COUNCIL MEETING

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. AND AUDIO VISUAL DEPARTMENT. CAN YOU SEE US AND HEAR US? I'LL HOLD OFF ONE SECOND, BECAUSE I STILL DON'T SEE THE CAMERA. JUST IN CASE. THERE WE GO. OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WELCOME TO DORAL COUNCIL MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2018. IT IS 1010 A.M. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU CAN CALL THE ROLL. [ROLL CALL] >> YOU HAVE QUORUM. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU PLEASE RISE, FACE THE FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> WE WILL BE LED IN TODAY'S INVOCATION BY [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] ORTEGA. >> DEAR HEAVENLY AND EVERLASTING FATHER, WE COME TO YOU HUMBLY TO THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO BE IN BOTH IN USEFUL WORK AND FOR THE HONOR OF BEARING APPROPRIATE RESPONSIBILITIES. IN YOUR SCRIPTURE, YOU COMMAND CITIZENS ARE TO OBEY THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES. SINCE YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THEM TO PROMOTE PEACE, ORDER AND JUSTICE. F I PRAY FOR MAYOR BERMUDEZ, OUR VICE MAYOR RODRIGUEZ AND SOON TO BE MARIOGA, ALSO PRAY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, FRAGA AND CABRERA. NOT ONLY OURS IN DORAL BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE NATION. I AM ASKING HEAVENLY FATHER YOU ASK THIS COUNCIL WISDOM TO GOVERN, A SENSE OF THE WELFARE AND FEW NEEDS OF OUR CITY, A KEEN THIRST FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, CONFIDENCE IN WHAT IS GOOD AND FITTING, THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY EVEN WHEN THERE IS HONEST DISAGREEMENT. ALSO, EVERLASTING FATHER, PLEASE GRANT THEM YOUR PEACE, THE PEACE THAT SURPASS ALL UNDERSTANDING AS WROTE IN THE BOOK OF [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] PLEASE GIVE AN ASSURANCE OF WHAT IS PLEASING TO YOU, AND WHAT WILL BENEFIT THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN AND AROUND THIS VERY SPECIAL PLACE CALLED DORAL. IT IS IN YOUR SON'S NAME, JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR THAT WE PRAY. AMEN. >> THANK YOU. ON ORDER OF BUSINESS, ANYTHING? >> YES, I LIKE TO PULL ITEM 6O FOR DISCUSSION. >> ANYTHING ELSE? I'M GOING TO MOVE MY MAYOR'S COMMENT TO THE EVENING. >> OKAY, MAYOR. NO PROBLEM. I'LL PLACE BEFORE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. >> OKAY. IF NOTHING ELSE WELCOME TO CITY OF DORAL. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WELCOME. HERE FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME, WELCOME BACK. VERY SIMPLE RULES. SIMPLE, EASY. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES IF YOU WANT TO TALK ON ANY ISSUE TO YOUR HEARTS CONTENT AND COMING UP IS PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION AND YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT JUST DO IT IN THREE MINUTES. NUMBER TWO, YOU CAN CRITICIZE ANY OF US THE ADMINISTRATION OR ELECTED OFFICIALS, JUST DO IT RESPECTFULLY. IF NOT SOMEBODY DRESSED IN BLUE WILL ESCORT YOU OUT BECAUSE THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT DEMOCRACY IS WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE. IF YOU GIVE GENERAL COMMENT FILL OUT A WHITE FORM AND GIVE TO THE YOUNG LADY TO THE EXTREME LEFT. IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO A PARTICULAR ITEM PLEASE FILL OUT THE YELLOW FORM AND IN FAVOR FILL OUT THE BLUE FORM. WHEN YOU SPEAK GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. IF THERE ARE ANY ORDINANCES, YOU WILL HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE AT THE TIME WE DISCUSS THE ORDINANCE. SO, HAVING SAID THAT, WE WILL NOW OPEN UP THIS MEETING TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION. ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK TO ANY ISSUE TO THEIR HEART'S CONTENT, COME UP AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND GIVE YOUR OPINION IN SHORT SUCCINCT AND CONCISE MANNER. OKAY. THAT PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION IS NOW COMPLETED. NEXT ITEM, MADAM CLERK. >> THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT AGENDA. IT IS ITEM 6-P WITH EXCEPTION WITH 6-O. >> ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CABRERA, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. NAY? NEXT ITEM, MADAM CLERK. >> APPROVAL OF MINUTES. THE MINUTE FOR OCTOBER 10, COUNCIL MEETING. MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CABRERA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. >> NEXT ITEM IS KEEP DORAL BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS AWARD. THE RECIPIENTS ARE NOT HERE SO WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT MEETING. >> ANY OBJECTION? THAT IS FINE. >> THE NEXT ITEM IS A-B, PRESENTATION BY WELLS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, MADAM CLERK. I'M HERE THIS MORNING WITH KAREN DEMIGLO FROM WELLS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND SHE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE RESULT OF THIS YEAR'S INVESTMENT RESULTS. WE ALSO HAVE ON CONFERENCE CALL JIM WEBSTER WHO WILL BE JOINING HER IN THE PRESENTATIONS AS WELL. IT, IF YOU CAN-THERE IT IS. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. IS IT CALLED WELLS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT OR WELLS FARGO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT? >> WELLS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT. >> OKAY. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF DORAL. WEATHER IS GREAT HERE. I RESIDE IN NORTHEAST IN PHILADELPHIA SO NOT AS NICE THERE AS HERE, BUT ANYWAY, AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WHAT I THOUGHT I WOULD DO IS START WITH A BRIEF ECONOMIC SUMMARY JUST TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE AND STRATEGY. AS MENTIONED WE HAVE JIM RUT SON ON THE LINE WHO IS YOUR PORTFOLIO MANAGER AND BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE STRATEGY. JIM, JUST WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE THERE AND CAN HEAR US. >> YES, I'M HERE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, JIM. OKAY, GREAT. LET'S GET STARTED. WE'LL START WITH-LET'S SEE-I'LL KEEP THIS HIGH LEVEL JUST A BRIEF ECONOMIC SUMMARY. IT IS A LITTLE HARD TO READ UP ON IT SCREEN BUT THINK YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF YOU. STARTING WITH GROWTH, WE HAVE FINALLY BROKEN OUT OF SLOW TO MODEST GROWTH RANGE WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS SINCE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. WE ARE SEEING GDP GROWTH RUNNING JUST AROUND 3 PERCENT YEAR OVER YEAR BASED ON THE LATEST NUMBERS THAT WERE REPORTED LAST FRIDAY. THIRD QUARTER GDP IS 3 AND A HALF PERCENT AND WE HAD SEEN SECOND QUARTER AT 4.2 PERCENT SO ON AVERAGE YEAR OVER YEAR ABOUT 3 PERCENT GROWTH. GROWTH IS DRIVEN BY PRIMARILY BY THE CONSUMER SECTOR BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING MORE THIS YEAR IS INCREASE IN BUSINESS MIXED INVESTMENT AND ALSO FISCAL SPENDING OR INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING IS ALSO BOOSTING GROWTH, AND THE INCREASE IN FIXED INCOME INVESTMENT IS A RESULT OF THE CORPORATE TAX CUT WE HAD SEEN EARLIER IN THE YEAR. CUT FROM 35 PERCENT TO 21 PERCENT, AND THEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING IS JUST THE BOOST FROM THE GOVERNMENT INCREASING THEIR RESPONDING PROGRAM. AS FAR AS THE LABOR MARKET, IT REMAINS VERY STRONG. WE HAVE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE NOW AT 3.7 PERCENT WHICH IS A 50 YEAR LOW, AND I GUESS THE STORY THERE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING POSSIBLY ARE WE AT FULL EMPLOYMENT OR IS FULL EMPLOYMENT LOWER THEN WHAT HAD NORMALLY-THE NORMAL EXPECTATION WAS AROUND 4 PERCENT AND THE REASON THEY ARE THINKING THAT IS BECAUSE ON THE INFLATION FRONT WE HAVEN'T SEEN MANY WAGE PRESSURES SO GETTING TO INFLATION. WE ARE SEEING THE CORE INFLATION NUMBER TICK HIGHER. WE ARE FINALLY ABOVE TWO PERCENT. THE FEDS TARGET IS 2 PERCENT. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE 1 TO 1 AND A HALF PERCENT RANGE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THERE ARE SOME WAGE PRESSURES BUILDING BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT YOU WOULD EXPECT GIVEN THE 3.7 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE. WE ARE ALSO SEEING PRICE INCREASES DUE TO THE TARIFFS THAT WERE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE EARLIER THIS YEAR. NEXT COMES MONETARY POLICY. WHAT YOU LIKELY ALL KNOW THE FEDS ARE RAISING RATES AND THEY ARE ON A PATH TO NORMALIZE INTEREST RATES FROM THE VERY LOW LEVELS WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, SO THEY'VE BEEN GRADUALLY INCREASING RATES. WE HAVE SEEN THREE RATE INCREASES THIS YEAR, AND WE EXPECT TO SEE THREE MORE RATE INCREASES NEXT YEAR, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL DATA DEPENDENT DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY INFLATION RISES IF IT CONTINUES TO RISE THEY MAY ACTUALLY PICK UP THE PACE, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY STARTING TO SEE RIGHT NOW IN THE ECONOMY IS A LITTLE SLOW DOWN AND OUR ECONOMIC FORECAST IS FOR THE ECONOMY TO CONTINUE TO GROW, NOT EXCESSIVELY WHERE IT OVER HEATS AND NOT INFLATION TO GET TOO OUT OF CONTROL, POSSIBLY GET TO ABOUT 3 PERCENT AND THEN SEE A SLOW DOWN THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT YEAR. OKAY, SO THAT'S THE ECONOMIC SUMMARY. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THIS IS A MARKET REVIEW. AS I MENTIONED, THE FEDS BEEN RAISING RATES AND THIS IS JUST A SNAP SHOT OF THE YIELD CURVE SHOWING WHERE THE TREASURY YIELDS FROM 3 MONTHS TO 30 YEARS. STARTING WITH THE BOTTOM LINE THAT WAS THE YEAR AGO SEPTEMBER 30TH, YOU CAN SEE INCREMENTAL INCREASES EVERY QUARTER WHICH CAME WITH A 25 BASIS OPPONENT INCREASE IN RATES. THE SHORT END OF THE MARKET HAS BEEN MOST IMPACTED BY THOSE RATE INCREASES SO YOU CAN SEE THE WIDER GAP WHEN YOU LOOK AT 0-5 MATURITIES AND IT NARROWS SO THAT REPRESENT THE YIELD CURVE FLATTENING WHICH YOU HEAR ABOUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE YIELD FLATTENING AND IS THAT A PRECURSOR TO SLOWER GROWTH. YOUR PORTFOLIO ARE POSITIONED IN THE 1 TO 3 YEAR AREA SO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE RATE INCREASES. LOOKING AT THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS TOTAL RETURN BY MATURITY. BASICALLY IT IS JUST SHOWING FOR EACH QUARTER WHAT THE TOTAL RETURNS WERE ACROSS THE TREASURY CURVE. YOU CAN SEE IN THE REAL SHORT END, PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON THE TWO YEAR PART OF THE YIELD CURVE, WE SAW VERY LOW RETURN, NEGATIVE RETURNS IN THE 4TH QUARTER OF 2017, AND THE FIRST QUARTER 2018 AND THEN SLIGHTLY POSITIVE RETURNS IN THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTER. >> HOW IS THE NEGATIVE RETURN BEING GENERATED? WHAT'S THAT INVESTED IN THAT IS CREATING A NEGATIVE RETURN? >> CORPORATE BONDS WHICH IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE, THESE ARE RETURNS BY SECTOR. YOUR INVESTMENT POLICY ALLOWS TO PURCHASE CORPORATE BONDS SO NON TREASURY SECTORS AND WE ARE POSITIONED IN THOSE SECURITIES AND YOU'LL SEE PERFORMANCE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT YOU SEE TOTAL RETURNS IF YOU LOOK AT CORPORATE BONDS, TOTAL RETURNS-THEY STRUGGLED IN THE FIRST AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR MAINLY DUE TO SUPPLY AND DEMAND TECHNICAL BECAUSE OF TEX REFORM SO THERE WAS LESS DEMAND BIDE CORPORATIONS. WE SAW A REBOUNDS IN THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTER OF CORPORATE SPREADS, WHICH GENERATED HIGHER TOTAL RETURNS AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ASSET BACK SECURITIES ARE GENERALLY STRONG THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT-NEXT PAGE IS THE PERFORMANCE, PORTFOLIO REVIEW IS THE NEXT SECTION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE, WE HAVE SEEN RATES RISE WHICH WOULD CAUSE NEGATIVE PRICE RETURNS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OFFSET THOSE PRICE RETURNS BY OWNING THOSE SPREAD SECTORS, SO FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIOD AND ANYTHING LESS THEN ONE YEAR IS A PERIODIC RETURN ON ANNUALIZED. THE PORTFOLIO RETURN NET BASIS, 45 BASIS POINTS. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LOW BUT RELATIVE TO THE BENCHMARK WE OUTPERFORM THE BENCHMARK BY 25 BASIS POINTS. THE BENCHMARK IS ONLY TREASURY AND AGENCY SECURITIES SO BY OWNING THOSE CORPORATE AND ASSETS BACKS AND ALSO WEED HAVE BEEN SHORTER DURATION IN THE PORTFOLIO, BECAUSE OF WE WERE EXPECTING THE FEDS TO CONTINUE TO RAISE RATES AND WE CONTINUE TO BE SHORT DURATION. JUST GOING-I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE NUMBERS BUT GENERALLY OUTPERFORMED THE BENCHMARK EVERY PERIOD. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JIM AND HE'LL TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PORTFOLIO STRUCTURE AND POSITIONING AND WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING IN THE PORTFOLIO MORE RECENTLY. >> HELLO. JUST REAL QUICKLY KAREN. EVEN WHAT YOUR QUESTION ABOUT NEGATIVE RETURN, EVEN TREASURIES SECURITIES IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND LAST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR AND FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR DID SEE NEGATIVE RETURNS BECAUSE BASICALLY AS INTEREST RATES RISE, WHEN YOU COME FROM A LOWER YIELD LEVELS ESPECIALLY THE PRICE DECLINE THAT THE BOND RECEIVES ISN'T OFFSET BY A ENOUGH INCOME BUT AS YIELDS RISE WHEN YOU INVEST MAKE NEW INVESTMENT AND HIGHER YIELDS YOU GET MORE INCOME AND THOSE OFFSET FUTURE PRICE DECLINES AND THAT IS A IMPORTANT POINT HERE IN THE LONG RUN. EVEN TREASURY SECURITY DID SEE NEGATIVE RETURNS THE LAST QUARTER OF 2017 AND FIRST QUARTER OF 2018. SO, I'M GOING-THESE COMMENTS ARE GENERALLY ABOUT THE AGGREGATE PORTFOLIO. WE RUN THE FORT FOLIO IN A SIMILAR MANNER, THE LARGEST IS DORAL LONG TERM NON-OPERATING FUND BUT THEREAT DOMINATES THE PERFORMANCE OVERALL FOR AGGREGATE, BUT WE RUN ALL THREE IN A SIMILAR MANNER. BASICALLY THIS SUMMER WE SLOWLY MOVED THE DURATION HIGHER. IT HAD BEEN IN THE LOW 150 AT THE END OF JUNE, SO IN JUNE-JULY AND AUGUST TREASURIES IN THE 2 AND 3 YEAR SPACE WERE RANGE BOUND. THER WAS JUST A LOT OF UNCERTAINLY AROUND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE TREASURY MARKET WASN'T REALLY BELIEVING THAT GROWTH WAS GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO MOVE HIGHER AND THE FED WOULD BE ABLE TO RAISE RATES, SO THE TREASURY WERE RANGE BOUND BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN SO SHORT WE DID ADD DURATION THROUGH THE SUMMER SO YOU SEE WE MOVED FROM JULY WE OR END OF JUNE WE MOVED THE DURATION ON THE AGGREGATE PORTFOLIO FROM 1.53 TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER WE ARE AT 1.64. AS OF YESTERDAY-RATES DID START TO GO UP IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE STARTED TO MOVE YOUR DURATION HIGHER AGAIN. YOU WENT FROM 1.64 AND AS OF YESTERDAY WE ARE AT 1.74 DURATION AGGREGATE PORTFOLIO. YOUR PURCHASE YIELD IS FOR THE POET FOLIOS HAVE GONE AT END OF JUNE 1.85. THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2.20 AND END OF OCTOBER AS OF YESTERDAY AT 2.46 FOR THE PURCHASE YIELD SO YOUR WORK YIELD YOU SEE GOING FORWARD IS GOING TO BE QUITE A BIT HIGHER. I WOULD SAY THAT IS INCOME COMING IN INTO THE PORTFOLIOS. ASSUMING YIELDS CONTINUE TO MOVE HIGHER, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND THE DURATION TO BE CLOSER TO THE BENCHMARK, WHICH IS A 1 TO 3 YEAR BENCHMARK SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE YOUR DURATION HIGHER BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING COMPENSATED NOW MORE FOR FUTURE FED RATE INCREASES, AND A FLATTENING YIELD CURVE, SO AS LONG AS THE YIELDS MOVE HIGHER, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE YOUR DURATION HIGHER. WE ALSO FOR SECTORS-WE LIKE THERE ABS SECTOR CONTINUED TO INCREASE YOUR ABS EXPOSURE. WE DID SOME SHUFFLING IN THE CORPORATE BOND HOLDINGS WHERE THERE ARE NEW HOLDINGS. SOME OF THE CORPORATE SECURITIES HAD SHORTENED UP ENOUGH WHERE WE SOLD THOSE AND PURCHASED NEW ONES AND THERE ARE NEW NAMES THERE,ISH BUT WE INCREASED YOUR CORPORATE EXPOSURE SOMEWHAT, AND NOT DRAMATICALLY BY ANY MEANS BUT INCREASED IT SOME, AND WE HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OVER INDUSTRIAL CREDIT. WE BELIEVE INDUSTRIAL CORPORATE, THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF RISK INVOLVING MERGER AND ACQUISITIONS WITH CREDIT DOWN GRADES SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH BONDS FROM FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. RECENTLY WE ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF AGENCY EXPOSURE AS WELL. WE HAD BEEN NOT ADDING A LOT OF EXPOSURE BECAUSE THE SPREADS WERE NOT WIDE ENOUGH OVER TREASURIES, BUT RECENTLY THOSE SPREADS WIDENED A LITTLE BIT SO WE ADDED A LITTLE THERE IN THE 2 AND 3 YEAR SECTOR. IN THE LAST MEETING OR EARLIER MEETING THERE WAS A QUESTION REGARDING THE IMPACT OF TAX REFORM ON THE MUNICIPAL MARKET SO JUST GOING TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THERE. MOST OF THE YEAR THE TAX REFORM HELPED THE MUNICIPAL MARKETS. THE SUPPLY HASN'T BEEN SUCH THAT THE DEMAND FROM INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS IS GREAT ENOUGH OVER ALL WITH HIGHER TAX RATES. THEIR DEMAND IS MORE THEN ENOUGH AS FAR AS TO MEET THE SUPPLY OF NEW BONDS THAT COME INTO THE MARKET, SO BASICALLY THE RATIO OF THAT TAX EXEMPT YIELD TO WHAT YOU WOULD GET TO OWN A TREASURY SECURITY OR AAA MUNICIPAL ISSUE TO TREASURY ISSUER THAT RATIO, THAT PERCENTAGE HAS GONE DOWN THIS YEAR. THAT WAS TRUE FOR MOST OF THE YEAR. NOW, STARTING IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE TREASURY RATES STARTED TO MOVE UP AGAIN THE MUNICIPAL MARKET LAGGED ENOUGH WHEN INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS STARTED TO SEE NEGATIVE RETURNS ON THEIR STATEMENTS THEY WERE GETTING FOR THE MUTUAL FUNDS, SOME INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS STARTED TO PULL MONEY AND SO THE MUNICIPAL MARKET UNDER-PERFORMED THE TREASURY MARKET IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, AND ALSO ANOTHER DYNAMIC THERE IS THE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS HAVEN'T BEEN AS INVOLVED BECAUSE THERE IS A 21 PERCENT-MOST OF THE MONEY WE RUN FOR INSTITUTIONS MOST OF THE CORPORATIONS IF THEY ARE TAXPAYERS PAY FROM 21 TO 23 PERCENT, SO WHERE YIELDS HAVE BEEN IN THE MARKET ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO COMP SATE AT THOSE TAX LEVELS. BANKS WHO HAD BEEN BIG BUYERS OF MUNICIPAL SECURITIES PARTLY BECAUSE HOW THEY ARE TREATED FROM A REGULATORY STANDPOINT HAVE STARTED TO SELL SOME OF THEIR PORTFOLIOS AS WELL. WE WOULD STILL-BECAUSE WE ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS HAVE BEEN NAT INVOLVED, RATES PROBABLY CANT MOVE THAT MUCH HIGHER IN COMPARISON TO THE TAXABLE MARKET BECAUSE ONCE TAX EXEMPT YIELDS GO UP THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY ON THE SIDE-LINE FROM INSTITUTIONS THAT WILL BUY MUNICIPAL SECURITIES SO DON'T SEE ANY BIG SELL-OFF IN THE MUNICIPAL MARKET AND IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT THE SHORTER SECURITIES, THE SHORTER DURATION SECURITIES HAVE DONE BETTER OVERALL OR OUTPERFORMED THE LONGER SECURITY. 30 YEAR BONDS PROBABLY RECENTLY ESPECIALLY KIND OF DONE A LITTLE MORE POORLY THEN THE TREASURY SECURITIES. I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU, JIM. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> QUESTION OF KAREN OR JIM? QUESTIONS? >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU KAREN AND JIM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? NOPE? >> NOT AT THIS TIME UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME. >> WE DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> MADAM CLERK, NEXT ITEM. >> WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSSION ITEM. 9A, APPOINTMENT OF CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION MEMBERS. I RECEIVED NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR BERMUDEZ, MORALES [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] FROM COUNCIL MEMBER WOMAN RODRIGUEZ [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] DEBBIE CAMPUS AND COUNCIL MEMBER CABRERA FRANK PATRICK [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] AS A CHARTER STATE, SECTION 6.02B, ONE OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION MEMBERS HAS TO BE FROM THE PREVIOUS CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND AT THIS TIME THAT IS NOT THE CASE, SO-- >> CONUNDRUM. >> MR. MAYOR. >> I'M WILLING TO FOREGO MY NOMINATION AND APPOINT JESSE JONES. >> YOUR PROBLEM IS SOLVED. >> THAT WAS EASY. >> I TRY TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. AND >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT YOU NOMINATE JESSE JONES. THANK YOU. >> YES,B MADAM CLERK, THANK YOU. >> AS PER THE CHARTER WITHIN 15 DAYS SCHEDULE THE FIRST MEETING AND GO FROM THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> NEXT ITEM. >> NEXT ITEM DISCUSSION ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER NOMINATIONS REQUESTED BY MAYOR BERMUDEZ. >> AS YOU KNOW IN JANUARY WE HAVE TO REAPPOINT ALL THE ADVISORY BOARDS, BUT ONE OF THE BOARDS STAYED ACTIVE AND NOT HAD MEMBERS QUORUM HAS BEEN SPECIAL NEEDS ADVISORY BOARDS SO THERE ARE TWO NAMES IN YOUR PACKET. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] FOR THAT PARTICULAR BOARD. SPECIAL NEEDS ADVISORY BOARD. THOSE ARE THE TWO NAMES I PROFFERED. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CABRERA AND COUNCIL FRAGA SECOND OR VICE VERSA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. ANY NAYS? OKAY. WE'LL COME BACK IN JANUARY AND I THINK MADAM CLERK IN JANUARY WE HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE CYCLE AGAIN, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. THE MONTH OF DECEMBER I'M GOING TO COLLECT THE APPLICATIONS AND PROVIDE TO YOU FOR EMPLOYMENT IN JANUARY. 9C DISCUSSION FOUNDATION REQUEST FOR USE OF CITY FACILITY. >> I WILL BE SHORT. THERE IS NO COST TO THIS. THIS IS IS A FOUNDATION THAT FOCUS ON HELPING CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND THEY ASK FOR REQUEST OF USE OF THE FACILITY. IT IS A WORTHY CAUSE, SO VERY WORTHY CAUSE. >> OKAY. YOU NEED- >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. ANY QUESTIONS? THERE BEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. ANY NAYS? RECORD REFLECT IT IS UNANIMOUS. >> ITEM D, DISCUSSION, AUTISM SPEAKS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL BREAKFAST. REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR, MARIACA. >> THANK YOU. SINCE WE ARE IN THE TALKING ABOUT AUTISM THIS IS JUST REQUEST TO USE THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM. THEY WANT TO HAVE THE AUTISM SPEAKS CORPORATE SOCIAL BREAKFAST IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AND WANT TO USE TO PROMOTE THE EVENT AND IT IS A SOCIAL BREAKFAST AND SPONSORED BY THEM. THE COSTS ARE ALL COVERED AND THEY JUST WANT THE USE OF THE FACILITY AND BRING SMALL TO MEDIUM BUSINESSES TO PROMOTE TO BE HEALTHY IN THE CITY OF DORAL LIKE IT DOES EVERY YEAR. >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS OR STAFF? IF THERE IS NONE, THEN ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. ANY NAYS. UNANIMOUS. NEXT ITEM. >> ARE ITEM E, DISCUSSION HEALTH AND WELLNESS ALL STAR SHOW CASE REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARIACA. >> THIS IS DORAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS ALL STAR SHOW CASE BROUGHT TO ME BY THE BUSINESS FORUM GROUP AND THIS IS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HEALTH CHANNEL AND BASICALLY THEY WILL BE HAVING A FAIR THAT INCLUDE SEVERAL BUSINESSES FROM THE CITY OF DORAL. IT IS HEALTH WELLNESS ORGANIZATIONS, THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WHAT THEY WANT IS FOR AGAIN THE PROMOTION OF THE EVENT ON THE USE OF CITY LOGY LOGO AND THIS HAS GONE THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS WHO WILL ASSIST TO PROMOTE IT. THEY WANT TO BRAND AND PROMOTE DORAL AS ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST CITIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE STEP UP DORAL PROGRAM SO IF I CAN GET APPROVAL THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RODRIGUEZ AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CABRERA. ANY QUESTIONS? VICE MAYOR, MARIACA AND OR THE ADMINISTRATION? IF NONE, THERE IN FAVOR, AYE. UNANIMOUS. >> ARE ITEM F, DISCUSSION ART WITH FLOWERS EXHIBIT EVENT REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FRAGA. >> THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR. THIS IS BROUGHT ALSO AS WE SPOKE ABOUT LAST TIME REGARDING THE [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS MR. RUBEN HAS BEEN DOING AN EVENT IN HIS FLOWER SHOP, HE IS A RESIDENT AND HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE FLOWER ASSOCIATION MANY YEARS AND BEEN DOING THIS EVENT FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND WANTED TO BRING TO THE CITY SO WE CAN ENJOY HIS EXHIBITS AND HE HAS FULL ENDORSEMENT OF FLOWER IMPORTERS OF FLORIDA. MOST FLOWERS IN THE UNITED STATES COME THROUGH OUR CITY BEING WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPORT AND EXPORT AND A LOT OF BIG WAREHOUSES ARE IN OUR CITY SO IT IS A GREAT EVENT TO SHOW CASE ON A DAILY BASIS. MR. RUBEN IS HERE AND CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. IT IS PROPOSED FOR DECEMBER 6-8. THE AWARD CEREMONY ON THE 8 IN LEGACY PARK. THERE IS NO COST TO THIS EVENT AS WELL. HE HAS ALL THE SPONSORSHIP COVERED THROUGH THE FLOWER ASSOCIATION. >> IS THERE A MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. ANY QUESTIONS OF VICE MAYOR MARIACA? ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL MEMBER FRAGA OR THE ADMINISTRATION? IF NONE, ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. ANY NAYS? LET THE RECORD REFLECT UNANIMOUS. >> LET ME MAKE A COMMENT AND THANK EVERYONE. >> YOU WANT TO COME UP AND MAKE A COMMENT, RUBEN? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR BERMUDEZ AND COUNCIL. I SEE THIS AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DORAL CITY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GREAT-I BELIEVE THIS IS A FACT, WE HAVE A GREAT INDUSTRY OF FLOWERS HERE IN DORAL. I SEE IT AS A SLEEPING GIANT AND WITH THIS EVENT I THINK WE COULD PROMOTE DORAL AND THEIR INDUSTRY AS WELL AND BRING THE NOTORIETY TO DORAL WITH SOMETHING THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND CULTURAL WITH FLOWERS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND HOPE THIS WILL BE SOMETHING WE WILL BE DOING EVERY YEAR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, RUBEN. LOOK FORWARD TO THE EVENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM CLERK, NEXT ITEM. >> WE ARE GOING BACK TO 6-O PULLED. A PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE >> YOU HAD THE FORWARD THINKING PUTTING TOGETHER THIS TASK FORCE TO GO AHEAD AND SEE IF THERE IS ANY SOLUTION WE CAN COME WORKING WITH THE TASK FORCE TO MITIGATE THE ISSUES IN THE NORTHERN PART. LAST YEAR WE DID STUDIES OF AIR QUALITY, AND FURTHER OF THE STUDIES TO TRY TO PINPOINT WHAT SOME OF THE ISSUES ARE THAT ARE NOT SO OBVIOUS OTHER THEN THE FACT THESE COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTH ARE BETWEEN TWO FACILITIES TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE DRIVING THESE ISSUES. WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND DO SOME SOIL AND WATER TESTING AS WELL, SO WITH THAT BE SAID, I WILL HAVE CARLOS AROYA ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR COME AND GIVER A OVERVIEW WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO. BE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE TASK FORCE ON THIS MOVING FORWARD TO DEVELOP THE METHODOLOGY TO WHERE WE WILL BE DOING THIS TESTING, SO I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO CARLOS. >> THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER. >> MOVE THE MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT. >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK. CARLOS AROYA, PUBLIC WORKS. THE ITEM IS A FOLLOW-UP TO COUNCIL REQUEST FOR TESTING IN ORDER TO HELP MITIGATE THE ODOR ISSUE IN THE CITY. BEFORE WE PROCEED, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANT DATES. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] IN WHICH THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION 17-227 ESTABLISHING THE TASK FORCE IN WHICH THE CITY SUBMITTED FORMAL COMPLAINT TO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGAINST THESE TWO FACILITIES. SO, T R C, ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION IS THE FIRM THAT PERFORMED THE FIRST AIR QUALITY STUDY IN 2017 AND THEY ARE TASKED TO PERFORM AIR, WATER AND SOIL TESTING IN ORDER TO QUANTIFY THE REDUCED SULFUR COMPOUNDS AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WHICH COULD BE POTENTIAL SOURCES FOR THE ODOR ISSUES WE HAVE. THE ANALYSIS WILL EXAMINE POSSIBLE SURFACE LEECHING TO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THE STUDY WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ODOR COMPLAINTS [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] TO PINPOINT THE TESTING AREAS AND THE SAMPLING LOCATIONS. WILL TAKE AIR, SOIL AND WATER SAMPLES IN THE VICINITY OF THE FACILITIES, LAKES AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND ANALYZE THE SAMPLES [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] WILL INCLUDE A GAS [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] THE SOIL AND WATER SAMPLES WILL BE TAKEN INTO A SPECIAL LAB AND THE TESTING WILL FOLLOW EPA METHOD, 5021A. ONCE THE STUDY IS COMPLETED PRESENT A FINAL REPORT TO THE CITY AND THE ADVISORY TASK FORCE. ALSO BE INVITED TO THE NEXT TASK FORCE MEETING TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] FROM T R C IS ON THE PHONE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE QUESTIONS. THERE IS A AIR MONITORING PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS. WHAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THIS AIR MONITORING TO THE ONE WE DID BEFORE? >> THEY WILL TAKE-THERE IS A IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINTS SO THEY GO AND TAKE THE SAMPLES AND ANALYSIS IS PERFORMED HERE. THERE IS A SET SO IT IS A FASTER ANALYSIS. AND R WE GET A COMPLAINT SOMEONE GOES OUT AND DO A AIR SAMPLING AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> IMPRESSIVE. AND ON THE SOIL, WHAT IS THE TURN-AROUND TIME WE EXPECT ON THE WATER AND SOIL STUDY? >> THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD HAVE IT IN TWO WEEKS. >> REALLY, THAT FAST? >> YES. >> INTERESTING, VERY GOOD. MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND? SECOND BY VICE MAYOR, MARIACA. ONE QUICK QUESTION AND COMMENT IF YOU COULD, MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS ADVISORY BOARD AND THE TASK FORCE BOTH RECEIVE THIS REPORT, PLEASE SINCE BOTH OF THEM ARE HAVING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THIS ISSUE AND PARTICULARLY THE TASK FORCE THAT SUNSET THE END OF THE YEAR. >> WHEN DO THEY SUNSET? >> I THINK IN DECEMBER. >> ON THAT SUBJECT, THEY PREPARE THEIR PROPOSAL- >> TALKING TO THE CHAIR THEY INDICATED THEY SHOULD HAVE A PROPOSAL WHITE PAPER OR SUGGESTION AND RECOMMENDATION BY DECEMBER. >> I'M JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND DOING A GREAT JOB, IF IT MAKES SENSE TO-I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GIVE EXTENSION WE CAN MAKE THAT MOTION IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS OR AS SOON AS WE FINISH THIS AS A RESOLUTION OR PROPOSAL. >> MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE SINCE WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER SEE IF THE CHAIR FEELS THEY NEED ANOTHER. >> OKAY. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THERE BEING DONE, MADAM CLERK, CALL THE ROLL. [ROLL CALL] >> MOTION PASSES. >> JUST ONE MORE POINT TO THE MANAGER, WITH THIS APPROVAL HOW FAST WILL YOU PUT THIS IN MOTION? >> WE'LL WORK WITH THE TASK FORCE SO WE'LL HAVE THAT MEETING THE NEXT MEETING ON THE FINAL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 15. WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO NEGOTIATE THE FULL SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT AND WHERE WE ARE USING THE INFORMATION PLANNING PROVIDED AND ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE TASK FORCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL-THE OTHER ADVISORY BOARD WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT METHODOLOGY TOGETHER. >> AT THAT POINT-WE MIGHT HAVE RESULTS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR HOPEFULLY? >> I SAY PROBABLY THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR JANUARY. >> PROBABLY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, RIGHT? >> YES, SIR-[LAUGHTER] >> COUNCIL COMMENTS? >> COMMENTS? COUNCILWOMAN FRAGA. >> JUST QUICKLY I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AHEAD OF TIME AS WELL, I HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM PARENTS ABOUT THE SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET AND THE PICKUP TIME AND TRUCKS AND KNOW THE MANAGER IS FULLY AWARE. I SENT HIM AN E-MAIL AND SENT AN E-MAIL AS WELL TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF CODINA AND PRINCIPLE THERE BUT I GET 13 PICTURES A DAY OF THE TRUCKS AND THEY ARE COMING TO DELIVER AND OR PICK UP AND THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE LEAVING RIGHT AT DISMISSAL TIME SO I KNOW A FEW PARENTS ARE COMING TO SPEAK AT THE 6 P.M. MEETING THEY ADVISED YESTERDAY THEY WILL BE COMING AND I TOLD THEM WE ARE WORKING ON IT BUT THEY HAD IT HOW BAD IT IS PICKING UP THE STUDENT. I WANT TO PASS OUT THE PICTURES SO YOU UNDERSTAND THEIR FRUSTRATION AND WHY THEY ARE COMING AND KNOW THE MANAGER IS FULLY AWARE AND THE DEVELOPER BUT IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN DO IT TO HELP THE PROCESS AND I'LL PASS THE PICTURES, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS THEY HAVE THE HUGE 18 WHEELER TRUCKS AT THE TIME OF DROP OFF AND PICK UP AND HAVE A BUNCH OF OTHER PICTURES, JUST COULDN'T GET THEM ALL OFF THE PHONE. >> I LIVE IN THE AREA AND SEE IT MORNING AND AFTERNOON AND I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED THE POLICE CHIEF AND ASKED THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AS WELL. THE MATTER IS BEING ADDRESSED AND THE BEST SOLUTION POSSIBLE IS BEING LOOKED AT INTO AND I HAVE FULL FAITH IN OUR MANAGER AND CHIEF OF POLICE TO TRY TO FIEND THE BEST SOLUTION POSSIBLE. IT IS COMPLICATED SITUATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION SITE IS GOING ON. I GUESS THEY CAN LOOK INTO POSSIBLE DIFFERENT HOURS OF OPERATION BUT THERE IS LIMITATIONS LEGAL LIMITATIONS TO WHAT WE CAN DO, SO CONFIDENCE THE POLICE CHIEF AND MANAGER ARE WORKING ON IT DILIGENTLY AND AGAIN, I DIDN'T FEEL I NEED TO BRING PICTURES TO COUNCIL. I THINK WE ARE AWARE THE PROBLEM AND KNOW THEY ARE ADDRESSING. >> ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT IS BEING OR MENTIONED AT SOME POINT TODAY WHEN THE PARENTS COME TO SPEAK IS THEY ARE USING THE ACTUAL STREET THAT THE SCHOOL IS ON. I DONT KNOW THAT AVENUE EXACTLY, I THINK 82 OR 84? 