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_Ha1 2 3 g 10 11 12 13 14 15 l:~ 28 29 City of South Miami Regular City Commission Minutes March 3, 2015 A. SILENCE OR TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES B. ADD-ON ITEM(S) C. ROLL CALL The following members of the City Mayor Harris, Commissioner Welsh, Com Also in attendance were: City Pepe, Esq., City Clerk Maria M. D. MOMENT OF SILENCE E. PLEDGE OF Mayor Stoddard, Vice rEdmond. ey Thomas F. F. IGHT MUST HAVE BEEN 30 Appreciation nrp,<p"tp; ,rv,ltloln Board, Pam Lahiff, upon receiving a Certificate of Stoddard for her outstanding contribution to the Historic about the history of South Miami. 31 Board, addressed the 32 33 Rooney Brodie, representing South Miami Hospital, addressed the Commission 34 regarding the joint Florida International University-South Miami Hospital wellness program. 35 36 Officer of the Month: Sgt. Bartra was presented the January 2015 Officer of the 37 Month award. 38 CITY COMMISSION MINUTES March 3, 2015 1 1 H. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a) Minutes of February 17, 201S 4 5 The Minutes of February 17,2015 were unanimously approved as presented. ~ 8 9 l~ 12 1. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT (see attached) ,1. CITY ATIORNEY'S REPORT 13 The City Attorney reported on ihi.,rSl't school issues; the 14 Ludlam Trail; and, the Martinez de Castro lEi K. PUBLIC REMARKS 17 18 The following Luis Gil, Beth Schwartz, 19 Gonzalo Garcia, Antoinette Fischer. 2~ 22 23 24 for 25 26 27 2~ 32 M. 1. ission Remarks: commending Brock Chester filling the vacancy in the CRA Board; ,O<lrklllQ regulations; thanking the Police reminder of the SEC training scheduled rizing the City Manager to negotiate and to enter into an Corporation for VCT Vinyl Commercial Tile Floor at the nity Center. Manager-Parks & Recreation) 33 Moved by Mayor Stoddard, seconded by Vice Mayor Harris, the motion to approve 34 Resolution No. 029-15-14368 authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and to enter into an 35 agreement with Leadex Corporation for VCT Vinyl Commercial Tile Floor at the Gibson-Bethel 36 Community Center, passed by a 5 -0 vote: 37 CITY COMMISSION MINUTES March 3, 2015 2 2. 3 Yea: Nay: Mayor Stoddard Vice Mayor Harris Commissioner Welsh Commissioner Liebman Commissioner Edmond None A Resolution authorizing the City Manager Corporation, to remodel the comm 3/5 into a contract with leadex of the Police Department. -Police) 4 Moved by Mayor Stoddard, seconded b motion to approve contract with leadex passed by a 5 -0 5 Resolution No. 030-15-14369 authorizing the 6 Corporation, to remodel the communir"t·inn 7 vote: 8 11 12 13 Resolution No. 14 Sally Philips, as the 15 16 vote: 17 Yea: Yea: CITY COMMISSION MINUTES March 3, 2015 r Harris' (Group Seat IV) appointment Group Seat IV, to serve on the Board Trust Fund, for a two-year term ending 3/5 seconded by Vice Mayor Harris, the motion to approve edging Vice Mayor Harris' (Group Seat IV) appointment of of Group Seat IV, to serve on the Board of Trustees/Police a two-year term ending March 2,2017, passed by a 5 -0 Mayor Stoddard Vice Mayor Harris Commissioner Welsh Commissioner Liebman Commissioner Edmond 3 3 4 5 6 7 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Nay: None 4. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to adopt the South Miami Intermodal Transportation Plan. (City Manager) Moved by Mayor Stoddard, seconded by Vice Mayor Resolution No. 032-15-14371 authorizing the City Manager Intermodal Transportation Plan, passed by a 5 -0 vote: Yea: Nay: N. RESOLUTION(S) the motion to approve the South Miami 3/S secon Vice Mayor Harris, the motion to approve Resol Nay: City Manager to enter into an agreement with South Miami City logo on bicycle clothing to be Mayor Stoddard Vice Mayor Harris Commissioner Welsh Commissioner Liebman Commissioner Edmond None 6. A Resolution of the City of South Miami supporting Senate Bill 378 (2015) to expand law enforcement officers' ability to give a warning. inform the CITY COMMISSION MINUTES March 3, 2015 4 1 parents/guardian or issue civil citations for a diversion program to juveniles in lieu of arrest. 