titles agenda Presentations & Awards/City Commission Meeting
City Hall, Commission Chambers, 3rd Floor, 1700 Convention Center Drive
May 28, 2014
Mayor Philip Levine
Vice-Mayor Micky Steinberg
Commissioner Michael Grieco
Commissioner Joy Malakoff
Commissioner Edward L. Tobin
Commissioner Deede Weithorn
Commissioner Jonah Wolfson
City Manager Jimmy L. Morales
City Attorney Raul Aguila
City Clerk Rafael E. Granado
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Call to Order - 5:00 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance
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without reaching all agenda items.
Presentations and Awards Regular Agenda
PA Presentations and Awards R2 Competitive Bid Reports
R5 Ordinances
Consent Agenda R7 Resolutions
C2 Competitive Bid Reports R9 New Business/Commission Requests
C4 Commission Committee Assignments R10 City Attorney Reports
C6 Commission Committee Reports
C7 Resolutions Reports and Informational Items
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Commission Agenda, May 28, 2014
Presentations and Awards
PA1 Certificate Of Recognition To Be Presented To Police Officer Earl Hackworth For Going Above
And Beyond The Call Of Duty.
(Requested by Vice-Mayor Micky Steinberg)
PA2 Key To The City To Be Presented To Dr. Robert Gallo, The Co-Discoverer Of The HIV Virus And
Founder Of The Institute Of Human Virology.
(Requested by Vice-Mayor Micky Steinberg)
PA3 Key To The City To Be Presented In Memory Of The Honorable Robert Keith Gray, A Miami
Beach Resident, Activist, Institute Of Human Virology Board Member And Creator Of Get-Tested
Miami Beach, A Large-Scale Public Health Initiative In Miami Beach To Increase Voluntary HIV
Testing.
(Requested by Vice-Mayor Micky Steinberg)
PA4 Certificate Of Recognition To Be Presented To Melissa Beattie For Her Selfless And Heroic Act
Of Rescuing A Dog That Had Been Stranded In The Canal By Going Into The Water And Saving
His Life.
(Requested by Vice-Mayor Micky Steinberg)
PA5 Proclamation To Be Presented To Bob Balsam, For Serving As General Manager For Global
Spectrum, The Company That Operates The Convention Center For The City Of Miami Beach.
(Requested by Commissioner Edward L. Tobin)
REGULAR AGENDA
R2 - Competitive Bid Reports
R2A Request For Approval To Award A Contract Pursuant To Invitation To Bid (ITB) No. 2014-095-SR
For The Muss Park Pavilion Renovation Project.
(Capital Improvement Projects/Procurement)
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R5 - Ordinances
R5A An Ordinance Amending Chapter 10 Of The Miami Beach City Code, Entitled “Animals,” By
Amending Section 10-10, Entitled “Animals Prohibited In Public Parks And On Beaches” By
Providing An Exception Thereto For Beaches Within Public Park Areas; By Amending Section 10-
11, Entitled “Running At Large Prohibited,” By Amending The Exceptions To The Running At
Large Prohibitions To Allow Dogs In: A) The Designated Beach Area In North Shore Open Space
Park Between 80th And 82nd Streets From 3:00 P.M. To 7:00 P.M. On Friday, Saturday, And
Sunday, And B) An Area Of A Public Park, Or Beach Area Therein, Specifically Designated By
The City Manager And During Such Days And Hours As May Be Specifically Designated By The
City Manager; Providing For Repealer; Severability; Codification; And An Effective Date.
