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CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
City Commission Steven J. Alexander
Philip K. Stoddard, Ph.D, Mayor City Manager
Bob Welsh, Vice Mayor Maria M. Menendez, CMC
Walter A. Harris, Commissioner City Clerk
Josh Liebman, Commissioner Thomas F. Pepe, Esq.
Gabriel Edmond, Commissioner City Attorney
CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, August 2, 2016, 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) Sgt Guzman Retirement
b) “Rotary Club of South Miami District” by Mr. Basu
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H. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of July 19, 2016
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 authorizing a temporary change in the permitted hours of
construction operations of Florida Power & Light (FPL) to perform work on SW
62 Avenue, between SW 70th Street and South Dixie Highway. 3/5
(City Manager-Public Works)
2. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment Two to the
fiscal year 2015 grant agreement with Miami-Dade County for the South Miami
After School Program. 3/5
(City Manager-Grants)
3. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Amendment Two to the
fiscal year 2015 grant agreement with Miami-Dade County for the South Miami
Senior Meals Program. 3/5
(City Manager-Grants)
N. RESOLUTION(S)
O. RESOLUTION(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S)
4. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of South Miami,
Florida, placing a question on the ballot for Tuesday, November 8, 2016,
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Presidential Election, to correct language made obsolete by state law or previous
charter changes, and to clarify existing Charter language without change in
function or intent by amending Art. II, Sec. 8.A, Art. III, Sec. 3, Art. III, Sec. 5.E,
Art. IV, Sec. 2.B, Art. IV, Sec. 2.C., Art. V, Sec. 1.B.4-5, Art. V, Sec. 5.B., Art. V, Sec.
6., including an effective date for the amendment, and directing the City Clerk to
incorporate the amendment into the Charter and to file the revised charter with
the Florida Department of State; providing ballot language and directing the City
Clerk to take all necessary actions to carry out the provisions of this resolution.
(Mayor Stoddard) 3/5
5. A Resolution of the City of South Miami, Florida, placing a question on the ballot
for Tuesday, November 8, 2016, Presidential Election, to amend the City Charter,
Article II, SECTION 6, subsection D Voting Procedure, to reduce the number of
votes necessary to make land use and development regulations less restrictive
for the Madison Square affordable housing project. 3/5
(Vice Mayor Welsh)
6. A Resolution of the City of South Miami, Florida, placing a non-binding ballot
question on the Tuesday, November 8, 2016, Presidential Election ballot, to
determine whether the voters support the building of a new City Hall, Police
Station and Library using the value of the existing Library and/or City Hall/Police
Station property, and how surplus funds from such a transaction should be
spent. 3/5
(Commissioner Harris)
P. ORDINANCE(S) SECOND READING(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S)
7. An Ordinance amending Chapter 1, Section 1-8 of the City of South Miami’s Code
of Ordinances regarding general penalties for offenses. 3/5
(City Attorney)
8. An Ordinance amending Chapter 5, Article I, Section 5-1 of the City of South Miami’s
Code of Ordinances protecting feral parrots, their nesting trees and their eggs and
establishing criminal penalties and enforcement procedures. 3/5
(Commissioner Harris)
9. An Ordinance establishing a moratorium on the subdivision of parcels of land
pending the adoption of an amendment to the City’s Land Development Code,
Section 20-4.2, governing subdivision of land and buildable sites. 3/5
(Approved on 1st Reading 7-12-16)
(Commissioner Harris)
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Q. ORDINANCE(S) FIFTH READING(S)
10. An Ordinance amending Section 20-4.2 of the City of South Miami’s Land
Development Code to add criteria for the City’s approval of the subdivision of
land, including subdivision by a waiver of plat or through the process set forth in
Chapter 28 of the Miami-Dade County Code. 5/5
(Commissioners Harris and Edmond)
R. ORDINANCE(S) FIRST READING(S)
11. An Ordinance amending the Land Development Code, Article VI, Section 20-6.1,
and other applicable provisions, to define the term “less restrictive” as it applies
to the voting requirements of the City Commission. 3/5
(Vice Mayor Welsh)
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 O1R 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.”