Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners - SECOND BUDGET HEARING

miami-dade . >>. [Roll call] We have nine members present w have a quorum . >>chair: close the doors, everyone take your seat for the nice gentle ladies and gentlemen standing by the door, easy or running outdoors . Please rise for a prayer and placed allegiance and you. >>chair: we come first just saying thank you for allowing us to borrow just this time you gave to us. Serving your people in the best way we know how. Make us strong and make us united. Bless the resources you lead and quietly must judgment and passion to do what's right as best we can for as many people as possible. We ask all these things and then. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the a form as it stands, one nation, under GOD, indivisible liberty and justice for all. >>chair: all right . It's the list. ... Commissioners and commissioner staff, please take your seat. Thank you. All right . MADAM County attorney. >>county attorney: good afternoon. MISTER Chair, tonight billboards will conduct a public hearing, about millage rates and other charges about budgets for miami-dade county for the fiscal year 23 24 eight ordinances in this regard. Millage rates adopted exceed the proposed millage rates adopted the first book a hearing SEPTEMBER 7. I believe the budget director has a few moments to the changes east to read into the record before we read the ordinance titles . >> good evening. Minutes to the information for the second budget hearing fiscal year 2324] Did SEPTEMBER 19 fight for on page 7 of this all it should be on three 500,000 resistance to the overly incorporated for the construction of an assisted-living facility and to respond non-departmental expenditures g1001. H, the following program and or project as he names need to be amended . For the program and amendments that reads support for the hampton house, the name should read the historic hampton house the trust incorporated. For the project that reads support for cultural arts in west dave , the grantee name should read doral contemporary art museum incorporated. For the project that reads support for mocad, the grantee name should read no miami arts and humanities foundation inc. >> item a rectified the millage for proper operating purchases for fiscal year 2021 23 and ending 23-24 levying taxes, providing separability, inclusion in the current and effective date and the budget director has a statement. >> the operating millage is 45740 mills which is 10.92 percent the state defined rollback rate of 4.1236 . The proposed millage rate generates revenue for services included in the budget including advanced law enforcement, it plans cost of living assessment, increase florida retirement system increased to funding for transportation and public works and jackson health systems. Additional resources and staff to support action functions. >> ratifying millage for debt service for fiscal year OCTOBER 1, 2023 and a 24, levying taxes provided, providing separability, exclusion from the code and an effective date . >> the debt service millage rate is 4.355 mills, for.325 mills for county debt service including the building better community bond program and.120 mills for the public health trust jackson bond holding bond program. >>county attorney: items he approves the budget for the county fiscal year commencing OCTOBER 1, 2023 providing a short title incorporating the fiscal year 23-24 proposed budget as amended, operating all right is an expenditures, optimizing the industry coupons , authorizing the transfer of funds advances pending receipt of other relatives, exercising resources, buying and losing order actions of the lord, authorizing fees, rates and charges consistent with appropriations at authorizing subsea management and resolution, authorizing the mayor or the designee to execute certain funding agreements and 23-24 provisions of the code and resolutions, requiring nonprofits, receiving certain funding unending, we are receiving applications of the legislative/fiscal year 23-24 month, superseding and looking resolutions of prior to providing separability, inclusion on the item d ordinance approving, adopting and ratifying the millage for unincorporated municipal service area operating purposes for the fiscal year commencing OCTOBER 1, 2023 and ending SEPTEMBER 30, 2024; levying all taxes so provided; providing severability, exclusion from the code and an effective date and the budget director has a statement. >> operating millage is 1.9090 which is 10.03 percent of the state defined rollback rate of 1.7307. The cost millage rate generates two support services included in the proposed budget including enhanced law enforcement and plans cost of living adjustment increase for the retirement system, one additional report prepared with group is and has an action funds. >> can be, ordinance approving and adopting the unincorporated municipal service area fund budget for miami-dade county, florida, for the fiscal year commencing OCTOBER 1, 2023 and ending SEPTEMBER 30, 2024; providing a short title; incorporating the fiscal year 2023-24 proposed budget as amended; appropriating all budgeted revenues and expenditures; authorizing the investment of county funds in the time warrants of miami-dade county; authorizing the transfer of funds as cash advances pending receipt of taxes or other revenues; authorizing deposit of interest earned to the general fund; ratifying, confirming and approving implementing orders and other actions of the board which set fees, rates, and charges; authorizing fees, rates, and charges consistent with appropriations, and providing for their amendment and authorizing subsequent amendments by resolution; recognizing and continuing the unincorporated municipal service area; authorizing the mayor or mayor designee to negotiate and execute certain funding agreements; waiving for fiscal year 2023-24 provisions of the code and resolutions requiring execution of county affidavits for non-profits receiving certain county funding; amending, waiving or rescinding, if necessary, various sections of the code, applicable implementing orders, and other legislative enactments to conform such enactments to the fscal year 2023-24 budget; superseding conflicting provisions of prior legislative enactments; providing severability, exclusion from the code and an effective date. >> item is a ordinance approving, adopting and ratifying the millage for miami-dade fire and rescue service district operating purposes for the fiscal year commencing OCTOBER 1, 2023 and ending SEPTEMBER 30, 2024; levying all taxes so provided; recognizing and continuing the miami-dade fire and rescue service district; providing severability, exclusion from the code and an effective date. And the budget director has a statement. >> the proposed fire rescue service operating millage is 3.965 mills which is 11.83 percent of these state defined rollback rate of 1.429 mills. Proposed measuring generates revenue to support services included the proposed budget including additional suppression units, a plan cost of living adjustment increase from the system. >> item g is ordinance approving, adopting and ratifying the millage for miami-dade library system operating purposes for the fiscal year commencing OCTOBER 1, 2023 and ending SEPTEMBER 30, 2024; levying all taxes so provided; recognizing and continuing the miami-dade library system; providing severability, eclusion