3/5 (Commissioner Welsh) 2 Moved by Commissioner Welsh, seconded by Commissioner Edmond, the motion to 3 approve Resolution No. 034-15-14373 supporting Senate Bill 378 (2015) to expand law 4 enforcement officers' ability to give a warning, inform the '""',,,,rnian or issue civil by a 5 -0 vote: 5 citations for a diversion program to juveniles in lieu of 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 a) Yea: Nay: A Resolution Nay: and long term strategic within Kissimmee, Lake 3/5 Mayor Harris, the motion to approve the "Caloosahatchee Watershed- December 16, 2014, which sets forth short Is to address water storage and treatment within ~~l-rh,,,,, Watersheds, passed by a 5 -0 vote: Mayor Stoddard Vice Mayor Harris Commissioner Welsh Commissioner Liebman Commissioner Edmond None 23 b) A Resolution of the Mayor and Commission of the City of South Miami, Florida 24 relating to the 2015 legislative budget requests, approving the city's list of legislative requests, CITY COMMISSION MINUTES March 3, 2015 5 1 2 3 4 authorizing the city manager to present the approved package to the Legislative Delegation for inclusion in the 2015 Legislative Session. (City Manager) Miami-Dade County 3/5 5 Moved by Commissioner Welsh, seconded by Vice Mayor Harris, the motion to approve 6 as amended, Resolution No. 036-15-14375 relating to the 2015 legislative budget requests, 7 approving the city's list of legislative requests, authorizing the city manager to present the 8 approved package to the Miami-Dade County Legislative for inclusion in the 2015 9 Legislative Session, passed by a 5 -0 vote: 10 11 B 14 15 16 17 Yea: Nay: by applicant's representative 18 the Commission and the fol/owing individual(s) 19 were IIIVIIPl 20 21 22 23 At City Attorney clarified that everything has been done 24 Moved by Com Welsh, seconded by Vice Mayor Harris, the motion to approve 25 Resolution No. 037-15-14376 amending its approval of the plat of Davis Oaks, being a re-plat of 26 a portion oftract 8 of "revised plat of a portion of the amended plat of Palm Miami Heights" 27 recorded in Plat Book 43, Page 37, Miami-Dade County, Florida, passed by a 4 -1 vote: 28 Yea: CITY COMMISSION MINUTES March 3, 2015 Mayor Stoddard Vice Mayor Harris 6 Nay: Commissioner Welsh Commissioner Liebman Commissioner Edmond O. RESOLUTION(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S) 5 6 7 8 9 10 i (City Manager-Planning & Zoning) Mr. Corradino presented this item ... The public hearing was 0 addressed the 11 Land Use attorney, M to provide 12 further clarification pertaining to 13 14 Attorney for 15 to substitute the 16 18-2014, with, 17 18 19 20 21 22 pia 23 the regula1tf1 24 25 26 27 unit residential structu 28 zoning district, passed by 29 Yea: CITY COMMISSION MINUTES March 3, 2015 amendment to Section 3, Surveyors, Inc. dated 09- rveyor's name was mistakenly . Moved by Mayor Stoddard, requ to protection of the existing tree and indicated that they were willing to comply with all of seconded by Vice Mayor Harris, the motion to approve as approving an application for variances for a new two- at 6031 SW 76 Street, South Miami, Florida, within the RM-18 Mayor Stoddard Vice Mayor Harris Commissioner Welsh Commissioner Liebman Commissioner Edmond 7 5 6 ~ 9 10 Nay: None P. ORDINANCE{S) SECOND READING{S) PUBLIC HEARING{S) 9. An Ordinance amending Section 20-4.4{B)' Section 20-8.8{C) and Section 20- 7.12{C) of the City of South Miami's Land Development Code to delineate the types of uses being regulated and to modify p .. requirements in multi-unit residential rental properties. 5/5 (Mayor Stoddard) Moved by Mayor Stoddard, this item died for I addressed the 11 Commission: Antoi 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 amended 19 right-of-way 20 previouslyaban 21 Resolution 81-05-1 22 23 Yea: Nay: CITY COMMISSION MINUTES March 3, 2015 ordinance with Mr. Flanagan. At the i g language to subsection "a", page 2, by Vice Mayor Harris, the motion to approve as and vacating a portion of the unimproved between SW 79 Street and SW 80 Street, which was by Resolution 81-05-12060, ratifying the action taken by ing the conditions of vacation originally adopted in such Mayor Stoddard Vice Mayor Harris Commissioner Welsh Commissioner Liebman Commissioner Edmond 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 Q. ORDINANCE(S) FIRST READING R. ADJOURNMENT Attest Maria M. Menendez City Clerk CITY COMMISSION MINUTES March 3, 2015 9 To: Date: From: Re: THE CITY OF PLEASANT LIVING CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI OFFICE MEMORANDUM Honorable Mayor and City Commission March 3, 2015 Steven Alexander City Manager Manager's Report Attached are the City's accomplishments for the period covering February 15 -March 1, 2015 which are hereby submitted for your review prior to the Commission Meeting. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Finance: The Finance Department was extremely proud to receive, for a fifth consecutive year, the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the GFOA for the adopted FY 2015 budget. Finance is currently developing the DRAFT Management and Discussion Analysis for the FY 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Once completed, the MDA will be forwarded to the City Manager for review and comment. The City's Public Works Department has installed and FPl has provided electricity to the last two remaining poles. The City's Wi-Fi contractor is scheduled to visit the site on the week of March 16 to install the last two remaining Wi-Fi antennas. Once installed, tested, and proven, the City will be moving forward with the installation of the new Wi-Fi modems. Finance has completed the upgrade to the City's ONESolution Finance program. Finance continues to trouble shoot any issues related to the City's ONESolution finance system. Finance continues to monitor the different department's issues and help correct those matters. Finance continues to update and trouble shoot issues related to the City's website. Finance currently revised certain items within RequestTracker in an effort to provide better service for residents, businesses, and visitors. -2 -City Manager's Report to the Commission for March 3, 2015 Finance is currently working on closing February 2015, the fifth month of the new fiscal year. Finance will be uploading the Budget to Actual Monthly and check register reports to the City's website once complete. Management Information Systems: The City held the IP Re-Design of the City's IP addresses kick off meeting. Preliminary work is being conducted to integrate the City's IP re-design with the virtualization project. Power requirements continue to be evaluated to make sure the needed amount of power is available to complete the installation of the new servers. Finance, Procurement and Miami-Dade County lTD continue working together to prepare and procure the City's virtual server environment equipment which will help bring the City's aged IT servers, which are mostly all out of warranty, up-to date. Parking: Parking continues stripping parking spaces throughout the City which will be converted to paid parking. Parking has installed mUltiple single meter heads within the industrial area and around the South Miami Charter School. Moreover, as Parking completes the striping at other certain areas, parking will install parking meter heads. Finance and Parking has completed an evaluation of the City's Valet Services and provided a Scope of Services for Review. Parking has completed gathering information from the existing City Downtown valet company and provided a detail email for the City Manager's review. Currently Finance and Parking are on standby until provided further notice. The City Manager has reviewed and provided comments for the RFP for smart parking. Finance is currently working to address the comments. Once finance has completed making the needed revisions, procurement will forward to the City Manager for review. The City continues anticipating the item being heard before the City's Commission in the early part of 2015. Procurement Division: 3/3/15 Commission Meeting: i. RFP -Playground Demo & New Installation: The RFP advertised on December 17 and closed on January 27; five (5) proposals were received. Interviews with two short list" respondents were scheduled on February 20. The award recommendation is tentatively scheduled for the March 17 Commission meeting. ii. Solid Waste: A Request for Information (RFI) has been forwarded to the City Attorney for approval. The intent of the RFI is to solicit feedback from the waste industry and refine the scope of services, if necessary. Once approved by the CA, the RFI will be forwarded to the City Manager for approval prior to advertising. iii. RFP -Basketball Management Services: The RFP was advertised on February 26. Proposals are due March 16. -3 -City Manager's Report to the Commission for March 3, 2015 iv. New Copiers: Toshiba copiers were delivered and installed to each department the week of February 23. The City will realize a savings in excess of $500 per month over the current copier