Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners

. >> Chair: good morning. Come on, wake it up, good morning. We've got some people that -- we don't got too many people but we'll try to organize this thing. All right. I want to make sure everybody in the back, please start to make your way down. That is sarg yentd at arms -- sarg yentd at arms -- sergeant at arms who has something extremely important to talk about. With that, commissioner sosa has got a presentation today. It's one of the hardest presentations we give in the county because of what it stands for but t's also one of best presentations we deal with in the county because of what it stands for. With that, I want to welcome everybody that is here. I know commissioner sosa is here. The mayor, commissioner Mc Mcghee and with that, commissioner sosa sosa. >> thank you. It's a day we can see in different ways. I want to talk to you about something. His name was sebastian nick nicholas ortiz. He was described as a wonderful, humble, loving person and avid runner who also represented his high school, christopher columbus high school and its cross country team. He was an incredible, brave child who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2015. Sebastian was a fighter. he was so strong. He nderwent many hours of surgery and many more chemotherapies. And having been on those shoes, I know how hard it is. But it's harder for parents who you see your children going through that. Throughout this incredible difficult time, he always kept his spirits high and he inspired those around him with his positivity that doesn't happen very often. Sadly, after 14 months of battle, on DECEMBER 29, 2016, sebastian became an angel in heaven. Yet his memory is still alive. MR. Ortiz, can you join us, please. Because of that this you can see in my t-shirt and you can see in his father's t-shirt sebastian's strong foundation was founded by his family to raise awareness for large less targeted cancer cures. I had its honor with my colleagues to same in a street designated curtis parkway between deer run and pine crest drive as sebastian ortiz way in the city of miami springs. And the reason why we did it is because we want everyone who asked themselves when they pass by, when the children are walking, when the families are there to say who was sebastian? Why is this street named in his honor so they can know that you can overcome many things if you stay strong. And to his family, to his father, the mother that I know that is at home is very hard for him this moment to say remember. we all will meet each other again at some oint in our lives, but maybe the lord needed an angel and he is with all of us, all the time. I think that sebastian is next to every child that is going through the same struggle every day, giving them confidence nd trying to make them strong like he was. So it is an honor to present to you today on behalf of our sherman -- CHAIRMAN, jose pepe diaz and all my colleagues and the mayor, thank you, thank you, thank ou. The vilomah award against natural order to MR. And MRS. Ortiz in remembrance of sebastian our angel. And for me it's an honor to wear this t-shirt today to remember sebastian. Mayor, I know you know the or theees family -- ortiz family. >> Mayor: I do. I do. Thank you so much commissioner and we want to thank our colleague for creating this vilomah award, how painful it is and how very important. I want to add my personal words because the entire family is close to me and my husband and we've been through a lot with this family and just like you say, MADAM Commissioner, the strength that this young man and family has shown has been translated to something really, really important because the work that the foundation does is actually getting towards cures. You know, there are many, many people who unfortunately have lost people to cancel and fund-raising efforts and they are all important. but not all of them actually lead top scientific breakthroughs. And because of the persistence and the consistency and the passion that you bring to this and to all those that you have attracted to work with you, you are really making a difference and for that we are so grateful as well as browd, thank you -- as well as proud, thank you so very much. >> I want to thank the mayor and everybody involved. It's important work. Sebastian lives through me. The only treatment sebastian had available to him was 40 years old. It's common in pediatric cancer. You think about the advances we've made in society over the last 40 years and using medicines that old and ineffective, we've got to be better. We found answers in the scientific community through collaboration with covid, cancer and covid but collaboration brought about an incredible breakthrough in the vaccine. It's about awareness and that's part of what we o. And we've got to make it better. I ant to thank everybody behind this award and we continue to bring awareness to pediatric cancer. It's not little adults with cancer. It's a different thing. Thank you so, so much. >> thank you. This is for you and your family. Let's take a picture now. >> okay. we continue on. Any other commissioner in the building, please make your way down if possible. But, okay, I have -- commissioner monestime. I have to hear this one. A day without water is a [Inaudible] Is going to do. I'm interested in this one because we cannot be a day without water. That's -- well, we could but we don't want to be. So with that, commissioner regalado. >> thank you very much MR. Chair chair. Here at miami-dade county we talk about water quality. We talk about water conservation. Come on down, roy. We had our water drop with us recently. We had water drop visit us when we were alking about the educational programming that we do with local schools and having kids really talk about water conservation. A day without water is a national educational campaign that really has folks focus on the things that we take for granted. I want to tell you a little bit it. The point is to bring together stakeholders and talk about how water is essential, invaluable and the need for us to invest in our water systems. Miami-dade county water is delicious, reliable and sampled more than 150,000 times. We talk about how we have the best tasting water and we hope that you agree with us. You know, I think that this an opportunity to talk about the investment we made in water quality, the importance of our lab staff and what they do to ensure we have ininterrupted service which has been really important in the last 119 months throughout the ovid pan denim. We -- pandemic. We talked about the changes we had to make because of the changes in our community. I know it's ifficult to magine a day without water but it's important for us to have folks think about it, think about how much water they use and how important it is for us to invest in our infrastructure. Everything from our daily use to our irefighters, obviously to agricultural workers across the board there's nothing that could function in miami-dade county without the water support system and the capital improvement project. I want to thank you MADAM Mayor for the last budget which focused on that. I know that we have the support of the board. I would like to have roy talk a little bit about the investment that we're making. You know, we always tell you that every drop counts. But I think t's important for folks to understand sort of behind