Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners

>> all right let's get going. We got some beautiful ladies that we have to give a presentation for and do some things. Come up, ladies. This is commission for women. This is a grant given to them, am I correct? I am not going to take your thunder way, simply just starting to discuss and get this going. I have a commissioner regalado with me and I know I saw commissioner sosa walking around. There she is and senator suoto and the mayor. This is an important thing we're going to do now and then we will follow up with another important issue in our community and elsewhere, but at this time why don't I give you the microphone and you can start. I'm way ahead of you. Good morning, I'm here. Good morning MADAM Air, CHAIRMAN Diaz and commissioners. My name is monica (Name?) And I'm the chair of the commission for women that want to take this opportunity to thank jim and diaz for the opportunity to present our eighth annual women achievers scholarship to the three amazing graduates from the y wpa. The young woman's appropriate academy is a distinguished, highly respected public magnet school for girls in little havana and it boasts a highly diverse student population of students who reside all over miami-dade county. Just this year that U.S. News and world report magazine ranked the young woman's preparatory academy number six. The type high school in the -- and number 26 in florida. In 2007 the washington post rated number 39 amongst the most challenging high schools nationwide. I'll take this opportunity now and I'm going to collegiate scholarship recipient to be reckless but when I call your name please come up along with any family to receive your check and take a photo. (Name?). (Name?) Will be attending miami-dade college. Congrats. Asked reed garcia. [Applause] >> astrid will be attending orange coast college. I think this is in california, right? Awesome. [Applause] >> who is this? >> that is mama. Mom, mom. What is your name mom? >> diana. >> diana, okay. (Name?) Tisha, please come up. [Applause] >> all right, congrats. >> (Name?) Will be attending barry university. I will now-okay so we have all three students here and family members so we need any members in the commission of women-I guess I'm the only one here so let's take a picture. >> hold on, hold on, hold on. It goes a little more than that . (Spanish) This is a dade county. We do things a little different here. We discussed. Commissioner sosa. >> wow, MR. Chair. Thank you for this. What a special moment for all of you and your family. There is only one message that I have to give you. Never allow anything to stop you from your dreams and for what you want to be. It never be afraid. You can do it. It takes time, it takes effort, and dedication, but whatever you do in life, if you do what you like you are going to feel passion for that. If you don't do what you like you are going to be under stress all day of your life. Congratulations and it's wonderful to see a colleague, teacher of how many years? 30? 31 years. So she is the best. Only 32, wonderful, MR. Chair. >> really quick. Before I was a commissioner I was a school board member and I had attended our lady of lourdes when I was in high school and then I went to coral gables senior high in one of the first things I asked that the school district is, can we have an all-girls school. The young woman's prep is what came of those conversations. A school for those of you who do not know, our lady monarchs. Their entire critical is built on leadership and teaching women how to be leaders. It was everything and anything I would've wanted as a high school and now I'm so proud of how young ladies prep has grown and the amazing women that graduated from there. Gender education near and dear to my heart and it's so important for women to learn how to work together and to support each other and the school really does breed that so I know you leave as amazing leaders and women that are dedicated to upholding other women and empowering other women. I know your mother's very very proud and we look forward everything that you will do in the future. I'm so excited that the county supports the young woman's prep. It really is one of the best schools in miami-dade county indefinitely in terms of culture I think the greatest. I hope you like your jackets because that was my idea. I always wanted to wear a jacket. >> well it is women's day. It's no doubt that it's women's day here. We are totally outnumbered. As an old teacher from a very rough neighborhood in cuba and my old cuba I can tell you that, you need to keep on pushing hard and don't lt anything stop you. Just keep on going, keep on going. Live your dreams. As I said. you very much. >> yespoint*untran20*. >> MADAM Mayor? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> all right so to these wonderful, smart-alright, okay. To these wonderful, smart, talented young ladies we know your futures are very very bright and it is great school, which so many of us are so proud that the school exist, right? Very unique and special school. Thank you MADAM Principal and I had the great pleasure to be there and speak with a class I was really really moved by what is happening at that school. So you have gotten the best of the best preparation for your future life, right moms? So they're going to do super super well into the commission for women that always make sure to uplift women, girls, thank you so very much. This is a great great program to give you the scholarship and we stand united and we are here for you. I believe in talent scouting for world benefit. So you have been scouted and I know you are going to go on and benefit the world and I want to point out that monica rodriguez, this is her last meeting at the board. I'll come out. Okay. No, no. Definitely worth repeating, but she has led this wonderful commission for many years and she has done a fantastic job and she's moving on to a wonderful new job-a national position and we are very proud of her, too. Go ahead, break glass ceilings. That's what you gotta do. Keep on breaking them. Thank you and congratulations. Thank you, MR. Chair. >> okay! You heard from all these people already, right? Yeah? You been hearing a lot because you wouldn't get to where you are at less you listen. Listening is the first thing and learning, but I'm very proud of you. Extremely proud because not only are you participating, doing the best you can, but you are excelling at a level that not too many people do. That puts you in a category that is very special. So do the most you can as we have all tried to say because our world is changing constantly and you are changing with the world, too, and you are adapting to it. So tomorrow you might be in one of the positions as a mayor, commissioner we might be discovering the cure for cancer, whatever it is give the smarts to do so. By the way, don't let your dreams be taken away from you. Don't let anyone take that away from you. You have made this for dreaming and doing the right thing, keep going. But godspeed you're going to make it to the top of whatever hell you decide claim. GOD bless you guys with that let's go picture temperate do not cropped me out. Okay? Suoto and I are going to get back. That way it is all women in the front. >> if you could stay down here, please. I have a very special presentation. All right ladies, thank you. Thank you, let's get back. MADAM