City of Miami City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com Meeting Minutes Thursday, November 19, 2015 9:00 AM REGULAR City Hall Commission Chambers City Commission Tomás Regalado, Mayor Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Chair Keon Hardemon, Vice Chair Marc David Sarnoff, Commissioner District Two Frank Carollo, Commissioner District Three Francis Suarez, Commissioner District Four Daniel J. Alfonso, City Manager Victoria Méndez, City Attorney Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk City Commission Meeting Minutes November 19, 2015 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 AC - ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION BC - BOARDS AND COMMITTEES BU - BUDGET 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 12/31/2015 City Commission Meeting Minutes November 19, 2015 9:00 A.M. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Present: Chair Gort, Commissioner Carollo, Commissioner Suarez and Vice Chair Hardemon Absent: Commissioner Sarnoff On the 19th day of November 2015, 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 Gort at 9:02 a.m., recessed at 11:58 a.m., reconvened at 3:02 p.m., recessed at 3:04 p.m., reconvened at 3:47 p.m., recessed at 3:53 p.m., reconvened at 4:12 p.m.and adjourned at 4:29 p.m. Note for the Record: Commissioner Carollo entered the Commission chamber at 9:10 a.m., Commissioner Suarez entered the Commission chamber at 9:11 a.m., and Vice Chair Hardemon entered the Commission chamber at 9:29 a.m. ALSO PRESENT: Victoria Méndez, City Attorney Daniel J. Alfonso, City Manager Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk Chair Gort: (INAUDIBLE). The member of the City Commission will be Frank Carollo; Francis Suarez; Keon Hardemon, Vice Chairman; Wifredo “Willy” Gort, Chairman; also, Daniel Alfonso, City Manager: Veronica -- Victoria Méndez, the City Attorney; and Todd Hannon, the City Clerk. At this time, I'm going to ask you to please stand for the invocation. Mr. Manager, will you do the pledge afterwards? Daniel J. Alfonso (City Manager): Yes, sir. Chair Gort: Thank you. Invocation delivered. Later... Chair Gort: Mr. Manager. Pledge of allegiance delivered. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS PR.1 PRESENTATION 15-01516 Honoree Presenter Protocol Item Milestone Service Mayor Regalado Service Award Awards & Commissioners PlusUrbia Design Mayor Regalado Proclamation & Commissioners William Porro Mayor Regalado Certificate of & Commissioners Appreciation City of Miami Page 3 Printed on 12/31/2015 City Commission Meeting Minutes November 19, 2015 NET United Way United Way Internal Audits & Grants City Campaign Madelin Pacheco Dept. Awards Joyce Jones Robyn Sachs Elizabeth Albo-Gonzalez Gissella Sotelo Ruth Alcala Shiny Antony Mariela del Rio Christine Hwa Edith McCray Marvin A. Alvarez City Manager ACES Program Cindy V. Baez Commendation Carolina Bazail Cristina M. de la Maza Jose "Jair" Espinoza Julia D. Hernandez Karen P. Jackson Marcia L. Lopez Rosemary Olivera 15-01516 Protocol Item.pdf 1) City Manager Alfonso presented Service Awards to City of Miami employees for their 25 and 30 years of service milestone, commending them for their dedication and commitment to the City of Miami; furthermore thanking them for their hard work and dedication as City Employees. 2) Commissioners Suarez and Carollo presented the PlusUrbia Design group with a proclamation for various contributions including the hosting of the My Calle Ocho Forum and providing 500 plus hours of pro bono services, and for serving in the Florida Department of Transportation Safety Study Steering Committee. 3) Mayor Regalado presented Mr. William Porro with a certificate of appreciation for his commitment and support to the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Center and recognized him on his designation as the 2015 Small and Minority Business Advocate of the year. 4) Mayor Regalado and Ms. Amanda Gorski, representative of the United Way, presented certificates of appreciation to various City employees and thanked them for their dedication towards the success of the 2015 United Way Fundraising Campaign. 5) City Manager Alfonso presented commendations to City of Miami Employees and recognized their achievement of earning the "Customer Service ACE" award as part of the City's telephone secret shopper initiative; moreover thanking them for providing exceptional customer service and telephone etiquette. 