R5D-Ordinances Amending Procedures For Vendor Preference -Libbin-COMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY
Condensed Title:
Request Approval of Two (2) Ordinances Of The Mayor And City Commission Of The City Of Miami
Beach, Florida, Amending Procedures For Vendor Preference as Follows: (1) An Ordinance Of The
Mayor And City Commission Of The City Of Miami Beach, Florida, Amending Section 2-372 Of The
Miami Beach City Code, Entitled "Procedures To Provide Preference To Miami Beach-Based Vendors
In Contracts For Goods And Contractual Services," Specifically Amending Section 2-372(1 )(B) And 2-
372(2}(B); And, (2) An Ordinance Of The Mayor And City Commission Of The City Of Miami Beach,
Florida, Amending Section 2-374 Of The Miami Beach City Code, Entitled "Procedure To Provide
Preference To Veterans In Contracts For Goods And Contractual Services," Specifically Amending
Section 2-374 (2)(8}; Providing For Codification, Repealer, Severability, And An Effective Date.
SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING
Key Intended Outcome Supported:
Diversify Business Base in Miami Beach
Supporting Data {Surveys, Environmental Scan, etc.): 2009 Miami Beach Customer Survey
indicates 87% of businesses that rate the City of Miami Beach as one of the best, above average,
pr average places to run a business.
Issue:
Whether the City Commission should pass and adopt both Ordinances?
Item Summary/Recommendation:
At the March 18, 2013 meeting of the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee following
discussion, a motion was approved to strengthen the Local and Veterans Preference Ordinances as
follows:
Local Preference Ordinance is recommended to be amended to:
o require that bidders and proposers claiming local preference have a valid business tax receipt
for at least one (1) year prior to the issuance of an invitation to bid, request for proposals,
request for qualifications, requests for letter of interest, invitations to negotiate, or written
requests for quotations (Bid); and
o require that bidders and proposers claiming local preference have, for at least one (1) year
prior to the issuance of a Bid, its headquarters in the City, or have a place of business located
in the City at which it will produce the goods or perform the contractual services to be
purchased.
Both Local and Veterans Preference Ordinances are recommended to be amended to:
o require that the preference, as stipulated in the ordinances, be applied by the Procurement
Division at the completion of the allocation of points by the evaluation committee; and
o restrict the preferences to only the applicable proposer or bidder.
The City Commission approved the Ordinances on first reading at the April17, 2013 meeting.
Advisory Boar~ Recommendation:
~t the March 18, 2013 meeting of the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee following]
scussion, a motion was mad_e by Commissioner Libbin to strengthen the Local and Veterans
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AGENDA ITEM R s-D
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City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miomibeachfl.gov
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Membets of the c&·t~ Commission
Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager . ~ It:~~~
May 8, 2013 SEC~ND REApiNG AND PUBLIC HEARING
TWO (2) ORDINANCES OF THE MA~OR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORI£:\A, AMENDING PROCEDURES FOR
VENDOR PREFERENCE:
1. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 2-372 OF
THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "PROCEDURES TO
PROVIDE PREFERENCE TO MIAMI BEACH-BASED VENDORS IN
CONTRACTS FOR GOODS AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES;"
AMENDING SECTION 2-372(1)(b) THEREOF, TO REQUIRE THAT
MIAMI BEACH-BASED VENDORS HAVE A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT
TO PROVIDE THE GOODS AND SERVICES REQUIRED UNDER A
SUBJECT CITY BID FOR AT LEAST ONE (1) YEAR PRIOR TO THE
ISSUANCE OF THE BID, AS WELL AS HAVE THEIR BUSINESS
HEADQUARTERS, OR AN OFFICE OF THE BUSINESS, WITHIN THE
CITY FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST ONE (1) YEAR PRIOR TO THE
ISSUANCE OF THE BID; AND AMENDING SECTION 2-372(2)(b) TO
LIMIT SUCH PREFERENCE ONLY TO PROPOSERS; PROVIDING
FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
2. AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 2-374 OF
THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "PROCEDURE TO
PROVIDE PREFERENCE TO VETERANS IN CONTRACTS FOR
GOODS AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES"; BY AMENDING SECTION
2-374 (2)(b) TO LIMIT SUCH PREFERENCE ONLY TO PROPOSERS;
PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION
The attached Ordinances was approved on first reading at the April 17, 2013 City Commission
meeting following the direction from the Neighborhood and Community Affairs Committee at their
March 18, 2013 meeting. Staff recommends approval of the proposed amendments on Second
Reading.
