May 05, 2026 Commission Meeting OLD

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MANY PEOPLE HERE TODAY WITH US IN THE COMMISSION. OR YOU CAN JOIN US VIA EMAIL OR VIA ZOOM, OR YOU CAN CALL IN AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS KNOWN. AND ON THE RECORD, THE WHOLE POINT IS TO ENGAGE IN THE PROCESS. AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU. NOW WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INVITING CHAPLAIN ANDREW FERNANDEZ FROM BAPTIST COLLEGIATE MINISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. GOOD MORNING SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS MORNING, I WANT TO BEGIN BY READING FROM THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS, CHAPTER FOUR, WHERE THE LORD, THROUGH THE APOSTLE PAUL, WRITES, THEREFORE, I URGE YOU TO LIVE WORTHY OF THE CALLING THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED WITH ALL HUMILITY AND GENTLENESS, WITH PATIENCE, BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE, MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH THE BOND OF PEACE.

WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US THIS DAY AND THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US, LORD, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER FREELY IN THIS PLACE. LORD, I AM GRATEFUL, LORD, FOR THIS CITY AND FOR THE LEADERS WHO YOU HAVE BEEN, WHO HAVE BEEN, HAVE YOU, WHO YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED TO SERVE IT. GOD. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE RESPONSIBILITY, LORD, THAT THEY HOLD. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE TASK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN.

LORD TO LEAD. AND LORD, I PRAY NOW HUMBLY THAT WE WOULD ALL COME BEFORE YOU AND ASK FOR WISDOM. LORD, YOU TELL US, LORD, THAT IF ANYBODY LACKS WISDOM, LORD, TO PRAY, TO ASK FOR WISDOM, AND YOU WOULD FREELY GIVE IT. SO WE COME, LORD, ASKING FOR WISDOM FOR OUR LEADERS, WISDOM FOR OURSELVES, THAT AS THEY LEAD, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE CLARITY AND DISCERNMENT, THAT YOU WOULD ALSO GIVE THEM COURAGE AND STRENGTH, LORD, TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, TO LEAD THIS CITY, LORD, TO BE UNIFIED AND TO HAVE PEACE. LORD, I THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. LORD, I PRAY, LORD, THAT ONCE AGAIN, LORD, THAT THIS CITY WOULD BE MARKED BY PEACE AND UNITY. LORD, HELP US ALL TO BE PEOPLE, LORD, WHO CARE FOR EACH OTHER. LORD WHO LOOK OUT FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS. LORD WHO LOVE EACH OTHER. LORD, AS YOU HAVE CALLED US TO LOVE AND GOD, WE PRAY NOW THAT YOU WOULD LEAD THIS COMMISSION MEETING. MAY WHAT IS DISCUSSED AND DECIDED HERE TODAY, LORD, BRING GROWTH AND FLOURISHING TO THE CITY.

LORD, WHEN PEOPLE BE BLESSED BY LIVING, BY SERVING, BY WORKING IN CORAL GABLES. AND MAY YOU, GOD, BE GLORIFIED THROUGH IT ALL. I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US, LORD, TO GATHER TOGETHER TODAY. AND THIS I PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK ONE HERE ONCE AGAIN. WE HAVE A NEW A NEW OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I LIKE TO, AS WE CONTINUE THIS TRADITION AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, WE TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE IN UNIFORM AND REFLECTING THE VERY BEST OF THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL.

THIS MORNING WE ARE PROUD TO WELCOME DAISY BAEZ, A DEDICATED VETERAN HEALTH HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL AND LONGTIME CORAL GABLES RESIDENT. MISS BAEZ SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS A PREVENTIVE MEDICINE SPECIALIST WITH THE 115TH MEDICAL BATTALION, FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS. DURING HER MILITARY SERVICE, SHE EARNED NUMEROUS HONORS, INCLUDING TWO ARMY COMMENDATION MEDALS, FOUR ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS AND MULTIPLE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF ARMY CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT. HER LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT WERE FURTHER RECOGNIZED WHEN SHE WAS NAMED FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION SOLDIER OF THE QUARTER AND 15TH MEDICAL BATTALION SOLDIER OF THE MONTH. FOLLOWING HER MILITARY SERVICE, MISS BAEZ BUILT A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND HAS SPENT THE LAST DECADE LEADING HER OWN CORAL GABLES BASED HEALTH CARE CONSULTING FIRM. HER COMMITMENT TO SERVICE CONTINUES LOCALLY. AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 98, WHERE SHE LEADS THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND ORGANIZES PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT VETERANS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. SHE ALSO HAS SERVED THE CITY THROUGH HER INVOLVEMENT WITH THE MERRICK HOUSE BOARD. MISS BIAS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR NATION, YOUR LEADERSHIP IN HEALTHCARE, IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD, AND YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO THE VETERAN COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME. I INVITE YOU TO PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. GOOD MORNING MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US. HERE WE GO.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED

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IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US TODAY. NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW THAT I'M VERY

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THROUGH THE MANAGER. COULD WE EXPAND THIS PROJECT TO OTHER SCHOOLS LIKE CORAL GABLES PREP IN THE COMING YEAR? MICHAEL, IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH US YOUR ESSAY. THANK YOU. REMEMBER THE PAST. BUILD THE FUTURE. AS WE COMMEMORATE THE 250TH YEAR OF AMERICA'S HISTORY, WE ARE REMINDED OF HOW DEEPLY THE PAST SHAPES OUR IDENTITY. EACH DAY IN OUR CORAL GABLES COMMUNITY.

WE PROUDLY CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE BY ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO LEARN FROM OUR PAST AND LOOK AHEAD TOWARD OUR FUTURE. EACH YEAR OFFERS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON OUR NATION'S FASCINATING STORY AND ADMIRE IT WITH GLOWING EYES. THIS YEAR AT PONCE DE LEON MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE CELEBRATE A MILESTONE OF OUR OWN. 100 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. AS A STUDENT AT THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, I FIND THAT WE HAVE BEGUN GUIDING OUR FUTURE THROUGH OUR PROTECTED HISTORY.

WE PRIORITIZE INCLUSION ACROSS ALL ACADEMICS, CLUBS AND ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, COLOR OR ABILITY. ALL THESE AMAZING FEATS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED THROUGH OUR GREAT HISTORY OF EXCELLENCE. I AM ALSO GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, WHICH PRIORITIZES THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORY. LANDMARKS SUCH AS BILTMORE, VIZCAYA AND LATER, MIRACLE MILE SHOWCASES THE CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. FROM THE EARLY TO THE MID 1900S. BY MAINTAINING THESE SPACES, WE HONOR OUR EVOLUTION AND KEEP A STRONG, VALUABLE CONNECTION WITH OUR DISTANT YET ENCOURAGING HISTORY. IN ESSENCE, OUR HISTORY HAS SHAPED US, OUR COMMUNITY HAS PRESERVED OUR RICH HISTORY, AND WE ARE PROUD TO KEEP OUR LEGACY ALIVE BY PRESERVING OUR HISTORY AS WE ARE AND LOOKING BACK AT WHERE WE CAME FROM, WE CAN CONSTRUCT A FUTURE READY TO GUIDE UPCOMING GENERATIONS. MICHAEL, DON'T GO TOO FAR. MICHAEL. COME BACK UP. THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE, MY FRIEND. I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU. YOUR ESSAY IS A THOUGHTFUL REMINDER THAT BY UNDERSTANDING OUR HISTORY, WE CAN HELP SHAPE A MUCH STRONGER FUTURE. IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE IMPORTANT ROLE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL PLAY IN CARRYING FORWARD THE VALUES OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR NATION.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AS YOU ARE HERE SO WE CAN PRESENT YOU WITH A FEW TOKENS OF APPRECIATION.

EVEN WITH A BROKEN ARM. WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION.

I'M GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD AND ALSO A $250 GIFT CARD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, IN RECOGNITION OF YOU WINNING YOUR ESSAY AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICA. 250 CELEBRATION. SO LET ME READ THE CERTIFICATE INTO THE RECORD. AS THE UNITED STATES MARKS ITS 250TH ANNIVERSARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE, THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES PROUDLY PRESENTS MICHAEL COUTINHO WITH A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR HIS WINNING ESSAY, REMEMBER THE PAST, BUILD THE FUTURE THROUGH THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION. OUR ON HISTORY, COMMUNITY AND CIVIC PRIDE. MICHAEL'S ESSAY HONORS THE PAST WHILE INSPIRING FUTURE GENERATIONS TO HELP SHAPE A MUCH STRONGER TOMORROW. MICHAEL, I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY YOU. YOU

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WE'RE GOING TO SKIP AROUND A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN GET SOME STUFF OUT OF HERE AND GET BACK TO WORK SERVING THE COMMUNITY. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN REGARDS TO

[A.-12. 26-1202 Congratulations to the Innovation and Technology Department recipient of the 2026 Smart 20 Award for "Transformative Work in Smart Cities" and their "Smart City Research Lab and Gables TechTank Incubator" initiatives.]

MAYOR. IT'S OUR IT'S OUR IT TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT WHO HAS WON PROBABLY THEIR 1,000TH AWARD ALREADY. I THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO A ROOM JUST FOR THEM. IT'S A FANTASTIC TEAM.

AND WE HAVE HERE THE OUR IT RECTOR. THAOUIRGOMORNOODNG SIR , TODATO PREY PROU HAVEEMBE O MY TEAM, BUT WE UN OF M FROMIUOM AND IA DADOLLEGE. S I HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE. SORRY. OKAY, I GOT IT. SORRY. MY EYES ARE NOT THAT GOOD. OKAY, SO THESE ARE PHOTOS OF OUR TEAM IN ONE OF THOSE COHORTS THAT WE HAVE.

YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE GET BETWEEN 20 AND 40 INTERNS. AND OVER THE YEARS, OVER 200. AND WE GET THEM, YOU KNOW, FROM HIGH SCHOOL STEM SCHOOLS AND, YOU KNOW, MAGNET ACADEMIES. AND ALSO WE GET THEM FROM UNDERGRAD, FROM GRADUATE PROGRAMS, SOMETIMES DOCTORAL CANDIDATES AND, AND PHD FELLOWS, RESEARCHERS FROM FACULTY. SO BASICALLY, OUR PURPOSE REALLY IS TO DRIVE INNOVATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO IGNITE THE INNOVATION IN OUR ECOSYSTEM, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY, OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT ALSO SCHOOLS AND INDUSTRY AND BUSINESSES IN CORAL GABLES. EVERYBODY BENEFITS FROM THIS EFFORT, AND THEY COLLABORATE ON REAL WORLD PROJECTS. SO WE CHALLENGE THEM WHEN THEY COME TO WORK AT THE AT THE LAB. WE GIVE THEM REAL CHALLENGES, REAL, REAL WORK THAT THEY CAN. AT THE END OF THEIR INTERNSHIP, THEY EARN A MICRO-CREDENTIAL. SO THEY USE THAT TO GET A JOB. BUT NOT ONLY THAT, WE HELP THEM TO CONNECT WITH BUSINESS AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. SO SOMETIMES WE HELP THEM TO GET A JOB ACTUALLY. AND SO ALSO IN COLLABORATION WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR BELKIS PEREZ, HELPS US ALSO TO CONNECT ALL THOSE TALENT, THAT TALENT PIPELINE TO BUSINESSES IN CORAL GABLES, THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR TALENT IN CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES. SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH GABLES TECH TANK. THESE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS IN THE FACILITY AREA OF THE CITY. BUT WE HAVE WE USED TO HAVE THERE THE IT HELP DESK AND GIS OFFICE. WE STILL HAVE THEM, BUT WE TRY TO PREPARE AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING BENCH. WE HAVE A MAKER'S CORNER SO THEY CAN BUILD SENSORS AND 3D PRINTING. WE HAVE AN AREA FOR AUGMENTED REALITY SO THEY CAN WORK WITH VR HEADSETS. AND WE HAVE AREAS FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERS TO DEVELOP CODING AND AREAS FOR GIS AND DIGITAL TWINNING. SO WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE BEST WE CAN IN THAT SPACE. WE GOT A VISIT FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER RECENTLY AND THEY PITCHED THEIR PROJECTS. WE ALSO PUSHED THE STUDENTS TO, YOU KNOW, TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE COMFORT ZONE AND LEARN TO PITCH, LEARN WHAT IT IS TO GO AND PITCH AN IDEA TO, TO, TO A SHARK TANK, I SAY, OR TO ENTREPRENEURS OR VCS OR HOW IT IS TO APPLY FOR A POSITION AND GO TO A JOB INTERVIEW. SO WE ALSO HELP THEM WITH THOSE KIND OF SKILLS AS WELL. SO WE

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THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE AWARD LATER FROM MIAMI TECH. AND THE SECOND PHOTO IS FROM THE RESEARCH TRIANGLE IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE WE GOT THE SMART 20 AWARD THIS YEAR.

AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO PRESENT THE WORK OF THE LAB. THE THIRD PHOTO IS FROM WASHINGTON, DC, WHEN OUR LAB MANAGER, MARK HUBERT. HE ALSO RECEIVED THE AWARD, THE THE GLOBE AWARD, AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS. SO THIS IS A SIDEWALK SPEED VIOLATION SENSOR PROJECT.

AMAZING PROTOTYPE. WE HAVE THE THE ENGINEERING INTERN WHO DEVELOPED IT RESPONDING TO CONCERNS THAT WE HEAR FROM FROM YOU, FROM THE COMMUNITY, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, THE VICE MAYOR HAS PRESSED THIS AS A NEED. SO WE HAD A PROTOTYPE WORKING ALREADY. SO I'M GOING TO PUT A LITTLE VIDEO. IT'S VERY SMALL THERE. BUT YOU SEE THE THIS PROTOTYPE WE PRESENTED AT UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI AND THE FACULTY, THE PROFESSORS WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK OF OUR INTERNS. SO THIS IS AMAZING. SO WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC BOARD. WE HAVE SOFTWARE THAT IS RUNNING FROM A COMPUTER, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO START BUILDING THE ENCLOSURE AND MAYBE START TESTING IT TO SEE IF WE CAN DO A PILOT ON MIRACLE MILE. A LOT OF INTERACTIVE AI AGENTS TODAY, CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS. AND OUR TEAM AT THE RESEARCH LAB HAS BUILT A LOT OF THOSE VOICE INTERACTIVE AGENTS THAT YOU CAN TALK TO THE AGENT AT A KIOSK, OR YOU CAN CALL A PHONE NUMBER, OR YOU CAN SIMPLY GO TO A CHATBOT ON A WEBSITE OR A MOBILE APP. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE THAT BRING EFFICIENCIES AND KNOWLEDGE THAT IS QUICKLY AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS AND ALSO FOR FOR EMPLOYEES ALSO TO CREATE AN IT TICKET. TODAY, OUR HELP DESK, WE USE THOSE TYPE OF SYSTEMS TO THE BUSINESS CARDS THAT WE USED TO HAVE IN THE CITY. NOW THEY ARE ELECTRONICS. THEY ARE NEAR-FIELD CARDS. WE USED TO PAY A COMPANY AND THE COMPANY STOPPED PROVIDING THE SERVICE. AND WE SAY INSTEAD OF GETTING ANOTHER SERVICE, THAT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE, WHY DON'T WE BUILD IT OURSELVES? BUT ALSO FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR EFFICIENCIES AND COST SAVINGS, WE BUILD TECHNOLOGIES LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, 3D PRINTING. SO A LOT OF SO YOU SEE THIS PHOTO HERE, HOW WE DO WHAT THEY CALL DIGITAL FABRICATION OR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TYPE OF PROJECTS. SO WE BUILD OUR OWN ENCLOSURES.

ALSO, WE ARE ABLE TO BUILD NOT ONLY ENCLOSURES FOR THE PROTOTYPES. ANYTIME THAT WE NEED A PART OR MATERIAL LIKE A CALIPER COMPUTER STANDS NOW, WE CAN PRINT THEM. SO IT'S ALSO ANOTHER EFFICIENCY. AND ALSO FOR COST SAVINGS TWO AND THREE OF THE YEAR. THAT WAS A COOL PROJECT FOR STUDENTS LAST YEAR DURING THE CENTENNIAL. SO YOU KNOW, THE CRYPTO ASSETS AND NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY. WE BUILD THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CITY TO HAVE THEIR OWN CRYPTO ASSETS AND TOKENS. AND OUR STUDENTS AT THE LAB HELPED US TO BUILD SOME OF THOSE TOKENS FOR THE CITY TREES FOR THE CONTEST, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DINA DINA BELL AND COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR MARTHA PANTING AND HER TEAM. SO WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD SOME OF THOSE COLLECTIONS. A DRONE FIRE STATION FOUR IS AN EXAMPLE THAT HOW WE USE DRONE TECHNOLOGIES AT THE AT THE LAB WITH SOME OF THE INTERNS TO CREATE THOSE BUILDING INFORMATION MODELS OF THE BUILDINGS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, USING DRONE TECHNOLOGY, AND CONNECT THAT TO THE DIGITAL TWIN IN THE CITY, AUGMENTED REALITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF VIRTUAL REALITY, MIXED REALITY, AUGMENTED REALITY PROJECTS WHERE WE USE A SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, BUT ALSO HEADSETS LIKE THIS TO CREATE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES. THIS ONE IN COLLABORATION WITH HISTORICAL RESOURCES AND CULTURAL ARTS, INCLUDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES. THE ARTISTS WE CAN CREATE ALSO AVATARS THAT EXPLAIN WHAT THE ART IS ABOUT. SO IT'S VERY, VERY GOOD. WE'RE BRINGING ALSO THOSE TECHNOLOGIES AND WE TEST THEM AT THE LAB. WE BRING THE LAB TO CONFERENCES RECENTLY TO UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SMART CITY CONFERENCE. ANOTHER WAY ALSO TO GET THE STUDENTS TO PITCH THEIR PROJECTS TO PROFESSORS AND GET THEIR SKILLS. AND WE ALSO HAVE RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS WITH UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS. LIKE NOW WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROJECT AT A

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AND ALSO IF THEY ARE OPEN FOR WORK OR OPEN FOR INTERNSHIP. AND THAT'S WHAT DIRECTOR BELKIS PEREZ IS HELPING ME TO CONNECT THIS THROUGH OUR NEW SALESFORCE B2B PLATFORM TO THE BUSINESSES IN CORAL GABLES, SO THEY CAN COME HERE AND SEARCH FOR PROVEN TALENT, AMAZING TALENT. I ENCOURAGE ALL THE BUSINESSES IN CORAL GABLES TO SEARCH FOR TALENT IN THIS POOL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ARE A DIFFERENT ITEM. WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT A FUTURE LAB EXPANSION PLAN WHEN AFTER THE RENOVATION OF CITY HALL, WHEN SOME OFFICE SPACE NEXT DOOR IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE, WE COULD THINK ON AN EXPANSION FOR THE LAB WHEN WE CAN HAVE THOSE AREAS THAT I SHOWED YOU THAT WE ARE HAVE ALL TOGETHER TO GROW AND EXPAND TO A ROBOTICS LAB, AN AI AND DATA LAB, TO HAVE AN INCUBATOR OFFICE POTENTIALLY GENERATING REVENUE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AT THE LAB, OTHER CITIES, WANTS US TO HELP THEM BUILD AND ALSO BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. BEING IN THE CORAL GABLES AREA, WE CAN CONNECT THE DOTS WITH BUSINESSES THAT CAN COME HERE AND WCAN PROVIDE SERVICES TO, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD LIKE JUST TO FINISH, WE HAVE OUR LAB MANAGER, MARK HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB OVER MANY YEARS HELPING TO BUILD THIS TALENT, COACHING THE INTERNS, COLLABORATING WITH THE UNIVERSITIES. I WANT HIM, MARK, ABLE TO INTRODUCE HIS TEAM AND ALSO SOME OF THE INTERNS THAT ARE HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING SIR. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, THE COMMISSION, CITY MANAGER. MARK HEBERT, GIS MANAGER, INTERN COORDINATOR FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. SO I'M SO PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS ON THEIR BEHALF BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY WHAT HAVE MADE THE LABORATORY GO THESE MANY YEARS. IT STARTED OFF SMALL. IT'S NOW QUITE LARGE.

I'VE GOT MY LAB ASSISTANTS, IF YOU WILL, EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY AND A ARIAS, JAVIER FERNANDEZ, ANTHONY CABRERA AND MUKHTAR RUMA, A LATE ADDITION WHO WAS AN INTERN INITIALLY. SO THE CITY IS HIRING ITS OWN INTERNS NOW, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR SOME TIME. MUKHTAR CAME TO US FROM MIAMI DADE, AND NOW HE'S AN EMPLOYEE, A PROUD EMPLOYEE OF CITY OF CORAL GABLES. MANY OF THE INTERNS. WHICH WAY SHOULD I FACE TO GET YOU COORDINATED? FIRST UP, WE'VE GOT ANTONELLA TRAVIESO. SHE'S WORKING OUT OF MIAMI DADE COLLEGE. SHE'S AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, AND SHE'S WORKING ON A FLOODING SENSOR WHERE WE CAN STATION SMALL IOT DEVICES IN AREAS THAT WE KNOW HAVE CONTINUAL PONDING. LET'S SAY WE WANT TO MEASURE IT. WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF IT. WE WANT TO ANTICIPATE IT. IT WILL REPORT ON THAT. WORKING WITH ELISABETTA LUKINA FROM MIAMI DADE AS WELL, WORKING ON DASHBOARDS FOR THE CITY. WE KNOW THIAGO, WE SAW HIM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HERE FROM SUSTAINABILITY. HE WAS A GRADUATE INTERN FROM FROM OUR CITY. HE'S NOW WORKING IN NORTH FORT LAUDERDALE. IS THAT CORRECT? CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. MY MISTAKE. SAMANTHA TIMMONS FROM MIAMI DADE COLLEGE, WHO DID THE WORK ON THE SPEED SENSOR WE JUST SAW A MINUTE AGO, AS WELL AS SANTIAGO SHAHEEN FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. HE'S WORKING ON THE DASHBOARD USING UTILIZING THE WEATHER STATIONS THAT WE HAVE AT FIRE STATION THREE AND HERE AT THIS STATION TO MAKE A DASHBOARD THAT REFLECTS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ENVIRONMENT. SO IT'S NOT JUST A BUNCH OF NUMBERS AND FIGURES, IT'S ACTUALLY A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE HEAT THAT MAY BE OCCURRING AND THE NEED TO GET SHADE AND WATER AND HYDRATE, AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO RAIN AND WHAT THE PRECIPITATION AND THE CLOUDINESS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. DID I MISS ANYBODY, ANYBODY HIDING SOMEWHERE THAT I DIDN'T GET TO? WELL, THAT'S THE TEAM AT THE MOMENT. JUST YESTERDAY WE HAD TWO NEW COHORTS START WITH THE CITY, ONE FROM FIU, THE SPRINT, THE BREAKTHROUGH INTERNSHIP COHORT, FIVE INDIVIDUALS. THEY'RE WORKING ON A BUNCH OF NEW PROJECTS AS WELL. AND THEN TWO GENTLEMEN FROM THE NIST RAMPS PROGRAM SPONSORED BY PROFESSOR ALEX PONS AT THE AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY. AND THEN THOSE WERE JUST THE SEVEN THAT WE ANTICIPATED. THERE WERE ALSO THREE OTHER INTERNS THAT STARTED YESAY AS WL. I AM PLEASEDHAT 'VE B ABLE TO GENERAT INTERT THE FLOWF INTER WHO WA TO COMEO U IETOLD KNOW THEY'RE TRE UIL THE MAKE TMSELVES KNOWN. ISE. WE HAVECTIOWI THE URSITIESP THROUG BUT WD OMOREADING AND W , VEUCCESSFU RECNG INPROGREHANK FR YOUR HARDORK. KTHIS H BEEN AABOR OF F Y VIOUSLY F YOUR RE TE TLYD WYOU' INIS LING SOR T TURE, ICHRE GOING TAR TALENTNDIVUA, AND I'MVERY HAP TN FOCITY.OHA YOU FOR IN US. TNK Y FNGHERE WITH AND I MEANU NEVER CEASE TO OP, KNTO IMPRESSS BEUSE RE JUS YOU KEEWIG, ISN'W,HE ISN A THERE TIME WRE I D SPEH OTHERITY AND SPEAK ABOUR IT TM AND WT UR DEPARTNT IOINGNDOW

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[A.-1. 26-1483 Presentation of Certificate of Appreciation: Lucy Lopez - For Permit Processing Notes Dayron Garcia - For Permit Processing Notes Joanne Meagher - For Merrick Moments (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

I WAS SURPRISED TRYMPNT COISSION MEETING. A I SURISND HOROBEECZEATS ONE.

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AND THAT WAS PROVIDED IN A MEMO TO THE MANAGER AND TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION AND MEMORIALIZED WHERE I HAVE ALL MY MEMOS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE BETTER. WE WANT TO HEAR WHERE WE CAN BE BETTER.

WE DON'T JUST WANT TO HEAR WHAT'S GOOD FOR US TO HEAR, OH, YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. THE PERMITTING SYSTEM IS THE BEST. CORAL GABLES IS THE BEST. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP US ACHIEVE HIGHER GOALS AND ACHIEVE HIGHER LEVELS OF EFFICIENCY AND SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. SO IN CLOSING, I WANT TO THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT MADDOX COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD, BECAUSE HIS WIFE OBVIOUSLY IS RECOVERING FROM CANCER AND THEY'VE HAD A LONG BATTLE AHEAD OF THEM. BUT HE STILL TOOK TIME. HE TOOK TIME TO ENGAGE. HE TOOK TIME TO PUT TOGETHER PAMPHLET, A BREAKDOWN, A PRESENTATION, BECAUSE THE THREE OF YOU TRULY IMPRESSED ME AND HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT THE CITY. SOME OF YOU ARE RESIDENTS. SOME OF YOU ARE NOT RESIDENTS. BUT ALL OF YOU DO BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY, ALONG WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING US IMPROVE US, BE BETTER. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY WORDS, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR IT BEFORE WE BEFORE I GIVE YOU THE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU. MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

IT REALLY MEANS A LOT. AND MOREOVER, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS LISTENING AND TAKING THE TIME NOT ONLY TO ADDRESS MY CONCERNS AS AN AVID USER, BUT IN TURN TO ASSIST THE CONCERNS OF THE HOMEOWNERS WHICH I REPRESENT AND THROUGH THEIR PERMITTING PROCESS. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SMALL MOMENT TO WISH MY MOM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WHO SHE'S WATCHING FROM HOME. AND THIS RECOGNITION MEANS A LOT BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS INSTILLED THE IMPORTANCE OF HARD WORK. SO THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONER. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT MY NOTES THAT WERE PROVIDED WERE TO BETTER THE DEPARTMENT. AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, I USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. SO IT HOLDS A DEAR PLACE IN MY HEART.

EVERYTHING I DO HERE, AND I SAY IN MY COMMENTS AND MY FEEDBACK IS ALL TO BETTER THE DEPARTMENT, NOT TO BETTER MYSELF, HELP THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHAT I'VE DONE NOW IN THE CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SO. SO I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU AND MADDOX, WHO'S NOT HERE. YOU TOOK A LOT OF TIME, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE MEMO THAT I PUT TOGETHER, MINE IS JUST ONE PAGE, BUT THEY PUT TOGETHER PROBABLY OVER 30 PAGES OF INSIGHT, GUIDANCE, IDEAS.

SOME OF THEM WERE GOING TO IMPLEMENT. SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE DIFFICULT, BUT

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AND DAYRON CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA. SO THESE ARE THE TYPE OF IDEAS THAT COME TO US DURING OFFICE HOURS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR 13 YEARS, BROUGHT TO US BY BUSINESS OWNERS, BY PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN THE CITY, AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN SEEING THE CITY BE THE BEST THAT IT POSSIBLY CAN. SO THAT WAS THE INTENT OF WHAT I PUT TOGETHER. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO GET THIS DONE, BECAUSE EVEN IF WE TAKE ONE IDEA FROM WHAT THE THREE OF YOU DID, WE'LL BE BETTER. THANK YOU FOR THAT, I APPRECIATE THAT. CAN WE TAKE A PHOTO?

[A.-2. 26-1448 Presentation of a Proclamation declaring May 3-9, 2026 as "National Travel and Tourism Week" in Coral Gables.]

SO I'M FOLLOWING AMAZING POETRY AND PERMITTING, WHICH I THINK IS ACTUALLY PERFECT BECAUSE ONE TALKED ABOUT REMEMBERING THE PAST AND BUILDING ON THE FUTURE. AND PART OF THAT FUTURE IS BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT FROM A CITY'S PERSPECTIVE AND HOW YOU PERMIT. AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. GEORGE MERRICK, THE VISIONARY, BUT ALWAYS LOOKING INTO THE INTO THE INTO THE FUTURE AS WELL. SO AGAIN, I'M ROLANDO, I'M THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU. I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOUR YOUR OLD PLACE HOPING TO GET BACK INTO YOUR NEW PLACE AT SOME. BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. AND I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE RICHARD GIBBS. IT IS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK, TRAVEL AND TOURISM AND TOURISM IN GENERAL TOUCHES EVERY COMMUNITY IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, INCLUDING CORAL GABLES. CORAL GABLES IS CELEBRATING MANY THINGS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CELEBRATE YOUR CENTENNIAL. WE TALKED ABOUT THE AMERICAS SEMI QUINCENTENNIAL KIND OF TOUGH TO SAY. VENETIAN POOL REOPENED, LOTS OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL. IN FACT, ON JUNE 3RD, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT THE BILTMORE HOTEL, WHICH IS CELEBRATING ITS CENTENNIAL AT OUR BIANNUAL STATE OF THE INDUSTRY. YOU'RE ALL INVITED. I BELIEVE WE'RE GETTING SOME MESSAGES FROM YOU TO WELCOME.

THE GROUP OF 600 OF OUR INDUSTRY WILL BE THERE LISTENING TO HOW TOURISM IS BENEFITING THE RESIDENTS OF CORAL GABLES AND OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. ANOTHER THING WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT IS THE BUSINESSES WE WORK EXTENSIVELY WITH YOUR SMALL BUSINESSES. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH GEORGE FROM YOUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD A GREAT ONE WITH MARK, GOD REST HIS SOUL. AND THAT IS A VIBRANT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A VIBRANT FABRIC OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. IT'S IT'S SMALL BUSINESSES THAT, BY THE WAY, ARE FOR THE RESIDENTS FIRST AND FOREMOST, BUT THEY ALSO WELCOME

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WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES. SO AGAIN, AS I CLOSE OUT, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE WHAT I WOULD CALL THE CORE CITIES OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. WHEN IT COMES TO TOURISM, YOU'RE HOME TO SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS, NOT JUST RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES, OBVIOUSLY, THE INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR OF CORAL GABLES, WITH ITS CONSULAR CORPS, IS ANOTHER FACET THAT WE CELEBRATE. AND AS WE PREPARE FOR FIFA WORLD CUP, YOU'RE ALSO HOME TO, OF COURSE, FIFA AND THE HOST COMMITTEE, WHICH ARE OUR DEAR PARTNERS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING A PARTNER WITH THE GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR YOUR RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT THAT TOURISM IS A CRITICAL INDUSTRY FOR THE CITY. IT SUPPORTS RESIDENT QUALITY OF LIFE, AND IT MAKES AND IT MAKES CORAL GABLES THE AMAZING CITY THAT IT IS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL JUST BEGIN BY READING THE PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. WHEREAS THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF EVERY INDUSTRY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CRITICAL PART OF FLORIDA'S AND THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES ECONOMY, DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE. AND WHEREAS TRAVEL IS AN ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE FOR FLORIDA AND EVERY DESTINATION ACROSS THE STATE, GENERATING $133 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT AND PUTTING MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION FLORIDIANS TO WORK IN 2025. AND WHEREAS, TOURISM SPENDING SUPPORTS VIBRANT AND SAFE COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY BEAUTIFUL AND ACROSS FLORIDA, BY GENERATING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN STATE AND LOCAL TAX REVENUE TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS EDUCATION, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORE. AND WHEREAS, ACCORDING TO THE GREATER MIAMI CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WELCOMED MORE THAN 28 MILLION VISITORS, GENERATING APPROXIMATELY $21 BILLION IN VISITOR SPENDING AND SUPPORTING OVER 200 000 LOCAL JOBS. REINFORCING TOURISM AS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY'S LEADING ECONOMIC DRIVERS. AND WHEREAS TOURISM CONTRIBUTES TO THE SUCCESS OF ALL INDUSTRIES INCLUDING MANUFACTURING, AGRICULTURE, DEFENSE, HEALTH CARE AND MORE BY DRIVING SALES, GROWTH, INNOVATION, EDUCATION AND OPERATIONS THAT POWER OUR ECONOMY, OUR NATION, OUR STATE AND THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. AND WHEREAS FLORIDA'S TOURISM INDUSTRY CANNOT BE GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND REMAINS ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP DESTINATIONS WITHOUT MAXIMIZING GROWTH AND LEISURE, BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL INBOUND VISITORS THROUGH TOURISM PROMOTION. AND WHEREAS TRAVEL IS AN ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY AND WE MUST CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE THAT GROWING TOURISM LEADS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, BENEFITS BUSINESSES, FOSTERS MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND CONNECTS THE NATION. NOW, THEREFORE, I, VINCE LAGO AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 3RD THROUGH NINE, 2026 AS NATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM WEEK IN CORAL GABLES. THANK YOU.

[A.-3. 26-1505 Presentation of a Proclamation declaring May 5, 2026 as “Cielo Tejido Day” in Coral Gables.]

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SO THAT WAS WONDERFUL. WE'RE SEEING, OBVIOUSLY INCREASED FOOT TRAFFIC. IT'S SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESSES AND IT'S ENERGIZING. THE DOWNTOWN MIRACLE MILE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

THIS INITIATIVE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF THE CONSULATE OF MEXICO AND THE CONSUL GENERAL, RUTILIO ESCANDON, AND HIS AMAZING TEAM, ARLETTE GARCIA RAMOS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE OF THE CONSULATES CULTURAL INSTITUTE AND TERREMOTI, THE CULTURAL INSTITUTE ASSISTANT, WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THE ARTIST AND OUR STAFF, BORIS LAZO AND HAMLET GARCIA, WORKING ALL NIGHT UNTIL 6 A.M. EVERY NIGHT IN ORDER TO MEET OUR DEADLINE. SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND FROM OUR OFFICE, LETTY PEREZ ALSO HELPED WITH THE COORDINATION. SO IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT. AND SO WITH THAT MAYOR, I TURN IT OVER FOR THE PROCLAMATION. CONSUL. BUENOS DIAS. AQUI. NO, NO, I A PRIMERO TAMBIÉN A BELKIS ESPANOL A HABLAR CON EL OTRO DIA. CUANDO HABLAMOS EL EL EVENTO HABLAR CON LOS DUENOS DE LOS RESTAURANTES ESTABAN ESTATICO SOBRE SOBRE LA OPORTUNIDAD. A ESTO POR MUCHO TIEMPO. LOS PROXIMOS SEIS MESES VAN A SER MUY BUENOS PARA GIRALDA. PERO DE LAS GRACIAS DESDE LA CIUDAD POR SU ESFUERZO LIDERAZGO Y USTEDES SIEMPRE HACEN SIEMPRE HACEN CON NOSOTROS. LA MITAD SIEMPRE TRABAJAN CON NOSOTROS QUIEREN HACER COSAS JUNTOS DESDE LOS DIAS DE LOS MUERTOS. AHORA TEJIDO PERO SIEMPRE TAN PRESENTE EN TODOS LOS EVENTOS Y LAS GRACIAS Y SU EQUIPO ES ALGO ESPECIAL SIEMPRE HA SIDO ALGO FUERA DE SERIA COMO SI NOSOTROS.