Mayor I know you want to join us for this. Commissioner regalado. All right do we have any other commissioners here? Nope. Alright, if we can please take your seats. Ladies, thank you, but if we could take our seats. Laura, I will start calling out names. All right, you know it just like I was just telling these young beautiful ladies that it's a pride to our community that the world is changing as it always tends to change a little bit, but now it is truly changing in a big way and recently we had a crazy man decided to take over the country that was adjacent to it by destroying the country by launching missiles, sending his army, and are trying to destroy an incredible country that is a free country, it is called ukraine. Putin is not only mad, but he is in a bad place as to what he has done, but there are people that come to the aid when disasters happen and a lot of people run and go the other way, but others don't. Thank GOD. In our community we have such people and one that is an incredible person that I consider my friend. that is MR. Michael capponi who is here with us today. Michael come on, george, and up, too. And of course whoever you want to bring up. Ladies, we are not going to say no. Come on up. Global empowerment mission. Let me tell you a little story, real fast. When the ukraine issue happened, of course, like we have always done for 20 years and some of my colleagues that have been here, even longer than me like suoto and commissioner sosa. We do something very special. We help as many as we possibly can in hurricanes, and in missions, and to do what we have to do. Michael has taken it to a different level. George, you can get up here, too. We were there with me. Immediately I tried to find out how I could help in the ukraine and my colleagues, too. Commissioner suoto, senator suoto. Let's get this, we have a sister port agreement and, you know, everything that we need to do. So I made a call, trying to get this mission together and do a certain thing. It did not result at the time, but GOD has a way of making things happen and you should not question them. Just do them. Two little boys came across. I met actually there at an event. She told me-I told her what was going on and she goes oh I have the person for you. Michael capponi. Give him a call and he's in the ukraine right now and in poland. Stationed out of poland going to the ukraine and helping people and I said, you know what, before we start helping people, since there were a lot of reports of a lot of the merchandise that was being said and the money and donated were despairing and going somewhere else and that happens unfortunately in a lot of the events and stuff. So I called michael. I said michael, is there anyway I can meet up with you and see your organization and see what it does? He explained to me, they are out of doral, they are in your dstrict. I really was not aware and I'm -- so I will let him continue more on this and his team and what it's about and then I will have my colleagues speak, but before you speak do you want to see the video first or do you want to speak before then? That's the way you want it? Can we key up the video please? Okay did we wake up upstairs? You got it? >> miami-based condition called quick volume, volume, volume. Start it again. Check the volume, please. >> miami-based mission called global [Music] This organization is put in everything from food, to medical supplies distributed to refugees as it crosses the border. >> I call on everyone to please support this effort with every dollar you give will reach people. Who need food, medical supplies, blankets and other things. >> every day sending thousands up alex from the warehouse to ukraine. Thousands of m pallets. Wheat arlene, we are organized. We are on top of what can be accomplished. >> so we are is someone's home in butcha here, we will talk to people who saw things as it happened here. [Music] >> and what we are doing now is looking how we can help. Now we need to come back and help rebuild the city's. So that communities can come back and children can go back to school and people can get back into their housing. >> I want to thank all of our builders, board members, community members who came together. Everything we see here is because of you. This is an enormous undertaking we have all done together. We have done this together. And all of this is being brought into ukraine on a daily basis. A numerous amount of trucks. And we just want to say thank you. >> Chair Diaz: yeah. [Applause] With that, with that michael why don't you introduce your team who is here. >> thank you, CHAIRMAN Diaz. Thank you mayor, thank you christian, thank you for having us here. Our team so we, antonio, kimberly, everybody. It's quite a lot over there I don't know how to give you an analogy. I have been in so many different disasters. The best thing I can explain is hurricane dorian. >> Chair Diaz: can you please be quiet. Please, at the back, thank you. >> this is a hurricane dorian, a surfside, hurricane irma happening every 2-3 days nonstop with a number of after mass. Because you never know when the aftermath will be because it keeps going. So every disaster you have to go in there with a very strategic plan. It is like a starter. The warehouses you saw we do not have those warehouses in poland before. And we had to go there immediately and establish those things. And what I am so proud of our hometown is all that 80s up on that video. That all comes from the county, imagine that. That is so incredible dade county is. It is the one community that always comes through whatever there are disasters. I want to thank you miami for that in their support. You know this is a long marathon of what is happening there. That is why I wanted you to see the video. Obviously in the east there is still a major war going on. We are certainly not rebuilding their. But in towns like bucha were there been so many massacres in human crimes I have personally witnessed. You hear it from me directly someone who's actually been there. It is 100 tanks drove through all candle and coconut grove and every community in miami beach all the way to palm beach. And shot it every single homes you can think of. There is not one home that does not have 10-20 bullet homes in it I really, I could read all of this but I don't need to edit the video and everything said it for itself. You are an incredible member of our community. And you make us proud. In the world outside of our community. And that is important to us. Not only give jenna in our community for a long time responding to hurricanes and all these events. And in haiti and many other parts. People who live in our community who reported to us because we are a global community, too. And it is important to take care of those indeed. Because one of miami-dade county needed it back 20 years ago the world came to help us here. So, this is important to recognize people in our community and make that difference. So now let it be resolved that MAY hear daniella levine cava, m mayor, myself is the CHAIRMAN Of the board of miami-dade county and the members of the board of miami-dade county which most of them are here. Do hereby proclaim tuesday, june 14, 2022, as global empowerment mission dave. This is for you my dear riend. >> it is really GOD. >> Jean Monestime: I know it is really GOD but GOD uses people to do his positioning. Before we do that I don't there are a couple people want to say