CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
Regular MeetingMiramar, FL · October 2, 2019
Agenda
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
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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.
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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.
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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
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subject pertinent to the City at the second regularly scheduled meeting of each month. Individuals
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signed in, under the agenda item "Public Participation".
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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.
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