MIRAMAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING
APRIL 20, 2017

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[APPLAUSE]
>> AND NOW WE'LL HAVE A FIRE-RESCUE COME
FORWARD.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND
COMMISSIONERS.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL CAPTAIN TIM
ROCHE TO THE STAGE.
TODAY, CAPTAIN ROCHE IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR
EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER.
HE'S BEEN A MEMBER OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR
APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS.
DURING CAPTAINs ROCHE'S TENURE, HE'S
ACCOMPLISHED MANY THINGS AND SOME OF THE MOST
PROUD AWARDS HAS BEEN THE ELIZABETH JORDAN
EDUCATOR OF YEAR, AND -- AND HE CURRENTLY
HOLDS A BACHELOR'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
FROM FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY AND ALONG
WITH LOVE AND SUPPORT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT, HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND
LOVELY CHILDREN, ASHLEY, LOGAN AND SUMMER ARE
IN ATTENDANCE WATCHING HIM RECEIVE THE AWARD.
HE WAS SELECTED BECAUSE OF HIS MANY
CONTRIBUTIONS.
DURING THE LAST QUARTER, HE WAS ABLE TO BRING
TOGETHER FIVE FIRE-RESCUE AGENCIES AND DEAL A
PLATFORM TO SHARE DATA SO WE CAN IMPROVE NOT
ONLY OUR STANDARD OF CARE BUT PATIENT
OUTCOMES AND SITS ON THE BROWARD STROKE
COALITION WHERE HE BROUGHT TOGETHER, MEDICAL
DIRECTOR SO WE CAN DEVELOP A TRAINING
PLATFORM TO BETTER ROLL-OUT OF THE
INFORMATION FOR THE NEW STROKE TRAINING
PROGRAM WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED A FEW MONTHS
AGO.
AND ADDITION, HE SPEARHEADED AND TOOK CHARGE
OF OUR FIRST ANNUAL ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
COMPETITION OF WHICH THERE ARE SEVEN MAJOR
EVENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, CAPTAIN ROCHE
WAS ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND ORGANIZE THAT AND
TOOK THE LEAD AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER
JUDGES WAS ABLE TO PUT ON AN EXCELLENT
PROGRAM.
THE GRAPEVINE, BASICALLY ALLUDED TO US HAVING
PROBABLY THE BEST ALS COMPETITION.
AFTER HE COMPLETED THE COMPETITION, HE
ASSURED ME HE'D NEVER DO IT AGAIN BUT I'LL
HAVE YOU KNOW HE'S ALREADY WORKING ON THE
SECOND YEAR.
LAST, IMPROVED OR QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM
AND IMPLEMENTED OUT-THE-BOX THINKING WHERE
HE'S BRINGING OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO
ROLL OUT EFFICIENCIES RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT
OUR SYSTEMS AND BETTER IMPROVED PATIENT
OUTCOMES AND FOR THIS, WE'LL RECOGNIZING
CAPTAIN ROCHE APPEARANCE THE EMPLOYEE OF THE
QUARTER.
THANK YOU, RAP OPPORTUNITY ROCHE.
[APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU, CAPTAIN ROCHE.
NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TONY VASQUEZ TO THE
STAGE.
MR. VASQUEZ CURRENTLY IS A MANAGER AT 24 HOUR
FITNESS IN OUR TOWN CENTER.
ON FEBRUARY 23rd, HE WAS WORKING AT 24-HOUR
FITNESS WHEN HE -- FITNESS WHEN HE CAME
ACROSS A MEMBER HE HAD NOT SEEN FOR A LONG
TIME AND ASKED THE GENTLEMAN TO SPEND TIME
WITH HIM AND THROUGH CONVERSATION LEARNED
THAT THE GENTLEMAN WASN'T FEELING WELL AND
THAT'S WHY HE HAD NOT VISITED THE GYM.
UNFORTUNATELY, DURING THE CONVERSATION, THE
GENTLEMAN EXPERIENCED A EPISODE OF CARDIAC
ARREST AND MR. VASQUEZ WAS ABLE TO EMPLOY A
AED AND INITIATE -- AND CONVERT THE PATIENT'S
RHYTHM TO A VIABLE RHYTHM.
THE PATIENT WAS AWAKE AND ALERT AND NO
RECOLLECTION WHAT HAD OCCURRED.
AS A RESULT OF MR. VASQUEZ'S RAPID THINKING
HE GAVE THAT GENTLEMAN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY
ANOTHER LIFE.
FOR HIS EFFORT, HE'S BEING RECOGNIZED FOR A
LIFE-SAVING AWARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. TONY VASQUEZ.
[APPLAUSE]
 MR. TONY VASQUEZ.
NEXT, SCOTT WILL INTRODUCE THE NEXT
CANDIDATE.
MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, GUESTS, MY NAME IS
SCOTT PRATT, A BATTALION CHIEF WITH THE
FIRE-RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL AWARD TO PRESENT TO CAPTAIN
BRUCE HILL.
WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE STAGE.
IN ATTENDANCE IS CAPTAIN HILL'S WIFE AND
CHILDREN.
THE INCIDENT THAT CAPTAIN BRUCE HILL BRAVELY
RISKED HIS LIFE WHILE OFF-DUTY OCCURRED AS
FOLLOWS.
THIS MONTH, WHILE OFF-DUTY IN MARTIN COUNTY,
FLORIDA, AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM A BABY
SHOWER AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 P.M., A VEHICLE
VEERED OFF THE ROAD IN FRONT OF CAPTAIN HILL
AND HIS WIFE WHILE PARKED AT A LIGHT.
THE VEHICLE MADE HEAVY IMPACT WITH A LIGHT
POLE AND FREE SUSTAINING HEAVY FRONT END
DAMAGE.
INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WERE A ELDERLY MAN AND
WOMAN.
THE WOMAN WHO WAS THE DRIVER AND UNCONSCIOUS
AND HER PASSENGER WAS HER HUSBAND AND HE WAS
DAZED AND INJURED.
CAPTAIN HILL IMMEDIATELY VEERED HIS CAR OFF
THE ROAD TO THE CRASH SITE WHILE HE ADVISED
HIS WIFE TO DIAL 9-1-1.
CAPTAIN HILL WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS INTO THE
VEHICLE WHERE HE REMOVED THE WOMAN'S SEAT
BELT AND CARRIED HER AWAY.
HER HUSBAND WAS ASSISTED AWAY FROM THE
VEHICLE BY A ON-DUTY MARTIN COUNTY DEPUTY ON
THE SCENE.
THE VEHICLE BECAME FULLY INVOLVED IN HEAVY
FIRE, THE WOMAN WHO WAS STILL UNCONSCIOUS AND
POSSIBLY SUFFERING A SERIOUS MEDICAL
CONDITION WAS TREATED BY CAPTAIN HILL AT THE
SCENE WHILE THEY WAITED FOR THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT TO ARRIVE.
MIRAMAR FIRE-RESCUE DEPARTMENT FEELS THAT
CAPTAIN'S BRUCE HILL'S ACTIONS EXHIBITED
COURAGE TO THE COMMUNITY AND OF IMMINENT
PERSONAL INJURY TO HIMSELF WHILE PROVIDING
LIFE SAVING AID TO ANOTHER.
IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT TO CAPTAIN HILL,
THE MIRAMAR COUNTY FIRE-RESCUE DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE AWARD.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR AND
COMMISSIONERS.
MAJOR SMITH WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WILL CALL AT THIS TIME, OFFICE JULIET
NORMIL.
IN FEBRUARY, OFFICER NORMIL CONDUCTED A
TRAFFIC STOP ON A VEHICLE OPERATING WITHOUT
HEADLINES AND -- HEADLIGHTS AND HE INFORMED
HER THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE
AND CHANGED THE STORY AND SAID HE HAD AN
FOREIGN LICENSE AND IT HAD FALLEN INSIDE OF
HIS VEHICLE.
ONCE THE OFFICER REALIZED THAT THE DRIVER WAS
NOT HONEST AND CONTINUED HIS ATTEMPT TO
PROVIDE INCORRECT INFORMATION, SHE PLACED HIM
UNDER ARREST.
A SEARCH THE VEHICLE REVEALED
$272,000 CONCEALED IN VARIOUS COMPARTMENT IN
THE VEHICLE.
HER DEDICATION AND QUICK ACTION HAD A
DRAMATIC EFFECT ON THE SAFETY OF OUR MIRAMAR
RESIDENTS.
CONGRATULATIONS AS OFFICER OF THE QUARTER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, CAN
I HAVE THE TRAINING UNIT COME IN FOR UNIT
CITATION?
[APPLAUSE]
THIS EVENING, THE TRAINING UNIT IS THE BEING
RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN THE
SUPPORT OF THE PREMIERE ONE COMPUTER-AIDED
DISPATCH PROJECT.
THIS TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE POLICE OFFICERS, DISPATCHERS AND
THE PUBLIC.
THE PROJECT INVOLVED PROVIDING TRAINING TO
OVER 250 STAFF MEMBERS WITHIN A TWO-WEEK
PERIOD.
IN ORDER TO LEAD THE TRAINING SESSION
SESSIONS AND FOCUS INTENSELY ON THE
COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT, MEMBERS MODIFIED
THEIR SCHEDULES BUT CONTINUED TO PROVIDE
DEPARTMENT-WIDE TRAINING TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE AGENCY.
THEIR DEDICATION AND POSITIVE ATTITUDES WERE
ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF
THIS PROJECT AND THEIR PROFESSIONALISM
REFLECTED POSITIVELY ON THE MIRAMAR POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S MISSION TO THE COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AT THIS TIME, COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICER
BRITTANY PARKER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> DEMONSTRATED GREAT INITIATIVE IN CREATING
A NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAM CALLED HOOPS FOR
HOPE TO HELP MENTOR MIRAMAR YOUTH.
HOOPS FOR HOPE HAD AN INAUGURAL BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT AT THE CENTER ON AUGUST 29th OF
2016, THERE WERE EIGHT BASKETBALL TEAMS
REGISTERED AND 10 COLLEGES AT THE FAIR.
THE SECOND BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WAS HELD
MARCH 31st, 2017 AND INCLUDED STEP AND
DANCE PERFORMANCES BY MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL AND
EVERGLADES AND SUMMERSET ACADEMY.
TWO STUDENTS RECEIVED $1,000 COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIPS FROM DONATIONS RAISED FOR THE
HOOPS FOR HOPE IMPROVEMENT AND PROVIDING
POSITIVE ROLE MODELS TO OUR YOUTH REFLECTS A
UNIQUE QUALITY WE'RE PROUD TO SHOWCASE AND
ENCOURAGE IN OUR OFFICES.
WITH HONOR, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SELECTION
FOR THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AWARD.
[APPLAUSE]
>> OFFICER LASHAY SINGLETARY.
[APPLAUSE]
SHE TOO, IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT AWARD.
DEMONSTRATED GREAT INITIATIVE IN CREATING THE
NEW COFFEE WITH A COP PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF
MIRAMAR, HER IDEA TO HOLD THIS EVENT WAS SET
INTO MOTION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE
COMMUNITY RESOURCE UNIT.
RESIDENTS AND SEVERAL POLICE AGENCIES
ATTENDED THE COFFEE WITH THE COP EVENT WHICH
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHICH RESULTS IN
OTHER POLICE AGENCIES CONTACTS US FOR
INFORMATION HOW TO START THEIR OWN PROGRAMS
IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
WE SET THE BAR HIGH.
PROUD OF THAT.
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN INVALUABLE IN -- IS A
MODEL FOR DEMONSTRATING HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHOULD INTERACT WITH RESIDENTS, FELLOW
OFFICERS AND BUSINESSES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP TO
LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO WILL BE HOSTING COFFEE
WITH A COP THROUGHOUT 2017.
CONGRATULATIONS, OFFICER SINGLETARY FOR THE
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AWARD.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AND NOW WE'LL PRESENT THE EXCELLENT POLICE
SERVICE AWARD.
MAY I HAVE DETECTIVE GILBERT, HADLEY, UNTCH,
AND ZELLER PLEASE COME UP.
[APPLAUSE]
THESE DETECTIVES ARE RECEIVING THE
DEPARTMENT'S EXCELLENT POLICE SERVICE AWARD
FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN CLEARING A SERIES
OF PIGEON DROP ROBBERIES WHICH ESCALATED TO
THE SUSPECTS KIDNAPPING THEIR VICTIMS WITH A
HANDGUN, THE SAME SUSPECTS WHO HAD CREATED
THESE CRIMES THROUGHOUT MIAMI, DADE AND
BROWARD COUNTY.
THROUGH FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE, THEY
WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT.
SUBSEQUENTLY, THE SUSPECT WAS ABLE TO BE
TRACKED AND A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON
HER RESIDENCE.
THE SUSPECT WENT INTO HIDING BUT CONTINUED
HER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND COMMITTED ANOTHER
ROBBERY KIDNAPPING IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR.
THE PERFORMANCE AND TEAMWORK OF THESE
DETECTIVES RESULTED IN THE SUSPECT'S ARREST.
THE EFFORTS OF THESE DETECTIVES CONTRIBUTED
TO ENSURING THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF
MIRAMAR AND IS A POSITIVE REFLECTION OF THE
MIRAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS,
I'M WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO PULL UP THE -- PULL UP THE
ACCREDITATION TEAM UP FOR THE EXCELLENT
POLICE SERVICE AWARD.
[APPLAUSE]
MANAGER KIM MORROW LÓPEZ, JENNIFER JACOBI AND
ERIC WATTERS, YOU'RE RECEIVING THIS AWARD BY
BOTH OF COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACCREDITATION AND THE COMMISSION ON
ACCREDITATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
DURING THE EXIT INTERVIEW, THE LEAD ASSESSOR
COMMENTED THIS WAS THE FIRST AGENCY IN HIS 15
YEARS AS LEAD ASSESSOR THAT HE HAD BEEN TO
WITH ZERO ISSUES.
THERE WERE -- THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE
CALIBER OF WORK AND RAVED HOW MIRAMAR POLICE
WAS ONE OF THE BEST NATIONWIDE.
ONE HAS TO READ HUNDREDS OF REPORTS AND
DOCUMENTATION TO FIND SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OR
PROVE THAT THE ASSESSOR'S REQUEST, THIS
REQUIRES PATIENCE AND DILIGENCE, WORKING IN
ACCREDITATION IS NOT AN ASSIGNMENT THAT COMES
WITH ACCOLADES, IT REQUIRES BEING METICULOUS
AND CONSCIENTIOUS AND TEAMWORK AND
EXPERIENCE, PERSEVERANCE AND HARD WORK, YOUR
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROCESS
CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL SUCCESS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SELECTION TO RECEIVE
THE EXCELLENT POLICE SERVICE AWARD.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL OFFICER
MICHAEL MENDOZA, AND OFFICER BOURST AND
OFFICER ESPONDA TO RECEIVE THE LIFESAVING
AWARD.
OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED IN RESPONSE TO A
VEHICLE CRASH WITH INJURIES, OFFICER ESPONDA
NOTICED THE UNCONSCIOUS DRIVER AND ATTEMPTED
TO REMOVE HER FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE BUT BECAUSE OF
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, HE COULD
NOT.
OFFICER BOURST ARRIVED ON -- AND HELD --
SERGEANT MENDOZA ARRIVED ON SCENE AND APPLIED
THE AID WHILE OFFICER ESPONDA PREPARED FOR
CPR, OFFICERS ESPONDA PERFORMED CHEST
COMPRESSIONS AND AFTER THREE CYCLES, THE
FEMALE DRIVER WAS RESUSCITATED AND BEGAN
BREATHING ON HER OWN.
THE DRIVER CONTINUED TO RECEIVE MEDICAL
TREATMENT AND THE OFFICERS' ACTIONS UNDER
STRESSFUL CIRCUMSTANCES MADE THEM DESERVING
OF THIS AWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SELECTION TO RECEIVE
THE LIFE SAVING AWARD.
[APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.
MR. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.
DEXTER WILLIAMS, CHIEF OF POLICE.
I HAVE A -- AN AWARD CREATED TWO YEARS AGO
AND I ONLY GAVE IT OUT ONCE.
I ONLY SEE IT FITTING TO GIVE IT TO
SUPERVISORS IN THE ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS
IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND I CALL IT THE CHIEF
LEADERSHIP AWARD.
I THOUGHT IT FIT THAT THE INDIVIDUALS
STANDING BESIDE YOU, I CALL THIS MY A TEAM,
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HELP ME PULL THIS
ORGANIZATION TOGETHER LAST YEAR.
AND WE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH AS YOU SAW.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MAJOR SHALIDA
SMITH, MAJOR JOSÉ VARGAS AND ASSISTANT CHIEF
LENGTHY BURGESS, YOU'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND
TO CONTRIBUTE TO A EFFECTIVE DEPARTMENT AND
ASSIST TO ISSUES THAT RISE AND ALWAYS EAGER
TO GO THE EXTRA MILE, YOU WORK EXTENDED HOURS
FOR ME AND I APPRECIATE THAT, EVEN ON
WEEKENDS.
AND ATTENDED AS MANY MEETINGS AS I HAVE ON MY
SCHEDULE AND I APPRECIATED THAT.
YOUR EXPERIENCE AND HELPED THE DEPARTMENT TO
REDUCE A LOWER CRIME RATE IN THE CITY AND YOU
IMPLEMENTED A SUCCESSFUL PLAN THAT'S RESULTED
IN REDUCTION OF OVERTIME AND KEPT OUR
EXPENSES UNDER BUDGET WITHOUT COMPROMISING
OUR MOTTO OF EXCELLENCE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND INSPIRES OTHERS AND BUILDS THE
DEPARTMENT'S MORALE.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU ON THIS
OCCASION.
THE SUCCESS OF OUR DEPARTMENT IS VISIBLE TO
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, RESIDENTS AND CITY
LEADERS, AND TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON RECEIVING FOR THE SECOND
TIME GIVEN THE CHIEF'S LEADERSHIP AWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
[APPLAUSE]
IF I CAN HAVE SERGEANT FLORINET DERAC --
THERE HE IS.
[APPLAUSE]
THIS IS A VERY TOUGH AWARD TO WIN, WHEN I
TELL YOU THE CHIEF LEADERSHIP AWARD, I HAND
SELECT AND I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN GIVE THIS
AWARD.
I THOUGHT IT FIT THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL,
SERGEANT FLORINET DERAC RECEIVE THE CHIEF
LEADERSHIP AWARD.
HE'S THE SERGEANT THAT SUPERVISORS THE TEAM
THAT IS ON THE GROUND IN THE COMMUNITY
DEALING WITH ALL OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE
ISSUES.
SERGEANT DERAC HAS COMMANDED COMMUNITY
RESOURCE UNIT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE UNIT HAS
TRANSFORMED FROM COMMUNITY POLICING PRACTICES
TO THE CONCEPT OF PRESIDENT'S 21st CENTURY
POLICING MODEL TO WHICH I MAKE SURE OUR
ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS.
THE UNIT HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN BUILDING
TRUST AND LEGITIMACY BY BECOMING A PART OF
THE COMMUNITY THROUGH INITIATIVES SUCH AS
COFFEE WITH A COP, HOOPS FOR HOPE,
MULTIAGENCY TASKFORCE, SENIORS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT TOGETHER AND WALKING WITH
SENIORS.
SERGEANT DERAC AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
HAVE TAKEN A TOUGH ROLE IN ORGANIZING THESE
INITIATIVES AND EVENTS AND THE UNIT UTILIZES
SOCIAL MEDIA, ON COUNTLESS OCCASIONS TO HELP
TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS,
THE UNIT'S SUCCESS IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR
COMPASSION AND LEADERSHIP.
CONGRATULATIONS, SIR, ON A JOB WELL DONE FOR
RECEIVING THE CHIEF LEADERSHIP AWARD.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I THANK THE DAIS AND WE'RE COMPLETED.
I THANK THE COMMUNITY AND OTHERS FOR PUTTING
THIS TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION,
SO ONE LAST ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR
HARDWORKING EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY OF MIRAMAR.
[APPLAUSE]
>> OK, IT IS NOW TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT'S NOW TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE FIVE SIGNED IN SPEAKERS.
AS I CALL YOUR NAME FORWARD -- WHEN I CALL
YOUR NAME, IF YOU WOULD APPROACH THE PODIUM,
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IT WOULD BE
GREATLY APPRECIATED AND FIRST ON THE LIST IS
MS. VIRGINIA GARCIA.
>> COULD YOU HOLD ONE MINUTE, PLEASE.
I THINK SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOUR MIC.
THERE WE GO.
NOW IT'S ON.
>> MY NAME IS VIRGINIA GARCIA.
AND I LIVE IN NAUTICA COMMUNITY, 3645
S.W. 162nd AVENUE AND THE REASON I'M HERE
IS FOR THE BLASTING TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S
STILL GOING ON. 
AND THIS WEEK HAPPENED TWICE.
I DO REMEMBER THE HOUR WAS 1:15 THIS WEEK.
AND IT'S CONTINUOUSLY -- THE BLAST IS GOING
ON.
I ALSO WANT TO COMMENT IT'S REALLY A
COINCIDENCE THAT YOU ARE GIVING AWARDS HERE
TO FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN.
I LIVE IN A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH
THEY ARE A PAIN IN THE NECK.
THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK I THINK IT WAS, THEY
KNOCK ON MY DOOR.
THREE POLICEMEN.
THE NAME WAS DOMINGUEZ, BROOKS -- AND WHAT
WAS THE OTHER GUY?
RUSSELL.
HAVING A COURT ORDER TO DESTROY MY FRONT
YARD, OKAY.
AND I CRIED.
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ALL RIGHT?
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M CUBAN.
BUT I AM VERY PROUD TO BE AN HONOR.
AND I'M ALSO VERY PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
CITIZEN.
AND SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE.
GOD BLESS EVERYBODY AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
THIS IS NOT CUBA.
THIS IS AMERICA.
>> SOUTHWEST 54th STREET MIRAMAR.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, DEBRA SCIALABBA.
>> GOOD EVENING.
DEBRA SCIALABBA 6490 SOUTHWEST 26th STREET
IN MIRAMAR.
WELCOME BACK TO OUR THREE COMMISSIONERS THAT
WERE RE-ELECTED.
I COME TO YOU THIS EVENING WITH A PUZZLING
QUESTION I NEED AN ANSWER TO.
FOR SEVERAL YEARS I HAVE HAD COFFEE WITH
SENIORS AT McDONALD'S, SEVERAL SENIORS.
MONDAY THIS WEEK A FRIEND I KNOW FOR SIX
YEARS ASKED ME A QUESTION I COULD NOT GIVE
HIM AN ANSWER TO.