some words. I know and I appreciate that. On behalf of all of us, every single commissioners the 3 million people live in miami-dade county. And one point something that are there. Thank GOD spending the money here locally. And antonio thank you my good friend. For taking care of him and being there to participate unaccounted basis and helping us out, too. That you want to introduce your team professed? >> this is zoe our executive board member. And jeff. >> Chair Diaz: that is it and one more? >> and this is kimberly she is our director of U.S. And caribbean ground. All the ground operations that have been. Kimberly was instrumental in the surfside collapse. We have a booth in the uilding. The civic center and we were able to give about five, 7000 to every survivor in the beginning. And then we immediately. Because we new vultures would not last that long we jumped ahead of the game. And we created a temporary apartment program. We put them all into apartments that are great city was able to donate. And it was incredible we had free apartments for everybody in the w hotel and different places in miami beach. And while they were there 30 doing that speed 15 thank you, michael, to this incredible organization. That demonstrate to the world what it means to be present in disaster quickly on the scene. And it is so satisfied to do that miami-dade residents could so generously tell of these causes. At surfside you were there immediately, no questions asked. You were a lifeline for so many. And now you are part of an ne two half inch 50 sessions, 50 feet a piece. So this is going to go a long way for us. You know 400 sections of 50 feet of the hoses, the three inch one which is needed. All this that you see here our fire department to the administration of the mayor to us. Digs we might think as passe to us means the world to them over there. All these things you see on this page have been donated by our fire department. We are not going to stop. I know we will look at other ways to support and help. I just want you to know thtu need. So without that that merchandise. So with that there is a group of 200 people. There was the attic of a building. The first they got in eight days what they were able to take. eight days. With that do we need anything to ask? >> I want to say thank you again especially with this fire to equipment. We have a partnership with the fire brigade of ukraine. Directly. And they have been requesting fire hoses. Just like you said you don't think it is that important. But every time there's a bomb on the building that to go and put that out oral the buili >> Chair Diaz: MADAM Clerk? Let's start going, let's go. >> good morning. The clerk's office has received notification that commissioners hardemon, commissioner McGhee, monestime and vice CHAIRMAN Gilbert will be absent from today's meeting. Commissioner cohen higgins? Commissioner garcia? Commissioner heyman? Commissioner higgins? Commissioner martinez? >> present. >> commissioner regalado? >> Raquel Regalado: I am here. >> commissioner sosa? Commissioner souto? CHAIRMAN Diaz we have eight members present we have a quorum. >> Chair Diaz: all right. Okay, guys, let's get appears let's get going. >> Chair Diaz: let's get it, guys I have one, two, three, four, five. Commissioner heyman, let's go. Please. The people in the back the people from jackson if they want to make it up to the site here. Please make it appear we have four of you to we have seats for you. Meanwhile, I think commissioners. If we do this we could get out of here well before 12. If not, I already have a couple of people who need to leave early. It is county commission day so it is what it is. Let's have a moment of prayer followed by the pledge of allegiance. Our lord, plus this great country of ours. Plus is great state, or county and municipalities. Let us lead in the most proper way. Let as speak your will to help our citizens at all times. Thank you for the blessings we receive. The does not take anything for granted as those in ukraine are not taking anything for granted. Segment for everything we do, the liberty we share. And those who are fighting that our freedom stay strong, my lord. Thank you for everything you do for us. Amen. Take 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, with liberty and justice for all. Make sure they have seats. Matter attorney. MR. Attorney, good morning. >> good morning. >> Chair Diaz: with that lots of the agenda. >> MR. Chair do you have any cards for reasonable opportunity? >> Chair Diaz: no, ma'am. Let me make sure. Sergeant and arms is there anybody reasonable opportunity? Item one is reasonable opportunity if that is the same one. Any other person? Reasonable opportunity is now closed commissioner sosa >> rebeca sosa: point of privilege really fast I want to thank you two entrance to my office jennifer hoover. Who is right here. The ministration has requested deferral of this I am to JULY 7th regular commission meeting. The item is on your pulseless. The board will have to decide how it wishes to proceed. 8h1 commissioner regalado is adding this I am to the pulseless for an amendment. That was 8h1. 11a5, commissioner heyman as her name to the pull list. 118 a6 commissioner hardemon and garcia. And senator garcia is pulling items 14a1-14a6 and 14a 5 for a minor amendment. And we have as for cosponsorship for senator jenny. Would like to cosponsor 11a4, 11 11a5,11a8. And chair MR. I was just confirm that commissioner regalado is releasing her pull o on 11a4. She is the only pulling commiss commissioner some of the setting of the internet that item will be approved and 11a7. She is also the only pulling commissioner on11 11a7. >> Chair Diaz: commissioner garcia? ! I do not want to fall that item. >> you want to release and I am? That item item? >> MR. Jerk you o not want 3b2 to be deferred.C you do not want 3b2 to be deferred. H you do not want 3b2 to be deferred. A you do not want 3b2 to be deferred. I you do not want 3b2 to be deferh the additions, withdrawals and scriveners in the memorandum and the items I just mention. The commission will approve all of these items by a single vote setting the agenda except notices for first red discussion item on the urban tree canopy reports findings with the presentation from marie anardi of the parks recreation and open space. Items subject to the four day rule and the following full items. I am 3b2, 8h,j 1, 11a5, 11a6, 11a9, 14a1, 14a2, 14a3, 14a4, 14a5, 14 14a6, with the setting of the agenda 14a7 will be different to the JULY 7th I am and 14a8. A motion to set the agenda. >> Chair Diaz: of a motion by commissioner sosa second by commissioner higgins. All in favor say aye, any opposed? 