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CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING

Regular Meeting

Miramar, FL · October 2, 2019

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City of Miramar, FL 2300 Civic Center Place, Miramar, FL 33025 Meeting Agenda Wednesday, October 2, 2019 7:00 PM REVISED Commission Chambers CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING Mayor Wayne M. Messam Vice Mayor Alexandra P. Davis Commissioner Winston F. Barnes Commissioner Maxwell B. Chambers Commissioner Yvette Colbourne CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda October 2, 2019 MEETING City of Miramar WELCOME TO YOUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING We are pleased that you have demonstrated an interest in the City of Miramar by attending a City Commission Meeting. We hope you will attend more of these meetings in the future. GENERAL INFORMATION: The City of Miramar is a municipality chartered by the State of Florida operating under the "City Council - City Manager Plan." The City Commission is comprised of four members and the Mayor selected by the residents of Miramar to serve as the City's governing body. It is responsible for adopting policies of the City, passing ordinances, adopting resolutions and approving budgets. A City Manager is appointed by the City Commission to serve as the administrative head of the municipal government and provides recommendations to the City Commission on policy issues. The City Commission Meeting is a formal meeting of the members of the Commission to transact City business . This business is conducted in a manner prescribed by resolution, laws and regulations which require certain formal actions and the following of specific procedures. The AGENDA is a printed document that lists the order of business for the Commission Meeting. The public is encouraged to contact the Mayor or any City Commissioner prior to a Commission Meeting to express their views on items appearing on the Agenda. * All cell phones and other electronic devices must be turned off prior to entering the Commission Chambers. The City Commission may consider and act upon such other business as may come before it in the event this agenda must be revised, such revised copies will be available to the public at the City Commission Meeting. GENERAL RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS: Who May Speak - Any individual who wishes to address the City Commission may do so providing it is accomplished in an orderly manner and in accordance with the procedures outlined below. 1. Speaking on items on the Agenda - Individuals wishing to speak on matters that appear on the Agenda need only to raise their hand to be recognized by the Mayor. Discussion at Special Meetings is limited to the items referred to on the Agenda for such Special Meetings. 2. Other Business Items - These are items placed on the Agenda by the Mayor or a Commissioner and either are requests for the preparation of future legislation or are requests for possible direction to the Administration. 3. Speaking on items not on the Agenda - Public Participation - Any individual may speak on any subject pertinent to the City at the second regularly scheduled meeting of each month. Individuals must sign in with the City Clerk prior to the meeting. The Mayor will recognize those persons who signed in, under the agenda item "Public Participation". 4. Addressing Commission, Manner & Time - Public discussion during all items is limited to three minutes maximum per person, however, the Mayor at his/her discretion may allow more time. Each person who addresses the Commission shall step up to the speaker's podium and shall give his /her name and address. The above represents a summarization of the Commission Procedures Resolution. Copies of this resolution are available from the City Clerk's Office. Any person requiring auxiliary aids and services at this meeting may call the City Clerk ’s Office at 954-602-3011 at least two calendar days prior to the meeting. If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, he/she will need a record of the proceedings and for such purpose may need to insure that a verbatim recording of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. City of Miramar, FL Page 2 Printed on 9/30/2019 CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda October 2, 2019 MEETING CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL/ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MOMENT OF SILENCE PRESENTATIONS Proclamation: Energy Efficiency Day. (Mayor Wayne M. Messam) Proclamation: Fire Prevention Week. (Mayor Wayne M. Messam) Proclamation: Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Mayor Wayne M. Messam) Presentation: Hispanic Heritage 2019 Community Awards. (Commissioner Yvette Colbourne) CONSENT AGENDA Items listed under Consent Agenda are viewed to be routine and the recommendation will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. If discussion is desired, the item (s) will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately. Anyone wishing to comment on any item on the consent agenda should approach the podium now. 1. Minutes from the Budget Workshop of August 28, 2019, the Regular Commission Meeting of September 4, 2019, and the FY20 Fire Protection Assessment & Budget Public Hearing of September 12, 2019. Attachments: 08-28-19 Budget Workshop 09-04-19 Commission Minutes 09-12-19 FY20 Fire Assessment & Budget Public Hearing 2. Temp. Reso. #R7020 authorizing the City