84. THEY USE THAT TO GO INTO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING ON SO A RECOMMENDATION AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE BUT MAYBE THE DELIVERIES CAN BE MADE THROUGH 41 SO THEY DONT HAVE TO CUT THROUGH THAT STREET. I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, I HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE PARENTS I WOULD BE OUT THERE DURING THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS. AGAIN, I ALSO HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS AND FORWARDED ALL THE E-MAILS AND MESSAGES TO OUR MANAGER. I DIDN'T GO DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE CHIEF SINCE I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MANAGER'S OFFICE FIRST SO I SENT ALL THE MESSAGES TO THE MANAGERS OFFICE AND NOTHING DONE. THE PARENTS GO THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY TO PICK UP THE KIDS AND THE KIDS ARE IN DISMISSAL AND WE DONT WANT A INCIDENT TO BE OCCUR AND THIS BEING WORKED ON SO LONG. I BROUGHT THEM SO THEY ARE ON THE RECORD AND SO THE PARENT COMING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE TODAY YOU ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SPEAKING ABOUT FOR THOSE WHO MAYBE HAVE NOT HEARD OF IT. YOU CAN ASK THE MANAGER ABOUT THE 43 ENTRANCE. >> WE HAVE BEEN GETTING THOSE FOR A WHILE. THERE IS A LOT OF COMPETING INTEREST. SOME PARENTS SAY WE NEED TO ENFORCE THE MOVING VIOLATIONS, WE HAVE THE CONCERN WITH THE TRUCKS, WE HAD THE CONCERNS FROM PARENTS THAT SAY WE ARE ENFORCING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS OUT THERE AND THEY GET TO SCHOOL LATE. WE ARE HAVING CONCERNS- >> HOLD ON. WHAT DID YOU SAY? >> BECAUSE OF THE TICKETING WE ARE HOLDING UP TRAFFIC OUT THERE AND THEY GET TO THE SCHOOL LATE. >> THAT I DON'T THINK IS-- >> THAT ONE WAS BECAUSE THEY TICKETED PARENTS TO TAKE OFF SEAT BELTS HELP THE KIDS GET OUT FOR SCHOOL. >> I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT NOW. THERE IS A ALLEGATION THAT-THAT IS HERE SAY BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF WHAT YOU TELL ME IS WE ARE ASKED TO NOT ENFORCE THE TRAFFIC REGULATION. >> THEY SAY WE ARE REGULATED AND THE COMPLAINT IS WE SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE RATHER THEN STOPPING THE PARENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO WORK BECAUSE OF INFRACTION. >> YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT BOTH. IF THE PARENT VIOLATE THE RULES THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THE RULES. RIGHT? >> YES, SIR. ARE WE OKAY OR CONFUSION ON SOMEBODY'S CASE? >> I IF MAY FINISH TO LAY OUT THE CONTEXT. THE OTHER ISSUE IS THERE IS STACKING BECAUSE A R A SOUTH TURN OFF 52 GOING [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] THE QUEUING ON 41 STREET. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPETING INTEREST SO WE ARE WORKING WITH POLICE TO ADDRESS THE MOVING VIOLATIONS WE HAVE TO ENFORCE THE RULES, LOOKING HOW TO GET PEOPLE FROM PARKING AND CREATING CONGESTION IN THE STRIPED AREA AND HATCHED AREAS WHERE THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSE SAID TO BE PARKING. I WORKED AND SPEAK TO THE DEVELOPER TO SEE IF THEY ARE CHANGE DELIVERY TIMES TO NOT BE DURING THE IMPACTING TIMES. WE ARE LOOKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS WE WENT OUT AND ARE DID A OVERVIEW AND LOOK AT THE MOT OUT THERE TO SEE IF WE CAN REGULATE SOME OF THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND LIMIT AND RESTRICT SOME MOVEMENT TO ELIMINATE OR ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STACKING AND EFFECTS HAPPENING AND CLUTTER. IT IS A LOT OF THINGS. IT IS A LOT OF ISSUES BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT AND COMING UP WITH A PLAN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER TO ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES AT ONCE. >> MOVING JUST THE DELIVERY TIMES WOULD BE A HUGE CHANGE FOR THEM. >> THERE IS WHERE WE HAVE TO HAD LOOK TO SEE BECAUSE SOME DELIVERIES-WE HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM BECAUSE YOU MAY SOLVE ONE PROBLEM AND CREATE ANOTHER SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT A HOLISTIC SOLUTION TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING AND PLACATE MOST OF THE CONCERNS. >> DONT KNOW IF IT IS THE PROPER QUESTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER FRAGA OR YOU MR. MANAGER. A PICTURE HAD A TIME STAMP OF 4 P.M. WHAT IS THE TIME? >> THEY HAVE DISMISSAL AT 3 AND 4 BECAUSE THEY HAVE A EXTRA HOUR. >> I CAN'T HELP BUT TO SAY ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS MY CONCERN ABOUT WHEN THERE ARE IS ISSUE-THIS IS A BIG CITY FULL OF NUMEROUS ISSUES WHICH THE STAFF IS CONSTANTLY WORKING ON AND BY THE WAY, COUNCIL MEMBER FRAGA WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL THE CHIEF OF POLICE. WE CAN INFORM ANY DIRECTOR OF ANYTHING THAT COMES UP. THERE IS NOTHING IN THE CHARTER THAT SAYS WE CANNOT WE JUST CAN'T GIVE ORDERS. MY CONCERN IS USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO POLITICIZE A ITEM GIVING THE APPEARANCE WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING THE ISSUE FOR POLITICAL GAIN OR POSTURING. THERE ISN'T MUCH THAT WOULD BE DONE BUT IT IS CONCERNING BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A LOT OF ISSUES INCLUDING LEGAL THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AND WHEN WE ADDRESS SOMETHING IT ISN'T AS SIMPLE-THAT IS WHAT I LEARNED WHEN I GOT IN GOVERNMENT IN MY PRIVATE BUSINESS I HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACT IMMEDIATELY AND I PAID THE CONSEQUENCES FOR IT BUT WHEN WE SIT IN A CITY WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS AND ANSWER TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY NOT A SELECT GROUP OF PEOPLE, WE CANT JUST ADJUST THINGS IMMEDIATELY TO REACT AND I HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN WHEN WE HAVE THE CONSEQUENCES ARE WORSE. IT TAKES TIME SOMETIMES. IT DOESN'T WITH GOVERNMENT, IT TAKES LONGER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUT TO SIT ON THE DIOCESE AND MAKE A SCENE LIKE WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING SOMETHING OR IT IS WAITING A LONG TIME, IS MISLEADING. THERE ARE ISSUES OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL. THE ODOR IS ONE OF THEM. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 15 YEARS AND MADE A LOT OF HEAD WAY AND MADE A LOT OF HEAD WAY THIS YEAR BUT THERE ARE LIMITATIONS WHAT WE CAN DO. IT HURTS ME TO SEE THIS PROCESS CONTINUE TO BE POLITICIZED BUT GUESS IT IS JUST REALTY OF TODAY'S SITUATION IN THE CITY. >> MR. MANAGER AND MR. CITY ATTORNEY. IN A GROWING CITY THERE IS ALWAYS ISSUES WHICH BECOME OVER EMPHASIZED IN SOME INSTANCES DUE TO POLITICAL REASONS AND OTHER INSTANCES JUST BECAUSE OF THE REALTY OF PEOPLE WANTING INSTANT GRATIFICATION AND HE POINTED OUT SOME WE ARE WORKING ON, BUT LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE WITH DOWNTOWN DORAL CHARTER SCHOOL BECAUSE I RECEIVED SOME COMPLAINT ALSO, I THINK WE NEED MOVING FORWARD TO HAVE A TRAFFIC PLAN FROM EACH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN THE CITY K-12 AND I'LL PROPOSE MR. CITY ATTORNEY YOU PREPARE AN ORDINANCE TO THAT EFFECT. WE HAVE LIMITATIONS WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT I WILL REACH OUT TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CASTILLO AND TALK TO SUPERINTENDENT CAR BALO TO MAKE SURE THE TRAFFIC PLANS APPROVED ARE CARRIED OUT. MY CONCERN GOES BEYOND THE SCHOOL AND DOWNTOWN DORAL DEVELOPMENT. SOMETIMES ON 87TH AVENUE THERE IS A BACKUP ALL THE WAY TO ALL MOST IN FRONT OF THE RESORT AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A MAIN THOROUGH FAIR. THE SECOND THING I WOULD TELL YOU FROM THE DEVELOPERS SIDE WHETHER DOWNTOWN DORAL OR ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE A ORDINANCE THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS A THRESHOLD OF X AMOUNT OF UNITS HAVE A PARKING PLAN, SO WE DONT HAVE SOME THE COMPLAINTS FROM NOT ONLY THE IS SCHOOL ALSO RESIDENTS, AS TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OR THE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE AREA IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TAKING PARKING SPOTS AND THINGS OF THAT TYPE. I PROPOSE MR. CITY ATTORNEY YOU LOOK INTO THOSE TWO POTENTIAL ORDINANCES. I DONT KNOW HOW MUCH WE CAN DO NOW ACCEPT TRY TO WORK WITH ALL PARTIES CONCERNED, THE SCHOOL, THE DEVELOPER THE BUSINESS, BUT MOVING FORWARD IN ORDER TO AVOID THESE TYPES OF CONCERNS AND CONFUSIONS-BY THE WAY I THINK THE PARKING PLAN FOR THE SCHOOLS THERE HAS TO BE A DROP OFF PICK UP PLAN THAT HAS TO BE EXECUTED. WE HAD THIS YEARS AGO WITH DORAL ACADEMY AND THE INDUSTRIAL AREA AND THE SCHOOL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW THE PLAN AND THE DEVELOPERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW THE PLAN BUT WE HAVE TO CODIFY THAT BECAUSE THIS WILL KEEP SOME OF THESE THINGS HAPPENING MOVING FORWARD. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> IF IT IS OKAY I LIKE TO LEAVE MY COMMENTS FOR THE EVENING SESSION? >> SURE. >> MR. MAYOR, I LIKE TO RESERVE MY COMMENTS FOR THE EVENING AS WELL: >> I KNEW YOU WOULD DO THAT. >> I WILL JUST IN CASE. >> THE DEPARTMENT REPORTS. ANYTHING? SORRY SKIPPED CITY MANAGER REPORT. >> CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. >> I JUST HAVE A TWO THINGS, ONE IS A PRESENTATION FROM CLARION SERVICES WHO IS A CYBER RISK CONSULTANT WHO DID ASSESSMENT OF OUR SECURITY SYSTEMS HERE AND IT. I BELIEVE IT HAS GLADYS WILL COME UP AND INTRODUCE THE CONSULTANT WHO DID THE ASSESSMENT. I THINK YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME AND OF THE AUDIT DONE. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL CITY MANAGER, LEGAL AND MADAM CLERK. CLADS GONZALEZ. I WORKED TO PERFORM A CYBER SECURITY ASSESSMENT WHICH FOCUS ON THE TECHNICAL VULNERABILITIES USING BOTH LEADING INDUSTRY TOOLS AND MANUAL AND AUTOMATED TO YIELD THE HIGHEST RESULT OF ACCURACY WHILE ASSESSING THE CSI20 CONTROLS AND WE RECEIVED THE RESULTS AND TO MY RIGHT IS MR. ROB [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] PRESIDENT AND CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER AND ALSO IS PAUL TIPEN THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE ACTUAL ANALYSIS, AND HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF SECURITY OPERATIONS, SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. RASCO. >> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL, MAYOR BERMUDEZ AND CITY MANAGER ROJAS. THE SLIDES IS HARD TO READ BUT BASICALLY THE THREE FOLKS THAT WERE INVOLVE IN THE ASSESSMENT WERE MYSELF MANAGING REALLY THE TWO GENTLEMEN PAUL AND JOHN MACKEY. LITTLE ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND, PAUL HAS BEEN WITH CLARION OVER 10 YEARS AND PREVIOUSLY WITH GENE MAC AND HAD A SUCCESSFUL RUN WITH HIM IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT SECURITY RISKS WITHIN DIFFERENT ENTITIES. JOHN MACKEY WHO DID THE NETWORK PORTION THE REVIEW PREVIOUS TO BEING WITH US WITH WAS JUNIPER AND PART OF THE FORENSIC TASK FORCE THAT LOOKED AT HOME DEPOT'S BRIEF SO THOSE ARE TWO GUYS THAT DID ALL THE WORK, I JUST LOOKED FROM ABOVE. THE FRAMEWORK WE USE IS INDUSTRY INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED FRAMEWORK CALLED CIS20, A CENTER FOR INTERNET SECURITY. IT IS THE RECOMMENDED SET OF ACTIONS FOR CYBER DEFENSE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC AND WAYS TO STOP TODAY'S MOST PERVASIVE ATTACKS. DERIVED FROM THE MOST COMMON ATTACK PATTERN VETTED ACROSS A BROAD COMMUNITY OF GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY. THE UNDERLYING THEME OF CONTROL IS SUPPORT LARGE SCALE STANDARD PARTICULARLY ISO, PROBABLY KNOW IS027001 IS A BIGGER ONE USED INTERNATIONALLY AND FORMS PART OF THE FOUNDATION FOR A LOT OF THE BIG COMPLIANCE BODIES OR REGULATIONS YOU SEE LIKE GDP R OUT OF EUROPE, THE CALIFORNIA DATA PROTECTION ACT. DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED BY HUNDREDS OF SECURITY EXPERTS ACROSS THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS. WHAT WE LOOKED AT FOR THE CITY WERE CIS CONTROL 6-18. THAT DECISION WAS BASED PRIMARILY WHERE THE CITY IS FROM DISCUSSION WITH GLADS AND HER TEAM AND THEIR MATURITY. ONE COMMENT MADE DURING THAT INITIAL DISCUSSION WAS ARE YOU READY FOR-ARE WE LOOKING AT COLLEGE FOOTBALL REVIEW OR LOOKING AT THE SUPERBOWL? CONTROLS 19 AND 20 WOULD BE LIKE PENETRATION TESTING WHICH IS A VERY ADVANCED SORT OF APPROACH WHERE WE COME IN AND ACTUALLY TRY TO PENETRATE YOUR SYSTEM. WE DIDN'T FEEL YOU WERE READY FOR THAT YET SO THE ONES WE DID LOOK ADD WERE THE BULK OF THINGS THAT WOULD PREVENT DETER, DOCUMENT OR TRACK BREACHES IF THEY WERE TO OCCUR AT THE CITY. FROM THAT REGARD THE CITY SCORED 4.06. THAT IS THE HIGHEST SCORE WE HAVE SEEN FOR ANY MUNICIPALITY WE WORKED WITH THUS FAR, AND IN CONTRAST, WE JUST FINISHED ONE THE SAME WEEK FOR A MULTINATIONAL CRUISE LINE AND WITH THE $50 MILLION IT BUDGET AND THEY SCORED 0.76 SO THEY HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT YOU GUYS DID EXCEEDINGLY WELL. THE FLIP WAY TO LOOK AT THAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF A CYBER EVENT IN DORAL IS UNLIKELY, VERY UNLIKELY. AGAIN, IT IS VERY RARE FOR A ENTITY TO SCORE ABOVE 3.75 AND THAT IS ACCEPTABLE RANGE. IT IS LOOKING AT A FICO SCORE SO ANYTHING ABOVE 750 YOU ARE GOOD. THAT IS IT. >> ANY QUESTIONS OF ROB? OR GLADYS? >> I TELL YOU THAT THE IT DEPARTMENT KNOWS I'M PROBABLY THE MOST CYNICAL IT GUY IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND, SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THE SCORE WAS AS HIGH AS IT WAS IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN ATLANTA AND MIAMI BEACH, I THINK IT IS A GOOD SIGN WE SCORED THAT WELL. >> IT IS A FANTASTIC RESULT AND WE DID PROVIDE GLADYS IS AND HER TEAM WITH REMEDIAL ACTIVITIES TO LOOK AT AND ACTION WHICH SHOULD BRING THE SCORE UP NOT A LOT BUT A LITTLE MORE. >> MANAGER? I KNOW YOU WILL BE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS SINCE YOU KNOW MY APPROACH. >> EXACTLY WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY, SIR. >> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE IT DEPARTMENT. >> CONGRATULATIONS IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT BECAUSE WE HAVE INVESTED A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY AND I THINK FOR THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A RESULT OF THAT SO THANK YOU. >> [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] PHILADELPHIA EAGLES FAN, WE APPRECIATE YOU TOO. JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING. I WANT TO REMIND VETERAN DAY PARADE SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11. OKAY. THE PARADE START ARRIVING AT AT 730 A.M. THE STARTING POINT IS 3285 NW 107 AVENUE AT THE A LOFT HOTEL. WE'LL START HEADING TOWARDS VETERAN PARK AT 9 A.M. AND 950 START THE CEREMONY SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11. >> [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] 950 A.M. AT THE PARK, SO WE'LL LEAVE A LOFT AT 9 A.M. THAT IS TO GET THERE EARLY. PEOPLE GET THERE ABOUT 7:30 A.M. THAT'S IT. >> DUALLY NOTED. MADAM CLERK. TURN IT BACK TO YOU SO I DONT SKIP SOMETHING. >> CITY ATTORNEY REPORT. >> NOTHING TO REPORT. >> CITY CLERK'S REPORT. MY REPORT IS IN THE BACKUP. I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW ADVISORY BOARD CORD NORTH JUANITA CRUZ. >> WELCOME ABOARD. THAT'S IT? ENTERTAIN A MOTION- >> MOTION TO RECESS TILL 6 P.M. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. SEE YOU BACK AT 6. [IN RECESS UNTIL 6 P.M.] OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE EVENING SESSION. TODAY IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST, 2018. THIS IS THE EVENING SESSION OF THE CITY OF DORAL COUNCIL MEETING. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCILWOMAN ANNA MARIA RODRIGUEZ? >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILWOMAN KRISTIE FRAGA? >> PRESENT. >> COUNCILMAN PETE CABRERA LET US KNOW THAT HE WASN'T FEELING WELL SO HE WON'T BE AT THE EVENING SESSION. VICE MAYOR CLAUDIA MARIACA? >> PRESENT. >> MAYOR CARLOS BERMUDEZ. >> PRESENT. >> MAYOR, YOU HAVE QUORUM. >> OKAY. MADAM CLERK, FOR THE RECORD AS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR PAUL WITH A SICKNESS. >> YES, SIR. >> OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF WE CAN RISE AND FACE THE FLAG AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> TODAY WE HAVE RABBI BRUSHAVISKY WHO WILL BE LEADING US IN THE INVOCATION. >> [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> I KNOW. >> RIGHT? >> GOOD EVENING. JUST A QUICK LESSON. YOU SAID YOU LIKE IT. SO NOW YOU -- >> I DO. >> JUST A QUICK LESSON. >> ALWAYS LEARNING. ALWAYS LEARNING. >> WE NEED TO ALWAYS LEARN AND PRAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN IMAGE. EVERYONE HAS THIS IMAGE IN THEIR MIND HOW THEY WOULD LIKE THE WORLD TO TREAT THEM AND PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ACTING TOWARDS THEM. SO A BEAUTIFUL ANECDOTE THAT CAN REALLY HELP US AND GUIDE US IN UNDERSTANDING AND REALIZING THAT WHAT WE PUT OUT IS USUALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK. THE STORY IS ABOUT THE FARMER, A DAIRY FARMER AND A BAKER. THE DAIRY FARMER WOULD PROVIDE A POUND OF BUTTER FOR THE BAKER. EVERY DAY HE WOULD COME AND DROP IT OFF IN THE SHOP. AND THIS WENT ON FOR MANY YEARS, FIVE OR SIX YEARS. AND ONE DAY THE BAKER WAS JUST, HEY. LET ME CHECK THIS OUT. THEN HE PUTS IT ON THE SCALE. AND LOW AND BEHOLD, IT IS SHORT 2 OUNCES. OH, MY GOSH. THIS GUY HAS BEEN RIPPING ME OFF FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS. THE SAME BLOCK OF BUTTER. AND, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MANY POUNDS THAT ADDS UP TO THAT, YOU KNOW, HE HAS BEEN STEALING FROM ME. SO HE TAKES HIM TO COURT. THEY STAND IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE. THE