Board of County Commissioners - Regular

>> MR. Chair: MADAME Car, please start calling the role. Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. Sergeant in arms? >> Female Speaker:,good morning commissioner cohen higgins. >> Female Speaker: present. >> Female Speaker: commissioner garcia, commissioner hardiman, commissioner heyman. >> Female Speaker: here. >> Female Speaker: commissioner higgins. >> Female Speaker: here. >> Female Speaker: commissioner martinez. >> Male Speaker: present. >> Female Speaker: commissioner Mcgee. Speaker: here. >> Female Speaker: commissioner monestime. >> Male Speaker: here. >> Female Speaker: commissioner collado, commissioner sosa. >> Female Speaker: present. >> Female Speaker: commissioner soto. Vice CHAIRMAN Gilbert. >> here. >> Female Speaker: CHAIRMAN Diaz. You have a quorum, 10 mmbers present. >> MR. Chair: good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We welcome you to miami-dade county. Meeting today,, wednesday, SEPTEMBER, wednesday, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021, and the time is approximately 9:32. At this time, we bring the meeting to order. I would like at this time to take a moment as a so privileged to do these. I would like to please, armed forces team, post colors. >> MR. Chair: at this time, please put your hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. Into the republic, for which it stands, one nation under GOD, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. MR. Vice CHAIRMAN, you can lead us in prayer. >> Male Speaker: GOD, today we petition as your humble servants. We petition to grace your guidance with al of our dealings, specifically we ask you to cover the people of haiti as they recover. Touch the families of the 13 servicemembers whose lives were lost, whose lives were taken as they protected us and our way of life. Cover the family of george deeley in our county as we understand that covid has touched us all closely. Please help everyone affected by the hurricane and inclement weather. Heavenly father, today we ask that you endow us with common cause and common decency. Help us to be the leaders for the community, your community and people. Help us to be graceful and humble as we move this community forward safely to a tomorrow that must be brighter. In your name we pray, amen. >> MR. Chair: please remain standing. Our team, the colors. I would like to continue to take this moment, personal privilege, today we are to honor the 13 servicemembers that were attacked cowardly by terrorists in afghanistan and kabul, afghanistan. As a marine and as a military liaison for miami-dade county, this is extremely painful not only to me, to all of us, to our country, and to all of us that are privileged to be living in a country that we live in and the united states. I cannot express to all of you the disappointment of so many right now. but I will tell you that it's personal to so many of us because we care. So with that, we honor those and recognize and remember the sacrifice and remember their families and remember so many that are still in harm's way that fight every day for all of us and give their life so we could have and cherish the freedom that we do. So, please, tonight, if you see a servicemember or engineer prayer tonight, remember those families and them. When you see a servicemember, say thank you. MR. Goes cruise, secretary director of military affairs, will now read the names of these fallen warriors. Secretary director cruise? >> thank you, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> Male Speaker: marine sergeant giovanni rosario, 25, lawrence, massachusetts; marine sergeant nicole l gee, 23, of sacramento, california; marine staff sergeant darren t hoover, 31, salt lake city, utah; marine corporal hunter lopez, 22, indio, california; marine corporal teagan w page, 23 of omaha, nebraska; marine corporal humberto a sanchez, 22, logansport, indiana; marine lance corporal david l espinoza, 20, of rio bravo, texas; marine lance corporal jared and schmidt, 20, st. Charles, missouri; marine lance corporal riley j Mccallum, 20, jackson, wyoming; marine lance corporal dylan r merolla, 20 of rancho cucamonga, california; marine lance corporal kareem m. Nikoui, 20, of norco, california; av corpsman maxton w. Soviak, 22, of berlin heights, ohio; army staff sergeant ryan z knauss, 23, quarantine, tennessee; CHAIRMAN, we request a moment of silence. >> MR. Chair: so granted, secretary director. Thank you. Play taps. [Taps] >> MR. Chair: all forces team, retire. Thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. Please take your seats. MADAME Clark, call the role again, please. >> Female Speaker: commissioner cohen higgins. >> Female Speaker: present. >> Female Speaker: commissioner garcia, commissioner hardiman, commissioner heyman, commissioner higgins, commissioner martinez. >> Male Speaker: present. >> Female Speaker: commissioner mickey. >> Male Speaker: here. >> Female Speaker: commissioner monestime. >> Male Speaker: here. >> Female Speaker: commissioner regalado. >> Female Speaker: present. >> Female Speaker: commissioner sosa. >> Female Speaker: here. >> Female Speaker: commissioner soto, vice CHAIRMAN Gilbert. >> Male Speaker: I am here. >> Female Speaker: CHAIRMAN Diaz. >> Female Speaker: here. >> Female Speaker: 11 members are present. >> MR. Chair: thank you, MADAM Clark. mr. Bill talbert. You want to step up? >> Female Speaker:. >> Female Speaker: here. >> Female Speaker: 11 members are present. >> MR. Chair: thank you, MADAM Clark. MR. Bill talbert. You want to step up? >> Female Speaker: coming. >> MR. Chair: thank you very much, MR. Chair. I want to thank you for the ceremony this morning. As you know, my mother served in the navy. World war ii. My brother was a navy medic in vietnam, so I thank you for the ceremony on our behalf. And bill tavern, the former PRESIDENT And ceo of maybe convention and visitors bureau. And here today to introduce you to the new PRESIDENT And ceo of your greater miami connection of david whitaker. He was here many years ago. He went to toronto, tourism toronto and chicago to visit chicago. He's returning home. This is his second week and we wnted to bring him here and introduce him to you. If we have not met face-to-face with you, we will get around. We can counted 13 and 14 and 15. David, come on out. Let's hear it for david whitaker! [Applause] >> Male Speaker: commissioners, manager team, its real honor. Some of you, you MAY remember me. Senator soto, we traveled the world together back when I was here from 1990 through 2007 growing and learning about our great county, but also the work the greater miami visitors bureau has been doing. I did have the privilege of leaving in 2007 to go to toronto for eight years, quite an experience there. Then for the last five years, I've been PRESIDENT Of the convention bureau and chicago. Just really honored and blessed to have a chance to return home. I have some great memories in this chamber. I know how important the spotty is to the convention bureau. Thank you for your financial support of course. The taxes we generate, the jobs we support, the work we do to fill the miami-dade convention center, all of our venues. I look forward to getting a chance to meet with each and every one of you, support you and your teams, learn about the agendas,, the torso more, special events. So it's just going to be a real honor for me to reengage. I look forward to learning more