HE LIVES IN WEST PARK.
HE HAS DONE REMODELING AND HAS GOTTEN THE
PROPER PERMITS FOR THE WORK HE HAS DONE.
AND LET ME BE VERY CLEAR BECAUSE THIS MORNING
I ALSO CHECKED WITH HIM TO BE CLEAR, TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
APPARENTLY, HE GETS HIS PERMITS FOR THE JOBS
HE HAS TO DO IN WEST PARK, BUT TO FINALIZE
THE PERMITS, IT'S THE CITY OF MIRAMAR
EMPLOYEES THAT COME AS INSPECTORS.
I ASKED HIM AGAIN, ARE YOU SURE CITY OF
MIRAMAR UNIFORM?
YES, HE SAYS.
I'LL BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, DID YOU?
I SAID NO, I DIDN'T.
HE SAID I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EITHER UNTIL THEY
CAME FOR MY PERMITS FOR THE FINAL INSPECTION.
MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, I COULDN'T GIVE HIM AN
ANSWER AND THAT'S WHAT HE HAD TOLD ME.
NOW, I ASK MYSELF, WHY WITH THE SHORT STAFF
IN THESE DEPARTMENTS IS OUR INSPECTORS DOING
INSPECTIONS FOR WEST PARK PERMITS?
TAXPAYERS SHOULD NOT BE PAYING FOR THIS TO GO
ON AND IT SHOULDN'T BE GOING ON EITHER.
IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
EVEN IF YOU HIRE TEMPORARY INSPECTORS FOR OUR
CITY TO DO INSPECTIONS FOR THE TAXPAYERS,
THEY ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT GO INSPECT WEST
PARK PERMITS WHILE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF
MIRAMAR.
WHAT ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DO THIS
WITH WEST PARK?
AND I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A COPY OF THE
RESOLUTION THAT THIS IN FACT IS GOING ON AND
THAT THIS WAS APPROVED.
OR IS IT HE DOING THIS FOR EXTRA MONEY?
IS THERE DOUBLE DIPPING GOING ON?
HOW MUCH IS MIRAMAR GETTING PAID TO SEND OUR
INSPECTORS TO WEST PARK?
AND ARE THERE OTHER CITIES INVOLVED?
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU RUN FOR ELECTION,
EVERYBODY CLAIMS TRANSPARENCY.
THERE SHOULD BE TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE CITY
MANAGER OFFICE AS WELL.
WHEN WE WENT TO THE CITY MANAGER FORM OF
GOVERNMENT, I PULLED UP THE ORDINANCE BACK IN
THE '90s.
ONE OF THE THINGS THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO DO
IS LET THE COMMISSION KNOW ANY ISSUES
CONCERNING THE CITY.
I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN -- SHOULD NOT BE GOING ON.
I WAS NOT AWARE AND I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT
WHAT ARE THE CITIES INVOLVED, HOW MUCH --
WHAT IS THE CITY TAXPAYERS MAKING.
AND THIS IS ON OUR DIME.
THEY ARE GOING DURING THE DAY FOR THESE
INSPECTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
>> I'LL LET YOU RESPOND BRIEFLY ON THIS ONE.
>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF
THE DIRECTOR OF THAT DEPARTMENT, THERE SHOULD
BE NO CITY OF MIRAMAR EMPLOYEES DOING ANY
INSPECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST PARK.
AS FAR AS I KNOW FROM THAT BEING DIRECTLY
INVOLVED WITH WEST PARK, THE INSPECTION
SERVICES PROVIDED BY WEST PARK ARE THROUGH A
CONTRACTED SERVICE, A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF
I THINK GIRARDEAU.
SO THEY CONTRACT INSPECTION SERVICES OUT AND
THERE SHOULD BE NO MIRAMAR INSPECTORS.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INSPECTORS TO DO OUR OWN
INSPECTORS.
WE CONTRACT AS WELL AS SERVICES FROM THE
COUNTY AS WELL.
BUT NO, AS FAR AS -- I MEAN IF YOU HAVE A
NAME OF SOMEBODY OR HE CAN IDENTIFY SOMEBODY,
I'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO IT.
BUT THERE IS NO REASON WHY A MIRAMAR
INSPECTOR WOULD BE IN WEST PARK DOING
INSPECTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER.
ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS COULD BE DONE WITH
STAFF OUTSIDE, BUT YOU RAISED THE QUESTION.
THE MANAGER HAS PROVIDED A RESPONSE TO DISPEL
THE ASSUMPTION.
BUT IF THERE ARE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, I'M
SURE MADAM MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE CAN
DISCUSS THE ISSUE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RAISING THE CONCERN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OWEN WYMAN.
GOOD EVENING, SIR.
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS OWEN WYMAN.
I LIVE AT 3199 FOXCROFT ROAD IN THE MIRAMAR
CLUB CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION DEVELOPMENT.
THERE IS A PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT
TO DO SOME REZONING ON FOXCROFT ROAD.
IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS OUR DEVELOPMENT AND
THAT'S WHY I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT ON THAT
ISSUE.
THE FOLKS THAT ARE PROPOSING THE
REDEVELOPMENT HAVE CONDUCTED THEMSELVES VERY
NICELY.
THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO ME.
THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO OUR ASSOCIATION.
THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO --
>> I WANT TO PAUSE YOU ONE MINUTE, SIR.
BECAUSE THE ITEM IS ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA.
>> RIGHT.
>> IT'S A QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEM.
AND ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
>> I SEE.
>> SO AT THAT TIME -- WE'RE NOT STOPPING YOUR
ABILITY TO MAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE
IT'S AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, OUR PROCEDURES IS
TO DISCUSS IT DURING THAT ITEM.
>> NO PROBLEM.
I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT.
>> THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING IT FOR ME.
>> DEFINITELY, HOLD ON TO YOUR COMMENTS.
WHEN THE ITEM COMES FORWARD, YOU'LL RECEIVE
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR
COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS MS. KATE TOBON.
GOOD EVENING.
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS KATE TOBON, 4905 SOUTHWEST 165th
AVENUE RIVIERA ISLES.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THE
COMMISSIONERS, FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE
BLASTING PROBLEM.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR
EFFORTS.
THE PETITION IS ALREADY OVER
1,100 SIGNATURES, THE ONLINE PETITION.
>> EXCUSE ME.
WE HOLD A COMMUNITY EVENT AND WE RECEIVE --
WE ARE OVER 700 SIGNATURES AS WELL.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH RESIDENTS FROM MIAMI
LAKES TO CREATE ANOTHER BLASTING COMMITTEE
OVER THERE.
AND THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW WE DID THIS SO THEY
CAN REPLICATE THE IDEA.
AND ALSO, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN NORTHWEST
MIAMI-DADE, THEY ARE ALSO CREATING THEIR OWN
BLASTING COMMITTEE AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A
PRESENTATION ON MAY 10th.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE BLASTING IS STILL GOING
ON.
IT'S OUT OF CONTROL.
THEY KEEP CHANGING THE SCHEDULE.
THEY HAVE ONE SCHEDULED ON MONDAY AND THEN IF
THEY GO OUT OF SCHEDULE -- IF THEY BLAST OUT
OF SCHEDULE, THEY WILL JUST MODIFY THE
SCHEDULE AND POST A NEW ONE.
AND THAT'S REALLY NOT HELPFUL.
SO BECAUSE THE BLASTING IS OUT OF CONTROL AND
WE NEED A SOLUTION, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS --
THIS PROBLEM IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO FIX.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE FOCUS YOUR
EFFORTS IN TRYING TO GET SOME TYPE OF
IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROXIMITY LIMIT TO MAKE
SURE THE BLASTING OCCURS AT SAFE DISTANCES
FROM OCCUPIED STRUCTURES AND WIDER SOURCES.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BLAST
CLOSER THAN THEY ARE NOW.
HONESTLY, THE WAYS NOW IS HORRIBLE.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW IT'S GOING TO BE IN
THE FUTURE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
>> THANK YOU, MS. TOBON.
OUR FINAL SPEAKER THIS EVENING IS MARTHA
EHRENFELD.
>> GOOD EVENING.
SINCE YOU JUST SAID TO MR. OWEN THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING LATER ON THE ISSUE, I
GUESS I HAVE TO WAIT.
>> YOU CAN SPEAK AT THAT TIME ON THE FOXCROFT
ISSUE, THANK YOU.
JUST BEFORE WE GO TO CONSENT AGENDA, JUST FOR
A QUICK UPDATE SINCE WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW
MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC HERE REGARDING THE
BLASTING AND THE STATUS OF WHERE EVERYTHING
IS WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THERE ARE TWO
BILLS IN THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE BY SENATOR
GARCIA AND REPRESENTATIVE DIAZ THAT HAVE NOT
HAD MUCH TRACTION IN REGARDS TO PASSAGE IN
THE LEGISLATURE.
AND BOTH OF THOSE BILLS CALLED FOR THE
APPROPRIATIONS FOR A BLASTING STUDY TO BE
DONE.
SO IN CONCESSION OF -- IN CONSIDERATION OF
THE LACK OF TRACTION IN THE BILLS, BOTH IN
THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE IN THE BUDGET
APPROPRIATIONS HAVE MADE PROVISIONS FOR THE
FUNDING OF THE STUDY AND ARE AWAITING THE
PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET TO THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR PASSAGE.
AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE FUNDING AND THE
APPROPRIATIONS SURVIVE THE LINE-ITEM VETO BY
THE GOVERNOR.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES AS WE
KNOW, RIGHT NOW, IT'S IN THE POLITICAL AND
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE APPROPRIATIONS GO
THROUGH.
WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE INTEREST IN THE
COMMUNITY AND DO KNOW THAT THIS COMMISSION
AND THE CITY STANDS FIRM WITH THE COMMUNITY
IN REGARDS TO COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO
ADDRESS THE BLASTING.
SO THANKS, EVERYONE.
>> LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE
BLASTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I PERSONALLY WENT.
IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE MEETING.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE, VERY ACTIVE, VERY
PASSIONATE.
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A CONTESTED ELECTION FOR
CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
AND IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE RESIDENTS SO
ACTIVELY INVOLVED.
AND THEY WILL BE MEETING I THINK ON THE THIRD
THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH STARTING IN MAY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY.
AND FOR A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE
BLASTING ADVISORY BOARD IS A PUBLIC MEETING.
AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE ON THAT ADVISORY
BOARD TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC CAN ATTEND THE MEETING.
SO WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO
STAY ENGAGED.
>> MR. MAYOR.
>> YES, COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> COULD WE ALSO GET THE ATTORNEY TO GIVE US
A QUICK UPDATE ON THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE
GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENT?
>> SURE.
>> FOR THE BLASTING.
>> MR. ATTORNEY.
>> CERTAINLY.
WE HAVE NEGOTIATED A DOCUMENT.
THERE IS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR ISSUES THAT ARE
STILL OUTSTANDING THAT THEY DID NOT AGREE
WITH ON THEIR LAST DRAFT THAT WE FELT WERE
KIND OF IMPORTANT.
SINCE THE BLASTING ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS
CREATED, WE FIGURED WE SHOULD SEND IT TO THEM
AND LET THEM ANALYZE IT.
I WENT OVER IT WITH THEM LAST NIGHT AND LEFT
IT WITH THEM.
AND THEY ARE GOING TO DISCUSS IT AND MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOW AT THE CONSENT
AGENDA.
ITEMS LISTED UNDER CONSENT AGENDA ARE VIEWED
TO BE ROUTINE AND THE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE
ENACTED BY ONE MOTION IN THE FORM LISTED
BELOW.
IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THE ITEMS WILL BE
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WILL BE
CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM ON THE
CONSENT AGENDA SHOULD APPROACH THE PODIUM
NOW.
SEEING NONE, BACK TO THE DAIS.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ARE WE DOING THIS ELECTRONIC?
>> SECOND.
>> WHAT ARE WE DOING?
>> I ALREADY PUT A MOTION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
CALL THE ROLL.
[ROLL CALL]
>> AND JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHY THE
COMMISSION IS STARING AT THE DAIS, WE HAVE --
[LAUGHTER]
WE HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH THE COMMISSION
AGENDA AND HOW WE ARE RECORDING OUR VOTES, SO
BEAR WITH US AS WE GET OVER THE DIGITAL
DIVIDE OF WHAT NOT TO DO WITH OUR DEVICES.
ALL RIGHT.
RESOLUTIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 8, PLEASE.
>> ITEM 8 IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COMMISSION SELECTING A VICE MAYOR FOR A
ONE-YEAR TERM AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE
DATE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER WINSTON
BARNES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS?
>> I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER
COLBOURNE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY MORE NOMINATIONS?
IF NOT, WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR COMMISSIONER
BARNES AND COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
I HAVE NOMINATED COMMISSIONER BARNES.
IT'S BEEN SOMETIME SINCE HE'S BEEN THE VICE
MAYOR.
AND I THINK -- NOT THAT WE HAVE A FORMAL
ROTATION PROCESS.
BUT WHAT HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE PAST IS YOU
KIND OF GO DOWN THE LINE AND IT'S BEEN A
WHILE SINCE COMMISSIONER BARNES HAS BEEN THE
VICE MAYOR.
SO I NOMINATE HIM.
I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE IF HE WOULD CHOOSE TO
SERVE.
>> ARE YOU ACCEPTING, COMMISSIONER BARNES?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
I THOUGHT IT GOES IN THAT ORDER.
IT'S NOT WRITTEN THAT IT GOES IN A CERTAIN
ORDER.
>> EXACTLY.
>> IT'S NOT.
>> IT'S NOT?
>> IT'S JUST THE COMMISSION'S DECISION.
>> I SEE.
>> IT'S A CORDIAL --
>> I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS A
TURN.
>> WELL, IT'S BECAUSE OUT OF PROFESSIONAL
COURTESY THAT WE TRY TO GIVE EVERY
COMMISSIONER AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS VICE
MAYOR.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S TYPICALLY THAT PROCESS.
>> I SEE.
>> BUT IF YOU CAN -- IF YOU AGREE WITH
COMMISSIONER BARNES BEING VICE MAYOR, YOU CAN
DEFINITELY MAKE A MOTION.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE.
PRESS THIS NOW?
[LAUGHTER]
MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> I MADE THE RECOMMENDATION.
I'LL SECOND.
CALL THE ROLL.
FOLKS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE SCRIPT.
[ROLL CALL]
[LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU FOR THE NOMINATION, YES.
>> IT'S NOT WORKING.
IT WORKED?
>> COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS, CAN YOU PLEASE
VOTE?
THANK YOU.
>> YES.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW VICE MAYOR.
[APPLAUSE]
HE CHOOSES NOT TO MOVE THIS MEETING.
ITEM NUMBER 9, PLEASE.
>> ITEM 9 IS RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COMMISSION, CITY OF MIRAMAR TO APPROVE THE
MIRAMAR BOARD AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY.
FOR MY APPOINTMENT.
I APPOINT MS. NORMA MARTIN.
COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS, YOUR APPOINTMENT?
>> MR. ROLAND ABEL.
>> VICE MAYOR BARNES.
>> JAMES HEPBURN.
>> COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO BE APPOINTING TODAY.
>> OKAY.
COMMISSIONER RIGGS.
>> MARY RAINOR.
>> OKAY.
SO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE APPOINTMENTS OF
NORMA MARTIN, ROLAND ABEL, JAMES HEPBURN,
MARY RAINOR AS APPOINTEE MEMBERS FOR MAYOR
MESSAM, COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS, VICE MAYOR
COLBURN AND DARLINE RIGGS RESPECTIVELY.
>> YOU HAVE TWO OTHER APPOINTMENTS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAVE THE BUSINESS.
DO WE HAVE THE NOMINATION FOR -- IS IT THE
BUSINESS APPOINTMENT?
ANY NOMINATIONS?
OR A RESIDENT.
>> NIKKI OFFICER.
>> EXCUSE ME.
>> NIKKI, NICOLE OFFICER.
>> NIKOLAV.
>> ANY OTHER?
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS?
WHAT'S THE LAST NAME AND SPELLING?
>> OFFICER, O-F-F-I-C-E-R.
>> OH, OFFICER.
I ASKED FOR BUSINESS AS WELL.
AND THE NOMINATIONS FOR BUSINESS
REPRESENTATIVE.
>> DELL ROSE FACEY.
>> DELL ROSE.
>> FACEY, F-A-C-E-Y.
>> ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR BUSINESS?
NOW WE HAVE NIKOLAV OFFICER FOR RESIDENT AND
DELL ROSE FACEY FOR BUSINESS.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE.
[INAUDIBLE]
>> PLEASE RECORD THE VOTES.
[ROLL CALL]
>> DID WE DO THE AT-LARGE?
>> WE DIDN'T.
>> WE DID THE AT-LARGE.
>> WE DID?
I THOUGHT YOU SAID BUSINESS.
>> YOU SAID BUSINESS.
>> I STARTED BUSINESS.
THERE WERE NONE.
I WENT TO RESIDENT.
THEN THERE WAS A NOMINATION.
THEN I WENT BACK TO BUSINESS.
AND THEN DELL ROSE FACEY WAS --
>> IS THE AT-LARGE?
>> THAT'S THE BUSINESS.
WHO'S THE AT-LARGE?
>> NIKOLAV OFFICER.
>> DID I MISS ALL THAT?
>> I MISSED THE AT-LARGE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I CALLED IT LIKE THREE TIMES.
>> YOU KNOW, I KEPT LOOKING TO SEE WHAT
CATEGORY YOU WERE ON.
THAT'S WHY.
>> WAS THAT THE ONLY PERSON --
>> EVEN VICE MAYOR BARNES PROVIDED THE LAST
NAME FOR MS. NIKOLAV.
>> WAS THAT THE ONLY ONE THAT APPLIED?
THAT WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT APPLIED FOR
AT-LARGE?
THAT WAS IT?
OKAY.
ALL RIGHTY.
COMMISSIONER, WE BETTER WAKE UP.
>> ITEM NUMBER 10, PLEASE.
>> ITEM 10 IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COMMISSION AND APPROVING THE FINAL RANKING
AND AWARD OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS OF
16-06-34 ENTITLED WASTEWATER RECLAMATION
FACILITY RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM EXPANSION TO
THE HIGHEST RANKED PROPOSER IN AN AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED $500,000 AND PROVIDING FOR
EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> GOOD EVENING, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR,
COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER.
FOR THE RECORD JODY KIRKLAND, UTILITIES
DIRECTOR.
THIS EVENING THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
REQUESTS CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL FOR THE
FINAL RANKING AND AWARD FOR RFQ ENTITLED
WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITIES TO THE
HIGHEST RANKED PROPOSER HAZEN AND SAWYER AND
AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN
AGREEMENT WITH HAZEN AND SAWYER IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED 500,000.
THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE
WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FACILITY WITH A
12.7 MILLION-GALLON PER DAY RATED CAPACITY.
THE FACILITY IS PERMITTED AT
4 MILLION GALLONS CAPACITY TO TREAT AND
PROVIDE RECLAIMED WATER FOR UNRESTRICTED
PUBLIC ACCESS BENEFICIAL REUSE AND THE SYSTEM
IS CURRENTLY OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY.
[AUDIO DIFFICULTIES]
DECLARES THE CITY'S ATTEMPT TO MAKE RECLAIMED
WATER AVAILABLE FOR IRRIGATION USE OR
CONSTRUCTION OF RECLAIMED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
AS FEASIBLE AND ECONOMICAL.
THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE EXISTING AND FUTURE
RECLAIMED SERVICE AREAS, THE PURPLE AREA IS
THE EXISTING SERVICE AREA AND THE TON AREA
REPRESENTS THE FUTURE AREA WHICH WILL BE
AVAILABLE ONCE THE I-75 CROSSING IS COMPLETE.
IT WAS ISSUED AND PLACED IN LOCAL NEWSPAPER
AND ON DEMAND STAR.
THREE RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED ON AUGUST 2nd
FROM ENGINEERING FIRMS ARCADIS AND HAZEN AND
SAWYER.
HAZEN AND SAWYER WAS RANKED THE NUMBER ONE
RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE FIRM AND THE
RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE TO ENTER INTO
NEGOTIATIONS ACCORDING TO THE RFQ.
A SCOPE OF SERVICES WERE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN
THE CITY AND HAZEN AND SAWYER WITH A NOT TO
EXCEED 500,000 WITH A TOTAL CONTRACT TIME OF
365 DAYS.
THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN THIS REQUEST IS, OF
COURSE, WE NEED APPROVAL PER CITY CODE FOR
ANYTHING EXCEEDING $50,000 PER VENDOR LIMIT.
AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE GLAD
TO ANSWER THEM.
>> THANK YOU, MR. KIRKLAND.
AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC
THAT WISHES TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, A QUESTION IN
REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND
ESTIMATED PROJECT SCHEDULE.
WHEN ARE WE -- PENDING APPROVAL, WHEN ARE WE
SCHEDULED TO GO UNDERNEATH I-75?
AND AT WHAT LOCATION?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE DESIGN AGAIN WE'RE EXPECTING 365 DAYS, A
YEAR, AND THAT'S TO BASICALLY COMPLETE
DESIGN, PERMITTING AND HAVE SOMETHING READY
TO PUT ON THE STREET FOR CONSTRUCTION.
I WOULD ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT WE WOULD
PROBABLY BE ABOUT 18 MONTHS OUT BEFORE
CONSTRUCTION WOULD BEGIN.
AT THIS POINT, THE INTENT IS TO CROSS NEAR
THE PEMBROKE PINES FLY-OVER SO IT WOULD
ACTUALLY CROSS IN THAT AREA AND VICINITY AND
ACTUALLY BE BELOW GROUND.
IT WILL BE A DIRECTIONAL DRILL.
>> OKAY.
WHAT SIZE?
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE PROPOSING 16-INCH.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF INVESTIGATION,
PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK.
RIGHT NOW IT IS A 16-INCH.
>> OKAY.
IS THERE ANY COORDINATION WITH FDOT AT THIS
POINT?
I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE DESIGN
CONSULTANT.
BUT HAS THE CITY COORDINATED AT ANY POINT
WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION?
>> NOT REALLY.
UNTIL WE HAVE THE PLANS READY AND ON PAPER
AND DESIGNED, WE CAN'T EVEN TALK PERMITS.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE -- A PERMITTING
SITUATION.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE DAIS
OR COMMENTS?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND.
>> CALL THE ROLL AND RECORD THE VOTES,
PLEASE.
[ROLL CALL]
>> EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER RIGGS, I DON'T SEE
A VOTE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IS THAT EVERYBODY?
[LAUGHTER]
ITEM NUMBER 11, PLEASE.
>> ITEM 111 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF
MIRAMAR ADOPTING A FAIR CHANCE HIRING
PRACTICE BY IMPLEMENTING THE BAN THE BOX
INITIATIVE AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MELANIE McLEAN WITH
THE CITY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS INITIATIVE.
BAN THE BOX -- THANK YOU.
BAN THE BOX REFERS TO THE CHECK BOX IN
EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS ASKING WHETHER OR NOT
THE CANDIDATE HAS EVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A
CRIME.
IT IS REALLY A NATIONAL INITIATIVE WITH THE
GOAL OF INCREASING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
FOR PEOPLE WITH PAST CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS.
IT ALLOWS CANDIDATES TO BE CONSIDERED BASED
ON THEIR CURRENT QUALIFICATIONS INSTEAD OF
PAST CRIMINAL HISTORY AT THE APPLICATION
STAGE.
IT EASES HIRING BARRIERS AND CREATES A FAIR
CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR JOBS.
SOME HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, IN APRIL 2012,
THE EEOC ACCOMPLISHED GUIDELINES.
THIS WAS THE RESULT OF STUDIES WHICH
DEMONSTRATED THAT SUCH QUESTIONS COULD BE
UNINTENTIONALLY DISCRIMINATORY AND MINORITY
GROUPS WERE PREDOMINANTLY AFFECTED.
FAIR CHANCE EMPLOYMENT LAWS ENSURE A FAIRER
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AS IT REQUIRES
EMPLOYERS TO EXAMINE THE CANDIDATE'S FITNESS
FOR THE JOB BY ALSO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION
THE NATURE AND THE RECENCY OF THE CONVICTION.
AS OF FEBRUARY 2017, AT LEAST 25 STATES
INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT,
DELAWARE, HAWAII, ILLINOIS HAVE ADOPTED THIS
PRACTICE.
DUE TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS, APPLICATIONS
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY CLASSIFICATIONS ARE
EXCLUDED FROM BAN THE BOX.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY'S JOB APPLICATION FOR
EMPLOYEES HAS TWO QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO
CRIMINAL HISTORY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY WOULD
HAVE RECOURSE TO BACKGROUND CHECKS LATER IN
THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS BUT THE INITIAL
SCREENING WOULDN'T BE SCUTTLED BY AN INITIAL
CONVICTION.
BACKGROUND CHECKS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DONE
AFTER A CONTINGENT OFFER IS MADE AND THE
CANDIDATE AUTHORIZES THE BACKGROUND CHECK TO
BE DONE.
ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION WILL DEMONSTRATE
THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO ENSURE FAIRNESS TO
ALL INDIVIDUALS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT AT THE
CITY.
IT WILL ALSO SHOW THAT THE CITY IS ASSUMING A
LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT TO
QUALIFIED PERSONS REGARDLESS OF ANY PAST
CONVICTIONS OR ARRESTS BY ENSURING JUST AND
FAIR MEASURES AND PRACTICES ARE IN EFFECT
WHEN SCREENING.
IT WOULD ALSO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE PRACTICES
THAT ARE CURRENTLY SPREADING ACROSS THE
NATION WITH BAN THE BOX.
AND APPROVAL IS RECOMMENDED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I AM THE SPONSOR OF THIS RESOLUTION.
AND I THANK THE COMMISSION FOR PROVIDING
CONSENSUS TO BRING IT FORWARD FOR APPROVAL.
AS IN THE PRESENTATION STATED, IT'S --
ACTUALLY, THIS IS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO
PROVIDE A STATED FAIRNESS IN HIRING
PRACTICES.
OFTENTIMES INDIVIDUALS MAY HAVE HAD A HICCUP
ALONG THE WAY IN THEIR LIFE AND THEY HAVE
PAID THEIR DEBT TO SOCIETY.
AND THIS DOES NOT COMPROMISE QUALIFICATION,
DOES NOT COMPROMISE SENSITIVE POSITIONS.
WE DO FOLLOW STATE STATUTES IN REGARDS TO
THAT AND THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS IN CERTAIN
POSITIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE EXTRA SCRUTINY.
AND IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE A BACKGROUND CHECK
WHAT IT DOES DO WHEN SOMEONE ENTERS OUR DOORS
TO APPLY FOR A POSITION THEY ARE EVALUATED
AND INITIALLY SCREENED BASED OFF THEIR
QUALIFICATIONS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY
PERSPECTIVE, OFTENTIMES WHEN INDIVIDUALS
CAN'T GET MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT, THEY RESORT
TO ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND
OFTENTIMES THOSE ACTIVITIES MAY LEAD THEM
BACK INTO DOING THINGS THEY SHOULD NOT BE
DOING JUST BECAUSE OF LACK OF OPPORTUNITY.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
MIRAMAR TO BE A PART OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT
TO BAN THE BOX, TO AT LEAST GIVE SOMEONE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE EVALUATED BASED ON THEIR
QUALIFICATIONS.
AND WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO THE
PRIVATE SECTOR TO FOLLOW THE CITY'S LEAD IF
THIS SHOULD PASS IN REGARDS TO PROVIDING
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO
MAY HAVE HAD A HICCUP ALONG THE WAY AND
DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO GET ON
RIGHT FOOTING AND TO HAVE MEANINGFUL AND
GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT.
SO THANKS FIRST TO THE COMMISSION FOR
GRANTING CONSENSUS TO ALLOW THIS TO MOVE
FORWARD.
AND SECOND, TO STAFF FOR PULLING EVERYTHING
TOGETHER FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.
AT THIS TIME, IF THERE IS ANYONE FROM THE
PUBLIC THAT WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM,
PLEASE COME FORWARD.
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, BACK TO THE DAIS.
VICE MAYOR BARNES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> JUST TO CALL ATTENTION AND COMMEND OUR
H.R. DIRECTOR FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
OUR CHIEF HAD REMEMBER A SIMILAR ISSUE YOU
BROUGHT TO US REGARDING INTERVENTION WITH
YOUNGSTERS WHERE THEIR FIRST BRUSH WITH THE
LAW WOULD NOT ATTRACT A PERMANENT RECORD.
VERY FRANKLY, WE ARE PROBABLY SENDING A
LITTLE MESSAGE TO TALLAHASSEE THAT YOU HAVE
DONE WHAT WAS DEMANDED OF YOU BY THE LAW AND
CERTAIN OF YOUR RIGHTS ARE TO BE REINSTATED.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AS WE SPEAK
IN THIS COUNTRY, THERE ARE INFRACTIONS
LAW IN ONE DEPARTMENT IN CIVIL.
THAT IS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IN
IMMIGRATION.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AS THE MAYOR SAID, TOO, WHAT THIS IS DOING,
IT IS REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR RECIDIVISM
BECAUSE THAT PERSON WHO IS NOW UNABLE TO GET
A JOB SOMETIMES START THINKING IN CREATIVE
WAYS.
SO THIS IS A LOT MORE IMPORTANT, I THINK,
THAN WE REALIZE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO GIVE
INDIVIDUALS A CHANCE, SOMEONE WHO HAS MADE A
MISTAKE, THEY HAVE PAID THEIR DEBT TO
SOCIETY, THEY HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO
PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES, FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
BECAUSE IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT, THEN
SOCIETY WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PAY THE
PRICE FOR THEM.
SO I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING -- FOR
INTRODUCING THIS LEGISLATION AND ALLOWING US
TO JOIN THE NATIONAL EFFORTS AND I ALSO THANK
THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF FOR GETTING
ONBOARD TO THIS.
SO I DO GO ALONG WITH THIS ITEM AND I DO
APPROVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
ANY OTHER REQUESTS?
SEEING NONE, JUST FINAL COMMENTS IS AFTER THE
APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, I THINK IT WOULD BE A
GOOD IDEA FOR THE CITY TO PERHAPS FIND A WAY
TO EITHER THROUGH EMAIL OR SOME FORM TO
PERHAPS JUST BRING AWARENESS TO OUR BUSINESS
COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY HAS PASSED THIS
RESOLUTION AND SEND A COPY OF IT TO THEM AND
ENCOURAGE THEM BASED ON IF THEY COULD
CONSIDER IT AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT MANDATED FOR THEM, BUT
JUST TO SHOW THAT THE CITY IS TAKING THIS
LEADERSHIP ROLE AND INVITE THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AS WELL TO CONSIDER THAT AS WELL BECAUSE I
TELL YOU, IF OUR PRIVATE SECTOR -- EVEN IF A
SMALL PERCENTAGE ADOPTS A SIMILAR POLICY TO
REMOVE BAN THE BOX OFF THEIR APPLICATIONS,
WHEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE RELEASED
OR MOVE INTO OUR CITY WHO MAY HAVE A PRIOR
RECORD, OR RELEASED INTO OUR CITY AND THEY
ARE LOOKING -- WHAT THEY ARE BEING TOLD, THEY
ARE BEING TOLD TO GET ENGAGED, GET INVOLVED,
SEEK EMPLOYMENT.
BUT IF THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY, I THINK IT
COULD CHANGE THE PARADIGM.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE CONSENT AND I'LL
ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> DO WE STILL NEED TO SAY ANYTHING?
>> SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> RECORD THE VOTES, PLEASE.
>> EXCUSE ME, MR. MAYOR.
YOU HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK.
>> REQUEST TO SPEAK WAS FROM VICE MAYOR
BARNES.
I THINK IT WAS A TECHNICAL.
>> OKAY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> HE'S SO EXCITED TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
RECORD THE VOTES, PLEASE.
[ROLL CALL]
>> THANK YOU, ALL.
ITEM NUMBER 12.
>> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION CITY OF
MIRAMAR, FLORIDA WITH METRO EXPRESS, INC. TO
PROVIDE SIDEWALK REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT IN
THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 UTILIZING SOUTHEAST
FLORIDA GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE
GROUP CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF AN INVITATION
FOR BID NUMBER 15-16-039(a) AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN APPROPRIATE
AGREEMENT.
>> VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THE ITEM BEFORE
YOU TONIGHT IS A REQUEST TO AWARD A CONTRACT
TO METRO EXPRESS FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE ARE UTILIZING THE SOUTHEAST CORPS
CONTRACT.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS A STREET DIVISION
THAT PERFORMS SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE AND OUR
RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
OUR GOAL AND WE HOPE THAT WE DO THAT TO HELP
MITIGATE LIABILITY FROM TRIP AND FALLS AND
OTHER INJURIES THAT ARE CAUSED FROM
PEDESTRIANS THAT UTILIZE THE SIDEWALKS.
FOR THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE REACHED OUT
TO THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS.
THEY HAD ACTUALLY GONE AHEAD AND ADVERTISED
SERVICES FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR.
WE REVIEWED THEIR CONTRACT, TOGETHER WITH
PROCUREMENT, WE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS IN THE
INTEREST OF THE CITY TO UTILIZE THEIR BID
BECAUSE THEIR PRICES CAME IN FAIRLY
REASONABLE.
FOR FUNDING, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
COMMISSION.
WE ARE UTILIZING FUNDS APPROVED AS PART OF
THE CIP PROCESS.
THIS IS GOING TO ENABLE US TO PERFORM
ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DO
PERFORM SIDEWALK IN-HOUSE STAFF.
THIS IS GOING TO HELP US GET A CONTRACTOR TO
HELP US, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS SOME OF THE ONES
THAT WE HAVE IN THE SYSTEM.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY LIMITED FUNDING AT
THIS TIME, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY
MORE THAN THE $200,000 CAN ADDRESS.
SO THE PROCESS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO
APPROACH REPAIRING OR UTILIZING THIS FUNDING
IS TO KIND OF PRIORITIZE THE AREAS THAT WE
ARE LOOKING AT.
SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR SCHOOLS
AND THE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AROUND OUR PARKS,
BASICALLY AREAS THAT ARE UTILIZED HEAVILY BY
OUR RESIDENTS SO WE'LL START WORKING FROM
THERE.
AND THEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS AS WE
GET FUNDING, WE WILL REACH OUT TO THE OTHER
AREAS.
FOR THIS PROJECT AREAS, WE HAVE LOOKED AROUND
AND THEY ARE GOING TO CONCENTRATE THE
REPAIRS.
I LISTED AS FOLLOWS, LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL
SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY, FAIRWAY CHILD CARE, THE
AQUATIC CENTER, PERRY WELLMAN, THE
MULTI-SERVICE SEA CASTLE.
AND THE GENERAL AREA BETWEEN 68TH AVENUE AND
69TH, IT IS A HEAVY COMMERCIAL AREA THAT WE
KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS WALK BACK AND FORTH,
YOU KNOW, FROM MAKING PURCHASES SO WE'RE
GOING TO CONCENTRATE IN THAT GENERAL AREA.
JUST TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE
LOOKING AT TO ADDRESS, VERY DISPLACED
SIDEWALKS, CRACKS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THINGS
LIKE THAT.
WE WANTED TO BRING UP SOME ISSUES THAT WE ARE
HAVING IN THE AREA AND CITYWIDE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE ARE
FACING.
AND THIS ACTUALLY IS WHAT SLOWS DOWN OUR
STAFF FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THE WORK MORE
QUICKLY.
WE HAVE AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE
TREES WITH VERY HUGE ROOTS.
SO WE BASICALLY HAVE TO SPEND TIME, YOU KNOW,
TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE ROOTS BEFORE WE
ACTUALLY GET TO ADDRESSING THE SIDEWALKS.
SO WE JUST WANT TO POINT THIS OUT.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S ANYONE FROM THE
PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO COMMENT, YOU CAN COME
TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
>> HI.
DEBRA SCIALABBA.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO ADD.
I LIKE TO WALK FROM MIRAMAR PARKWAY TO
PEMBROKE ROAD TO THE CANAL.
IF I GET SHORT OF BREATH OR I NEED TO REST,
THERE'S BENCHES.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WAS PUT IN.
I DIDN'T CHECK.
BUT IT'S THE PATHWAY IS NOT SIDEWALK OR
CONCRETE, IT IS ASPHALT.
AS YOU GET CLOSER TO PEMBROKE ROAD, THE SAME
ISSUE WITH THE TREE ROOTS BREAKING UP THE
ASPHALT.
AND IT'S NOT ONLY A TRIP HAZARD, BUT I FEEL
IT IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
AND THAT AREA IS LIABILITY TO THE CITY IF
SOMEONE SHOULD TRIP AND FALL.
PEOPLE WALK UP AND DOWN MIRAMAR PARKWAY TO
PEMBROKE ROAD ALL THE TIME ALONG THE CANAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC?
SEEING NONE, BACK TO THE DAIS.
VICE MAYOR BARNES, FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER
COLBOURNE, COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS.
VICE MAYOR, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> I THINK IT'S MOST TIMELY THAT WE MOVE IN
THIS DIRECTION BECAUSE IN FACT LIKE
MS. SCIALABBA, I WALK SOMETIMES.
AND EARLIER THIS WEEK, IN MY LITTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE ARE SOME SIDEWALKS THAT
NEED ATTENTION.
AND I THINK I JUST HOPE OUR RESIDENTS HAVE
COME TO THAT UNDERSTANDING, FOR EXAMPLE, OF
THE NEED FOR THE TREE CANOPY WE SEEK TO
SUSTAIN IN THE CITY.
I THINK GOING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO
START LOOKING AT THE KINDS OF TREES THAT WE
PLANT BECAUSE THE REALITY, I HAVE KNOWN SOUTH
FLORIDA FOR A LONG TIME.
A LOT OF WHAT WE CONSIDER EARTH IS REALLY
SAND.
SO THE ROOTS OF TREES DO AS THEY PLEASE.
AND I THINK GOING FORWARD, WE HAVE TO START
LOOKING AT TREES THAT ARE NOT AS ACTIVE AS
THE TREES THAT WE HAVE BECOME USED TO.
AND SIMPLY JUST RIP UP SIDEWALKS WHEN THEY
CHOOSE.
AND YES, IT IS TIME WE MOVED ON THIS.
AND COMMEND STAFF FOR BRINGING IT UP TO US AT
THIS TIME.
>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH.
THIS IS GREAT.
I'M GLAD WE ARE ALLOCATING THIS MONEY AND WE
ARE GETTING A CONTRACT TO MOVE ON THE
REPLACEMENT.
DID I ALSO HEAR YOU SAY THAT THIS ALSO
ADDRESSES NEW SIDEWALKS?
>> NO, NOT AT THIS TIME, NO.
>> THIS IS NOT FOR NEW SIDEWALKS.
>> THIS IS FOR REPAIR ONLY.
>> WELL, I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO SAY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO
ADDRESS.
WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE INDIVIDUALS ON
THE EAST SIDE, SPECIFICALLY WE APPLIED FOR A
GRANT AND RECEIVE A GRANT FROM THE COUNTY TO
ADDRESS SIDEWALKS FROM PEMBROKE ROAD TO
MIRAMAR.
I'M SORRY.
TO 215 AND FROM 62nd TO 441.
THE GRANT DOES NOT COVER ALL OF IT, BUT IT'S
ESSENTIAL THAT WE KEEP THAT COMMITMENT TO THE
COMMUNITY.
AND THAT WE ALLOCATE DOLLARS TO PUT IN
SIDEWALKS IN THOSE AREAS.
WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS THE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE
BROKEN, BUT THEY ARE AREAS THAT HAVE NO
SIDEWALKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREETS.
AND YOU HAVE KIDS THAT WALK TO SCHOOLS.
YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS WALKING TO THE BUS
STOPS.
AND THERE'S NOWHERE TO -- NO SIDEWALK FOR
THEM TO WALK ON.
SO MADAM MANAGER, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS
IS A PRIORITY.
AND I SAY TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND TO
THE MAYOR THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY
NEED TO PUSH STAFF TO LOOK AT, WHETHER IT'S
THROUGH GRANTS OR OTHER MEANS, BUT WE NEED
TO -- WE REALLY DO NEED TO HONOR THAT
COMMITMENT.
WE IDENTIFIED THE NEEDS.
WE KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
AND WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE
EAST SIDE.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
IN THE ISSUE OF SIDEWALK, THIS IS BECOMING A
REAL ISSUE IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR.
I'M BEGGING THAT THE CITY OFFICIAL AND THE
CITY DEPARTMENT -- WE HAVE TO ALSO PARTNER
WITH THE HOA IN OUR CITIES.
OUR RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING SERIOUS
SIDEWALK DAMAGE.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRIPPING AND FALLING AND
