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CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
City Commission Steven J. Alexander
Philip K. Stoddard, Ph.D, Mayor City Manager
Walter Harris, Vice Mayor Maria M. Menendez, CMC
Bob Welsh, Commissioner City Clerk
Josh Liebman, Commissioner Thomas F. Pepe, Esq.
Gabriel Edmond, Commissioner City Attorney
CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015, 7:00 PM
CITY HALL/COMMISSION CHAMBERS
6130 SUNSET DRIVE
SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA
THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI 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 WHO MAKES SLANDEROUS OR INTENTIONALLY RUDE, UNCIVIL OR OTHERWISE IMPERTINENT REMARKS,
AND WHO REFUSES OR FAILS TO DESIST FROM MAKING SUCH REMARKS AFTER BEING INSTRUCTED TO DO SO, OR WHO SHALL
BECOME BOISTEROUS IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER AND WHO REFUSES OR FAILS TO DESIST FROM SUCH CONDUCT AFTER
BEING INSTRUCTED TO DO SO MAY BE FORTHWITH REMOVED FROM THE PODIUM AND FROM CITY HALL FOR THE DURATION
OF THAT MEETING AT THE DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER, UNLESS OVERRULED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE
COMMISSION. NO CLAPPING, APPLAUDING, HECKLING, OR VERBAL OUTBURSTS SHALL BE PERMITTED FOR ANY REASON,
INCLUDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING ANY MATTER, ANY SPEAKER OR A SPEAKER’S REMARKS. NO
SIGNS OR PLACARDS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO BE DISPLAYED IN ANY MANNER OTHER THAN WHEN USED FROM THE PODIUM TO
EXPRESS AN OPINION OR DISPLAY FACTS. SIGNS TO BE USED AT THE PODIUM MUST BE BROUGHT INTO THE COMMISSION
CHAMBERS IN A MANNER SO AS NOT TO UNNECESSARILY DISPLAY THEIR CONTENT UNTIL THE SIGN IS BROUGHT TO THE
PODIUM IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE SIGN IS DISPLAYED FROM THE PODIUM IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER. PERSONS
EXITING THE COMMISSION CHAMBER SHALL DO SO QUIETLY. THE USE OF ACOUSTIC MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SUCH
AS PHONES, IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER IS NOT PERMITTED WHILE THE COMMISSIONIS IN SESSION. PHONE RINGERS AND
OTHER DEVICES THAT EMIT SOUND MUST BE SET TO SILENT MODE TO AVOID DISRUPTION OF PROCEEDINGS. INDIVIDUALS
MUST EXIT THE CHAMBER TO ANSWER INCOMING CALLS. NO CAMERA FLASH OPTIONS SHALL BE USED BY THE PUBLIC
DURING ANY PORTION OF THE MEETING EXCEPT DURING RECOGNITION AND AWARD CEREMONIES.”
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) Proclamation: “Twilight 5K Race 2015”
b) Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s (MDFR) Annual Report
c) “Juneteenth”
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H. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of June 2, 2015
I. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
J. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT
[City Attorney reminder: Remarks are limited to those matters that are not quasi-
judicial. Any comment on a quasi-judicial matter may be made when the item is
called and the speaker is under oath.]
K. PUBLIC REMARKS
L. COMMISSION REPORTS, DISCUSSION & REMARKS
M. CONSENT AGENDA
1. A Resolution relating to budget; authorizing an increase of $5,371 due to received
insurance proceeds, to increase the Police Maintenance & Repairs of Equipment
account. 3/5
(City Manager-Police)
2. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to purchase six (6) GETAC tablets for
the South Miami Police Department funded largely by grants. 3/5
(City Manager-Police)
3. A Resolution declaring that the personal property, described in the attached list,
is “surplus” and authorizing the City Manager to sell the “surplus” items. 3/5
(City Manager-Central Services)
4. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept donation contributions in the
amount of $15,400 for the 2015 Fourth of July celebratory event. 3/5
(City Manager-Parks & Recreation)
N. RESOLUTION(S)
5. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a notice to proceed to
Goldin Solar, LLC, to initiate a Solar Panel Purchase and Installation Program for
residential and business properties. 3/5
(Mayor Stoddard)
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5a. A Resolution accepting the annual report required by the South Miami
Development Corporation development agreement with the City of South
Miami. 3/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning)
O. RESOLUTION(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S)
6. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to contract with Gabriel Roeder Smith
& Company to perform other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) valuation
required for fiscal years 2015, 2016, and 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report (CAFR). 3/5
(City Manager-Finance)
QUASI-JUDICIAL WARNING:
7. A Resolution relating to a request for a variance from Section 20-3.5(E) of the
Land Development Code to exceed the maximum building coverage of 30% for a
one-story addition to a single family residence located at 7830 SW 57 Court,
South Miami, Florida, within the RS-3 zoning district. 4/5
THE FOLLOWING MATTER IS CONSIDERED TO BE QUASI-JUDICIAL AND YOU
MAY NOT HAVE ANY VERBAL COMMUNICATION WITH ANYONE UNTIL THE
QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER IS RESOLVED, AND THE MEETING AT WHICH IT IS
HEARD IS ADJOURNED. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE OTHER RESTIRCTIONS THAT
ARE MORE FULLY SET FORTH AT THE END OF THIS AGENDA.