about what your priorities are. It is just so wnderful to be home. Thank you very much, GOD bless miami-dade county. I look forward to being a partner. Thank you to all of you. >> MR. Chair: welcome aboard to one of our most esteemed entities. Make sure we continue our status. So thank you. >> Male Speaker: thank you. >> MR. Chair: with that, at this time, we have a special presentation. Miami beach senior high school team presentation regarding a grant received from the united states government to study these michael, micro viruses and covid on the miami metrorail and their public service and efforts to promote hand hygiene. This is commissioner higgins' district. Together, we brought this. Commissioner higgins? >> Female Speaker: yes, thank you MR. Chair. Very exciting this morning to welcome us back with us. School has started. It's extremely appropriate that we have some of the smartest kids in miami-dade county here is our citizens presentation. Covid obviously has been a horrible time for us, but some of these students actually found ways to begin to look at helping with these issues. And so, I think if you will enjoy hearing from them and what they learned and how they got involved with our county. Thank you, MR. Chair, for bringing this forward. I appreciate it. >> MR. Chair: thank you, commissioner higgins. At this time, I know there was a lady that I know and respect and admire that's bringing this team forward and that is DR. Cr that helped so many of us. Doctor, please take the podium and introduce your team. >> Female Speaker: good morning, MR. CHAIRMAN, commissioners, ladies and gentlemen. my name is DR. Pro carp. I'm from the university of miami. It's a great pleasure to be here and to present to you our tremendous students who are going to present to you their efforts. Scientifically to study the safety of our public transportation and also their efforts altruistically to help our community for hand hygiene. So without further ado, I will present our young men and also hope that you will take advantage of their enthusiasm and passion and provide them with more opportunity to help our community. We are ready for the slides, please. >> Male Speaker: good morning, MR. CHAIRMAN at all commissioners. My name is noah: cohen and it's an honor to be here with you all today. Show you our work, studying the micro biome of the money metrorail and our work improving the halthy hand hygiene of our community. Our project is in part funded by the stem and action grant from the U.S. Government you hold on one second. The slides are not advancing. >> Male Speaker: I would like to introduce our group from miami beach senior high school. And my partners are harrison delisle and lyle olivera. Our team advisors DR. Carol clark and DR. Darlene midler from the university of miami. >> Male Speaker: the purpose of our presentation is threefold: first, we would like to discuss our findings studying the micro by him on the miami metrorail before and over a year into the covid-19 pandemic. Second, we would like to present our work thus far with community outreach and hit hygiene education; third and finally, we want to discuss future opportunities with jared help to further expand our work and reach out to more members in our community. To give you background about us, we've been doing science project since 2016. Our interest has been studying bacterial contamination of public touch surfaces and, as referenced, the scientific term for bacteria, viruses and fungi is called the micro biome. To continue about our experience in the little more about us, in 2017, we won first place in the county, state of florida, and finalists in the southern U.S. For our work, a value in the micro biome of supermarkets, hospitals, and other public locations. We were honored by the md cps system seen here. What we will show you today is our continued work in this area. 18 million passengers ride the miami metro every year and we need to ensure that they are aware of the possible health risk and the steps they need to do in order to protect themselves. By coincidence, we have to do our first miami metrorail project in JANUARY 2020 before covid hit. At each station, we've tested, touch surfaces that every passenger MAY encounters, such as the stairwells, escalators, elevator buttons, ticket dispensers, and bench services. Seats, seatbacks, hand straps, pulls in the floors, all for bacteria. >> Male Speaker: prior to cvid, we found high levels of bacteria on touch surfaces on the miami metrorail. These two graphs on the left show that they were extremely high levels of aerial and bacteria on all locations. Our pre-covid testing, the vast majority of the dangerous bacteria were enteric, meaning they come from the intestines and feces. This shows us that riders are not washing their hands and these bacteria can make people extremely sick. >> Male Speaker: as mentioned we performed our experiment in 2020 before covid head. We were interested to see how things change as a result of the pandemic. We felt supplied to the U.S. Government for estimate action grant her we were fortunate enough to be awarded $5000 to continue work. They funded us to be our study and aso we evaluated all touch services for cars -- sars covid-19 by pcr. Furthermore, we requested funds to support public outreach events. Here are our post covid micro biome results of the miami metrorail. We found great news and related to find a dramatic decrease in the bacterial load at all sites. Of note, there's over 200 full decrease in dangerous gram-negative or bacteria. This is and amending finding. In addition we interviewed the cleaning staff and learned that there is increased hours, scenes, cleaning regimens. We have more great news from our testing year into the covid pandemic. Find there is no covid by pcr at all testing sites. >> Male Speaker: we have a few theories why the great news MAY have occurred: first, it MAY have been the improved cleaning regimens by the miami metrorail. Perhaps it was the better hand hygiene by passengers and the staff and maybe I was in part two to the less travel volumes. The second important part of our grant was to educate our peers and the community. We made public service announcements and went to several schools in our district. Our slogan was be aware, wash with care. Here are the pictures of the hand sanitizers we designed and some of the events we went to. >> Male Speaker: t explain our timeline, we first did our testing of the miami metrorail in JANUARY 2020. Then covid hit the U.S. In FEBRUARY. We then applied for and won the stem and action grant. As a part of that stem and action grant, it we begin our outreach to schools. The second testing of the miami metrorail also occurred after this. We are here today to present to you our findings and any future opportunities. is if you take home., victoria loads on the miami metrorail decreased against the covid-19 pandemic. We commend the miami-dade leadership for their efforts to make safety and hygiene a priority. Thank the CHAIRMAN And all commissioners for the opportunity to present our findings. We are looking for opportunities to distribute another 1000 hand sanitizers and chips that are already funded by our grants. We also look forward to partnership opportunities with you all for to further our work. We are at your service. Thank you for your time. Please reach out to me if you have any questions, opportunities, and if anyone has any questions. >> Female