Commission Meeting_December 1979 to January 1980COMMISSION MEETING
Mayor Meyerson requested that Administration
take necessary steps to improve the sound
system in Commission Chambers.
Mr. Scott Ross, President, M.B. Jaycees, Inc., 1/2/80
appeared and was heard re: resolution passed
on Dec. 6, 1979, which requests Commission to
consider matters of major importance at least
one hour after conclusion of normal business
day.
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Date
12/19/79
Mr. Scott Ross, President, M.B. Jaycees, Inc., 1/16/80
appeared and was heard re: methods by which to
decide what items warrant evening agenda
COMMISSION MEETING _s$
(continued) Date
consideration. No action taken. 1/16/80
April 2, 1980 being 2nd day of Passover, Com- 3/5/80
mission approved a change of meeting date to
April 9, 1980.
(NOT ON AGENDA) Commission approved sug-
gestion of City Mgr. that second April meeting
date be changed to April 23 to provide usual
two-week period between meetings, since first
meeting was changed from April 2nd (second day
of Passover) to April 9, 1980.
3/19/80
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Date
Per suggestion of City Mgr. Commission deter- 5/77g
mined that for purposes of formulating a
vacation schedule, there would be no meetings
held in July, 1980, and there will be sessions
in the month of August,
Mayor Meyerson requested Administration pursue 5/21/80
possibility of correcting acoustic problems
which exist in Commission Chambers,
Comms. Daoud & Wikler rev'd. highlights of Natl. 12/3/80
League of Cities Atlanta mtg. & Discussions held
re: combatting crime, energy problems, etc. facing
all U.S. cities. C. Atty. was asked to rev. & sub-
mit opinion before 12/17/80 mtg. as to Comm. Wikler's
q„uapstion for holding "informal Comm. mtgs." in
COMMISSION MEETING 60'
(cont'd.) Date
relation to existing Sunshine Law. (see NATIONAL 12/3/80
LEAGUE OF CITIES, "SUNSHINE" LAW)
Comm. Wikler suggested installation in Comm. Cham- 3/18/81
bers of large clock w/second sweep so that citizens
who speak during mtg. can be aware of amt. of time
they have during a presentation. Comm. Falk suggested
using Co.'s format of setting out whether an agenda
item, will be heard in the morning or afternoon, so
that citizens interested in specific item need not
wait an entire day to be heard.
Conduct of commission meetings/Agenda format. 5/20/6/
Comm. Wikler suggested adoption of a Comm. policy
regarding moving consideration of agenda items
COMMISSION MEETING 61
(Cont'd) Date
forward, ahead of other listed items. He also 5/20/81
asked the C. Mgr. to contact other municipalities
in an effort to ascertain their agenda listing
format as to whether they schedule approximate
times that items will be heard so people will
know in advance & not be required to sit in
attendance during the entire session, & to report
back.
C. Comm. approved C. Mgr's recommendation that no 5/20/81
Comm. meetings be held during the mo. of Aug.;
that aft. 7/15 mtg., the next scheduled mtg. would
be held on 9/2/81.
COMMISSION MEETING 62
Date
Comm. approved C. Mgr's recommendation that 7/1/81 6/3/8]
Comm. mtg. be postponed to 7/8/81 to accommodate
holiday/vacation plans. Clerk to publish date
change.
Comm. Falk suggested that Comm. mtg. of 10/7/81, 9/2/81
being the eve of Yom Kippur, be deferred to 10/14/81
to accommodate members of the public who wish to
attend. No objection was expressed to mtg. date
change; Admin. to publicize the defermenti:.
Rescheduling of Comm. Mtgs. scheduled for Wed., 10/9/81
10/14/81 & Wed. 10/21/81, both of which fall on
religious holidays. Mtg. scbieduled for 10/14(81
COMMISSION MEETING 63
(Cont'd) Date
rescheduled for Thurs., 10/15/81 at 9:30 a.m. Mtg. 10/9/81
of 10/21/81 cancelled. Res. 81-16783 adopted,
amending Res. 81-16722, 81-16723, 81-16747, and
81-16748 so as to reschedule hrgs. to 11/18/81.