the scenes what happens, you know, so that we can get that tap water to you in a reliable safe manner. With no further ado. >> first before roy -- >> okay. Thank you very much you chair our infrastructure committee and you've taken a personal interest in this mat your. we're grateful. -- matter. We have so many water advocates here. We have commissioner sosa that fought for the bay. That's phenomenal. We have our first ever chief bay officer as a result of that advocacy keeping our bay clean. We have the water and sewer department. We have our environmental office office. >> we have a couple of water drinkers -- >> we do not need to purchase water. Our water is the best. As they said. These bottles are proliferating and creating plastic waste all over the world. Give it p. Put your water from the tap in your permanent water bottle, please. We'll talk about recycling another day. But now, I just wanted to emphasize that we truly are a water based economy. It's about our health but also about our economy. Without the wonderful work of our water and sewer department, environmental regulation department, division, we would not have our local everything coming. As you know, I'm the chief water warrior. That is my official title. [Laughter] But that's okay because we have the water princess. >> MADAM Mayor, CHAIRMAN, missioners, what I would like to share with you today is in miami-dade county, every single day thousands of people work to protect our drinking water to make sure it's safe, reliable and he is letticly pleasing. -- aesthetically pleasing. Both private sector employees dedicated their life to this. I want to thank the mayor and commissioner for helping to bring awareness to this very important work that they committed their life to, thank you. >> thank you, MADAM Commissioner. What I would like to say about water, I start with the question about where does the water come from? I say the tap, right. They nod their head but I say where does it really come from? I go on to say it comes from the ground. We should tell them to think about where it's been. It's been in the wetlands shall the bay, canals and if we think about where water has been we appreciate everything we do on the landscape has the potential for impacting our water. It's critically important we think about what we do so we protect the water so the water and sewer department can serve it to you clean and healthy. If you want to buy water bottles, buy an empty bottle and fill it. >> where the water really comes from, we're so fortunate we have the biscayne aquifer. We have a natural replenishing source of water that many communities do not have that we often take for granted. When you think about where the water comes from in miami-dade county and south florida, for that matter, it comes from a natural source. All of us working together can protect that source and continue our work and effort to keep our water clean and tasty and our bay clean as well. >> we need to get alabama the -- alabama -- we need to get alabama an opportunity to drink some of that water to go to the college championship, right, roy? >> water of champions. >> man, we've gone from water warrer warrior, to water princess. I know somebody has a name for water here? >> that's right. You have officially water nerd the other way. You know, I'm the flooding guru. For 20-25 ears I've been working with the water system. The water princess knows that because I gave her that name many years ago. She was involved with. That let me tell you something there's nothing more important to us as a county, as a state, as a country than our water. Without water, there's no life. It's that simple. I've been involved in many wars. In the government that unfortunately, want to -- as I can tell you, and commissioner sosa can tell you, we were part of a task force and stayed on when jeb bush put us on back then. How many? 25 -- 26? Yeah, yesterday. I want to thank -- bringing such an important issue and fighting hard for making sure that we continue having great water in the future. By the way. We had a little discussion on a recent trip with an official about water. All the mayor and I said we got the best in the world. [Laughter] Don't give up that yet. We have a resolution working on that. So we might have water from miami-dade coming out soon. I want to thank, everybody. I want to take any of you. Want to add to the water issue. Okay. Yeah. All right, guys. Let's get a pick. Let's get this done. -- let's get a pic. Let's get this done. >> imagine a day without water in miami-dade county. >> it's officially OCTOBER 21, 2021 is officially imagine a day without water. This goes to roy and lee hefty. Thank you, all right. All right. >> have the mayor next to me. -- I have the mayor near next to me. >> okay. We have another presentation. Clock is running down. Let's make sure we get them done. So with that, I have a gentleman that has a very special presentation and, you know, he has started talking about football early this morning. But I know this presentation has nothing to do with football. So commissioner cghee you want to step it up, sir? cominchts thank you for giving us this opportunity. Can we have the great people of urban health partnership come on down. The price is right. >> I love that show. >> come on down the price is right! >> Commissioner: I'll pass it to MADAM Mayor. >> Mayor: thank you, commissioner, and all the commissioners and the chair. This has been around 10 years. We're sell brailing the 10th and -- celebrating the 10th anniversary of the urban health partnership. I was in the organizational meetings. Of course, the organization has gone on to do really important things to address overall health and wellness. They've been doing community led projects in many of our neighborhoods in alapata, hialeah in overtown. They participated in the census to make sure we got counted. They played a vital role during the pandemic and they were pivotal in the successful I did it campaign in which various local celebs were showcased as taking the shot and encouraging others to do the same. We turned into the we did it campaign to get businesses and others to show case that they've been supportive of getting their employees vaccinated. So I think you can see from that little quick list that they've been part of everything that is good for the well being of our committee. So they've played an important role and I understand you've got some obs. I just want to make a note of that because if you want to be part of changing the health and wellness of our community you might want to talk to these young ladies after because I did see some job postings. Their particular focus is on disparities to make sure that those who do not have as much access are able to get the healthcare services that they need. So we're really thrilled today that we have our ceo and executive director and founder and board member anna maria to accept this proclamation in honor of their ten wonderful years of advocacy and service. Thank you very, very much ladies ladies. Would you like to say a word? >> don't be shy. You had your water this morning, right? >> I did. Hi, good morning. I'm the ceo of executive director for urban health partnerships. Thank you for the honor. We're proud of the impacted we've had and the cofounder and issa bell founded this organization on the values and belief that everyone has a right to a healthy life and we've really, I think lived