the buildings so thank you for your attention thank you good morning good morning my name is Francisco dep Pablo uh I reside in 138 Northeast 50th Street uh member of the upper buav Vista area um I'm not here to oppose change I think I've been a CH a part of change in the area from Midtown development uh I've been living in in in my home now for about 12 years since like 2010 2011 um and yeah I think we just want our voices to be heard the Covenant to be represented and um I I hope that we can come to an agreement and if we need to De four for today then that's when Isa ham that's it thank you thank you good morning good morning Nicole desiderio 900 bisc Bay uh regarding the mayor's veto I trust that you all will uph hold that veto on the pension vote I also want to touch on discussion item one a discussion regarding District 2 as referenced in the October 15th commission meeting I'm not quite sure what that's about seems very broad but I do want to say that on that October 15th commission meeting there was an item passed through by this Commission on first reading and I think it's shameful that that occurred because that item according to your own Miami 21 code should have gone to PAB first for a recommendation before it ever even came to this commission for a first reading that code also states that you have to have two readings here at City commission after that PAB recommendation and for those of you who don't know what that item is the Commissioners passed through an item on first reading stating that they no longer need a warrant to install recreational facilities or Community facilities or illuminated signage in your city parks that is for all of the city of Miami in any park currently they require a warrant which means there are checks and balances they have to apply for the warrant they have to notice the public they should be doing public Outreach and you have the right to appeal that warrant if you don't agree with what they're doing in your Park they are trying to remove that right from you by passing this item through and they passed it through on first reading and the next reading on that will be November 21st so I encourage you all to please come down to the PAB meeting on October 30th where this item will be heard and then it will be heard again here on November 21st so please stand up for your parks and do not allow anyone any commissioner current or future to take over your Parks thank you thank you good morning good morning my name is June Savage Oak Avenue I'm a lifelong resident I'd like to speak about buenna Vista that is an adorable neighborhood I do a lot of business down there in BME and I think our biscane Corridor needs money needs stuff back from developers to make more green space and to make it more attractive for retail as far as putting um apartments behind that cute little neighborhood look at it like Coconut Grove what have they done to Coconut Grove make sure that Buena Vista has the infrastructure the police the fire however many people per policeman however many people per firemen because infrastructure is a big problem in the city of Miami regarding Coral gate my 85-year-old mother walks from Valencia down to the dollar store and she walks in front of Sears where I used to go as a child we understand Sears is very ugly right now and it's been that way but we again need infrastructure police and fire we cannot have parking garages without protection okay parking garages normally bring insecure situations the City of Coral Gables I'd like their input I'd like some people from them to come here because it's on the line Coral gate is a cute little neighborhood they need some attention some trees it's got an ugly outside but I do not feel that we need a ginormous structure right there on that Corridor there is it's such a busy road I worry about my mother we do have a trolley system but there's no infrastructure in place so fot needs to work harder to convince us on these projects thank you thank you good morning good morning my name is Jean Pierre Speedy Tanto and I currently reside in Miami beach but I uh grew up in Upper buav Vista and I'm here to uh talk about p pz1 M pz2 um I'm in total support of the project and I I'm so grateful for upper buav Vista because in times of need after covid they gave me an opportunity they gave me a job and that helped me out and I'm total in support of mom and pop businesses and community and I think that's what Miami is missing lately so um additionally I would like to share a few words on behalf of Rabbi gin who could not attend today due to Jewish holidays dear commissioner King as both of head of kabad Midtown Miami and a longtime resident of the neighborhood residing at 251 Northeast 47th Street for over a decade I am writing to express my strong support for the pending resoning application I have witnessed firsthand how thoughtful development can strengthen Community bonds and enhance our neighborhood Vitality the purpose resoning aligns perfectly with I'm sorry the proposed resoning aligns perfectly perfectly with our area's natural progression and the growing needs of our devised Community the current zoning restrictions while appropriate in the past no longer reflect the dynamic character of evolving needs of our neighborhood the proposed resoning represent presents a well-considered approach to the Community Development that maintains the essential character of our area while allowing for necessary growth and Improvement the existing program has already demonstrated significant positive impact through enhanced Community Gathering spaces improved neighborhood accessibility strengthen local business