3 senator garcia they told me you have a couple of things to add and apologist of items just as the morning? >> Rene Garcia: on the amendments there are just a few for the LATESen Rene Garcia: on the amendments there are just a few for the late file of the -- . >> yes chair MR. We have amendments prepared for items 14 14a1 would be to add a recital clause on page five whereas there is good cause to add this to the urging of the preliminary agenda. To ensure that miami-dade county establishes a parking agreement with the city of doral for the doral library. And I am 14a3 chat on typewritten page five recital clause that reads whereas, there is good cause to add this to the agenda is to the prettied of the preliminary agenda. To ensure the miami-dade public library systemcu know. >> Chair Diaz: commissioner sosa on the agenda >> rebeca sosa: we are talking about items. Some of them are sponsored the others are sponsored by souto who is here, and McGhee. We have just got this I have not read what the amendments will do. And of the sponsors are accepting those amendments. How do we do it? >> Chair Diaz: commissioner martinez and then senator garcia. >> Sen Joe Martinez: and they all you are doing is trying to justify why they are here without anything. It is either that or four day rule it. I don't think he is adding anything to the I am. Of anything the county attorney red. It is just not it will be four day rules. >> Chair Diaz: the four day rule we were very polite and some of the items you brought in late. I just to make sure that we have some kind of system. >> MR. CHAIRMAN if I MAY and commissioner sosa. Is a way using you sustained these amendments. All these amendments say is the rationale behind them what ht in I am for you wanted this to be a requirement and it was voted down by this board. But every meeting we end up doing this because you threatened to four day rule it. And I understand where you are coming from. But you brought in I am to make it an ordinance and we decided against it. And then you hijack it every meeting and now we have to do amendments. And I think it comes from a good place but the sport decided we did not want to do this. In fact we wanted to proceed at the people wanted to add that to that item they could. At the problem to commissioner sosa's point. Today. And normally the people are here it is on because they could agree to it. But today we are missing four members and they can't speak t n you have the item and it does ncome otcome ecome come with an amendment that they are okay with it. I will make an amendment because they asked me to do so and it is on the record. That is another issue. there are ways to do it and I understand where you are coming from. It puts us in a difficult situation because those folks are not here. >> Chair Diaz: thank you, commissioner higgins? >> Eileen Higgins: my colleagues, if you notice there's one thing all of these items have in common. It was canceled because of lack of quorum and lack of quorum the time before that and the lack of quorum before that. Senator jenny and I for both at thi those meetings. At the parks, recreation and culture committee. Unfortunately, sometimes when we are not able to have quorum. And I understand sometimes people cannot make committee meetings and sometimes I ag in this particular case is commissioner martinez mention. We go through the shenanigans of all of these unnecessary amendments. For the 11 of us, 12 of us that matter. Item okay with them because I think it is important with this these meetings. We dance this forward because every now we will not have quorum at committee. So this is an approach that makes it happened. It would make the amendment I'm happy to support them. Even for those who are not here. Because they are bureaucratic they are basic they are not changing the intent of the items. >> Chair Diaz: on that point I will be real clear. every chairperson who has set here has had that right to be able to put things on the agenda last minute based on the need. She also has the right to put the items on. I think I have been very fair to everybody based on the need but I am glad you brought that up commissioner higgins. Because I will be changing some of the committee structures because of the lack of quorum and committees. It is disrespectful and creates these issues. So in order. Because I know these items are important. And I agree with commissioner rigoletto. This is another way to get some of the points across. I will accept it this time, and the reason why. Because I know these items are important and we need to get them through. I will change the way this happens. You will have to have an explanation from now on. Because I know in the state. I am still trying to figure this out. But I do not know if it is something. Because for whatever reason I want to be real clear. The structure and the way things done will change by the next meeting. I guarantee they will be efficient or else a lot of items will not go on, period. And later on don't cry, oh, my I am. Do not come last minute. And everybody here has come last miut think I've ever missed a vote or walked from a phone. And one has always been taking seriously we assign the responsibilities of share. Over the 19 years I have been here we have seen changes in the authority and where it shifted. Not only to this commission body but how we vote in a democratic process. At every time things needed to be added because of recess, because of a contract value. Because of new information. A hiccup in it we have heard it. Including not having quorum and time was of the essence but for our behavior. I have not seen it truly violated. We have seen a host of different reasons of late but truly violated with the discretion of the chair was not just the decision process ultimately used. I was seen there was an abundance and we are overwhelmed. And we heard the objection and I agree to it. It was too much to ingest and you want to start four day ruling and it offends people. But if it is not the norm and we are starting to see between weather and quorum and things like that. Things that need to move but for us. Leave it to the chair and let's move on with business. That is me. >> Chair Diaz: the amendments were accepted. >> question which item are you assessing, the one for your item? 14a1? >> Chair Diaz: I do not need the item four day world but I promise it will happen in this situation again. >> I don't like threats. If not I will vote no. >> MR. CHAIRMAN it is no threat. It is funny how we talk about threats and they come the other way and one has to be quiet. When I did this when I presented this item. It was voted down. I have stood with cohen higgins and different issues this is not a threat. This is what I believe in the heart the public should know. Of the county commissioners not the mayor of the folks sitting here but the public should know when items are laid. And what I presented when I started, MR. CHAIRMAN everybody speaks. The amendments were coming but I presented the amendments. I was taking so much time on this it was simple except in these amendments know nothing to the item. Just dating to the facts of what it is they that is all it does. When you say it that way it is the way it is. >> Chair Diaz: all right. Finish, commissioner. >> my biggest concern is one commissioner regalado and commissioner higgins vote it was voted down by 13 members of this commission, 12. Now is coming is an amendment and I need to understand. Because we are accepting an amendment of a rule that was rejected by this board. The process and procedures. And it is not a threat by anyone ago what he was saying if i don't accepted the balls four to APRIL my I am. That is the part I was responding to. What we accept as a role in this table or as a resolution. That is my concern. I want to know which items are the ones that have been offered this amendment. Can you clarify which items they were? >> 14 a1, 148 a for prepare to read items for 14a1 2, 14a5 and 14 14a6. I believe senator souto. Excuse me senator garcia would like to call for an amendment to all of the 14th except for 14a7 which were different. At the appropriate time I am prepared to read. >> are there