those values for the last ten years. I'm really proud of the significant impact we've made throughout south florida, miami-dade county in particular and I'm really excited to say that I think we have really only just begun. There's a lot of work to do. >> actually you know, susan holtzman is my adviser on older adults and disability issues. She reminds me that the very first act I had as a county commissioner was to sponsor the age-friendly component of the community development master plan. That was in conjunction with your great organization. You've been guiding. You've been leading. You are at the forefront. We're proud and grateful. >> and just remember, healthy is caring. Let's get this -- >> what does it say? It says it's the urban health partnerships tenth anniversary day. >> yay. >> Mayor: it was unanimous. >> Commissioner: no one challenged it. >> Commissioner: good morning, commissioner. >> Clerk: [Roll call] [Roll call] You have eight members present. You do have a quorum. >> Commissioner: MADAM Clerk, let's do it one more time. >> Clerk: [Roll call] 11 members present. You do have a quorum. >> Chair: sally? Sally, can you hold off until we do the pledge f allegiance and prayer. Make sure we organize everybody. All right. Around the dais. The rest, everybody take a seat. Everybody on the back and sides, please take a seat unless you are part of this presentation. i know firefighters are back there. That's fine if you need top stand. If not, please take a seat. Same thing with everybody else. Try to organization to make sure we can get this presentation off for a second. Commissioner Mcghee will lead us offer on the pledge of allegiance today. Are you ready? Vice CHAIRMAN Lead us in prayer, please. >> please stand. GOD of the air we breathe and the water we drink, today we come asking your blessing, your grace and guidance in all things. We pray a special prayer over this community asking that you alou those to be healthy to ive good strong lives to family, to enjoy each other to grow together. Give us the wisdom to do your work for your people. Amen. >> amen. >> please face the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under GOD, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Chair: today we have a presentation. We have some great people and canines that are here. I'm looking forward to this one, commissioner heyman and my name. Commissioner hey heyman, you have the floor. MR. Chair and my colleagues, most especially miami-dade county residents and the community hopefully that hears us today. Let me tell you the genesis for this unit briefly. We've about been involved on mental health issues for a long time even before our service here and especially working with judge lifeman. While I truly became aware of the issues of mental illness, not only on the streets of south florida but within our ranks and trying to deal with it. I had the opportunity years ago to meet captain sean campana and charlie. If you know me, it's the dog that brings me to the person, not the person that brings me to the dog. From that initial meeting, tpsz tpsz -- it was an incredible community through so many always through the unit 1403, the - firefighters union, we have worked through transition from what was literally a dog that rescued a firefighter, from a firefighter that became a trainer, became a trainer to train trainers and through it all not only rescued charlie but started rescuing through animal services and the humane society other dogs you are seeing here to make up what has become the miami-dade fire rescue, cane nine peer response unit. It is the irst in the nation and I believe it was over a year ago, a year and a half ago at a national conference, the captain and charlie were the lead attraction over dan marino at a lungon to talk about rescue -- luncheon to talk about rescuing - animals to rescue our firefighters. What is a sad issue, and working with judge lifeman we know it, unfortunately the fire department and firefighters are the number one profession of suicide. We have been blessed to have captain embracing this program not only with a dog but a lot of dogs from service to firefighters to one of our own in dispatch who is a baby maltese. I like to bring up sean because we have a foundation we started. My colleagues that preceded some of you here today voted to support the creation of it. It was to allow them to fund raise as a tax ement unit for this unit. They'll be put up and we'll absorb the toft no in the tear pockets but as money we raised as a foundation and some of the foundation members are here. Captain, come on up. It was unanimously voted at our last foundation meeting to quit being the best kept secret not only to some the fire department and colleagues but to the county and to other fire departments. And in addition, to put it at the national level given assistance. I am so so proud with all of you who voted to support this in the past and will vote in the future to support this incredible unit with captain and firefighter howard brown who are the unit with charlie and the members. Captain, welcome and these re our colleagues. To mayor lavine cava and chair, I have one last plug. I want her to share the story she shared at our foundation meeting about surfside. Pepe and daniella were there and had an opportunity to see what the unit did for the firefighters. You need to understand not only what they do for surf side but what they do rescuing firefighters who rescue others every day. Captain? >> I'd like my chief to speak first. >> thank you for allowing plea to speak. My name is willie williams. I'm the division chief of health, area and safety. When you are given a task it sounds good but you realize the constraints you were faced with. Those constraints in helping to develop this team were removed by my superiors. I would like to thank them. I'll start with chief williams, chief ruben. And others. In is an opportunity to share her experiences. I've been here just over a year. Eefer a year we've one amazing thing and I couldn't have been successful without the captain and the rest of the men and women on the team. Thank you. >> captain? >> thank you, chief. I've been asked to talk about the canine response to surfside. I'll just jump right in. At 4:20 A.M. I got a call. The fire response was can requesting the team to respond for a building collapse. The peer support is called in after calls for the crews so that they can process what they just experienced unless it's a big enough incident or something we call an extended incident. As I tried wake myself up and charlie as well -- I figured if it's that big I'll see something on the news. I turned on the television and sure enough there was the line of fire engines. I grabbed chargic go ack and extry uniform and headed down to surfside. What I saw I knew I would change us forever. This is the first time the mental health component was included into the command structure. The role was to be at the family center as well as the mile. Peers were scheduled to do 12 hour shifts. It as better or caw nines o do shift -- canines to do six hour shifts. Within the first week, we got completely overwhelmed with canine response requests. By day three, commissioner heyman contacted me silting next to my chief that they wanted more canine teams at the family reunification center. We were getting uber requests from the M.E.'s e.'s tent, homicide tent and others. What started off as