from the code and an effective date. >> the proposed library system operating millage is.128 mills which is 12.1 percent of obesity defined rollback rate of 2.507 mills close rate to support services included in the proposal including enhanced programming, cost of the increase florida retirement system. >> each is a transit ordinance approving, adopting and ratifying proprietary budgets, special assessment district budgets, and other budgets of miami-dade county, florida, for fiscal year commencing OCTOBER 1, 2023 and ending SEPTEMBER 30, 2024; providing a short title; incorporating fiscal year 2023-24 proposed budget as amended; appropriating all budgeted revenues and expenditures; authorizing investment of county funds in time warrants of miami-dade county; authorizing transfer of funds as cash advances pending receipt of taxes or other revenues; ratifying, confirming and approving implementing orders and other actions of board which set fees, rates, and charges; authorizing fees, rates, and charges consistent with appropriations and providing for their amendment; approving revised fees, charges, and implementing orders for various departments and agencies and authorizing subsequent amendments by resolution; approving fiscal year 2023-24 pay plan; authorizing allocations and reallocations of bond proceeds and interest earnings; authorizing mayor or mayor designee to provide bond issue reserves; establishing such funds as MAY be approved during fiscal year and providing for their expenditure; authorizing payment of local business tax surcharge to beacon council; appropriating grant, donation, and contribution funds; authorizing mayor or mayorc/b?B=s designee to negotiate and execute certain funding agreements; continuing municipal services fund; authorizing disbursement from the environmentally endangered lands acquisition trust fnd to supplement the eel land management trust fund to maintain the principal balance required under section 24-50.5 (2)(B)(I) Of the code of miami-dade county, florida (C/b?B=codec/b?B=); waiving for fiscal year 2023-24, (A) Section 29-7(G) Of the code related to allocation of documentary surtax funds. And resolution number are 2508 relating to transit fees and charges. Leaving provisions of the code requiring execution is receiving certain funding, authorizing interest rate on reinvestment proceeds. To conform and ask minutes to the 23-24 market, providing ceremony, exclusion from the and an effective date of MISTER Chair at this time I of the old the public during. >>chair: I have a number of cards here and when I call your name please. Give me your name, your address and tell us what you want out of courtroom rules require you to save whatever you want but don't direct comments to any one person on this dais. If there are problems please express them expressly to the entire dais I'm going to all, call the first 20 games. Names] Why don't you give me your name and address you can begin. You will have one minute . This MAY not be the case for anyone online but you are here to say thank you because your projects were included in the feel free just to say thank you . You don't need to spend a whole MAY saying thank you. We say thank you and all languages but I just want us to be clear about that if you like something someone says we do the spirit fingers, if you don't like someone you do the spirits fingers and you crown. Just the spirit fingers we're going to get started. When I say thank you , vice CHAIRMAN. If you go over your MAY I will probably give you a couple seconds. Some of you have gotten very crafty this and you use the long run on sentences so when I say thank you, that means it's time to stop talking at seth only from the. Please. >>speaker: my address is 12,000 this table are, 43181. It is a privilege to be of service to our residents as a member of the jc st. Jewish community services is committed to providing economic hardship and more care for residents ages 1 to 107. And yes, that is the age range of reserve. I am here to thank you for for funding community-based organizations so that we can care for children and seniors who are the most vulnerable members of our community. >>chair: thank you . >>speaker: thank you vice CHAIRMAN, MISTER Chair. I executive director of miami owns for all and I am here to show support for this mayor's budget and for the proposed millage rate. Please the greater miami housing alliance and applaud how much this budget will to address our housing needs. I have your address the past and request that you consider investing another 10 million this year and permanent supportive housing with the homeless trust. Last year you saw fit to invest 10 million and as the trust has identified additional properties we asked you invest another 10 million this year to create affordable housing for people who are exiting homelessness. I hve seen the power of this myself and the difference in when she supportive housing was just incredible. >>chair: give me your address please. >>speaker: 3250 southwest third avenue miami florida 33142 . >>speaker: my address is 9055 73rd court, miami, 33156. My name is susan pullman, PRESIDENT And ceo of the county of of the national alliance on mental illness commonly known as nami. Added to the quality of life for people with mental through support educational . We want to thank the vision for their efforts to improve services for those living with mental health conditions and airlock once we are improving mental health services for county employees and first responders and for supporting the project of the response team in the police department. We appreciate the ongoing support and informational campaign in children's mental health and other programs and fully support the proposed budget and hope you will pass a budget this evening. On behalf of the nami and members gather here we thank you for your support. >>chair: I would like to support and say you could have just said thank you. But it's okay. Thank you. >>speaker: my address is 201 north seventh street miami florida. My name is aaron colbert, outreach manager for miami water keeper . First he owns or storm water and loving . With climate change causing more intense rainfall events, like the ones we experienced last year it is imperative we invest practice storm water management systems to protect our communities and storm water from flood related damages. We recommend the county invest in green infrastructure. Green infrastructure captures and treats rainwater just as our historic ecosystems have done before they were paid over. The county currently relies on infrastructure systems such as pipes and tunnels to move storm water away from where we live to local water. Great infrastructure in many areas is aging its existing capacity to manage large volumes is dcreasing. >>speaker: I live at 7180 northwest terrace and I am here to represent the old the line coalition. Effort that has gone into creating this budget but we have identified one problem for the endangered lands program is insufficient at 0.2 percent of the budget this is fairly sufficient to cover alliance we already have. It should be more than double . Preservation and conservation of our systems is one of the best things we can do to promote flood resilience, to increase green space which we lag behind most greater marriott metro areas in preserve our biodiversity. It is necessary that we prioritize this now where we can strategize with the federal