Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners Agenda

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

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INVOCATION AS PROVIDED IN RULE 5.05(H)

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ROLL CALL

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

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CITIZEN'S PRESENTATIONS (5 MINUTES MAXIMUM)

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REPORTS OF OFFICIAL BOARDS

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SUNSET REVIEW OF COUNTY BOARDS - COMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES (CODI) FY 2021 � 2022

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ms. Claire, called the roll. >> good morning to all for the clerks office has received notification that commissioner garcia and higgins will be absent from today's meeting and commissioner trenton will be late. Commissioner bastien. >> here. >> commissioner bermudez. >> here. Cabrera? Commissioner cogen higgins? Commissioner gonzales? Commissioner hardemon? Commissioner regalado? Commissioner steinberg? Vice CHAIRMAN Rodriguez? CHAIRMAN Gilbert? We have seven members present, we have a quorum. >> please rise for invocation and pledge of allegiance. Sergeant, secure the door. Bow your heads . GOD our father, tom, thank you for this day, thank you for the opportunity to serve you. We pray that you plus discernment, give us discernment in this meeting, give us grace here please help us do your will in your way please help this meeting to be short. Amen. >>> I pledge of 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. >>Oliver Gilbert: just to remind everybody on the dais, the words from the good book said ask and it shall be given, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened should we put before GOD the desire that this meeting be short. Let his will be done. MADAME Attorney, why do we skip to the reasonable opportunity to be heard. I'm going to call your name, when I called her name come up, give me your name and address and. Sharon frazier, come on down. >> good evening. Thank you honorable commissions. Manama sharon frazier stevens, 6324 ne. Miami garden. Miami florida. I came here with a heavy heart because yesterday as I took the 62nd bus, the 62 bus going from little haiti all the way down to mk. I did that because I called it a field trip. Like to take field trips, I like to go to commissioner bermudez district and see the beautiful development opportunities, economic opportunities. Like to go to commissioner bastien district because there is opportunities . When I go to my community and no disrespect to you because I know you are just getting in there and I know you got to get your feet wet. It is hard for four years . You need for more. The thing about it is I stopped on six cities african and 13th avenue ad it is a lot of attics. They are sitting on the bus benches. you can't sit down. Commissioner hardemon, I would like to have another sit down with you and go over some talking points with you about what I saw because I'm taking my assessment. I used to do assessment for miami gardens. Was outreach coordinator and I was also an intake and specialist so I know how to go out and do social work, and did it for 10 years. That's what I want to do. When I leave here I'm going back home, I'm going to get my, my writing pad and everything I'm going to have an assessment, I have an assessment packet and I'm going to assess those people because yesterday the state of miami police, I stopped to them. There was a 63-year-old white american, she said I want to go in the shelter. She said I want to go and the police officer called the green shirts to no avail, no avail. What is the mercy housing for living city for district 5 district 3. Thank you MR. Chair and GOD bless you all. >>Oliver Gilbert: thank you. Having no other speakers, reasonable opportunity to be heard is now ended. Attorney. >> good morning. We have a few preliminary matters. Iem to be one commissioner steinberg is adding this item to the polis. 81 commissioner : higgins is a new sponsorship of the items. The item to be considered will be those listed on the printed final agenda of the additions, deferrals, withdrawals and scrivener errors noted in the memorandum in the items I just mentioned. The commission will approve all items by single vote setting the agenda except item to be 10, the mariz appointment at the interim director of the human resources department, public hearings, ordinances set for second reading of the following poll list items. 14 a1 , 14 a two with the setting of the agenda will be deferred to know date certain and 14 a three. A motion to set the agenda is in order. Am going to pull ha1. I like the item, commissioner. I like the item, but I noted in german policy council that this item makes us the backstop for florida power & light. And I appreciate that because I know it is the mayor's priority b or power in their going to do the infrastructure, but we are going to backstop it so they don't lose money. If they make money we don't get a piece of that. How I understand investment is investment happens to people who actually invest the money and take the risk and reap the reward. That's not what happens here. I would like for us to look at deals from that perspective. Where backstopping of the structure, we ought to be participants when the rewards come. I think that is appropriate. with that I won't pull it. I need a motion on the agenda . >> MR. Chair, there is an aditional request to pull from commissioner: higgins item 11 a three. That would be added to the list . >>Oliver Gilbert: all right. Need a motion for the agenda. Okay. Moved, seconded by commissioner bermudez. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed? Should the agenda approved. ! 14 one and three were not told, would you like to approve those now? >>Oliver Gilbert: yes. We need a motion. >> so moved . >>Oliver Glbert: moved by commissioner regalado, second by the vice chair. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed? Show them adopted. >> which one of those, I thought they were different. Which one was deferred . >>Oliver Gilbert: what is next . >> we can move into the public hearings . >>Oliver Gilbert: let's do them all at once ! 5a is a resolution taking action on the class one permit application by the county for its department of transportation and public works for the filling and maintenance dredging of title waters and related work association with replacement of a fixed bridge within adam our canal along northeast 10th avenue between northeast 83rd street and 34th street. 5b is a resolution approving jpl as investment llc. 5c is a resolution approving the plat of centerpoint filed by sentry homebuilders group llc. 5d is a resolution approving the plat of sentry oasis filed by sentry oasis. 5e is a resolution approving the plat of westlake shopping center and authorizing the county mayor county mayor designate to execute the plat of have a miami dade county . Balance of the public hearing items cannot be considered today so those are the public hearing items. 