PERO DE GRACIA. WHAT I TOLD THE CONSUL GENERAL WAS VERY SIMPLE, WAS THAT I WENT AND SPOKE TO SOME OF THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS WHEN WE WERE THERE, WHEN WE CUT THE RIBBON FOR THE INSTALLATION AND THEY WERE ECSTATIC ABOUT ABOUT THE INSTALLATION. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THIS IS GOING TO BE GOING ON FOR SIX MONTHS. YOU HAVE THREE MONTHS INSTALLATION OF CIELO TEJIDO, AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE MONTHS OF THE UMBRELLAS, A DIFFERENT ITERATION. SO BELKIS LETI, THEIR TEAM HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB. THE CONSUL GENERAL, THE MEXICAN CONSULATE. WE ARE BEYOND BLESSED, BEYOND GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM HERE IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. THEY ARE AT EVERY SINGLE EVENT THEY DO THE DE MUERTOS, THEY DO THE TEJIDO.

THEY TAKE SUCH PRIDE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE CORAL GABLES COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. GRACIAS, GRACIAS POR SUA VIDA. MAS IMPORTANTE DE TODO. MUCHAS GRACIAS. ESTE ES UN DIA MUY IMPORTANTE PARA NUESTRO PAIS SE CELEBRA LA BATALLA DE CINCO DE MAYO, UNA FECHA DE GLORIA, POR LO RECIBIMOS CON MUCHA HONRA ESTA PROCLAMATION. POR LO QUIERO EXPRESAR AGRADECIMIENTO LA CIUDAD DE CORAL GABLES A SU ALCALDE. A MI AMIGO, VINCE LLEGO A LAS AUTORIDADES MUNICIPALES NOS ACOMPANAN.

MUCHAS GRACIAS A TODOS TODOS USTEDES PROCEDEN ESTA IMPORTANT INSTITUCION ALCALDIA DE CORAL GABLES POR ESTE GRACIAS POR ESTE SIGNIFICATIVO RECONOCIMIENTO OTORGADO EN EL MARCO DE LA SECCION DE LA COMISION DE LA ALCALDIA, EL CUAL RECIBIMOS CON PROFUNDO ORGULLO. LA PROCLAMATION DECLARING EL CINCO DE MAYO COMO DIA DE CIELO TEJIDO EL CORAL GABLES TIENE UN PROFUNDO VALOR SIMBOLICO ESTA FECHA PARA MÉXICO CON LA BATALLA DE PUEBLA, Y REPRESENTA LA DEFENSA DE NUESTRA SOBERANIA ADQUIERE HOY UN NUEVO SIGNIFICADO AL UNIUS CON UNA EXPRESSION CULTURAL Q CELEBRA LA IDENTIDAD, EL TRABAJO COLECTIVO Y EL DIALOGO ENTRE COMUNIDADES. SI EL TEJIDO ES EL RESULTADO DEL ENCUENTRO ENTRE CULTURAS. EL TRABAJO ARTESANAL MEXICANO DE UNA COLABORACION INTERINSTITUTIONAL EJEMPLAR ES UNA MUESTRA DE COMO EL ARTE EN EL ESPACIO PUBLICO, PUEDE TOMAR EL ENTORNO URBANO. INVITA A LA CONVIVENCIA Y LOS LAZOS ENTRE QUIENES COMPARTEN ESTE ESPACIO. EL NOMBRE DEL CONSULADO GENERAL DE MÉXICO, EL

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, VINCE LAGO AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 5TH BIO CINCO 2026 AS CIELO TEJIDO DAY IN CORAL GABLES. THE MAYOR. YES. SO. GRACIAS POR UN EVENTO. EXCELENTE A ESTO ES ALGO COMO SI NO SON COMO COMUNIDAD A GLOBAL COMO UNA COMUNIDAD DE JALISCO DE MÉXICO CON CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA. LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS ES UN PLACER. TENER ESTE ESTA AQUI EN LA CIUDAD DE CORAL GABLES. USTEDES LA VIDA DE NUEVO A GIRALDA Y LA CIUDAD DE CORAL GABLES CON ESTA EXHIBITION Y LA TENEMOS AGRADECER AL PUEBLO MEXICANO POR COMPARTIR. ESTO CON NOSOTROS AQUI EN LA CIUDAD DE CORAL GABLES. TO OUR STAFF. INCREDIBLE WORK MAKING THIS HAPPEN. MANAGER BELKYS YOUR ENTIRE TEAM LETICIA FOR FOR MAKING THIS A REALITY. AND WE'D BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T THANK COMMISSIONER CASTRO, WHO CONTINUED TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR TWO YEARS TO MAKE SURE WE DELIVERED ON BRINGING SOMETHING THAT MADE SENSE TO GERALDO ONCE AGAIN. SO THANK YOU.

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YES. FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE. OH, OF COURSE I TAKE THE PICTURE. I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A PHOTO. OF COURSE. OKAY, OKAY. ONE MORE MOMENT. THANK YOU. IT'S MY FAULT. RETAKE IT AS LONG AS YOU ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY.

[A.-4. 26-1392 Presentation of a Proclamation declaring May 6, 2026 as "The Villagers Day" in Coral Gables.]

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A FOUNDATIONAL STUDY THAT HAS BEEN THE BACKBONE FOR SAVING COUNTLESS PLACES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN LOST, AND HAS FURTHER ASSISTED IN EFFORTS TO PLACE LOCAL PROPERTIES ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. AND WHEREAS, THE MIAMI VILLAGERS HAS INVESTED IN THE FUTURE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION BY AWARDING MORE THAN 200 SCHOLARSHIPS TO FLORIDA BASED UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FOCUSED ON ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, ENSURING THAT THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE VITAL TO OUR SHARED HERITAGE ARE CARRIED FORWARD FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. WHEREAS, THE MIAMI VILLAGERS HAS DEMONSTRATED AN ENDURING COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, MOST NOTABLY BY RAPIDLY RELEASING EMERGENCY FUNDS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA TO HELP CLEAN AND SECURE AND STABILIZE HISTORIC SITES THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. AND WHEREAS, MIAMI VILLAGERS NOW PROUDLY CELEBRATE THEIR 60TH ANNIVERSARY, A MILESTONE THAT REFLECTS SIX DECADES OF TENUOUS, TENACIOUS, RATHER CONSISTENT AND SELFLESS VOLUNTEER SERVICE. ON BEHALF OF EVERY UNIQUE THREAD OF RICH CULTURAL PATCHWORK OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, VINCE LAGO AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 6TH, 2026 AS THE VILLAGERS DAY IN CORAL GABLES. READY FOR A PHOTO? LET'S DO IT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

[A.-5. 26-1390 Presentation of a Proclamation declaring May 2026 as "Historic Preservation Month" in Coral Gables.]

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THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT DAY. AND WHILE YOU'RE WALKING UP, I CAN READ THE PROCLAMATION INTO THE RECORD. WHEREAS NATIONAL TRUST, THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, HAS DECLARED THE MONTH OF MAY AS NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH. AND WHEREAS, THE THEME FOR THE 2026 IS HARNESSING THE POWER OF PLACE, FOCUSING ON HOW HISTORIC PRESERVATION STRENGTHENS COMMUNITIES, SUPPORTS A HEALTHIER PLANET, FOSTERS MORE CONNECTED SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S THEME ALIGNS WITH THE NATION'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY, HIGHLIGHTING THE VITAL ROLE THAT HISTORIC PLACES PLAY IN FOSTERING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND CONNECTING AMERICANS TO THE STORIES, STRUGGLES, AND ACHIEVEMENTS THAT HAVE SHAPED OUR SHARED IDENTITY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES HAS ESTABLISHED A HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE CONSIDERABLE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL LEGACIES OF OUR CITY, BEAUTIFUL AND REMAIN STEADFAST IN ITS COMMITMENT TO HONORING THE PLACES THAT DEFINE OUR UNIQUE CHARACTER AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT. NOW, THEREFORE, I, VINCE LAGO AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2026 AS NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH IN CORAL GABLES. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MEMBERS HERE. DOES ANYONE FROM THE GROUP WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION? GOOD MORNING. AND APPRENTICE PRESERVATION OFFICER. I DID WANT TO JUST EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE PROCLAMATION. I THINK THIS WAS A REQUEST FROM THE CHINESE VILLAGE AND ALSO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION OF CORAL GABLES IN RELATION TO THE PRESERVATION MONTH. THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD HAS ALSO REQUESTED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THE STATE OF PRESERVATION IN CORAL GABLES. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE MEMBERS OF OUR PINEWOOD ADVISORY BOARD HERE TO MAKE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON THE PRESERVATION EFFORTS MADE AT PINEWOOD ADVISORY, THE PINEWOOD CEMETERY AS WELL. SO THERE'S ALSO A SECOND PROCLAMATION. YEAH. AND THIS IS FOR THE CHINESE VILLAGE. SO IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN READ IT INTO THE RECORD NOW AND THEN YOU CAN DO YOUR YOUR TALK. AND WE CAN ALSO DO THE PINEWOOD CEMETERY ONE ALSO, I THINK, AND PINEWOOD, DO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION ON THAT ONE? THERE WAS ONE. THERE'S A PRESENTATION BY THE BOARD. OKAY. FOR PINEWOOD. SO IF THEY WANT TO COME UP YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAND UP HERE. COME UP WHILE YOU'RE COMING UP. I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION. OKAY. WHEREAS THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES CHINESE VILLAGE STANDS AS O OFHE STRCTEURLY STINCTE NEIGHBORHN SOUTH FLORIDA, NESTLED ALONG RIVIERA DRIVE, BEHIND THE LOW STUCCO WALL WHERE CHERISHED CLUSTER OF HOMES ADORNED WITH CURVED CERAMIC ROOF TILES, LATTICED BALCONIES, AND THE UNMISTAKABLE SILHOUETTE OF THE CLASSICAL CHINESE ARCHITECTURE GRACES ONE OF CORAL GABLES MOST TRANQUIL STREETS. AND WHEREAS THE CHINESE VILLAGE WAS DESIGNED IN 1926 BY THE RENOWNED ARCHITECT HENRY CILLIAN MURPHY, WHOSE VISIONARY DESIGN DREW INSPIRATION FROM THE IMPERIAL ARCHITECTURE OF BEIJING, CREATING AN ENCLAVE THAT EVOKES THE INTIMACY OF A CLASSICAL HUTONG UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE FOUND IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS THE YEAR 2026 MARKS THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF HENRY KILNS, MURPHY'S LANDMARK CHINESE VILLAGE, A MILESTONE THAT INVITES THE RESIDENTS OF CORAL GABLES AND VISITORS ALIKE TO REFLECT UPON AND CELEBRATE A CENTURY OF EXTRAORDINARY ARCHITECTURAL TREASURE. AND WHEREAS THE CHINESE VILLAGE REPRESENTS THE FORESIGHT AND CULTURAL AMBITION OF CORAL GABLES FOUNDER GEORGE MERRICK, WHO ENVISIONED A CITY BEAUTIFUL ENRICHED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL TRADITION AND TRADITIONS AND GREAT AND WORLD'S GREAT CIVILIZATIONS, AND WHOSE LEGACY CONTINUES TO DEFINE THE CHARACTER AND IDENTITY IDENTITY OF OUR CITY. WHEREAS, IT IS FITTING AND PROPER THAT THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES HONOR THIS UNIQUE AND IRREPLACEABLE HISTORIC LANDMARK AND RECOGNIZE ITS ENDURING CONTRIBUTION TO THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ARCHITECTURAL ARCHEOLOGICAL LEGACY OF OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, IVAN SLOVO IS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 3RD, 2026 AS CHINESE VILLAGE DAY IN CORAL GABLES. SO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING ONE OF THE UNITS THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND I WILL ALLOW AURELIA TO GIVE A RECAP ON THAT. AND I WON'T DO IT. BUT IT WAS QUITE A PLEASURE

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[A.-6. 26-1395 Presentation by the Historic Preservation Board on the State of Historic Preservation in Coral Gables.]

RESIDENTS OF CORAL GABLES EMBRACE LIVING AMONG BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED HOMES, PRESERVED DISTRICTS AND LANDMARK SURROUNDINGS. IT IS A COLLECTIVE LIVING HISTORY THAT HAS REACHED 100 YEARS AND SHOULD BE KEPT CURRENT AND LOOK FORWARDS, NOT BACKWARDS. THE GOAL SHOULD BE TO EXTEND A BUILDING'S USEFULNESS USEFULNESS RATHER THAN FREEZING THEM IN TIME. BUT PRESERVATION ISN'T LIMITED TO THE 1920S AND PRESERVING ONLY MEDITERRANEAN STYLE BUILDINGS GENERALLY TO BE DEEMED HISTORIC, PROPERTIES MUST BE AT LEAST 50 YEARS OLD, SO THIS MOVES THE MARK FROM HISTORIC PRESERVATION FORWARD. FROM THE 1920S TO THE MID 1970S.

THIS MARKER MAY BEGIN WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN STYLE, BUT IT MOVES TO ART DECO, MID-CENTURY MODERN AND INTO BRUTALIST STYLES. WHAT IS HISTORIC DISTRICT? A LOCAL HISTORIC

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AND WHAT I DID AT THAT MOMENT, I ALLOCATED THOSE FUNDS DIRECTLY TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THEY COULD HAVE GONE TO TREES. THEY COULD HAVE GONE TO VENETIAN POOL, THEY COULD HAVE GONE TO ART, BUT THEY WENT TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION, $1.4 MILLION. NOW WE CAN'T BUY EVERY PROPERTY. TRUST ME, I WANT TO SALVAGE EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY, BUT WE WILL WORK WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPERTY IS IS RESTORED TO ITS BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL SELF, AND IT IS AN ASSET. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU, BUT THERE IS A PARK SPACE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AND IT'S CALLED PHILLIPS PARK, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST PARKS IN OUR INVENTORY. BUT DO I WISH WE COULD HAVE BOUGHT THAT FOURPLEX? YOU'RE 100% CORRECT. WE SAT DOWN, WE REVIEWED IT, BUT AT THE CURRENT MOMENT, DUE TO DUE TO THE POSSIBLE IMPACTS THAT WE'RE FACING FROM TALLAHASSEE, WE HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHETHER WE BOUGHT ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR MONEY. YOU CAN'T USE PARKS TO BUY THAT PROPERTY.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO RESERVES, OR YOU HAVE TO HAVE EXCESS MONEY. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ALMOST $2.5 MILLION TO BUY THAT PROPERTY. SO I AGREE WITH YOU, MR. MAXWELL. IT'S AN AMAZING PROPERTY, BUT I'M GIVING YOU EXAMPLES WHERE MYSELF, ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION, HAVE BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO ENSURE THAT WE SAVE THINGS LIKE THE WHITE WAY LIGHTS, WHERE WE USE ART FUNDS TO BASICALLY RENOVATE THEM. WE'VE ALSO DONE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH CITY HALL AND WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING WITH THE FINK STUDIO, WHICH TURNED OUT INCREDIBLY WELL AFTER AFTER BEING IN PRIVATE HANDS FOR 60 YEARS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PROPERTIES AND WE ARE IN A SITUATION LIKE WE ARE NOW, WHERE WE HAVE $1.4 MILLION FROM PUBLIX, AND I WANT TO MENTION PUBLIX, PUBLIX, PUBLIX, BECAUSE I GAVE THEM MY WORD THAT I WOULD SAY PUBLIX EVERY TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE GIVING US $1.4 MILLION IN TDRS, WHICH WILL BE SOLD IN THE OPEN MARKET AND USED, AS I DETAILED WHEN WE MADE THE APPROVAL FOR THE NEW PUBLIX, THAT IT WILL BE USED FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR ART THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR LAND, WHICH I'M A BIG FAN OF, PARKS, BUT IT WAS. I DESIGNATED IT FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, SO WE CAN TALK A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE, AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. BUT THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO MEET WITH ME, I'M AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH YOU, AS I ALWAYS AM, AND WE CAN FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. BUT LET'S WORK TOGETHER. COLLEGIALLY. I THINK IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO FIND ANSWERS, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE $1.4 MILLION. DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE USE THAT MONEY FOR RESTORING THE WATER TOWER, WHICH IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY COSTLY? DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE USE THAT FOR THE GONDOLA BUILDING, WHICH YOU ALREADY HAVE FUNDING? THERE'S A LOT OF NEED IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE THIS $1.4 MILLION TO USE NOW. MAYOR. YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY CONGRATULATE YOU ON OBTAINING THOSE FUNDS. THAT IS A WONDERFUL THING. AND YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED. AND PUBLIX IS TO BE PUBLICLY COMMENDED PUBLICLY. SO THIS IS, SAY, PUBLIX, PUBLIX, PUBLIX. THIS IS A PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENDATION.

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HOPEFULLY MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT ME AND WE CAN SPEAK ABOUT IT HERE. I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO STAY. I WROTE A MEMO WHETHER WHERE WE FUNDED ORIGINALLY THE CORAL GABLES CINEMA YEARS AGO.

WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF STARTING THAT PROJECT. THAT IS A PET PROJECT FOR MINE THAT I'M A BIG FAN OF. BUT WE HAVE TO COME BACK NOW AND GIVE $100,000 OF ADDITIONAL MONEY. WHY? BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION, THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL SINCE WE DID IT FOUR YEARS AGO. SO EVERYTHING IS GOING UP. EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP. IT'S OUT OF OUR CONTROL SOMETIMES, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE THE $1.4 MILLION FROM PUBLIX. MAYBE.

MAYBE IT'LL BE GENEROUS AND GIVE US MORE. BUT DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH, MAYOR. I MEAN, PUBLIX IS REALLY WONDERFUL. WE'RE THRILLED THAT PUBLIX HAS DONATED THESE TOWERS PUBLICLY, AND I HOPE THEY CAME WITH A REALLY GOOD ORDER OF FRIED CHICKEN. YES, YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO ALL. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HARD WORK. ALL OF YOU. ALL OF YOU DO AMAZING WORK IN THE CITY. WE'RE BEYOND ON MANY DIFFERENT FRONTS HISTORIC PRESERVATION, SUSTAINABILITY, PARKS, CULTURE. WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY. LET'S, LET'S. I'M THE MAYOR. YES, I'LL DOVETAIL TOO. I MEAN, BECAUSE THE THE FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION DON'T END WITH THE CITY HALL, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, FUNDING THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT GETS DONE.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE AS LINE ITEMS, CONTINUING MAINTENANCE FOR, YOU KNOW, CORAL GABLES MUSEUM. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY OTHER STRUCTURES AROUND THAT WE HAVE EVEN TO THINK STUDIO BECAUSE YOU JUST CAN'T IGNORE IT. JUST BECAUSE YOU DID THE RESTORATION DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO UPKEEP THE RESTORATION. THERE ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS, SO WE JUST CAN'T OVEREXTEND OURSELVES, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME WHERE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TALLAHASSEE IS GOING. BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THROUGH OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT, THAT THESE GEMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY ARE WELL PRESERVED AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS OBSERVING AND WATCHING AND NOT ALLOWING SOMETHING TO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS, LIKE AS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS ON THE BOARD. WE DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR. YES, SIR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT GONDOLA BUILDING IS LESS THAN A 50% MATCH. CITY IS PUTTING THE OTHER 50%, AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A BOND ISSUE FOR OVER $30 MILLION FOR THE RESTORATION OF CITY HALL. SO IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL MONEY THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING TOWARDS HISTORIC PRESERVATION. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A PHOTO. WE HAVE THE PINEWOOD CEMETERY. ONE MORE, ONE MORE. I FORGOT, WE

[A.-7. 26-1502 Presentation by the Pinewood Cemetery Advisory Board on The Pinewood Cemetery, a historic landmark.]

I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PINEWOOD CEMETERY ADVISORY BOARD. MIKE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. A LITTLE TALLER THAN YOUR PRIOR SPEAKER. OKAY, WE HAVE ROBERTA NEW AND JIM BERLIN.

ALSO BOARD MEMBERS SOMEWHERE. I HAVE A PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, I'M JUST GOING TO DO A BRIEF HISTORY FOR ANYONE WHO'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CEMETERY, VERY BRIEF. AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO ON TO OUR CURRENT EVENTS, WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. SO THE CEMETERY WAS IN 1896, ADAM RICHARDS. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST HOMESTEADERS IN THAT IN THE AREA AROUND THE PINEWOOD CEMETERY. HE HE FIRST HOMESTEADED ABOUT 1872, I THINK IT WAS. BUT THAT AREA WAS GROWING. SO THEY NEEDED A THAT THEY NEEDED A SCHOOL AND THEY NEEDED A CEMETERY. SO IN 1896, ADAM RICHARD DEEDED ONE ACRE OF LAND ON THE CORNER OF SUNSET, WHICH WAS THEN LARKINS ROAD AND IRWIN FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE. THE SCHOOLHOUSE STILL EXISTS. IT WAS. IT'S MOVED FROM THERE, AND IT'S NOW AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SUNSET ELEMENTARY. SO IF YOU WANT TO GO SEE WHAT SCHOOLHOUSE LOOKS LIKE, THAT'S WHERE IT IS. SO THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, 1897, ADAM RICHARDS DEEDS ONE ACRE OF LAND SOUTH OF THAT FOR THE CEMETERY.

AND THERE WERE THREE TRUSTEES, WILSON LARKINS, ARTHUR LANGE AND ARTHUR KINGSLEY. THE

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SO WE'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW MANY. THERE'S A LOT OF BABIES AND A LOT OF CHILDREN BURIED THERE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNKNOWN. THERE'S THERE'S PEOPLE BURIED THERE FROM COCONUT GROVE, CORAL GABLES, LARKIN, WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME SOUTH MIAMI CUTLER, THE REDLANDS. IT WAS THE ONLY CEMETERY IN THAT AREA. AND SO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT THAT WHOLE AREA WERE WERE BURIED THERE. AND BY THE 1920S, THERE WERE OTHER CEMETERIES THAT HAD OPENED UP THAT WERE MORE FORMAL CEMETERIES. AND THE SALES STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE BOUGHT, BOUGHT PLOTS AT THE PINEWOOD CEMETERY. AND REALLY BY THE 20S, IT HAD REALLY SLOWED DOWN. THERE'S A COUPLE OF BURIALS AFTER THAT LAST OFFICIAL BURIAL WAS 1944, AND THE CEMETERY WAS BASICALLY ABANDONED. SO THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT REALLY SHAPED THE CEMETERY. WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. ONE, IT WAS NOT A CEMETERY. YOU JUST BOUGHT YOUR PLOT AND DID WHATEVER YOU WANT TO IT.

THERE WAS NO MAINTENANCE, NO, NO ANYTHING. SO PEOPLE WOULD JUST CLEAR THEIR LOTS AND THEN EVENTUALLY THEY ALL MOVED ON AND THE CEMETERY WAS BASICALLY ABANDONED. AND SO THAT OPENED THE DOOR FOR THESE, THESE INVASIVE TREES TO COME IN AND TAKE OVER, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A SECOND. THE OTHER ONE IS THE VANDALISM WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE CEMETERY. MOST OF THE HEADSTONES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, DESTROYED, OR STOLEN. AND THESE TWO EVENTS REALLY SHAPE WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, WHICH IS A MASSIVE INVASIVE TREES AND BURIAL SITES WITH NO BROKEN WITH BROKEN OR MISSING HEADSTONES. SO A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG IN THE HISTORY, IN 1983, FORMER MAYOR DOROTHY THOMPSON. SHE ASKED HARRIET LYLES TO COME IN AND DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE PINEWOOD CEMETERY. SHE HAD NEVER SEEN THE CEMETERY BEFORE. SHE WENT. SHE WENT THERE WITH THE MAYOR, AND SHE WOUND UP WORKING ON IT FOR 15 YEARS. AND IN 2008, SHE WROTE A BOOK WHICH I CALLED THE PINEWOOD BIBLE. IT'S AN AMAZING RESOURCE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BURIED THERE. AND ANNA HAS COPIES. IF ANYBODY DOESN'T HAVE A COPY ALREADY, I'M SURE SHE'LL GIVE YOU ONE. SO CURRENT EVENTS, BY THE WAY, ON CURRENT EVENTS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE IN WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING LATELY, MOST NOTABLY, MATT ANDERSON FROM SUSTAINABILITY HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN IT. DEENA BELLE LEWELLEN FROM GREEN BAY MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN. OF COURSE, ANNA PERNICE AND HER TEAM HAVE ALL BEEN VERY, VERY ACTIVE IN THE RESTORATION PROJECT. SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE HERE. BUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO YOU WENT IN THE CEMETERY AND IT WAS COMPLETELY OVERRUN WITH MOSTLY OYSTER PLANTS AND SNAKE PLANTS. AND WE'VE HAD SIX VOLUNTEER CLEANUPS SO FAR. WE WILL HAVE MORE, AND WE'VE TAKEN OVER 22,000 POUNDS OF INVASIVE PLANTS OUT OF THE CEMETERY. THAT'S A LOT. AND IT'S REALLY HELPED CLEAR UP THE CEMETERY. SO A TREE SURVEY WAS DONE A FEW YEARS AGO, AND THEY IDENTIFIED OVER 770 TREES, AND A LOT OF THOSE WERE INVASIVE. AND THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE CEMETERY RIGHT NOW ARE THE SEVEN. THERE'S 70 LARGE AUSTRALIAN PINES IN THE CEMETERY. THEY'RE HUGE. IF YOU GO TO GOOGLE EARTH AND YOU DO A YOU LOOK OVER THE CEMETERY, YOU CAN SEE WHERE ALL THE AUSTRALIAN PINES ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE TOWERING OVER EVERYTHING ELSE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG JOB TO TAKE THESE OUT. WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM OUT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG JOB. YOU CAN'T JUST GO IN AND CHOP THEM DOWN, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GOING TO DESTROY THE REMAINING GRAVES AND WHAT'S LEFT OVER. SO YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO GO FROM THE TOP AND START TAKING IT DOWN FROM THE TOP. AND THEN WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE TRUNK, SOME OF THE

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AS I SAID BEFORE, SHE WAS SHE'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE CEMETERY SINCE THE 80S, SO SHE HAD SOME VERY INSIGHTFUL THINGS TO SAY. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL DESCENDANTS OF EARLY PIONEER FAMILIES THAT WERE BURIED THERE. AND THAT'S THE THE WALKER FAMILY OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. AND ONE OF THE, THE, THE SMALL CHILDREN THAT WAS BURIED THERE IS ATHELIA WALKER, AND SHE HAD A TWIN. AND THE TWIN SURVIVED. WELL, THAT'S THE TWIN, THAT'S MIRIAM. SHE CAME.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS REALLY TOUCHING TO ME THAT, THAT THEY, THEY WERE COMING. AND THEY WERE ALSO THERE. AND THEY'RE RELATED TO THE FAMILY WHO'S ANOTHER PROMINENT PIONEER IN THIS AREA.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS, THE OVERRIDING GOAL OR THEME OF THE CEMETERY IS TO CREATE A RESTORATION PLAN TO RESTORE THE CEMETERY BACK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE.

SO THE THE PINEWOOD BOARD IS WORKING ON A LIST AND WE'LL IT'S ALMOST DONE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT FINALIZED AT OUR LAST MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO ANNA AND PROJECT TEAM. THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A PLAN, A TIMELINE AND A BUDGET. THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE IT BACK TO US FOR REVIEW. AND THE WORK ON THE CEMETERY IS GOING TO START. I WANT TO. SO SO THE RESTORATION OF THE LET ME BACK UP. HOW DO I BACK UP HERE? THERE WE GO. THE RESTORATION OF CEMETERY HAS REALLY ALREADY STARTED. ALL OF THE THINGS, THE CURRENT EVENTS THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH ARE ALL PART OF THE RESTORATION PROCESS, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO MORE OF THAT. BUT THAT'S THE MINOR THE MINOR PART OF IT. ONCE WE GET THE GET GET A PLAN AND A TIMELINE AND A, A FIRM IDEA OF EXACTLY WHAT THE ROADMAP IS GOING TO BE FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE CEMETERY, THEN THE REAL, REAL WORK WILL BEGIN. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES AND IT'S IT'S A HEAVY LIFT. OH, BY THE WAY, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO TAKE A TOUR A LITTLE MORE DETAIL THAN THIS.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM TO THE CEMETERY. I CAN SPEND HOURS THERE WITH YOU. SO BE CAREFUL.

THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES, THROUGH THE MAYOR. SO THANK YOU, JOHN. AND I'M ONE OF THE PRIVILEGED FEW. I HOPE I'M ONE OF THE PRIVILEGED MANY WHO HAVE PARTAKEN IN ONE OF YOUR TOURS OF PINEWOOD. AND WE'VE COVERED, I THINK, ALMOST EVERY SQUARE FOOT OF THAT PLACE. AND BECAUSE JOHN SERIOUS WHEN HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A TOUR, RIGHT. SO JOHN IS PART OF THE RESTORATION PLAN. IT'S BEING DEVELOPED BECAUSE I'M CERTAINLY NOT AN EXPERT. AND YOU ARE.

WOULD ANY OF THAT REQUIRE ACTUALLY MOVING THE INTERRED? YOU KNOW, THE, THE THE THE, THE PLOTS? OR IS IT ALL JUST SURFACE BECAUSE THOSE, THOSE AUSTRALIAN PINES ARE, ARE BIG AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT DISTURBING THOSE WHO ARE BURIED THERE. I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT WORK? WELL, THE AUSTRALIAN PINES HAVE ALREADY DISTURBED A LOT OF IT. SO ONE OF THE ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN THAT IS HOW DO WE RESTORE WHAT THE AUSTRALIAN PINES HAVE DAMAGED BACK TO WHAT THEY USED TO BE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE JUST HAVE TO WORK ON. WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE PRETTY EASY. THERE'S A A TREE THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S POPPED THAT'S CRACKED ONE GRAVE IN HALF. SO THAT'LL BE EASY. WE TAKE THE TREE OUT, WE PUT IT BACK DOWN. THERE'S OTHER ONES WHERE THE TREES HAVE JUST COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THERE'S NOTHING LEFT. BUT YOU CAN SEE LITTLE PIECES OF CONCRETE. AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE? YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. BUT THE, THE, THE THEME OF THE CEMETERY, THE RESTORATION IS TO RESTORE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE. SO WE DON'T WANT WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE ANYBODY FROM FROM WHERE THEY WERE. WE WANT TO LEAVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE. WELL, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU WORKING WITH ANNA AND THE CITY AND

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IT'S A FLORIDA HISTORY AND ARTS MAGAZINE, AND IT HAS CORAL GABLES CITY HALL ON THE COVER.

SO IT'S ALL YOURS NOW. THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE A PHOTO.

RIGHT OVER THERE. YOU'VE BEEN THERE, HAVEN'T YOU? OH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. IT'S AMAZING. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT, A PRESENTATION OR

[A.-8. 26-1496 Presentation of a Proclamation declaring April 12-18, 2026 as "National Public Telecommunications Week" in Coral Gables.]

ALL RIGHT, GET EVERYBODY UP HERE.

YOU EXPECT THEM TO BE HERE MUCH LONGER? NO. DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE SOMEBODY ELSE? YEAH. HE SHOULD BE HERE ANY SECOND, SIR. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. I'LL WAIT FOR. THE LAST TWO. WE

[A.-9. 26-1493 Presentation of a Proclamation declaring May 11-17, 2026, as “National Police Week” in Coral Gables.]

THEY ARE THE VOICE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN REALITY STRIKES CLOSE TO HOME TO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, INCLUDING OUR VISITORS, THEY ARE ABLE TO ANSWER THE CALL, DISPATCH THE UNITS, DISPATCH FIRE THAT SAVES LIVES. THEY ARE THE MOST INTEGRAL PART. AS I

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ALL RIGHT. EIGHT IS A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING NATIONAL PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK COMMUNICATIONS. ALONG WITH THAT, AS WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT WE WOULD TAKE IS THE RECOGNITION OF OUR POLICE MEMORIAL WEEK IN MAY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, ONE OF OUR OFFICERS WHO WAS WITH US FOR FIVE YEARS AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MURDERED IN THE LINE OF DUTY LAST NOVEMBER, WE REALIZED HOW IT HITS CLOSE TO HOME AND THAT THERE ARE TEN NAMES ON THE OUTSIDE MEMORIAL WALL THAT WE ARE GOING TO HONOR ON THURSDAY AT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BOTH OF THE SURVIVING MEMBERS, BUT ALSO THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT COME IN EVERY DAY, LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES AND KNOW WHAT'S EXACTLY OR NOT, DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THEM. FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, I WOULD SUBMIT TO ANY OTHER CITY JURISDICTION THROUGHOUT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND MOST OF THE COUNTRY THAT CORAL GABLES DOES IT DIFFERENTLY AND BETTER IN SO MANY OTHER WAYS. THEY LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES, THEY COME IN HERE AND THEY SERVE THE RESIDENTS IN A WAY THAT MOST DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO OR DON'T HAVE. THE. MANTRA TO DO THAT. WE ARE A PROUD DEPARTMENT. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR ACCREDITATIONS. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR OFFICERS. WE ARE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE HIRED AND FOUND 37 NEW LAST YEAR, OFFICERS THAT ARE STARTING TO HIT THE STREETS NOW AND KNOWING WHAT OUR CULTURE MEANS. SO WE ARE GRATEFUL.

DEPARTMENT. WE ARE A VERY PROUD DEPARTMENT, AND WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT LEGACY WITH THE SENIOR OFFICERS THAT ARE HERE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS, OUR VISITORS ALIKE, GOING INTO THESE STRESSFUL SITUATIONS THAT HAVE CHANGED, WHETHER IT HAPPENS SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. IT ALSO HAPPENS HERE IN CORAL GABLES, AND WE HAVE ALWAYS ANSWERED THE BELL, SO TO SPEAK, TO USE A FIRE EUPHEMISM. BUT WE ARE HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT 911 CALL TO DELIVER EXCELLENCE EVERY DAY, AND THAT IS THROUGH THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WE HONOR HERE THIS MONTH AND THE MEMORIES OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT WITH US ANYMORE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. CHIEF, THAT LEADERSHIP STARTS WITH YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU SET THE TONE FOR THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT, YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE COMMAND STAFF AND DOWN TO AN OFFICER. EVERYBODY BELIEVES THAT THIS IS THEIR PRIORITY. THEY WEAR THAT BADGE WITH PRIDE. THEY HAVE THAT PATCH ON THEIR SLEEVE, AND THEY'RE PROUD TO WORK FOR CORAL GABLES. AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO TO SET THAT TONE FOR THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT AND FOR THE CITY. YOU TALK TO RESIDENTS IN CORAL GABLES, THE ONE THE TWO THINGS THAT THEY'RE MOST PROUD OF ARE POLICE AND FIRE. AND THAT'S THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHEREAS THE WEEK OF APRIL 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH HAS BEEN DECLARED AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK, A WEEK OF AWARENESS AND RECOGNITION, ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THOSE HIGHLY TRAINED TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE VITAL 911 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE SERVICES TO THOSE CALLERS IN NEED EVERYWHERE. AND WHEREAS, DAILY, PEOPLE OF EVERY AGE GROUP ACROSS OUR NATION DEPEND UPON THE TIMELY RESPONSE OF SKILLED AND COMMITTED PUBLIC

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NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF APRIL 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK IN CORAL GABLES. I'M ALSO GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD THE PROCLAMATION FOR POLICE WEEK.

WHEREAS THE WEEK OF MAY 11TH THROUGH THE 17TH, 2026 HAS BEEN DECLARED AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, THE WEEK TO HONOR THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES AND SAFEGUARDING OUR DEMOCRACY. AND WHEREAS THERE ARE MORE THAN 800,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SERVING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE CORAL GABLES POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WHEREAS, SINCE THE FIRST RECORDED DEATH IN 1786, THERE ARE CURRENTLY MORE THAN 24,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, INCLUDING TEN MEMBERS OF THE CORAL GABLES POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WHEREAS, THE NAME OF THESE DEDICATED POLICE SERVANTS ARE ENGRAVED ON THE WALLS OF THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND WHEREAS, MAY 15TH IS DESIGNATED AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY IN HONOR OF ALL FALLEN OFFICERS AND IN THEIR FAMILIES, AND U.S. FLAGS SHOULD BE FLOWN AT HALF STAFF. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES PAYS SOLEMN TRIBUTE TO THE OFFICERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY, AND WE OFFER OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THOSE FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES. NOW, THEREFORE, I, VINCE LAGO, AS THE MAYOR OF CORAL GABLES, ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROUDLY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 11TH THROUGH THE 17TH 2026 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN CORAL GABLES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TAKE A PHOTO. ABSOLUTELY.