6) Mayor Regalado and Commissioner Carollo presented the Forever Bloom Alliance, a City of Miami Page 4 Printed on 12/31/2015 City Commission Meeting Minutes November 19, 2015 non-for-profit education based charity organization, with a proclamation for their community contributions including the cleanup efforts of the Biscayne Bay Shoreline and bringing volunteer students, teachers, parents and business professions together to impact the youth of the City of Miami. Chair Gort: At this time, we have some recognition. We're going to have to wait; a few other Commissioners come in. Mr. Manager, you're recognized. Presentations and proclamations made. Later... Presentation made. Chair Gort: Commissioner-elect Ken Russell, I didn't see you hiding back there; you should sit up here, up front; get a better view. APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS: Motion by Commissioner Suarez, seconded by Commissioner Carollo, to APPROVE PASSED by the following vote. Votes: Ayes: 4 - Commissioner(s) Gort, Carollo, Suarez and Hardemon Absent: 1 - Commissioner(s) Sarnoff Chair Gort: Do we have any minutes? Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): Chair, I have for Commission consideration and approval the regular meeting minutes from the October 8, 2015 Miami City Commission meeting. Commissioner Suarez: So moved. Commissioner Carollo: Second. Chair Gort: Been moved by Commissioner Suarez; second by Commissioner Carollo. Any discussion? Being none, all in favor, state it by saying “aye.” The Commission (Collectively): Aye. Commissioner Suarez: Thank you. END OF APPROVING MINUTES MAYORAL VETOES NO MAYORAL VETOES Todd B. Hannon (City Clerk): There are no mayoral vetoes. ORDER OF THE DAY Chair Gort: Madam Attorney, would you go over the procedures. Victoria Méndez (City Attorney): Good morning. Thank you, Chairman. We will now begin our regular meeting. Any person who is a lobbyist, including all paid persons or firms retained by a principal to advocate for a particular decision by the City Commission must register with the City Clerk and comply with related City requirements for lobbyists before appearing before the City Commission. Any person may not lobby a City official, Board Member, or staff member, until registering. A copy of the Code section about lobbyists is available in the City Clerk's City of Miami Page 5 Printed on 12/31/2015 City Commission Meeting Minutes November 19, 2015 Office. 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A video of this meeting may be requested at the Office of Communications, or viewed online at wwwmiamigov.com[sic]. No cell phones or other noise-making devices are permitted in chambers; please silence those now. No clapping, applauding, heckling or verbal outburst in support or opposition to a speaker or his or her remarks shall be permitted. Any person making offensive remarks, or who becomes unruly in the Commission chambers will be barred from further attending Commission meetings, and may be subject to arrest. No signs or placards shall be allowed in Commission chambers. Any person with a disability requiring assistance, auxiliary aids and services for this meeting may notify the City Clerk. The lunch recess will begin at the conclusion of deliberation of the agenda item being considered at noon. The meeting will end either at the conclusion of the deliberation of the agenda item being considered at 10 p.m. or at the conclusion of the regularly scheduled agenda; whichever occurs first. Please note, Commissioners have generally been briefed by City staff and the City Attorney on items on the agenda today. At this time, the Administration will announce which items, if any, are either being withdrawn, deferred or substituted. Thank you. Later... Chair Gort: Mr. Manager. Daniel J. Alfonso (City Manager): Thank you, Mr. Chairman. FR.5, we'd like to continue to December 10. RE.5, we'd like to defer to January 14. And DI.2, we'd like to defer to January 14. Chair Gort: What was that again? Mr. Alfonso: DI.2. Chair Gort: DI.2. Mr. Alfonso: I'll also -- excuse me. I'd also like to defer SR.6, and I want to ask for it sort of indefinitely, until we can figure out what language is acceptable to the different parties, and I really need to have discussions with our elected officials, as well, individually, on this, so this may take more than just one meeting.