any 14 sensitive to time? >> I defer to the sponsors. >> Chair Diaz: I know MADAM Chi mayor I know what you will say. >> we would not have put these items forward if they were not important. So we would appreciate your consideration at this meeting, thank you. >> Chair Diaz: and the reason you had to bring them into soleplate so it is on the record? >> I would have to get each department to speak to each item. But each one does have a reason some of which has been stated here by commissioner garcia, commissioner higgins. There are numerous reasons why, unfortunately, white the process does delay these commissioner items. there is no quorum for the parks and recreation meeting the last three meetings. >> Chair Diaz: I understand MADAM Mayor and I promise there will be another issue on that. Thank you. >> Raquel Regalado: and to the parks and rec issues I can mention to you MR. Chair. My morning show was moved to hialeah gardens so I can no longer make it here for parks and rec. And I have said that to the clerk. I do not know if you can move it to 1 o'clock. Fn place. To commissioner heyman! That is what you do you review these items. If you decide in your discretion how to put it in the agenda. By that very decision, rate. There is a reason why they are sleep but we should hear them anyway. If you decide they are late and they are not important you would not put them on the agenda. And that is the purview of the chair. Again, I just feel like we do this every meeting. The first time, the second time, the third time. Maybe what we should do is find an administrative way to resolve this issue, right? Maybe what we can do. From the office of the chair. If we put in I am saying the items that are included the staff has spoken to staff. Maybe you list them on there, too. Commissioner garcia this like he is getting the information he needs. It is one or think for yourself to do. But this is just going to get absurd. Because the makers aren't here and people don't have time. And we have 1 million things to do and now we are going through all of this. MAY be administratively through your office we could find a solution to this issue. Speed 15 point of information we do provide every item that is late with an explanation memo. That is not distributed to the full court but made available to the chairs office. >> Chair Diaz: and that memo. That memo can be attached. But if you get the item the day before and it is close the only thing I can do is put them on last minute. I will do this publicly based on what my colleague senator garcia and some others who want to have information. I will not putting on any more slate items. When it comes down to the issue coming forward that will be my directive. Because I do not feel proper that I am the only chair being brought with this. In the whole history. In fact, you know what, move these items without the amendment or four day rule it. >> second. And 14a8 is crucial we pass today or we could lose all kinds of affordable housing, thank you. >> Chair Diaz: call the roll. >> weight we have the motion individually? >> Chair Diaz: they were already quick know they weren't. Didn't you mention them all? >> I mentioned all the items I have not read all the amendment but I understood the motion. >> Chair Diaz: go ahead. >> with the balance of the amendments? The amendment. >> Chair Diaz: not the amendments. The items. >> the items have been read items 14a22- - 2-14a6. >> this is not about the chairmanship. >> Chair Diaz: it is not about that. >> come, listen. All this is doing is bringing transparency. Just saying why the item is late. >> Chair Diaz: these items are self-explanatory. >> I know it is self-explanatory to you and everybody on the board but to the public just to let them know what it is late. That is all it is. There is no need to go that path. Like I said last time there is not an attack on you this is what we care about. It is important to me to let the public know what it is like that is simply it. No need to four day rule it. >> Chair Diaz: I cannot let the power that I have for someone else will have another day and other people have in the past. >> it is not about power. >> Chair Diaz: the procedural power you have as the chair I am not here to debate an issue. Commissioner martinez? >> Sen Joe Martinez: on 14a8 it is important that I am goes through. For the funding and grading of those homes. You have some, for example, that are retroactive. Does it matter? You can four days that the mayor took action. There are quite a few here that are really irrelevant. And I think we're just spending time because the agenda short and we need to be here. But other than that. 14a8 is very important if you take it up please take it up separately. And I you want to take them all. >> Chair Diaz: I am sorry, joe. If you would have been sitting here and you have twice you would indent the same thing I'm doing. >> Sen Joe Martinez: no, you have the power. You have the power to put items on their without the four day rule and never had that. You have that ability so did edmonton. While we are in a state of emergency. Which I still don't even know why we are. You have the ability you have used it for some people here to put items when they should be and they are not and you put them as 1'' 1's that is the power I did not have. If you want to put in I am here. It was supposedly done only for covid and emergencies. It has been used for a lot of things. So if you want to do something to us the whole point. >> MR. Chair we need a commitment out of commissioner garcia he will not four day rules 14a8. >> Vice Chair Gilbert: do not want to four day rule any of these items. >> Chair Diaz: there is a motion on the table. It has been seconded. Anybody wish, I vote no on that. >> bifurcate the items than. >> Chair Diaz: no, we take them all or we don't take any. I am not going to sit here and be forced. >> you are forcing use of the county commissioners who spent so much time. >> Chair Diaz: enough with the questions. >> four day rule the I am all have been four day rules. Let's move on. >> I am sorry chair MR. I really do think I need to of the director the implications of this on our housing so we can understand. >> Chair Diaz: and I understand, too. That is the reason why I put them all. All of them are important in a way to everyone. >> and me. >> Raquel Regalado: we have a zoning meeting in two days on thursday. Are there any of these, MADAM Attorney, we can move to that meeting and have a special meeting during that zoning meeting and pass them? I think it should be all of them. >> Chie there. I will commit to come to we have seven people will show up thursday for zoning? >> Raquel Regalado: I will be there. >> Chair Diaz: I will be here. Thank you. That guarantees a zoning meeting. With that keep going, MADAM Attorney. >> MR. Chair I do have a couple other items with amendments of the sponsors would like. I would be happy to read this now. Is I a tem 1h1. ! Commissioner regalado? >> Raquel Regalado: if you can read " the changes in APRIL project search to project victory and what is attached is amendment a shall be amended to give clarification of the duties of the county and miami-dade public schools. And update the name of the superintendent. Attachment eight the memorandum shall be amended as shown for the below. That all these amendments have we have them in front of you. I will go ahead everything quickly. >> Chair Diaz: >> the amendment would amended as follows. It was say the parties formed the basis of the implementation project victory and program for students with disabilities. 