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>> THE THREE RULES ARE VERY BASIC. THOSE WHO FOLLOW BASKETBALL, THE BUZZER WILL SOUND IN THE THREE MINUTE MARK. I WILL LET YOU FINISH YOUR COMMENTS BUT WE NEED TO MOVE ON. NUMBER TWO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK OR CONVERSE WITH ANYONE THAT YOU CHOOSE TO ON THE PHONE PLEASE STEP OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE OF THE GLASS WALLS, NUMBER THREE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CRITICIZE ANYBODY UP HERE, THE COUNSEL ADMINISTRATION. AND EVEN YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER, AND IF YOU SO DO, YOU HAVE TO DO IT IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. IF YOU DON'T, THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BLUE SUIT WILL ASK YOU TO STEP OUTSIDE. IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD, SO HAVING SAID THAT, WE WILL NOW GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION. NOBODY HAS FILLED IN ANY OF THE CARDS RIGHT NOW. SO NOW WE'RE OPENING UP TO THE PUBLIC CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT. ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING? . AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW THE RULES THAT I TOLD YOU, PLEASE COME ON UP. AND GIVE US YOUR OPINION, IN A SHORT AND CONCISE MANNER. OKAY. THE GAVEL WILL TURN 7 TIMES, SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE CLOSED. MADAM CLOSED. LET'S GO WITH THE FIRST ITEM. ALL OF THE ITEMS OF SECTION 6, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, 6, I, 6 F, AND 6 DOUBLE C. >> THIS TIME, WE MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND IT GOES BACK TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. >> OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MADAM CLERK, CALL THE ROLE. >> CALLING ROLE. >> MOTION PASSES. THE NEXT ITEM, IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 7 A THROUGH H. >> OKAY. WE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MINUTES. AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECONDED. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OR INQUIRIES OR CONCERNS THERE BEING NONE, CALL THE ROLE. >> CALLING ROLE. >> YES, YES, YES. MOTION PASSES. >> OKAY. NEXT ITEM, MADAM CLERK. NOW WE'RE GOING INTO PRESENTATIONS. THE A. PRESENTATION OF THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE RESIDENT'S RIGHT MONTH. >> WHERE ARE YOU. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY WORDS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO, GO AHEAD. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, SHOW OUR APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF THE 4 THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NURSING HOMES THAT WE HAVE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE RESIDENT'S RIGHTS MONTH WHICH IS HAPPENING NEXT MONTH. >> I WANT TO READ ON THE RECORD THAT OCTOBER IS /REZ DEPARTMENT'S MONTH. TO HONOR RESIDENTS LIVING IN ALL LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, IT'S IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME, TO FOCUS ON CELEBRATING THE RIGHTS OF LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENTS, THERE'S A FEDERAL NURSING HOMES OF SELF DETERMINATION. THE LAWS WILL REQUIRE THE NURSING HOMES TO PROTECT THE LAWS OF THE RESIDENT'S MONTH. TO RAISE AWARENESS IN LONG-TERM CARE NATIONWIDE. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS STAND FOR QUALITY. WHICH THEM FAMILIAR SIZES THE QUALITY OF ALL EXPERIENCES, QUALITY CARE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE, AND QUALITY CHOICES. OTHERS TO WORK TOGETHER. IS AND TO STAND FOR, AND TO PROMOTE LONG-TERM CARE. DORAL IS TO SUPPORT IT. BY EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY ON THE BENEFITS OF LONG-TERM CARE, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE. BY VIRTUE AND CONSENSUS OF THE CITY COUNSEL, AND AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, PLAN TO HAVE THE RESIDENT'S MONTH, TO LEARN ABOUT THE FORMER LAW, AND THE LONG-TERM CARE. I WOULD COME DOWN AND GIVE THIS TO YOU. BUT I KNOW, THAT -- THOSE THAT UM, ARE IN LAST STAGES OF THEIR LIFE, NOT ALWAYS BUT IN MANY INSTANCES, MANY TIMES ARE FORGOTTEN, SO I HOPE THAT WE KEEP THEM IN MIND AND THAT'S WHAT RESIDENT'S LIVES ARE MEANT TO DO, THEY HAVE RIGHTS AND WE SHOULD PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS, AND TO SUPPORT THIS RESIDENT'S RIGHT, RIGHT'S MONTH. SO WE'RE GOING TO COME ON DOWN AND GIVE YOU GUYS THE UM -- >> MR. MANAGER, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU. SO YOU CAN INTRODUCE THEM, AND COME ON UP AND MAKE A PRESENTATION. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNSEL, THE FAMILY IS HERE THIS MORNING AND THEY HAVE RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO THE CITY, THEIR NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, WHO'S A RESIDENT OF DORAL, HAS BEEN DESIGNATED THE YOUTH AMBASSADOR FOR THE DIABETES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION. AND THEY CONTACTED THE CITY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ABOUT TYPE ONE DIABETES, SO I ASK THEM TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE THAT PRESENTATION. >> MEMBERS OF COUNSEL MY NAME IS JULIA N A. AND I'M NINE-YEAR-OLDS, I ATTEND DORAL ACADEMY, AND ON MY SPARE TIME, I PLAY TENNIS, AND THE PIANO, AND I ALSO VOLUNTEER AS THE RUTH AMBASSADOR FOR THE JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES AT THE AGE OF 7, JUST LIKE OVER 20 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. TODAY I'M HERE TO ASK THE CITY'S SUPPORT IN THE TEAM WALK FOR DIABETES. THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS IN COUNSEL. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE THIS MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TIME TO SPEAK. MOST OF US ARE HERE TODAY, AND THE LAST THING WE WANT IS FOR OUR CHILD TO ENDURE ANY PAIN. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WHICH IS OFTEN THE CASE IN LIFE, WE LIFT THEM UP AND MOVE ON TO BETTER DAYS AND THAT'S THE HARDEST PART, THERE'S NO DAYS OFF FROM THIS DISEASE. ON OCTOBER 29TH 2017, JULIA N A. WAS ADMITTED TO NICHOLAS HOSPITAL IN MIAMI. LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT OUR LIVES WOULD CHANGE COMPLETELY, WE ARRIVED WITH HER BLOOD SUGAR AT, 7 HUNDRED. AND KEY IN HER URINE. WE COULDN'T LEAVE THE HOSPITAL UNTIL SHE WAS OKAY. THE HARDEST WEEKS OF OUR LIVES FOLLOWED AFFECTING OUR WHOLE LIFE. UPON ARRIVING AT HOME, IRONICALLY ON HALLOWEEN NIGHTS, WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR ROUTINE, HOWEVER I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WALK INTO THE HOSPITAL, AND NOT INTO A COMA, WE HAVE LEARN TODAY FINGERPRINT, AND SHOTS AND INSULIN, 2000 FINGERPRINTS, 150 CITE CHANGES JUST TO STAY ALIVE WITHOUT COMPLAINING. THE DIAGNOSIS SPELLED THE CAREFREE AND SPONTANEOUS LIFE. EVERY DECISION WE MAKE, TAKES EXTRA TIME. LIKE, COUNTING NEEDLES FOR THE WEEK, AND EXTRA IN THAT CASES TO HER GAMES. TYPE TWO DIABETES HAS FORCED HER TO MATURE, AND LIFE GOES ON, AND WE HAVE MADE A CHOICE. WE MADE A PROMISE NOT TO LET THIS DISEASE DEFINE US STOP US OR CONTROL US. >> SINCE OUR DIAGNOSES, WE FOUND SUPPORT IN G R S, THAT FUNDS THE DIABETES RESEARCH AND THE TREATMENT AND ADVANCES, PREVENTION AND POSSIBLE CARE. J D R F SOUTH FLORIDA, RAISES OVER ONE.3 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY THREW THREE DIFFERENT EVENTS, THAT INCLUDES, THREE WALKS AND ONE G A L.A. THEY SUPPORT NEW FAMILIES, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH EVENTS. >> J D R F ONE WALK IS AN EVENT THAT HELPS FAMILIES. WE ARE SPREADING AWARENESS. ON MARCH 14TH 2020 WE WILL BE WALKING HERE, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR THE CITY COUNSEL FOR THE CREATION FOR A DORAL OF DIABETES TEAM TO HELP SUPPORT THE ONE.5 MILLION AMERICANS THAT LIVE WITH THIS DISEASE. THERE'S CURRENTLY NO CURE OR PREVENTION TO THIS DISEASE. HELP US TURN TYPE ONE INTO TYPE NONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> APPLAUSE. >> I THINK THAT YOU HAVE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THE COUNSEL MEMBERS AND I THINK THAT THEIR SUPPORT TO HELP US HAVE A TEAM, WE HOPE THAT YOU GUIDE US TO BEST GET THAT TEAM PREPARED, I THINK WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IS THAT YOU LEAD US, MAYBE YOU LEAD US YOUNG LADY US IN GETTING THIS TEAM TOGETHER AND UM, MAYBE GETTING UM, A MESSAGE TO ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES, AND TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WE WILL HAVE A CITY OF DORAL TEAM, UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION FROM THE COUNSELOR ADMINISTRATION. >> THANK YOU. >> AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE, I THINK THAT THE LAST TIME THAT I SAW YOU, YOU WERE PROBABLY AT CHURCH, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT CAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, SPECIALLY THE FACT THAT THIS YOUNG LADY IS TAKING THIS ISSUE. I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE FOR US TO HAVE A TEAM TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE EMPLOYEES. >> PUBLIC AFFAIRS MAGGIE S A N T O S IS OFF TODAY, BUT I'LL HAVE HER AND HER OFFICE TO REACH OUT TO YOU TODAY, AND START WORKING ON THAT TEAM. >> MEMBER, F R A G A. >> I MET WITH THEM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. VERY RELATABLE. AND MY FAMILY SUFFERS FROM THAT. MY FATHER LOST HIS VISION, AND MY UNCLE LOST HIS LIFE, SO IT'S A CLOSE CALL TO ME PERSONALLY, I HAD ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO BE THE LIAISON WITH THEIR FAMILY TO WORK WITH STAFF, TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SIMILAR THAT WE DO FOR RELAY FOR LIFE, WITH THE LIAISON ONLY WITH THE CITY DIRECTLY WORKING WITH STAFF, TO PUT TOGETHER /SPHAUFRL SMALL EVENTS TO PROMOTE THOSE EVENTS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE TEAM AND GET PEOPLE INVOLVED. SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT PUBLIC AFFAIRS WORKS WITH MY OFFICE SO THAT WE CAN PLAN SEVERAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE TIME UNTIL THE WALK SO THAT WE CAN RAISE AS MUCH FUNDS AND AWARENESS AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR COMING TODAY. >> FOR EXAMPLE, DR., [INAUDIBLE], HE'S IN THE U N, HE'S ONE OF THE MAIN ONES DOING SO MUCH RESEARCH TRYING TO FIND A WAY AND A CURE FOR THIS. UM, BUT, PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF US, I MEAN, I THINK THAT THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT AND ALL OF US SHOULD REPRESENT IN THIS GREAT CAUSE, AND I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS WILL BE THE BEST AND OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WILL BE THE ONE TO LEAD THE CAUSE, THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT. SO ANY TIME THAT YOU NEED US, WE WILL BE THERE. >> ANY COMMENTS VISE MAYOR? >> I'M JUST EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU, FIRST OF ALL IT TAKES A LOT TO STAND UP THERE AND SPEAK. YOU'RE AN AMAZING AMBASSADOR AND THIS CAUSE IS IN AN UNFORTUNATE WAY THEY ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. EDUCATING PEOPLE TO HOPEFULLY BRINGING SOME LIGHT INTO THE ISSUE IT'S NEVER EASY, SO I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY. AND UM, YOU HAVE WONDERFUL SUPPORT AND AN AMAZING FAMILY BEHIND YOU, SO. I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY HERE, YOU GOT YOUR TEAM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. WE'RE BEHIND YOU 3 HUNDRED PERCENT, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW BIG THIS TEAM WILL BE. WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT TEAM DORAL. >> WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE WALKING. WEARING WHATEVER YOU WANT US TO WEAR. WHERE THEY CAN HOST SOME OF THE EVENTS TO THE CITY, NOT ONLY TO RAISE FUNDS BUT RAISE AWARENESS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE EVENT NEXT YEAR, BUT FOR THE MANY YEARS TO COME, WHERE WE CAN FIND A CURE TO EASE THE SITUATION. SO, UM, I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE TEAM, MAGGIE WILL CONTACT YOU WHEN SHE'S BACK THIS WEEK -- ON MONDAY. AND YOU HAVE YOUR TEAM, AND YOUR SUPPORT, AND WE'RE ALL HERE BEHIND YOU, SO COUNT ON US, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING HERE ON THAT WALK NEXT YEAR. >> I THINK YOU SAID -- UNFORTUNATELY, THE COUNSELMAN C A B R E R A IS NOT HERE, BUT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOUR PARENTS, MY SUGGESTION WILL BE -- COUNSELMAN F R A G A MENTIONED HER INVOLVEMENT. WHO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THOSE IMPACTED BY THE DISEASE. I THINK WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER, WE TALKED ABOUT ANY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR, LIZETTE HERNANDEZ. WHO HAS TWO WONDERFUL CHILDREN. AND I OBVIOUSLY HAVE TYPE TWO DIABETES HAVING A YOUNG LADY, JUST YOUR AGE, I THINK IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE THAT THE FULL COUNSEL TO BE THE LIAISON TO GET THE BEST WHERE WE CAN THE CITY'S PARTICIPATE. AND ALL OF US ARE FREE TO COORDINATE WITH MAGGIE WHATEVER WE NEED TO COORDINATE TO MOVE FORWARD AND HELP NOT ONLY THIS YOUNG LADY BUT THOSE WHO HAVE TYPE ONE DIABETES. AND SPEAKING WITH JOHN, ONE THING THAT CAME UP, AND ONE THING THAT I WANT TO YOU ADD VOLUNTARY INDICATE, AS THE VISE VISE MAYOR MENTIONED, INCLUDING THE YOUNG ONES, TYPE TWO DIABETES IS THE FASTEST GROWING DISEASE FOR THE -- THE YOUTH OF THIS COUNTRY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. SO, TYPE TWO, YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE, BUT SOME OF YOUR CLASSMATES UNFORTUNATELY ARE GETTING DIABETES AT A YOUNGER AGE, AND THAT ONE CAN BE AVOIDED BY EDUCATION AND BY WHAT YOU EAT AND BY EXERCISE. AND I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU BECOME AN ADVOCATE FOR J R F, THAT WE ALSO GET THE MESSAGE OUT WITH YOUR CLASSMATES, AND THE EXERCISE THAT THEY TAKE, AND MAYBE THEY CAN HELP GET THIS MESSAGE OUT THERE. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO GET YOU TO BE SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP US REACH THOSE OF YOUR AGE, BECAUSE, TYPE TWO DIABETES IS THE FASTEST GROWING DISEASE FOR TEENAGERS IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT ON. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHN AND FRANCES, AND J U L IAN A. I KNOW THAT JOHN, WHO IS -- IS PERSISTENT, AND JOHN IS MORE PERSISTENT. YOU HAVE GREAT PARENTS, BY THE WAY, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. THE DORAL TEAM WILL BE MORE THAN REPRESENTED. >> THANK YOU, MANY BLESSINGS. >> NEXT ITEM. C, KEEP DORAL BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS AWARD. >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EDGAR COME UP. OUR ACTING DIRECTOR. >> GOOD MORNING, EDGAR E S T R A D A, WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE DORAL KEEPING IT BEAUTIFUL. 9250 DORAL IS A PROPERTY THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING. IT'S 32000 SQUARE FEET. SOME OF THE RECENT IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE LANDSCAPING. AND INSTALLATION OF PERMANENT SIGNAGE ON THE ACTUALBLE. THIS PROPERTY IS HOME TO VARIOUS BUSINESSES IN THE HEALTH CARE, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE RECOMMEND, 9250 FOR THE KEEPING DORAL BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS AWARD. I HAVE ANITA V A S C O TO ACCEPT THE AWARD. >> APPLAUSE. >> WE'RE HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD, ON BE OF HAD AN OF THE OWNERSHIP, AND OUR STAFF, WHICH IS VERY DEDICATED WHO TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN KEEPING THE BUSINESS BEAUTIFUL. >> THIS AWARD STARTED YEARS AGO, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT IT EXISTS. COME ON UP AND LET'S GIVE YOU THE RECOGNITION. >> D) 19-3390 PRESENTATION RECAP BY RON BOOK, P.A. ON THE 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES Q. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MR. MANAGERS, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOINING ME IS UM, FROM SUN STRATEGY GROUP. EDDIE AND JOSE. THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF THE FIRMS TO REPRESENT THE CITY, AND UM, YOUR TAX PAYERS, UM, WE APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY. THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AFTER ONE DAY EXTENSION WENT HOME AFTER PASSING A 91 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET. I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT EVERYBODY MANAGED TO FIND A WAY TO GET ALONG DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT GOT ACCOMPLISHED, I THINK THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT BOTH PRESIDING OFFICERS, HAVING THEIR PRIORITIES ACCOMPLISHED ALMOST IN TOTAL IN THE CASE OF SPEAK IT OR LEAVE IT. LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE HEALTH CARE MEASURES FROM THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE FURTHER TRANSPARENCY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE T E L E, HEALTH, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE. ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT THE SPEAKER DID NOT GET WAS TO LOOK IN THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE, TO PLAY IN THE THEATER NEAR YOU. THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE SPEAKER HAS BEEN ADVOCATING, WHICH INCLUDES TRANSPARENCY, IF YOU WILL ALLOWING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, OUTSIDE OF THE MEDICAL DOCTOR WORLD TO DO PROCEDURES AND TO DO THINGS THAT THEY ARE TRAINED TO DO, AND WHETHER THOSE ARE R N'S, AND L.P. NS, OR ANY OTHERS THAT ARE TRAINED WITH THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE, IT'S INTENDED TO BROADEN WHAT THEY CAN DO IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE MORE COST EFFECTIVE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE WITHOUT COMPROMISING SAFETY OF PATIENCE THAT WILL PLAY IN THE NEXT SECTION OF THE LEGISLATURE. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE SPEAKER WAS LOOKING TO DO IN THE WORLD OF EDUCATION POLICY. YOU SAW THE GREATEST PACKAGE -- IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, IN FACT, CELEBRATING THE VICTORY OF THE PACKAGE ON THE FLOOR OF THE FLORIDA HOUSE, WHICH FORMER GOVERNOR BUSH WHICH WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE MADE MAJOR POLICY EDUCATION CHANGES, 20 PLUS YEARS WAS ON THE FLOOR. SPEAKING WITH CORPORATE, WHO STARTED THE BALL ROLLING, NOW THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION WERE THERE TO CELEBRATE THOSE VICTORIES THAT OCCURRED. OVER IN THE SENATE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WERE DONE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL AREA, WHICH WERE THE GOVERNMENT'S PACKAGE OF THINGS, THEY GOT ALL OF WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR. PRESIDENT G A L V ANA WAS LOOKING AT THE PACKAGE TRANSPORTATION, AND BY WAYS, NORTH OF MIAMI DATE, AND NORTH AND NORTH WEST OF US, VERY CONTROVERSIAL IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COME UNIT, NOT ONLY DID THEY PASS OVERWHELMINGLY THE GOVERNMENT WAS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC IN SIGNING THEM, HE WENT TO THE CHARITY PACKAGE THERE. IN THE WORLD OF HIGHER EDUCATION. THEY GOT ALL OF THOSE THINGS THEY WERE LOOKING TO DO. AND BY THE WAY. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE LOST THE ANNOUNCEMENT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL AND ALMOST ALL OF FLORIDA'S STATE'S SCHOOLS WENT UP DRAMATICALLY. WE HAVE A CLIENT IN OUR FIRM, WHO HAS THE ONLY AQUACULTURE FARM IN THE COUNTRY THAT RAISES B A L U G A [INAUDIBLE] THEY WERE IN A SMALL CITY IN NORTH FLORIDA OF 270 PEOPLE, THEY EMPLOY 90 INDIVIDUALS, WHO ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED. IT'S A BUSINESS THAT WAS UNINSURABLE ON THE OPEN INSURANCE MARKETS, AS WE GO FORWARD, WE WERE ALL EXCITED WHEN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDED, SHIPPED THE BILLION DOLLARS IN EFFECT THE HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS. BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WERE ALL SHORT CHANGED ON PROJECTS LAST YEAR, AS A RESULT OF IT. PROJECTS GOT TRIMMED AND CUT. BUT IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE SHIPPING MONEY BACK, SO WE WERE IN THE BELIEF THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AN EXTRA BILLION DOLLARS, TO PARTICULAR FUNDING PROJECTS FORWARD. BUT FLORIDA LIKE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY HAS HAD A SLOW DOWN AND WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THROUGH THE RESERVE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB BY LOWERING INTEREST RATES, I THINK THAT THE CONVERSATION THAT THE PRESIDENT STARTED AND THEN STOPPED AS IT RELATES TO LOWERING PAYROLL TAXES HAS HELPED TO REINVIGORATE OUR ECONOMY BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE'RE IN A SLOW DOWN. WHEN THE FLORIDA REVENUE ESTIMATORS LAST MET, IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE NEXT CYCLE THAT WE WILL HAVE 416 MILLION LESS TO SPEND THAN ORIGINALLY PROJECTED TO BE SPENT, ANYBODY THINKS THAT A HALF OF BILLION DOLLARS OF SPENDING ISN'T A LOT OF MONEY. IN A 91 BILLION DOLLAR THAT'S A MISTAKE. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE PRIORITY OF THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION WILL BE TEACHER SALARIES, THE GOVERNOR I BELIEVE WHEN HE COMES OUT WITH THE BUDGET, I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT I KNOW THAT HE'S LOOKING TO TRY TO RAISE MONDAY GEE FOR THE TEACHERS. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT MONEY COMES FROM, BUT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S A GOOD STARTING PLACE IF YOU'RE AN ADVOCATE FOR TEACHER SALARIES, IT'S A PLACE TO GET TEACHERS A MUCH NEEDED PAY RAISE, BUT AVOIDING BANKRUPTING THE BUDGETS, LOOK AT THAT TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE STILL LOOKING TO RAISE REVENUE. SOME HAVE LISTENED TO US AND SOME HAVE NOT. WE RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION FROM THE FOLKS IN THE UNITED WAY, TO CREATE A SENIOR TRUST. TO GO ON THE LOCAL BALLOT. LET ME JUST SIMPLY REITERATE, THIS IS NOT A LEGISLATURE THAT WILL BE RAISING FEES OR TAXES, OR GIVING VOTERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AT LEAST NONE THAT ARE NEW OPPORTUNITIES, SOME THAT EXIST TODAY. THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE FEES AND TAXES, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, AND I SUSPECT IT TO BE TURNED AROUND. THEY WILL SAY THE SAME THING, AND I DO THINK THAT, THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR STAFF ABOUT SUBMITTING IN YOUR BEHALF, THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT WORKED OUT, AND THEY ARE CERTAINLY NOT THINGS THAT ADMINISTRATION HAVE SAID TO US, THE COUNSEL AND THE COMMISSION WILL BE ENDORSING AND WILL BE PUTTING IN A PACKAGE BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TWO WATER PROJECTS, AND ONE TRANSPORTATION YOU ARE PACKAGE. ONE IS STORM WATER UPDATE, AND THE OTHER ONE IS STORM WATER IMPROVEMENTS, BOTH HAVE GOOD LOCAL MATCHES THAT ARE SOLID, IF THOSE ARE ULTIMATELY WHAT STAFF BRINGS TO YOU, AS PRIORITIES TO BE ADOPTED. WE THINK THAT THOSE ARE THREE SOLID PROJECTS, WE THINK THAT THREE IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT NUMBER OF PROJECTS TO SUBMIT IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE KNOW IS GOING ON. LET ME TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE LEGISLATURE. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. UM, FIRST OF ALL, SHOULD NOT GO UN-NOTICED BY YOU OR THE CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU REPRESENT BY ONE OF YOUR FORMER COLLEAGUES SERVING IN THE HOUSE, IS NOW A CANDIDATE FOR THE FLORIDA SENATE, IN WHAT WILL BE THE MOST WITHOUT QUESTION REMEMBER THAT WE SET IT AND UNDERLINED IT. AND LEGISLATIVE RACE IN 67 COUNTIES OF THIS STATE. IT WILL GO DOWN AT ONE OF IT. IT IS CRITICAL FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO GRAB A SEAT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT BOTH SIDES ARE ARMING UP, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL OF US HAVE A WHOLE LOT FEWER DOLLARS IN OUR POCKETS ALREADY AND IT'S A YEAR BEFORE THE PRIMARY. >> YOU HAVE MORE POCKETS RON, SO THAT'S NOT FAIR. >> AND YOU CAN PROBABLY LOOK FOR ANOTHER 15 TO 20 MILLION DOLLARS TO SPEND IN BOTH SIDES, IF THAT RACE ENDS UP OCCURRING. EXPECT EVERY ONE OF THOSE HOUSE RACES TO BE TIGHTLY CONTESTED. LET'S FACE IT. AMENDMENT FOUR IS GOING TO RESULT IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL FORMER FELONS GOING ON TO THE VOTING POLES ON WHICH BOTH SIDES EXPECT THE RESIDENTIAL STATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE NUMBERS CLOSER. SOME SAY THAT'S AS MANY AS A MILLION AND A HALF VOTERS, MAYBE IT'S ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND. MAYBE, IT'S A MILLION ONE. BY NINE VOTE TO SEE A REELECTION CAMPAIGN, THAT'S 7 VOTES, AND BY THE WAY, LOSS THAT REELECTION VOTE BECAUSE SHE WORKED FOR US. AND IT JUST -- YOUR MANAGER KNOWS THAT. IT'S JUST RACIST OR THAT KIND OF CLOSE TODAY ALL OVER THIS STATE, BUT THE MOST CONTESTED RACES ARE GOING TO BE HERE. THE HOUSE, THE REPUBLICANS CAN AFFORD TO LOOSE FIVE OR SIX SEATS, IT'S NOT A THREAT THAT THE DEMOCRATS TO TAKE OVER. BUT IN THE SENATE, IT WASN'T LONG AGO THAT THERE WERE 13 DEMOCRATS AND 27 REPUBLICANS, AND THEN IT WAS 14 DEMOCRATS, AND 26. AND THEN IT WAS, 15 AND 25. I MEAN, NOW IT'S, 17 AND 23. IF YOU THINK PICKING UP ONE SEAT FOR THE DEMOCRATS OR TWO DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACE OF THINGS IT MEANS THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME IN THE SENATE, VERY DIFFERENT, IT TAKES TWO HOUSES TO MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN, AND WHAT HAPPENS A WEEK AFTER THE PRESIDING OFFICERS GET SWORN IN, IN NOVEMBER OF 2020 THEY IMMEDIATELY A POINT THE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEES IN BOTH HOUSES, AND WHEN 2022 GETS HERE, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE LAW WHEN IT GETS HERE, BUT IT WILL GET HERE VERY QUICKLY, BECAUSE, REDISTRICTING WILL OCCUR, ALL SENATORS HAVE TO RUN AGAIN, AND THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIPS, WILL RAISE 50 TO 60 MILLION ON THE LEADERSHIP SIDE. THE DEMOCRATS PROBABLY COULDN'T RAISE MORE THAN, 13 OR 14 MILLION IN THAT CYCLE, IF THEY ARE LUCKY, IN FLORIDA, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S 3 TO 4 BILLIONAIRE DEMOCRATS, STARTING BY THE NAME OF, S O R O S, FOLLOWED BY THE NAME OF, [INAUDIBLE], HAVE BEEN POURING MILLIONS IN FLORIDA. AND THOSE CARPET BAGGERS -- AND THAT'S HOW I CAN PLAY IT, THAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS WHAT'S GOING ON, THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT THING THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE WE WERE HERE LAST, IS WE HAVE ANOTHER MEMBER OF OUR HOUSE DELEGATION WHO HAS GOTTEN THEMSELVES INTO PLACE, TO BE THE SPEAKER DESIGNEE. AND THAT'S THE