two canines quickly became four. We wanted to focus our efforts on our own at the pile. The reason that I requested another crisis response team is because just to give you an example. This is beyond therapy dog work. We think about nursing homes, schools and controlled environments, not emergency scenes or people dealing with the worst tragedy of their lives. At the family reunification center our handlers would walk in. We didn't get 20 feet inside the lobby. We were being pulled. Some of them were pulled into rooms late yes later we found out people were given death notices. Me and charlie were grabbed, brought to a man in distress, I grabbed charlie and said please tell the dogs to find my wife. They recognized the uniform. By weeks two and three we started to see our brothers and sisters with the glazed over zombie look in their eyes. They would drop to a knee and say can I put your dog. By this time there wasn't many words we would say to each other. This is where the dogs nine. The handler has to know when it's appropriate to intervene and when it's appropriate to let the dog do its work. We got quz of can I take your dog for a walk? That's the best part f being peers. For my brothers and sisters I can hand them my dog and keep an eye on them from a distance. We tiewch them how to use a treat ag, get miles two from broward county, one of whom is seated behind me ended up doing over 300 hours of canine therapies, peer and staff support. A lot of men and women today worked the shift on the fire and rescue truck. Went home in the morning, grabbed a dog, sometimes didn't eat break fast and came back to the pile. It was truly an honor to serve the sens of serve tied request need approval from the demand staff and commissioner heyman. I reiterate thanks to the chiefs I'd also like to say a thank you to the men and women who make up this team. Guys, if would you stand up pgh [Applause] I love talking about dogs, training dogs, the science behind it works but I'll turn the mic back over to my chief. Thank you for giving me time to tell ou about sufferside and the time -- urfside and the team that we have. Thank you. >> thank you, captain. >> to my colleagues thank you for your attention. We have members of our foundation here. >> something happened. I appreciate the accolades. I took the leadership where we could. We created change administratively because it was new. We had the sense on this dais to listen to the people nd hear what they needed. Our friends at animal services and the human society, those are the dogs we're rescuing. With our support here they'll continue to grow and grow other departments. Lastly, this past I AUGUST I had the opportunity to go out west in oregon. I was hiking. I wore a shirt that said miami-dade fire rescue 1403. i was stopped on a trail and someone said I'm a firefighter, I was in miami. So I'm thinking okay, surfside, like everything else after JUNE 24. They said, eugene, oregon, and we're copying your canine peer support team because we don't want the suicide ate to increase in our ranks. -- to all of us who know the value of listening to people and applying what we're suggesting, I thank you. . To my colleagues. We all know surf side. I want you o know that the start and finish of providing help always, always included our own fire rescue. So thank you and MR. Chair, to you and the mayor, thank you. >> Chair: thank you, sally. This is about this is about thank you for our vision and what you've done. It's true. The mayor and I, we saw the value of this unit. My colleagues please come down for a picture. We'll make it and get right back up. Please. >> the dispatch mall maltese goes in first. >> Chair: no argument there. Noatd. >> Chair: okay. Please make your way down to the seats. Please clear the back. Okay. Good morning MADAM Attorney, MR. Attorney. I think we're going to start with the reasonable opportunity for the public to be heard at this time. Ladies and gentlemen, for the public we have simple rules on this dais. You have two minutes to speak. Please don't go after the two minutes. Please state your name and address for the record and please if there's issue that you might want to understand more or have anything else let us know as you are speaking and we'll have either the mayors or one of the commissioner's staff address you for whatever it is you need to discuss on. With that I'm going to start calling up names. The sergeant at arms will be there to assist you. We need to keep order. Everybody begun we need to settle down. -- everybody, we need to settle down. There's a lot of noise. Thank you so much. Marcella perez, dolores gutie rrez, sherman ratner, stanley young, milane johnson. Gerald goodman. , charlotte blake, robert blake, and pamela loredeo. Sorry if I mispronounced it. With, that please line up and I'll start out with marcella. Good morning. >> Speaker: good morning. Good morning MRS. Mayor and all commissioners. My name is marcella perez, I live at the brickel biscayne condo in brickel. We the community are outraged at the city of miami at the ack of responsibility -- >> Chair: can you state the full address, please? >> Speaker: yes. 150 southeast 25th road, miami florida, 33129. >> Mayor: thank you. >> Speaker: can I get my two minutes. >> Chair: yes, ma'am. >> Speaker: we are outraged at the city of miami at the lack of responsibility, accountability and neglect to replace a deteriorating, unsafe seawall structure literally falling apart at the end of our street. It's next to our homes, a green space, manatee park and next to a major construction site project that is first of its kind with a 30 foot sublevel garage that continues to be built feet away. This is another towers disaster waiting to happen and the city is aware of its structure. >> Chair: you know it's the county. You are talking about the city of miami. Just want to make sure. >> Speaker: I would like the county to get involved. Who sites the city when it's the city in clear violation of structural neglect? On AUGUST 4, our community held a meeting about the deteriorating sea wall structure, approximately 25 officials gathered at the site. The county was emailed about the meeting. The city was in full agreement that the sea wall is not safe in falling apart and acknowledged if it was on private property, the city would cite, fine and shut them down but nothing has happened to day. City officials claim there's no funding to fix the sea wall. Not true, the taxpayers of this community voted and passed a $400 million fund the miami fund used to be used scablghtly like this. The developer paid the city an enormous amount of money to build double the height. We asked officials at the meeting how much it would cost to replace this structure falling apart. They said $250,000 only. Shame on the city of miami. Inconclusion, the city of the sea wall is in a decolorrable condition. It's -- deplorable condition. It's unsafe. It's next to homes, green space and next to the first kind of its structure that continues to go up creating potential unsafe environments given the weakness of the sea wall. >> Chair: thank you so much, ma'am for your testimony. Sir, state your name and address, please. >> Speaker: good morning. My name is jared goodman. 