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City of South Miami
Special City Commission Minutes
March 13, 2017
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B. ROLL CALL
The following members of the City present: Vice Mayor Welsh,
10 Commissioner Harris, Commissioner Edmond.
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13 Commissioner Liebman.
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Also in attendance
Pepe, Esq., Deputy City Clerk
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Mr.'R;~R@ presenteQ"l,tris item, explaining that this is a follow up to the instructions
from the commis~lq:n!j~!O the ~m;CRA general counsel to seek the opinion of an expert in the
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area of the Fair Housiiimf&,ctL ,'relates to affordable housing. He added that the documents
have been prepared ~H~,iWJ'~"dy for a review by an expert in the field, and that he is
recommending Mr. Orlando Cabrera who aided the City with regard to the affordable Metro
South Housing litigation, and who is well versed in the area of affordable housing. Mr. Pepe
estimated that the review of the document should not take more than four to five hours,
amounting to approximately $3,000 to $4,000.
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36 Commission: Donald Jackson, Deltravis Williams, Lee Jacobs, Antoinette Fischer.
CITY COMMISSION MINUTES
March 13, 2017
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The Commission discussed placing a cap on the fees. The motion to amend the
resolution by adding a cap of $5,000, and to take the money out of the City Attorney's budget
line item 3410, passed unanimously.
Moved by Vice Mayor Welsh, seconded by Commissioner Edmond, the motion to
approve as amended Resolution No. 050-17-14851 authorizing the City Manager to pay, out of
City funds, the attorney fees charged by Orlando Cabrera to r~~l~w the South Miami
Community Redevelopment Agency Madison Square Dev~(~:tfF~~t related documents, passed
by a 3 -0 vote: <;ff'lf'~i!t~:;;l
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CITY COMMISSION MINUTES
March 13, 2017
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