[A.-10. 26-1361 Congratulations to Driver Engineer Kristina Bolanos, recipient of the City of Coral Gables “Firefighter of the Month Award,” for the month of May 2026.]

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[A.-11. 26-1271 Congratulations to Officer Alexander Rodriguez, recipient of the 2025 Robert DeKorte Memorial Award.]

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ALONGSIDE ANOTHER OFFICER HE CONNECTED WITH, THAT YOUNG MAN, EARNED HIS TRUST, AND ULTIMATELY SAVED HIS LIFE. BECAUSE THE BADGE IS NOT JUST ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, IT'S ABOUT SERVICE. IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING LIFE IN ALL FORMS, EVEN WHEN THOSE THREATS ARE NOT CRIMINAL, BUT RATHER EMOTIONAL. OFFICER RODRIGUEZ HAS CONTINUED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT CONSISTENCY, EVEN HAVING EARNED AN ADDITIONAL LIFE SAVING AWARD LATER IN THE YEAR AFTER THIS NOMINATION WAS SUBMITTED. HE'S THE KIND OF OFFICER THAT OTHERS RELY ON, THE KIND WHO STRENGTHENS MORALE, THE KIND WHO REPRESENTS THIS DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY THE RIGHT WAY EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THAT'S WHY HE STANDS HERE TODAY DESERVING OF THIS HONOR.

OFFICER RODRIGUEZ, ON BEHALF OF THE CORAL GABLES FOP LODGE NUMBER SEVEN AND ITS MEMBERS, IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND AWARD YOU WITH THE 2025 ROBERT DE KORT MEMORIAL AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM FOR BEING HERE AND CELEBRATING THIS SPECIAL MOMENT WITH ME. IT MEANS A LOT. OUR CITY LEADERS, CHIEF ASSISTANT CHIEF, FELLOW COMMAND STAFF, ESPECIALLY SERGEANT KRAMER, FOP PRESIDENT, WHO DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB REPRESENTING US AND ALWAYS LOOKING AFTER OUR BEST INTERESTS. THIS AWARD IS DOESN'T ONLY REFLECT MY PERFORMANCE. THERE WERE ALSO OTHER OFFICERS INVOLVED IN EVERY SINGLE INCIDENT. SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL THIS COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT THEM. SO THERE IS A LEVEL OF CREDIT THAT'S ALSO DUE FOR THEM. JUST TO MAKE IT VERY SHORT AND SWEET, NOT TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE BEST JOB THAT WE CAN AS A DEPARTMENT. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS DEPARTMENT IN GENERAL, WE PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT YOU WON'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE, AND WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO STRIVE TO DO OUR BEST AND CONTINUE DOING A GOOD JOB. SO THANK YOU, SIR. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF INTERACTING WITH YOU ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. YOU'RE A FIRST CLASS GUY, ALWAYS PUTTING THE CITY FIRST.

TRULY IMPRESSIVE. I KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES, THE COMMAND STAFF, THE CHIEF OF THE UNION, WHO'S HERE. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PICKING CORAL GABLES AND FOR CORAL GABLES. PICKING YOU EVERY TIME. EVERY TIME THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE, ALONG WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES, YOU RAISE THE BAR OF QUALITY OF SERVICE HERE IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES. IT'S ALL ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE, AND YOU PROVIDE THAT QUALITY OF LIFE. YOU'RE WELL DESERVING OF THIS. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY IMPRESSED, VERY IMPRESSED BY YOUR BEHAVIOR, YOUR CONDUCT, THE WAY YOU CARRY YOURSELF. AND THAT'S WHAT CORAL GABLES STANDS FOR. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU. YOU'RE INCREDIBLY WELL DESERVING OF THIS. THANK YOU MAYOR, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU, MY BROTHER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

THANK YOU. CHIEF, YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. LET'S DO IT.

[B.-1. 26-1454 Regular City Commission Meeting of March 10, 2026.]

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[C. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

THEY WILL LOOK BETTER WHEN THEY DO THAT. THEY TAKE CLASSES AND WE PAY FOR THEM. WE KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE CASE. HOW MANY MORE HAVE BEEN DONE QUIETLY IN THE DARK? WE WILL KNOW BECAUSE I'M LOOKING. WHILE THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, NOW A NEW TITLE, A DEPUTY FINANCE DIRECTOR, THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME. RISHI SAGA. GOOD MORNING SIR. GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, MR. CLARK OR MR. CLARK? MR. CITY MANAGER, ALL OF YOU AT THE CITY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RISHI SEGAL. I LIVE AT 439 MINORCA AVENUE. IN 37 DAYS.

THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 KICKS OFF. IT'S GOING TO BE THE GREATEST SHOW THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN IN THE HISTORY OF SPORT, NOT JUST SPORT. IT WILL BRING THE WORLD TOGETHER. FIFA HAS A SAYING THAT FOOTBALL UNITES THE WORLD FOOTBALL, SOCCER. BUT WE ALL CALL IT FOOTBALL. WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT FIFA, THOUGH. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING A LITTLE SMALLER AND MORE LOCAL. LITTLE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT KIDS AND LOCAL BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOCCER AT THE YOUTH CENTER. WHILE THE KIDS MAY BE LITTLE, THEIR DREAMS AREN'T. THEIR DREAMS ARE AS BIG AS WHAT YOU WILL SEE ON THIS STAGE THIS SUMMER. THEIR DREAMS WILL ALL START HERE IN CORAL GABLES. IT'S HAPPENED FOR MY KIDS WHO'VE BEEN PLAYING IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR FIVE YEARS. THREE YEARS AGO, THE CORAL GABLES SOCCER COMMUNITY LOST A TRUE GEM. SOMEBODY WHO WAS A LEGEND. SOMEBODY, FRANKLY, WHO I

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WE'RE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH. SO I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, I APPRECIATE IT, I PROMISE YOU, I WILL BE BACK IF IT DOESN'T WORK AND I WILL BE DOWN THEIR THROATS IF IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE I'M DEDICATED TO MAKING THIS. I KNOW YOU WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO THANK MR. SIEGEL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BRING THIS ISSUE TO OUR ATTENTION. SO WITHOUT YOU, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE. ONE MORE, ONE MORE. JACKSON HOLMES. GOOD MORNING, SIR. THANK YOU. SO IS THERE A SOUL IN THIS ROOM WHO IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT FREE CUBA? WHAT I WANT TO JUST RAISE TO YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING A CITY OF CORAL GABLES RESOLUTION PUBLIC STATEMENTS AS TO THE FOLLOWING. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, WITH SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO TO LIBERATE CUBA. THEY STARTED THE WORK IN VENEZUELA. IT'S POSSIBLE. I THINK, THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WAR IN IRAN HAS TAKEN ALL OF OUR TROOPS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THE WHOLE ARMY OR WHATEVER NAVY IS OVER THERE. WHAT I WOULD URGE YOU TO CONSIDER IS A RESOLUTION OR A STATEMENT TO SEND TO PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT PLEASE FREE CUBA. NOW, LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT IRAN PRIORITIES. GIVE IRAN LESS

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[E.-1. 24-7193 An Ordinance of the City Commission approving the vacation of a public alleyway pursuant to Zoning Code Article 14, “Process,” Section 14-211, “Abandonment and Vacations” and City Code Chapter 62, Article 8 “Vacation, abandonment and closure of streets, easements and alleys by private owners and the city; application process,” providing for the vacation of the forty-five (45) foot wide alley which is approximately one hundred twenty-five (125) feet in length lying between Tract A and Lots 27 through 31, Block 156, Riviera Section Part 8 (1250 S Dixie Highway), Coral Gables, Florida; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, and providing for an effective date (Legal description on file). (02 11 26 PZB recommended approval, Vote: 5-0) Lobbyist: Laura Russo]

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IF THAT DOE'T HPEN,AYOR, RERO C ALL FOLLOW UP DISCUSSIO S TAPPLICANS RUSSO. GOOD RNING. GOOD MORNING, MISTER MAY.EMOF THE COE RD, LAURA RUSSOH BOULAR I AM HERE THIING ONALF O ACQUITIO. TMA RUS THOUR CESTEAY,TO MEET AND WE D A DISCUNBO A CONTRIBUOWD THROSEE. IF AND WHES EXTEND OVER US. ONE, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM ON THAT, AND SO THAT WE COULD INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. WELL, I WILL PASS THE MICROPHONE ALONG TO MY CLIENT SINCE I WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE AT THAT MEETING. YEAH. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WILLING TO CONSIDER, BUT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO COMMIT AT THIS TIME. BUT WE WILL CONSIDER IT INTERNALLY. OKAY. SO LET ME I'M GOING TO ASK FOR SOME GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY MANAGER ON HOW WE WOULD MANAGE THIS, BECAUSE THE PLAN IS TO AND AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, I HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION, WHICH WILL ALSO HELP OUT FIRE AND POLICE, BUT MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO FOR THESE TROLLEYS TO CROSS US ONE AND TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE BUILDINGS LIKE YOURS, WHICH WOULD INEVITABLY SAVE MONEY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE BUILDINGS THAT YOU WON'T NEED YOUR OWN SHUTTLE SERVICE. SO, CITY MANAGER, COULD YOU PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THIS THROUGH THE MAYOR? YES, SIR. MAYBE. MAYBE THIS IS DISAGREEMENT CAN CAN BE STRUCTURED. IF THE TROLLEY IF THE IF THE TROLLEY OCCURS, WE'RE LOOKING AA ATROL DOWNTOWN AND TSOUTTH BEOME COMMITMENT AT TT TH AGR. IF T TROE AY SO WLDOUOVEULD BEWILLING ONDO FORCCEPTANCE WITH DIRTION TITANAGER T NEGOTIAT THE SERCINGTHTROLLEY UT NCL CONIBUTIO A HAD DSSEDSMPLENTED WEAVA MOT DO HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OY. AND ST F TECD, WWEDIUSSEDAS A $0,000 OLY.ND VIC MAYOR.US , MAD.AD CITYORY, CLARIFICATN ONHAT THE MOTION IT' AOTN T LANGUAGE FOR,OUW,HECONTRIBUTIONE TR IF IT IS EXTEND O US.NE IN SVICESBUILNG AREA. WE N NO PU CMENTR.E MAYOR. PUBCMENT.ICE MAYOR ANDSON. YES SION MMISSIONER FNAND. YES. YES. THA YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. BUT YOU GUYS VOTED ON THAT MOTION, BUT YOU HAVEN'T VOTED ON THE ONE ITEM THAT WAS A MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE OF E ONE. WAS I ALL RHT? HAVEHE MANAG DIRECNO NNO HOL. UD CI MAGERAT WHAT THTO DECTHE SECO. I THI WNENOTH VOTEOR ENEO. WHAT WHAT YON'T WE YON'TMAKE YOHA WAY TT EVERYBO HAV AT W NEED SO WEON'TAK MISTAK. M UNDDING, AND WAS PREYLEARAS THAT THAT W MOTION WE HAD WE H IT A FENDLDMAND WE HAD ADDEDDDT THEISTION TRE A D WE'R MG FORWARD.HED KD E RAN IT WAS UNOUS. MR. CRK, DIDSEE IT ANYTHM MAR, BUT I BELVE MIGHT

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[F.-7. 26-1506 A Resolution of the City Commission recognizing the City’s longstanding relationship with the Granada Golf Association, Inc., Greenway Women’s Golf Association, Inc., and the Coral Gables Women’s Golf and Bridge Association, Inc.; authorizing the continued administrative reservation of certain tee time blocks for existing members of such associations, subject to applicable legal, operational, and financial requirements established by the City; and directing staff to work with the existing associations under those conditions. (Sponsored by Vice Mayor Anderson)]

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D BRIE ASSIA H5 MEMBERS. ANDS IE EXPLAED THOSEF YOWHO H CONTACD M THE THERIS IT PREVENTS SOMEONEED FROM DOING SOMETHING LIKE ADDING A THOUSAND MEMBERS AND DEFEATING THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THIS, WHICH IS TO PRESERVE YOUR TEE TIMES. AND THAT'S WHAT I HEARD FROM ALL OF YOU AS TO THE PRIORITY WAS TO PRESERVE THE TEE TIMES AND WORK WITH THE CITY, AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY. YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A GOLF TOURNAMENT, WE MASSAGE THE TIMES AROUND ACCORDINGLY. IF THE COURSE NEEDS REPAIR, YOU MASSAGE YOUR TIMES ACCORDINGLY. SO WITH THIS I WILL MOVE IT AND HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE IN THE RIGHT VIEW. FIXING THE GOLF COURSE FOR YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE MAYOR. BEFORE WE BEFORE YOU SPEAK ON THAT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. NOW WE CAN HAVE COMMENT. NOW WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION. I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THAT POINT. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH THE LADIES THIS PAST WEEK. IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT TIME. THANK YOU FOR SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AND REALLY EDUCATING US ON MANY DIFFERENT FRONTS. I'VE KNOWN DON FINE FOR. I DON'T WANT TO SAY HOW LONG. I THINK SHE'LL GET UPSET AT ME IF I SAY HOW LONG I'VE KNOWN HER, BUT WE BOTH HAVE SERVED ON A VERY ON A BOARD FOR THE ARTS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. THAT'S OUTSIDE OF CORAL GABLES. SO IT WAS TRULY A PLEASURE FOR DON TO BRING ALL THE LADIES AND REALLY HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION IN REGARDS TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN REGARDS TO, TO THE GRANADA GOLF COURSE I'M IN, I'M IN ALIGNMENT, AS I TOLD THEM THAT DAY WITH WITH THE VICE MAYORS. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CO-SPONSOR IT, IF SHE WOULD ALLOW ME THE PRIVILEGE TO DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE'S SOME CONCERNS THAT I WANTED TO PUT ON RECORD THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WITH WITH THE LADIES, BUT MORE TO DO WITH THE MANAGER AND FUTURE, FUTURE RUNNING OF, OF THIS PROJECT. STAFF HAS INFORMED ME THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST 20 GOLF TOURNAMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COORDINATE COORDINATE CERTAIN TIMES. I THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE COORDINATE WITH THE LADIES AND THE OTHER AND THE OTHER GENTLEMEN. IN REGARDS TO TEE TIMES, I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, THIS AMOUNTS TO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR FOR THE FOR THE GRANADA GOLF COURSE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WILL REAP SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS FOR THE GOLF COURSE AND MAKE IT EVEN MORE PROFITABLE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE SHELTERS FORTHCOMING.

WE HAVE THE TEE BOXES THAT ARE FORTHCOMING. WE'RE GOING TO WE NOW HAVE BRIGHT VIEW, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. SO WE'RE GOING TO ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF THE GRANADA GOLF COURSE FOR EVERYONE. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD THING. I THINK WE SHOULD WORK ON THOSE GOLF TOURNAMENTS. I THINK THAT ALSO THE RESOLUTION WILL ALLOW THE ASSOCIATION TO KEEP THEIR PREFERRED TEE TIMES, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT WHILE ALLOWING SOME FLEXIBILITY, FLEXIBILITY FOR SOME OF THE COMMUNITY. SO TO ME, I'M I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS FRONT. I THINK THE LADIES HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY FLEXIBLE.

I THINK THEIR, THEIR, THEIR ORGANIZATION HAS DONE A LOT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO ALONG WITH THE GENTLEMAN. AND I'M WILLING, I'M WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE TEE TIMES ISSUE AS LONG AS THEY WORK WITH THE MANAGER AND WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT, I THINK, WHICH IS CLEARLY DETAILED IN THIS IN THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION. MR. MANAGER, THE MAYOR THANK YOU. MAYOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FLEXIBLE TEE TIMES.

WE WILL WORK WITH THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS. AND AS THE VICE MAYOR SAID, MAINTAINING THEIR CURRENT LEVELS OF MEMBERSHIP. AND WE WILL WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THOSE TEE TIMES.

HOWEVER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOLF TOURNAMENT, WE CAN HAVE A GOLF TOURNAMENT AND WE CAN HAVE A. WE'VE HAD GOLF TOURNAMENTS WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO BOOK THE THE ENTIRE COUNTRY CLUB, AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO SO. SO WE WILL WORK WITH THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR ON THOSE TEE TIMES, AND I'M SURE THEY WOULD WANT TO WORK WITH US TO

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YES, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I THINK THE ONE WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND AND DIDN'T READ THE RESOLUTIONS WAS YOU. THE TEE TIME WAS A DIFFERENT RESOLUTION AND THE MEMBERSHIP IS A DIFFERENT RESOLUTION. SO NO, I WENT VERY, VERY CAREFULLY THROUGH VICE MAYOR'S RESOLUTION AND I'M COMMENDING HER FOR IT. I READ THE LANGUAGE. I DON'T THINK YOU DID. OKAY. IF I MAY, IF I MAY. WE'RE DONE. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BECAUSE WE HAVE NO CHOICE. YOU HAVE TO PUT THINGS ON THE RECORD. NUMBER ONE, THIS IS VERY SIMPLE. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT ADDRESS $900 UNLIMITED GOLF. THAT'S WHY I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.

SO I'M IN FAVOR OF IT. IT DOES NOT ADDRESS UNLIMITED GOLF. WE'RE NOT ALLOWING FOR A LIMITED GOLF UNLESS MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO VOTE ON IT. THEY CAN VOTE ON IT THEMSELVES.

BUT THE REASON WHY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION IS BECAUSE IT FOSTERS THE RELATIONSHIPS IN REGARDS TO THE TEE TIMES, FOR THE CLUBS, FOR THE LADIES CLUBS WITHOUT A PROBLEM AND FOR THE GENTLEMEN'S CLUBS. I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH IT AT ALL. BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE UNLIMITED GOLF, SO YOU CAN SPIN IT ANY WAY YOU WANT THAT. BUT YOU JUST YOU JUST REMOVED ALL OF YOUR YOU JUST REMOVED A FEW SECONDS AGO ALL OF YOUR LEGISLATION, WHICH I THINK YOU WANT TO MAYBE BRING BACK BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY DEAL WITH UNLIMITED GOLF, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FACE THAT. SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM BRINGING IT BACK, IF YOU'D LIKE, JUST LIKE YOU MADE AN ERROR ON THE PREVIOUS VOTING, YOU HAD TO TAKE THAT VOTE BACK ALSO. BUT WE CAN ADDRESS IT RIGHT NOW. BUT I'M NOT VOTING IN FAVOR OF UNLIMITED GOLF. I WILL WORK WITH THE 80 OR SO MEMBERS WHO HAVE UNLIMITED GOLF TO FIND A NUMBER THAT IS APPROPRIATE, WHERE THE WHERE WE'RE NOT LOSING MONEY. I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT I THINK THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE THOUGHTFUL. WE JUST CAN'T HAVE UNLIMITED GOLF FOR 80 SOMETHING INDIVIDUALS WHILE OTHER PEOPLE ARE PAYING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S MY ONLY POINT. IT'S VERY SIMPLE AND I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE ON. WE HAVE A LOT OF WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES, YES. I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE CONFUSED HERE. THE ITEM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS ITEM F FIVE. WE'LL APPROACH THAT ITEM WHEN THE TIME COMES. RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROTECTED TEE TIMES. LET'S NOT CONFUSE PEOPLE. CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO

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SHE SAID SHE REMOVES ALL OF HER LIGHT, ALL OF HER, ALL OF HER GOLF, GOLF ITEMS. IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING CONFUSED. IT'S THE FACTS. YOU ASKED TO REMOVE ALL YOUR ITEMS. YOU DIDN'T WANT IT.

YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE YOUR ITEMS BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT THAT THIS ALSO HAD THE $900. IT DOES NOT HAVE THE $900 UNLIMITED. YES, I THINK WE JUST NEED CLARIFICATION FROM THE COMMISSIONER. WHICH ITEM ARE YOU WITHDRAWING? YOU SAID YOU WITHDRAW YOUR RESOLUTION. SO WHICH ITEM? THE THE TEE TIME ONE. IT IS F, I BELIEVE IT'S F THREE. SO F THREE. SO WE WILL HEAR F FIVE AND I WILL VOTE NO ON THAT. OKAY. SO MOVING ON WE HAVE COMMISSIONER. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, I DON'T THINK THAT THE UPDATED RESOLUTION IS ON THE PORTAL BECAUSE IT STILL SEEMS TO BE OKAY. YOU HAVE IT. YES. THIS WAS DONE. JUST THIS. JUST OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT.

BECAUSE I HAVE ONE PENCIL OUT HERE. YEAH. I HAVE ONE QUESTION REGARDING THE LANGUAGE, WHICH IS A BIT CONFUSING TO ME BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS THEY HAD WAS THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY LOCKED IN THEIR CURRENT DAY TEE TIME ALLOTMENTS. AND I GUESS MAYBE THAT PART IS A LITTLE VAGUE ON THIS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IF WE HAVE TOURNAMENTS AND THAT KIND OF THING. I UNDERSTAND THE TOURNAMENTS, BUT IS THERE A WAY TO FORMALIZE THE AGREEMENT SO THAT WE'RE NOT BACK HERE IN 2 OR 3 MONTHS WITH THIS ITEM COMING BACK, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON THE DAYS OF THE TEE TIMES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM THEY'VE BEEN HERE TWICE ALREADY. WE GIVE THEM A SOLUTION TODAY THAT AVOIDS ANY UNCERTAINTY GOING FORWARD, UNLESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TOURNAMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED THROUGH. SO THROUGH THE MAYOR, YES, I HAVE SPENT TIME ON THE PHONE. I'VE SPENT TIME MEETING IN PERSON WITH ALL THREE GROUPS, OKAY. AND THEY HAVE BEEN FLEXIBLE IN THE PAST WITH STAFF. THEY'VE AGREED TO BE FLEXIBLE IN THE FUTURE, BUT HAVING SOMETHING IRONCLAD IN THERE AS A SPECIFIC TEE TIME WILL NOT WORK. EVEN IN THE PAST, BASED UPON THE HISTORY OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING, THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE COURSE. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE'S GOLF TOURNAMENTS COMING IN MAY, THEY MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN A GOLF TOURNAMENT, BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME FLEXIBILITY, AND THERE'S TIMES THAT THEY GIVE BACK TEE TIMES, OKAY, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T SHOW UP. THEY'VE HAD A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR STAFF. AND THE IDEA WAS NOT TO HANDCUFF EITHER THE GROUPS OR STAFF AND BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PROTOCOL.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS 72 HOURS OR 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE THAT THEY WOULD RELEASE THE TEE TIMES SO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC COULD ALSO USE THE TEE TIMES IF SOMEBODY COULDN'T COME IN. AND IT PROBABLY HAPPENS MORE IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT'S VERY HOT, I COULD BE WRONG OR IT'S RAINING, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO BE SO TIGHT IN A LANGUAGE THAT IN HANDCUFFS ALL THE PARTIES HERE. SO I THINK THAT THEY'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, I'M ALL YOURS. THROUGH. MAYOR. YES, WE HAVE A COUNTRY CLUB. WHICH PART OF IT IS GOLF? AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING, SUCH AS TOURNAMENTS. THERE'S THERE'S PLAY IN THE WINTER, PLAY IN THE SUMMER. THERE'S THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES THERE THAT THAT AFFECT TEE TIMES. WE WILL WORK WITH THESE GROUPS TO, TO EFFECTIVELY WORK, WORK ON, ON, ON, ON TEE TIMES THAT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE GROUP AND FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY ABOUT 1.3 MILLION TO $1.4 MILLION TO MAINTAIN THE, THE GOLF COURSE. AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT BRIGHT VIEW TO REALLY HAVE A HIGH END, HIGH END GOLF COURSE. AND THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE FLEXIBILITY FROM ALL OF US. AND, AND WORKING WITH THE COUNTRY CLUB AND WORKING WITH, WITH, WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKING THROUGH ALL THE VARIATIONS THAT THAT OCCUR AS YOU'RE PLAYING GOLF ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THROUGH THE MAYOR, IF I MAY, JUST COMMISSIONER, I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. I JUST WANT TO FINISH MY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE. NO, NO YOU DIDN'T. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THEN IF YOU WANT TO. SO I GUESS THAT CLARIFIES IT FOR ME. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BOTH GROUPS ARE OKAY WITH THE RESOLUTION AS IS. IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION. MR. DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS, JUST BRIEFLY, THAT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THIS IS AS PROPOSED AND AS ADOPTED. YOU KNOW, AN ELEGANT EXIT, AN ELEGANT RESOLUTION, BECAUSE IT JUST IT PROVIDES THESE THREE ORGANIZATIONS WITH PRIORITY CONTINUATION IN A IN A REASONABLE AND SUSTAINABLE WAY GOING FORWARD, BE MINDFUL OF THE EXPENSE IN MAINTAINING THE COURSE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE TOURNAMENTS WHICH ARE SO NEEDED FOR THE CITY, FOR THE FOR THE CONTINUED VITALITY OF THE OF THE COUNTRY CLUB AND ESPECIALLY ITS GOLF. AND I, I THINK THAT WHILE NO SOLUTION IS PICTURE PERFECT, I THINK THIS

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THE TEE TIMES ARE NOT JUST A SCHEDULING MATTER FOR US, THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION THAT ALLOWS THESE COMMUNITIES TO EXIST AND WITHOUT PROTECTED TEE TIMES, OUR ASSOCIATIONS CANNOT SURVIVE AND OVER TIME THEY WOULD FADE AWAY, TAKING AWAY A MULTI-DECADE TRADITION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SUPPORT. THEREFORE, COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR. YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT PROTECTS MORE THAN THE TEE TIMES. IT PROTECTS, ACCESS, INCLUSION AND A VITAL NETWORK FOR WOMEN AND SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US AND OUR FUTURE MEMBERS IN PRESERVING WHAT HAS BEEN BUILT, SO IT MAY CONTINUE TO SERVE GENERATIONS TO COME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. DON FINE, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE. SO WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE IT. SECOND. SORRY, MR. MAYOR, WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL RIGHT, I KNOW. OKAY, WE HAVE A DOUBLE NOW, COMMISSIONER CASTRO. YES, COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER. LADA. YES. YES. VICE MAYOR ANDSO Y M WE TO HR THEER IOW I TNK THATEALS WITTHE900UNMI IS THE F. SO THERE'S NUMBETEMS YOHAT E I ST WANTTOET ITORRECT.I E ONWHICISHE THAT WE'RE GOINGHEAR NEXT? SO SHE DEFERRED, E ROVED SOME. AND WO MYNDERDI IS THS WITHDRAWN. WE HAVE F2, F F COMMSION, SO WEANEARHWOD YOKE TD THEM TOGETHERINCE WHEINVIDUHEREO D DTARTITH F2. 'S

[F.-2. 26-1402 A Resolution of the City Commission directing staff to explore a league-based discount structure comparable to that of other golf facilities. (Sponsored by Commissioner Castro)]

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NOW, TO MAINTAIN THIS GOLF COURSE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, WE CANNOT EXPLORE ANY FURTHER DISCOUNTS. WE. THEY'RE JUST NOT THERE TO MAINTAIN THIS GOLF COURSE AT A HIGH LEVEL. AND EVEN THE ASSOCIATIONS HAVE HAVE, HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THIS FEE STRUCTURE. SO THIS, THIS LEAGUE BASED DISCOUNT PROGRAM, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT ON THIS GOLF COURSE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ROUNDS TO AFFORD SOMETHING LIKE THAT. COMMISSIONER. MAYOR, THANK YOU. SO THIS ALL COMES ABOUT FROM A CONVERSATION. THE MANAGER, THE A C M AND I HAD A FEW MONTHS BACK AND THERE WAS A RESIDENT WHO WAS BRINGING ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THE WITH THE GOLF COURSE, AND I ASKED THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WERE IN COMPARISON TO OTHER COURSES AND TRY TO WORK IT BACKWARDS. WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE TO COVER OUR COSTS FOR THE GOLF COURSE? AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. LAST COMMISSION MEETING, I BROUGHT UP A PROPOSAL AFTER AN HOUR AND A HALF CONVERSATION WITH, WITH WITH STAFF. AND THE PROPOSAL WAS RIGHT NOW WE ARE OFFERING A COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERSHIP WITH 30 ROUNDS OF GOLF AT $2,100 A YEAR. AND THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT THAT WE RECEIVED WAS, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THE BENEFITS OF THE COUNTRY CLUB. WE'RE JUST INTERESTED IN THE GOLF PORTION. SO THE NUMBER THAT WE HAD COME UP WITH WAS $2,500 MEMBERSHIP FOR THE YEAR FOR 100 ROUNDS OF GOLF. THAT NUMBER COMES FROM THE DISCOUNTED RATE THAT WE ARE GIVING COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERS. SO COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERS, IF THEY EXCEED THOSE DIRTY ROUNDS, ARE PAYING $25 A ROUND. SO IT WOULD BE A GOLF ONLY MEMBERSHIP SIMILAR TO WHAT'S OFFERED AT RIVIERA OR AT THE BILTMORE, WHERE THEY HAVE GOLF ONLY MEMBERSHIPS. AND THAT WAS THE PROPOSAL THAT I WANTED TO COME BACK WITH TODAY. I THINK IT WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY. IT WOULD BE EXCLUSIVE TO THE CURRENT MEMBERS. THE 86 MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP. IT WILL

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WE'RE STILL UNDERWATER. I DON'T THINK THAT RESIDENTS AT LARGE SHOULD BE SUBSIDIZING, YOU KNOW, THESE ACTIVITIES NECESSARILY, BECAUSE IT'S A COST THAT THEY ARE UNWILLING TO PAY THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. AND, YOU KNOW, THESE MEMBERS ARE WILLING TO PAY THEIR WAY AND TO HAVE A BETTER EXPERIENCE AT THE GOLF COURSE THAT IT NEEDS IT NEEDS ATTENTION. IT NEEDS WORK. IT'TE TH MAYES. OKAY. IECARE OF E GOLU YS COULDT COME B WITH A PSENTATIOOF THE RESEA YO DID,T AT W BE MO THAN,N,N BEAIFUL.

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OKAYSO MY AD I13RSSF U T PNT SOM, GO REMMDAON, WCH IITDOITH,OR DOWN WITH LIES. IATI STA. ID DOWN WIT GENTL I DN BASEDWHATHE NAR OF NDCMAND STFHO ME. AHAT' BUTHINHAWEWASTGH NGGENDA, ANDRELLY SQUABBLINGUES AGAIN, ARE NOTN NF THE CITY. AY. THROUGHE MAYO YES YKA SO COMMISSIONER LADA2 W KINDOF TABS I'M NOT EN GOG TOEF IT. WOHEY DNG.OWMY E THE CONDNTS SOND A MY5, I CPARAE TNGTHAT THEIO IUSTONND JUOLARIN ANY OFTHESOLIO, ERASRRD NRWO, THE PROPO EVER FOR $900. IFO ,100HERE GUARDRAILS. IT W VERY METHODICA A THS A OF RHUTTOS UCHILD NOW, ONC AGAIN THERE'S TIND THERE AD ON T FOROMIOR FERNANZ' PSAL.AD TTORNEY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ITEM F2 THAT WE'RE ON. PLEASE, CAN YOU GIVE US GUIDANCE IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON A COMPLETELY SEPARATE RESOLUTION THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT? THANK YOU, MADAM. ACM, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT F2 IS BEING TABLED OR DEFERRED OR WITHDRAWN. THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR THAT RESEARCH FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO THAT THAT TAKES CARE OF F2. I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ HAS A PROPOSAL THAT IT APPEARS TO ME BE MORE RELATED TO F5, SO PERHAPS THAT COULD BE TAKEN UP WHEN WE DO WHEN WE TAKE UP. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO THE POINT, MAYOR. YES, THIS IS MR. MANAGER. YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE THAT WE DID AN EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION ON. YES. WE DID AN EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING ON ITEM F2. AND ON ALL THESE ITEMS, WE SIMPLY. THERE'S NO MORE THERE'S NO MORE RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN DONE. IT'S BEEN COMPLETED, IT'S BEEN PRESENTED. AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING TO PROVIDE GOLF ONLY LEAGUES AND THINGS LIKE THIS. SO IF WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS GOLF COURSE AT A HIGH LEVEL, AND THAT REQUIRES 1.3 TO 1.5 MILLION, AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE EXTENSIVE PLAY. ONE THING IS, PROVES OENEFEGOLF MEMBERSHIP COH Y CB. A TS WHY,TH'SHY IS AA $25 IR TO MAINTAI GOLCOURSE AT HVEL, WVE DES, ISRIL,CHIS WWE'REING O ECOCALLY ASOULD ASTILLND STI ME LEL. TRE'SHERE'S THER THERE'SOTNGORE TOIV HERE. TNKOU SO 'RE INGO MOVEN. IM F3 WITHDR ITE F4, F IN T ON THE RORD FOR THE

[F.-4. 26-1436 A Resolution of the City Commission amending the Community Recreation Fee Schedule to provide for a Coral Gables Resident Senior Discount at Granada Golf Course. (Sponsored by Commissioner Castro)]

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OKAY, SO AS THE NEWEST COMMISSIONER, YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD BE MAKING THESE ROOKIE MISTAKES, BUT I'VE JUST HEARD WHAT LOOKS LIKE A KEYSTONE COPS PRESENTATION OF HOW TO GET AN AGENDA, NOT GET THROUGH. PLEASE. IOUECOND M ORD, EXPRESS SOM S SOME DECND TAKE YOUR TIME BEFORE THRIN AOTIO LT TRACK WHI AGOING YOU D IL RY BAD FOR T PREN H TODALL AND TSE JUSTAKEATH. TA I WOULPPCIATHAE ON ITEM. THANK U COMMISSIONER. WE ARE AN ITE4 ANDBVIOUSLY WE'RE TING TO HAS BEEN DEFD. MADAM CTS TO DEFT DIFFERT APPROACH. WE HAVE A MOON AND A SEC TT HAS G TO DO WI IM F4. HOW FTRTURES A THEF CR A PSAL RELGO D T VARIOUS MBERSHIP E STRUCTURES AT THE GNADA GOLF COURSE. S TMISS C, T WANTS TO.ELN TO4, NIORISUN IT COULD BE AN ISOTN AND AOND. IT T,OU KITHDWN TTON. AND WE CANO R MOTION RELATED TGO AT THE C GRANGO COUE AN T VAOUFEE RUCTES MR. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR YES, TH, MARIA CZ? MRS. MAR CRUZ, 144 MILLEOAD. VY MEAN PEOPLE. WECCUSEHEM IN TOOME US ITH WAERY CLEAR. AND THEBLEM

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IDN' TNKHAT TALKING BRING WHAT ISOT BEINGIUSSED. WHT SED?XCEPT WHEN THE KING WANTS TO. MR. CLARK VERY BRIEF. MR. CLARK. YES, MADAM. CITY ATTORNEY. NOT NOW.

JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND. IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL WAY, YOU HAVE SEEN ME BE REFERRED TO AS THE KING HERE. HOW DOES THAT HANDLE IN REGARDS TO DECORUM AND THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES ON THE COMMISSION, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS IT? WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE SOMEBODY NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE I WILL NOT ALLOW ANY NAME CALLING IN THE ROOM IN TEN YEARS OF SERVICE. THIS WAS NEVER HERE. I NEVER FELT THAT TYPE OF DISRESPECT IN A COMMISSION FLOOR. EVEN WHEN WE HAD SERIOUS DECORUM ISSUES IN REGARDS TO ARGUMENTS ON DIFFERENT FRONTS, WE NEVER, NEVER INSULTED PEOPLE. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO HANDLE IT, MADAM CITYORNEY, MAYORF IF YOU WANT TO,F THE'S A DETEIO TT THAT THE BECAEHERE N FOLLOWIOUR RULFECORU 'RE MAKINGELEVANT, PERTINEN RKS, THAIS CHAIROU YOURE RUNNIHENGIVENI, C MEETG AND YOU MAT THAT STEME YOU GIVE WAINAND, A , KNOW, REMINTHEAKEROT TO DAMITY ATTNEY, IED. DO TT ONULTIPL OIO THE LAST FEW MONTHS.T NTINUES. LEVELF DISRESPECTTARNTED ANDI WILL TEPL KEOTIONHA INDIAL NOTE ABLE SPEAK THE REST OHE M UIL LRN T RULES O CIRAL GLEOR, I THK IULD APPROIA TOIVA WAR. AHE THEPRLEM IS YOU G THEY CONTINUE AND TGET BACK D FTHHRGH THE MAYOR I HA A MOTIO ON THELOOR THUGH THE MAYOR. I WOULD CAUTION TH COMMIION.HIS WOD BE A VIOONF TH FIT AMENDME. IS N A VIOLATN. YAVE ONDUCT URLF. YOAVE TO CYOURLF AORDINGLI UNRSTA, PPLE DOAVE EEDOM OECH. OKAY. SECOND.E HAVE A MOTIO IL TT, Y KNO DMORES. NEED T CTI PEOPLOU DO CAIO PEOPL EVERY MNG ME CALLING IS IROPRIATE D WNEO MAKE IT SIIFICNOTHAT PEOPLEREIZET TT APOPE. I HPENS COUROOMS THAT YOU ENGEDINHI TYT SP, AND YOU MAY HAV R ADDITIOL SANCT HAVE MOTN D A SECOND,R.K. POIF O DER. YES SIR.HEREAS ATIONND SECO THAT NOTEEN ARESSEDET SOHY'T WE FINISH NG ON THAT BEFORE MOV ON TH NTTEM?ADAMITY ATTORNEY, M, CAN I HE A MONT? BECAURE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIERENTIONS D EAE . THANK YOU.AN.E A U NEED A FIVE MINUTE BRK.

THAT'DE G PERCT. FIVE MINUTE BREAK.? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU, MR. CLARK. WE'RE GOOD TO GO, SIR. COMMISSIONER LADA SHOULD BE HERE ANY SEC SWE A. WHAVEE ON TT SECONDROM COMMISSIONERFERNZ TH H OF F CCT? I BELIETION

[F.-5. 26-1438 A Resolution of the City Commission amending the Community Recreation Fee Schedule to provide for a one-year Transition and Evaluation Program allowing the continuation of Annual Golf Memberships at the Granada Golf Course in place as of March 10, 2026; providing for updated rates; and providing for reporting of data at the conclusion of the one-year period. (Sponsored by Commissioner Castro)]

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S. COMMINER.ADA, N MAYNDSON, FORHE AND BAUSEE'REEADYAINED SINTUTHE THAARI AND SUBSIDE E GOLF. NO. MMISSIER CASTRO. YES. MAYOR ? NO. NE MOVE ON TOY MY MOTION, WHICH H A ND ON E FLOOR.OINT OF ORDER. I THI IT'S TIMET U ANDE MTI MULTIPLE TIMES THE BLO AND TH HERALD CA LK I UP.'VE MENTNE MULIMES WE WILONDUCT OSELVES ACCOINGL A WE WLW ISSIONOR AND TWE WILLSULTS ORE CALLG. H SEVER PEOPLEHO CALL MDURING RING THE DIN BRE STG THAT T WERE THEY WERENCREYPOIN T BAVIO RESIDENTS.

RIDT ARCULA NAMEALLING WHAVE. C HE EENTS,UT ATHENDOF T D, THERE BE REECT ON THEIOFLOO CITYTTNE YESYO WA TO CLAR A FEW THIN. FITALS CHR, U DOOT NEED A MOTION TO CAOMNEUT OORDER. YOU T T THEERS,O TOONE TO RUN THE MNG MAINTN COONDL O CODE ESRODEHATOMNE EIRPERS AND GENHE BYE RARO THEIN PORTIT CONCLE RKS AND A DECORSANR.OATSHAT OUDES, THAT TRE SHOULBE A C RS ANDHEN INGO T UNRSND T IT CONANYHAPPEN AND TRN THEN IT HAPNS AGAINNDT PPENSGAIN A IT HPENS N. S THEY USET UT TO T ATH I MAINSU, TO MAK DIESPEFU COMMENT. AND THE ETHDA IT CONTS TO HPEO ANDS,R.RK. COMMISSR, SO IT'SBUNDANTLY CLME CAUTION HEENPROVIDED TIME AND N IN FACT, FNDT IT'S RE OFFENDERN THE SENSE THAT IF THEENSE IS TO DEVIERO MAKINGUBLIC COMMENT, USING PROFESSIONALI AND RPE ANDECUM, T.

E CMEON RD BASIS HAV DIAD OM THAT. THAT ARE ON AERNALEV, NOT HTO DIT CBUNESSRONCERN RDING E CITVE PROVI ITISMVENOESNAVO STRUCT I TNKHAT THOULD BECCEPBLE. EN ITDE AES LIIT BECOMES PSO ATTACKN REPTASIS. I CANL ANYTHINOTH THAN A WASTE OIM A UNFOUNAT THAT WE'VE GOTTE HISNT, BUT IO BEL WE' BN BEYON PIENT, AN IT WARRANTSTS A VOTE FOR ME. WITH RESPEO THEOTION, VICE R ANDERSON, SIMILARLY, I'M GOING TO SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CAUTIONS AND MANY TIMES, AND EVERY SINGLE MEETING, THE CAUTION IS GIVEN AGAIN REGARDING DECORUM. IF THIS WAS A COURT OF LAW, YOU'D GET NOT ONLY GET A GET A CAUTION AND EXCLUDED FROM THE ROOM, BUT THE JUDGE WOULD ALSO BE IMPOSING FINES OR REQUIRING YOU TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE FAVORITE CHARITY. IT APPEARS THAT THESE CAUTIONS HAVE BEEN IGNORED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE IGNORED UNLESS ENFORCED. YES, COMMISSIONER CASTRO, IT IS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN THIS RESOLUTION WAS VOTED FOR, IT WAS PER COMMISSION MEETING AND THAT YOU WOULD BE CAUTIONED BEFORE EITHER WITHDRAWING THE RESIDENT OR ASKING THEM TO REFRAIN FROM COMMENTING ANY FURTHER. I AM ALSO CAUTIONING THIS COMMISSION THAT YOU WILL BE VIOLATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF THIS RESIDENT. I'M PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD THAT SHE DOES HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH BY USING THE TERMINOLOGY KING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT AS DEROGATORY OR AS INSULTING. PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

MY VOTE IS NO. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. AS SOMEONE WHO PERSONALLY HAS HAD THE CITY VIOLATE HIS FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS BEFORE, I HAVE ALWAYS STOOD BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME UP HERE AND SAID THINGS ABOUT ME DISPARAGING THINGS, DEFAMATORY I'M GOING TDO THATAY.EHAMERI H BECAUSE OF THE RIGHT ASE CONSTITUTI. YOUNOW, SOMEWOULD SY A IS SOMETHING PITIV FO H IF FY GO THI. IT'OT AAD'S A THING. SO, YNOW,F Y TA IT TO TT'S UT I'M N GOING TBE DRAGGE INTO YOU PLIGH TO OLATE SODY'SST AMENEN RHT. I'M A NO MOR.

EWO SORRY BEFE I MOV ON,I AZE A. DID WEND U TAKIN A VOTE ?ID WE DEFER THAEM?T FOUR? I HADEDND IDN'TT SECD. SL DISCUSDBOUT BEFE YOU HAVE THE CHAIR CALNGNTEM.

'RE IN THE MDLOFEA SOMETHINGNDHENOU HAVE ON OF CMISSIONE BLURTG T,ELL, SEC, IT NOT YOUR FAULT. IT'S T MMISSION SHOULD KNTER.

OBCTIONIVENURTHER AN WHE ARE?N T YIO WASMO TIMAD CIT, PROCESS READI ION E AGHEITY ERASD F CLARIE M COESN THE COMMI TRIETOBVUS BRI BAC

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'RE HEA E.N COMEAC T I AER. ACTUAL IHINK ACTUAY MA HAVEISD THE MEIR, I OLOGE. EXCUSE. LETE IT8IGISO WHICHT. YES ITEM ARE WE ON NOW MAY? M EIPLEA, LES GTOO AT. OK,IMCEAIW, FACAE I DANT TO F

[F.-8. 26-1490 A Resolution of the City Commission authorizing funding in the additional amount of $100,000.00 to the Coral Gables Cinematheque for the expansion of the Coral Gables Art Cinema at the city-owned property 240-260 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida, with certain conditions. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, IS A CULTURAL DRIVER. IT REALLY IS ELEVATING THE CITY AND IT'S THE MOST RESPECTED CINEMA, NOT ONLY IN SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT IN MY OPINION, PROBABLY IN THE STATE, NOT NOT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. YOU'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB. SINCE WE GOT THAT APPROVAL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD AND YOU GUYS DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT, ALL OF IT. YOU YOUR BOARD HAS GALVANIZED WITH MARLIN EVERETT HERE HAS WORKED HARD, HAS RAISED OVER $1 MILLION IN COMMITMENTS, AND IS IN AN EFFORT TO EXPAND THE CINEMA.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE ISSUE, WHICH IS CONSTRUCTION COSTS. WHILE YOU'RE RAISING THAT MONEY HAS GONE UP NORMAL. COVID CAME AND WENT AND LOOK WHAT WE DEALT WITH. AND THIS IS WHY, AND I HAVE THE RESOLUTION HERE FROM 2019, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, RESOLUTION THAT APPROVED THE 350,000, WE ARE NOW READY TO GO. WE HAVE PERMANENT PLANS. WE HAVE THE MONEY FROM THE DONORS, AND WE'RE READY TO EXPAND THE CINEMA. I THINK THIS IS A NO BRAINER FOR THE CITY AND A BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO PUT THE FLAG IN REGARDS TO THAT. WE ARE THE COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT ONLY COMMITTED TO CULTURE, BUT IT'S EXPANDING CULTURE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THIS WILL HELP. THIS EXTRA 100 0001 TIME WILL BE HELPED COVER THE FUNDING GAP. THE CINEMA HAS RECEIVED SEVEN FIGURE GIFTS AND IS NOW READY FOR THAT EXPANSION. IN ADDITION, LIKE I MENTIONED TO YOU, NOT ONLY IS THERE ECONOMIC IMPACT, BUT THIS REDEFINES OUR CULTURE TOGETHER WITH BOOKS AND BOOKS AND THE CORAL GABLES MUSEUM AND ANCHORS ARAGON AVENUE AS A CONCENTRATED CULTURAL CENTER, REINFORCING THE CITY'S IDENTITY AS A DESTINATION FOR HIGH QUALITY CULTURAL EXPERIENCES. FOR ME, I ALSO FUNDED THE UNDERLYING THE CINEMA. THIS TO ME ARE LEGACY PROJECTS THAT WILL DELIVER FOR DECADES, FOR DECADES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SEEING THIS THROUGH AND COMING AND BRINGING THIS TO THE FINISH LINE, AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT IT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR. I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU REALLY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IN THESE CONVERSATIONS SINCE I CAME ON BOARD IN 2017 AND THE RESOLUTION IN 2019, YOUR SUPPORT VERY VOCALLY OF OUR

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AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE OUR CITY SPECIAL. THANK YOU AGAIN. YES, YES. SO I FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THE ARTS VERY, VERY STRONGLY. I ONCE VOTED ON AN ITEM FOR THE ACTOR'S PLAYHOUSE. IT WAS $40,000. SO FOR, FOR FOR A RAMP. AND I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY VOTE FOR THIS ONE. I THINK IT'S EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT. SO YOU WILL HAVE MY SUPPORT ON THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER. YES, SIR. SO I'M A VERY BIG FAN OF OF U2 AS WELL AS MARLON. FOR ALL THAT YOU DO WITH THE CINEMA, BECAUSE IT'S IT IS A JEWEL. IT IS SOMETHING I PERSONALLY ENJOY SO VERY MUCH AND IT BRINGS SO MUCH TO THE CITY. AND I LOVE HEARING AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT LIKE, WE'RE THE ONLY ONE IN SOUTH FLORIDA THAT HAS THE 70 MILLIMETER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT REALLY MATTERS. IT'S. IS A STENTOHE PSION, MKR THAOU HEN RTUL F THI MEDIUWHH UST DO AL W, SELF, BUTECSE I PROVIDESUCH A SD MMITYRI H IN TYFORAL GABLE I APPLAUD COMMENDOUOTH. I VE T A RIGHT? A ECACE FORHE CINEMA.

BUT I WAO ASK A QN TO.ANALSO I T TY MANAG CITY MANAGER, THIS PROCTS T OYNE THATREVID 50,000 APPORON F IOR EXPANSI O T CEMA.

T THS ALSO, I BELVE A ROJE.OEAGENT THROUGH THE MOR. YEAH.

MMISSIONER. WEILL BE MANANG THE PCT FHE T AS CONCTION MANSILL FO FOR T CEMA, AWE D ON THE IAL PROJECTHROUGH A RESPECT, RIG TIS ISLSO MANAG BY THE MEYHAT'BEEN T CI SO THIS IS NOT ASIATION ATLLD 0000 SOMNKWN VETT, BID TYPE SCENARIO AKIN MAYBE TO A TIME BEFORE I WAS ON THE COMMISSION, A REQUEST FOR SOME $40,000 FOR A RAMP, BUT RATHER. THIS IS ONE THAT IS WITHIN THE THE THE

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IT'S ALL WITH THE CITY. AND ACTUALLY WE WILL BE TURNING OVER TO THE CITY. THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DO THE PROJECTS BEFORE THE CONTRACT IS LET. AND BY THE WAY, IF I MAY, COMMISSIONER, JUST FOR YOU, SO WE CAN PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS A CITY OWNED BUILDING. SO AS WE RENOVATE THIS, THIS, THIS NEW THEATER, IT'S ONLY GOING TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE YOU'RE RENOVATING IT, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, MULTIPLE CONTRACTORS GAVE PRICING. THIS HAD A VETTING PROCESS, STAFF REVIEWED IT. THIS WAS NOT JUST ONE CONTRACTOR THAT GAVE A PRICE. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MANAGER AND HIS TEAM WILL MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR GOES THROUGH PROCUREMENT. THE PAYMENTS ARE MADE THROUGH THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE, THAT THERE'S A SCHEDULE OF VALUES, AND THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE ACCORDINGLY. AS PER CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES. MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER, THE THE DRAWINGS ARE HAVE HAVE BEEN PERMITTED. WE NEED TO SELECT A CONTRACTOR TO AWARD THE CONTRACT. IT'S IN PROCUREMENT RIGHT NOW. BEFORE WE SELECT THE CONTRACT, THE CITY WILL HAVE ALL THE FUNDS AT HAND TO TO PROPERLY MANAGE AND PAY FOR THE PROJECTS. SO THE COMPLETE CM WILL BE BY BY THE CITY AS WAS DONE ON, ON, ON THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION OF, OF THE CINEMA. SO THIS IS REALLY GOING TO ACTUALLY PHASE TWO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. YES. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. ONE OF THE COOLEST TOURS THAT I DID WHEN I FIRST STARTED WAS THE THE TOUR OF YOUR FITIESNDEEHE ACTUAL MNES AS THEY, AS THPERA I THI T'S NOGERTA TTHE WORK TH YLLO TH SNDINGOUTSIDEN PEOP A OM WATCHINGILMN YOU VENUE, JUS T SMILE O TIR FACES A TY'T GO H YONOW,HE GO TO ANOTH ACE IN CORALAB IT'N ECONOMICNG TT THAT NTUES TTOENERATE GABL.S TH VMA W YING, ISEN F TU THAT WE GNSEESNVTSND I THI'SE ALLY LIMIT IN SPACEHEYOU ARE RHS ING TH WIL RLL GET U T LEVEL A COINUE TOXPD THE CI SOAP T SUP.AN V AIGHT.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? MR. M CLK, DO HAVENYUBLIC THPU CMENT.AN IAVEOSE VICE MNDER YES, SECON MMIS CASTR Y COMMISONER FER. YES.COSIER. LA.Y LAGO. YES. LE CITY HL,IK IS I ANOTH FEATHERN CAP FOR THEL GABL DIDHEEA LIFTING. THANK YOUOR ALL ME TEOLVED IN T ITONGRULIONS. STA LET'S GERUCTNTAED. THK U, M M.HA YOUFOR A THE WK TD THANK UVEE. THANK TYAG THR T M AT'SD QUESTION. WN WOULD TRUCTI STAHAT WE HAD AER ITEM. MCOISONER ARE T TWO A. F SEN THAT YOWANTO TAKE. RNANDEZ WTETOO AHEEO.KAY, SO F I YOR. YES. IL SOND TH TION.Y. MR.LA, VE A PUB CMENT? NO, . R,IGHT. PEEC APRIE THG TO DO HEVEHE MANAGER T SUE. H BEEEADY VERY COUN,F IE AMIADEERE.RE AEADY THE COTYREA. WE ARPEIN AOF MON INARC POTELLYILS OLRS.

EN YK AT THONEYHAT WE'RSPDI HERE, T AT WT NTO DRIGH NOW ISIN THET NCL POTI. T THEND TAY, THE THEN LOERE , TOT HERE AOR DUN TH'RE JU ASKFOTHEIE TIMES. EYVER ON TO IHI BORE GIVEISTSWE ND TO PUT EHTOW WE'RE LING SPEN A LOTMOITH TOND A LMOIT BUSHEL, TOX. E ING OFONEYI INKLET ET L GUR OS LIOONGANTHENE KEECISNS IUTUR PLIED. MR.AGER. YES, YO THA Y30OU ON $30 TO THE GF UR . S, CRE ALAR TWHAT WE'HARGG RIT N. TISOTHISS RENSTRON O SOM O SAN4 MILONHAWEG THE TGT' IT IS TAK BEATI ABEILLE PTS WNOE WEOULDSING THE E INVESTMENT THD IN LELAMF MAYG CRS T SIMPLE. IFOU DONE THE NE.OULDUST IT TOTHE COIS A MAKA MANY PE NOW,INALSSE G COSE SENIOCIZE AND BEUSE IF WE'OING TO VE 30%ISCOUNT AOLF COUR, H I AEAOSING MONANGOOWN T21, HOH Y.E CEAY EER PTO M TWE C MAKE RATESHAT MU BAUSE WE'ONLY EIG HK WEE,USE ME, NINE LES.

IT NOT LIKE WE U KNI WOULDN'TE ABLE TO SPECIFICALLYOMEBYT POINT IISOROUE S THE GOLF COUR. ON METHIN ANDIV GOLFOU LET'S SEE WHAWEHANDICAP

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TY CLERK. CITY CLERK. HOW ALUR AEEND OUR DO WE HE? A ESTE, ARBERS GET FE GF.NOFF N 3 F F. SO AT'MSKG A PUTE SIMP 30% FOR O SMMITY. IT'S NOT. ONHE RECD. ST YOU ANS P IT EM ANGITH THE AND ACM, WHICH W INFORTI THATASRODE T BILT COURSE REGAR HE AMO ODIVIS USG THE LTMOREFRS WHO ORREE, ANGITH RGR GF COSE. I'M OK PUTTINGT TECD,THA T ABOUT TOU NUMBE TUU'N. SO HOWEVOD GE AR YOU GOING AOROLF? THK HAVEBEYE GGEVERYB AISCOUNT?T KEE NT TE THE BEST FRIENDS WITH EVERSING PERSON. A ID THAT BUT WHENTIPLE WHOSERVE ONRDS, PO BEHABEEN AERK FOR WAS FREE PKINGND IAID, COMMISSNN , WL PRODE T FRKI. AND AT CFROM MR.ER VERY CY EDE, YOU KNO IHINK SGIVE FREE PI SAID, NO, USATS AN ADDED TWIE TOSIIFICAN AND WRANE NUER TT FRONT. SO WE HAVEBE VY FUL AND VERYCAL OHOW DOIT. I'VE NEV PL. I'EV USEFREE.

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COMMISSIONER CASTRO MENTIONED THE FACT THAT BOARDS GET FREE GOLF. YOU'RE CORRECT. THEY'RE ONE POINT. THEY REPRESENT 1.5% OF THE ENTIRE USAGE OF THAT GOLF COURSE. YOU CANNOT GIVE EVERYTHING FOR FREE, ESPECIALLY LIKE COMMISSIONER LADA SAID, WHEN WE'RE UNDERWATER IN THE GOLF COURSE, I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ELECTED OFFICIALS RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. FREE THIS, FREE THAT, FREE PARKING, FREE EVERYTHING. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, SOMEBODY HAS TO COME FIVE YEARS LATER AND PICK UP THE PIECES WHEN THE BUDGET IS UPSIDE DOWN, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A FORTHCOMING TAX OVERHAUL FROM TALLAHASSEE THAT NOBODY TO THIS MOMENT CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S EXACTLY GOING TO HAPPEN. IS IT GOING TO BE ACROSS THE BOARD? IS IT GOING TO BE 5%, 6%, 20%? HOW MUCH ARE WE REALLY GOING TO SEE IN REGARDS TO OUR SHORTFALL? AND THEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND SAY, WOW, I WISH I HADN'T GIVEN A $20 MILLION COLA. I WISH I HADN'T GIVEN THIS, I WISH I HADN'T GIVEN THAT, BUT I'M ALWAYS THE BAD GUY WHO SAYS WINTER IS COMING BECAUSE I TRY TO BE AS FISCALLY PRUDENT. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RAISE YOUR TAXES LATER. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS BEING MEASURED ON BEHALF OF 51,000 RESIDENTS, 51,000 RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR SERVICES ARE UPKEPT WANT TO MAKE SURE THEIR TAXES ARE THE SECOND LOWEST TAXES FOR A FULL SERVICE CITY IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. THEY WANT TO HAVE A CLEAN CITY. THEY WANT TO HAVE THE BEST POLICE, THE BEST FIREFIGHTERS, THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COSTS MONEY. SERVICES AT THIS LEVEL ARE AT A PREMIUM, AND THEY COST MONEY.

SO I'M A NO VOTE. AS A RESULT OF THE SIMPLE FACT THAT I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO GIVE SENIORS A DISCOUNT OF 30%, BUT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ATTACHED TO THIS LEGISLATION ACTUAL DATA THAT TELLS US WHAT IS THAT 30% REPRESENT. THAT TO ME IS RECKLESS, AND I CAN'T VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THAT, EVEN THOUGH I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT THE SENIORS ON THIS. NO. CAN WE BACK AT 2:00? CAN I CAN I A MOTION FOR RECESS? YES. SECOND. YEAH. AGREED. ALL IN FAVOR, I WANT TO FOLLOW PROTOCOL BECAUSE I HEAR I HEAR SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE COMPLAINING. A WE WILL BE BACK AT 2:00. IS TH 'RE GOING TORT O WITH . CLARK? THRE E T A E S SECONDAYOR. D3E7. Y

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ATECAUSE TSTITER FM WASO A PX O LOON. CORRORCT ANDHO. BY REDEED PROCT, MOVING THE PROJECT TO THE MIDDLE, WHICH IS A LOT MORE COSTLY FOR PUBLIX BECAUSE THEY WERE HOPING TO BUILD A BUILDING ON LAGOON, VACATE THE BUILDING WHEN THAT ONE WAS DONE, AND THEN MOVE OVER SEAMLESSLY. NOW THEY HAVE TO EMPTY THIS ENTIRE BUILDING TO BUILD THE BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOT. CORRECT, MR. MANAGER? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SO THERE WAS NO PROFFER. THERE WAS BEEN A LONG NEGOTIATION HERE, AND MARIO AND I WORKED ON GETTING A PARK, JUST LIKE I DID WITH MR. ARMANDO GALLINA, JUST LIKE I DID WITH MR. JOHN MARQUEZ, JUST LIKE I DID WITH MR. JOSE BOSCHETTI, WHERE ALL THOSE PROJECTS ARE NOW GOING TO BE CITY OWNED PARKS. IT'S ALREADY IN THE DOCUMENTS AND IT'S BURIED, BY THE WAY, LIKE YOU SAY TO ME, YOU READ THE DOCUMENTS, YOU'LL SEE IT VERY CLEARLY THAT IT SAYS THERE THAT IT BELONGS TO THE CITY. CORRECT. MARIO? CORRECT. ON A COUPLE POINTS THERE, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE CONVEYANCE OF THAT PARK IS GOING TO BE GOVERNED BY LAND CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT. YEAH. WHICH SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES THAT IT BE MAINTAINED AS A PARK AND FOR THE CITY TO USE IT AS A PARK. SO THAT AGREEMENT WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE COMMISSION.

THE CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL, ULTIMATELY. SO MY POINT IS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS, BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH THE VICE MAYOR, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE PREEMPTED. AND I DID WRITE THAT LEGISLATION YEARS AGO. SO IT'S PAINFUL TO SEE THAT WE HAVE LOST POWER THERE ON THAT FRONT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR SUSTAINABILITY PURPOSES. I WANT TO I WANT TO IF IF WE'RE HANDS ARE TIED AND IT'S UP TO PUBLIX, I'M REQUESTING, JUST LIKE I REQUESTED WITH THE TDRS FOR THEM TO GIVE THIS CONSIDERATION. I'M A LITTLE BACKGROUND IN CONSTRUCTION. NOW IS THE TIME AND IT STILL CAN BE DONE BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST RUNNING CONDUIT. CORRECT. MR. MR. MANAGER, YOU'RE RUNNING CONDUIT. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT REALLY MASSIVE AMOUNT OF STRUCTURAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. ALL THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED ANYWAYS. AND YOU COULD RUN THE CONDUIT NOW AND YOU CAN GET IT DONE. AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO IT AT A VERY REDUCED COST, ESPECIALLY AS TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES MORE AND MORE. SO YEAH, WE ARE LEAVING THE MOBILITY HUB FOR CONDUITS THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM DO IT. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT. BUT THE VICE MAYOR'S INTENTIONS ARE PURE INTENTIONS OR GOOD INTENTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. AND I AND I, I'M ON MY THIRD ELECTRIC CAR. OKAY. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIX AND IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY. AND BY THE WAY, I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT THEY'VE DONE. THE PARK, THE TR, THE REDESIGNING OF THE BUILDING, THEY'VE DONE A LOT AND WE'RE BEYOND GRATEFUL, BEYOND GRATEFUL FOR THAT. I HAVE NO DOUBT IN THE GOOD INTENTIONS OF EVERYBODY UP HERE IN THE COMMISSION, INCLUDING THE VICE MAYOR. AND YOU ALSO HAVE NO DOUBT, PLEASE, AND THE GOOD INTENTIONS OF PUBLIX. THE ISSUE IS NOT MAKING THAT REQUIREMENT MANDATORY. IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN TAKE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT AND TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION NOW THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED ALL THESE OTHER POINTS THAT WE'VE WANTED TO ACHIEVE. AND BECAUSE OF THIS ONE CONDITION OF APPROVAL, WE HAVE TO THEN TURN AROUND AND ESSENTIALLY APPEAL THE APPROVAL OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE PUBLIX DOESN'T FIND IT ACCEPTABLE. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, COUNCILOR, IF I MAY, AND THIS IS MORE TOWARDS YOU AND THE VICE MAYOR, CAN WE PUT SOME WORDING? RECOMMENDED REQUEST. CONSIDER. I LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU JUST. BUT I WOULD JUST SOMETHING THAT AGAIN DOESN'T DOESN'T LIKE WE'RE ALREADY PREEMPTED AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. THEY DON'T WANT TO. AND I DON'T WANT TO BEG FOR IT EITHER. THROUGH THE MAYOR. THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE MOTION THAT I MADE AND WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CASTRO, WHICH WAS JUST AS A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO WORK WITH THE MANAGER ON TRYING TO FIND A WAY OF DELIVERING ON THIS, WHERE WE'RE NOT FORCING IT. BUT I THINK COOLER HEADS CAN CAN WORK THROUGH THIS AND FIND A SOLUTION THAT THAT WILL WORK AT THE END. AND I THINK THE ONLY POINTS THAT ARE SEPARATING US IS PERHAPS ZERO COST, ZERO MAINTENANCE, BUT ALSO ACCEPTABLE TO PUBLIX FROM AN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE. THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES, SIR. MAYBE A COMPROMISE CAN BE THAT PUBLIX PROVIDE STRUCTURAL SLEEVING FOR FOR AT LEAST FOR CHARGING AREAS. AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THIS FURTHER, BUT AT LEAST REQUIRE NOW AT LEAST STRUCTURAL SLEEVING. SO THAT IT WOULD BE IT WOULD BE FAIRLY EASY TO GET AT LEAST FOUR SPACES ELECTRIFIED, AND IT'LL

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AND, AND IT WOULD BE WHICH IS WAS GENERALLY MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE WORST PARTS ABOUT GETTING ELECTRIFICATION INTO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. YEAH. BUT YOU JUST HAVEN'T CAPPED UNTIL WE NEED THEM. WOULD NOT BE WOULD NOT BE A BIG DEAL TO, TO GET THAT SLEEVED.

AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE, THE ACTUAL VICE MAYOR. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, BUT THE SLEEVING WILL MAKE IT MUCH MORE, MUCH MORE CONVENIENT AND EASY FOR, FOR PUBLIX, WE WE ON THE MOBILITY HUB, THE SECOND FLOOR IS ELECTRIFIED, BUT WE'RE SLEEVING ALL THE ADDITIONAL FLOORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ELECTRIFY THOSE FLOORS ALSO.

AND IT JUST MAKES IT STRUCTURAL PERFORATIONS AFTER A BUILDING HAS BEEN BUILT IS IS, IS NOT EASY. AND IT'S QUITE TIME CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE THAT THE PUBLIX CAN AGREE TO THAT SLEEVING AND FURTHER FURTHER DISCUSS THESE FOR THE THESE FOUR POTENTIAL CHARGING STATIONS THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. YOU'RE THE MAYOR? YEAH. MADAM VICE MAYOR, THE MAYOR. THAT'S ACCEPTABLE AS LONG AS WE ALSO HAVE A NARRATIVE FOR THAT.

PUBLIX AGREES TO SIT DOWN WITH THE VARIOUS VENDORS AND DISCUSS THEIR OPERATIONAL ISSUES, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY CERTAIN THOSE CAN ALL BE ADDRESSED AND THOSE WON'T BE AN ISSUE ANYMORE.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS GETTING PEOPLE IN A ROOM TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, AND THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT WE ARE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE UNTIL WHAT, LAST NIGHT ON THOSE EFFORTS. AND AND I CONFIRMED THIS MORNING THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. SO LEAVING REQUIRED MEETING WITH POTENTIAL VENDORS, YOU KNOW, TESLA HAS OFFERED TO PUT CHARGING. THERE'S ANOTHER VENDOR THAT'S OFFERED TO PUT CHARGING. IT'S COME TO OUR CITY TO DO THE SAME THING. THAT'S HOW I BECAME AWARE OF THE ZERO COST OPTION AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT'S BASICALLY. I DIDN'T SEE IT IN WRITING HERE ABOUT THE TREES, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE CITY ON THE TREES. SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP AS AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION OF APPROVAL TOGETHER WITH, AS THE CITY MANAGER STATED, THE SLEEVING. AND LET'S SIT DOWN WITH THE VENDORS AND SEE IF WE CAN WORK OUT WHATEVER CONCERNS THAT PUBLIX HAS, AND ALSO SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS THAT THEY WOULD BE BYPASSING IF THEY DECLINE IT THROUGH THROUGH THE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I WILL AMEND MY MOTION TO INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT OF THE FOUR SLEEVED SPACES, AND THE CONVERSATIONS TAKE PLACE WITH POTENTIAL VENDORS IN A GOOD FAITH EFFORT.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, WHEN WE HAVE WHEN WE HAVE A RESOLUTION, WE HAVE ORDINANCES E THREE AND E SEVEN. AND THERE'S A REQUEST MADE FROM A COMMISSIONER. ARE WE ARE WE AMENDING THAT ORDINANCE OR ARE WE PROVIDING A AN AN AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, OR ARE WE DOING A SEPARATE MOTION? BECAUSE I HEAR I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION. I'M GOING TO SECOND THE MOTION. BUT WHAT WHAT IS THE BEST, CLEANEST WAY TO DO IT? MENDING. SO THE BEST WAY TO DO WHEN THERE'S A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU AN ITEM. AND THE REASON WHY I ASK THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT ASKED ME THAT WHEN I END THE MEETING, THEY WENT THROUGH YOU AND I WENT IN THE MEETING THAT I JUST CAN'T ADJOURN, THAT THEY WANT ME TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. THEY WANT TO BE VERY, VERY PARTICULAR ON HOW THINGS GET DONE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THINGS APPROPRIATELY, WHICH ARE THE MOST BECAUSE MAYBE YOU MAY BE UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING, BUT I WANT TO NOT JUST UNDERSTAND. I WANT TO DO IT APPROPRIATELY BECAUSE THE INTENT IS TO PASS THESE ORDINANCES. IF YOU HAVE IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THESE ORDINANCES, YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THEM, YOU HAVE TO AMEND THEM, CORRECT. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO AMEND THEM BECAUSE IT'S NOT AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION. YOUR MOTION WOULD BE TO ADOPT OR APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OR THE ITEM, THE ORDINANCE OR THE RESOLUTION WITH EITHER CONDITIONS OR WITH ADDITIONAL CHANGES. SO AND THEN IF THERE IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION THAT WANTS TO AMEND THAT MOTION, THEN IT WOULD BE I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION. AND IT CAN EITHER BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, AMENDING. YOU'RE AMENDING SOMEONE ELSE'S ORDINANCE ON THE FLOOR? YEAH. NO, NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S MOTION. IT'S YOU'RE AMENDING SOMEONE ELSE'S ORDINANCE. IT'S AN ORDINANCE THAT'S ON THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU ALL. AND YOU ARE EITHER ADDING IT. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. MAYOR. RIGHT. YOU'RE EITHER ADDING SOME DETAIL, CLARIFICATION, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OR A SLIGHT MODIFICATION. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION DOES ROUTINELY. SO THROUGH THE MAYOR. SO THE MOTION SHOULD ENCOMPASS WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE. THE MOTION SHOULD INCLUDE THAT, MADAM VICE

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WELL, I WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, AND WHAT I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY HAS TO DO WITH COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ WHAT HAPPENED. AND I HAVE NO FEAR OF CONTRADICTION. OKAY. AS A MOTION WAS MADE, I WOULD HAVE SECONDED, BUT ANOTHER ONE JUMPED IN AND SAID, I MOVE. SO I DISAGREE WITH THE ASSERTION THAT THERE WAS NO ONE. SECOND MORE ACCURATELY IS A SECOND DIDN'T COME IN QUICK ENOUGH. BETTER WOULD HAVE BEEN TO SAY SO. NO ONE SECOND. BUT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO. THAT'S A FACT I UNDERSTAND NOW. THE MAYOR DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY, BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE. WHAT'S GOING ON? WE DEVOLVED. WHAT'S. WHAT'S GOING ON, COMMISSIONERS IS AN EFFORT TO GET IT OFF THE RAILS SO WE CAN GET ON THE BLOGS. SO MY POINT IS THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT I HOPE. MR. CLERK, PLEASE, I ASK YOU, PLEASE SEND US A TAPE VERBATIM AND SEND OUT A MEMO TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS NOT EVEN AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS GIVEN TO. SECOND, I PROMISE, I HOPE THAT I DON'T HAVE TO BE SO, YOU KNOW, GRANULAR IN REGARDS TO SAYING, WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY DISCUSSION UNTIL WE HAVE A SECOND. I WAS HOPING THAT SOMEBODY WOULD THEY WOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION AND SAY, I SECOND THE MOTION. ALSO, IF YOU WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CAVEAT OR SOMETHING, YOU SECOND THE MOTION FROM THE SPONSOR OF THE ITEM, NOT THE SPONSOR, EXCUSE ME, BUT FROM FROM THE VICE MAYOR WHO WAS ADDING A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS TO IT. SO YOU'RE THE MAYOR? YES, YES. SO VICE MAYOR DID MAKE MOTION. THERE WAS A SILENCE. THEN THE MAYOR WENT AHEAD AND RECOGNIZED COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THAT HIS COMMENTS, HE MOVED A DIFFERENT MOTION. THE PRIOR MOTION FROM THE VICE MAYOR DID NOT HAVE A SECOND. WHEN COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ MOVED HIS MOTION, I SECONDED IT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. ONCE AGAIN, WHETHER YOU WANT TO SAY, I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME OR NOT, IF YOU WENT AHEAD AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGED ANOTHER COMMISSIONER, YOU HAD THE TIME TO DO IT THERE, BUT YOU DIDN'T AND NOBODY ELSE DID THROUGH THE MAYOR. ONE SECOND, YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANOTHER COMMISSIONER TO GET A SECOND. YOU JUST HOPE THAT THERE'S A LEVEL OF DECORUM AND RESPECT, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS ARE CONDUCTED HERE. YOU HAVE TO GET A SECOND SO YOU CAN THEN HAVE CONVERSATION. WE'LL DO THIS ALL DAY. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, IT'S PERFECTLY FINE. I HAVE MORE STAMINA THAN ALL OF YOU. I'LL BE HERE TILL WHATEVER TIME WE NEED TO BE HERE. OKAY? AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE, RIGHT? IT IS GOING TO BE DONE RIGHT. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. SO, COMMISSIONER.