THEY ARE AT THE MERCY OF THE HOA.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FOSTER A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE HOA TO HELP TO GO
BETWEEN THEM AND THE RESIDENT TO SEE HOW WE
CAN ASSIST THEM IN SOME WAY OF WE SOLVE THE
ISSUE OF THE TREES DAMAGING THE SIDEWALK.
I HAVE SEEN THEM MYSELF.
QUITE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS MENTIONED IT TO
ME AND WE HAVE TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AND SEE
IF WE CAN COME TO SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THESE
TREES AND SIDEWALK ISSUES.
AS COMMISSIONER BARNES HAS SAID, WE NEED TO
LOOK AT OTHER KIND OF TREES THAT WE CAN PUT
IN, MAYBE CREATE MORE EASEMENT OR SOMETHING
NEED TO BE DONE.
SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE HOA
AND THE CITY TO SEE HOW WE CAN SOLVE THIS
ISSUE.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS.
THE COMMENT I WOULD ADD TO THIS DISCUSSION IS
THAT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT START BECAUSE WE
ARE BEGINNING SOMEWHERE.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS UNANIMOUS CONSENSUS FROM
THE COMMISSION TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF
AND THE MANAGER WITH FOLLOW-UP OF OUR
DISCUSSIONS IN REGARDS TO SIDEWALKS.
ALONG WITH STREET LIGHTING IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SIMILAR TO THE ISSUE OF STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT, I HAVE REQUESTED STAFF TO AT
LEAST COME UP WITH A PLAN TO ADDRESS
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND THAT CREATED THE
PHASES THAT WE ARE DOING NOW.
SO IN A SIMILAR VEIN I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE
CITY MANAGER FOR US TO COME UP WITH A
COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF SIDEWALKS AND
STREETLIGHTING.
SIDEWALKS IN THE FORM OF -- BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE THE FUNDING RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS ALL OF
THE ISSUES, LET'S UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE
DEALING WITH.
SO A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT THAT EVALUATES
THE LINEAR MILEAGE OF SIDEWALKS INSTALLED,
THE LINEAR MILEAGE OF SIDEWALKS NOT INSTALLED
AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF BROKEN OR HAZARDOUS
SIDEWALK AREAS THAT NEED REPAIRS.
WE QUANTIFY THAT, HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT SO
THAT WE CAN AT LEAST MAKE THE -- WE CAN
INCLUDE IT IN OUR CIP MOVING FORWARD SO WE
DESIGNATE IT AND COMMITS US TO ADDRESSING IT
SIMILAR TO THE VARIOUS PHASES FOR STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT.
AND WE CAN ALSO DO THE SAME.
I THINK STAFF HAS BEGUN TO DO THE WORK UPON
THE REQUEST OF ALL OF US, MAKING THIS REQUEST
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A SYSTEMATIC AND
ORGANIZED WAY TO SAY HOW WE ADDRESS THESE
ISSUES.
I COMMEND STAFF FOR THEIR PROPOSAL IN TERMS
OF HOW TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES, WE
HAVE TO CREATE PRIORITIES IN HOW WE DEAL WITH
THEM.
SO OBVIOUSLY, FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT AND
LIABILITY STANDPOINT, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THE GREAT TRIP HAZARDS THAT CAN CAUSE
LIABILITY FOR US IN THE CITY, CONCENTRATING
THE AREAS ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST NEAR OUR
SCHOOLS WHERE OUR CHILDREN ARE OFTENTIMES
FORCED TO WALK IN THE ROADWAY BECAUSE THERE
IS NO SIDEWALK.
THOSE ARE PRIORITY AREAS AS WAS DISCUSSED
TODAY.
SO I THINK STAFF IS WELL ON THEIR WAY TO
PUTTING OUT A ROADMAP TO HOW WE CAN ADDRESS
THIS ISSUE.
OBVIOUSLY AS WE ARE PRESENTED THE FINAL
REPORT ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WE AS A
COMMISSION CAN PROVIDE OUR INPUT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE THINK THAT A CERTAIN
COMMUNITY OR AREA HAS PRIORITY OVER AN AREA
THAT WE MAY FEEL SHOULD BE IN A HIGHER
RANKING, WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE ISSUES TO THAT
WE CAN KIND OF BRING THIS ISSUE TO SOME
ORGANIZED FASHION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE
APPROPRIATE PRIORITIES SO AS WE, AS SUGGESTED
EARLIER BY A COLLEAGUE IN REGARDS TO GOING
FOR GRANTS AND GOING FOR FUNDING, WE KNOW
ONCE WE GET THE FUNDING WHERE WE CAN APPLY
THOSE DOLLARS.
SO I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT
OBVIOUSLY IS A LOW-HANGING FRUIT FOR THE
COMMISSION.
I THINK WE ALL AGREE WE HAVE TO ADDRESS
SIDEWALKS AND GET THEM INSTALLED WHERE THEY
NEED TO BE INSTALLED.
FIX THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE FIXED SO THAT
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
SO I SEE I HAVE COMMISSIONER RIGGS FOLLOWED
BY COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE AND VICE MAYOR
BARNES.
>> THIS QUESTION IS IN REFERENCE TO NEW
SIDEWALKS.
SO I'M NOT -- FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING
FROM THE COMMUNITY, NOT EVERYONE IS IN
AGREEMENT TO HAVING NEW SIDEWALKS.
SO IF A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT EVERYONE
AGREES TO NEW SIDEWALKS, DO WE NEED THE
PERMISSION TO DO THE SIDEWALKS?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
COMMISSIONER RIGGS, MICHAEL MOORE.
WE WOULD CERTAINLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND
HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH THEM.
AND IF IT WAS CLEAR THAT A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T WANT
SIDEWALKS, WE WOULD DEFINITELY BRING THAT
BACK TO THE MANAGER AND, YOU KNOW, LET HER
KNOW.
AND I WOULD ASSUME THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE A
WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT FROM SOME OF THE
RESIDENTS.
BUT WE DO GET, YOU KNOW, BOTH SIDES THAT WANT
AND DON'T WANT.
>> OKAY.
I GUESS WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE WHEN THAT
HAPPENS.
THANK YOU.
>> COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE
I KNOW A FEW MEETINGS BACK, WE TALKED ABOUT
IT AND I HAD REQUESTED INFORMATION AS TO WHAT
THE NEED WAS, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS THAT DID
NOT HAVE SIDEWALKS.
AND I NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE ON IT FROM
STAFF.
SO NOW I DON'T RECALL GETTING A RESPONSE.
DID I RECEIVE ONE?
WAS SOMETHING SENT?
I SEE THE MANAGER SHAKING HER HEAD, SO I'M
NOT SURE.
>> I'M SHAKING MY HEAD BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW.
IT IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE AND WE ARE HAVING TO
PHYSICALLY GO OUT AND DO THE INSPECTIONS OF
THEM.
SO IT IS NOT COMPLETE.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE RESPONSE.
>> OKAY.
THAT'S GOOD, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
BUT ANY UPDATES ALONG THE WAY, JUST TO KNOW
THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING, YOU KNOW,
IS IMPORTANT TO ME SO THAT I WOULD KNOW AND I
WOULDN'T THINK THAT THERE'S NOTHING BEING
DONE.
BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS
ACTUALLY SOMETHING BEING DONE ON THIS, EVEN
THOUGH IT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW I ASKED AND
WE DISCUSSED HERE.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
VICE MAYOR BARNES.
>> I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE GO AFTER THIS
IN AN AD HOC FASHION, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD
ALSO LOOK TO EXPEDITE THIS AS MUCH AS IS
POSSIBLE.
WHAT I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH IS THE MANNER
IN WHICH WE HAVE TREATED POTHOLES.
I DRIVE ALONG THE ROADWAY.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POTHOLES IN A VERY
FINITE SPACE.
LIKE THE NEXT WEEK I'M PASSING AND THESE
POTHOLES ARE FILLED.
SO I MEAN GOSH, I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY SAID
THAT SEPARATELY AS A COMMENDATION.
SO ANYWAYS, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE
REPAIRS TO SIDEWALKS CAN BE DONE IN THAT
FASHION AS WELL?
WHY THIS OFFICIAL PLAN MOVES FORWARD?
IS IT EVEN REMOTELY POSSIBLE THAT LIKE HAS
BEEN DONE WITH THE POTHOLES, THAT YOU GUYS
COULD LOOK AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE NOT WAITING
UNTIL WE GET A REPORT HERE, LET'S JUMP IN
THIS?
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
SO WHAT WE DO, LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY, WE
HAVE IN OUR STAFF THAT PERFORM REPAIRS.
SO ACTUALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS.
WHAT SOMETIMES SLOWS US AS POINTED OUT WOULD
BE THE ROOTS.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SOMETIMES IT TAKES
DAYS DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE ROOT.
BECAUSE WE GET ISSUES WITH PEOPLE'S
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN THE WAY.
WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE THERE IS
ELECTRICITY THAT WE HAVE TO PAUSE, REACH OUT
TO FPL.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE THINGS IN THE WAY THAT
IMPACTS HOW QUICKLY WE CAN GO.
WE HAVE A POLICY WITH POTHOLES THAT WE GET AT
LEAST WITHIN 48 HOURS.
WE DON'T LET IT GO BEYOND 48 HOURS SO LONG AS
WE BECOME AWARE OF IT.
SIDEWALKS SOMETIMES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.
BUT WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE SOMEBODY
TRIPS AND FALLS.
THE MOMENT WE ARE TOLD, WE GET IT DONE THE
SAME DAY IF IT'S A SMALL AREA.
SO THAT'S SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE GO
THROUGH.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
>> OKAY.
SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A
MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
TAP YOUR SCREENS.
PLEASE RECORD THE VOTES.
[ROLL CALL]
>> WE ARE NOW IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, ITEM 13,
PLEASE.
>> TO THE CITY COMMISSION OF MIRAMAR,
FLORIDA, BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS
OF CHAPTER 2 TO AMEND SECTION 290 BLASTING
CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS AND SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR
EFFECTIVE DATE.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE
THE SCHOOL BOARD DID NOT WANT TO HAVE A
VOTING MEMBER ON THE BOARD.
THEY DID HAVE A NON-VOTING MEMBER SHOW UP
LAST NIGHT SO THEY ARE PARTICIPATING.
THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE.
SO THIS WAS PASSED ON FIRST READING AND THEN
SUBSTANTIVELY THE SAME.
BASICALLY ELIMINATES THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
AND CREATES THE EX OFFICIO SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBER.
AND THEN IT ADDS ONE MORE RESIDENT WHO DOES
NOT RESIDE IN ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES.
>> ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT
WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
YES, SIR, WELCOME.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD,
PLEASE.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MESSAM.
MY NAME IS GERMANE FLEMING.
I'M A DIRECTOR WITH THIS OFFICE OF SCHOOL
ACCOUNTABILITY AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING
SUPERINTENDENT REMSEY AND YOU MAY HAVE SPOKEN
WITH HIM ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND ALSO
COMMISSIONER RIGGS.
I'M ALSO HERE REPRESENTING MS. GOODE WHO YOU
MAY HAVE SPOKEN TO ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
I LIVE IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR.
13194 SOUTHWEST 30th STREET.
SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE
SCHOOL BOARD SUPPORTS THE INITIATIVE AND THIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY.
WE HAVE A MEMBER ON THE COMMITTEE CHARLES
WEBSTER.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED FROM US, WE
ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC
THAT WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
SEEING NONE, BACK TO THE DAIS.
DO I HAVE A MOTION IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
COMMENTS?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND.
>> RECORD THE VOTES, PLEASE.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE SCREENS FOR THE VOTES.
[ROLL CALL]
>> TWO QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR.
FLORIDA COURTS HAVE DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE
CERTAIN TYPES OF MATTERS INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS WHICH SHOULD BE
TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER ISSUES
CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSION.
MOST DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSION ARE
LEGISLATIVE IN NATURE WHICH MEANS THAT THE
COMMISSION IS ACTING AS A POLICY MAKING BODY.
IN CONTRAST, QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS, THE
COMMISSION IS APPLYING EXISTING RULES AND
POLICIES TO A SITUATION AND ACTING LIKE A
JUDGE OR JURY IN A COURTROOM.
IN SUCH CASES, COURTS HAVE DECIDED THAT DUE
PROCESS AND FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS REQUIRES
MORE FORMAL PROCEDURES BE FOLLOWED.
THE CITY OF MIRAMAR PROCEDURES ARE AS
FOLLOWS.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE
ITEMS WILL BE COLLECTIVELY SWORN IN BY THE
CITY CLERK.
THE HEARING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN AN INFORMAL
MANNER.
I WILL READ THE TITLE OF THE ITEM TO BE
CONSIDERED.
CITY STAFF WILL PRESENT A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF
THE APPLICATION AND WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATION.
NEXT A PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
THE COMMISSION WILL HEAR FROM PARTICIPANTS IN
FAVOR OF AND IN OPPOSITION TO THE
APPLICATION.
PARTICIPANT MAY REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSION
ASK QUESTIONS OF A WITNESS.
THE APPLICANT AND STAFF WILL MAKE OPENING
REMARKS.
NO FURTHER PRESENTATIONS OR TESTIMONY WILL BE
PERMITTED AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL THEN BE
CLOSED.
ALL DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSION MUST BE BASED
UPON COMPETENT EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO IT AT
THE HEARING.
ALL BACKUP MATERIALS PROVIDED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION AS PART OF THE AGENDA
AUTOMATICALLY WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD
FOR THE HEARING.
ALL APPROVALS WILL BE SUBJECT TO STAFF
RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS UNLESS OTHERWISE
STATED IN THE MOTION.
AT THIS TIME, THE CITY CLERK SHOULD SWEAR IN
ALL WITNESSES.
>> ALL OF THOSE TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY IN THE
QUASI-JUDICIAL ITEMS, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE
YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[WITNESSES SWORN]
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING UNTIL YOU RECEIVE A
COLORED DOT.
>> THIS IS THE ITEM OF THE TWO INDIVIDUALS
THAT CAME FORWARD, FOXCROFT THAT WANTED TO
SPEAK, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE STILL HERE.
DID YOU GET A DOT?
DID YOU GET YOUR STICKER?
YOU CAN SIT DOWN.
>> ITEM 141 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIRAMAR
CONCERNING APPLICATION REZONING FOR 2.13-ACRE
PARCEL FROM PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO
RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY 25, RM-25 LOCATED ON
FOXCROFT ROAD AND DOUGLAS ROAD AND SOUTH OF
MIRAMAR PARKWAY AND PROVIDED FOR EFFECTIVE
DATE.
>> GOOD EVENING, ERIC SILVA ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR TWO ITEMS, TEMPORARY
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1664 AND TEMPORARY
RESOLUTION 6408.
THERE ARE EIGHT APPLICATIONS BEFORE YOU.
REZONING APPLICATION, SITE PLAN, COMMUNITY
APPEARANCE BOARD AND FIVE VARIANCES, ONE FOR
FRONT SETBACK, REDUCTION IN PARKING, TO ALLOW
TANDEM PARKING, REDUCTION IN THE BUFFER YARD
REQUIREMENT AND WAIVING THE STREET TREE
REQUIREMENT AND REDUCTION OF USEABLE OPEN
SPACE.
CITY APPROVAL IS REQUIRED FOR ALL THESE
APPLICATIONS.
THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY IS AT THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MIRAMAR PARKWAY AND
DOUGLAS ROAD SHOWN HERE IN YELLOW.
SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS PROJECT, THE
APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A FOUR-STORY BUILDING
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE 55 UNITS, ABOUT
78,481 SQUARE FEET AND GOING TO BE AN
APARTMENT BUILDING.
THE PARCEL IS OVER 2 ACRES AND THE LAST
VACANT PARCEL IN THE AREA.
PROPOSED ZONING IS RM-25.
THERE WAS A COMMUNITY MEETING HELD ON THE
30th OF JANUARY.
PLANNING AND ZONING WAS ON THE 31st.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THIS AREA, THE
WHOLE AREA FOXCROFT AREA 1,039 UNITS WERE
ALLOWED IN THE 55-ACRE AREA.
BUT THIS APPLICATION WILL BRING THE TOTAL TO
872 SO QUITE A BIT UNDER WHAT'S ALLOWED BY
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE USES IN THE AREA.
IT'S BASICALLY SURROUNDED BY APARTMENT
BUILDINGS.
THEY ARE MOSTLY THREE STORY.
THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE FOUR STORIES AND
THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN THE
APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
THE DRC RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON MARCH 9th.
AND THE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON JANUARY 24th.
THE SITE PLAN, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SLIGHT
PLAN.
BUILDING SHOWN IN THE MIDDLE AND THE POOL
SURROUNDED BY LANDSCAPING AT THE TOP.
AND THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE ON-STREET PARKING
ALONG A PRIVATE ROAD.
THE FIRST OF THE VARIANCES, THIS ONE IS
RELATED TO PARKING.
121 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS
PROJECT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING 115 SO THE DEFICIT
IS SIX SPACES.
YOU ALSO HAVE A VARIANCE FOR SOMETHING CALLED
TANDEM PARKING AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
MIGHT SEE IN LIKE VERY, VERY URBAN AREAS.
AND THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE
SEEN IT IN THE CITY.
THIS IS SHOWN IN THE HATCHED GREEN AND BLUE
AREA TOWARDS THE BOTTOM BY THE POOL.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS EACH OF THOSE UNITS
WILL BE ASSIGNED CERTAIN PARKING AREAS AND
NOT PARK BEHIND EACH OTHER.
THE FIRST 10 UNITS WILL GET PARKING AND THEY
HAVE TO WORK OUT THEIR OWN ARRANGEMENTS AND
PARK RIGHT BEHIND THE OTHER CAR.
THE LANDSCAPE VARIANCE TOWARD THE TOP OF THE
GRAPHIC IN THE HATCHED GREEN AREA, THE STREET
TREE REQUIREMENT AND THE APPLICANT IS
PROVIDING TREES SET BACK FROM THE SIDEWALK
AND CLOSER TOWARD THE BUILDING.
THERE STILL WILL BE SOME SHADE FOR RESIDENTS,
BUT THEY ARE JUST NOT RIGHT UP ON THE STREET.
THERE ARE REDUCING THE BUFFER YARD FROM
20 FEET TO 10 FEET.
THE SETBACK, THE FRONT SETBACK REQUIREMENT
FOR THIS PROJECT IS 35 FEET.
THE APPLICANT IS SET IN THE BUILDING BACK
30 FEET AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THIS IS TO
PROVIDE FOR BETTER CIRCULATION FOR FIRE AND
EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
AND ALSO IT HELPS A LITTLE BIT TO GET PEOPLE
CLOSER TO THE STREET FOR LIKE WALKABILITY IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY ARE PROVIDING SOME ON STREET PARKING
WHICH WE THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR ACCESS TO THE
UNITS.
THE TWO OPEN SPACE AREAS SHOWN IN GREEN HERE,
WE HAVE A POOL AREA.
AND THEN A SMALL OPEN SPACE AREA SHOWN IN A
TRAINING.
THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING A POOL AS WELL AS
A GYM WITH THIS PROJECT SO THEY ARE GOING TO
HAVE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
RESIDENTS.
THIS IS A RENDERING FOR THE DESIGN
REQUIREMENTS.
YOU SEE THE TOWER AND THE BALCONY SHOWN HERE.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL WITH
NINE CONDITIONS.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE FOR A BRIEF
PRESENTATION, ALSO.
>> BECAUSE THE PRESENTATION WAS FOR 14 AND
15, I ONLY READ 14.
IF I MAY READ 15.
>> ITEM 15 IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COMMISSION OF CITY OF MIRAMAR CONCERNING SITE
PLAN APPLICATION NUMBER 160-7402, APPLICATION