REPRESENTATIVE, DANNIE PEREZ WHO'S IN LINE RIGHT NOW. THE NEXT SPEAKER AFTER L E Y V A. IS SPEAKER DESIGNEE -- FORMER PROSECUTOR. >> SENATOR, FROM THE N A P L E S AREA, AND SENATOR FROM JACKSONVILLE, AND AFTER THAT WILL BE A RACE THAT HAS COME DOWN TO SENATOR DIAZ AND SENATOR, A L, BRITT WHO IS FROM A CITY CALLED -- FROM FLORIDA. AND HE AND SENATOR DIAZ IS IN A HOTLY CONTESTED WAYS, FOLLOWING P A S A D O M A AND H U D S O N, BUT WOULD COINCIDE WITH PRESIDENT SPEAKER SHIP, WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME AS OUR COMMUNITY, WHERE WE HAVE TWO PRESIDING OFFICERS AT THE SAME TIME IN THE HOUSE OF THE SENATE. >> I WILL SAY THAT -- THAT THE PEOPLE FIGHT OVER THE M.D. X, AND G M X IS THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY AND I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER SUBSTANTIVE LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGES AFFECTING OUR COUNTY IN PARTICULAR THIS SESSION. I WILL BE PAYING ATTENTION IF I WERE A READER. I WOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE AIRPORT, AND THE C PORT, AND I WILL BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE MIAMI DATE COUNTY OVERALL HOME RULE CHARTER POWERS, REMEMBER WHAT THE LEGISLATION GIVES, THEY CAN TAKE. MIAMI DATE COUNTY IS -- IT COMES TO A GREAT SHOCK. BY 66 OTHER COUNTIES, AND 19 -- 18 AND A HALF MILLION OF OTHER FLORIDA BUT WATCH CLOSELY. IT'S GOING TO GET UGLY. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, IN AN EFFORT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT. I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN EFFORT TO HOPEFULLY, IS THERE ANY CHANCE AT ALL? >> I KNOW THAT THEY ARE COLLECTING SIGNATURES AND THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT EFFORT. I THINK THAT THE THRESHOLD TO HAS SOMETHING, IN THE CONSTITUTION TO REMAIN VERY VERY HIGH. HOW FAR ALONG THEY ARE AND IF THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE BALLOT. AND IN FACT THEY DO, THERE'S A LOT OF I THINK, BESIDES, JUST THE EFFORT OF GETTING ON TO THE BALLOT AND THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT. IT'S OBVIOUSLY DEFENDING IT FOR ONCE, AND ONCE IT IS, IF IT IS, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES REQUIRED. I THINK THAT AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE TO TAKE WHAT WE KNOW, IF THERE'S AN EFFORT OUT THERE. IF THERE'S SOME EFFORT TO COLLECT SIGNATURES AND, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S EFFORTS OUT THERE. TO GET IT TO THE FINISH LINE. >> I WOULD ADD TO THAT. MAYOR, AND COUNSEL MEMBERS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATURE DID WHICH GOT A LOT OF PLAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT REGISTERED WITH FOLKS AS TO THE IMPACT. WHEN THEY CHANGED THE LAW RELATED TO HOW AND WHO CAN GATHER SIGNATURES, THEY CHANGED THE GAME. YOU KNOW, IF YOU PICKED UP MIAMI HAROLD, WHERE YOU PUNCHED IN, FLORIDA RECREATIONAL CANNIBIS, YOU WOULD THINK, THAT THE RECREATIONAL CANNIBIS WAS ON THE BALLOT FOR 2020, AM I RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE READ, DON'T COUNT ON IT. WILL IT MAKE THE BALLOT AT SOME POINT? YES. HERE'S WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID, AND HERE'S HOW IT WAS IMPACTED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID IS REQUIRE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO GATHER SIGNATURES, IT'S A PROFESSION. IT'S AN EXPRESSION IN FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY REQUIRE YOU TO REGISTER, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO IS DISCLOSE YOUR BACKGROUND. WELL, UNKNOWN TO MOST PEOPLE, THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF THOSE IN THAT PROFESSION ARE CONVICTED FELONS, AND THE LARGER DOMINANT GROUP OF THE CONVICTED FELONS ARE CONVICTED PREDATORS, THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. THEY FLED AND WENT TO OTHER STATES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DISCLOSE. THE SECOND THING THAT HAPPENED IS THAT THEY TOOK THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE AWAY FROM THOSE PROFESSIONALS, YOU CAN NO LONGER PAPER SIGNATURE. SOME OF THOSE GUYS AND GIRLS, ARE GETTING FIVE SIX OR 7 BUCKS A SIT, AND WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE WIRE, THEY START TO REALLY END SEND AT THIS IDENTIFYING. AND THEY ARE PAYING, 7 OR 8 DOLLARS A SIGNATURE. THEY FLED TO OTHER STATES TO GET PAID PER SIGNATURE. WHAT THAT MEANT WAS THAT YOU NEED TO PUT THEM ON SALARY. THERE'S ONLY TWO CANNIBIS PROPOSALS OUT THERE, FOR SIGNATURES, AND THEY ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE 7 HUNDRED, 70 SOME ODD THOUSAND SIGNATURES, THEY HAVE TO BE TURNED IN BY FEBRUARY. THE THIRD THING THAT THEY DID, IS TURN THEM IN IN FIVE DAYS, MOST OF THEM CAN'T AND WON'T. IT'S END VALID AND PUT THEM IN THE GARBAGE CAN. THEY HAVE TAKEN THE INCENTIVE OUT. OF THE JOHN MORGANS OF THE WORLD, WHERE, IF HE WILL GET HIS LIVING WAGE AND PREVAILING WAGE. HE MIGHT, HE WAS FAIRLY FAR ALONG ON HIS SIGNATURES, WHERE HE'LL KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD IN 2022. YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING LEFT ONCE YOU GET ON THE BALLOT, AND I JUST SEE THAT AS [INAUDIBLE]. >> LISTEN, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EFFORTS, AND 7 IS A GODLY NUMBER, SO BE HAPPY ABOUT NOT BEING AN ELECTED OFFICE. >> THAT'S WHY I SAY -- WHEN PEOPLE GET ELECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> ONE OF THE ISSUES IS ASSOCIATION REFORM. I UNDERSTAND AND I KNOW THAT THE PROMINENT LOBBYING AND MANY WHO ARE CLOSE TO, AND MANY PEOPLE HERE HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE, AND STOPPING THIS FROM -- FROM MOVING FORWARD, BUT IT MAKES NO SENSE, IN PARTICULAR A CITY LIKE OURS, WHERE WE CONTINUOUSLY GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION REFORM, AND IF THERE'S NO TEETH TO UM, THIS STATUTE WHERE EGREGIOUS THINGS, AND I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, THE FIVE TENNIS COURTS CAN COST, 1.3 MILLION. THAT'S MY COMMUNITY, WHERE THE CITY CAN BUILD FIVE TENNIS COURTS. >> I THINK THAT YOUR ASSOCIATION BUDGET WAS, 8.5. >> YEAH. I'M ALL FOR THAT. AND THE PREEMPTION IS IMPORTANT FOR US. WE'RE STUCK IN A HARD PLACE, LIKE IF -- POTHOLES DON'T KNOW BETWEEN AN R AND A D. WE DON'T HAVE THE LUCK READ TO BE STUCK IN THE -- I'M NOT GOING TO BE SHY ABOUT THIS. EDDIE IS HERE. SO I'LL BE VERY CLEAR, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP AND THE HOUSE HAS NOT BEEN AS OPEN TO DISCUSSING SOME OF THESE THINGS, AND IT DOESN'T TAKE THE FACT THAT I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE FROM MIAMI LAKES THERE. AND THE TIME HAS COME, AND I HAVE BEEN IN POLITICS TOO LONG, I MAY BE GETTING JADED. I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN A DECISION. I THINK THAT IT'S GREAT FOR THE PEOPLE -- SOME OF THEM WHO DON'T WORK, AND ARE ALWAYS ON THE INTERNET, BUT IT'S NOT GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY. AND YOU KNOW, UM, I REALLY THINK THAT THE TIME HAS COME, I DON'T WANT TO PARAPHRASE MY UM, FELLOW MAYOR FROM THE CITY OF -- I SAID IT TO EDDIE. I THINK IT'S TIME TO LET OUR RESIDENTS KNOW, WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD ON SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT. I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE NATIONAL ISSUES THAT HAVE IMPACTED THE OTHER PARTS OF THE STATES, AND ADVOCACY THERE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN NATIONAL LEVEL, EVEN ON TRANSPORTATION FOR US LOCALLY, AND I DO WANT TO SEE MOVING FORWARD YOU KNOW, MOVING IN THIS CYCLE, THAT OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE ASSERTIVE ABOUT IT. TO ME, IT'S, TOTALLY ECOLOGICAL. MIAMI DATE COUNTY, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE STATES HAVE ASSOCIATIONS. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION, CAN LEGALLY GET A KICKBACK IS A DISGRACE AND IF I WAS IN TALLAHASSEE, I'M NOT, THANK GOD, BUT IF I WAS, I WOULD BE VERY SAD TO HEAR THAT THEY ARE NOT AGAINST THIS. IT MAKES POLITICAL SENSE FOR THOSE DONATIONS, I'M A LAWYER, I SAY THIS WITHOUT PREJUDICE, THESE LAW FIRMS THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM THIS. TO ME, UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU NOW, I HOPE THAT THIS YEAR, WE'RE MUCH MORE ASSERTIVE. I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT, BECAUSE, I'M NOT GOING TO GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE M B X, THAT BATTLE I LEAVE THAT UP TO -- I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK THAT UM, YOU KNOW, SO THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, I GOT TWO CALLS FROM HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION ISSUES, AND PEOPLE, IT JUST BAFFLES ME THAT UM, I THINK PROBABLY EVERYONE IN THIS COUNSEL LIVES IN SOME SORT OF ASSOCIATION OR IT BAFFLES ME THAT THE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS DO NOT HAVE ONE OF ONE HUNDRED OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE SEEKS TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY. THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN IMAGINE IS WHOEVER IS LOBBYING ON THAT SIDE, WHETHER IT'S THE ATTORNEYS THAT REPRESENT HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, I DON'T THINK IT'S LOGICAL FOR THEM, BECAUSE AS AN ATTORNEY, I DON'T WANT TO WORK FOR AN ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT OR BOARD MEMBER, WHO WAS VIOLATING IN MY OPINION COMMON SENSE, TAKING MONEY FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE ASSOCIATION. I HOPE THAT I CAN EXPRESS THIS DIRECTLY INTO THE SPEAKER BEFORE HE LEAVES. BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY. I'M VERY HAPPY THAT MR. PEREZ, DANNIE GOT HIS LINE, STAYS IN LINE FOR THAT POSITION AND CERTAINLY SENATOR DIAZ. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEND THIS MESSAGE AND I SAY THIS TO THEM ALL OF THE TIME. THERE ARE TERM LIMITS AND I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THE LOCAL VOTING RECORD THERE. SO I -- I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS DO HAVE THIS SESSION. THIS HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, TO ME, ABSOLUTELY, MAKES NO SENSE WHAT'S OR EVER, THAT IT DOESN'T EVEN GET DISCUSSED, THAT IT DIES IN COMMITTEE, AND SOMEONE GIVES US THIS -- FROM WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. OR JOE BLOW FROM SOMEWHERE. YOU KNOW, AND SO, LET'S -- I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT FOR THIS COUNSEL, I THINK SINCE ALL OF US LIVE IN HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS, FOUR HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION. THAT IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. >> EVER SO BRIEFLY. FIRST OF ALL, IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS, I MISSED SOME, BUT LET ME START BY SAYING, THERE'S STATUTORY TERM LIMITS, AND THERE'S VOTER TERM LIMITS, WE REMIND THEM OF THAT, ON A REGULAR BASES MAYOR. NUMBER TWO, I DO THINK THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION HAVE HEARD YOU AND YOUR COUNSEL AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE ON THE ISSUE OF HOMEOWNER CONDO OWNER, CO-OP, CHANGES, REWRITE, MR. DIAZ, AND REPRESENTATIVE ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ ARE WORKING ON A BILL, WILL THAT BE READY FOR THIS SESSION? I CANNOT TELL YOU, BUT WE WILL ENCOURAGE YOU AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SET THE SPEAKER MEETINGS UP FOR YOU. AND MR. DIAZ, AND REPRESENTATIVE RODRIGUEZ. WE BELIEVE THAT HAVING YOU MAKE THAT PRESENTATION TYPE MEETING WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE AT, WE THINK THAT THOSE EXAMPLES, HEARING THEM FROM YOU DIRECTLY, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US IN ADVOCATING. NONE OF US FORGOT HOW MUCH THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR YOU. I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU AS TO WHY IT HASN'T HAPPENED BEFORE NOW. AND I WILL SAY TO YOU SOMETHING I SAID BEFORE, IT DEFIES LOGIC TO ME, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, MAYOR. THAT THERE AIN'T A SINGLE R I C O OR A CRIMINAL VIOLATION, DAMN IT, WHEN THEY TAKE A KICKBACK, IT'S VIOLATION, AND FRAUD, THERE ARE MANY PROVISIONS IN THE HAVE I SILL STATUTE THAT YOU CAN GO AFTER THE FOLKS AFTER THEM. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU CAN GET THEM CIVILLY AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. AND PEOPLE DON'T USE THE CIVIL STATUTE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IN LOTS OF CASES, FORGET THIS, LOTS OF INSTANCES WHERE A LOT OF BAD THINGS ARE HAPPENING, THAT ARE CLEARLY CORRUPT. JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T BRING YOU SOMETHING CRIMINALLY, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, THIS IS SIGNIFICANT AND THEIR'S SUBSTANTIAL PENALTIES. YOU KNOW THERE'S A KICKBACK? GO AFTER THEM. I JUST -- TO ME, THAT KATHY HAS NOT CHOSEN TO, END PANEL CIVIL -- WE'RE NOT PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL, AND WE'RE NOT GETTING JUDGMENTS FOR LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY AGAINST THEM PERSONALLY, AND THAT'S OUTSIDE OF WHATEVER PROTECTIONS THEY HAVE IN THOSE ASSOCIATIONS. GO AFTER THEM, CIVILLY, CUT THIS NECKS OUT, AND THEY WILL GET THE MESSAGE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH -- >> IF I MAY? >> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE MEETING WITH THE SPEAKER, IT'S DIFFICULT, HE'S IN AND OUT OF TOWN, STILL TRAVELLING THE STATE. I SENT HIM THE PICTURE OF YOU, THE MAYOR NEEDS A MEETING. >> I RATHER DO MIAMI DATES NOT A PROBLEM. >> MOST OF YOU KNOW ALREADY. THIS IS MY LEGISLATIVE AID, WILL IS HERE. >> GOOD TO HAVE YOU, WILL. GOOD TO HAVE YOU, HOPEFULLY, WE SEE THIS SESSION STARTING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. SO RON, MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THE DATES, SINCE WHATEVER NUMBERS WE HAVE FROM PUBLIC WORKS ETCETERA, NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER PROBABLY. >> FIRST OF ALL, COMMITTEE MEETINGS START NEXT MONDAY, BE READY TO SHOW UP, THEY WILL START BECAUSE BILLS ARE BEING FILED ON AN EVERY DAY BASES, MR. MANAGER BEING FILED DAILY, WE DO NOT GO A DAY WITHOUT SEEING A DOZEN OR MORE APPROPRIATION FILES, HAVING BEEN FILED IN BILL FORM, LEGISLATIVE SESSION. FIRST OF ALL, SET OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN SEPTEMBER, TWO SETS IN OCTOBER. THREE IN NOVEMBER. AND IN DECEMBER. GAME ON, SECOND WEEK IN JANUARY THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK, AND A HALF OF MARCH. I LOOK FOR THIS TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO LAST SESSION FROM A PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T SEE THE REPUBLICANS AND THE HOUSE FIGHTING FOR ONE ANOTHER, THEY KNOW CLEARLY WHO THEIR ENEMY IS. AND THE DEMOCRATS KNOW WHO THEIR ENEMY IS. SO THEY HAVE THE PART, I THINK THAT THEY WILL QUAIL WHATEVER PARTNERSHIP GOES BACK AND FORTH. THANK YOU AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE YOU THERE. >> YES. >> YOU'LL GET OUR WEEKLY REPORTS, UM -- MS. BROWN SPENT HOURS AT CUSTOMIZING AND PROVIDING TO YOU WITH YOUR SPECIFIC GOALS AND AGENDA ITEMS WRITTEN. YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE CAN STUFF, THE FACT IS THAT WE PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT'S YOURS. AND UM, IF YOU SEE THINGS THAT ARE OF CONCERN THAT WE'RE NOT COVERING, SIMPLY SEND US AN E-MAIL, AND SIMPLY TELL THE MANAGER, MAYOR, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE BILL, THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOMES AN INTEREST, SOMEBODY HAS TO LET THE MANAGER KNOW, IF YOU THINK HE DOESN'T HAVE A TETHER ON THIS, ON AN ONGOING SESSION, I ASSURE YOU THAT THEY HAVE A STRING AND TIN CANS THAT STRETCH FROM HERE TO TALLAHASSEE. >> THEY WERE BOTH ELECTED OFFICIALS. >> THAT HAD VERY UNEDUCATED AND NOT FOR SIGHT CONSTITUENTS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, THANK YOU RON, AND FOR THE WHOLE TEAM. >> ITEM: E) 19-3392 PRESENTATION OF THE BETTER BUS PROJECT. >> MARTHA HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE -- I THINK IT'S THIS FRIDAY, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEATING, WORKSHOP, WHICH WE NEED TO GET OUT TO THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THIS EFFORT. GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. ON -- TRANSIT ALLIANCE. >> YOU BROUGHT THEM RIGHT IN THE BAG. >> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. I APPRECIATE THE TIME. I AM THE FOUNDER AND CHAIR OF THE TRANSIT ALLIANCE. SO I GO THROUGH MY PRESENTATION, I MAY GO FAST, SO FEEL FREE TO SLOW ME DOWN, I DO SPEAK A BIT FAST. AGAIN, TRANSIT ALLIANCE. WE'RE WANTING BETTER STREETS, FOR TRANSITS, WE GO OUT TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND WE GO OUT TO ADVOCATE LIKE I'M DOING TODAY. WE DO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DATA, AND RESEARCH BASE DATA TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT THE CORE OF THE ISSUES WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE RECENTLY WAS RESTORE 50 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION BUDGET. BUT WHAT THAT MAP HIDES, ARE ROOTS LIKE THIS. YOU WOULD NEVER DRIVE LIKE THIS. IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, IN AN EFFICIENT TIME MANNER. ANOTHER ISSUE IS THAT OUR COUNTY ONLY HAS FIVE ROUTES THAT COME, EVERY 15-MINUTES OR LESS. THAT'S EXTREMELY SLOW. IN YOUR PACKETS YOU HAVE A MAP THAT SAYS, EXISTING EFFORTS. THIS IS THE MAP THAT SHOWS BYE FREQUENCY THAT SHOWS EVERY 15-MINUTES OR LESS, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT SHOW YOU THAT THERE'S LESS THAN FIVE. STAND BY: ONE IMPORTANT PLAN OF THIS, IS THAT IT'S COST NEUTRAL. WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SERVICES, IT'S LOOKING AT THE COUNTY SOURCES THAT THEY HAVE. THEY NEED TO READJUST BUDGETS LATER, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS THE COST NEUTRAL DESIGN. AND THE BIGGEST THING NOTHING ELSE FROM THE PRESENTATION IS THAT THERE'S A -- THERE'S ONE ISSUE WHEN