Speaker: MR. Chair, I want to thank you all. And very proud of all of our district 4 and 5 students that go to miami beach senior high. This is very reassuring, actually, because our department is transportation and public works, has been working extremely hard to try to keep our metrorail and metro move cars and their buses cleaner during covid. But it's always good to have outside verification, right? Kind of a system of checks and balances. You all were able to provide that. I also think we were lucky, or the public was lucky, that you are able to document what's going on before, because the importance of handwashing is a the simplest thing the world. Our mothers told us to do it. What a difference it can make for public health we certainly appreciate you. If I begin to have other opportunities to be educating people about hand health, we now know who to call. Thank you very much! >> MR. Chair: anybody else? I want to thank you for the great work you've done. I want to tell you that, as commissioner higgins said, this is actually started before we had the virus of covid and just fell in place. It's incredible, because we were able to see before and after and the results. But you are the future of this community, and we thank you so much for taking the time for leadership and moving forward for something that's important for so many. So I just want to say on behalf of this commission and the mayors there too, thank you from all of us. Okay? GOD bless you. Continue the good work. All right. Yes? >> Male Speaker: thank you. >> MR. Chair: MADAME Attorney, good morning. >> Female Speaker: good morning. >> MR. Chair: I need -- know we need to go to reasonable opportunity for public hearing; am I correct? >> Female Speaker: yes, to be heard. In accordance with rule 606 of the board's rule of procedure, members of the public will now have a reasonable opportunity to be heard regarding nonpublic hearing propositions that are before the commission today, which have now been subject to previous opportunity to be heard. Regarding public hearing items under section 5 of your agenda, members of the public will be given the opportunity to speak when the item is called. MR. Chair, you MAY extend the reasonable opportunity to be heard at this time. >> MR. Chair: thank you, MADAM Attorney. At this time, I have MR. Michael finney. Policy era. Palma fierro. Katrina washington. If you hear your name, please step up. Sergeant norms, tell you where to stand. Give me one second. Are tina washington. >> Female Speaker: good morning, everyone. >> MR. Chair: hold on, ma'am, if you can one second. Cordelia wright, terry campbell, dorothy johnson, please step up and get in line. Lead us off by. [Inaudible] >> Male Speaker: good morning, MR. CHAIRMAN. Thank yu for the opportunity to speak, commissioners, mayor. Want to speak in support of two items, item 4c -- I'm sorry. Michael finney, 80 sw. Eighth street, miami. PRESIDENT And ceo of miami-dade counsel bank. The items away speak of items 4c, of resolution is being proposed. I think it's on the first reading. It's in support of creative approaches to helping businesses expand and grow throughout miami-dade. It's being sponsored by commissioner higgins, james constand from our team will also speak in a couple minutes. ,, too many details but they want to express support. The second item, MR. CHAIRMAN, is item number 14 a5, resolution approving project,. Relocation that we are working on and we ask your support for that item as well. Thank you. >> MR. Chair: thank you. With that, paola? >> Female Speaker: dear board of county commissioners, thank you for the opportunity to speak on agenda item 4d. Minimus pilot fierro, the executive director of auto society, 5530 sunset drive, miami area code 33143. The county development. [Inaudible] Excellent policy that allowed to develop the needs of the county while preserving our precious natural resources. Thanks to the cgmp, miami-dade county has been able to maintain valuable buffer land that helps us restore the efforts which have indispensable protect our work supply. It's given us a unique feature of the urban development boundary to help us match goals while protecting biscayne bay and national park, and biscayne national park. This is why I want you to very carefully exchange the cnc and weigh the consequences. The proposed ordinance in section 25d4 creates a loophole by changing the procedure to article amendments and allowing the board of county commissioners to file them at any time instead of following the JANUARY. [Inaudible] The proposal is problematic because the cgmp has cycled for the board of county commissioners to analyze the consequences of land-use change in a coherent and comprehensive matter and not in its abysmal approach, allowing changes at any time would defeat this very important feature. Second, proposed change to te cnc to introduce too forward a single cgmp application. [Inaudible] Changing policies and regulations to approve requests. As residents of miami-dade county, we should be proud o a comprehensive master plan with the major chances regarding civil rights and restoring biscayne bay, the focus is being developing planning tool and not creating loopholes by the biscayne bay report. Thank you for your time. The society looks forward to collaborate with you to identify solutions while protecting our natural resources. >> MR. Chair: thank you, paolo . Before I go to the next person, please look at the clock in front of you. You have two minutes to speak when you get up. Speaking clearly, please. state your name clearly and state your address. Thank you for your patience. Thank you. >> Female Speaker: good morning, everyone. My name is patricia washington, biscayne gardens at 11421, northwest 15th drive. First, I apologize for not having specifics on the item, because I tried to get an agenda to see it. But I'm just going to speak in layman's terms in reference to what I feel and what I think would best suit the residents of that unincorporated area. I would like to ask the council of the commission to vote in favor of us, allowing us to be able to vote as the as to whether we would like to become an incorporated area or not. I think it would behoove us to allow the people to make their choice as to how they want to reside in the area. Like very much so that commission understands that I have lived there for 35 years and I have seen the ins and outs of how we can be better served. I think that we can be better served by regulating our general and local areas in terms of how we would be able to function as families and residents in the biscayne gardens aea. I know that for a fact that I've been very much involved in different issues that come up before this commission. A lot of times, I don't think you would have to address those issues if we were able to do it ourselves in that area. I am asking you to allow the people to voice their choice on a ballot and decide for themselves as to how they would want to move forward as residents in this area. I am in favor of biscayne gardens becoming an incorporated area so that we can make our own decisions and we can determine how we will function in the future. I beg you, humbly beg you to do that on behalf of the residents and the biscayne gardens unincorporated area of miami-dade county. I thank you for your time and I thank you for your patience. >> MR. Chair: thank you, MS. Washington. I appreciated. Ladies and gentlemen, the way we do this