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_agenda 6130 Sunset Drive – South Miami, Florida 33143 - 305-663-6340 – www.southmiamifl.gov Page 1 CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 7:00 PM CITY HALL/COMMISSION CHAMBERS 6130 SUNSET DRIVE SOUTH MIAMI, FL 33143 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 COMMISSION IS 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.” VIRTUAL MEETING - The meeting will be held as a VIRTUAL MEETING through communication media technology with the members of the City Commission and City staff participating through video conferencing. This virtual meeting will be held on the Zoom platform used by the City Clerk for live remote participation. Members of the public may join the meeting via Zoom at (https://zoom.us/j/3056636338) and participate. In addition, a dedicated phone line will be available so that any individual who does not wish (or is unable) to use Z oom, may listen to and participate in the meeting by dialing +1-786-635-1003 Meeting ID: 3056636338. The public may merely view the meeting live on the City’s website: (https://www.southmiamifl.gov/102/Agendas - Minutes) (“Granicus”) as well as Channel 667 on Atlantic Broadband or by AT&T U-Verse. There is limited space available for persons to be physically present at City Hall and to be able to join the Zoom meeting using the system set up at City Hall. More information regarding the rules and regulations for physical appearance at City Hall can be found on the City Clerk's bulletin board located outside the side entrance to City Hall or by going to http://www.southmiamifl.gov/580/Public-Meetings-Notices. GOVERNOR DESANTIS’ EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 20-69 - Please note that Governor DeSantis’ Executive Order Number 20-69 suspended the requirements of Section 166.045, Fla. Stat., that a quorum to be present in person, and that a local government body meet at a specific public place. The Executive Order also allows local government bodies to utilize communications media technology, such as telephonic and video conferencing such as Zoom for meetings of local government bodies. 6130 Sunset Drive – South Miami, Florida 33143 - 305-663-6340 – www.southmiamifl.gov Page 2 A. SILENCE OR TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES B. ADD-ON ITEM(S) Ba. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) between the City of South Miami and the Dade -County Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (“PBA”), after the Union membership vote favorably on it. 3/5 (City Manager) Bb. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commissioners of the City of South Miami requesting County funding of part-time licensed clinical social workers and funding of mental health training for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department paramedics so that they can be dispatched on mental health 9-1-1 calls and fund a mental health database that will automatically alert 9-1-1 operators, the responding EMS team, and the police, of the place of residence of the person with mental health issues. 3/5 (Vice Mayor Welsh) Bc. A Resolution relating to the cost of the February 11, 2020 General Election for the City of South Miami; approving the expenditure of $30,598.87 for the election costs. 3/5 (City Clerk) 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 H. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Ha. 08.18.2020 Hb. 09.01.2020 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. BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, APPOINTMENTS, ETC. 6130 Sunset Drive – South Miami, Florida 33143 - 305-663-6340 – www.southmiamifl.gov Page 3 M. COMMISSION REPORTS, DISCUSSION & REMARKS N. CONSENT AGENDA 1. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to procure services from Plant Professionals, Inc. for the removal and disposal of existing lightin g and for the installation of new decorative lighting in the downtown area. 3/5 (City Manager-Public Works & Engineering) 2. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and enter into a contract with UAG Construction LLC., for the Sunset Drive median landscape improvements from SW 69th Avenue to US-1 and roadway modification to the alignment along Sunset Drive from SW 62nd Avenue to East of SW 61st Court. 3/5 City Manager-Public Works & Engineering) 3. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to procure professional services from SRS Engineering, Inc. to complete construction documents for new park improvements at South Miami Park. 3/5 (City Manager-Parks & Recreation) 4. A Resolution of Mayor and City Commission of the City of South Miami, Florida, authorizing the City Manager to temporarily ease restrictions as they relate to the outside display of merchandise in South Miami’s Downtown District, Until December 31, 2020. 3/5 (Vice Mayor Welsh & Commissioner Harris) 5. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commissioners of the City of South Miami expre ssing concerns about the M-CORES process. 3/5 (Commissioner Harris) O. RESOLUTION(S) 6. A Resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of South Miami approving the 2020 Miami-Dade County Local Mitigation Strategy Plan as submitted to the State of Florida and authorizing the City Manager to apply for funds for projects that are spec ifically aimed to mitigate and strengthen the City’s infrastructure as approved by the Miami -Dade County Office of Emergency Management and the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management through an application process through the Federal Emergency M anagement Agency (FEMA). 3/5 (City Manager-Planning Department) P. RESOLUTION(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S) 7. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into multi-year lease agreement with Quadient Leasing USA, Inc., for a digital mail postage meter through a State of Florida piggyback agreement, contract no. 44102100-17-1. 3/5 (City Manager-Procurement) Q. ORDINANCE(S) SECOND READING(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S) 8. An Ordinance amending the Land Development Code to support development of legally nonconforming lots of record, including amendment to Sections 20 -3.5 Dimensional Requirements and 20-4.8 Nonconforming uses and structures. 5/5 (Commissioner Liebman) 6130 Sunset Drive – South Miami, Florida 33143 - 305-663-6340 – www.southmiamifl.gov Page 4 9. An Ordinance amending the City of South Miami Code of Ordinances Chapter 15A Titled “Parking Meters” by repealing all of the parking regulation of Chapte r 15A and substantially updating those parking regulations. 3/5 (City Manager -Finance Dept.) R. ORDINANCE(S) FIRST READING(S) 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 PROCEEDINGS 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 APPRO VED 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 M ATTER IS RESOLVED BY A FINAL WRITTEN RESOLUTION OR, IF APPLICABLE, ORDINANCE, AND, EVEN THEN, NOT UNTIL THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 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 P ROVIDING 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. WARNING REGARDING EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS: 6130 Sunset Drive – South Miami, Florida 33143 - 305-663-6340 – www.southmiamifl.gov Page 5 “EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS” ARE WRITTEN OR VERBAL EXCHANGES BETWEEN AN ELECTED OR APPOINTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL, AND AN APPLICANT, HIS OR HER REPRESENTATIVES, OR A CITIZEN OR OTHER THIRD-PARTY OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE EXCHANGE. THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE BY THE ADOPTION OF SECTION 286.0115(1), FLORIDA STATUTES, HAS AUTHORIZED THE ADOPTION OF LOCAL ORDINANCES ALLOWING EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS IF CERTAIN PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWED TO ENSURE THAT THE WRITTEN OR VERBAL EXCHANGE IS MADE PUBLIC, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO REMOVE ANY PRESUMPTION OF PREJUDICE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE RESULT IF THE EXCHANGE WERE KEPT PRIVATE AND NOT DISCLOSED. EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS MUST BE PUBLICLY DISCLOSED PRIOR TO OR AT THE QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING AT WHICH THE DECISION IS TO BE MADE. ALL DECISIONS MADE AT A QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING MUST BE BASED ON COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. VERBAL EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS ARE HEARSAY, ARE NOT COMPETENT EVIDENCE, AND MAY NOT FORM THE SOLE BASIS FOR MAKING ANY QUASI- JUDICIAL DECISIONS, BUT THEY MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT OR EXPLAIN OTHER COMPETENT EVIDENCE. PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE §2-2.1, CITY CODE, THE SOUTH MIAMI CITY COMMISSION HAS ADOPTED THE SE PROCEDURES TO ALLOW THE USE OF EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS AS FOLLOWS: 1. THE ELECTED OR APPOINTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL SHALL DISCLOSE IN WRITING THE SUBJECT OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON, GROUP, OR ENTITY WITH WHOM THE COMMUNICATION TOOK PLACE, AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE COMMUNICATION TAKES PLACE, WITH THE CITY CLERK AND MADE A PART OF THE RECORD AT THE HEARING BEFORE FINAL ACTION ON THE MATTER. 2. A LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIAL MAY READ A WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM ANY PERSON. ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATION THAT RELATES TO QUASI-JUDICIAL ACTION PENDING BEFORE A LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIAL, SHALL NOT BE PRESUMED PREJUDICIAL TO THE ACTION, PROVIDED SUCH WRITTEN COMMUNICATION IS DISCLOSED AND MADE A PART OF THE RECORD BEFORE FINAL ACTION ON THE MATTER. 3. A LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICIAL MAY CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS, MAKE SITE VISITS AND RECEIVE EXPERT OPINIONS REGARDING QUASI-JUDICIAL ACTION PENDING OR IMPENDING BEFORE HIM OR HER PROVIDED THAT SUCH ACTIVITIES AND THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH INVESTIGATIONS, SITE VISITS OR EXPERT OPINIONS IS MADE A PART OF THE RECORD BEFORE FINAL ACTION IS TAKEN ON THE MATTER. 4. DISCLOSURE MADE PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS 1, 2 AND 3 ABOVE MUST BE MADE BEFORE OR DURING THE PUBLIC MEETING AT WHICH A VOTE IS TAKEN ON SUCH MATTERS SO THAT PERSONS WHO HAVE OPINIONS CONTRARY TO THOSE EXPRESSED IN THE EX PARTE COMMUNICATION ARE GIVEN A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO REFUTE OR RESPOND TO THE COMMUNICATION. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IF THE STATUTE OR ORDINANCE DISCUSSED ABOVE, OR A QUASI-JUDICIAL ACTION PENDING BEFORE THE COMMISSION OR BOARD ARE CHALLENGED, THAT A COURT MIGHT FIND THAT NEITHER THE LEGISLATURE NOR THE CITY COMMISSION HAD AUTHORITY TO ENACT THESE PROCEDURES CONCERNING EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE ACTION TAKEN BEING REVERSED. YOU THUS PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK IN ENGAGING IN SUCH COMMUNICATIONS, AND THEY ARE NOT ENCOUR AGED. THEY ARE, HOWEVER, THE POLICY OF THE LEGISLATURE AND CITY COMMISSION, AND UNTIL DETERMINED OTHERWISE BY THE LEGISLATURE OR THE COURTS, ARE LEGALLY PERMITTED BUT NOT WITHOUT POSSIBLE ADVERSE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE CITY AND OTHER PARTIES.