5:30 p.m. Second Reading Public Hearing
(Sponsored by Mayor Philip Levine)
(Legislative Tracking: Parks & Recreation)
(First Reading on May 21, 2014)
R5B An Ordinance Amending Chapter 106 Of The Miami Beach City Code, Entitled “Traffic And
Vehicles,” By Amending Article II, Entitled “Metered Parking,” By Amending Division 2, Entitled
“Generally,” By Amending Section 106-47, Entitled “Freight, Commercial, And Passenger Curb
Loading Zones; Hours, Deliveries”; By Creating Subsections 106-47(f) Through 106-47(n) That
Establishes Strict Regulations For Parking In Freight Loading Zones; Authorizing Freight Vehicle
Parking; Implementing A Permit Application Requirement And Setting Forth Types Of Permits
Applicable To Commercial Vehicles; Imposing A Requirement For The Display Of A Permit
And/Or Electronic (License Plate) Permit; Providing An Alternative To The Permit Requirement
By Utilizing Parking Meters; Mandating Compliance With Other Laws; Establishing Permit Fees;
Further Amending Section 106-55; By Creating Subsection (p), Entitled, "Freight Loading Zone
(FLZ) Permit"; And Creating Subsection (q), Entitled, “Alley Loading (AL) Permit”; Providing For
Codification, Repealer, Severability, And An Effective Date. 5:40 p.m. Second Reading Public
Hearing
(Sponsored By Commissioner Michael Grieco)
(Legislative Tracking: Parking)
(Continued from May 21, 2014)
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R7 - Resolutions
R7A A Resolution Approving And Authorizing The Manager To Take The Following Actions, Subject
To And Conditioned Upon The Successful Negotiation Between The City And Mount Sinai
Medical Center Of Florida, Inc. (“Mount Sinai”) Of The Grant Agreement And Lease Agreement
(Both As Hereinafter Defined): 1) Authorizing A Grant Contribution To Mount Sinai, In An
Amount Between $15,000,000 And $18,750,000 (The “Grant Contribution”), Payable Over A
Term Of 15 Years, For The Sole Purpose Of Reimbursing Mount Sinai For Costs Associated
With Mount Sinai's Emergency Room Expansion Project (The "Project"); 2) Covenanting To
Annually Budget And Appropriate Funds From Legally Available Non-Ad Valorem Revenues To
Pay Such Grant Contribution; 3) Delegating Authority To The City Manager To Negotiate The
Final Terms Of The Grant Contribution Agreement With Mount Sinai ("Grant Agreement"); 4)
Also Delegating Authority To The City Manager To Negotiate A Lease Agreement With Mount
Sinai For The City's Emergency Management Office, With Such Leased Premises Having Up To
2000 Square Feet, To Be Located In The New Emergency Room Facility, For A Term Of 30
Years And $1 Per Year Rent ("Lease Agreement"); And 5) Further Directing The Mayor And
City Clerk To Execute The Grant Agreement And Lease Agreement Upon Conclusion Of
Successful Negotiations. 5:45 p.m. Public Hearing
(Sponsored by Commissioner Deede Weithorn)
(Legislative Tracking: Finance)
(Deferred from May 21, 2014)
(Memorandum & Resolution to be Submitted in Supplemental)
R7B A Resolution Accepting The Recommendation Of The Finance And Citywide Projects Committee
To Complete The Miami Beach Convention Center Project Within 24-30 Months, But Not To
Exceed 36 Months; And Further Within That Timeframe To Accommodate As Many Events As
Possible As Long As Such Events Could Occur Without Usage Of The P-Lot, With Access To No
More Than Two (2) Exhibit Halls, Exist With Construction In Progress, And With Limited Or
Compressed Load-In/Out.
(Tourism, Culture & Economic Development)
R7C A Resolution Calling For An August 26, 2014 Special Election, For The Purpose Of Submitting To
The Electorate Of The City Of Miami Beach, Florida A Question Asking Whether City Charter
Section 2.07 Which Establishes Procedures For The Filling Of Vacancies In The City Commission
Should Be Amended To Establish Specific Procedures For The Filling Of Vacancy Caused By
Resignation, And To Provide That In The Event The City Commission Chooses Not To Fill A
Vacancy By Appointment Then Provisions Related To A Special Election To Fill Said Vacancy
Shall Be Established In The City Resolution Calling Said Special Election.
(City Attorney’s Office)
(Deferred from May 21, 2014)
(Memorandum & Resolution to be Submitted in Supplemental)
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R7 - Resolutions (Continued)
R7D A Resolution Approving And Authorizing The Mayor And City Clerk To Execute Change Order
No. 1 To The Contract Between The City And Superior Landscaping & Lawn Service, Inc., Dated
April 4, 2014, Entered Into Pursuant To Invitation To Bid No. 2014-093-SR, For The South Pointe
Park Landscaping Remediation Project; For Construction Of The Additional Scope Of Work,
Which Includes The Removal And Replacement Of Soils And Vegetation (Shrubs) In The
Landscape Beds And Associated Irrigation, In The Negotiated Not-To-Exceed Amount Of
$487,050; With Previously Appropriated Funding In The FY 2014/2015 Capital Budget, In The
Amount Of $487,050 For Construction, And $48,705 For Contingency, For A Grand Total Of
$535,755.
(Capital Improvement Projects)
(Memorandum & Resolution to be Submitted in Supplemental)
R9 - New Business and Commission Requests
R9A Verbal Report On The Status Of Ocean Drive Enforcement.
(Sponsored by Commissioner Jonah Wolfson)
(City Manager’s Office)
R9B An Announcement From Art Basel In Miami Beach And The City Of Miami Beach Regarding Five-
Year Agreement For Use Of The Miami Beach Convention Center.
(Tourism, Culture & Economic Development)
End of Agenda
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