opportunities better integration thank you thank you so much thank you good morning morning uh good morning uh Terren canella upper buav Vista resident I'm here speaking uh on pz1 and pz2 uh I just want to re reiterate what was said already that the the development as it stands now we love it we we support it uh we frequent it um it's one of the best examples of a commercial development in a residential neighborhood that I've ever seen the way it transitions so seamlessly uh and that's why we support it as is and that's also why we're concerned about the up zoning uh if if just a few short years later after coming into the neighborhood the developer is now saying give us more and if you give them more you already know what's going to happen a few years from now they're going to come back and say give us more or the next developer is going to say that and they told us that they don't have plans to sell right now and you know take them at their word but there were a few of the properties that were on the market just just a few months ago for sale um but if we ignore that uh and take them at their word things happen people change they get divorced they die they get sick they get an offer they can't refuse who's to say they might might not sell in a few years and we don't know what's going to happen in those under that those circumstances so all we're asking for is a deferment so we can discuss the uh Covenant and iron out those details uh uh to protect ourselves against that and last thing I just do need to point out that a lot of the people who have gotten up to speak in support of this already are not actually upper Buenavista residents they live in Buenavista West they live in Miami Beach they live in historic bu OFA which is a protected neighborhood where no development or upzoning will ever be allowed uh on this side the one those of us asking for the deferment are actually upper Buenavista residents we live within one or two blocks of it and we're the ones directly affected so thank you very much thank you good morning good morning can wait okay there we go um and my name is Magie Ramos I reside in Morningside and I'm a realtor environmentalist I know how that sounds um I am PR growth I do recognize that we need Workforce housing however um I feel that it is uncontrolled growth at this point as many have mentioned we need infrastructure and by infrastructure I mean mass transit coming east west I was at a meeting yesterday at the Realtor Association and I actually lost sleep over this there's over uh there's thousands of units that are currently going to be delivered luxury condo units that are going to be delivered in the city of Miami in the next couple of years that does not include Workforce housing they're talking about increasing our building and condos by more than 50% and there's no mass transit so what we're going to double and triple the cars the amount of cars as you know I'm an environmentalist this is very very anti- environment uh if we lose our environment we lose everything we lose our entire economy it collapses so it is something you know the environment is part of building it is part of real estate we have to consider this I'm very happy about the tree canopy deference I do feel that uh we need to look at that very closely and I find it a little strange all of these changes and requests for upzoning changes in zoning and the tree ordinance um I can't help but think that this has to do with Workforce housing I know it's planned I we do need to protect residential neighborhoods not only the surrounding areas but I don't know if people are aware that single family homes are also up for rezoning and they're talking about 30 story buildings in a residential lot that needs to be addressed thank you thank you good morning good morning commissioner and everyone else hopefully you can hear me I'm a resident of District 5 and I live at 815 Northeast 70th Street and I'm a yimi I wanted in my neighborhood we need additional housing there's a lot of homeless people out there living in these motels people don't kid yourselves they're there they're living there being charged $5 $600 a week how you saw Sol this is by additional housing it's just supply and demand um a lot of people are like oh yes I want work for housing oh but not in my neighborhood sorry I want to keep my single family home and I live in a single family home I don't think I have any more right than someone else to have a roof over my head I'm here in support of pz11 pz2 and sr2 we're going to get additional parking which our businesses around there desperately need and we're going to get additional housing which we desperately need and as part of that additional housing we get like 20 Workforce housing it's not a lot but it's something and we need it so please please please please please vote and I've been living there like 20 something years so thanks guys bye thank you good morning good morning nice seeing you all my name is reita Samuels Dixon I'm a previous Village Council representative and a community advocate I stopped coming down here but I'm glad I did come today and I'm here in reference to not only the Start program we really appreciate you giving credence to that organization that was started by teachers and I hope that you continue that in terms of deferral of the tree canopy I am elated that you have taken the time to do that because that shows that you really care about Coconut Grove so in terms of Carl gate when I first came back to Miami I went through Carl gate it is a beautiful community and I ask all of you on the day as today to go to each community so that you can see the beauty