160-7403 FROM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION
TO ALLOW A 30-FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK WITH
35.1 FEET REQUIRED.
VARIANCE FROM LDC SECTION 808 TO ALLOW 10
TANDEM PARKING SPACES WHERE THE CODE DOES NOT
PERMIT TANDEM PARKING SPACES.
ADOPTION 160-7406 FROM LAND DEVELOPMENT
SECTION 808 TO ALLOW 115 SPACES.
VAPORS FROM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTIONS
901 AND 905 TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR
STREET TREES AND THE BUFFER YARD REQUIREMENT
AND APPLICATION VARIANCE FROM LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE TO ALLOW FOR 3.3% USEABLE
OPEN SPACE WHEN THE CODE REQUIRES 6% FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A FOUR-STORY 78,481 SQUARE
FEET APARTMENT BUILDING WEST OF DOUGLAS ROAD
AND APPROVING THE SITE PLAN AND VARIANCE
APPLICATIONS WITH CONDITIONS AND PROVIDING
EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> THANK YOU.
YES, SIR, RECOGNIZED.
>> MY NAME IS RICHARD COKER.
I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE OFFICES IN
FORT LAUDERDALE AND I'M HERE TODAY
REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
AS MR. SILVA SAID, THIS IS A SMALL 2.84-ACRE
PARCEL AND IT'S IRREGULAR IN SIZE.
BECAUSE OF THE SIZE AND THE NATURE.
THE DEVELOPER AND WE'RE HERE WITH THE PROJECT
MANAGER HAS WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE CONDITIONS
THAT THE STAFF HAS WRITTEN DOWN AND REALLY A
PRODUCT OF MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
COMMUNITY MEETINGS LIKE THE PAVING OF
FOXCROFT ROAD.
THIS DEVELOPER WILL BE REPAVING AND
RESURFACING FOXCROFT ROAD FOR ALL OF THE
RESIDENTS THERE.
WE LOCATED AN EXISTING FENCE.
THE DEVELOPER HAS WORKED WITH THE RESIDENTS
AND UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERN ABOUT CROSS
PARKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION
ABOUT SUBMITTING THE LEASE TO THE CITY FOR
REVIEW BECAUSE WE REPRESENTED THAT THE LEASE
WILL CONTAIN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST
TENANTS WHO PARK OFF THE PROPERTY.
WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
I DO HAVE ONE.
VICE MAYOR BARNES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> LET ME BE VERY FRANK AND EXPRESS MY
CONCERN ABOUT THE VARIANCES THAT HAVE BEEN
ASKED FOR.
THEY ARE ALL VARIANCES ASKING TO REDUCE
SOMETHING.
AND I ALSO REMEMBER REFERENCES MADE TO TANDEM
PARKING.
REFERENCES ALSO MADE TO THE URBAN NATURE OF
THIS CONSTRUCT.
DOES IT FIT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD?
WHAT ARE THE RESIDENTS SAYING?
>> SOME OF THEM ARE HERE, I BELIEVE.
THEY SHOWED UP AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING
BOARD.
THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE.
THEY SHOWED UP AT THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
MEETING AND HAD THOSE SAME QUESTIONS.
AND WE MADE THE PRESENTATION.
THE STAFF TALKED WITH THEM.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO FIND OUT THAT
THE RESIDENTS ARE HAPPY WITH THIS
DEVELOPMENT.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LOOKS OF THE
BUILDING, IT'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S MODERN.
IT'S GOT ALL THE AMENITIES.
AND ALL OF THE VARIANCES ARE REALLY RELATED
TO THIS DIFFICULT --
>> SPECIFIC.
>> THIS DIFFICULT PIECE OF PROPERTY TO
DEVELOP.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT OF THE OTHER
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FOXCROFT AREA, THEY HAD
SOME -- THEY MET THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS
BY HAVING SOME OF THE WATER RETENTION AREA IN
THEIR PROPERTY AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMMON
OPEN SPACES WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY.
THIS HAPPENED TO BE THE LAST OUTPARCEL FOR
DEVELOPMENT, SO IT WAS NET-NET-NET-NET AND IT
WAS A FUNNY SHAPE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE FRONT YARD SETBACK.
THE REASON THAT SETBACK VARIANCE WAS REQUIRED
WAS BECAUSE THE FRONT YARD IS DEFINED IN YOUR
CODE AS THAT YARD THAT'S FACING FOXCROFT
ROAD.
BUT IN REALITY, THE FRONT YARD OPERATES AS
THE ROAD TO THE SOUTH.
AND WE'VE GOT LIKE A 75-FOOT SETBACK.
SO IT WAS THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SITE THAT
REALLY NECESSITATED ALL THOSE VARIANCES.
TANDEM PARKING, BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE
REQUIREMENTS OF TANDEM PARKING WAS THAT THEY
HAD TO BE ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC UNIT OWNERS SO
THAT ONE UNIT OWNER WOULD HAVE -- ONE UNIT
WOULD HAVE THE TWO TANDEM SPACES.
SO IT WOULDN'T CONFLICT WITH SOMEBODY ELSE'S
USE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND JUST ONE MORE POINT BECAUSE YOU DID BRING
UP PARKING.
WITH RESPECT TO THE REDUCTION IN PARKING, THE
REDUCTION IN PARKING IS THE NUMBER OF PARKING
SPACES REQUIRED SPECIFICALLY FOR A COMMUNITY
POOL.
AND WHAT I THINK THE STAFF AGREED WITH THE
DEVELOPER WAS THAT THIS IS SUCH A SMALL SITE,
IT'S 50 STEPS AWAY FROM THE FRONT DOOR.
SO YOU DON'T NEED SEPARATE PARKING FOR A
COMMUNITY POOL.
>> THESE PEOPLE WOULD BE WALKING TO THE POOL.
>> PEOPLE WOULD BE WALKING THERE.
THAT'S REALLY THE PARKING VARIANCE.
SO EACH ONE OF THE VARIANCES HAS ONE OF THOSE
STORIES.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, VICE MAYOR
BARNES?
>> I JUST GET THE FEELING THAT IT'S JUST A
REALLY, REALLY TIGHT SPACE THAT WE ARE
WORKING WITH.
AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS,
THOUGH, TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR BARNES.
COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU.
I TOO WAS A BIT ALARMED AT THE NUMBER OF
VARIANCES.
BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE LAST PIECE
OF PROPERTY.
AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY -- WITHOUT THOSE,
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PROPERTY WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN DEVELOPED AT ALL, YOU KNOW.
SO I DO UNDERSTAND THE VARIANCES.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEVELOPER
HAS REALLY WORKED WITH THE RESIDENTS IN ORDER
TO MEET THEIR CONCERNS.
SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS AS
WELL.
BUT I KNOW THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT
SITUATION AND STAFF HAS REALLY WORKED WITH
THEM AND THE RESIDENTS AND THEY HAVE WORKED
WITH BOTH OF THEM.
>> THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS FROM THE
PUBLIC WHO HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM?
YES, MA'AM.
COME FORWARD, PLEASE, TO THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD
PLEASE.
>> SHE HAS HER STICKER.
>> MY NAME IS -- CAN YOU HEAR ME GOOD?
OKAY.
MY NAME IS MARTHA EHRENFELD AND I LIVE IN
FOXCROFT ROAD IN MIRAMAR CLUB.
I HAVE SEVERAL REASONS TO OPPOSE THIS
CONSTRUCTION.
I REALIZE IT'S THE LAST PIECE OF LAND AROUND
THE WHOLE AREA.
BASICALLY THEY PLAN TO BUILD A FOUR-FLOOR
BUILDING WITH 55 APARTMENT UNITS.
AND THIS IS LIKE -- I MEAN DIVIDED BY FLOORS,
WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY APARTMENTS THEY
PLAN TO BUILD IN EACH FLOOR.
IT'S ABOUT LIKE 13 APARTMENTS ALL AROUND IT.
AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DEFICIT OF
GUEST PARKING AND THAT AFFECTS OUR COMMUNITY
BECAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY OF GUEST PARKING IN
OUR PARKING.
AND THE WAY THAT THIS BUILDING IS KIND OF
LIKE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHENEVER IT MEETS
FOXCROFT ROAD WHICH IS SHORT KIND OF LIKE IN
AN L-SHAPE, TWO AND A HALF BLOCKS MAXIMUM, WE
HAVE 340 APARTMENTS IN MIRAMAR CLUB, AND ALSO
HAVE THE RENTAL COMMUNITY.
AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND FOXCROFT ROAD.
SO WHEN ALL THE RESIDENTS COME TO MIRAMAR
PARKWAY, IT'S LIKE THE MAIN ROAD.
I DON'T SEE HOW 55 RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO
COME OUT IN THIS L-SHAPED FOXCROFT AND TRY TO
MAKE IT TO MIRAMAR PARKWAY.
THERE IS NOT A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN THERE.
I FOUND OUT THAT THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE TO
BUILD THE LIGHT.
BUT I MEAN TO ME, IT SHOULD BE THE LIGHT BILL
BEFORE THEY EVEN START GOING WITH THE
PROJECT.
BECAUSE I MEAN THE WAY IT IS NOW, JUST TRYING
TO GET THE KIDS TO SCHOOL, JUST LIKE TO GO TO
WORK FROM THIS SMALL ROAD DOESN'T HAVE NO
STOP SIGNS OR NOTHING.
IT'S JUST LIKE -- IT LOOKS LIKE A ROAD IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS PRETTY MUCH.
WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE TO SAY?
OKAY.
FROM WHAT I HEARD THE LAST TIME, THEY JUST
HAVE SEVEN GUEST PARKINGS FOR ALL THESE 55
APARTMENTS.
WE HAVE THE DISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY VERY
SHORT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BRING ALL OF THESE RESIDENTS
TRYING TO PARK IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ALSO, THERE IS AN ENTRYWAY THAT'S COMING FROM
WEST TO EAST THAT IS OPEN THAT DOESN'T HAVE
NO GATE, YOU KNOW, NO GATED COMMUNITY OR
NOTHING IN THERE.
I SPOKE TO --
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM.
THAT'S YOUR TIME.
YOU GET THREE MINUTES.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU DID NOT PRESS A WRONG BUTTON.
YOU'RE SAFE.
YOU'RE OKAY.
[LAUGHTER]
THE ENVELOPE DOES NOT EXPLODE.
>> YOU WANT TO HEAR THIS?
YOU SHOULD GIVE ME THE THREE MINUTES FROM
MR. WYMAN THAT HE HAS TO GO HOME FOR EATING.
I'M THE ONLY RESIDENT THAT IS GOING TO SPEAK
FOR 340 UNITS.
I MEAN IT'S TO ME KIND OF LIKE UNFAIR.
>> I WILL ALLOW.
>> YOU WILL ALLOW?
>> I WILL ALLOW SINCE HE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT.
[SIGNAL]
>> UH-OH.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I'M JUST GOING TO READ WHAT I WROTE
BEFORE.
OKAY.
PRETTY MUCH THE FIRST REASON THAT THE
BUILDING PLANS THE APARTMENT SHALL NOT BE
APPROVED THE WAY IT IS PLANNED NOW IS GOING
TO BRING TOO MANY RESIDENTS TO OUR COMMUNITY
AND IT'S GOING TO OVERCROWD THE AREA.
THE WAY I SEE IT, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO
BUILD THIS AREA.
BUT TO ME, TO BE REASONABLE, IT SHOULD BE
LIKE IN MIRAMAR.
IF YOU SEE ALL THE AREAS AROUND IT, ALL THE
BUILDINGS ARE THREE FLOORS.
SO I'LL BE CONTENT IF THEY BUILD THEIR
PROPERTY THREE FLOORS SO THIS WILL BE MORE
REASONABLE WITH PARKING AND THE WHOLE IDEA.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM THAT IS KIND OF LIKE HAS
BEEN GOING ON.
IT HAPPENED JUST LIKE THREE, FIVE MONTHS AGO.
THE FOXCROFT APARTMENTS WHICH IS CROSS
WHEREVER THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD THIS SITE,
THEY TOOK TWO FEET AWAY FROM THE FOXCROFT
ROAD AND THEY BUILD THIS IRON FENCE IN THERE
CROSS THERE SO THAT ALSO HAS TO BE LIKE --
THE FENCE SHOULD BE REMOVED BECAUSE THAT'S
HOW YOU GO STRAIGHT INTO THE PROPERTY.
OTHERWISE IF THEY BUILD MORE IN OUR
COMMUNITY, THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME OF OUR
LAND PRETTY MUCH.
AND THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM.
>> OKAY.
>> YES, SIR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> MAYOR, MR. OWEN, THE MAN WHO -- THE
GENTLEMAN WHO HAD TO COME UP HERE, THE ONE
THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MOSTLY, HE DID
LEAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO.
WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE FENCE THAT WAS JUST
REFERENCED, THAT FENCE IS ONE OF THE STAFF
CONDITIONS TO BE REMOVED.
AND WITH RESPECT TO THE PARKING GOING OVER ON
SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROPERTY, THAT KIND OF STUFF,
WE WORK WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS.
YOU SEE THERE'S ONLY ONE HERE SPEAKING
TONIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE REPRESENTED THAT WE ARE
PUTTING PARTICULAR ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS IN
THE LEASE.
AND THAT LEASE WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY
FOR THEIR REVIEW.
AND I KNOW THE CITY ALSO HAS THEIR TRAFFIC
ENGINEER.
WE SUBMITTED A TRAFFIC STUDY AND YOU KNOW
WHAT THE DRILL IS.
WE SUBMIT A TRAFFIC STUDY AND YOU GET YOUR
TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO REVIEW IT.
AND I KNOW THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS
HERE TO TALK AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ISSUES BECAUSE THAT
WAS RAISED IN ALL THE PRIOR MEETINGS.
AND BOTH TRAFFIC ENGINEERS HAVE LOOKED AT
THIS AND CONCLUDED THAT THIS IS SUCH A
MINIMAL IMPACT ON THIS ROAD AND IT WORKS WELL
WITHIN THE CAPACITY LIMITS.
BUT I'LL LET THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER IF THE CITY
WANTS THEM TO SPEAK.
>> YES.
THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AND CONGRATULATIONS, VICE MAYOR AND
COMMISSIONERS.
JOAKIM VARGAS WITH DRAFT TECH ENGINEERING.
I AM SERVING AS YOUR TRAFFIC CONSULTANT.
YES, THAT'S CORRECT, THE APPLICANT DID HIRE A
TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
THEY PRODUCED A TRAFFIC REPORT AND WE
REVIEWED IT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
AS WAS STATED, IT'S A SMALL DEVELOPMENT, IT'S
A SMALL IMPACT.
WE LOOKED AT THE IMPACTS ON FOXCROFT AND ALSO
THE INTERSECTION OF FOXCROFT AND MIRAMAR
PARKWAY.
BASED ON THE EXISTING VOLUMES AND THE MINOR
INCREASE, IT'S MY OPINION THAT A TRAFFIC
SIGNAL WILL NOT MEET THE CRITERIAS OF BROWARD
COUNTY.
NOW, IN SPEAKING WITH MR. SILVA, IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED
TO GO TO BROWARD COUNTY AND REQUEST THAT
SIGNAL STUDY BE CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THE
POSSIBILITY OF THE SIGNAL.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT WILL MEET THE
CRITERIA THAT THE COUNTY REQUIRES FOR A
TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
YES.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I'M SORRY.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF RIVIERA POINT
DEVELOPMENT GROUP, THE DEVELOPERS FOR THIS
PROPERTY.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MR. VICE MAYOR,
COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY STAFF,
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
THESE ARE THE FOURTH BUILDING THAT WE ARE
DEVELOPING HERE IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR SINCE
2011.
OUR FIRST DEVELOPMENT WAS TWO BUILDINGS IN
RIVIERA POINT AND BOULEVARD, PROFESSIONAL
CENTER OF RIVIERA POINT THAT HAS BEEN A VERY
GREAT PLATFORM FOR A SMALL BUSINESS AND
START-UP HERE IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR AND BEEN
A GREAT BUILDING AND PLATFORM AND GREAT
COMMUNITY OF SMALL BUSINESS AND START-UPS HAS
BEEN DEVELOPED IN THAT PLATFORM WE ARE
BUILDING.
AND THEN IN THAT PROPERTY, WE HAVE SOME TOWN
HOMES AND SOME RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS IN THE
NORTH THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS OF THAT
DEVELOPMENT, WE WORK IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE
NEEDS OF THOSE NEIGHBORS AND BE GOOD
NEIGHBORS.
SO THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT WAS MINIMUM
TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE NORTH.
WE MOVE FORWARD AND STARTED A THIRD BUILDING
WE ARE ABOUT TO COMPLETE IN 30 DAYS.
WE ARE JUST CALLING FOR FINAL INSPECTIONS ON
SOUTHWEST 145th.
THAT IS A 76,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING,
FIVE STORIES.
AND PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS ALSO ON THAT
ONE WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS, BUT
THERE WERE SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES AND SOME
IMPACT ON MIRAMAR PARKWAY AND SOUTHWEST
145th AND WE ENLARGED AND THE TURNING LANE
ON MIRAMAR PARKWAY IN ORDER TO EASE THE
TRAFFIC IN THAT ONE.
SO THROUGH ALL OUR DEVELOPMENTS, WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND WITH THE CITY
TO BE SURE THAT WE MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF
DEVELOPMENTS AND MAKE IT A BETTER COMMUNITY.
IN THIS ONE, THIS PROPERTY ALREADY HAD A SITE
PLAN APPROVAL ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE.
BUT ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, THE SITE PLAN WAS
APPROVED BY THE CITY OF MIRAMAR WITH 56
UNITS.
OKAY.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS TO COME AGAIN FOR THE
APPROVALS, TO UPDATE SUCH DENSITY.
WE FOUND SOME NEW CHALLENGES THAT, YOU KNOW,
WITH THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO ADDRESS PROPERLY.
AND IT WAS NEW LOCAL ORDINANCE ON THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS NEW SINCE THE
PREVIOUS SITE PLAN APPROVAL UNTIL NOW.
THE LOCAL ORDINANCE WITH FIRE WHERE THE FIRE
TRUCK NEEDED THE FIRE LANE.
WHAT WE DID WAS TRY TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE
NEW ORDINANCE TO REACH THE SAME AMOUNT OF
DENSITY THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE
CITY.
AND THE CONSEQUENCE WAS TO GET ALL THIS
VARIANCE.
BY NO MEANS WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE
DENSITY THAT WAS ALREADY ALLOWED FOR THE
PROPERTY.
AND IS SHOWN IN OUR TRAFFIC STUDY WHERE THE
IMPACT IS MINIMUM.
BUT AGAIN, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEED
FOR FIRE, WE HAVE TO DO ALL THIS.
SO WHAT I WANT TO CONVEY HERE IS THAT THE
PROPERTY ALREADY HAS ENTITLEMENTS THAT WE'RE
ASKING FOR.
AND THE RESULT OR THE NEED OF THESE VARIANCES
ARE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW ORDINANCE
THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND HAS BEEN ISSUED BY
THE CITY SINCE THEN.
OKAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
EXCUSE ME.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
VICE MAYOR BARNES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
>> FROM TIME TO TIME WE HAVE TO EXAMINE
PROPOSALS LIKE THIS THAT COME TO US.
AND I AM A LITTLE LESS ACCEPTING OF CLAIMS
THAT THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE
MINIMAL.
IF YOU ADD 10 CARS TO ANY SITUATION, YOU ARE
IMPACTING TRAFFIC.
OKAY?
OF COURSE, IT DEPENDS ON THE PARTICULAR
LIFESTYLE OF THESE PEOPLE.
MAYBE EVERY SINGLE ONE IN THIS APARTMENT IS
GOING TO HAVE STANDARD WORK HOURS AND SO IT
WOULDN'T IMPACT MORNING DRIVE TIME.
BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF THAT.
BUT WHILE I'M NOT DEMANDING THAT YOU OFFER US
DATA ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY MINIMAL IMPACT, I
THINK MAYBE -- MAYBE A BETTER ROUTE TO TAKE
IS TO SAY TO RESIDENTS, LISTEN, THIS IS WHAT
OUR ENGINEERS SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY OF
MIRAMAR SAYS.
BUT GUESS WHAT.
WE ARE GOING TO CREATE CERTAIN TRAFFIC TAMING
DEVICES, FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE SITUATION THAT
WOULD MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC SITUATION.
I AM AWARE OF THAT AREA AND IT IS A LOT OF
APARTMENTS.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LOSING THE
CONVICTION THAT YOU COULD USE FOXCROFT AS A
SHORTCUT TO GET ON TO DOUGLAS.
IT DOESN'T WORK ANY MORE.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT REAL, REAL
IMPACT -- NOT FIGURES ON A STUDY.
WHAT REAL IMPACT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE
TRAFFIC SITUATION.
NOT JUST THE PARKING, BUT THE MOVEMENT OF
PEOPLE AT TIMES OF THE DAY WHEN PEOPLE
USUALLY GO TO WORK AND SCHOOL, AS WAS
MENTIONED BY THE RESIDENT.
THAT IS MY CONCERN.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BARNES.
SEEING NO SPEAKERS, COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS,
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> I THINK I ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF
COMMISSIONER BARNES HAVE SAID.
AND I DO KNOW THE AREA AND IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT, AS IT IS ALREADY, TO NAVIGATE THAT
COMMUNITY.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OPPORTUNITY THE
RESIDENTS HAVE TO ADVISE THEIR OPINION ON
THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION.
[CAPTIONER TRANSITION]
I'M HOPING WE CAN TABLE THIS ITEM FOR ANOTHER MEETING TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT.
   
