CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
Regular MeetingMiramar, FL · November 16, 2020
Agenda
City of Miramar, FL
2300 Civic Center Place, Miramar, FL 33025
Meeting Agenda
Monday, November 16, 2020
7:00 PM
REVISED
Commission Chambers/Virtual
CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
Mayor Wayne M. Messam
Vice Mayor Maxwell B. Chambers
Commissioner Winston F. Barnes
Commissioner Yvette Colbourne
Commissioner Alexandra P. Davis
CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda November 16, 2020
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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on items appearing on the Agenda.
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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.
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presentations must be emailed or delivered to the Clerk ’s Office 30 days in advance of the requested
Commission Meeting date. The City reserves the right to modify or deny any presentation request.
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
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL/ANNOUNCEMENTS
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
MOMENT OF SILENCE
PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation: 2020 Small Business Saturday. (Mayor Wayne M. Messam)
Presentation: Coceano Community Leadership Award to Commissioner Alexandra P. Davis.
(Miramar Pembroke Pines Regional Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Robert L. Goltz)
Presentation: Volunteer Recognition - Food Distribution. (Assistant City Manager Shaun Gayle)
Presentation: Broward MPO Municipal Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Projects in
Miramar for FY 2021-2025. (Broward MPO Systems Planning Manager Peter Gies)
Presentation: COVID 19 and Emergency Management Update. (Fire Rescue Emergency
Management Planner Josh Green)
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 Commission Workshop Meeting of October 14, 2020 and
Regular Commission Meeting of September 16, 2020 will be placed on the
January 27, 2021 Meeting Agenda.
2. Temp. Reso. #R7295 approving the purchase of fire-rescue supplies
and equipment from the Broward Sheriff’s Office in an amount
not-to-exceed $142,750 for Fiscal Year 2021. (Fire-Rescue Chief Robert
E. Palmer)
Attachments: R7295 Purchase of Fire-Rescue Supplies and Equipment
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3. Temp. Reso. #R7309 approving the award of Invitation for Bids No. 21-
002, entitled "Buffer Wall Along Pembroke Road Adjacent To
University Park Plat", to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder,
Coastal Concrete Products, LLC. ; authorizing the City Manager to execute
the Proposed Agreement with Coastal Concrete Products, LLC in an
amount not-to-exceed $393,500, and allocating a contingency in the
amount of $50,000, for a total project cost of $443,500. (Senior Project
Engineer Leah deRiel)
Attachments: R7309 Award of IFB No.21-002 Pembroke Road Buffer Wall with backup
4. Temp. Reso. #R7303 approving the Fiscal Year 2020 Interlocal Agreement
between Broward County and the City of Miramar for the disbursement of
$233,194 in HOME Investment Partnership Program Funds for
expenditures on eligible purchase assistance activities. (Community
Development Assistant Director Deborah Stevens)
Attachments: TR7303 FY2020 HOME Interlocal Agreement with backup
End of Consent
RESOLUTIONS
5. Temp. Reso. #R7297 awarding Invitation for Bid No. 20-016 entitled
“Installation of Bleachers for Ansin Sports Complex” to Waypoint
Contracting, Inc., in an amount not-to-exceed $1,178,432. (Parks &
Recreation Assistant Director Billy D. Neal and Procurement Director
Alicia Ayum)
Attachments: R7297 Installation of Bleachers for Ansin SPorts Complex with backup
6. Temp. Reso. #R7310 amending the current Collective Bargaining between
the City of Miramar and the Broward County Police Benevolent
Association, Inc. to increase the starting salary of police officers to
the current step 5, increasing the salary of officers currently in steps 5, 6
and 7 by 2.185%. (Human Resources Director Randy Cross)
Attachments: R7310 - PBA CBA Amendment with backup
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7. Temp. Reso. #R7311 declaring emergency regulations limited to certain
public meetings during the COVID-19 State of Emergency as declared by
the State of Florida; authorizing the City Manager to arrange for public
meetings by use of communication media technology and Advisory
Board attendance. (City Attorney Burnadette Norris-Weeks)
Attachments: R7311 Authorizing Electronic Public Participation with backup
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (7:30 – 8:00 P.M.)