's main goal is employment and will benefit from career exploration. The next two sentences are deleted. And it contne develop workplace learning developments for 10-12 students at a point of contact of the site for the purpose of teaching competitive marketing skills. To the program participants and provide direction, feedback and evaluation to the worksite rotation. Facilitate job analysis of the site of miami-dade staff. In the amendment one amend section on typewritten page 5b seven as follows that a new number nine provide transportation for the students enrolled in the program to and from the program site. Typewritten page nine as follows. In the second sentence would the parties further agree by miami-dade public schools for the background shall constitute a breach of meeting without further responsibility to perform any other duties under the cooperative-this cooperative agreement. The county background checks are any opposed? None. Anything else on the amendments so we can get going to start the other meeting? >> I do have another amendment there are three pulling commissioners. On that item. >> Chair Diaz: yes let's go to 6b1 the health trust. >> MR. Chair I am 6b1 's annual joint meeting of the health trust with the board of county commissioners. >> Chair Diaz: maybe after that they don't want to come up here. Migoya and public health trust if they want to come up here, please. And join us appear. more than happy we have seats available. If not we will add a couple of seats. >> good morning, sir. >> Chair Diaz: good morning. >> are you? >> Chair Diaz: good morning. >> I will be on good behavior today. >> Raquel Regalado: we are good? >> Chair Diaz: okay are we here? Everybody ready? Everybody settled in? MR. CHAIRMAN how are you? What's good morning CHAIRMAN Diaz. >> Chair Diaz: light up the microphone hit the button there. >> good morning CHAIRMAN Diaz, MADAM Mayor and commissioners. It is an honor for the public health board of trustees to give our annual report on the progress at jackson health system. Today is bittersweet for me as I'm near the end of my term on the public health trust. I want to thank you each of you for allowing me the opportunity to serve on the board. It has been an honor. What I have witnessed over the last seven + years in jackson has been noteworthy. Under the leadership of my friend carlos mentor you accomplished what some never thought was possible. I can confidently say jackson has evolved into one of the nation's leading academic health systems. The highest quality healthcare delivered by the most exceptional team of doctors, nurses and other clinicians. Is someone region this community understands the importance of the institution. Nothing makes me more proud. Is healthier and stronger than ever with a solid plan to continue building on excellence will into the future. Has built that solid foundation. Not only in the new building. Also the team of leaders who have assembled to carry on that vision. Don, mark, david, julie and matt along with other senior leaders are as effective, confident hard-working executives as I have ever had the pleasure to work with. The health of all miami-dade county and is a core value of the entire organization. And you feel that when they interact with them. To my colleagues, you come to the table a deep sense of stewardship of the public trust. Your commitment to jackson's, it's patients, workforce and our community is commendable. I am proud to serve with you and thank you all for your service. Thank you. >> Chair Diaz: no thank you MR. CHAIRMAN. By the way I did not know it is your last meeting. We would have shot off fireworks before you got appear. >> that is fine I don't need fireworks, they burn. What you have been a model leader to our work a consummate professional who leads with integrity. And a passion to uphold jackson's vision. You helped us build a new jackson from one end of the county to another. And for generations to come. Thank you CHAIRMAN Diaz, madam mayor the public health trust members and commissioners. I am pleased to be here today to share you an updated jackson's progress. The challenges we are facing and a snapshot of the year ahead. Along with me today are members of the senior team as well as very important and equally important senior team. This year will exhaust 830 million bond that miami-dade tax years interested on as a.5 years ago. A down payment for jackson's own reinvestment for an additional $1.2 billion has resulted in unprecedented to billion-dollar capital program. The next year expected formally to all the projects. At which point we will come before you to sunset. We been successful dozens of projects throughout the health system. Upgrading our technology and expanding jackson's reached deeper into the communities we serve. Gone are the days when people would associate jackson with old dilapidated buildings and hard-to-reach locations. With seven hospitals, five you health jackson care centers, five adult and pediatric urgent cares and primary care clinics throughout miami-dade. It is easier than ever to access care at a jackson site. One of the crown jewels of our capital program is jackson west medical center in doral. Since opening last AUGUST we have open or exceeded our volume benchmarks for our service. Volume continues to grow in her adult and pediatric emergency department. Further proving that jackson grew into the right place at the right time. Were also is continuing to build or medical office building that houses jackson's university of miami and community decisions. But I am proud of this exceptional level of care being in this community patient experience that is consistently in the 90th percentile of hospitalization why. In other words jackson west is best in class. In fiscal 2023 jackson medical pavilion will open in jackson health center freestanding emergency department. Located at 3737 sw. E st. In coral gables. The emergency was an emergency room staff by jackson's highly skilled board certified physicians and compassionate nurses. The site will health medical offices for outpatient visits and jackson doctors. All of these projects have relied substantially on our taxpayer support via this commission. This project particularly is embedded to commissioner rebecca a sosa. Over the course of a few years she has allocated funds from her district to form the foundation of the facility. And the result is a location that will serve numerous diverse communities in h this year alone is predicted to reach more than 108,000 adults and children. All the care is exceptional the existing facility was built in 1978 and does not allow for the most efficient or effective evolutions like this help was visiting jackson memorial former and were invited. To secure donors to help fund this project which will largely be paid with jackson's own b investments. Is out miami-dade county continues to see if it of the world the need for additional healthcare resources. Has led to increased volume at jackson south medical center. In recent years the hospital has undergone a dramatic transformation with a new tower renovated intensive care unit, labor and delivery suites. The addition of a second trauma center and a new medical office center. Future plans include building a parking garage and expansion of