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning)
P. ORDINANCE(S) SECOND READING(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S)
(NONE)
Q. ORDINANCE(S) FIRST READING(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S)
(NONE)
R. ORDINANCE(S) FIRST READING(S)
8. An Ordinance amending Section 15-63 and creating Section 15-63.1 of the City of
South Miami’s Code of Ordinances to permit sales of home-grown produce on
private property. 3/5
(Mayor Stoddard)
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S. ADJOURNMENT
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.”
QUASI-JUDICIAL WARNING FOR CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS:
ANY AGENDA ITEM THAT HAS A QUASI-JUDICIAL WARNING IS CONSIDERED TO BE A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER. MEMBERS OF
THE CITY COMMISSION MAY NOT HAVE ANY VERBAL COMMUNICATION WITH ANYONE, OTHER THAN AT THE MEETING
SCHEDULED TO RESOLVE THE MATTER, UNTIL THE MATTER IS RESOLVED AT A PUBLIC MEETING AND THE MEETING IS
ADJOURNED. YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM MAKING ANY INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THIS MATTER OTHER THAN A
SITE VISIT OR MAKING WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM CITY EMPLOYEES AND RECEIVING WRITTEN
RESPONSES FROM THEM IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY. ALL WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION AND RESPONSES
THERETO MUST BE FILED WITH THE CLERK AND A COPY MUST ALSO BE SENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR IF
THE MATTER INVOLVES A LAND RELATED ISSUE. YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY VERBAL COMMUNICATION WITH CITY
EMPLOYEES REGARDING THIS MATTER. YOU MAY NOT ENTER ONTO SOMEONE’S PROPERTY WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION.
FURTHERMORE, YOU MAY NOT DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER OR ANYONE ELSE, INCLUDING
NEIGHBORS. YOU MUST, IN WRITING, ADVISE THE CLERK OF THE DATE AND TIME OF YOUR SITE VISIT AND, IF THIS MATTER
INVOLVES LAND USE, YOU MUST ALSO SEND A COPY TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR. ALL INFORMATION THAT
YOU OBTAIN ON THIS MATTER, OTHER THAN YOUR PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AT A SITE VISIT AND WRITTEN INFORMATION
PROVIDED BY STAFF, MUST BE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE DULY NOTICED PUBLIC MEETING DURING WHICH THE APPLICANT
SHALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE APPLICATION AND ANY EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION. IF
THERE IS A BREAK IN THE MEETING, YOU MAY NOT ALLOW OTHERS TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE MATTER OR ALLOW THEM
TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE MATTER. IF THE MATTER REQUIRES MORE THAN ONE HEARING,
YOU MAY NOT DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH ANYONE, UNTIL THE MATTER IS RESOLVED BY A FINAL WRITTEN RESOLUTION
OR, IF APPLICABLE, ORDINANCE, AND, EVEN THEN, NOT UNTIL THE MEETING IS ADJOURED. IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL OR
ANY WRITTEN OR PRINTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE MATTER BEFORE THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE HEARING AT WHICH A
FINAL DECISION IS MADE FROM ANYONE OTHER THAN CITY EMPLOYEES ACTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY, YOU MAY
READ IT BUT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO IT AND YOU ARE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE A COPY OF
ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATION OR DOCUMENT YOU RECEIVE CONCERNING THIS MATTER TO THE CITY CLERK, AND A COPY
MUST ALSO BE SENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR IF THE MATTER INVOLVES A LAND RELATED ISSUE. IN
ADDITION, IF YOU RECEIVE ANY VERBAL, OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (OTHER THAN WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
DELIVERED TO THE CLERK AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR) YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE IT AT THE PUBLIC
MEETING AND, IF IT WAS VERBAL, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO WRITE A MEMORANDUM THAT INCLUDES THE INFORMATION
RECEIVED AND THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON PROVIDING THE INFORMATION, AS WELL AS THE DATE, TIME AND
PLACE WHERE THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE. THIS DOCUMENT MUST BE DELIVERED AS SOON THEREAFTER AS
POSSIBLE TO THE CITY CLERK, AND IF APPLICABLE TO A LAND RELATED ISSUE, A COPY MUST ALSO BE DELIVERED TO THE
PLANNING AND ZONING DIRECTOR.