YOU'RE DESIGNING A BUS EFFORT AND THAT'S COVERAGE. YOU WANT THE BUS SYSTEM TO COVER AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, WITHIN YOUR COUNTY, WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES, THE OTHER OPPOSING CONCEPT IS DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE RIDERSHIP, IF YOU WERE TO RUN YOUR BUS ROUTES. THEY GO IN AND OUT OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ROUTES THAT ARE VERY DIRECT AND FREQUENT. THEY ARE NOT TABLING A CITE BETWEEN RIDERSHIP AND IT IS THE HEART OF THE CONVERSATION AND WE WOULD LIKE THE CITY OF DORAL TO WEIGH IN ON. AND THE COUNTY TO MAKE THIS DECISION, WE'RE DOING THESE TWO THINGS, WE'RE GATHERING A LOT OF INPUTS, ON THE INPUT END, WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF -- WE HAVE DONE QUITE A LOT, AND WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT, RESIDENTIAL DENSITY. ALL TO COME UP WITH EXISTING. AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXISTING NETWORK. AND THIS IS IN THE EXISTING SYSTEM, SO IF YOU'RE A GOVERNMENT CENTER, THIS WILL GIVE YOU A PICTURE OF HOW FAR YOU CAN GET. FOR THE EXISTING SYSTEM, IF YOU WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND HOW FAR YOU CAN GET IN DORAL, 30 AND 45 AND 60 MINUTES. ON HOW WE MEASURE THE JOB ACCESS. THAT THE INCREASE IN JOB ACCESS OF ANY REDESIGN AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS MAKING THE DECISION OF THE SYSTEM ANALYSIS. AND WE ALSO COLLECTED THE DATA IN ALL OF THE BOARDINGS THROUGH THE NETWORKS, AND UNDERSTANDING WHEN PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON AND OFF. AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE ROOTS, SO LOOKING -- I MENTIONED THAT THERE'S FIVE THAT ARE COMPANYING. WITH ANY FREQUENCY THAT HAS A DEDICATED BUS WAY. THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF CHARLIE SERVICES, BUT VERY LITTLE IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY. ALL OF THAT HAS COME TOGETHER IN A DOCUMENT THAT'S CALLED THE CHOICE REPORTS, WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT IT IS THE NETWORK CONCEPT. AND THAT'S THE NEXT STAGE, TO WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE PRESENTATION. YOU HAVE TWO DOCUMENTS, ONE HAS THE RED BAR ON THE TOP, AND THAT'S THE RIDERSHIP CONCEPT. THESE ARE NOT THE FINAL PLANS, BUT THE CONCEPTS TO HELP YOU GUIDE THIS DECISION. THIS IS AS I SAID EARLIER, IF YOU WERE TO DESIGN THE NETWORK AS IF IT WERE A BUSINESS, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD RIDERSHIP. THE COVERAGE CONCEPT, IS ENSURING MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO HAVE COVERAGE TO THE BUS SYSTEM, AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW MORE RED LINES, AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER. BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE'S QUITE A FEW MORE LINES IN THAT CONCEPT. IN THE RIDERSHIP CONCEPT, PEOPLE WILL LOSE SERVICE. AND LOW DENSITY, AND VERY LOW PRODUCTIVITY ROOTS THAT ARE COULD PEN SIEVE TO OPERATE. IN THE CONCEPT, NOT SO MUCH, BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, MOVING FORWARD, THE CONCEPT IS VERY OPEN. SO WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF INPUT FROM MANY MANY PEOPLE OUR REQUEST IS FOR THE CITY OF DORAL TO TAKE THE POSITION. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> SO, I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT REALLY IT'S EITHER COVERAGE OR RIDERSHIP, WHEN I FEEL THAT I GUESS, IN THE COMMON SENSE OF IT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT MORE TECHNICALLY YOU GET THOSE TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT I FEEL THAT COVERAGE DOES INCREASE RIDERSHIP, WOULDN'T IT? SO HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN WHICH ONE WOULD BE -- TAKING THE -- >> I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET BACK, AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. >> LET'S LOOK AT THIS MAP. >> SO THIS IS A VERY COVERAGE BASED MAP AND -- SO YES, THE COVERAGE BASE SYSTEM REACHES LOTS OF PEOPLE, BUT IT'S NOT VERY USEFUL, BECAUSE, IF I HAVE TO WAIT 4 FIVE MINUTES, IF I'M TRANSFERRING, IF I NEED TO WAIT, THAT'S A MORE FREQUENT ROUTE. IF I HAVE TO TRANSFER FROM, 237 OR 238. WHICH ARE MORE EXPERIENCED REGULARLY. SO A FREQUENT SYSTEM IS MORE USEFUL TO MORE PEOPLE. FOR THE FIRST TIME INTRODUCING THE DIRECT ROUTE ACROSS THE CROSS WAY. YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE STARTING ON THE 36. AND THIS IS STRICTLY FOR THE BUS SYSTEM FROM PIE MY DATE COUNTY? >> YES. >> SO IT WOULDN'T REALLY AFFECT THE ROUTES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR TROLLEYS? >> IT DOES NOT REDESIGN THE ROUTES, BUT A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WERE ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM, WHERE WE HAVE A CORD REDESIGN RETREAT? THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TROLLY SYSTEM FOR A POSSIBLE REDESIGN. SO THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO WORK TOGETHER. VERY MUCH LIKE THE CITY OF MIAMI HAS. WHERE IT HAS A COMPLETELY REVAMPED TROLLEY NETWORK. I THINK THAT OUR TROLLEY SHOULD BE THAT WOULD GET THE PERSON TO THAT FINAL STRETCH, SO THAT THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH DISTANCE TO GET ON TO THE LARGER SYSTEM TO GET YOU ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY, BECAUSE THERE'S MANY WHO WORK COMING IN AND OUT OF THE CITY. AND DISCUSSING OPTIONS SUCH AS THIS. AND I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY, THAT THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SHOWED, WAS THE ROUTE THAT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS. AND I MENTIONED TO PUBLIC WORKSHOPS. >> TOWARDS AS CLOSE AS DOLPHIN MALL AND THEN YOU SAID, DOWNTOWN, I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT OUR STAFF IS ALREADY WORKING WITH YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE TROLLEY SYSTEM IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REDESIGNING, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ADDS TO THIS. SO THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WHAT YOU MENTIONED, ROUTE 36 AND WHAT'S GOING INTO DOLPHIN MALL. BUT ANYBODY POSSIBLY GO COMING INFORM, DORAL, HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ANOTHER OPTION IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GET OUT EAST IF THEY ARE WORKING NEAR DOWNTOWN AND WHAT NOT, CORRECT? >> YES. >> AND WHAT I WOULD ADD TO THAT, WHILE SOME OF THE ROUTES, THE FREQUENT ROOTS DON'T NECESSARILY HIT THE CENTRAL DORAL AREA, IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE -- THE ROUTE 36 MENTIONED -- >> TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE GROWING COMMUNITY. >> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS AND THEN I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS, NUMBER ONE, UM, THE ISSUE WITH THE UNION, DO YOU FORESEE THAT -- WHENEVER THERE'S EFFORTS TO SHOW THE MIAMI DATE COUNTY. AND THE UNION HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS IMPEDIMENT. HOW DO YOU FORESEE THAT? >> LUCKILY FOR THIS, BECAUSE IT'S COST NEUTRAL, THIS DOES NOT IMPACT THE UNION IN ANY WAY, FOR THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WE ARE ACTUALLY -- WE HAVE GONE TO EACH OF THE THREE BUS -- NOT WAREHOUSES, NOT STATIONS, BUS DE-POS -- GARAGES. THE UNION AND NON YOU KNOW NON MEMBERS. THERE WOULD BE SOME NEGOTIATION, IN TERMS OF LINE UPS, AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNION AND THE INTERACTION WITH THE COUNTY. >> ANOTHER QUESTION WOULD BE UM, B R T, OBVIOUSLY, HAS TO BE FACTORED AT SOME POINT, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S BEING FACTORED INTO THE EXISTING NETWORK HERE. THAT'S HOLDING US BACK SIGNIFICANTLY, AND IN BOTH OF THE CONCEPTS, THE FREQUENCY IS 15-MINUTES OR BETTER, AND IN THE RIDERSHIP IT GOES UP 15-MINUTES IN THE BUS WAY, AND YES, THE B R T, THE D B R T, AND THE DESIGNATED BUS LANES IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE THAT WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT. AND PREPARING TO ADD VOLUNTARY INDICATE FOR IN THE FUTURE. >> THE LAST ISSUE WILL EXIST NO MATTER WHERE YOU'RE AT IN FLORIDA. WHETHER IT'S DORAL, OR MIAMI GARDENS, AS OPPOSE TODAY A DENSE OR CONDENSE CORE. TO BRING INTO A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUGHT FOR -- AND WENT TO COURT TO SUE THE MIAMI DATE COUNTY, TO ALLOW US TO GET THE TROLLEY. AND LOOKING AT THE MAPS TO UNDERSTAND THE BUS SERVICE IN DORAL, IT NEVER WENT WHERE THE GROWTH WAS AT. IT STOPPED AT 87TH AVENUE. AND AND PLANNED SLIGHTLY, BUT NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS ARE AT. >> AND YOU KNOW, IN THE LONG RUN, OUR RIDERSHIP HAS GONE UP, IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION OF THE COUNTY'S RIDERSHIP, AND THAT TELLS ME THAT THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE AREA, AND THE AREA THAT'S NOT SERVICED BY MIAMI DATE COUNTY. I KNOW IT'S FRIDAY, AND WE HAVE TO GET THE WORD OUT, MR. MACHINE ANGLER, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT, MARCO, SINCE