government on tax this year as well as while the real estate prices are still where they are. Thank you. >>speaker: my address is 203 miracle mile, miranda prieto and I am senior director of programs with miami water keeper. We learned the boundaries and land use comments are not sufficient to protect most environmentally sensitive lands . Today I'm speaking with the budget item for the endangered and program this program matches for 23,000 acres of endangered plants. Nowhere near enough . The bill needs funding to purchase property as well as restore and maintain the land and manage these areas can source storm water allow rainwater filter into our aquifer. Our natural areas can reduce urban affluence. I expect I support standing our eel program which can greatly improve our quality of life. >>chair: >>speaker: hello, my name is jonathan, 4199 eight terrace , 33137 . A server on the board of community services urges the paper and thank you for supporting the mayor's budget and thank you for your support of unity based organization to hear of the most home rule members of our community. >>chair: I didn't call your name yet yet. Go ahead. We still need his name . >>speaker: marianne singer, 12,000 this game are . Thank you mount mayor, MISTER Chair for being such treasured partners in supporting community-based services. >>chair: thank you . >>speaker: representative roy hardemon, I'm coming here today ... >>chair: address please. >>speaker: 1292 northwest 79th street . To tell the mayor thank you for the work wth this budget and to also say the cultural model c, g city as we try to keep the culture w are also , we have money to put into our engine in poinciana, we are here today to beg , we can't borrow but we want to date for money for the models say , the dc area and with that, as you . >>speaker: let executive director 43 , to take the chair's guidance I want to thank you for additional funding for the county visitors and natives. >>speaker: 2103 miracle mile , cameron bell, legal fellow miami water keeper. I am here in support of funding for our sewer system. A working sanitation sewage system is essential to our water quality and safeguarding the environment as of the most populous counties in the country our county must grapple with the task of maintaining one of the largest sewage systems in the us while managing the mass of developments and the environment . At the same time residents are all-too-familiar with sewage overflows or sewage needs which combined sent hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the environment . Is carrying our sewer lines are more susceptible to failure. The county must continue to improve the sewer system and we also keyboard fund updates to the source system in line with the county's obligations under the consent decree. MISTER CHAIRMAN dollars and commissioners, 632 northwest miami florida district 3, district 5 in the city of miami and I bag you consider getting action to the human services department because at as we have seen the little area services are not getting there. They're not touching our kids and these little haven community, I am PRESIDENT For liberty city crime prevention and I think director ramirez for sending alexander rice to the city of miami commander and for coming to our crime prevention meeting . If it wasn't for the crime watch me in liberty square, commissioner hardemon that place would be drug infested and shooting and everything else. Thank you for human services. >>speaker: my address is 2103 miracle mile, cindy carrack, environmental policy specialist with miami water keeper . Alleges is a reflection of our priorities as such my organization's the journey to the necessary resources to solving environmental problems before they get a sense it was in the near future. This is why we need funding or storm water system upgrades and maintenance, possession of biscayne day and funding to clean up and disposed of sarcasm that washes up on beaches . I would like to reiterate that my organization is science-based and we spearhead the biscayne day consisting of state role representatives use scientific include the bay is impaired. We support the of the value the environmental resources they continue to do so in the future . >>chair: tank you. >>speaker: mel meinhardt, 3075 virginia street . I am CHAIRMAN Of the friends of it, or trail . 14-year-old aaron shaw was parked while writing his bicycle . Later on the two boys laura robbins struck a pothole, and put her face through the pavement. She thousand again to ride a bike in miami. These will not show up in counties but their effects will show up as fearful families put cars on the road resulting in angrier citizens. The mayor's zero the program at 505 she had us all. There continue on all levels . We applaud commissioner regalado as we halt focus county resources . >>chair: don't direct comments positive or negative to any members of the board. >>speaker: first dtp w funding . The . >>speaker: good evening, I met at a 600 southwest 67th avenue policy with miami wter keeper and I want to talk about septic consumer transition] Provides money for the program which provides sanitary sewer service . Compromise septic systems can impose public health risks and have detrimental effects on our natural resources including biscayne day. Miami water keeper supports funding which expands the sewer system to remove tactics systems homes and businesses. We asked the continue to expand this program this year in future years . We also support robust funding for the septic consumer trust fund to help people afford the cost of connecting. . >>speaker: 10 700 57 boulevard, 3305 . I am APRIL shackleford , amy here in g city. It has been my privilege to serve as an educator in liberty city and surrounding communities for the past two decades. I have the opportunity to work with hundreds of remarkable students, all of who are right here in liberty city. Our school is designed to cater to children who require a more intimate and focused learning environments featuring small class sizes that align with their individual needs. We are addressing these needs every day through artwork teaching kids, otherwise their risks, a loss within the community. We are not seeking funding for our school rather asking $45,000 to oxidize mills for our students that research shows when kids are provided a good meal they do well. something from that example. Get to the ask first. Make sure you get it in their $45,000 for a pogram for kids in school . >>speaker: I am mttie kaufman, I know these terrorists . I was just the use of initiatives to help solve our latest crisis focusing on reduction. We are running a carryout container program where businesses are serving in containers that consumers are returning to the businesses scheduling on its and maybe that's how he wants to fund other parts of the county and they want to highlight there's a growing reuse moment in miami. We had a zero waste coordinator, we have reusable cup services but none of these entities are communicating regularly so we want to start up zero waste-where everyone can do via email has to share funding resources to and we are here to support those agents. >>chair: thank you. >>speaker: d spicer, 49th street miami . This evening you will hear from constituents to engage miami's young people priorities. Making up one third of miami-dade county, young people have seen positive changes in recent years. Looking at this budgets