YES, SIR. I MEAN, NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT AGAIN, AND THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF

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I'M CREATING ANOTHER MOTION, RIGHT? I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR SOMETHING ELSE. WE, WE, WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER THAN THIS, GUYS. WE GOT TO DO BETTER THAN THIS. BECAUSE I, I, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A RACE TO THE STARTING GUN. RIGHT. AND I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE, LET'S SAY I TOOK SOMETHING OFF THE AGENDA, YOU KNOW, AND THEN DEFER AND THEN PUT IT BACK ON. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MOMENT TO SIMPLY BE ABLE TO SECOND A MOTION WITHOUT FEELING THAT YOU'RE JUST BEING PRESSURED. IT'S SILLY. IT'S SILLY. WE'RE NOT COLLABORATING ON THIS DAIS. SO WE CAN DO AND WE WILL DO BETTER. I THINK SO. SO MADAM CITY ATTORNEY WILL UNWIND THIS AGAIN LIKE WE DID IT LAST TIME. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN YOU EXPLAIN IN DETAIL WHAT IS THE MOTION EXACTLY? I'D LIKE TO HEAR IT FROM YOU. SO, MAYOR, I THINK AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HISTORICALLY HAS NOT COME UP RIGHT. WE'VE WE'VE WE USUALLY HAVE A MOTION. AND THIS BRINGS US BACK TO THE AMOS ROJAS DAYS WHERE, WHERE WE COULDN'T WHERE ARIEL AND MELISSA BASICALLY RAN THIS AS A FREE FOR ALL. AND I COULDN'T EVEN GO THERE. AND I COULDN'T EVEN GO TO THE BATHROOM AT ONE POINT. BUT I WON'T DO THAT TO MY COLLEAGUES.

I HAVE TOO MUCH RESPECT FOR THEM. SO WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT THAT WE ARE RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN DO THIS APPROPRIATELY? SO MAYOR, LIKE, LIKE I SAID THIS HISTORICALLY, THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT HAS COME UP BECAUSE USUALLY THERE'S A MOTION AND THERE'S ALWAYS THERE'S USUALLY A CONSIDERATION WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE A SECOND THAT MOTION. THANK YOU FOR USING THE WORD CONSIDERATION IN IN AS CHAIR. YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY. AND I THINK MAYBE GOING FORWARD, MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BEST PRACTICES AND HOW TO MAKE THINGS MORE PROCEDURALLY CLEAR AND SMOOTH. I THINK GOING FORWARD, THEN MAYBE WE CAN GET INTO THE PRACTICE OF ASKING, IS THERE A SECOND? AND THEN YOU CAN ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION AND DEBATE. I WISH I WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. YEAH. SO OUR CODE DOES NOT ADDRESS THE TIMING OF HOW QUICKLY THE SECOND NEEDS TO BE MADE. I THINK THERE IS SUPPORT, THOUGH, FOR THE NOTION THAT IF THERE IS NO SECOND AND THERE IS DISCUSSION AND DEBATE, AND THEN THERE'S THERE'S NO IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NO PENDING MOTION BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A SECOND. SO THERE CAN BE ANOTHER MOTION THAT IS MADE. SO THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED HERE. THERE WAS A MOTION EVEN IN QUESTION, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED HERE. WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THERE WASN'T EVEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER PERSON ON THE COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO SAY, I MAKE THAT MOTION. MR. FERNANDEZ STARTED SPEAKING, MADE HIS MOTION. AND YOU DIDN'T GIVE COMMISSIONER LADA, MYSELF OR COMMISSIONER CASTRO AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN POTENTIALLY ENGAGE IN THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE BY THE VICE MAYOR. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WOULD HAVE MADE I WOULD HAVE SECOND THE MOTION. I WOULD HAVE PASSED THE GAVEL AND SECOND, THE MOTION. I HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT. I COMPLETELY SUPPORT WHAT THE VICE MAYOR IS SAYING ON THAT FRONT. SO NOW THAT THAT'S CLEARED UP, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM FROM COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ AND COMMISSIONER CASTRO. WHAT IS EXACTLY IN THAT MOTION? SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOTION, IT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE'LL START WITH E THREE WITH TWO ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS. IT'S THAT FOR PUBLIX TO WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING THE TREES AND TO SEE WHICH TREES CAN BE RELOCATED. AND THE SECOND CONDITION, WHICH I DO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME CONFIRMATION FROM PUBLIX THAT THE FIRST PART IS ACCEPTABLE, WHICH IS THAT THEY WOULD INSTALL STRUCTURAL SLEEVING FOR FOR STATIONS, AND THEN AGREED TO HAVE A SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE VARIOUS PROVIDERS OF ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS. AND IF AT NO COST AND WITHOUT OPERATIONAL CONCERNS, AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, THEY WOULD INSTALL THOSE CHARGING STATIONS. AND THE SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. AND I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THAT IS THE COMMISSION'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOTION. THAT IS MY MOTION. THAT WAS I.

YEAH. WELL, YOUR MOTION, IT WAS ACTUALLY MY MOTION. SO WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH ON THIS TO THE COWS, COME HOME. I REALLY DON'T CARE. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. YES MR. MAYOR. PERFECT. JACKSON HOMES. NO NO NO NO, SIR. OF THE DICE. EXCUSE ME.

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION. YOU ALL WORKED IT OUT. IT WAS GREAT. YOU'RE IDEA OF LEAVING WAS ACCEPTABLE TO THEM. SO I GOT NOTHING MORE TO SAY. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU, SIR. THAT'S IT, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT, LET'S HAVE A VOTE. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER. LAURA. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON.ES. COSIONER CASTRO. YES, MAYOR. WE ALSHAVE E7I NO, E SEN.

CAN HE A MOTION? I'LL ME WIT THE SE CONDIONS. SENDHANK YOU. DOU LATTA.ES.ES. VICE MSIONE DERS. YES. CMISSNE CASTRO YES.OMSSNER.

[04:05:08]

[E.-4. 26-1132 An Ordinance of the City Commission providing for text amendments to the City of Coral Gables Official Zoning Code by amending Article 5, “Architecture,” Section 5-500, “Roofs,” to clarify roof design standards including the intent to incorporate a combination of pitched and flat roof forms and to establish that roof designs proposed as entirely flat require review and approval by the Full Board of Architects; to remove Sections 5-503 and 5-504 and renumber subsequent sections; to delete outdated parapet height provisions in flood hazard districts; and providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, codification, and providing for an effective date.]

E ISGNANCE OF THYCOON PROVING FX AMENO THF RAL GABLES. OFAL ZONG DE B AMNG ARTICLEIVE HUNDRED ROOFS TO CRIFY ROOF TENT TORPORATE A T COINATION PITCH A FLAT OFMS, AOSTAB TILY FLAEQEVIEWAND AVABYHEULL AR AHITETO REMOVE IONS FASHIVE, Z THE AND,ND RENUMBER TDATED PARAPETEIGHTE PRIONS ALOODAZAR DISTCTS DROVI FORREATROSION SEVERATY, CLAUS DITI AND PROVIDING F AN EFFECTI DE. THIS A TE AMENDNT TO THE ZONG DE. BROUG TYOUYTA. YOU Y OR MAY KNOW TH RE THAT WE HE ARELY COMBN OF PIT ANDLATSHROUOUT THES CAN BE A BURDEN ON THE HOMEOWNER AS THEY GO THROUGH PLANNING, OR THEY GO THROUGH BOARD OF ARCHITECTS. THEY GET AN APPROVAL FOR A FLAT ROOF. THEY GO THROUGH PERMITTING FOR ZONING AND THEY GET DENIED. AND THEY HAVE TO INCORPORATE SOME KIND OF PITCHED ROOF FEATURE WITH THEIR ROOF. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS AND ZONING. SO THIS IS A CLEANUP TO CLARIFY THAT WE DO REQUIRE COMBINATION. HOWEVER, THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS CAN APPROVE BASED ON COMPATIBILITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A FLAT ROOF FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE. AND THEN TO ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S SOME OTHER CLEANUPS WITH THE ROOF ROOF REQUIREMENTS IN OUR ZONING CODE, INCLUDING THE NO PAINTING OF CONCRETE TILE STRIKING THROUGH SOME FALLOUT AND BOMB SHELTER LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CODE. I THINK ALSO SOME CORAL ROCK SHINGLE STYLE ROOF STRUCTURES THAT WE DON'T EVEN REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR CITY. SO WE'RE REMOVING ALL THOSE KIND OF OUTDATED REQUIREMENTS IN OUR CODE. AND THEN LASTLY, AFTER THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD RECOMMEND APPROVAL, WE DID TALK WITH SOME HOMEOWNERS TO INCORPORATE SOME CLARIFICATIONS FOR A FLAT ROOF IF THEY ARE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS FOR A FLAT ROOF, THEY COULD HAVE A TERRACE, SORRY, A TERRACE, BUT A TRELLIS ABOVE THAT SECOND STORY, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, WITH THE STYLE OF THE OF THE HOUSE. I THINK THAT'S IT. SO PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS FOR THIS TEXT AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT. I'LL SECOND. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. MR. CLARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MR. MAYOR. PERFECT. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES.

COMMISSIONER. CASTRO. YES. COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. YES. MAYOR.

[Agenda Items E-2 and E-6 are related]

[04:10:05]

THIS IS WHY YOU RUN FOR OFFICE. I WOULD NEVER USE THE WORD PROFFER, SIR. YOU WOULD NEVER PROFFER? NO, SIR. YOU WOULD NOT BE PROFFER. LIKE WHAT? HOW WAS OUR IS WHAT TH CITY NEEDS. SO, YEAH, NO ONE'S PROFFERING ANYTHING. NO PROBLEM. LIKE COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ SAYS. SO THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHY YOU RUN FOR OFFICE. BACK TO BACK PARKS, TO CHANGE THE FACE OF THIS COMMUNITY IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY. WE CAN BICKER AND ARGUE ABOUT THE MOST RIDICULOUS THINGS ON THIS COMMISSION FLOOR, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS WHAT WHEN YOU FINALLY LEAVE OFFICE ONE DAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL BE REMEMBERED FOR. NOT FOR AMOS ROJAS OR OTHER RIDICULOUS THINGS RAISING YOUR SALARIES OR SCREAMING FROM THE BACKGROUNDS, OR NOT WANTING TO MOVE ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER, OR NOT WANTING TO HAVE AN ECG OR NOT WANTING TO DO ALL THESE THINGS. THIS IS WHAT YOU REMEMBERED FOR. AND I'M TAKING THIS MOMENT A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WORKED ON THIS PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR YEARS. AND WHEN YOU WALK IN AND NOW YOU HAVE ALL THESE PARKS IN OUR DOWNTOWN, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS LIKE YOURSELF, PUBLIX, MARIO, ARMANDO GALLINA, MANNY CORDRAY, WHO STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND DID WHAT WAS RIGHT UNDER VERY, VERY TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES. SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR SEEING IT THROUGH TO THE END. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. AND IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH YOU ON THIS FRONT BECAUSE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU'RE GIVING TO THE CITY FOR THE MAYOR. ONE LAST THING. IF YOU MENTION THIS, WHEN WE NEGOTIATED THIS THREE YEARS AGO, IMAGINE WHAT THE VALUE OF THIS PROPERTY IS TODAY VERSUS WHAT IT WAS THREE YEARS AGO, RIGHT? YEAH. AND THE SAME FOR THE PROPERTY IN FRONT OF NORDSTROM'S. SAME THING FOR PUBLIX, THE SAME THINGS FOR THE 15,000FT■!S THAT JOHN MARQUEZ IS GIVING ADJACENT TO THE PLAZA.

THESE ARE MONUMENTAL PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT ARE IN THE CITY'S COFFERS NOW THAT ARE WORTH TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. I CONGRATULATE YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THIS WAS ZONED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND GOOD POINT.

IT'S DEVELOPED. IT'S CURRENTLY DEVELOPED. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE USING IT AS A CONSTRUCTION OFFICE. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT A TRAILER THERE WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL.

USED IT FOR PARKING. AND NOW WE GOT TO TEAR THAT BUILDING DOWN. AND YEAH, WELL, IT WAS A TINY BUILDING WAS ON THERE, BUT THAT WAS NOT ITS BEST AND HIGHEST USE. NO. NO CAPACITY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DENSITY AT LEAST 30. IT'S A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT WITH AN F. A R PROBABLY HAS A RIGHT OF THREE. SO 30,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. YEAH. SO THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE UNITS, A LOT MORE DENSITY, LOTS MORE INTENSITY AND CLAUSTROPHOBIA, SO TO SPEAK, IN A DOWNTOWN AREA.

BUT INSTEAD WE HAVE A GREEN SPACE, NOT JUST A PAPER PARK, BUT A GREEN SPACE THAT WAS REQUIRED TO BE 75% MINIMUM GREEN SPACE. I THINK YOU EXCEEDED THAT. YOU, MR. CODINA, EXCEEDED THAT AND WORKED WITH OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO IMPROVE THE DESIGN, TO MAKE A REALLY WELCOMING AREA FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND ENJOY AND ENJOY THE OUTDOORS. SO I APPLAUD YOUR WILL. MR. CODEINE IS WILLINGNESS TO HAVE THIS AMENITY BROUGHT INTO OUR DOWNTOWN AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DAISY CHAIN OF DOWNTOWN PARKS THAT WERE BEING CREATED, STARTING WITH THE MAYOR'S LEGACY OF CREATING THESE GREEN SPACES. IT'S GOING TO MAKE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF HEAT IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS SOME PLACE TO GO AND BE ABLE TO SIT AND THINK AND ENJOY OR WALK THEIR DOGS, ETC. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. AND I MOVE THE MOVE THE ITEM, AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SECOND IT, WE CAN. COULD I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND COMMISSIONER, A LOT OF SECONDS ITEM. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, MAYOR? YES, MA'AM. MAY I, MAY I JUST MAKE SOME CLARIFICATIONS FOR THE RECORD? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER TO WITH AN AGREEMENT TO TO SET FORTH THE MECHANICS OF THIS AND JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT EVEN THOUGH THE TITLE SAYS PERFORMANCE BOND OR LETTER OF CREDIT, THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WOULD BE A LETTER OF CREDIT, PERFORMANCE, BOND, CASH, ESCROW OR OTHER SECURITY ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY, THE PARK, THE THE. THE DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION OF THE PARK WILL BE ONE YEAR AFTER ISSUANCE OF THE TCO. OTHERWISE, THAT'S WHEN WE CAN CALL ON THE SECURITY AND

[04:15:03]

PERFECT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO. MR. MAYOR, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE HAVE A VOTE. COMMISSIONER CASTRO. YES. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. LATA. YES. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES. MAYOR. YES. MOVING ON TO ITEM E SIX. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. CAN I HAVE A MOTION MOVING. I'LL SECOND. CAN I HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE? I'LL SECOND. FOLLOW THE RULES. LEFT ME NO CHOICE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

YES, COMMISSIONER. LADA. YES. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER. CASTRO. YES.

[H.-1. 26-1373 A Resolution of the City Commission accepting the recommendation of the Chief Procurement Officer to award RFP 2026-001 for Soccer Program Management Services to US Champions Soccer Academy, LLC, the highest ranked responsive-responsible proposer, pursuant to Section 2-763 of the Procurement Code entitled "Contract Award". Lobbyist: Leslie E. Pantin]

GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. CELESTE WALKER HARMON CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER AS STATED BY THE CITY MANAGER, THIS RFP WAS ISSUED SO THAT WE COULD AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE SOCCER PROGRAM FOR PARKS. SO IT WAS COMPETITIVELY SOLICITED, AND THE AWARD WAS MADE TO THE RECOMMENDED PROPOSER. SO WE'RE ASKING TO MOVE IT FORWARD. PERFECT. THANK YOU. MR. CLARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MR. MAYOR, ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE IT. SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. YOU HAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. CAN WE HAVE A VOTE? UNLESS THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER LADA. YES. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER CASTRO. YES.

[E.-5. 26-1515 An Ordinance of the City Commission amending Chapter 2 "Administration", Article I- "In General" to create Section 2-6 "Registered Agent" in order to codify the Mayor's designation of the City Attorney as the City's Registered Agent for Service of Process for purposes of Chapter 48, Florida Statutes; providing for severability clause, repealer provision, codification, and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

MR. CLARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. MR. MAYOR, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE IT.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND ANY PUBLIC. ANY COMMENT FROM THE COMMISSION? MR. CLERK, VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER. CASTRO. YES. COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES.

COMMISSIONER. YES, MAYOR. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DON'T F4 F6 ALREADY? NO, SIR. OKAY.

[F.-6. 26-1489 A Resolution of the City Commission urging Miami-Dade County to expedite review and approval of a uniform traffic signal priority and/or preemption system for use by municipalities, including for fire rescue, police, and transit/trolley operations, and to complete such approval before the end of 2026; providing for transmittal; and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Vice Mayor Anderson)]

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IF WE'RE CROSSING US ONE AT ANY POINT, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SUFFICIENT SPACE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ACROSS. SO FOR THOSE THREE REASONS, I WANTED TO URGE THE COUNTY TO NOT SIT ANY LONGER ON THIS. I THINK IT'S BEEN IN THEIR HANDS FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD FOR PUBLIC SAFETY REASONS, AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY. AND IF YOU LOOKED AT THE THE ARTICLE TODAY IN THE PAPER ABOUT BRIGHTLINE AND THE REASONS WHY IT'S FAILING, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THE COUNTY MAY WANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. IF WE'RE JUST TALKING TRANSPORTATION, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY. AND OUR TROLLEY SERVICE IS A FEEDER FOR FOR THE COUNTY'S RAIL SYSTEM AS WELL AS ITS PEOPLE MOVER SYSTEM DOWN DOWNTOWN. SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE FIRST AND LAST MILE ADDRESSED. SO ON THAT NOTE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT. OKAY.

YOU HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. CLARK, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND. COMMISSIONER CASTRO. YES. COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES.

COMMISSIONER. LATA. YES. VICE MAYOR. ANDERSON. YES. MAYOR. YES. MOVING ON TO F F9S A

[F.-9. 26-1507 A Resolution of the City Commission condemning the use of fictitious organizational identities and deceptive digital interfaces to conduct anonymous political intelligence-gathering operations against Coral Gables voters and to subvert the city's public records infrastructure; calling upon state and federal authorities to investigate; directing the City Attorney to pursue all available legal remedies including recovery of diverted public records; and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

[04:25:02]

I PUT ALL THE INFORMATION HERE. THE CLERK WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION AND DO THE SAME.

[04:30:02]

[04:35:04]

I THINK MAYBE ROME. AND SO YOU HAD ALL THESE PEOPLE. YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME EXTRA TIME, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF COURSE, OF COURSE, YES. THEY HAD SLAVES, ROWING BOATS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE, AND THEY WERE TREATING THEM BADLY. AND SPARTACUS SAID, OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE. AND SUDDENLY THEY ALL ROSE UP AND THEY SAID, STOP, STOP THIS SLAVERY. AND HE WON.

SO YES, THE CITIZENS ARE BEING TREATED DISRESPECTFULLY. THEY DON'T WANT ALL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND SPARTACUS HAS RISEN UP TO DEFEND THE CITIZENS, RIGHT? TO DETERMINE WHAT DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS ARE MADE, NOT TO HAVE DEVELOPERS SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY TO TWIST THE FACTS AND TO BE DISHONEST. WE COULD HAVE WON. NOW I'M THE ONE WHO DID THE TEXTING. ALL RIGHT? AND YOU'VE DEFAMED ME. YOU'VE ACCUSED ME OF ENGAGING IN SUBVERSION OF DEMOCRACY, WHICH IS A 15 YEAR IMPRISONMENT. OKAY, THAT'S PRETTY BIG DEFAMATION. AND YOU WANT THIS THING TO GO FORWARD WITH SOME KINDS OF INVESTIGATIONS OR SOMETHING. LET ME GIVE YOU WHAT CONCERNS ME HERE. FIRST OF ALL, I, I USED TO RUN LOTS OF TEXTS. THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED ON TEXTING.

IT'S HARDER TO RUN TEXTS. SO I WENT TO THE SAME COMPANY, WHICH IS VERY REPUTABLE. THEY DO LOTS OF VERY VIP CAMPAIGNS. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO SPECIFICS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM DRAGGED INTO IT. YOU CAN GIVE ME EXTRA TIME. 30S NO, PLEASE GIVE ME ENOUGH TIME. 30S SO YOU'RE WHAT THIS IS, IS I HAD TO CALL THE GUY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE HAD DONE IS LEGAL, AND I EVEN HAD TO ASK HIM IF I NEED TO PUT MY NAME HERE. IS THAT GOING TO KNOCK ME OUT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN THE TEXTING LAW, THE REASON MY NAME WASN'T ON THERE WAS BECAUSE. BUT IT WAS LEGAL. IT WAS TOTALLY LEGAL. YOU'RE DEFAMING US. BUT NOW MAYBE WHEN I GO BACK FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, HE'LL SAY, NO, LOOK, YOU GOT A MAYOR. FORGIVE THE EXPRESSION, WHO'S A BULLY? I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. FIND SOMEBODY ELSE. AND THIS IMPAIRS OUR ABILITY TO WIN IN NOVEMBER. SO I THINK THIS THIS IS TOTALLY OFF LIMITS.

YOU'VE DEFAMED ARIEL. YOU CERTAINLY DEFAMED ME. SO IF YOU IF YOU SAID YOU SAID YOU DID TEXTING, WHO DID THE TEXTING FOR YOU? WELL, HERE WE GO. RIGHT. YOU'RE GOING TO FORGET IT, MAN. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOU MADE US LOSE THE ELECTION BY DEFAMING HIM. AND YOU WANT ME TO GET INTO PARTICULARS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR, I APPRECIATE THAT. ANYBODY ELSE, MR. CLARK? THAT'S IT, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO. AS A REPUBLICAN, I ALWAYS LOOK BACK AT THE PAST ELECTIONS, AND THERE'S A CANDIDATE THAT HAS REMAINED IN THE MINDS OF MANY REPUBLICANS OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT HE HAD IN ELECTION, AND THAT WAS ROSS PEROT. BUT HIS LINE STILL ECHOES TODAY. HERE WE GO AGAIN.

YOU HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR INVESTIGATIONS UPON INVESTIGATIONS, UPON INVESTIGATIONS FOR OVER A YEAR. YOUR FIXATION IS BEYOND UNDERSTANDING, TO THE POINT WHERE THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO ARE CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY, BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT FOLKS MAY RESORT TO CERTAIN KIND OF VIOLENCE. AND CONSIDERING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I CAN SEE THE VALIDITY OF IT. THIS IS ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY YOU TO BESMIRCH MY NAME, AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO IT. YOU CONTINUE TO DO IT. YOU CONTINUE TO SAY THAT I'M INVOLVED IN THIS. I'M INVOLVED IN THAT. THE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN SAYING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, I HAD TWO PEOPLE APPROACHED ME THIS PAST WEEKEND TO SAY THAT I HAD SWITCHED PARTIES BECAUSE VINCE LAGO TOLD THEM I HAD SWITCHED PARTIES.

THAT WAS NEWS TO ME. THAT'S A NEW ONE. YEAH, THAT'S A NEW ONE. EVEN FOR YOU. THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

IT'S A NEW LOW. BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU GUYS DID SEND MAILERS DURING MY ELECTION SAYING THAT ON THE SAME DAY, BY THE WAY, ONE SAYING I WAS A SOCIALIST AND THE OTHER ONE SAYING I WAS A REPUBLICAN. DEPENDING ON WHO YOU WERE TARGETING, YOUR CAMPAIGN TEAM. WE'RE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE YOU SAY YOU STAND FOR DEMOCRACY, YET YOU VOTED TO SILENCE A RESIDENT TODAY BECAUSE THEY VOICED THEIR OPINION. YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND ANY POSSIBLE WAY TO REMOVE MELISSA CASTRO, MYSELF, FROM THIS COMMISSION. AND YOU'VE TOLD PEOPLE YOU'RE LIKE A DOG

[04:40:05]

I'M ASKING YOU IF YOU'RE DONE OR NOT. ACCORDING TO YOU, WHEN YOU GUYS TOOK A BREAK BEFORE, I JUST CHIMED IN AND DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, FINISH MY COMMENT. BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. I ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE DONE AND I'M NOT DONE. I FINISHED AND I'M NOT DONE FINISH. SO YOU LOOK AT THIS AGENDA, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE STEALING THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON AN AGENDA BEFORE BY SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CREDIT. AND THE FIRST COMMENTS OUT OF YOUR MOUTH ARE, I WANT TO BE A SPONSOR. THIS IS NOT ABOUT SPONSORSHIP. IT'S ABOUT DELIVERING FOR RESIDENTS. YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT ME NOT PLACING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. I DON'T BELIEVE IN OVER LEGISLATING. I DON'T BELIEVE IN A GOVERNMENT THAT SHOULD BE PUTTING MORE RESTRICTIONS ON ITS PEOPLE THAN WHAT WE HAVE NOW. BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU SAY I'VE SWITCHED PARTIES. WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHERE YOU ARE NOW TARGETING YOUR POLITICAL OPPONENT FROM THE CAMPAIGN. AGAIN, THE YOUTH CENTER. BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ONE LATER BECAUSE THAT ONE'S COMING UP. THE PROBLEM IS NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE WATCHING BECAUSE IF PEOPLE SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE, OR MAYBE THEY ARE, BECAUSE I THINK IN THE BREAK ROOM, YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER YOU HAD A MANDATE FROM PEOPLE IN THIS ELECTION. THEY HAD TOLD YOU EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED, AND THEY DID. AND WHAT WERE THE TWO ITEMS THAT THEY VOTED AGAINST? THE ONLY ITEM ON RETALIATION, THEY SAID, WE DON'T WANT RETALIATION. YET.

YOU CONTINUE TO DO IT. VOTE ON YOUR ITEM. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY THROUGH THE MAYOR. NOT YET SIR. ONE SECOND. FOR THE RECORD AND FOR THE HERALD PEOPLE COUNT YOU AS A WAS NOT DISCUSSED. I GAVE HIM EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO REFUTE IT. HE WON'T REFUTE IT BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE'S THE ONE THAT DID IT. AND NUMBER TWO, HE DOESN'T WANT TO TOUCH THIS ISSUE BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HE'S ALSO INVOLVED HERE. SO NOW LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU. AND ELECTED OFFICIAL, I'M FAR FROM PERFECT, BUT ELECTED OFFICIAL IS JUDGED AT THE END OF THE DAY BY HIS WORK PRODUCT.

MY WORK PRODUCT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. MY STAFF HERE HAS NEVER WORKED ON ANYTHING THAT DEALS WITH CAMPAIGNS OR ANY OF THAT STUFF. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT IS, AGAIN, MORE RIDICULOUSNESS FROM ARIEL FERNANDEZ. AND LET US NEVER FORGET, THE GENTLEMAN TO MY LEFT IS THE FOUNDER OF PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE ENTITIES THAT HAS EVER FACED CORAL GABLES, AND THAT IS CALLED GABLES INSIDER. SO WHEN YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT POLITICS, THE REASON WHY THEY WROTE THE LAW AT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH MAKES THE ETHICS

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SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY WILL NEVER STOP THROWING STONES AT ME, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE DONE SINCE THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE I WILL NOT FALL ALONG WITH WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO HERE WITH, AGAIN, AMOS ROJAS, WHEN YOU GOT RID OF A DECENT MAN, MASSIVE PERSONAL RAISES, VOTING AGAINST AN IG, VOTING AGAINST THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, AND A LITANY OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE. BUT, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, ONE OF THE THINGS I FORGOT, PLEASE CAN YOU ADD BESIDES MAILCHIMP, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SEND A LETTER TO ALCHEMER. ALCHEMER IS IS THE, THE SERVER PLATFORM WHICH WAS USED TO SEND OUT THESE PHISHING EMAILS. I THINK IT'S, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY ALSO BE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO WHO SENT OUT THESE PHISHING EMAILS. I WILL PROVIDE YOU A MEMO WITH ALL THE INFORMATION. I THINK YOU ALREADY HAVE IT, BUT I'LL PROVIDE IT TO YOU AGAIN SO YOU CAN SEE IT. SAME SITUATION THAT HAPPENED WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ DID WITH WITH MAILCHIMP, EXCUSE ME, WITH PEOPLE COUNT USA. SO I WILL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. EVERYBODY SHOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS. THIS IS A POSITIVE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO. AND I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO SENATORS AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES, AND THEY WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION. AND I WILL BE SENDING IT VIA MEMO TO OUR ELECTED LEADERS AT THE STATE IN AN EFFORT FOR THEM TO REALLY CLAMP DOWN ON THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR, BECAUSE NOBODY SHOULD BE DEFAMED, NOBODY SHOULD USE ANY DIGITAL DEVICES, EMAILS, PRINT ADS WITHOUT PUTTING AT THE BOTTOM OF IT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? A DISCLAIMER AND THAT'S WHAT'S CRITICAL. MR. CLARK, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ.

NO. COMMISSIONER LATTA WELL, JUST JUST BRIEFLY, WHAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS I'M SORRY ABOUT COMMISSIONER. THAT'S FINE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO AMPLIFY OR THROW ANY MORE GAS ON THE FIRE. IT'S BEEN A PRETTY PASSIONATE, TO PUT IT MILDLY, A FEW MOMENTS HERE IN THE DAIS. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEVEL SET A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF ACCUSATIONS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BRINGING UP OLD NEWS, I SUPPOSE. BUT COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR TO REMIND YOU THAT AS YOU SIT HERE NEXT TO ME SAYING THAT WHAT THE MAYOR IS DOING IS, YOU KNOW, ATTEMPTING TO SILENCE OR, YOU KNOW, INTIMIDATE, I REMEMBER DISTINCTLY THAT FROM FROM THE DAIS WHEN GONZALEZ-SANABRIA IT TOOK A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH YOUR. SUPPORT AND HIRING OF AMOS ROJAS. AND WHEN, IN HIS VIEW, YOU OWED THE CITY, THE RESIDENTS OF CORAL GABLES RESTITUTION FOR THE YEAR AND CHANGE THAT HE WAS IN OFFICE OR HOLDING THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER. YOUR RESPONSE WAS FROM THE BULLY PULPIT. YOU SAID YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM MY ATTORNEYS BY NOON OR IN A COUPLE OF HOURS, WHICH YOU ACTUALLY FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH.

I BELIEVE YOU ACTUALLY DID THREATEN AND CARRY THROUGH AND YOUR THREAT OF ATTORNEYS TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST A RESIDENT WHO CAME DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO SPEAK HIS MIND AND PROVIDE HIS OPINION. AND I'VE ALREADY HEARD TODAY FROM A RESIDENT OF THEIR CONCERN FROM SPARTACUS, RIGHT? REFERRING TO YOU AS SORT OF THEIR GENERAL, WHEN IN FACT YOU WERE THE ONE WHO INTIMIDATED A RESIDENT SIMPLY FOR VOICING THEIR OPINION. I THINK THAT I SAY THIS ONLY TO LEVEL SET. OKAY, AND NO ONE SHOULD BE THROWING STONES. WE ALL LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES. I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A STEP BACK, AND WE REALLY SHOULD JUST CIRCLE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. I THINK WE AND I'M ASKING FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO AGREE. NO ONE IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SHOULD BE AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION, BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD BE IN FAVOR OF FICTITIOUS ORGANIZATIONS BEING USED IN ANY SORT OF DECEPTIVE MANNER THROUGH THROUGH DIGITAL MEANS.

SO MY MY VOTE IS YES. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. ANY OTHER LEVEL SET COMMENT? I'LL ADD TO THAT

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AND LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. IF WE WANT TO CLEAR YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO LET'S CLEAR THE AIR AND LET'S START OFF FRESH. OKAY. WILL YOU ADMIT AND SAY THAT YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH PEOPLE COUNT USA ON THE RECORD, SINCE YOU WOULDN'T ADDRESS IT WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP? IF YOU'RE WILLING TO ADMIT THAT AND SAY YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH PEOPLE, CAN YOU SAY, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE DATA THAT PROVES IT, AND I'VE GIVEN IT TO THE HERALD, THAT I'VE GIVEN IT TO OTHER ENTITIES AND I PUT IT OUT THERE, ARE YOU WILLING TO ADMIT THAT YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO AND THAT YOU WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE BEHIND PEOPLE COUNT USA OR ATTACHED OR AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY? YES OR NO? YOU NEVER FINISHED YOUR COMMENT. YOU SAID IF I SAID, ARE YOU? NO, NO, YOU SAID IF I DON'T, DON'T HANG, DON'T HANG ON A ON A WORD OR A LETTER ASKING YOU THINK WERE YOU INVOLVED BUT START FRESH. YOU SAID THAT YOU SAID THERE'S A TAX. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS. WERE YOU INVOLVED WITH PEOPLE COUNT USA IN ANY WAY OR FORM? DID YOU FUND IT? DID YOU HELP BUILD THE WEBSITE? DID YOU HELP BUILD ALL THE DATA THAT WAS SENT OUT THERE? WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THAT? TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT TO SAY, DID YOU YES OR NO? THAT ATTACKED ME AND MADE RIDICULOUSLY SLANDEROUS COMMENTS ABOUT ME. I DON'T REPRESENT YOU AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE A STAND FOR YOU IN A POTENTIAL DEFAMATION SUIT AND HELP YOU. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE THE INFORMATION. IT ONLY HURTS YOU, BUT I'M WILLING TO ADMIT IT HERE. SO WERE YOU FISHING BECAUSE YOU SAY YOU HAVE INFORMATION? I HAVE THE ANSWER.