an additional 100 inpatient beds. Which will continue to elevate jacko it has been 817 days since jackson treated his first covid patient. Will we never expected the pandemic to last this long. I am proud of everything our health system has accomplished. This graph shows jackson's three distinct surges at the beginning of the fourth. At the height of omicron we have more covid positive patients in our hospital than any other time in the pandemic. Will we were stretched veyr many caregivers, however, after two years of nonstop stress, anxiety and exhaustion is leaving space for the emotional and spiritual injuries to service. Is seems like a simple concept. but we know it is overlook self-care when having to deal with day to day life. Whatever top priorities is making sure we continue providing our staff with resources that have the optimal level of health support. In ways that are easily assessable to them. And readily availal the ripple effects of the pandemic have led to a workforce crisis unlike anything we have seen in recent years. Jackson currently has about 1300 vacancies on a systemwide workforce of 13,500 full-time -a recent national study found a 17 percent vacancy rate higher than ours. In hospitals and nurses up from ten percent a year earlier. Our highest priority in the coming year is filling those open conditions. We are aggressively recruiting locally and nationally. And have affiliations with local academic partners to keep developing registered nurses. And aligned health like pharmacist, respiratory therapist and lab technician. Further exacerbating our higher wages and unprecedented premium pay. These issues are not uniquely jackson. And dealing with similar challenges. To liberate we can find a long-term solution is by all of us working together at a community level. We are looking at strategically growing the services that provide. In collaboration with our partners at the university of miami we have several physicians. Several positions in jackson as a medical assistant nation for people from around the world. The miami institute compares to be one of the largest transplant programs in the country. Last year life-saving organ heyman. Despite the challenges of the pandemic we were able to do that. And we expect this number to rates further this year following the recruitment of one of the top bunk transplant teams in the nation. Since arriving in jackson three months ago. This team has performed 20 life-saving lung transplants compared to 2021 for the entire year of 2021. We have a world renowned surgeon who treats babies in utero was potentially life-threatening cardiac. And lay the children's heart center at children's hospital. At the core of everything we do is jackson's sacred mission. To revamp services. The overall health of our county's residents. One of the priorities is the clinical research partner that is called oneness. This initiative is designed to better understand the wealth of patient data critical. It will supercharge the pace and intensity and oversight of clinical research that serves our patients and all of our medical sites. For the 10th consecutive year jackson earned a budget surplus to reinvest in our programs, facilities and healthcare professionals. In a pre-covid year we would be elated with the 7 million bottom line surle session state lawmakers cut the critical care fund the provided extra payments of florida hospitals with the highest share of medicaid patients. Jackson was at the hardest the entire state. And cutting 71 million to jackson itself. We are also experiencing supply chain issues related to medical supplies. For dice for ct scans and baby formula. Some products are simply unavailable. And when we do find them we are paying much higher prices to ensure we maintain our inventory levels throughout the system. It despite the escalating cost of healthcare reimbursement rates from payers have not been keeping pace. Resulting in payment shortfalls. All of this combined with the staggering inflation and staffing cost has catapulted jackson bracketed precarious financial situation. Causally by outside forces beyond our control. But there are some encouraging trends. Patient and surgical volumes in our system are strong. Jackson west continues to show growth. And county sales taxes have rebounded. As we plan for the next fiscal year our hospitla mayoga. MR. MR. CHAIRMAN I think we should go ahead. We did not need to do it but we should do it. Everybody across and introduce themselves. Is that okay? Are you good with that? Starting by senator garcia but he is not there. Let's start with souto introduce yourselves good morning commissioner souto, thank you. >> combining im one of your work trustee members. >> commissioner higgins, MR. Welcome to district five exam richardson one of your pst areas. >> rebeca sosa: my name is rebeca sosa thank you for that beautiful think that is happening on eighth street between 37th and ponce de leon. Your staff, your board members, the leadership, the doctors, the nurses. And all the employees of jackson they have not compared to anyone. And I commend you for that. I have a few more months to go here. But it was my pleasure to get together with the community to find the funding for that. For me that is an honor we will leave behind. To know how many lives you will save there. Thank you very much for all your help and all the leadership of everyone. Keep treating your employees like kings and queens because they sacrificed a lot. Especially during this pandemic, thank you. >> Chair Diaz: martinez want to lead that side? What district 11, joe martinez. >> district four, sally heyman. >> Chair Diaz: can you turn the mic. >> laura will weiss newell and a member of the public health trust. >> and aventura member of the public health trust. >> carmen salvatori member of the public health trust. >> racquel regalado district seven >> danielle cohen higgins: danielle cohen higgins district eight spread CHAIRMAN? What my name is william have been the CHAIRMAN Of the public health trust. >> Chair Diaz: I am CHAIRMAN "pe "pepe" diaz. Thank you MR. Magoya. MR. For everyone who worked in that hospital the last two years we've not been through the best of situations but our hospital has an incredible job. In this board represents the hospital pht it an incredible job. Back from the hard work everybody puts in. Want to thank you the new board member matthew james allen. That was just a preview. With that, MR. CHAIRMAN? >> with that that concludes the speeding. >> we have nothing else, do we? >> Chair Diaz: that is it quick that exhaust your agenda. >> out of motion super the attorney-I mean the reports. Somebody from the pht. >> Chair Diaz: some move. All in favor say aye, thank you all for coming here. >> Raquel Regalado: thank you, carlos. >> Chair Diaz: good job. It is good to see you, my 3 friend. By the way, let's see if we can get out of here in ten minutes. Do you guys want to rush it? MR. Attorney. >> yes, sir. >> Chair Diaz: take us. >> ordinances for first reading. >> Chair Diaz: yes, sir. >> 4a related to the sustainable building 9-72, 9-71, and 4-2 requiring green building practices for infrastructure practices in built or financed by the county or county owned property. Adding references to the envisioned rating system. Providing for multiple where the leadership in energy department design rating system. For the envisioned rating system replicability to buildings that are