change memo I was hopeful that still left hanging. Being full these plans take time but if we we will see results in a few years . We are telling you what we need in our updating your cell being the you women's weight is a laser to stop and fire. The message applies. Please honor the work we've done to research this budget. We know how the works . Mayor, commissioners, county staff we are ready to create with you, not just provide input that will be stowed away. Regardless of that, we will see you next year . >>speaker: can kirkpatrick, neighborhood association 1.567 northwest 29th avenue in light of the huge gap that exists between census tracts in the urban poor we encourage you to create innovative programs that will continue to provide really to the families and our neighbors. The program should continue and the land trust initiative is also a good idea? The cot concepts, a commitment to serve our neighborhoods with the disease with executives from our neighborhoods . We would like to reiterate our years long request for a community center with project 98 and finally we are asking for $250,000 legacy projects which is a cultural arts initiative was lost by the community . >>chair: thank you . Okay. I'm going to call the next 20 people. Emily herrera. [Reading names]... [Reading names] >>speaker: I am going to take the CHAIRMAN's guidance like my colleague and keep this brief. I wanted to thank my mayor, CHAIRMAN Gilbert, vice CHAIRMAN Rodriguez and all for their support organization such as gps or a difference in the lives of the most frail and will our energy sorry, 12,000 biscayne boulevard . >>chair: let me eplain something, not to you, to use , what's the name of it? Connect to protect program, text to text program is something the mayor conceived but is limited by because it's funded by the spanish in so reason we'll say bad things direct those things individual is because it is a consensus so if you like the losses, it's all of us. If you don't like the losses is still all of us. If you like to protect it all us. So that's why we don't direct events or happenings, it's not just those want you calling people because the true nature of is asked of bonnie . >>speaker: I live at 2001 biscayne boulevard , district three. I am proud to be here as founding executive director of miami I also hear the support of nonprofits and 70,000 the county as the lead partner for legally from the create other cities or networking that empowers nonprofits . Here to show my gratitude for our ongoing mission for the county as we work more closely with each county commissioners office is to bring our programs to your district. >>speaker: I am PRESIDENT Of little donor farms folders association advocate for my immunity. Under the rv since my community is asking for re-paved roads and also blue and green jobs and also the presentation silverlake that can be utilized as a resource for not only technical school to encourage children to understand the benefits of the pollen ecology and conservation within our area but also we have little adaptation to see the petition plan expanded west of 95 and were also waiting on the 216 flood study to come back to the us army corps of engineers to see how we have projects moving forward before they are thoroughly engineered t see what the impact will be on our client already cost little river has been designated as a flood so so are concerned about the information there . 1705 northwest 107th street miami florida. Little farms folders association . >>speaker: mark landfill . I have met mayor , and many of you girls since I lost buses are in the server-side class. Since then we see many buildings that were made, and then, architectural defects. These concerns were developed by the same team of people at the class building two years ago. Is there anything in this budget to make sure this never occurs again and for residents to feel sick? Does this but finding answers and conducting an investigation including a criminal investigation? Nothing and there's another building before we even know why this one class we had navigate on the site even before families were recovered. Is there a allocated before we have plans for a memorial on the site . >>chair: I am sorry for your loss but give me your name one more time. Someone I can see you regarding what is contained in this budgets. >>speaker: >>. >>speaker: that evening, charles brown here on behalf of the partners park and find like to thank the board for their operating that's going to be done at the facility. It's been a 15 year challenge for parks and recreation made plans to upgrade the facility which is much needed and unless thank you again. >>speaker: PRESIDENT Of biscayne gardens association, recency these 152 street your today representing the board of directors in 5000 residents in my community the set association was founded in 1945 as of today we answer the 470 years. They provide us old meetings, job fairs, also computer club and other public speaking forums. These activities are the united also provide a place to hold dates for those running for office . If you is a plot line for fighting crime in our neighborhood . We maintain excellent police officers . This board brings unity and peace but today we are asking for financial help this city year old repairs, alterations, bathroom renovations and so . Please include our estimate so we can continue to be a shining light in 2 . >>speaker: and jason jones, real or 14th avenue northwest in miami 33147 I am the director helping hands . We are here simply to ask for funding and support in the thousand 175 thousand for the rdc youth initiative all things are not human what our initiative goals are is creating an ecosystem of nonprofits, ecosystem of nonprofits and programs that work with the education system . Recently we have 2 locations we are in need of funding to get some of these issues . One of the things that a niche program is hard program. We have secured a ds our x master that has helped us pave the way the soccer program . >>speaker: 1905 , he would drive is no secret that rent is high, climate gentrification has reached a critical point and is eating floods as the poetry of us can perform yet we are discussing a bucket proposes over $1 billion to police and corrections so it's a natural conclusion that is expecting more crimes but this makes sense. Example we are in a housing crisis and islamic holidays decimal percentages you address the housing crisis than the homeless population will inevitably grow and since the homeless are loitering we will need more police criminalize the homeless and more jail itself to place them of people in this room are they for life learning resources but instead we are getting double-digit resources to police and corrections. I support miami's young that are doing the work to fund our most vulnerable communities . >>chair: thank you need your time is up. >>speaker: michael rosenberg , miami florida . Florida power and light owns the land of their lives. Districts seven, they decided to monetize acres of land a parking lot into businesses and the zoning for extra vehicles. The federation our community do not want the acres in arguments this unless you get in the community six acres . For what and reset five acres for a community garden and one for a dog park. Stl is totally on board, there's contract now at the health of the 40s gardens that's unfunded. Parks estimated to cost $1.5 million to settle this