Ord No 18-17-2288ORDINANCE NO. 18-17-2288
An Ordinance amending the City of South Miami Code of Ordinances,
Chapter 2, Article I, Section 2-2.1 (A), (B) and (C) to give the City
Commission more flexibility in rescheduling regular meetings, especially
during times of emergency, to improve the scheduling of the agenda and
to make other revisions.
WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Article I, Section 2-2.1 (A) prevents the rescheduling of
a regular meeting between two regularly scheduled meetings; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to amend Chapter 2, Article I, Section 2-2.1 (A) of
'., the Code of Ordinances give the City Commission more flexibility in scheduling its
regular Commission meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Chapter 2, Article I, Section 2-2.1 (A), (B) and (C) of the Code of
Ordinances, City of South Miami, Florida, is hereby amended and shall read as follows:
Sec. 2-2.1. -Rules of procedure of Ceity Ceommission.
The following rules of procedure shall govern all meetings of the Ceity
Ceommission, namely:
(A)REGULAR MEETING. The Ceity Ceommission shall hold regular meetings,
typically at 7:00 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. When the
day set for any regular meeting falls on a day designated by law as a legal, public
national or religious holiday, such meeting shall be held on a date determined in
advance by a majority of the Ceommission. Regular meetings may be otherwise
postponed, cancelled, or reset by written resolution adopted at a regular meeting by
a majority of the entire membership of the commission All regular meetings shall be
held in the commission chambers located in the city hall.
No meeting of the Ceity Ceommission shall extend later than 11 :00 p.m., except
upon super-majority vote (4/5 vote) of members present at the meeting!. and such
meeting l*tensions shall not exceed midnight. Any and Aall items not
considered by this limitation time period at that meeting and that are not tabled,
deferred indefinitely or to a date certain will be automatically deferred to the next
regularlY-scheduled Ceommission meeting.
(B) SPECIAL MEETING; WORKSHOP MEETING and SUNSHINE MEETINGS.
A special meeting, sunshine meeting (a meeting of two (2) or more members of
the Ceity Ceommission to discuss any matter that may foreseeably come before
the Ceommission for action) or a workshop meeting of the Ceity Ceommission
may be called by the mayor whenever, in his opinion, the public business may
require it, or whenever three· (3) or more members of the Ceity Ceommission
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request a special or workshop meeting or two (2) or more members of the Ceity
Ceommission request a sunshine meeting. Whenever a special, sunshine or
workshop meeting shall be called by the mayor, a notice in writing signed by the
mayor shall be served on the Ceity Celerk, and whenever a special, sunshine or
workshop meeting shall be called by three (3) or more members of the Ceity
Ceommission, notice in writing signed by such Ceommission members shall be
served in writing upon the City Celerk. The clerk shall forthwith serve either
verbal or written notice upon each member of the Ceity Ceommission, the
mayor, the Ceity Mmanager and the Ceity Aattomey, stating the date and hour of
the meeting, and the purpose for which such meeting is called, and no other
business shall be transacted at that meeting other than that for which the meeting
was called. The t\a*,enty feUF hour time limit FRay be'Nai'/eEi in tiFRe of pyblie emergeriey
affe~fMfiI fife, health, pmperty OF safety. The clerk, shall ensure that written notice is
sent to the mayor and all of the members of the Ceity Ceommission informing
them of the date, time and place of the special, sunshine or workshop meeting at
least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting. A copy of said notice is
. to be posted in a prominent and conspicuous place at city hall not less than
twenty-four (24) hours prior to such meeting. The twenty-four-hour time
limitations may be ignored in tirrie of public emergency affecting life, health,
property or safety unless a super-majority (4/5) of the members of the City
Commission vote against ignoring the time limitation. The minutes of each
special, sunshine or workshop meeting shall include the manner and method by
which notice of such special, sunshine or workshop meeting was given, or shall
state the reason why the notice was not given as required by this section. All
special, sunshine or workshop meetings shall be open to the public and shall be
held at city hall. For the purposes of this paragraph, the leaving of a copy of the
written notice at the residence of the mayor or any commissioner shall constitute
service of written notice on such mayor and commissioner. All written notices
that are required by this section to be sent may be sent in any form of
communication that appears in text format, such as an email, and that can be
printed.
(C) (C) AGENDA. There shall be an official agenda for every meeting of the
Ceommission, prepared by the City Manager, and assembled and distributed by
the City Clerk, which shall determine the order of business conducted at the
meeting. The Ceommission shall not take action upon any item, matter or
business (city business) which is not listed upon the official agenda without
approval of at least three (3) Ceommission members present at such regular
meeting to add such Ceity business to the official agenda. The official agenda
shall be prepared by the clerk in appropriate form approved by the Ceommission.
City business may be placed on the agenda by the mayor, the Ceity Mmanager,
any commissioner, and the Ceity Aattorney. A physical agenda books, if
requested in writing by a member of the Ceity Ceommission, will be prepared by
the clerk's office and will be placed in the Ceommission 's mailbox in city hall.