I ALREADY GAVE IT. AND YOU'VE ALREADY APPARENTLY BEEN FISHING. AND WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TEXT POLLS? I'M NOT FISHING. YOU WERE DOING. I PUT MY NAME ON EVERYTHING. NO, NO, NO, NOT THE TEXT POLLS THAT WERE DONE DURING THIS ELECTION. DURING MY ELECTION, I HAVE NOTHING. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND ME, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND ME, IS THAT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH TEXT POLLS. EVERYTHING HAS MY NAME. IT SAYS VINCE LAGO CAMPAIGN OR IT SAYS CORAL GABLES FIRST. UNLIKE YOU, WHO ARE INCAPABLE OFITTI HA THE IORMATI I I CAHT Y.EAUGHT YO TGUTEDOU YR E E T PE WHERE THEERR IS.OU'R L NOIL AIT GINGOUN O BNCH TO SRT. JU CE OUAN YES, IT WAS E LISTEN, MY VOTE WVEON. BUM Y THE E OF LEGISONT YBODY SHLD HAV SUPPORTED. D SHOWS THAT OT WILLINGO GET HINDHING AN REAES TORISPARE RERM TAY THAT GNARANED. THANKVE MUCH. MOVG ONY

[F.-10. 26-1510 A Resolution of the City Commission directing city staff to review, develop, and implement a process for the installation of rumble strips, tactile edge treatments, or other appropriate protective safety measures along the edges of existing and future bicycle lanes within the city, where feasible and consistent with applicable engineering, safety, and regulatory standards, in order to provide additional protection for cyclists; and providing for an effective date. (Sponsored by Vice Mayor Anderson)]

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S SLL SRIFICE. NO, ST I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I'M 100% BEHIND YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MAYBE WE GET IMPACT WINDOWS. IF IT'S CLOSE TO LIKE A WINDOW, WE DOUBLE THE IMPACT WINDOW. WE DO SOMETHING. INSULATION OR SOMETHING. BECAUSE I HEAR THEY'RE LOUD. YOU KNOW, THEY THEY USE THEM IN THE COUNTY ALREADY. AND I'M SURE THAT STAFF CAN FIND THE APPROPRIATE RUMBLE STRIP. WE IN FACT, OFFERED SOME RUMBLE STRIPS BECAUSE A PARTICULAR STREET THAT HAD A CAT THAT WAS KILLED AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE STREET RIGHT NOW. WE OFFERED THE RESIDENTS SOME RUMBLE STRIPS AND THEY ACCEPTED THEM, IS WHAT MY RECOLLECTION WAS. BUT, MR. DIAZ, I THINK YOU WOULD, DIRECTOR DIAZ. YOU WOULD HAVE A FRESHER RECOLLECTION. I WOULD, AS TO WHICH THE STREET NAME WAS, AND I DON'T RECALL.

I'M SORRY. OKAY, OKAY. BUT IT WAS NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL, BECAUSE PEOPLE CUT THROUGH THAT AREA TO GET TO TO GRANADA. YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF WHAT THE COUNTY WILL ALLOW. AND THIS IS JUST RIGHT ON THE PAINTED LINE.

THAT'S ALL IT'S ASKING THE MAYOR. YES. SO I CAN SEE THE CONCERN, MR. MAYOR, ON THE ON THE NOISE. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS GOING TO BE HIGHER TRAFFIC STREETS ALREADY THAT HAVE THE THE, THE TRAFFIC NOISE PER SE. I THINK THAT WAS A CONCERN EVEN ON MY BLOCK WHEN WE FIRST PUT IN THE THE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES AND THE NEIGHBORS, I MEAN, IT'S IN FRONT OF MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. IT'S NOT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. WE DO NOT HEAR ANYTHING INSIDE OUR HOUSE. AND MY NEIGHBOR HAS NOT COMPLAINED AT ALL. THEY DON'T HAVE IMPACT GLASS WINDOWS ON THEIR WINDOWS. SO AFTERNOONS AND EARLY MORNINGS, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON, ON OUR BLOCK. BUT IT'S IT'S REALLY NOT THAT BIG OF AN ISSUE. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WON'T HEAR IT UNLESS SOMEBODY'S ACTUALLY DRIVING ONTO THEM AND VEERING OFF THE MAIN ROAD, WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME AS THE NOISE YOU'D HEAR FROM A CAR THAT'S VEERING OFF THE ROAD ANYWAY AND INTO THE GRASS. THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES, SIR. SO IT DOES SEEM TO ME THAT IF YOU DID HEAR SOUND IN A WAY THAT'S SORT OF UNREASONABLE, IT WOULD BE ALSO BECAUSE THE PERSON THAT'S DRIVING IS DRIVING WHERE THERE SHOULDN'T BE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE LOGICAL CONCLUSION. AND THEN THE RUMBLE STRIP WOULD BE ACTUALLY DOING ITS JOB. IF YOU'RE HEARING IT RUMBLE, RIGHT. I SUPPOSE HERMES ASKED YOU THIS QUESTION THAT IF, IF, IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS UNREASONABLE THOUGH, LIKE IN ONE SPOT BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TO BE LOUDER THAN IT WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THERE WOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WE COULD CONSIDER ON A, ON A SPOT BASIS. YOU KNOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY RESEARCH ALTERNATIVES.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE, I'M ASSUMING, ASSUMING THAT THE ORDINANCE IS CARRIED, IT'LL BE IT'LL BE AFTER IT'S INSTALLED AND AFTER YOU'VE HAD A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME OF IT BEING IN USE. AND THEN YOU ALL CAN, IF A COMPLAINT IS MADE, GO OUT, TEST, ANALYZE, ASSESS AND THEN AND THEN COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION IF THERE REALLY IS A PROBLEM. RIGHT. SURE. YEAH. OKAY. PERFECT. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? WE DO. AND WE HAVE A SECOND. YES, SIR. WE'RE GOING PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, MR. MAYOR JACKSON HOLMES. SO WHAT AM I, AN EXPERT AT BEING A TAXI DRIVER? RIGHT. I'VE DONE 30 YEARS OF FULL TIME. CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS TAXI DRIVING OVER, DRIVING ALL THAT STUFF. SO I'M ON THE ROAD. SO WHAT IS A RUMBLE STRIP? THE THE ONE THAT I KNOW OF, VICE MAYOR ANDERSON, WHICH I SUPPORT, AND MAYOR

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NOW, MAYBE VICE MAYOR ANDERSON WILL CORRECT ME IF WHAT I KNOW OF IS NOT WHAT SHE'S RECOMMENDING. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, I MEAN, WHAT THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE THAN THE VENETIAN ISLES. MY GOD, MAN, THE RICH PEOPLE. IT'S NOT TOO LOUD. IT'S NOT TOO LOUD. AND IT'S EFFECTIVE BECAUSE WHEN, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY YOU'RE JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION, MAYBE YOU'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT TO DRINK OR SOMETHING, GOD FORBID. BUT YOU, WHEN YOU HIT THOSE RUMBLE STRIPS, YOU WAKE UP. AND YET THE NOISE IS NOTHING. I'M TELLING YOU. I MEAN, I CAN'T RESIST SAYING THIS, THERE ARE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ON SOUTH BEACH, AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN SAVED BY RUMBLE STRIPS, WHICH DON'T MAKE NOISE. THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, COMMISSIONER LATTA. I JUST A QUESTION BEFORE I VOTE IS, IS THIS CONSIDERED A PILOT PROGRAM OR WOULD WE BE WILLING TO CONSIDER A PILOT PROGRAM? I DON'T KNOW, NO, THIS IS NOT A PILOT PROGRAM. THIS HAS BEEN ASKED FOR FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO SAVE LIVES. WE ALREADY HAVE TWO DEAD.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY MORE. THESE ARE ONLY ON THE SOLID WHITE LINES. THIS IS NOT ON THE DASHED LINE AS YOU'RE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION. THIS IS NOT ACROSS THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES. THIS IS NOT IN ANY CROSSWALK. IT IS TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE DRIVERS TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD. NOW, SOME OF US HAVE NEWER VEHICLES THAT NATURALLY KIND OF PULL THE WHEEL BACK TO THE CENTER. THIS IS TO HELP THOSE WHO THINK THAT THE BICYCLE LANE IS ADDITIONAL ASPHALT FOR THEM TO DRIVE ON. AND IN THE MEANTIME, THEY'RE NOT WATCHING WHERE THE BICYCLIST IS OR THE, OR THE THE PERSON ON THE SCOOTER IS. THAT'S HOW WE END UP WITH DEAD PEOPLE. AND RATHER THAN WAIT FOR MORE BODY BAGS, RATHER, RATHER THAN TAKING THE CHANCE, THAT WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA, IF WE ONLY HAD DONE THIS, WE COULD HAVE SAVED MORE LIVES.

THIS IS. THIS IS TRIED AND TRUE IN A STATE OF NEVADA WHERE YOU HAVE PEOPLE DRINKING. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THEM ON ALL THEIR PAINTED LINES TO TRY TO KEEP THEM IN THE RIGHT LANE. I'M ONLY SPEAKING ABOUT PUTTING IT ON THE SOLID PAINTED WHITE LINE WHERE IT DOESN'T CROSS INTO SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE, JUST ENOUGH TO REMIND PEOPLE THERE'S A BIKE LANE, THERE SHOULDN'T BE DRIVING IN IT, AND VICE VERSA. IT'LL AVOID HAVING A BICYCLIST THINK THAT IT'S A HEYDAY FOR THEM TO TAKE OVER THE TRAFFIC LANE. I HAVE LITERALLY BEEN ON OLD CUTLER ROAD BEHIND PEOPLE ON ROLLERBLADES, AND THEY DON'T GO AS FAST AS A BICYCLE BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN JUST TAKE THE ROAD AT ALL TIMES. SO IF YOU HAVE A BIKE LANE, BICYCLISTS MUST BE IN A BIKE LANE, NOT BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. SO IT SOLVES TWO PROBLEMS FOR TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARTIES AND IT INCREASES SAFETY ACROSS THE BOARD. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR A PILOT PROGRAM WHEN YOU HAVE MANY DIFFERENT STATES AND OTHER AREAS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THAT HAVE RUMBLE STRIPS, AND WE CAN FIND THE APPROPRIATE DESIGN TO GO ON THESE PAINTED WHITE LINES TO HELP ENCOURAGE DRIVERS TO STAY OUT OF THEM AND SAVE LIVES. VICE MAYOR QUESTION THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES, SIR. VICE MAYOR, I WAS ACTUALLY ASKING WHETHER IT WAS A PILOT NOT ADVOCATING FOR A PILOT PROGRAM. SORRY, I'M A LITTLE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING UP AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. BUT IF YOU'VE GOT A BIKE LANE AND LET'S SAY IT'S GOT THE RUMBLE STRIP, RIGHT? AND LIKE YOU SAID, A CYCLIST SHOULD BE IN THE BIKE LANE, RIGHT? IS IT ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO BE ON THE ROAD WHEN THERE'S A BIKE LANE? IF THEY'RE RIDING THEIR BIKES? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. DO YOU KNOW BICYCLISTS CAN TAKE THE ROAD MAYBE TO PASS, TO DO THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT NOT BLOCK TRAFFIC? YEAH. WELL, NO, I WAS ASKING BECAUSE THAT'S THE FOLLOW UP. SO MANY TIMES YOU SEE A GROUP OF PEOPLE ON A, ON A SATURDAY MORNING OR A SUNDAY MORNING TAKING UP ALMOST THE ENTIRE ROAD. AND I WAS JUST

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I GUESS THE ANSWER IS MAYBE, MAYBE NOT. THE ANSWER IS YES. THEY NEED TO STAY IN THE BIKE LANE. IF YOU HAVE TRAFFIC THERE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE BLOCKING THE TRAFFIC. OKAY WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CAR UP, CAR BACK. THESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT BICYCLISTS TALK TO THEM, TO EACH OTHER. IN OTHER WORDS, GET IN THE LANE, GET IN THE BIKE LANE. WE HAVE A CAR COMING. THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, AN UNOCCUPIED AREA OF THE STREET SO THAT WE'RE NOT SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET HURT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, YES. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON? YES. COMMISSIONER CASTRO. YES.

[F.-11. 26-1514 A Resolution of the City Commission authorizing the design and construction of sidewalks and bicycle lanes along Riviera Drive from Bird Road to Ponce de Leon Boulevard. (Sponsored by Vice Mayor Anderson)]

BASICALLY THE UNDERLYING. SO IT WOULD IT WOULD CONNECT TO A MAJOR BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. THAT'S IT. RIGHT. AND I'LL, I'LL ADD THAT. IT'LL ALSO CONNECT IN WITH THE SIDEWALK PROJECT THAT THE FDOT HAS AGREED TO DO ALONG BIRD ROAD AND THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO EXTEND SIDEWALKS ON BLUE ROADS. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO THE DESTINATION, THE HIGH SCHOOL, HOPEFULLY SAFELY IN THE FUTURE. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS. WE

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COMMISSIONER. FERNANDEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER. LADA. YES. MAYOR LAGO. YES. WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR THROUGH THE MANAGER'S OFFICE? WOULD YOU SEND ME AN UPDATE IN REGARDS TO THE SIDEWALKS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON? FROM BLUE, THE BLUE TO BIRD TO GRANADA? ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH. AND ALSO, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE POTENTIALLY WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING OF IN REGARDS TO BLUE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO TO ALHAMBRA, THE COUNTRY CLUB. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S WE NEED SOMETHING THERE. AND I KNOW GRANADA IS THE EASIEST ONE BECAUSE THE PROPERTIES ARE VERY LARGE. SO YOU CAN REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH SO MANY PROPERTY OWNERS. YOU'RE DEALING YOU'RE DEALING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS. YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH THAT MANY BECAUSE THE PROPERTIES ARE VERY LARGE IN REGARDS TO THE FRONTAGE TO GRANADA. THE GRANADA FROM BIRD, BIRD TO BLUE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED FUNDING FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. WE'RE ACTUALLY EXECUTING AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM FOR SOME FUNDING FOR SIDEWALKS ON GRANADA BOULEVARD FROM BIRD TO PONCE. WELL DONE. GREAT, GOOD. GREAT JOB GUYS.

THANK YOU. MAYBE WE CAN GET AN UPDATE NEXT TIME ON THE NEXT COMMISSION THROUGH THE

[F.-12. 26-1487 Discussion regarding Permit Processing Improvements. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

[H.-5. 26-1494 Update on Development Services.]

READY? YES, SIR. JUST TO BEFORE THE THE THE PRESENTATION. WE'VE BEEN WORKING QUITE DILIGENTLY IN IMPROVING THE PERMITTING PROCESS AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH INTER GOV, WHICH IS THE BEST PROGRAM AVAILABLE, BUT NOT THE BEST FUNCTIONING PROGRAM. AND WE'VE BEEN UPGRADING IT AND WORKING THROUGH SOME PROGRAMS TO, TO MAKE IT BETTER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS ALSO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. AND THIS PRESENTATION WILL BRING WILL SHOW THE PROGRESSION OF, OF, OF INTER GOV. IN THE PAST YEAR. MR. CLARK, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND. YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S HAVING A CABLE TV IS HAVING A HARD TIME PUTTING UP THE PRESENTATION. IT'S ACTUALLY AGENDA ITEM H FIVE NOT F 12.

OKAY. YOU WANT TO MOVE ON TO UP THERE. GREAT JOB. PERFECT. RIGHT ON TIME. SO GOOD AFTERNOON. JOE GOMEZ DEPUTY CITY MANAGER I'M JOINED HERE ALONG WITH THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DIRECTOR FOR ADMINISTRATION LISSETTE LOPEZ.

ONE OF OUR KEY STRATEGIC HIRES THAT WE'VE MADE IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

I WANT TO DO SOME INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO LISETTE, WHO'S GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL ON SOME OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS. BUT BEFORE I START THE REMARKS, I DO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LISETTE LOPEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR IT, JEAN DUMAS, WHO'S ALSO HERE, WHO'S WORKED VERY CLOSELY ALONG WITH OUR ACTING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, DOUG DOUGLAS RAMIREZ, WHO'S ON VACATION AND COULDN'T BE HERE, AS WELL AS OUR IT DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE WORKED SIDE BY SIDE OVER THE PAST YEAR IN DEVELOPING MANY OF THESE ASPECTS. SO THIS ALL THE GENESIS OF ALL THIS IS REALLY STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN WE BROUGHT GEORGE DOUGLAS, AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT EARLIER THIS MORNING, TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CITY MANAGER, PETER IGLESIAS, WE TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO ALL ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FOCUSING ON CUSTOMER SERVICE AND AND SIGNIFICANT SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE. MANY OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS STARTED TAKING SHAPE AS WE WENT THROUGH THE THE AUDIO STUDY AND POST THE THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY, WHICH OF COURSE WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY TO, TO THE CITY COMMISSION. SO WE WANT TO

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WE ACTUALLY GO LIVE TOMORROW. IT'LL HANDLE SIMPLE QUESTIONS AND ROUTING OF CALLS. THERE IS A TEST NUMBER UP THERE. OH, YOU DON'T HAVE IT. I HAVE IT HERE. BUT THERE IS A TEST NUMBER THAT YOU CAN ALL CALL AND YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, ASK, GET THE QUESTIONS. AND AS YOU ASK QUESTIONS, IT ALSO LEARNS. SO IF THERE'S ANY MISTAKES, IF YOU ALL HANDLING IT, FIND ANYTHING, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE ALSO HAVE THERE'S BEEN REDUCED TIME FROM APPLICATION SUBMITTAL TO FIRST LOOK BY STAFF. WE'VE GONE FROM 4.16 DAYS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025 TO 1.49 DAYS IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S 179% IMPROVEMENT FROM SEPTEMBER TO MARCH. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT ONE. WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED OUR ONLINE CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION AND UPDATE PROCESS. SO NO MORE EMAILING, NO MORE, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT LET IT SIT IN A PILE. NOW THEY CAN JUST GO ON AND UPDATE THEIR OWN INFORMATION AND SUBMIT ALL THEIR INSURANCE INFORMATION DIRECTLY INTO THE PORTAL. WE'VE PROCESSED OVER 700 SINCE MARCH, SINCE WE STARTED. WE ADDED FRIENDLIER NAMES, DESCRIPTIONS, DEFINITIONS TO THE PERMIT APPLICATIONS. THAT'S IN ORDER TO HELP MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE CUSTOMERS TO BE ABLE TO PICK THE RIGHT CATEGORY BEFORE THEY WOULD PICK THE WRONG ONES, THEY'D HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN AND IT WOULD DELAY THE PROCESS.

SO THIS WOULD SPEED UP THE PROCESS. IN GENERAL, PROCESS OPTIMIZATION TO REMOVE UNNEEDED MANUAL STEPS. FAILED SUBMITTAL TASKS FROM OVER 100 PERMIT TYPES. BASICALLY, THAT WAS A TASK IN THE MIDDLE THAT WAS CREATED BY ENERGOV THAT WAS VERY INEFFICIENT AND MAKING THE ENTIRE PROCESS TAKE LONGER. SO WE HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THAT FOR MOST OF THE PERMITS, AND WE WILL BE GETTING RID OF IT COMPLETELY VERY SOON. WE IMPLEMENTED A FULLY AUTOMATED PROCESS FOR PERMIT EXTENSIONS BEFORE IT WAS ALL MANUAL. SO THIS IS A COMPLETELY NEW PROCESS. WE HAVE STAFFING, REORGANIZATION AND CROSS TRAINING TO ALLOW FOR MORE EFFICIENT DISTRIBUTION OF PERMITS. SO INVOICE EMAILS NOW INCLUDE A LINK DIRECTLY TO PAYMENT SCREEN. BEFORE PEOPLE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO PAY. NOW IT'S RIGHT THERE WHEN THEY GET THEIR EMAIL. WE CREATED A SYSTEM RULE THAT PREVENTS INCORRECT APPLICATIONS BASED ON PROPERTY TYPE. FOR EXAMPLE, CONDOMINIUM OWNERS CAN NO LONGER SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL PERMITS. WE NOW HAVE IN DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROCESS, SINGLE POINT OF

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SO LET ME CLARIFY. APPLICANTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD ALL CONTACTS AT APPLICATION SUBMITTAL ONLY LISTED CONTACTS MAY REQUEST CHANGES, INSPECTIONS OR SUBMIT DOCUMENTS.

ALL PERMITS. THEIR STATUS REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON OUR PORTAL WITHOUT HAVING TO BE A CONTACT POST. SUBMISSION. CONTACT EDITS RESTRICTED TO STAFF ONLY TO MAINTAIN APPLICATION INTEGRITY. ANY LISTED CONTACT CAN COMMUNICATE WITH PERMIT COUNTER, NOT JUST HOMEOWNER AND SUB PERMITS ARE PRE-CONFIGURED BY PERMIT TYPE PLAN. REVIEWERS ONLY ADD THEM FOR UNCOMMON SITUATIONS. RE SUBMITTALS TO SUBMIT INDIVIDUAL SHEETS. THE SYSTEM CAN'T EFFICIENTLY HANDLE INDIVIDUAL SHEETS. THIS IS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE LARGER COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVE. THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY SOMETHING THAT IS CAUSED DUE TO THE WAY INTER GOV HANDLES THE. THE SUBMITTAL OF PLANS. PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INDIVIDUAL SHEETS, BUT THE SYSTEM CAN'T OFFICIALLY HANDLE INDIVIDUAL SHEETS FOR LARGE PROJECTS BECAUSE THAT MAY SLOW DOWN THE PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT THE USER EXPERIENCE. SO WE MUST KEEP IT AT BY TRADE PREVIOUSLY ATTEMPTED, HOWEVER, LARGE PROJECTS WITH HUNDREDS OF SHEETS HAD NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE SYSTEM. SO IT WAS IT WAS LEADING TO MORE ERRORS AND DELAYS. THIS IS WHY WE CHANGED IT. CURRENTLY EVALUATING A NEW PLAN REVIEW SYSTEM THAT MAY SOON SUPPORT EASIER PER SHEET WORK SUBMITTALS. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A BETTER WAY OF DOING THIS, BUT THAT'S STILL IN PROCESS. DATES AND TIMING. THERE IS CONFUSION ON DATE TYPES.

APPLICATION DATE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT LOGGING IN, AND REFLECTS TRUE APPLICATION SUBMISSION DATE SYSTEM GENERATED. THE RECEIVED DATE IS WHEN STAFF ACTUALLY GAINS ACCESS TO THE PLANS AND THE DUE DATES. CURRENT REVIEW DATES IN THE SYSTEM ARE UNDER REVIEW TO PROVIDE BETTER CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS AND BE MORE IN LINE WITH PEER MUNICIPALITIES ON THE SAME SYSTEM. IT. OKAY, SORRY. AND NARRATIVES AS OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ALREADY MENTIONED, THEY ARE AN INDUSTRY STANDARD AND THEY ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL CORRECTIONS AND UPDATES.

THOSE NARRATIVES MAY BE CREATED BY ANYONE, BUT ANY DESIGN REWORK MUST BE EXPLAINED BY A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. FOR EXAMPLE, AN ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER OF RECORD. INVOICE AND PERMIT ISSUANCE. INVOICING IS DONE. THEY WANT INVOICING TO BE DONE ON APPROVAL, BUT IT'S HANDLED IN THE ORDER RECEIVED, WITH IMPROVEMENTS UNDERWAY TO SPEED UP AND AUTOMATE INVOICING.

AND THE FINAL SITE SET. RIGHT NOW, WE PUT EVERYTHING IN THERE. WE DID RECEIVE FEEDBACK THAT THEY WANTED TO GET A FINAL SITE SET PUT TOGETHER WITH WHAT JUST WHAT THEY NEED. THERE ARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS UNDERWAY TO MAKE A FINAL SITE SET THAT INCLUDES ONLY THE LATEST APPROVED PLANS. THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL POLICY POLICIES WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECEIVED ON THAT MEMO AS FEEDBACK TEMP FENCE AND PLUMBING CAP FOR DEMOS. THESE PERMITS ARE STANDALONE PERMITS PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A MASTER BUILDING PERMIT. THIS PROCESS IS IN PLACE TO ENSURE ADHERENCE TO REQUIREMENTS AND SAFETY. TEMP FENCE PERMITS WILL BE LINKED AUTOMATICALLY AFTER MASTER PERMIT ISSUANCE AND FILE DELETION. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DELETE FILES THAT ARE UNNECESSARY FOR SECURITY AND TRANSPARENCY. FILE DELETION IS NOT PERMITTED. THIS ENSURES A COMPLETE AND ACCOUNTABLE RECORD OF ALL SUBMISSIONS. WE HAVE A SAMPLE OF THE AI AGENT THAT WE'D LIKE TO PLAY. THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. YOU'VE REACHED GEORGE, OUR AI ASSISTANT. I CAN HELP WITH PERMITS, INSPECTIONS, LICENSING, GENERAL QUESTIONS, AND TRANSFERRING YOU TO THE RIGHT PERSON. PLEASE NOTE THAT CALLS ARE RECORDED TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT

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IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THAT, THAT, THAT OUR ZONING CODE IS, IS APPROVED. WE HAVE A BOARD OF ARCHITECTS AND WE HAVE THE, THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, WHICH IS BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE AND IS STRICTLY THERE FOR LIFE SAFETY. SO WE JUST DON'T APPROVE PLANS. WE, WE, WE, THIS IS THERE'S A MAJOR LIFE SAFETY COMPONENT. AND SO THIS, THE, OUR EFFICIENCY IS REALLY A SHARED PROCESS. THE BETTER THE PLANS, THE FASTER WE CAN GET THEM OUT. IT IS A SHARED PROCESS. AND, AND WE TRIED TO DO, DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH, WITH JUGGLING THAT, GETTING THE PLANS OUT QUICK WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SAFE STRUCTURES AND DO THE BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING, MAYOR. JUST THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

GOOD NAME FOR THE AI ASSISTANTS. I LOVE IT, GEORGE, I LOVE IT. I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THE

[F.-13. 26-1427 Presentation of the Florida League of Cities Home Rule Hero Award. (Sponsored by Commissioner Castro)]

[F.-16. 26-1491 Discussion regarding AEDs in city parks. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT, AND ONE LIFE THAT WE SAVE IS WELL WORTH THE INVESTMENT. BUT WHERE ARE WE, MR. DIRECTOR? GOOD AFTERNOON. WE DO HAVE A SHORT, VERY SHORT PRESENTATION. PERFECT. SHORT OF THE BETTER, YES. SO AS YOU STATED, MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION PRIORITIZED THE NEED FOR AEDS IN PUBLIC PARKS. SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT AN INITIAL PILOT PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED. AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL UNITS THAT WILL BE FUNDED SOON. STAFF IDENTIFIED WHEN WE PRESENTED THE COMMISSION THROUGH FIRE CHIEF AS WELL, AND THEN THE POLICE CHIEF TO LOOK AT THE CODE BLUE EMERGENCY SMART STATIONS AS THE OPTIMAL SOLUTION. SO EACH STATION PROVIDES CONTROLLED ACCESS TO AN AED. THERE'S A BLUE LED BEACON, STROBE LIGHT AS WELL, A CODE BLUE BUTTON, AND ALSO A SECURITY CAMERA. SO IT'S KIND OF AN ALL IN ONE UNIT. WE HAVE COMPLETED TWO INSTALLATIONS, ONE AT SALVADOR PARK, ONE AT MAGGIORE PARK, AND WE ALSO HAVE INSTALLATIONS ALREADY IN QUEUE AT PHILIPS, ROTARY AND COOPER.

WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS IDENTIFY THOSE PARKS THAT WERE HAVING CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADD THOSE POLES WITHIN THE POLES, WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION, SO WE CAN HAVE IT ALL AS A SEAMLESS. WHEN WE HAVE A NEW PARK, WE'LL HAVE THE POLES AS WELL, INCLUDING THE EQUIPMENT, THE PERMITS AND THE INSTALLATION COST. WORKING THROUGH IT. THERE'S AN APPROXIMATE COST. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT 95000. AND WE DO HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR SIX

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MR. MANAGER, THE OUR POLICY DIRECTOR, SEE IF THERE'S ANY GRANTS AVAILABLE AT THE STATE OR AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND GO AFTER THAT. YES. THERE'S HERE'S A PICTURE OF IT IN SALVADOR PARK. HERE WE ARE IN MAGGIORE PARK, AND WE DO HAVE A VIDEO IF THEY CAN SHOW IT, WHICH SHOWS THEM REALLY QUICK IN REAL TIME. TRTO INTRATO THE AYND PARK.O IS IS VISIBLE'SESND'SLVAE THES F023AND THWORK TT WEE DOING ISEANG TO, OIOUSLY'R M CITED ABOUT THAT. JUSTRE ING D WANT TO MAKE RE THAT WE WAYS REMEMBEOU KNOW, JAKE BRGHT ITO MY ATTENTN D TH'S HOWTHAT'S H ENDE MOVING FOR. AND WEVERY GRAL FOAT.

ABSUTY,BSY.YO YIRMAYOR, AYOU NTIO WRE ACTELY F FNG AND KINDNDING.UFF. GO,D. R.LL VE OOAC T 1 T KED THE CITY C TEFH S ASKED OUREAMWHO WA ALSO GOIN, STAFINEGARDS ECTIO

[F.-14. 26-1486 Discussion regarding election results and next steps. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

[J.-1. 26-1530 A Resolution of the City Commission officially accepting the City Clerk’s Certification and Declaration of the Results of the City of Coral Gables Special Referendum Election, which was held on April 21, 2026, wherein voters approved Referendum 1- amending the Charter to change the City’s election date to coincide with national elections.]

[J.-2. 26-1531 A Resolution of the City Commission officially accepting the City Clerk’s Certification and Declaration of the Results of the City of Coral Gables Special Referendum Election, which was held on April 21, 2026, wherein voters approved Referendum 2- Amending the­ Charter to prohibit further changes to the Election Date via Ordinance.]

[J.-3. 26-1532 A Resolution of the City Commission officially accepting the City Clerk’s Certification and Declaration of the Results of the City of Coral Gables Special Referendum Election, which was held on April 21, 2026, wherein voters disapproved Referendum 3- Allowing Commissioners or Officials to remove board members prior to the expiration of their term.]

[J.-4. 26-1533 A Resolution of the City Commission officially accepting the City Clerk’s Certification and Declaration of the Results of the City of Coral Gables Special Referendum Election, which was held on April 21, 2026, wherein voters approved Referendum 4- Requiring a decennial review of the City Charter.]

[J.-5. 26-1534 A Resolution of the City Commission officially accepting the City Clerk’s Certification and Declaration of the Results of the City of Coral Gables Special Referendum Election, which was held on April 21, 2026, wherein voters approved Referendum 5 - Authorizing a contracted inspector general as needed for the City of Coral Gables.]

[J.-6. 26-1535 A Resolution of the City Commission officially accepting the City Clerk’s Certification and Declaration of the Results of the City of Coral Gables Special Referendum Election, which was held on April 21, 2026, wherein voters approved Referendum 6 - Requiring a vote of the electors prior to changing the compensation of City elected officials.]

[J.-7. 26-1536 A Resolution of the City Commission officially accepting the City Clerk’s Certification and Declaration of the Results of the City of Coral Gables Special Referendum Election, which was held on April 21, 2026, wherein voters disapproved Referendum 7- An amendment eliminating the runoff election in City Commission and Mayoral races.]

REFERENDUM SEVEN AN AMENDMENT ELIMINATING THE RUNOFF ELECTION IN CITY COMMISSION AND MAYORAL RACES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE IT. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY PUBLIC

[J.-8. 26-1537 A Resolution of the City Commission officially accepting the City Clerk’s Certification and Declaration of the Results of the City of Coral Gables Special Referendum Election, which was held on April 21, 2026, wherein voters approved Referendum 8 - Fund Reserves Policy and Expenditure of General Fund Reserves.]

BACK. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I KNOW THAT WAS TEDIOUS, BUT IT WAS IMPORTANT, AS THE CITY COMMISSION HAS TO CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF OUR ELECTION. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. AS A RESULT OF YOUR MOTION CERTIFYING THE ELECTION TODAY, WE WILL BE HAVING THE CITY. WE WILL BE DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK VIA MEMO, CONSISTENT WITH THOSE RESOLUTIONS, TO UPDATE THE CITY CHARTER TO REFLECT THOSE CHANGES ALONG THOSE LINES. IF WE COULD BRING THAT THAT PRESENTATION I WANTED TO GO OVER, I HAVE ALL THE REFERENDUMS ON HERE, BUT REALLY IT'S JUST A FEW OF THEM THAT WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL DIRECTION OR GUIDANCE ON TO IMPLEMENT EXACTLY WHAT THE VOTERS HAVE ADOPTED. SO IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OH, I HAVE THEM HERE. SORRY. BRIEFLY. SO THE FIRST REFERENDUM, AS YOU KNOW, WAS ADOPTED 66 TO 33%. THAT

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ONE THING WE WOULD LIKE SOME GUIDANCE ON IS, AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, OUR BOARD AND COMMITTEE TERMS SORT OF MIRROR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TERMS. THEY END IN MAY RATHER THAN END OF APRIL WHEN YOU ALL HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN SWORN IN. SO JUST A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S TERMS THAT WE WANT TO ADJUST TO COINCIDE MORE WITH OUR NEW SWEARING IN DATES.

HAPPY TO TAKE ANY DIRECTION FROM YOU. ALL THAT FROM YOU ON THAT REFERENDUM. TWO, THIS WAS MOVING THE ELECTION DATE VIA ORDINANCE PROHIBITED AWAY FROM NOVEMBER. THAT PASSED AS WELL.

THERE'S NO CHANGES NEEDED TO THE CODE. REFERENDUM THREE DID NOT PASS. NO CHANGES NEEDED TO THE CODE. REFERENDUM FOUR PROVIDES THAT WE HAVE THE DECENNIAL REVIEW OF THE CITY CHARTER AND SET FORTH THE DETAILS OF THAT CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE. OUR CODE PROVIDES THAT ANY NEW STANDING COMMITTEES, NOT AD HOC COMMITTEES, HAVE TO BE ADOPTED VIA ORDINANCE. SO WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK AN ORDINANCE CONSISTENT WITH THAT CHARTER AMENDMENT TO INCORPORATE THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE INTO THE CITY CODE REFERENDUM FIVE THIS IS ONE WHERE OUR OFFICE NEEDS SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL. IF YOU RECALL, THE CHARTER QUESTION AND THE RESOLUTION ITSELF SAID THAT THE APPOINTMENT TERM FUNCTIONS, AUTHORITY AND POWERS WERE TO BE ESTABLISHED VIA ORDINANCE. OUR OFFICE IS PLANNING TO PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU ALL A COMPREHENSIVE MEMO OF OTHER ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTORNEY.

EXCUSE ME, INSPECTOR GENERAL SERVICES IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU. AND PERHAPS WE CAN GET FEEDBACK EITHER AT A COMMISSION MEETING OR SUNSHINE MEETING, SO THAT WE CAN APPROPRIATELY DRAFT THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SERVICES. SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY REQUEST THAT WE HAVE A SUNSHINE MEETING, AND WE HAVE A CONVERSATION AFTER YOU PROVIDED WITH THE MEMO WITH SOME GUIDELINES AND SOME GUARDRAILS IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOU RECOMMENDED. CERTAINLY, I THINK WE CAN WE CAN GET THAT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO YOU ALL CAN SCHEDULE THAT MEETING. REFERENDUM SIX ABOUT COMMISSION SALARIES ALSO WAS ADOPTED. THERE IS A SECTION OF THE CODE, SECTION 2-29 THAT WILL REQUIRE JUST AN ADDITIONAL LINE ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REFERENDUM IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS, AND WE WILL BRING THAT BACK AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING. SIMILARLY, REFERENDUM SEVEN WAS NOT ADOPTED, SO NO CHANGES THERE. BUT THEN IN REFERENDUM EIGHT, THE FUND RESERVE POLICY, WHICH WAS ADOPTED, SECTION TWO, THREE, FIVE, TWO OF THE CITY CODE FUND BALANCE AND RESERVE POLICY WILL ALSO REQUIRE A BRIEF STRIKE THROUGH TO MATCH THE CITY CHARTER WHEN REFERENDUMS ARE REQUIRED TO CHANGE THAT PERCENTAGE. SO WE WILL BRING THOSE CHANGES BACK. THOSE ARE SMALL. ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU ALL IS WE DO HAVE ANOTHER CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING ON FRIDAY. WE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL THEIR INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS. THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS THAT THEY HAD RECOMMENDED THAT DID NOT MAKE IT ON THIS SPECIAL MAIL BALLOT. TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU OR THEY WANT TO PUT THOSE ITEMS TO THE VOTERS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT FOR THE NOVEMBER 2026 BALLOT, WE HAVE A JULY DEADLINE WITH THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS. IF YOU WOULD, WOULD YOU PLEASE, THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WILL YOU SEND US A MEMO DETAILING THE DEADLINES DEALING, DETAILING WHAT THE CHARTER REVIEW WAS RECOMMENDING? OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM ON FRIDAY, SO IF WE CAN WRAP THINGS UP WITH THEM AND SUMMARIZE THAT AGAIN, WE'LL BE SURE TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IF THEIR INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE CHANGED OR IF THEY HAVE ANY NEW ONES WITH THOSE DEADLINES. AND ALSO, I THINK IT'S TIME TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THE CHARTER REVIEW IN FOR A LANDING. RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE WE'RE ALMOST THERE. WE HAD A FEW LINGERING ISSUES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M SORRY I INTERRUPT YOU, BUT ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS I WAS TOLD TO ME, I THINK IT WAS TOM WELLS THAT TOLD ME WHEN WE MET WAS THAT WE DIDN'T GIVE HIM ENOUGH TIME. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'VE BEEN ALMOST TWO YEARS WITH THIS CHARTER REVIEW. CORRECT? I THINK WE WERE CONVENED IN THE FALL OF 2024. 23. YEAH. SO WE'VE BEEN WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE TIME. WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE TIME. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE DECADES, THERE WAS NEITHER AN APPOINTMENT FROM THE CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY ATTORNEY. CORRECT. NOT INITIALLY. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO CURRENTLY CURRENTLY THERE, BUT THERE WASN'T INITIALLY. THANK YOU.

