agendaCITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
City Commission Hector Mirabile, Ph.D
Philip K. Stoddard, Ph.D, Mayor City Manager Valerie Newman, Vice Mayor Maria
M. Menendez, CMC
Velma Palmer, Ph.D, Commissioner City Clerk
Brian D. Beasley, Commissioner Thomas F. Pepe, Esq.
Walter A. Harris, Commissioner
City Attorney
CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011, 7:00 PM
CITY HALL/COMMISSION CHAMBERS
6130 SUNSET DRIVE
SOUTH
MIAMI, FLORIDA
SILENCE OR TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES
ADD-ON ITEM(S)
ROLL CALL
MOMENT OF SILENCE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
LOBBYIST(S) ADDRESSING THE CITY COMMISSION TONIGHT MUST HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED WITH THE CITY CLERK
PRESENTATIONS
Richard A. Cahlin – The Miami Bicycle Action Committee
Valencia Morris—Miami-Dade County Health Department
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes
of September 6, 2011
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT
PUBLIC REMARKS
COMMISSION REPORTS, DISCUSSION & REMARKS
CONSENT AGENDA
1. A Resolution relating to attorneys’ fees; approving attorneys’ fees for Squire Sanders and Dempsey, LLP in the amount of $ 20,310.28 charging account no. 001-1500-514-3410
legal services-litigation. 3/5
(City Manager-City Attorney)
2. A Resolution relating to boards and committees; appointing Claudia Hauri to serve on the
Commission for Women for a two-year term ending September 19, 2013.
(Commissioner Harris) 3/5
3.
A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a construction contract with JVA Engineering Contractor, Inc. in the amount of $ 15,120.00 for Pinecrest Villas Traffic Calming
Speed Tables to be charged to the People’s Transportation Plan Account 124-1730-541-6490. 3/5
(City Manager-Public Works Dept.)
4. A Resolution relating
to Budget; authorizing a transfer of $20,000.00 from account No. 001-1910-521-1410, Police Department Overtime, with a balance of $53,675.14 to account No. 001-1910-521-3450, Police
Department Contractual Services. 3/5
(City Manager-Police Dept.)
5. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to expend $7,120.00 for additional Guardian
Lockers from KeyTrak Inc., a sole source vendor, which provides a computerized key management system, to prevent theft and misuse of keys and equipment, thereby providing documentation
and key control at the Police Department, being charged to account number 001-1910-521-3450 (Contractual Services) 3/5
(City Manager-Police Dept.)
6.
A Resolution concerning an application pursuant to Land Development Code Section 20-4.3(N) to permit the installation of a banner over Sunset Drive to promote the event entitled “Edible
Garden Race for the Cure,” a fund raising event to be held by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden October 22 - 23, 2011. 3/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning Dept.)
7.
A Resolution relating to budget; authorizing a transfer of $20,000 from account No. 001-1500-514-3410 City Attorney’s Legal Services-Outside, settlements to account No. 001-1500-514-3440
City Attorney’s Consulting-Labor. 3/5
(City Manager-City Attorney)
8. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a construction contract
with Acosta Tractor, Inc. in the amount of $ 208,573.87 for the SW 66th Street
Improvement Project Phase II to be charged to the Capitol Outlay Account 106-3303-541-6440. 3/5
(City Manager-Public Works Dept.)
9. A Resolution, authorizing
the City Manager to accept a donation in the amount of $660.00 from contributions derived through the 2011 State of the City Address increasing the expenditure line item for Special
Recreation Programs, account 001-2000-572-5670. 3/5
(City Manager-Parks & Recreation Dept.)
10. A Resolution, authorizing the City Manager to accept
a donation in the amount of $1,200.00 received from Larkin Community Hospital, increasing the expenditure line item for Special Recreation Programs, account 001-2000-572-5670.
3/5
(City Manager-Parks & Recreation Dept.)
11. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a policy of insurance with the Florida League of Cities,
through the Florida Municipal Insurance Trust (FMIT) for Workers’ Compensation Insurance; further authorizing the City Manager to execute a policy with Preferred Governmental Insurance
Trust (PGIT) for Property, General Liability, and Automobile Liability.
(City Manager-Finance Dept.) 3/5
RESOLUTIONS
12. A Resolution calling for a United States Constitutional Amendment redefining the word “person” as the word is used in the U.S. Constitution so as to exclude legal entities from
its definition. 3/5
(Mayor Stoddard)
RESOLUTION(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S)
ORDINANCE(S) SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING(S)
13.
An Ordinance amending the South Miami Pension Plan, providing for an amendment to Section 16-12, “Definitions,” to comply with current City policy concerning the definitions of annual
compensation and final average compensation; and also amending Section 16-13 “eligibility.” 3/5
(City Manager- Pension Board)
ORDINANCE(S) FIRST READING
14. An ordinance amending section 20-2.3, definitions of the land development code to include a new definition for ice cream parlors, and providing standards
for seating requirements within these uses; and amending the general definition of restaurants. 3/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning Dept.)
15. An Ordinance
amending the Land Development Code to place in one article all current regulations pertaining to historic preservation by amending Section 20-6.1 (D)(1)(a) entitled “Historic Preservation
Board Establishment and Membership” in order to require that one member be a licensed attorney; and by creating new Article XI, “Historic Preservation Regulations” including Section
20-11.1 to be entitled “Historic Preservation Standards”; Section 20-11.2 to be entitled “Designation of Historic Sites”; Section 20-11.3 to be entitled “Historic Designation Reports”;
Section 20-11.4 to be entitled “Demolition of designated sites; demolition by neglect and certificates of appropriateness”; Section 20-11.5 to be entitled “Special Provisions Applicable
to Designated Historic Sites” and making revisions to update current wording and to modify certain provisions related to the demolition delay period; and deleting from the Land Development
Code regulations pertaining to historic preservation including Sections 20-4.9, 20-4.11, 20-5.17, 20-5.18, 20-5.19. 3/5
(City Manager-Planning
& Zoning Dept.)
ADJOURNMENT
CITY HAS A SIGNIFICANT GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST IN CONDUCTING EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY COMMISSION MEETINGS. SPEAKERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT SECTION
2-2.1(K)(2) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDES THAT “ANY PERSON MAKING PERSONAL IMPERTINENT, OR SLANDEROUS REMARKS OR WHO SHALL BECOME BOISTEROUS WHILE ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION SHALL
BE FORTHWITH BARRED FROM FURTHER AUDIENCE BEFORE THE COUNCIL BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER, UNLESS PERMISSION TO CONTINUE BE GRANTED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISSION.”
PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 286.0105, THE CITY HEREBY ADVISES THE PUBLIC THAT IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THIS BOARD, AGENCY OR COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO ANY
MATTER CONSIDERED AT ITS MEETING OR HEARING, HE OR SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND THAT FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AFFECTED PERSON MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF
THE PROCEEDIGS IS MADE WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT BY THE CITY FOR THE INTRODUCTION
OR ADMISSION OR OTHERWISE INADMISSIBLE OR IRRELEVANT EVIDENCE, NOR DOES IT AUTHORIZE CHALLENGES OR APPEALS NOT OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY LAW.
PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION No. 246-10-13280,“ANY
INVOCATION THAT MAY BE OFFERED BEFORE THE START OF REGULAR COMMISSION BUSINESS SHALL BE THE VOLUNTARY OFFERING OF A PRIVATE CITIZEN, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMISSION AND THE CITIZENS
PRESENT. THE VIEWS OR BELIEFS EXPRESSED BY THE INVOCATION SPEAKER HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, AND THE COMMISSION DOES NOT ENDORSE THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
OR VIEWS OF THIS, OR ANY OTHER SPEAKER.”