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1bBT29 1 City of South Miami 2 Regular City Commission Minutes 3 July 26, 2011 4 5 CALL TO ORDER: 6 7 The City Commission of the City of South Miami, Florida met 8 in regular session on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, beginning at 7:12 9 p.m., in the City Commission Chambers, 6130 Sunset Drive. 10 11 A. Roll Call: 12 The following members of the City Commission were present: 13 Vice Mayor Valerie Newman, and, Commissioners, Velma Palmer 14 Brian D. Beasley and Walter A. Harris. Mayor Philip K. Stoddard 15 was absent. 16 17 Also in attendance were: City Attorney Thomas F. Pepe, 18 Assistant City Attorney Michael H. Lax, City Clerk Maria M. 19 Menendez and City Manager Hector Mirabile. 20 21 B. Moment of Silence: Invocation was conducted by Commissioner 22 Palmer. 23 24 C. Pledge of Allegiance: 25 The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison. 26 27 D. Presentations(s) 28 29 Audited Financial Statements 30 31 The firm of Keefe, McCullough & Co. conducted a 32 presentation of their findings. 33 34 Recognizing 4th of July contributors 35 36 The following entities were recognized for their 37 contribution to the City's successful 4th of July celebration: 38 First National Bank of South Miami, Larkin Hospital, and South 39 Miami Hospital. 40 41 With no further presentations this session was closed. 42 43 ITEM (S) FOR THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION: 44 CITY COMMISSION MINUTES 1 July 26, 2011 1 1. Approval of Minutes 2 NONE 3 4 2. City Manager's Report (25 minutes) 5 6 (See attached report) 7 8 With some further comments the City Manager's Report ended. 9 10 3. City Attorney's Report 11 12 Mr. Pepe announced the Executive Session that would take 13 place later in the evening before adjourning the meeting. 14 15 With no further comments, the City Attorney's Report ended. 16 17 18 PUBLIC REMARKS 19 (5 minutes) 20 21 Javier Banos referred to the loan in connection with the 22 bonds for the municipal parking garage, saying that it seems as 23 a fair deal. He also spoke about the YMCA. 24 25 Lewis Feldman spoke on behalf of the South Miami Rotary 26 festival and about the many contributions the organization 27 provides. He then requested to have the permit fees waived for 28 the upcoming festival. 29 30 Sharon McCain requested clarification regarding the Dison 31 Park expenditures, adding that she would like to see more shade 32 trees there. She then _referred to the street closure fee saying 33 that this is an issue that belongs to staff. 34 35 Dean Whitman referred to Friday's special meeting. He also 36 spoke about the item on the agenda relating to the proposed 37 millage, cautioning that once it is set it cannot be raised. He 38 also referred to the City's contribution portion to the CRA, 39 adding that we need to know what the purpose is for the CRA. 40 41 With no further speakers this session was closed. 42 43 44 4. Commission Reports, Discussion & Remarks (25 minutes) 45 46 Commissioner Harris CITY COMMISSION MINUTES 2 July 26, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 D 29 • Reminded everyone about Family Movie Night which is held at the Community Center on the last Saturday of every month. Commissioner Beasley: • Expressed deep appreciation towards staff for all their efforts to reduce the millage and to have a balanced budget. Vice Mayor Newman: • Said that she has complete confidence in our staff and in what they are doing. With no further comments this section was closed. At this time item no. 11 was pulled from the Consent (remaining as no. 11) BEGINNING OF CONSENT 114 -11 -13428 5. A Resolution relating to the City's budget and authorizing a transfer of $1,000.00 from account No. 001.1610.524.2210, "Building Pension Plan Contribution ", to account No. 001.1610.524.5230, Building Fuel. 3/5 (City Manager- Building Dept.) 115 -11 -13429 6. A Resolution authorizing a transfer of $2,000.00 from account No.001- 1200 -512 -3450, Contractual Services, settlements to account No.001- 1200 -512 -5210, Supplies for the purchase of two computers for the City Clerk's Office. 3/5 (City Manager -City Clerk) 116 -11 -13430 7. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP to represent the City as bond counsel for the Re- financing of the City parking garage bonds with a fixed attorney fee of $12,500.00. 3/5 (City Manager- Finance Dept.) CITY COMMISSION MINUTES July 26, 2011 3 Wayt- 1 2 117 -11 -13431 3 8. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute 4 an agreement with Safe Neighborhood Parks for an 5 extension of the term of the Safe Neighborhood Parks 6 grant agreement and to change of the scope of the 7 work to be performed, pursuant to the grant 8 concerning the Dison Park Improvement Project, with 9 an grant awarded amount of $60,000 in matching funds. 10 (City Manager -Parks & Recreation Dept.) 3/5 11 12 118 -11 -13432 13 9. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter 14 into an agreement with Miami -Dade County for Urban 15 County Qualification for Participation in the 16 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home 17 Investment Partnerships (HOME) and Emergency Shelter 18 Grant (ESG) Programs for Fiscal Year 2012, 2013 and 19 2014. 3/5 20 (City Manager- Finance Dept.) 21 22 119 -11 -13433 23 10. A Resolution appointing Dick Ward as the City Commission 24 liaison to the Academy for International Education Charter 25 School. 3/5 26 (Vice Mayor Newman) 27 28 Moved by Commissioner Harris, seconded by Commissioner 29 Palmer, the motion to approve the Consent Agenda passed by a 4 -0 30 vote: 31 32 Commissioner Palmer: Yea 33 Vice Mayor Newman: Yea 34 Commissioner Beasley: Yea 35 Commissioner Harris: Yea 36 Mayor Stoddard: Absent 37 38 39 (END OF CONSENT) 40 41 RESOLUTION(S) 42_ 43 120 -11 -13434 44 11. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the 45 City of South Miami, Florida, relating to the City's CITY COMMISSION MINUTES 4 July 26, 2011 slayt 1 2011/2012 fiscal year budget; advising the Miami -Dade 2 County Property Appraiser of its proposed millage 3 rate of 4.6662 mills; which represents the rolled - 4 back rate and announcing the dates of public hearing 5 to consider the proposed millage rate and tentative 6 budget; providing an effective date. 3/5 7 (City Manager- Finance Dept.) 8 9 Moved by Commissioner Beasley, seconded by Commissioner 10 Harris to approve this item. 11 12 Dr. Mirabile and Mr. Riverol provided clarification to the 13 Commission as to how the rollback rate was calculated and how 14 they arrived at the proposed millage rate. They reassured the 15 Commission that this was done in a complete responsible fashion. 16 17 The Commission also discussed the proposed time for the 18 budget workshop, requesting that it be changed from 9:00 a.m. to 19 1:00 P.M. 20 21 Moved by Commissioner Beasley to amend the resolution, 22 lines 16, 33 and 35, replacing the year 2010 with 2011. Seconded 23 by Vice Mayor Newman the motion passed by a 4 -0 vote: 24 25 Commissioner Palmer: Yea 26 Vice Mayor Newman: Yea 27 Commissioner Beasley: Yea 28 Commissioner Harris: Yea 29 Mayor Stoddard: Absent 30 31 With some further comments, the motion to approve this item 32 as_ amended passed-by a 4 -0 vote-: 33 34 Commissioner Palmer: Yea 35 Vice Mayor Newman: Yea 36 Commissioner Beasley: Yea 37 Commissioner Harris: Yea 38 Mayor Stoddard: Absent 39 40 41 ORDINANCE (S) SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING (S) 42 (NONE) 43 44 45 46 CITY COMMISSION MINUTES 5 July 26, 2011 t- 1 RESOLUTION (S) PUBLIC HEARING (S) 2 3 121 -11 -13435 4 12. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute 5 an agreement for an initial three (3) year period 6 with two (2) one (1) year options to renew with Laz 7 Parking, Inc. for municipal parking management 8 services. 3/5 9 (City Manager - Police Dept.) 10 11 Moved by Commissioner Beasley, seconded by Commissioner 12 Palmer to approve this item. 13 14 At this time the public hearing was opened. 15 16 Sharon McCain spoke in favor of this item. 17 18 With no further speakers the public hearing was closed. 19 20 With some further comments, the motion to approve this item 21 passed by a 4 -0 vote: 22 23 Commissioner Palmer: Yea 24 Vice Mayor Newman: Yea 25 Commissioner Beasley: Yea 26 Commissioner Harris: Yea 27 Mayor Stoddard: Absent 28 29 30 ORDINANCE (S) FIRST READING 31 32 13. An Ordinance amending Chapter 13, License, creating 33 Article II, Section 13 -31 titled "Use of City's Name" 34 and restricting the expressed or implied use of the 35 City of South Miami or its name by anyone for any 36 purpose. 3/5 37 (Vice Mayor Newman) 38 39 Moved by Commissioner Palmer, seconded by Commissioner 40 Harris to approve this item. 41 42 Vice Mayor Newman said that she sponsored this item because 43 she has seen the need for protecting the integrity of our City's 44 name and logo which could be easily compromised if we do not 45 have these rules in our books. 