agreement. Initial training was provided to selected departments during the week. Additional training is scheduled for March 3. v. Draft -Smart Parking RFP: A draft RFP was approved by the City Attorney. The draft has been forwarded to the City Manager for approval; comments have been received and are currently being addressed in Finance. Once Finance has made the needed changes, the DRAFT will be forwarded to the City Attorney for approval and then after to the City Manager for final approval. . vi. RFQ Economic Impact Study: The RFQ scope and draft has been approved by the City Manager, with changes. The RFQ has been forwarded to the City Attorney for final approval. vii. Draft -Towing Franchise RFP: A scope of services, drafted by PD, has been forwarded to the City Attorney for review. Upon receipt of the CA's response, a RFP will be advertised. viii. Tennis Center RFP Scope: Currently Parks and Recreation P & R and Procurement are revising the scope. When completed, the scope will be inserted into the RFP template and forwarded to the City Attorney for approval. ix. Draft RFP -City Parking Garage Sale: Scope is currently being reviewed by the City Manager for the sale of the City Parking Garage. When completed, the scope will be forwarded to the City Attorney for review and approval. x. Draft RFP -Solar Panel Installation: A draft RFP to solicit for a Solar Panel Installation Program has been forwarded to the City Attorney for review. Upon receipt of the CA's response, the RFP will be advertised. xi. RFP/RFQ Template: The City Attorney is working on a developing a revised template RFP/RFQ for formal solicitations. When completed, the template will be used for all formal solicitations. xii. Purchasing Ordinance: Continue working with the City Attorney to complete a draft Purchasing Ordinance. Once completed, the Purchasing Ordinance will be forwarded to the City Manager for approval. The final document will be placed on an upcoming Commission Meeting for approval. -4 -City Manager's Report to the Commission for March 3, 2015 Code Enforcement Office: Following are highlights for the Code Enforcement Division for February 17 -February 27, 2015: I. Bi-weekly statistics: a. Issued more than 17 Courtesy Civil Infraction Notices. b. Issued.2. Notices of Civil Infraction-(NOCl). c. Responded to over 14 complaints. d. Proactive Inspections 51. e. Re-Inspections 17. f. Cases Closed 11. g. Removed 46 Illegal signs from the City. h. Graffiti Tags Q. i. Reviewed ~ Building permits. j. Counter walk-ins 35. II. Fines and Fees collected through the Code Enforcement Division for the month of February 2015: $2,855.75. Projects: Prepared for the Magistrate Hearing -02/19/2015 Prepared letters for Dumpster/Container enclosures III. Local Business Tax Compliance Office: In the month of February 17 -February 27, 2015: Total amount Total amount collected a. NEW BTR'S ISSUED (15) b. NEW LIENS (20) c. INSPECTIONS (100) d. RENEWAL FEES COLLECTED e. NEW LICENSES (BTR's) REVIEWED (28) Other Reports: • Florida League of Cities Insurance Report -Completed • Miami Dade County Report -Completed • Renewal Report 4 TH Notices -Completed • Renewal Licenses printed for 2014 -2015 • Renewal Inspections • 25 Towing Companies researched/inspected $ 3,528.24 $ 2,265.00 • Prepared and delivered Solid Waste Enclosure requirement letters -5 -City Manager's Report to the Commission for March 3, 2015 Special Events Division: The following are the results for the Special Events Division for February 17 -February 29, 201S: • Collaborated with South Miami Rotary Club on processing paperwork (Special Events Application) for their 31 st Art & Crafts Festival that was held on February 21 & 22,2015. • Collaborated with the MLK Committee on the upcoming parade and festival that was held on 2/28/2015. • Processed two (2) garage sale permit requests for this time period. • Reviewed and processed 20 lien search requests for Code Enforcement Department, for this period oftime. • Processed/recorded Q.lien and 1.lien releases for this time frame. • Collaborating with Human Resources Department in placing volunteers in different departments. The following are the accomplishments for the Police Department for the time period February 13th , 2015 through March 1st, 2015: Chief's Office i. "Staff Own-A-Zone" program yielded 30 citizen and business contacts throughout the City; ii. A total of 1016 calls for service were handled during