   >> THANK YOU.
   THE COMMENTS ARE  FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND STAFF IN WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPER ON THIS ITEM.
   IN A DEVELOPED AREA, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
   THEY HAVE STEPPED FORWARD TO DEVELOP AND UNDEVELOPED AREA IN OUR CITY AND FOXCRAFT THAT HAD A SITE PLAN ARAVEL.
   THAT ARE TRIGGERED BY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY.
   IN REGARDS TO COMMENTS FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ADEQUATELY RESPOND TO ANY EMERGENCY.
   CALLS, FOR THEIR APPARATUS TO GO BEHIND THE BUILDING.
   I'M HOPING WE CAN TABLE THIS ITEM FOR ANOTHER MEETING TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT.
   
   >> THANK YOU.
   THE COMMENTS ARE  FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND STAFF IN WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPER ON THIS ITEM.
   IN A DEVELOPED AREA, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
   THEY HAVE STEPPED FORWARD TO DEVELOP AND UNDEVELOPED AREA IN OUR CITY AND FOXCROFT THAT HAD A SITE PLAN APPROVAL THAT ARE TRIGGERED BY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY.
   IN REGARDS TO COMMENTS FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ADEQUATELY RESPOND TO ANY EMERGENCY.
   CALLS, FOR THEIR APPARATUS TO GO BEHIND THE BUILDING.
   