46 CITY COMMISSION MINUTES 6 July 26, 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 pnq With some further comments, the motion to approve this item passed by a 4 -0 vote: Commissioner Palmer: Yea Vice Mayor Newman: Yea Commissioner Beasley: Yea Commissioner Harris: Yea Mayor Stoddard: Absent At approximately 8:50 p.m., the City Attorney announced the scheduled executive session before retiring into the City Manager's Conference Room. At approximately 9:20 p.m., the Commission returned to the Chambers and reopened the meeting. At this time additional remarks were made by the Commission. Commissioner Palmer referred to the numerous emails she has received expressing concern with regards to Castle Madell, located at 6491 SW 85 Street, urging the Commission to revisit the issue at a later date. Vice Mayor Newman referred to the proposed ordinance she is sponsoring regarding the use of City name, urging the City Manager to start the necessary steps in order to obtain the copyrights of our City logo. There being no further business to come before this Body, the meeting adjourned at 9:24 p.m. Attest Maria M. Menendez City Clerk CITY COMMISSION MINUTES July 26, 2011 7 Approved Philip K. Stoddard Mayor lq r CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI OFFICE MEMORANDUM To: Honorable Mayor and City Commission Date: July 26, 2011 From: Hector Mirabile, Ph.D., City Manager Re: Manager's Report Today the Commission will be reviewing and hopefully approving, after appropriate discussion, a resolution on the proposed millage rate of 4.6662 mills, which is also the rolled -back rate. Additionally, staff published the City's draft 2011 -2012 budget proposal which we are diligently conducting further analysis to identify the City's best position for current and future years considering the current and future projected financial aspects of the City. Staff will be considering expanding current income sources and exploring new sources as well as analyzing our current levels of overhead costs for services and make great efforts in reducing them while maintaining equal or better service levels. This is a tedious and calculated process and we appreciate the Commission's and the Budget and Finance Committee's patience on these matters. On August 10, 2011, at 9:00 am the City is scheduled to conduct a budget workshop where many of the questions related to how each department arrived at the proposed budget will be addressed, as well as receiving recommendations from the Budget and Finance Committee. Should the Commission determine tonight that the scheduled time requires change please ensure that a minimum of 4 hours are allotted to ensure that all aspects of the budget are discussed to the Commission's satisfaction. Lastly, I would like to emphasize that staff is committed to providing our citizens with the best possible levels of service at the lowest alternative cost through technology and reducing our overhead costs exposure. I. Accomplishment. a. New IT IDC successes: AS -400 financial system went down 5 times. This is due to backups hanging the system and requires intervention to bring system backup. We are currently working with support resolution.' ii. 9 computer issues were resolved. These included system lockup and corruption of software. Some of these issues required re- install of the operating system and all software. City Manager's Report to the Commission for July 26, 2011 iii. 6 connectivity issues were resolved. These included issues with logins and forgotten passwords. iv. There were 2 printing issues from the AS -400 that were resolved. v. 4 email issues for missing mail, tracing email and attachment opening. vi. Supported 3 Microsoft office users and assisted on Excel support as well as office support. vii. OneSolution (new financial software) was upgraded to 10.21. This created some problems due to required updates on the PC's as well as the requirement for use of Microsoft Office 2007 or higher. . viii. Prepared computers for the training on OneSolution to be held in August. These were prepared with the new requirements of the 10.21 update: ix. One PC was cleaned of Virus /Malware. x. There were 6 items taken care of for Granicus. These included the installation of LiveManager on the PC's that required it for broadcast. Connectivity issues on the network were also resolved. Training was coordinated for the users of Granicus. . xi. The live link to Channel 77 was placed back on the website due to the issues we were experiencing with Granicus video feed in order for residents to have an alternative view point for meetings. xii. A complete trace of cables at Public Works was completed and all cabled properly terminated and labeled. An issue with the Gas Pump at PW needs to be