infrastructures over asking that you please fund this project with our success plan will run similar gardens to all your business. Will be on board. >>speaker: I'm representing the greater north miami chamber of commerce west highway miami, 33161 . I think there's something we can all agree on, we can all agree no one as well as every resident shows her . we want sustenance, we want to be able to sustain and take care of our families do that we need to be employed in or the employer we need to have jobs so I might affect the mayor and distribution for consideration of the stock which is not only in our program but most importantly is the case management pogram. It's wonderful to have courses and classes and teach those that open up their own businesses but it's also something we will be doing to stay with them or can 18 months after the program to ensure they b , one year from now I will stand here and give you already return on the multi generational wealth that was created. >>speaker: emily herrera, 33161 on the individual resources this and you have invested mainly the library among others that prepared me to take advantage of many programs, which then the bright futures is and because of the funding I was able to access the resources I.E. Today I am here to advocate for the budget to allocate one dollars to the public library system to fund more social workers to their staff for the coming fiscal year . Libraries offer our place to stay col and informed, over place where students receive tutoring. Librarians are trying to meet betty outnumber our county needs to investigate community basic resources to succeed . I heard in the public that everyone in our community access to: libraries . >>speaker: seemed emissions and the bernie 1300 this dixie highway 33161, CHAIRMAN Of the miami chamber of commerce company is a distinguished member of the board michael Mcdermott and you just heard from marcia, our dedicated grant writer for the purpose of our presence is to shed light on an exceptional initiative, the startup, or on program this program carries a distinctiveness that sets it apart significance for our community. We would like to extend our gratitude to commissioner five or championing this and never a thank you for your time . >>speaker: I am chaplain stanley young . I serve those incarcerated back in your city and your area, those that your account he doesn't have to much to do with . 500 northwest second avenue, miami florida . I gave my is a budget for freedom and a very aggressive but it because that's what needed, a five million dollars that will the homeless. I need your help . I need your help to continue to help them effectively that needs help that I'm giving them . You can check in the , I want to be in this I'm not trying to get rich, I'm not trying to say this, I'm not trying to build some rock star life and I want to ask you 2 questions. What is the death of this county and why are you taking away. Give us our 2 million. >>chair: thank you. >>speaker: 8018 southwest 521 39 . Thank you to the mayor and board for the support children's savings accounts and partnership with public schools and also for the initial 3000 40 action plan are very appreciative of our city. Funding reallocated as they are seniors is worthwhile and will make on the lives of the seniors but also wish ways program and work with community organizations to make sure that money is the utilized o . >>speaker: nicholas durand, manager for and always districts 10 . We spent time the change and it was not immediately clear that some cloudless visiting the $1 million in additional funds for the greater , operations budget to raise the pay for transit operators, that was over. I am grateful for the 300,000 dollars matching memo to help further the action and pain we understand all the power of the purse is not easy, resources our problems are endless . This budget does but we are frustrated or something that can download on these issues the hottest year on all record weekends use the approach five climb walrus so it is our values is a are workers better . It is not a call out but called in, that's where . >>speaker: the evening miami government collected, I'm asking $55,000 . >>speaker: don alexander ramirez, 3317 researcher and director of the research institute. I found it in 22. I thought of and raise consciousness 15 our children's future is on the other partners said that data visited two no longer my son to get him to fall in line that required intelligence can't teach so that you know my research and my own after for my own home of myself to not continue the my intentional organization. My second ask is pleased with other resources give service to maximize gas mental. >>speaker: my address is 1228 w. Avenue miami beach, I'm in the five and an executive director of trans alliance miami I support the mayor's proposal with slight modifications . I want to redirect transit alliances is starting operators is our overall class transit system we need to invest and keep our writers moving safely . Ask visitors to consider investing $10 million for the homeless to support the development of new supported housing. The allocation of the better bus network and bus service across the county . Thank you for your time and consideration and have a good day. >>chair: those are all the names and the second 20 . Now we are going to move on . I didn't see representing james bush... [Reading names] [Reading names] >>speaker: 7380 southwest 1/38 street. I am coming here before you to plead for these community gardens and the aforementioned acreage . This is a quintessential need for the cmmunity and no more or less I would say that any other piece of infrastructure I am a third generation farmer. , I have labor, we have everything ready to go for this project, to have the first community garden and just let it ride. >>speaker: my name is kathleen elliott, 1016 northwest 85th street miami florida twice of the youth corporation youth with nature we use fishing as the that we give is in session, the defenses they are gangs. In support of the mayor's budget as an environmentalist as someone who knows the importance of keeping our water and our communities safe I stand in support of . >>speaker: that afternoon. I live at chapman partnership. My address is 15 north miami avenue . 33136 . I am here again in front of you . [Speaking spanish] Asking for help wth housing to the commissioner and the mayor. Because of this situation I am in. I am a chronic homeless person . And I am ready to leave the shelter and I have nowhere to live. I am on my own in this country and have just received my green card documents. [Speaking spanish] I'm looking for an answer from you in the form of your budget to continue and because I am the only one here in this is a family thank you very much. >>chair: thank you. Good evening MADAME Mayor and commissioners, thank you for having us. Reply 601 southwest 197 owns in florida region 034 I and a second generator replacement was wildlife sanctuary largest nonprofit sanctuaries. The partnership with services on the county. While there are other sanctuaries that do animal rescue we are your constituents call when you want one person to us a rounded raccoon call or because a highly naked in their backyard . We funding at the moment we can no longer continue to do so so we are asking for a partnership for funding. Thank you for's, will . >>chair: step off to the side. Someone from staff