YEAH. SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE BACK. AS I MENTIONED, EXCEPT FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE BOARD AND COMMITTEE TERMS, THERE ARE ARE JUST CLEAN INTERPRETATION OF THOSE CHARTER AMENDMENTS. BUT WE WOULD LOOK TO YOU ALL FOR DIRECTION ON BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SO I DON'T KNOW IF MY MY TEAM PUT

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THEY AGGREGATED ALL ALL EIGHT OF THE REFERENDUMS, BASICALLY OVERSIMPLIFYING THE RESULTS.

YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY, EVERY, EVERY ITEM AS A ANEFENM.OU UNDERSTAND WT I SAYING. YOU Y, OH,OU OY WOBY EC BY 1 TT WOULD EVERY A LANLI. SHEN YOU'RE BECAUSE THERE TWO THA D WD WINHICH SIICAN ANDT W%, 3, OVWHELMIN FAVOR O SIX OF THE E SO I WANTED TO T T MOMT MAKE SURE TT WEW A CAR DISTINCTIO BETWEEN FALSE GATIVE LIGHT ON GBLES IYING TSHA RY CLE, DECIVD WHELNG VICRY FOR THE RESI A WAN NGRATULATEHEM, CONE JUST SWEE CLE,HEREASAY, E 2023CTION, 1500 MOPRION.T RSNEDUT FORHISELECONN IDHECOMMIS ELECTENDHAT IS A DECISIVE STATEMENT, A DECISIVE STATEMENT. AND IT WAS IN APRIL. IT WAS NOT IN NOVEMBER ELECTION. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE RESIDENTS FOR COMING OUT AND HAVING THEIR VOICE HEARD. THANK YOU VERY

[F.-15. 26-1484 Discussion regarding the Youth Center Association. (Sponsored by Mayor Lago)]

AND YOU ALL HAVE THAT LETTER, THAT APRIL 6TH LETTER. AND IN THAT LETTER THEY ALSO STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE PLEASED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION. THEY HAVE BEEN UNAVAILABLE TO ATTEND THE APRIL 14TH OR THE OR TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING. BUT LIKE I SAID, THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING, AND THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE I CAN SAY, GIVEN THAT WE REMAIN IN MEDIATION POSTURE. THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE A SLIDE, PLEASE? SO I PUT SOMETHING UP SO YOU CAN KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, OF A, OF A SIMPLER CONCEPT OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. AND BY THE WAY, THIS HAS BEEN, THIS HAS BEEN CLEARED BY STAFF. SO WE WOULDN'T AT ALL IN JEOPARDIZE OUR MEDIATION. SO I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING HERE. WHEN YOU ARE TRANSPARENT AND YOU'RE ACCOUNTABLE AND YOU ARE A 501 C THREE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE WORLD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION PROACTIVELY PUBLISHES FINANCIALS TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC CONFIDENCE. THAT IS FROM THEIR WEBSITE. THAT IS THE WORLD, THAT IS THE WORLD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION. THIS IS THE THE GABLES FOUNDATION, THE GATES, EXCUSE ME, THE GATES FOUNDATION SELF-REPORTS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY GOODWILL. THESE ARE WHAT SERIOUS 501 C THREE DO.

LET'S STOP HERE. THEY DO NOT ALLOW THEIR 501 C THREE TWO LAPS. AND THEY PRODUCE ACTUAL DOCUMENTATION WHICH IS ONLINE. THIS IS A CHEAT SHEET WHICH I'M HAPPY THAT I'M SHARING WITH EVERYBODY HERE. WE AS A CITY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY. AND THERE'S MULTIPLE ATTORNEYS HERE PATIENT WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS. WE ARE ASKING FOR COOPERATION AS A PARTNER BECAUSE WE ARE PARTNERS. SINCE JULY 1ST OF 2025, WE DID A RESOLUTION DIRECTING CITY ATTORNEY TO TO CONTACT CORAL GABLES WAR MEMORIAL YOUTH CENTER ASSOCIATION TO REQUEST

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DIRECTING CITY ATTORNEY TO ENGAGE OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO REQUEST MEETING WITH THE ASSOCIATION AND FURTHER REQUESTS, RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION. SEPTEMBER 11TH LETTER FROM THE ASSOCIATION IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS MADE AT THE AUGUST 26TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING OVER 24TH LETTER FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL TO THE ASSOCIATION REQUESTING MEETING INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION. DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 OR 73. DIRECTING CITY ATTORNEY TO SCHEDULE REQUESTING REQUESTED MEETING WITH COUNSEL FOR THE ASSOCIATION WITHIN TWO WEEKS AND AUTHORIZING CITY ATTORNEY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LITIGATION IN ALL DOCUMENTATION IS NOT PROVIDED. DECEMBER 18TH MEETING HELD WITH COUNSEL FOR THE ASSOCIATION. DECEMBER 23RD. CITY SENT FIVE DAY NOTICE TO THE ASSOCIATION REQUIRED PRIOR TO INITIATING LITIGATION NEXT MARCH 12TH AND WE GO DORMANT MARCH 12TH. PARTIES PARTICIPATE IN PRE-LITIGATION MEDIATION SESSION APRIL 6TH. LETTER FROM THE ASSOCIATION. PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION AND EXPRESSING WILLINGNESS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION. THEY ASK US TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION SO WE TELL THEM, PLEASE, WE WELCOME YOU TO COME AND ANSWER QUESTIONS OF THE COMMISSION. APRIL 14TH. ASSOCIATION UNABLE TO ATTEND COMMISSION MEETING. APRIL 5TH. ASSOCIATION UNABLE TO ATTEND. COMMISSION MEETING ON MAY 5TH. MEDIATION IS ONGOING. WE ARE NOW GOING ON ONE YEAR WHERE WE'VE BEEN REQUESTING INFORMATION AND THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED ANYTHING. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A REVERTER CLAUSE ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND YOU'RE ASKING TO SPEND FUTURE MONEY ON RENOVATING. THE YOUTH CENTER, WHICH I'M IN FAVOR OF, BY THE WAY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN FAVOR OF. I THINK WE NEED TO POTENTIALLY SPEND 50 TO $75 MILLION RENOVATING THE FACILITY, IF NOT MORE, TO MAKE IT A WORLD CLASS FACILITY. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THAT, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THIS TYPE OF COOPERATION AND THIS TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP WITH A 501 C THREE THAT LETS ITS 501 C THREE LAPS FOR FIVE YEARS DOES NOT PROVIDE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATIONS. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION I GAVE YOU, YOU CAN SEE THE GATES FOUNDATION, THE WORLD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION, AND I HAD A FEW OTHER ONES THAT WERE THERE. IT WAS THE RED CROSS. THEY PROVIDE THEIR FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATION, AUDITED ONLINE. THE POWER THAT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS OVER THE CITY IN REGARDS TO THE CORAL GABLES YOUTH CENTER IS IMMENSE. WE WANT A PARTNERSHIP, BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO INVEST LIKE WE'RE INVESTING ON THE MOBILITY HUB, CITY HALL, INFRASTRUCTURE, FIRE STATIONS. IF THE CITY CANNOT REST, ASSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A SEMBLANCE OF CONTROL. THIS IS THE WE ARE THE STEWARDS OF THE RESIDENTS MONEY. WE HAVE TO BE FIDUCIARIES ON THEIR BEHALF. HOW CAN WE ALLOW SOMEONE WHO FALLS OUT OF A 501 C THREE AND IS NOT WILLING TO PROVIDE SIMPLE DOCUMENTATION? SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ MADE A STATEMENT ABOUT THAT. I WAS RETALIATING AGAINST A PAST AGAINST A PAST ELECTED OFFICIAL.

I'M NOT THAT I WON THE ELECTION BY DOUBLE DIGITS, ALMOST 20 POINTS. THERE'S NO RETALIATION.

I'M DOING WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS. YOU MAY FRAME IT THAT WAY BECAUSE THAT'S THE EASY WAY TO DO IT, BUT THAT'S CHEAP POLITICS. WE'VE MOVED ON FROM THAT. WE'RE HERE DEALING WITH ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, PAYING OFF OUR DEBTS, LIKE PAYING OFF OUR PENSION DEBTS, LIKE DEALING WITH UNION CONTRACTS, LIKE DEALING WITH THE TOUGH THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND I'M OF THE BELIEF THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LITIGATION. WE'VE GIVEN ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR MINY OPN, B IS ONE O AMNTF WHEN Y'RALING WITH AN ENTA THAT MUCERTHE TY. SO D SEEE TOHE YOUENTERHEN A D OF THE DAY, WE'RE TH OUR PARER MITYTORN, BASICLYLL I HAV VE MAYOR. MA'AHANK Y.ND I'MOINGTO RTE SOME OF GRAVECERN TOSRUS I GUE. IEPRET BY OPLEO MEAN VER DIFFENT Y REVERTE CE.RAS.WHI MBYT? IT'S TH CYASN'T HAD A FFICIEERCENTAG OR, AACHEY C DECLAREO MANYUL ITHEACE OLAT WT HPE? AT HAPPE TO YTH , WHO RUNTHCE,AINS YOU TURE, AND IS MAIAID AA REMIAL YR SE UPON EANGUE THAT' ITTE THE A NO THE FN E 1HO'TLAME DEVISECAE THEY DIDN' REY HEHINGS T WE N KW F EIENCNDSTOR HAVE OCCRI COUNY,RONDIVIDUALSHATEM HEST, ST CA ITRATE A BRD, CAN

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SO, SO I, I WOULD FRIENDLY SUGGESTION THAT WE WOULD SAY MEDIATION CONTINUES UNTIL EITHER PARTY DECLARES THAT THERE'S AN IMPASSE, BUT NO LATER THAN THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING TO AFFORD THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION. AND IF THEY DO NOT, I THINK THAT WE'VE GIVEN SUFFICIENT TIME TO HAVE THE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TIME, MORE THAN REASONABLE TIME TO REACH A CONCLUSION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. I BELIEVE IT IS THEIR REQUEST THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSION. I, I THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE TO MAKE A DEMAND THAT WOULD INVOLVE A LUDICROUS MULTI-MILLIONS OF DOCUMENT PRODUCTION AS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO MAKING THE PRESENTATION. THAT WASN'T THE CASE OR IT WAS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS. COMMISSIONER.

OKAY. SO THEN WE DON'T KNOW. SO I'M GOING TO MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT NOBODY WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE ALL THOSE DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BEFORE THEY COME TO SAY THEIR PIECE AT A COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH THEY'VE REQUESTED. BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, THAT WE ALLOW THEM TO COME IF THEY CHOOSE TO COME BY, BY NO LATER THAN THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, THE MEDIATION WOULD ALLOW TO CONCLUDE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, OR THAT WOULD BE THE TIME THAT WE WOULD HEAR FROM THE ASSOCIATION WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO SAY, SO THAT WE CAN SAY THAT WE'VE GIVEN IT THE BEST AND MOST REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESOLUTION. OKAY, I'M FINE WITH THAT. I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT AT ALL. SO GIVE THEM UNTIL MAY 19TH. AND I, YOU KNOW, I JUST. THAT IS FINE FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE. I JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, SCHEDULING WISE, THEY MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSION IS OKAY WITH THAT. I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT UNLIKELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET. WELL, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT DATE IS I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A SCHEDULING ISSUE, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DIRECT, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT IT MIGHT BE THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT AVAILABLE, AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD. OR MAYBE THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO COME. THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE TOO. SO LET'S LOOK AT IT BOTH WAYS. WE'VE GIVEN THEM THREE OPTIONS THREE TIMES FOR THEM TO COME. SO AGAIN, I THINK IT'S MORE THAN REASONABLE. WE CONTINUE TO BE REASONABLE. I REMEMBER WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION. SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SAID IT WAS UNREASONABLE TO GO FORWARD.

WE'VE GIVEN THEM ONE YEAR TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE MAYOR. I MEAN, I'LL JUST ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE I'VE LITIGATED LONGER THAN I'VE DONE ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE. RIGHT. AND THE CONCEPT OF I'M NOT AVAILABLE AND I'M NOT AVAILABLE. AND THEY MAY NOT YET BE AVAILABLE ANOTHER TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO BUSY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL, LOOK, ALL FIVE OF US HERE ARE INCREDIBLY BUSY INDIVIDUALS ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS, AS WELL AS ALL OF YOU. AND WE DON'T MISS THESE, THESE MEETINGS. RIGHT. AND, AND, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WANT TO GIVE A PRESENTATION, RIGHT? SO IF THEY WANT TO GIVE A PRESENTATION, I THINK THE STANDARD OF REASONABLE HAS MORE THAN BEEN MET. IT'S BEEN EXCEEDED BY THIS COMMISSION, I THINK, BY THE NEXT MEETING. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON TO ITEM H TWO. H TWO

[H.-2. 26-1459 A Resolution of the City Commission accepting the recommendation of the Chief Procurement Officer to award the Sanitary Sewer Submersible Electrical Control Panel Installation to Coreland Construction Corp., the most responsive and responsible bidder in the estimated amount of $829,898.94, pursuant to Section 2-763 of the Procurement Code entitled “Contract Award” and Invitation for Bid (IFB) 2026-005. Lobbyist: N/A]

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[H.-3. 26-1482 A Resolution of the City Commission authorizing Satchmo Blues Bar and Grill, Inc. D/B/A Fritz & Franz Bierhaus to utilize the public space and maintain a temporary soccer watch party set up at the Bierhaus Plaza located at 60 Merrick Way from June 11, 2026, through July 19, 2026, in connection with the 2026 Fifa World Cup.]

NO, MR. MAYOR, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. DOES THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I DO YOU DO, I DO GO FIRST. I'M GOING TO BE VOTING NO. I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE, ACTUALLY IN THE BACK, WHO HAVE TOLD ME THEY'RE CONCERNED OVER THE YEARS WITH THE NOISE. I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF RESIDENT RESIDENT CALLS, AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF RESIDENT CALLS, ESPECIALLY BUSINESS OWNERS, WHO TOLD ME THAT THE NOISE IS OVERPOWERING. I ALSO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH CLEANLINESS THERE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO WE NEED TO BEFORE WE COMMIT TO DOING THIS, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC PLAZA. THIS PLAZA DOESN'T BELONG TO ONE PERSON. IT BELONGS TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND WE HAVE TO UPHOLD THE CLEANLINESS, THE MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I TALKED TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS ACROSS THE STREET WHICH WHICH HAVE WHERE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE OFFICES FOR RENT, AND ALSO THEY HAVE MULTIPLE BUSINESSES DOWNSTAIRS AND PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE. THE FACT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE DURING THE GAMES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DRINKING. AND AGAIN, I'M ALL FOR HAVING A GOOD TIME. BUT THIS IS LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN REGARDS TO THE BUILDINGS BEING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

AND WHEN THE GAMES ARE PLAYED AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO TO SLEEP, THEY CAN'T GO TO SLEEP AND IT'S WITHIN FEET FROM THEM. SO I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THE DECIBEL LEVELS. I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE CLEANLINESS FOR THE FOR THE PLAZA, FOR THE STREET, FOR THE CURBS. I KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING A NICE PIECE OF ART THAT I THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PROACTIVELY HELPFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET THAT ART THERE ON THE PLAZA. I

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MADAM VICE MAYOR, SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE POND CIRCLE PARK. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE STAGED AT POND CIRCLE PARK WITH EITHER INFLATABLE SCREENS OR ANOTHER TYPE OF SETUP? BECAUSE THAT THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER VENUES THAT I CAN THINK OF TO HAVE SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CONTROL CROWDS WHEN THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT A GOAL BEING MADE AND A SOCCER GAME. THE DECIBEL LEVELS ARE IS GOING TO BE MORE THAN TWICE WHAT THE PERMISSIBLE LEVELS ARE. AND I DON'T EXPECT THE BUSINESS OWNER TO BE ABLE TO MUZZLE THE THE EXCITED FOLKS ENJOYING THE FOOD. SO FRED, HELP US OUT HERE. TELL US, TELL US WHAT'S THE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT I MISUNDERSTOOD NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE THE ONE THAT MY APOLOGIES PROCESS IS EASY FOR ME. I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR THAT. SORRY. NO, IT WAS FOR ME. IT WAS FOR ME. I THOUGHT IT WAS FOR YOU. IT'S MY MY MY ERROR. I. I NEED TO HEAR FROM THE DIRECTOR. YEAH. ON CIRCLE PARK. IS THIS A FEASIBLE LOCATION FOR THIS TO HAPPEN? SO IT'S FEASIBLE FOR A WATCH PARTY, AS WE SHOWED FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI GAME. I, I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S FEASIBLE TO HAVE A PLAZA SET UP OR HAVE AN ENTIRE POND CIRCLE SET UP FOR SIX WEEKS. BUT FOR INDIVIDUAL GAMES. YEAH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD LOCATION. AS THE MAYOR STATED, IT PROVIDES, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN OPEN SPACE. YOU HAVE THE TRAFFIC THERE. SO THAT THAT KIND OF HELPS WITH THE NOISE MITIGATION. AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE DID IT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI WATCH PARTY, WHICH WAS THE FIRST ONE WE DID. SO. SO. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR POND CIRCLE PARK DURING THAT TIME FRAME? FIFA'S BIG I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO COME TO THIS.

SO RIGHT NOW, NO, BUT WE COULD HAVE SOME THINGS IN THE WORKS THAT WILL GET SOME NOTICE OUT FOR PERHAPS A REPEAT WATCH PARTY FOR MAYBE NOT FOR 16 OR 18 GAMES, BUT FOR PERHAPS THE FINAL. SO, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. IS THERE ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO BRING THIS BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING AND EXAMINE THIS A LITTLE FURTHER WITH STAFF? SO TO BRING BACK FRITZ AND FRANZ, FRITZ AND FRANZ, TAKE A LOOK AT USING ANOTHER LOCATION, POND CIRCLE PARK, BECAUSE THE COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WERE QUITE SIGNIFICANT. AND FIFA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE NOISE LEVELS. THE BUSINESS OWNER IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THEM. SO YEAH, I BELIEVE THE FIRST STEP WOULD BE IF THE APPLICANT IS EVEN INTERESTED IN MOVING THE LOCATION. AND IF THEY ARE, THEN YES, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK. YEAH. AND WE CAN HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. I KNOW IT'S SHORT NOTICE. DO YOU NEED MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT THIS? SO GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS, VICE MAYOR. CITY MANAGER. SO LONG AFTERNOON. I GOT MY LESSONS IN GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY WE DID THIS NOW FOR 32 YEARS IN THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, THAT WE HAVE EVENTS, EUROPEAN SOCCER, COPA AMERICA AND THE WORLD CUP, AN INSTITUTION FOR FRITZ AND FANS, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE LOOK FORWARD EVERY TWO YEARS TO AN EVENT LIKE THAT. AND EVERY TWO YEARS, IT'S KIND OF LIKE NEW TO US AGAIN, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE IT PERFECT, PERFECT MAYOR IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING OUT. THERE'S GOING TO BE BEER DRINKING. THERE'S NO PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE US OR THE GERMAN TEAM SCORES. WE KNOW THAT AND WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST WITH THE PLAN WE HAVE HERE. THIS FOR THIS YEAR. SIX WEEKS IS A LONG TIME. WE LIKE TO HAVE THE TENTS ON THE TABLES SET UP BY THE BENCHES ARE ON TOP OF

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MOST OF THE TIMES THESE GAMES ARE FINISHED BY 8:00 IN THE EVENING. OF COURSE, THERE ARE SOME GAMES WHICH ARE FROM THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO OR CANADA WILL FINISH AT AT 10 OR 11. THE TIME VARIES. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 25 GAMES WHERE WE REQUESTING THE PLAZA. NOW THESE ARE NOT SINGLE 25 SINGLE GAMES. THESE ARE MULTIPLE GAMES IN ONE DAY. IT COULD BE LIKE A 12:00, A 12 NOON GAME AT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. WE WOULD USE THE PLAZA. AT THAT TIME. THERE ARE SOME GAMES WHICH ARE ON AT 8:00 AT NIGHT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THE THE THE SCREEN ON. WE WILL TURN THE SCREEN OFF AND EMPTY THE PLAZA BASICALLY WITH ALL THE PEOPLE SO THE PEOPLE CAN SEE INSIDE OR ON OUR COVERED AREA, THE GAME. BUT YEAH, IT'S A LONG TIME. IT'S SIX, SIX WEEKS. IT'S IT'S FOR US. IT'S CHRISTMAS IN JULY. AND THIS IS VERY VITAL TO FRUITS AND FUNDS THAT WE HAVE THESE EVENTS EVERY TWO YEARS. OKAY, SO BY ME, WHEN IS THE FIRST GAME? THE FIRST GAME IS ON JUNE 11TH. BUT WE WILL NOT BE USING THE PLAZA ON JUNE 11TH. WE HAVE MEXICO, SOUTH AFRICA, AND SOUTH KOREA. WE ONLY WOULD USE THE PLAZA FOR THE FIRST TIME ON JUNE 12TH, WHICH IS THE USA PARAGUAY GAME, AND THAT GAME IS AT 6 P.M. AT NIGHT. SO WHAT I RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO, I'M A NO VOTE TODAY WITH WHAT I'VE BEEN PRESENTED. I GET WAY TOO MANY CALLS FROM TEN ARAGON AND I GET WAY TOO MANY CALLS. I MEAN, THAT'S THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.

EXCUSE ME. FROM THE ADJACENT BUILDING. I THINK IT'S 55 ARAGON. I'M NOT. I'M NOT VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS, OKAY? THE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO WORK IN PEACE AND ALSO SLEEP IN PEACE.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE COMMISSION, I WELCOME IT. BUT I WANT TO SEE A PLAN OF ACTION. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND, AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM STAFF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU WORK WITH THE POLICE CHIEF THROUGH THE MANAGER. I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO WORK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. IS THERE GOING TO BE A ONE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THERE ALL THE TIME WITH A DECIBEL READER? IS THERE GOING TO BE HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE THERE? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAN THIS? THIS IS THE WORLD CUP IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. REMEMBER THIS. THESE TICKETS ARE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME TO YOUR ESTABLISHMENT IN DROVES, I'M TELLING YOU. AND THEY WANT A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME AND BE SAFE. AND THAT'S CORAL GABLES. SO MY POINT IS THAT I AM NOT READY TO VOTE FOR THIS. AND UNTIL I SEE A DETAILED PLAN THAT YOU PUT FORWARD TO STAFF AND STAFF, THAT'S IT. WEEKS IT AND BRINGS IT FORWARD WITH AN ACTION PLAN OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS WITH THE NOISE THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THE TRAFFIC, THE THE UNRULINESS, THE, THE DIRTINESS. BECAUSE EVERY TIME I WALK BY THERE, THOSE THOSE FLOORS ARE NOT CLEAN. I NEED THOSE FLOORS CLEAN EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THIS IS A PUBLIC THIS IS A PUBLIC PLAZA. THE PUBLIC PLAZA DOESN'T BELONG TO ANYONE BUT THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. SO I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE NOT I'M A NO VOTE. I NEED A PLAN OF ACTION, A DETAILED PLAN OF ACTION THAT BREAKS DOWN THE GAME DAYS. HOW MANY HOW IT'S GOING TO WASH IT, WHEN ARE WE HOW, WHAT ARE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES? HOW ARE WE GOING TO EMAIL THE DIRECTOR? HOW ARE WE GOING TO EMAIL THE POLICE? WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE AND WHAT IS THE PLAN? I KNOW IT COSTS MONEY, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS YOUR CHRISTMAS AND YOU WANT TO HAVE ALL THIS OUT THERE FOR SIX WEEKS. AND I CANNOT TELL YOU AN EVENT THAT I KNOW AND I APOLOGIZE. AND I KNOW I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE 13 YEARS. MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE THAN I DO, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU AN EVENT THAT'S OUT FOR SIX WEEKS, NOT EVEN OUR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY IS OUT FOR SIX WEEKS. THANKSGIVING, HALLOWEEN, CHRISTMAS SEASON, HANUKKAH. WE DON'T HAVE THINGS OUT FOR SIX WEEKS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OR IN THE PUBLIC PLAZAS.

MADAM ACM, CAN YOU CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY, ANY ANY ANYTHING, MISTER DIRECTOR? ANYTHING? NOPE.

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SORRY ABOUT THAT. HE'S GOT TO MAKE MONEY. SO TO ME, TO ME, I KNOW IT UPSETS YOU AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M NOT READY TO VOTE FOR THIS. IF MY COLLEAGUES AREN'T THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. BUT I WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING THIS. I WANT TO SEE A DETAILED PLAN OF ACTION, AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE THE ANSWER IS NO NIGHT GAMES. MAYBE THE ANSWER'S NO. NIGHT GAMES. THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE SOMETHING THAT COULD WORK. OR MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WHERE YOU HAVE ENOUGH STAFF IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT. DON'T FORGET OUR I WELCOME YOU AND I WELCOME PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR CITY, BUT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE DETERRED, DETERRED FOR SIX WEEKS TO COME TO OUR DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE MAYHEM THAT HAPPENS HERE DURING THAT TIME. OKAY. JUST GIVE ME MY OPINION. YES. OKAY. SO MY PERSONAL OFFICE IS IN 55 MERRICK. I HAVE FAMILY THAT LIVES IN TEN ARAGON TWO. SO I'M VERY FAMILIARIZED, VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. I'M ALWAYS DOWNSTAIRS WALKING IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND GIRALDA, I THINK IT'S AN EXCEPTIONAL IDEA TO DO THIS EVENT AS WE HAVE DONE IT FOR THE PAST WHAT, 24 YEARS? 2432 SO WHAT WAS THE THE EVENT, THIS EVENT, SIMILAR EVENTS. HOW LONG HAVE WE DONE THIS FOR? OH, WE HAVE DONE 24 YEARS. 24 YEARS. OKAY. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT DON'T ONLY SUPPORT THIS EVENT, BUT BRING PEOPLE TO OUR DOWNTOWN. YES, BECAUSE 55 MERRICK IS HALF HALF COMMERCIAL, HALF RESIDENTIAL. TEN ARAGON ALSO IS HAS SOME COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT'S IN OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. OKAY. AND WE HAVE GIRALDA THERE AND WE HAVE MIRACLE MILE DOWN THE DOWN THE LINE AND WALKING RIGHT OVER,

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THAT'S NOT OUR EXPERTISE. THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS HERE DO. THIS IS WHAT THE WHAT THE CITY DOES, WHAT ADMINISTRATION DOES. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER THAT'S PRETTY COMPETENT TO GO AHEAD AND AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT. I, I REALLY DO NOT SEE ANY REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR THIS. THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD MOVE IT THROUGH THE MAYOR. BUT HOLD ON ONE SECOND, IF I MAY. MR. MR. COMMISSIONER, ONE SECOND. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I HEARD TWO THINGS I HAVEN'T HEARD YET. NUMBER ONE, THAT THE MANAGER IS COMPETENT. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'RE MOVING THAT UP. AND NUMBER TWO, THAT WE SHOULD TRUST STAFF. LISTEN, I TRUST STAFF WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DEALING WITH THIS. HOW MANY WEEKS WAS THE PREVIOUS SOCCER TERM? THE UEFA WAS IT WAS A LITTLE LESS THAN SIX WEEKS. I THINK IT WAS LIKE LIKE THREE AND A HALF. YEAH, CLOSE TO IT. CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR THROUGH THE MANAGER, PLEASE? PLEASE? WHY DON'T YOU, THROUGH THE CLERK, GET ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT I GO TO POLICE THAT GO TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SEND IT TO SEND IT TO THE COMMISSION? OVER THE YEARS, I REMEMBER THAT I'M NOT THE FIRST COMMISSIONER THAT HAS BEEN IN OPPOSITION OF THIS. MY VOTE WILL NOT CHANGE. IT IS WHAT IT IS. I'M WILLING TO LISTEN AND HAVE YOU COME BACK WITH A PLAN OF ACTION. IT'S FAIR TO ASK FOR A PLAN. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU CARTE BLANCHE HERE TO KEEP UP FOR SIX WEEKS AND MAKE ALL THE NOISE. I TALKED TO RESIDENTS AT TEN ARAGON. I CAN GIVE YOU THEIR NAMES. THEY CALL ME. THEY WRITE ME EMAILS. MR. DIRECTOR, PLEASE, CAN YOU HELP ME OUT HERE? YES. NO. WE DO GET NOISE COMPLAINTS FROM TEN ARAGON, A 55 MERRICK WAY, AND WE HAVE FOR MANY YEARS, THE APPLICANT HAS MET WITH A WHOLE GROUP OF THEM IN THE PAST. SO YES, WE'VE DEALT WITH PEOPLE ACTING LIKE I'M SPEAKING FRENCH.

I MEAN, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THE POLICE OFFICERS. I KNOW WHAT GOES ON. IT HAS OCCURRED. IT HAS OCCURRED A LOT. IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE. AND YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT IT'S NOT YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC. WE'RE NOT PRESSURE CLEANING THAT AFTER EVERY TIME.

IT'S IT'S NOT UP TO OUR STANDARD. THERE'S A LOT OF GARBAGE BECAUSE I'VE CALLED THE GARBAGE IN. I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES THERE. SO. AND WHY HAVE I CALLED THE GARBAGE IN? BECAUSE I GET THE CALLS FROM THE PEOPLE IN 55 MERRICK BECAUSE I GET THE CALL FROM THE PEOPLE AT TEN ARAGON WHO CALL ME AND SAY, VINCE, I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. I DON'T WANT TO BRING IN A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO RETALIATE AGAINST ME. SO PLEASE HELP ME. SO I CALL STAFF THROUGH THE MANAGER AND I SAY, CAN WE HELP HIM OUT AND JUST TELL THE GENTLEMAN TO CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT? THAT'S IT. SO I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT AGAINST THE AGAINST THE PROJECT. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IF WE DO IT FOR A SET AMOUNT OF TIME. BUT SIX WEEKS IS WAY TOO LONG. AND I THINK THAT AT NIGHT, IF WE DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER PEOPLE IN PLACE PROTOCOLS OR ACTION PLAN, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS, I WON'T. I HAVE TO SIDE WITH THE RESIDENTS, THE MAYOR. YES, SIR. SO YEAH, CERTAINLY THIS ISN'T, IN MY VIEW, A MATTER THAT NEEDS TO BE KEPT FROM THE COMMISSION OR SOLELY IN THE HANDS OF THE CITY MANAGER. I THINK, FRED, YOU MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR AT THE BEGINNING THAT IT'S REQUIRED, AS PRESENTED, TO BE BEFORE THIS COMMISSION. I MEAN, YES,

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RIGHT. I MEAN THAT THAT'S SOMEWHAT RHETORICAL ON MY PART, BUT I FELT IT NEEDED TO BE SAID SINCE IT WAS INCORRECTLY RAISED A FEW MINUTES AGO. RIGHT. IN FACT, THIS IS WHY WE WERE ELECTED AS COMMISSIONERS IS TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS SPECIFICALLY. RIGHT. SO, SIR, I'LL HAVE TO SAY TO YOU THAT I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. SIX WEEKS IS AN INCREDIBLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO HAVE PORTABLE RESTROOM FACILITIES. THE THE EQUIPMENT, I'M ASSUMING, AM I RIGHT THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE TAKING ANY OF THIS DOWN OVERNIGHT? OR, OR IS IT GOING TO BE OUT FOR SIX WEEKS? WE WERE ASKING TO KEEP THE THE TENTS UP, WHICH ARE TEN BY TENTS. WE APPROXIMATELY HAVE 510 TENTS AROUND THE PLAZA AND WE WERE ASKING TO KEEP THE THE BENCHES ON THE TABLES UP, WHICH COULD BE EASILY REMOVED. THE TENTS COULD BE REMOVED TOO.

IT'S A. IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO BREAK THEM DOWN BY THE END OF THE NIGHT AND SET THEM UP AGAIN IN THE MORNING. BREAKING DOWN A TENT IS MUCH LOUDER THAN ANY NOISE ORDINANCE AFTER 11 P.M.

SO WE'RE ASKING TO KEEP THE TENTS UP, BUT. AND THE SCREAM I. I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY SAY ONE MORE THING. IF I CAN INTERRUPT YOU FOR JUST A MOMENT, SINCE I DID ASK YOU A QUESTION, BUT I WASN'T DONE ADDRESSING YOU, RIGHT. I MEAN, YOU'RE COMING ASKING US TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING.

SO IF YOU JUST GIVE ME THE LATITUDE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE. ALL RIGHT. SO SO AS I WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS AS YOU'VE PRESENTED IT. SIX WEEKS IS TOO LONG FOR ME AND TOO CUMBERSOME TO ALL ENCOMPASSING. IT'S AS IF WE'RE GIVING UP THE PLAZA, AS YOU'VE REQUESTED IT, FOR SIX WEEKS STRAIGHT, AND THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT I BELIEVE IS IS FAIR OR APPROPRIATE UNDER THE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH OF A. YOU KNOW, BLESS YOU, A WINDFALL IT MAY BE FOR FRITZ AND FRANZ, BUT. RIGHT. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE. AND THAT'S QUITE AN IMPOSITION. AND AGAIN, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE A MAJORITY OF THIS COMMISSION TO TO EXCEED WHAT IS ALREADY LEGISLATED AS THE BOUNDARIES FOR WHAT CAN BE DONE. SO AM I RIGHT THAT YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO DO WHAT WOULD BE WITHIN ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW? YOU'RE LOOKING TO GO OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S PERMITTED, OR ARE YOU WILLING TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE? FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO JUST CHOOSE CERTAIN GAMES TO SET IT UP INSTEAD OF HAVING IT OCCUPIED FOR SIX STREETS, SIX WEEKS CONTINUOUSLY? LIKE I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT IT'S NOT CONTINUOUS. BUT IF I READ THIS CORRECTLY, AND IF I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY, WHILE A GAME ISN'T AIRED CONTINUOUSLY, YO&R OCCUPATION OF THE PLAZA IN THIS FORM WOULD BE FOR SIX WEEKS CONTINUOUSLY. CORRECT. OKAY. SO WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TAKE UP WHAT THE MAYOR SUGGESTED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, COME UP WITH AN ACTION PLAN THAT ISN'T QUITE AS ENCOMPASSING AS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR HERE. SO YOU CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MY CONCERN, AT LEAST I THINK SO FAR THE MAYOR'S CONCERNED AND THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THAT AREA. I'M ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER IN THIS SITUATION. YEAH, A VERY GOOD. WELL, I APPRECIATE AND I AND I SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR EFFORTS TO TRY AND COME BACK WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE REASONABLE. BUT AS, AS CURRENTLY LAID OUT, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OTHER VERY BIG CONSIDERATIONS. WE JUST INVESTED A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF MONEY INTO A BEAUTIFUL ART PROJECT, NOT JUST TO BENEFIT ONE, BUT TO BENEFIT ALL THE BUSINESSES ON THE PLAZA AND THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN TH ARE ANTHE RESURANTS HAV OP DGRE IT' A TIFUL HDMADE TESYY CROCHET. A I MENTIONEDTHER VENUOR BECAUSEHE GAMES ARERE, YOU KNOW,THS LOT ' T OF CHEERINGHAT GOES AND TH RATET NIGHT. R THOSEAL FROM THEIDENTS, AND THISS I'VE MSOME SUGGESTNS FOR RUEOUNOW, THE AMBE RSERGACIOUS. IT D AAMA, YOU KNOW, YOUOW, VE OFFICLDIN O BOTHSIDE SO THE S U KNOW, IT'S IAK PROFESSIONAL DONE. IT'UP AN DNITN A DAY.O COEREREN YOU'RIN PLAZAHAS NOT JUSMPACTING TH COMAIOM RESIDENYOUNO ARE SIGNIFICANTLS ALL THOTR BINS OWNS IN THATZA WEED O R THAT EE PIO OF TIME.