here is you use your hand. If you like what's being said, wave your hand. So we got it? There you go. Great job over there! So with that, we move on. But I have a little issue. That was a five item. Unfortunately, the cards got mixed up when they brought them up to me. That's a public hearing item. If you are here on that item, are you both on -- I apologize for making you woke up early. I think you want to be heard wen the item is heard. I already have testimony on MS. Washington. Please step back and I've other people for all other items. Sorry for the mixup. I have MS. Laura reynolds james constand I apologize if I mispronounce this, but area nayar, I believe, okay. please step up. Terrace goodman, joanna forget, please step up and sergeant and arms will put you in position. With that, you MAY commence. >> Female Speaker: thank you, MR. CHAIRMAN. Laura reynolds were planning to hold the line coalition at 6801 sw. 80 -- >> MR. Chair: MS. Reynolds? Please, thank you. >> Female Speaker: thank you. I'm representing the hold the line coalition. Thank you. Address 6801 sw. 83rd court. I wanted to thank commissioner sosa for item 4s and t, bringing the zoning concurrently is an important step. Thank you for bringing that forward. I look forward to the rest of the alert you hh amendments that were part of the 2019 year cycle. We have sent letters in support of those, and I hope you consider moving those forward as soon as possible. However, item 4d, we are opposed to at the hold the line coalition, we are very concerned about changing the policies that we have in place. We have been looking at these, and I support the comments of tropical audubon society. We look at this holistically. Your staff has already overwhelmed with dealing with the first out of cycle application they've ever had. In my opinion, this is an unfunded mandate. We are taking applications at any time and you don't even have the resources to deal with that now. So you would have to increase the planning staff budget to be able to accurately look at each of these applications. I urge you to tinnitus when it comes back to you. We are already overwhelmed, like I said. We need to be looking at things in a holistic manner. What I would like to say, vice chair gilbert had it crrect when he said we need to come together with common cause and common purpose. That should be our goal. When we amend the city mp, it's a big deal that should only be done under extreme circumstances. We are not facing that now. I urge you to deny 4d and support 4s. Thank you. >> MR. Chair: thank you, MS. Wuornos. James? >> Male Speaker: county commissioners, thank you much. James with the miami-dade counsel, [Inaudible] Here to speak of irrevocable items on this morning's agenda, item 4g, miami-dade county is at a disadvantage when we are recruiting business from out of state to without a strong job creation incentive with the loss of the cutie I of the state of florida. Missing opportunities that are instead looking to other areas in the land of national and others. We strongly support the creation of a new job creation incentive, note that will facilitate the ongoing efforts to create high-volume jobs for miami-dade county. Look forward to working with you, commissioner higgins, the proposed program over 35 years' experience and expertise in the space. The other item, 14 a1, council has long supported sustaining. [Inaudible] Miami-dade county inch partnership with CHAIRMAN Diaz in the military affairs word as well as other entities. The florida international guard expansion at the home reserve base will be a win/win for south miami-dade county. First, it creates hundreds of jobs and investor were 65 million internet infrastructure. The expansion also will increase local availability of assets to respond to community needs in times of crisis and the compatible military activity creates a buffer on the fence line, limiting issues of encouragement and positioning the missions like the f 35. Thank you, commissioner Mcgee, for forwarding this item. We support those as well. Lastly, 14 a5,,, head coach or -- median company from new york, created 250 new jobs, wages of 150,000 which is twice miami-dade county's average wage of 50 million into the city of doral. We very much want to thank the commissioner for your sponsorship and leadership as well as the mayor and her team for bringing this item forward. This is going to be a massive win for the community and bring miami into the phase of global media hub for the world. Thank you very much. appreciated. >> MR. Chair: thank you, james. >> Male Speaker: good morning, commissioners. I'm happy to have the opportunity to talk to you. >> MR. Chair: please state your name and address for the record degree my name is ozzie or near, near corporations. I am speaking about the fact sheet. >> MR. Cair: address for the record. >> Male Speaker: my address, 3670. [Inaudible] >> MR. Chair: thank you, sir. >> Male Speaker: is a year and a half that. [Inaudible] I hope you know that they are working, it's a disaster. Now that some things have started to move, only 20 percent of all the fleet is working and it's nw working, they are getting $50 month. $50 a month. Now we got from the pta, from the pta, we got to pay the dues for this year for the permit, $350. This is only, this is only 65 percent, oly. 65 percent of our income nearly, if it's working. And we are -- we are very happy. We hoped for everything. I would like to thank commissioner martinez for the efforts that maybe something will change. The time is in essence till 15 SEPTEMBER. SEPTEMBER 15, we are getting $500. [Indiscernible] I hope you will take into consideration and I thank you for the opportunity to speak. >> MR. Chair: thank you so much, sir. Ma'am? >> Female Speaker: my name is shoshana new york, and his wife. And they basically wrote a letter in FEBRUARY so the oldest elective commissioners and mayor cava. And the only answer that we got was from the office of the mayor that she received and they will look into it. That happened. Until now, until AUGUST 11, when we received the new request to pay the dues, no more, even for the reminders, nothing. Now we have to pay the $350. For what? Nobody can take dues for something that does not bring in money. On something that we are not making profit. It costs us more just to keep the permits than the dues. So you have to take in account that most of us are retirees that invested our assets into this business as, yes, businesses go up and down. But we understand it. But when you go to the stock market, they don't text you if you lose your stocks. Why are they texting us? We have to live for something. We go from social security, it's barely enough to survive. And we don't say don't take dues, we say, yes, proportionately. If we can make the money, then first of all, we pay for the whole year of 2020. We paid in FEBRUARY 2020. The taxes were not working until MARCH 2021. >> MR. Chair: thank you so much for your testimony, ma'am. >> Female Speaker: thank you. >> MR. Chair: sir? >> Male Speaker: minimus and a finder, phenom coronation. I am talking about. [Indiscernible] In history, we used to look. [Indiscernible] To drive a taxi through every service station to pass the test with everything. Of course the county, it will cost money. Even make it. The $350, we don't even mke it. Taxes with standing. Most of them, as I said before, 20 percent are working, maybe even less. Lots of people are telling us