owned, finance, leased by the county including public-private partnership. Provide for substitution of standards of many rules and procedure 4b ordinance relating to residents first training and employment program; amending section 2-11.17 of the code of miami-dade county florida; expanding apprenticeship skills training for county rei ordinance relating to zoning in the unincorporated area; amending section 33-284.62 of the code of miami-dade county, florida; revising downtown kendall urban center zoning district regulations pertainn ordinance authorizing issuance of miami-dade county capital asset acquisition special obligation bonds, from time to time in one or more series, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $335,000,00e 4e ordinance authorizing issuance of not to exceed $600,000,000.00 miami-dade county, florida transit system sales surtax revenue bonds, pursuant to section 208 of ordinance no. 05-48, as amended, for paying costs of certain - transportation plan; authorizing and directing county officers and agents to take all actions necessary to effectuate the purposes of this ordinance and ordinance no. 05-48, as amended; and providing severability and effective date those are your items for first reading. >> bifurcate 4e, I'm of the rest. >> Chair Diaz: the rest of the items have been moved and second. By commissioner higgins. Roll call, MADAM Clerk. >> commissioner cohen higgins? Commissioner garcia? >> yes. >> commissioner heyman? >> yes. >> commissioner higgins? Commissioner martinez? >> aye. >> commissioner regalado? >> yes. >> commissioner and 11? Commissioner souto? Jim and diaz the motion passes 8-0. >> move 4e. >> Chair Diaz: was it 4e. >> yes motion on 4e by commissioner cohen higgins second by commissioner levine cava. >> commissioner higgins? >> aye. >> commissioner heyman? >> no. >> commissioner higgins? Commissioner martinez? commissioner regalado? >> yes. >> commissioner sosa? >> yes. >> commissioner souto? Commissioner cohen higgins? CHAIRMAN Diaz? >> Chair Diaz: no. >> I have a motion 5-3 the motion passes. >> Chair Diaz: let's go to the 5 5's. Read them all, please. >> yes, sir. Assessment of need study; making findings and approving, after a public hearing, the southeast overtown park west redevelopment area's amended community redevelopment plan related to the geographic area known as the southeast overtown park west, which is described as a portion of miami-dade county, florida, generally bounded by nw 22nd street to the north, nw 7th avenue to the west, nw 1st place to the east and nw 1st street to the south; approving of and authorizing the countym miami-dade county (" county" ), the city of miami (" city" ), and the southeast overtown park west community redevelopment agency (" agency" ), subject to conditions precedent and approval by the city and the agency; waiving resolution nos. R-1382-09, r-871-11, r-599-15, and r-499-16, which require participation of county commissioners, county representatives, and/or private citizens on community redevelopment agencies' boards of commissioners; extending the life of the agency and the sot 5b oridinance relating to the southeast overtown park west community redevelopment area; amending section 29-6 of the code of miami-dade county, florida; revising delegation of exercise of powers of the 5c establishing a special taxing district in miami-dade county, florida, generally bounded on the north by sw 308 street, on the east by sw 192 avenue, on the south by sw 312 street, and on the west by te resolution approving, adopting, and confirming a preliminary assessment roll providing for annual assessments against real property located within the boundaries of the century royal homes street lighting special taxing district in miami-dade county, florida, generally bounded on the north by sw 308 street, on the east by sw 192 avenue, on the south by sw 312 street, and on the west by theoretical sw 193 court; providing that s ordinance creating and establishing a special taxing district in miami-dade county, florida, generally bounded on the north by sw 76 street, on the east by sw 72 avenue, on the south by theoretical sw 76 way, and on the west byt provisions of resolution no. R-130-06; and providing for exclusion from the code and an effective date. And effective date(Parks, recreation and 5d1 resolution approving, adopting, and confirming a preliminary assessment roll providing for annual assessments 5e ordinance creating and establishing a special taxing district in miami-dade county, florida, generally bounded on the north by theoretical nw 118 street, on the east by nw 24 avenue, on the south by -e code and an effective - date. And 5e1 is a resolution. 5f ordinance amending ordinance no. 01-189, expanding the boundaries of mindi subdivision street lighting special taxing district to add contiguous properties, and to be generally bounded, as amended, on the ot lighting agreement with florida power and light and authorizing the county mayor or county mayor's designee to execute the agreement; waiving provisions of resolution no. R-130-06; and providing for exclusion from the code and an effective date. 5f1 is a corresponding resolution adopting, and confirming a revised assessment roll providing for annual assessments. 5g ordinance creating and establishing a special taxing district in miami-dade county, florida, generally bounded on the north by sw 272 street (Epmore drive), on the east by sw 17 florida power and light and authorizing the county mayor or county mayor's designee to execute the agreement; waiving provisions of resolution no. R-130-06; and providing for exclusion from the code and an effective date. 5g1 adopts and confirms the role. And next the taxing district of. >> Sen Rene Garcia: early in the north. 5h is ordin exclusion from the code and an ordinance creating and establishing a special taxing district in miami-dade county, florida, generally bounded on the north by theoretical sw 247 street, o n the south by sw 308 street, and on the west by sw 194 avenue; identifying services to be provided; authorizing and directing the county mayor or county mayor's designee to provide for the installation of streetlights; approving a street lighting agreement with florida power and light and authorizing the county mayor or county mayor's designee to execute the agreement; waiving provisions of resolution no. R-130-06; and providing for exclusion from the code and an effective date 5I1 adopting, and confirming a revised assessment roll providing for annual assessments 5j resolution taking action on a class I permit application by miami-dade county, through its water and sewer department for the filling of 17.2 acres of coastal wetlands in association with the north distin the north approximately 280 feet south of nw 178 street, on the east by interstate 75, on the south by nw 170 street, and on the west by nw 97 avenue) >> and a motion from senator garcia for 5a, 5b and 5c to be bifurcated. >> Chair Diaz: 5a, 5b, and 5c. >> these are all public hearing items. >> Chair Diaz: with that I do not have any-it is a public hearing but I don't have any papers in front of me. Any persons. Anybody? Anybody who would like to speak on these public items it is the time to do so come up at this time. If nobody is here to speak on it the public hearing is now closed. All the other items. >> I will move all the other items except 5a, 5b. And 5c. >>5c is good. >> Chair Diaz: all have been m