CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
Regular MeetingMiramar, FL · August 18, 2021
Agenda
City of Miramar, FL
2300 Civic Center Place, Miramar, FL 33025
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
7:00 PM
Commission Chambers/Virtual
CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING
Mayor Wayne M. Messam
Vice Mayor Yvette Colbourne
Commissioner Winston F. Barnes
Commissioner Maxwell B. Chambers
Commissioner Alexandra P. Davis
CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda August 18, 2021
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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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.
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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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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
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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.
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presentations must be emailed or delivered to the Clerk ’s Office 30 days in advance of the requested
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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
Presentation: All-America City Award plaque presentation. (National Civic League President
Doug Linkhart)
Presentation: National Accreditation of the Miramar Police Department-Meritorious. (Interim
Police Chief Leonard Burgess)
Presentation: 2020 Census Update. (Vice Mayor Yvette Colbourne)
Proclamation: India Independence Day & India Heritage Month. (Sponsored by Vice Mayor
Yvette Colbourne) (Mayor Wayne M. Messam)
Proclamation: Jamaica Independence Day. (Sponsored by Vice Mayor Yvette Colbourne) ( Mayor
Wayne M. Messam)
Proclamation: Women Equity Day. (Sponsored by Vice Mayor Yvette Colbourne) (Mayor Wayne
M. Messam)
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 Regular Commission Meeting of June 16, 2021.
Attachments: Commission Minutes 061621docx
2. Temp. Reso. #R7439 authorizing the expenditure of $50,000 of Law
Enforcement Trust Funds necessary for advanced training for the
Miramar Police Department. (Police Major Shalida Smith)
Attachments: R7439 LETF Funds for Advanced Training for PD with backup
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3. Temp. Reso. #R7445 approving a Highway Maintenance Memorandum of
Agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation for the Bass
Creek Road Traffic Calming Initiative Project. (City Engineer
Salvador Zuniga)
Attachments: R7445 Bass Creek Rd Traffic Calming Initiative with Backup
4. Temp. Reso. #R7450 accepting an Absolute Bill of Sale and Easement
from Boardwalk 280, LLC for the water and sewer system
improvements to serve the Boardwalk 280 Development; authorizing the
release of Letter of Credit No. 11957 in the amount of $434,596 and
accepting a One-Year Maintenance Cash Bond in the amount of
$102,091.25 from Boardwalk 280, LLC. (City Engineer Salvador
Zuniga)
Attachments: R7450 W&S Boardwalk 280 LLC with backup
5. Temp. Reso. #R7451 approving the Interlocal Agreement between
Broward County and the City of Miramar for Surtax-Funded Municipal
Transportation Project: Pembroke Road/Miramar Parkway
Expansion (MIRA-001, 002, 003, and 004). (City Engineer Salvador
Zuniga)
Attachments: R7451 Pembroke Rd Miramar Pkwy Expansion with backup
6. Temp. Reso. #R7452 expressing support for the City of Pembroke Pines
acting as Lead Agency and administering Complete Street
Improvement Projects along Pembroke Road from SW 145TH Ave to
Douglas Road, as included in the Broward Metropolitan Planning
Organization’s (“MPO”) Complete Streets Master Plan (“CSMP”), to be
delivered through the Local Agency Program (“LAP”). (City Engineer
Salvador Zuniga)
Attachments: R7452 Complete Street Improvement Projects with backup
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7. Temp. Reso. #R7448 approving the purchase for installation of an HVAC
system for Town Center Commission Chambers Audio Visual
Room from Trane US, Inc., in the additional amount of $60,000, for total
expenditures during Fiscal Year 2021 in the amount of $134,000; utilizing
U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance Contract No. RFP No.