(see ZONING, PLANNING COMMISSION)
Comm, voted to cont. 11/18/81 session to Wed., 11/18/81
11/25/81 at 9 a.m. to conclude agenda,
Ch. Dept. Ct. Att. advised that although req/d. 1/26/82
quorum was not pres. for the sp. Comm. mtg. called
for the purpose of referring to the Planning Bd.
consideration of requiring an environmental impact
study of certain types of new const. & formal
action could not be taken on any subj?, Comms.
COMMISSION MEETING 64
(Cont'd) Date
pres. may issue directives to Admin., if they so 1/26/82
wish. NOTE: This sp. mtg. was called as a
result of discussion during Wkshp. mtg. held on
1/25/82, for purpose of hrg. residents of Crystal
House who are in favor of imposition of a bldg. mora—
torium on Collins Ave., in area from 44 St. to 60 St.
Comm. voted to reschedule 4/7/82 Comm. mtg., which 3/3/82
is eve of 1st day of Passover, to Tuesday, 4/6/82.
Mayor Ciment requested Admin. to poll Comm. as to 6/16/82
summer vacation plans to det. if quorum will be pres.
on its reg. mtg. dates and/or possible need to schedule
sp. mtgs.
COMMISSION MEETING 65
Date
Aug. 4, 1982 mtg. canc. (Comm. will be in recess 7/7/82
fol. 7/21/82 mtg. until 8/18/82).
Scheduling of Dec., 1982 Comm. mtgs. Admin's 11/17/82
recommendation to combine the 2 Dec. mtgs. to
12/15/82, approved (reg. mtg. will not be held
on 12/1/82).
A sp. mtg. of MB Comm., scheduled for 9:30 a.m. 1/25/83
on Tues., 1/25/83 in City Hall, for discussion re.
the C. Atty, was not held due to lack of a quorum.
C. Mgr. also advised there was a tech. flaw in rela-
tion to the notice given of the mtg.
COMMISSION MEETING 66
Date
4/6/83 Reg. meeting for 5/18/83 rescheduled to
R -11C 5/17/83 & adjournment by 5PM (due to-relig.
holiday). (see MIAMI BEACH REDEVELOPMENT
&/OR AGENCY)
5/17/83 Memo 315-83 & 216-83, Planning rep. &
R -8A revised recommendation on New Adult
Congregate Living Facility Zoning Ord. &
admt. to Ch. 17B, Min. Housing Code to
provide addnl. phys. stds. for ACLFS. Sp.
mtg. scheduled for Tues., 6/14/83 at 9 a.m.
to consider ords. on 2nd readingre ACLFS
possible ballgt gues(s),. & settlement of
lawsuit involving Atty David Nevel s clients.
COMMISSION MEETING 67
Date (Cont'd)
5/17/83 VM Fromberg requested C Mgr imdtly notify
R -8A Mayor Ciment & Comr. Eisenberg (who were
absent) of mtg. scheduling. (see ACLFS,
MINIMUM HOUSING STDS., ORD., PLANNING COMM.,
SUITS AGAINST CITY, ZONING)
7/6/83 Memo 453-83, signing of agreements during
R -8F month of Aug. C Mgr auth'd to award any
essential contracts & approve Conv.
Ctr./TOPA leases during Aug. Comm. recess
w/report to be pres'd to Comm. for
ratification when it returns in Sept. (see
CONV. CTR. COMPLEX, PURCHASING PROCEDURES)
COMMISSION MEETING 68
Date
7/6/83 Comm. cancelled its reg. 8/3/83 & 8/17/83
R -9C meetings. (Following 7/20/83 mtg., Comm. in
recess till 9/7/83.)