they cannot do it. And whatever work, most of this goes to the competition that don't pay nothing for the county, they lose on the list. Then we are standing here empty-handed, awaiting their work. [Inaudible] We need to at least for this year to repay last year. We pay some of us. [Indiscernible] 2020 would be for not. Then we paid it, at least we get 2022 with this money. It's not work. Nothing more to do now. Anyway, commissioner martinez, thank you for coming out with this kind of idea. Rossi . >> MR. Chair: to give your testimony. All right. MS. Terrence gorman? Three jonathan? >> Male Speaker: CHAIRMAN And commissioners, thank you very much. Very much appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today. My name is lieutenant colonel terrence gorman. My address is 82 marine street, saint augustine, florida 32084. >> MR. Chair: I apologize, colonel. I did not have the rank. >> Female Speaker: that's fine, sir. I apologize for being late. >> MR. Chair: thank you, sir, for being here. >> Male Speaker: of course. Firstly, I would like to take a quick moment to thank you for the recognition of those fallen servicemembers and take a moment to say what an absolutely pristine execution by the miami-dade honor guard and I would like to recognize those folks. I am here on behalf of the adjutant general and department of military affairs and committing military general of the national guard to express support for the hard lease to the florida avenue army national guard and the department of military affairs. This will greatly enhance our ability to defend the homeland and to serve the people of south florida in the event of a natural disaster. It's our common purpose and common goal to do so. I would like to thank the county attorney's office, MR. Mayor's, from the county property office as well as all the various commissioners who have helped us. I would be happy to answer any questions and will remain here until the debate is continued, sir. Thank you very much. That's all I have. >> MR. Chair: thank you, colonel, and for all the members. We can do a sidebar and talk to him about any of these issues. >> Male Speaker: co morning, CHAIRMAN Diaz. Jonathan barnett, 18703 sw. 295 terrace, homestead, florida. >> MR. Chair: good morning, sir. >> Male Speaker: good morning, commissioners. I represent the military first council of homestead and I just wanted to say a few words about the families next homestead air reserve base. Military affairs council respectfully asks that you grant the lease for the approximate 70 acres of miami-dade county north of homestead air reserve base to the florida army national guard. The long-term positive effects this would create for the south dade community would be overwhelming, not only what a good florida national guard expand operations and provide community spport in times of hardship, it would also create a very necessary security buffer directly next to the highly valued ramp and runway on the home that he air reserve base. in addition, the florida national guard acquiring this land would also prevent ecroachment by incompatible land usage that would endanger the mission of the homestead air reserve base and the units. Respectfully, thank you very much. >> MR. Chair: thank you once again, sir. Thank you for your support always. With that, I will have no further names. Is there anybody else that signed a card, would like to speak at this moment that's not a public hearing item? Okay. So the public hearing is closed a this time. Modem attorney, before you start, MADAM Attorney, I want to thank the executive director of the military board crews for an incredible presentation this morning along with a retired police officer, which is -- she's incredible at making sure these events and the honor guard for many years. Marcella rosa and marco and gusts, outstanding job. Once again. MADAM Attorney, lead us in. >> MADAM Attorney: good morning. We do have a few preliminary matters. On item 3b1, commissioner regalado is adding her name to the poll list. 8f2, commissioner martinez is adding his name to the poll list. On items 801, 802, 803, 804, and 805, commissioner regalado is adding her name to the fullest. i repeat those: 801, 802, 803, 804, and 805, commissioner regalado is pulling those items. 11 letter a1, commissioner regalado is adding her name to the poll list. 11 letter a seven, commissioner regalado is adding her name to the poll list 14 a2, commissioner hammond is pulling this item. 14 a6, MR. Chair, this item has a scriveners error on page 3 of the item, the reference to sergeant rosario should be noted as two words with rosario was the middle name and butch otter was the last name. In addition, MR. Chair, you are pulling this item, CHAIRMAN Diaz pulling 14 a6. 14 a9, CHAIRMAN Diaz pull this item. 14 a 10, commissioner hammond pulls this item, 14 a 11, commissioner hammond pulls this item, 14 a 12, commissioner heyman pulls the item, and 14 a 14, CHAIRMAN Diaz pulls the item. We have some additional requests for cosponsorship. Item 4b, senator soto wishes to be listed as a cosponsor. 4c, senator soto cosponsors. 4f, CHAIRMAN Diaz and senator soto wish to be listed as cosponsors. 4k, senator soto cosponsors, 5b, senator soto wishes to be listed as a cosponsor; 11 a 14, commissioner higgins wishes to be listed as a cosponsor; 14 letter a1, CHAIRMAN Diaz cosponsors; 14 a3, senator garcia wishes to be listed as a cosponsor; 14a6, senator garcia cosponsors; 14 a 14, commissioner higgins wishes to assume sponsorship of this item; 14 a 15, CHAIRMAN Diaz, senator garcia and commissioner heyman always to be listed as cosponsors. The items to be considered at today's meeting will be those listed in the printed final agenda with the additions, deferrals, withdrawals, scriveners errors noted in the CHAIRMAN's memorandum, and the items I just mentioned. The commission will approve all of these items by a single vote set in the agenda except item 2b 11, that's the mayor's apartment of the director of community action and human services department, ordinances for first readings, public hearings, items 8a3, 8f1, 8f3, commercial service airport contracts which are pursuant to florida statutes must be voted on separately and are not on your pull list. Item subject to the four day rule under section 14 and the following pull list items; 2b5, 2b6, 3b1, eight letter a1, 8a2, eight f2, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 11 a1, 1182, 1185, 11a7, 14 letter a1, 1482, 14 a3, 14 a4, 14 a5, 14 a6, 14 a7, MR. Chair, 14 a7 is the first items, please read those are the of the first readings, 1488, 14 89, 14 a 10, 14 at 11, 14 a 12, 14 813, 14 a 14, 14 a 15. Motion to set the agenda. >> Female Speaker: moved to set the agenda. >> Female Speaker: second. >> MR. Chair: motion by commissioner soso second by commissioner heyman I believe it was. Oay. all in favor say a aye. >> Male Speaker: a wish to from the moment a motion of two items I am sponsoring, item 5d would like to defer to a date no time certain and item 6b1 can be withdrawn. >> MR. Chair: okay. MADAM Attorney, did you get that? >> MADAM Attorney: yes, sir. >> MR. Chair: I have a motion, have a second. All in favor say aye. Any opposed? None. >> Female Speaker: MR. Chair, if you want, overabundance of caution to expedite the meeting. Those 4chan items that were not taken apart, I can make a motion if you want to join my colleagues in approving for 14 a1, 14 a3, 14 a4, 14 a5, 14 a8, 14 a 13, 14 and 14, 14 a 15. >> Female Speaker: second. >> Male Speaker: 14 a 14 I pull. >> MR. Chair: okay. On 14 and 14 out of the list. >> Female Speaker: out of the list. >> MR. Chair: relist one more time. >> Female Speaker: I will. My pleasure. It is 14 a1, a3, 84, 85, a eight, a 13 and a 15. And I right now? >> MR. Chair: all right. Good with that. I have a motion by commissioner soso to move all those 14 items as stated. Second. >> Female Speaker: second. > MR. Chair: who said second? Thank you. All in favor say aye. all oppose? None. >> Female Speaker: yes, MR. CHAIRMAN, and item set on the agenda they read was not properly advertised. So the attorney has suggested that I move the public hearing for a closing petition p971 to the board of county commissioners' zoning meeting on SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 at 9:30 A.M. In the commission chambers. Thank you, MR. Chair. >> MR. Chair: that's a motion. >> Female Speaker: yes, sir. >> MR. Chair: second by myself and the vice CHAIRMAN. All in favor say aye. Any opposed? None. >> Male Speaker: MR. Chair? 