[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] four is now in session Mr City attorney would you please read into the record the titles for the first reading ordinances yes ordinances please first reading one an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending chapter 2 article 10 section 2- 825 of the code of the city of Miami Florida is amended titled Administration code enforcement rights of violators payment of fine right right to appeal failure to pay and correct to increase the time to appeal an issued infraction from 10 days to 30 days containing a severability clause and providing for an immediate effective date fr2 an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending chapter 10 article 6 of the code of the city of Miami Florida is amended titled building unsafe structures to provide for a further amnesty for single family homes as well as new property purchasers subject to unsafe structure panel orders requiring demolition that were issued prior to purchase containing a severability clause and providing for an immediate effective date second I was going to let him read all of them so make sure everyone is back we only we're only missing one but um which first reading and ordinances Todd has his hand up huh and I do apologize it's my understanding that F fr1 needs to be amended on the floor in addition to fr2 um Mr City attorney is that correct1 and F2 both need to be amended believe fr1 is good to go as is one moment please now go ahead and read fr2 thanks yeah I already read2 into the rec one and two yes ma'am but my apologies so um Mr City attorney so then only2 needs to be amended um hold on yeah fr2 the or um Todd it can go forward because fr2 will add the ordinance number once it's adopted so that modification will be affected after second reading okay so fr1 and fr2 are as is as is yes understood mov it's been moved by commissioner R by commissioner part it's um commissioner it's fr1 and two in play just making sure if you have any questions or comment we have a motion in a second FR one and two has there been any amendments or anything or just they added um no they're both both they're both yes okay all right I got to V I have a motion in a second all in favor motion carries unanimously and by the way we have returned from our uh attorney client yeah session the attorney client session has been closed yes oh my okay yep and yep there is a budget we have the extension but I was going to come back to that after we finished everything I'm just reminding okay we have a status of the fiscal year 2024 quarterly and fiscal year 2025 proposed budgets do we need did we receive email because I got briefed on this so do we have any questions are we good on this or do you guys need to talk to on what on the budget um do you need the presentation because we were budgeted we were I'm sorry briefed it was brief he was always also emailed last Thursday M do any of you have any questions nice seeing you today okay thank you thank you Mr City attorney would you please read the Planning and Zoning item titles into the record yes Madam chair starting with pz4 a resolution I'm sorry that's a resolution uh pz5 is a resolution pz6 and seven in ordinance of the Mii City commission with attachments amending ordinance number 10544 has amended the future land use map of the Miami comprehensive neighborhood plan pursuant to small scale Amendment procedures subject to Section 163 3187 Florida Statutes by changing the future land use designation from medium density restricted commercial to restricted commercial of the acreage described herein of real property at 924 Northeast 2 Avenue Miami Florida is more particularly described in exhibit a attached Incorporated making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz7 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 by changing the zoning classification from t50 urban center transa Zone open to T680 Urban core transa Zone open of the property generally located at 7924 Northwest Northeast 2 Avenue Miami Florida as more particularly described in exhibit a attached to the Incorporated making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date then we have pz10 an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida as amended Miami 21 code specifically by amending article 7 titled procedures and non-conformities to update the waiver summary list and amend ing appendix a titled neighborhood Conservation District NCD to modify the requirements for proposed demolitions within the NCD 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 163 3187 Florida Statutes by changing the future fut land use designation for two properties of land from public parks and recreation to restricted commercial and from restricted commercial to public parks and recreation respectively of the acreage described here in of real property at 1822 Northwest 37 Avenue Miami Florida as more particularly described in exhibit a attached and Incorporated making findings containing in severability clause and providing for an effective date pz2 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 has amended Miami 21 code by changing the zoning classification for two portions of land one portion from CS Civic Civic space Zone to T680 Urban core transex Zone open and another portion from T680 Urban core transic Zone open to CS Civic space Zone respectively of the property generally located at 1822 North Northwest 37 Avenue Miami Florida more particularly described an exhibit attached and Incorporated making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz4 an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida as amended specifically by amending Article 4 table 3 titled building function uses and article 6 titled supplemental regulations to allow bed and breakfast use in t4r general Urban transic Zone restricted certain circumstances per chapter 23 of the code of the city of Miami Florida as amended and the Miami comprehensive neighborhood plan making findings containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date pz 15 an ordinance of the Miami city commission amending ordinance number 13114 the zoning ordinance of the city of Miami Florida is amended specifically by amending Article 5 titled specific to zones to clarify side and rear setback encroachments and any Associated design requirements for T5 Urban core transex Zone T6 urban center Transit zones and cihd Civic institution zones health district containing a severability clause and providing for an effective date that concludes the ordinance the pz items thank you and if