of neighborhood when you see beauty of neighborhood we're talking about living wholesomely in Miami because we do want this to be a family oriented Community but we also want you have areas where you can't go and let your hair down so we need a combination of both in terms of being aesta I agree that we need to defer that project which goes back to what I'm just saying go back to these communities so you can see what family is all about so that we can have a community a city that is not sick because right now that's where we're going and we have to find a holistic way to to live in the city of Miami control the amount of growth and the way that you control the amount of growth is to partner with the University of Miami FIU Florida Memorial these institutions have the capability of providing us all of us with the information that we need to make Intelligent Decisions for our future thank you good morning morning good morning my name is Wilman Ramos and I'm here to support of a pc1 PC2 and sr2 I believe it will provide much needed additional housing also I believe after living in the beautiful area of Bayside neighborhood for more than 20 years pc1 PC2 and sr2 will be a great asset to elevate and improve the area thank you in advance for your support and please approve the change the land use designation thank you thank you good morning Madam chair I didn't recognize you without your Gucci hat Presidential Rolex or gold Tiffany bracelets van CLE and our pels you do sandbags on fleek can I just say that Billy Coran here to speak support mv1 the mayor's veto on the so-called Miami elected officers retirement trust a fancy name for what was nothing but a robbery so let's call it what it really is a new corruption tax you raise taxes to give yourselves more money in what company on what planet would you get a fully vested pension after less than 10 years in a part-time job nobody in the private sector structures plans like that anymore all major companies stopped to avoid inevitable bankruptcy so thank you mayor Suarez for finally Lo using your power not for your own private profit but for for the benefit of the entire city and its taxpayers even a broken clock is right twice a day none of you ran for office on a platform of giving yourselves pensions if you had you wouldn't have been elected Commissioners gabell ardo you were just campaigning last year you were knocking on people's doors did one voter say to you you know what we really need you guys need pensions for yourselves year one nobody said it of course not because just because the previous Commissioners and Mayors stole that money doesn't mean that you should steal that money commissioner gabella in the last four months you were for the pensions you were against them you were for them and now you're against them again now some people may criticize you for what they consider indecisiveness or hypocrisy I would like to compliment you sir because I believe it takes leadership and bravery to listen to people get more information and decide you have a different perspective to move forward with better policy I salute you for it and I encourage you to keep it up because you have a decision to make sir are you going to be the public servant that you told you were going to be when you ran for office or are you going to continue being the deciding vote to steal money and property for your constituents cuz that's what Eminem stands for Miami and Mafia thank you can I uh respond because he's I I don't know you know I'm kind of thinking should I respond should I not respond but you know what I'm going to respond look uh here's the deal um yes the pension uh problem is I started it out because the other Commissioners that they knocked it down in 2009 did not do it to themselves those Commissioners that said that we were in financial crisis in 2009 they said that everybody that came after okay I do the same job or better job out there than those Commissioners yet those Commissioners didn't do it to themselves so it's a double standard number two I can't you know there's a complaint 7 to8 years you're only seven you serve 7 to eight years and you're collecting a pension well I can't serve more than that because there's a turn limits so that's a problem too but I understand where you're coming from I heard the the voters uh speak and by the way I will continue to I will continue to try to be the swingboat because like I've said in many instances it's nice to be the swingboat you know like I said I don't have an alliance with anybody here they asked me you got an alliance with G you got an alliance with with king or you got alliance with puu you got alliance with re no no no Alliance I'm on a Case by case bases let me make that yeah clear in in the future going into the future as far as for me when I have to reverse course okay because and I understand it it's it's a complicated issue it's a complicated issue and you're right probably nobody elected me for me to to get a pension up here but I got a better idea but nobody will do this nobody will go back and take the penants out of those that are earning those penants still now because they they just don't want to do it you guys talk and and I always said by the way bil I always said if you want to take it to the voter that's fine with me and by the way and and commissioner Badu V voted against it but he was going to take it because he saw you know what I mean so I'm not the only hypocrite up here there's a lot of hypocrisy up here which I'm going to talk talk about later but I'll leave it at that thank you well now unfortunately I do have to say something all I'll say which I said from