14, 11, 12, 13 I rule. [Inaudible] >> Male Speaker: 10, 11, 12, 14. Thank you, MR. Chair. >> MR. Chair: four day rule has been enacted on said items. Anybody else? Okay. MADAM Attorney? >> Female Speaker: MR. Chair, there are three aviation items which are pursuant to florida law requiring separate folks and are not on your pull list. They are items eight a3, eight f1, eight f3. Would you like to entertain a motion to approve those? >> Female Speaker: so moved. Item is item 8 a3. >> Female Speaker: I move the item. >> MR. Chair: okay. I have a motion to move second by cmmissioner rigoletto and commissioner hardiman. all in favor say aye. Any opposed? Next item. >> Female Speaker: eight f3. >> MR. Chair: eight f3, do I have a motion? >> Female Speaker: moved. >> MR. Chair: motion by commissioner heyman second by commissioner regalado. All in favor say aye. Any opposed? >> MADAM Attorney: and eight f1. >> MR. Cair: eight f1? Moved by the vice CHAIRMAN Second by commissioner rigoletto. All in favor say aye. Any opposed? None. MADAM Attorney? >> MADAM Attorney: I believe also the aministration has a statement they ned to put on the record regarding a public hearing item. >> MR. Chair: all right. Front and center please. >> Female Speaker: good morning. Section 3 7680 of the florida statutes requires that noticeable public hearing on a resolution submitting a brownfield area be announced at a scheduled meeting before the actual public hearing. This announcement serves as a notice that a public hearing on a resolution relating to a proposed brownfield area designation at the northwest corner of southwest 248 street and southwest 120th avenue, miami-dade county, florida, is being planned for this board OCTOBER 5, 2021 meeting. Thank you. >> MR. Chair: thank you, ma'am. Met the mayor? >> Female Speaker: MR. Chair? >> MR. Chair: commissioner heyman? >> Female Speaker: if I could be recognized sometime in the set up on an issue. >> MR. Chair: was it stated by aministration? >> Female Speaker: to make a request of statement to the office. Thank you. Pulled on the add on list that came very late, 14 a 10, 11, 12 were four day rule. MADAM Mayor, I was prepared to four day rule also with the directive that we have two pieces of legislation specific to our tabby industry to help them and the very idea that they were not included for this type of service showed, now that it's four day rule, and we have a window of a month, really be looked at. They are out there. They are in industry. They are ours. Of the so that is my issue. I was prepared to four day rule it, if it was not going to happen. But you previously have supported helping them before. So, please, my request! You. >> MR. Chair: thank you, commissioner heyman, for your statement to the administration. With that, MADAM Mayor, I understand you have an appointment. >> Female Speaker: I do. Thank you, MR. Chair into the commissioners. Welcome back. i am very proud today to introduce to you for any race is director of our community action and human services department. She has been with our county for 25 years. She has worked in multiple roles across the county. She was formerly in the department of human services. And also in the office of the mayor and most recently the department of regulatory and economic resources. These roles, she's had a very excellent, enormous impact through her care and compassionate service for the residents of miami-dade county, and she gained an additional wealth of experience across county departments when she was division chief within our er and she managed the intergovernmental and legislative affairs for that department. She helped establish department of policies and procedures and more in office of mayor and she assisted the deputy mayor with management and oversight of departments including aviation, rer, seaport water, and sewer. She received her masters of science in management and graduate certificate in human resource management from st. Thomas, bachelors degree in psychology from tnnessee state university. She is with us here today. Believe with her mother. I hope that you will join me in welcoming her to this important role. Sonja? >> Female Speaker: thank you so much. [Applause] >> MR. Chair: welcome. >> Female Speaker: good morning! Thank you, mayor cava, for the opportunity and trust in me to lead the amazing professionals of cosby. They are the soul of the departmental of the department. Like you, MADAM Mayor, I will have a presence in the community to ensure our clients know that they have awards and we are listening. I will do the best for the department and the staff. Good morning, chime in diaz, and vice CHAIRMAN Gilmarti, forgive me for being nervous. It is truly humbling to stand before you today. I have to thank GOD for using an ordinary person like me for this extraordinary job. I have never dreamed that the nac hall who believes she could help every man who walked through the door whatever stand in this role. I am truly honored. Honorable board members, I've worked behind the scene with the staff. With permission, I would like to meet with you to ensure that we work well together to address the concerns of your districts. Thank you, MR. Copeland, for this opportunity and your continuous support and trust in me. There's a multigenerational department. We trust every age group. We will continue to make a positive impact to the community services we provide in our holistic approach to providing comprehensive services. I am 100 percent committed to the department, the county and staff. Just as you know, I am a product of two educators who strongly believe in public education. Voltage and deserve the best education. They taught me to believe that my work ethics should represent and benefit the people that I serve. They were my mentors, he saved me. They save me to the person who stands before you today. I'm so sorry. My mom is here with me today who most of you know is my roommate. She is my best friend. She is my heart. I also have to thank MR. Belford for believing in me and always providing sound advice to help me grow professionally and personally. If jacquez here, I would think him too as well as all of my former bosses. Thank you again for this privilege and I promise not to let you down. [Applause] >> Female Speaker: thank you so much, sonja. To be clear, that's the community action and services department and in the portfolio chief maurice copeland with the no wrong door approach to services. Thank you so much, MR. Chair. >> MR. Chair: thank you, MADAM Mayor. That was a great choice. look forward to a lot of great work. Congratulations again, sonja. With that, MADAM Attorney, let's do real fast five b -- I'm sorry, 2b5 followed by two b6. 