JUDGE ASKS THE FARMER IS EVERYTHING HE IS SAYING TRUE? YOU HAVE BEEN DELIVERING THAT SAME BLOCK OF BUTTER EVERY DAY? HE SAYS, YES. SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY IN YOUR DEFENSE? HE GOES, YOU KNOW, YOUR HONOR, DEFENSE. I'M A SIMPLE FARMER. I KNOW COWS. I KNOW MILK. I KNOW BUTTER, CHEESE. I BARELY KNOW HOW TO WRITE OR READ. I COULD TELL YOU -- I WILL TELL YOU THE FOLLOWING, THAT WAY BEFORE HE BECAME MY CUSTOMER, I WAS HIS CUSTOMER. I HAVE BEEN BUYING BREAD BY HIM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. WHEN HE CAME TO ME AND SAID HE WANTS TO BUY A POUND OF BUTTER EVERY DAY, I SAID GREAT. I HAVE A SCALE. SO I TOOK THAT POUND LOAF THAT I BUY FROM HIM EVERY DAY. I PUT IT ON ONE SIDE AND WOULD MEASURE THE BUTTER AGAINST IT. THAT IS WHY HE GETS WHAT HE GETS. THAT IS THE LESSON, WHAT WE PUT OUT IS USUALLY WHAT WE GET. I SAY WE HAVE TO PRAY. WE ARE HUMAN. WE ARE HUMAN. THERE ARE TIMES WE MAKE MISTAKES. WE DON'T BEHAVE ALWAYS AS WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BEHALF, BUT I PRAY THAT GOD GIVES US ALWAYS THE SENSE OF DIRECTION AND IN OUR HEARTS WE BEHAVE IN A MANNER THAT WHAT WE WILL GET BACK IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. AMEN. >> AMEN. THANK YOU, RABBI. AND WE ALWAYS LEARN FROM YOU. THAT IS WHY I LIKE HIS INVOCATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA ORDER OF BUSINESS? >> MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THE MAYOR'S REPORT AND THE COUNCIL COMMENTS WILL BE BEFORE PUBLIC HEARINGS. >> PERFECT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WELCOME. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME, WELCOME BACK. TWO RULES, VERY SIMPLE. YOU SEE THE CLOCK, THREE MINUTES. YOU LIKE BASKETBALL? MARCH MADNESS. YOU GET THREE MINUTES TO TELL US WHAT YOU THINK. IF YOU WERE GOING TO SPEAK TO A GENERAL ITEM, YOU COULD FILL OUT A WHITE CARD AND GIVE IT TO THE TWO YOUNG LADIES ALL THE WAY UP ON THE LEFT. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OPPOSED TO A PARTICULAR ITEM, YOU FILL OUT A YELLOW CARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF A COMMENT, THEN GO AHEAD AND -- OF AN ITEM, THEN PLEASE FILL THE BLUE CARD. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FIRST AND SECOND READINGS TODAY. I WILL CALL PEOPLE UP AT THE TIME IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO THOSE ITEMS. BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION WHERE YOU CAN SPEAK TO ANYTHING WITH YOUR HEART'S DESIRE. ONLY OTHER RULE BESIDES THE 3-MINUTE RULE IS YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOUR HEART DESIRES EXCEPT YOU HAVE TO SAY IT RESPECTFULLY. DESPITE WHETHER YOU LIKE THIS LIKE OR DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE UP HERE ON THIS DAIS AND THE PEOPLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT IS YOUR CHOICE. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE, THAT IS YOUR CHOICE. BUT YOU MUST SPEAK ABOUT THE ISSUE RESPECTFULLY. IF NOT, THAT YOUNG MAN IN THE BACK IN THE DARK BLUE IS GOING TO ESCORT YOU OUT. THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT IT MAY SOMEDAY. WE'RE HOPING IT DOESN'T, BUT THOSE ARE THE RULES. VERY BASIC. OKAY. THAT BEING THE CASE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WILL OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. IN THE GENERAL COMMENTS SESSION, WE HAVE RICHARD GLUCKSTAT. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RICHARD GLUCKSTAT, 4768 NORTHWEST 114TH AVENUE. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT. I'M NOT JUST PICKING ON THE CITY OF DORAL TONIGHT WHEN I AM TALKING ABOUT THIS. THE SAME PHENOMENON IS REALLY HAPPENING ALL OVER THE DEVELOPING WORLD. I WILL START OUT MENTIONING A STATISTIC THAT I LEARNED THE OTHER DAY THAT 40% OF OUR CITY BUDGET IS FOR POLICE SERVICES. YET THE CRIME RATE, ESPECIALLY THE DANGEROUS CRIME I SEE AS A LONG-TIME RESIDENT IS INCREASING. HOMICIDES, WE HAD THREE SINCE MAYOR BERMUDEZ TOOK OFFICE AGAIN. SINCE HE -- IT IS NOT HIS FAULT, OF COURSE. I SAW ONE TODAY STRANGULATION. THAT IS THE FIRST ONE. THAT IS A RECORD FOR DORAL, STRANG -- YOU KNOW? BURGLARIES ARE INCREASING HERE. THAT MEANS THEY ARE BREAKING INTO PEOPLE'S HOUSES. CAR THEFTS, OF COURSE, THAT'S A TYPICAL -- YOU KNOW, WE ARE EXPERTS IN MIAMI IN CAR THEFTS AND BURGLARIES. FRAUD, EVEN BATTERY ON POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. THESE ARE SOMETHING -- THINGS TO ME THAT BOGGLE THE MIND, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HITTING POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS. AND I POSE WHY? WELL, I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE. TOO MUCH RAPID OVER-DEVELOPMENT. EVERY CITY THAT DEVELOPS TOO FAST AND TOO MUCH SUFFERS FROM THE SAME TYPES OF PROBLEMS. YOU DON'T WANT DORAL TO BE CALLED -- YOU KNOW, HAVE A SIGN THAT SAYS ON DORAL: WELCOME TO DORAL, A RENTAL COMMUNITY. IS THAT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE KNOWN AS? DORAL, WELCOME TO DORAL, A RENTAL COMMUNITY. WE HAVE TOO MANY RENTALS HERE. WHEN YOU HAVE RENTALS, YOU HAVE TRANSIENTS. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T PUT DOWN ROOTS, PEOPLE THAT DON'T CARE AS MUCH AS SOMEBODY LIKE ME WHO HAS BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE 1973. I'M PROBABLY THE OLDEST RESIDENT HERE. OF COURSE WE HAVE MORE TRAFFIC AND OF COURSE THE TRUCK TRAFFIC HERE MAKES MOST OF THE AIR POLLUTION AND OUR AIR'S POLLUTION IS OVER THE EPA GUIDELINES, WHICH I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. DOWNTOWN DORAL THAT THEY ARE BUILDING OVER HERE WITH THESE SEVEN GIGANTIC BUILDINGS IN THE FUTURE TO ME LOOKS LIKE ONE GIGANTIC NEST OF CRIME. HOW ARE THEY GOING TO FILL UP ALL THOSE APARTMENTS THERE? UNLESS MOST OF THEM WILL TURN INTO GOVERNMENT HOUSING PROJECTS, SECTION 8. THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE NEEDS HELP TOO. GO DOWN 25TH STREET OR 58TH STREET. LOTS OF HOLES IN IT. NOT SMOOTH AT ALL. THEY BOTH NEED PAVING. OF COURSE, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR BUSINESS FIRST IN THE CITY. FINISH THE PARK WE HAVE HERE, DORAL GLADES PARK, FIX THE PARK HERE THAT HASN'T BEEN FIXED, DORAL LEGACY PARK, AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS HERE FIRST BEFORE WE BORROW MORE MONEY TO HAVE A BOND. >> [BELL RINGING]. >> OKAY? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. GLUCKSTAT. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANY ITEM AT THIS TIME, PLEASE COME ON UP. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND GIVE US YOUR OPINION IN A SHORT, SUCCINCT, AND CONCISE MANOR AS DEFINED BY OUR WONDERFUL CLOCK TO THE RIGHT, WHICH IS THREE MINUTES. OKAY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE HAS CHOSEN TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. SO NOW, MADAME CLERK, NEXT ITEM IS? >> MAYOR'S REPORT. >> OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO TWO THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT. IS MADDIE HERE? SHE IS NOT HERE. SHE WAS HERE IN THE MORNING. THERE SHE IS IN THE BACK. ONCE AGAIN, WE WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL FOR OUR FINANCES, AND WE RECEIVED A LETTER. YOU WILL BE GETTING A RECOGNITION IN A FUTURE MEETING. WE RECEIVED A LETTER THIS WEEK. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR THE WONDERFUL JOB YOU DO HAVING NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND MEETING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS SET AT THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL. IS GLADYS HERE ALSO SOMEWHERE? I DON'T KNOW IF GLADYS IS HERE, BUT I WANT TO THANK HER AND THE IT TEAM. THEY WERE IN OUTBOUND MIAMI YESTERDAY. THEY DID A GREAT JOB IN LETTING ALL THE YOUNG TECHIE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO SOUTH FLORIDA KNOW WHAT THE CITY OF DORAL ALONG WITH [INDISCERNIBLE] AND HER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO OUR PIO WHO IS THERE, MAGGIE, AND SO I WANT TO THANK THEM. OF COURSE, TODAY, WE HAD THE LAST MEETING EVER. WELL, MAYBE NOT EVER, BUT CERTAINLY HER LAST MEETING IN HER FIRST 8 YEARS. SHE HAS SERVED 8 YEARS. SOMEBODY RECRUITED HER MANY YEARS AGO TODAY TO RUN. IT WAS PROBABLY A NICE GUY, THE GUY THAT DID THAT. ANYWAYS, SHE HAS SERVED WONDERFULLY FOR 8 YEARS. IF WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH, WE WILL HAVE HER HELPING US AT TALLAHASSEE WITH THINGS LIKE THE FORM FOR THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER ISSUES THAT CAN HELP THE CITY OF DORAL. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR. SHE IS MY FRIEND FIRST. I WILL SAY THAT, THE FRIENDSHIP OF HER AND HER HUSBAND AND THE FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS EVEN BEFORE SHE SERVED IS ONE I'M VERY PROUD OF. I DO WANT TO THANK HER, HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH HER AT THE BEGINNING AND NOW AT THE END FOR THE 8 YEARS SHE SERVED OUR CITY AND THE GREAT JOB THAT SHE HAS DONE. SHE IS A PERSON WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMMITTED TO DOING THE BEST FOR THE CITY OF DORAL. TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO -- UNFORTUNATELY, COUNCILMEMBER CABRERA CAN'T BE HERE BECAUSE HE IS SICK. WE DO HAVE A PLAQUE, AND I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL, BUT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AT LEAST SOMETHING TO REMEMBER US BY WHEN YOU ARE UP IN TALLAHASSEE. HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A CITY SEAL LIKE WE DO WITH THE OTHER STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND THE STATE SENATORS SO YOU CAN REMEMBER HOW MUCH WE NEED YOU TO HELP US IN TALLAHASSEE. >> YES. ABSOLUTELY. >> IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE SERVED WITH MY FRIEND ANNA MARIA RODRIGUEZ AT THE BEGINNING OF HER POLITICAL CAREER AND NOW AS SHE FINISHES HER 8 YEARS HERE IN THE CITY OF DORAL. WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU. I DON'T KNOW -- OH, WE EVEN HAD A VIDEO FOR YOU? NOBODY TOLD ME ABOUT THE VIDEO. OKAY. >> AND I HAVE A LITTLE SPEECH. >> THERE WE GO. GO AHEAD WITH THE VIDEO. >> WHAT HAPPENED? >> GO AHEAD. >> ANNA MARIA RODRIGUEZ WAS SUCCESSFULLY ELECTED TO THE CITY OF DORAL COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2010 FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM IN SEAT 4 AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RE-ELECTED WITHOUT OPPOSITION FOR A SECOND FOUR-YEAR TERM IN 2014. VICE MAYOR ANNA MARIA RODRIGUEZ CURRENTLY SERVES IN HER PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY AS VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR THE MIAMI ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. SHE HAS A VAST BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC RELATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS HAVING BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS A DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS FOR BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA. PRIOR TO BAPTIST HEALTH, SHE SERVED AS A SENIOR ASSOCIATE IN THE PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FIRM, ROBERT & LEVY & ASSOCIATES WITH OFFICES IN MIAMI AND TALLAHASSEE. VICE MAYOR RODRIGUEZ IS A PROUD GRADUATE OF A 2015, 2016 CLASS OF LEADERSHIP FLORIDA AND LAUNCHED THE SOUTHEAST REGION OF CONNECT, FLORIDA IN 2007 AND THEN SERVED AS A STATEWIDE CHAIR FOR CONNECT, FLORIDA IN 2009. SHE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE DORAL BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR OVER A DECADE AND SERVED AS VICE CHAIR OF THE CITY OF DORAL PARKS AND POLICE FOR KIDS ADVISORY BOARD SINCE THE BOARD'S INCEPTION. SHE ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE CORAL GABLES COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND. SHE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE BOARD OF FIU'S PRESIDENT COUNCIL AND ENJOYS HAVING RECEIVED NUMEROUS RECOGNITIONS INCLUDING THE 2015 ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE MIAMI ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, THE MARCH OF DIMES HUMANITARIAN AWARE IN 2011, AND THE HISPANIC HERITAGE LEADERSHIP AWARD IN 2009 JUST TO NAME A FEW. COUNCILWOMAN ANNA MARIA RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU FOR SERVING WITH INTEGRITY AND FOR BEING A PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY LEADING THE WAY FOR SO MANY CITY INITIATIVES. YOU HAVE POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE LIVES OF SO MANY IN DORAL, AND WE WISH YOU WELL ON YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS AS WE KNOW YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE A TIRELESS ADVOCATE AND A SERVANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> AUDIENCE: [APPLAUSE]. >> WOW. >> WE -- WE -- I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. I WANT TO ASK YOUR FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS IF THEY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE YOU GET TO GIVE YOUR REVIEW. >> MY LITTLE SPEECH. >> WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU NOT JUST AS -- I HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK BESIDE YOU FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FIRST AS A FRIEND AND AS A RESIDENT BECAUSE YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE. YOU ARE NOT JUST THERE AS A POLITICIAN AND JUST TO MAKE BELIEVE YOU LISTEN. YOU ACTUALLY LISTEN, AND YOU REALLY TAKE IT TO HEART. WHEN I DECIDED TO DO THIS, YOU WERE ONE OF MY INSPIRATIONS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND FOR SHOWING SO MANY OF US HOW THIS IS DONE AND HOW IT IS DONE RIGHT. AND THROUGH THE HARD TIMES, AND I KNOW YOU HAD HARD TIMES UP HERE. YOU STUCK IT OUT AND YOU STUCK IT OUT AS A CHAMP FOR THE REST OF US OUT THERE WATCHING. THE MANY RESIDENTS THAT SUPPORTED YOU AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU WHETHER IT IS HERE IN TALLAHASSEE OR WHEREVER IT TAKES YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, MYSELF AND MY FAMILY AND ALL OF US OUT HERE MAKING SURE YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE YOUR SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON AND LEADER AND MOTHER AND WIFE, A WOMAN, YOU KNOW? AND AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU, COUNCILWOMAN RODRIGUEZ, FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS. WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT TIMES DURING THE PAST 6 YEARS, A LOT OF CHALLENGING TIMES. WE GOT THROUGH MANY OF THOSE TIMES AND HAD TIMES WHERE WE AGREED AND DISAGREED AMICABLY. IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU AND YOUR TIME. IT HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE. WE ARE NOT DONE WORKING TOGETHER. HOPEFULLY IN TALLAHASSEE AND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME, I SEE YOU BEING A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE CAN DO GREAT THINGS IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION. DEFINITELY A MENTOR FOR MANY AND A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR MANY THAT WANT TO PURSUE PUBLIC SERVICE. I THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING A GREAT VOICE ON THIS COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO LEAN ON AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, TO PUSH INITIATIVES FORWARD THAT REALLY STRIVE TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. THIS IS NOT GOODBYE. WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY HOPEFULLY. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND OBVIOUSLY YOUR FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN BY YOUR SIDE AND YOUR HUSBAND, WHO IS WONDERFUL, AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, SO -- >> AUDIENCE: [APPLAUSE]. >> IF I COULD JUST -- HOLD ON. BEFORE YOU START. JUST ONE LAST ONE. >> OKAY. >> YEAH. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. I WILL, AGAIN, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF AND THIS ADMINISTRATION FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. YOU HAVE BEEN A GREAT LEADER. YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE AND TRUSTING. IT HAS REALLY HELPED US OUT THROUGH TOUGH TIMES LIKE WE HAVE HAD. WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOUR FAMILY, BEAUTIFUL FAMILY AND BEAUTIFUL KIDS. THANK YOU. AGAIN, IT IS NOT GOODBYE. IT IS SEE YOU LATER. WE ARE SETTING UP SOMETHING HERE FOR YOU. YOU ARE GOING TO BE HERE ALWAYS. THANK YOU, AGAIN. I CAN SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OUR TEAM. IT'S YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU. >> I AM GOING TO KEEP MY COMMENTS VERY SHORT. THANK YOU FOR SITTING BESIDE ME FOR A LONG TIME. YOUR LEADERSHIP IS SOMETHING TO BE ADMIRED. AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN IN MY OFFICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU. >> THANK YOU. SO YOU ALL KNOW THAT I -- I DON'T LIKE TO TALK A LOT. I KEEP MY COMMENTS VERY BRIEF. I WILL KEEP MY SPEECH PRETTY -- PRETTY SHORT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FELLOW DORAL RESIDENTS, COUNCILMEMBERS, COLLEAGUES, AND FRIENDS. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THIS DAY HAS FINALLY COME. I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS TODAY. IT IS EXCITING TO LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING MY COMMUNITY IN THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, BUT I ALSO FEEL SADNESS LEAVING BEHIND ME WHAT HAS BEEN SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER, EDWARD ROJAS, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ALBERT CHILDRESS, OUR CITY CLERK, CONNIE DIAZ, AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY, LUIS FEREDO. I HAVE THE UTMOST RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR EACH OF YOU AND KNOW THAT O