day one I am not going to deny myself the same opportunity as my colleagues when I work just this hard I've always been against the pensions from day one I said it should go to the voters and at no point have I been hypocritical or reversed or said anything different Madam chair you know if uh if you're you're letting some of my colleagues uh answered U Little Billy then you know I think I deserve a little bit of time God we we missed you little Billy uh I guess the pay Master uh hasn't been good these days but ain't it great to live in Miami when we allowed someone that doesn't live in our city to come in and address us and address us on corruption only Miami do we hear from The Voice in face of corruption to talk to us about corruption pay for play Little Billy don't call me b he says I'm glad that uh he's here uh just before the election uh since he's been so active for different candidates um little Billy is uh a closed Republican he comes from uh a long long long family of proud Republicans his father the grandfather the aunt the cousin but he wants you to think that he's uh a progressive when he's really a class of democrat uh in fact he wants to talk about corruption my God what more corruption haser been in our state than time shares time shares you all heard about it how many people got stuck and suckered into time shares which some uh say and call it a pyramid I don't know if that's the case or not but that's the family Little Billy came from people that made their money in time shares but you don't want to to talk about that obviously uh so little Billy good seeing you again you know pay for play Billy thank you man chair thank you ma'am oh good morning good morning Commissioners mayor um good morning Commissioners mayor uh chairwoman my name is Kathy Cooper and I live at 101 Northeast 50th Street um I am discussing the pz1 and two project I am opposed to it I lived right down I live right down the street from what I have for many years and it's a beautiful neighborhood uh which upper buav Vista has contributed to it uh we're very happy with the current state of the development that is there now it really fits in with our neighborhood uh we are opposed to some of the ad that this developers are asking for and we were in discussion with a covenant uh that hasn't happened and we've been working with commissioner king and the developers about this convenant and we would just like the opportunity as residents to be heard and to complete this Covenant so that there are some protections for our neighborhood which is really progressing well we have a lot of young families that have moved into the neighborhood and this development the way it stands now is beautiful but what the ask is is asking for more um a higher development which is going to impact our neighborhood um and so we would like the opportunity to discuss convenant so we're asking that you defer this project until we have completed the convet and not let it move forward until the residents have had a chance to work with these developers thank you thank you good morning good morning Madam chair my name is Grant Stern 425 Northeast 22nd Street there's a lot on the agenda so I'll go a little bit quickly today um I think first of all pz 11 and 12 the commission needs to make sure that any up zoning doesn't impact Legion Park uh about six or seven years ago I actually worked with then commissioner Suarez uh to get the city to abandon a plan to sell some of its uh zoning rights permanently to a developer who would have built a very high highrise in the myo district and it would have actually blocked off Sun from the park and I appreciate uh mayor Suarez's help on that item many years ago because it would have been to the detriment of the community but there's two items on the agenda and what has happened with those items that I also came out to speak about they were deferred which is I mean there's pz 16 and 18 which are two different parts of one item um but then there's also the tree ordinance that also got deferred on first reading um but the py item which is to remove the warrant process from our parks to take away citizen input from our Parks passing that on a first reading before it goes to the Planning and Zoning appeals board it's wrong and it it puts citizens in a very bad place where you know the the commission has acted and now the zoning board is supposed to take their action afterwards instead of giving their advice to this commission before the commission acts so it's just fatally flawed and I think it should be deferred forever until it goes to a first reading at the PAB but it's part of a bigger problem that you see with the pensions as well which is that there's a problem in this city and it is the CW contempt it is contempt I am detecting contempt coming from the deis towards the members of the body public and I know that it's a difficult job to be a commissioner but contempt is poisonous in relationships and the relationship between this body and the people is the most important thing that gives it its legitimacy and if this body regards the people with contempt it will be unable to be effective as the people governing the city of Miami thank you for your time thank you good morning good morning Commissioners uh how are you today uh my name is May I had the information that we were going to discuss Watson Island I just wanted to let you know that I'm against the development as far as um private use building hotels Condominiums offices retail space I think Miami has enough of that that property is for public use and some money can be used to make it more um public friendly uh we don't need any more