2b5, commissioner heyman. >> Female Speaker: thank you, MR. Chair. Consistently, we hve voted in areas of our departments and our services when we have had issues related to covid's impact on our fees, on our licenses, on our operations and compassionately we have given money through the cares act and designated money for arp to help different entities to business with and for miami-dade county. I have voted for concessionaire assistance every time. But the situation now confounds me. I have flown out recently in the last month about five times through mia, and ironically, the most recent time when I went there early enough and I wanted to support vendors, I could not get in a line that was short enough to allow me to still make my flight. We have 163 businesses that are open. But by choice or for some reason, we have 79 businesses that still remain closed. And I have to tell you, when I read the stats and it was our interim airport director, we are at about 12 percent down from 2019. That is pre-covid. And for some of us that were here on the dais will remember director zola telling us that was a banner year, perhaps the best year for mia. So the irony is that we have concessionaires that are remaining closed, that are seeking compensation and additional assistance. But what troubles me more is I had a door hanger from employees of these concessionaires saying please vote to give a concessionaire's money and help us. But putting them back to work would help them. And my concern is, and you all should get this. Is a public document from the airport where we have businesses waiting to open -- I mean, be patronized that are not opened. We have -- wait, this is good one for the miami today. Over 5 million international passengers have gone through mia since JUNE. And over 10.6 million of domestic. It has opened up that we have businesses that are concessionaires that are remaining closed and asking for assistance. I want you to hear me now. I will not be reporting it because you are not supporting our airport. The employees that work there. Most especially, people who will go through that area and would like to patronize, give money, and let us tax you for it. They need to open up. And to my clleagues, I hope you will look at the document from the airport. Thank you. >> MR. Chair: thank you, commissioner heyman. my portion of this is commissioner hardiman, the chair of the airport committee. If we can, I believe before we have the next meeting, mac is going to run out the agreement. If we could do an extension, a motion to extend these two after you bring whatever resolution you will bring forth. >> Male Speaker: so moved. MR. Chair: okay. To what date do you want, the end of OCTOBER? >> Male Speaker: I will take advice of council. >> MADAM Attorney: your motion could be to extended until such time as a long-term relief is put in place or you can provide a date, whatever is your preference, commissioner. >> Male Speaker: that's if the long-term relief is put in place. >> Female Speaker: correct. >> Male Speaker: the motion will be will what you stated on the right? And if the long-term relief is not put into place a week thereafter. >> Female Speaker: got it. Thank you. That, I will second that. All in favor say eye -- aye. Any opposed? None. MADAM Attorney, do you have that? >> MADAM Attorney: ys, MR. Chair. >> MR. Chair: thank you. With that, MADAM Attorney, do we move -- wait a minute. Of category 1 more. I apologize. Commissioner 2b6, commissioner rick a lot -- regalado? >> MR. Chair: commissioner regalado, recognized. >> Female Speaker: thank you for that. On two b6 in terms of how much we have spent on the summer? >> Female Speaker: MR. Chair? >> MR. Chair: wo was calling me? Mayor. >> MR. Chair: okay. >> Female Speaker: I'm looking for chief copeland, kathy burgos over juvenile services department to answer any questions. And if david -- I'm sorry. We have representative hear from all and beach to enter the financial part of the question. >> Fmale Speaker: thank you, MADAM Mayor. Briefly, the question, MR. Chair, as I know we started a little late. I wanted to know if we use all of the funds and if we are rolling them into other years. Or other programming. >> Female Speaker: thank you, commissioner. So I know that we did -- were able to get the program up and running, if there were any funds left. We would propose to roll them over to the next summer. >> Female Speaker: are we going to receive any detail -- >> Female Speaker: absolutely. You will indeed receive detail. There was a report that will be forthcoming as I understand as part of our change with the details. >> Female Speaker: thank you for including children! Appreciate it. >> Female Speaker: absolutely encumbrances lay across the county. Thank you. >> MR. Chair: all right. Commissioner regalado, you good? MADAM Attorney? >> MADAM Attorney: yes, MR. Chair. Can we have a motion to accept the report, please. Speaker: so moved. >> Male Speaker: second. >> MR. Chair: so all in favor say aye. Any opposed? None. MADAM Attorney, I guess we go to the fours unless you have something prior. >> MADAM Attorney: no, sir. Age requirement of section 2-2381 of the code as to nursery radcliffe to announce allowed to serve. As member of miami-dade county elder affairs advisory board, appointing nursery radcliffe to miami-dade county elder affairs advisory board in providing severability inclusion from the code as an effective date, 4b is an ordinance to procurement oficial coverings and masks creating section 2-8.2.6.2 of the code, creating the buy american facial covering and mass procurement program, providing exceptions, exempting certain projects providing severability inclusion in the code and effective date. [Inaudible] Want to look forward to ferment for now. >> Female Speaker: would you like to entertain a motion to approve the deferral now and 4b? >> Female Speaker: so moved. Commissioner regalado, second by vice CHAIRMAN. All in favor say aye. Any opposed? MADAM Attorney? >> MADAM Attorney: 4c was deferred, 4d is the next relating to compliance with development master plan amending section 2-16.1 of the code, providing that cmp amendments requested by the board of including amendments related to the urban development boundary, urban expansion areas MAY be processed and heard during any application legal as an out of cycle amendment or on an alternative schedule set by the board. Making technical changes providing severability, inclusion in the custody and effective date. 4e is ordinance related to disposition of county surplus property amending section 2-11.2.1 of the code, requiring the prior to the counties donating surplus personal property to a nongovernmental entity, the entity shall submit to the county disclosure from declaring identity and extent of interest of each individual and entity having an ownership interest in the entity with certain limited exceptions, making clarifying changes, providing severability inclusion in the code and effective date. 4f is ordinance related to animals amending sections 5-4 and acc 10 of the code and enumerating additional acts that constitute animal