this period; iii. On February 19th attended a meeting with the clergy at St. John's AME Church; iv. On February 20th attended the grand opening of the Dog Park with Staff; v. On February 21 st & 22 nd the Rotary Art Show took place on Sunset Drive with no incidents being reported; vi. On February 23'd attended the Drug Free Coalition meeting; vii. Attended the Red Sunset Merchants meeting a gave a presentation regarding crime in and issues in the business district; viii. On February 28 th the MLK Parade and Festival took place with no incidents being reported. -6 -City Manager's Report to the Commission for March 3, 2015 Uniform Patrol Division i. Total of 29 arrests: 11 felonies, 18 misdemeanors, 0 warrants served; ii. Ofthose 29 arrests, 7 were narcotics related. Community Patrol i. CPU officers attended numerous community and logistics meetings regarding the MLK parade; ii. Conducted surveillance and enhanced patrol in and around SM Metrorail station to combat increase auto thefts and vehicle break ins; iii. Conducted 25 citizen contacts within the CRA area; Criminal Investigations Division i. C.I.D. Detectives conducted two (2) vehicle burglary surveillance undercover details in an affected area of our city. ii. C.I.D. Detectives are patrolling both the shopping areas and residential areas in deterrence of residential burglaries and vehicle burglaries. iii. C.I.D. Detectives have placed undercover surveillance cameras in strategic locations where vehicle burglaries have occurred. The images captured will give us the exact time, date and subject descriptions (Intelligence) necessary for proper investigation and for the successful prosecution of all subjects involved. iv. C.I.D. Detectives were investigating a Retail Theft case from a local store where $1,768.00 worth of property was taken. There were three subjects in total and their crime was caught on the store's video camera. Two female subjects were seen distracting the store's employees while the male subject placed store property in a bag. All of the subjects then left the store without making a purchase. After reviewing the video, the male subject was identified and arrested. The male subject was interviewed and gave us the names of the other two subjects who were later sought for, found, charged and arrested. This case was successfully closed. v. C.I.D. Detectives were assigned a burglary to a vehicle case. This crime was also caught on the victim's video surveillance camera. Detectives reviewed the video and knew the identity of the subject. The subject's information was disseminated to all of our personnel and to all of the neighboring police agencies. Detectives received information that the subject was going to Miami-Dade County court on unrelated charges. Our Detectives met the subject there and took him into custody. This case was successfully closed. -7 -City Manager's Report to the Commission for March 3, 2015 Services Division Fleet Management, Records Management, Quarter Master, Property & Evidence Management; i. Revised filing system to categorize and efficiently store property and evidence in the Property Room is currently being implemented. ii. There have been 1,981 items entered into the Evidence and Property module, since the transition to electronic record keeping. iii. Narcotic cases including paraphernalia from 2012 and previous are being sanctioned for disposal. 532 items have been designated for destruction. iv. Traffic vests arrived and are being printed at Alina's Sportswear. v. Waiting for computer equipment to arrive, for field testing in patrol vehicle. vi. Establishing policies for property and evidence concerning U.s. currency. Non interest account to be established at First National Bank of South Miami. Professional Standards Division and Training i. Processing several applicants for police officer positions ii. Processing 2 applicants for open Communications Officer position; iii. On February 18th conducted active shooter training with the Tactical Response Team at the AMC movie theatres located at the Shops at Sunset Place. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Engineering and Construction Division Sunset Drive Roadway Improvements Ph. V: Project is ongoing. Sidewalk and driveways are complete. Root barriers installed. Trees are installed and braced. MOC Water and Sewer started last week with the provision of water service for the medians. MDWASO has completed the water connection for the 6 medians. Contractor completed installation of all vacuum breakers. Contractor requested MOC Water & Sewer for meter installation. Contractor resodded swale areas. Milling and resurfacing will start this week. All landscaping is complete. Twin Lakes Drainage Improvements Design: Survey is complete. Utility coordination letters were sent. Geotechnical exploration results for percolation rates were received. MDWASD is coordinating with the project the opportunity for water main betterments within the project area. Consultant will be submitting 60% plans the week of March 16, 2015. -8 -City Manager's Report to the Commission for March 3, 2015 Dog Park: Project is complete. Citywide Sidewalk Repair: Project is complete. Downtown Wi-Fi: The concrete poles are installed. The electrical work was completed. FPL energized and installed the meters. The poles are ready for the installation of the antennas. Alfredo Riverol was informed about the poles, to request' his WiFi consultant to finalize the installation of the antennas. Police Fueling Facility Improvement: Notice to Proceed was sent to the contractor. Pre- construction meeting was held February 18, 2015. Contractor started the electrical components of the canopy. A meeting was held the canopy manufacturer, pending on decision of the colors of the decal from Police. Street Lights (Cobra Heads) on 67th Street: Pending further instructions. Sunset Drive Striping: In the process of coordinating with contractor and Purchasing. Median Landscaping along US1: Project being coordinated with FOOT. Pending further instructions. Pinecrest Villas Traffic Calming Design: Consultant submitted 60% of the design plans for review. We met with the consultants and provided comments. We are expecting to receive the 90% set within a week. Twin Lakes & Bird Estates Traffic Calming Design: Consultant submitted 60% of the design plans for review. We met with the consultants and provided comments. We are expecting to receive the 90% set within a week. Mango Terrace & Manor Lane Traffic Calming: Resident survey information was tabulated and provided to the County in conjunction with the Generallnterlocal Agreement. The design plans for both projects are being reviewed by MDe. Street Name Signs: Contractor submitted plans to the City and County. Comments were provided to contractor. The Interlocal agreement was provided to him. Contractor resubmitted to the County after City Review. We are pending on County approval. We received further comments from the County. The contractor addressed the comments and submitted to the City for review. We provided additional comments, that were-addressed and the contractor submitted the revised plans to the County for review on February 13, 2015. -9 -City Manager's Report to the Commission for March 3,2015 Public Works Attachment A i. Filled 25 trash holes. ii. Filled 2 pot holes. iii. Trimmed trees and placed mulch on 59 Place and 66 Street for the MLK Parade route. iv. Pressure cleaned Downtown sidewalks and removed gum. v. Replaced 3 residential garbage containers. vi. Installed 1 banner in the Downtown area. vii. Replaced 1 transformer and repaired 4 lights in hallway at the Community Center as requested by Parks. viii. Replaced 4 ceiling tiles in the conference room at the Community Center as requested by Parks. ix. Replaced broken hydraulic arm at the main entrance door at the Community Center as requested by Parks. x. Installed a plasma TV in the Education Room at the Community Center as requested by Parks. xi. Contacted vendor on an emergency basis to repair frozen AC unit at in the Computer Room at City Hall as requested by IT. xii. Coordinated with Vendor to install a new compressor in the portable AC unit in the Computer Room to serve as back up to the main AC unit. xiii. Built 4 wall racks for plan storage in the Sylva Martin Building and disposed of old furniture, chemicals and other materials as requested by the Building Director. xiv. Cleaned all AC vents and returns on the first and second floor at the Community Center as requested by Parks. xv. Replaced broken hydraulic arm at the back entrance to the Police Department as requested by Police. xvi. Repaired AC unit with a 30Amp fuse in the old Central Services office as requested by the Building Director. xvii. Replaced 4 light bulbs in Commission Chamber at City Hall as requested by Public Works Director. xviii. Repaired