seaw walls um everything's already been fished out and uh fish cannot prate with a seaw wall um city of Miami River has already uh been developed with condos seaw walls and restaurants and Retail um please think about the public thank you thank you good morning good morning everybody my name is amas I'm um I'm here to asking for you guys to consider the approval for the pc1 147 42 and PC 2 14743 at opra buav Vista neighborhood I am sure that the extension will blend in into the oasis that we currently have at oper buav Vista I own a coffee shop inside the neighborhood uh inside Opera buav Vista and I think we're just a great addition to the whole neighborhood it's an oasis it's a unique experience for everybody to come and I would like for you guys to consider the approval thank you so much thank you good morning good morning commissioner good morning gentlemen um I'm here for pz1 and pz2 just to let you know I live in an area I grw up in an area I live on a property where up bu Vista at exactly there and I've been in the area for almost 20 years and I work in the area as a veteran when I was around there it was completely different bnav Vista brings a great joy into the community when times when I was coming up and see what it was like and uh uh security as far as I know uh hiring people that leaves in the neighborhood place is cleaner than he used to be the area is completely changed from what it used to be from 10 years from now where I was there around the area growing up around the area and I've been working in the area for 20 years so if I said I'm a Al not a a marine also a veteran in the area so I know what the area is like and I think that I would appreciate that if you really take a look at the applications that I'm forward with pz1 and pz2 thank you m CH can I add the speaker's name for the record sir sir may we have your name rachard Frank O thank you yes ma'am good morning good morning Fernand miti from the South Grove um oftentimes I have to come unfortunately when there is reasons to criticize but today there is reason to be marful and I want to do something that I think is fair under the circumstances that's to offer sincere praise to our mayor mayor we haven't always seen things eye to eye but you've done the right thing for the city you put the interest of us the voters on the issue of the pension before your own interests and I think that is commendable and you are to be absolutely uh congratulated for that decision so thank you very much mayor I also want to thank Commissioners Paro commissioner Reyes for being against the pensions in the first place and also to commissioner gabella as you said there's always time to do the right thing for the community and you ended up on the right side this should always have gone to the voters because this is an issue that affects the voters we have to pay for all of this commission woman king um to Heir is human to forgive Divine and it says you actually sit under where it says In God We Trust you've been very articulate and sincere about your faith I share that faith and I believe in the opportunity of forgiveness the problem chairwoman is when twice you were given the opportunity to retract your shameful disqualifying statements about the voters being miserable and mad and that's why they shouldn't have that opportunity to to vote on this issue that affects us I'd like to give you the opportunity for forgiveness a third time but I'm also a baseball fan three strikes and you're out if you don't apologize for that disgraceful comment last but not least commissioner Coro what a disgusting attack on a fellow citizen Before You cast stones on his family's house know that that gentleman Billy Corbin is a father and his daughter at least speaks to him thank you well I'm glad Little Billy came and set up here so he can film you so you could have that great statement recorded for your next appearance Little Billy how are you here you're such a sweet little man here's a donor for you that was left here for me so you could be sweeter good morning and you don't even have to pay for it good morning good morning I would like to for uh request Madame chair a little bit more time because I represent about three different items on this and I'm also elected to this this is another issue that I this is a different issue but at any rate on PC2 which is um the parking garage I'm the president of the mob biscane Association the only commercial association with the exception of the Grove um we support the item we want them to be sensible to their height part of the height and we also want them to block off the street on 75th Street if that does get approved that's one of the things that we would like to put in stipulate so the other item also is pz1 and pz2 um I helped form the whole tree situation on that and got that all that situation done about seven years ago I don't have the time to go into the histrionics of it we support the project we think it's sensible to the what's presently there it's not an overreach as far as what the uh zoning is requiring and all the rest of that on pz 12 and 11 the issue there is that what they plan to do under t5r they can do they don't need to ask for an up zoning the a matter of fact myo doesn't even support that that they're asking for an up zoning and as you've heard from people from Coral gate and a whole list of other people the issue here is live local the minute that you upzone this and you make this move to a larger zoning then a whole different a whole different cast of characters fall into place and what it is it's not what can happen now it's what can happen in the future so that's our that's