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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, OCTOBER 20, 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) Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FRDAP): presentation of two
checks for Dante Fascell Park.
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H. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of Special Meeting, September 24, 2015
b) Minutes of Final Budget Hearings, September 24, 2015
c) Minutes of October 6, 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. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
N. RESOLUTION(S)
1. A Resolution authorizing the City Attorney to hire outside counsel to provide
legal services in the area of land use, including services involving the purchase
and sale of municipal property, the Land Development Code and the City's
Comprehensive Plan. 3/5
(City Attorney)
2. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and enter into a contract
with Marlin Engineering, Inc to complete engineering documents and for
possible Sunset Drive Street Closures. 3/5
(Vice Mayor Harris)
3. A Resolution directing the City Attorney to draft a Living Wage Ordinance for the
City of South Miami modeled after the Miami-Dade County and City of Miami
Beach ordinances. 3/5
(Mayor Stoddard)
4. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute fiscal year 2016 Florida
Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) grant agreement with
Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the Dante Fascell Park
project. 3/5
(City Manager)
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5. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute fiscal year 2016 Florida
Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) grant agreement with
Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the Palmer Park
Improvements project. 3/5
(City Manager)
O. ORDINANCE(S) FIRST READING(S)
6. An ordinance adopting a 20-year water supply facilities work plan and amending
the city’s comprehensive plan to strengthen coordination between water supply
and local land use planning as required by Florida Law. 4/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning)
END OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS
P. CONSENT AGENDA
7. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment One to
agreement for the Murray Park Multi-Purpose Field project with Miami-Dade
County to extend the expiration date to March 31, 2016. 3/5
(City Manager)
8. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to expend an amount not to exceed
$10,000 to South Florida Football Officials Association, Inc. (SFFOA) for referee
service payments during fiscal year 2015-2016. 3/5
(City Manager-Parks & Recreation)
9. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and to enter into a
contract with Tropic Landscaping & Lawn Maintenance, Inc. for field turf
renovation at Murray Park. 3/5
(City Manager-Parks & Recreation)
R. RESOLUTION(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S)
10. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a sixty (60) month lease
agreement with Modular Mailing Systems, dba, Neopost Florida for a digital mail
postage meter through a State of Florida piggyback agreement, contract no. 600-
760-11-1. 3/5
(City Manager-Central Services)
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THE FOLLOWING TWO ITEMS: 12 & 13
WILL BE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA
11. A Resolution approving a special exception to construct a 5 story Large Scale
Development at 6201 Sunset Drive within the Transit Oriented Development
District Mixed Use-5 "TODD MU-5" zoning district. (Deferred 10/06/15) 4/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning)
12. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of South Miami
pursuant to Section 20-3.5(D)(1) and other applicable provisions of the City of
South Miami Land Development Code approving an increase from two stories to
four stories on property for the Madison Square affordable housing project. 4/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning)
S. ORDINANCE(S) SECOND READING(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S)
(NONE)
T. 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.”