15-JLP-023 entitled “HVAC Products, Installation, Services and Related
Products and Services”. (Public Works Assistant Director Kirk
Hobson-Garcia and Procurement Director Alicia Ayum)
Attachments: R7448 HVAC System for AV Room with backup
8. Temp. Reso. #R7449 approving the purchase of repair and
maintenance services for the Wastewater Reclamation Facility
(“WWRF”) Fuel Depot from Advanced Petroleum Services, Inc., in an
additional amount of $17,481 for total expenditures during Fiscal Year
2021 in the amount of $85,117; utilizing City of Coral Gables Invitation for
Bid (“IFB”) No. 2020-016 entitled “Fuel Station and Storage Facility
Maintenance”. (Public Works Assistant Director Kirk Hobson-Garcia and
Procurement Director Alicia Ayum)
Attachments: R7449 Repair & Maintenance WWRF Fuel Depot with backup
9. Temp. Reso. #R7453 approving the award of Invitation for Bids No.
21-019, entitled “Aeration Basin Influent Channel Cleaning”, to U.S.
Submergent Technologies, L.L.C. in a lump sum amount of $149,960 to
clean the aeration basin influent channel at the Wastewater Reclamation
Facility. (Utilities Director Roy Virgin and Procurement Director Alicia
Ayum)
Attachments: R7453 Aeration Basin Influent Channel Cleaning WWRF with backup
10. Temp. Reso. #R7455 ratification of the purchase of emergency process
valve replacement for Clarifier No. 1 and Aeration Basin No. 3 at
Wastewater Reclamation Facility from Giannetti Contracting Company
in an amount of $392,334. (Utilities Director Roy Virgin and Procurement
Director Alicia Ayum)
Attachments: R7455 Emergency Process Valve Replacement.docx
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11. Temp. Reso. #R7447 authorizing the City Manager to exercise the
second of two (2) one-year renewal options of the Property &
Casualty Insurance Broker Services Contract with Arthur J.
Gallagher Services, Inc. (Arthur J. Gallagher) for the period of October 1,
2021, to October 1, 2022. (Human Resources Director Randy Cross)
Attachments: R7447 Property & Casualty Insurance Broker Contract Renewal with backup
End of Consent
RESOLUTIONS
12. Temp. Reso. #R7471 approving an appointment for replacement to the
Blasting Citizen Advisory Committee. (City Clerk Denise A. Gibbs)
Attachments: R7471 Board Replacement with backup
13. Temp. Reso. #R7444 authorizing the issuance by the Capital Projects
Finance Authority of its Essential Housing Revenue Bonds,
Series 2021 for the purpose of financing the acquisition of a certain
housing facility located within the City and herein described. (Continued
from the Meeting of 07/07/21) (ITEM WITHDRAWN) (Assistant City
Manager Shaun D. Gayle)
Attachments: ITEM WITHDRAWN
14. Temp. Reso. #R7414 approving a three-year Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the City of Miramar, Florida and the Police
Benevolent Association of Broward County, Florida, representing
City Police Officers and Sergeants, for the period from October 1, 2021
through September 30, 2024. (Continued from the Meeting of
05/19/21) (Human Resources Director Randy Cross)
Attachments: R7414 PBA Collective Bargaining Agreement with backup
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15. Temp. Reso. #R7467 approving a three-year Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the City of Miramar, Florida and the General
Association of Miramar Employees for the period from October 1,
2021, through September 30, 2024. (Human Resources Director Randy
Cross)
Attachments: R7467 Collective Bargaining Agreement GAME with backup
16. Temp. Reso. #R7468 approving a three-year Collective Bargaining
Agreement between the City of Miramar, Florida and the International
Association of Firefighters, representing non-management sworn
firefighters, for the period from October 1, 2021 through September 30,
2024. (Human Resources Director Randy Cross)
Attachments: R7468 IAFF Collective Bargaining Agreement with backup
17. Temp. Reso. #R7469 approving a Comprehensive Pay Plan for
Unrepresented Employees for the period beginning October 1, 2021
through September 30, 2022. (Human Resources Director Randy Cross)
Attachments: R7469 Comprehensive Pay Plan with backup
18. Temp. Reso. #R7472 authorizing the Public Rights Project, a project of
the Tides Center, Community Justice Project, and Southern Poverty Law
Center to file a lawsuit on behalf of the City of Miramar, Florida, that
facially challenges Section 1 of CS/HB 1 (2021). (Sponsored by
Mayor Wayne M. Messam) (City Attorney Burnadette Norris-Weeks)
Attachments: R7472 Resolution Authorizing HB1 Litigation
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (7:30 – 8:00 P.M.)
QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARING
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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.
19. SECOND READING of Temp. Ord. #O1774 relating to Land
Development Regulations; amending the Zoning Map of the City of
Miramar for approximately 32 acres of real properties generally located
and lying on both sides of Miramar Parkway, between the Florida Turnpike
and SW 68th Avenue, as further described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto,
in accordance with the requirements of Subsection 166.041(3), Florida
Statutes and Section 304 of the Land Development Code of the City of
Miramar; more specifically by changing the zoning map designation of: ( 1)
those certain parcels with Parcel ID Numbers 5141-2608-0010,
5141-2608-0011, 5141-2608-0012, 5141-2608-0021, 5141-2621-0010,
5141-2621-0020, and 5141-2622-0010 from Community Business (B2)
District to Mixed-Use Low (ML) District; (2) that certain parcel with Parcel
ID Number 5141-2608-0022 from Open Space/Recreation (OS) Zoning
District to Mixed-Use Low (ML) District; (3) those certain parcels with
Parcel ID Numbers 5141-2600-0060 and 5141-2066-0061 from
Community Facilities (CF) Zoning District and Open Space/Recreation
(OS) Zoning District to Mixed-Use Low (ML) District; and (4) that certain
parcel of real property with Parcel ID Number 5141-2600-0076 from Open
Space/Recreation (OS) Zoning District to Multi-Family Residential (RM4)
District, in order to implement the Adopted Land Use Program for the
new Miramar Innovation and Technology Activity Center
(“MITAC”) Land Use Designation, and creatively transform Historic
Miramar into an economically productive and socially inclusive Innovation
District; making findings; providing for adoption; providing for severability;
providing for administrative correction of scrivener’s errors; and providing
for an effective date. (Passed 1st Reading on 07/07/21) (Community
Development Director Eric Silva)
Attachments: O1774 2nd Reading MITAC Rezoning Ordinance with backup
O1774 1st Reading MITAC Rezoning Ordinance with backup
ExParte
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20. FIRST READING of Temp. Ord. #O1776 relating to Land Development
Regulations, considering Application No. 1902522 for an amendment to
the Zoning Map of the City of Miramar, more specifically by changing the
Zoning Map Designation of two parcels of land totaling 17.16 acres,
located on the northwest corner of Miramar Parkway and SW 145 Avenue,
and legally identified with parcel identification numbers 5140-27-11-0014
and 5140-27-11-0010 from Community Business (B2) to Mixed-Use
Low (ML); making findings; providing for adoption; providing for
severability; providing for administrative correction of scrivener ’s errors;
and providing for an effective date. (Continued from the meeting of
07/07/21) (Community Development Director Eric Silva)
SECOND READING SCHEDULED for September 1, 2021
Attachments: O1776 1st Reading Maple Multifamily Rezoning with backupRev
ExParte
21. Temp. Reso. #R7441 considering Variance Application No. 2101556
from Land Development Code (“LDC”) Section 506.6.2, Perimeter
Bufferyards; considering Variance Application No. 2101557 from LDC
Section 506.6.4, Pedestrian Landscape Zones; considering Variance
Application No. 2101558 from LDC Section 808.1.5, Size and Character
of Parking Spaces; considering Variance Application No. 2101559
from LDC Section 808, Tandem Parking; and considering Variance
Application No. 2101560 from LDC Section 808.5, Loading Spaces; for
the Monarch Professional Centre, located at 12741 through 12781
Miramar Parkway, north of Miramar Parkway and west of Flamingo Road.
(Staff recommends continuance to the meeting of 09/29/21)
(Community Development Director Eric Silva)
Attachments: Staff Recommends Continuance
OTHER BUSINESS
Reports and Comments:
Commission Reports:
City Attorney Reports:
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City Manager Reports:
FUTURE WORKSHOP
09/08/21 - 4:00 P.M. - Sister Cities Workshop - Virtual/In-person - Commission
Chambers
ADJOURNMENT
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS:
Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at 7:00 P.M.
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