2154 west sunset boulevard, los angeles, california, 90066. I'm speaking on behalf of people for the ethical treatment of animals more than 41,000 supporters in miami dade county to deny the lease for he miami seaquarium. The board should terminate the lease that have caused suffering and the strong opposition to the facility. The lease allows the board to object to an assignment if it's not in he county's best interest which includes ensuring animal elfare. It's provisions require that the leasee keep the people are seize in a first class condition and maintain animals in accordanced with the federal protection act and state law. While these provisions are severely outdated they've not regulated cost of animal care since it was amended into 1994 they've managed to default on the lease by containing highly intelligent and social animals in harmful conditions. Peta has long exposed the suffering of lolita and other dolphins but I'll focus on the findings of a recent agriculture inspection. The mayor's authorization misleading states that this report cited 29 nonsignificant infractions. In reality the usda cited violations including that they flagrantly ignored the veterinarians device and led to the sickness, injury and death of many animals. The citation demonstrated a willful disregard for the animal's well being and we believe clear violations of the lease. And all this occurred, these injuries and eaths not with standing the fact thats thats this it's long been associated with many areas. >> Chair: thank you for your testimony. Next person. >> Speaker: good morning. I'm dolores [Inaudible] District 7, MS. Regalado's district. We're an extremely busy road right now. It looks like a war zone over there. At the end of this road s a beautiful green space that has a deteriorating, extrily hazardous -- extremely hazardous sea wall. The rye bars are exposed. The cement is crumbling into bay bay. MS. Regalado. >> Chair: please address all of us. >> Speaker: I apologize. There's no cover on the drain that our manee tees -- manatees have a family of 17 that have lived there over 20 years this is a rivate sea wall. If this were a private sea wall, the city would have sent a violation to the owner for its own safe structure. To this day even though city officials have been to the sea wall it's not been corrected. They've not answered one of our emails. I beg of you -- sorry it's just hard to talk. There's a missing dog that fell in there. We don't know how. Fund our sea wall it's only $250,000 for GOD sakes. It's a necessity for our community. It's used daily by -- bicyclists use a park in order to ride down key biscayne. Dogs walked three, four times a day. Its a useful playyard. It's a hazardous situation. Thank you for your ime. >> thank you, ma'am. >> my name is mel any. My address is 80121st street arlington virginia -- >> Chair: can you say your name aagain. >> Speaker: melani yes, johnson. I'm here for peta as well as a lot of local residents. If people could hold their signs up. >> Chair: no, ma'am. No signs allowed. I apologize. >> Speaker: okay. I'm here to urge you to transfer the miami seaquarium's lease and instead terminate it. There was an inspection report from JUNE which cited them for more than 35 violations of federal animal welfare act violations. The facility was cited for housing incompatible animals who ended up dying from trauma forcing her to engage in certain types of behavior, planning to feed dolphins bad fish. All of this against the add add vice advice. Multiple enclosures did not offer significant protection from the sun. It's combined to the small tank for 51 years. She's unable to engage in natural behavior such as diving, swimming long distances, seeking adequate shelter from the sun, forming social relationships with any members of their own species. She displays repeative behavior. The seaquarium's violations remains under investigation by the state attorney's office. I urge you to reject the lan to transfer the lease and to instead terminate it. Thank you. >> thank you, ma'am. >> point of information. >> commissioner sosa. >> I didn't understand her local address. Can you repeat your local address. >> my name is 801 21st street arlington, virginia. >> Chair: thank you. To the members here today, if you are in agreement with a american, this is the way we, you know, we agree with them. If you don't agree, you can do something like -- no other type of signals with the hands okay? Those are the two we accept here. Thank you so much for your patience. But signs are totally not allowed in the chamber. Sir? >> we're representatives of ten tenants. We advocate for affordable housing especially for seniors. Our building was owned for 50 years for miami-dade teacher's union. 2014. It was sold a private developer underdubious circumstances with money from brazil. In 2019 the H.U.D. Loan expired and they were able to move us out f that building they plan to move us to alapada. I don't need to ell that you south florida is an affordable - housing risis. It's a you've mix when you say a -- euphemism. The existing housing supply of affordable, both market rate and owned by the county is being lost. You might be familiar with harry cane towers. The entire building had to be vie dated because -- vacated because it wasn't taken care of. We're in a situation in the interest of full disclosure. I'm suing the owner. We're suing the owner to remain there under what is called a use agreement. And the county was named in the suit older people are forced to go to alapada, forced to move to a building on a brown site. >> Chair: thank you so much for your testimony. Ma'am? >> Speaker: good morning. MAY I please remove my mask? >> Chair: no, ma'am. >> Speaker: thank you. My pamela, 1618 ichigan avenue apartment 1. I'm here to ask you to terminate the miami seaquarium's lease. Between 2019 and 2020, six animals have died including two dolphins and sea lion who sustained trauma. In addition another dolphin drowned after becoming caught in a net. Even after those deaths a dolphin sustained a bleeding eye injury fter they were put on notice of her incompatibility with other animals. A young dolphin was injured in another attack. >> Chair: I need quiet up here, please. Let's respect the speakers go. Ahead. >> would ou like me to start again. >> no, continue from where you were? >> okay. >> after months put on a notice after incompatibility with other animals. Four months after that, the young dolphin was injured from another attack. I urge to you stop condoning this suffering by rejecting the miami seaquaruim's lease and sterm nate -- terminate the lease. >> I'm stanley young, chaplain, minister, advocate for the homeless. I live at 1180 northwest 99th street in district two. I have two other people with me. >> good morning, my name is MRS. Charlotte blake. I live at 3182 northwest miami florida 33142. >> I don't think that the county ought to be in the business. Putting people out of their homes when they have in place an and if a structure of department of social service and homeless trust that reach out to these people who are in a position that > | <gg3Cx__x___??__?'____?_____?_??? /????