toilet valve kit in the women's bathroom on the second floor at the Police Department as requested by Police. xix. Contacted vendor on an emergency basis to repair water leak in the attic of the Police Department as requested by Police. The following are the accomplishments that have taken place from February 18 -March 3, 2015: PARKS: • The Dog Park Grand Opening was held on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. Approximately thirty five (35) people attended the event. The park is located on 6380 SW 78 Street and is open from sunrise to sunset, seven days a week. -10 -City Manager's Report to the Commission for March 3, 2015 • Restroom renovation at Dante and Palmer Park is in its final stage. Completion is scheduled for the end of March 2015. • Restroom repairs are completed at Fuchs Park. The restroom facility was damaged due to a structure fire on Thursday, Jan. 29,2015. • The City received five (5) proposals for new playground structures at four (4) city parks. A recommendation is set to go before city commission for approval on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Recreation: • The Parks and Recreation Department assisted the MLK (Martin Luther King) Committee with logistics and planning of the MLK parade, as well as the after parade celebration that was held on Saturday, February 28,2015 at Murray Park. • Spring Camp runs from March 23-27. Registration is now open. The fees are $30 for residents and $75 for non-residents. • Easter Egg Hunt is on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from 4-6pm at Gibson Bethel Community Center. This event is a collaboration between the P&R Dept. and South Miami Children's Clinic and South Miami Hospital. • Four (4) lifeguards and one (1) water safety instructor were recently hired. Murray Park Aquatic Center operates Saturday, March 21 to September 19, 2015. The pool will be open six (6) days a week, Tuesday through Sunday. • Albert C. and John S. (recreation staff) are currently being crossed-trained as Certified Lifeguard and Aquatic Facility Operator (AFO). Expected completion for both certifications is summer 2015. • Football registration commences in two (2) weeks. Date and time to be announced soon. Planning and Sustainable Initiatives: !. Collaborating with Code Enforcement to assist Larkin Hospital in opening their Farmers Market: • To take place on private property • Tuesdays from 2pm -6pm with set up from lpm to 2pm and break- down from 6pm to 7pm • Consist of 4-6 vendors, no electrical will be needed -11 -City Manager's Report to the Commission for March 3, 2015 11. Meeting with the Health Foundation of South Florida to review the scope of the Complete Streets Policy Upgrade scope prior to releasing RFP. The HFSF has provided $20,000 in funding towards the project; the MPO has provided $40,000 in funding towards the project. iii. The City of South Miami will host the next Planning Technical Committee meeting on Friday, March 3, 2015 at 2pm in the Commission Chambers. Jennifer Korth will present the SMITP and upcoming Complete Streets Policy Upgrade. IV. The City of South Miami has joined the Mayors' Challenge for Safer People and Safer Streets. v. Jennifer Korth, Planning and Sustainability Administrator, was recertified as a lEED-GA. Planning and Zoning Department -Biweekly Report -February 15, 2015 -March 1, 2015 1. Environmental Review & Preservation Board (ERPB): 8 Items Reviewed • New construction: ~ projects reviewed by ERPB • Signage installation: ~ projects reviewed by the ERPB • Antenna installation:! project reviewed by the ERPB • Exterior Painting: ! project reviewed by the ERPB 2. Historic Preservation Board (HPB): 1 COA Application Reviewed • Roof Replacement 3. Building Permits Reviewed by Planning and Zoning: 29 4. Number of Meetings and inquiries (phone/email) with Customers: 70 5. Zoning Inspections performed: 1 6. Outdoor Seating Applications Approved: • Cafe Bleu -6600 SW 57 Avenue -12 -City Manager's Report to the Conunission for March 3, 2015 Human Resources Report 1. Human Resources announces the team formation for participation in the 2015 Mercedes Benz Corporate Run. Please contact Human Resources for information on slgnmgup. 11. Discount tickets are available for purchase from the Human Resources Office. Tickets are offered for the lowest possible price and are available to employees and the public. Contact Human Resources for more information.