resolved. A suggestion was made to contact the vendor as their connections are proprietary. b. Finance: i. Finance prepared, distributed, and posted online the FY 2012 DRAFT budget. Finance will continue updating and providing needed revisions before the public hearings in September. ii. Finance continues working with the City's legal team and Financial Advisor to complete the IRS refinancing agreement. The second reading for the refinancing of the required bonds is scheduled for August 2, 2011. iii. Finance is in the final stages in working with Public Works GIS on the property study, making sure that the storm -water billing calculations are complete and accurate. City Manager's Report to the Commission for July 26, 2011 iv. Continue to prepare financial models as needed for union negotiations, as requested by the City Manager. v. Finance continues working and meeting with the Budget and Finance Committee and providing the requested information. vi. All City Departments continue training on the new OneSolution Financial System. Due to a required software update, the revised go -live date for OneSolution is August. c. Grants and Sustainable Initiatives: i. Miami Dade County - Office of Capital Improvements granted a 3 month extension to September 30, 2011 for the Safe Neighborhood Parks grant - Dison Park Project. ii. Created bi- annual department report for the Budget & Finance Committee. iii. Completed quarterly performance and fiscal reports for open grants. iv. Conducted a municipal building and facility inventory for the ENERGY STAR Boot Camp Program, which provides guidance and technical assistance to leverage the ENERGY STAR platform to track, analyze and reduce energy use in municipal buildings and facilities. v. Collaborated with Public Works to complete a Notice of Intent to participate in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's 2012 Pre - Disaster Mitigation Application Cycle for SW 5911 Street Drainage Improvement project. The State of Florida accepted it as an eligible activity, thus the Department.of Grants & Sustainable Initiatives will submit a full application by the August 31St deadline. d. Central Services: i. Murray Park Community Pool Operator RFP: No change since July 19th report. ii. Purchasing Ordinance: No change since July 191" report. iii. Landscaping RFP: The Landscaping RFP received two responses. The City is currently reviewing the responses and will be providing a recommendation to the City Manager. City Manager's Report to the Commission for July 26, 2011 iv, Towing Services RFP: No change since July 19th report. v. Insurance Broker RPP: No change since July 191h report. vi. Central Services is currently soliciting two construction projects; the SW 66th Street Improvements Projects Phase II and Citywide Road Resurfacing Project. The mandatory pre -bid was conducted and the City is currently waiting for the bid opening date. vii. Central Services is working with Windstream to install the new Telephone PRI, which will help reduce the cost of the City's telephone system. e. Police: Uniform Patrol Division On 07/20/2011 a Weed and Seed Enforcement Detail was conducted from 1800- 2200 hours netting 1 arrest, 7 citations and 6 code enforcement violations. This operation was conducted utilizing Weed and Seed funding. ii. On 07/21/2011 the Patrol Unit completed training for all its Sergeants related to performance, accountability and ethics. Ritz Carlton personnel also provided customer service training. iii. During identified period the Patrol Unit made 4 misdemeanor arrests, 1 traffic arrest and 2 warrant arrests along with issuing 150 citations. [During this period Training Officer Al Alvarez began conducting roll call training related to perimeters and building searches.] Criminal Investigation Division On Monday, 07- 18 -11, the Criminal Investigations Division (C.I.D.) with the assistance of members of the Professional Compliance Division conducted a Special Vehicle Burglary Detail. Police personnel were used in an undercover capacity (dressed in civilian clothing and used civilian vehicles). This operation was conducted in response to an increase in the amount of vehicle burglaries being experienced Miami -Dade County wide. We concentrated our efforts in an area of our city where we currently have open vehicle burglary investigations. Detectives were assigned to surveillance positions in specific areas, in search of suspicious person(s) and /or illegal activity(s). All Detectives were ready to take any and all City Manager's Report to the Commission for July 26, 2011 police