wants to talk to you . >>speaker: coral gables 33134 and chief officer of the cdc express our support for the alliance with the pressing needs and priorities of our community as well as really to those that are on the most vulnerable to small business innovation ad strategic procurement , we have successfully enhanced all available resources to bring all small businesses in the area also the various initiatives transit, and assist older adults. These areas are tangible evidence such as those proposed for miami-dade county. Not just essential imperative for the community. Thank you. >>speaker: homestead florida and I am general manager of early wildlife sanctuary and rehabilitation facility here on behalf of our organization to request funding or partnership with the county to continue providing services not only that we provide canadian law wildlife but to the community as he was wildlife calls for is assessable as needed schools to those more challenging and dangerous such as breaded and foxes . Thank you for your time. >>speaker: 53 southwest 62nd street, greater miami-dade in addition to requests of my colleagues have spoken I am here to talk the velocity behind the budgeting process will have air and water of this are public resources which you are stewards of your decision. My attention to quality of life of the lease among us, particularly the horrible job and increase the resiliency of all of our ecosystems, not what produce the most economic growth or by fax to corporations and developers funding campaigns . We need to be on "wild spaces not called me you are most to provide for our unity gardens and culture projects need to disinvest from car centric infrastructure and build more public transit . >>speaker: good evening MADAME Mayor all county commissioners. I was 1633 novelty drive miami florida 33133 and I'm in miami county pogram with $10 I worked as location manager and write in a college and university of miami sells whole. I have been fortunate to work in the film history since 1997 date for his job other states. These products create local jobs , to the local economy and attract more tourists. Thank you senator garcia for sponsoring this initiative. >>chair: I'm pretty sure everybody knows what I'm about to say . Can somebody pass on for me please ? Identify a money directly. >>speaker: and genesis so mayor, 33145. Today I am here to support the young people's budget priorities hve the miami worker priorities and everyone else in support of planet and transit but my focus is on housing, the reallocation of funds from the phones. To save our seniors. According to the 2022 american community service census shows miami-dade county as a winter presented. According to the data over 30 percent or about half of renters said 50 percent of their income on rent. The standard is 30 percent. Last hearing your about 100 residents calling for help and sharing their financial at least you but I am in support of housing, thank you. >>chair: thank you . >>speaker: my name is bay representing an sm 4001 w. Flagler street I'm here to please ask you to continue to fund an sm and fund the high impact incentive . we have foreclosed the county and the office of film and entertainment to create jobs are committed to this. You for your continued support . >> I'm carlos gutierrez. Number 26 me. I am here with engage miami I was to ask you guys one more time to please him to young people's budget priorities for investment of 25 million things we had housing assistance and more . One thing that stood out to the time the state till like 11 pm, most of the measures were probably flat and I want to see the need really proud of the oldest or the public housing budget as well. As a small team we were able to collect 160 centers from your supporting all the things we are asking for. And we want to make sure to meet with you early next year because of his all year round so support the young people's budget priorities. >>speaker: was a luis martinez, my mattress your , 1401 w. Flagler street in man. I had a producer and filmmaker with experience in los angeles and miami-dade county with works seen on netflix. I am here to support funding in the amount of $200,000 as film and television incentives in the amount of $10 million . This MAY sound like a lot but we are competing with global role and tv industry and this is a small investment to bring high impact that paid a lot of money to this county when we are experiencing problems with employment, housing crisis and anyone who shopped at their publics knows tat things are going up and these jobs are high-paying and affect our community and will help us get the resources we need for a better future in our county . >>speaker: good evening MADAME Mayor commissioners, my name is matt anderson, 150 southwest second avenue miami florida. As executive director of I thank you for your interfaith projects in the county with the injury advisory board and interfaith round table. They have an exceptional partners for us in danger only find ways to find common ground in the midst of the polarization of this community . >>speaker: my name is joan and is 13 w. Flagler . Thank you for all the rage is something I know well hollywood I studied production before living in los angeles. One back to south florida my career continues . I think the director and producer shows like star trek and I had just begun prepping my latest movie which I am thing for and when we and assessing issues as the usual places came up . I don't think miami-dade was an option" at an fm fully incentives that were on the way so I can film commissioner with the studio in a hold that the cell phone and is paramount to bring jobs to my home because of miami county is a great place for movies and tv shows. >>speaker: executive director for ways women in public health development. Referred to as mom , it has been our response in the african-american and inner-city community to the issue of climate change. Climate change to me in the box does not mean the scene rising but it does mean floods, frames, living in apartments full of mold and mildew my day today without funding you funding the study , 12 years ago of brownsville technician I began to raise the issue of the environmental study but in the interests of the way we serve we need to make a health study as well bcause derek has been and we serve along with mothers don't know how to clean mold and those who refuse to. I'm asking you to do a job well done change is not just a rent issue, it's a health issue for all of us. >>speaker: charlene jones , southwest 68th street . Here with two issues, martin luther park , that part... Class pull the microphone closer to your mouth. >> boulevard needs to be upgraded next to other parts in the miami-dade area. It's missing a lot of activities at the park that are provided to other parts. My other issue is our tax situation. The taxes he rising for the seniors, people who have been here all their days. I just want to know why you keep raising our taxes. Us out of our homes with taxes and property because eventually , some of us will not be able to afford it . And we shouldn't have to out our homes , we been here for over 40 years. >>speaker: island 2935 northwest 60 miami florida coming here on the issue of the parts , martin lakeview you have a huge budget documents and homework and an updated as their course facilities in origin and will as well as senior programs tat the city updated at least