9/29/83 Pursuant to provisions of Sec. 8 of Charter
of CMB, C Mgr called a Sp. Comm. Mtg. for
Friday, 9/30/83 at 10 a.m. to chg. the
deadline date for qualifying for Mayor &
City Commissioner for 1983 City Elec. from
Friday, 9/30/83--5 p.m. to Sat., 10/1/83 --
midnight. Chg. to enable those of Orthodox
Jewish faith the opportunity to qualify.
(see GENERAL ELECTION - NOV. 1, 1983)
Date
9/29783 Due to lack of quorum, C Mgr of CMB
cancelled the Sp. Comm. Mtg. scheduled for
Fri., 9/30/83 at 10 a.m. re. chg'g of
qualifying date for Mayor & City
Commissioner for 1983 City election. (see
GENERAL ELECTION - NOV. 1, 1983)
11/2/83 At suggestion of Mayor Fromberg, the Comm.
R -11B voted to cont. mtg. to next Wed., 11/9/83,
at 9:30 a.m. to afford new mems. of Comm.
opportunity to rev. agenda & back-up info.
11/9/83 Discussion held re. chg'g the start time of
R -9A Comm. mtgs to 1 p.m. rather than current
COMMISSION MEETING 70
Date (Cont'd)
11/9/83 9:30 a.m. time. Comr. Weisburd requested
R -9A C Atty draft ord. providing flexibility in
mtg. start time for consideration at
11/16/83 mtg.
11/16/83 Ord. amdg. Art. I, §2-1 of Code, designating
R -5B time of Comm. mtgs.; not reached - def. to
12/7/83.
12/7/83 Ord. admg. Art. I, §2-1 of Code, designating
R -5B time of Comm. mtgs. Upon inquiry fr. Comr.
Singer, Comr. Weisburd suggested item be
def'd since some Comrs. will not be pres.
during upcoming Dec. & Jan. mtgs.
OOMMI ION MEMING
Date
12/7/83 -
it -7E
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Memo 800-83, Res. 83-17577 adopted, auth'g
firm of Zyscovich & Grafton, archs., to make
necessary revisions to plans & specs for
rebid of the 21st St. Comm. Ctr. as an
addnl. serv. under the agreement (fee not to
exceed $16,185). Comr. Grenald asked Admin.
to investigate Mrs. Mildred Falk's sugges-
tions that contr. incl. plans to adapt Acorn
Theater to use by local colleges as training
facility for radio/tv programs. VM Daoud
suggested Mrs. Falk submit suggestions to
Admin. bef. mtgs. for evaluation & inclusion
into recommendations as deemed appropriate,
COMMISSION MEBTING 72
Date (Cont'd)
12/7/83 thereby expediting consideration of matters.
R -7E (see COMMUNITY CTRS. (CONTRS), COMMUNITY
CTRS., $2,000,000 BOND ISSUE, ACORNS CIVIC
THEATER)
12/21/83 Ord. passed on 1st reading amdg. Art. I,
R -5B Code §2-1, eliminating time designation of
City Comm. mtgs. Hrg. & 2nd reading
scheduled for 1/18/84 at 2 p.m.
1/18/84 Hrg. held & concluded re. ord. amd'g Art. I,
R -3E Code §2-1, deleting starting time of City
Comm. mtgs. Ord. failed passage, 3-2 (4
votes required for adoption).
COMMISSION MtgrTNG
Date
1/18/84
R -9G
1/18/84
R -11E
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Memo 56-84, status rep. on the MB Marina.
Atty David Nevel, rep'g Waterfront
Developers, Inc., appeared & requested
opportunity to make presentation.
mtg., Mr. Nevel referred to C Mgr
procedure for agenda placement
Later in
so normal
could be
fol'd. (see MB MARINA, SUITS AGAINST THE
CITY)
Mayor Fromberg advised if someone speaks fr.
audience microphones who is not recognized,
he will turn off the microphone so their
words are not recorded (in effort to
maintain control over mtg.). He requested
COMM/SSXON M PING 74
Date (Cont'd)
1/18/84 minutes reflect that those unauth'd words
R -11E are not part of the transcript because the
speaker was not recognized by the chairman.