it's okay with my colleagues because I've been advised that one has to leave can we take re10 now re10 is that okay that'd be great okay I have commissioner Paro you are the sponsor of that item so I will allow you to thank you I just I'm sure there wants to be some discussion could I could I i' I'd like to just open very briefly with two things I wanted to read into the record okay the first is we really tried to take a step back and look at what is in the best interest of residents omn what's in the best interest of the geography in alipa and in the city of Miami each time in our office when we analyze this we landed in the same place a CRA for alapata we believe a rising tide lifts all boats we're very committed to helping affordable housing in alapata we're very committed to lending expertise and sharing as much as we can to get a CRA in alipa done before the end of the year we believe there's significant seed Capital we did that before with Omni we did that before with Overtown CRA and we believe that there's several million dollars that can go to see the effort in alipa CRA big projects can be done but the fin financing is a little different we would support any kind of big project being done earlier in alapata C as we can and um it would be repaid through the Tiff created by that CRA we also believe a 40 40 years of life in an alap CR is much better than a much smaller 23 years perhaps available with some change in geography for omn if the extension doesn't pass we lose a commitment of 200 $150 million in affordable housing redevelop re uh Rehabilitation and development we lose 22 million in oper operating funds and maintenance payments annually for the Edward T Graham Greenway or the underdeck we lose the Tiff from the current projects needed to expand funding capacity we lose future tips for projects like the school board with IEP and the biscan park deal we lose the ability to continue supporting the cultural facilities in the pack the Performing Arts Center and most importantly we lose the commitment to redevelop Overtown since we have been in office in January we have put in a million dollars a month into Overtown which has been an area that was largely uh I don't want to use the word ignored but definitely not given the attention we believe that it should have received and we are intent on continuing that kind of commitment to the Overtown area so we ask you to just let us finish what we've started every day the this decision takes longer is a reduction in our funding capacity and Madame chair as you say time wounds all deals so time does wound all deals commissioner gabella yeah um so um you know there's so many things here to say but uh commissioner Paro I I am not against your vote against doing this because I I want to hurt you personally because I want to hurt you know the Omni CR as it is but it's it's none of the above I don't want to be chairman of the CRA I have no interest my problem is you know we have several problems in the area one of them is the 7th Avenue quarter and the homeless situation that we have there we need money to resolve that situation you know we have also like you have the affordability problem you know in my area were been neglected for a long time now you know and uh just like you want to do projects and you say don't hold this up because you know we well what about us and and and I've heard your argument U and and yes you did reach out but we've gone over backwards and forwards on creating a CRA okay and by the time we see any money it's 9 to 10 years out you know uh a study was done uh by my former predecessor okay that was passed by this body 4 to1 okay okay now he might have have had different reasons for doing it I do not I want the I have the best intentions for my area and and by the way I offer this you know I have no problem with negotiating the boundaries of that CRA that was already passed somehow we have acted like that uh uh resolution that I believe uh passed I have it here uh passed on uh on July the 13th 2023 it is is of not you know and and that was a resolution that passed you know and somehow we've we've ignored that you know and I know you're not against you're not against helping the homeless and I know you want to will help it I know you you want to help the affordability uh uh issue that we have in alip you know but I got I you know I must say you know when when the Army already was started and you you make your case that there was blight and there was blight that is not the case for for much of the of the area now you know the case that can be made that you still have pockets of areas that are not that are still blinded you know but like I said before if you compare Overtown close to I95 and you go to the other side of that on the west side I 95 you have the same exact situation that you have in that Overtown on the east side it's just one is called Overtown the the other is not but it's the same situation so if if if the the whole idea was to put these cras in to help with the blight and some of the stuff well some of that stuff has been you know has been done in in parts of your area not all but but part and and in my area I can make the argument that there is crew light on the 7th Avenue quarter you know we have all that quarter there with with the health system and the services uh you know and then the homeless wind up there and somehow you know it no matter what it it is there you know so my argument is you know and I've and I've I've spoken to Larry spring about doing the OM our own alpata CR and and there's there's no path forward you're not going to see any real money for 9 to 10 years out you know I've spoken to Isaiah Jones you know what I mean at first they were the there was an issue on floating the bonds but then that was changed you know and and I'm not one of those that that you know that likes to make a deal on promises that are not into black and white or how it is it's going to be done and then sir I turned to you like you turned to me about two months ago with the sign up in Pam that was a big in your area in my area not so much and and you said to us and you said to me you know help me out that our residents are you know well my residents are asking me you know to bring the CRA Westward bound you know we can negotiate on the terms of the boundaries we can do that you know but what I'm not willing to accept is that you tell me that you have priority you know and we can wait somehow the 10 years and and and and really that that you know that's that's the fact of matter we are never going to see any money