to be done and have a safe place to mingle, come together and enjoy their community. When you have are okay with tents that children are safe. Thinking it has a low rate of crime you make promises to community where children are easy and have a place to go. Those things need to as well as lakeview. Needs benches, needs a playground, the place where they can go singly not just cool . >>speaker: slr, and we have an issue with 18 wheeler tractor-trailers coming our streets rooms a round the intersection of 67 and 29th avenue. If you can do that will last, if you do that it will help us fantasy. >>speaker: e morgan, 29 ovary last 54th street and I'm here today with the vice PRESIDENT Of lakeview community I'm here for our bus is in our area . We have a lot of the money for the upkeep of the law spaces because they are historic and also for them out take money for our roads our roads are really bad. >>chair: someone from the administration I'm assuming you're going to have full to city residents los angeles, wrote, the parts as they leave assuming that accurate. >> my name is virginia johnson on behalf of glenview homeowners association. My address is 6090 20 value and I want to address the issue that we have a historic park where we have no, it's there but they lived there on the outside you can't see the entrance way . If those in , there's nothing that feels okay there we have bus benches on the other side where the homeless people use live and a clean it up and come back . Give us money , the place is martin luther king boulevard . On the bus benches entered in to the martin luther king park . And if you could do that I know you've done this is what our seniors, they have the seniors parked their . >>chair: we don't have a card for you so a car so we have your name and address. >>speaker: 3482 fourth avenue here in addition to everything my colleague rachel said not to support an increase of pay two dollars an hour for public transit workers. So my additional $10 million for affordable housing, 1.8 million we once the co2 connection version programs last week we want to thank you for this house, and the program. We're in full support of the incarcerated women and all citizens . >>chair: thank you. I believe I called burton? Once, going twice . I'm going to call the next list of names now. Susan corrie. [Reading names] Please. >>speaker: susan corrie, southwest 64th lane miami . Commissioners, I am here today because in MAY of this year our state legislatures passed a bill mandating all services for law enforcement go to the new elected sheriff . What they didn't do is find the transition. So I am here to ask you to use your voice and positioned to advocate for the funding of this transition. There should be no reason that it comes out of the law enforcement budget for those young pople's initiatives . So I hope you could be the advocate and voice because this is the last term before the elected position and the last one wll be in 2025, after the sheriff has been collected. >>speaker: my name is alice perez, 23 ninth street. As a strong advocate and as a board member of the climate resilience committee I want to first appreciate you all for funding climate resiliency line funds were resiliency for the office ongoing efforts these action see the horizon the strategies I believe that everyone in this room knows and believes that the budget reflects... >>chair: give her back about three seconds . I know what's going on but she sat there quietly. Expectation is that you will all stand quietly and wait while she speaks. Test of their expectations so you go ahead and see, I will give you extra time . >>speaker: I started off with a thank you for everything we've done for the and just to reiterate the direct labor flex the priority of such a happy, to continue to prioritize resiliency pace wants to show how dire the issue is in miami. Our calling for rain or outpatient resources, climate change is his and his life and the funds in our low income communities housing is more necessary now than ever . >>chair: you . >>speaker: my name is arliss gonzales , 33142 and is a resident of the worst volunteers was climate mitigation funds office is doing such a great work and is a advocate for our climate . Of your efforts not only in florida but throw out the united states . >>speaker: 1241 northwest sixth street . >>chair: give me one second . I had . >>speaker: harlan water . This request deals with restoration of our pinewood community it deals with some of the restoration of the thousands of two parcels, one is a historic book harvest is located at about ninth avenue and 95th street. There's also is a major parcel located at 12th avenue and 95th . He is both our strategy and development of only what I call the jewish leadership academy as he noted our facility required several parcels on that block we want the restoration of our history with that but you are so will your position on parcel 95th street and 12th avenue in addition to that we have the restoration of what we consider a historic parcel which is silver blue lake . >>chair: thank you . >>speaker: we have the documents and will submit them to the court. George . >>chair: was her last name. >>speaker: sentiments blessed me more infrastructure the metro needs to extend to all said, candle all over in 2002 every major road should have high efficiency bus running every 10 minutes and the hours often stuck in traffic and hundreds of people in the same action to last an hour while he was burning fossil fuels. In candle there's 200 plus people using far less energy getting us where we need to go without needing to drive for through traffic . Better transit decreases driving electric cars to not be the only answer to our crisis. >>speaker: the evening sharon gilbert, mayor ,. Kevin johnson, northwest third avenue and today I stand here before you knew she on this officer on behalf of our esteemed ceo and founder the panel now devoted board of directors. First and foremost the mayor and this spot for supporting the issues of mama's house in florida girls and asking the mayor this morning to continue your support of the florida girls initiative so we can finish the work we@ world power will be house amazing programs to support afterschool programs, and received , our girls intervention program girls choir of miami in the business of benin and young girls are at risk of being trafficked . Additionally the initiative... >>speaker: my name is marilyn , I'm a victim of senior housing scam. Michael will two years ago now to have repairs done to move into my house those repairs were done by my property and playing two or three times and I have no place to go back to house mself and my disabled daughter living in my car. I would like to ask for help and this not to continue to be done in miami-dade county or any place . My house was paid for and is on a lake of wool to go back and oldest shutter sleep in a car is not there. I will ask for with housing . >>speaker: my name is chanelle jenkins, foster adoptive parents, 100 lockable or I, for the mayor please include us in which never happens I represent all the children that have no voice, and then ended the caregivers with volunteers which should be first responders I asked that the lease $10,000 because that would be about 66 hundred, I'm sorry, 66 hundred dollars for every 150 young people that you have in your unity in foster care. They need to know what life skills are and what