_ +v+v+v'v'v +v+v+v+v+v+v 3v4v 3v0v3v 3v3v 1v3v 3v0v +v+v+v+v+v +v#v +v+v+v+v+v+v 'v+v+v+v+v+v'v/v+v+v +v+v#v +v+v'v+v 'v+v+v+v +v+v#v+v+v/v+v'v+v+v 3v0v 0v +v+v +v#v+v+v+v +v+v 3v3v 4v 3v 0v3v3v 3v3v 4v 3v3v4v3v4v 5v 3v1v4v0v 3v3v 3v5v 3v3v4v5v3v 4v 3v 1v3v 0v 3v sylvia gomez 9420 west flagler. And michael, I will not try. 149 s. Ridgewood ave. Thank you, anna. With my deep jenifer my address is 60 martinez what your last name? What's martinez and my address is 1618 n. Michigan ave., miami beach 33139. I am here is a miami resident to reject the plan to transfer the miami aquarium lease from ms leisure. Instead, I urge you to terminate the lease. The suffering at this facility has spent multiple owners at more than half a century. Just recently it was it with a slew of federal animal welfare violations. Such as housing and incompatible animals together. Which caused injuries and even death. It was cited for acting against its own veterinarian instructions holding the lead on an orca in a tank that is harmful for her. And many other failures to provide animals with the bare minimum necessary for their survival. National oceanic and atmospheric administration revealed that into thousand 19 and 2026 animals had died including two bottle nosed dolphins and ac plan. Who have sustained trauma to the head and neck with hemorrhaging. In addition another dolphin after being caught in a network at the county should not condone animal suffering at this aquarium. It is a free right to object this lease transfer and I urge you to do it, thank you quick statement, ma'am quick salute >> A.M. Stephanie glessner meisner 3429 royal palm miami beach. MRS. Mayor, MR. CHAIRMAN and commissioners. I have the pleasure of serving as the executive director of the arena cohen foundation. Sabrina is a young woman but a car accident at the age of 14 she began paraplegic on site. And she has been advocating for other children and adults with disabilities ever since. She is sorry she cannot be here today I would like to read a few words from her. I am sorry I could not be here but I want to share, but I am by the initiative that are county continues to take to ensure that our plans to build the nation's first of a kind adaptive recreation center gets the proper support it deserves. Which is putting our community at the forefront of such an important progressive movement. I thank each and every one of you for believing in this vision and your efforts to get us to the finish line. I know we have a ways to go but I think we can all agree that together we are moving mountains. Let's all pause for a moment to remember that what we are working toward is the beautiful day with the term diversity and inclusion are not hot button issues but the concept is normalized. And communities all over the world to the right thing to help one another. I want to thank you miami-dade county. I want to thank you commissioner higgins for her outstanding leadership. I would like to recognize sen. Garcia for his support. We plan to break ground for the new oceanside adaptive park and beach in 2022. We are focused on the future the adaptive fitness and recreation center. is serving the more than 29% of miami-dade residents that have a disability. Children with special needs, veterans. People with new injuries and old injuries. Thank you so much for your support. >> thank you, ma'am. Quick salute my name is getty civil dog is quick salute my name is getty civil dog is livid 814 northwest. 32nd ave., miami, fl. Today I compare to go ahead and ask you to miami in miami-dade aquarium police. Like many of you miami is my home it is known for beaches, the food and fun. But along with that is the miami aquarium pigott that is work animals suffer and are seen as entertainment because they are not a form of entertainment at all. What it is is animal cruelty. It is lolita has spent 51 years swimming in endless circles forced to perform meaningless tricks for tourists. I urge you to help her, the dolphins. And all the other animals quick stop the clock. Can we fix it? >> thank you. >> animals should not be seen as a form of entertainment is animal cruelty. Her suffering has. She has spent 51 years suffering at swimming in circles forced to perform tricks for tourist. Energy to help her, the tourist and all the others at miami seaquarium, I hope we could live in a world with no tanks or slaughter houses. Thank you. >> good morning my name is patricia lyons reside at 495 berg ave. Unit 5210 miami florida. 33131. I moved to miami five years ago from california. As love what the city has to offer. However there has been one think quick stop the clock for a second. Check again. >> the one thing I find deeply disturbing. And that is the animals held captive at miami to 20. Lolita has suffered for half a century. Lolita needs to be moved to a seaside think sherry where she can dive deep, swim fast distances and finally have some semblance of life that she has been deprived of for so long. You can help make this happen by terminating D.C. Aquarium police. I appreciate your time today, thank you! Thank you, ma'am. Sir? What good morning rich widger grab 1319 berg ave. That was my wife patty. Actually is a minute and 1/2 to get her 30 seconds?! No, sorry. >> as patty said we moved from california to florida three years ago we look miami. One of the things we love the most is burgled key nine times out of 10 we see in vanity work often out in the bay. And it is the most exhilarating thing in one of the reasons why we love miami so much. what is shameful about miami is the miami seaquarium it's lease should be terminated they are housing animal cruelty. She has been and APRIL 51 years it is atrocious. Orca will do not belong in miami. I am big fan we have the miami dolphins we do not call them the miami. >> Chair Diaz: one second, serve. Technicians upstairs what seems to be the problem? Please send somebody. Sir, try again see if it is working. >> Speaker: the miami aquarium should be shut down. >> Chair Diaz: sorry about that, I do not know what is going on. >> Speaker: so, I think it is shameful for the county of miami-dade and the city of miami to have a miami seaquarium. With the most beautiful natural environment for c animals to live. And anyone who has seen a dolphin out in the bay is the exhilaration that that is not only for us to appreciate them. But the exhilaration that the dolphin experiences. Entity dolphin held captive at the miami seaquarium is a shame for miami dade county the city of miami to be a part of. I strongly urge you to shut the miami seaquarium down for the sake of the animals and for us as humans who need to have compassion for these animals. >> thank you, sir. >> I live at 9220 miami, fl 33174. Animals have endured horrible deaths at the miami seaquarium of the surviving animals continue to suffer. Saddened and embarrassed that this abuse has continued in miami-dade county. We preach freedom yet we imprison beautiful creatures. But you can stop this. You have the power to do this please terminate the aquarium lease. >> Chair Diaz: thank you, ma'am what's hello I am much alina frederick is a limit to 30 >> Chair Diaz: thank you, ma'am what's hello I am much alina frederick is a limit to 30 sunrise DR., apt. 5, key biscayne florida. I was the veterinarian at miami seaquarium I volunteered to seaquarium from 1991 to 1997. That became the staff engineering from 1997 to JUNE 19 of this year. Nine days after the usda inspection that I am sure everyone has seen all 17 pages of the. You would think I would be the one appear seeking to terminate the lease item not. I am actually saying to give these lease to the next company and probably its last if possible. With the bully amendments, stipulations to povide transparency. To provide accountability and consequences. Trainers have to give the dolphins consequences but no consequences have been given to us of the people who have