for 9 to 10 years so we are not going to be able to do anything for 9 to 10 years so it's you know it it's very convenient for people say well create your your own CR CR okay it sounds it might sound good but are we actually going to have any impact on the on the community no we're not going to have any impact for 9 to 10 years so I urge you please you know think of this like like like you reached out to us and and I I said you know what at the end of the day it's your people and I went along with you on the on the sign of of the Pam because I thought at the end you know your people they were against it you know and I helped you I'm asking I'm asking you guys you know to help my area out you know I'm asking you guys to to help me do the same thing that's now done in the omn U in the omn serum that has been done since 1987 because again and I'll rest my case with this there you can no longer say with a straight face okay to anybody up here okay that that area completely is still blighted that area pockets of it like the the uh I95 east of I95 in the Overtown that is still blighted granted you know but other parts are doing very well it is now Prime real estate in my area when you go to the other side we have all these problems you know and we are the ones that are absorbing the consequences Miami Beach ships their their homeless to us uh TGK down there on 72nd da and 36th Street they Shi the problem to us that is my area District 1 okay many years ago when I was on the zoning Port that I was 36 years old I was against Camila's house and I was with it not because I didn't want to help the homeless but I was with it because I knew it was going to create a problem and we were the only ones to absorb the consequences alapata was district one because nobody wants us in their in their backyard I I ask you here today you know to please help me out extend the boundary like it already has been the resolution is there okay thank you I'm going to allow my vice chair or go to commissioner Reyes commissioner Reyes well uh I do agree that alapata has been neglected for many many years and I I said that before but uh uh I have a little little experience on cras I was The Economist for the Overtown Park West G project commissioner Gava has a I mean you have a point that if we are going to expect the Tiff from those areas that totally uh undeveloped that you're not going to get more there's not going to be more when over and when the CR Overtown CR was being uh I mean it was thought about Park West was included because Parkwest was more prone to develop and produce more tax increment that could be used in Overtown haven't said that hav't said that I do agree that uh got to be done for alapata but my fear is this sir and Larry come here let me ask you a couple question if my memory don't betray me or if the law has not been changed when you expand okay it is extremely dangerous because it's we have to start all over again is that right yes we would we would have to start our legislative process legislative process on now if you do the chair Larry spring Chief Financial Officer my apologies okay if if uh the uh the uh I mean we all know that you canot use funds TI funds from one CR into any other area that it is not within the boundaries but one thing that I'm proposing and I and agree with you and I know that we passed a a a resolution in order to analyze and study the possibility of having a CR in alapata I was one of the proponents I I I was very much in favor of that but what I would like to do is yeah I mean I'm afraid that if we call for an extension that it is going to create problems and all these projects can go down the the the drain but if we use the same the same the same uh uh strategy that was used in Overtown Park West in the boundaries of the alapata uh uh SI we include areas that now are being developed like the hospitals and all that area around there that produces produces additional income that could be used immediately in in in the uh in the areas that are that they are slum and blight you see uh I I I would like for us to analyze that you see and analyze that probability of having uh which is needed I'm I'm not agree with I'm not disagreeing with you commissioner the uh the uh areas in develop a Ser which will include the uh areas that are been developing you can include in that uh uh in that uh Ser even the new development in Mar you is going to provide a I mean tremendous amount of te money that more than on any any that way you can get from from uh from uh uh I mean the uh uh uh uh the the actual uh uh monies that you can get from from uh from from from an extension and include those areas with the underdeveloped area with the blight blighted areas you see that is the same uh strategy that we use with the Overtown Parkwest development project because Madame Sher knows most of the tie come from parkw am I right am I right over yes but most of the test comes from Parkwest because it's that area that was develop uh and and uh Mr uh uh I mean Larry let me ask you something there's not a single penny that we can we use that a tiff money that is produced in a in a Ser in any y the area uh through the chair Larry spring Chief Financial Officer no you cannot use tip from that's right another CRA do you understand what I am proposing uh I'll listen I think so which is it's imp possible that we because we have to go to the county and we got to go to the state for all for both of them I mean if we want extension we have to go through the process I see and the process and and I know I know for a fact that the county is not too happy with the omn and you know that they wanted to keep their money and all of that okay can we can we uh develop or or apply for new SI on the the uh the the uh using the territory or the uh boundaries that uh that I said yes you could absolutely the way you've prescribed it you could start a alapata CRA we would have to start the well I guess continue some of the process um which is the finding of necessity which would be the first step in that excuse me sir excuse me sir when we when we had that resolution was to start the the the the fings and we didn't do it yeah I was ear made aware earlier that in 2020 I guess there was a resolution of the city commission yes to to look at an alipa CRA however that being said um in this previous process we did um the CRA engaged a economic uh expert to do a finding of necessity for a a said boundary area I don't know if it's consistent with what you would want commissioner gabella but that those that data set is it is complete and available