scholarship opportunities are. I asked the commission will program you do have uique orchids in foster care relative care to the of those opportunities . >>speaker: my name is joe from the affordable housing foundation and we provide , we are at 5600 ... >>chair: hold on a second what is your last name? >>speaker: he told me to see. I took it. >>chair: take your shot, go ahead. Give me your last name. >>speaker: national affordable housing foundation, we've been here 1996. We provide leadership to subsidize rentals. I like to afterwards and our building use to be a whole 69, i don't know if you're familiar with that back in 2005 near to try to someone outdoors afterwards it is okay. I've been trying to thank you very much. >>chair: thank you. Mcguire. This list is exhausted, let's go to malley marquez . [Reading names] You all, on . [Singing] Can we talk for a minute . >>speaker: my name is claudia ramirez perez. This is my mother . Recently we're living in a shelter right now were they're pushing us to work. My mother is 62 . She has arthritis in her hands and other disabilities . My brother was in the hospital because she was , she has seizures. Victim, I use to live in athens and they discriminated me my dughter is too many disabilities I have to call an ambulance every other weekend and they didn't like it so they really out . The police due to much about it so then we and up in a shelter. My daughter is disabled, I suffer with complex ptsd and asking for housing or minorities . >>chair: let's get her connected with some resources back there . >>speaker: my name is leslie mendoza from the cuban american human bar association, 2400 south dixie highway and I thank you for your support in the past and request media in the so we can continue our program started to represent your member members and their families . Through this liar injury legal position to these families in the we learned how critical this is as parents always said treatment for their other necessities of 18 the legal documentation will continue this week on outreach in the community and how many meetings set up programs in school support this population but we need continued support from the county finish what we started last year. >>speaker: [Speaking spanish] An island that for 68 northeast 206 lane, 33179. [Speaking spanish] Who of you have ever eaten a better from publix. No one? I arrived here 4 years ago from columbia where those that as you buy come from. I would let you know when I was a child I was living with my grandparents farm there were was your mom that river isn't here. There is a state in clumbia that would be willing to do a state in the united states. The indigenous tribe that used to populate that area now are not living there anymore because the have a better. >>chair: pause the time for a second because I see time passing, if she could get to the buses asked. I would like to say miami is one of the cities that most vulnerable in the whole world due to global warming. And in columbia we lost at least 5+ in the last 50 years due to global warming. Those bananas you buy at publix currently in a few years you will not be able to have them. I live in different places from homestead to miami gardens. >>chair: thank you. Attorney, public hearing is now close. Season and I believe the mayor remarks. >>chair: before you go now just a couple remarks and plan on saying this but I appreciate your comments so the reason I want you to get to that ask is because I want to know what you want. Higher wages for our bus drivers, I agree with you. I don't think we can continue to pay but I think we need rapid mass transit. The results talked about the need for housing and us being more active agree with all of you I had this to all those things because I generally agree with what you ask for. But the problem in this budget is about balancing. So we do things like we fund law enforcement because we understand the need for public safety not because we want more police officers because history has shown us what the houses of funding law enforcement does it has arisen based on tourism-based economy because when people don't feel safe your people who work at home thousand restaurants and the tourism industry lose their jobs and then they become publix. I appreciate all of your concerns and I will do our best to accommodate as many of them as possible. But understand about balance . If the mayor or a loss how way you have all of the resiliency, zero waste, meaning you all the internet resources and a similar goal and purpose . We have to see to all of them, not to the single stand and we have to try. We extend to resiliency but we also have to see to development and I'm exclusively exclusive but we have to provide for both of them. Something me about one of the things young folks said and they said no the process is year round, I agree wholeheartedly . I will meet with them I don't disagree on the issues because how we get there is more complicated because while we want these things we all know that to we can have higher taxes. and there lies the problem . When folks say they want stuff they want their hearts they don't want the taxes that pay for better parks. That means we can try to find a way to get it done with limited resources. You all for coming out and participating . This is a vital part of the budgeting process it doesn't start with this for the last meeting . We've been talking to. But they want to see in the hopefully we can incorporate a lot of I will work with you all see how we can find funding through the course of that year or in the alternative to work on it as a way to get you all in the issue MADAM Mayor, you are making us . >>mayor: to our residents have come out to see so passionately, up there we with a number of department representatives to provide more information about the services available so that you for coming out some of you are coming the second time because this is the second important opportunity to be directly involved in the budget this year and every year I want you to you for being persons that show up visiting in our accuracy and our county staff work so far all year round years ago as well . Maintenance bdget as close as possible and to our office of management and budget , thank you so much for your hard work in theater . As I shared last time I am proud of this proposed budget . It is fiscally responsible, and it was first addresses everything people have brought up we are also creating a future ready miami-dade county , investing in tomorrow as we must so providing relief to our residents who are the high cost of living and are building the one percent additional tax ad other savings tools $36 million. We are continuing to deliver services at the same level , investing in the future and providing relief and we are also making the investments that align with community concerns, issues like transit, housing, the environment and public safety and we are continuing to find a full-time year owns the land from last year's budget to ensure we are getting those funds into the hands of the most formal residents proposing to shift 18 million of those funds for the one percent millage and are successful say our seniors program that provides much-needed financial really do students every year with this we will be able to cover even more of their expenses . Food, medicine, insurance and county services such as solid waste. So following the divorce action of the last meeting w