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ANHING FURER?HERE'S N BY THEOMMISSION. THANKOU R. ANYTHINELSE FROM E COISSION GD. OY, TN WE CAN MEE MY OFFE ATYOU' YO CONVENIEN ER THI AY, OR WEAN MEXT EK. IOOWARDO I THYOHANKOU SIR ALL

[H.-4. 26-1504 A Resolution of the City Commission to provide staff with direction for the development of a Landscape & Maintenance Assessment Program.]

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE APPLICANT IS VOLUNTARILY GOING TO COME BACK WITH HIS REQUEST AT THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LADIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AGE FOR SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR A LONG TIME. YEAH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I BELKIS PEREZ WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, DINA DINA, AN ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR GREEN SPACE MANAGEMENT. MAYOR, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE SPEARHEADING, AND WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE NEED SOME DIRECTION AS FAR AS HOW WE WANT THIS LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TO LOOK. IF WE CAN HAVE THE SLIDES. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO THE THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A CONSISTENT, HIGH QUALITY LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE, CLEANLINESS AND LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENT WITHIN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AREA AND BEYOND THROUGH A CENTRALIZED SERVICE MODEL. SO BEFORE WE GO INTO THE BOUNDARIES, I DO WANT TO ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, THESE ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED AREA. SO THIS IS TO THE LEFT, THAT LONG AREA. THAT'S PONCE DE LEON. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET ALL THE WAY TO SEVILLA. AND THEN NEXT TO IT, THE SQUARE IS THE AREA FROM ALCAZAR TO THE NORTH. AND THEN LEJEUNE AND DOUGLAS ON THE WEST AND THE EAST, AND THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SEVILLA, JUST BORDERING THE AREA RIGHT BEFORE PONCE. THE PLAZA. AND SO BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE BASELINE SERVICES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PROVIDING THAT DINA DOES. THANKS, BELKIS. OKAY, SO CURRENTLY GREEN SPACE MANAGEMENT HAS ONE FULL DEDICATED DOWNTOWN CREW OF SIX PEOPLE. WE WE SUPPLEMENT WITH ONE SFM CREW, WHICH IS THE CONTRACTED VENDOR. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE WORK UP AND DOWN THE PONCE DE LEON CORRIDOR. WE FOCUS FROM EIGHTH STREET ON THE NORTH, GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BIRD ROAD ON THE SOUTH, AND WE FOCUS IN THE MEDIANS. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY DO NOT LANDSCAPE FOCUS THE. THE SIDEWALK PLANNERS AND WE DO MIRACLE MILE, THE FULL STRETCH OF MIRACLE MILE BETWEEN LEJEUNE AND DOUGLAS. SO WHAT WE DO IN THIS SCOPE IS WE DO ALL THE LANDSCAPING, CHANGING OUT OF FLOWERS, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS MULCHED, MAKING SURE ALL THE DRIP IRRIGATION IS REPAIRED AND WE DO LITTER CONTROL. LITTER CONTROL IS SUPPLEMENTED BY SFM DAILY. WE HAVE DAILY SERVICE FROM SFM DRIVING ONE TIME THROUGH THE WHOLE PONCE CORRIDOR AND THE MIRACLE MILE CORRIDOR, INCLUDING CITY BUILDINGS LIKE THIS, AS WELL AS DOWNTOWN PARKING LOTS TO. AND THAT IS OUR CURRENT SERVICE. THERE'S ALSO BLOCK BY BLOCK HAS A DAILY PRESENCE ON MIRACLE MILE AND GIRALDA. YEAH. AND SO THAT'S AT A COST OF 535 000 FOR BLOCK BY BLOCK RIGHT HERE. AND I'LL MENTION TO HAVE A DEDICATED CITY STAFF SUPPLEMENTED BY ONE SFM CREW IS ABOUT 575 000 A YEAR WHEN YOU WORK OUT THE MATH. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT THE AREA THAT SHE CURRENTLY SERVICES IS NOT THE EXACT AREA WHERE THE BOUNDARIES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SO THAT NEEDS TO BE ALSO WORKED OUT. ALL RIGHT, SO GENERAL MAINTENANCE HERE WE START WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK WHERE WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO PERFORM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC SPACES, PRIMARILY SIDEWALKS AND ALLEYS, PROVIDE SCHEDULED PRESSURE CLEANING OF SIDEWALKS AND CURBS, INCLUDING MAINTAINING A CLEAN AND UNIFORMED APPEARANCE. SIDEWALK PRESSURE CLEANING WOULD HAPPEN TWICE A YEAR, AND THEN REMOVING

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AND THEN THE THE, THE REPLACEMENT IS WHAT I WAS MEANING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A PALETTE OF PLANT MATERIALS THAT MAYBE THEY NEED REPLACEMENT EVERY FIVE YEARS OR SO. BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, PLANTER BY PLANTER BASIS.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALLEY RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT REMOVAL OF WEEDS, WHICH CAN CROP UP ANYWHERE. GRAFFITI, LITTER CONTROL AND PRESSURE CLEANING AS WELL. COORDINATED COORDINATE WITH PUBLIC WORKS FOR ANY NECESSARY REPAIRS BEYOND THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S ANY ASPHALT OR CONCRETE WORK THAT'S NEEDED IN THE ALLEYS. PROGRAM OVERSIGHT, MAINTENANCE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEDICATED SUPERVISOR, RESPONSIBLE DAILY OVERSIGHT, AND COORDINATION WITH ALL THE CITY STAFF. WE CALL THIS A MULTIFACETED APPROACH. THIS THIS PERSON WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO REPORT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS ABOUT BROKEN SIGNS, ILLEGAL DUMPING, GRAFFITI, STICKERS, ANYTHING THAT'S FOUND, AND COORDINATE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT CAN FIX IT IMMEDIATELY. AND THEN WE ALSO REQUIRE SOME COORDINATION WITH PROPERTY OWNERS. THIS PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTS, BUT IT DOES NOT REPLACE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY AND STOREFRONTS AS REQUIRED RIGHT NOW BY CITY CODE. AND WE'RE GOING TO COORDINATE THOSE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING ANY EFFORTS. AND FINALLY, NEXT STEPS, IT WOULD USE THE MAPPING SYSTEM DATA TO TRACK LINEAR FOOTAGE AND ALLEYWAY. THEY HAVE DONE THIS ALREADY SO THAT WORK IS COMPLETE. NEXT, WE CAN PROVIDE THIS DIGITAL MAPPING SYSTEM TO THE CONSULTANT FOR ASSESSMENT CALCULATIONS. AND ON MAY 19TH, IF YOU ARE AMENABLE, THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION MEETING FOR A BID WAIVER TO USE THE EXISTING CONSULTANT, THE EXISTING CONSULTANT. RIGHT NOW THAT IS ON CONTRACT IS PUMA. THEY WERE HELPING US WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP BID AREA THAT WE WANTED TO SET UP. WE WOULD AMEND THEIR SCOPE OF WORK AND WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH DATA ALREADY. THEY HAVE CREATED AN ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY FOR THE AREA. IT'S JUST FINE TUNING IT TO THE SERVICES THAT WE'D LIKE, AND THEN THEY CAN COME AND PROVIDE AN ASSESSMENT FOR THAT. THE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THE CONSULTANT. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD REVIEW FEASIBILITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW. THEN THE CITIES WOULD APPROVE THE CONCEPT AND ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE AN RFP FOR THE SELECTED SERVICES. THAT'S WHERE WE STAND.

GREAT WORK. SO FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I ASKED FOR US TO START WORKING ON THIS, AND I WANT YOUR GUIDANCE AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING, AND STAFF DID A WONDERFUL JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU DINA. THANK YOU. BELKIS. THE GOAL IS TO STEP UP WHERE I THINK THE BID REALLY SLIPPED UP. THERE IS NO APPETITE FOR A BID. I SPOKE TO THE BUSINESSES. I SPOKE TO PUMA. THERE IS NO APPETITE. SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS PUTTING TOGETHER AN ORGANIZED GROUP LIKE YOU SAW, OF BUSINESS OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND PUT TOGETHER AN ASSESSMENT THAT IS PAID OVER QUARTERLY BASIS OR YEARLY BASIS. AND THE SCOPE IS SIMPLE. EVERYTHING YOU SAID THERE IS PERFECT. NOW LET'S JUST FINE TWEAK IT AND SAY, ARE WE PRESSURE CLEANING TWICE A YEAR, EVERY SIX MONTHS? ARE WE PRESSURE CLEANING EVERY FOUR MONTHS? SIDEWALKS. WE'RE GOING TO DO BLOCKS AT A TIME INSTEAD

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AND, AND START TALKING TO USING PUMA AND STAFF TO START TALKING TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS. THANK YOU MAYOR. YES, SIR. SO A QUESTION FOR YOU. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING WITH PUMA, HAVE WE USED UP WHATEVER IF IT WAS AN ADVANCE OR A PAYMENT ALREADY MADE TO THEM WHERE WE GET A CREDIT TOWARDS USING THEM GOING FORWARD, OR ARE WE STARTING FROM ZERO WITH THEM? SO WE ARE PAYING THEM BY PHASE. THEY COMPLETE A PHASE. THEN WE ISSUE A PAYMENT. WE HAVE NOT COMPLETED ALL THE PHASES, SO THERE IS A POTENTIAL THERE FOR COST SAVINGS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

DO YOU NEED ACTION TODAY OR DO YOU FEEL I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE'VE SAID. THERE IS A RESOLUTION MAYOR, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. IT'S JUST BASICALLY GIVING STAFF DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. OH, THROUGH THE MAYOR. YES, MAYOR. WE'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH WITH PUMA TO TO START INITIATING THIS AND LOOKING AT COSTS, LOOKING AND BRING, BRING BACK SOME PROPOSALS AT DIFFERENT DIFFERENT LEVELS. SO, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. PUMA HAS DONE SO MUCH WORK ALREADY WITH WITH THE BID. THEY'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIMES THAT WE FEEL IT'S COST EFFECTIVE TO, TO TO USE THEM FOR THIS. OKAY. PERFECT. SO THAT SO THAT THE, THE PUMA ITEM WILL BE COMING MAY 19TH. IF WE DO GET THIS DIRECTION TODAY. SO WE THAT WOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE MAY 19TH MEETING. MADAM VICE MAYOR, SO I STAFF, I COMMEND YOU. YOU DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB. AND THERE'S A REASON WHY WE HAVE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. AND THIS WAS ONE EXAMPLE WHY. SO I'M I'M IN FAVOR OF GIVING STAFF THE DIRECTION TO TO MOVE FORWARD AND I'LL MOVE IT. OKAY. WE HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. MR. CLARK, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ. YES, COMMISSIONER. LADA. YES. VICE MAYOR ANDERSON. YES. COMMISSIONER CASTRO. YES. MAYOR. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT

[H.-6. 26-1495 Presentation on AI Summit and the new Coral Gables Center of Excellence Program.]

THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM EIGHT SIX, MADAM VICE MAYOR, WILL YOU RUN THE MEETING FOR TWO MINUTES? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, I FIND IT. THANK YOU. CAROLYN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER 0H6H6.

YES, MY HEARING IS GOING. DON'T WORRY, I DID A DOUBLE TAKE TO. SO WE HAVE A QUICK VIDEO BEFORE I START WITH THE PRESENTATION. IF I COULD HAVE KHGI-TV P U THING I COULDN' STAY FOR.

THK F DNG T ESTATION. I WANTH CONDENSED VSI. THANK YOU.

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NA. AND THEN I KW I CONFRONTED THE COMNITY CAUSE T IERT. YOU HAV RIGHT? BREAKFAST WE DI A IF ULDAVTHSENTIONUP WUAW THERE IN E VIDEO WAS OUR A SUMMIT TH WE DICTOF THE CITANAGER WANTED TOO AHEADND, OH IT'S A LITTLE BLURRY. PERFECT.

SO WE WANTED TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO LEAD IN OUR AI INITIATIVE. SO WE DISCUSSED AS

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OUR FIRST SPEAKER, HE'S ACTUALLY WAS THE FACILITATOR FOR THE DAY, DOCTOR JONATHAN ROSENTHAL, WHO WAS AN ASSOCIATE CONTACT FROM RAYMUNDO, WHO BROUGHT HIM FROM CALIFORNIA.

HE'S THE FORMER CIO FOR THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AND O'REILLY MEDIA. HE'S A GLOBAL EXPERT IN AI, SMART CITIES AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, AND HE'S ALSO A RECOGNIZED TOP CIO AND PUBLISHED AUTHOR AND THOUGHT LEADER LOCALLY. WE ACTUALLY HAD A CORAL GABLES RESIDENT PARTICIPATE AS WELL DURING OUR FIRESIDE CHAT, AND HE IS THE SVP AND GM FOR THE AMERICAS AND NETAPP. WITH OVER 25 YEARS IN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. AND LIKE I SAID, HE IS A CORAL GABLES RESIDENT. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HAVE A LOCAL RESIDENT AND HE SHARED WITH STAFF. HE STAYED FOR THE ENTIRE SEMINAR AND HE SHARED HOW PROUD HE WAS THAT OUR CITY, THE CITY BEAUTIFUL, WAS HOSTING ONE OF THE FIRST AI SEMINARS FOR ALL ITS PEOPLE, LEADERS TO REALLY LEAD IN AI AND TECHNOLOGY. SO BRIEFLY, HERE IS THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. SO WE CLOSED THE TRAINING SEMINAR WITH THE KICKOFF OF THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. AND THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IS GOING TO BE LAUNCHING HOW WE HARNESS AI AND TRANSFORM AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. SO IT'S A CITY WIDE APPROACH TO INNOVATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO REDUCE REPETITIVE WORK, IMPROVE DECISION MAKING, INCREASE RESPONSIVENESS, AND ALLOW US TO FOCUS ON HIGHER VALUE SERVICES.

SO WHAT IS THE C, G, C O? SO IT'S A MOUTHFUL, BUT IT'S THE CORE GLOBAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. IT'S A CENTRALIZED CITY WIDE PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND FACILITATED BY THE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT THAT DRIVES INNOVATION, AI READINESS, PROCESS EXCELLENCE, CROSS-DEPARTMENT COLLABORATION. THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHAT WE DID IS WE MADE SURE TO SEAT OR GIVE ASSIGNED SEATING TO ALL THE DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES THAT PARTICIPATED SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE LIKE MINDED SAME DEPARTMENTAL TABLES. SO EVERYBODY WAS REPRESENTED WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ON EACH TABLE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, THE IDEA WAS TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE DEPARTMENT SILOS, STANDARDIZE HOW WE IMPROVE PROCESSES, SCALE SUCCESSFUL INNOVATION, CITYWIDE, BUILD INTERNAL EXPERTISE INSTEAD OF JUST OUTSOURCING KNOWLEDGE. YOU SAW THIS MORNING THE INNOVATION TECH HUB PRESENTED. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN THE CITY. WE DON'T HAVE TO OUTSOURCE SOME OF THE EXPERTISE.

WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE AND ALSO ALIGN ALL DEPARTMENTS UNDER SHARED PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK. SO WE IDENTIFIED THREE STRATEGIC PILLARS. THE FIRST ONE IS AI AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION. SO IT'S ABOUT INVESTING IN THE TECHNOLOGY AS A RESOURCE AND AS A TOOL. THE SECOND IS ABOUT PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO REALLY FINE TUNE WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY AND APPLY THE TECHNOLOGY AND IMPROVE THE PROCESS. AND THE LAST ONE IS WORKFORCE EXCELLENCE. AND THIS IS INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE, PROVIDING THE TRAINING, CERTIFICATIONS, SKILLS NECESSARY TO INVEST IN OUR TEAM. THE MODEL IS A GOVERNANCE MODEL SPONSORED BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT'S GUIDED BY THE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND IT'S ACROSS DEPARTMENT STEERING COMMITTEE. SO THERE WILL BE REPRESENTATION OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THREE WORKING GROUPS. THERE'S GOING TO BE ADMINISTRATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES, AND PUBLIC SAFETY, REPRESENTED BY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND PEOPLE LEADERS IN THE ORGANIZATION. HOW WILL THIS WORK? SO WE'RE ENVISIONING MONTHLY WORKING GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO IDENTIFY ISSUES, OPPORTUNITIES AND INNOVATIONS.

WE ALREADY DID THAT AS PART OF THE SEMINAR. WE DID STRATEGIC WORKSHOP WHERE DIFFERENT GROUPS COLLABORATED, IDENTIFIED ISSUES THAT THEY WANT TO WORK ON. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE QUARTERLY CHECK INS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THERE'LL BE CITY WIDE REPORTING, COLLABORATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON THOSE PROJECTS. WE'LL DO CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS. THERE WILL BE SOME PILOT

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YOU CANNOT BE SCARED OF THE INNOVATION. WE HAVE A GREAT TOOL AND WE HAVE TO CHAMPION THAT, ENCOURAGE OUR EXPERIMENTATION, ALLOW PEOPLE TO TRY NEW THINGS, DEVELOP OUR PEOPLE, REMOVE SOME OF THE BARRIERS AND LEAD THROUGH CHANGE. AND WE TALKED ABOUT PAIN POINTS, NOT BEING AFRAID TO ADDRESS PAIN POINTS, LOOKING AT NEW IDEAS AND WILLINGNESS TO IMPROVE. AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO BREAK DOWN THOSE BARRIERS BECAUSE THE BEST INNOVATIONS AND IDEAS OFTEN COME FROM THE FRONT LINE. SO WE REALLY NEED A FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES WHO PROVIDE SERVICES FACE TO FACE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CUSTOMERS AND OUR BUSINESSES TO COME UP WITH SOME OF THOSE SOLUTIONS AND IDEAS AND ADDRESSING THOSE PAIN POINTS. SO I WILL CLOSE WITH A QUOTE CHANGE BEFORE YOU HAVE TO. BY JACK WELCH. THE FUTURE OF CORAL GABLES WILL NOT HAPPEN TO US. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE ADDRESSING IT UP FRONT, HEAD ON, AND WE WILL BUILD IT TOGETHER. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB MADAM. I WAS THERE AT THAT PRESENTATION THISVE YEAR.ND I T ITYOORNGE, THANK YOU FOR REALLY BRGINGFF TA AN ENT SPEAKER AND, YOKN, REAY A ABECAE MPLET AN LEAEVERY DAY. A YOU. YOU OWTHE TMIROBOAON OUR S AHT.,

[H.-7. 26-1498 Phillips Park Project Update.]

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, AS STAFF DID A REALLY GOOD JOB TO HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF THE BIGGER PIECES THAT ARE GOING ON, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL PROJECT GOING ON AT PHILIPS PARK JUST TO KIND OF START WITH THE PROJECT TIMELINE. CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN NOVEMBER MID NOVEMBER AND IT'S EXPECTED ALL ACTIVE COMPONENTS. SO ALL OF THE COURTS AND FIELDS WILL BE READY FOR BEGINNING OF SUMMER. RIGHT. AND THEN THE REST OF THE AMENITIES, INCLUDING THE GAZEBO AND RESTROOMS THAT'S LOOKING FOR THE END OF SUMMER. SO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE FILM, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT AWAY WE HAVE OUR NEW SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD. IT'S GOING TO BE MULTI-PURPOSE AND IT IS GOING TO HAVE CLEAR VIEW FENCING ALL THE WAY AROUND.

IT'S MEANT TO HAVE CLEAR VISUAL LINES. IF YOU'RE ON THE FIELD OR OFF THE FIELD, IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE PARK LOOK BIGGER. SO WITH THAT, IT'S RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH. IT WILL HAVE TEN

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WE'RE COMPLETELY RENOVATING THE EXISTING BUILDING AND RESTROOM THERE AND ALL TIED TOGETHER WITH NEW CONCRETE WALKWAYS. WE HAVE NEW PARK FURNISHINGS AND SEATING, AND THEN AROUND THE ENTIRE PARK ON THE MENORAHS AND GALIANO STREET. YOU WILL HAVE THAT LIGHT COLUMNS WITH THE BLACK PICKET FENCING THAT WILL TIE IN WITH THE REST OF OUR PARKS THAT WE'VE KIND OF CREATED THAT STANDARD WITH. AND THEN AS FAR AS WHAT I WAS TALKING WITH FRED EARLIER, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE FIRST FOR THIS PARK, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PARK THAT WE HAVE THAT HAS TURF FIELDS, THAT NEW FENCING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. AND THIS IS OUR FIRST PARK THAT WILL HAVE PICKLEBALL, TENNIS AND BASKETBALL ALL IN THE SAME LOCATION. SO YES, SO WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THE START OF SUMMER. AMAZING WORK, INCREDIBLE TRANSFORMATION. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOUR TEAM. THE MANAGER, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT AND THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR FOR A LONG TIME. WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS YEARS AGO, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION. AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOUR TEAM HAS DONE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THROUGH THE MAYOR. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. SO I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR TOO. AND I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, FRED.

AMAZING. YOU KNOW, AND I LOVE WATCHING THOSE VIDEOS ALL THE TIME. SO, CATALINA, WHEN I SEE THEM AT THE VENETIAN POOL OR WHEN I SEE THEM WITH THE PARKS, I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THOSE.

RIGHT. AND THEY'RE REAL. THEY'RE NOT AI, RIGHT? NO, THESE ARE REAL. BUT THAT WAS GEORGE. I WANT TO TELL YOU, GEORGE, THAT WAS GEORGE. SO WHAT I WANT TO TAKE ONE MOMENT TO TO CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL. I MEAN, I DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS, BUT I GOT TO SAY, I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE VOTING AND IT WAS A DIFFICULT VOTE TO BE SURE TO DECIDE TO TAKE SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE WERE CONTEMPLATING FOR PHILIPS. AND WE NEEDED IT TO ALSO HELP OUT THE OTHER JEWEL RIGHT, CITY HALL, WHICH REALLY NEEDED IT.

AND FOR THOSE WHO MAYBE COULDN'T HAVE VISUALIZED IT AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE LESS FUNDING FOR PHILIPS PARK. SO FAR, WHAT I'VE SEEN IS JUST SO IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE IT'S A VERY, VERY ALL PARKS ARE IMPORTANT. THIS ONE IS MAYBE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS BECAUSE OF WHERE IT IS, THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING IT DEPENDS ON IT.

AND IT WAS IN SUCH DIRE NEED, SUCH DIRE NEED OF SOME TLC. SO YOU'VE DELIVERED, YOU CONTINUE TO DELIVER. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT WHEN IT'S READY TO GO. 100%. BUT SO FAR, WHAT I'M SEEING IS SOMETHING TO BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF. SO KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU. WE DO WANT TO THANK MICHAEL ROCHA FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS, AND HE WORKS WITH US IN PARKS. HE'S THE ONE WHO BEHIND THE MAGIC AND THE VIDEOS. HE DOES THE VENETIAN POOL VIDEOS THAT SHOWCASES EVERYTHING. SO HE MAKES EVERYTHING LOOK REALLY PRETTY. SO THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. SO I HAVE ONE QUESTION. AND IT'S GOING TO COME FROM MY GRANDSON BECAUSE HE WANTS HE WANTED A TALLER SLIDE. HOW TALL IS A SLIDE? OH, I WANT TO SAY LIKE 20FT HIGH. I'LL HAVE TO I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. I WILL LET YOU KNOW. IT'S PRETTY TALL. IT'S HE'S GOING TO BE HAPPY.

HE'S GOING TO BE HAPPY. YEAH. BECAUSE HE WAS HE WAS AT SALVADOR PARK AND HE GOES, THIS IS THE TALLEST ONE YOU'VE GOT. THIS WILL BE TALLER. YEAH. HE'S A DAREDEVIL. GOOD STUFF.

[F.-1. 26-1425 A Resolution of the City Commission supporting the Matheson Hammock Market and supporting their efforts to employ individuals on the autism spectrum and those within the special needs community. (Sponsored by Commissioner Castro)]

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[K. DISCUSSION ITEMS]

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REST OF THE COMMISSION WAS AWARE OF. YOU HAVE SYMBOLS BEING PAINTED NOT ONLY IN OUR CITY, BUT THROUGHOUT MIAMI DADE COUNTY WITH A PARTICULAR. SYMBOL ON MINE. AND CHIEF, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO FILL US IN AS TO WHAT IS BEING DONE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. RIGHT. WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN OUR INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE ALONG WITH THE THE WHY ARE YOU UNIT, WHICH HANDLES ALL THE GRAFFITI TYPE THING. THIS WAS IDENTIFIED TO A SPECIFIC ARTIST. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE. WE ARE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES GRAFFITI GROUP TO FIND OUT IF WE CAN ATTACH THE INDIVIDUAL OF DOING THAT VERSUS JUST A GROUP THAT'S KIND OF SPREADING THAT.

AS OF TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CHARGE AND GO AFTER, BUT WE ARE DOCUMENTING THROUGHOUT. WE DID SEE A DECREASE, AMAZINGLY, AFTER I BELIEVE SOME OF THE DETECTIVES CONTACTED THE PERSON WHO. I GUESS THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT IS IF THOSE OF YOU WHO REMEMBER PRINCE AND THE DECAL THAT WENT ALONG WITH PRINCE, THIS IS THIS ARTIST KIND OF PRINCE MONIKER, IF YOU WILL, PROVING THAT HE OR HIS PEOPLE ARE PUTTING UP A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE. BUT WE DID NOTICE THAT SOME OF IT HAS WITHDRAWN ONCE WE HAD CONTACTED THEM. SO WE'RE WORKING THAT. PLUS WE HAVE THE THE CAMERAS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY TO HELP IDENTIFY. I MEAN, IT'S I CAN LOOK AT THIS AND SEE IT'S DONE BY THE SAME INDIVIDUAL. IT'S GOT THE SAME HAND MOVEMENTS. IT'S GOT THE SAME ARTISTIC STYLE, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S SOMEBODY THAT WAS EMPLOYED BY THE ARTIST OR SOMEBODY ELSE THAT'S JUST LIKE A, YOU KNOW, MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO TYPE THING. BUT YES, WE, WE, I DIDN'T GET INTO THAT MUCH DETAIL WITH THE DETECTIVES, BUT IT IS THE SAME MONIKER, IF YOU WILL, THAT ATTRIBUTES TO THIS OFFICER OR TO THIS ARTIST ONLINE. SO AND THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BRING CHARGES. CORRECT. THAT THAT IS ULTIMATELY I MEAN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT JUST TO PROVE THAT THEY HAD ISSUES WITH IT. BUT THEY KNOW WE'RE LOOKING LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. THE ARTIST KNOWS WE'RE LOOKING. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE ALL OVER MIAMI DADE COUNTY, EVERYWHERE. YEAH. RIGHT.

SO I IF ANY OF YOU HADN'T SEEN THIS, I WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION. WELL, IT'S RIGHT NEAR THE THEATER. IT'S IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. YEAH. I MEAN, WE STILL TO THIS AS AS I'VE TALKED TO YOU EACH INDIVIDUALLY, WHEN WE GET CALLS, YOU KNOW, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB AND HAS A SOLVENT TO TAKE THIS OFF RIGHT AWAY. IF ANYBODY SEES THESE, THE BEST WAY TO GET US TO ATTACK THIS IS CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER. THAT WAY THE DETECTIVES CAN ACTUALLY MEMORIALIZE IT. TAKE THE PICTURES. AND PUBLIC WORKS HAS A GREAT JOB OF TAKING IT OFF RIGHT AWAY BEFORE IT BECOMES PERMANENT ON ANY OF THOSE FIXTURES. SO THE QUICKER WE GET TO IT, THE QUICKER WE CAN GET IT REMOVED AND THEN WE CAN ADD IT TO THE REST OF THE GRAFFITI ISSUES THAT WE RUN THROUGH OUR YOUTH RESOURCE GROUP. RIGHT.

AND YOU CAN DO THE NECESSARY FORENSICS AT THE SAME TIME. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS THANK YOU FOR HANGING AROUND. I HOPE YOU WERE WELL ENTERTAINED BY THE MEETING TODAY. I DON'T KNOW IF I'D SAY ENTERTAINED. IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU ALL GOVERNMENT IN ACTION.

SO. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO EVERYBODY'S MOTHER. AND IT'S COMING UP THIS COMING WEEKEND. REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE IS A TRAFFIC CALMING MEETING COMING UP ON THE 14TH FOR ZONE FIVE. THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS ITS ANNUAL GRANTS PROGRAM ON THE 13TH OF MAY, FROM 6 TO 9 P.M. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. AND COMING UP AS WELL AS WE HAVE IS MAY 16TH IS A LITERACY FESTIVAL AT 11, STARTING AT 11:00 BEFORE OUR. AS WE DON'T

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COMMISSIONER. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING. THIS IS VERY SURE. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AND HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO TODAY. THAT'S IT. MICHELADA. GREAT. SO IN ADDITION TO THE EVENT, THE MENTD, RHT. AAVMAS URDAY THE6TH AT THEUNSITY OF M,A WH YOUEOTANNG O A GABLES FILY LITERAC FESTIV,E' G TO BE HAVING, I HOPE THE COM SPLIING THEIRIMIN BOTH. I IN F T FESTIL.E RBO ITOING TO BE AONUL EV HOPE TO S Y AER ILST TO THANY VI MAYOR W CE O SEE MET MY FIRST THALL WE TD LITBIT AUTBLOOD GNMT,HERE TU WE TKED ABOUTI E ELECTIES WALKE ABTHEIRST YEA THAT SP HEN THE HEAIS, D TD LITE T ABT TH VFOFUTU CAL GAB S YOU R,OR, R SPEN TE TINDSPECY COURSLD BE REMISS II DIDN A HAP MOER THE MOTRS TT ARE THERE OSI I T,N THE, HEUDNCEAYND, A R E AREN'T WITH NON MERY A WELO WISHRY MOM OUT TRE HPYJUSWANTEDO MO'SAY. AND F ALL THE NTS, LITERAC FESTIVAIS THE CITYEVY YEASTAR 100N M6T IS A GREAT EVE NOT JFO FOR FAMIES AS WL,H PLENTOFCTIVIT ANT IMANT THING FOR US T DO AS A CE'VEEE ABLE TO I NTH IS O FOURTH YEAR,TH YEAR, SO WE'VE BEE G SOME TI.LO FORRDO SEEI ALL OA TOOOMPRESSURE CLEANING ONVUA SH. ON GALDA MBEOMEING UAL STOF COULENTIALLY DTHAT, TRAFFIC THERE. AND THE WHEN WAS THE LAST T N IO PRESSU CLEG, GIAOULD BEALS ENNG SE TIME OUTHERE.

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HAHA OUTOPANENTIALOR I'NOTALKING T FMS M SOMETHING, YOU OW, METHG WITA IT O ZE A WE C GIVWE COU GIVE IT TOHE AND I WAS INTHAT ITE DE IAMERA,LY, BECAUSE HAVERIN FLS THAT AR DEN CNA. AND TH TH'SRETT PY RIDICULOO WANT T COLA OURNION ATRN WLY,PUOUR STAFFOUR C MANOUY TH A ANTITHHE PO FOP. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE POLICE UNION. WELL DONE. I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE EVENTUALLY NEGOTIATING PRETTY SOON. AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE REACHED OUT NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, THREE TIMES TO THE FIRE UNION. THREE TIMES. THAT IS CORRECT. THREE TIMES. THREE TIMES TO THE FIRE. AND WE FINALLY GOT A RESPONSE. SO JULY 14TH, OUR TEAM WILL BE SITTING DOWN WITH THE FIRE UNION TO COMMENCE NEGOTIATIONS. SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THAT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO A FRUITFUL NEGOTIATION. AND MY FINAL COMMENTS ARE ABOUT THE ELECTIONS. SO I'D LIKE TO READ A PREPARED STATEMENT THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH MY TEAM IN REGARDS TO THE LAST YEAR OF THE REFERENDUMS. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE RECENT ELECTION AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR CITY. TWO WEEKS AGO, THE RESIDENTS OF CORAL GABLES SPOKE AND THEY SPOKE CLEARLY. WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, THESE ISSUES WERE NOT THEORETICAL. THEY WERE CENTRAL TO THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. RESIDENTS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, AND ABOUT ENSURING THAT THEIR VOICES WERE PART OF DECISIONS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTED THEM. AND LET ME BE DIRECT. THE POLICIES THAT LED US HERE DID NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT AND TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONER CASTRO AND COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ, ALONG WITH FORMER COMMISSIONER MENENDEZ, SUPPORTED AND ADVANCED CHANGES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED COMPENSATION AND KEPT OUR ELECTIONS IN APRIL, BROUGHT IN A CITY MANAGER WHO WAS NOT QUALIFIED, EMBARRASSING OUR STAFF AND OUR CITY. WORK, AND AND ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO HAVE ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER, WHICH WOULD HAVE BROUGHT OUT MORE PARTICIPATION.

I DISAGREED THEN, AND I DISAGREE NOW WITH THE ELECTION OF COMMISSIONER LATA AND WITH THE CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF THE VICE MAYOR ANDERSON, WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO BRING THESE QUESTIONS BACK TO WHERE THEY BELONG TO THE VOTERS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF

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THEY SAW THROUGH IT CLEARLY. AND MR. AMOS ROJAS WAS REMOVED. THEY SAID IF CONCERNS ARE RAISED, THERE SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE PROCESS TO REVIEW THEM. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE AN INSPECTOR GENERAL NOW. THE RESIDENTS SPOKE LOUDLY. THAT'S WHAT GOOD GOVERNANCE LOOKS LIKE. THIS WAS NOT ALWAYS AN EASY CONVERSATION. IT WAS AT TIMES CONTENTIOUS.

AND THAT'S PART OF A FUNCTIONARY DEMOCRACY. WHAT MATTERS NOW IS THAT WE RESPECT THE OUTCOME AND MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE A RESIDENTS FIRST CITY. AND TWO WEEKS AGO, THE RESIDENTS REMINDED ALL OF US EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU, THE RESIDENTS, THE BUSINESS OWNERS, AND ESPECIALLY THE STAFF WHO FOUGHT HARD OVER THE TIME THAT AMOS ROJAS WAS HERE, A DYSFUNCTIONAL COMMISSION AND THE REMOVAL OF A CITY MANAGER AND A BUILDING OFFICIAL WHO WAS FIRST CLASS IN OUR CITY IS MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. AND WE'VE PROVEN THAT OVERWHELMINGLY IN ELECTIONS IN 2025 AND ELECTIONS IN 2026 IN THE REFERENDUM. SO GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CITY. BEAUTIFUL.

AND THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP SO LOUDLY. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, ACCEPT A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. SECOND. DID WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT MADE THE FIRST MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. YOU DID. NO, NO, I DID NOT. I CAN'T MAKE A MOTION, SIR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I'LL ACCEPT THE SECOND MOTION. SECOND, SECOND.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.