action to combat vehicle burglaries or any other violations of the Iaw. The detail ran for eight hours from beginning to end. No arrests were made and that intelligence was documented. All intelligence is used for present and future operations. This is detail # 7 of several to come. Parking Enforcement Report will be provided next week. Code Enforcement Division i. CE organized the South Florida Association of Code Enforcement Chapter Summit & Foreclosure forum, held at the Miami Beach Convention Center. This was the first official educational meeting for SFACE & included attendees from City of Miami Beach, City of Doral, City of Coral Gables, & other municipalities in the Miami - Dade County area. ii. CE assisted City Attorney with the JRE Lee School Ownership Project. iii. CE inspected 4 abandoned properties for resolution of overgrowth, graffiti, etc... iv. Ten (10) lien search requests were received and processed in a timely manner. CE collected $1,095.00 in revenues for these requests. v. CE received, processed, and issued 12 new Business Tax Receipts (licenses) and collected $2,162.22 in business tax revenue. The new BTR's are a direct result of proactive field inspections. Fifty -five (55) field inspections were conducted within the timeframe of July 18, 2011 to July 22, 2011. vi. CE reviewed, processed, and returned twenty -three (23) building permits in a timely manner. vii. CE received and responded to ten (10) citizen complaints within 24 hours. viii. CE issued 30 notices, removed 6 snipe signs, and successfully closed 56 cases. Accreditation a. The new General Orders Manual is now at 97% complete. b. Policy chapters transmitted by Accreditation Section: 100% (36) C. Policy chapters approved by Chief: 97% (35) d. Policy chapters in process: 3% (1) e. The Accreditation compliance keys are as follows: 1. Accreditation Standards: 260; 2. Compliant Standards: 3 6% City Manager's Report to the Commission for July 26, 2011 3. Non - compliant Standards: 64% f. human Resources: i. We are pleased to announce that we began interviewing candidates for the Second Chance Program. We will announce the successful candidates for the Special Projects Supervisor and Special Projects Maintenance Worker positions soon. ii. We are actively recruiting qualified applicants for a Purchasing Manager. Qualified applicants must submit an application and resume to the Human Resources Office on or before July 29, 2011. iii. We are also seeking qualified applicants for the part-time position of Recreation Leader (Fitness Instructor) with the Parks & Recreation Department. Qualified applicants must submit an application and resume to the Human Resources Office on or before July 29, 2011. iv. We are actively recruiting qualified applicants for the Automated Equipment Operator position in the Department of Public Works. Interested candidates must submit their applications to the Human Resources office on or before July 29, 2011. V. We are actively recruiting for the South Miami Police Department's Reserve Police Officer Program. Only Certified Officers are eligible for this position. Applicants must submit the City Application with copies of all certifications to the Human Resources Office. Recruitment will continue until further notice. vi. The City's Vision plan increased its provider network to include several retail establishments. Employees are encouraged to take advantage of the expansion to receive quality services at a discounted rate. vii. The Human Resources Department will be expanding its hours. The Office will be open every Wednesday from 6:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. to accommodate the needs of the employees of the South Miami Police Department assigned to the midnight shift. g. Public Works: See Attachment A. h. Parks and Recreation: See Attachment B. i. Planning and Zoning Department: City Manager's Report to the Comirrission for July 26, 2011 Meeting with henry Her (Iler Planning). The Department will be meeting with ller Planning on July 26, 2011 to discuss modifications to the EAR planning scope of services, to address recent legislative changes and redirect the planning effort to correct deficiencies in the comprehensive plan and land development codes. 