ORDINANCES
8. FIRST READING of Temp. Ord. #O1754 amending the Code of the City
of Miramar, Florida, pursuant to Section 166.041(3)(A), Florida Statutes;
more specifically at Chapter 2, entitled “Administration,” Article VI, entitled
“Finance and Miscellaneous Fees” by amending Division 2.1 entitled
“Impact Fees for New Development,” Section 2-225.2, entitled “Definitions”
to provide a definition for affordable housing and Section 2-225.4 entitled
“Exemptions” to exempt affordable housing from the required payment of
impact fees; and by adding a new Division 5, to be entitled “Affordable
Housing,” providing definitions; establishing an Affordable Housing Trust
Fund; providing for the use of funds; making findings; providing for repeal;
providing for severability and interpretation; providing for correction of
scrivener’s errors; providing for codification; and providing for an effective
date. (Requested by Commissioner Yvette Colbourne) (Community
Development Director Eric Silva)
SECOND READING SCHEDULED for January 27, 2021
Attachments: O1754 1st Reading Affordable Housing Impact Fee Waiver and Trust Fund with backup
9. FIRST READING of Temp. Ord. #O1767 amending Chapter 20, Article I
of the City of Miramar Code of Ordinances to establish new Section 20-2;
to create a designation of “No-Thru-Truck Zones”; providing for authority
and purpose; providing for definitions; providing for establishment of
zones; providing for considerations and guidelines; providing for signing;
providing for prohibitions; providing for penalty; providing for adoption of
representations; providing for a severability clause; providing for inclusion
in the Code; and providing for an effective date. (Assistant City Engineer
Salvador Zuniga)
SECOND READING SCHEDULED for January 27, 2021
Attachments: O1767 1st Reading_No Thru Trucks
PUBLIC HEARING
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10. SECOND READING of Temp. Ord. #O1766 amending the Land
Development Code of the City of Miramar, pursuant to Section 302 of the
Land Development Code and Section 166.041(3)(a), Florida Statutes,
more specifically at Chapter 8, entitled “Development Standards of
General Applicability” by amending Section 816, entitled “Storm
Drainage, Water Management Design and Floodplain Management
Standards,” to provide for a definition, as well as methods of construction
and requirements for critical facilities; to extend the one-foot freeboard
requirement that currently applies to new and substantially improved
residential buildings located throughout the City’s flood zones or Special
Flood Hazard Areas, to new and substantially improved manufactured
homes, and to mechanical equipment and utility items, also located in the
City’s flood zones, in compliance with the new Community Rating System
Class 8 Prerequisite; and to clarify and strengthen the requirements for
elevated buildings with fully enclosed areas; making findings; providing for
repeal; providing for severability and interpretation; providing for correction
of scrivener’s errors; providing for codification; and providing for an
effective date. (Passed 1st Reading on 10/28/20) (Community
Development Director Eric Silva)
Attachments: O1766 2nd Reading New CRS Class 8 Freeboard Prerequisite LDC Amendment with backup
O1766 1st Reading CRS Class 8 Freeboard Prereq LDC Amend with backup
11. SECOND READING of Temp. Ord. #O1765 approving the end-of-year
amendment of the Fiscal Year 2020 Operating and Capital
Improvement Program Budget; and providing for an effective date.
(Passed 1st Reading on 11/04/20) (Management & Budget Director
Rafael SanMiguel)
Attachments: O1765 2nd Reading FY20 Third Budget Amendment with backup
O1765 First Reading FY20 Third Budget Amendment with backup
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12. SECOND READING of Temp. Ord. #O1756 authorizing the creation of
the 2020 Five Year Workforce Reduction / Early Retirement
Incentive Program (“ERIP”) for the explicit purposes of reducing the
City’s full time workforce through a combination of pension and medical
insurance incentives, permanent elimination of the budgeted full time
equivalent position of each employee that makes the irrevocable election
to participate in the ERIP, requiring coordination in the FY2021, FY2022,
FY2023, FY2024 and FY2025 adopted budgets, the reduction of positions,
as a result of this Program, and funding for the medical benefits and
lump-sum distribution options offered to participants in the ERIP, and
budgeting the cost savings provided as a result of the ERIP; providing for
severability and interpretation; providing for inclusion in the Code;
providing that officials are authorized to take action; and providing for an
effective date. (Passed 1st Reading on 11/04/20) (Human Resources
Director Randy Cross)
Attachments: O1756 - 2nd Reading- 2020 Five Year Workforce Reduction Early Out Program with backup
O1756 - 2020 Five Year Workforce Reduction Early Out Program with backup
13. SECOND READING of Temp. Ord. #O1760 amending Chapter 15,
Article V, of the City Code of the City of Miramar related to the General
Employee Pension Plan; amending Section 15-312(e) to create an Early
