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City of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Meeting Minutes Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:00 AM PLANNING & ZONING City Hall Commission Chambers City Commission Tomas Regalado, Mayor Marc David Sarnoff, Chairman Frank Carollo, Vice-Chairman Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Commissioner District One Francis Suarez, Commissioner District Four Richard P. Dunn II, Commissioner District Five Carlos A. Migoya, City Manager Julie O. Bru, City Attorney Priscilla A. Thompson, City Clerk City Commission Meeting Minutes July 22, 2010 CONTENTS PR - PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS MV - MAYORAL VETOES AM - APPROVING MINUTES CA - CONSENT AGENDA PH - PUBLIC HEARINGS SR - SECOND READING ORDINANCES FR - FIRST READING ORDINANCES RE - RESOLUTIONS PART B PZ - PLANNING AND ZONING ITEM(S) 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 Minutes are transcribed verbatim. Periodically, agenda items are revisited during a meeting. "[Later...]" refers to discussions that were interrupted and later continued. City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 8/27/2010 City Commission Meeting Minutes July 22, 2010 8:30 A.M. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS PR.1 PRESENTATION 10-00857 Honoree Presenter Protocol Item Miami River Vice Chair Carollo Certificates of Greenway Appreciation Volunteers Miami River Commission Hands on Miami Burger King Bacardi Special Presentations Employees of the Year Sworn Fire: Val Sanchez Firefighter Sworn Police: Partners Brandon Lanier and Joaquin Perez, Police Officers City-Wide Civilian Winner: Nadia Arguelles-Goicoechea, Parks and Recreation City-Wide Civilian Runner-Up: Jorge Delgado, General Services Administration 10-00857 Protocol.pdf PRESENTED 1. Vice Chairman Carollo presented Certificates of Appreciation to the Miami River Commission, Hands on Miami, Burger King, and Bacardi for donating their time and funding to beautify the Miami River Greenway. 2. Commissioner Suarez presented a Commendation to DJ Irie and paid special tribute to his philanthropy which has greatly enriched the South Florida community. 3. Michelle Pina, Director of Employee Relations, presented 2010 Employee of the Year awards to Val Sanchez, Brandon Lanier, Joaquin Perez, Nadia Arguelles-Goicoechea, and the city-wide runner up Jorge Delgado, for their dedication and exemplary service to the Ctiy of Miami and its residents. Chair Sarnoff: We'll now make the presentations and proclamations. The Vice Chair will be recognized for the Miami Greenway volunteers. Vice Chair Carollo: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Presentations made. 9:00 A.M. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Present: Vice Chairman Carollo, Commissioner Gort, Chairman Sarnoff, Commissioner Suarez and Commissioner Dunn II On the 22nd day of July 2010, 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 City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 8/27/2010 City Commission Meeting Minutes July 22, 2010 session. The meeting was called to order by Chair Sarnoff at 9:08 a.m., recessed at 2:17 p.m., reconvened at 2:57 p.m., recessed at 3:10 p.m., reconvened at 4:04 p.m., and recessed the meeting at 6:31 p.m. and was continued to Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. Note for the Record: Commissioner Dunn entered the Commission Chambers at 9:13 a.m. ALSO PRESENT: Julie O. Bru, City Attorney Carlos A. Migoya, City Manager Priscilla A. Thompson, City Clerk Pamela L. Latimore, Assistant City Clerk Chair Sarnoff: Welcome to the July 22 meeting of the City of Miami Commission in these historic chambers. The members of the City of Miami Commission are Frank Carollo, the Vice Chair, Francis Suarez, Wifredo Gort, the Honorable Reverend Richard P. Dunn, and myself, Marc Sarnoff. Also on the dais are Carlos A. Migoya, back fresh from New York, the City Manager; Julie O. Bru, the City Attorney; and Pamela Latimore -- whoops, sorry. That should be our City Clerk -- I apologize -- Priscilla A. Thompson, the Assistant [sic] City Clerk -- excuse me, the City Clerk. Apparently, my -- I have the old version. The meeting will be opened with a prayer by Commissioner Suarez, the pledge of allegiance by Wifredo -- by Willy Gort. Invocation and pledge of allegiance delivered. _________________________________________________________________ Present: Vice Chairman Carollo, Commissioner Gort, Chairman Sarnoff, Commissioner Suarez and Commissioner Dunn II On the 29th day of July 2010, the City Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, continued its meeting from July 22, 2010 at its regular meeting place in City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, in regular session. The meeting was called to order