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CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING

Regular Meeting

Miramar, FL · March 6, 2024

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City of Miramar, FL 2300 Civic Center Place, Miramar, FL 33025 Meeting Agenda Wednesday, March 6, 2024 7:00 PM 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 March 6, 2024 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. 5. No untested external audio/visual presentations (i.e. jump/thumb drives) will be accepted. All a/v 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 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 2/29/2024 CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda March 6, 2024 MEETING CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL/ANNOUNCEMENTS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE MOMENT OF SILENCE PRESENTATIONS Proclamation: Social Work Month. (Vice Mayor Alexandra P. Davis) Proclamation: Covid-19 Memorial Day. (Commissioner Yvette Colbourne) Proclamation: Women History Month. (Commissioner Yvette Colbourne) Proclamation: International Women's Day. (Commissioner Yvette Colbourne) Proclamation: National Women In Construction Week. (Mayor Wayne M. Messam) Proclamation: Mayor Frank Ortis Day. (Mayor Wayne M. Messam) Proclamation: Procurement Month. (Mayor Wayne M. Messam) Presentation: Florida League of Cities Presentation to Youth Advisory Council - 2023 Youth Council Video Competition. (Florida League of Cities Membership Programs Specialist Eryn Russell) 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 Workshop Meeting of January 24, 2024, the Special Commission Meeting of February 7, 2024, and the Regular Commission Meeting of February 21, 2024. Attachments: 02-21-24 Regular Commission Minutes 02-07-24- Special Commission Minutes 01-24-24 Commission Workshop Minutes City of Miramar, FL Page 3 Printed on 2/29/2024 CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda March 6, 2024 MEETING 2. Temp. Reso. #R8063 approving the acceptance of the C.O.P.S. Hiring Program Grant from the Department of Justice. (Accreditation and Programs Manager, Kim Morrow-Lopez) Attachments: R8063 Acceptance of the Cops Hiring Program with backup 3. Temp. Reso. #R8064 approving Artificial Intelligence and security partnership with the City of Miramar Florida and Vigil/Foxconn a security partnership with the City of Miramar. ( Police Major Tysheika Shaw-Williams) Attachments: R8064 LETF Purchase of Trueshieled AI Technology with backup 4. Temp. Reso. #R8070 authorizing the expenditure of $5,000 of Law Enforcement Trust Funds, which will be utilized to defray the cost of protracted or complex investigations. (Police Major Rachel Patters) Attachments: R8070 Use of Law Enforcement Trust Fund with backup 5. Temp. Reso. #R8081 accepting an Absolute Bill of Sale and Easement from the Archdiocese of Miami for the water and sewer system improvements to serve Casa Sant Angelo; authorizing the release of Surety Bond No. 47-SUR-300025-01-0058 in the amount of $291,098.75 and accepting a One-Year Maintenance Bond in the amount of $38,680.42 from Casa Sant Angelo, LTD. (City Engineer Salvador Zuniga) Attachments: R8081 Water and Sewer System Improvements for Casa Sant Angelo with backup City of Miramar, FL Page 4 Printed on 2/29/2024 CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda March 6, 2024 MEETING 6. Temp. Reso. #R8103 opposing Miami-Dade County’s siting, permitting, construction, and operation of a Solid Waste-to-Energy Campus at the Opa-Locka West Airport site that is located adjacent to the City of Miramar’s border; urging Broward municipalities to oppose locating the Miami-Dade County Waste-to-Energy Campus at the Opa-Locka West Airport site and to contribute to the City of Miramar’s opposition. (Sponsored by Mayor Wayne M. Messam, Vice Mayor Alexandra P. Davis, and the City Commission) (Deputy City Manager Kelvin L. Baker Sr.) Attachments: R8103 Opposing Miami-Dade Co Solid Waste-to-Energy Siting with backup End of Consent ORDINANCE 7. FIRST READING of Temp. Ord. #O1822 amending City’s Code of Ordinances Chapter 18 “Solid Waste,” Article I “In General,” Sections 18-1 through 18-8; Sections 18-9 through 18-25 “Reserved,” Article II “Containers,” Sections 18-26 through 18-32, Sections 18-33 through 18-50 “Reserved,” Article III “Fees and Charges,” Sections 18-51 through 18-56, Sections 18-57 through 18-75 “Reserved,” Article IV “Recycling Program,” Sections 18-76 through 18-78, Sections 18-79 through 18-80 “Reserved,” Sections 18-81 through 18-83, Sections 18-84 through 18-91 “Reserved,” Article V “Solid Waste Flow Control,” Sections 18-91 through 18-92, Sections 18-93 through 18-99 “Reserved,” Article VI “Commercial Solid Waste Recycling Services,” Sections 18-100 through 18-105, Sections 18-106 through 18-125 “Reserved,” Article VII “Debris Removal from Private Streets, Roads, Roadways, and Private Property,” Sections 18-126 through 18-132, Sections 18-133 through 18-150 “Reserved;”; and providing for an effective date. (Solid Waste & Recycling Manager Ralph Trapani) SECOND READING SCHEDULED for April 2, 2024 Attachments: O1822 1st Reading Solid Waste Ordinance PUBLIC HEARING City of Miramar, FL Page 5 Printed on 2/29/2024 CITY COMMISSION REGULAR Meeting Agenda March 6, 2024 MEETING 8. SECOND READING of Temp. Ord. #O1824 amending the Land Development Code of the City of Miramar, pursuant to Section 302 thereof as well as Section 166.041(3)(C)(2), Florida Statutes; more specifically by amending Chapter 8, “Development Standards of General Applicability,” to repeal Section 815, “Minimum Criteria for All Signs in City” to remove conflicting requirements, and also by amending Chapter 10, “Signs,” at Section 1002, “Definitions,” to update the definition of Master Sign Plan and at Section 1004, “Sign Permit Process” to repeal and replace Subsection 1004.3, “Master Sign Plan Approval” with a new section to be entitled “Master Sign Program,” to provide large-scale developments in excess of 10 acres an alternative to the minimum sign standards of the Land Development Code to better capture their unique design, special use, and needs; making findings; providing for adoption; providing for repeal; providing for severability; providing for interpretation; providing for correction of scrivener’s errors; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date. (Passed 1st Reading on 02/07/2024) (Building, Planning & Zoning Director Nixon Lebrun) Attachments: O1824 -2nd Reading Sign Related Land Development Code Amendment Final O1824 - 1st Reading Sign Related LDC Amendment OTHER BUSINESS Reports and Comments: Commission Reports: City Attorney Reports: City Manager Reports: ADJOURNMENT 9. Motion to adjourn. THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. City of Miramar, FL Page 6 Printed on 2/29/2024

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