so we but wouldn't have to necessarily I guess the point start from scratch the chair but but Larry you remember that we had this conversation back when and I asked you can funds come in and at the conclusion we agreed that we're never going to see any significant for a long time to come it it is this a true statement so in other words I have I have tried and listen you can call it any name you want we can create but if if if there's no funds then you know I can't do anything for my people for district one and that's just the the whole point of of the situation that that we're in you know many emissaries were sent to my office to try to you know you know encourage me you know and by the way uh uh commissioner R you voted for this the only problem that you had was Watson Island and I'm prepared to take Watson Island off the map I don't have a problem with with Watson Island yes yeah I'm just reading off the thing that's right so so at the end of the day I need something viable as as as to you you know and I don't want to take anything from you or from anybody else but the fact of the matter is on that 12 on my 7th Avenue quarter we are absorbing the consequences and that you know to to get rid to get that a a situation under control you need funds you need you know assets you need things and and and you know you know this argument uh you know and and what I can see is you know this was passed last year you know and yet we're talking about the previous thing you know of what was there so I what I don't understand is it was pasted last year you know maybe the gentleman that passed it didn't have the same ideas I don't know I'm not in his head but me as for me I have I want to do good for my district I need those uh part of those funds to to you know to take care of the portability issue in in all of our areas the the 7th Avenue Corridor you know the the the health district you know and and I'm pleading with with you people this is not something that that we're doing it for for I'm not doing a a dog and pony show up here you know what I mean we need this you know my district needs this please understand help me Madam chair through the chair the chair okay M Miss um Larry quick question you said that Omni received seed Capital so did Overtown yes when um if you go back in history um when the city first initiated those CRA the city provided seed funding to assist with uh setting up Administration and all that stuff so back then it was about 500,000 you take future value a few million dollars Force Capital just for the offices yeah it was it was the seaty to get them started there's no reason we couldn't do that for an alip a CRA is my point and I wanted AIA if you could uh AIA Jones if you could address the composition of the district and slum and blight because that that seems to be a recurring thank you thank you commissioner um missia Jones executive director of the Y CRA so in 2018 and 2019 the city of Miami and the CRA we completed a study for the extension of life of the Omni and pursuant to State Statute we met three of the slum criteria and seven of the blight criteria and this means that there are inadequate provision for ventilation light air sanitation or Open Spaces limited Open Spaces in the CRA it also means that there is an existence of conditions that endanger life or property it also means that pursuant to the slum definition there's unsanitary or unsafe conditions lack of affordable and Workforce housing deterioration of site or other improvements incidents of crime in the area higher than in the remainder of the city or the county it also means that fire and emergency medical service costs to the area are proportionately higher than anywhere else in the city um we also have a greater number of violations of the Florida building code and predominantly within our Overtown area so we're also asking for you know a little relief for residents we also see where there's a diversity of ownership or defective or unusual conditions of title so we have a lot of properties where you you know it's been passed down through generations now owned by 16 different um individuals and we have a hard time negotiating um any form of assistance to a lot of the property owners because you know often times members in our community are not fully up to date or aware of you know just how to do the generational wealth you know distributions because this is you know this is what we're dealing with we also have odd-shaped lots and we have Li mited investment in Overtown over the years at least that portion of the CRA so the monies that we collect from uh you know Northeast Second biscan um that's really the money that we need to bearhead a lot of that the work that we do need in um you know the other part of the track and um we we've met we've met the definition yes what are we're talking about commission Rees uh I think commissioner cor would like to speak thank you okay uh um Can someone from the administration tell me how much money on a yearly basis is the city contributing to the omn right now hear this side because this might be another Avenue that uh we might consider commissioner no I'm I'm someone someone from the city Administration or would you well somebody should have that I mean it's not I believe the CFO went to go get this has only been around for 26 years you guys should have that no no I I I absolutely have that amount so we get about approximately 12 to 13 million from the county and about approximately 15 million from the city of Miami that's the city's um contribution to the crra annual okay approximate but do you have but we have a more refined number if it's and and I have a more refined number or less or or approximately I'm not sure of the exact um breakdown but what I do wanted to mention commissioner is that a huge portion of our budget every year goes towards paying Debt Service for the City of Miami so for example major projects like the port tunnel um that debt was taken out by the city of Miami and is now being repaid by Tiff dollars from the OM CR $4 million every year so at that time there was no money within the Omni CRA but the CR those monies $88 million of the city's portion of The Debt Service payment for the port tunnel is being paid by the Omni CR additionally for the Performing Arts Center that total project was about $400 million that debt service was fronted by the county right and that Debt Service is being paid by the the Omni CR huge of money ends in first that ends in the 30 years the CRA m is there for so it's paid years now practically all of it it's just