cruelty, making clarifying changes, increasing civil penalties for certain animal cruelty violations, providing severability inclusion in the code and effective date, four liturgy is ordinance related to job creation incentives for businesses, creating a miami-dade relocation and expansion incentives program after -- new to market businesses, in the county which create a minimum number of jobs. Amending article 86 of the code and created action 2-1260 through JUNE-1269 of the code providing definitions providing scope, terms, maximum award amount and disbursement procedures of the accident of. [Naudible] And providing severability inclusion in the custody and effective date. 4h is ordinance related to the streets miami and the tree trust fund. Amending section 2-1334 of the code to expand the purpose of been street miami, amending section 2-1335 of the code to adjust composition of the board, amending section 2-1336 of the code to expand allowable areas for treeplanting, amending section 24-39 of the code to set aside tree trust fund monies, to be used within the county's unincorporated service area, providing for a one-time transfer of surplus funds, from the tree trust fund requiring a report providing severability, inclusion in a code as effective date. 4I is ordinance relating to or higher vehicle for moving deferring payment and taxicab license renewal fees for fiscal year 2020 test 21, directing the county mayor to identify legally available funds from within the fiscal year 20-21 county budget to the extent available for many purpose aid relief and economic security act or american rescue plan funds. Allocated to the county to find any revenue loss from waiver of taxicab license renewal fees, for fiscal year 2020 test 21 and include such funds in the appropriation and allocation of same in the end of year budget amendment for fiscal year 2020 test 21 along with a waiver of taxicab license renewal fees or alternatively provide a report. Providing severability, exclusion from the code and effective dates, 4j is ordinance related to zoning and unincorporated area amending section 33-284 63 of the code, amending downtown urban cnter zoning district regulations to authorize all signage as allowed pursuant to standard urban center district regulations providing severability and iclusion in the code as effective date. >> 4k is ordinance related to animals and noise regulation amending section 21 dish 28 of miami county florida regarding animal noise providing severability inclusion of the code and effective date. 4l is ordinance related to environmental quality control board in section 24-8 of the code of miami-dade county, florida, revising number of board members, qualifications for board members, and requirements for quorum and board actions, making technical changes providing severability, inclusion in the code, and effective date. 4m is ordinance claims petition loc, establishment of the community district general on the north by southwest 288 street on the east by southwest 167th avenue, on the south by theoretical southwest, on the suth by theoretical southwest 293rd street. On the west by southwest, 172nd avenue, creating and establishing biscayne drive is safe community development districts, providing for name, prescription offenders, providing additional members board of supervisor's and proper declaration -- [Inaudible] Exclusion from the codes and effective date. For them is amending. [Inaudible] Expanding boundary of choral. Homes, phase 1 street lighting, taxing district who has properties. [Inaudible] As amended on the north by theoretical southwest, 36 street on the east by southwest 147th avenue and south by theoretical southwest 39th street. On the west by southwest 140th quarter identifying services, authorizing and directing the mayor to provide for installation of streetlights, approving the street lighting agreement with florida power & light and authorizing the mayor doesn't need to excuse the agreement resolution number, -- and providing for exclusion from the code and effective date. 4o is ordinance creating. [Inaudible] -- miami-dade county, florida, generally on the north by teoretical southwest 249th terrace on the east by theoretical southwest 133rd place, on the south by theoretical southwest 250th lane and on the west by theoretical southwest, 134th court, known and described as hibiscus court. Hibiscus gardens with multipurpose maintenance in the street lighting, special taxing district. [Inaudible] Or designee to cause to be maintained and operated public improvements -- approving streetlight agreement with florida power and light and authorizing the mayor designee to excuse the agreement, waiving provisions and resolution r-1 3006 and providing for exclusion from the code and expected date north by theoretical southwest, 281st street on the east by southwest 67th avenue, on the south by theoretical southwest 282nd street, west by theoretical southwest 157 that passage, known and described as walden drive, street lighting, special taxing district identifying services to be provided, authorizing and directing the mayor or designee provided for the installation of streetlights, approving the street lighting agreement with homestead energy services and authorizing the mayor or designee to excuse the agreement, waiving -- one 3006 and providing exclusion from the code as effective date. 4r is an ordinance creating special taxing district in miami-dade county, florida, on the north by. [Inaudible] The east by theoretical southwest 69th court, on the south by theoretical southwest 44th street and on the west by theoretical southwest 69th place, known inscribed as smiling phase 1 multipurpose, maintenance special taxing district identifying services, authorizing and directing the mayor designee to cause to be maintained and operated from improvements in providing exclusion from the code and effective date. 4s is an ordinance related to zoning in the inc. And unincorporated areas, section 33-2 in creating article 30 3d. Three of the code of miami-dade county florida establishing the urban development plan area, development zoning district, grading standards and procedures for the udp pad amending section. 3-14, providing for board of county commissioners, circumstance of providing severability inclusion and the code as effective date. >>> letter 4t -- disposition of application and under cgmp 20210004, located on the southwest corner of northwest sixth avenue and northwest 89th street followed by developing llc is an out of cycle application to amend the county's comprehensive master plan, provided severability exclusion from the code and effective date. 4u is an ordinance treating the miami-dade county task force to review existing laws, codes, procedures related to the buildings, inspections and re-certifications that provide recommendations for the board of family commissioners, committing creating article 167 of chapter 2 of the code of miami-dade county, florida, providing for the composition and duty of the task force and other related matters in providing severability, inclusion in the code as an effective date. Finally, 4d letter a7 is an ordinance amending the sunset date of the drivers license suspension task force created by resolution number r-numb 1042-20, certain period of time providing for membership organization and procedures setting for the purpose function and response ability from concept division providing severability, exclusion from th