done those things in that report. I am hopeful the new companyi big conservationists. But I am a little embarrassed and that the organizations that should be monitoring this. The alliance and also the animal humane. They either need to step in or do something different. I was there five years ago when we got our certification for amatabut the two crators were not. When we promised we would say we would do those things they would not pick up when we said we turned event that we have to change this or do that we were ignored. There are some ideas that have given the mayor and commissioner regalado. Phone calls with manatees. There are eight inspections like audits they do it with livestock what could we not do it here. There are voluntary inspections there are outside organizations. Bring somebody from peta from animal welfare institute. But in our society the transparency communication responsibility as to be part of all of this. Again I am for the lease amendment. >> Chair Diaz: thank you, ma'am, for your testimony. Ma'am? >> Speaker: my name is sylvia grimaldi lopez. >> Chair Diaz: garcias. >> Speaker: I am here to talk about the elimination regarding the seaquarium. Today we wish to share with you our connection to lolita. Are great concern for her current health and safety at the miami seaquarium. Our request that you mandate her emergent immediate need to be addressed. And we hope you will understand her ongoing difficult, emotional and spiritual needs simply cannot ever be met in a concrete pen. She is an intelligent, soulful, family oriented individual needs to be back in her own waters. We have invited miami seaquarium and experience to work with us in good faith for the best interest of lolita. And trey to bring her home into D.C. Elation see. If an operational plan and the foremost veterinarian scientist, pure researchers on how to do this responsibly. And we have a short list of possible sites and the st. Lucia see. We hope the assume operations. We hope that if the dolphin company assumes operations of the miami seaquarium they choose to work with us to this end. Despite from the recent, her tank is too small to meet with basic animal welfare act. Companionship with another orca has not been met for years. While building this immediate health and safety must be seen to. Relocation is the only real option to lolita's long-term physical and psychological well-being. She has worked tirelessly for the miami seaquarium and over 50 years. She deserves to be back at home. We have prepared to work and share our operational plan with the company, ust and other governmental. Excellent potential sites and lolita's native waters. We preach it many and look ime dade left lolita and many are supporting us in our efforts. Better life for lolita is possible pickup and hope you could be part of the it happened sooner than later. >> Chair Diaz: thank you, ma'am. Sir? >> Speaker: good morning my name is michael lashletter, here on behalf of the applicant item 5g. I want to let you know we provided supplement materials that are part of supplement to your agenda packet that discusses the zoning approval history of the project. >> Chair Diaz: if you want to wait for the public hearing on 5g. >> Speaker: happy to do so. >> Chair Diaz: you do not want to do it now you want to do it after discussion. Thank you. Did I MISS Anybody? Please state your name and address. And felt up a paper MR. Gonzales. >> Speaker: good morning jos? Gonzales 3300 northwest. Brickle ave. Here in support of item 11 86. The resolution commissioner heyman for the city of miami did for the station. Sorry I came and did not fill out a paper. Here if you have any questions for us! Anybody else I did not mention? Or wants to speak? With that mdm. Attorney I am closing the public site. Did you want to speak, ma'am? I asked? Come on up. Anybody else before this will be the last person speaking? >> Speaker: thank you! You are woke up. >> Mayor Levine Cava: my name is leona tori live >> Speaker: thank you! You are woke up. >> Mayor Levine Cava: my name is leona tori live at 1443 miami ave., coconut grove. I can. Obviously to speak against giving the lease of the sea aquarium transferring it. We have heard about other concerns for the animals. I am also concerned about what kind of branding and image were giving the county for the 21st century. This is a third-rate type of entertainment. Aquarium that simply is eight dinosaur in today's world. Were you have places like in orlando and other areas. There is no way miami-dade county can compete with that kind of place. With other areas in florida that have a different kind of entertainment that is much more attractive. We need to think about whether we will put investment for this community that represents what we are as a people. That gives us considerably more money. Believe it was 2.5 million in the county. Before covid. We can get so much more money that is peanuts in money compared to what we can do if we put our heads together. Think of other uses for these properties talk about sustainability. That bring in the right type of tourism to dade county. Just like south beach did some decades ago. It thought out of the box and created a world known city. We can do that for this area as well.'s we do not rush into a decision such as this one. And think of what is better in terms of daughters. In terms of the image for the community. Instead of branding of who we are and how we interact tourism. >> Chair Diaz: thank you some much. >> Speaker: welcome. >> Chair Diaz: ma'am, make sure you fill out a card. With that the reasonable opportunity for the public to be heard is over. Mdm. Attorney lead us on the agenda. >> Att. Bonzon-Keeney: good morning third just a few preliminary matters item 11a4 is pulling from the pulse list. 11a9 is being added to the fullest by commissioner diaz, commissioner of rigoletto and sen. Garcia. I will repeat that commissioner martinez, CHAIRMAN Diaz, commissioner regalado and sen. Garcia on 11a9. 14a9 as a supplement that is also added. 14c1 as a supplement is on the polis that is added to the fullest what was that number again? >> 15c1, and one additional for sponsor commissioner heyman would like to be added as a sponsor brickle the items to be considered in today's meetings will be those listed the printed final agenda with the additions, deferrals, withdrawals and scrivener's errors in this memorandum in the items I just mentioned. Commissioner will approve all of these items by a single vote setting the agenda except ordinances for first reading. Public hearing, ordinances set for second reading, item subject to the four day cruel I just and 13 the following pulse list items. Item 8f1, 8h1, 11a1, 11a4, 11a9, 14a1. 