got a few years left and is out of it and don't forget the 2 million to Oh toay Park I I I I I I left that one off yeah yeah maybe that's the way that uh um you could build something there you see where did the CFO go cuz I have a question sure um uh you're talking about the omn cr8 the OM and everything you stated all the conditions are meant for the cr8 to be in existence absolutely because that those are conditions that that uh meets the criteria to EST C I know that and that V establish alata also meets all the CL and Little Havana meets those conditions too actually yeah that's right it meets those condition to you see what I'm the only thing that I'm saying that I'm a little afraid a little no I'm very concerned that if we start uh we go into I mean expansion to an expansion it opens a a huge can of worms because we have to go through a state again you see we have to go to the state a state they're not too happy now with the existent cras and they can deny it and and and close the the omn and and uh I mean it is very very convoluted kind of of uh of of of uh of process so my my my suggestion was to establish a brand new CR including and in and and including areas that they are Income generating that is right and um I have a minor um correction um commissioner the amount that we received last year from the city of Miami is $25 million and it contains all of the commitments I mentioned before for The Debt Service payments I'd like to ask a question of the CFO as the chair of the southeast Overtown Park West C ra I am absolutely in favor of the extension of the Omni C we enjoy a partnership we serve a great deal of my district district 5 but I also empathize with my colleague which is why I have requested a community benefits package for the Watson Island projects because other areas in the city of Miami are suffering and there is not a dedicated CRA for Liberty City or Little Haiti or alapata whose areas are suffering from extreme poverty in some instances slum and blight now what I'd like to know is is there a path forward because I agree with commissioner gabella that trying to create an alapata CRA will not produce the revenue needed to address the issues facing the alipa community immediately I'm not willing to sacrifice the extension of the omnic but I would like to know because I haven't gotten a briefing from staff if a path forward exists to extend the boundaries of the omnicc to include alata I've my colleague just passed me a map I'd like to know whether or not this is feasible really feasible what would it entail to extent because the boundaries of the Overtown CR were extended to include Park West correct it was always the southeast Overtown West it was always I mean it was the the the discussion was that there have a tax increment Finance to the Val over time and it was needed right so but the uh the uh the way it works it is with a tax increment due to development you see correct no there was no uh projection that there was going to be development that was going to produce tax increment in in then in Overtown that's why it included farest because was more prone to development and use those funds in order to help also uh uh over okay so if you could if you could if you know is there a path forward to assist alapata extend the boundaries and what what would that entail is that a lengthy process CU I I'm getting multiple stories it's under our jurisdiction we don't have to go to the state it's our jurisdiction and the county I don't know that is why I'm asking and can you produce something in writing that will satisfy us legislation that says to extend the boundaries of an CRA you have to do X Y and Z etc etc because we have to figure out how to help the totality of of the city of Miami but not to the detriment of help that we already have in other areas so go ahead excuse me chair um I I truly have to leave now I apologize but from what I'm seeing the administration needs more time to put some things together they need to meet with each of us and this in particular commissioner galamore and yourself uh and I don't think this is right for a vote today I I agree I don't agree with that I don't agree with that I would be in favor of calling the question every time that goes by we lose funding capacity this was approved in 2020 this went back to the CRA board it was approved at the C board this is supposed to be a simple ratification so I would like to call I I yeah want to hear from the CFO um through the chair um so what and and I'm speaking on the parameters you just provided without sacrificing the existing uh uh extension of time what could be done is a path is you could extend the accept this extension of time go back and then expand that now extended CRA to include these adjacent boundaries add the um resubmit to the county or pass through the CRA and the City commission a revise finding of necessity the plan and then resubmit all of that to the county and and kind of you could go about it that way that would be the path that you would follow um to approve what you have in front of you and then also attach Al to existing Omni but we have we keep and then we expand so I I think it's important if we could if I could add a little additional context of that um to talk about the how the timing of that because I think that's important too for everybody to really understand that what does that timing look like in terms of accepting the existing um extension and then adding to the boundaries what does that look like in terms of series of meetings the timeline involved so so everybody kind of understands what's the outside date there um I'd have to um I guess uh team up with my colleagues here in the city attorney's office but steps wise that would be finding of necessity um approval by both the CRA city city commission and then submitt to public meetings to public meetings and then submitt to is explaining to us the process not the timing you admitted you don't know the timing you have to get back uh to more than the City attorney to be able to accomplish that I'm not seeing and the county I'm I seen the democracy is going to be threatened and overthrown if this is deferred like so many things that we deferred for September um that we could get more information out of it you heard an amount which I'm not so sure is adate commissioner Gava that we're only getting $15 million from um our taxes in the omn I believe it's more than that it's 20 is 25.2 okay I thought that was the case Larry 25.2 and it will be even more into the future that you could get out of that in worst case scenario