2. Submittal of Comprehensive Plan Amendments to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA). The most recent group of comprehensive plan amendments that went before the City Commission on June 14, 2011 has not been transmitted to the DCA. The Department requested that all the amendments be transmitted as a package, rather than individually. They further indicated that we are still within the acceptable timeline. The amendments that were adopted on first reading on July 19, 2011 will be added to the previous amendments and transmitted as one package to the DCA. South Florida Regional Planning Council (RPC) - Staff met with the representatives on the RPC and Miami -Dade County Planning to further discuss the implications of the recent legislative changes to Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, and it impact on local concurrency. - Concurrency for transportation, schools, and parks and recreation facilities are now optional for local governments. The burden of maintaining and coordinating adequate facilities is in the hands of local governments through inter -local agreements. Zoning - Staff is preparing to submit the first of a series of proposed land development code (LDC) amendments to the Planning Board for review and public hearing, at their August 9U' regular meeting. - Staff will be submitting a proposed revision to the Planning Board at the request of the Mayor and Commission to address the creation of a "MU -3 — Transitional" zoning district. This Item will come before the City Commission following the Planning Board public hearing and recommendation. Schools - Staff met with representatives of the Miami -Dade County School Board, the Academy for International Education Charter School and Vice -Mayor Newman to discuss the county's proposal for the JRE Lee School. Discussions are ongoing with the City elected officials. - Representatives from Miami -Dade County are tentatively scheduled to address this issue with the City Commission at their August 2 °8 regular meeting. City Manager's Report to the Commission for July 26, 2011 6. Miscellaneous - Department staff is actively engaged in training to use the new Granicus system for document posting and retrieval. - Templates for Planning Department board agendas were modified and submitted for inclusion in the conversion process. - Department staff continues to participate in the OneSolution training. j. Commission directives or issues: i. Pension: No changes since the July 19a' report. ii. Parking reform: No change in status. iii. Master Park Plan: No change in status. iv. Welcome to South Miami signs: No change since the July 19 "' report. v. Hiring project for South Miami residents with certain criminal pasts: Interviews began this past Monday, July 25, 2011. vi. South Miami Hospital permits. No change since the July 19 "' report. END OF MEMORANDUM City Manager's Report to the Commission for July 26, 2011 Public Works Attachment A i. Swept the streets, cleaned up downtown, dump the litter cans through out the city for the Solid Waste Division, mowed City Hall and right of ways, pressure cleaned sidewalks downtown, and cleaned up downtown. ii. Assisted with Grants Department in submitting a Notice of Intent to Participate Project 2012 Pre - Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (NOI) for submission consideration for FEMA's Pre - Disaster Mitigation competitive grant application for SW 59th Avenue Drainage Improvements Project (SW 74th Street to SW 80th Street). iii. Pruned 3 palm trees on SW 58 AVE B/W 72 & 73 ST, and pruned 14 palm trees and removed seeds from the trees in the median on SW 72 ST B/W 59 PL & 61 CT iv. Lifted 13 trees downtown, 4 trees at 73 ST SW 58 CT, 6 trees at 73 ST SW 57 CT and 3 trees at 73 ST 58 AVE, V. Cut up fallen Palm tree from the median on 72 ST SW 64 CT vi. Under routine services, pruned trees 3 trees at City Hall, and 3 trees on SW 58 CT B/W 73 & 74 ST, and pruned 7 trees at the following locations 48 ST SW 63 AVE, 5908 SW 61 AVE, SW 5952 SW 61, 67 ST SW 58 PL, 5901 SW 81 ST, 5870 SW 81 ST and 7643 SW 58 CT. vii. Street light inspection, viii. Mowed right of ways, ix. Removed graffiti from meter pay station on SW 58 CT B/W 73 ST & 74 ST, X. Removed weeds, grass and sprayed round up on brick sidewalk on SW 59 AVE B/W 72 & 73 ST "Dom Avenue" xi. Repaired 5 pot holes at the following locations 80 ST SW 58 CT, (64 TER SW 61 CT, 5940 SW 86 ST, 86 ST SW 62 AVE, 72 ST SW 68 CT, and filled I pot hole 72 SW 68 CT xii. Repaired lifted sidewalk in front of 6280 SW 62 PL. xiii. Trained an employee on the crane xiv. Repaired damaged wheels on a resident's garbage container xv. Delivered (15) new garbage containers to residents. xvi. Performed pick up of garbage and trash routes. xvii. Performed daily power street sweeping, please note that two sweepers were used most of this time in order to keep up with the fallen leaves. xviii. Performed daily