14a2, 14a3, 14a4, 14a5 as supplement. If item 15b1 at the supplement on page 2 of your pull list.Books move! I had a motion. Who made the motion, please? What's me, I did! Commissioner sosa said and by commissioner heyman. Who called for me? Commissioner hardemon. >> Cmr. Hardemon: can we add 11a5 to the pulse list? >> Chair Diaz: 11a5, okay. Mdm. Attorney did you got that? Specific MR. Chair? Diaz: commissioner higgins? >> Cmr. Higgins: I believe not of the four's were pulled I can get those quickly first and a second by commissioner sosa unhealthy 14's. Any opposed? Thank you. And anybody else move on. We started something. Let's go to? There was a motion on the 14th to we have a motion approved of the rest of the agenda?! i thought I did. Commissioner jen 11 mixed emotion followed by thief vice CHAIRMAN. All in favor say aye. Any opposed? Let's go to first readings. For. >> yes, 4a ordinance relating to membership on county boards; amending section 2-11.38 of the code of miami-dade county, florida; authorizing waiver of the restriction that prohibits individuals serving on certain county boards from simultaneously serving on technical changes; and providing severability, inclusion in the code, and an effective date. 4b is ordinance relating to impact fees; amending chapters 33e, 33h, 33I, 33j, and 33k of the code of miami-dade county, florida; providing for transfer of impact fee credits within same or adjacent impact fee benefit district to conform to state law; revising provisions relating to refunds, exemptions, and credits for all other impact fees to conform to such changes for road impact fees; providing exemption for temporary governmental facilities; consolidating payment, refund, exemption, credit, and appeal provisions across all impact fees in chapter 33e and deleting obsolete and redundant provisions from other chapters; extending to future years the existing pesent day cost multiplier for road impact fees; amending criteria and procedures for land dedications in lieu of payment of park impact fees; making reorganizational and technical changes; providing severability, inclusion in the code, and an effective date. 4 is ordinance relating to definition of a local business; amending section 2-8.5 of the code of miami-dade county, florida; defining how a joint venture qualifies as a local business; providing severability, inclusion in the code, and an effective date 4d ordinance creating and establishing a special taxing district in miami-dade county, florida, generally bounded on the north by northwest 82 street, on the east by northwest 109 avenue, on the south by theoretical northwest 81 street, and on the west by northwest 112 avenue, known and described a as grand at doral multipurpose maintenance special taxing district; identifying services to be provided; authorizing and directing the mayor or designee to cause to be maintained and operated various public improvements; and providing for exclusion from the code and an effective date 4e ordinance creating and establishing a special taxing district in the city of doral, florida, generally bounded on the north by northwest 82 street, on the east by northwest 109 avenue, on the south by theoretical northwest 81 street, and on the west by northwest 112 avenue, known and described as grand at doral street lighting special taxing district; identifying services to be provided; and providing for exclusion from the code and an effective date . 4f ordinance changing the boundaries of the city of sweetwater, florida, and amending the city?S municipal charter to provide for the annexation of certain lands, pursuant to section 6.04(B) Of the home rule charter and chapter 20 of the code of miami-dade county, florida; relating to area referred to as the west annexation area, bounded on the north by northwest 25 street, on the south by northwest 12 street, on the east by northwest 117 avenue, and on the west by northwest 137 avenue; providing for reservation to the county of utility tax revenues; providing for county retention of residential garbage and refuse collection and disposal unless certain circumstances occur; requiring payment of certain outstanding debt service attributable to the annexation area; providing for county retention of jurisdiction over certain declarations of restrictive covenants and areas and facilities of countywide significance; providing for contingent effective date; providing for interdependency, inclusion in the code, and an effective date you don't have adobe pd 4g ordinance relating to unsafe structures; amending section 8-5 of the code of miami-dade county, florida; providing that municipal building officials must notify the county?S office of emergency management of orders issued under the emergency actions provisions of the county?S unsafe structures code; and providing severability, iclusion in the code, and an effective date 4h is an ordinance relating to the medicaid hospital directed payment program; amending article iv of chapter 18 of the code of miami-dade county, florida; providing for indemnification by the institutional health care providers requesting the imposition of a mandatory payment to fund the non-federal share of medicaid and medicaid managed care payments for petitions submitted after JANUARY 1, 2022; delegating to the county mayor or mayor?S designee the authority to accept indemnification forms submitted as of the effective date of this ordinance in satisfaction of certain requirements; approving a form of indemnification; providing severability, inclusion in the code, exclusion from the code, and an effective date your public hearing all >> bifurcate 4h. >> Chair Diaz: motion on all items except for. Motion by commissioner jen 11 second by souto. >> commissioner jen 13:*custom* for. >> commissioner garcia? Commissioner hardemon? >> for. >> commissioner higgins? >> for. >> commissioner Mcghee? >> yes. >> commissioner regalado? Measure sosa? >> yes. >> commissioner souto? Vice CHAIRMAN Gilbert qu?Bec what's yes. >> CHAIRMAN Diaz? >> yes. >> Att. Bonzon-Keeney: passes unanimously. F. >>. Clerk? >> commissioner garcia? Commissioner hardeman? Commissioner heyman? >> yes. >> commissioner amon? >> commissioner martinez? Commissioner Mcghee? >> yes. >> commissioner sosa? Question yes. >> commissioner souto? Commissioner cohen higgins qu?Bec books for. >> commissioner gilbert? Commissioner diaz? Passes 11 to one. >> Chair Diaz: mdm. Attorney? Quick yes we still need a vote on 4g and 4f. >> there was an acceptance and included in the first vote. >> Att. Bonzon-Keeney: you are correct MR. Chair. >> Chair Diaz: for once I get one. All right, mdm. Attorney. Let's go to fives. >> Att. Bonzon-Keeney: there were two motions on 4f and 4g. >> Chair Diaz: go ahead and do them. >> Att. Bonzon-Keeney: I think one of the motions 4f is you wish to move to suspend the rules of procedure allowing four week, six week municipal notice. And demand item 15b1 accordingly so item 4g will be at the NOVEMBER 10 4021 at the CHAIRMAN Council of policy. And on 4g I will ask eddie to read that motion quickly is to suspend or have the role week to allow for week of a six week inside of 4g. >> Chair Diaz: do I have a motion? Commissioner sosa second by vice CHAIRMAN. Commissioner Mcghee? Mdm. Clerk. >> Clerk: commissioner hardemon? Commissioner heyman: commissioner higgins? >> yes. >> commissioner martinez? >> no. >> commissioner Mcghee? Commissioner monestime? >> yes. >> commissioner regalado? >> yes. >> commissioner sosa? >> commissioner souto? Commissioner souto? MR. Chair. >> commissioner cohen higgins qu?Bec books for. >> commissioner garcia? Vice CHAIRMAN Gilbert? What's yes. >> CHAIRMAN Diaz? >> Chair Diaz: yes. I heard a voice. >> it was geri. Are we good? >> Att. Bonzon-Keeney: we are good I said that with the approval of that motion I thought you were done. That takes care of 15b1 on your pulse list and that is approved as amended 15b1. Commissioner regalado? >> Cmr. Regalado: I understand what we are waving the municipal requirement in these cases. However can we do something on the staff site to provide notice to the municipalities? Between waving and not providing notice and