if you don't have an omni C the city's going to have uh in the next several years when this is closed down some $30 million or more available than there that could be assigned to our poorest areas which I would say a big chunk of that should go to alipa another big chunk of us should stay uh in Overtown in do and that's one option I'm not saying that we need to go that route but I'm saying that there are options to what you're trying to achieve this is why I'm trying to have a uh I think we should I think uh we should defer this and I heard your argument but but here's the thing here's my argument you have two two tramways if you will two trains on on two tracks you have this one that was approved and you have the one that obviously you have to ratify because if it was so you would we w't be doing this it it already be be done no right you would no yeah that's that's that's the fact of the matter right now is who said so commissioner we um and Jones executive director of the omn area we have spoken to all of our outside councils we've spoken to the county and we've spoken to the city attorney's office um so do we need already done why why are we voting approving this item does not stop us from doing all of what we want to do right after we can approve the extension of Life secure what we have right now today that has been in limbo since 2019 and we can still do everything that we would like and hope to achieve for alapata at the next item the item at play here that is in front of the board that has been advertised and on the agenda is the extension of life but we can also do all of what we want to do for alapata Madame shair if I make clarify this what they are saying is this we cannot expand an cr8 unless it is already ratified you see what we have to do in order to expand it have to exist at this moment if we don't spend the uh no vote no vote if we don't vote on uh I mean on the extension you see then the extension doesn't take place and then what's going to happen it is that by the expansion is going to be uh without the extension okay without extension and through and it doesn't it doesn't it doesn't it doesn't include the are voting on the extension and immediately later on or today there we once the extension is accepted by all the parties involved we ask for I mean the ratification the extension of the uh of the uh of the C the years that there's going to be the the life of the CR and immediately voting on expanding it to another area and then we go through the process and I I I I can assure you that all the conditions are met for an extension or for a c okay but we have to have this extension in order to be able to take the next step okay look I make a motion but but but what's your I'd like to call the question he made a motion forment second last meeting is September second I have a motion in a second to defer I'd like to say this I I don't think we have enough information to decide on where we would go with alipa while I am 100% supportive of the extension for the omnic 100% I don't I want to extend to my colleague the opportunity to flesh flesh out if mad it is possible if we could take the recess to do the work um I don't think that's asking too much just to make sure I'm going to recognize my colleague but I would be inclined to go with my colleagues for the deferment just until the first meeting in September only because I want to give him every opportunity to fight for his community no commissioner commissioner gab I mean commissioner Paro wanted to just just one point of clarification um we have a substantial amount of information at the omnis that was done for the alapata area um we have spend a a a lot of money and all the information is available we don't have it he doesn't have it and it is his concern I understand that he is the problem is you did the study but you don't want to expand the area you have the study but you guys don't want to expand the boundary that's have you been given the study did you get the study commissioner I got no I didn't get the whole study she has been in my to be fair to her she has been in my office okay but this is the same thing when you had the problem with the science you wanted them you guys you guys are telling me this and I appreciate that but you know what I wanted them black and white that have do that's why I don't want to take this vote because then it'll be forgotten time he says she said and then you know what I'm I'm my people are in the same boat that they are now okay and that's what I can't afford you know what I mean so I say let's defer this let's talk about it maybe you have a path forward but I haven't you know I I don't believe it yet and and you know we can explore it we we had this Madam chair we had this conversation six weeks ago exactly this let's differ it so that we have some time to here we are back again these six weeks is costing us funding capacity in the Omni we shouldn't we can continue working on an expansion and just get what is supposed to be by the way a ratification right now done so please I I'd like us to call the question get the ratification done so the question for the record for the record I asked for a sunshine meeting with your office a week ago or two weeks ago and nobody nobody nobody I want a sunshine meeting up here to discuss and to go in detail of what you're talking about I I didn't hear from anybody so you know what I've been interested I'm saying now you got you guys want me to to you know to to go along you know what I mean and you know what tomorrow we we we'll take care of you tomorrow just like you wanted you wanted it black and white to protect your people from the famous campsite has nothing to do with we have we have a motion and a second on the floor for deferral all in favor I no no so is 32 32 to the first meeting in September yes September 12 commissioner commissioner part voting no correct yes I I I I said I better know because I I know for a fact that by certifying and the ex the U extension of time now we are in a better position to extend the boundaries that's right and that's that's why that's why I from my experience the meeting isn't over I just that thank you no we have more I don't have to say anything to say no no no I mean the meeting we have more it's not over no I want to home no it's not over we have our py items to go through okay Madam chair we read the um pz titles I just wanted to mention that um with pz5 it'll be modified um there's an acronym FDC that'll be spelled out fire department connection also the effective date will be changed to 10 days versus