clean up & watered pots downtown. xix. Pressure cleaned sidewalks downtown on Wednesday's. xx. Dumped litter cans throughout the City three times a week. xxi. Picked up illegal dumping requested by Code Enforcement xxii. Fertilized grass and irrigation repairs at City Hall. xxi.ii. Performed Downtown irrigation inspection. xxiv. Cleaned storm drains throughout the city. City Manager's Report to the Commission for July 26, 2011 Engineering and Construction Division Sunset Drive Improvements Repairs: No changes since the last report. SW 66th Street Improvements Phase 11: Ten vendors attended the mandatory pre -bid meeting on July 20, 2011. The bid opening is scheduled for August 3, 2011, at 10 a.m. Construction of ADA Handicapped Spaces at the South Miami Clinic located at 6701 SW 58th Place: The Contractor procured labor and equipment resources to the site pursuant to the Notice to Proceed that was acceptance on July 18, 2011. Full scale construction is scheduled for August 1, 2011. SW 64th Street Corridor Sidewalk Repair Project: No changes since the last report. ARRA Bus Shelters: No changes since the last report. SW 64th Court Drainage: The Commission approved the resolution to contract with JVA Engineering to perform drainage improvements in the area. A Notice of Award was issued to the Contractor to execute the contract. A pre - construction meeting is scheduled for next week. Pincerest Villas: No change since the July 19th report. SW 62nd Avenue Miami -Dade County Road Improvement Project: No change since the July 19 °i report. Cocoplum Terrace Traffic Calming Project: No change since the July 19th report. Manor Lane Traffic Calming: No change since the July 19th report. Mango Terrace: No change since the July 19th report. Citywide Roadway Resurfacing Project: No change since the July 19th report. Citywide Sidewalk Repair Project: No change since the July 19th report. 64 Development Road Resurfacing: No change since the July 19th report. MDC SW 57th Drainage Improvements: No change since the July 19th report. City Manager's Report to the Commission for July 26, 2011 Parks and Recreation Attachment B i. Recreation: Football and Cheerleading Registration is in progress. For more information call the Parks & Recreation Department — 305- 668 -7232, between 4:00 pm. — 8:00 pm. ii. Recreation: Registration for the new summer NBA Youth Basketball League sponsored by South Miami Youth Flag League and Parks & Recreation Department commenced. The season runs from July 18th — September 24th, 2011, age groups 7 -13. Senior Center Calendar ACTIVITIES .Tuly 2071 Date Time Activity July 7, 2011 10:00am- 11:00am Home Health Care Seminar July 10, 2011 5:30 m -9:00 m Spanish Play at Bella Arts Theater July 15, 2011 8:00am- 11:00am Breakfast and Seminar by Humana July 15, 2011 10:00am- 12:00pm Free Massage July 27, 2011 8:00am- 11:00arn Breakfast at the Grove July 27, 2011 10:30am- 11:30am Stroke Seminar by Social Worker July 29, 2011 1:00 m -4:00 m Free Movies ➢ Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday- seniors get picked -up to walk at Dadeland Mall (DADELAND WALKERS — a walking club for senior citizens) 9:00am -10:30 am. ➢ Everyday there is a social worker on site from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm to consult with our seniors. Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday - seniors are taken to grocery stores and retailers for their weekly shopping. ➢ Every weekday - seniors participate in board games, cards, dominoes and exercise at the Senior Center 8:30 am. -1:30 pm. ➢ Monday and Thursday - Social Worker comes to teach Arts & Crafts from 1:00 pm — 3:00 pm. • Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday exercise classes 10:15 am -11:00 am. • Monday and Wednesday English classes 9:30 am -11:30 am. • Tuesday and Thursday Spanish classes 9:30 arn— 11:30arn. • Monday thru Thursday Computer classes 12:15 pm -2:30 pm (Community Center) • Monday and Thursday Ant class 1:00 pm -3:00 prn. • Friday Citizenship Class 9:00 am — 2:00 pm. • Last Wednesday of every month seniors go to Helen Bentley for Breakfast. iii.All parks are on schedule with general maintenance, repairs and seasonal renovations. i Special Events: Free Movie at the Park, Saturday, July 30, 2011, located at Murray Park, Gibson - Bethel Community Center 5800 SW 66v' Street, from 7:45 p.m. — 10:00 p.m. This event is City Manager's Report to the Commission for July 26, 2011 sponsored by Providence Road Church, Baptist Health South Florida, and City of South Miami Parks & Recreation Department. iv. Dog Park: No change