   >> I THINK OUR STAFF HAS REITERATED THAT POINT AS WELL.
   SO IN REGARDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT YOU ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, CONCERNS, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN AS RESPONSIBLE AS WE COULD EXPECT FROM A DEVELOPER IN TERMS OF THEIR INITIAL PROPOSAL AND RESPONDING NOT ONLY TO STAFF BUT ALSO TO RESIDENT CONCERNS.
   MORE SPECIFICALLY, REGARDING THE GUEST PARKING.
   OUR STAFF TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, OBVIOUSLY THERE HAD TO BE A QUESTION OR CONCERN FROM THE COMMUNITIES IN THE FOXCROFT WE'VE MAKE SURE IT'S ENFORCEABLE.
   THE CITY CAN'T ENFORCE IT OURSELVES.
   THEY'RE MAKING PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.
   I THINK TO DELAY THIS ITEM ON THE PREMISE THAT THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK, I THINK MAY NOT  I THINK IT WOULD BE COUNTER TO OUR PROCESS OF GIVING A FAIR OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPERS.
   I THINK IT WOULD BE A UNFAIR CHARACTERIZATION OF THIS PROCESS.
   AND I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE AND MOST OF THESE VARIANCES HAVE BEEN A RESULT, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY.
   I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL PROJECT.
   I THINK DEVELOPMENT IN AN AREA IN THE LAST REMAINING PORTIONS OF  FOXCROFT, THE ENTIRE AREA AND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
   IT'S WELL BELOW THAT AMOUNT WITH THE APPROVAL, AND I JUST THINK THAT IN TERMS OF THIS, I THINK THEY MET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY, AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS, BUT TO JUST KILL THE PROJECT AND THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEY'RE WELL BELOW THE MAXIMUM NUMBER FOR THIS AREA IN TERMS OF THE FOXCROFT.
   I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE BEST DECISION.
   BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR NOW.
   AND RIGHT NOW I RECOGNIZE DARLINE  COMMISSIONER DARLINE RIGGS.
   
   >> FIRST TO OUR MIRAMAR RESIDENTS, WE HEAR YOU.
   HOWEVER, IT DOES SOUND LIKE OUR DEVELOPERS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC AND EVERY OTHER CONCERN YOU HAVE.
   WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES IF WE DON'T MOVE THIS FORWARD TODAY, IT WILL COME AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
   ARE WE SAYING WE DON'T EVER WANT TO BUILD.
   WE ALWAYS WANT TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE CITY BECAUSE THAT WILL IMPACT DECISION WISE.
   I'M PRETTY SURE WE'RE NOT SAYING WE DON'T WANT TO DEVELOP IN THIS AREA AGAIN.
   THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
   I SUPPORT THIS.
   I SEE THAT YOU'VE BASED ON THE PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH AND THE DIFFICULTIES YOU'RE FACED WITH IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE DONE ALL YOU COULD TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS.
   SO YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT IN THIS ONE.
   
   >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER BARNES.
   
   >> TODAY I SPOKE TO A RESIDENT  PART OF THE CONVERSATION REVOLVED AROUND THE FACT THAT RESIDENTS WON'T GET INVOLVED.
   THEY ONLY GET INVOLVED WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
   I REALLY WISH THAT RESIDENTS HAD REACHED OUT TO US AND VOICED THEIR OPINION ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
   ANY DEVELOPER THAT HAS SPOKEN TO ME IN THE 14 ODD YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT DO THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA HAVE TO SAY.
   THAT HAS TO BE MY OVERRIDING CONCERN AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS NOT JUST TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE FOXCROFT AREA, BUT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF MIRAMAR.
   SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE UNDERSTAND, WE UNDERSTAND AS I SAID IN THE MEETING TODAY, WHAT ARE CALLED THE ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING IMPACTING US, AND WE DO NOT RESPOND OR REACT IN A TIMELY FASHION BECAUSE WE'RE BUSY.
   BUT I THINK IT IS PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS RESIDENTS WHO PAY TAXES IN THE CITY TO LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.
   THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.
   I AM  I HAVE VERY LITTLE CHOICE TO GO ON THE VERY LITTLE INFORMATION I HAVE FROM THE RESIDENTS THIS EVENING.
   I WISH THERE WAS MORE INPUT.
   
   >> MAYOR: FIRST, WE HAVE  BEFORE THE ATTORNEY HAS BEEN WAITING TO SPEAK.
   I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE FROM COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
   YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
   
   >> THANK YOU.
   I THINK WE HAVE HEARD FROM ONE OF THE RESIDENTS.
   WE ONLY HAVE ONE RESIDENT HERE TODAY AND IN A DOCUMENTS PROVIDED IT SHOWS THAT RESIDENTS CAME OUT TO OTHER MEETINGS AND THEIR ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED.
   AND I SEE WHERE LOOKING THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS THAT ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT FORWARD, THERE WERE NOT ONLY ADDRESSED BY THE PROPERTY CONTRACTORS, BUT ALSO BY OUR STAFF.
   AND AFTER THE EVALUATION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO MOVE FORWARD.
   THERE'S LIMITED DEVELOPMENT ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN, ON THE EAST SIDE OF I75.
   PROBABLY LIMITED DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT MIRAMAR AT THIS POINT.
   AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
   I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMING TO ME I CAN'T FIND A NEW PLACE IN MIRAMAR I WANT TO MOVE TO MIRAMAR BUT I CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO LIVE.
   HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO COME TO MIRAMAR WHO WILL BE ABLE TO FIND A HOME IN MIRAMAR.
   SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD, BUT I DON'T SEE A REASON FOR US TO DELAY THE PROJECT.
   
   >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
   MR. ATTORNEY, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONER CHAMBER.
   
   >> COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE POINT I WAS GOING TO MAKE RIGHT NOW.
   THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE ACTUALLY WORKED BECAUSE WE HAD THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION MEETINGS.
   THE PUBLIC SHOWED UP.
   THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS.
   WE TOOK THEIR NAMES AND NUMBERS AND EMAIL ADDRESSES.
   CARLOS SPENT WEEKS GOING BACK AND FORTHWITH EMAILS GIVING ME A LIST OF THEIR CONCERNS AND ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS, AND AS YOU POINTED OUT COMMISSIONER THOSE CONCERNS ENDED UP IN STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
   THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS OF APPROVAL.
   THE REASON NO ONE IS HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THOSE ISSUES WERE RESOLVED.
   I UNDERSTAND THAT A LADY DID SPEAK TONIGHT.
   SHE SAID SOMETHING EXACTLY THE SAME THING SHE SAID AT THE FIRST MEETING.
   WE WENT FROM 20 PEOPLE VOICING QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT WITH THOSE CONCERNS BEING IMPLEMENTED BY A STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AND EVERYBODY IS STAYING HOME BECAUSE THEY'RE SATISFIED.
   THAT'S WHAT YOUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS CALLS FOR AND IT WAS MET HERE TONIGHT.
   THANK YOU.
   
   >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, SIR.
   COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
   
   >> I JUST WANT TO THAT THE CITY DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT ALL RESIDENTS.
   AND COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE SAYS THEY ARE BUSY, THEY'RE AT WORK, AND THEY'VE GOT FAMILY, AND OFTEN TIME THE LOWINCOME FAMILIES DO NOT HAVE TIME TO ATTEND CERTAIN MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY WORK, THEY HAVE TO COME HOME.
   THEY'VE GOT STUFF TO ATTEND TO, AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, AND I THINK WITH THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD, WE COULD TABLE IT.
   I'M OKAY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ITEM.
   THANK YOU.
   
   >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT.
   WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC THE APPLICANT AND THE COMMISSION.
   ARE THERE ANY  MA'AM IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO ADD TO THE DISCUSSION I CAN HAVE YOU COME FORWARD.
   IF IT'S THE SAME TESTIMONY YOU'VE ALREADY PROVIDED I WOULD ASK YOU NOT TO COME FORWARD.
   
   >> SO YOU WILL TO REOPEN AND LET MR. COKER RESPOND.
   
   >> MAYOR: THAT'S FINE.
   
   >> JUST WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING NEW.
   THE BASICALLY THE ONLY RESIDENTS ARE FROM MIRAMAR CLUB AND THE TWO LADIES OVER THERE AND ANOTHER PERSON FROM THE BOARD.
   IT'S LIKE YOU SAID MIRAMAR CLUB IS SORT OF A LOWINCOME COMMUNITY.
   I HAVEN'T HEARD  SEE I CAME TO THE LAST MEETING, THIS MR. LAWYER SAYS HERE THAT HE ALREADY FIXED ALL OF THE PROBLEMS ABOUT THE LAST MEETING.
   AND I DON'T SEE YOU HAVE SORT OF A STUDY HOW YOU GET IN AND OUT FROM FOXCROFT ROAD.
   THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IMPLEMENTING SOME STOP SIGNS AND SO FORTH.
   HE SAYS ALSO THAT SUPPOSED TO BE RECEIVING EMAILS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
   
   >> MAYOR: JUST DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO ME.
   
   >> I HAVEN'T RECEIVED NO EMAILS WHATSOEVER.
   I TOOK IT FROM MYSELF.
   I'M NOT EVEN FROM THE BOARD AND I EVEN APPROACHED MS. COLBOURNE IN CHURCH ONE TIME TO TALK TO HER ABOUT OUR PROBLEM.
   IT'S A BIG COMMUNITY.
   AND I DON'T SEE NO RESULT  I MEAN HOW THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO COME IN AND COME OUT.
   I KNOW FOR A FACT YOU DON'T HAVE A GATE OR NOTHING.
   ALL OF THESE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE NEW IN THE BUILDING ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO OUR PROPERTY.
   I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR.
   HOW ARE WE THEY GOING TO PREVENT THEM FROM A LEASE.  THEY NEED TO PARK OVER THERE THEY WILL.
   AND THE FIRST ENTRANCE THAT COMES FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
   HOW IS IT GOING TO DO A GATE ON IT OR ANYTHING BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT COME FROM THE WEST TO EAST THEY CAN PERFECTLY COME INTO OUR PARKING SPACE, TRY TO MEET IN FOXCROFT AND GO.
   I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT.
   I THINK THAT THE BUILDING IS TOO BIG.
   THAT'S WHAT I'D SAY.
   THREE FLOORS, NOT FOUR FLOORS.
   
   >> MAYOR: DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO REBUT.
   MAYOR THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
   ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
   
   >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
   
   >> WELL, ON THIS ITEM NUMBER 14 WE HAVE SEVERAL VOTES WE HAVE FOR  WE'LL FIRST VOTE WE'LL VOTE ON 14.
   JUST ONE VOTE ON 14.
   WE HAVE A MOTION.
   DO I HAVE A SECOND.
   
   >> SECOND.
   
   >> MAYOR: RECORD THE VOTES, PLEASE.
   
   >> COMMISSIONER BARNES.
   VICE MAYOR CHAMBERS.
   
   >> YES.
   COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
   
   >> YES.
   
   >> MAYOR MESSAM.
   
   >> YES.
   
   >> MAYOR: FOR ITEM 14 WE WILL BE VOTING ON EACH SEPARATE APPLICATION.
   ON THE VARIANCES WE WILL VOTE BY VOICE BUT AFTER ALL OF THE VARIANCES THAT HAVE BEEN VOTED ON.
   AM I CORRECT?
   
   >> YES.
   THEY'RE NOT ALL VARIANCES.
   106400 THE SITE PLAN.
   THEN THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF VARIANCES.
   
   >> MAYOR: APPLICATION 160400.
   MOTION TO APPROVE.
   
   >> SECOND.
   
   >> MAYOR: CALL THE ROLL.
   
   [ROLL CALLED]. 
   >> MAYOR: 160402 FOR APPEARANCE COMMUNITY BOARD.
   
   >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
   
   [ROLL CALLED].
   
   >> MAYOR: MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON APPLICATION 160403 VARIANCE.
   MOTION TO APPROVE.
   
   >> CALL THE ROLL.
   
   [ROLL CALLED]. 
   >> MAYOR: MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON APPLICATION 160405, VARIANCE.  
   MOTION TO APPROVE.
   SECOND.
   
   >> MAYOR: CALL THE ROLL.
   
   [ROLL CALLED].
   
   >> MAYOR: MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON APPLICATION 160406 VARIANCE.
   CALL THE ROLL.
   
   [ROLL CALLED].
   
   >> MAYOR: I MAY HAVE A MOTION 160407.
   CALL THE ROLL.
   
   [ROLL CALLED].
   
   >> MAYOR: MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON APPLICATION 1608869 VARIANCE.
   CALL THE ROLL.
   
   [ROLL CALLED]. 
   >> MAYOR: MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THE OVERALL PROJECT, PLEASE.
   MOTION TO APPROVE.
   SECOND.
   
   >> MAYOR: CALL THE ROLL.
   RECORD THE VOTES, PLEASE.
   
   [ROLL CALLED].
   