immediate and then in pz10 uh it'll also be modified to show an effective date of 10 so that would be a modification to pz5 and pz1 okay so we have are there any pz items that you'd like to pull for discussion yes madame chair I would like to uh vote on u i mean pull out for a vote that I'm going to vote no on p 11 and 12 I don't agree on building the uh uh MRC building in Maris and uh I I don't think that's the right place I mean that area is so much congested that it's going to be horrible and also I want for discussion to pull out uh pc5 which is calling for a 30% reduction in parking which I think is totally crazy okay so I would vote note on that too are are there any other pz items that would like to be pulled for discussion we have pz5 and pz1 and 12 no we haven't voted on any of the pz items as yet and Madam chair pz4 is a quasi judicial hearing so that one so that one has to come out so pz4 yeah I actually want to defer pz4 may I have a motion to defer pz4 I have a motion in a second to defer pz4 all in favor I motion carried to sorry indefinitely indefinitely okay so we have in play pz 6 7 10 14 and 15 may I have a motion I have a motion in a second all in favor motion carries okay for discussion pz5 pz5 uh you know they're supposed to build a train station right there so it's a reduction and parking and we were okay with it given the parameters of the area and what's happening with Transit Madam shair uh you know what my position has been with reduction of parking and it has been I've been totally opposed because it is uh I I uh I wish I wish that we had the mass transit system that could take everybody to every place and I know what is the negative effect that the reduction of parking has in the neighborhoods because an automobile here is a necessity if we are going to start start reducing by 30% the parking requirement because there's going to be an station from the Bri line that it's going to be built there but that will only serve the people that go up and north and south how about the people that have to go work in kendel and lives in that area they're going to need a car so I don't see why we should provide that kind of benefit when it is so necessary and so important for parking to be in the building that people are living instead of being in front of your house or in the sidewalk or I mean all around on but I've seen it I've seen it in h water I've seen buildings that they don't have parking and cars are parked in the sidewalk it will affect the quality of life of the surrounding areas you see uh if cars automobiles were not necessary I will go along it but we have this believe the Miami is going to be a pedestrian in a mcy and psycle City we are Miami we have a climate that doesn't allow for that and we don't have first of all we don't have a mass transit system that could carry people back and forth and other that you planners ad me that you believe in all of that but I am on the street I am in the neighborhoods I am around buildings like that and they create havoc in the in the in the community so I will vote no on it I don't care how many people vote but my conscience will tell me no 30% okay 30% not even 5% 30% commissioner Cabella do you want to weigh in on pc5 um no in the briefing uh they recommended approval but I heard both arguments you know and uh I'm ready to vote whichever whenever you guys are ready so do I have a motion I'll make the motion all in favor I no I my conscience is clear always okay we have pz 11 and 12 remaining yes you pull that one as well okay I know that I don't have the votes but my conscience is going to be clear you see that neighborhood that's got around the murderes mural that that that the graand graand which is around that area it will be totally totally inhabitable if we keep on adding traffic to it we have the stadium we have the developments that they are going to be a shopping center we have about I don't know how many apartments are going to be built on 11th street we have everything is being done around that area we have future development on on Magic City Casino there going to be a lot of traffic and now we're going to place the uh administration building there when we have other land that we can use for example Esa you see and if we want to I mean I will not vote in favor of placing the GSA building there we have all areas that have better communication and is more accessible to the people and that's why I will vote not on this you vote your conscience and I vote mine do I have a motion motion second second all in favor I pz 11 and 12 I no I motion carries 31 that will conclude our pz items gentlemen would you like to defer the two discussion items for our next commission meeting di1 Code Compliance task force report and um D1 and D2 to would you like to defer those M Madam chair the di1 has been continued for um multiple months all you have to do is accept the report and upon accepting the report that will then Sunset the D di1 yeah okay they have already provided you with a copy of the report um so all you have to do is accept it and then that will end Sunset the um uh the okay cour enforcement task force do we need to do we need a motion for that nope I accept it thank you what about um D2 do we want to defer the discussion of this to the next commission meeting D2 what is D2 it's the path Penny tax I I think it would be good to discuss the CIT this is the CIT yes okay like where are we at because we get constant questions from residents and we need know what's happening with the transit funding who will present good afternoon Madam chair Commissioners huana director Department of Transportation and Public Works So currently with the monies that are being withheld by the county through the CIT they had asked us to provide a five-year work program for the monies that they're holding in aers plus the monies that we're forecasting to receive so we we provided that to them last week we received some comments from them for the transit portion um we replied to them on Tuesday we we have a meeting scheduled with them for Monday afternoon to go over the entire work program we're hopeful that you know it'll be a fruitful conversation and they'll be comfortable enough to release that money commissioner that's fine that's fine everybody okay thank you you're welcome and Madam chair I'd like to reconsider pz 11 and 12 my conscience is bothering me commissioner Reyes 11 12 yes uh if it's possible can we defer this item I just want to learn more about it I Mr city clerk can we reconsider to defer this item it's only on first reading so I