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CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
City Commission Hector Mirabile, Ph.D
Philip K. Stoddard, Ph.D, Mayor City Manager
Josh Liebman, Vice Mayor Maria M. Menendez, CMC
Valerie Newman, Commissioner City Clerk
Walter Harris, Commissioner Thomas F. Pepe, Esq.
Bob Welsh, Commissioner City Attorney
CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012, 7:00 PM
CITY HALL/COMMISSION CHAMBERS
6130 SUNSET DRIVE
SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA
A. SILENCE OR TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES
B. ADD-ON ITEM(S)
C. ROLL CALL
D. MOMENT OF SILENCE
E. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
F. LOBBYIST(S) ADDRESSING THE CITY COMMISSION TONIGHT MUST HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE CITY CLERK
G. PRESENTATIONS
a) Officer of the Month
b) Most Courteous Officer of the Month
H. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of March 6, 2012
I. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
J. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT
K. PUBLIC REMARKS
L. COMMISSION REPORTS, DISCUSSION & REMARKS
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M. CONSENT AGENDA
1. A Resolution appointing Donna Shelley to serve on the Environmental Review
and Preservation Board for a two-year term ending March 19, 2014. 3/5
(Vice Mayor Liebman)
2. A Resolution appointing Alex Almazan to serve on the Parks and Recreation
Board for a two-year term ending March 19, 2014. 3/5
(Vice Mayor Liebman)
3. A Resolution appointing Alex Almazan to serve on the Planning Board for an
unexpired term ending March 1, 2013. 3/5
(Vice Mayor Liebman)
4. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept a donation of $5,000.00
from Larkin Community Hospital and $5,000.00 from the Grafika Group,
increasing the expenditure line item 01.1910.521.3450, Police Contractual
Services. 3/5
(City Manager-Police)
5. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute fiscal year 2012/2013 grant
agreement with Miami-Dade County for the South Miami A-Form Interface
Contract for the purchase and installation of software for the Miami-Dade
County Association of Chiefs of Police (MDCACP) Countywide Prisoner Processing
Project. 3/5
(City Manager-Police)
6. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute applicable contracts and
documents for the Police Department to purchase one (1) police service dog to
be used for dual purposes (patrol and narcotics searches), not to exceed the cost
of $10,000.00 from Police Service Dogs (PSD), Inc., utilizing funds donated for
that purpose and at no cost to the City. 3/5
(City Manager-Police)
7. A Resolution relating to budget; authorizing a transfer of $2,416.00 from account
No. 001.1310.513.1310, City Manager Part Time Salaries, settlements to account
No. 001.1310.513.3450, City Manager Contractual Services. 3/5
(City Manager)
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8. A Resolution relating to budget; authorizing a transfer of $40,000 from account
No. 001.1310.513.9920, City Manager General Contingency, settlements to
account No. 001.1310.513.6450, City Manager Capital Improvements. 3/5
(City Manager)
9. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to disburse the sum up to $40,000.00
to Envirotech Roofing & Equipment LLC. for the installation of a new roof at the
Police Department building and charging this disbursement to account 001-
1310-513-6450. 3/5
(City Manager-Public Works)
10. A Resolution concerning an application pursuant to Land Development Code
Section 20-4.3(N), requesting approval to permit the installation of a banner over
the public right-of-way at 5800 Sunset Drive to promote an event titled "Food &
Garden Festival at Fairchild," held by the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens on
April 14 through April 15, 2012. 3/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning)
11. A Resolution concerning an application pursuant to Land Development Code
Section 20-4.3(N), requesting approval to permit the installation of a banner over
the public right-of-way at 5880 Sunset Drive to promote an event titled "36th
Annual Lebanese Festival," held by Our Lady of Lebanon Catholic Church on
January 25 through January 27, 2013. 3/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning)
12. A Resolution relating to the review and acceptance of the Annual Report of the
64 Development Corporation on their proposed mixed use development
project located at 5966-70 S. Dixie Highway. 3/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning)
13. A Resolution to transmit to Miami-Dade County a request to lessen the criteria
for Miami-Dade County approval for the installation of traffic calming devices in
the City of South Miami. 3/5
(Commissioner Harris)
N. RESOLUTIONS
O. RESOLUTION(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S)
NONE
P. ORDINANCE(S) SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING(S)
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14. An Ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a 5-year franchise
agreement with Insite Martin Outdoor for bus bench service including a fee paid
to the City derived from advertising revenue. 4/5
(City Manager)
15. An Ordinance amending the Land Development Code, Section 20-6.1 (C)(1)(a)
and (b) and (3)(b) concerning membership and powers and duties of the
Environmental Review and Preservation Board. 3/5
(Commissioner Harris)
Q. ORDINANCE(S) FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARING(S)
R. ORDINANCE(S) FIRST READING
16. An Ordinance amending South Miami Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article I, Sec. 2-
2.1(K)(1) prohibiting the sending and receiving of electronic communication by a
Commission member while the member is sitting on the dais during a Commission
meeting. 3/5
(Commissioner Harris)
17. An Ordinance amending South Miami Land Development Code, article VI, section 20-
6.2 (A) and (B) concerning the procedures and stay of proceedings for the review of or
appeals from the decisions of the Environmental Preservation and Review Board. 3/5
(Commissioner Harris)
18. An Ordinance to amend the City of South Miami’s official zoning map so as to
change the zoning use district of the property generally located at 6101 Sunset
Drive from Transit Oriented Development District Mixed Use 4 (TODD MU-4), to
the Transit Oriented Development District Mixed Use 5 (TODD MU-5) zoning
district. 5/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning)
S. APPEAL(S) HEARING
19. A Resolution relating to an appeal of a decision of the Environmental Review and
Preservation Board regarding the denial of non-illuminated landscape signage
installation located at 6333 Sunset Drive, South Miami, Florida. 3/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning)
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T. 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.”