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Meeting Minutes City of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Meeting Minutes Thursday, April 12, 2012 9:00 AM REGULAR City Hall Commission Chambers City Commission Tomas Regalado, Mayor Francis Suarez, Chairman Marc David Sarnoff, Vice-Chairman Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner District One Frank Carollo, Commissioner District Three Michelle Spence-Jones, Commissioner District Five Johnny Martinez, City Manager Julie O. Bru, City Attorney Priscilla A. Thompson, City Clerk City Commission Meeting Minutes April 12, 2012 CONTENTS PR - PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS AM - APPROVING MINUTES MV - MAYORAL VETOES CA - CONSENT AGENDA PH - PUBLIC HEARINGS SR - SECOND READING ORDINANCES FR - FIRST READING ORDINANCES RE - RESOLUTIONS BC - BOARDS AND COMMITTEES DI - DISCUSSION ITEMS MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS' ITEMS M - MAYOR'S ITEMS D1 - DISTRICT 1 ITEMS D2 - DISTRICT 2 ITEMS D3 - DISTRICT 3 ITEMS D4 - DISTRICT 4 ITEMS D5 - DISTRICT 5 ITEMS City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 5/7/2012 City Commission Meeting Minutes April 12, 2012 9:00 A.M. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Present: Commissioner Gort, Vice Chair Sarnoff, Commissioner Carollo, Chair Suarez and Commissioner Spence-Jones On the 12th day of April 2012, the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, met at its regular meeting place in City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, in regular session. The Commission Meeting was called to order by Chair Suarez at 9:00 a.m., recessed at 9:01 a.m, reconvened at 9:05 p.m., recessed at 11:23 a.m, reconvened at 2:00 p.m, recessed at 6:11 p.m, reconvened at 6:25 p.m.and adjourned at 7:54 p.m. Note for the Record: Commissioner Gort entered the Commission Chambers at 9:01 a.m. during the recess, Vice Chair Sarnoff entered the Commission chambers at 9:05 a.m, Commissioner Spence-Jones entered the Commission chambers at 9:10 a.m, and Commissioner Carollo entered the Commission chambers at 9:11 a.m. ALSO PRESENT: Julie O. Bru, City Attorney Johnny Martinez, P.E., City Manager Priscilla A. Thompson, CMC, City Clerk Chair Suarez: Welcome to the April 12, 2012 meeting of the City of Miami Commission in these historic chambers. The members of the City Commission are Marc David Sarnoff, Vice Chair, Frank Carollo, Wifredo "Willy" Gort, Michelle Spence-Jones, and myself, Francis Suarez, the Chairman. Also on the dais are Johnny Martinez, the City Manager, Julie O. Bru, the City Attorney, and Priscilla A. Thompson, the City Clerk. I will, I guess, suspend until we have a quorum here, but I'd like to recognize the Mayor, who's here, and we will wait till our other colleagues are here to get started. Thank you. Later… Chair Suarez: (INAUDIBLE) myself and the pledge of allegiance by Commissioner Wifredo Gort. Mariano Cruz: (Comments in Spanish not translated). Chair Suarez: No, no, I started on time. Have a seat. Have a seat, guys. Invocation and pledge of allegiance delivered. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS PR.1 PRESENTATION 12-00372 Honoree Presenter Protocol Item Water Conservation Mayor Regalado Proclamation Month - SFWMD Florida College Access Chairman Suarez Commendation Network City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 5/7/2012 City Commission Meeting Minutes April 12, 2012 12-00372 Protocol Item.pdf PRESENTED 1) In honor of Water Conservation Month, Mayor Regalado recognized the South Florida Water Management District for their dedication to educating the community on preserving our water resources. Presentations and proclamations delivered. Chair Suarez: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. That ends the presentations and proclamations. APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING MEETING: Motion by Vice Chair Sarnoff, seconded by Commissioner Spence-Jones, to APPROVE PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 5 - Commissioner(s) Gort, Sarnoff, Carollo, Suarez and Spence-Jones Chair Suarez: We will now proceed with approval of the minutes from the regular meeting of March 8, 2012. Is there a motion? Commissioner Spence-Jones: Sec -- Vice Chair Sarnoff: So moved. Chair Suarez: Moved by Vice Chair Sarnoff, second by Commissioner Spence-Jones. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor, signify by saying "aye." The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Chair Suarez: Passes unanimously. END OF APPROVING MINUTES MAYORAL VETOES NO MAYORAL VETOES Chair Suarez: Madam Clerk, are there any mayoral vetoes to report at this time? Priscilla A. Thompson (City Clerk): No, sir, there are none. Chair Suarez: Thank you. ORDER OF THE DAY Chair Suarez: We will now begin the regular meeting. The City Attorney will state the procedures to be followed during this meeting. Julie O. Bru (City Attorney): Good morning Mr. Chair, members of the Commission, Mr. Manager, members of the public, and Madam City Clerk. Any person who's a lobbyist must register with the City Clerk before appearing before the City Commission, and a copy of the code section about lobbyists is available in the City Clerk's office. The material for each item on the agenda is available during business hours and -- at the City Clerk's office and online at City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 5/7/2012 City Commission Meeting Minutes April 12, 2012 ww.miamigov.com [sic]. Anyone wishing to appeal any decision made by the City Commission for any matter considered at this meeting may need a verbatim record of the item. Please, no cell phones or other noise-making devices. Silence those now. Any person making offensive remarks or who becomes unruly in the Commission chambers will be barred from further attending the meetings. Any person with a disability that requires auxiliary aids, please contact the City Clerk. And the lunch recess will begin at the conclusion of deliberations on the agenda item that is being heard at noon, unless the Chair indicates otherwise. Chair Suarez: Thank you, Madam Attorney. Later... Chair Suarez: CA.7. Commissioner Carollo: Chairman Sarnoff, I believe that the management wants to continue or defer some items. Johnny Martinez (City Manager): Yes. Chair Suarez: Okay. So you want to do that before we pass the CAs (Consent Agenda), remaining CAs? Mr. Martinez: Yes. Chair Suarez: Okay. Mr. Martinez: FR.1, withdraw; FR.2, defer to April 26; RE.18, defer to April 26; RE.19, defer to April 26. Chair Suarez: Madam Clerk, do you have all of those? Priscilla A. Thompson (City Clerk): Yes. According to what I heard, FR.1 is withdrawn, FR.2 is deferred to April 26, RE.18 and RE.19 are both deferred to April 26. Chair Suarez: Thank you. Is there a notion? Commissioner Carollo: Moved -- move it. Chair Suarez: Moved by Commissioner Carollo. Is there a second? Vice Chair Sarnoff: Second. Commissioner Spence-Jones: Second. Chair Suarez: Second by the Vice Chair. All in favor, signify by saying "aye." The Commission (Collectively): Aye. [Later...] Chair Suarez: Can we do some boards with --? No. You want to do SR.2? All right, let's -- well, we don't have a full Commission. I don't want to get -- the word in Spanish is regañao. I don't want to get -- Vice Chair Sarnoff: What is it? City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 5/7/2012 City Commission Meeting Minutes April 12, 2012 Chair Suarez: -- punished. Vice Chair Sarnoff: What is it? Chair Suarez: Regañao. Vice Chair Sarnoff: Re -- Chair Suarez: Regañao. I don't want to get punished -- Vice Chair Sarnoff: Regañao. Chair Suarez: -- for doing something inappropriate so -- Unidentified Speaker: To be scolded. Chair Suarez: Scolded, yeah, that's a better translation actually. Is there boards that we can do that the Commissioners who are here present can bang out? We can eliminate some where people that may not have -- that are not here may not have board appointments today? Unidentified Speaker: (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Ms. Thompson: If -- Chair Suarez: I thought Todd was handling this today. Commissioner Gort: I want to do a nomination for Civil Service. Ms. Thompson: Okay. Chair Suarez: Okay. Ms. Thompson: If you want, of course we can do that, okay. Chair Suarez: Yes. Ms. Thompson: All right. So then there will be boards that we will not be able to entertain because we need a four-fifth or a five-five for some individuals who are re -- who may be reappointed, who may have term waivers, okay. So having said that, if it is the Chair and Commission's wish that we proceed with our BC (Boards and Committees) items -- Chair Suarez: It is. Ms. Thompson: With your permission, I would ask that you allow our assistant City Clerk, Todd -- Chair Suarez: You know what, I'm going to say no. Guess what? I'm going to say no. [Later...] Chair Suarez: And then there's two discussion items before -- there is Commissioner Carollo's discussion item on the auditing financial statements and then there's the Charter amendment on the elections, so let's go to Commissioner Carollo first. We'll do -- what's up? What do you want to do? City of Miami Page 6 Printed on 5/7/2012 City Commission Meeting Minutes April 12, 2012 Commissioner Spence-Jones: Commissioner Carollo (UNINTELLIGIBLE). Chair Suarez: He doesn't mind. Commissioner Spence-Jones: Oh. Chair Suarez: Yeah, we'll do them before or afterward. What do you want to do first? Commissioner Carollo: Do you want to do --? Commissioner Spence-Jones: Well, I would like to go ahead and get these two issues that I know the City -- Chair Suarez: Oh, okay. Let's go. Commissioner Spence-Jones: -- has been waiting for -- Chair Suarez: Let's do it. Commissioner Spence-Jones: -- so I can get them out of the way. Chair Suarez: Let's do it.
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