5a through 5e. >>Oliver Gilbert: okay. MADAME Attorney, which one are we on. >> the public hearing items 5a through 5e and we need to open the public hearing. Gilbert: public hearing is now open. We have no speakers . All right. MADAME Attorney, next . >> I can read the two second reading items that is appropriate . 7a is ordinance related to the rapid transit system develop mental amending section 30 3c, 3.2 of the code allowing additional signage and the rapid transit corridor bicycle and pedestrian area subject to conditions can technical changes providing separability, inclusion 10 effective date and 7a supplement and 7b is ordinance related to the rapid transit system development zone amended section 30 3c b two of the code expanding the metro mover some some of the rapid transit zone to encompass certain private property and erode right away providing inclusion in the code and an effective date. Those are your second reading items. >> move it. Seconded. >> through the chair? >>Oliver Gilbert: yes? >> with respect to 7a it would be amended per the printed supplement? Thank you. >>Oliver Gilbert: all right. Ordinances so call the roll. >> commissioner bastien. >> yes . >> commissioner bermudez? >> yes. >> commissioner cabrera. >> yes . >> commissioner cogen higgins? Mission or gonzalez. >> for. >> commissioner hardemon spoke here . >> commissioner regalado? Vice CHAIRMAN Rodriguez? >> yes. >> yes but motion passes . >>Oliver Gilbert: we are on the pull list. >> that was an approval of 7a and now we are on 2 b1 . >> I just pulled it to make a quick comment. There were many errors in the memo and I brought it to the administrations commission. I see it has been crrected on the changes memo but I hope when I bring it to the attention that he gets corrected prior to it being printed and with that I will move it. >>Oliver Gilbert: moved. Do I have a second? Second by commissioner cabrera. All in favor signify by sying aye. Is 11 a three the next one MADAME Attorney? Commissioner from the eighth district, you are recognized on 11 a three . >> thank you so much. I pulled this item because they watch policy council and watch the discussion that took place the item directs the administration to work with the city of homestead and the homestead speedway to negotiate the movement of the homestead championship rodeo to the homestead speedway tribute the only issue I take with this item is the fact the homestead rodeo associations, they are the entity that is put on this event for the last 75 years in the item doesn't speak to nor does it include consultation with the homestead rodeo association. And that concerns me. It also concerns me because the speedway is a private entity and moving the homestead rodeo which has been on public land at our park, harris field, to the last 75 years to a private entity concerns me because there is the potential of an increase in ticket prices in the homestead rodeo association would be subject to all that comes with being moved to a private entity. So the item is problematic for me because again, the homestead rodeo association needs to be included in the discussion in the item, but the item doesn't speak to that specifically. It only says the city of homestead in the homestead speedway need to get together to have this discussion. Furthermore, the homestead rodeo is in district and has been for the last seven years and I appreciate the district and commissioners interest in the rodeo, but discussions have been going on for quite some time about how to accommodate the needs of the special in particular event and I don't think directing the administration to move it to the speedway or have those discussions is the appropriate action to take. And of the sponsoring commissioner is not here, but considering this event is in my district, I would like to defer this item to the next meeting, potentially have a sunshine with the sponsoring commissioner and see if we can't figure out our differences of opinion on the item. Thank you MR. Chair. >> MR. Chair? >>Oliver Gilbert: thank you. do we have anything else on the agenda? Appointment, the mayor's appointment and allocations . >> he said he was going to be late . >>Oliver Gilbert: but I also pray for a fast meeting. >> the good lord her you. >>Oliver Gilbert: okay. Regalado, you are recognized . >> I was going to say leave it to the end so if there was anything else we needed to do at least give him and talk to his staff. Way and is not going to happen we should probably tell him . >>Oliver Gilbert: just quick thoughts . Short pause . Okay. There has been a motion to defer the item. Is not going to make it here in a reasonable amount of time . I made the comments of my thoughts which were policy council I just don't understand the number rodeos we have and how we are talking about them. Want to say the next meeting . This is the problem with deferring the item and the commission isn't here . I know that there are a certain number of deferrals counting against an item and I don't necessarily want to prejudice an item like that so let's do it to know date certain. Tat way if need be they can contact the chaires office and they can put it back on the agenda anytime you want to and not the next meeting. But I'm comfortable with that coming back next meeting. There has been a motion to defer by commissioner cogen higgins, second by the chair. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Those opposed? Should the item deferred know date certain. >> MR. Chair, we are now on to be three, the merrills interim appointment of the director of hr. >>Oliver Gilbert: okay. You are recognized. You MR. Chair and good morning everyone. It is my honor to reappoint melanie as our interim director of human resources department. She has proven leadership skills in providing continuity during our search for a permit director, which does continue. But hopefully can be resolved and certainly will take no more than six months. So I look forward to presenting shortly a future appointment to the board and in the meantime I am very confident that our interim director will serve us well. She was deputy director prior to that. She is more than 20 years of executive experience, including as human resources assistant director of human resources director for the city of miramar prior to rejoining the county in 2021. She has her mba from fiu and bachelors from university of florida so we want to thank her interim director for her leadership ad ability to guide the department during this transition. >>Oliver Gilbert: is she here? >> she is here. Do you want to approach? >>Oliver Gilbert: I don't have a problem with the reappointment. I would just offer it's not going to be for six months because if we do another six months it would have been for a total year. I don't know what the issue is, but with the human resources needs and dmands of the county, I hope we can expeditiously, maybe she is qualified to be director. She sounds like an eminently qualified person. That would be fine also. Let's just come of this is the reappointment for someone for another six months so just to clarify it's for a maximum. Resolve it much more quickly . >>Oliver Gilbert: do we need a motion allowed to be just accept it? Congratulations on your reappointment to the interim, hr director. >> thank you. Look at that. >>Oliver Gilbert: allocations and bard appointments? Chair?