KEY INTENDED OUTCOME SUPPORTED
Diversify Business Base in Miami Beach.
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Commission Memo Re Local and Veterans Preference Ordinances
May 8, 2013
Page 2 of'2
BACKGROUND
Both the City's Local Vendor Preference Ordinance No. 2011-3747 (Local Preference) and the
Military Veterans Vendor Preference Ordinance No. 2011-3748 (Veteran's Preference) were
passed and adopted on second reading by the Mayor and City Commission at its December 14,
2011 meeting.
At the January 16, 2013 City Commission meeting, Commissioner Libbin requested further
discussion to consider modification to the Local Preference and Veterans Preference Ordinances.
Accordingly, the discussion was referred to the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee.
At the March 18, 2013 meeting of the Neighborhood/Community Affairs Committee following
discussion, a motion was approved to strengthen the Local and Veterans Preference Ordinances as
follows:
Local Preference Ordinance
o To require that bidders and/or proposers (Bidders) claiming local preference have a
business tax receipt for at least one {1) year prior to the issuance of an invitation to bid,
request for proposals, request for qualifications, requests for letter of interest, invitations to
negotiate, or written requests for quotations (Bid); and
o For at least one ( 1) year prior to the issuance of a Bid, have its headquarters in the City, or
has a place of business located in the City, at which it will produce the goods or perform
the contractual services to be purchased.
Both Local and Veterans Preference Ordinances
o For the preference to be applied by the Procurement Division at the completion of the
allocation of points by the evaluation committee; and
o Restrict the preferences to only the applicable proposer or bidder.
The City Commission approved the aforementioned Ordinances on first reading at the April 17,
2013 meeting.
CONCLUSION
The Administration recommends that the City Commission adopt the attached Ordinances
amending the City's Local and Veterans Preferences on second reading.
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ORDINANCE NO.----
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 2-372 OF
THE MIAMI BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "PROCEDURES TO
PROVIDE PREFERENCE TO MIAMI BEACH-BASED VENDORS IN
CONTRACTS FOR GOODS AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES;"
AMENDING SECTION 2-372(1)(b) THEREOF, TO REQUIRE THAT
MIAMI BEACH-BASED VENDORS HAVE A BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT
TO PROVIDE THE GOODS AND SERVICES REQUIRED UNDER A
SUBJECT CITY BID FOR AT LEAST ONE (1) YEAR PRIOR TO THE
ISSUANCE OF THE BID, AS WELL AS HAVE THEIR BUSINESS
HEADQUARTERS, OR AN OFFICE OF THE BUSINESS, WITHIN THE
CITY FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST ONE (1) YEAR PRIOR TO THE
ISSUANCE OF THE BID; AND AMENDING SECTION 2-372(2)(b) TO
LIMIT SUCH PREFERENCE ONLY TO PROPOSERS; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION, REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA as follows:
SECTION 1: That Chapter 2, Article VI, Division 3, Section 2-372 of the Miami Beach
City Code is hereby amended as follows:
ARTICLE VI. PROCUREMENT
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DIVISION 3. CONTRACT PROCEDURES
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Sec. 2-372. -Procedure to provide preference to Miami Beach-based vendors in
contracts for goods and contractual services.
(1) Definitions. For purposes of this section only, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Bid shall mean a competitive bid procedure established through the
issuance of an invitation to bid, request for proposals (RFP), request for
qualifications (RFQ), requests for letters of interest (RFLI), invitations to
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negotiate (ITN). or the solicitation of purchase orders based on oral or
written quotations.