our major issue and you know that because you've had a lot commissioner King knows that because we've had a number of meetings about that and um I've also asked for the city uh manager to have some more um what we used to call chardet in the upper east side and also throughout the city because this doesn't only affect us this affects every every commissioner here that's why I ask for more time because this is a this is a huge item this is not a little tiny thing that's going to fit everything it's affecting every neighborhood in the city of Miami thank you good morning good morning Brenda betan 1436 6 Street and um I have so many things in my agenda to mention but something that I it really bothers me is so many people come to this Podium to attack the service that you guys do you might not like it you might not agree with the decision that you make but some of those individuals did they actually live in the city of Miami did they actually do something and I'm going to tell you because I do so many community outreach and if I'm going to be complaining for every single little problems that I get I will be here for days and days without end and that will not fix the problem in the community we have so many seniors without problems we have seniors that having losen their houses we have seniors that they are having issue with co- violations and their properties we have so many other things cleaning their streets saving our trees saving our green spaces trying to fix Miami 21 because those who work in Miami 21 did not expect all the changes that we need to get done and sometimes ignorance is the what the lost the the case just to be ignorance of something doesn't mean that you are right and all these fights that you guys picked with everybody in in general doesn't help the city of Miami residents be in your YouTube and your little whatever in this Channel or your news or just piing a fight doesn't help us grow up stop thinking that you are in high school and be actually a person who's going to support the society anyway I'm in favor of um the saving the trees and I still fighting for CU please go enforcement cus needs the businesses to get more help thank you thank you thank you good morning good afternoon good morning H I'm Lis Marin I'm here to support pc1 PC2 I'm a small developer in the area uh buav Vista Little Haiti Little River I'm building a lot of actually uh affordable and Workforce hosing in the area with the mixed attainable program which is great by the way and I also live in the the area I live in Upper buav Vista area I have a lot of friends uh with kids I have two two small kids and we really enjoy um upper buav Vista we think it's a great Oasis and it's a a point of connection for the whole neighborhood um we all agree at least all my friends and neighbors agree that this is a a great project we are glad that this is going to expand at some point um I don't really understand why some neighbors are against this but um they have the reasons U don't understand either why they trying to delay this because the same way we were excited when uh we saw new retails new shops new restaurants in Upper buav Vista we think it's going to be great for the area to have more options especially for kids for adults to get together to create a bigger and and and healthier and happiest Community there so that's all I have to say hopefully um this will move forward thanks thank you is there anyone else that would like to speak on any item before us I understood there were some folks outside there wasn't enough space for them to come in can anybody check this no one okay so seeing no one else the public comment period is now closed Madam chair it is now noon we have traditionally um breaked for lunch at noon um I have some PL that I have to attend to um can we keep our tradition since we don't have any cras to deal with today we actually do have a CRA meeting today uh who what CRA the southeast Overtown Park West CRA I see several people here in the audience right can we just do that and then if that is the will of the commission I can do that uh the mayor is asking if we can take up his veto first first substantive item on the agenda I was I was going to suggest that uh let's take the be and then Overtown Far West uh development project and then we break and then we break I also have to go place okay uh I believe our city clerk has a statement to make thank you chair mayor Suarez has vetoed ordinance 14321 that was passed the December 15 2024 special City commission meeting ordinance 14321 is an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending chapter 40 Article 4 division 4 of the code of the city of Miami Florida as amended titled Personnel pension and retirement plan City of Miami elected officers retirement trust more particularly by amending section 40 uh- 296 titled applicable benefits containing a severability clause providing for an immediate effective date thank you chair thank you Mr Mayor thank you madam chair um I vetoed um ordinance number 14321 file number 16177 for the reasons mentioned there in um very succinctly I would just say that I've opposed public pensions throughout my career um throughout the veto period the City attorney advised me that I had the ability to sign the ordinance and take the pension which would have created a vested right for me um it's very possible that I may have been the only person who would have substantially benefited from this ordinance well you had already said you weren't going to take it um when I did the calculations uh would have started at 60 if I would have lived to 92 and I expect to live beyond 92 that's exactly twice