The agenda package will also be uploaded into the city's cloud server or similar
electronic location and on the city's webpage, at least seventy-two (72) hours
prior to any regularly scheduled meeting, and twenty-four (24) hours prior to any
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special, sunshine or workshop meeting. The twenty-four-hour time limit may be
ignored in time of public emergency affecting life, health, property or safety,
unless a super-majority ( 4/5) of the members of the City Commission vote
against ignoring the time limitation.
Except for emergencies, no item will be placed on the agenda of a regular meeting of
the Ceommission which has not been delivered to the Ceity Celerk by noon on the
Wednesday preceding such regular meeting, excepting as provided in this subsection
2-2.1(C).
(D)(l) Add-ons: No business shall be conducted at a regular meeting that is not
reflected in the official agenda unless the official agenda is amended or
supplemented to reflect additional business ("add-on items") to be conducted at
said meeting ("add-on agenda") and unless the add-on agenda is posted and
delivered to the Ceity Ceommission. The add-on agenda items must be delivered
to the Ceity Celerk no later than 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting and must be
posted on the city's website no later than 5:00 p.m., and, at substantially the same
time, it shall be forwarded to the members of the Ceity Ceommission before the
commencement of the relevant meeting, electronically or by any comparable
means. The Ceity Celerk is further directed to make said add-on item(s) available
to the public at the entrance to the Ceommission chambers during every
Ceommission meeting. The Ceity Celerk shall at the end of the consent agenda,
read into the record the title of any proposed add-on item(s) sought to be placed
on that agenda. Nothing herein shall affect the requirement that any add-on item
can only be placed on the agenda by the approval of the majority vote of the
Ceity Ceommission. The time limitations may be ignored in time of public
emergency affecting life, health, property or safety unless a super-majority ( 4/5)
of the members of the City Commission vote against ignoring the time limitation.
(2) Workshops, sunshine and special meeting: No Ceity business may be
conducted at a special, sunshine or workshop meeting other than that for which
this meeting was called.
(3) Removal of business: Any agenda item that has been tabled without a time
certain shall automatically be removed from the agenda if not acted upon during
the three (3) succeeding regular Ceommission meetings following the date of
said tabling. If a proposed ordinance has been automatically removed for lack of
action, it may only be re-introduced as a first reading of the ordinance.
Section 2. Codification. The provisions of this ordinance shall become and
be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of South Miami as amended.
Section 3. Severability. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
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jurisdiction, this holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance.
Section 4. Ordinances in Conflict. All ordinances or parts of ordinances and
all sections and parts of sections of ordinances in direct conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Section 5.
enactment.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective upon
PASSED AND ENACTED this 28tHayof September, 2017.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
~~ ~~tJLiM ciCn:RK MAY
1st Reading -9/19/17
2nd Reading -9/28/17
COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Welsh:
Commissioner Liebman:
Commissioner Edmond:
Commissioner Harris:
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4-0
Yea
Yea
Yea
absent
Yea
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17io17
MIAMIHERALD.COM
Cubamysterr:c'What·tllfi,ries.·.
U;.S.· investigators· are.·pqr5uing
BY JOSH LEDERMAN
AND LAURAN NEERGAARD
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
There must be an answer.
Whatever is haiming tJ .S.
diplomats in Havana, it's
eluded the doctors, scien-
tists and intelligence ana-
lysts scouring for answers.
Investigators have chased
many theories, including a '
sonic attack, electromag-
netic weapon or flawed
spying device.
Each explanation seems
to fit parts of what' s hap~
pened, conflicting with
others.
The United States doesn't
even know what to call it.
Secretary of State Rex Til-
lerson used the phrase
"health attacks." The State
Department prefers "in-
cidents."
Either way, suspicion has
fallen on Cuba., But in-
vestigatorsalso are exam-
ining whether a rogue fac-
tion of its security services;
another COW1ttY such as'
Russia, or some combina-
tion is to blame, more than
,a dozen U.S. officials fam-
iliar with the investigation
told The Associated Press.
Those officaIs spoke on
condition of anonymity
because they weren't autho-
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vestigators are sorting
symptoms into categories,
, such as auditory arid neur-
ological, accordirig to indi-
viduals briefed on the "
probe',.' ,
Theiecanb,ea lag before
victims discover or report '
symptoins, some 'Of which
, are hard to diagnoSe. So
investigators are charting
thetimeline of reported
incidents to identify "clus-
ters" to help solve the
when, where and how of '
the Havana Whodunit.
SONiC DEVICE
The first signs pointed to
a sonic attack: But what
kind?
Some victiirtsheard
things'-signs that the '
sOW1ds were fu the audible'
spectrum .. Loud noise can
harm hearing, especially
high-decibelSOUJids that
can trigger ear-ringing
tinnituS,rupfured ear
druins, 'even permanent
hearing loss. '
But others heard nothing,
and still became ill. So
investigators considered
inaudible soUnd: infra-'
sound, too low for humans '
to hear, and ultrasoW1d, too
high.'
