City of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Meeting Minutes Thursday, May 9, 2013 9:00 AM REGULAR City Hall Commission Chambers City Commission Tomás Regalado, Mayor Marc David Sarnoff, Chair Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Vice Chair Frank Carollo, Commissioner District Three Francis Suarez, Commissioner District Four Michelle Spence-Jones, Commissioner District Five Johnny Martinez, P.E., City Manager Julie O. Bru, City Attorney Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk City Commission Meeting Minutes May 9, 2013 CONTENTS PR - PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS AM - APPROVING MINUTES MV - MAYORAL VETOES CA - CONSENT AGENDA PA - PERSONAL APPEARANCE PH - PUBLIC HEARINGS SR - SECOND READING ORDINANCES FR - FIRST READING ORDINANCES RE - RESOLUTIONS BC - BOARDS AND COMMITTEES DI - DISCUSSION ITEMS 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 City of Miami Page 2 Printed on 6/25/2013 City Commission Meeting Minutes May 9, 2013 9:00 A.M. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Present: Vice Chair Gort, Chair Sarnoff, Commissioner Carollo, Commissioner Suarez and Commissioner Spence-Jones On the 9th day of May 2013, 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 Regular Commission Meeting was called to order by Chair Sarnoff at 9:11 a.m., recessed at 12:16 p.m., reconvened at 2:47 p.m., recessed at 6:03 p.m., reconvened at 6:18 p.m., and adjourned at 7:50 p.m. Note for the Record: Commissioner Spence-Jones entered the Commission chambers at 9:13 a.m, Commissioner Suarez entered the Commission chambers at 9:19 a.m, and Commissioner Carollo entered the Commission at 9:29 a.m. ALSO PRESENT: Julie O. Bru, City Attorney Johnny Martinez, P.E., City Manager Nicole Ewan, Assistant City Clerk Chair Sarnoff: I want to welcome everybody to the May 9, 2013 meeting of the City of Miami Commission in these historic chambers. The members of the Commission are Wilfredo [sic] “Willy” Gort, the Vice Chair; Frank Carollo; Michelle Spence-Jones; Francis Suarez; and myself, Marc David Sarnoff, the Chairman. Also on the dais are Johnny Martinez, the City Manager; Julie O. Bru, the City Attorney; Nicole Ewan, the Assistant City Clerk. The meeting will be opened with a prayer by me and the pledge of allegiance by Wilfredo [sic] “Willy” Gort. Okay. I'm not much on praying, but something happened this week I thought that was very interesting, a couple things. There's a man by the name of Mr. Ramsey that had every reason in the world to do nothing in Cleveland, Ohio, but he chose to get involved. And in choosing to get involved, three women are free today because he had the courage, the fortitude, and the determination -- and think of where he sat: An African-American male has a white woman come right into his arms. That's got to be -- and I think he described it best himself -- an interesting dilemma to happen. But again, he chose to get involved. And because he chose to get involved, and as the story evolves, you will hear what happened to these three women that are just beyond the realm of comprehension. If each one of us were to choose to get involved just a little bit more each day -- and the City of Miami could use some involvement. Coconut Grove, this week we had a killing, and we had gone about three years without a killing. Now, to the credit of the Grove, after a long conversation, it got involved and the people were apprehended. But how do we stop the violence in America? I think the best way to stop the violence in America is to be involved, to care about the person on your street, to say hello to somebody, to create that sense of community. We call ourselves a great, diverse culture, but do we practice it every day? Do we practice it when we're on the street, or in our busy lives, when we don't have time to do the simple things, such as a meet, such as a greet, to show the people that we don't know we actually do care about them? So to Mr. Ramsey, I would say, thank you. To the three women whose lives will be explored for the next probably year, nobody could ever say the sorrow upon which was -- what could change their life, or how that could be explained, how that happened. To the man that did it, his end should come quickly, resolutely, and expeditiously. But to the rest of us who can learn from this, why don't we all extend a hand to the person to our left and right and please say good morning, neighbor. Thank you. Invocation and pledge of allegiance delivered. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS PR.1 PRESENTATION City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 6/25/2013 City Commission Meeting Minutes May 9, 2013 13-00564 Honoree Presenter Protocol Item Haitian Heritage Month Mayor Regalado Proclamation National Tourism Week Mayor Regalado Proclamation Arbor Day Committee Commissioner Certificates of Spence-Jones Appreciation Leadership Miami - Vice Chair Gort Certificates of Team Miami Shines Appreciation 13-00564 Protocol Item.pdf PRESENTED 1. Mayor Regalado paid a Special Tribute to various prominent and outstanding members of the community in honor of Haitian Heritage Month for their commitment to building and strengthening the community through a tradition of integrity, excellence and a steadfast determination to champion causes important to both the Haitian-American community and the citizens of South Florida at large. 2. Mayor Regalado paid tribute to the Twenty-Second Annual Celebration of National Tourism Week and the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau in recognition of their work with local agencies to promote the hospitality, culture and entertainment industry of South Florida's tropical paradise. 3. Commissioner Spence-Jones presented Special Certificates of Appreciation to various City Employees and Organizations that participated in the Annual Arbor Day Event in recognition to their wonderful commitment to elevating the quality of life for the residents of the City of Miami. 4. Vice Chair Gort presented Special Certificates of Appreciation to the members of Team Miami Shines of Leadership Miami 2013, a group whose philanthropy serves as a source of inspiration and an agency of hope through their noteworthy participation in a vital project to benefit and transform the environment and image of Miami Bridge. Chair Sarnoff: All right. We will now make the presentations and proclamations. I believe the Mayor of the great City of Miami will be recognized. Mr. Mayor. Presentations made. Later... Commissioner Spence-Jones: Okay. We have one more presentation. It didn't make the agenda, but we want to make sure that we acknowledge them. This is in reference to - I'm going to do it pretty quickly. Presentation made. Later... Commissioner Spence-Jones: Before we get started, Mr. Chairman I would - I have no more presentations. But I don't know if we mentioned it, but I would like for us to at least take a City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 6/25/2013 City Commission Meeting Minutes May 9, 2013 moment -- You know how we love our City employees. I'd at least like for us to take a moment of silence for Todd's mom as we know she passed away. And I just did not want the Commission meeting to start, to not remember his mom. I think it's the right thing to do. We know how close he was to his mom, so I really would like for - I'm going to turn it over to you to officially do that moment of silence for him. Chair Sarnoff: Okay. Another one of my jobs I may not be the best at, but Todd Hannon is our new City Clerk. I think you all will remember that Todd's mom was ill. As a matter of fact, I think he did not even want to become the interim City Clerk because he was helping her get through her illness. And as Commissioner Spence-Jones says, she passed away, I think, yesterday. And why don't we give her a moment of silence, and convey our best thoughts, and hopes and prayers for the family. Moment of silence. Chair Sarnoff: Thank you all very much. And now we recognize Commissioner Wifredo Gort. Vice Chair Gort: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want you to know that the invocation was right on target today, because today, it's going to be my pleasure to give out some certificates of appreciation, some citizens that have been involved in this community. The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce created Leadership Miami long time ago, and this was to get a group of young professionals, young entrepreneurs, and get them involved in the community, and they've been doing so in the City of Miami for a while. This group here picked up a project. You all know Miami Bridge, the project that we have to help young kids and all that? They're over there and they did a beautiful work, and I'd like to recognize them and thank them, because these young professionals can be sitting here sometime in the future. They're going to be here. At this time, I'm going to call your names and I'd like for you - Presentation made.