Retirement Incentive Plan for members within five years of normal
retirement eligibility; amending Chapter 15, Article VI, of the City Code of
the City of Miramar related to the Management Pension Plan; creating
Section 15-355(i) to create an Early Retirement Incentive Plan for
management employees within five years of normal retirement eligibility;
providing for severability; providing for codification; and providing for an
effective date. (Passed 1st Reading on 11/04/20) (Human Resources
Director Randy Cross)
Attachments: O1760 - 2nd Reading GE Mgmt Plan Ordinance with Memo (Updated)
O1760 - 1st Reading GE Mgmt Plan ERIP Ordinance
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14. SECOND READING of Temp. Ord. #O1761 amending Chapter 15,
Article IV, of the City Code of the City of Miramar governing the Miramar
Police Officers’ Retirement Plan and Trust Fund; creating Section
15-175 to establish an Early Retirement Incentive Plan for members with at
least fifteen (15) years of service and providing for a lump sum incentive for
DROP participants; providing for severability; providing for codification;
providing for an effective date. (Passed 1st Reading on 11/04/20)
(Human Resources Director Randy Cross)
Attachments: O1761 - 2nd Reading Police Plan Ordinance with Memo (Updated)
O1761 - 1st Reading Police Plan ERIP Ordinance
QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARING
All who wish to speak shall be collectively sworn in. City Attorney will then read the title of the
item to be considered. Staff shall present a brief synopsis of the application and make a
recommendation. Next will be a presentation by the applicant. The Commission will then hear
from participants in favor of and in opposition to the application. The applicant, staff and or any
Commissioner may cross-examine the witnesses, and a participant may request that the board
ask questions of a witness. The public hearing will conclude with final remarks by staff and the
applicant. No further presentations or testimony shall be permitted. All decisions of the
Commission must be based upon competent substantial evidence presented to it at the hearing .
All backup materials provided to the City Commission, as a part of the agenda will automatically
be made a part of the record of the hearing. All approvals will be subject to staff recommended
conditions unless otherwise stated in the motion for approval.
15. SECOND READING of Temp. Ord. #O1764 considering Application
No. 2002604, rezoning a 2.10-acre parcel from B2, Community
Business, to B3, heavy business, generally located approximately 379 feet
west of University Drive and 810 feet south of Miramar Parkway; and
providing for an effective date. (Passed 1st Reading on 10/28/20)
(Community Development Director Eric Silva)
Attachments: O1764 2nd Reading Rezoning Miramar Storage with backup
O1764 1st Reading Rezoning Miramar Storage with backup
ExParte
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16. Temp. Reso. #R7306 approving Conditional Use Application No.
2002605; approving Variance Application No. 2006693 from the side
setback requirement per Land Development Code (“LDC”) Section 403,
Table 403-2; approving Variance Application No. 2008876 from the
off-street parking requirement, LDC Section 808.3.2; and approving Site
Plan Application No. 2002606, and Community Appearance Board
Application No. 2002607; for a proposed three-story, 122,237
square-foot self-storage facility and one-story, 8,313 square-foot retail
development generally located approximately 379 feet west of University
Drive and 810 feet south of Miramar Parkway. (Community Development
Director Eric Silva)
Attachments: R7306 - Miramar Storage Site Plan with backup
ExParte
OTHER BUSINESS
Reports and Comments:
Commission Reports:
17. Temp. Reso. #R7308 urging the United States Congress to enact the
Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019. (Mayor
Wayne M. Messam)
Attachments: R7308 Urging Congress to enact the energy innovation and carbon dividend act of 2019
18. Temp. Reso. #R7307 approving appointments to the Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg Commission on the Status of Women Advisory
Board. (Commissioner Yvette Colbourne)
Attachments: R7307 Commission on Women Advisory Board Appointments with backup
19. Temp. Reso. #R7312 supporting the Broward Metropolitan Planning
Organization to urge the Florida Department of Transportation to fully
fund projects administered under the Local Agency Program and
other grant funded programs. (Commissioner Yvette Colbourne)
Attachments: R7312 Supporting Broward MPO with backup
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20. Discussion: City Manager’s Evaluation Procedure. (Requested
by Commissioner Yvette Colbourne)
City Attorney Reports:
City Manager Reports:
FUTURE WORKSHOPS
12/01/20 - 3:00 p.m. - 2013 Bond Refunding/Refinancing Workshop - Commission
Chambers/Virtual
12/08/20 - 2:00 p.m. - Ethics Training - Commission Chambers/Virtual
ADJOURNMENT
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS:
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at 7:00 P.M.
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