Infrasotmd often is expe-
rienced as vibration, like
standing near a subwoofer.
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None of these sOW1d '
waves seems to explain the
concussions. Usuilly, those'
follow a blow to the head or
proXimity to something like
a bomb blast.
ELECTROMAGNETIC
WEAPON
It may sotmd like Star
Wars fantasy, but electro-
magnetic weapons have,
been arotmd for years. They
gt;:nerally'hann electronics"
not humans. '
The electromagnetic '
spectrum includes waves
like the ones used by YO.Jll' ' ,
cellphone, microwave and
light bulbs.
And they can be easily
pinpointed. Such waves can:
also travel through walls, so
an electromagnetic attack
could be plailsibly con-'
cealed from afar. '
VVhataboutthesounds
people heard? :
MiCrowave pulse$ -short,
intense blasts -call cause
people to "hear" clicking
sOW1ds.
But when electromagnet-'
ic waves cause physical
damage, it usually results
from body tissue being
heated. The diplomats in
Cuba haven't been report-
ing burning sensations.
SOMETHING ELSIE
rl"hd C'f .... acc '3T'1r1 "3nY;Di"'I,
Diplomats reported in-
cidents intheir homes and
in hotels. Cuban authorities
would know who is staying
in each.
But what's the motive?
When symptoms'
emerged last November.,
Cuba was working feverish-
ly with the U.S: to make
progress on everything
from internet access to'
ilnmigration rules befqre
President Barack Obama's
, term ended. Officials still
don't W1derstand why Ha-
vana would at tl].e same
time perpetrate attacks that
could destroy its new rela-
tionship with Washington
entirely.
Cuban President Raul
Castro's reaction deepened
investigators' skepticism,
according to officials
briefed on a rare, face-to-
face discussion he had on '
the matter with America's
top envoy in Havana.
Predictably; Castro de-
nied responsibilitY. But U.S.
officials were surprised that
Castro seemed genuinely
, rattled, and that Cuba off-
ered to let the FBI come
investigate.
, Then, Canadians got ill.
Why them? '
The warm, long-standilig
ties between Cuba and
Canada made it seem even
iD~~ li"'1aii"'~l·t1.,~t r..l~trn'c:
;.THE,QUr$IDE~~ ," ,,' _
", ':Who'elSe would,dare?
, 'U.S: iiivestigatorS have
focused on a small group of
, ,usual suspects: Russia; Iran;
" North K'Orea, China; Wne~
zuela." , ' "
Russia, in pirrticu1ar, has
harassed American diplo-
mats aggressiv~ly in recent
years., " ,
Moscow even has a plau-
sible motive: driving a
wedge between the com-
25A
Hl
murust island and "the
"West" -' nations such as the
United States' and Canada;
'. RuSsia'also has advanced,
hard-to-detect weaponry,
the much of the world lacks
and might not even know
about.
None of officials inter-
viewed forthis story ,Point-
ed to any evidence, howev-
er,linking Russia to the
illnesses. The same goes for
the other cOW1tries.
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI'
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
'NOTICE IS HEREBY given that Ihe Cijy Commission oLthe City of Soulh Miami, Florida
will, conduct Public Hearing(s) at its speciBJ Ctty Commission meeting scheduled for
Thursday, September 28, ~017, beginning at.7:00 p,m., in the City Commission Chambers.
6130 Sunset Drive. to consider the following ite~(s):
A'Resolutlon approving an extension to the existing Agreement between the
City of South Mi'ami and Steven Alexander for City Manager Services for the
City of South MiamI; Florida
, An Ordinance amending the land Development Code, Article V, Section 20·5,8,
and Article VI .. Seclion 20-6.1 relaHng to reeppllcalions and reconsiderations
of applications.,
(
'An Ordl"~rice .a~Elndlng the C, ity -of South Miami Code?f <?rdinances, C~a.~ler ~.,\
Article 1, Section 2·2,1 (A) to· give.the City CommiSSion more 'fleXibility InJ
rescheduling regular meettngs. especially-during times of emergency,
ALL intefested parties are j'nvited to'shend and will be hE;lard.
For furthe~ InfolTl'lation. please contact the City Clerk's Office at: 305-663-6340.
Marla M, Menendel., CMC
, City Clerk
Pursuanl to Florida Slal"le. 286,0105, Ihe City hereby advises Ihe public Ihal il a person decides
to appeal any decision made by this Board, Agency or Cornrnisslon with respect to any matter
considered at lis meeting or hearing,l he Of she will need a record 01 the pro~ding5, and thai for
such purpose, affected person may Jleed to ensure that a verbalim record of the proceedings is
made which record Includes Ihe and evidence upon which tt'lc appeal is (0 be based.
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