2/1/84 Discussion re. 3/7/84 Comm. mtg. conflict
R -9I w/Natl. League of Cities Conference.
Because several mems. of Comm. will be out
of town on 3/7/84 to attend Conf., mtg.
date chg'd to Wed., 3/14/84, commencing at
9:30 a.m. (see NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES)
2/1/84 Because the 4/18/84 regular Comm. mtg. date
R -11E falls on the 2nd day of Passover, the Comm.
chg'd the date of that mtg. to 4/25/84.
COMMISSION MEETING
Date
2/15/84
R-88
4/4/84
R -9C
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Discussion on Mar. 7 and Apr. 18, 1984
Comm. mtgs. In effort to avoid back-to-back
mtgs., Comm. cancelled 3/21/84 reg. mtg. and
reset 2nd reg. Apr. mtg. to Thurs., 4/19/84
(instead of 4/25/84 as prev. scheduled).
Discussion held on request of Comr. Weisburd
of the rule allowing a Comr. to prohibit the
discussion of any agenda item not placed on
agenda 5 days prior to Comm. mtg. Motion
to adopt rule failed of passage 2-5 (VM
Daoud & Comr. Weisburd favoring motion).
COMMISSION MEET/NO
Date
4/19/84
R -1A
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Memo 236-84, request fr "Big Red" McElligott
to discuss Comm. mtgs. chg. of dates fr. the
reg. schedule. Mr. McElligott expressed
dissatisfaction w/wording of agenda request,
stating that his request pertained only to
the Mar., 1984 Comm. mtg. dates. He further
suggested that the Comm's chg'g dates of
Mar. mtgs. was not in compliance w/Code Art.
I, Sec. 2-1, & inquired why Code was not
amd'd to allow date chg. as necessary. C
Atty advised mtgs. were canc. because no
quorum would be pres. on reg. mtg. dates.
She advised an amdt. was desirable to clar-
ify Code (see Item R -4A). (see "M" MISC.)
COMMISSION MEETING 77
Date
4/19/84 Ord. 84-2407 adopted as an emergency meas.,
R -4A amdg. Sec. 8 of the M.B. City Charter & Sec.
2-1 of the M.B. City Code, providing that
the City Comm. may cancel and/or change the
dates & starting times of City Comm. mtgs.
4/19/84 Memo 245-84, chg. of mtg. dates - June &
R -8F July, 1984. 6/6/84 reg. Comm. mtg. date
chgd to Tues., 6/5/84, w/adjournment by 5
p.m. (due to Jewish holiday). 7/4/84 reg.
Comm. mtg. date chgd to Tues., 7/3/84, (due
to Natl. Independence Day holiday).
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Date
5/16/84 Reg. July mtg. dates chg'd. to 7/11 &
R -8A 7/25/84 (2nd & 4th Wed's.) due to Independ-
ence Day holiday 1st Wed. & time bet. mtgs.
due to Comm's. scheduled Aug. vacation.
6/5/84 Memo 353-84, signing of agreements during
R -8D mo. of Aug.; not reached - def. to 6/20/84.
7/25/84 Comm. Grenald suggested that Comrs. be pres.
R -11A. at mtg. starting time or that the starting
time be rescheduled to the time they
normally start. Mayor Fromberg advised that
mtgs. will be started on schedule in fut.
CO ITg8TOw MMTIMO
Date
--9/5/84
R -11F
11/21/84
R -1A
12/19/84
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The City Clerk announced that the advertise-
ment for the 9/12 and 9/19 budget hrgs.
reflect a 5 p.m. starting time, but the
correct time, as set by the Comm. on 7/25/84
was 5:30 p.m. (see 1984-85 BUDGET)
Memo 764-84, request of "Big Red" McElligott
to discuss people's legal right to be heard
at Comm. mtg. Mr. McElligott appeared & was
heard. (see "M" MISC.)