the amount of years that I served as mayor or commissioner 32 years 16 * 2 so I would have been paid almost the entirety of my salary for twice the amount of years that I've served the expected benefit with a 3% increase on an annual basis would have been over $6.3 million and um I never ran with an expectation of getting a pension nor did I desire to have one and I just want to thank my wife and God for the opportunity to prove conclusively to the residents of the city of Miami that my commitment to being a public official is to serve them and not myself thank you thank you and at this time we will close the city of do I have to take a vote or something so essentially there are a couple of scenarios one um the commission does not have to take any action if the commission does not take any action then the veto is deemed sustained um this another scenario involves a motion being made to override The veto and it passes and another scenario a motion is made to override The veto and the motion fails so the commission does not have to take any action and if it does not then the veto is deemed sustained Madam share I Madame share Vice chair just spoke up first oh did I'd like to make a motion that we request from the uh local Tablo Miami Herold uh that I think they found another rare species in today's stories that uh they uh include in double big letters in their next editorial the mayor's Vita thank you commission they written So Glorious of him in the past thank you uh mam shair the only thing that I want to say is that I want to comment the mayor's decision as he stated the only three persons that were vested that could receive immediately that uh benefit was him Mr K and I and as no I voted against it and I commend and uh I appla your fortitude thank you sir thank thank you and I would just say um I spoke to commissioner cor about it and he also said that he was perfectly fine with me taking this action even though it would not of course ignore to his benefit um so I appreciate that as well commissioner gabella yeah I just like to say um I to spoke to you and I notified to you uh that my position had changed and I thank you for what you did too because I think it was the right thing to do uh I still stand by my principle that what what is being done today that some Commissioners are being paid while other public officials are not is not correct it should be either all or none okay that's what I contend uh sometimes here we we get off subject you know and we're worried you know I would have had to have served two terms I would have gotten $4,400 a month I would have had to live that long and probably I would have had to when I started the pension I would probably had to live 3 to four years to equal the lump sum that we exit with here you know some blew this out of proportion it's a hard subject again to to you know to to say I I heard what the voters saying at the end of the day I consider the voter my my boss and and many times uh you know uh when I have to retract when I have to reverse I'll put it in reverse and I'll retract and I'll do the right thing uh not always are we going to see see uh eye to eye uh but but I learned one thing here that's very interesting I learned that if you you know I've been bashed by a certain radio program um all the time whether it's the pension whether it's the Freedom Park I've been called that I don't care for my area that I that I do I I have done so many things in my area up to now you know I've got a weed eater team that nobody has done this before that's that's out cleaning I got four trucks cleaning and doing things my wife you know cooperates with me we're out there all the time time and I'm not listen I'm not complaining okay but all they so this radio station you know uh they know the negativity and what you got to do is you got to hire uh a a media Communications that has links with that radio station okay and then that radio station you know will carry what you want them to carry as a commissioner and and I'm talking to you about you Mr Reyes you have uh a with all due respect you have a a radio communication that that has a lady that has ties with Roo DEA and and um others in if you allow me to finish absolutely I'm going to allow you to finish and and so when you go they never ask you the hard questions when I go they throw hard balls at me like like for example when I went last time they wanted to know why it was my resp you know like it was my responsibility or what you have said chairwoman which which is not we are all all uh slaves of our words we are all accountable for our words but this gentleman here and the other gentleman they never questions anything either but but yet I'm the guy that that that's asked all these questions then the Freedom Park the free to park business that I am the commissioner of that area that I did not take a vote during that time because it you know I wasn't here I got here 10 months ago you know some are pretending that they haven't been here for seven or eight years now he can say that he hasn't been here for seven or eight years I can say too but down there you all have been here for 7 or 10 10 years and and and here's what I wanted to bring late nobody talks about what we're talking about the the pension and the the voter doesn't want it and I respect it and that's why I did what I did but I want to say something does anybody else look at all the other monies that are being spent here like for example the lawsuit that's going to come now with AO and Mr Rays you're part of that lawsuit you're you're Defender we're going to have to spend now a million or $2 million doar in defending you but