by Chair Sarnoff at 4:25 p.m. and adjourned at 6:19 p.m. ALSO PRESENT: Julie O. Bru, City Attorney Johnny Martinez, Assistant City Manager/Chief of Infrastructure Pamela L. Latimore, Assistant City Clerk Chair Sarnoff: (UNINTELLIGIBLE), 2010 P&Z (Planning & Zoning) items that we had recessed and now we're reopening this meeting. MAYORAL VETOES NO MAYORAL VETOES Chair Sarnoff: All right. At this time, does the Administration wish to announce any items they wish to withdraw, defer, or substitute? Priscilla A. Thompson (City Clerk): I'm sorry, Chair. If I might, can we go through -- Chair Sarnoff: I have the old -- Ms. Thompson: -- your mayoral vetoes and then your approval of your minutes, please? Chair Sarnoff: Right. Are there any mayoral vetoes? Ms. Thompson: No, there are not. City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 8/27/2010 City Commission Meeting Minutes July 22, 2010 Ms. Thompson: No, there are not. APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS: Motion by Commissioner Suarez, seconded by Vice Chairman Carollo, to APPROVED PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 5 - Commissioner(s) Carollo, Gort, Sarnoff, Suarez and Dunn II Chair Sarnoff: And are there --? I'm sorry. What was the last thing? Priscilla A. Thompson (City Clerk): I'm sorry? Chair Sarnoff: What was the other thing you needed me to do? Ms. Thompson: Your -- the approval of your minutes for -- Chair Sarnoff: I'm sorry. Ms. Thompson: -- the Planning & Zoning meeting of June 24. Commissioner Suarez: So moved. Chair Sarnoff: We have a motion by Commissioner Suarez -- Vice Chair Carollo: Second. Chair Sarnoff: -- second by the Vice Chair. Any discussion, gentlemen? Hearing no discussion, all in favor, please say “aye.” The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Ms. Thompson: Thank you. END OF APPROVING MINUTES ORDER OF THE DAY Note for the Record: On Thursday, July 22, 2010, at 6:31 p.m., a motion was made by Vice Chairman Carollo, seconded by Commissioner Suarez, and was passed unanimously, to recess the meeting until Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. Chair Sarnoff: We'll 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, Madam City Clerk, Mr. Manager, and members of the public. Any person who's a lobbyist must register with the City Clerk before appearing before the City Commission. A copy of the Code section about lobbyists is available in the City Clerk's office. The material for each item that's on the agenda is available during business hours at the City Clerk's office and online at www.miamigov.com. Any documents offered to the City Commissioners that have not been provided seven days before the meeting as part of the agenda materials will be entered into the record at the City Commission's discretion. Any person requesting action from the City Commission must disclose at the commencement or continuance of the hearing on the issue any consideration provided or committed for an agreement to support or withhold objection to the requested action. If you want more information about this, you can look at Section 2-8 of the City Code and that defines the term “consideration.” Formal action may be taken on any item City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 8/27/2010 City Commission Meeting Minutes July 22, 2010 discussed or added to this agenda. All decisions of the City Commission are final, except that the Mayor may veto certain items within ten calendar days of the Commission action and the Commission may override the veto by a four-fifth vote. Anyone who wishes to appeal any decision made by the City Commission for any matter considered at this meeting may need a verbatim record of the item. No cell phones or other noise-making devices. Please silence them now. And any person who makes offensive remarks or becomes unruly will be banned from further attending Commission meetings. Any person who requires aid because of a disability, please notify the City Clerk. The lunch recess will begin at the conclusion of deliberations of the agenda being considered at noon. I know that the Chairman's probably going to have some specific announcements about several meetings that are specifically scheduled for today. And the P&Z (Planning & Zoning) items begin after 10 o'clock in the morning. "[Later...]" Chair Sarnoff: All right. Now do -- does the Administration wish to announce any items they wish to withdraw or defer? Carlos A. Migoya (City Manager): Yes, sir. We would like to pull CA.4. We would like to defer CA.2 to September 16. Then we would like to defer SR.1 to September 16 and FR.1 to September 16. If I may continue with the PZ (Planning & Zoning) items, we'd like to indefinitely defer PZ.6 and 7, and continue PZ.13, and that's it. Chair Sarnoff: All right. Is there a mo --? Do we need to do that by motion? Mr.