   >> MAYOR: ITEM 16 PLEASE.
   ITEM 16 IS R6407 POSITANO VILLAS FINAL PLAT APPROVAL FOR A PLAT CONSISTING OF ONE 2.42 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED EAST OF SOUTHWEST 62ND AVENUE, BETWEEN SOUTHWEST 36TH STREET AND SOUTHWEST 37TH STREET, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
   
   >> ERIC SILVA OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
   THE ZONING DISTRICT IS WITHIN OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED CORRIDOR ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CITY.
   THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 35 TOWNHOUSE UNITS.
   AND JUST BRIEFLY WHAT RESERVE UNITS THAT'S BROWARD COUNTY HAS LAND USE AUTHORITY OVER ALL OF THE AUTHORITIES.
   AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON FEBRUARY 23RD.
   LOCATION OF ALONG 62ND AVENUE ACROSS FROM THE ST. GLORIA PARK.
   JUST TO THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE A DRAINAGE AREA.
   AND 441 IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE RIGHT.
   YOU'RE ONLY SEEING THE PLAT APPLICATION BECAUSE THE SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
   BUT THE PLAT HAS TO COME BEFORE YOU BECAUSE OF STATE STATUTE AND THE CODE.
   WHAT IT DOES IT SUBDIVIDES THE LANDS AND MAKE AND THAT THE EASEMENTS ARE MADE FOR WATER AND SEWER.
   THIS SHOWS THE PLAT OF THE PROPERTY IN RED ALONG 62ND AVENUE.
   AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS FOR APPROVAL WITH THREE CONDITIONS.
   YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
   
   >> MAYOR: ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT?
   HEARING AND SEEING NONE.
   ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
   
   >> HEARING AND SEEING NONE.
   BACK TO THE DAIS.
   I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
   
   >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
   
   >> SECOND.
   
   >> MAYOR: RECORD THE VOTES, PLEASE.
   
   [ROLL CALLED]. 
   >> MAYOR: OTHER BUSINESS.
   SORRY, INDIVIDUAL REPORTS.
   WE DO HAVE AN ELECTION OF THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE.
   CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IS HELD BY COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
   IS THERE A DESIRE FOR COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE TO SERVE AND CONTINUE TO SERVE OR IF NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
   
   >> YES.
   
   >> MAYOR: I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY CHANGES.
   DON'T VOLUNTEER ALL AT ONE TIME.
   SO THERE'S  SO DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A FORMAL VOTE.
   SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
   WE'RE RETAINING COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE TO REPRESENT THE CITY ON THE METROPOLITAN BOARD.
   
   >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
   SECOND.
   
   >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
   PLEASE RECORD THE VOTE.
   
   [ROLL CALLED]. 
   >> MAYOR: SO WE'RE ON THE REPORTS.
   I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER AND WORK OUR WAY DOWN.
   
   >> WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU TONIGHT.
   I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
   MAYBE WE'RE JUST MISSING EVERYTHING.
   I JUST HAVE A FEW EVENTS COMING UP.
   FIRST ONE IS EARTH DAY.
   WHERE IS MY FLYER.
   EARTH DAY IS THIS SATURDAY.
   I'M LOOKING TO THAT.
   IF NOT IT'S 11 TO 3.
   IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME.
   BRING THE KIDS.
   LEARN HOW TO START A GARDEN AND MAKE SOME SOUP AND HAVE SOME FUN.
   I'LL SEE YOU THERE THIS SATURDAY.
   THE OTHER ONE IS THE COMMUNITY CARE CENTER.
   I'VE PARTNERED UP WITH THIS ORGANIZATION WHICH IS ON THE PEMBROKE ROAD AND 62ND.
   THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN DOING FREE HEALTHCARE, CHECKUPS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FREE DINNERS ON THE SECOND SATURDAY AND FOURTH SUNDAY.
   SO THE FLYERS ARE OUT THERE AND WE'RE DOING A MAILOUT.
   SO I'M HONORED TO BE PARTNERED WITH NONPROFITS SUCH AS COMMUNITY CARE CENTER THAT'S TRULY GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING BASIC NEEDS.
   SO IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT IT'S RIGHT THERE.
   THE OTHER ONE IS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
   THE BREAKFAST FOR THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER.
   YOU'LL HEAR MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
   THE CITY OF THE MIRAMAR IS GOOD TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT.
   WE'RE DOING THE BREAKFAST AT MCC AND THERE WILL BE A CONCERT AT THE BRIDGE CHURCH ON PEMBROKE ROAD.
   AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.
   
   >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
   COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE, YOU HAVE A REPORT.
   
   >> YES.
   THANK YOU.
   FIRST OF ALL, I THANK YOU FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT TO MPO.
   I REALIZE EVERYBODY WANTED TO DO THIS.
   I DO APPRECIATE IT.
   I DO PLAN TO HAVE A TRANSPORTATION ROUNDTABLE COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS IN AN UPCOMING MEETING.
   THE ONLY OTHER THING BY WANTED TO ADDRESS IS ACTUALLY WITH THE MADAM MANAGER.
   THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL RUMORS CONCERNING A DEPUTY.
   DO WE HAVE A DEPUTY OR DO WE NOT HAVE A DEPUTY ON STAFF.
   I THINK WHEN WE HAVE RUMORS LIKE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION BE CONVEYED TO THE COMMISSIONERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
   IT DOES SPILL OVER INTO THE COMMUNITY AND TO OUR OFFICES.
   SO IF YOU PLEASE ENLIGHTEN AS TO WHAT THE SITUATION IS WITH THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
   
   >> MAYOR: MADAM MANAGER.
   
   >> WE DO HAVE A DEPUTY.
   THE DEPUTY IS OUT OF OFFICE ON LEAVE.
   THE DEPUTY IS ON APPROVED LEAVE AT THIS MOMENT.
   
   >> OKAY.
   
   >> SHE'S EXPECTED TO RETURN?
   
   >> THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS WHETHER SHE'S GOING TO BE RETURNING.
   BUT SHE IS ON LEAVE.
   THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION AND BECAUSE IT IS A PERSONNEL MATTER AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANT TO DISCUSS WITH THE PUBLIC, CERTAINLY IT'S BETWEEN THE DEPUTY AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS  SHE'S ON APPROVED LEAVE.
   
   >> OKAY.
   I APPRECIATE THAT.
   IT'S AT A HIGH LEVEL POSITION LIKE THAT IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AS FAR AS WHAT'S GOING ON.
   IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHO WILL BE  WHO IS IN CHARGE AND WHEN THAT PERSON CHANGES, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE KNOW THAT THAT PERSON IS NOT THERE AND IF THE PERSON REACHES OUT TO US.
   WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SITUATION OR NOT.
   
   >> THERE IS AN OUT OF OFFICE ON HER EMAIL.
   IF YOU WERE TO CONTACT HER BY EMAIL THERE IS INFORMATION WHO TO REACH OUT.
   SHE WAS IN THE OFFICE EARLIER THIS WEEK.
   WE ARE IN CONVERSATION.
   SHE'S STILL A VITAL MEMBER OF THE CITY OF MIRAMAR.
   I ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OUT OF THE OFFICE ON MONDAY.
   MY NOTICE WAS SENT.
   WITH REGARD TO MY ABSENCE ON MONDAY I HAVE DELEGATED TO THE ACM MICHAEL MOORE IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS FOR MY OFFICE HE'S AVAILABLE.
   IN ALL CASES WHEN I'M AVAILABLE SOMEBODY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND.
   
   >> THANK YOU.
   
   >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR BARNES.
   
   >> VISITED A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND I'LL BE DOING THIS OVER THE ENSUING FUTURE.
   I STOPPED BY THE GARAGE YESTERDAY.
   I STOPPED BY THE REGIONAL PARK.
   HR DIRECTOR AND I HAD A GOOD LITTLE CHAT LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE, AND THIS I WANTED TO DO IN PART BECAUSE WE ALL NEED TO HAVE AN IDEA WHAT PEOPLE DO IN THE VARIOUS OFFICES AND ALSO TO OFFER SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS, SO IF YOU SEE ME WALKING INTO YOUR DEPARTMENT DON'T GET NERVOUS.
   JUST VISITING.
   
   >> MAYOR: THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.
   COMMISSIONER CHAMBERS.
   
   >> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
   AND CONGRATULATIONS TO COMMISSIONER BARNES, I MEAN VICE MAYOR.
   IT WAS A PLEASURE SERVING AS VICE MAYOR.
   EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT SURE WHY WE HAVE A VICE MAYOR.
   CERTAIN PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOL ARE NOT PUT IN PLACE.
   I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT OF THE CITY IN REGARD TO THE PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS AND GET THEM ON TRACK.
   THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT.
   THE LAST WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE 9TH ALONG WITH GENERAL FROM JAMAICA, AND GENERAL FROM HAITI.
   WE HAVE A LARGE DELEGATION OF HAITIAN OFFICIALS THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE HAITIAN SENATE WHO WAS THERE AND THE HAITIAN SENATE PRESIDENT AND SO FORTH.
   WE ALSO HAD A LARGE DELEGATION OF NIGERIAN FROM HERE FROM RIGHT HERE IN MIRAMAR AND IN MIAMIDADE COUNTY.
   WE HAD THE GREAT NUMBER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM MIAMIDADE COLLEGE AND I WITNESSED SENATOR CAMPBELL SPEARHEADING THE DEDICATION TO THE APRIL 12TH AS NIGERIAN DAY IN FLORIDA.
   IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
   MY SON WAS IMPRESSED.
   AND JUST TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF MIRAMAR AND HAVE THE STATE SENATE ACKNOWLEDGE ME AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM MIRAMAR AND ALSO THE STATEHOUSE, AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED ME ON THE FLOOR.
   I WAS PART OF THE MIRAMAR.
   MY SON WAS VERY HAPPY.
   SO I HAD A GREAT TIME WITH SENATOR CAMPBELL AND HER STAFF AND ALL OF ELECTED OFFICIALS THERE IN TALLAHASSEE.
   I MUST SAY THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE KAPOW KIDS ARE PART OF OUR FUTURE.
   AND APRIL 6TH.
   AND THE FERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOOK PART IN THAT GREAT EXPERIENCE.
   SEVERAL MIRAMAR FACILITIES AND EMPLOYEES ALSO TOOK PART AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHO PLAYED A ROLE IN MAKING THE FUTURE GREAT ONE.
   I THINK IT WAS MIRAMAR PD, OMP PARK AND REC, FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THANK THEM SO MUCH FOR MAKING THE CHILDREN HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
   I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MIRAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, ALSO THE MIRAMAR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
   THESE MEN AND WOMEN PROVIDE SUCH A GREAT SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST TO SEE THEM EVERY DAY AND DOING SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB JUST WANT TO THANK THEM SO MUCH.
   LAST BUT NOT LEAST ALL OF THE RESIDENTS OF MIRAMAR.
   THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT APRIL.
   AND SEE YOU GUYS AT THE NEXT MEETING.
   THANK YOU SO MUCH.
   MAYOR THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SHIMBERS.
   IT WAS A PLEASURE FOR YOU SERVING AS THE VICE MAYOR.
   I THINK IT'S GREAT TO GO TO TALLAHASSEE WITH YOUR SON.
   I'M SURE IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE TWO OF YOU.
   THANKS FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.
   I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BAN THE BOX RESOLUTION THAT WILL LEAD TO A POLICY MOVING FORWARD AND THE CITY OF MIRAMAR'S HIRING PRACTICES AND I HOPE OUR PRIVATE SECTOR WILL TAKE NOTE AND FOLLOW SUIT.
   I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE THAT WE HAD TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS LAST WEEK IN REGARDS TO THE CURRENT DISPARATE STUDY THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR.
   THE FIRST MEETING WAS HELD LAST WEDNESDAY AT THE MIRAMAR MULTISERVICE COMPLEX LAST THURSDAY AND IT WAS HELD AT THE MIRAMAR CULTURAL CENTER.
   PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO COLLECT ANECDOTAL DATA AND EXPERIENCE OF BUSINESS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF MIRAMAR.
   THE CITY OF MIRAMAR HAS MADE IT VERY CONVENIENT AND ACCESSIBLE FOR BUSINESS TO GO TO THE MIRAMARFL.GOV WHERE YOU CAN SELECT AND BE ABLE TO GIVE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN REGARD TO DOING BUSINESS WITH MIRAMAR.
   SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT THE CONSULTANT IS LOOKING FOR WERE THERE ANY CHALLENGES, IN ACCESSING INFORMATION, WHEN DEALING WITH OUR STAFF, WAS IT PLEASANT, WAS IT RESOURCEFUL.
   WE WANT TO KNOW, GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT.
   SO DO VISIT OUR CITY'S WEBSITE YOUR VOICE CAN BE HEARD AND THE MORE INPUT WE CAN GET FROM THE COMMUNITY THE BETTER IT WILL SERVE OUR DISPARITY STUDY.
   ON THIS COMING MONDAY MIRAMAR WILL BE HOSTING THE JAMAICA DIASPORA
   >> WE WILL HAVE THE HONORABLE SENATOR JOHNSONSMITH WHO SERVES THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR JAMAICA.
   ALSO TODAY I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND GREETINGS TO THE MAYOR OF BELIZE.
   MAYOR DARRYL BRADLEY.
   HE WAS HERE UNDER THE INVITATION OF BROWARD COUNTY'S OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
   THEY HAD A WORKSHOP AT THE MIRAMAR BRANCH LIBRARY HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH BELIZE.
   FOR THOSE WHO MAY REMEMBER BACK IN 2013 THE CITY EXECUTED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COUNTRY OF BELIZE IN REGARDS TO FORMALIZING RELATIONS FOR FOREIGN TRADE AND EXCHANGE.
   IT WAS A PLEASANT THING TO SEE MAYOR BRADLEY AGAIN.
   ALSO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN COMCAST WHO HAS EXPANDED EMPLOYMENT IN THE CITY AND OPERATIONS IN THE CITY.
   THEY HAVE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 600 JOBS TO THE CITY OF MIRAMAR WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR BUSINESS PRODUCTS AND CALL CENTER AND BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT CENTER.
   WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE GOVERNOR ALSO TO COME DOWN AS WELL TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WHERE COMCAST WAS ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INCENTIVES FROM ENTERPRISE FLORIDA AND WHERE WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE AS A CITY TO REMAIN VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR BUSINESSES TO COME TO MIRAMAR AND FOR THOSE WHO'RE ALREADY HERE THEY ARE EXPANDING.
   CURRENTLY COMCAST HAS EXPANDED THEIR EMPLOYEE BASE TO ALMOST 1,000 EMPLOYEES RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR.
   THEY HAVE SEVERAL VACANCIES.
   I'LL BE SENDING OUT LINKS TO THEIR CAREER SITE.
   WE'RE WORKING WITH THEIR HR DEPARTMENT TO BROADCAST THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT.
   WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MIRAMAR RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND WE GET AS MANY MIRAMAR RESIDENTS HIRED IN THE PROCESS.
   SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR ALL OF YOUR CONTINUED WORK WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND COMMUNITIES.
   WE ALL WORK AS A TEAM TO BE ABLE TO OFFER INCENTIVE PACKAGES TO THESE COMPANIES SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND ULTIMATELY CREATE JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
   AND FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO TIP MY HAT OFF TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
   LAST EVENING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SERVED AS THE HOST AGENCY FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL CEREMONY.
   IT IS A CEREMONY THAT TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR.
   I THINK IT'S TAKEN PLACE FOR THE LAST 30 IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY'S CHIEF'S ASSOCIATION AND THE INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AT BROWARD COLLEGE.
   I WOULD SAY IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MOVING CEREMONIES THAT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
   AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DID AN IMPECCABLE JOB.
   THE PRECISION, THE PROFESSIONALISM, AND JUST THE RESPECT OF THEIR PEERS FROM OTHER AGENCY AND THE FINE REMARKS OTHER AGENCIES GAVE IN REGARDS TO OUR CHIEF AND OUR COMMAND STAFF AND OUR OFFICERS.
   WE TRULY HAVE SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
   AND WE IN THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS A SURVIVOR OF A VIOLENT CRIME THAT TOOK PLACE HERE IN MIRAMAR I THINK IN 2009 IN RIVER RUN.
   AND MS. HAMILTON GAVE A VERY MOVING ACCOUNT OF HER EXPERIENCE AND HER ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN OFFICERS AND VICTIMS WAS A TEARJERKER IF YOU WERE THERE AND OUR CITY WAS JUST REPRESENTED US VELLA CROSS THE BOARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY WITH SUCH HONOR AND DISTINCTION.
   AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
   MADAM MANAGER.
   
   >> MR. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
   LAST JULY I OBTAINED YOUR CONCESSIONS TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE OTHER BROWARD COUNTY CITIES, AND CONTRIBUTED $42,714 PAID TO THE BROWARD MPO TO COVER THE SURTAX ASSISTANCE OUTREACH.
   AND THE MPO IS REQUESTING OPTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE COLLECTED FUNDS.
   OPTION INCLUDING ALLOWING THEM TO USE FUNDS FOR VARIOUS OTHER PURPOSES OR TO RETURN THEM TO THE CITIES.
   MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE THE FUNDS DISTRIBUTED BACK TO THE CITIES THEY CAME FROM AND I'M SEEKING YOUR CONCENSUS THAT RELAY THAT OPTION TO THE MPO.
   
   >> CAN I?
   I AGREE.
   WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE FUNDS BACK TO US.
   THEY WERE NOT USED FOR WHAT THEY WERE SENT OVER FOR.
   WE CAN ACCEPT THEM BACK.
   
   >> I THINK YOU HAVE CONCENSUS, MADAM MANAGER, TO HAVE THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDS CREDITED BACK TO THE CITY.
   
   >> THAT'S IT.
   
   >> MAYOR: MR. ATTORNEY, ANY REPORTS.
   ALL RIGHT.
   WE SURVIVED OUR FIRST MEETING WITH OUR NEW DEVICES AND OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.