everybody only talks about Kyu on that radio station they never speak about you when the ass with question comes that's money that we could have saved now as for me no the only lawsuit that that the city paid for me for me this one here is the lawsuit that they were trying to take me out of office after they did cheating with my house okay after they did cheating with my house weong I think defended me on one lawsuit I think is how much was that lawsuit Wong can you elaborate on that love how much did that cost a taxpayer I want to know I'll have to get you the number I don't have but it's not in the millions right it's not even in the 100,000s is it in the 100 thousands it's probably in the thousands right it's probably in the thousands yes well that's my point ladies and gentlemen it's not only the pension there's also other government misspending here that nobody wants to talk about and some people want to pretend okay I came in 10 months ago all of a sudden in that radio station I got an answer to all the problems that has happened in this body you know for a long time I wasn't here seven or eight years ago okay I I got here in December the 2nd I want to make that clear and so did this gentleman in in his defense okay but nobody talks about that nobody talks about the and when they do talk about it they talk about gyu but they never mention anybody else else let me tell you k you couldn't have voted for that alone he needed two other people to to to to to to fire Us and other things that happened on the past that's what I wanted to see thank you very much commissioner Reyes yes let me uh uh let me State clearly state that I have never seen I never heard such I mean an in conr and as statement that I heard today we have problems you are trying to mix uh it's ridiculous apples and oranges and and and let me no no hold on a second hold on a second you want to show you pictures you guys are all besties no no no no wait hold on a second interrup I am not I'm not going to I'm not going to go to your level what I'm going to say is don't take that uh a victim that victim attitude that everybody is against no vitim no victim I when I go to the radio station I go prepared I have the answers I have my word I never change my word and beside that I don't know what the hell happens with you that every time you go whatever it is they don't ask you the hard question your friends we don't ask you the hard question well when they answer they they ask the hard question I have the hard answer and that's what it is and the people that work for me they work for me and the previous you have people maybe you have previous that had people that have previous connection with somebody else previous connections I don't care it is how professional and how how they present themselves and how hard they work for the benefit of the people you see stop being the victim acting like a everybody to I'm stating a fact you're going to cost the city of Miami $2 or3 million and nobody talks about that and you can't say that you weren here because you were here for that vote you talk about being a hold on a second I'm if we can just not talk I'm not going to with you anymore we can just not talk over each other each of you speak I'm not Madame chair Madame this is I sincerely apologize to the all the res of them of the city of Miami this is uncal for this is UN knitted this is unprofessional and this is ridiculous see I have the photos Madam chair I have the photos to prove that there is a link here between that radio station and somebody that this gentleman is hiring and if you want I can show you the photos and when I go on the radio program I've been asked all different ridiculous questions about the Freedom Park one time they said that the traffic study had never been submitted to the city of Miami that's and I had to go over there and they made me look to to to look like that I'm the commissioner doesn't care no the problem was that there was the traffic study was submitted to the city of and to the county and I had had corrected and this is the kind of stuff that goes with so but I'm learning I'm as I go along I'm going to get myself I I got to get myself a media coordinator on some radio station so then I can do the same thing I'm done commiss Commissioners we have an item before us the mayor's veto what is the will of the body are we going to take no action no see seeing seeing that low now I no I I I try to stop us from delving into this whatever happens on Spanish radio we have an item before us and I'd like to at least close that item I think that item is closed I just wanted to say that out of everything that I've heard so far in today's meeting there's only one surprise that I had and I wish Mr amandy would have stayed uh just a little longer so I could have gotten the second part to that Little Billy he said you have a daughter but he didn't say who the father was my God Little Billy at this time so that's why you have that after granddaddy got mad at you and you couldn't live in the apartment for free anymore at this time we need to move on at at this time this is rid ridiculous that's the guy that protects time the city clerk needs to make a statement so rude thank you chair for the record no action is being taken on the veto and therefore mayor sars's veto is sustained thank you madam chair thank you and at this time the city of Miami commission meeting for October 24th 2024 is now in recess we will take up the southeast Overtown Park West CRA meeting when we return because that took yeah go ahead Billy har chair chair what 2:30 the city of Miami commission meeting will resume at 2:30 [Music] oh