(b) Miami Beach~based vendor means a bidder that ill has a valid
occupational lioensebusiness tax receipt issued by the City of Miami
Beach for at least one (1) year prior to the issuance of a Bid, which
authorizes said vendor to provide the subject goods and/or contractual
services, and ® has. for at least one (1) year prior to the issuance of a
Bid, its headquarters in the city, or has a place of business located in the
city at which it will produce the goods or perform the contractual services
to be purchased. The city manager shall administratively resolve any
issues relating to a vendor's status as a Miami Beach-based vendor, and
his/her decision on whether a vendor is a Miami Beach-based vendor shall
be final.
(2) Preference in purchase of goods or contractual services.
(a) Invitations to bid; oral or written requests for quotations. Except where
federal or state law mandates to the contrary, in the purchase of goods or
contractual services by means of an invitation to bid or pursuant to an oral
or written quotation, a preference will be given to a responsive and
responsible Miami Beach~based vendor, who is within five percent of the
lowest and best bidder, an opportunity of providing said goods or
contractual services for the lowest responsive bid amount. Whenever, as a
result of the foregoing preference, the adjusted prices of two or more
Miami Beach-based vendors constitute the lowest bid for a competitively
bid purchase, and such bids are responsive and otherwise equal with
respect to quality and service, then the award shall be made to the Miami
Beach-based vendor having the greatest number of its employees that are
Miami Beach residents. Whenever two or more Miami Beach-based
vendors have the same number of its employees that are Miami Beach
residents, then the award shall be made to the Miami Beach-based vendor
who is certified by Miami-Dade County as a minority or women business
enterprise.
(b) Requests for proposals; requests for qualifications; requests for letters of
interest. invitations to negotiate. The city commission, or the city manager
(in instances where such action has been delegated to the manager), in
considering, determining, and/or approving the evaluation methodology,
selection criteria, and/or other factors determined by the city to be
applicable in the recommendation and selection of proposers submitting
responses pursuant to an RFP, RFQ, Sf RFLI, or ITN. as appropriate,
shall include (as part of such evaluation methodology, selection criteria,
and/or other applicable factors to be set forth and included within the RFP,
RFQ, or RFLI document) and give an additional five points (where the
evaluation methodology is based on a point system from 0-100 points),
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or an additional five percent (where the evaluation methodology is based
on a percentage system from 0-100 percent), to proposers, which are,--Gf
include as part of their proposal team, a Miami Beach-based vendor. The
additional points shall be applied by the City's procurement division to
Miami Beach-based vendors following the completion of the allocation of
points by the evaluation committee.
(3) Comparison of qualifications.
The preferences established herein in no way prohibit the right of the city
manager and/or the city commission, as applicable, to compare quality of materials
proposed for purchase and compare qualifications, character, responsibility and fitness
of all persons, firms or corporations submitting bids. Further, the preferences
established herein in no way prohibit the right of the city manager and/or the city
commission, as applicable, from giving any other preference permitted by law in
addition to the preferences granted herein.
SECTION 2. CODIFICATION.
It is the intention of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, and it is
hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made part of
the Code of the City of Miami Beach, Florida. The sections of this ordinance may be
renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intention, and the word "ordinance" may
be changed to "section", "article", or other appropriate word.
SECTION 3. REPEALER.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is, for
any reason, held invalid or unconstitutional, such portion shall be deemed a separate,
distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
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SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect on the ____ day of _______ , 2013,
which is 1 0 days after adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this _____ day of _______ , 2013.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Letters or numbers that are stricken through are deletions from existing ordinance.
Letters or numbers that are underlined are additions to existing ordinance.
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ORDINANCE NO. ___ _
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 2~374 OF THE MIAMI
BEACH CITY CODE, ENTITLED "PROCEDURE TO PROVIDE PREFERENCE
TO VETERANS IN CONTRACTS FOR GOODS AND CONTRACTUAL
SERVICES;" BY AMENDING SECTION 2~374 (2)(b) TO LIMIT SUCH
PREFERENCE ONLY TO PROPOSERS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION,
REPEALER, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA as follows:
SECTION 1: That Chapter 2, Article VI, Division 3, Section 2-374 of the Miami Beach City Code
is hereby amended as follows:
ARTICLE VI. PROCUREMENT
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DIVISION 3. CONTRACT PROCEDURES
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Sec. 2-374. ~ Procedure to provide preference to veterans in contracts for goods and
contractual services.