YOU'RE FILLING IN -- MAGGIE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS PUT OUT, AND LET THE ADJACENT BLUE AREAS, KNOW THAT WE HAVE THIS WORKSHOP. >> F) 19-3385 DORAL POLICE DEPARTMENT RECAP PRESENTATION >> THIS IS THE RECAP OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND WHAT THE PROGRESS WILL BE IN OUR DEPARTMENT. AND AGAIN, WHEN I FIRST CAME IN, IN THE YOUTH COMMUNITY, IN ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT HAVING 14 SCHOOLS WITHIN DATE COUNTY, AND WITHIN DORAL. >> WE HAD SOME ISSUES INITIALLY WITH TRAFFIC AND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE AND SO FAR WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY REPEAT COMPLAINTS ON THAT. AS FAR AS STRATEGIC PLAN, WHEN WE PUT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE MEETING. THEY ALL ASKED US TO INCREASE PARKING ENFORCEMENT YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM 2019 -- 2018 TO 2019 PARKING ENFORCEMENT HAS GONE UP TO, 2 HUNDRED PERCENT. AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF YOU HAVE COMPLAINT, WHICH IS DISABLED PARKING. AND I HAVE A DISABLED SISTER, SO I REALLY EMPHASIZE ON THAT. AND WE HAVE 112 INCREASE. AND THOSE ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. WHICH SHOWS THAT WE'RE TOTALLY LOOKING AT THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNSEL GAVE US AND THE MANAGER'S OFFICE GAVE US. TO GO FORWARD AND DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES THERE. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT. OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, OF 32 PERCENT OF DIFFERENT TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS THAT CITIZENS OF DORAL, AND NON CITIZENS AND STRIKE THAT ANSWER ENTERS ARE GOING THROUGH OUR CITIES. THAT WE HAVE THE ACTIVE MEASURE IN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. AND WE HAVE SPEED MEASURING TRAILERS. AND WE HAVE BEEN DEPLOYING THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND BASICALLY, EQUIPPED RADARS TO DISPLAY THE SPEEDS OF DIFFERENT VEHICLES AND WE'RE DEPLOYING THEM IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITIES AS WE SEE THEM NEEDED. OUR CRIME STATISTICS COMPARED FROM 2015 TO 2018 WE HAD A REDUCTION OF ALMOST, 15.4 PERCENT OVERALL TARGETED CRIMES. THIS IS F D L E UNIFORM TARGET REPORTS, IT'S YEAR TO DATE. AND WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. FROM LAST YEAR'S STATISTICS OR 16 CASES, DIFFERENCE IN 16 CASES IN PARK CRIMES. OUR LICENSE PLATE READERS, HAVE BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS AND IT WILL BE A GREAT PART OF WHAT THE VISION TO BE HAD IN THE COUNTY AND THE NEW -- THEY KNEW WHAT THE CITY OF THE LIVE FEEDS. THAT THESE CAMERAS ARE PROVIDING WITH THE FACE RECOGNITION AND THIS IS GOING TO PLAY RIGHT INTO THE REAL TIME -- WHICH WAS A DIRECT -- RECOVERING A STOLEN CAR, AND SOMETIMES, AT LEAST, ONCE A WEEK WE GET A REPORT ON A STOLEN CAR, AND OFFICERS RESPOND TO AN AREA. ONE INSTANT HERE THAT'S DOCUMENTED HERE, CAME INTO THE MORGAN L E V Y PARK, WE ESTABLISHED A PERIMETER, AND WE CHARGED THEM WITH DIFFERENT CHARGES, AND UM, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER -- THERE WAS THE MOST RECENT ONE, WHERE IN DORAL -- THE SUBJECT CAME IN, AND WE IDENTIFIED THE A P R'S. AND WE GOT INTO SUIT WITH SOME OF THEM. AND WE LOST THEM. WE ENDED UP IN HALLANDALE BEACH, AND WE MADE AN, ARREST. AND WE GOT THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE THEM IN DORAL. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE HAVING IS THE POLICE RECRUIT PROGRAM. WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE AID AND MENTORING THEM -- IS WORKING QUITE WELL, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR, P S A'S THAT ARE GRADUATING IN THE POLICE ACADEMY, ON FRIDAY, WE HAVE INTERVIEWED THEM, AND HAVE THOSE FOUR POSITIONS, AND INTERVIEWED THE OFFICERS, IN THE NEW, P S A'S COMPANYING IN. AND ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE ANOTHER FOUR -- NOW, AS FAR AS HIRING AND RETENTION, SINCE 2018 WE HAD 20 BUDGETED OFFICERS, WE HIRED 15 AND WE LOST THE THROUGH RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT. WE HAVE BEEN USING THAT CENTER QUITE OFTEN, AS A MATTER OF FACT WE ARE DOING IN SERVICE TRAINING FOR OUR OFFICERS USING OUR INSTRUCTORS, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH C I T TRAINING, C P R TRAINING. POLICE SERVICE AID ACADEMY. THOSE ARE ALL DIFFERENT TRAINING COURSES THAT WE PROVIDED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, ADDITIONAL TO THAT, WE'RE CONSTANTLY BRINGING IN, TRAINING BULLETINS AND WE NEED TO BRUSH UP ON CERTAIN TRAFFIC -- LAWS AND UPDATING PEOPLE SO OUR TRAINING BUREAU HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL KEEPING UP WITH THE TRENDS. WE HAVE A COMPONENT WITH THE E O C TRAINING, THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, AND WE'RE BRINGING IN SOME COMPUTERIZED TRAINING FOR OUR -- NOT ONLY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT FOR THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT TOO THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT. AND WE'RE WORKING FROM THE H R FOR THE CITY'S SUPERVISOR'S TRAINING. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, I KNOW THAT THERE'S CONTROVERSY AT TIMES, WHERE WE ASK, DID WE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, THE FACT IS THAT BEING ALL -- AND I THINK THAT FROM EXPERIENCING THE LAST ACTIVATION, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A TEST RUN. I THINK PUTTING IN -- EVERYBODY FELT THE NEED AND HOW ORGANIZED WE HAD THINGS GOING. AND I KNOW THAT, M A T T Y FROM HAVING EVERYONE IN THIS PAGE AND HAVING THE DOCUMENTATION NEEDED AND GETTING THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA -- SO BASICALLY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS A DEPARTMENT I THINK THAT THE REAPPLIED REAL TIME INFORMATION CENTER IS AN ADDING BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS. BASE WITH ALL OF THESE NEW TECHNOLOGY BASED INFORMATION THAT A LOT OF THIS IS TAKING OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO KEEP US SAFE. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ON THIS. I SEE SO MANY ABLED BODIED PEOPLE. WITH STICKERS THAT I'M -- >> THEY GO TO A TAG AGENCY, AND AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE PRESCRIPTION THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND UM, ISSUE THEM A DISABLED. THERE'S DOCTORS THAT GIVE -- NOT ONLY TO THE DISABLED BUT IF YOU HAVE TINTED WINDOWS, IF YOU HAVE A TINTED WINDOW AND YOU NEED A CERTAIN GRADE THERE'S A WAIVER YOU GO TO A DOCTOR AND THEY WILL SIGN AND THEY GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO GO BEYOND THE TINTED WINDOW LIMITS THAT THE LAW SAYS SO -- >> SOMETIMES, THEY WILL GIVE IT IF YOU HAVE CHRONIC PAIN AT CERTAIN TIMES, YOU SEE THE PERSON AND THEY LOOK FINE, BUT THEY MAY HAVE THE BACK PAIN -- >> THE ISSUE I SEE HERE, I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE, IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF AMBLED-BODIED PEOPLE LATELY THAT ARE USING THE STICKERS. >> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE BODY CAMS NOW, IT'S VERY INTERESTING, SO WE CAN CHALLENGE SOMEBODY THAT COMES OUT AND LOOKS ABLE. MEDICATION GOING THROUGH THE WE'RE DISPENSING SOME OF THESE -- I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE SO MANY AMBLED-BODIED PEOPLE. I SOMETIMES PARK IN PUBLIC, AND SOMEBODY'S COMING FROM A WORKOUT; OKAY, IT'S NOT CHRONIC PAIN, IT'S NOT A DISABLE. >> I AGREE, AND IT GOES DOWN TO THE DOCTORS AND WHAT YOU SAID, IN TALLAHASSEE, THE LAWS ARE -- AND YOU KNOW, THE LOBBYIST HAVE TO HIT THAT HARDER. >> ONE OF THE THINGS -- I KNOW THAT THE -- I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE UPDATING THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE PAMPHLETS GIVEN OUT, REGARDING THE TICKET PRICING, AND BASICALLY THE INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET GIVING OUT TO THE PARENTS AND THE SCHOOLS, TO KNOW THE SCHOOLS AND REGULATIONS, WHICH ONE OF THEM INCLUDED THE USE OF CAR SEATS WHICH APPARENTLY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IN. I KNOW THAT WHERE WE COME FROM, IN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S US TRYING TO BE DIFFICULT BUT IT'S SAFETY FOR THEIR OWN CHILDREN. BUT THAT ALSO MEANS USING IT IN A LYFT OR IN AN UBER. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD WAS THE INFORMATION ON THE CELL PHONES AND THE USE WITHIN THE SCHOOL ZONES, AND WITHIN THE WORK ZONES, AND WHAT NOT. SO, CAN WE HAVE THOSE -- WHEN WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE, CAN WE MAKE THEM AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICERS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS, TO HELP HAND THEM OUT. THANK YOU TO THE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE IN MY SCHOOL, SHE'S PRETTY AMAZING. SHE'S GOING TO BE OVER EMPHASIZING AND SHE'S NOW IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW, SHE'S ASSIGNED TO SCHOOL AND AMANDA IS -- SHE'S ON MEDICAL LEAVE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. >> MADAM CLERK, NEXT ITEM. >> A) 19-3402 DISCUSSION: LOVE MY CITY CAMPAIGN >> THEY REQUESTED FOR THIS ITEM TO BE PLACED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. >> YOU SHOULD HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKET. IT'S ALSO IN OCTOBER LOCAL -- CITY, AND MONTH. >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT TO ADD, THE MEMO SAYS IT ALL, THIS IS AN INITIATIVE FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT CAMPAIGN, THERE'S A COMPANY THAT WORKS TOGETHER WITH THE CITY IN FINDING THE SPONSOR SHIP I BELIEVE THAT THE COST IS NONE TO US. AND UM, I SAW SOME OF THE VIDEOS THAT WERE POSTED BY THE -- SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT WERE THERE PRESENTING AND IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE BECAUSE IT BUILDS THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT, WE SAW IT WHEN MOST OF US WERE IN DENVER AND I ALWAYS SAID THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE A CITY, WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND COMMUNITY IS ABOUT PARTICIPATION. AND NOT JUST US SITTING HERE AND NOT JUST US SITTING HERE. OR AT WORK, IF WE ALL DO A LITTLE BIT, IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH EASIER. AND IT REALLY BUILDS UP THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN GENERAL. AND I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE AND IT INVOLVES RESIDENTS FROM THE CITY PARTICIPATING. WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. >> ANYBODY HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE LOVE MY CITY CAMPAIGN. IF THERE'S NO COST, I THINK THAT WE CAN DO IT BY CONSENSUS THEN. MR. MANAGER, DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS? >> OKAY. NEXT ITEM, MADAM CLERK. >> 9 B. B) 19-3352 DISCUSSION: CENSUS COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS >> THE UNITED STATES STATE CENSUS REQUESTED TO HAVE A COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE. TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE UP COMING 2020 CENSUS. THESE ARE THE NAMES. {READING DOCUMENT}. SO JUST TO REQUEST A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIVE NAMES FOR THE COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSIONS THERE BEING NONE. CALL THE ROLE. >> ROLL CALLING: >> YES, YES, YES, YES. MOTION PASSES. >> NEXT ITEM. 9 C. ) 19-3393 DISCUSSION: 2019 RELAY FOR LIFE. THEY WANTED TO DO IT ACROSS THE COUNTY. IN YOUR PACKET THERE'S A LETTER FROM THE CITY OF H I A L I A RACE TRACK WHERE THEY ARE HOSTING THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE, AND WE WOULD STILL PARTICIPATE WITH THE TEAM. ETCETERA. AND THE CITY THERE WILL BE THE CITY OF DORAL. NORTH MIAMI BEACH. AND THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS AND VIRGINIA GARDENS. AND THE AMERICAN CANCER RELAY FOR LIFE FEELS THAT THIS IS A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT ON THE RELAYS, I THINK AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKENED OUR CHAIR IS V I V IAN A. AND THIS IS BASICALLY INFORMATIONAL, AND WE WILL STILL HAVE A TEAM MR. MANAGER AND GET THE WORD OUT TO THE COUNSELOR AND UM, TO THE STAFF AND WE SHOULD STILL HAVE A TEAM AND PARTICIPATE -- LIKE I SAID, IT'S AT, H I A L I A PARK. SO IT'S FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DORAL HAVING A TEAM? THE CITY OF DORAL IS PARTICIPATING, AND THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IS GOING BACK TO, AND LETTING SOME OF THE SCHOOLS KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE A RELAY FOR LIFE, BUT THIS YEAR IT WILL BE ON OCTOBER 5TH. SO ALL OF YOU, IF YOU -- WE LOOK FORWARD TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT. MR. MANAGER LET THE COUNSEL KNOW HOW THEY CAN PARTICIPATE. AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY PARTICIPATES. MOST OF US HAVE BEEN TOUCHED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, BY CANCER, ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED ON THAT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. >> NEXT ITEM. 9 D. D) 19-3382 DISCUSSION: DORAL CENTRAL PARK AMPHITHEATER CONCEPT >> THEY WANT TO DEFER THIS ITEM. WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH HOW HE WANTED TO PROCEED, HE ASKED US TO PROCEED. UNLESS OF COURSE, HE WANTS TO CHANGE THE NAME. BUT THEN WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE. >> GOOD MORNING. OR GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. >> WITH THE RECENT PASSING, OF THE PROJECT CITY WIDE, THE EFFORTS HAVING THE AMENITIES THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON. THE GOAL IS FOR IT NOT TO -- I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE COST OF THIS, THE CONCEPT THAT YOU WILL SEE IN FRONT OF YOU, DOES NOT INCREASE THE BOND DOLLARS. THEY WERE AWARDED THE BID, R F Q 2015, 15, FOR THE PARK SYSTEM MASTER PLAN. THEY WERE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE A MORE REFITMENT ON JUNE SET THE PUBLIC WORKS WAS -- AND I HAVE RYAN CAM BRIDGE HERE, AND JEFF CRUZ -- THEY ARE THE ONES WORKING ON THE CONCEPT. HERE TO PROVIDE THE DETAILS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO MOVE FORWARD. STAFF AGREED AND BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GREAT MID POINT ON A BETTER EXPERIENCE ON CENTRAL PARK. UM, THEY WILL BE PROVIDING THE CONCEPTS AND -- THE CONCEPT IS NOT INCLUDING FOR THE LARGE SCALE EVENTS. >> ALL RIGHT IT'S BEEN A WHILE, AS BARBIE SAID, THE LAST TIME WE GOT TOGETHER, THE DISCUSSION WAS MORE ABOUT, UM, WHAT DO WE WANT THIS AMPHITHEATER TO BECOME? . WHILE YOU WERE AWAY ON BREAK, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING TO DEVELOP SEVERAL CONCEPT ALTERNATIVES TO MEET THAT DEMAND WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK TO HAVE THE RESTRAINTS ON THE CITE, WHICH WILL BE THE SCALE PARKING AND COST OBVIOUSLY. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS DO A REAL QUICK OVERVIEW AND A REFRESHER UNLESS SOMEBODY -- HAS ERASED THIS -- AND WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE REFERENCED IN THE MASTER PLAN OF THE EVENT PAVILION. NOW, THE WAY THAT THE MASTER PLAN ORIGINALLY HAD THIS SPACE, WAS JUST A PRETTY HARD LEVEL OF THE GREEN SPACE WITH A LARGER SHAVED PAVILION AT THE END, THE THOUGHT WAS, YES, YOU CAN USE THIS FOR REGULAR EVENTS, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A PROMABLE FACILITY, BUT A FLEXIBLE FACILITY. AND DIFFERENTIATING WITH THOSE IRREGULAR AND LARGE EVENTS, LIKE FOURTH OF JULY, AND WITH THE DAY TO DAY REGULAR EVENTS, THAT THE DEPARTMENT PUTS ON. THE AVERAGE EVENT SIZE, 3 TO FIVE PEOPLE. AT LEAST, MORE THAN HALF OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PUTTING ON. DIFFERENT SEATING OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES AND SHADED AREAS, NOT OFFERED BY ANY LOCAL COMPETITORS. AND WHEN WE WALKED AWAY FROM THE MEETING, WE WERE WANTING TO LOOK AT 3 DIFFERENT OPTIONS, FROM THE EVENT PAVILION, AND HOW MUCH SHADE AND SEATING WE CAN PROVIDE, AND THERE'S UNIFORM CHARACTERISTIC. EVERYBODY IS GETTING HUNGER PAINS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY POINT, AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THE PROBLEMATIC COMPONENTS AND WE CAN CLOSE WITH ANY QUESTIONS AND ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND HOW WE LANDED WITH THAT. >> SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE KEY COMPONENT OF THE AREA, IS THE COVERED PAVILION, TO WHAT WE DETERMINE TO BE AN APPROPRIATE SEATING. OVER, 5 HUNDRED IS AN ADDITIONAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE STRUCTURE, AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS HOW WE ANTICIPATED THEM. TO JUSTIFY THAT AND AT THE SAME TIME WE THOUGHT THAT THIS IS A GOOD HYBRID IN THE MIDDLE. THESE ARE THE RENDERINGS. YOU CAN HAVE WITH THIS IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE MOVABLE TABLES AND CHAIRS, IF YOU WERE DOING A WEDDING HERE, IT WILL BE TABLED, OR IF YOU HAVE A CONCERT, OR PERFORMANCE, THE FLEXIBLE PLAZA SURROUNDING IT, ALLOWS US TO DO THAT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO ASK FOR THE SCALE OF THIS. AND THAT WOULD AGAIN INFLUENCE YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A USER AND YOU HAVE 30 FEET OR SO, IN THE FRONT SIDE, AND THAT'S THE SOUTH SIDE, AND 24 ON THE BACK. AND DOING SO, ALLOWS FOR BETTER VIEWS FROM THE LAWN, WHICH I'LL ILLUSTRATE IN JUST A SECOND. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENTIATING, PART OF DOING THAT, IS PROVIDING DIFFERENT SEATING OPTIONS, COCKTAIL TABLES AND DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS, FOR DIFFERENT SEATINGS, SO WE INCORPORATED TWO INTO THE PLAN, SO THEY ARE SLIGHTLY ELEVATED WHERE THE MAIN SEATING IS BENEATH THE ROOF. D AS YOU SEE ON EACH SIDE OF THE STAGE WILL BE COVERED BY SHADE SALES. WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED A RESTROOM BUILDING SLIGHTLY SMALLER TO THE ONE THAT WE'RE SHOWING, ADJACENT TO THE P