I do not see why there would be any um pz 11 and 12 I'm sorry pz 11 and 12 they're yes they're just on first reading so I don't I don't see why there would be any issue with it come back it'll come back it'll come back okay is is pc5 and also first reading no pz5 was a resolution it's a resolution and uh one thing that I forgot to say what what's the city getting in return for such a tremendous tremendous [Music] benefit this is I don't anything against development but a control development that it is not encroaching and affecting the neighbors that that's what my problem is you see and when a developer comes here and asks for such such a reduction of parking such a benefit they should have offer at least profer a lot of of of profer something to the set you see that's that's my only two sents so now we need to we need to decide how we want the questions for the ballot to appear I've been given a little um recommendation that we have re2 go before re1 absolutely and I like yes and I'd like to have the residency requirement put before these two is that okay res residents first then re2 and re1 okay and there is um re8 the runoff election date that has to go on the ballot yes okay uh put that at the end does that conclude our agenda for today sorry I'm sorry go ahead Madam sh I just wanted to ask a question anything that's going to be put on the ballot is this the last day to do it yep last last day that that's onone on the November ballot yes I'm sorry say again sir anything that's going to be put on the ballot today's the last day for the November ballot well the deadline is tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. so so technically we have technically yes today would be the last day so you have that Todd yes um re13 will go first followed by re2 then re1 then re8 okay and does that Mr City attorney I was just going to ask you for guidance along with the city manager we have a a scheduled meeting on Monday at 1 p.m. to discuss the rtz it was supposed to be a joint meeting between the city and the county we have scheduled it we have ad advertised it we're good to go we're all set to go we we just re we have our representative we just right but we received a letter from the county indicating that they don't have a quorum and they're unable to attend so they're not going to be showing up at the meeting on Monday so um we can we can show up on Monday and have our meeting with just us um or we can cancel the meeting it's really up what is your recommendation you don't want my recommendation which would be to have the meeting to show that the county didn't show up that the city was ready willing and able to collaboratively work this out and the count you need to do that to um do have the record to let the record reflect okay well but but but see so here's George and I differ a little bit on this I I you are reflecting the record Now by saying that we we we scheduled the meeting our intent to have the meeting just showing up there is is really semantics at that point right because we we we've given the indication that we are willing to be there show up have a conversation um that letter that we received from the chairman um really was was um a result of a conversation that I had with him I called just to confirm because we had heard Rumblings that they may there may not be qum they may not attend and so then I said hey if you're going to he indicated to me verbally that they didn't have um uh enough uh representation to attend so that I said hey can you put that in writing for us so that we have it so look I I think we've been very clear by us scheduling the meeting we're very clear on their response I think at this point just showing up there is really um okay so what's your ask just get to it uh guidance do you want us to cancel the meeting or not if you don't believe that it is necessary to just show up so that you have the appropriate record for cour then cancel the meeting if you need to have the appropriate record for court by showing up then show up proceed is that enough guidance um sort of uh can can I SLE Madam chair please okay this what I'm about to say now has nothing to do with what we're talking about today okay but here's but it kind of does and it doesn't okay and and I want to be transparent with everybody here you know the public everybody I have been having second thoughts on the uh question of our uh retirement our pension okay uh because there has been a lot of talk out there of uh self-serving blah blah blah blah blah I in principle and I know also you are doing this in principle I know this for a fact and I feel it in my heart however I for one do not want to expend political capital okay on other things that I have to do for district and let this become a distraction and the reason I'm saying is because what I was thinking is putting it to the voter but and that's why I asked the question that is this the last day to put anything on the ballot for November again um technically tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. is the deadline to place any ballot questions on uh the November 5th ballot but since today is your city commission meeting um I'm not sure if we could really call for an emergency meeting tomorrow I don't think that would be practical so I think today would probably be the the last day for us just giving you a little insight because this is the only time that I can speak to you guys you know without the sunshine without violating the the Sunshine Law and uh and that uh so it can't be done today bottom line if we wanted to do it because it's not at the end but it can be done in 2025 very good thank you that's all all right do we have any other items on the the agenda that will conclude the July 25th 2024 City of Miami commission meeting thank you all um I just want to make uh a quick announcement um today's our last meeting with Mr Goldberg here so I wanted to just give him uh all the best of luck on his next transition for his next and and give and give my profound gratitude to really has been uh an exceptional zoning administrator he's done he's done a really good job he he will be missed obviously um he has big shoes to fill he calls himself the goat for for a reason um we are really excited about um his we'll call it a replacement but not really uh to Mar because I think she's going to do an exceptional job and as I said before having that continuity from within the department in terms of Ascension to the director is really really important I think we have that here but I wanted to give uh Dan a proper goodbye [Applause] [Music]