City Council - Nov 12 2025

City Council - Nov 12 2025. Location: Council Chambers. Time: 05:30 PM. Agenda: City Council - Nov 12 2025 - Agenda - Html City of Miami Gardens City Council Agenda November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM City Council: Mayor Rodney Harris Vice Mayor Robert Stephens, III Councilwoman Katrina L. Baskin Councilman Reggie Leon Councilwoman Michelle C. Powell Councilwoman Katrina Wilson Councilwoman Linda Julien Staff: City Manager Cameron Benson City Attorney Sonja K. Dickens, Esq. City Clerk Mario Bataille, CMC Contact: Council Chambers 18605 NW 27th Avenue Miami Gardens, Florida 33056 Phone: (305) 914-9010 Fax: (305) 914-9033 Website: www.miamigardens-fl.gov Livestream: /Portal/Video.aspx Next Regular Meeting Date: December 10, 2025 **Special Notice to the Public** The City Council meeting will be livestreamed on the City's website via the Agenda Web Portal at /Portal/Video.aspx and YouTube Live . Any member of the public who wishes to submit written communication can do so by emailing the City Clerk at least one hour prior to the meeting at mbataille@miamigardens-fl.gov. All written communication will be recorded in the minutes and forwarded to the Mayor and City Council. Citizen participation is governed by Section 2-60 of the City of Miami Gardens Code. Public comments are limited to matters within the scope of jurisdiction of the City Council. Each person, other than members of the city staff, who addresses the City Council shall give their name, address and whether the person is speaking on his or her own behalf, a group of persons, or a third party. When in the determination of the presiding officer, there are many persons wishing to speak on the same proposition, the Presiding Officer may direct that these persons designate a representative(s) to address the City Council rather than all members of such groups. All speakers shall be limited to two minutes, unless further time is given by the presiding officer. All remarks shall be addressed to the City Council as a body and not to any one member. No person, other than City Council members and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter any discussion without the permission of the presiding officer. No question shall be asked of a City Council member except through the Presiding Officer. Order shall be maintained. If any person makes personal, irrelevant, impertinent, or slanderous remarks, becomes boisterous while addressing the City Council or becomes too lengthy, abusive, obscene, and/or disruptive or otherwise fails to comply with the orders of the Presiding Officer and is declared out of order, the individual may be subject to removal by the Sergeant-At-Arms. Article VII of the City of Miami Gardens Code entitled, "Lobbyist" requires all lobbyists before engaging in any lobbying activities to register with the City Clerk and submit an annual registration fee of $250.00. This applies to all persons, firms, entities, or corporations that are employed, designated, or retained by a principal, with or without compensation, or that contract with a third-party for economic consideration to perform lobbying activities on behalf of a principal. It includes the principal that lobbies, as well as any employee that has been designated by the principal to perform lobbying activities on behalf of the principal. All not-for-profit organizations, local chamber and merchant groups, homeowner associations, or trade associations and unions must also register. However, an annual registration fee is not required. Page 1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL 2. INVOCATION 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4.1 Special City Council Meeting/1st Budget Hearing - September 9, 2025 Sponsored by: City Clerk 4.2 Special City Council Meeting/2nd Budget Hearing - September 24, 2025 Sponsored by: City Clerk 4.3 Regular City Council Meeting Draft Minutes – October 22, 2025 Sponsored by: City Clerk 5. ORDER OF BUSINESS (Any amendments to the agenda at this time) 6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS (5 MINUTES EACH) 6.1 SPECIAL PRESENTATION RECOGNIZING LOCAL AUTHORS FOR NATIONAL AUTHOR'S DAY. Sponsored by: Vice Mayor Robert Stephens, III Agenda Cover Memo #25-217 - Pdf 9 6.2 2ND ANNUAL COLORS OF CANCER BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WINNER RECOGNITION Sponsored by: Councilwoman Katrina Wilson Agenda Cover Memo #25-222 - Pdf 11 6.3 COMMISSION FOR WOMEN QUARTERLY REPORT. Sponsored by: Councilwoman Katrina Wilson Agenda Cover Memo #25-224 - Pdf 13 - 14 6.4 SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY COUNCILMAN REGGIE LEON Sponsored by: Councilman Reggie Leon Agenda Cover Memo #25-225 - Pdf 15 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS 8. ORDINANCE(S) FOR FIRST READING: 9. ORDINANCE(S) FOR SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING(S) 9.1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15880 NW 27TH AVENUE, MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA 33056 TO SUNSHINE MEAT MARKET AND BEVERAGE INC. FOR THE SUM OF ONE MILLION AND SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,060,000.00); AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE ANY AND ALL STEPS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: City Manager Agenda Cover Memo #25-212 - Pdf 17 - 34 10. RESOLUTION(S)/PUBLIC HEARING(S) 11. CONSENT AGENDA: 11.1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: Mayor Rodney Harris Agenda Cover Memo #25-214 - Pdf 35 - 40 11.2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ALLOCATION OF FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,000.00) FROM MAYOR RODNEY HARRIS' SPECIAL EVENTS' ACCOUNT IN SUPPORT OF HIS HOLIDAY SEASON INITIATIVES THAT INCLUDES A THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON FOR SENIOR RESIDENTS AND TOY GIVEAWAYS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS IN THE CITY. PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: Mayor Rodney Harris Agenda Cover Memo #25-226 - Pdf 41 - 45 11.3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,000) FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS FEAST FROM RESIDENTIAL SEAT 1 PUBLIC AFFAIRS ACCOUNT; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: Councilwoman Katrina L. Baskin Agenda Cover Memo #25-219 - Pdf 47 - 50 11.4 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, ALLOCATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000) FROM COUNCILMAN REGGIE LEON’S COMMUNITY BENEFIT ACCOUNT IN SUPPORT OF ONGOING COMMUNITY INITIATIVES; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: Councilman Reggie Leon Agenda Cover Memo #25-218 - Pdf 51 - 54 11.5 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FROM SEAT 5, COMMUNITY BENEFITS ACCOUNT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO SUPPORT THE CITY’S PARTICIPATION IN GIVE MIAMI DAY; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: Councilwoman Linda Julien Agenda Cover Memo #25-220 - Pdf 55 - 59 11.6 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE REALLOCATION OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00) FROM THE SEAT 5 PUBLIC AFFAIRS ACCOUNT, TO BE USED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT ITEMS AND RESOURCES; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: Councilwoman Linda Julien Agenda Cover Memo #25-221 - Pdf 61 - 64 11.7 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, RATIFYING AND APPROVING THAT CERTAIN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 769, AFFILIATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, FOR A PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2028, ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT “A”, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: City Manager Agenda Cover Memo #25-192 - Pdf 65 - 120 11.8 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY, THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A 2025 GREEN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MATCHING GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN DOLLARS ($74,767.00) TO SUPPORT THE CITY’S “COMMUTE A TREE PROGRAM,” A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT “A”; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL AGREEMENTS AND ATTENDANT DOCUMENTS AS A RESULT OF THIS GRANT PROCESS; AUTHORIZING MATCHING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN DOLLARS ($74,767.00); PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: City Manager Agenda Cover Memo #25-207 - Pdf 121 - 186 11.9 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY, THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, AND O.B. BUNCHE PARK WEST RECREATION, LLC, (OBLLC); ACCEPTING THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($300,000.00) FROM O.B. BUNCHE PARK WEST RECREATION, LLC, AND THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($300,000.00) FROM MIAMI DADE COUNTY (COUNTY), IN SUBSTANTIAL FORM AS THAT AGREEMENT ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT “A”, IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($600,000.00) FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO BUNCHE PARK FOR THE ORANGE BOWL STEAM CENTER PRESENTED BY AUTO NATION; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: Vice Mayor Robert Stephens, III Agenda Cover Memo #25-216 - Pdf 187 - 228 11.10 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO TERMINATE KING’S WRECKER SERVICE, INC. FOR A CITYWIDE TOWING AND STORAGE SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: City Manager Agenda Cover Memo #25-215 - Pdf 229 - 232 11.11 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE CITY’S RED LIGHT CAMERA (“RLC”) ANNUAL REPORT FOR SUBMISSION TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, TO COMPLY WITH FLORIDA STATUTE SECTION 316.0083(4)(a), ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT “A” PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: City Manager Agenda Cover Memo #25-211 - Pdf 233 - 239 12. RESOLUTION(S) 13. QUASI-JUDICIAL ZONING HEARINGS/JENNINGS DISCLOSURE: 13.1. ORDINANCES ON FOR FIRST READING/PUBLIC HEARING(S): 13.2. ORDINANCES ON FOR SECOND READING/PUBLIC HEARING(S) 13.2.1. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE REZONING OF THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NW 203 LANE AND 39 COURT INTERSECTIONS IN MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO, FROM AGRICULTURAL AND UTILITIES ("AU") AND SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING RESIDENTIAL ("R-1") TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ("PD"); REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN CODE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: City Manager Agenda Cover Memo #25-198 - Pdf 241 - 258 13.3. RESOLUTION(S)/PUBLIC HEARING(S) 13.3.1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE SUBMITTED BY MG WESTSIDE LLC FOR THAT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 21451 NW 47TH AVE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ON EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO, PERMITTING A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES SET FORTH IN THE CODE TO 659 SPACES, WHERE 1,774 SPACES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SITE; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Sponsored by: City Manager Agenda Cover Memo #25-210 - Pdf 259 - 278 14. REPORTS OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS 15. REPORTS OF CITY MANAGER/CITY ATTORNEY/CITY CLERK (THREE (3) MINUTES) 16. ADJOURNMENT In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990, all persons who are disabled and who need special accommodations to participate in this meeting because of that disability should contact Mario Bataille, CMC, City Clerk (305) 622-8000 ext. 2830, no later than 48 hours prior to such proceedings. TDD number 1-800-955-8771. Anyone wishing to obtain a copy of any agenda item may contact Mario Bataille, CMC, City Clerk (305) 622-8000 ext. 2830. The entire agenda packet can also be found on the city’s website at www.miamigardens-fl.gov . Anyone wishing to appeal any decision made by the city of Miami Gardens with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing will need a record of the proceedings and, for such purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.