(1) Definitions. For purposes of this section only, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) Bid shall mean a competitive procedure established by the city through the
issuance of an invitation to bid (ITB), request for proposals (RFP), request for
qualifications (RFQ), request for letters of interest (RFLI), invitations to negotiate
~ or the solicitation of purchase orders based on oral or written quotations.
(b) Certified service-disabled veteran business enterprise means an independently
owned and operated business, domiciled in Florida, and as further defined under
Section 295.187(3)(c) of the Florida Service-Disabled Veteran Business
Enterprise Opportunity Act, as same may be amended from time to time, that has
been certified by the Florida State Department Management Services to be a
service-disabled veteran business enterprise.
(c) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran who is a permanent Florida resident
with a service-connected disability, as determined by the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs, or who has been terminated from military service
by reason of disability by the United States Department of Defense.
(d) Service-disabled business enterprise means an independently owned and
operated business, domiciled in Florida, and as further defined in Section
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295.187(3)(c) of the Florida Service-Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise
Opportunity Act, as same may be amended from time to time.
(e) Small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans means those
independently owned and operated small businesses, as defined in Section 502
of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006,
as same may be amended from time to time, which are also domiciled in Florida,
and listed in the federal database of veteran-owned businesses.
(f) Veteran means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service
and who was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions. For
purposes of this section, the definition of "veteran" shall adopt the same definition
as provided therefor in F.S. § 1.01 (14), as same may be amended from time to
time.
(2) Preference in purchase of goods or contractual services.
(a) ITBs and requests for oral or written qualifications. The city, when considering
two or more bids submitted pursuant to an ITB or an oral or written request for
quotations for the purchase of goods or contractual services shall give a
preference to a responsive and responsible bidder which is a small business
concern owned and controlled by a veteran(s) or which is a service-disabled
veteran business enterprise, and which is within five percent of the lowest and
best bidder, by providing such bidder an opportunity of providing said goods or
contractual services for the lowest responsive bid amount. Whenever, as a result
of the foregoing preference, the adjusted prices of two or more bidders which are
a small business concern owned and controlled by a veteran(s) or a service-
disabled veteran business enterprise constitute the lowest bid pursuant to an ITB
or oral or written request for quotation, and such bids are responsive, responsible
and otherwise equal with respect to quality and service, then the award shall be
made to the service-disabled veteran business enterprise.
(b) Request for proposals, request for qualifications, aRfi request for letters of
interest, and invitations to negotiate. The city commission, or the city manager (in
instances where such action has been delegated to the manager), in considering,
determining, and/or approving the evaluation methodology, selection criteria,
and/or other factors determined by the city to [be] applicable in the
recommendation and selection of proposers submitting responses pursuant to an
RFP, RFQ, or RFLI, as appropriate, shall include (as part of such evaluation
methodology, selection criteria, and/or other applicable factors to be set forth and
included within the RFP, RFQ, or RFLI document) and give an additional five
points (where the evaluation methodology is based on points system from 0-
100 points), or an additional five percent (where the evaluation methodology is
based on a percentage system 0-100 percent), to proposers, which are;-GF
include as part of their proposal team, a small business concern owned and
controlled by a veteran(s) or a service-disabled veteran business enterprise. The
additional points shall be applied by the City's procurement division to Miami
Beach-based vendors following the completion of the allocation of points by the
evaluation committee.
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(3) Comparison of qualifications.
The preferences established herein in no way prohibit the right of the city manager
and/or mayor and city commission, as applicable, to compare quality of goods and/or
contractual services proposed for purchase and compare qualifications, character, responsibility
and fitness of all persons, firms, or corporations submitting bids. Further, the preferences
established herein in no way prohibit the right of the city manager and/or the mayor and city
commission, as applicable, from giving any other preference permitted by law in addition to the
preferences granted herein.