The Comm. voted to cancel the reg. -scheduled
1/2/85 mtg. & to have only 1 reg. mtg. in
Jan. (1/16/85) .
PagigagLirignag 8U
mate
12/11/84 Comm. voted to change date of the regularly-
SP.iMG. scheduled- 1/16/85. mtg. to Wed., 1/23%85:
NOTE: This will be the only Comm. mtg.
scheduled for 1/85 since the Comm. voted on
12/19/84 to cancel the 1/2/85 mtg.
4/17/85 VM Grenald suggested Comm. consider inviting
R -11G Cable TV to televise portions of Comm. mtgs.
that would be of most int. to the people,
and asked that matter be pl'd on the 5/1/85
agenda for discussion. (see CABLE TV)
5/1/85 Comm. rescheduled July Comm. mtgs. fr.
R -9B 7/3/85 and 7/17/85 to 7/10/85 and 7/24/85;
no mtgs. will be held in August (vacation).
COMMISSION MEETING
Date
6/5/85 Reg. 6/19/85 Comm. mtg. date rescheduled to
R -9C Wed., 6/26/85.
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10/8/85 At the Comm. mtg. to consider the ruling of
the Mayor, the Comrs. set forth that a fair
and impartial consideration of the Housing
Auth. issue could be held. Mayor Fromberg
denied motions of atty's rep'g Mr. Perlin
and Lerner to strike comments of Comrs.
based on Mr. Knox's opinion that there are
no con-straints on a deliberative board.
The Comm. voted unanimously to confirm the
Mayor's action in the removal of Messrs.
Lerner and Perlin. Sp. Comm. mtg. to be
COMMISSION MEETING
Date (Cont'd)
10/8/85 held on Wed
to removal
AUTHORITY)
11/20/85
R -9A
2/5/86
R -11M
82
., 10/23/85, re. action w/respect
of Mr. Sand. (see HOUSING
No objection expressed to chg'g. Jan. mtg.
dates to 1/8/85 & 1/22/85 due to 1st
regularly -scheduled mtg. date being New
Year's Day.
No objection expressed to Mgr's
that Cony. Ctr. concessionaire
& beverages for sale, & set
chairs for customers on 3rd
Hall during Comm. mtgs.
suggestion
provide food
up tables &
flr. of City
COMMISSION MDIVPING
Date
2/5/86 Mayor Daoud,
R -11K outside -line
removed.
3/5/86
R -11B
3/19/86
R -1A
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Comrs. Shockett & Singer urged
Commission table telephones be
Religious leaders invited to offer invoca-
tions to be advised of public nature of body
& asked to present nonsectarian invocations.
Stanley K. Shapiro suggested City consider
limiting speakers to 3 per item (like
Hialeah), and that City hold a mtg. every 2
mos. @ 6 p.m. Admin./C Atty to investigate
holding 1 mtg./mo. @ 5:00 p.m., submit pro-
posal to Rules & Sp. Events Com. for rev. &
COMMISSION Mg4!TNG 84
Date (Cont'd)
3/19/86 recommendation & put on 4/2/86 agenda. (see
R -1A "S" MISC.)
4/2/86 Discussion to chg. 4/16/86 Comm. mtg. to
R -9H 4/23/86; no action taken (mtg. date remains
4/16/86).
4/16/86 Admin. requested to review aft./evening
R -11C Comm. mtg. starting time and costs; rep. &
recommendation to be submitted.
5/21/86 Comm. voted to reschedule 7/2 and 7/16/86
R -11C mtgs. to 7/9 and 7/23/86; no mtgs. to be
held in Aug. (vacation).
COMMISSION M8EI'ING 85
Date
2/4/87 Mayor Daoud advised Comrs. Grenald &
R-11B Resnick & he would be in Israel 3/4/87 (reg.
Comm. mtg. date).