Manager to sign the certifications and assurances necessary for the application for funding from the Department of Justice and to fulfill the requirement that the application be brought before the governing board before funds may be awarded. (Police Chief Dexter Williams) Attachments: R7020 Justice Assistance Grant Certification with backup End of Consent RESOLUTIONS City of Miramar, FL Page 3 Printed on 9/30/2019 CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda October 2, 2019 MEETING 3. Temp. Reso. #R7039 approving appointments to various City boards. (City Clerk Denise A. Gibbs) Attachments: R7039 Board Appointments with backup 4. Temp. Reso. #R7023 approving the utilization of up to three acres of land from the City’s 20% commercial-to-residential acreage that is fixed at 80.6 acres and the allocation of up to 120 Flexibility Units from the City’s Unified Pool of 504 Flexibility Units for a proposed senior affordable residential project on the property generally located on the north side of Miramar Parkway, about 500 feet west of Douglas Road, with Broward County folio number 5141-2901-0100, and more particularly described in Exhibit “A. (Community Development Director Eric Silva) Attachments: R7023 Foxcroft Commercial-to-Residential Conversion and Flex Units Allocation with backup 5. Temp. Reso. #R7027 approving a total 89-year ground lease agreement and related exhibits between the City, as landlord, and Pinnacle at La Cabaña, LLLP, as tenant, for the 2.3-acre former Miramar Public Safety Building Site, located north of Miramar Parkway and east of the Adult Daycare Center, for a minimum upfront lease payment of $1,800,000, for the development of a Multi-family Elderly Affordable Rental Apartment Community, consisting of 100 to 120 units on the property; authorizing the City Manager to enter into a loan commitment in an approximate amount of $656,000 to assist the project financially and induce the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to provide low-income housing tax credits and/or other financing sources for the project; and further authorizing the city manager to execute the ground lease agreement and any associated documents as may be required to effectuate the lease and loan commitment. (Staff Recommends Continuance to the Meeting of 10/16/19) (Community Development Director Eric Silva) Attachments: Staff Recommends Continuance 6. Temp. Reso. #R7035 providing a 3% Cost of Living Adjustment for the Commission Secretaries and increasing the maximum amount of compensation to be paid to Commission Secretaries from $83,000 to $85,490, to accommodate for the 3% COLA. (Human Resources Director Randy Cross) Attachments: R7035 Commissioner Secretaries COLA City of Miramar, FL Page 4 Printed on 9/30/2019 CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda October 2, 2019 MEETING 7. Temp. Reso. #R7038 in support of protecting local control over public streets and public assets and a call on Congress, and the President of the United States, to reaffirm such local control by reversing recent Federal Communications Commission "FCC" actions related to wireless facilities by enacting United States House of Representative Bill H. R. 530. (Requested by Mayor Wayne M. Messam) (City Attorney Burnadette Norris-Weeks) Attachments: R7038 In Support of Local Control PUBLIC HEARING 8. SECOND READING of Temp. Ord. #O1728 amending the Land Development Code of the City of Miramar, pursuant to Section 302 of said Land Development Code and Section 166.041(3)(A), F.S.; more specifically by amending Chapter 3, entitled “Processes,” to add a new Section 324 to be entitled, “Public Art,” prescribing a Citywide Program for the inclusion of public art into public and private development, creating a Public Art Fund consisting of all public art assessment collected pursuant to the Program, and providing for the future adoption of a Public Art Master Plan to better leverage the power of art to visually enliven the City and stimulate economic prosperity; and Chapter 7, entitled “Use Regulations,” at Section 715, entitled “Transit Oriented Corridor District Code,” to delete and repeal Sub-section 715.3.4, entitled, “Public Art and Amenities;” making findings; providing for repeal; providing for severability; providing for correction of scrivener’s errors; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date. (Passed 1st Reading on 09/04/19) (Continued from the meeting of 09/18/19) (Requested by Vice Mayor Alexandra P. Davis) (Community & Economic Development Director Eric Silva) Attachments: O1728 2nd Reading Public Art O1728 1st Reading Citywide Public Art OTHER BUSINESS Reports and Comments: Commission Reports: City of Miramar, FL Page 5 Printed on 9/30/2019 CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda October 2, 2019 MEETING 9. Temp. Reso. #R7042 approving the waiver of fees and costs, and donating the revenue generated from a benefit concert to raise funds to aid the people of the Islands of the Bahamas. (Vice Mayor Alexandra P. Davis) Attachments: Resolution for Bahamas Relief Concert City Attorney Reports: City Manager Reports: FUTURE WORKSHOPS 10/02/19 - 5:00 P.M. - Special Events - Commission Conference Room 11/13/19 - 5:00 P.M. - Financial Focus Meeting - Commission Chambers Date & Time TBD - Compensation & Classification Plan - Commission Chambers ADJOURNMENT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS: October 16, 2019 at 7:00 P.M. City of Miramar, FL Page 6 Printed on 9/30/2019

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