SECTION 2. CODIFICATION.
It is the intention of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach, and it is hereby
ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made part of the Code of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida. The sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or relettered
to accomplish such intention, and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section", "article", or
other appropriate word.
SECTION 3. REPEALER.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is, for any
reason, held invalid or unconstitutional, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and
independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect on the ____ day of _______ , 2013, which is ten
(1 0) days after adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this _____ day of ______ , 2013.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Letters or numbers that are stricken through are deletions from existinQJWFt~ AS TO
Letters or numbers that are underlined are additions to existing ordinaMJRM & LANGUAGE
& FOR EXECUTlON
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MIAMIBEAC:H
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS llfREBY given that a second reading and p~blic hearing will oo held by the Mayor and
City Commission of the CKy of Miami Beacll, Florida, in the Commission Chambers, 3rd Floor, City Hall,
1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Flonda. on Wednesday, May 8, 2ll13 to consider the following:
10:15a.m.
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 12 Of The Mian'i Beach City Code, Entitled ''Arts, cunure And Entertainment,"
By Amending Article I Thereof, Entifled ''Film And Print Production Permits: By Amending Section 10 Entitled
'Enforcement"; And Provkling For Repealer, COCii•tatlon, Sev&rablllty, And An EffectNe Dare.
Inquiries may be directed to tile Tourism, Culture & Economic Development Department at (305} 673-7577.
10:30a.m.
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 10 Of The Mrami Beach City Coda Eatilled "Animals," By Amending Sactl(lll
10-11, Entitled "Running At Large Prohibited," By Extending The Piiot Program O!Heasll Area For Dogs In
South Pointe Park Through And Including December 31, 2013; By Amending The Afternoon Oli-Leash Hours
In The Designated Area From Between 4:00 p.m. And 7:00 p.m. To Between 6:00 p.m. And 9:00 p.m.,
Monday Through Friday; And Ralocaling Tha Of! -umsh Area From The Area South And East O!The Washington
Avenue Entry Plaza To tis Original Location !n The Triangular Area South And West Of The Washington
Avenue Entry Plaza; Providing For Repealer: Sewabllity: Codification; And M Effective Dare.
lnquines may be directed to the Parks & Recreabn Department at (305) 673· 7730.
11:ooa.m.
OrdinallCes Amending Procedures For Vendor Preference
1. An Ordinance Amending Section 2·372 01 The Miami Beach City Code, Enbtled "Procedures To Provide
Preference To Miami Beach-Based Vendors in Contracts For Goods And Contractual Services;" Amending
Soclion 2-372(1Kb) Thereof, To Require That Miami Beach· Based Vendors Have A Business Tax Rllceipt
To Provide The GoodsA.'ld Services Required Under A Subject City Bid For At Least One (1) Year Prior To The
I'>Suance Of The B•:J. N; Well N; Have Their Business HeadQuarters, Or An Dfffce Of The Buslr.ess, Within
The City For A Period Of At Least One (1) Year Prior To The lssuanc£ Of The Sid; And Amending Section
2-372(2){b) To Limit Such Preference Onl\1 To Proposers; Providing For Codification, Repealer, Severability,
And An Effective Data.
2. An Ordinance Amending Section 2·374 Ot The Miami Beach City Code, Entitled "Procedure To Provide
Prelerenr,eToVeterans In Contracts For GoodsA~d Contractual SeNices;" By Amending Section 2-374(2Xb)
To Limit Such Preference Only To PrOj)r::.ers: Prfll'iding For Codification, ABptlaler, Severability, Nld
An Effective Date.
Inquiries may oo directed to the Procurement Department at (305) 673-7490.
INTERESTED PARTIES are invited to appear at tll;s meeting, or be represented by an agent, or to express their
views in writing addressed to the City Commission, clothe City Clerk, 1700 Convention Center Drive, 1st Floor,
City Hall, Miami Beach, FIGrida 33139. Copies ol these items are available lor public inspection during normal
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Florida 33139. This meeting may be continued, and under such circumstances additional legal notice will not
be provided.
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
City of Miami Beach
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